Chapter 259 All living things are like demons, and human hearts are demons

Chapter 259 All living things are like demons, and human hearts are demons

Chapter 259 All living things are like demons, and human hearts are demons (Part 1)
Duke Wei's Mansion, study.

Duke Wei sighed and said, "Xu Gongming is Xu Gongming. Anyone who tries to go against him will never get any benefit."

Xu Qing's response this time was breathtaking.

In fact, the strategy is not very brilliant, the key is to hit the vital point.

That is the source of water.

Cotton cultivation requires a lot of water.

When Xu Qing had previously invited bids for road construction, he had already made resource plans for reservoirs and riverbanks.

Moreover, the improved waterwheel used for pumping water, as well as today's steam engines and soul stone mechanisms, can all pump a large amount of water. It can be said that relying on the advantages of the mechanism and the court's planning for water conservancy, Xu Qing actually controlled most of the water resources in the entire Southern Zhili.

Although the landlords and gentry have a small amount of water resources, they will not give them to the people who farm the land.

It should be noted that in today's world, any section of a river has an owner and fish and shrimp cannot be caught at will.

The imperial court built water conservancy projects, and the people also benefited from it.

The water conservancy facilities of the rich and powerful have nothing to do with the common people.

After all, no matter how corrupt the government is, it has a bottom line and will build some public works that benefit the world.

If the gentry and nobles took one point of benefit, they had to pay back two points or even more.

Xu Qing simply cut off the water supply to the cotton fields, hitting the vital point at once, and the people who were making trouble could no longer make trouble.

Because Xu Qing said it very clearly, if you listen to him, you will have food to eat, but if you don’t listen to him, you won’t be able to get enough water to irrigate the cotton fields, let alone the farmland.

Although it is impossible to fully execute this kind of thing, it is enough to serve as a warning to others.

What's more, in Jiangning Prefecture, Xu Qing can still exert his full execution ability.

Yan Fu also admired Xu Qing's ability to grasp the root of the problem and solve it. He said, "The villain fears power but not virtue. Xu Liushou should understand this time that it's not that you, the Duke, are unkind, but that these unruly people are not worthy of it!"

Duke Wei stroked his beard and said, "Yes, it is a big mistake to govern the world by favoring the common people. We, the nobles and gentry, are not born this way, but are forced to do so by these unruly people. The better you treat them, the more they will push you."

Duke Wei hoped that this incident would make Xu Qing change his mind and stand on the side of the nobles.

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"Gong Ming is really good at this. After this, no one dares to oppose the new cotton law anymore." Xie Quan was full of admiration.

Xu Qing: "No one is against it, is that a good thing? It's not the size of the resentment that's to be feared, it's the people who are to be feared. If no one dares to oppose it, I don't know how much resentment will accumulate in my heart."

Xie Quan: "These common people are stupid, who can they blame? Gongming has always been tough on the rich and powerful, but he is always soft-hearted towards these ungrateful common people. This is not a good thing."

Xie Quan was well-informed, and he was deeply aware that although there were internal struggles among the wealthy and powerful people in the world, it was still easy to achieve temporary unity for greater interests. It was only when he met the freak Xu Qing that he repeatedly ran into obstacles.

As for the common people in the village, take the maids in his house as an example, there will be open and covert fighting for favors, and it is impossible for them to unite to deal with the master.

If the master throws a piece of meat and bone at them, they will fight until their heads are broken and bloody, and in the end they still have to be grateful to the master and the mistress.

Therefore, Xie Quan did not agree with the class theory proposed by Xu Qing in Fushe.

In the same class, the lower the level, the more serious the phenomenon of mutual harm.

If Xu Qing was not so friendly to the people, the villagers would not dare to take advantage of him this time and attack the Li family's ancestral tomb just by being instigated.

Xu Qing: "Everyone has wise, foolish and unworthy people, including gentry and common people. In fact, because there are more common people, it seems that there are far more unworthy people than gentry. But who defines wise, foolish and unworthy people?"

Xie Quan: "Of course they have the right to speak."

Xu Qing smiled and said, "In fact, I think it's not about right or wrong, it's just a matter of stance."

He then changed the subject and said, "Let's just solve the problem. Why should we be angry with certain people or certain groups? Sir, you said I was harsh on the gentry, but that's unfair. I only deal with the gentry who are against me. Look at those gentry who followed me. Which one of them didn't benefit?"

Xie Quan couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and then he said, "It has created this impression after all."

Xu Qing nodded: "Yes, in the final analysis, it is because some people want to discredit me, and some people think that I treat gentry and common people equally, which is wrong in itself. But heaven and earth are not benevolent and treat all things as straw dogs, isn't it also treating all things equally?
These people don't blame the heavens or the earth, but instead they blame me. Do they think I'm easy to bully?"

"Uh." Xie Quan was speechless.

Xu Qing smiled and said, "The drought in Guanzhong is serious, and there is also drought in Jiangnan. This time we have demonstrated the importance of water conservancy agencies. It is time to implement the next step."

Xie Quan immediately understood Xu Qing’s real intention, which was to use a steam engine to pump water.

There are steam engines that can pump deep groundwater, and they mainly require burning coal and maintaining components.

The key point is that the manufacture of steam engines was in the hands of the imperial court.

Being able to pump groundwater can indeed solve part of the drought, or at least alleviate it and give people some hope.

As long as there is a little hope for the common people at the bottom of society, they will not reach a dead end.

Xu Qing's fundamental intention is to vigorously promote and popularize various institutions related to life and production.

