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Chapter 723 The Biggest Winner
All theories that can be handed down must have merits, but the "desirability" depends on whether they can attract the contemporary rulers. If the rulers don't like it, even if the theory itself is good, it will be difficult to be favored.

The current southern cultural people, they actually do not lack inheritance.The difference between them and the cultural people in the north is that the cultural people in the north still exist as a collective in the form of master and apprentice, but the cultural people in the south are a collective in the form of a family.

To put it simply, what the north is doing is the form of learning from elites, while the south is doing it in the form of family learning. The transmission of knowledge in the north does not depend on blood relationship, but the inheritance of knowledge in the south must be based on blood relatives.

The starting point of learning and family learning is in Wuhuluanhua, and such changes are only related to the environment.

During the Hulu rule in the Central Plains, families with knowledge fled south one after another. The "family education" they always insisted on was a habit left over from the ancient pre-Qin era, which was very similar to the concept of "passing on the male but not the female".

The cultural people in the north who were ruled by the Hulu, their living environment is not as comfortable or even comfortable as that in the south. On the premise that they may be killed at any time, and the heirs may not be very good, in order not to make their own brains With the severance of learning, it is an inevitable trend to choose one or more high-quality non-blood relative apprentices.

It was precisely during the period of the Wuhu chaos that brought about changes in the inheritance of Zhuxia culture, but it made the northern theory develop more grandly, but it depressed the cultural people who maintained the habits of the ancient pre-Qin period in the south, and even the southern theory became more and more Being petty, it is difficult to have a broad vision on the foothold of the northern theory.In fact, this is also an inevitable thing. Knowledge can only be improved through continuous exchanges and discussions. More exchanges and discussions will inevitably collide with more sparks of thought.

The cultural people in the north have learned from Mencius, Jia Zi... people of more schools, and the cultural people in the south today are actually more comprehensive.You must know that when "Yiguan Nandu", too many aristocratic families fled to the south, and they really brought a lot of classics to the south of the Yangtze River, not to mention the eight schools of Confucianism in the Warring States period, and even more I can get it out.

Liu Yan became interested in Jia Zi's study, and Luo Han, who was the number one talented scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, taught Jia Yi's theory, and soon entered the moment of competition for glory with Li Mao.

In ancient times, it was an inevitable thing for cultural people to do memorization. If you specialize in something, you will memorize that book by heart. Luo Han and Li Mao entered the moment of "repeater", and they kept picking out Jia Yi's works In a seemingly fierce confrontation, he didn't even say a word of himself.

Liu Yan's theory of Jia Yi is not only to strengthen the central group, but also to build a country rich and pay attention to etiquette.

That point of view is clearly stated in "On Accumulation and Storage".

According to records in "Hanshu Shihuo Zhi", at the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, the social economy was in decline.At that time, the price of rice was extremely high, famine was everywhere, people ate each other, and supplies were scarce. Even the emperor could not get four horses of the same color to drive, and the generals could only ride in ox carts.

Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, adopted a series of policies of recuperating the people and "emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business". By the time of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, the social economy gradually recovered, but merchants and landlords invaded farmers, land mergers became more and more serious, and farmers migrated to cities one after another due to bankruptcy. , becoming servants in industry and commerce or jobless vagrants, bureaucrats and businessmen are becoming more and more extravagant, which seriously affects agricultural production and food storage, which is not conducive to the consolidation of the feudal regime in the Western Han Dynasty. Faced with the actual situation of increasingly serious internal and external troubles, Jia Yi submitted this memorial to Emperor Wen, suggesting that agricultural production should be emphasized to increase savings.

The current situation of the Han Kingdom is similar to the situation in the early Han Dynasty except that there is not much threat from the north. Merchants and landlords do not hold a lot of land, but the land is under the control of the state, and external threats have been reduced. The nobles have also begun to have The wind of extravagance, the country is extremely short of food reserves.

"The great man has already built in the land of Jingchu, and the land of Mengze alone has reclaimed 150 hectares." Luo Han is a cultural person in the south. He must know something about the things in the south. If you want to go there, you can get it yourself. He made a generalization: "Han saw it with his own eyes, if it is completed, it will be no less than [-] million hectares of grain-producing fields."

The so-called "Jing" land is probably the south and north of the lake in later generations. There are not only many water systems extending from the Yangtze River, but also many rivers extending from Dongting Lake. In ancient times, there were swamps everywhere. The former swamp disaster disappeared, and what appeared was extremely fertile land.

