126. The right path is the most unfree
The so-called freedom is not that you can do things according to your own preferences, without restraint, without thinking about others, freedom is to have a standard in your heart, do things according to your heart, and not harm others. Through practice, Confucius was able to do what his heart wanted and not exceed the rules until he was 70 years old.
Young people are lawless because they don't want to be bound by the rules, and eventually they go down the wrong path and become the devil that people hate. There is such a large group of people on Liangshan, and they do things completely according to their preferences. For example, Song Jiang, for the sake of his so-called righteousness in the rivers and lakes, ignored the laws of the country, killed Yan Poxi, made trouble in Qingfeng Village, killed many people outside Qingzhou City, and then made a big fuss in Jiangzhou. After going to Liangshan, he disturbed the chickens and dogs in the nearby states and counties, and every time the money and food ran out, they would kill all directions and rob everywhere.
Wu Yong, for his own selfish desires and greed for money, recruited Sanruan to join the Chao Gai criminal group, and then robbed the Shengchengang and killed the pursuing army.
Hua Rong, who didn't do it with a good knowledge, embarked on the evil road for the so-called brotherhood, and became the gold medal thug of the Liangshan criminal group from a low-level officer.
Li Kui does things according to his personal preferences, he doesn't need any reason to kill people, he just follows the last word that a big fist is the last word, and giving me money is my biological parents. The most unjust souls died at his hands.
Not to mention the gang of people who opened black shops, they lost their conscience.
These people are entrenched in Liangshan and live happily, without any work, drinking in big bowls, eating meat, and living a luxurious and decadent life. When the money ran out, he went down the mountain and robbed the house. Freedom, happiness, nothing more than to do is to take the initiative to fight and defeat others when others attack you.
They are free and free, of course, but their freedom is based on the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and the destruction and displacement of millions of people.
This is not freedom, this is bandit culture. When they recruit them, they begin to feel constrained everywhere and feel that society is targeting them. This is because they have been living an unorganized and undisciplined life for a long time, and once they return to normal life, it is difficult for them to accept social rules and regulations at first.
The prodigal son did not change his money, because those who were reformed would be subjected to worldly scrutiny and constraints that they had not been subjected to before. Maybe at this time, they will feel less happy than before. But you must know that being constrained by rules is the right way in the world. For example, a group of wild horses, when they were ridden for the first time with the reins, they lost their freedom and resisted the most.
The right path is the most unfree, so Confucius was only able to do what he wanted when he was seventy.