Chapter 242: Human Greed (Subscription Requested)

A group of people have walked to the bottom of the mountain while talking, the night is low, a bright moon looms in the sky, vaguely can already distinguish the stars in the sky, the pedestrians at the foot of the mountain are scarce, three days before and after the Lantern Festival, there is no need to worry about the night ban, when returning to the city, it is already thousands of lights, pedestrians are flowing endlessly, gathering into a stream of people passing through the streets of the city, moving to the most lively light market.

Zhen Qian doesn't like the feeling of being crowded, he used to be very uncomfortable when he was crowded with buses and subways, and later bought a car, and he was often blocked on the highway and couldn't move, so he liked to stay away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and he didn't want to go to a crowded place to enjoy the taste of squeezing meat.

Yuerong didn't understand why Zhen Qian, who took the initiative to go to the temple to play, only believed in himself and didn't want to believe in gods and Buddhas.

"Complaining about the heavens and hating the injustice to oneself, in the final analysis, it is not self-defeating, or likes to pin hope on the ethereal gods and Buddhas, in this case, why not fight for it yourself, the eldest husband is born as Jiuding food, and dies as Jiuding cooking, except for those noble descendants who were born with a golden soup spoon in their mouths, ordinary people can use their own hands to change their unfair fate, why ask for ghosts and gods, not for themselves?"

Seeing that Yuerong had already taken the bait, Zhen Qian didn't mind taking another fierce medicine, if there was no resentment in her heart, I am afraid that even she would not believe it.

Zhen Qian didn't want to persuade Yue Rong to abandon the secret and turn to the light, just like he never tried to win over the literati, money can buy villains, craftsmen, and servants, but it is difficult to buy literati, because the literati value their own reputation and status, and Zhen Qian can't give them these, so he will never have such an idea.

Yuerong may have been an official prostitute before, or she may have been persecuted, or she may have been promised, but none of this matters, because as long as she enters the secret spy industry, she will be branded as a secret spy in that life, and no one will believe a woman who was once a secret spy.

When Yuerong stepped out of the carriage, he found that the carriage had unconsciously come to the front of the Qinglou, and Yuerong, who was completely unaware, couldn't believe his eyes, and since the meat sent to his mouth was still spit out, he suddenly became a little in a trance, knowing that after Zhen Qian said goodbye, he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

You can't be cheeky and follow Zhen Qian back to the Drunken Immortal Tower, it's not impossible, it's just that Yuerong, who is an Oiran, really can't think of why Zhen Qian doesn't have the idea of kissing Fangze.

It wasn't until the carriage was far away and disappeared into the flow of people that Yue Rong tightened her lips, stomped her feet gently, and looked back at the brightly lit Qinglou unwillingly, and the faintly audible flirting laughter, and once again looked at the direction that had disappeared with extremely resentful eyes.

In a trance, Yuerong remembered that after getting along for a day today, Zhen Qian, who seemed to be friendly and casual, only helped him when he ascended, and he didn't even touch a finger of himself, and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, how could such a thing happen before.

Zhen Qian, who returned to the Drunken Immortal Building, soaked comfortably in the bucket, groaned happily, and said to Wang Tianxing, who came in with hot water: "Let people check in Luquan County, since we left Luquan County, how many people in Luquan County have not appeared again, I suspect that there are secret spies in Luquan County who have followed us to Yangzhou!" ”

"Da Lang suspects that there are secret spies from the government in Luquan County, even if there are, there are probably not many, it will be difficult to investigate?"

After Wang Tianxing poured a bucket of hot water into the wooden bucket, the water temperature became hot again and said: "Some spies may be people we know, they can't be completely hidden in Luquan County, some will be like us, have stable families and things to do, and even live in Luquan County from the beginning, they are like the shadow of Luquan County, only by exposing themselves to the sun, these people will have nothing to hide!" ”

Maybe I have seen a lot of stories about Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty, or the espionage deeds between the great powers in later generations, which left a deep impact on Zhen Qian, and God knows if there were such powerful spies in the Tang Dynasty.

In line with the principle of killing 3,000 by mistake and not letting go of one, if there are really secret spies hiding in Luquan County, many things can really not be scrutinized.

The more Zhen Qian thought about it, the more scared he became, if it was really as he expected, Luquan County should have a secret agent from the government, and he might not have a close relationship with him, but he had too many secrets, and being monitored by others would not have a good result, and he might not dare to think about the consequences.

I really went right this time in Yangzhou, the poisonous snake hidden in the shadows is the most terrifying, but once the poisonous snake is exposed in broad daylight, it is not terrible, Zhen Qian is already wary at this time, whether he is suspicious or not, this time he must go to the country to take refuge for a while, disappear in front of people with a heart, and start the layout again.

Thinking of this, Zhen Qian stood up from the barrel, put on his clothes, walked to the front of the table, spread out the paper, studied ink, and wrote the five words "On the Theory of Enriching the Country and Strengthening the Army" on the paper.

Zhen Qian had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and quickly sorted out the main content of Wang Anshi's reform in the Song Dynasty in his mind, and he didn't want to take it out now, and selectively picked out a few, there are many ways to enrich the country, but the fastest and most exciting way is to plunder the assets of the people, of course, these can't be written on paper, and it is inevitable that he will be full of benevolence and morality, and make a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance.

In the end, I filtered the content of the changes in the past dynasties again, and fused it with Wang Anshi's changes, not because Wang Anshi's methods were not good and not strong enough, but because I wanted to be more high-sounding, distract my attention a little, and stretch the time and effect a little.

"Green Seedling Law, Baojia Law, City Easy Law, Farmland Water Conservancy Law, Immunization Law!"

In later generations, as long as some people who know the history know the meaning of these laws, they may be able to point out some pros and cons, but after all, people have no eyes before and after, and many things do not know what impact they will have before they happen.

In the final analysis, the biggest mistake of Wang Anshi's reform is to ignore the greed of human nature, contrary to the Confucian belief that "human nature is originally good", Zhen Qian is a firm supporter of human nature's inherent evil, human greed is not only the original sin, but also the driving force of human nature, blindly turning a blind eye to the greed of human nature is unrealistic and simply impossible, but it is more feasible to treat it correctly and turn human greed into the realization of self-worth.

Zhen Qian's words were carefully considered, and he sprinkled the method of enriching the country and strengthening the army with the help of God and wrote thousands of words, put the brush in his hand aside, carefully studied it for a while, changed a few places, and copied it again before smiling with satisfaction.