Chapter 2096: Five Thousand Years of a Great Country
Zhou Yu was silent for a long time after hearing this. He opened his mouth several times to ask who his opponents were, but he hesitated. He knew very well that if Chen Xi could talk to this extent, he really did not regard them as enemies. This has already involved
This is the core thing of Liu Bei's side...
Chen Xi looked at Zhou Yu with disappointment in his heart. If Zhou Yu hadn't been so smart, Sun Ce would have been impulsive and asked directly what kind of enemy he was, where he came from, and what kind of strength he had. Chen Xi would have definitely answered on the spot.
Got a reply.
It's a pity that Zhou Yu was so smart that he stopped asking directly without any intention of continuing to ask. Naturally, it was impossible for Chen Xi to continue to tell these things.
Jia Xu, Li You, Guo Jia, Fazheng, Lu Su and Liu Ye are all watching. There are some words that Chen Xi cannot speak at this time. This is about the legal winner and loser, or to put it simply,
Master-slave relationship.
Although these things have been said in Chen Xi's opinion, they don't actually have much impact. With the current absolute advantage, there is no difference between the uprising before taking action and the surrender on the battlefield. However, people in this era are very particular about this, so Chen Xi also needs to
Think think.
If Zhou Yu asked and Chen Xi said it directly, then with Chen Xi's current status, he would be able to tell the truth. But if Zhou Yu didn't ask, then Chen Xi couldn't take the initiative to tell the truth.
"Thank you." Zhou Yu turned around and sat back in his seat. Before he sat down, he sent a message to Chen Xi, "Not to mention other people's problems, at least you who sit in a high position uphold a public spirit. It should even be said that you have always upheld your integrity.
Right, planning for the country, the nation, and China?"
Chen Xi opened his mouth but didn't say anything. Yes, he gave the people a way to rise, gave the princes the ability to practice their ideals, gave the civil and military ministers the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with the sages, and gave the aristocratic families the opportunity to fulfill their ancient vows and restore their ancient glory.
Opportunities, all these are the paths he pointed out.
Is it just publicity? Chen Xi was a little silent. No, what he had from the beginning was not publicity, but selfishness. The Chinese civilization stands proudly on top of the world. If we talk about it from the perspective of Chinese civilization, it is publicity. From the perspective of the world, it is pure.
Selfishness.
But this selfishness occupies one-fifth of the world's morality, and carries countless people's justice that has continued from ancient times to the present, from the beginning to the end. From legal principles to morality in this world, we are the only ones qualified to run civilization throughout human history!
I think so!
During the five thousand years of the great country, civilizations around the world have risen and fallen. During the five thousand years of chess, countless chess players have rotated. From the past to the present, and then to the further future, there are only chess players who have been on the chess board.
That leaves China.
Five thousand years ago, ancient Egypt and other ancient civilizations joined us in the chess game of the world and faced the great flood of gods and cleanses, leaving behind endless myths, but now, what about their people?
The civilization that was a chess player with us five thousand years ago, tell me, where did they go?
Four thousand years ago, the Mesopotamian and Mesopotamian civilizations played with us, creating words and using bronzes to write the beginnings of their respective civilizations, leaving behind countless legends. But now, what about their people?
The civilization that was a chess player with us four thousand years ago, tell me, where did they go?
Three thousand years ago, the philosophers of ancient Greece and the poets of the Aegean Sea, together with our sages, used words to express the philosophy of the world, each laying the foundation of culture for future generations and leaving behind a splendid civilization. But now, what about them?
The civilization that was a chess player with us three thousand years ago, tell me, where did they go?
Two thousand years ago, the conquerors of ancient Rome and the warriors of the Han Dynasty were also chasing each other to the north, madly using their own force to establish the future territory, leaving behind vast land for future generations, and leaving behind endless intrepidity in history.
, but now, where are they?
The civilizations who were chess players with us two thousand years ago, tell me, where did they go?
A thousand years ago, the rulers of Arabia and the emperors of the prosperous Tang Dynasty had endless treasures, exciting and prosperous territories, and splendid civilizations, which can even be glimpsed in history books. The remaining treasures can vaguely reflect the glory of the past, but
Now, where are they?
The civilizations who were chess players with us a thousand years ago, tell me, where did they go?
Even in the era when Chen Xi left, we were still sitting on the chessboard. Our former opponents had turned into the dust of history. As the chessboard rotated, we were the only ones sitting on the throne!
"Yes, I am completely public-minded. I stand on top of the world and look down on them. Only we are qualified, because to this day, everyone who has witnessed the beginning of history is dead except us! Only we have truly shouldered the burden of civilization.
It’s so heavy!” Chen Xi smiled and raised his wine glass and muttered to himself.
