Chapter 186 Retreat
As the true god of the Crescent Moon Cultivation, the only master of the Crescent Moon Cult, He is not just a monk with strong personal cultivation, but more often, He is a ruler.
There is no essential difference between using the temple church system to control believers and using the emperor to control the country and the people with governments at all levels. The divine power and imperial power are the same existence, and are the methods for shepherds to raise sheep in captivity.
However, Li Ye's thoughts and the heart of Tao exceeded the expectations of the True God of the Crescent Moon Cult. You should know that He is knowledgeable and not limited to this world. In His cognition, Li Ye's thoughts are products that do not belong to this era.
Material determines consciousness, existence determines thought. At present, the civilization in this world does not support Li Ye’s mind like Taoism at all. The emperors in this world should be shepherds, not "saints".
It is their own choice for emperors to become shepherds, and it is also the choice of the times and civilization. In the current social environment, if he does not want to be a shepherd, he will have to fail.
What Li Ye said is that the freedom, fairness and dignity of the Tang people cannot be realized in this world at present.
The roots are revealed, but the people's wisdom has not yet been opened.
The education and wisdom and insights that most people in this world have not yet reached the level of being able to recognize the truth of the imperial order.
In order to have enough food and clothing, have a house to live in, family happiness, education for the younger generation, social relations, etc., they have to exhaust all their sweat and hard work, and they have no time to receive more knowledge and think about more things.
The True God knows very well that when the flock is just a flock and has not become a wise man, the world is not allowed to take power. Li Ye's forced action will only cause social chaos, and the final result is only one: the collapse of the foundation.
The flock needs to be kept by the shepherd, otherwise it cannot survive. This is reality.
But He also knew very well that this world was not as simple as those people in the mortal world saw, or even as all the immortals in this world understood. In this case, if external forces intervened, what Li Ye did was impossible, and there was a chance that it would become possible.
He came here and chose the path to unify this world and integrate all the powers of this world, which was different from Li Ye. And as Li Ye said, in a world, there can only be one voice to give orders, and only one flag to be followed.
Therefore, He cannot fail, He must defeat Li Ye.
The True God calmed down for a long time before suppressing the vision in his heart. He stared at Li Ye and said slowly: "There is a problem. I wonder if you have ever thought about it."
"You said." Li Ye said.
“In this world, most people are born to suffer.
"Not to mention that they cannot eat enough or wear warmth, and they do not have a house to live in. The basic dignity of survival of these food, clothing, housing and transportation cannot be guaranteed. They live in society and have to endure the shouts from the upper class all day long, be used like a cow and horse, and bear the arrogance and oppression of the powerful, but can only lower their eyebrows..."
Li Ye interrupted Him, "What the hell do you want to say?"
He keenly noticed a problem, and the True God mentioned the word "society".
Before this, he had never heard people mention these two words in this world.
The True God took a deep breath, "What I want to say is that compared with the powerful, most people have been suffering all their lives, and they are tired and frustrated, but they still want their dearest and loved ones to continue to endure this pain in this world - don't you think this is very strange?"
Li Ye understood the meaning of the true god.
Most people have been very hard and tired all their lives, but they are still giving birth to offspring.
They themselves have not suffered enough in this world that they are not friendly to them, and they still have to continue to suffer this kind of suffering.
They live at the bottom of society and their children also live at the bottom of society, and they must experience the pain, torture and fatigue they have experienced.
Why do they do this?
Li Ye said: "So the Tang Dynasty had imperial examinations... the children of the lower class may not be like their fathers."
The true god sneered: "What is the chance of a different person? How much is the proportion that can change the destiny for the entire lower class? You cannot deny that the majority of lower class people still have their descendants. In most cases, the richer the richer the poorer the poorer the poor. This is reality.
"As an emperor, can't you even recognize this? After all, whether it is the imperial examination or military merit, it is just a hope. Only when the emperor gives the people this hope will they think better and comfort themselves, and are less desperate.
"Because the emperor knows better than anyone else that once the lower class people are desperate, it will be the beginning of the dynasty turmoil and the source of the collapse of the imperial order."
Li Ye frowned slightly and was about to say something, but the true god waved his hand and signaled him to be calm. Then he continued: "Treating children is a family concept, a family concept, and a social concept. People at the bottom of the class must continue the family line. If this is not the case, it is unfilial and unfilial.
"And these concepts are the basic idea of the shepherd to ensure that he always has the flock. This is like serving the king and the country. It is also the understanding that the emperor has formed by the people. If not, he will not be a good person. It is precisely through these that the emperor maintains the empire and maintains his own status.
"Can you say no?"
Li Ye said, "Is it wrong to serve the country loyal to the emperor?"
Shinshi said: "Yes, but not as you understand. Only countries and kings who are good to the people need to serve. That is the basic need for everyone to join forces to protect themselves, not a natural thing."
Li Ye disagreed: "Is it wrong to have children and pass on the family line?"
Shinto said: “Yes, but not what you understand.
"Race continuation is the need and glory of the race, not the duty imposed by a dynasty that exploits the people. If the people live a bad life because of the exploitation of the powerful, then it is a logical and stakeholder choice not to let their descendants come to this world to suffer.
"Only the emperors and the powerful will fear this, so that the people will reduce the exploitation and make the people live a better life. If the people do not have this awareness, no matter how they live, they will still provide flocks. The emperors and powerful people cannot feel the pressure, so why should they reduce their own interests?"
Li Ye pondered.
The true God spoke with confidence and confidence, just like he had seen such a scene.
