Taiping Inn

Li Xuan didn't say anything, and he didn't comment on Ning Qi's words.

Ning Qi didn't think it was offended and smiled faintly: "Mr. Li doesn't agree with me?"

Li Xuandu said: "With swords and weapons, naturally, people's heads rolled down countless times and blood flowed into a river. There is nothing unrecognizable to you."

Ning Qi asked, "Why is Mr. Li silent?"

Li Xuandu said angrily: "Even if the Liaodong Iron Cavalry outside the pass has not gone south to enter the pass, aren't there any people in the pass? There is no blood flowing into a river, but there are starving people everywhere. If it weren't for refugees everywhere, how could the Qingyang Sect gain power? Has the high priest ever known "" "

Ning Qi sighed, "I know it."

Li Xuandu said: "When it comes to this, some things might as well be put on the table. Today's court situation has long been a situation where fish are rotten. The reason why it can be maintained depends entirely on the foundation left by the Muzong Dynasty. When the family's capital is exhausted and it is difficult to maintain, the whole world will be rotten from the inside out. In this process, the nobles and nobles will openly suffer the people in the name of righteousness and make them suffer. If the people's flesh can replenish the sores of the court, it would be fine if they could really supply the court. I am afraid that most of them would be exploited layer by layer and fall into the hands of corrupt officials and local tyrants. Therefore, the people whose families were destroyed and their families were destroyed, they would not know how many people would be killed. Do you know the high-priest?”

This time it turned into Ning Qi's silence. After a long time, he slowly said: "Mr. Li's words were deafening. So Mr. Li's meaning is that it is better to have short pain than long pain. Instead of letting the people suffer It is better to exchange for years of war to bring about a hundred years of peace than to take years of exploitation."

Li Xuandu nodded: "That's right."

Ning Qi disagreed: "These people who died in chaos and war are so innocent."

"Are those people who died in harsh policies innocent? Now if they don't have any weapons, they will die, and if they do not have any weapons, they will die. If they wait for death, can they die in the country?" Li Xuandu said: "Whenever the world changes greatly, there is no immortal. , no change is made by anyone. Or is there a better way to sacrificial priests? Should the Jiangnan family give their monks to help the people? Or should the court implement Zhang Xiangye’s new policy to rectify the administration?”

Ning Qi fell into silence.

Li Xuandu continued: "The Great Wei is the Great Wei of the Xu family, but it is also the Great Wei of all living beings in the world. The rise and fall of a surname is private; and the life and death of the people is public. I am not working to support the dragon for my own wealth and honor. It is not about being ungrateful for one's own grudges, I just want to seek the word "peace". For this reason, I have asked all the wise men and sought on their own. Unfortunately, there is no way to achieve both worlds, and most of them are afraid of power. People who are not virtuous will die with kindness and seek peace, and those who seek peace with swords and weapons will survive. Peace is the goal, and swords and weapons are just means. Just as the Buddhists say, using thunder means to practice the heart of a Bodhisattva, this is the case. "Ning Qi sighed: "I can't say that Mr. Li is wrong, but I don't think Mr. Li is right."

Li Xuandu said: "I know the meaning of the high priest wine is nothing more than to rectify the administration of officials, suppress the powerful, oppose annexation, and fill the treasury, and then consolidate the army and fight against the enemy outside, so that peace can be achieved. Zhang at that time I think so, do the same, and I almost succeed."

Ning Qi nodded and said, "My mother will give birth to a son and will feed her to live; she will be born with one person, and will be given food to live. This is the way of heaven and the way of human beings. How can one or two people take it away? The fields of hundreds, thousands of people make them hungry and cold, and the way of heaven does not fall into the way of human beings does not lose! The way of heaven is decayed, and the way of human beings is decayed, then the source of chaos begins. If a people lose their land, the country will lose its people, and if a country loses its people, there will be no sign of it. Those who are in chaos can survive.”

"Therefore, if there is no land, there will be no people, and if there is no people, the country will be destroyed. This is even the most reasonable." Li Xuandu said: "The principle of a high-ranking wine is correct, but it is easy to know and difficult to do. Just like a house, if it is just a broken tiles, it is just that it is easy to do. , then it can be repaired. If the beams and pillars have decayed, it will be difficult to repair them. Instead of sticking to the shortcomings, it is better to start a new stove and rebuild a new house. Not only will the beams and pillars be brand new and solid, but there is no need to repair the tiles."

Ning Qi asked back, "Mr. Li thinks the powerful Liaodong is a brand new house, which is better than the current imperial court?"

