"The heaven and earth are not kind, and treat all things as straw dogs; the saints are not kind, and treat the people as straw dogs."

"Whether the heaven and earth are still scattered? It is empty but not purified, and it moves and becomes more and more out."

"It is better to stay in the middle than to talk too much."

The song goes with the wind, like lament and emotion, both like sob and confession, and the lingering sound echoes on the beam in the house, and continues to pour into Yan Xing's ears like thin silk.

But Yan Xing did not disturb Gao Ge of the middle-aged Confucian scholar. He knew that the other party was also a talented and arrogant person. Although Gao Ge suddenly felt deep in love, it was definitely not aimless. As a guest, it would be better to watch it become.

But he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that although this kind of hermit in the mountains and fields is gentle and elegant, and humble and polite, once it touches the tide in his heart, his passion will rise sharply. He has no scruples, either singing and drinking or being unrestrained. His actions are all to vent the dullness in his heart and let the world see the depressed and unsuccessful scholars.

From the sad and resentful style, the grand style of Jian'an, to the extremely empty and unrestrained emotions, that is, the Wei and Jin style of things smoothly, it is mixed with many blood and tears in the troubled times, and it also contains the resentment and emotion of the benevolent and aspiring people who are not satisfied with their talents.

When the song was over, the middle-aged Confucian scholar seemed to return to his original state. He was not concerned about his behavior just now, and turned around and looked at Yan Xing, as if waiting for his rebuttal.

Of course, Yan Xing knew in his heart that what the other party had just said really existed in the Liangzhou coalition, even worse than that.

When Yan Xing first joined the Eastern Expedition, he hated the coalition army to burn, kill, loot, and commit all kinds of evil deeds. However, as time went on, after spending nearly two years in the coalition, he was already as cold as iron. Although he restrained his soldiers and soldiers, he was not allowed to kill them indiscriminately, he secretly acquiesced to them for plundering the people's property. The man with blood on his head held his head and fought on the battlefield. No one knew whether he would be stabbed by the enemy's swords and guns or shot by the flying arrows on the battlefield tomorrow. He died. He could not grant them the property of the fields based on their military merits of killing the enemy. How could he restrain them from fighting for the wealth he had earned from fighting to the death?

This dilemma can be seen in the rebel army that has been rising and falling in dynasties. Troubled times are so ruthless. If you don’t kill people, you must be killed by others. If you don’t do evil, you will also be hated by others!

Yan Xing took a deep breath and said to the eyes of the middle-aged Confucian scholar:

"Zhou Bo massacred the city and destroyed the people, and often ran a million troops. Wu and Han liked to kill and disturb the people, and the Han Dynasty also relied on their efforts to revive. The rebel army had made great achievements, and although many illegal acts and invaded the people, they could rise up with the trend, which was not ordinary thieves. When the times were in good fortune, they would be able to restrain the soldiers and the people could be at peace!"

After hearing Yan Xing's defense, the middle-aged Confucian scholar couldn't help but sneer repeatedly, and he sighed:

"Since the three generations, those who have been punished by heaven have loved the people and cherished the people and did not disturb the common people. The soldiers would like to die for them, and the people would also rely on them for peace. Isn't it ridiculous for you to do unrighteous things and proclaim your destiny? If you say that you have done great justice under the name of killing eunuchs, why did you end up in exile in the mountains?"

The other party was righteous and took the so-called rebels of Yan Xing, pointing out that Han Sui, although the kingdom led the Liangzhou coalition to the outside world to kill eunuchs, burned, killed and robbed them in the field, refuted what Yan Xing said about raising a military force for the great righteousness, and questioned why Yan Xing would end up defeated and fled if he was a soldier of great righteousness?

There was an aggressive momentum in his words. Yan Xing was clumsy in his words for a while and could only shake his head and smile bitterly. The middle-aged Confucian scholar continued to say without caring about his feelings:

"Since ancient times, the way to calm the people and govern the world requires a kindness and forgiveness to educate the people, and also a clear law and strict orders are required to control the people. The law should be clear and strict, and the emperor and the common people live together. How can it be light? Legislation and fairness so that the strong will not bully the weak, the masses will not bully the weak, the hungry will not be able to eat, and the weak will not be able to rest. Since ancient times, the strong will not be able to be strong, and the weak will not always be weak. The kings and others will lead Western soldiers. If they are strong, they will be divided into tyrants, and they will be subordinate to others. They will copy and force them to be powerful. If they abuse force, without laws, how can they be lucky to win people?"

Hearing this, Yan Xing's eyes suddenly became brilliant and even his wry smile stopped. Although he had some differences in the matter of lamenting the hardships of people's livelihood to middle-aged Confucian scholars and denounced the soldiers and the disabled, he talked about his heart in "legislation and justice". After he was defeated, he couldn't help but think that if these 60,000 or 70,000 coalition soldiers were unified from the top and bottom and the elite troops who were called Sen Ming, how could he defeat the war with more and less, and end up losing the army and losing the result.

The middle-aged Confucian scholar in front of him may either lead the study of Huang Lao Wuwei, or express the Confucianism's intention of obeying the heaven and loving the people, or the Legalists' art of wisely ordering the rulers to control the subordinates, and they are knowledgeable and talented, and their vision and demeanor are far beyond ordinary Confucian scholars.

Yan Xing admired him and was also happy. He thought to himself that if he could ask him to come out to help, even though his family was defeated and lost, he would have lost his troops and gained his help. After returning to Liangzhou, he might be able to take advantage of the chaos to start again.

So Yan Xing changed his previous words and deeds, stood up and bowed and said:

"A boy has no talent. Although he is in the middle of his life, he has the ambition to help the country and the people. He has been away from home for several years and has been searching for the great way to save the world without any results. Can a great talent help me solve my doubts?"

Seeing Yan Xing seemingly convinced him and being taught, the middle-aged Confucian scholar pondered for a while and no longer tangled about the rebels and the rebels in Liangzhou.

Yan Xing saw that this Yan Master had the talent of Jingwei, but he could not see that this Yan Master had the ambition to sway the world.

He cultivated his energy and concentrated his mind. He walked back to the short rack, picked up a roll of bamboo slips and handed them over, exhaled and said slowly:

"Since you are looking for the way to save the world, you should know that Wang Jie believes in this person, and the way to save the world may be in it!"

Yan Xing was confused and felt as if he had gained something. He hurriedly stepped forward to take it. He looked at the bamboo slips that the middle-aged Confucian scholar had taken from his hand, and opened them. He saw three big characters at the beginning - "Qianfu Theory".

The middle-aged Confucian scholar said that Wang Jiexin was Wang Fu. Wang Fu was also from Liangzhou, and he was from Linjing. He was young and studious and had ambitions. Because he was a son of a concubine and had no relatives in his uncle's family, he was discriminated against in his hometown. He was also not obsessed with customs, frugality and avoid extravagance, ridicule and criticize the gains and losses of current affairs, and did not seek recommendations, so he was not promoted to travel. So he lived in seclusion in his book and wrote friendly with famous scholars and scholars such as Ma Rong, Dou Zhang, Zhang Heng, Cui Yuan, etc., and never served in his life.

Of course, the reason why Yan Xing had some impression of Wang Fu was not because of his kindness with these famous scholars and scholars, but because of the story between him and Huangfu Gui, one of the famous generals of the dynasty, "Liangzhou Sanming".
Chapter completed!