Chapter 233 depicting dreams
Liang Ruji nodded, "I know Ruming your concerns. I have thought about this issue too. But when we talked about cooperation with Master Xu, we had a first statement. If most of the brothers in our sect oppose it, then the cooperation will be considered a waste. Now it seems that most of the brothers in the hall did not agree with my original decision. But at that time, I forced everyone's opinions for the sake of the overall situation.
Now that we withdraw from the lecturer Xu, we should not be considered as our breach of trust!”
"But the sect leader, the Sinxiang Sect, has been active in the capital for many years, and there are no less than one million believers, especially in Zhili and Shandong. Now the little emperor has just ascended the throne, and their success is very likely. We don't want to give up such a good ready-made opportunity, but we have to do it again with difficulty. Isn't it worth it?"
Xu Hongru shook his head. "Ru Ming! You can't just see the surface! Yes, they have many disciples in the Scent of Incense. However, they also have a fatal flaw: many people are ignorant people, they have far-sighted vision, talented, and have too few people to take on great responsibilities.
This is also the most important reason why Xu Hongru tried his best to invite us to participate. Although there were only hundreds of people in Juhetang, everyone was elite, and everyone could be generals. When Xu Hongru first talked with me, he just wanted me to send him twenty people to help him train his disciples to fight against officers and soldiers. He was willing to exchange Jiangxi for our twenty people, which shows how much he relied on us.
After careful consideration in the past two days, I felt that Xu Hongru's words should not be fully believed. Don't say that it is difficult for him to succeed in his business. Even if it is done, he may not give us Jiangxi, but he may even secretly kill us. Don't forget the old saying: Birds are gone, good bows are hidden; enemy countries are destroyed, and counselors are destroyed. This is also a truth that has never been easy forever.
What's more, we were not the same as their Smelling Sect. By then, our great affairs had not been accomplished, but our brothers were devastated, so that I could see all the ancestors again underground!
Furthermore, is it really easy to fight in the world? Although the Ming Dynasty has always been unfavorable in Liaodong, there are still many capable people. Although our brothers have been walking around the world for many years and are mostly fighting with dragons and snakes, this battle is not a fight in the martial arts world, and it is not a personal power. Don’t look at me praising you on weekdays and saying that you can be generals, that is just a joke between the brothers. If you really go to the battlefield, you can not win by just courage.
It’s not easy to conquer the world. One general will have thousands of bones woven!"
Liang Ruji sighed deeply when he said this.
"Master Liang, after all, you are timid, are you? It doesn't matter. If you don't dare to go, I will take a group of brothers to help Master Xu. At that time, the world will be defeated and you will still be the leader of ours. I will never compete with you for this position, how about it?"
Liang Ruji smiled bitterly, "Ruming, do you think I, Liang Ruji, are you such a coward? If I were timid, how could I agree to cooperate with Master Xu three months ago? I have said it just now. So now I won't cooperate with Master Xu, that's because I have found a path that is more suitable for us, and the risk is much smaller than the risk of cooperation with the Winter Scent Sect, but the chance of success is much greater than theirs.
You ask, which of our brothers in Juhemen is afraid of death. If we are afraid of death, we will not risk being beheaded all day long to do such a thing as robbing wealth and killing officials!”
Before Liang Ruji finished his words, many people had already started to talk about it, "Yes, Ruming, what the sect leader said is that it is not good to cooperate with that little beard. When I saw his pretending to be a ghost, I became angry. What could the mob of them do?
"What the sect leader said makes sense. If we cooperate with the Wenxiang Sect and work hard to build a country for them, I am afraid that they will kick us sooner or later. This kind of thing cannot be done."
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Liang Ruming listened to the discussion of everyone and suddenly stood up, "So, I would like to ask the master of the sect. What do you mean by the world we can create ourselves? What do we rely on to create? Do we rely on these hundreds of paupers in our hands? Don't forget that you can't just have people to do things, you still have to have money! The money we have in Juhe Sect always comes in and out with our left hand!"
