Zhao Zhen said again.
"So I can't understand why the Song Dynasty has become so morally corrupt that officials at court aren't discussing how to build the country and make it a better place. Instead, they're debating whether a decree from a supervisory official should be implemented."
Zhao Jun sighed, looked around, and said, "On the way back, I thought about this for three days and three nights. I wondered why our bottom line has been lowered step by step, and why we have become more and more tolerant of everyone's requests. Is it because the rituals and music have collapsed, and people's hearts have changed? I don't think so. It's because human greed is never satisfied."
He put his hands behind his back and walked slowly in front of the court, glancing at everyone. He said in a heavy voice, "Look at those people. Which one of them is not an important official of the court? Which one of them is not someone the government cares about? Which one of them is not a pillar of the court? Which one of them is not a Jinshi who passed the imperial examination after ten years of hard study!"
"Did they once have lofty ambitions, to rule for the people of the world and relieve the emperor's worries? But now look at them, see their true colors. They talk about morality and justice, but in reality they are full of thieves, whores, and scum."
"Look at you now. Although you may not be corrupt or have violated laws and discipline, are you really that clean standing here on dry land? Perhaps some of you are even more corrupt and rampant than those people, but no one has caught you or found any evidence."
"But the new law has only been in effect for a few days? You're already complaining that officials are tired and uncomfortable being supervised, and that it hurts their feelings. But don't you think about the fact that no matter how hard and tired you are, are you tireder than the people who work in the fields? Or the officials who work diligently every day, reviewing memorials all night long?"
"I actually have a lot to say to you, but I don't know how to say it. There's always an end to what I want to say."
"After much thought, I can only ask myself: if a country's officials only know how to indulge in idleness and indulge in idleness, and only know how to live a life of drunkenness and debauchery, then is there any hope for this country?"
"My answer is there is no hope. Destruction is inevitable."
"If you keep going like this."
"I only have four words to tell you."
Zhao Jun walked to the bottom of the stairs, looked at the ministers below, shook his head in disappointment, and sighed: "The Song Dynasty is finished!"
(End of this chapter)
2015
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