The other "Chu" land refers to the modern Anhui, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang parts. Compared with the "Jing" land, the development level of the "Chu" land is much higher today. After all, Huainan has been developing in the Western Han Dynasty, and the part belonging to Yangzhou has been developed at a high speed under the construction of the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Li Mao has done his homework, so he naturally knows that the authorities are vigorously developing grain-producing areas.He didn't dare to criticize Guochao's move to control most of the land, and he would not refute Luo Han's statement of the number of acres of grain-producing fields before he went to see it himself. What he wanted to say was that after the production, How to support the whole country.

"Ten stones in that place, six out of a hundred miles, you can't pass it." Li Mao was talking about the loss in the process of transporting grain, that is, the longer the journey of transporting grain, the more the loss on the way, asked Luo Han : "How?"

Luo Han obviously discovered the trap. What they were talking about was how to make the country rich in reserves. If transshipment was involved, it would be tantamount to involving "industry" and "business".But Jia Yi's point of view is to suppress business.

Sun Chuo was also there. Seeing Luo Han pondering, he stood up and bowed to Liu Yan, and then to everyone, saying: "Everything needs to be transferred. This is the eternal truth. What Jia Zi dislikes is the excessive exploitation of laborers." , it is reasonable enough.”

"Good!" Li Mao clapped his hands and said, "The Guochao built the road from Kang to Guanzhong for this reason."

The national road from Jiankang to Guanzhong passes through the "Jing", and it also makes a turn at several Yangtze River junctions. Those places basically have water system ferries, which can make transshipment more convenient.

Luo Han was stunned. Not only him, but most people looked at Li Mao strangely.They will be dazed and surprised. It is nothing more than Li Mao's main study of Jia Yi's theory, but Jia Yi actually advocates the establishment of his own "small farmers system" in various places and opposes the circulation of materials.

"Mao learned from Jia Zi, and also read "Lu Shi Chun Qiu." Li Mao was puzzled by the strange eyes of the crowd, and said: "Learning is to apply it, and the way?"

"Qing's Gate, there is "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals"?" Liu Yan ignored the king's elegance, his eyes widened, and he was even impatient: "Can you bring Chang'an?"

"Lu's Spring and Autumn" is of course the famous work compiled by Lu Buwei and his disciples. Later generations are classified as Huang-Lao Taoist masterpieces, but it involves a lot of knowledge, including Taoism, Mohism, Confucianism, Legalism, farming, and military. some of his writings.

Liu Yan doesn't call everyone "Qing", which shows that he really covets "Lu Shi Chun Qiu".

"Back to the Son of Heaven." Although Li Mao concealed it very well, it was difficult to conceal his excitement or excitement: "I haven't brought it." Before Liu Yan was disappointed or showed any performance, he immediately said: "Little people can Send disciples, and within half a month they can be dedicated to the Son of Heaven."

There are too many classics in the past dynasties of the Xia Dynasty. Although there are many classics, it is difficult to produce great works that can be handed down from generation to generation. Quite a few great works have been banned for various reasons.

What Liu Yan knew was that after Lu Buwei's death, the First Emperor banned some articles that could be related to Lu Buwei. According to legend, "Lu's Spring and Autumn" was also destroyed.

"It's not the whole story, only a few fragments." Li Mao has to make it clear: "It was acquired by the ancestors of Xiaomin by chance, not something from the sect."

Liu Yan attaches great importance to "Lu Shi Chun Qiu" not only because of curiosity, but "Lu Shi Chun Qiu" is really a magnificent masterpiece, otherwise Lu Buwei would not dare to challenge "Lu Shi Chun Qiu" with the first emperor, and he also won an all-round cultural victory. Just lost to power.

According to the legend, the articles in "Lushi Chunqiu" are varied, covering almost everything, from ancient times to the present, up and down, all things in the world, ups and downs and chaos, scholars, farmers, businessmen, three religions and nine streams, all of which are discussed, and many articles are repeated. .

Because there were too many, too complex and repetitive, Lu Buwei selected several article experts to screen, classify and delete these articles, and combined them into a book, named "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals".