After hearing Liang Ruming's words, everyone below started to discuss them. Many people began to agree with Liang Ruming's words, believing that although it was dangerous, if Liang Ruji could not find a better way out, it would be better for everyone to cooperate with Wenxiangmen.
Liang Ruji said calmly, "Brother Ruming is right. I have thought of these questions. Therefore, I specially invited that strange man today. Because I was in a hurry that day, I still had many questions that I didn't ask clearly. Today, all the brothers are here, and we are discussing together. Let's see what kind of world we want to build, how to build, and how to maintain it. We can't do it like Senior He who worked for more than ten years, and once the government suppressed it, we would run away. This would definitely not work."
After saying that, Liang Ruji stepped aside and said to the lower side, "Low, let's invite this strange man, Yu Ren, Quanzhou, to tell us what to do with Juhetang to better."
Liang Ruji said, bowing and bringing Yu Ren to the small table where the stools were built in front.
Yu Ren was silently listening to the discussions of these people. At first, he didn't understand. Gradually, he understood. It turned out that Liang Ruji and the others founded a Juhe Sect. And the Scented Sect had a leader Xu who wanted to find them to cooperate with and everyone would do things together. To put it bluntly, it was rebellion.
Liang Ruji originally wanted to use the Scented Sect to restore their Juhetang, but now after listening to the discussion the day before yesterday, he suddenly changed his mind. Now, he wanted to tell himself what to do in the future of Juhetang. Yu Ren is really for the sake of difficulty. He never thought about the Juhetang problem. All he thought about was what he would do if he wanted to govern the Southeast.
He believed that the Southeast, with a developed economy and a more open mind, was the best hot spring for the Ming Dynasty's democracy. If one day he turned against the court, perhaps he could find a place there, build a country in the middle, and give his brothers a foothold.
However, now Liang Ruji wants him to talk about how to build a brand new Juhetang, and Yu Ren is in a dilemma. But he also knows that such occasions are absolutely unavoidable. Otherwise, he will have harmed Liang Ruji. The young man named Ruming speaks sharply, aggressively, and obviously dissatisfied with Liang Ruji. If he smashes Liang Ruji for another stage at such a critical moment, he will be afraid that his sect leader's position will be in danger.
Yu Ren stood on the stage, cleared his throat, and said to the audience, "I'm very happy to discuss this issue with you. To be honest, I have never heard of the Taizhou School and his view that "the daily life of the people is Tao" before, let alone Juhetang."
After hearing this, people in the audience began to discuss quietly again.
"But, for the Datong world, I am the same as everyone else. This has always been a dream in my heart. I have always been thinking about how to build a Datong world where everyone is equal and prosperous, and no oppression.
In this world, every family has land to grow, everyone has a house to live in, eat a meal, you don’t have to be beaten or scolded, or live a life without looking at people’s eyes. Maybe his name is not Juhetang, but that doesn’t matter. Because it is the dream world that we share in our hearts.
To be honest, I have thousands of brothers under my command. Most of these people live on the sea and make a living by defaming goods from all over the world. On our island, we only have different divisions of labor, but no difference between high and low. Everyone gets along like a family. Although they are not of the same surname, they are all the best brothers and sisters.
However, I have always had a dream. I want to give them such a home on the land, because the islands are limited by conditions and life is difficult to guarantee, and sometimes it will be very troublesome to encounter typhoons. However, I also know that this is difficult to do on the land. On the islands, we can do this easily because the courts of those islands did not send officials. And on the land, there is almost no such place.
Later, one day I finally figured out why we were afraid of being bullied by those officials? It was because we did not have the power to resist. If we had a force that could resist officers and soldiers, but we did not take the initiative to be enemies with the court. We would still pay the taxes that the country had to collect. However, the local corrupt officials would have to add taxes to us, but the corvee service would not work.
What will this result? At least we will not repeat the tragedy of Senior He back then!"
Before Yu Ren finished speaking, Liang Ruming asked first, "Your Xianggong said it well. But where does this place come from? You have to pay taxes and support an army. Where does this money come from?"
Chapter completed!