I Cultivate Immortality With Scientific Thinking

Chapter 176: Investigate things to gain knowledge, demonstrate evidence to seek the Tao

"I don't know either."

Under the expectant eyes of everyone, Lin Chen said these words calmly.

"Huh?!" Zhang Zhiping's usually calm face showed surprise for the first time.

"Then why did you just say so well that I believe it!" Xiao Wu and others even opened their eyes.

Lin Chen faced everyone's surprise and just smiled softly:

"Although I can't give you a Great Dao that reaches the sky, I can give you a little way forward."

"I hope you can give me some advice, sir!" Zhang Zhiping had a look of awe on his face, and he quickly saluted with his hands raised, as if listening.

"Since the world cannot change but people's hearts. If we want to achieve peace for all eternity, I think there are two ways."

"First, it is to use something that cannot lie to restrain people's hearts."

"Second, people should no longer lie to each other."

Lin Chen said slowly.

"Something that can't deceive people?" The middle-aged man pondered at the side, "I have been traveling in the world for many years. My eyes can deceive people, my ears can deceive people, and people can deceive people even more. Is there anything that can't deceive people?"

"Even the classics of sages will have some defects due to the passage of time, and thus lose their meaning. Moreover, due to different annotators, they will bring in other people's opinions..." Zhang Zhiping also pondered, "Not to mention the differences between people. People don’t lie to each other, it’s almost impossible.”

With a smile on Lin Chen's face, he said softly: "It is true that everything in this world can lie, but I think there is one thing that cannot."

Um?

Zhang Zhiping and the middle-aged man looked at each other, then clasped their fists and said, "I hope you can give me some advice, sir!"

"Before that, I want to ask a question first, what is five plus seven?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen did not answer directly, but asked with a smile on his face.

"I know, it's equal to two!" Before anyone could answer, Xiao Wu, who finally found a chance to interrupt, raised his hand.

Um? !

"Look, five fingers, plus seven, doesn't the number of one finger equal to..." Looking at the eyes of everyone, Xiao Wu's voice gradually became lowered, and his whole body became frightened.

"Our boy is stupid, I hope you don't mind, sir." The middle-aged man resisted the urge to hit and apologized quickly.

Zhang Zhiping on the side pondered for a moment and said thoughtfully: "Sir, what you said is arithmetic?"

"That's right, arithmetic is also called mathematics by me. I don't think this thing can deceive people." Lin Chen said every word.

"Mathematics? This is impossible!" Zhang Zhiping shook his head when he heard this. "The tax revenue recorded in the accounts of the imperial court every year is at most the income of one state in the past. It is obviously impossible."

"The numbers in the ledger are accurate, but tax revenue has been decreasing year by year. This is obviously false. How can it be said that mathematics cannot deceive people?"

When Lin Chen heard this, he was not angry and asked instead: "What if we add in the taxes taken away by corrupt officials and powerful landlords, does it match the output of the land?"

"This..." Zhang Zhiping was obviously stunned.

If you think about it this way, it seems that there is no problem.

"So it's never mathematics that's deceptive. It's that someone concealed key data." Lin Chen shook his head, and then continued, "But if our society can strictly follow mathematics."

"One third of each person's output is handed over to the dynasty, and seven percent is used for oneself. Three thirds of each person's output is used for personal use. Each point has a clear discrepancy, and is turned into open and transparent data for us to observe."

"The output and consumption of the entire society have been turned into numerical control, open and transparent, and distributed according to the prescribed mathematical analysis to those who create value according to their work. Will this mean there is no oppression and no exploitation? "

"But numbers are controlled by people after all. Since they are controlled by people, then they can manipulate them. In this case, is it still a failure?" Zhang Zhiping quickly caught the loophole.

"But what if the person in control is not a person?"

"Sir... what does this mean?" Zhang Zhiping asked in surprise.

"What do you think would happen if our social morality came not from words, but from numbers? What if those who control social data and are responsible for law enforcement are not human beings with their emotions and changing hearts, but are like the law of heaven? What do you think will happen to something cold and heartless?"

Zhang Zhiping was stunned for a moment.

"It doesn't matter if it's moral, or something as cold and ruthless as the law of heaven. They won't have selfish motives, and naturally they won't be biased."

"In addition to what they need for their own survival, they will turn society's output into data and distribute it fairly to everyone according to mathematics. As long as the data does not go through human hands and there are strong law enforcement means, then if the data does not match up, it will be Implement sanctions. And law enforcement officers have no emotions, so they will naturally not hold back. They will exploit them at all levels, and behaviors that harm the public and enrich themselves will be curbed. This..."

