Chapter 764: Men Must Learn

After setting all this up, my heart settled.

Although the development of events sometimes is beyond my control.

All I can do is keep it within the range I can bear.

Time flies; March has arrived. It's again the best season of spring in the year.

All things are reviving.

I stare at the bright sunlight outside the window,

My heart longs to walk safely within the spring light.

But it never goes as I wish.

After the Zhou Family was destroyed, the Wen Family arrived.

Sigh! Fate endlessly hammers me like this.

In two days, it will be Kang Yali's day to go to Da Heng Group to ask for money.

I don't know what will happen, but I can say for sure that Kang Yali won't get the money.

If Kang Yali gets the money, then I will have no value at all.

The one now managing Da Heng Group is a manager surnamed Ma, personally sent by Wen Han.

They don't even trust Zhao Xiaohua, the White Glove; they only trust their own people now.

Zhao Xiaohua has contacted me; Zhao Xiaohua's heart is still unwilling,

He still dreams of returning to Da Heng Group as chairman. He keeps explaining to me that he did nothing wrong, why Wen Han has to deal with him.

I keep cursing him in my heart, "fool."

Such a brother can't be awakened by scolding.

No matter how right you act, what can you do? Hmph. He's just a White Glove; when people feel dirty, they discard him when not needed.

I didn't say much to Zhao Xiaohua; I just told him to read more history books while idle at home.

Study history properly.

Actually some people always say that learning history is useless.

Those who hold such thoughts are wrong from the start.

You should know our history can be traced back over five thousand years.

In these five thousand years,

All kinds of human conflicts—court intrigues, ministerial struggles, party fights, sovereign battles, etc. —have each occurred once in our history.

They are recorded in historical books and traditional classics.

History always repeats.

That's how dynasties change; history is astonishingly similar.

The first and second generations start businesses; after the third generation they just maintain them.

Then the elites seize the economy and power within the court.

Opportunities for ordinary people to rise become fewer and fewer,

So the court becomes corrupt, and treacherous ministers surround the emperor.

Then the struggle begins. The final outcome is to topple and start over,

The cycle turns, and another batch of people comes up.

Everyone enjoys peace for another few hundred years.

Of course modern society has advanced technologically,

Remember, technology is just progress; these technologies are merely tools.

Technology still serves the few.

This is how it is, including foreign countries; their histories are probably similar to ours,

The rise and fall of a dynasty roughly spans two to three hundred years.

For example, the current Deng ta guo is heading toward decline.

It's a visible decline.

You should know that Deng ta guo prides itself on having the most democratic, sound, and best electoral system in human history.

One could say that the group led by Hua originally established the elector system, which was very forward‑looking.

But now, those people have messed it up.

What has happened now is,

A portion of elite capitalists have become the unshakable figures in politics,

These elites are capitalists or agents backed by capitalists,

They can control Deng ta guo's propaganda, economy, and legislation,

No matter who becomes president, it doesn't matter,

As long as the president doesn't listen to them, the president may also get into trouble and be removed.

The president of Deng ta guo can be called a puppet of certain capital.

They just need a spokesperson.

They have already formed a clan‑gate system in Deng ta guo.

That is, members of the parliament must come from those elite families.

In parliament they enact laws to protect each of their families and interests.

Everything is protected in legislative form.

Ordinary people in Deng ta guo find it hard to have upward channels or chances to rise.

Whether a country is good or bad depends on whether ordinary people have the chance to turn their lives around.

Such a country will always have fresh blood entering its core, keeping the blood flowing smoothly; its fortune rises day by day.

When you see that ordinary people have all lain flat, showing no signs of striving effort, it means Deng ta guo's fortune is going downhill.

However, Deng ta guo will not experience major fluctuations in the short term.

After all, a skinny dead camel is still bigger than a horse.

It still needs time, and their elites need to keep messing around.

After they mess up their own country, ordinary people no longer believe in the nation.

Then it becomes troublesome.

This topic has gone off track.

What I want to say here is that a person's success is often closely related to their homeland.

Without strong national fortune supporting you, perhaps you are merely a tiny ant.

Without a great era, there are no great entrepreneurs.

Think about those war-torn regions—aren't their people smart? Don't they have business sense?

All of this is irrelevant.

Only stability allows development.

Read more books, and you'll understand many things.

I hope Zhao Xiaohua can grow up,

rather than relying on others; one's own effort is more important than anything.

In the society before us, blaming heaven and others solves no problem,

only one's own effort is the hard truth.

For a man, this is even more true: he must study, think, have vision, and not just follow others.

Use the time spent complaining on studying, and you'll find the world will become different.

Our ancestors over two thousand years ago already saw the world clearly and thus discovered human nature.

Moreover, they used writing to educate us on how to be a person, how to act, and how to think.

But we have all forgotten.

For example, Confucius once said, 'Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.'

Do not force others to do what you yourself dislike doing. Isn't that human nature?

It's too damn human.

Yet we insist on imposing what we dislike on others.

Moreover, Mencius proposed over two thousand years ago,

'The people are most important; the land and grain gods come next; the ruler is lightest.'

How important this statement is: the common people are important; the land and grain gods representing the state come next; the ruler of the state is lightest.

That is, the people can have the right to choose.

Moreover, any sentence from the Dao De Jing, when taken to the present, is never outdated.

'When bent, then whole; when crooked, then straight; when hollow, then full; when worn, then new; when little, then gained; when much, then confused.' All of this is dialectics.

It tells us that in real life we must learn how to preserve ourselves,

A person must be able to endure injustice in order to preserve themselves; likewise, only by enduring false accusations can one vindicate reason.

Low-lying places can instead hold water and be full.

Decay can instead bring new life.

Taking less can instead yield more; greed for much leads to confusion.

Think carefully whether this is the principle.

I now must endure injustice in order to preserve myself.

To survive in society, one must mingle light with dust.

Regarding societal matters, we have grown accustomed to many things, but they still occur.

Moreover, we are powerless to change them.

Then we must find a way to let ourselves see that even within the light there is still dust.

For a person to have light, they must coexist with dust.

The above words are the thoughts of a middle-aged man.

After experiencing the Da Heng Group,

I increasingly discover the importance of learning,

This learning can let oneself calm down and do some things.

How can one preserve oneself,

or let oneself survive better.

Society is progressing, and we are all progressing at the same time.

In the phone call, I spoke with Zhao Xiaohua about many things regarding learning,

I hope he can understand my earnest intentions.

Really, why have we come to this point today? Mainly because we have not learned, nor kept up with the times.

We have not bent down to study seriously.

Moreover, we let our hearts forever belong to a state of fullness.

This will surely cause trouble.