Leaving the small village, the gurgling stream seemed to be still sounding in my ears. Ning Yi carried a small lantern and walked along the post road when Yunzhu came, and the carriage followed behind him.

Looking back, the lights in the small village became thinner, and they were melted together with the world at that night, and there was no difference. Holding her husband's hand, Yun Zhu could still feel the depression in his emotions. This was caused by the war report from the north, but the remarks heard in the room did not become the reason for him to bother him.

Over the years, with her husband's twists and turns, Yunzhu has been discussing what Ning Yi, Xigua and others are doing for several years, and although she does not participate, she can understand it. At this time, she has walked a long way and Yunzhu said this softly.

"That's... Master Zhong, Zhong, I have seen these ideas in the school, I have never heard of them..."

The lanterns emitting orange light went forward. On the other end of the road, there were two people carrying baskets coming over. They were farmers who were not sure where they were going. When they walked forward, they stopped sideways with some restraints on the side of the post road, allowing Ning Yi and the carriages behind him to pass by. Ning Yi held the lantern and signaled to them.

The two farmers passed by here, and Ning Yi watched their backs walk in the stars in the distance, and said just now.

"If Zhong Hecheng intends to meet you in the school, he should be careful, but it is unlikely. He has a more important mission and will not want me to see him."

"Huh?" Yun Zhu frowned slightly, "He is here to make trouble? I thought he was influenced by Agua."

Ning Yi smiled: "It's not wrong to say that it's Agua's influence."

"But you said, Agua is extreme."

"The beginning of thinking is extreme." Ning Yi smiled at his wife, "What's wrong with everyone being equal? ​​It's the direction that humans should go for tens of millions of years. If there is a way, it's better to realize today. I'm very happy that they can pick up this idea."

"Liheng is not afraid of getting angry." Seeing Ning Yi's calm attitude, Yun Zhu put down some of his worries, and then smiled and relaxed. The two of them walked forward in the night wind, and Ning Yi turned his head slightly.

"When talking about equality with others, the biggest question is whether smart people and fools can be equal, capable people and incompetent people, and lazy people and diligent people can be equal. In fact, of course, it is not because of the inability to reason, but because it is impossible. But what is the difference between capable people and incompetent people? How do lazy people and diligent people cause? Yunzhu, you teach in school and teach without distinction, but smart children may not be able to learn well. Idiots may be harder. If you meet a guy who cannot be carved, you will think that you can't teach well or everyone in the world can't teach well?"

"Sometimes I feel that no one in the world can teach you well." Yun Zhu smiled and then said, "But of course, some teachers have to put some effort into teaching their children."

"In this world, everyone can become better and everyone can become useful. Smart children have different teaching methods. Stupid children have different teaching methods, and everyone has the possibility of becoming successful. Those great heroes and saints who are so grateful that they were all stupid children in one kind of and that. Is there any difference between Confucius and the farmers who just passed by? In fact, they have not. They have taken different paths and become different people. Is there any difference between Confucius and Yunzhu? "

"Some." Yun Zhu said hurriedly.

Ning Yi had already held her hand and smiled: "No. This is everyone equal."

"...Everyone has the possibility of equality. Are those who can become adults smart? I don't think so. Some smart people are unstable and cannot study, but suffer losses. Stupid people know their clumsiness and are poor before they work, but they can achieve success earlier. So, is it possible for that smart person who cannot study to develop a delve personality? Of course, there are also ways. If he encounters something, encounters a painful lesson, and knows the harm of being unable to be classified, he can make up for his shortcomings."

"...Sima Gong said: Gai Xibo was imprisoned and performed the "Book of Changes"; Zhongnie wrote the "Spring and Autumn Annals"; Qu Yuan exiled, and wrote the "Li Sao"... Generally speaking, people who have had a career often have not been smooth sailing in their lives. In fact, these hardships made them understand their insignificance and powerlessness, and explore some things that cannot be changed in this world. The more they understand the world, the easier they can control the things in this world and do some brilliant deeds..."

"...Everyone is equality in possibility. Everyone can gain wisdom through learning, self-discipline, and continuous induction and thinking, and eventually achieve equality, and become excellent people. However, if you don't do anything, you want equality when you are born, sit at home and hold your head, and look forward to being equal like those who work hard and fight to the death. That's just a joke. Of course... it would be good if this can be done, but it will definitely not be done."

