Chapter 67 Chapter 67

The word "confuse" has been connected to form a fixed phrase, and modern people seldom use it separately. But confusion and confusion are completely different concepts.Mizi is composed of the character "米" and the path of life in the shape of walking, which means the road of the character "米" and the choice of external opportunities faced by life.Confusion, on the other hand, occurs in the mind of the person concerned, which is composed of the word "or" and the word "heart". To get lost is to get lost in the outside world.Confused, but lost in his own heart.

The road of life, frequent temptations, money and beauty are all enough to make people get lost.But this kind of situation is not a loss of state of mind, but, deep in the heart of the person concerned, his value concept is based on money and beauty, so it is reasonable to lose himself when encountering money and beauty . Confusion is completely different. Confusion means that the values ​​​​deep in the hearts of the parties have not yet been determined.It is still a choice between two or more life values. This state is manifested as looking forward and backward, indecisive, which is a unique ambivalence of adolescent young people.

Obsessed, there is another meaning of being deeply trapped, the so-called "obsessed with obsession" is also true.For example, in the era of Wu Zetian, in order to combat the power of the Li family, Wu Zetian reused cruel officials who started as civilians.If it weren't for the change of dynasty, these cruel officials might not have the opportunity to ascend to high positions throughout their lives.They also knew that Wu Zetian used them for their purpose, they were just running dogs, eagle dogs, once they achieved their purpose, they would be abandoned immediately.These people exchanged their limited lives for fame and wealth, so they behaved extremely cruelly.

The cruelest among the cruel officials is Lai Junchen. As soon as he took office, he wrote on the gate: "The defendant will be called wrong when asked. After the execution, he will be silent." None of the informants will not complain, but once your head is cut off, you will never make a sound again.This is tantamount to a declaration of decisive battle to the Li royal family. I know that you are wronged, but what I want is to kill you unjustly. Under the tyranny, I forgive you and have nothing to say.Some people thought that Junchen was so brutal, so he wrote on the door: "Don't be brutal, count your days and how many days are left." Lai Junchen saw the words on the door, and immediately wrote: "One day is enough."

For Lai Junchen, he doesn't have many concepts such as right and wrong, black and white, and fairness in his heart. What he agrees with is the law of the jungle, and what he agrees with is bloody killing.He believes that the laws of this society are like this, and this is his life value, which is extremely firm in his mind.Therefore, although he was obsessed with it, he was never confused in his heart.So when Lai Junchen did a lot of evil and the officials couldn't bear it, Wu Zetian asked another cruel official named Zhou Xing to try Lai Junchen's case.Zhou Xing is even more treacherous. He didn't say in advance that Junchen had been "double regulated". Instead, he warmly invited Junchen to have a drink. What should I do?" Lai Junchen laughed loudly and said, "What's so difficult about it? You get a big urn and let the person under trial sit in the urn, and there is a charcoal fire under it, and it is slowly baked. If you ask him anything, he will be recruited." Zhou Xing was overjoyed, and immediately moved a big urn, lit charcoal fire under it, and said, "Now you are accused of treason, no matter whether you recruit or not, let's go to the urn first." .” This is the origin of the idiom “please enter the urn”.

Compared with the state of confusion, people in the state of confusion have no independent opinions and no masters. They are easily blamed and run into walls everywhere. In the late Qing Dynasty, there was a Wudan named Yu Zhuang'er, who was both excellent in color and art.Emperor Guangxu admired him so much that he summoned him to the palace and loved him very much.One day, after Yu Zhuang'er finished performing "Ten Golden Pills" in the palace, Emperor Guangxu called him to the inner hall, held his hand affectionately, and asked him to sit beside him before taking off his makeup. The queen said: "This man can be called an all-rounder in civil and military affairs." But Empress Longyu hated Yu Zhuang'er sitting side by side with Guangxu, and thought that Guangxu's move was disappointing, so she told the Empress Dowager Cixi about it, and the Empress Dowager Cixi was angry Yes, we must investigate this matter.

