Chapter 138: If a country does not know how to be simple, it will perish

"Why? Nannan."

Xiaoying was also extremely surprised. She never expected that the little girl's wish was to be a dog.

In other aspects, she could try to work hard because of her status, but she really can't do this.

The little girl said, "Being a dog means you can eat meat and fish every day. I saw Uncle Wang's dog on the street is like this, and I want to be a dog like that."

Her voice was very low and she lowered her head, but she spoke very seriously.

Xun Ke, who came back with new clothes in his hands, stood by the door, his whole body frozen.

He could see that the little girl was very serious when she said these words, and she didn't seem to have any difficulty in speaking.

Everyone present could see that she really envied the dog that ate meat.

In an instant, it was as if something had pierced his heart directly. Xun Ke's thoughts were constantly churning, and he blurted out without thinking: "If the farming season is not violated, there will be an inexhaustible supply of grain; if the nets are not put into the muddy pond, there will be an inexhaustible supply of fish and turtles; if the axes and saws are used in the mountains and forests in time, there will be an inexhaustible supply of wood. If there is an inexhaustible supply of grain and fish and turtles, and an inexhaustible supply of wood, the people will have no regrets in life and death.

If you plant mulberry trees in a house of five mu, people of fifty can wear silk. If you raise chickens, pigs, dogs and pigs at the right time, people of seventy can eat meat. If you do not take away the land of a hundred mu at the right time, a family of several people will not be hungry. If you teach carefully in schools and teach filial piety and respect for elders, the elderly will not have to carry heavy loads on the road. People of seventy can wear silk and eat meat, and the people will not be hungry or cold.

These words were powerful, logical, and well-founded, and it was obvious that they were not just a momentary thought on Xun Ke's part.

This is a universal truth, a foreseeable prosperous era, and the future that he has always been nurturing in his mind.

If it stops here, it will definitely be regarded as the grand blueprint that a wise ruler desires.

But it didn’t.

Xun Ke's voice lowered, and he continued in a cold voice: "Dogs and pigs eat human food without knowing how to be careful, and there are starving people on the road without knowing how to deal with them. When people die, they say: 'It's not me, it's the years.' How is this different from stabbing a person to death and saying: 'It's not me, it's the weapon'!"

This is a thorough criticism, and the spearhead is directly aimed at the government.

When most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of a very small number of people, who live a life of extravagance and luxury, to the point where they are worse off than dogs, or even become the envy of dogs, the world will collapse.

How many people would it take to fill the broken world? Even one Mohist would not be enough.

The Mohist school has worked hard for more than ten years. Even a pig would wake up after hitting so many walls, let alone Mo Qiu?

Universal love and non-aggression, a world of universal peace, don’t you know that this is simply impossible to achieve now?

Not to mention now, it won’t be possible even after another thousand or eight hundred years.

But someone has to take the lead! Dare to be the first in the world, and seek eternal happiness as a Mohist.

In pursuit of that supreme future, someone must endure the sobering pain of the moment and raise a big flag, an ideal and direction that may never be reached.

This brings together those who are willing to believe in the future, sets a goal that can never be achieved in this life, and everyone works together to transform the world into something closer to that ideal.

It's a pity that after so many people's selfless efforts, they can only leave behind a few sad songs worth reciting at the moment of collapse.

At the end of the dynasty, wealth had been concentrated to an unprecedented level. The lower class saw no hope, the upper class was greedy for pleasure, and the people who had fallen to the bottom of the society had to do the hardest and most tiring work to make a living and suffered misery.

When a massive natural disaster or external disaster strikes, when you are doing the hardest and most exhausting work and can't even get enough food, then it's time to raise your arms and call for action!

Unfortunately, Dayue at this time is that dynasty.

Xun Ke, who witnessed and experienced all of this personally, couldn't help but speak out his vision when he saw the little girl say that she wanted to be a dog, and he also scolded Dayue at this time.

Several people in the room looked at him in surprise. They never expected that this boy thought so much and spoke in an organized and logical manner, not just empty talk.

But, stating the truth is one thing, and making it happen is another.

If he had said anything useful, Emperor Zong Ming would have been scolded to death before the Wanshou Palace was built. Why would he need Mo Qiu to raise his fist?

Xun Ke is still young, and those visions are beyond his reach. He can only constantly improve himself through learning and persevere in working around such ideas. Only then will he have the opportunity to achieve an ideal career and display his talents and ambitions.

No one used this as an opportunity to directly criticize Otsuki.

It’s not because Lin Xiaoyi is still here, it’s just that there is no need.

The only people who often stay in this room are Lin Xiaoyi and Xiaoying. Both Gu Dan and Qin Lisheng have long been certain that Dayue will be over. They just don't know who will be the next dynasty.

The smile on Xiaoying's face had already frozen.

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She was Princess Dayue, the daughter of Emperor Kangjing and the Empress.

Although this identity did not bring her many special conveniences in this small courtyard, she had never suffered any grievances in terms of material things. Even though Dayue's situation was very bad now, she had heard about it but did not quite understand it.

Things like wars and disaster victims seem terrible to talk about, but after hearing them too many times, they seem like stories far away in the horizon. They don’t feel real and are even a little difficult to understand.

But when the little girl said in her arms that she wanted to be a dog, Xiaoying finally felt something that she was born with but was difficult for others to achieve.

Children don’t understand many things, but they are not stupid and they know how to live a better life.

She felt that her life was not as good as a dog's, so her wish was to be a dog that could eat meat for every meal.

This is easier to understand than simply looking at the massacre in the city and the number of casualties among the soldiers.

Xiaoying looked up blankly and looked at Lin Xiaoyi, her mother, who had just walked in.

She didn't understand why this happened. The one who ruled the world now was her father!

Her father, who had become the emperor of a country, how could he let the people under his rule envy a dog? Those beautiful eyes were full of doubt and puzzlement, as if the hidden veil had been lifted, revealing his true face.

Lin Xiaoyi looked at her daughter calmly, without dodging or avoiding. There were so many emotions in her eyes, but they were all contained within her shell.

She smiled softly, a smile that anyone would find sweet, and said softly but firmly, "It will pass soon."

This seemed like a promise to answer the question in his daughter's eyes.

(End of this chapter)