Ning Yi looked back and looked back: "When we first came, they would kneel down on the side of the road. They did not have the idea of ​​equality in their hearts, and this was not their fault. For them, inequality is natural, because they have lived in inequality all their lives. Even if someone wants to become excellent, even if they are smart, they have no money, books, or teachers. This is unfair to them. But if someone is excellent, hardworking, and desperate, they are exhausted and become more powerful, some are lazy, cherishing their own lives when facing big things, and forgetting their righteousness when seeing small profits, the equality of these two types of people is the greatest irony of equality."

"Sow a sense of equality in the hearts of a generation. As for finding how to be equal, it has been a matter of tens of millions of years. Some people are lazy, why are they lazy? What kind of environment has they experienced since childhood and developed such a personality. Is it because life is too good? So, for children who live a good life, does the teacher have a way to teach them the sense of urgency so that they can empathize with it?"

"Why can a person who can fight hard? Is it because his family was too poor in the past or because he enjoyed a sense of accomplishment? In fact, if a person is willing to read a book, he already understands it at the age of 30. The only difference is how to do it. Diligence, restraint, hard work, and seriousness... How can millions of children in the world have a powerful system that will inspire their excellent things after learning? When everyone in the world begins to become excellent, that is everyone equal."

Perhaps he thought a lot about these things on weekdays. While leaving, Ning Yi said it softly. Yun Zhu remained silent, but could understand the sadness behind it. If Zhu Biao and others really sacrificed the sacrifice, this would be the value of their sacrifice, or rather, it was the "must do" thing in his husband's heart.

The dirt road turned a corner, and under the sky in the distance, the firelight from the Chinese military camp was spreading, and the stars reflected the Milky Way in the sky. The couple stopped for a moment, held the small lantern, and stood under the tree by the roadside watching.

"In this life, I'm afraid we won't see everyone equal." Yun Zhu smiled and whispered.

"That's been happening for thousands of years." Ning Yi looked over there and responded softly, "When everyone can read and read, it's only the first step. It's very easy to hang the truth in people's mouths, but it's very difficult to dissolve the truth into people's hearts. Cultural system, philosophical system, education system... Exploring for a thousand years may allow you to see the true equality of people."

"So, even the most extreme equality, as long as they sincerely study and discuss... it is a good thing."

Ning Yi said this, his words had become lighter. He smiled slightly in the darkness. Then Yun Zhu seemed to hear a sentence: "I have to thank Li Pin..."

This sentence is suspected to be the sound of the wind, Yun Zhu looked over: "...Hmm?"

"What?" Ning Yi looked over with a smile. Before Yun Zhu could speak, he suddenly said, "By the way, one day, men and women will become equal."

"ah?"

"When men and women are equal, and everyone does similar jobs and bears similar responsibilities, no one can marry a few wives like me again... Well, by then, if everyone finds out the old accounts, I will probably be criticized."

As he said this, he pressed Yunzhu's hand to his lips. Yunzhu's eyes narrowed with smile: "That's what I think...is also interesting..."

"...But in this life, let me take advantage of it."

After saying this, he looked at the military camp in the distance. The couple stopped talking. Soon after, they sat down on the grass slope on the side of the road.

The warm yellow light was like a gathering fireflies. Yun Zhu sat there, turning her head to look at Ning Yi beside her. More than ten years have passed since they met and fell in love.

In addition to the calm of the first few years, for more than ten years, they were like riding a boat in a stormy wave. Even though they came out of the official's house, Yun Zhu never thought that she would experience such a changing life later. At that time, she lived in a small building by the river, watching the scholar running past the door every day. They occasionally had quiet greetings and greetings. She fantasized about being able to pass quietly as her concubine or outdoor room in this life.

Jiangning has finally become a past, and since then it has never had experience even in the most bizarre imagination. At that time, the calm and composed young scholar turned the world upside down and gradually entered middle age. He was no longer as calm as before. A small ship sailed into the sea and into the wind and waves. He seemed to be fighting against the huge wave meticulously in a life-thinking manner. Even the inner demon who was afraid of by the people of the world always gritted his teeth and kept his spirit tight.

