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“This is human nature!”
After Yun Xiyan left, Fu Xiaoguan said to his son Wu Tianci: “When a person is most impoverished, all he needs is a bowl of porridge or a steamed bun.”
“When he got a bowl of porridge or a steamed bun, what he wanted was to have clothes to keep out the cold.”
“When he got clothes to keep out the cold, what he longed for was a house that could protect him from the wind and rain.”
“With a house, he will feel that the house is too deserted and want to have a wife.”
“When he got a wife, he wanted to live a better life and find ways to make some money.”
“So, he embarked on the business or official path.”
“His horizons gradually broadened, and he suddenly realized that his house was too small and shabby. He wanted a bigger house, preferably a large house with five entrances.”
“If he is a businessman, he will probably work hard. If he is an official… he will find that the official salary is too small, and he will be old by the time he can afford to sell a big house.”
“So, he stretched out his hand and got a big house. There were many servants in the house. He felt that such a life was the good life he wanted.”
“Next, he wanted to climb higher. He felt that this needed money to pave the way, so he stretched out his hand again and kept reaching out to ask for money that should not belong to him to satisfy himself for more extravagance. To live a good life, to please those high-ranking officials, and to work hard to climb up.”
Fu Xiaoguan looked at his confused son and laughed.
“Look, this is human desire.”
“This person has long forgotten that his original intention was just a bowl of porridge or a steamed bun.”
“Then let me ask you, do you think this desire is right or wrong?”
Wu Tianci thought for a moment and shook his head, “No! This is called insatiable greed!”
Fu Xiaoguan also shook his head, “There are two sides to this desire.”
“People all have various desires. They have the right to pursue their own better lives, and social progress is also driven by everyone realizing their desires.”
“Think about it, businessmen pursue profits. For the sake of greater interests, they have two ways to go. One is of course unfair profit-making, such as smuggling, selling contraband stipulated by law to make huge profits, etc. etc. The second is to improve equipment, improve processes, increase factory production capacity, reduce product costs, expand market channels, etc. ”
“This is a beautiful life they have achieved through their own efforts, even several generations. Can you say that the desire of such a person is insatiable?”
“No, they deserve it.”
“But officials cannot have such desires! Because officials in Daxia serve the society, and they enjoy the monthly salary paid by the government. Although it is not much, it is enough to support their families.”
“This salary can allow them to live in a decent house and support their family. However, if there is greater demand, the government will allow them to resign and go into business.”
“But they reached out to the merchants and farmers. Instead of serving them, they squeezed the fruits of other people’s labor. Such people are greedy.”
“Such an official… Just chop him off! Because just one chop will make countless people happy!”
This is a vivid lesson.
Fu Xiaoguan talked to Wu Tianci for two hours.
He talked about human nature, human needs, how an emperor should treat people, how he should treat officials, etc.
Wu Tianci listened very carefully. There were many truths that he didn’t quite understand, but he kept them in his mind, hoping that he could become as great an emperor as his father.
Just as the conversation was ending, Zhuo, Minister of the Ministry of War, walked in separately.
He looked at Wu Tianci and bowed to Fu Xiaoguan: “General Bai and the commanders of the six fleets will arrive tomorrow. The former Grand Marshal Yu Wentian is here. Do you want to bring him here to meet you?”
“Okay, invite him!”
“Let Lao Bai and the others rest for a day tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, we will have a meeting in the war department’s combat conference room.”
“Okay!”
Zhuo Bieli turned around and left. Wu Tianci asked curiously: “Marshal Yu Wentian? Is he very powerful?”
“Well, he is very powerful. My father transferred him back to Kyoto and served as Minister of War.”
“…The Minister of War is not as majestic as the Generalissimo!”
“Sometimes being too imposing is not a good thing.”
This sentence was obviously beyond Wu Tianci’s understanding. He looked at Fu Xiaoguan expectantly, but did not wait for his father’s explanation.
“He is your aunt’s brother, so you can call him uncle.”
The eldest lady is Queen Yu Wenyun. Fu Xiaoguan did not follow those rules in the harem, so the children all called her aunt and second mother.
“An uncle like Zhuo Donglai?”
“… almost, a little more distant.”
“Oh.”
The conversation between father and son ended, and a moment later Yu Wentian came to the imperial study room.
“It’s been a hard journey, come on, come on, sit down!”
Yu Wentian bowed his hands and sat opposite Fu Xiaoguan.
“At the end of summer last year, my aunt Yu Shurong came to Xixia Autonomous Prefecture to meet me. I have never explained this to you. I think you have some misunderstandings.”
Yu Wentian looked at Fu Xiaoguan, who was concentrating on brewing a new pot of tea.
“I thought you wouldn’t have any misunderstandings, but it seems I was wrong. She came to tell me that she wanted to use the Peacock Kingdom… to build a country in the Peacock Kingdom. Only the power of one country can deal with you. hope.”
“Of course I didn’t agree, because I think the current Daxia is very good, much better than the original Yu Dynasty, and my life is also very good. My daughter is very well-behaved, and my wife and I have a good relationship. Still good.”
Fu Xiaoguan nodded, “I really didn’t misunderstand anything. Instead, I kept you in Xixia Autonomous Prefecture, so that others would think I misunderstood you.”
“Although you control two armies, to be honest, they are probably more loyal to me.”
“It doesn’t matter that Ku Chan wants to unify the Peacock Kingdom. If he really unifies the Peacock Kingdom, I would like to meet him. The two countries can even establish diplomatic relations and establish trade exchanges. This is very important to Daxia. It’s not a bad thing.”
“But the bad thing is that Yu Shurong got involved.”
“I don’t know if she went to see you on purpose. I just want to ask you to come back. This is to tell you that you are lucky to be in Chang’an. If you continue to stay in Xixia… you will cause trouble!”
“Yu Shurong is a bit ambitious. She started planning around the time of the demise of the Yu Dynasty. I still had no intention of talking to her, but there is one thing she shouldn’t do… steal people from the Daxia Academy of Sciences. That’s what’s wrong with her.”
“So, Yu Shurong must die, but Ku Chan will be fine, and I will even provide him with some help.”
Only then did Yu Wentian know what Yu Shurong had done. This aunt… it was not like she didn’t know how powerful Fu Xiaoguan was. She was afraid that she would die in that foreign country without a burial place.
If Yu Shurong really succeeds in the Peacock Kingdom, if she brings the Peacock Kingdom’s army to attack, how will she face it as the general marshal of Daxia?
So when the emperor called him back, it was really not a misunderstanding, but a matter of preservation.
“Thank you, Your Majesty!”
“Are you being polite? Let’s go to the queen’s place for a drink later. Wenyun and you haven’t seen each other for many years. She misses you very much!”