Chapter 327: Carrying the burden forward, the years are peaceful

[If you feel that life is peaceful and good, then there must be someone who is carrying the burden for you, and vice versa. ]

[A prosperous era requires the sacrifice of oxen and horses, no matter which prosperous era it is. 】

[The prosperity of the 120 years since the founding of the Dashun Dynasty was due to the true god Li Ziliang personally serving as a cow and horse. Now that the Daxin Dynasty wants to create and maintain a more prosperous era than the previous dynasty, it will naturally need more cows and horses...]

[Just as the Emperor of Heaven told you about your experience, maintaining various high welfare policies is certainly a good thing for the benefit of the people, but it also brings with it a huge unsolvable problem: Who has the energy to carry the burden forward? ]

[The gods of the Eight Banners are well aware of this, so the answer they gave is: treat the monks as consumables! ]

[This method is certainly inhumane, but it is indeed a perfect method, because monks are between true gods and mortals. They can complete many tasks that mortals cannot complete, but they are always weaker than true gods. This is simply a perfect consumable material! ]

[Being more capable than the lower class people, and without the force to resist the upper class strongmen, the middle class of monks is really a piece of fat meat. The upper and lower classes squeeze it hard, making everyone very satisfied.]

[What’s even more perfect is that monks can be reincarnated infinitely, which means they can be exploited repeatedly, and their descendants will be endless...]

[What is endless energy? This is endless energy! ]

[What is the innate ox and horse holy body? This is the innate ox and horse holy body! ]

[Everyone, including you, understands the beauty of this. As long as this oppression system is established, the Great Xin Dynasty can achieve long-term stability and an eternal prosperity is about to come. ]

[But you deeply understand that if this oppressive system is really established, it means that the oppressed will never be able to stand up again...]

【Do you want to do this? 】

[When the Eight Banners quarreled, you hesitated for a long time because you could achieve your long-cherished wish by doing this: serving the people and letting them enjoy a prosperous age forever!]

[So what if you oppress the monks? Anyway, the people you want to serve are the common people. As long as the people are doing well, why should you care about the oppressed monks? ]

[You, with your complicated mind, ask yourself this question. ]

[It was at this time that the argument between the monkey and the flag owner surnamed Ding woke you up! ]

[“Whom I want to serve, the people or the oppressed people?”]

[This question suddenly echoes in your mind: Do you want to serve them because they are the people, or do you want to serve them because they are the oppressed? ]

[This question is ridiculous, because the people have always been equal to the oppressed, the two are synonyms! ]

[But now it is not funny anymore, because under your years of operation, the people of the world who were originally oppressed and suffered from disasters are no longer suffering. They are enjoying high welfare that they should not have enjoyed. They have transformed from being the bearers of suffering to the creators of suffering...]

[The monks who once rode on the heads of mortals have now become the ones who carry the burden. ]

[The status of the two people has undergone a 180-degree turn! ]

[This change was so great that even the monkeys, who had always stood with the lower class people, began to speak up for the monks and argue for them...]

[The monkey is a ruler. It is a natural rebel. Wherever it stands, it proves that people there need to rebel! ]

[It is now standing with the monks! And its enemies are the vast majority of ordinary people and the Eight Banners ruling class of the Great Xin Dynasty! ]

[Then you suddenly realize what you should do...]

【…】

[In the sixty-seventh year of the new calendar, Lin Liu, the general of the Eight Banners Shogunate of the Xin Dynasty, suddenly issued an imperial edict for reform! ]

[“Since the number of the three thousand true gods has been filled, successors cannot become gods, so the system of rotating officials is no longer feasible.”]

[“From today on, the official system will be reformed, and all heavenly officials will be appointed by this generation of true gods. Officials must not slack off in their duties... I decree this!”]

[As soon as this decree was issued, the four continents were in an uproar! ]

[It's easy for ordinary people to deal with it. After all, they still get the benefits. Whether they change or not, there will always be others to work as slaves. We ordinary people are the masters! ]

[The monks were not too dissatisfied. At most, they were just angry because the number of immortals had reached the limit, and they hated themselves for not getting on the bus earlier... There were also quite a few monks who breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, the general is wise, otherwise I am afraid that I will have to repay the favor for generations...]

【But the True God of this session just kept cursing! 】

[What the hell, I spent so much time thinking of a really great system, what was I trying to achieve? It was to become a superior person in the future! ]

[I was ready to raise the flag, but now you tell me that even if I become a god I still have to continue to be a slave.]

[Before becoming a god, I was treated like a beast of burden. After becoming a god, I was still treated like a beast of burden... Did I become a god in vain?! ]

[The crowd was outraged, and more than 2,000 True Gods wrote a petition together, asking the general to revoke his order! ]

[This scene was really huge, and frightened the Eight Banners into urgently preparing for war and preparing to suppress the rebellion.]

