Three Kingdoms

Qinglong Temple.

There were several people in a small courtyard, looking a little flustered.

Zheng Xuan was in seclusion in this courtyard.

Zheng Xuan has not left the room for several days.

As soon as Guoyuan came out, he was surrounded by others, "Mr. Zheng, how is Mr. Zheng?" 』

Guoyuan was silent for a moment and shook his head: "Master still doesn't want to stop..."

"What should I do?" This serious and correct explanation is important, but Zheng Gong’s body is equally important! 』

"That's right." 』

Everyone jumped eagerly.

"How about reporting it to Hussar?" 』

Guoyuan thought for a while, "Okay, besides...I'll go ask Mr. Shui Jing..."

"Mr. Shuijing?" Mr. Shui Jing and Mr. Zheng..."

"I know this," Guoyuan paused, "But now, we are all juniors, but the person who has violated Master is Mr. Shui Jing... You all have one person to report to Hussar, and I will go and ask Shui Jing." Sir... the rest of you are here to be careful, don't be careless! 』

After the discussion was settled, Guoyuan and everyone went their separate ways.

Ever since humans picked up the first stone and made the first stone axe, humans have been inseparable from their tools. It can be said that without tools, at least 80% to 90% of human abilities cannot be used. In the wild, they are almost at the mercy of ferocious beasts. However, after having tools and making good use of them, humans have truly become the overlords of this planet.

Words are also a tool.

Qinglong Temple is a platform for research and promotion of this tool.

This platform was founded by Fei Qian, but it does not belong to Fei Qian alone. Just like many Confucian classics were compiled by Confucius or his disciples, it does not mean that these classics are personal to Confucius or his disciples.

Confucianism initially adhered to the strategy of promoting education without discrimination. Well, to put it simply, it is a free strategy, which is almost free of charge. After all, you can study indefinitely with a piece of bacon. This is better than some people can learn in a month. Is the shelf life better?

But soon, after Confucian disciples entered the official career, they began to think about how to monopolize the platform and gain money and power. It’s not that you can’t make money as an official, but if you are a person, a team, or a platform, and all your goals are just to make money and ignore other aspects, you will definitely be finished sooner or later.

Zheng Xuan realized this, so he began to change himself.

When Zheng Xuan first came to Chang'an, he just wanted to find a promotion step for him and his disciples.

Of course, it was also to avoid the war.

Ordinary people, no matter what they say, no one will like it when they actually face war.

Zheng Xuan is no exception.

He hates war.

The fight between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan was unjust in Zheng Xuan's eyes. Cao Cao was disloyal by holding the Emperor hostage. Fei Qian in Guanzhong, although there were some signs of disloyalty and unrighteousness, was relatively minor. He was just like the governors and princes of various places during the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. Can he be said to be disloyal and unrighteous? , it is true that there are more or less prefects in various places, but at least on the surface they respect the emperor...

When he first arrived in Chang'an, Zheng Xuan tried to integrate into Fei Qian's political circle, trying to influence Fei Qian and let Fei Qian go on the "right" path. However, he did not expect that after Zheng Xuan arrived in Chang'an, he was dragged into Fei Qian's circle. I went to Qinglong Temple, and then I got stuck in it and couldn't get out.

With the elimination of threats around Sanfu in Guanzhong, the entire Guanzhong including the surrounding areas has ushered in a period of peace. During this period of peace, Sanfu and the surrounding people in Guanzhong have enjoyed the most comfortable life. Especially for the people in Guanzhong who have suffered great harm, staying away from war means staying away from the most cruel disasters.

During the war, countless young lives were lost like that. They could have stayed at home, peacefully accompanying their parents, wives and children, farming and producing, and drinking and bragging with friends in their spare time. Just like Zheng Xuan's children, they should have had a longer future, but the war Taken away everything.

The war not only took away young men, but also took away other members of the population. Some were captured for labor, and some died due to indirect injuries. In every war, basically the princes from all over the country have to collect taxes, and these taxes will be shared and burdened on the people in the territory. Their food will be forcibly collected, and the food left is not even enough for family consumption, and some even watch it. Watching children starve to death.

