However, Xin'er still did not give up her persuasion and said to Xiaotou, "Brother Xiaotou, can you promise me that you will never steal anything from now on?"

Xiaotou nodded, and finally shook his head.

Yuan Zina snorted coldly, "Humph! Look what I'm saying. After we found out, this guy didn't even bother to pretend anymore. He might as well be beaten to death."

Seeing Xiaotou shaking his head, Xin'er felt a little disappointed in her heart, but she still said calmly: "But stealing things is a very bad behavior! If you do this, you will only hurt yourself."

When Xiaotou heard this, he suddenly straightened up, looked directly at Xin'er and said: "Thieves can steal, very thief, there is a way to steal, and you can also steal!"

Zhao Zixun was furious and kicked Xiaotou again, "Fuck you, thieves have their own ways. This is just an excuse for you thieves! Thieves have their ways! There is no reason at all!"

Xiaotou quickly stood up and cursed at Zhao Zixun: "Why! Why do I call it a thief when I take other people's things? People in your court take things that belong to the common people and don't call them robbers. If you really think about it, those dog officials in the court

You and you guys are the real thieves!"

After hearing this, Zhao Zixun became furious. He grabbed Xiaotou's collar, picked her up and said, "Trash, who do you call a dog official? Who do you call a dog son?"

Xiao Tou was unafraid and glared at Zhao Zixun angrily: "I'm scolding your father and your family! None of the so-called Imperial Noble Academy students on your second floor is a good person!"

"The money you spent to build the college was stolen from the hands of the people. Your father only squeezed the people. It has no effect at all. It is all waste! What I stole is from you people! People like you

It’s the empire’s moth that deserves to die.”

Xiaotou immediately retorted: "You fart! Our Emperor Tian College has never bullied ordinary people! All the funds of Emperor Tian College are obtained by the students and teachers of our college working hard on tasks and taking risks on the mainland.

of!"

"My father, Zhao Zhongxian, is the Minister of Finance and the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He is an upright and honest man. He has never embezzled a penny from the court or taken a bag of rice from the people. Nana's father, Yuan Mingzhe, is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Integrity and integrity!”

"When the Kamin Wall was being built, the court's appropriation had not arrived. When the funds were insufficient, Nana's father used his own savings to advance it! Until now, he has not asked the court to repay it!"

"Our family has been living in a small house on the edge of the Imperial Capital since my great-grandfather. Nana and the others don't even have a house in the Imperial Capital. They just built a shabby house on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital. You

Why do you call us robbers, and why do you call us moths?"

After hearing this, Xiaoto snorted coldly, "Oh, you can guarantee that you will not be corrupt, but can you guarantee that others in the court will not be corrupt?"

After hearing this, Zhao Zixun was stunned for a moment, then silently lowered his head.

Indeed, he cannot guarantee that others will be like him and his father, not corrupt or dishonest.

When he was very young, his father told him about the darkness of officialdom and the suffering of the people.

There are some people whose official positions are not as high as their father's, and whose power is not as great as his father's. They live in a remote city and bully the people everywhere just because they have an official position. They live more luxuriously and eat better than their father, but their father is unable to do anything for them.

Zhao Zixun felt very angry about this, so since he was a child, Zhao Zixun has hated official villains and thieves very much. His dream is to eradicate all villains and thieves in the world and restore peace to the world!

However, as he grew older, he found that he was completely powerless about the current situation of the court.

He has no power or qualifications to remove or report any corrupt official, because in this world, there is always more than one corrupt official, but a group, and they are a united group. If you want to go against a corrupt official, it is equivalent to going against a group. Zhao Zixun

There is no such strength at all, and as long as people still have desires, corrupt officials will not arise.

This can never be contained.

Gradually, Zhao Zixun saw the reality clearly, but was unwilling to accept it, so he chose to give up officialdom, devote himself to cultivation, and implement his beliefs in another way.

Xiaoyong looked at Zhao Zixun's dim eyes and said calmly: "Even if the top of a pillar is clean, if the middle is corroded, the pillar and the pillar will eventually break."

"Have you ever thought about why there is insufficient funds to build the wall? Why is the empire's taxation so heavy but still has a deficit every year? Why is the number of people in the empire constantly decreasing? This is all because of the layers of middle-level officials in the empire.

Corruption, caused by layers of oppression!”

"You have protected your own integrity, but have you protected the people who are suffering below? Those middle-level officials, how much money they have embezzled and how many people they have harmed. You kids from rich families, do you know?" Xiao

Tou looked at Zhao Zixun and roared.

