ebookland Chapter 204 Is it really fair?
Chapter 204 Is it really fair?
"Don't be confused, everyone. The confusion is yet to come, it's coming soon."
Tang Yu's cold words came from in front of everyone.
Everyone looked up at Tang Yu.
His eyes were filled with astonishment and shock.
They never imagined things would turn out this way.
They even imagined Tang Yu using forceful methods to compel them to work for the Qin state.
He even imagined that Tang Yu would kill many people to achieve his goals.
But they didn't expect that Tang Yu hadn't used a single penny so far, and instead had rendered them speechless with just his words.
And they felt that what Tang Yu said made a lot of sense.
They really had no reason to refute it.
That's the scariest part.
After thinking for a moment, Tang Yu said, "Now the problem comes back to the beginning. If you all can't answer the first few questions, then I hope you can answer the last one."
"This is a simple arithmetic problem that you can all answer."
At this moment, not only Sun Qiang and Su Jinse were silent, but the other Mo family disciples were also silent.
They simply looked up at Tang Yu with some anticipation.
They weren't even hostile towards each other.
Even the look in her eyes towards Tang Yu had turned into curiosity.
They were curious about what this amazing Grand Preceptor, who was even more intelligent than their own Mo family elders, was going to say.
Amidst the anticipation of this group of people, Tang Yu spoke.
"Now I want to ask you all the same question I asked at the beginning: is it more worthwhile to have 10 people die every year for two or three hundred years, or to have 100 million people die every year?"
Su Jinse then raised her hand and looked at Tang Yu.
"Your Excellency, I have something to say."
Seeing the woman who had previously been indifferent and even disdainful towards him now behaving so respectfully, Tang Yu felt a secret sense of satisfaction.
However, he knew that if this woman were to speak, it would be something outrageous and defy the heavens.
It's not that this woman is defying fate, but rather it's a problem of this era.
People haven't yet detached themselves from their current perspective when looking at this era.
As expected, after thinking for a moment, Su Jinse uttered some incredibly outrageous words.
"Your Excellency, I would like to ask if it is possible to avoid war, and if everyone can love peace?"
"you……"
Tang Yu was completely silenced by her words.
He simply couldn't understand how Su Jinse could ask such a question.
But before he could reply, Shen Lang, who was standing to the side, couldn't sit still any longer.
His normally well-trained body was now bent over like a shrimp.
He squatted on the ground and laughed heartily, even losing control of his body with laughter at one point.
As he lost control, so did the other Imperial Guards around him.
"Hahaha, this woman is hilarious."
"Damn it, how could she say something so stupid, hahaha!"
"Hahaha, let's avoid war, this is funny, really funny."
Hearing the laughter of those around her, Su Jinse, who had initially appeared confident and composed, changed her expression repeatedly.
She never imagined that simply asking what she thought was a clever question could solve Tang Yu's problem.
Unexpectedly, the reaction of these Imperial Guards was so strong.
"What...what are you laughing at?"
"Am I wrong in what I said?"
Why must we choose? Why must war inevitably break out?
"Can't everyone just love peace?"
Before he could finish speaking, Sun Qiang tugged at her arm and said, "Miss, think about it."
"At the beginning, the Grand Preceptor asked you to answer two questions."
Su Jinse finally came to her senses.
After repeating the two questions aloud, Su Jinse's face turned deathly pale.
It was even filled with astonishment.
Yes, those two issues are things that Su Jinse could generously give up when they happened to other people.
If the other thing happened to her, even Su Jinse would feel a surge of anger.
"Well? You stupid woman, you've figured it out, haven't you?"
Tang Yu looked at Su Jinse and spoke calmly.
At the same time, he shifted his gaze to the other person's chest.
Don't get me wrong, he wasn't a pervert at the moment, but just wanted to see how big this woman's breasts were to say such brainless things.
"Even two people can have conflicts, even arguments and fights, over something as simple as repairing a yard, let alone between two countries."
"There are too many potential sources of conflict. If these accumulate, war will definitely break out."
"So don't say such absurd things."
Shen Lang, who was standing to the side, also stepped forward and said, "Grand Preceptor, may I say a word?"
Tang Yu nodded.
But Shen Lang slowly opened his mouth and said, "I wonder which noble family this Miss Su comes from."
"But what I want to say is that the reason why wars happen is not because of the thoughts of every soldier."
"We love peace more than anyone else, because when we go to the battlefield, it is our lives that die, the lives of our brothers that are lost, and our families that suffer."
"Therefore, war is never our wish, but rather something we must face after it has occurred."
Su Wanyue's expression froze on her face.
She was caught in a dilemma.
She never imagined she would end up like this.
Then he remembered the question Tang Yu had raised.
Finally, gritting his teeth and closing his eyes, he said, "Grand Preceptor, the first method is definitely more cost-effective."
Tang Yu nodded and looked at the Mo family members.
He said loudly, "Yes, you all admit that the first method is more cost-effective, and it causes fewer casualties and less suffering for the people."
"But why is it that now that our Great Qin has adopted the first method, you think there's something wrong with our Great Qin, and that our Great Qin is a tyrannical Qin?"
"Who can we complain to? Is this really fair?"
After delivering his speech that had intimidated the Mo family members, Tang Yu paused.
He continued loudly, "Moreover, after the first method, our Great Qin also ushered in true peace, all thanks to the Great Qin."
"If you all ask yourselves honestly, you can imagine how many casualties and sacrifices would have occurred if a war had broken out before our Great Qin unified the six kingdoms."
"How long has it been since the Qin state unified the six states without a war, and how much fewer civilians and soldiers have died?"
"Isn't all of this a function of the Qin Dynasty?"
"Isn't this peace?"
Why do you think the Qin Dynasty was a tyrannical dynasty?