The more Zhang Zhiping thought about it, the more he felt that Lin Chen's words seemed to make sense.

While he was analyzing, the eyes of the middle-aged man and others on the side became brighter and brighter.

Most of them were forced to collect several rounds of taxes by powerful landlords and corrupt officials who made false accounts.

For them, they just want to pay their taxes and live peacefully. This method makes them feel unstoppable.

"But how can this be done?" After thinking about this clearly, Zhang Zhiping sighed, "And I think using mathematics to manage society is not a little less... humane?"

"So I considered the second method, which is that people don't lie to each other." Lin Chen said with a smile.

"I hope you can give me some advice, sir." Zhang Zhiping cupped his hands and acted like he was listening again.

He understood that every word and every method Lin Chen said was not aimless or rhetorical, but had the possibility of creating peace for all eternity, so naturally he did not dare to miss a word.

"What kind of person do you think the old man wouldn't lie to?" Lin Chen asked first.

"Gentlemen with noble character, every word they speak is true to their hearts, and they will not lie to others." Zhang Zhiping said solemnly.

The gentleman he calls is a true gentleman, not a self-proclaimed villain.

"Then if everyone is a gentleman and everyone upholds the right path, do you think people will still cheat on each other?"

"This is impossible..." Surprise flashed across Zhang Zhiping's face and he spoke again, but the next moment, he closed his mouth.

To make everyone behave like a gentleman, not to lie to each other, to uphold the right path, and to make the world unified. Isn't this the ultimate goal of the ancient sages who created morality?

"But now that the world is declining and people's hearts are not as old as they used to be, how can we restore the grandeur of ancient times and make customs simple?" Thinking of this, Zhang Zhiping let out a long sigh.

"That's not necessarily the case. Just like a child who has received a good education and grew up in a kind environment, no matter how bad he becomes, he can still have his own bottom line."

"If we can inject qualities such as kindness, simplicity, and sincerity into every person's mind, then no matter how bad he is in the future, he will not become a heinous bad person. Isn't this a way?"

To put it simply, it is the stamp of thought.

Using the means of ideological stamping, we can inject kindness, upwardness, honesty and other excellent qualities into everyone's mind, thereby completely changing the atmosphere of the entire society, allowing everyone to communicate with each other, work together, and create a prosperous world!

"How...how can this be done?" Faced with this almost impossible thing, Zhang Zhiping murmured.

Whether it is using mathematics to control society or injecting kind thoughts into people's hearts, these are simply impossible to achieve under the current situation.

Is it possible that this eternal peace will never be possible? No matter how hard we work and how much blood we pay, all we get in exchange is a three-hundred-year reincarnation?

Just when Zhang Zhiming felt a little desperate, he suddenly saw Lin Chen's smiling expression.

Then, he seemed to understand something, his face was solemn, he quickly stood up, and then knelt down on the ground.

"I hope you, sir, can teach us how to save the world!"

Seeing this, the middle-aged man and others also knelt down.

"I hope you, sir, can teach us how to save the world!"

Xiao Wu looked at it, a little reluctantly, but after hesitating for a moment, he still knelt down.

Seeing this, Lin Chen showed no emotion on his face. Instead, he waved his sleeves and everyone felt a huge force lifting him up.

"Why do you need to make such a gesture? Don't you know that the great things in this world are all obtained step by step by yourself, how can you ask for them from others?"

"Looking at the ancient sages, traveling around the six countries, I saw the cruelty of the law, the incompetence of the monarch, and the obsession of interests. Finally, after thinking about it again and again, I finally understood the key to restraining the human heart by morality."

"Since then, Confucianism has been founded, spread throughout the world, and established the spiritual core of civilization in one fell swoop. Since then, it has a long history and continues to flourish!"

"Even the sages have gone through hardships and hardships to seek the Dao. Do you think you can obtain the Great Dao with just one sentence? Isn't it ridiculous!"

"The great Dao in this world can only be understood if it is correct by practicing it yourself!"

"Study things to gain knowledge, conduct empirical research to seek truth! You don't even have personal experiments, so you just put your hopes on others so easily?"

"You must know that in this world, there is only Tao, and it is for seeking, not for taking shortcuts!"

"Study things to gain knowledge, and demonstrate reality to seek the Tao. In this world, the only thing we can seek is the Tao!"