When the people were exhausted, the cultivated land became barren, and without follow-up cultivation, a big problem of food shortage naturally appeared. Those princes only thought about making their territories bigger, but did not think about those at the bottom who used bark, grass and roots to satisfy their hunger. People...

Zheng Xuan was very disappointed with the other princes and thought that Fei Qian was a better prince. At least the people under Fei Qian's rule lived a relatively happy life.

Today, Guanzhong Sanfu has enjoyed several years of peace, and coupled with Fei Qian's careful management, it is showing a very prosperous trend. The hard-working Chinese people who are not troubled by war are very able to endure hardships, especially those refugees who have settled down and cherish their current life even more.

The people of Sanfu in Guanzhong no longer have to spend their living food to support the war, nor will they send a large number of young people to the battlefield for free. Instead, they rush to sign up because the benefits of military service are too high. This makes Zheng Xuan unable to help but feel overwhelmed. With emotion, I became more aware of the difference between Fei Qian.

Perhaps only Fei Qian can do all this.

Although some officials in Guanzhong are lazy and even bad, on the whole they are completely different from the officials in Shandong. They can reason and follow the law, and will not act recklessly. Those brutal and exploitative squires who dare to act randomly are all After being taken care of, the rest wanted to write that he was a good person directly on the top of his head.

Zheng Xuan often rides in the car to the countryside, watching Zhuang He grow up, watching farmers busy, and watching children playing under the trees.

Whenever this happens, Zheng Xuan is very happy. If this development continues, in less than ten years, or at most twenty years, the prosperous age of the Han Dynasty will be restored. However, Zheng Xuan felt that he might not be able to see that day, but Zheng Xuan could still imagine that by that time, the world would be very prosperous, and the people would be very wealthy. It is impossible to say that every household would be able to ride on a carriage, and there would be people in the cultivated fields. Oxen pull the plow, and in the houses there are cocks crowing and dogs barking.

Food, clothing, and a smile.

That's good...

So Zheng Xuan was even more eager to leave something behind. He felt that he could not give Fei Qian more help in politics and people's livelihood, because he found that Fei Qian did better than he originally thought, so he could only Leave something to Fei Qian in literature.

At least Zheng Xuan felt that he was not much worse than Cai Yong in terms of literature. He has this confidence.

There are many things that Zheng Xuan wants to leave behind, not only the annotations of scriptures, but also the differences and changes in ancient and modern scriptures, and even the future institutional development of the Academy. He wants to write them down and leave them...

There was a lot to write, but Zheng Xuan's energy decreased with age, and sometimes he would doze off involuntarily.

He hated himself for taking a nap, but he couldn't control it. No matter how much he resisted subjectively, he would fall asleep at any time when he was tired.

The nap didn't last long, maybe just a breath, maybe a stick of incense, but this fact made Zheng Xuan very embarrassed. Because in Zheng Xuan's concept, taking a nap is something only lazy people do. He has not taken a nap in his whole life. Unexpectedly, he started to take a nap when he got old.

The more he wanted to change, the more he couldn't. Zheng Xuan finally couldn't accept this. He locked himself up, saw no outsiders, and started working day and night to write down what he knew and keep it.

As soon as Zheng Xuan went into seclusion, many people were worried.

Sima Hui came and went to the door where Zheng Xuan was retreating. After being silent for a while, he stepped forward and called the door.

Zheng Xuan was a little surprised, but still unwilling to open the door and come out. He asked Sima Hui inside the door why he came.

"No desire for haste, no small gains in sight." Haste makes waste, and small gains mean big things will fail. Sima Hui didn't care about Zheng Xuan closing the door. "It's like a chariot traveling a long distance. If it's in a hurry, it's easy to overturn." It's better to walk slowly, see the beauty of the mountains and rivers, and also let the horses rest for a while to check and repair the losses, so as to facilitate the journey, isn't it true? 』

Zheng Xuan, who was inside the door, was silent for a while, and said with emotion: "On a leisurely day, the mountains and rivers are naturally beautiful, but now the pursuers are very anxious. If you get off the car, you may never get on." 』

Sima Hui smiled and said, "Okay, okay, Mr. Zheng is walking slowly now to talk to someone. Is there anyone who can override it?" 』

"Although there is no overturn, there is no progress." ” Zheng Xuan replied.

