Three Kingdoms

For most people, the snowy scenery in winter is nothing attractive. If you have free time to go outside to blow the cold wind and suffer from the cold, it is better to stay at home and stay warm.

Only a small group of people, especially those who do not have to participate in labor, are particularly interested in the snow scene, and they often clamor to enjoy the snow...

This is the case for Xin Xianying.

Outside Chang'an City, at the foot of Lishan Mountain, there is a mountain pavilion.

Outside the mountain pavilion, there is a Wupai chariot.

Xin Xianying was in the car, stretching her head to look out the window. She saw several cars winding up from a distance. The cavalry in front of the cars held high the three-color flag of the Han Hussars...

"I'm coming! It must be Sister Wang who is here! Xin Xianying grumbled out of the car, then stood in front of the car waving her arms and shouting, somewhat excited.

Since the winter, one is because of the cold weather, and the other, more important reason is that the food price incident has caused overall instability in Chang'an, so Xin Xianying has been at home. After the overall situation in Chang'an is basically stable and everything is on track, Naturally, I couldn't sit still at home, so I made an appointment to wait here early.

On a snowy day, there are not many pedestrians coming to Lishan Mountain. Of course, normal people will not run into the mountains when it snows...

The person who came was indeed Wang Shu. After meeting her, Xin Xianying felt cold immediately. She immediately climbed into Wang Shu's vehicle without saying a word, and then put her hands and feet under the warm quilt before letting out a long breath. tone.

"Why were you born so slowly?" Xin Xianying said in a gibbering voice, with some small complaints that had been suppressed for a long time.

With a loud sound, Wang Shu gently kicked Xin Xianying's feet out of the warm quilt, "It's such a cold day that I went crazy with you here. Why do you blame me for saying you're late?" Come on, you can go play by yourself, I'll go back first! 』

Xin Xianying rolled her eyes, and then rudely stuffed her feet into the quilt, "Sister Wang is so stingy that she can't even talk about it... Where is Sister Zhen?" Why didn't you come together? 』

"I'm in the back, saying I'm going to the merchant's store to get something..." Wang Shu said, "It's best to get some of the newly released Drunk Immortal Wine... Once the small red stove is warmed, the fragrance will fill the room..."

Xin Xianying nodded repeatedly.

Wang Shu glanced over and said, "You are a kid, you can't drink..."

Xin Xianying puffed up her chest and said, "Why am I so small?" I'm not young anymore! 』

"oh? Where is it not too small? Let me see..." Wang Shu laughed twice, and then stretched out his hand towards Xin Xianying.

Xin Xianying hid quickly, and then was tickled on both sides. She immediately burst into laughter and rolled around in the car, and then in turn scratched Wang Shu...

The two people were laughing and joking. When Zhen Mi arrived, she saw two people in the car, with red faces, messy hair and disheveled clothes. She couldn't help but look left and right with slightly weird eyes.

Xin Xianying was thin-skinned, then she pulled the curtains and lowered them, saying in a muffled voice, "Sister Zhen, please wait a moment..."

Zhen Mi smiled, looked around, and asked someone to clean the mountain pavilion, hang up the curtain, and lay out the mats, brocade cushions and other things they brought.

In a short time, the originally simple mountain pavilion turned into a small elegant room.

The thick curtain not only blocks the cold wind, but is also embroidered with bamboo patterns, which ripple in the wind, just like a bamboo forest swaying in the wind. It is very beautiful to look at, but of course it is also expensive.

After Xin Xianying rearranged her hair and clothes, she got out of the car and entered the pavilion. She looked around and sighed, "I knew it was right to call Sister Zhen here... Look, look at this layout... Huh?" What scent? 』

Zhen Mi smiled slightly and said, "Guess?" 』

Xin Xianying wrinkled her little nose and sniffed, distinguishing, but when she saw Zhen Mi laying out several books, she immediately cried out in dissatisfaction, "Why did you bring books here?" "Because of the turmoil in Chang'an, Xin Xianying has been reading books at home for more than a month. Of course, she now has a headache after seeing the book.

Zhen Mi smiled and handed a book with "A Brief Commentary on the Analects of Confucius" written on the cover to Xin Xianying, "Read it first and then talk..."

Xin Xianying took the book with some displeasure, then flipped through two pages and muttered: "They are all superficial annotations, nothing new... huh?" 』

Not even halfway through the words, Xin Xianying felt something was wrong, and then she couldn't help but put her head close to the book, wrinkled her little nose slightly, and sniffed...