Over the years, Yun Zhu has been teaching in the school. When she occasionally hears Ning Yi talk about the idea of ​​equality with Xigua, she can understand it and feels hot in her heart. But at this moment, she looked at the man sitting next to her and only recalled Jiang Ning. She thought: No matter what I do, I just hope he can be fine, that's fine.

She stretched out her hand to soothe his slightly frown brow. Ning Yi looked at her and never heard her heart, but just hugged her over. The couple stood together and sat in the yellow light under the tree for a while. Under the grass slope, the sound of the stream flowed over, like Jiangning many years ago. They were chatting under the tree, and the Qinhuai River flowed through her eyes...

Not long after, Ning Yi returned to the yard and called people to continue the meeting. Time froze, it started to rain outside that night.

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Time never stops.

There are heavy rains on both sides of the Yellow River. There are many things, just like every raindrop in this heavy rain. It keeps passing through the world and gathers in the direction of streams, rivers and seas.

When they gather into pieces, we can see where it goes, its huge destructive power. However, when it falls, no one can take into account the whereabouts of every drop of rain.

In the Central Plains, the heavy rainstorm of the world has been falling for a year.

This is one of the ordinary rain water...

The night.

The rumbling sound was roaring, and the water flowed across the village and washed away the houses. In the heavy rain, some people shouted, some people ran, and some people ran around the dark mountains.

Lightning flashed across the night sky, and the white light illuminated the scene ahead. Under the hillside, the water was flooding the places where people lived on weekdays. Countless debris rolled in the water, roofs, trees, and corpses. Wang Xing stood in the rain, trembling all over.

On the hillside, a small number of escaped people were still shouting in the rain, and some were crying loudly with their family names. People walked up the mountain, mud and water flowed down the mountain, and some were pouring in the water, rolling down, and there were hysterical crying in the dark.

The heavy rain continued. During the day, people who climbed to the top of the mountain could see the surrounding scenery clearly. The river broke through the dam in the dark and rushed down from the upper reaches. Although some people reported that only two or three survivors escaped from the village. Wang Xing dragged a small bag of dried fish and had all his belongings gone.

The rain did not stop. He hid under the tree and built a small shed with branches, trembling all over his body, and more people cried in the distance or not.

Many people's families died in the flood. Survivors not only have to face such sadness, but what is even more terrifying is that all their belongings and even their food were washed away by the flood. Wang Xing shivered in the small shed for a long time.

When it was dawn, the rain gradually became lighter, and the surviving villagers gathered together, and then something strange happened.

They saw Wang Xing coming with the bag of dried fish, and there was still half a pot in his hand that he had found: "There are only these things at home. After being wet, it will be moldy in the future. Let's cook it and eat it."

Wang Xing is the most stingy and slick in the village. He is sharp-mouthed, lazy and timid. He dares not stand up when encountering big things. He is full of ugly things when he can get small profits. He is the only one in his family. He has never married a wife at the age of thirty. But at this time his expression is very different. He actually took out the last food to share with others, which scared everyone.

Of course, when the sudden disaster was happening, the doubts in his heart were so confusing that everyone started to catch fire and divided the dried fish and ate them to satisfy their hunger. When they were sharing the dried fish, the survivors in the village did not find Wang Xing. Soon after that, a child turned over the big stone behind the mountain and saw something strange again.

Wang Xing squatted behind the stone, digging something with the stone pieces, and then dug out an object wrapped in a long tart cloth. He opened the tart cloth and there was a knife inside.

At this time, there was rain falling in the sky. Wang Xing was soaked in the heavy rain all night, his whole body was soaked, and his hair was stuck to his face, like a lost dog. In addition, he was not good-looking, so this scene looked cold all over.

The child was scared very much, and soon after, he told the adults in the village that the adults were also shocked. Some said that it was because of the fact that there was nothing left. This guy was going to kill someone and snatch things. Some said that Wang Xing's timid personality would not dare to take a knife. The child must have read it wrong. Everyone searched for it, but since then, he has never seen the dilapidated house in the village again.

Just as they were searching everywhere, Wang Xing was already walking on the mountain road far away from here.

The heavy rain in the Central Plains has actually been going on for more than ten years.

