Fall in love with the technology tree [Three Kingdoms]

In the pre-Qin period, in Xuchang at the end of the Han Dynasty, a hundred schools of thought gathered to contend with each other, discussing state affairs without taking office.

This is a spectacle in the history of culture, and it is an ideal university that has been yearned for by scholars after thousands of years.But the iconic figure who opened up this grand scene was neither from the prosperous Confucianism, nor was it a child raised by Cao Xue.In the eyes of his contemporaries, he was just one of the crazy students who showed off with crooked ideas and heresies on the road to the academy, or in other words, he was a lunatic.

Zheng Zui, the word should stop.A native of Jizhou, he moved to Xuzhou with his family when he was young.The Zheng family had a small fortune at first, and later took shelter of the Chen family, the Mi family and other big families, selling rice, grain and charcoal, and became rich day by day, so that they could support their descendants to study.

Zheng's brothers all studied the "Five Classics" and recited them every day. Among them, some of them were famous in Xuzhou for their quick thinking.But what about Zheng Ding?As soon as I opened the Confucian classics, I was "dizzy", and when I answered the teacher, I was "at a loss", and I really couldn't tell that it was a reading material.

After Zheng Wei became an adult, his father asked him to start a business with him. When he first started a business, he was cheated out of a stone bean. Things like this continued to happen in the next ten years.Even the younger generation in the family thought Zheng Ding was stupid.

Zheng Zui longed for the theory of Legalism, but he never got the opportunity to learn it.Until the age of 30, he went to Donglai, Qingzhou for business, and got a complete copy of "Han Feizi" by chance, and he felt like a treasure right away.From then on, even when he was traveling and sleeping in the wilderness, he never forgot to read by the light of the fire.After another seven or eight years, Zheng Wei was already an expert in "Han Fei Thought".

But his father was still not optimistic about Zheng Zui, saying: "Looking at history, all people who have shown their power with the law are all extremely intelligent. On the contrary, Confucianism, Taoism, and clumsiness have also become celebrities. Your wisdom is as good as "The Analects of Confucius" "If you can't even control it, how can you get ahead by relying on the legalist tricks?"

Zheng Zuo remained infatuated. While doing business, he tried to discuss what he had learned with others, but he was often ridiculed by others and seldom received courtesy.

Later, the world was in chaos. First came the Yellow Turban, then Dong Zhuo. The Yuan brothers faced each other from the north to the south.Zheng Zui hid at home for two years. When he heard that Cao Sheng set up a school in Xu County and reopened hundreds of schools, he asked his wife to bake fifty pieces of semolina cakes, rolled them in sackcloth, and brought a small can of soybean paste. Relying on this ration, he sneaked to Xu County.

Because he was able to write the entire "Han Feizi" silently, he successfully passed the fourth-class student test in the academy.It's just that if you want to go to the entrance exam, enter the dormitory of the entrance hall, or go further to become a teacher, then it will embarrass Zheng Ding's IQ.

Even among the small group of Legalists, he was not popular.Slow response, stubborn temper, no mentoring, unimaginable ideas, how could there be friends?That is to say, the fate of sitting on the bench on Xuegong Road.

So when Zheng Yi learned that he was able to give lectures at Luming Terrace, and it was a big day like the Dragon Boat Festival, he was completely dumbfounded. "Lu... Luming Terrace is the place where Cao Zi gave lectures to the late emperor..." Zheng Xi stuttered, "It's... really a lottery... I... I, I, I..."

"It's just that you were drawn by lottery, you are lucky." The student who came to report the letter punched Zheng Tuo on the back, "When you get to the Luming Stage, don't talk about 'birthing a child hurts the country', or you will lose it." The face of our Fa family, be careful I will beat you."

But who is Zheng Yi?Zheng Chuan is notoriously elm-brained. When he really got to that occasion, he was stared at by tens of thousands of eyes. He wiped off his sweat and opened his mouth to say the beginning of what he said hundreds of times on Xuegong Road:

"Han Feizi said: 'In ancient times, the husbands did not plow, and the grass and trees were sufficient for food; the women did not weave, and the furs of animals and animals were sufficient for clothing. They did not work hard to support them, and the people were few but rich, so the people did not fight. Therefore, they were generously rewarded. No, heavy punishments are not used, and the people self-govern. Nowadays, it is not too many to have five sons, and the son has five sons, and the eldest father has 25 grandchildren. The people are the people but the goods and wealth are few, and the work is hard but the support is poor. Therefore, the people Even though there are many rewards and punishments, there will be chaos.'” (Note [1])

After reciting this passage, Zheng Zuo let out a sigh of relief, his thighs stopped shaking, and he spoke smoothly.Kneeling on the thick and simple high platform, looking down at the dense crowd in the Xuegong Square, Zheng Tui felt a surge of pride in his heart. This was the first time he was able to let so many people hear his voice.

