Chapter 115: War Without Kindness and Righteousness
Wen Renzheng's beard curled up: "It's silver! Silver can be used to buy grain, horses, and weapons. Where does the silver come from? If you can't earn it, you can only find ways to raise silver from wealthy merchants and gentry. Your Liu family is a Jiangnan Liu family!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Wen Renzheng in confusion: "You have to be brave. If you don't have the courage, just having money is useless. As the richest man in Liujiangnan, my Liu family has a huge wealth, so I don't dare to rebel!"
Wen Renzheng's old face was tangled. He wanted to teach Young Master Liu but he couldn't find the wrong place. What this guy said was obviously a joke, but you still couldn't find the words to refute.
However, Wen Renzheng's words gave Liu Mingzhi a wake-up call and cleared up his doubts. These days, he had been thinking a lot about why he and Qi Yun were ambushed by the White Lotus Sect during the battle in Yangzhou. After the incident was over, he spent his free time
After thinking about this matter, why did the White Lotus Sect come after me when they had no enmity against me?
He thought that maybe his predecessor had resentment against the White Lotus Sect, but the memory was vague in his mind, and when he thought about it later, it was impossible. The virtue of his predecessor, who only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun, had any interactions with the gangsters. What's more,
What's more important is whether the old man Liu Zhi'an will take over any resentment. After all, the White Lotus Sect had a small-scale attack on the city and looted the Liu family's shops not long ago, and he took the blame for the old man.
Today it finally became clear, just as Wen Renzheng said, the White Lotus Sect needs silver, and the Liu family has it. If they hijack themselves, the Liu family's property will be worth hundreds of thousands of taels. Liu Zhi'an will definitely agree, plus
There are so many wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River. If they accumulate a little, they will make a lot. This is a sum of capital.
Liu Mingzhi did not believe that the White Lotus Sect, which had taken root in Jiangnan for decades, relied on robbing homes to survive. There must be some unknown but extremely profitable businesses on the surface.
Wen Renzheng looked at Liu Mingzhi and his expression changed several colors. He knew that Liu Mingzhi understood and kept it in his heart.
"Boy, I have something you don't know whether to say or not?"
Young Master Liu came to his senses and said, "Then don't talk about it. I'm not very interested anyway."
Wen Renzheng was choked and took a breath. Why is this guy so angry when he speaks? I asked you whether you meant it or not just to be polite to you and not to let you take it seriously.
He touched his beard angrily: "Boy, as the saying goes, seniority doesn't matter when you go out. I know everything about you and Yun girl, but this doesn't stop you from worshiping me as your teacher. Now that the court is employing people, since you
If you have a great talent, why don't you become a disciple of me, serve as Prime Minister in the future, and work for the benefit of the people of the world? Isn't it much better than being a dandy? And a seven-foot man should make immortal contributions, so you are willing to live like this all your life.
A fun day?”
"I'm willing to do it! Eating, drinking and having fun for the rest of my life is something I have only dreamed of."
"You are like rotten wood that cannot be carved."
"Then don't carve it. I didn't ask anyone to carve me!" Mr. Liu said matter-of-factly.
Wen Renzheng pointed at Hu Jun: "You are also a genius, why can't you compete with Zi Le? You only want to spend your life in desolation with all your talent and learning. What is the difference between this and an ant?"
"That's why I have a good relationship with Brother Hu. Didn't I just say that? Let him support me. I think long-term. I am a fucking genius. I think too far."
Wen Renzheng wanted to take off the ruler from the shelf, but he thought that Young Master Liu was not his student, and it was not appropriate to beat him up. He sighed in anger and didn't know what to say. He finally understood that Liu Mingzhi was
He's just a fool and doesn't make sense at all.
"Young man of the Liu family, if you don't listen to the old and wise words, sooner or later you will regret it. When the White Lotus Sect recovers and recovers, it will be your Liu family who will bear the brunt of the disaster. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. Do you think Song Yu, the Minister of War, can protect you?
"
Liu Mingzhi was alert for a while, and the old man's true feelings were definitely not fake: "Old man, the White Lotus Sect is just hanging on to its last breath. Is it really as serious as you said?"
"Living on the last breath? No, you are wrong, and the emperor is wrong too. The White Lotus Sect is not a lost dog. They are tigers that wait for people to eat. They are waiting."
"Wait? Wait for what?"
"The White Lotus Sect is worried about internal and external troubles. They are waiting for foreign troubles. As soon as the time comes, they will slash the Dragon Kingdom's waist with a knife. By then, everything will be too late."
Liu Mingzhi was stunned and said uneasily: "Who is the Grassland and the Kingdom of Jin, old man?"
Hu Jun looked a little unnatural when he heard Young Master Liu talking about the grassland and the Kingdom of Jin, but he concealed it well and the two of them did not notice anything strange about him.
"The reason why the grassland and the Jin Kingdom have been unable to reach an alliance is because they all have ulterior motives and cannot agree on the same purpose. If the two countries form an alliance one day, it will definitely be a disaster for our Dragon Kingdom. By then, we will not be able to do without a war. Rather than saying that the White Lotus Sect is waiting
, it is better to say that everyone is waiting, the White Lotus Sect is waiting for the chaos outside the dragon country, and the Jin Kingdom is waiting for the chaos inside the dragon country. It seems to be a good result, but the water will always have a day of enthusiasm, and the bamboo shoots will always break through the ground, deadlock.
It won’t last long.”
Liu Mingzhi, who grew up in a peaceful transitional society, could not understand the melancholy of Wen Renzheng. He did not know what war meant, what the war between two countries meant, and the cruelty of war. However, Wen Renzheng did not. He was an emperor.
Master, he is too aware of the cruelty of war once it breaks out.
Sensing Wen Renzheng's mood, Liu Mingzhi sighed: "Why is there a war? Whether it's the Jin Kingdom, the grassland, or the Dragon Dynasty, wouldn't it be better to live in peace? You hit me and I'll hit you, fight
Fighting comes and goes, when is it time to retaliate? There are many ways to communicate, why should we choose the cruelest way to communicate? Isn't peace bad? Isn't it bad to live? One general's achievements and ten thousand bones withered, a word from the emperor and general
, a single order is like a mountain of corpses. The poor bones by the Wuding River are like people in a boudoir’s dream. I wonder how many loyal souls are buried in foreign lands?”
Wen Renzheng was shocked and looked at Liu Mingzhi blankly: "You don't resent the aliens for massacring my compatriots? Destroying my homeland and killing my brothers?"
"Hate? Not only aliens, but everyone who promotes war is hateful. Old man, can the endless killing really stop the war? No, no one is right or wrong in the war, but the war is cruel and has no blood.
Like Glory, there are only endless corpses, all of which stem from one thing, greed!"
Wen Renzheng became melancholy: "Yes, how can there be war without greed? Many people understand this truth, but why doesn't anyone do it? The killing still continues."
"But if it is unavoidable, war is not unavoidable. If diplomatic relations are not enough to eliminate the flames of war, then use force to stop the war. Sometimes war is also for peace. When there are no Turkic tribes in the world, no Jin country, and no great empire
Dragon, when there was only one country, maybe there would be no wars, wouldn’t it be great if everyone could afford tea eggs?”
"Hmm? Tea eggs?"
"Brother Liu, what are tea eggs?"
Liu Mingzhi touched his nose: "It's nothing, I'm just being silly."