Chapter 568

In the room, Duan Yu sat alone on the side.

The Township Official Yang Wu had already been driven out to do the registration.

And Gai Xun, Yang Fu, Jiang Xu, and Yan Zhong were kneeling opposite Duan Yu.

"Yuangu, Yishan, Boyi, Sujing."

Duan Yu held a steaming teacup in one hand and looked at the four of them, asking: "What do you think is ruling the people?"

"Yuangu, you speak first."

Duan Yu cast his gaze towards Gai Xun.

Ruling the people, from ancient times to the present, had always been the rule of the upper class over the lower class.

The so-called rule, is to rectify; to cultivate.

Therefore, the governance of the upper class over the common people is not policy; policy is strategy, rule is management.

Duan Yu was not asking what policy was, but what ruling the people was.

Gai Xun thought for a while and replied: "Reporting to the Marquis, to rule the people, one should use law and ritual, use ritual to prevent the people, use law to rule the people, and combine ritual and law, then one can rule."

Duan Yu nodded and smiled slightly, saying: "Since Yuangu said, use ritual to prevent the people, use ritual to educate all the people, so that the people know ritual. Then use law to rule, use law to restrain the people, and law can bring long-term peace."

"Then Yuangu, tell me, from Zhou to Qin, from Qin to Han, where did this world come from?"

"Was Qin's law not strict?"

"Or was Zhou's ritual not enough?"

"But why did Gao Zu still kill the white snake and start the uprising?"

"And why did Chen Sheng and Wu Guang shout that sentence: Are kings, nobles, generals, and ministers born with such status?"

"Can Yuangu give me an explanation?"

Gai Xun's face stiffened, obviously falling into deep thought.

But after thinking hard for a moment, he shook his head: "Reporting to the Marquis, subordinate does not know."

"Yuangu, look, in today's world, is there no ritual? Or no law?"

"Since both ritual and law are available, why are there still so many starving people in the world?"

"Why is it that in broad daylight, there are still people freezing to death in their homes?"

"If you ask me... it's because in today's world, there is only rule, but no strategy."

Having said this, Duan Yu stood up, holding the hot tea, and came to the front of the hall, facing the sky-filling wind and snow slowly falling outside.

The bleak cold wind lifted the hem of Duan Yu's cloak.

"In today's world, the officials are like us sitting in the room drinking this tea and roasting charcoal, while the common people of the world are just trying to survive in this sky-filling wind and snow."

"If we in the room don't walk out of this warm inner hall, how can we see the common people of the world clearly?"

"And how can we talk about ruling the common people of the world?"

"If you and I didn't come to this Weiyang Township today, how could we see the snow blocking the road and the people freezing to death in their homes?"

Behind Duan Yu, Gai Xun, Yang Fu, Jiang Xu, and Yan Zhong had different expressions on their faces.

They were all looking at Duan Yu's back with eyes that were hard to understand.

From July to November now.

Duan Yu had been in Liangzhou for four months.

And in these four months, Duan Yu had spent three months just fighting.

From the first contact with Duan Yu to understanding Duan Yu, they had all heard of Duan Yu's name as a tiger general of the world.

And they all felt that Duan Yu should be like the previous Zhang Huan, Huangfu Gui, and Duan Jiong, just perhaps a bit more powerful than Duan Jiong.

But when the battle against the Qiang was over, and after negotiating with the Western Qiang and implementing sericulture, they all felt something was wrong.

And today.

This youngest Governor of the Han Dynasty in the world, the youngest General who broke the Qiang, had finally revealed the tip of the iceberg under this sky-filling wind and snow.

Duan Yu turned around, looked at the few people sitting in front of the brazier, and said: "I came to Liangzhou, not just to rule Liang."

"If it comes to ruling, I am not as good as you."

"But this Liangzhou has been like this for a hundred years, from beginning to end, with frequent wars, and the people have no clothes to cover their bodies and no food to fill their stomachs."

"I came to Liangzhou, just to make Liangzhou better."

"To make the people under Liangzhou's rule better and better."

"Instead of coming to be the one who eats people and is eaten by people, as the sages say."

"Do you understand what I mean?" Duan Yu looked at the four of them.

Whether it was Gai Xun, Yang Fu, Jiang Xu, or Yan Zhong.

They were all scholars.

Although they were marginalized scholars in Liangzhou, they were still scholars.

Those who rule others eat people, and those who are ruled by others are eaten by people.

This sentence comes from "Mencius".

The original sentence is: Those who labor with their minds rule others, and those who labor with their strength are ruled by others. Those who are ruled by others feed others, and those who rule others are fed by others.

The world is divided into mental labor and physical labor.

It means mental labor rules others, and physical labor is ruled by others.

Others feed the rulers, and the rulers rely on others to feed them.

Duan Yu's meaning is that from now on, the sky in Liangzhou has changed.

"Those who labor with their minds, if they cannot benefit the people, how can they be fed by the people? If under my rule, they cannot benefit the people, then don't blame me, Duan Yu, for turning my back on you."

Gai Xun, Yang Fu, Yan Zhong, and Jiang Xu all hurriedly lowered their heads.

Duan Yu took a deep breath.

Rule the people with benevolence, rule the scholars with the kingly way.

If you want to receive the grace of the people, you must first benefit the people with profit.

The chaotic world is coming, the people are the foundation, and the scholars are the base.

Why does Liu Bei have people lining the streets to welcome him wherever he goes?

It is because Liu Bei rules the people with benevolence and wins the support of the people.

Next year is the Huang Jin Rebellion.

At that time, if he wants to move ten thousand people into Liang, just relying on a mouth is useless.

No matter how well he speaks, no matter how flowery his words are, the people won't believe him.

Because from ancient times to the present, in the four hundred years of the two Hans, the people already know what officials are like.

If he wants to absorb the people of the world into Liang.

Then he needs someone to speak for him.

Undoubtedly, only the words spoken from the mouths of the people and the information passed out will make the people believe.

Bringing the people into Liang, this is his strategy.

Liangzhou, Bingzhou, this is his future foundation.

If anyone cuts off his roots and does not follow his strategy, then he can only be ruthless.

"Yuangu, Yishan..."