There are many people in the capital. In addition to those who originally lived in the capital, there are also many who moved here from other places.

Most of those who could move to the capital were wealthy families, but there were also many poor families who followed. However, these poor families could not afford the long journey, and either stopped halfway or died on the way.

This resulted in many helpless orphans in the capital, and parents always left the hope of survival to their children.

Qinghuan was attracted by such an orphan.

Yin Shuang watched curiously but did not intervene.

A thin little girl in tattered clothes, about eight or nine years old, raised her head and struggled to lift a broken bowl above her head. Her dirty little face was full of desire, and a straw stick was stuck in her messy hair.

This was a girl who sold herself. She stared at the snacks in Qinghuan's hand, which she bought for Yinshuang, and kept swallowing her saliva.

Qinghuan turned her head and looked at her for a moment, then put a bag of candy in her bowl, and, using the excuse of covering it, handed over a silver ingot at the same time.

The little girl's eyes widened suddenly, and she was a little at a loss.

Qing Huan smiled and said, "Call your good friends and have a good meal. If you want to do something for me, wait for me at the south gate of the city... Go ahead."

The little girl looked at it carefully for a long time before turning around and running away.

Not a word was spoken the whole time.

Qing Huan smiled and gestured to Yin Shuang, "Let's go."

Yin Shuang didn't mind at all that her snacks were taken away, and she followed and muttered, "You should give her some change."

Qing Huan smiled and said, "I know, but this is a test."

Yin Shuang is just simple-minded and doesn't pay attention to other things, but that doesn't mean she is stupid.

How should an orphan spend a silver ingot?
Yinshuang didn't ask what the test was, and happily followed Qinghuan out of the city and came to the river in the south of the city.

There were quite a few people fishing here. Qinghuan found a spot, put down the hook, and started waiting.

Will the fish take the bait?

……

Qinghuan can calm her body and mind and control her temper, but Yinshuang can't.

Before long, Yin Shuang couldn't wait any longer and kept twisting her body, looking around, becoming a little impatient.

Qing Huan smiled and said, "Let me read to you."

Yin Shuang kept stuffing snacks into her mouth and said, "I don't want to listen."

Qing Huan ignored her and took out the book she brought from her waist, opened it and read: "Nature is destiny, following nature is the way, cultivating the way is teaching..."

His tone was strange, with ups and downs, and his voice was not loud, but there was a sense of grandeur.

It sounds like the ringing of an ancient bell, and the sound is melodious.

Others just thought it sounded nice, but to Yinshuang, the sound sounded loud and upright, like thunder that made her scalp numb.

Moreover, this sound not only reaches the ears, the lingering sound also vibrates in the brain and the heart!

Unconsciously, Yin Shuang calmed down, and her originally confused eyes gradually became clear.

……

After a long time, Qing Huan finished reading a book, turned around and asked, "What do you think?"

Yin Shuang's eyes returned to confusion. She shook her head and started stuffing snacks into her mouth again, saying, "It sounds good."

However, another male voice sounded: "It is like the sound of thunder from a tiger or leopard, shocking the body and mind... What kind of method is this?"

Yinshuang's body suddenly tensed up, but after Qinghuan patted her on the head, she gradually relaxed.

Qing Huan turned her head and looked at Zong Da who had squatted beside her for some unknown period of time, and said with a smile: "The noble spirit of Confucianism... Brother Zong, we meet again!"

Zong Da was shocked and asked, "Does Confucianism really have such a thing as Haoran Qi?"

Qinghuan smiled and said, "That's what I call you anyway." Zongda had a complicated look in his eyes. He stood up and saluted respectfully towards Qinghuan.

Qing Huan accepted it calmly, and after he finished his greetings, he asked, "Brother Zong, why is this happening?"

Zong Dadao: "Brother Qinghuan deceived me so badly, and even said that you didn't know Master Zhuang... In fact, with Brother Qinghuan's wisdom, you should have guessed my identity a long time ago, right?"

Qing Huan laughed and said, "What identity? I only know that the person in front of me is Brother Da Zong, as for the others, I know nothing at all!"