Lu Buwei attaches great importance to this book. He himself thinks this book called "Lu Shi Chunqiu" is a masterpiece, boasting that it is a wonderful book that covers "heaven and earth, everything, ancient and modern".For example, in the "Preface" which is quite a general preface to the whole book, it is written like this: "Those who belong to the twelve disciplines can survive and die in order to govern chaos, so they can know the good and bad luck of longevity, the sky of Shangkui, the place of lower inspection, and the middle trial. People, if this is the case, then there is no escape.”

It is such a book with a variety of contents, involving almost all the knowledge that can be called "excellent learning" at that time, and its value is inestimable for later generations. If Li Mao really has "Lu Shi Chunqiu", even if it is only some fragments, it will be of great value to the contemporary people. It is absolutely meaningful.

"Good, good, good!" Seeing that Li Mao was willing to offer, Liu Yan praised three "good" in a row, but after a moment of pondering, he spoke again and said, "I would like to reward you with a thousand pieces of gold."

Li Mao couldn't help but wrinkled his face into a ball. Before he could finish his depression, Liu Yan spoke again.

"The widow loves the scriptures and righteousness, but there is a shortage of a doctor of speech. Would you like to accept him?"

In an instant, the pores of Li Mao's whole body were relaxed, and every cell was trembling, both excited and excited, his body began to shake uncontrollably.And he was obviously happy too early, and there were even bigger surprises to come.

"The widow's sons and daughters are of different ages, some are enlightened, and some are not..." Liu Yan pondered again, obviously thinking about something very important, his words and actions made everyone at the scene breathless It started to be heavy: "Guan Qing is very knowledgeable and knows a lot. He is a postdoctoral fellow and can teach him."

Li Mao's body suddenly stiffened, his mouth opened wide, and his eyes widened. After a while, he bent down and saluted heavily. After sitting down, he was as soft as noodles and gasped for breath. .

Everyone was shocked by Liu Yan's actions, and then some people were relieved when they saw the reason for Liu Yan's actions, and most of them couldn't recover for a long time.

Shang Yang has the act of building a tree, and King Yanzhao has thousands of dollars to buy horse bones. Some are to establish credit, and some will pay a high price to attract real power. Any action will not be for nothing without a reason.

Liu Yan's sense of Li Mao is actually quite good, and he has seen Li Mao's "multi-learning", and then he can get the remnants of "Lu Shi Chunqiu", which is not only setting an example, but also attracting more people to take out their books, To be honest, it's a very cheap deal.

Li Mao learned a lot because Liu Yan saw that Li Mao could change with the times. A person who studied Jia Yi’s studies would not feel repulsed by "business", which can be said to be a very special phenomenon in contemporary times.

What the country needs are not only ministers who accept death, but also ministers who can adapt to the trend of the times. Most cultural people are very successful in recognizing death, but there are really not many cultural people who can adapt, which leads to more and more culture. The more rigid it is, the more often it is known that it is not suitable for the contemporary era and it is not improved. It only affects the individual and it is nothing. The problem is that after becoming an official, it is a pure disaster.

With Li Mao as a starting point, then various cultural people began to show their "learned" side, and they would inevitably talk about what books they have to dedicate to Liu Yan, that is the role of a role model.

Because he was guided by "role models" to follow suit, Liu Yan only invited some people who looked really talented and learned that they thought it would be useful to appoint a doctor, but he didn't mention the matter of teaching the children of the royal family again, which made them While disappointed, I also tried my best to express myself more.

Liu Yan didn't leave until evening.When he left, the people who were not in the same group immediately disbanded, but they did not leave, and chose to stay in the wine shop to continue to have fun.

"Congratulations, brother Li!" Zhang Gan himself was enlisted as a doctor, but that's just a doctor.He couldn't hide his envy at all: "Brother is the emperor's lecturer, and he can answer the emperor's questions. It must be a good name."

Doctors of lectures are really lecturers. They usually talk about some classics and meanings. In many cases, they also have the opportunity to participate in the formulation of national policies. If they can make the rulers think of themselves immediately when they have doubts, then they will be the most successful doctor of lectures.

But Li Mao asked: "Who is Wang Zishen's enlightenment teacher?"

How could Zhang Gan know?

The new Chang'an is already under construction, and the time for Liu Yan's ascension to the throne is getting closer and closer. Furthermore, he has hinted that Liu Shen will become the crown prince. At that time, the East Palace must have its own team. As a teacher, it must be one of the leaders of the team. , Waiting for the prince to ascend the throne will become the emperor's teacher. The title of emperor's teacher alone is enough for cultural people to fight desperately.

(End of this chapter)