Collect crowd into immortals

Chapter 409 Good and Evil

Canglan sea area.

Some remote island.

A small county town called Chenggu.

To the east, there is a mysterious academy.

The academy is run by an ordinary couple, but no one around dares to come looking for trouble.

That afternoon, the gentle and calm voice of the teacher sounded again in the academy classroom.

“Today, let’s talk about what is good and what is evil?
Kong Zhen, tell me what you think is good and evil! "

"is teacher!"

As the words fell, a young man wearing a Confucian shirt stood up.

"Teacher, there is a saying in the Book of Changes: A house that accumulates good deeds will always be blessed, and a house that accumulates bad deeds will have lingering disasters.

Therefore, students believe that if there is no residual happiness in the home, it must be an unwholesome home; if there is any lingering disaster in the home, it must be an unwholesome home! "

As soon as these words were spoken, before the teacher on the stage could speak, a student wearing simple clothes stood up next to him.

“Brother Kong’s words are wrong!

The so-called residual disaster exists objectively.Either a disaster or bad luck may lead to a series of disasters in the family, and the family may fall from wealth to poverty. How can this be covered with just one word? "

"Yes, yes! Kong Zhen, what you said is a real class theory. According to what you said, doesn't it mean that wealthy businessmen and officials are all good people, while poor people are all evildoers?"

"That's true! Kong Zhen, what you said is a reversal of cause and effect, and is not the behavior of a sensible person."

……

For a time, Kong Zhen, who was the first to speak, became the subject of discussion.

Especially those who were dressed simply, they all spoke fiercely and almost cursed.

What's wrong with them being poor? Can poor people be called evil people?This hole really made the same old habit again.

However, Kong Zhen always raised his head and expressed that he didn't care.

These bastards, if the teacher hadn't been kind and gave them the opportunity to come and study, would they still want to go to school with the children of powerful people like them?
Even eight lifetimes of accumulated blessings cannot be exchanged for it.

At this time, a woman with bright eyes and white teeth sitting in the front also stood up and said loudly:
"The Book of Changes states: A house that accumulates good deeds must have Yu Qing. It does not say that a house that has Yu Qing must be a house that accumulates good deeds. Brother Kong, you are lying!"

After speaking, the woman glanced at Kong Zhen behind her, as if to warn him.

Seeing this, Kong Zhen's straight back slightly bent, and he bowed his hands and said: "What the princess said is true, Kong has been taught! But Kong just answered the teacher's question, and he never meant to look down on the classmates! "

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the teacher on the stage.

Hearing this, the teacher on the stage smiled and nodded.

"Kong Zhen is right. It doesn't matter whether his thoughts are good or bad. You just need to express your thoughts.

Meng Huai, since you are the second to speak, tell me your opinion. "

"is teacher!"

Meng Huai stood up, bowed deeply, and then said: "Teacher, fellow students, Meng Huai believes that as long as you help others from the bottom of your heart, then it is good. If you want to harm others, then it is evil! You must be punished! "

As soon as these words came out, someone stood up again and asked:

"I have a question. You said that helping others from the heart is good, so do you need to consider the consequences?

If someone falls into the water and I don’t know how to swim, so I run to the city to ask for help, but by the time I get there, the person is already dead, then am I doing a good deed? "

"Yes! You have a kind heart, that's it!"

"Then if I didn't ask for help, but went directly by myself, but because I wasn't familiar with the nature of water, I came up without anyone, then it's still not a good thing?"

Meng Huai thought thoughtfully, then said: "That's right! But the good done by this move is smaller than the previous one!"

When the person who asked the question heard this, he was noncommittal and asked again, "Then I still have a question. If I could have been saved due to a mistake, but I couldn't be saved because of my mistake, then am I still not a good person?"

"This……"

Meng Huai felt that his CPU was burning.

You might want to say it’s not a good thing, but others do have good intentions.

But because of his mistake, the drowning man was killed. Whether this was good or evil, he couldn't tell for a while.

After a long while, Meng Huai found that he couldn't tell the difference, so he could only say: "What does the palace brother think is good and what is evil?"

"Gong believes that as long as all walks of life perform their duties, then it is good. On the contrary, if someone likes to relax and not work hard, and does not want to make progress, then this is evil!"

"Everyone performs his or her duties? I dare to ask Brother Gong, what are the responsibilities of ordinary people?"

"Of course you have to plant good land, pay good taxes, have good children, and do your part well!"

"What's within my duties? What if I want to be an official?"

"Brother Meng, as long as he studies hard and obtains fame, he will naturally be able to become an official."

