Chapter 1537 What a Big Chess Game
(There was a small mistake in the last one. Beichen Yuqing should be Fang Shijing. It has been corrected.)
Ling Zhifeng's hippie smile relieved everyone's tension a lot. Li Xian asked everyone to sit down, and asked all the maids around to leave. No idlers were left on site.
Li Xian scanned slowly, his eyes were calm but full of domineering; at first everyone dared not look at Li Xian, but gradually began to look up. The eyes are the windows of the soul; the formal conversation, which has already begun, is the communication of the eyes.
Over the years, Li Xian was naturally curious about and investigated the origins of Xu Ren, Li Yuanming and others, but he did not get any useful information.
In fact, not only the counselors of the Shang Kingdom, but even the counselors of the whole world seem to have problems with their origins.
On the surface, they all come from thatched cottages, rural schools, famous teachers who have traveled all over the world; some of them come from small mountain gates and so on.
But when it came time to check, something went wrong. Thatched cottages, rural schools, etc., are basically deserted; even if there are no deserted ones, it will be said that the master of the year has left. As for famous teachers who have traveled the world, there is nowhere to find them.
Only a few mountain gates can be found. Many times, people in these mountain gates will admit that those teachers from thatched cottages, schools, and famous teachers who are free are them.
But this is only superficial, if you go deeper, there will be problems - you have trained so many counselors for the world, and there are more than 2,000 people who serve in all walks of life and even national politics in China alone; more.
With so many talents trained, why not set up a fixed mountain gate?
This is a question that cannot stand scrutiny.
There is also a bigger question - all the talents of the counselor type have stretched for hundreds of thousands of years from ancient times to the present, and they seem to be earlier than Confucianism, military school, legalism, etc. that originated in Dongsheng Shenzhou. Moreover, since ancient times, there have been very few cases of counselors mutinying. Compared with Confucianists, military strategists, legalists, etc., there are too many people who are loyal.
As long as the lord still trusts, the loyalty of these counselors can block the sword for the object of service at the last moment. If the protagonist doesn't trust them anymore, they will finish the work in hand, and then... leave quietly, but they will rarely betray.
In the past, no one doubted that there was some ulterior secret behind these counselors; however, for hundreds of thousands of years, the existence of counselors has withstood the test and has gradually been accepted by everyone. Even Li Yulong didn't have any doubts when he first met Xu Ren.
Li Xian once thought that if he was really so loyal, it would be precious. I'm afraid that some beings are playing chess, a big chess game with a time unit of ten thousand years - when the whole world believes in counselors, they will suddenly rebel collectively.
Li Xian was always on guard. In the latest prime minister election, the reason why Li Xian suppressed the military's vote and caused Xu Ren to lose the election may not be without consideration in this regard.
But on the other hand, Li Xian trusted these people, and many things in the country of Shang were completely entrusted to these people.
Xu Ren is in charge of the military staff department of the Shang Kingdom, Ling Zhifeng is in charge of the national luck of the Shang Kingdom, Li Yuanming has gone to important posts many times, Fang Shijing has been in charge of the operation of the Brilliant Star Group and so on.
The ability and loyalty of Xu Ren and others won Li Xian's trust. However, the unknown identity is a pimple after all, and it's not easy for Li Xian to ask directly-doesn't it matter if you agree to hire someone or not?
Now, Xu Ren and the others finally decided to speak up.
Finally, Li Xian's eyes stopped in front of Xu Ren: "Let's start with you, sir."
Xu Ren smiled helplessly: "Okay. There are two parts to the origin of the counselor. Let me talk about the first part first.
The first part, as we said. As for why counselors and others do not form a fixed mountain gate, it is because the patriarchs of counselors have said as early as hundreds of thousands of years ago: the duty of counselors is to advise the Lord wholeheartedly and not have selfish intentions.
Once a person has selfishness, he cannot be a counselor.
However, most of those selected to be trained as counselors are smart people. How can we ensure that these "smart people" can "not pretend to be smart"? Guaranteed everyone's loyalty? "
Li Xian's heart began to become curious. Xu Ren's words are very interesting: you can't have both, you want a counselor to be smart and capable, but also want a counselor to be loyal and reliable, no matter how you hear it, it is a contradictory thing.
Hearing Xu Ren continue to say: "A long time ago, the founder of the counselor realized this problem, and took a very effective measure, which has been carried on to this day, that is-individual cultivation.
As a human being, the biggest problem lies in forming a party for personal gain; if the formation of a party for personal gain can be fundamentally eliminated, the loyalty of the counselor can be guaranteed to the greatest extent. The only thing a solitary strategist can do is to make suggestions for the lord, and then share the joy of success.
And it is precisely because of the individual training that the current situation of counselors has been formed.
Each teacher can train up to three people at the same time; the three can only train new disciples after ten years of being a teacher. "
After hearing this, Li Xian suddenly realized. That being said, everything makes sense. However, there is a second part, and what is the second part?
"The second part is the interests. It is the interests of the strategists. Doing something must be profitable. If we say that we are doing this for the sake of the world, it is selfless, haha, I don't believe it myself."
Li Xian didn't speak, just nodded, signaling Xu Ren to continue.
Xu Ren wasn't too polite. Anyway, today's incident has opened up, so everyone will understand. "The interests of the counselor school do not lie in fighting for the world, nor do they compete for the world's opinions like Confucianism. The ultimate interests of the counselors are related to... the struggle of the saints!"
Pfft... Li Xian spit out a mouthful of tea, and was really frightened. My little country is still having a headache for the whole country's ascension, and now someone has come to tell me that I have been involved in the battle of saints. For a moment, Li Xian only had one feeling... playing with me!
Xu Ren chuckled and said, "You don't need to be surprised by the wise king, and you don't need to be surprised. Please listen to me one by one." '
"First of all, we have been cultivated by the school of counselors. The price is to have achievements in the future and help a country become stronger. As long as the country rises, traditional forces such as sects will naturally be eliminated. And this is the calculation of the people behind the counselors.
If there is one less Taoist sect, the power of the Taoist saint will be weakened by one point.
If there is one less sect of magic, the power of the magic saint will be weakened by one point.
At the same time, the power of the saint behind the counselor will increase by one point.
In fact, although this matter is related to the struggle of saints, it can be said that it is out of reach for the current Shang country. There are many fairy kingdoms in the fairy world, and the scope of the current battle is beyond our concern in the mortal world. "
"But it's coming soon!" Ling Zhifeng always said a word at critical moments, and then attracted a lot of eyes that wanted to hit someone.
Li Xian looked at Xu Ren: "Since it's about a saint, how do you know?"