Chapter 103 cage the mob

Enlightenment is a good thing. But after you realize the Tao, you may be as disappointed as Mr. Yangming. Mr. Yang Ming lives in a power society, in this world, power is omnipresent. Power is a bad thing. It not only corrupts those who hold power, but also corrupts those who are abused by power. Those who hold power will be alienated into tyrants.People who are abused by power will be alienated into ignorant, cowardly and cruel slaves.In fact, it is the bipolar society of slaves and tyrants that constitutes the reality of power.A tyrant would not be called a tyrant if there were no slaves in society.But once there is a tyrant in the world, he will try his best to alienate as many people as possible into slaves in order to continue the effectiveness of power.

Power is a product of violence, with a tyrant at one end and a mob at the other. Mr. Yangming must have thought deeply about this issue—or, with his wisdom, maybe he doesn’t need to think about it at all. He thinks he is virtuous if he is not virtuous, and it would be too boring to even think about such a thing. But Mr. Yangming must have stared at an old Yasi who was in charge of the logistics of the military camp for a long time. This old Yasi was really old, with gray hair and a stooped waist, he would be panting for half an hour after walking a few steps.An old man like this should sit in front of his house, sip tea, and enjoy his old age, but he has to go out to work to support his young son, who is sitting in front of his house, sipping tea, and enjoying his youth.

It costs more to raise a young and strong boy than to raise an old man.At most, the old man can only have a mouthful of hot rice, a bowl of warm water, and a chat with him, that's enough.But young people have more needs. He wants to eat the most exquisite food, wear the most gorgeous clothes, and also needs young and beautiful women-and one is not enough, as if there are not enough beautiful women. So this old Yasi, his family burden is relatively heavy. The meager salary offered by the imperial court can at best keep the old Yasi from starving to death, but it cannot satisfy his son's endless desires.

I can only think of another way. There is no way out. The job of the old Yasi is to store food and grass for the army. Once the officers and soldiers to conquer bandits are coming, the army has not moved, and the food and grass go first. The old Yasi will know it earlier than anyone else.So the old Yasi took up a part-time job as an information collector in the bandits' headquarters, barely maintaining his family.At the beginning, Mr. Yangming didn't pay attention to this humble old Yasi, but after the bandits were recruited several times and the bandits got wind of it, Mr. Yangming set his sights on this old man.

What to do with this old Yasi? kill him? Seems wrong?You, Mr. Yangming, are a man of enlightenment. As for having trouble with an old Yasi? Keep him?What's more, this old man worked tirelessly every day to send information to the bandits, and it made people angry. After much deliberation, when Mr. Yangming was about to go to bed at night, he suddenly sent someone to call the old Yasi in, and discussed with him: "Old man, at your age, you are also working part-time for bandits. You are really dedicated."You say I'm going to kill you, you're really too old.It doesn't matter if you don't kill me, but at least you have to give me a reason not to kill you, right?

The old Yasi looked at Mr. Yangming in surprise: Governor Governor, I can't understand what you say. Mr. Yangming spread out his hands: forget it if you don’t understand, push it out and chop it up. The old Yasi screamed: "My lord, don't be serious. I will recruit all of you. I will tell you all the secret contact stations set up by the bandits in the city. Please don't kill me..." Mr. Yangming shook his head and sighed: Oh, human nature, human nature! Mr. Yangming first ordered to remove all the secret contact stations of the bandits in the city, and then ordered: Since human nature is so difficult and ignorant of right and wrong, that's fine, let's get out of an iron cage and put the mob in the cage, maybe You will be more honest.

It also strictly enforces the ten card method.There is a total of ten law brands, listing the domicile, name, year, appearance and industry of each household.Rilun's family questioned along the door, and immediately reported to the officials when they encountered suspicious people.Wherever it belongs, it will be followed as a whole. This is the Baojia Law recorded in "Jingluanlu" and implemented by the sage Mr. Yangming.Before that, the people still had a certain degree of freedom, but the implementation of the Baojia Law will completely deprive the people of their negligible degree of freedom, and they will be reduced to slaves in cages.

With the wisdom of a sage, Mr. Yangming wants to think about putting the common people in cages, what can the common people do? However, with the wisdom of a sage, Mr. Yangming, why didn't he choose to put the tyrant in a cage? It's very simple, a tyrant is just a product of the mob, and it's okay to deal with the mob if you attach yourself to the tyrant.But if you want to fight a tyrant, the first thing you will encounter is a mob—and that means, you will be the enemy of everyone.Mr. Yangming is not stupid, so he won't be fooled by you. And this Baojia law has no practical significance to the people.In fact, it is precisely because the people locked themselves in the cage of ignorance first that Mr. Yangming's Baojia law came into being.At any time, once the people's wisdom is opened and wisdom is obtained, they will also have the capital to fight against power. Not even a saint can save an idler who is drowning in ignorance.

This may be the original intention of Mr. Yangming's Baojia Law.