Three Kingdoms: Ten Times Speed, Diao Chan Says I'm Too Fast

Inside the room, Duan Yu sat to one side.

Youzhi Yangwu had already been expelled to register.

Gai Xun, Yang Fu, Jiang Xu, and Yan Zhong knelt opposite Duan Yu.

“Yuan Gu, Yi Shan, Bo Yi, Su Jing.”

Duan Yu, holding a steaming teacup in one hand, looked at the four people and asked, "What do you think is the meaning of governing the people?"

"Yuan Gu, you speak first."

Duan Yu turned his gaze to Gai Xun.

Governing the people, from ancient times to the present, has always been the rule of an upper class over a lower class.

The term "治" (zhì) means to regulate or repair.

Therefore, the governance of the lower classes by the upper classes is not administration; "governance" refers to policies, while "control" refers to management.

Duan Yu didn't ask what governance was, but rather what governing the people was.

After thinking for a moment, Gai Xun replied, "Reporting to the military commander, to govern the people, one should use laws and etiquette. Use etiquette to control the people and use law to govern them. If both etiquette and law are practiced, the people can be well governed."

Duan Yu nodded and smiled slightly, saying, "Since Yuan Gu has said that we should use etiquette to govern the people, educate them with etiquette, and make them aware of etiquette, we should also use law to govern, using laws to restrain the people and their retainers for long-term stability."

"Then Yuan Gu might say, from Zhou to Qin, and from Qin to Han, where did this empire come from?"

"Aren't the laws of Qin strict?"

"Is Zhou's gift still insufficient?"

"But why did Emperor Gaozu still slay the white snake and start a rebellion?"

Why did Chen Sheng and Wu Guang utter the famous line, "Are kings and nobles born with a special destiny?"

"Can Yuan Gu give me an explanation?"

Gai Xun's expression stiffened, clearly lost in thought.

But after pondering for a moment, he shook his head: "My lord, I do not know."

"Yuan Gu, you behold, is the world today filled with either rudeness or lawlessness?"

"If both etiquette and law are in place, why are there still so many starving people in the world?"

"Why do people still freeze to death in their homes in broad daylight?"

"If you ask me... it's because in today's world, there is only governance, but no strategy."

At this point, Duan Yu stood up, carrying a cup of hot tea, and went to the front of the hall, facing the snow that was slowly falling outside.

The bleak, cold wind lifted the hem of Duan Yu's robes.

"In this world today, officials are like us, sitting indoors drinking tea and warming ourselves by a charcoal fire, while the common people are just trying to survive in this blizzard."

"If we, who are still inside the house, do not step out of this warm inner room, how can we truly understand the people of the world?"

"Then how can we talk about governing the people of the world?"

"If you and I hadn't come to Weiyang Township today, how could we have witnessed the people freezing to death in their homes due to snow blocking the roads?"

Behind Duan Yu, Gai Xun, Yang Fu, Jiang Xu, and Yan Zhong all had different expressions on their faces.

They were all looking at Duan Yu's back with incomprehensible expressions.

From July to November.

Duan Yu has been in Liangzhou for four months.

Of those four months, Duan Yu spent three months fighting.

From the very first encounter with Duan Yu to the moment I came to know him, all I knew was his reputation as a tiger general of his time.

The group also felt that Duan Yu was probably like Zhang Huan, Huangfu Gui, and Duan Jiong in the past, only perhaps a bit more powerful than Duan Jiong.

But after a war against the Qiang was over, peace talks were held with the Western Qiang, and mulberry planting and silkworm breeding were promoted, the group began to feel that something was amiss.

And today.

This youngest prefect of the Han Dynasty and the youngest general who defeated the Qiang has only just begun to reveal a small part of the truth amidst the swirling snow.

Duan Yu turned around, looked at the people sitting in front of the brazier, and then said, "I came to Liangzhou not just to govern Liang."

"If we're talking about governance, I'm not as good as you."

"But Liangzhou has remained the same for the past hundred years, with frequent wars and people who are poorly clothed and starving."

"I came to Liangzhou simply to make Liangzhou a better place."

"To make the people under the rule of Liangzhou better and better."

"Instead of becoming what the sages described as 'those who govern others eat others, and those who govern others eat others.'"

"Do you understand what I mean?" Duan Yu looked at the four of them.

Whether it's Gai Xun, Yang Fu, Jiang Xu, or Yan Zhong.

They were all scholars.

Although he was a marginalized scholar in Liangzhou, he was still a member of the public.

Those who are governed by others eat others; those who govern others eat others.

This quote comes from Mencius.

The original saying is: Those who labor with their minds govern others; those who labor with their bodies are governed by others. Those who are governed by others feed on others; those who govern others are fed by others.

Time is divided into mental labor and physical labor.

It means that mental labor dominates others, while physical labor is dominated by others.

Others' rulers support others, while the rulers themselves are supported by others.

Duan Yu's words meant that from this moment on, the situation in Liangzhou had changed.

“If those who are wise and resourceful cannot benefit the people, how can they feed the people? If they cannot benefit the people under my rule, then don’t blame me, Duan Yu, for turning my back on them.”

Gai Xun, Yang Fu, Yan Zhong, and Jiang Xu all lowered their heads.

Duan Yu took a deep breath.

Govern the people with benevolence, and govern the officials with the way of the king.

If you want to receive the people's favor, you must first benefit the people by doing so.

Chaos is approaching; the people are the foundation, and the scholars are the basis.

Why were people always welcoming Liu Bei wherever he went?

It was because Liu Bei governed the people with benevolence that he gained their support.

Next year will see the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

If he wants to move all the people to Liang, he won't be able to do it with just words.

No matter how eloquently he speaks, or how persuasive his words are, the people will not believe him.

Because from ancient times to the present, over the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, the common people already knew what officials were like.

If he wants to bring all the people of the world into his fold.

Then someone needs to speak up for him.

Undoubtedly, only words spoken by ordinary people and information conveyed by them will gain their trust.

His strategy was to lure people to Liangzhou.

Liangzhou and Bingzhou will be the foundation of his future.

If anyone were to sever his roots or disobey his policies, he would have no choice but to turn his back on them without mercy.

“Yuan Gu, Yi Shan...”

"Perhaps today you may think I am acting in a domineering way, but one day you will understand my good intentions."

Duan Yu walked up to the group and put down the teacup he was holding.

Then he bent down and extended his hand to the group, saying, "This journey may be difficult, but I still hope that you can help me along the way."

"Would you be willing to travel with me?"

Just moments ago, Duan Yu faced the wind and snow, but now he is bowing low.

..........

That night.

Although they have already moved into the governor's mansion.

But Geng Bi's anger remained unabated.

Geng Bi had been waiting in the carriage since noon, and it wasn't until dark that the governor's mansion was finally tidied up.

Although the room was freezing cold, Geng Bi's anger was burning fiercely.

After dark, the officials who had been tidying up the mansion all left.

If Geng Bi hadn't brought some servants from Luoyang, there probably wouldn't have been anyone to serve us tonight.

Geng Bi, wrapped in a thick robe, walked towards the bedroom.

She was already planning in her heart that after seeing Duan Yu tomorrow, she would definitely make him understand some things.

I walked to the bedroom door and looked at the lights that were lit inside.

Geng Bing's anger subsided somewhat.

As I checked out and opened the door, the room was filled with a pleasant fragrance.

Geng Bi took a deep breath, feeling much more cheerful.

"My dear, I'm here."

Geng Bi couldn't wait to take off his robes and then went to the two beautiful women who were covering him with quilts to warm his bed.