Sima Hui shook his head, then realized that Zheng Xuan couldn't see it, so he said, "No." Duke Zheng's chariot is running as fast as he wants, but if others are driving it, it may not be as fast as Duke Zheng, so what should we do? 』

"Slow it down and find a good driver to drive it away..." Zheng Xuan replied.

Sima Hui burst into laughter, "Okay, Mr. Zheng should also speak slowly... Why not lead by example?" 』

Zheng Xuan was silent for a while, then reluctantly opened the door, "Mr. Shui Jing..."

Sima Hui smiled and extended his hand to invite me, "This old man's humble residence should be honored by Lord Zheng." Please... Mr. Zheng is on his way in a hurry. I am watching from the sidelines and have some thoughts. I wonder if Mr. Zheng would like to see him? 』

"You should ask for advice." "When it comes to literature, Zheng Xuan is very serious.

Sima Hui smiled, nodded, and then asked Zheng Xuan to board the car together to the Sima Manor on the outskirts of the city.

Speaking of which, this was the first time that Sima Hui invited Zheng Xuan to Sima Manor.

Of course, this is also Zheng Xuan's first time in Sima Hui's manor.

Although it is said that Zheng Xuan and Sima Hui were quarreling and spitting at each other without even meeting each other under the Husband, in fact, both Zheng Xuan and Sima Hui, as well as other people, knew that there were some differences between Zheng Xuan and Sima Hui. contradictory.

Although they cooperate in Qinglong Temple, they also have many differences.

But this time, Zheng Xuan and Sima Hui sat in the same car.

"Good thing, the scenery here is beautiful, and it is truly a place to cultivate one's mind and keep one's health..." Now that Zheng Xuan had left the house, he put down a little of what he had been doing before, and couldn't help but admire the scenery of Sima Manor.

Sima Hui smiled and said: "Since Mr. Zheng likes it, I will give this to Mr. Zheng!" 』

"It doesn't have to be this way. Zheng Xuan waved his hand and said, "Even if I am hidden in the mountains and fields, my heart can't be calm. Why should I live up to the green mountains and green waters?" 』

"Because Zheng Gong was in a hurry, he stopped and watched." ” Sima Hui said with a smile and ordered his servants to prepare food, drinks and other items.

Entering the hall, Zheng Xuan saw that the bookshelves and bookcases in the corner were filled with scrolls, bamboo slips, and wooden tablets.

Of course Sima Hui also had a study room, but Sima Hui was not that particular about it, so there were basically books everywhere, not only in the bookstore, but also in the halls and bedrooms.

Zheng Xuan stepped forward, took a book at random, flipped through two pages, and then couldn't help but glance at Sima Hui.

Sima Hui nodded, "It's the company's note." 』

Zheng Xuan smiled and put down the letter in his hand.

"Those who lack talent are not stupid. They have an ax and use the handle to cut it. If they have a fishing rod, they use a rod to stab it... People are like this, and literature is like this..." Sima Hui said slowly, while gesturing to the attendants to serve tea, While patting a few books on the table, he handed them to Zheng Xuan, "I am not talented, but I also want to teach people how to fish, so I wrote this article and asked Mr. Zheng to correct it." 』

Historically, Sima Hui did not leave a large amount of documents like Zheng Xuan. Maybe, but because Sima Hui lived in Jingxiang as a guest, Jingxiang was later demolished by three families, and Sima Hui had to flee back to Hanoi, so even if he wrote something in Jingxiang, he probably couldn't take it with him.

But now that Sima Hui is in Chang'an, perhaps because his life is stable, perhaps because of Zheng Xuan's stimulation, perhaps because of the needs of Qinglong Temple, Sima Hui has also begun to write some thoughts about him and some of his life gains.

For example, regarding the cause of the chaos in the world, Sima Hui said that it was caused by the enfeoffment system. Sima Hui combined the early Han Dynasty with the present, believing that the lack of control over local princes led to undue ambitions, which ultimately led to war.

Sima Hui also explored productivity. Well, of course, Sima Hui wrote about the relationship between "products produced" and war. He believed that war requires "products produced" and the ultimate goal should be to obtain more "products" If we cannot obtain enough "products produced", we should not launch a war, but should adopt other methods.