[But at the height of this mortal wave, a sudden imperial edict from the general suppressed the matter. The edict was very simple, with only one sentence: The gods of this session have worked hard and made great contributions, so they are specially awarded one thousand flag-raising qualifications! ]

【Then the 1,000 true gods whose names were called burst into tears.】

[“I knew the general would not forget us!”]

[“The general’s kindness is not over yet!”]

【"loyalty!"】

[More than one thousand people remaining: ...]

【What can I say? 】【No, buddy, you guys are sliding down too fast, aren't you? 】

[While secretly cursing these greedy people, they also cried out to the court with tears in their eyes: "General! We can also love Daxin..."]

[Although their cries were indeed sincere, the general remained indifferent.]

[So, when the power disparity between the enemy and us suddenly became huge, more than a thousand True Gods of this generation had no choice but to swallow their anger and choose to "voluntarily work overtime" with tears in their eyes...]

[After more than sixty years of hard work, these poor people did not get their wish to join the Eight Banners and become superiors, nor did they successfully retire after the sixty-year period, but continued to extend their working hours indefinitely.]

[Yes, it is just a "postponement", that's what the shogunate said.]

[However, no one knows how long this extension will last, because unpaid overtime is the general's kindness and blessing. Overtime is to repay the general's kindness, and the general's kindness can never be repaid...]

【…】

"Master, I don't understand!"

When the imperial edicts were issued one by one and the participants of the meeting left one by one, Monkey, who had been holding back for a long time, finally couldn't help but speak:

"We finally managed to save the people from suffering, but the suffering has been passed on to the monks..."

"So I saved the monks as well."

Lin Liu fixed his calm gaze on his only disciple and said so calmly.

The monkey was so anxious that he scratched his head:
"But if you do this, aren't you transferring the suffering to the more than a thousand true gods?!"

"Why not?"

Lin Liu closed his eyes:

"For prosperity to be maintained, someone must suffer. This is the nature of how the world works."

"All I can do is transfer the necessary sacrifices and sufferings to other people..."

The monkey hesitated:

"But...but..."

Of course it understands this truth, but understanding does not necessarily mean accepting it.

It was very depressed, and its rebellious nature told it that where there was oppression there would be resistance, and it wanted to help them resist!

But it also knew clearly that the current situation was the result of its master's lifelong efforts. Compared with the deadly sufferings endured in the human world back then, the true gods were much better off. At least they would only be tired, not die.

But is it true that true God is born to help mortals carry their burdens?
There is no reason in the world that anyone should help anyone else suffer!
All suffering caused by oppression should be resisted, and the resisters should naturally receive sympathy and help. The vested interests who sneer at others are not qualified to make comments!

The monkey understood this principle, and Lin Liu naturally understood it too.

But he had to do it...

"Disciple."

Lin Liu opened his eyes, looked at the monkey scratching his head, and said seriously:

"I understand that you cannot see the nature of oppression. This is a good thing. It proves that you have a pure heart that is forever young and incorruptible."

"Youth is often accompanied by purity, while decay often coexists with filth. The world is full of filth. I don't want you to lose this innocence as you grow older."

"But the filth of the world is unavoidable. In this world, suffering and blessings are twins. Of course, we want everyone to enjoy the blessings brought by the prosperous times, but the suffering that coexists with blessings also needs someone to bear it."

"Before, I had imagined that suffering could be eliminated, but the three thousand upper limits of heaven and earth clearly shattered this..."

At this point, Lin Liu couldn't help but show self-mockery on his face:
"Man proposes, God disposes, and supernatural powers cannot match the will of heaven. I am no exception..."

"The teacher has already thought about it!"

He smiled, causing the monkey to shudder inexplicably:
Its intuition told it that the master might say something bad...

Lin Liu smiled and said:

"When they can no longer tolerate it and decide to rebel, you will take the opportunity to join the rebels."

"If they question your position, then you can say that all the mistakes were caused by me, that I went against the will of heaven, that I was tyrannical, that I deceived the world and stole the reputation, and that I oppressed the good..."

"Then, you will lead them into the shogunate and cut off your master's head with your own hands!"

"This pledge of allegiance is enough for you to survive their clutches, and even continue to hold a high position in the future... Your teacher cannot help you fulfill your original wish of leading ordinary monkeys and their descendants to immortality. You will have to walk the road ahead on your own..."

"Master!"

Under the monkey's horrified gaze, Lin Liu's face was full of smiles:
Where there is oppression, there is resistance. From the moment he decided not to use the Blood God Son anymore, this class oppression was destined to be overthrown. Even if it could not be overthrown, he would create opportunities for them to overthrow him, because this was what he deserved.

The tide of the times will smoothly break through all obstacles, and the angry insurgents who have won the victory will always need an object to vent their anger!
As it happened, he was ready for death.

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(End of this chapter)