A Thousand-Gold Gamble

Freedom and order, humanity and law

Such a beginning, killing virtuous ministers and beating the biological mother, really makes people feel a strong sense of discomfort. Does not conform to the mainstream values ​​held by most people,

It is said that he is not a good person. He longs for freedom and is unwilling to be manipulated. But he is also self-centered.

Meng Chuan is not a good person, he is just a little self-centered person who does not know his purpose. He is not a knight. I ask, can a person who is extremely confused even if he can't help himself be called a character, temperament or behavior that is brave and willing to sacrifice himself to help others - a knight?

Everyone has their own opinions, but I only see a few details. Xiaoqu's mother was just a washerwoman, but she followed the young men to murder, assassinate, and even hurt her mother in public. What was Meng Chuan's reaction at that time? Just this point, they have lost my heart. It is said that all their last actions are just that they don't like to be trapped and bound. He never thought it was wrong to teach Xiaoquer to do this. As for what the government is doing, it's a bit impossible. I don't really believe that this governor has such great abilities and means. Somewhat like Jin Yiwei's training methods Okay, just assume that he really has this ability He doesn't admit his mistake? The crowd must not like what he did? The masses must like Meng Chuan's approach? My opinion is that as a sufferer, if you ask him to redress his grievances, people who have been bullied will support his approach. Poor people who receive money from Meng Chuan will support Meng Chuan It is said that Meng was just a ranger until his death. His abilities alone were limited. He can't help more people, and most of his energy is spent on performing his own fighting skills. A thousand pieces of gold were spent in exchange for gold. Judging from the number of supporters, Fu Yin will definitely win. It is said that the only saving grace is his pride and his freedom from hardship. But beyond that, his damage is greater than his advice He's not trapped, he's just a killer who gets paid to do things He was a lone eagle who never found his own direction until his death. Sad! In general, everything Fu Yin did was a powerful method under power. His right and wrong are opposites, just as we said that Huang Chao, Li Zicheng, and Hong Xiuquan revolted The uprising was all about resistance, but in the end it became a personal performance of power. Absolutely right? Absolutely wrong? None at all

You frivolous young man, I wonder if you will make some progress if you do this?

Here I will also talk about my views on Thousands of Gold. I think the center of the contradiction shown in this novel is that the queen mother, uncle, etc. In the upper class, and the initial purpose of spending a lot of money, and that Meng Chuan was exploited from the beginning, are not necessary contents. I don't know if Tianping JJ has very conflicting views on people like Yin Chang. But in any case, the ending of Meng Chuan seems to mean that in the eyes of many people, people like Yin Chang at least represent justice and are beneficial to the people; on the other hand, Tian PingJJ seems to be confused by such a contradiction when he chooses such a subject. He is thinking: a person with no moral problems, who is strict with himself, pleads for the people, and upholds discipline, but at the same time uses illegal and cruel means to complete his great purpose of defending the law. Not to mention that Meng Chuan and other gangsters deserved death. Even if they did, as a human being, did he deserve to be tortured by such cruel methods? A person who wants to defend the law and respect the life rights of others ignores the law and does not respect the life rights of "a few people" in his eyes. Everyone feels a profound contradiction and shatters fragile moral standards. "Using extraordinary means in extraordinary circumstances seems to be the truth that people in our country are accustomed to accepting." But means and essence are not two unrelated things. They influence each other. If we zoom in to see the crimes in history, isn't it for a just purpose? Look at 64 (if you have watched the documentary about Hong Kong), isn't it for the stability of the country? Looking at the news of the blockade at the beginning of SARS, isn't it to not affect people's hearts and the economy (but if not, how could it make everyone unsuspecting and cause it to spread faster? How could Hong Kong be hit so hard)? Some extreme scientists conduct experiments on people, aren't they trying to solve problems that plague all mankind? Sacrifice the small self and fulfill the greater self! This seems understandable in a country like ours, a collectivist country. However, how do we despise Japan for sacrificing individuals for collective interests? "Forget it, that's a bit off topic. In any case, what touched me most about this novel (and kept me awake late at night!) Was the contradiction I mentioned above. Of course, this contradiction can be written in a more concentrated manner, and some unnecessary details can be omitted.