After hearing these words, Zhang Zhiping stood up and murmured, his eyes getting brighter and brighter.

You have never even tried it yourself, so why do you think this path is not feasible?

In the ancient times when etiquette collapsed and wars were rampant, sages risked their lives and traveled around the world to build the Great Dao that would last forever.

So today, why can't I follow the sages' aspirations and try to find my own way?

"Sir, you are right. If you haven't tried it, how do you know if it is possible?" Zhang Zhiping saluted again and said respectfully, "I hope you will let me follow you, always listen to your teachings, and find a way to open the way for all generations." The way to peace is coming.”

When three of us travel together, we must be my teacher.

Although you are older, your knowledge and ideas are deeper than mine, so I naturally recognize you as my teacher.

"Haha, that's not necessary! My way is not about peace, it's different ways, and we don't want to conspire with each other!" Lin Chen laughed, rejected his request, and then said, "But if you really want to seek the way to peace, maybe You can go to Gangneung to see it.”

"Why is this?" Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

Lin Chen smiled softly and did not reply. Instead, he stood up and said, "The rain has stopped. It's time for me to leave. I hope to see you again in the future."

Before anyone could react, Lin Chen jumped up and walked out of the temple gate.

"Sir, wait!" Zhang Zhiping and others were stunned and quickly chased after him.

When I opened the temple door, I saw the clouds disappearing and the rain disappearing, the moon shining brightly, and there was no one in front of the temple, as if everything just now was an illusion.

"this!"

An exclamation woke up Zhang Zhiping and others. Looking back, they saw a man in black pointing to an open space, his hands trembling uncontrollably.

Everyone was shocked because the location he was pointing to was exactly where the young man in white had lit the fire.

There were burning fireworks, hay all over the ground, and half-burnt firewood just now, but now all these have disappeared, leaving only a small open space.

"Immortal!" Everyone knelt down and worshiped, thinking that they were immortals, and kept exclaiming.

Only two people were still standing on the field, their eyes reflected the bright moon in the sky, and their eyes were as bright as stars.

One is Zhang Zhiping, the former prime minister of Daqian, and the other is a young man in black named Xiao Wu.

"Studying things to gain knowledge, empirical evidence to seek the Tao, as long as everyone's heart is kind, can peace be achieved for all eternity..."

"Master, do you care about arithmetic..."

The cool breeze after the rain swept through the long forest and brushed their faces.

Many times, the turning point in history often occurs in an inadvertent, trivial event, in an inconspicuous place, and those who experienced it at the time often would not notice it.

Only many years later, when people look back through history, will they suddenly realize, oh, it turned out that it was at this moment that the world changed.

So who knows whether this scene in the ancient temple where they met the boy in white like a dream will become a famous turning point in history in the future?

We are all making history, and no one knows whether we will become a person in history.

So, sometimes when I think about it, it’s quite exciting.

——

Hundreds of years later, when future generations were looking through historical records, they accidentally discovered a broken ancient book with a period of the past clearly written on it.

[Unofficial History]

At the end of the Qianqian Dynasty and the beginning of summer, the Confucian sages and the Taoist Master of Taiping met strange people in the wilderness.

His white clothes are as white as snow, he is as graceful as a wandering dragon, and his appearance is as bright as that of an immortal.

The two of them were fascinated by it, so they talked with him and found that he knew astronomy, geography, and the changes in ancient and modern times. They couldn't help but admire him.

During the conversation, Qi Ren lamented: "Things that have changed over the ages have nothing to do with people's hearts!"

The two of them couldn't help being shocked, and stood up and bowed down, asking for peace.

The strange man smiled and said: "Study things to gain knowledge, and empirical evidence to seek the Tao. Since ancient times, I have only heard of sages seeking the Tao. How can I get the Tao from others? You should strengthen yourself."

The two of them begged again and again, and the strange man pointed to the direction from a distance: "There is purple energy in the southeast, covering Yunmengze."

Then it dispersed with the wind. When everyone saw it, they thought that the ancient sage, True Immortal, had come to the world to guide all living beings. They fell to the ground and worshiped, and then went down to Jiangling.

In the seventh month of the month, when the fire is flowing, in the midsummer night, there are purple stars moving, shining brightly in the sky, and then the stars fall in the big swamp, shocking the world.

Eternal changes have occurred since then, because of the laws from heaven that have descended on the human world!

(End of chapter)