From the first Jurchens to the south, to the establishment of the pseudo-Qi, and to the present, life has never been better. The Yellow River has been the mother river since ancient times, but the residents living on both sides of the Yellow River love it and are afraid of it. Even during the prosperous period of the Wu Dynasty, the cost of yellowing was sky-high every year. When Liu Yu ruled the Central Plains, he plundered property and plundered money every year, and the work of yellowing control had stopped every year.

Over the past ten years, the Yellow River has been breaking more and more severe. In addition to floods, the plagues, refugees, conscription, and taxes every year have long forced people to the line of life and death. As for the spring of the tenth year of Jianshuo, what is noticeable is the fierce battle between the resistance of Jin and the Daming Prefecture, but long before that, the flood above people's heads had already surged.

Since the Jurchens went to the expedition in the second half of last year, the conscription and taxes in the Central Plains have reached the point of sucking bones and marrow. After Wanyan Chang took over Li Xizhi's territory, in order to support the southern expedition of the Eastern Route Army, the tax on money, grain and taxes in the Central Plains were increased several times. He ordered Han officials to deal with this matter, and those who were not good at collecting grain would be killed without mercy.

In the first few months, almost half of the officials in Li Xizhi's territory were replaced. As for those who were "replaced", their heads were hung on the city wall for public display. The grain stored in the Han people in the Central Plains had been completely emptied. As long as the officials were cruel enough, they basically had a way out.

As for another way of life, it was to serve as a soldier to eat food. When Li Xizhi died, nearly 200,000 troops were dispersed. After Wanyan Chang took over the military affairs, he mobilized the remaining troops soon and launched conscription. During the days of besieging Daming Mansion, the Han soldiers rushing on the front line ate like beggars. Some died in the war, while others were dispersed. When the city of Daming Mansion was destroyed, the Han army nearby, together with the garrison "troops" from various places, had reached 400,000.

The combat power of these "troops" may not be high, but they only need to be able to grab money and food from the people. This part of the money and food belongs to them, and part of it will be sent to the south. As for March, when Daming Prefecture was destroyed, north of the Yellow River, it is no longer just a saying that people are living in miserable life. The cannibalism has actually happened in many places.

Wang Xing is a coward.

There were several people who knew that he was forced to join the army and went to attack Xiao Canghe. He was afraid and ran away. After the matter of Xiao Canghe came to an end, he ran back secretly. He was still young when he was arrested to join the army. Over the years, the situation has been chaotic, and the people in the village have died and they have gone away. There have been no one who can confirm these things. When he returned here, he lived a timid and despicable life.

Of course no one knows that he was captured by the Chinese army and went to the southwest.

He was too afraid of death and was arrested to the southwest. After a period of preaching, the Chinese army had a hard time. He had many military rules and was hungry at first, and Wang Xing couldn't stand it. Later, he lied that he had his mother at home and was released by the Chinese army.

The journey of going back and forth, thousands of miles has even wiped out Wang Xing's burden. This world is so terrible. He doesn't want to die or rush forward and dies suddenly.

Over the years, life has been extremely difficult. In this year, soldiers who collected grain rushed into their homes and beat him to death. He thought he was really going to die, but he slowly survived. Jin was still fighting, Daming Mansion was still fighting, and those heroes with courage in their hearts were still resisting.

It is human nature that you cannot become such a person, and many people cannot become such a person. Wang Xing told himself in his heart that as long as there are such people in this world and people like the Chinese Army who are constantly resisting, they will never be destroyed.

During the period of time in the Chinese Army, he still remembered at least some things: sooner or later, people would drive away the Jurchens.

On that day, good days will come eventually.

But I am not a hero... I am just afraid of death and don't want to die ahead.

He thought so in his heart.

Until that day in April, there was a flood by the river. He was lucky and took the opportunity to catch some fish and exchanged them in the city for something. Suddenly, he heard the propaganda of the Jurchens.

Daming Mansion was broken and the Black Flag Army was defeated.

His heart suddenly collapsed.

He waited in the city for two days and saw the convoy of prisoners of the Black Flag Army and the Guangwu Army entered the city. Some of these prisoners had broken limbs and bodies, while others were seriously injured and dying. However, Wang Xing could clearly identify them, which were Chinese soldiers.

Not long after, they were all killed on the execution ground, with heads rolling down.

In the propaganda of the Jurchens, the Guangwu Army and the Chinese Army were wiped out.

No matter how hard life is, some people will always live.
To be continued...