Gong Yu said seriously.

You have the opportunity to study under this teacher. Whether you want to be an official or not is a joke!

But at this time, Meng Huai asked again: "What if he is an ordinary citizen? How can he become an official?"

“They can read and write too!”

"Reading and writing? I dare to ask Brother Gong, how are the petty officials in Chenggu County selected?
Is it true that only the sons of minor officials can be minor officials, the sons of wealthy businessmen can continue to be wealthy businessmen, and the sons of ordinary people can only be ordinary people? "

Hearing this, Gong Yu said calmly: "Ordinary people can just do their own thing well and don't need to think about all the other things!

Being an official is not that easy, he takes a lot of effort! "

At this time, another civilian boy stood up and said, "We are not afraid, but will you give us this opportunity?"

Gong Yu remained silent.

At this time, a fat man covered in silk satin stood up and smoothed things over: "Everyone, today we are discussing the issue of good and evil, not how to be an official. If you guys really have ideas, we can debate it after class. Don't delay. Everyone’s time!”

After saying that, after seeing everyone sitting down, he coughed lightly, and then said loudly: "Teacher, everyone, as the saying goes, poverty breeds treachery, wealth breeds conscience!

So we don’t have to worry about good or evil. We just need to make money and make money well. When we make money and become rich, we will naturally have a conscience and become kind.

Just like my money brings blessings, I was born to be kind. This is why, this is because my family is rich and my father created the conditions for me. "

As he said that, Qian Shengfu also patted his fat belly, with a bright look on his face.

As soon as these words came out, countless people subconsciously curled their lips.

Even Gong Yu, who had been persuaded by him before, stood up and said, "There is no business without treachery! Business is the source of disaster for the country! There is no saying that business means wealth!" Who knows that money brings happiness but is different? Views.

"Brother Gong, what you said is wrong!

There was a severe drought in Guanzhong the year before last. Is it because our Hanzhong businessmen worked tirelessly to drive oxen and carts and bring hundreds of thousands of loads of grain to support, and this relieved the famine in Guanzhong?

Is this a good move? "

"Your 20 tons of grain only lasted for half a month, and it was only with the grain from the Central Plains that the crisis was completely resolved!"

"Brother Gong, you might as well think about it. Without those 20 tons of food, how many people would have died in Guanzhong? Could it be that we have saved so many lives and this can't be called a good thing?"

Gong Yu was speechless.

Although he usually looks down on these profiteers, there is no denying this, because even the imperial court has commended the relevant merchants.

If he denies it, it would be a slap in the face of the court.

Not to mention, there are still princes and princesses here.

Seeing that he remained silent, Qian Shengfu raised the corner of his mouth, and then said: "Ten years ago, the Yellow River burst its banks. Was it the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River who mobilized grain and supplies to save the Central Plains from disaster?

And the work of dredging the Han River is also done by us merchants! "

"That's for your own navigation!"

"Brother Gong, tell me, will it be beneficial to ordinary fishermen?"

"Yes, yes, but you also took money from the court, so why does all the credit go to you?"

"Brother Gong, why don't you tell me why you would rather give money than do it yourself? Is it because you have too little money, or because you won't do it after the abolition of corvee?"

As soon as these words came out, Gong Yu slapped the table angrily.

"Presumptuous! Qian Shengfu, this is the academy, not your Qian family, so don't talk nonsense. If you really have a problem with the court, you can go directly to the court and don't talk so sarcastically!"

When Qian Shengfu heard this, he was about to open his mouth to refute, but when he heard a slight cough from the front, he immediately shut up.

Although they are both students of the Master, they seem to have equal personalities, but there are some things that it is better not to ignore too much.

But at this moment, the master above him suddenly said: "Ji Mingchun, do you have something to say?"

When Ji Mingchun heard this, he immediately trembled with fright. He stood up, bowed tremblingly, and then said: "Tell me, Master, the student just suddenly had an itchy mouth and couldn't bear it, so... I just... I hope Master can forgive me!"

When the master heard this, he nodded nonchalantly and said, "Don't disturb the class in the future!"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

When Ji Mingchun heard this, he immediately saluted and assured.

"Okay, sit down! Let's continue now! If you have any different opinions on the point where money brings happiness just now, feel free to tell us!"

As soon as he said these words, Meng Huai, who was dressed in plain clothes, stood up again and said, "There are students!"