After thinking for a while, Zong Da also smiled and said, "That's right, I'm Zong Da, you're Qing Huan, as for the rest, I don't know anything!"

Qinghuan smiled and nodded.

Zong Da sat down again, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I went back and thought carefully about what Brother Qing Huan said last time, and put it into practice, with remarkable results."

What did Qing Huan say last time? She just told him that everyone should be loyal to their own heart. Only by figuring out what the other person wants can they capture the other person's heart.

In this way, Jongdae began to truly win over his subordinates.

Qing Huan nodded and said, "Many principles, if you learn them but don't put them into practice, are the same as not learning them at all. Brother Zong is able to apply what he has learned, which is already better than many people!"

Zong Da asked sincerely, "I wonder if you have anything else to teach me, sir?"

Qing Huan asked back, "What do you want to know, Brother Zong?"

Zong Da looked at Qing Huan, paused, and said, "Imperial power!"

Qing Huan smiled and said, "In fact, there is no such thing as imperial power in this world. A long time ago, in order to realize their own ambitions and not want the emperor to interfere too much, Confucianism simply invented the idea of ​​heaven and man's connection. Once the emperor interfered too much, they would tell him that he had done something wrong, which led to natural disasters.

As time went on, the emperor himself came to believe it, and really thought he was the son of God, that his authority was bestowed by God and was supreme. Coupled with some flatterers, generation after generation of emperors regarded their own authority as extremely important!
In the final analysis, the imperial power was actually a trick used by Confucianists to deceive the emperor. "

Zong Da curled his lips, but still listened patiently.

Qing Huan nodded secretly and continued: "In essence, the emperor, ministers, and people are actually collaborators. Everyone has the same philosophy and goals, and they all want to live a good life.

But a snake cannot survive without a head, and a bird cannot fly without wings. If everyone wants to work together, there must be a leader, and the emperor is this leader.

Just like a family, there must be a parent who makes decisions. Naturally, there are all kinds of conflicts within the family, but everyone has the same goal, which is to make the family business bigger and stronger!
Tell me, if the head of a family doesn't care about the family business, only cares about his own face, and regards his authority as more important than the family business, is this head qualified? Can he convince other family members? "

Zong Da shook his head, looking as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.

Qing Huan smiled and said, "In fact, what parents have to do is very simple. They just need to set a goal and leave the rest to other family members to complete.

In this process, you just need to express your attitude.

It is to cultivate oneself, to respect the virtuous, to be close to one's relatives, to respect ministers, to be considerate to the ministers, to be kind to the common people, to attract craftsmen, to be kind to distant people, and to win over the princes.

Cultivate yourself, and the Way will stand; respect the virtuous, and you will not be confused; love your relatives, and your uncles and brothers will not complain; respect your ministers, and you will not be dazzled; be considerate of your ministers, and the scholars will repay you with respect; be kind to the people, and the people will be encouraged; attract all kinds of craftsmen, and you will have enough money; be amiable to the distant people, and the four directions will come to you; win over the princes, and the world will fear you. "

Jongdae frowned, thinking.

Qing Huan looked at the sky, put away his pole and stood up, saying: "The imperial power is the emperor's self-deception, he thinks he can be supreme because he has the power of life and death.

Little do people know that it was only after everyone chose the emperor as their leader that they gave him the power of life and death. The emperor is only an emperor from the perspective of the majority, and this majority includes not only ministers, but also the common people of the country.

Once the emperor stands from the perspective of a minority, or even only from his own perspective, only considering a minority and only considering himself, then his position as the leader will naturally be overthrown.

The reason why dynasties change is that the emperor cannot see his own position clearly and is obsessed with imperial power!
Only by letting go of the imperial power can we see clearly! "

After saying that, Qing Huan no longer paid attention to Zong Da, patted Yin Shuang's head, and said, "Let's go home!"

Yin Shuang muttered, "But you haven't caught any fish yet, so you can't eat grilled fish."

Qing Huan choked up and said, "There are no fish here. Let's come back in three days. We can change the location and catch some fish then."

Yin Shuang: "Really?"

"Yeah, really, I'm not lying to you!"

After the two walked away, Zongda stayed there, thinking about Qinghuan's words. (End of this chapter)