"Oh? Just one character—'righteousness'—gives us an advantage? Which kind of righteousness are you talking about?"
"The righteousness of fairness and morality, the righteousness of upholding justice, the righteousness of sacrificing one's life for what is right, the righteousness of understanding the greater good."
Li Ye rattled off a whole string of "righteousnesses," leaving the bigwigs half-understanding and half-bewildered.
Wen Qingsheng also kicked Li Ye under the table.
This was bad.
Li Ye hurriedly explained, "Just as I said earlier, freedom has no standard by which to be measured. So in the Beacon, the freedom of the rich is often more important than the freedom of the poor.
The freedom of the powerful and privileged can easily override the freedom of ordinary people. If a villain beats you up, in the end, the villain might even be the one in the right.
And more importantly, the definition of freedom is far too broad. Ordinary people find it difficult to reach ideological consensus and gather all their strength in one place."
"But the 'righteousness' I spoke of has standards by which it can be judged. Over thousands of years of continual evolution, we have formed a fairly clear consensus regarding this character.
And the overwhelming majority of us are willing to safeguard that righteousness. When faced with the greater good of the nation, everyone will sincerely contribute their own strength."
"And in our dealings with the outside world, the 'public justice' we uphold is also more likely than the Beacon's freedom to win recognition from other countries. It is better suited to presiding over world peace."
"..."
In his previous life, Li Ye had heard a writer say that if you wanted the people above to remember you, you had to write something different from everyone else.
People like Uncle Peng had