Xiao Niangpi asked: "Master, what are these things? I don't understand, but I think they are very powerful."
Yang Fan smiled bitterly and said, "You don't understand what exactly you are talking about."
Xiao Niangpi pointed at Minzhui, Fazhi, Ziyou, Fairness, etc. She looked at Yang Fan with her big eyes, waiting for his explanation.
Yang Fan smiled bitterly and said: "It's very simple. Just use an analogy and you will understand."
I draw a circle and you must move within it, but I can make an exception. This is called wall power.
I draw a circle and we all have to move around in the circle. This is called governance.
We discussed how big to draw the circle, how to draw it, and where to draw it, and we all had to be in the circle. This is called people cooking.
We all stay in this circle that has been drawn by negotiation. Whoever steps out of the circle will be punished. This is called Dharma.
Yang Fan's metaphor was so profound and simple that all the ladies understood it at once. It turns out that this is what these new terms mean. Even Aunt Mei and the maids understood it.
The maids in the Yang family's inner house are actually the group of people who have the most exposure to new ideas in this era. Because when they serve tea and water to the master and his wife, they can often hear the master's eloquent remarks.
Yang Fan put down his tea bowl and continued to lecture.
As for equality, free travel, fairness, etc., there are no such things in the world. They are not taken seriously and are just said to sound nice.
Who are you equal to? Are you equal to your parents, or are you equal to your children? Are you equal to your spouse?
In this world, as long as more than three people are together, they will definitely fall into different categories.
There is no equality at home, but if you still want to find equality in society, isn't it hysteria?
Have you ever had a banquet? If you don’t believe me, please look at the wine in the glass. Each glass is served to the rich first.
Have you forgotten how you toasted at the banquet?
There are also self-guided tours, you can go wherever you want, but you can’t go anywhere without money.
There is actually only one kind of freedom in this world, and that is financial freedom.
Only when you are financially independent can you truly be free.
Fairness, there is no such thing as fairness in the world. At most, it is just a little bit relative.
People's IQ, EQ, and luck are all different. Everyone's destiny is very different. Isn't that fair?
Not to mention the family of birth itself is unfair.
The starting point for many people is the end point that others cannot reach after a lifetime of hard work.
Some people were born in Rome, and some struggled all their lives but never got to Rome.
But it is true that everyone can realize Rome's wish, that is, most people can only be mules and horses for life.
Hahaha! The little girl fell down laughing.
Yang Fan's words made the ladies laugh to death. The master always speaks so humorously.
That lazy look made them never tire of it.
But when I smiled, my laughter stung my nose.
It makes people's eyes sore. In the final analysis, everyone is just the same.
Yang Fan sighed and said: "My lord, when I first came to Ming Dynasty, I was just a stupid boy. I didn't understand anything. Later, when I became an official in the court, I experienced a lot, and I saw through many things."
"Actually, it's quite boring after seeing it through. There is nothing particularly meaningful in this world. The meaning of life may be to come to this world and experience it once. There is nothing new under the sun. It is the same hundreds of years ago, and it is the same now, for thousands of years
Come to the human heart, human nature has never changed."
Chen Xi asked puzzledly: "Master, I don't think we know much about this world. We have too many unsolved mysteries to explore. This world is constantly developing."
Yang Fan sighed. He looked at the innocent little talented girl and said leisurely: "What you said is from a scientific point of view. My words, sir, are from a philosophical point of view."
"Philosophically, there are actually only three things in the world."
The ladies all pricked up their ears, knowing that the master was about to make a lofty speech again. Regardless of whether they believed the master's lofty opinions or not, they all agreed that his words were usually very insightful.
"Knock on the blackboard and draw the key points. There are three things in the world: sex, power, and money."
"All liberal arts, philosophy, art, and literature are lies fabricated around these three things. Zhengzhi, Jingshi, and Jingji are tools to protect these three things from being exposed. As for science and engineering,
, it’s just to make these three things more efficient.”
Chen Xi's mouth opened in shock, but when he thought about it carefully, he found that he was completely powerless and unable to refute. When things are really traced to the root cause, although it is difficult for people to accept, it is often the truth.
Xiao Niangpi and the others all became serious, these words were too profound.
Yang Fan continued: "Why did the gentry of the Ming Dynasty make the world like this? Every dynasty before it ended up like this."
"Because no matter how the wolves fight among themselves, their attitude towards the sheep is always the same."
"The common people of the Ming Dynasty are like pigs in the eyes of the gentry. The pig never understood until his death why the owner had to feed it three times a day, raise it carefully, and finally deliver it to the butcher himself."
"The gentry of the Ming Dynasty raised pigs to exchange money or eat meat, not to let the pigs live a happy life."
Yang Fan took a sip of water and continued to explain: "I will compare the situation in Ming Dynasty to a bun shop, and you will understand."
"What is Jingji? Jingji is steaming buns. What is Zhengzhi? Zhengzhi is dividing the buns. What is Zhidu? Zhidu is to determine who takes the buns first and who takes the buns last, who takes more buns and who takes less.
Whoever takes the buns made of good meat, who gets the buns made of bad meat, who gets the meat buns, who gets the vegetarian buns.
"A good way to divide the buns is: the person who divides the buns last takes the buns, some vegetarian buns, or buns made with meat."
"Bad way of dividing the buns: The person who divides the buns first takes the meat buns and the special vegetarian buns he likes, and the rest is divided among others."
"The worst way to divide the buns is: the person who divides the buns first takes more of the best buns, and doesn't let others know that he took more and got the better ones. Then he advertises that the bun maker wants to thank the bun maker."
Xiao Niangpi said angrily: "Isn't this treating people like fools?"
Lin Yueru curled her lips and said: "What kind of good people do you think you are when you are an official in the Ming Dynasty? The people can know about it, but they can't let it go. Isn't that what you mean?"
Xiao Niangpi thought for a while and asked: "You gave Zhang Tianru the information about these things. Do you believe these things?"
Yang Fan sneered and said: "I believe in big-headed ghosts, but the Ming Dynasty's current tricks can no longer be deceived, and new deceptions must be invented. They are just things to fool the people."
You must speak less when you lie to others, because once you tell others too much, you will easily deceive yourself. You will really think that this is the truth, and you will completely forget your original intention of making up these lies.
The West had no good intentions at all when they invented these things. History has proven that as long as they imitate what they do, no one except the seven countries in their own civilization will develop well.