"Prime Minister Li, we've talked so much about Father Emperor, but there's one thing Fusu doesn't understand: why are you still willing to continue assisting Father Emperor despite his many flaws?"
"Because everyone has flaws, His Majesty has many flaws, but also many strengths. I can assert to you, Your Highness, that His Majesty is the most outstanding and excellent emperor in the next few thousand years. We cannot ignore his strengths because of his flaws. Of course, we should not excessively admire his strengths and fail to see his flaws."
Fusu was confused; he seemed to understand something, yet he understood nothing at all.
"But...Prime Minister Li, do you think Father Emperor is good or bad? Right or wrong? A tyrant? A wise ruler? Or a virtuous ruler?"
"Humans are not diodes. His Majesty is a tyrant, but also a wise ruler, and even more so, a virtuous ruler. He is a good person, but also a bad person. To the people under his rule, he is the worst person in the world, but to the people of future generations, he is the best person in the world. His vision transcends his time, and his thoughts also transcend his time. People today misunderstand him, but that doesn't mean people in the future will misunderstand him. Do you understand what I mean?"
"not understand......"
He shook his head.
He didn't understand what Li Lin was saying at all.
In his traditional view, things are black and white; if someone is not good, then they must be bad.
Where have I ever heard of such a dialectical viewpoint as Li Lin?
"Fusu, you must understand one thing: people are neither good nor bad, neither kind nor evil. Am I a good person? I'm asking you that."
"I'd say he's a good person!"
"No, that's a one-sided view. In the eyes of the meritorious class, local officials, and some Confucian disciples, he is a heinous villain. Do you know why that is?"
"have no idea!"
Fusu knew nothing when asked, and he shook his head several times. He felt that today seemed to be the day he shook his head the most.
"Position, to put it bluntly, is determined by where you sit. From the perspective of the common people today, His Majesty is making them work as free labor, making them do this and that, without any wages, it's all unpaid labor, and they don't receive any compensation. Tell me, what do you think of His Majesty in the long run?"
"Complaints? Hatred?"
"That's right. When you put yourself in someone else's shoes, you realize that nothing is really that big of a deal. Cao Gui said, 'Those who eat meat are base and cannot plan for the long term.' But this is a false proposition. Those who eat meat are not base; on the contrary, they have a longer-term vision. The reason they choose behaviors and principles that seem most unbelievable to ordinary people is because they are standing on their own ground, while the general public is standing on their own ground. Their positions and perspectives are different, so their evaluations of the same thing are also different. Therefore, we cannot overemphasize whether a person is good or bad."
"Grand Tutor, you are truly a man of great talent! I, Fusu, have learned so much! Previously, I, Fusu, always thought that Prime Minister Li's level of learning was insufficient to be my teacher, but now it seems that I was wrong. Grand Tutor, please accept my bow!"
"Hahaha, these are all child's play. And you, the one eavesdropping in the corner, come out now! I just said so many treasonous things, now you and your master must be happy, right?"
"ah?"
Fusu looked at the pool in the corner of the wall with a look of horror.
Sure enough, someone used a lotus leaf to cover their body.
Now that Li Lin had discovered them, they didn't dare leave directly and had no choice but to swim over.
How did you find me?
"Hmph, you fool, water that is too clear has no fish, don't you understand that principle?"
"ah?"
He looked down and saw that, sure enough, the water was green and covered with algae. The algae in the spot where he was standing had been trampled down by him.
This resulted in everything being crystal clear.
“Go back and tell your master that I warned him yesterday, but he still wouldn’t listen. Has he been in the position of Chief of the Imperial Carriage Office for too long and lost his passion for hard work? Does he want to go work at the grassroots level? Huh?”
"Yes, yes, yes, Your Excellency, please calm down! Your Excellency, please calm down! I will leave now and will not dare to do it again!"
"Get out of here! Remember to tell your master what I said: if he dares to enter the manor again, don't blame me for turning my back on him and removing him from his position as the Chief of the Imperial Carriage Office!"
"promise!"
The guy tumbled and rolled around in the pool until he reached the bank, then, soaking wet, he flipped over the low wall.
"Prime Minister Li, how did you discover him?"
"Actually, I had already noticed him from the beginning, otherwise I wouldn't have emphasized that part and even said some treasonous things about His Majesty."
"ah?"
"Moreover, they changed their personnel halfway through, and I estimate that those remarks have already reached His Majesty's ears."
"What can we do then? Knowing Father's personality, Prime Minister Li, you are very likely to be killed by him!"
"Hahaha, you! You're supposed to be His Majesty's son, yet you understand His Majesty less than I, an outsider. How about we switch roles? I'll be Fusu of Great Qin, and you'll be Prime Minister Li Lin. What do you say?"
"Cough cough!"
As a filial son, Fusu dared not joke with him like that. He quickly coughed a few times to cover up his embarrassment. As for what the imperial examination system was, he had forgotten about it.
certainly.
The imperial examination system was something Li Lin deliberately brought up today to see Fusu's reaction.
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