So we must build roads. If we don’t, how can we transport these heavy and clumsy things to various places?

Not every place has water transportation.

Xie Quan is now even more deeply aware that everything Xu Qing does is linked together.

Even if there was no cotton field incident, Xu Qing would find other excuses to achieve his goal.

How can he be so calm!
and……

Xie Quan suddenly realized that Xu Qing's water conservancy projects would, in a sense, indirectly have a huge impact on the lands of the rich and powerful throughout the world.

Because the amount of water in the world is fixed.

If the imperial court occupies more power, even the upper reaches, then the wealthy and powerful will have to rely on the imperial court.

However, the wealthy and powerful were originally part of the imperial court.

But as long as the monarch and the prime minister were strong enough, they would not be able to push their limits in legal terms. At least in Xu Qing's time, Xu Qing could use this to control them.

Xu Qing naturally saw what Xie Quan was thinking and said, "I do plan to promulgate a new water law in the future. By then, the amount of water that the gentry and nobles can occupy must be set and cannot be exceeded."

In fact, even if there is a change of dynasty in the future, Xu Qing would rather implement the most difficult reforms during the old emperor's era.

Because in this way, the new dynasty will have the opportunity to show favor and the blame can be put on the previous dynasty.

Moreover, the old emperor’s intention now is very clear, he wants quick success and instant benefits and quickly improve the national strength.

The real root of the disaster happened later.

If I can't survive this calamity with the Black Mountain Demon, what else is there to come?
Therefore, the person who most supported Xu Qing in doing something big was not anyone else, but the old emperor.

After Xu Qing and Xie Quan finished their discussion, they returned to the Xu Mansion.

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He looked solemn at the moment.

It’s not the size of the resentment that’s to be feared; it’s people that are the most to be feared.

Although this time drastic measures were used to shock people, it was not without sequelae.

The practice of the way of the devil lies in the thoughts of the human mind.

Now the malice in him is very deep, which indirectly affects Xu Qing's evil heart.

He now realizes that if he cannot become completely possessed by the devil, he will have to fight against all kinds of thoughts in the hearts of all living beings and maintain his own self.

This is also the key to the cultivation of the Heavenly Demon Spirit.

"Maintaining one's self, being pure and only being oneself is the key to cultivating the Great Beginning Demon Qi. When I fight against the evil thoughts of all living beings, I am cultivating the Great Beginning Demon Qi.

On the contrary, absorbing the evil thoughts of all living beings, eliminating the self, and reaching the state of selflessness and transforming all living beings, this is the practice of Taichu Demon Qi. "

One is self-centeredness, the other is no-self.

The cultivation of the two is completely different, but they are the key to the cultivation of the Demonic Spirit. The two need to advance hand in hand like the yin and yang energies.

The more time passes, the more difficult it becomes to reconcile the ego and the non-ego.

Moreover, when both of them have cultivated to the limit of their current realm, there will inevitably be a new catastrophe of water and fire attack, the degree of its horror will be no less than the thunder tribulation that the Creator has to endure.

Since he was crossing the river by feeling the stones, Xu Qing couldn't be sure whether he would have to overcome a thunder tribulation later.

After all, he was the only one in this world who had cultivated into the Heavenly Demon Spirit, and he had no experience to learn from.

The path he has now figured out is that the mortal world is the place where the devil can attain enlightenment.

In a sense, it is better to choose between Tai Shi Demon Qi and Tai Chu Demon Qi.

Choosing Taishi Demon Qi means that your demon heart is firm and cannot be shaken. You will kill any Buddha you meet, and kill any ancestors you meet. You will kill them all and gain true freedom through killing.

Choosing the Taichu Demon Qi means that you can become a celestial demon at ease, refine the appearance of all living beings, and exist among the living beings in heaven and earth. As long as all living beings are immortal, I will be immortal.

Xu Qing chose the third way and wanted it all.

Because choosing Tai Shi Mo Qi means that he has to kill all burdens, including his wife, uncle, aunt and all other close people.

He really can't do it.

Even if immortality was before him, Xu Qing could not make this decision.

The existence of life is determined by its form and content, not by its existence for the sake of existence.

If it was the primordial demonic energy, Xu Qing would have no self. He could even be Feng Wu, his uncle, his aunt, and all the close people around him, but he would no longer be the complete Xu Qing.

By then, Xu Qing would just be a name, a code name, and a character who was a demon in his own right.

But if you have both, the conflict between Tai Shi Demon Qi and Tai Chu Demon Qi will become more and more intense in the future.

Once it erupts, it might even destroy Xu Qing's demonic consciousness, which would be fatal.

Because this is detonated from within.

But once he succeeds on this path, it is hard for Xu Qing to imagine what kind of achievements he will make.

In life, there are always endless tribulations to overcome. No matter which path you choose, there will be obstacles that you cannot overcome.

Therefore, Xu Qing was not particularly troubled.

He has been faced with endless problems throughout his life.

This is what makes life interesting and fascinating.

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Fuso Island, on the coast of the sea.

The sword pavilion of the Dongyi Martial Saint!
"Tan Tai Sword."

"The disciple is here."

"I give this Zhanlu sword to you. Please protect everything I leave for you." The Dongyi Martial Saint was neither happy nor sad. Before his death, he gave up everything in his life and used all his life's essence to nourish his most proud disciple, Tan Tai Jian.

"Disciple, obey."

With the death of a martial saint, a new martial saint is born.

(End of this chapter)