"I didn't say that." Li Xuandu denied: "As the saying goes, seeing is better than seeing a hundred times. As the great priest said, isn't I going to Liaodong just to see it with my own eyes?"

Ning Qi knew that this was the difference between the two. Although Mr. Li was young, after his experience, he had his own opinions and thoughts about the world, which could not be reversed in just a few words. As the saying goes, the different ways are not mutual. That's how it is.

Li Xuandu said: "There will not be only one voice in this world. The high priest has the opinion of the high priest. I have my ideas, and there is nothing wrong with it. But in the end, there can only be one voice to make the final decision. Let's watch it later."

Ning Qi's original intention of this trip was to persuade Li Xuan to stand on the side of suppressing the powerful Liaodong, but Li Xuan did not agree with this principle. Fortunately, Li Xuan did not directly refuse, but said that seeing is true, which made him It’s not like coming and leaving for fun, but it’s not just a waste of time.

Ning Qi was about to get up and say goodbye. Li Xuan suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, I have another thing to ask the Grand Priest, which is related to the Grand Priest's private affairs. I wonder if the Grand Priest can see the teachings."

Ning Qi thought for a moment and understood, and said, "Mr. Li wants to ask Ning Yi about something?"

Li Xuandu nodded and said, "That's right, the high priest named Ning, and the 'blood knife' in the world is also surnamed Ning. It is said that Ning I heard that when I was young, I studied at the Wanxiang Academy, so I have this question."

Ning Qi smiled and said, "There is nothing that cannot be said. Ning Yi was originally an old man and nephew. He was confused by the woman and went astray and was removed from the family. He eventually became today's 'blood knife'."

Li Xuandu finally understood and said, "Thank you for the wine to solve the problem."

Ning Qi stood up and said, "If Mr. Li has nothing to do, then I will say goodbye."

Li Xuandu stood up and said, "Young boy, I actually asked the Grand Priest to visit me in person. I was very frightened. I hope the Grand Priest will not offend Xuandu's rude and offensiveness."

Ning Qili pondered, reached into his sleeve, and took out a book: "Mr. Li is so polite, but I feel a little sad. It just so happened that I carried a book called "Song of Righteousness" with me, which was from the Jin Dynasty. If Mr. Li doesn’t dislike the last prime minister’s work, he can look through it, which may be of some benefit.”

Not all Confucians are scholars who have no power to tie up a chicken, just like not all Taoist people are cheating and cheating, they have real skills, otherwise the Mohist and Taoist schools that were once prosperous would not have been defeated one after another. The hand of Confucianism. Many worldly Confucian disciples have outstanding cultivation. The Prime Minister of the Jin Dynasty mentioned by Ning Qi is the best among them. Unfortunately, the general trend is not changed with personal strength. Even if his cultivation is in heaven, he will eventually die in Jin. The masters of the Horde sacrificed their lives under the siege. It is said that before the last battle, the prime minister had expected that his crime would be of great luck and he also had ambitions of life and death, so he left behind the inheritance early, which was this "Song of Righteousness".

When you reach the infinite realm of heaven and man, except for the Xuanmen and the Right Way in the Great Completed Dharma, or some kind of exercise that specifically makes up for one's own shortcomings, such as the "Cai Nu Gong" that Xiao Shiyu needs, the rest are insignificant. For Li Xuandu, it is best to have this kind of exercise, and not having it is not a loss.

Li Xuan did not refuse, and took the book with both hands and said, "The elder dared not refuse. I am ashamed of my elders, thanking the high sacrificial priest."

Ning Qi said: "This 'Yang Qi' evolved from the 'Hao Ran Qi' of the sub-sage. The two are called 'Hao Ran Qi'. In the words of you Taoist people, 'Hao Ran Qi' is a great success. The method of the Xuanmen and Righteous Way of Dharma, the "Jing of Righteous Qi" can only be regarded as a perfect method. Mr. Li is well-versed in various schools, and I think it is not lacking in martial arts. However, it is most appropriate to use righteousness to suppress evil."

Ning Qi looked at Li Xuandu deeply and said, "I was still wondering why Mr. Li had the five thunder aura on him. It turned out that it was the work of the great master."

Li Xuandu suddenly realized in his heart and thought to himself: "There are countless Confucian masters, but they are determined to be in the temple and not in the world, so few people in the world know about it. This great priest can see through the Fengzhen left by the great master on me, which shows his cultivation. I am so high that I am afraid that it is not because of my merits and fortune. No wonder he took the initiative to give me the 'Song of Righteousness', but he was kind-hearted."

Li Xuandu thanked again before he saw Ning Qi go away.