"What is this for?" You don’t need to read the book, you just need to smell it? Wang Shu brought some food and told him how to dispose of it before entering the mountain pavilion. He saw Xin Xianying holding a book and reading it. He couldn't help but be startled, and then joked, "I haven't seen you for many days, and I never knew it." Got some new skills? 』

Zhen Mi smiled and handed Wang Shu another book.

"Um? Wang Shu took the book and was stunned, "This book...has it been scented?" "Fumigating clothes with spices is a luxury enough, but Zhen Mi actually smokes books?"

Zhen Mi smiled and said: "This book is supervised by the Dahan Chamber of Commerce and will be sold after the first month of next year... These few copies are samples..."

The last time Zhen Mi and others offered sweet rice, although it was Xin Xianying who showed up, and Wang Shu was the one who assisted, and Zhen Mi stayed behind, it was Zhen Mi who gained the most actual benefits in the end. Of course, from a certain perspective, everyone gets what they need. Xin Xianying was young, and what she wanted was to be famous, and then she would become famous naturally. However, Wang Shu wanted to gain more power, so he gained power and was promoted to an official position, while Zhen Mi gained profit...

That is a brand new business at the moment, spices.

Of course, these books are not specially smoked with spices. Even Zhen Mi cannot afford such luxury, but Zhen Mi doesn't mind if others think so. In fact, these papers are all leftovers from the spice business...

If it hadn't been for the guidance of General Fei Qian, Zhen Mi would never have imagined that the spice business could actually play all kinds of tricks. It was just like heaven and earth compared to her previous model of purely purchasing goods and then selling them.

The most basic thing is to sell raw materials, which is also the original most basic spice business model.

But when we arrived at General Fei Qian's place, the sale of raw materials was strictly prohibited, only finished products...

In the process of making spices from raw materials to various finished products, of course there is a step that requires grinding, frying, and roasting. Then these papers are hung in the room of this step. A batch is changed every three months, and they are naturally tainted with fragrance. It looks like it has been specially smoked with spices, but there are actually no additional spices.

There are also those spice scraps, which are also ground into fine powder, then added to the charcoal powder, and pressed into ink sticks, which is another new thing...

And so on, just like the Zuixianjiu that Wang Shu talked about. In fact, because some processes require soaking spices, the water was used to distill and cook the wine, which became the popular Zuixianjiu.

Of course, Zhen Mi also has some regrets. These are just operations that Zhen Mi is responsible for, and the business is still under the Dahan Chamber of Commerce. However, Zhen Mi also understands that if not for this, she would not have obtained these methods, let alone have the opportunity to come into contact with them. The spice business.

There must be gains and losses.

This cavalry general is really...

Thinking of General Fei Qian, Zhen Mi was naturally in a trance, and did not hear Xin Xianying's question for a while.

"Sister Zhen...Sister Zhen?" 』

Xin Xianying's little face suddenly appeared in front of Zhen Mi, which startled Zhen Mi. She subconsciously pushed it out with her hand, and then pinched it subconsciously, "Hey, it's not too small..."

It just caused another scream...

When Wang Shu saw this, she also laughed, and then said: "Just now in the car, this little lady Xin was still saying that she was old..."

"ah! Xin Xianying's face was red, she protected her chest with her hands, and huddled aside, with tears in her eyes, "You, you two are bullying me..."

Zhen Mi said: "No, no, this is not intentional to bully... But, after all, Miss Xin has reached the age of marriage..."

Xin Xianying was ashamed, angry and anxious. She twisted around again and slapped the back of Zhen Mi's stretched out hand, "Don't say it, don't say it!" I don’t listen, I don’t listen! 』

Zhen Mi held Xin Xianying's hand and said seriously: "Sister, if you really want to listen to my sister, you have to take a good look at it for yourself... If you can find someone you like, you'd better tell your father first." Keep your mouth shut...otherwise, when the time comes, your parents' orders...hey...you won't be able to control everything..."

Wang Shu, who was aside, couldn't help but sigh slightly and remained silent.

"Okay, let's not talk anymore. Let's take a look at this... This is also a new sachet produced by the Dahan Chamber of Commerce. It is most suitable for my daughter's family to wear..." Zhen Mi rolled her eyes and took another one from the hand of the maid on the side with a smile. He picked up several objects and handed them to the two of them one by one, and said, "You may wish to appreciate a few..."

Under Lishan Mountain, the three women seemed to have relaxed their emotions, admiring the snowy scenery, drinking wine, gossiping about their daughter's family, and looking at various knitted and embroidered women's red things, which seemed a bit leisurely.

But in Chang'an, the atmosphere is still a bit tense...