This made his thoughts float away, cross time and space, and float back to somewhere to examine the empires in that world.
Then he found that the living standards of the people in the empire with low fertility rates were obviously higher.
Li Ye looked at the True God for a long time, suddenly laughed, and then slowly said: "What you said has nothing to do with my Tang Dynasty. I have a general practice of practicing martial arts, in addition to allowing the people to have their cultivation, I want to prepare for their wisdom.
"It is actually very simple to open up people's wisdom, isn't it? It only takes decades of education and publicity to change everyone's understanding and thinking. After all, this is a logical thing. People who can think normally will understand it."
Speaking of this, he paused, "Logic is this word. I'm very surprised, how did you know it? It does not belong to this world and this era. Many of the nouns you say are not from this era."
Speaking of this, Li Ye's eyes were a little sharper, full of exploration and scrutiny, "Who are you? Where did you come from?"
The real god looked at Li Ye with fun, "Who are you? Where are you from?"
Li Ye understood all the words He said, which not only shows that He has a problem, but also proves that Li Ye has a problem.
Li Ye directly exposed this layer without any concealment, just because he didn't think about covering up anything, and just wanted to know the answer.
The conversation between the two was set up, so they didn't worry that others would hear it.
Li Ye suddenly said: "I let the people of the Tang Dynasty master the force and let them open up their wisdom. This is the correct choice that suits your and my understanding. And it's fine if you use the Crescent Moon Teaching to control the people, but you are using the same old tricks. This is obviously a choice for fooling the people and backward."
The true god didn't care, "You should know that 'a thousand years later', the empires and dynasties in the world are still like this. Why do you think that the Tang Dynasty can enter the kind of society you want? Although my method is old, it is suitable for the current era. You are too ambitious and unrealistic."
Li Ye hunched, ready to listen to the true god continue to talk. After a long time, he didn't see the other party's words. He couldn't help but say, "Shouldn't he add a sentence at the end of the street, 'It's undoubtedly a failure'?"
The true god glanced at him and said angrily: "If you have such a bad taste, do you think I will say it?"
Li Ye gave a thumbs up.
The conversation ended here, and neither of them spoke again for a while.
It has been said clearly that the true God saw that Li Ye’s heart was strong and he had no choice but to take advantage of it, and he also extinguished his thoughts of defeating him in this regard. He was curious about why Li Ye wanted to do it even though he knew it was impossible.
In this era, if there is no external force, it will take decades for the people of the world to be enlightened. Even if the Tang people are different from others, they are incomparable to some people a thousand years later. This time can be shortened, and He believes that it will inevitably require several generations of education.
The current situation is that even if Li Ye unified this world, it would be far from decades to be available.
Not even ten years!
In this case, if the Tang Dynasty unified the cultivation world, then when the crisis came, the world would be in chaos, and the situation would be extremely bad.
But what the true god has to admit is that Li Ye's thought is absolutely unparalleled attraction to the real aspiring people at present. They will be willing to fight for Li Ye and sacrifice their lives to die. In their eyes, Li Ye is a hero, an unparalleled hero in the world.
“I only have one problem now.”
The True God spoke again, staring at Li Ye, as if he wanted to see him clearly, "If there is not enough time, education is not popularized, and the wisdom of the people is not greatly improved, and the officials of the Tang Dynasty have quickly become corrupt and degenerate in the face of power after the Tang Dynasty unified the cultivation world, how do you ensure that these officials, and even the descendants of these officials, will always respect the freedom, fairness and dignity of the people?"
Li Ye's eyes suddenly turned like fireworks.
He knows what this question means.
Sure enough, the True God smiled jokingly: "If you really came from that world, you should know that there was an unprecedented great figure who took some measures to respect the freedom, fairness and dignity of the people just like him, so that the dynasty he forged was realized and maintaining the "Great Harmony" look.
"He asked officials and descendants of powerful people to go to rural villages and live with the lower class people, so that they could know the difficulties and difficulties of the lower class people, and hoped that those officials and descendants of powerful people would take the people of the world as their responsibility as him. In order to suppress and restrict the powerful people and officials, he did not hesitate to start another war.
"But I don't need to elaborate on the results.
"If you know this, you should understand that your choice is wrong."
Li Ye stared at the true god, and the flames in his eyes became more and more intense.
The two of them were suddenly at a strife, and the atmosphere that had been relatively peaceful before instantly solidified to freezing point.
Li Ye was finally sure that the other party was indeed from a world like him.
The true god faced Li Ye's gaze without dodging at all.
There seemed to be thousands of thunders in the air that were about to explode at the same time.
However, this strange atmosphere disappeared completely in a blink of an eye.
Because the flames in Li Ye's eyes subsided.
He regained his calm and composed demeanor, and his majestic look between his eyebrows was even stronger than before.
He said lightly: "My dynasty is called the Tang Dynasty, and my people are called the Tang people, so my choice is not wrong."
Although the tone is plain, it is loud and unquestionable.
I was so stunned.
He looked at Li Ye for a long time.
Finally, He confirmed that Li Ye was not lying.
His face became a little ugly.
"Whoever has the right path will eventually be proved by practice. In this war, you and I must decide the outcome." Li Ye ended the conversation.
A curve of wisdom beads is drawn in the corner of his mouth. As an emperor, if he does not believe in his people, he will not have to practice any imperial Tao.
The true god is silent.
He knew that Li Ye was going to issue an order to start a war.
With a wave of his hand, he let go of the barrier, and the True God ordered the Immortal of the Crescent Sect: "Retreat ninety miles and set up defense!"
Chapter completed!