I Cultivate Immortality With Scientific Thinking

Chapter 175 How to achieve peace

Boom!

The thunder exploded, just like the sudden appearance of daylight, illuminating the confused faces of everyone in the temple.

"People's hearts?"

The young boy Xiao Wu, who was still wary of Lin Chen, was unconsciously entranced. At this moment, he even asked subconsciously:

"If that's the case, doesn't it mean that no matter what, whether we live well or not depends on the thoughts of those gentlemen, so the only thing we can do is to hope that they will be kind?"

Zhang Zhiping thought for a while and said solemnly: "Sir, if the changes in the world depend on the human heart, but the human heart is in the belly, unpredictable, hard to fathom, and hard to satisfy, then can't we just watch everything happen?" , not even Daqian can escape..."

Speaking of this, he seemed to have some taboos. Then, Zhang Zhiping closed his eyes slightly and was silent for a while before opening them and facing Lin Chen, he said word by word:

"Three hundred years of reincarnation?"

Lin Chen heard this and asked: "Old sir, do you really think that people's hearts cannot be influenced or even restrained?"

"The human heart is an illusory thing. How can it be influenced and restrained?" Zhang Zhiping thought for a moment and asked.

"That's right, just like when my elder brother beat me, I didn't even know where to offend him..." Xiao Wu said quickly on the side.

But before he finished speaking, the middle-aged man covered his mouth.

"Sir, please don't interrupt!" The middle-aged man suppressed the urge to hit someone and shouted.

Lin Chen smiled slightly at this and said: "How to change people's hearts and make everyone's hearts become good, so as to create peace for all ages. Hasn't this method been given to us by the ancient sages?"

"Huh?!" Everyone was stunned.

Zhang Zhiping had a vague idea, but he still bowed and said respectfully: "I am stupid, please give me some advice."

The way of learning is to put masters first. The level of knowledge and understanding described by Lin Chen has surpassed him, so I pay my respects.

Lin Chen accepted the gift generously. He knew very well that the person he was paying tribute to was not him, but the brilliant thoughts in the civilization behind him.

After saluting, Lin Chen did not reply directly. Instead, he picked up a crawling ant from the ground and displayed it in front of everyone: "May I ask you, what is the most important thing to this ant?"

"Eat!" Xiao Wu responded immediately.

The middle-aged man stared at Xiao Wu, who immediately shrank back. Then, he thought for a moment and picked it up: "May I ask, sir, but life?"

"That's right." Lin Chen smiled and nodded, and then continued to ask, "Then I would like to ask, what is the most important thing for people?"

"...also, life?" Zhang Zhiping pondered.

"If it's life, then why do you risk your life to save this Mr. Zhang?" Lin Chen pointed at the middle-aged man, and then pointed at Zhang Zhiping, "If it's life, why do you risk your life again?" Are you determined to carry out reforms for the sake of your safety?"

"This..." For a moment, everyone was stunned.

Then, the middle-aged man spoke first: "We don't have much idea, we just think that people like Zhang Xiang cannot die!"

Zhang Zhiping was silent for a moment, and then said firmly: "For the sake of all the people in the world."

"Then, whether it is the thought that people like Zhang Xiang cannot die, or the desire to risk one's life for the sake of the world, in the final analysis, it is all for the sake of the righteousness in the heart and the morality of society."

Lin Chen concluded, and then continued: "Then I would like to ask, whether this righteousness or morality, are people born with it?"

"Sir, what you mean is..." Zhang Zhiping seemed to understand it completely at this moment, and murmured, "Morality and righteousness are what we learn from classics, and classics are created by sages."

"We who have clearly understood the moral principles, know right and wrong, know how to restrain ourselves and eliminate the evil in our hearts, and can even go against the instinct of life for the sake of the moral principles in our hearts."

"So, the moral principles created by the sages established the spirit of civilization inheritance and, to a certain extent, changed people's hearts!"

"That's right." Lin Chen nodded, "In fact, the ancient sages have already thought of the method of peace and harmony. It is moral justice."

"The ancient sages established a moral system and restrained people's hearts with morality and etiquette. They transformed us from animal nature to human nature, and transformed us from a world of the weak to the possibility of a world of great harmony!"

"As long as we follow what the saints did in ancient times, restrain people's hearts with righteousness, educate nature with morality, everyone can abide by it, respect the old and love the young, be kind to others, be honest and trustworthy..."

"In the end, our entire society will become a society with extremely high moral quality. Even if there is no law, each of us will consciously restrain ourselves, correct the problems caused by the changes of the times, and make up for its shortcomings."

"Everyone has extremely high moral standards. Naturally, they will not engage in corruption or exploitation. Instead, they will consider others, be strict with themselves, and be a gentleman with caution."

"At that time, the entire society will be able to achieve fair distribution and gain from hard work. In the end, everyone will be like a dragon, marching towards the wider world outside, and even the sea of ​​stars..."

"That's how it is. Why has the world become like this?" After hearing this, Xiao Wu couldn't help but ask.

"It's not that moral principles don't work, but that some people trample on them time and time again." Lin Chen said lightly.

"Originally, it took thousands of years for the morality of old people and old people to be formed. But saving the old man from being blackmailed and accompanying the entire family property is enough to cause cracks in the morality that has been formed for thousands of years..."

"And such small things, accumulated over many years in history, will make the efforts of countless sages and forefathers come to nothing."

"In the early years of the dynasty, people gathered together, just to work together to create a prosperous age. But as time goes by, they can no longer control their desires, and things that corrupt social morality happen one after another..."

"Slowly, from the initial gathering of people's hearts, to the continuous deterioration of social atmosphere, the world's morale is deteriorating, and people's hearts are not old, which eventually leads to the proliferation of corrupt officials and the tyranny of landlords. As a result, the people are in dire straits, and reincarnation begins again..."

"So I feel that the decline of the dynasty is not a problem of land, taxation, or interests, but a problem of people's hearts!"

"Otherwise, when the basic interests are getting bigger and bigger, how can there be a situation where there is no idle land in the world and farmers are starving to death? In the final analysis, it still depends on the people's hearts!"

After listening to these words, Zhang Zhiping was silent for a long time and sighed: "First of all, it is proved that changes in the situation through the ages are not caused by people's hearts. Then he explains that the ancient sages used morality to restrain people's hearts, and then explains the origin of dynasty changes from the moral people's hearts. Mr. Shanye must have such an opinion. The sages, those who have great virtues from ancient times, are the first-rate immortals and sages!"

"The sages created the Great Dao, which will benefit future generations for thousands of years. True Immortal is a free world, and the original intention remains unchanged throughout the ages. I am just a strange man in the mountains with a little knowledge, so what qualifications can I compare to the sages and immortals?" Lin Chen shook his head.

Afterwards, Zhang Zhiping saluted Lin Chen solemnly and asked respectfully: "I dare to ask, Sir, today, when the way of sages has been damaged, the world is declining, and people's hearts are not the same as before, how should we restrain people's hearts and create new things?" Peace for all eternity?

"I don't know." Lin Chen shook his head and said directly.

"Sir, you are really talented...eh?!"

(End of chapter)