"Plop!"

Zhao Zixun put down Xiaotou, knelt on the ground, covered his ears and said: "No, stop talking, please stop talking."

He was already tired of the court, and he didn't want to hear about the darkness in the officialdom anymore.

Xiao Tou stood up and said coldly: "I tell you, from now on, I will steal all the homes of imperial officials, and I will not even return to your home! Your father occupies an important position and has a high position of power.

But you can't even control a bunch of ordinary officials. You think you can protect yourself, but you don't know how many people you have harmed! I am brave and determined to find justice for the people of the world and get back all the money you officials have squeezed out of the people.

Give it back to innocent people."

Xin'er looked at Xiaotou's arrogant look and said calmly: "Is that why you came to the second floor and wanted to steal things from our Imperial College students in order to repay the people?"

Xiaotou nodded and said with great pride: "That's right! Before that, I had already stolen ten storage rings! After the beast tide ended, I bought the items inside in exchange for money and gave them to those in need.

people."

"Is this what you call a thief?" Xin'er said with a smile.

"Exactly!"

Xin'er slowly stopped smiling, looked at Xiaotou, and said with a serious expression: "Brother Xiaotou, let me ask you, if those oppressed common people become officials, can they all be honest and honest?"

"I..." Xiaotou was stunned at first. After thinking for a long time, the answer was no. Because among the officials he came into contact with, some were poor people who had been squeezed. After becoming an official by chance, not only did they not

He thought about the people, but in turn oppressed the people who had suffered misfortunes with him, and the methods were very cruel, which made Xiaoto feel very angry and powerless.

Xiaotou shook his head reluctantly, lowered his head, and remained silent.

"Let me ask you again, did you give all the money you earned from stealing to those in need and left nothing for yourself?"

Xiaotou was once again overwhelmed by Xin'er's question and shook his head again. Every time Xiaotou stole some noble people's finances, he would keep part of it for his own personal use, and the rest would be used to relieve the poor.

Xiao Tou had never thought there was anything wrong with doing this, but when Xin'er asked him, Xiao Tou immediately responded to his own behavior, which seemed to be no different from a real corrupt official.

"You said that those officials' things were obtained by squeezing the common people. In other words, these things were originally the common people's things, and after you got the common people's things back, you did not give them completely to them, but

If you embezzle part of it, doesn't it mean that you have also embezzled the people's things?" Xin'er said calmly.

"I...I just..."

"Just what? Is it just that thieves have their own ways?" Xin'er asked.

Hearing these four words, Xiaotou was immediately speechless.

Xiner faced Xiaotou, sat on the ground, and said softly: "When I was young, my grandfather once told me that the higher you go, the greater the power and the more temptations, and those who can resist temptations

The less, the reason for this is not caused by power, but because of human nature, which is what it is."

"As human beings, we cannot escape the six paths of reincarnation, nor the seven emotions and six desires. These are the most fundamental things for us as human beings. Everyone has greed, and everyone has desires. These things, just like our internal organs, come from us.

It exists in our body from the beginning of birth, and we cannot destroy it at all, unless you are dead."

"So, what is really wrong is not officials, but human nature. Greed is human nature, not officials. Desires dictate, the direction of the heart, and the turmoil in the officialdom are all clouds."

"The world cannot be without officials, and the world cannot be without people. Officials and people are all sons of the world and are born for the world. Therefore, conflicts between officials and people are inevitable. It is inappropriate to force officials to serve the people and force people to serve as officials.

Only by serving the people as an official and serving the people as an official can one last long."

"Today, although the Ming Empire is full of corrupt officials and evil people, it has not yet reached the point where the country is ruined and the people are in dire straits. The balance between the officials and the people has not been broken, and I believe that the emperor of the Ming Empire has realized this.

We are making every effort to maintain the balance between the government and the people."

"So, I think what we have to do now is not to criticize anyone, nor to rescue anyone, but to let nature take its course. Everything has spirituality and everything has a trajectory. We should not change other people's trajectories, but lay the foundation for them.

Choosing your own path is the most important thing!"

Xin'er's words not only awakened Xiao Tou, but also awakened Zhao Zixun and Yuan Zina.

"Pave your own road..."

Zhao Zixun and Yuan Zina repeated Xin'er's words and felt that their hearts suddenly became enlightened, and the problems that had been bothering them for many years gradually became clear.

Slowly standing up, Xiaotou said to Xin'er: "Your words reminded me, but I still won't give up my position! But next time, when I steal something, I will definitely check the identity.
Chapter completed!