In addition to these political issues, Sima Hui also wrote about some philosophical issues, such as the three questions of life, which are basically all present. However, unlike Zheng Xuan's "Heavens and Kings and Ministers", Sima Hui is more inclined to Huang Lao's fortunes and misfortunes depend on each other, and he pays more attention to nature. At the same time, it also involves a small number of astronomical and astrological issues.

Zheng Xuan looked at it very carefully. Zheng Xuan has presbyopia and his eyesight is no longer very good, so he needs to pull the book far away and then squint to read it little by little. It took Zheng Xuan a long time from sitting down to reading a scroll written by Sima Hui.

And there is not only one volume of Sima Hui's papers.

During this period, Sima Hui was also by his side, silent, stroking his beard, and not disturbing Zheng Xuan.

Anyone who likes to read knows that when you encounter a good book, you like to read it in one sitting. If it is interrupted halfway, it is a trivial matter to send the blade. There are people who are so angry that they want to follow the network cable to compete with real people.

Zheng Xuan forgot the passage of time, and even forgot about hunger. He kept seeing the sun setting in the west, and the light was already insufficient. Some servants lit candles, but Zheng Xuan still couldn't see clearly, so he sighed helplessly. In one breath, he put the book down, touched it gently, and put a bookmark at the place where it left off, "Okay, it's so well written..."

Sima Hui smiled and stroked his beard.

Zheng Xuan stayed at Sima Hui's house. He and Sima Hui had dinner together, and then sat in the back mountain admiring the moonlight. The two of them said nothing because Zheng Xuan had not yet read Sima Hui's book. Completely read.

The next day, Zheng Xuan watched it all day again.

The evaluation was still "good", but Zheng Xuan still had no other words to say about how good or bad it was.

On the third day, Zheng Xuan finally finished reading.

Sima Hui started to feel a little nervous.

I got Zheng Xuan's evaluation two days ago. If nothing else, it at least made Sima Hui feel that his writing was good. Even Sima Hui had always regarded Zheng Xuan as his enemy. On the other hand, Zheng Xuan did not regard Sima Hui as an opponent, because for Zheng Xuan, he had reached a very high position, and at that position, he no longer needed to defeat anyone to show his strength and dominate the territory.

Is it just a question of the direction of thought? We always have to distinguish one from the other...

This may also be the final argument between the two.

Whoever wins or loses may represent whose thoughts will be retained in the end.

The books written by Sima Hui are ideologically biased towards Huang Lao. After all, Sima Hui and Pang Degong have a very good relationship, and Pang Degong has been studying Huang Lao all his life, so it is natural for Sima Hui to be biased towards Laozi and Zhuangzi. It pays attention to self-cultivation and harmonious coexistence between man and nature. His political views are also in favor of self-cultivation and self-cultivation.

Many times, Sima Hui likes to say "be good", not just verbally, but what he usually adheres to is Huang Lao's thought, which is to recuperate and govern by doing nothing, and does not like fighting, just like Once someone mistook Sima Hui's pig and thought it was a lost pig from his family. Sima Hui didn't argue a word and let the man take the pig away. Later, the man found his pig again, and hurriedly led Sima Hui's pig to apologize. Instead of blaming the man, Sima Hui thanked the man for sending back his pig.

But what is very interesting is that Sima Hui’s war and military theory is based on “the products produced”. This may be because after Sima Hui arrived in Chang’an, he was influenced by some of Fei Qian’s ideas. This trend The profit model is somewhat inconsistent.

Zheng Xuan has nothing to say about war and military aspects. After all, he hates war, so he has no interest in studying war and military matters. Therefore, Zheng Xuan has nothing to say about Sima Hui's rather inconsistent behavior. On the contrary, I am more interested in the overlap in doctrines and scholarship between Sima Hui and Zheng Xuan.

The two old men were discussing. When they talked about how to let the people rest, give them enough time to cultivate, reduce taxes and corvee, increase some welfare protection, etc., they agreed with each other and clapped their hands with a smile. , it’s like playing a tune for many years and finally finding a soulmate who knows how to appreciate it.

But when it comes to the political system that the Han Dynasty should implement in the future, the two people have great differences...

Then an argument broke out.