Chapter 14 all about dirty money

Once, I saw an article by a foreigner saying that the Chinese haven't really understood modern civilization because they don't have the concept of "dirty money" in their minds.I don't like to hear that.Is this "nothing" in the linguistic sense or in the substantive sense?China doesn’t have the concept of asshole yet, it doesn’t mean there are no assholes here, it’s just that different cultures have different definitions.Tang Bohu said, if you are free to write a picture and sell it, you will not make money in the world.I think the meaning of "unlawful money" is broader than that of dirty money.Dirty money refers only to illegal and immoral income, and illegal money includes even legally violated income.From this perspective, Tang Bohu can understand modern civilization very well. If people like him gain power, Chinese history will be very different.

But the well-known fact is that this kind of people want to gain leadership in society, and there is no way.Mr. Wu Si said that Chinese history is a history of blood.Brothers knocked their heads on the ground one by one, pulled poles to cause trouble, fought east and west, fought bloody battles, and finally sat in the Golden Palace. How difficult is it?The cost here is not converted into profit, and the Chinese-style God does not agree. This profit is the unlimited discretion over the fate of the people in the world.Does Tang Bohu dare to kill with a knife?Don't dare, that's good, let's play.have opinions?Either shut up and paint, or have a good time and rebel.If you want to discuss it, there is absolutely no way - if you can discuss it, you will call a parliament.

The kid on the street said, isn't this the underworld!The kid was right.But I have another opinion, that is, the underworld is not the same.I have read the history of the mafia, the main way they do things is to hold meetings, and when they are desperate, they use guns to solve the problem.There are very few similar times in China: a bunch of poor people smashed the county government, and the imperial court sent a few investigators. If you have any questions, let's have a meeting! Now we know that it is unwise to exchange violence for violence.Only those who have violence let go of violence can be regarded as possessing real political wisdom.It is decent and great behavior for a ruler to consult with others when he is in trouble.Compared with slaughtering each other for thousands of years, peaceful negotiation and mutual compromise are extremely genius methods.Let’s think about it from the ruler’s point of view. In 1215, the King of England was discussed and signed the Magna Carta. The descendants still live in Buckingham Palace.The emperors of the Song Dynasty at the same time did not discuss with anyone, and they lost their positions since 1276. Even if the Mongolian army did not go south, I think they would not be able to sit on the throne in the year of Princess Diana's wedding.

This is the common sense on which our modern civilization is free from war and survives.The problem is simply that common sense is not always appreciated. If I traveled back to ancient times with today's common sense, and wrote a policy theory, I guess it would shock the government and the public.But as you know, the emperor may not have thanked me, he might have immediately ordered my head to be beheaded, and specially passed down a secret edict: You know too much! If everything can be negotiated, someone like me, or someone like Tang Bohu, can say, can I be the emperor?This is called commitment to public service.The original emperor said, it doesn't matter what I said, it has to be discussed.So all the people discuss together, which is called election.The citizens of Suzhou saw that Tang Bohu was a good person, so they told him, we are ready to support you, but can you reduce taxes for the textile industry?This is called lobbying and fundraising.Suzhou has a developed economy and a dense population, so it is called a large electoral college.In the end, Tang Bohu defeated me and was elected the new emperor. I said, brother Bohu is more handsome than me and gets more female votes, but I am not jealous of him. I believe he can do a good job for the people. This is the core value of modern civilization: Fairplay spirit.

At this point, dirty money is no longer a good thing to survive.The people will say, Your Majesty Tang Bohu, you said that you will not make money in the world, then we will stare wide-eyed to see how you are doing. If you break your promise and become fat, then don’t blame everyone for being weak, but take you out for good. Discuss last time!So how to negotiate?It is necessary to come up with a set of laws and an institutional framework for supervising power.When I got here, I used a line from "A Chinese Journey to the West" to say that dirty money is like a noisy fly, "Finally one day, I caught it, pulled out its intestines, strangled its neck, and then The hand raised the knife and fell, wow! The whole world is quiet."

Having worked in journalism, I am no stranger to dirty money.Small amounts of dirty money and "soft content" paid for by interviewees are commonplace in this industry, and I have always had a great disdain for it.However, I can still objectively say that compared with the construction of a "deliberative" society, the morality of individuals and institutions is extremely secondary.Three thousand sutras are recited, and Cao Xi's sentence is dead. About dirty money, that's all there is to it.