"Although I have little talent and learning, I believe in Han Zi's theory. From my point of view of traveling around the world for many years, the reason why a country turns from prosperity to decline, and the world is in turmoil is due to overpopulation."

With a sound of "buzz", the crowd exploded.Immediately, someone recognized him and shouted from the audience: "Zheng Sheng, is it your fallacy of 'birthing a child will harm the country' again? It has been known for a long time. Today I will refute you!"

After entering the Dragon Boat Festival, the temperature rose, and Zheng Zuo's back was covered with cold sweat.But his temper has been cultivated by the atmosphere of this city, and he is not as cowardly as he was in his hometown.So he continued to say: "Suppose there was an old farmer in the time of Emperor Zhang who owned a hundred acres of land and could live a prosperous life. After several generations of reproduction, by the time of Emperor Huan, the old farmer had passed away, leaving fifty great-grandchildren, each of whom could only be divided into two acres. The land, how do you feed your family? That’s why some people starve to death, some become refugees, and even gather together as Yellow Turban rebels, causing disaster to one side.”

Cao Shuo, Cao Pi, and Sun Quan are three young sons who belong to educational privileges. They occupy a small pavilion of less than 10 square meters in the annex building of Luming Terrace. There are curtains, a few tables and an incense burner. The children basked in the sun together in the square.

At this time, Cao Shuo was brushing and taking notes, while Cao Pi was sitting cross-legged, chewing grapes in his small mouth. "I think what he said makes sense." Cao Pi rested his chin on one hand, "Our family has too many brothers and sisters, and it will be difficult to divide the family property in the future."

Cao Shuo directly hit Cao Pi on the forehead with a walnut.Cao Pi hadn't grown hair yet, so nothing happened after being hit on the bare head.He flattened his mouth and made a gesture of crying, but he looked around - a cold and heartless Cao Shuo, a gloating Sun Quan, well, stop the tears.The elder brother's absence is really aggrieved to the death of Baby Api.

At this time, on the high platform, Zheng Zuo continued his speech impassionedly, as if he had been beaten into chicken blood:

"—Not only the farmer's family is troubled by many sons, but also the official's family. How can it be possible that the father alone wants to favor more than a dozen brothers? Therefore, it is inevitable that some of the offspring will go astray and rely on flattery , ranting for dogs, and oppressing neighbors to maintain the good life of his father when he was alive.

"There are more farmers than fields, and those who have more will become refugees; if there are more dandies than officials, the position of sages will be squeezed out. If each family has no more than two sons per generation, how can it be where it is today? ! "

"It's a bunch of nonsense!" Before the students in the audience began to refute, they heard a roar accompanied by the loud noise of weapons, which made people's eardrums hurt.Everyone turned their heads and saw an eight-foot-tall general standing outside the gate of the academy, holding a heavy spear in his hand. The spear hit the bluestone floor, cracking the huge three-foot-square stone surface. Come.

It was Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide who served as school captains in Yingchuan County.

"If there are only two sons in each family, then I won't have to live." Zhang Fei glared at Zheng Yu, "Brother this morning, I received a report that someone is lying in the school to deceive the public, and he should be sentenced to death. I really met you, a monster Where are the guards, why don't you follow me to kill this thief?" After finishing speaking, he led people to rush into the school palace.

"Stop!" Cai Yong, already grey-haired, blocked the gate with a stride, "In the 200 years of Jixia, no gentleman has been imprisoned; in the 400 years of Taixue, there has been no student who has severed his head. , since the Zhonghua Public Forum gave lectures, no army has dared to cross this gate with a weapon. The old man sacrificed wine for the academy, so you can't break the pride of the literati here! If you want to kill people in the academy, you must first Step over the old man's body!"

Zhang Fei treats Zheng Wei with contempt, but he still respects such a highly respected Confucian as Cai Yong.After Cai Yong said this, he quickly took two steps back to keep the weapon away from Cai Yong.But Zhang Fei was dissatisfied in his heart, and yelled with wide-eyed eyes, with a bit of aggrieved expression on his face: "Teacher Cai, then you just let him deceive the public with his lies? Cao Zhengyue only ordered to encourage the people under his rule to have more children. It's not appropriate to slap your face when you leave."

"What Zheng Sheng said, no matter how inappropriate it is, should be refuted by scholars. Otherwise, everyone will use weapons to determine the truth in the future. What do you need to learn?" Cai Yong said righteously.

The students who had been frightened by the armored soldiers just now came back to their senses and stood behind Cai Yong.

"What Mr. Cai said is true. This is an internal matter of our academy, so don't worry about it, the general."

"General Zhang, Mr. Zheng is just crazy, let me make him run away in shame."