[If we are not qualified, no one in this world is qualified to lift the crown. The peaks and troughs of history, the passage of time, whether the opponents on the chessboard today can exist tomorrow is still a question. Only we are the eternal ones.
Live forever.] Chen Xi smiled silently.
Rather than letting the defeated dog that is destined to disappear stand on the top and howl and howl, it is better to prevent those civilizations from appearing in the first place.
After all, their future is destined to disappear, and Chinese civilization has always existed from beginning to end. In this case, wouldn't it be better to directly merge the Chinese civilization and the history of human civilization!
[If you think about it this way, I not only have a public heart, but I should even say that my ideals have never changed from beginning to end. Well, it will make it easier for future generations of liberal arts students to learn history.] Chen Xi raised the corner of his mouth,
Ever since the future was completely ruined, Chen Xi has rarely been in such a good mood.
"Zichuan, you seem to be in a good mood." Liu Bei asked with a smile.
"Yes, because there is absolute justice." Chen Xi said with a touch of pride, "We are justice!"
Liu Bei looked at Chen Xi in confusion, completely unable to understand what Chen Xi meant by what he said. What does it mean that we are justice? It seems as if we were not justice at the beginning. In the classical militaristic system, conquering other countries is called unjust?
Are you kidding me, classical militarism, conquering other countries is called following the natural way, such as tigers chasing deer, natural selection, tigers eating deer, that must be justice!
It is not a matter of course that a deer is eaten by a tiger! How can this be said to be unjust? The loser gets nothing. Isn't that a matter of course? Justice, well, the winner is the embodiment of justice. Everything in the loser is nonsense.
Chen Xi was too lazy to care about Liu Bei's standard classical militaristic thinking. After Zhou Yu asked back and understood that he was not selfish, he did have absolute justice.
Regarding the attacks of barbarians and barbarians, Chen Xi actually always believed that he would subdue them if he could. If he couldn't subdue them, if he killed them, Chen Xi would not pursue them too closely.
From the beginning, Chen Xi's definition of intelligent life was civilization. There were no intelligent creatures that carried the weight of civilization. Chen Xi did not consider them to be the same kind of creatures from the beginning.
Savagery, killing, looting, etc. are the same as beasts that are burned into the bones and blood of a race. Although Chen Xi will not go out of his way to slaughter, as a non-Mother, he will not do it after certain things have happened.
Go out of your way to repent and think that you have done something wrong.
Pests are pests, Chen Xi doesn't even bother to explain.
But for intelligent life with civilization, Chen Xi is not inclined to destroy it. This is the so-called conflict between ideals and morality.
Just like Cao Cao chose to break through the moral bottom line to realize his ideals, and Liu Bei would rather stick to the bottom line and give up his ideals than agree with the wrong approach, after Chen Xi defeated all the enemies in the Central Plains, he actually reached the level of torture of ideals and morality.
Relatively speaking, Chen Xi's ideal is very clear. Chinese civilization stands proudly at the top of the world, establishes a pan-Chinese cultural circle, and allows this civilization and human civilization to continue forever.
In exchange, this ideal almost means killing many surrounding civilizations, and intelligent beings that can carry civilizations have their own shining points.
The military conquest of classical militarism means the destruction of so many civilizations. In fact, Chen Xi feels very morally guilty, but the choice is already obvious. Even without Zhou Yu's words, Chen Xi has already made the choice
, moral guilt and so on are not as important as ideals.
Although Zhou Yu's rhetorical question made Chen Xi realize that his so-called sense of moral guilt did not actually exist at all. He should have stood on the highest point of justice and morality and held accountable other civilizations.
But in fact, Chen Xi has realized that he is actually not a bad person. As a person who can break through the moral bottom line for his ideals, he is not a good person from any angle. In other words, for him, pure good and bad are no longer
It's hard to describe.
[No wonder, at that time, I clearly guessed that Wenru and Wenhe would be killed for up to 300,000 yuan, but I would simply expose it. Probably because I had broken through the moral bottom line at that time and was mentally prepared.
The death of hundreds of thousands of people is just a number. Sure enough, once the bottom line is exceeded, many things will become more casual.] Chen Xi held the wine glass, with a slight bitterness in his mouth.
[It should be said that many things have been a bit biased recently. Sure enough, if the person is not upright, or the way is not upright, his actions must be wrong. But fortunately, since they will disappear eventually, they should disappear in my hands.
] Chen Xi thought silently.
"Zichuan, you seem to be in a good mood?" Li You sent a message to Chen Xi and said.
"I suddenly want to talk to you about the casualties of the massacre of the family." Chen Xi said to Li You in a gloomy voice.
Li You decisively disappeared, and there was no trace left.
Chen Xi shook his head silently and stopped pursuing it. He just carefully recounted what happened during this period. Although many things were a bit extreme, fortunately he woke up earlier. Otherwise, he would have continued to break his own bottom line.