After seeing the master nodding, Meng Huai turned to Qian Shengfu and asked:
"I dare to ask Brother Qian. 50 years ago, the great businessman Sun Fugui proposed that the court eradicate all the millions of acres of fertile land on Jiangnan Road on the grounds that mulberry silkworms were more beneficial to the people. In the end, millions of people were displaced and exchanged their children for food. How dare you Ask Brother Qian, is this a good move?"

"This is the sin committed by the traitor Wei Zhongquan and has nothing to do with me, the merchant!"

"After that, merchants drove up the price of food from ten cents per catty to one hundred cents per catty, or even five hundred cents per catty. Is this a good move?"

"Things that are rare are valuable. Food was scarce in Jiangnan Road at that time, so the price should naturally increase!"

"You are willing to starve to death hundreds of thousands of people for this?"

"There are not that many at all. According to the local government report, there are only 360 people, not hundreds of thousands. Brother Meng, please don't lie!"

"Then when you took the opportunity to amass money and land, and the town government issued a land division order to ensure that every farmer had two acres of land, did Brother Qian also want to deny it?"

The corner of Qian Shengfu's mouth twitched, and then he said: "That is just the personal behavior of an individual merchant and has nothing to do with me and other kind-hearted wealthy merchants!"

Meng Huai heard this and continued to speak, "I remember that at that time, your Qian family also spit out thousands of acres of fertile land, so I dare to ask Brother Qian, why your family is like this? Is it true that your family is kind-hearted and compassionate!"

"Of course! For the sake of the people of our city, my great-grandfather reluctantly gave up his love and sacrificed his own family. This has been registered by the government!"

"Then I dare to ask Brother Qian, where did your land come from? Was it blown down by the strong wind?"

The corner of Qian Shengfu's mouth twitched, and then he said: "Of course, my Qian family has always been good to the people. In order to help the people, the people voluntarily sold it to my Qian family!"

"Really? Why did I hear that your Qian family manipulated the price of cloth, making all the cloth worthless, and then took the opportunity to buy the lowest price, and finally..."

"Nonsense! My great-grandfather is an eighth-grade good man personally appointed by the imperial court. Please don't talk nonsense!"

Hearing this, Meng Huai did not continue, but smiled and sat down.

At this time, his deskmate stood up and asked Qian Shengfu: "Brother Qian, why does your Qian family's purchase price of silkworm cocoons plummet by [-]% every time the cocoon harvest season comes? The price of twine is even lower. , or even plummet by [-]%?”

"Things are more valuable when they are scarce, and in the harvest season, the quantity will naturally be cheaper. This is a business principle, and you should have learned it!"

"Then why do you never bargain on the price of your cloth, and even increase the price?"

"The cloth in my house comes from the workshop, and the workshop has to pay wages to the weavers. How can this be reduced? If it is reduced, the wages of the weavers will be reduced. Do you think they will agree?"

"Then when your cloth prices increased, you didn't even give them a wage increase!"

"That's all for special reasons. It's not just my Qian family, it's the entire Chenggu County. It's even the entire Hanzhong County and the entire Dayong Dynasty. My Qian family can only follow the general trend and not do anything at all. Dare to fall behind!"

When Chen Mu heard the words, he didn't comment. He bowed his hands to the master above him and then sat down.

"Teacher, the students have finished asking questions!"

"Well, is there anyone else who has a different opinion? If not, then the next person. Shen Mu, it's just you, tell me your views on good and evil."

“Teacher, the student’s thoughts are somewhat similar to Meng Huai’s.

Students also believe that only helping others sincerely is a good deed.That is kindness.

If you ask for something in return, or if you do it unintentionally, you are not a good person..."

At the end, he simply summarized his philosophy: "If you do good with intention, you will not be rewarded even if it is good; if you do evil without intention, you will not punish even if you are evil."

"Oh? If you intend to do good, you won't be rewarded even if you do good; if you don't intend to do evil, you won't be punished even if you do evil! This is interesting, who has a different opinion!"

"Teacher, students think that what Chen Mu said is a big fallacy! It can even be said to be a disaster for the country and the people!"

"Harm the country and the people? Gong Yu, don't be alarmist and avenge private revenge!"

"Public revenge?"

Gong Yu smiled slightly.Does he seem to be such a stingy person?
It’s obviously not good!

Of course, these are not important. What is important is to suppress the arrogance of these common people, so that it is not worthwhile for him to come in.

"Chen Mu, you said that if you have the intention to do good, you will not be rewarded even if you do good; if you have no intention of doing evil, you will not punish even if you are evil!
So let me ask you, how do you tell if he has a heart?How to judge whether when he does good deeds, he does it unintentionally, or with a heart of compassion, compassion, or with the intention of doing evil? "

(End of this chapter)