Emperor Guangxu was as afraid of Cixi as a tiger, and in a panic, he pushed everything to Yu Zhuang'er.He actually used the name of the Japanese sword worn by Yu Zhuang'er as a real sword, and according to the criminal law of the Qing Dynasty, he expelled Yu Zhuang'er from the palace on the charge of holding a weapon before the imperial court, and asked the guards to escort Yu Zhuang'er to the Ministry of Punishment.Yu Zhuang'er was so remorseful that he bribed the officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice with a lot of money. The Ministry of Criminal Justice also knew that Yu Zhuang'er had been wronged, so he turned a blind eye and reported Yu Zhuang'er's illness and death.After that, Yu Zhuanger kept her name incognito for 20 years. It was not until the fall of the Qing Dynasty that she dared to get close to others.

Here, what Emperor Guangxu showed was the most typical confusion. He had no opinion and his values ​​were confused. If he liked Yu Zhuanger's play, he doted on him.But in Emperor Guangxu's heart, he had no respect for Yu Zhuang'er at all, so whenever he encountered trouble, he immediately turned his face and framed Yu Zhuang'er.It's not that there is a problem with Guangxu's character, but that his thinking is not clear, and Yu Zhuang'er's position in his heart is very disordered.When doting on Yu Zhuang'er, he thought Yu Zhuang'er was unattainable, and he was proud to be able to sit shoulder to shoulder with her.Once he felt the fear, Yu Zhuang'er was thrown in the lowest position in his heart again, wishing to be relieved quickly.This kind of lack of assertiveness in dealing with others certainly made him lose his mind and act inappropriately.

Young people with confused self-consciousness and no opinion are the most embarrassing in the officialdom.Yuan Mei, a well-known talented scholar in the Qing Dynasty, was named Suiyuan Layman. His poems are full of talent and fresh style, and he is an idol sought after by scholars all over the world in later generations.And Yuan Mei also takes it as an honor to reward the backward, even if it is an unfinished article or a few scattered sentences of a young man, he can still get his appreciation.So young scholars ran around, hoping to worship under Yuan Mei's family. The nobles and nobles were also proud of being friends with Yuan Mei, and even people from Ryukyu, Koryo and other countries begged for Yuan Mei's poems at high prices.Under such circumstances, a young scholar had the honor of worshiping under Yuan Mei's sect. When he was excited, he engraved a seal: Corporal Suiyuan, proud of being a disciple of Yuan Mei's sect.

But after Yuan Mei's death, there were more and more negative comments about him. Later, Yuan Mei became a scum of scholars, and everyone took it as an honor to attack him.At this time, Yuan Mei's disciple destroyed the seal of "Corporal of Suiyuanmen", carved another one, and wrote: "I regret being a corporal of Suiyuanmen." For this young man, the world holds a disdainful attitude and calls it shameless.But people were wrong, this young man was not shameless, but because of his innocence and kindness, he was reduced to shameless and was ridiculed by the world.Just imagine, if this person is truly shameless, then he only needs to stop mentioning Yuan Mei, and that will be enough.If he doesn't mention it himself, who can force him to express his opinion?But this young man was stupid because others didn't mention it, but he insisted on mentioning it himself, and even used a stamp of "Regret to be a corporal of Suiyuanmen" to remind others of the embarrassing things he did.

Why is this young man so stupid? It's just because he's kind and innocent, but he doesn't have any opinions in his heart.When Yuan Mei became famous, he followed Yuan Mei wholeheartedly, but when Yuan Mei was ridiculed by the world, the young man's heart suddenly fell into chaos.He deeply believed that he was deceived by Yuan Mei, and he couldn't see the true face of this villain, which made him very sad.Learn from the pain, what is the pain?As a result, he made a second seal to remind himself to keep his eyes open and not to be deceived by villains again. Poor young man, he is sincerely reflecting on himself.Because the value concepts in his heart are confused, he has no independent opinions, and lacks the most basic vision to understand the world, so when he sincerely reflects on himself, the impression he leaves on others is an extremely despicable image. This is the tragedy of young people in a state of "confusion". It is only because they are sincere, right and wrong, and because their sincerity lacks the support of spiritual power, they are viciously ridiculed as shameless. .What's even more frightening is that young people don't even have the ability to argue against such "shameless" facts, all because they are in endless confusion and don't know what is right and what is wrong .