Because Zhang Shi obviously didn't want to die in vain, and he also harbored hatred, he took action against these big families in Chang'an Sanfu, and captured Meiyang Sakon's Zhi family as soon as he showed up.

Although Meiyang belongs to Youfufeng in name, it is actually not far from Chang'an. It is also a large county in Guanzhong from the Western Han Dynasty to the present. It has also been the fiefdom of several people. It was not until the last Xiliang rebellion in Chang'an that Meiyang was Somewhat declined.

It was precisely because of the military turmoil that some of the original big households in the Meiyang area ran away. Then the people of the Zhi family, who had been unknown before, found opportunities after surviving the military turmoil, and annexed many people overtly and covertly. Land, in order to reduce the taxes paid on these lands, bribes were paid, and then they were arrested...

The news of the capture of the Meiyang Zhi clan soon spread to Chang'an Mausoleum. In Maoling, although the houses were row upon row, it was somewhat lonely and deserted.

Amidst the falling snow, a group of people were drinking in a restaurant.

One of them is Du Ji.

Du Ji took his turn to take a rest, and then someone came to him for a drink. Du Ji didn't want to come at first, but he couldn't help it, so he went to the restaurant. However, he was recognized by several other nobles, and they came forward to greet him, and then they sat around and drank together.

When Du Ji was young, he was sharp-tongued and pointed, but as he grew older, he gradually became more restrained, like an old sword whose edge can only be seen when used occasionally.

There was snow falling outside the window, making the sky a little dark, but inside the restaurant there were lights and a brazier with hot wine, which made it feel a bit warm.

These younger generation of nobles are the most youthful and energetic, and they especially like to debate. If they have the blessing of the keyboard artifact of later generations, they will not be tired even if they argue for three days and three nights. In addition, it has been snowing these past few days, so naturally not many people will go to Longshouyuan to blow the cold wind despite the snow. Therefore, after drinking and chatting at the beginning, they gradually got into the debate about current affairs, which was also very normal.

It's just that Du Ji knew something was wrong and wanted to leave, but these people refused to let him go. In the end, Du Ji said that it was okay to stay, but he couldn't discuss current affairs. If he wanted to discuss current affairs, he should go to Qinglong Temple...

And who is going to go in this weather?

"It's snowing heavily today. Black horses and yellow horses are all white horses. Why don't we start by talking about white horses and non-horses?" 』

Someone said in the high seat of the restaurant.

The theory that a white horse is not a horse is an interesting topic for Gongsun Long, a disciple of the king of Pingyuan in the State of Zhao during the Warring States Period. Gongsun Long is a representative figure of the famous practitioners. The so-called famous criminals are those who argue by correcting names and are good at language analysis, and they are often sophists. The white horse is not a horse theory is a famous sophistry logic.

Although Du Ji said that he could not discuss current affairs, is it possible that he would not be involved at all?

A white horse is not a horse, that's what it is.

At that time, horse plague suddenly broke out in the Zhao State, and a large number of war horses died. In order to prevent the plague from being introduced to the Qin State, the Qin State prohibited horses from entering Guanzhong. As a result, Gongsun Long said that the white horse was not a horse, and stunned the officials at the pass of the Qin State. Enter the customs.

Everyone basically knew about this, so it was natural to divide into two factions from the beginning. They either used the theories of Zhang Yi and Su Qin in the Warring States Policy to argue, or they used the scriptures in the Chunqiu Zuozhuan to explain it. , it became lively as soon as the time came.

Although it is said to be a white horse on the surface, what does the white horse refer to?

What is a horse?

"Brother Bohou, do you have anything to say about whether a white horse is a horse or not?" 』

Someone put the topic in Du Ji's hands, and then a group of people looked at Du Ji.

Du Ji sighed slightly and said: "A white horse is not a horse. It is a myth. If you give up common ground and seek differences, you will have disputes. Only when you give up differences and seek common ground can you become a wise man. If we use Gongsun's theory, a white horse is not a horse. The same goes for scholars." Not human..."

The high-rise restaurants in the Han Dynasty were basically all-wood structures, with eight load-bearing wooden columns, long beams and long eaves, and the interior space was high and open. Normally, there are curtains separating each other. If the curtains are removed, the entire hall can accommodate dozens to hundreds of people.

At this time, the Qing Lun opened all the curtains. Even those who did not participate in the debate paid more or less attention to this point. After hearing what Du Ji said, "Scholars are not human beings," they It was a moment when no one responded.

The snowflakes fell down and seemed to make a popping sound.

Du Ji looked at the friend who had invited him here before, then raised his hands and said: "It's getting late, I have official business tomorrow, that's..."