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Seeing that the scene was under control, the excited Cao Pi also jumped back onto the seat. "That old man Cai Yong is pedantic, but he still has some merits." He threw a huge purple grape into his mouth, "Whose subordinate is this general? Miyazano?"

Cao Shuo and Sun Quan looked at each other and narrowed their eyes.They were all children of powerful families, and instinctively smelled something unusual.But with the two of them's age and experience, they haven't been able to see through the many obstacles with clues.Cao Shuo squeezed two walnuts so tightly that his knuckles turned white and red.

Do you want to tell Uncle Er?But the second uncle is concentrating on researching the antidote to Lusuo.

Just when the three teenagers were hesitating, the situation in the square changed again—the prefect of Yingchuan, Liu Bei, appeared. "Be prepared to guard Yingchuan for Cao Gong, so I dare not be negligent and slack." The middle-aged man's tone was sincere, modest and polite, which made people feel a little good, "This man disturbed the rear when Cao Gong sent troops, there are spies Suspicion, I dare not let it go easily."

Cai Yong frowned, and the corners of his mouth pulled down: "Xue Gong——"

"The Academy is the late emperor's bedroom, so Bei naturally dare not trespass with troops."

It's strange to say this, Liu Xie's tomb is sealed, so why mention the bedroom?But Cai Yong didn't have time to think about it, he just begged Liu Bei not to come in and kill people.Cai Yong took a step back: "It is naturally the best for Governor Liu to be sensible."

Liu Bei made a long salute: "This person's origin is unknown, and he is really suspicious. Let the students argue with him first, and after the show is over, he still has to arrest him and wait for Mr. Cao to come back. If he is allowed to run away, You and I can't afford to spread the fallacy of 'birthing a child will harm the country' elsewhere in the name of the academy."

He moved Cao Cao out and threw a cauldron on top of the academy, stunning the students all of a sudden.Immediately, someone retreated, muttering in a low voice: "When the show is over, he will leave the academy, so he has nothing to do with us. He is not related to me."

Cai Yong was also hesitant, and he was about to agree to Liu Bei.

Zheng Zui was in a hurry: "Teacher Cai, I am sincerely studying in Xu County, and I am not a spy! My ancestral home is Julu, Jizhou, and now my family lives in Xiaopei, Xuzhou. I live at home, and I am called Zheng Dingtong. You can find out if you check it. "

Cai Yong: "This..."

Liu Bei sneered: "It's Jizhou again, and Xuzhou again, so we really have to check it out."

Zheng Xie almost rolled down from the Luming Terrace, slapped the steps and wailed: "Also ask Mr. Cai to save me. Since I came to Xu County, you taught a total of seven times and fourteen hours, and I never missed a single one. It's also half of your student."

This situation seems reasonable in the positive direction, and it seems reasonable in the reverse direction.For a time, the square was almost drowned out by "buzzing" discussions.You can say anything.Unexpectedly, the legalists supported the arrest more, almost as much as the Confucianists, but the Mohists and foreign students tried their best to protect people.

Cai Yong: ...you let the old man be quiet.

Cao Shuo, Cao Pi, and Sun Quan were already completely glued to the railing, and they didn't care about their image, they just wanted to see the situation more clearly.Cao Pi muttered in a low voice, "Who is this? It's a comeback, so powerful."

Sun Quan lowered his eyes: "Liu Xuande of Youzhou, his reputation has suddenly become loud in the past few months, and everyone says he is a hero."

Cao Shuo stomped his feet anxiously: "This won't work, Cai Yong is completely led by the nose. The soldiers at the gate of the academy haven't withdrawn yet. What's there to talk about with the knife holder on his neck? Second uncle, by the way, I have to find my second uncle..." His eyes drifted wildly, drifting past the chaotic crowd, the gorgeous and magnificent buildings, and the orderly and solemn stone monuments of hundreds of schools, and then, he suddenly saw that figure like the magic needle of Dinghai.

"Second Uncle!" Cao Shuo couldn't help shouting.

Like a password, everyone's eyes were drawn to the east corner door of the academy.Cao Sheng stood there quietly with a black-clothed guard, and the hot air fell down automatically when it touched half a meter around her.She was thinner, and the washed-white green robe was a little empty on her body, but her eyes became deeper and deeper, and she was not angry and majestic.

All the voices were silent for a second, and then turned into a tidy salute like a tsunami: "Ask Cao Shi'an."

The author has something to say: Note [1]: The words come from "Han Feizi·Five Beetles".The general idea is: In ancient times, men did not cultivate, but gathered fruits to eat; women did not weave, but animal skins were enough to wear.It is because the population is small and the resources are rich, so the struggle for survival is not fierce.Nowadays, everyone has a lot of children, five sons and 25 grandchildren. Resources are limited, and they can't support so many people even if they work hard, so the fighting among the people cannot be quelled.