The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2515 No destruction, no establishment

The authority of Fang Yun, the pressure of the five major families, the ruthlessness of the severe attack on Si, the evil reputation of Xingdian, the death of King Kang, the demise of one hundred and six families, the silence of Lidian... and a series of other factors added up, Completely crushing all the major families in Jingguo.

In fact, even so, some families still resisted and even began to arm their own houses.

However, Yan Da Si led soldiers from all over the Jing Kingdom to launch attacks mercilessly in the name of exterminating the rebels.

After the Crackdown Division announced that the fourth phase of the crackdown on local tyrants and evil gentry had achieved significant results, the Jingguo Cabinet held a meeting to discuss the crackdown, analyze and summarize it, and gain valuable experience.

At the end of the meeting, Cao De'an stopped Fang Yun, and the two drank tea in the empty side hall while everyone else left.

After a while, Cao De'an put down the tea cup in his hand, looked at Fang Yun, and said: "Fang Xusheng, you know that I have never opposed you in the court, but this time, are you a little too cruel? You don't have to The excuse is that this is Xingdian’s method. I know Xingdian very well and I also know Mr. Gao Moge. Without your forceful push, Xingdian would never be so extreme.”

"Ginger is very spicy. I didn't expect you to be sure that this matter is completely controlled by me." Fang Yun smiled and drank a cup of tea.

Cao De'an sighed: "The elders in the Holy Court... ahem, to put it harshly, they all say that I am made of paper, and those old people in the pavilion are made of kraft paper at most, not much better than me. Their style of conduct has already Contaminated by a serious officialdom atmosphere, Xingdian was determined to reform, but he definitely did not have such a big responsibility. However, what makes me curious is that such an irresponsible palace actually silently took on this matter without anyone mentioning you. Even the Dongsheng Pavilion and the Zong family who should have been the most fiercely opposed have not taken any action, even for the sake of Qingguo. , It’s just mediation. Fang Xusheng, tell the truth, what did you do?”

Fang Yun smiled slightly and said, "Don't you still know?"

Cao De'an was stunned, slapped his thigh suddenly, and said: "This innovation has been approved by... the elders above?"

You don't need to think about the person who can make a great scholar lose his temper.

Fang Yun said: "This is confidential, I can't reveal any information."

Cao De'an nodded lightly and said: "Then I understand. This can be regarded as solving one of my questions. However, after I took stock of the entire reform process, especially after carefully studying the crackdown on the Division, I found that some of the things, although reasonable, were Among them, but also unexpected , some coincidences. It can even be said that Yan DaSi's move is extremely risky. If you are not careful, you will fail. According to my inference, Yan DaSi's failure may be as high as 30%. After all, you are facing a panoramic view. A family in the country, maybe even a family in the entire Shengyuan Continent.”

"Thirty percent? You are too conservative. The success or failure is almost half." Fang Yun said calmly.

Cao De'an glanced at Fang Yun helplessly and said: "There is only half a chance of success, how dare you force innovation?"

"If I don't do it, there will be no chance at all." Fang Yun said.

Cao De'an said: "If, I mean if, the crackdown on the local tyrants and evil gentry fails in the fourth stage, and most officials and families in Jingguo oppose you, and families in various countries also oppose you, what will you do?"

"Do you really want to hear it?" Fang Yun asked.

Cao De'an said: "Of course!"

"I actually have a lose-lose method to ensure that the innovation will be successful, but the time of success will be delayed by several years or even decades." Fang Yun suddenly looked out the window, looking a little melancholy.

"What means?"

After a long time, Fang Yun looked out the window and said slowly: "I personally took to the streets and posted notices everywhere, asking the people and scholars of Panorama Country to join my team, smash those clay statues, and attack those who are rich and unkind. Be powerful, pull down those bureaucrats and cleanse Jingguo completely!"

Cao De'an stared at Fang Yun with wide eyes.

"If you do this, you will become the enemy of the Panorama State family and bureaucracy, and even the enemy of the middle and higher-ups of the entire human race. By then, Jingguo will be in great turmoil, and there may even be semi-saints who will intervene to stop it."

"Compared with being wiped out by the demon world, what does Jingguo's turmoil mean?"

"But even if you completely cleanse Jingguo, you may not be able to stop the demon world."

"We will at least leave a fire and be reborn from the ashes in the near future!" Fang Yun's voice was decisive.

"This opportunity is too slim." Cao De'an said.

Fang Yun said: "You are wrong. If you are like me and know the history of a large number of ethnic groups in the world, you will find a pattern. After entering the peak period, every powerful or even great ethnic group will slack off, slow down or even slow down. Stop developing and are eventually surpassed and defeated by other ethnic groups, and it is often the emerging ethnic groups that defeat those ancient ethnic groups. Do you know why?”

"I don't know." Cao De'an said sincerely.

"It's very simple. Emerging ethnic groups don't have too many constraints. They will do whatever it takes to survive, become stronger, and seize every opportunity for progress. Therefore, in every great era, there will always be competition among various ethnic groups. There are many ancient ethnic groups, and there are many emerging ethnic groups, and the group that succeeds in the end must be the group with the highest degree of progress. Therefore, the rise and fall of each ethnic group can be judged by a simple criterion. One of the fastest-growing groups!”

"You mean..."

"In order to become one of the most progressive ethnic groups, we must destroy the obstacles that affect our progress! If we cannot destroy some inherent concepts and constraints, there will never be any motivation for progress, and there will never be the possibility of progress! Of course, I must admit that when destroying the cage, innocent people will be hurt. Although it will destroy our original excellence, for the sake of progress, these losses are completely acceptable. Therefore, ignorant people will only see the good or the bad. Only the sober people will learn from every major change. In it, we discover the good and the bad at the same time, and we will not completely deny the bad, nor will we ignore the bad because of the good in it.”

Cao De'an said: "I understand what you mean. You saw the crisis of the human race, so you relied on your own efforts to force the human race to undergo a change that only emerging ethnic groups can experience, destroy the shackles of Jingguo or the human race, and give birth to a rapidly advancing nation. The soil changes the human race, allowing the human race to develop new technologies, concepts and even holy ways, and then progress, and finally win from the competition among all races! "

"So, if necessary, I will not hesitate to destroy Panorama Country to ensure the progress of the human race." There was no emotion in Fang Yun's voice.

"Don't you know the consequences of failure or temporary failure?" Cao De'an looked at Fang Yun, and the weather-beaten old man's eyes turned red.

Fang Yun smiled slightly, his eyes full of calmness.

"When I hold my sword and move forward, I will never look back."