Before Du Ji finished speaking, another person shouted: "Du Jun will stop for a moment and discuss another topic!" After this question, I will never force you to stay! 』

Du Ji paused for a moment, then signaled: "Please speak." 』

"The heaven and the earth are unkind and regard all things as stupid dogs; the saints are unkind and regard the common people as stupid dogs." A public comment on Heshang said, "Heaven helps the earth to transform, and it does not use kindness and kindness, and just let nature take its course." Another saying goes, "Heaven and earth give birth to all things. "Human beings are the most precious. Heaven and earth regard them as grass or dogs and livestock, and they do not expect retribution." I wonder how Du Jun explains this? 』

Du Ji pondered slightly, and then said, "What do you think?" 』

"When we regard heaven and earth as natural and do nothing to govern them, how can hair grow in different places? Each has its own reason. How can we generalize it like oranges in the south and tangerines in the north?" 』

Du Ji smiled, shook his head and said, "There is a saying in Husband. In ancient times, those who overcame thorns and cut through thorns, and opened up China through blue and blue roads are the saints. The rest are only the sages of the Spring and Autumn Period... Therefore, the saints mentioned by Laozi should be Fuxi Yanhuang." ... Therefore, what Lao Tzu means is neither unkind words nor inaction. Just imagine, if Yan and Huang did nothing, they would not be able to defeat Chi You... Now you and I are covered with skins and feathers, wearing feathers and drinking blood. How are we different from Hu? Therefore, its true meaning should be "use"! 』

"Heaven and earth are used by all things, and saints are used by the people!" Since they are used, they are not benevolent. Only when the rut dogs are used for their own purposes is it the way of the saints in heaven and earth! ” As soon as Du Ji said this, everyone was shocked.

Many ordinary gentry children would stare at the word "unkind" and then say that "unkind" should actually mean this or that. But now Du Ji directly stated that in fact "unkind" has no special meaning. When Lao Tzu expressed this sentence, he paid more attention to expressing an attitude of "use"...

"Therefore, Lao Tzu said, between heaven and earth, is it like a chariot?" It is empty but not yielding, and it moves and emerges. Hearing too much will lead to poverty, but it is better to stay in the middle..." Du Ji continued, "If you say so clearly, why should you doubt it? 』

"Heaven and earth must have their own course, and Lao Tzu also said, "It's better to stay within it"! If the order of heaven and earth is disturbed, wouldn't the way of saints be like this: "The more you hear, the less you learn"? ! ” someone retorted.

Unexpectedly, Du Ji also nodded and said, "That's right!" There should be stability in heaven and earth. This statement is naturally correct. However, what is said is normal, is it normal for you? Is it common for everyone? Or is it the constant nature of heaven and earth? 』

"This..." It turned out that the man couldn't answer.

Someone in the crowd shouted, "How is the hussar?" Is it just like everyone else? Is it normal for heaven and earth? 』

Du Ji looked over and said with a smile, "Who do you think you are, but you don't know that Brother Meiyang Geng is here...and he is here for the Zhi family?" 』

Meiyang was Geng Yan's fiefdom. After Liu Xiu became emperor, Geng Yan became a powerful general and a good marquis. Later, there were descendants of the Geng family in Meiyang, but with the decline of Geng Bi, the Geng family fell into trouble and was downgraded again and again...

This time when he came to Chang'an Mausoleum, he was obviously afraid that he would be implicated in some way, so he didn't dare to go directly to the Hussar General, so he first went to Du Ji and other original Guanzhong factions to find out.

Du Ji stood up, obviously not wanting to get mixed up in this pool of muddy water, "Is it normal for a hussar... As a minister under his command, he should be avoided in principle... But today you have to ask, if a certain person is avoided... If you don't say anything, you will be suspected of dereliction of duty... Regardless of the permanent and impermanent, let's look at the silver-lined clothes on your body, the gold fans in your hands, drinking this intoxicating fairy wine, eating Qiang soup... The hussars are changing farm tools, creating water conservancy, The canal is open, the refugees are safe, the people build temples, and the Qiang and Hu abandon and surrender... If this is the case, it is also said to be impermanent... Haha, the heaven and the earth are not benevolent, and treat all living things as stupid dogs; the saint is unkind and treats the people as stupid dogs! Little did they know that the dead dog had not yet been laid out, and it was held in a suitcase, and the scarf was embroidered with embroidery, and the corpse was given a blessing and a warning to catch it! It's already old. Travelers trample on its head and spine, while Suzhou people take it and pick it up! Only then will heaven and earth rotate, and the chatter will continue! 』

"Everyone, please think about this!" Farewell! 』