This is Tian Ping's work for the SUNSUN competition. I lurked to see it. It seems that Qingyun has also posted it. The focus of the article is on the rangers and cruel officials. The writing is thick and smooth, and the content is rarely touched upon but really good. To put it simply: although the protagonist is wrong, you can't help but like such a random boy. (It seems to be someone's words) But here comes the problem. The problem lies in its background setting. It is rumored that the reason for his arbitrary behavior at the beginning was because "you may not know that the thousand gold coins were originally the palace treasures given to me by my uncle! He made Li Mingshou and I get to know capable people for our own use." Well, no problem here. This kind of situation also exists. The ministers of the DPRK and China use the power of Jianghu to eradicate dissidents. However, if this was done by the ministers of the court, how could Yin Chang, the cruel official, punish the ranger? Yin Chang probably wrote it based on Tian Wenjing's version. The reason why he said it was Tian Wenjing was because he always emphasized that he was serving the country. This point distinguishes him from Lai Junchen during the Empress Wu period. But the prerequisite for the existence of cruel officials is that they must be trusted by the emperor, hold heavy power in their hands, and act without interference from other officials. To put it simply, in addition to having the determination to punish the ranger, you also need to have the ability. Looking at the emergence of relatively well-known cruel officials, it is accompanied by the concentration of power from above, and they are trusted, so that great power to act independently is delegated to them. If the political situation is really chaotic and restrained by all parties, how can they act arbitrarily (their actions in punishing Ranger Child were not in accordance with the law, which is actually the same as the assassination of Ranger Child, which is also rash). This is true for a place, let alone the important area of ​​Gyeonggi. If the ranger is just a rogue, it's not difficult. But when their backstage has risen to the point where it can be used, what can Yin Chang and his like do? (There is another point involved here. Since it can be used by the emperor, does it refer to the emperor or the ministers. If it is the minister, then the initial assassination of Lord Yin obviously does not make sense. If it refers to the minister, then how can Yin Chang shake them?) Thinking about it from another perspective, because Youxiaer made such a fuss, the emperor was furious and delegated power to Yin Chang. Then the sentence "The ruler of a young country is suspicious, foreign relatives are monopolizing power, laws and regulations are lax, and ethics are often corrupted. Pride, extravagance and lewdness have eroded the whole court." This sentence does not make sense. Or maybe the knight-errant here is involved in the power struggle between the prime minister and the father-in-law? So what Yin Chang did must have the upper hand in the Prime Minister's Party to be possible. But if it was really for the superior's use, Meng Chuan didn't know how Li Mingshou didn't know that the wind direction above had changed and he had to be careful to deal with it? This doubt also appeared later. It was obvious that Li Mingshou was a son of an official, and his family would never let him be punished like this by Yin Chang. When he got to the back, he suddenly changed for the better, especially: "Master Yin is a gentleman... The people of Daxing... Are very lucky to have such... Parents and officials... I... We have done many things wrong before, and it would be better for... People to be harsher..." With this kind of words, he was exposed to Yin Chang's methods. It was obvious that Yin Chang was bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. The real coercion was cheated, and the main culprit was hired by him. How can you act like a decent person? If he was talking in private, you could think he was PMP, but since he was speaking before his death, there was obviously no need for PMP. If Yin Chang said such things under such tactics, could it be that he suffered less sins than others? This person was able to say those words with dignity and dignity before being trapped and killed. He should not be weak. There was no blame in his words before his death, as if a eminent monk was enlightened, which is really puzzling. Finally, what I don't like the most is the explanation of how the thousand gold coins were stolen later. Could it be that in order to complete Yin Chang's image as a gentleman, the author asked Luo Bing to confess that stealing thousands of dollars was actually her own action without anyone's instructions? (Of course Ruotian Wenjing would never do such a thing, because it is inconsistent with the Tao of Confucius and Mencius), and then in order to perfect Luo Bing's image, he went out of his way to arrange her family feud. But. . Not every action is for revenge or the like (for justice reasons). Wouldn't Mr. Fu Yin want to bribe a singer to do such a thing? Could it be that the thousand pieces of gold that fell into the hands of that young man must have been given by someone else? Does anyone who gets a thousand pieces of gold have to be a knight-errant? BTW: I later learned that it was written based on historical events, but I still felt that there must be flaws here. 8 But from another aspect, if it is flawless, it is not real jade. . .

Haha, I never like to criticize people, so I'll start with a few words of praise. Tian Ping's writing style has improved again, and the atmosphere is well rendered. The plot is okay, it's a good novel. I went to Qingyun and watched it. After reading the Q&A between you and the Fire Insect, I was thinking about a question: What are Xia and what do they pursue? "'Rewards are given to the leader of the family, or the good official and his family have lost their plans and become cunning and are willing to change themselves. Dozens of people with wealth have committed their crimes and deceived people to perform meritorious service to redeem themselves. Those who try their best to be effective will use them as their claws, hunting them down and being more evil than ordinary officials.' This is the biography of Ku Li in the Han Dynasty. "Zhong's original words. I don't understand how Yin Shang can make these former young knights hate people like themselves so much that they hate ordinary officials." These are the exact words of Tian Ping, and Tian Ping used the intimidation method of burying them alive to tame these knights. This is an explanation, but I think more. The so-called rangers in history are actually far from the heroes in our hearts. Our heroes are supposed to see injustice on the road and fight against the strong and help the weak, but those knights only pursue their own freedom. What others do has nothing to do with them; they can do whatever they like, treating human lives as nothing. They are actually a type of bully. Therefore, it is very appropriate to define Meng Chuan as a knight-errant in history. They pursue freedom, but in fact there is no real support in their hearts. If they encounter a real life or death situation, most of them will still be unable to withstand it. I remember that in Wen Ruian's "The Wonderful Heroes of China", when Xiao Qiushui's brother betrayed him, there was a very good paragraph: The so-called words such as "It is our duty to do what is right", or "I will go through fire and water for my friends no matter what" and so on, are like autumn leaves that fall easily when the wind blows. When it fell, it was just a shocking blush, as heroic as blood spilled, reminding people of the moment that existed. When the real crisis comes, should we follow the principle of justice? It sounds easy when you say it, but when it comes to real killing and torture. Do you still have the courage to lift up Mount Tai with a single promise? What's more, what people tend to overlook is that when the wine is intoxicating, the ears are hot, and the blood is gushing, slamming the table and shouting, life and death, blood spilled in China, is just a sound made by the vibrating hollow sound in the throat. If you are not afraid of ghosts and gods, what about your determination? Although people in the world know that it is not easy to maintain good conduct when the sword is on one's body, they do not know that when there is nothing to do in normal times, they can make others go away, or they can be determined to retreat, and then justify themselves. If he is looking for the truth, as long as he does not reflect on why he persisted and chose his original intention in the past, and even more so when he deceives himself and thinks he has achieved a complete enlightenment, he will be like a carriage that has escaped from the reins. One by one, who comes first? Who knows the answer to this? ——Would you miss the days when the angry horses sang the sad songs on other grasslands where the sunset was long and round? That is an interesting question. A person originally insisted on something, but suddenly he would give up when others gave up. At this time, many directions and many temptations, like the path to the magic castle in a fairy tale, suddenly appeared in front of him.