The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 3104 Observation of the Present

"One breath in the human world is one year in the world of holy thoughts. The victory or defeat of the discussion of the holy thoughts is calculated by time. If Fang Sheng stays in the holy world of Zong Sheng for a long time, Fang Sheng will win. If Zong Sheng stays in Fang Sheng's holy world for a longer time, Zong Sheng will win. Generally, it takes dozens of breaths to decide the winner."

After Wang Jinglong finished speaking, he kept silent and looked at the white light ball of Zong Sheng quietly.

Fang Yun opened his eyes and found himself behind a table. With a casual glance, he knew that he was in an unknown county government office.

Fang Yun sat upright on a big chair and looked down. He saw a document on the table.

"He is an open-minded gentleman."

After Fang Yun finished speaking, he flipped through the document. It turned out that it was a document from the prefect, saying that Tao County was famous for peaches. Every household planted peach trees. When the harvest was good, the peaches were cheap and hurt the farmers. When the harvest was bad, there were no peaches to sell. The county magistrate of Tao County was asked to solve the matter.

Fang Yun did not act rashly, but recalled the classics of the sages of the clan, mainly the works of the sage.

On the desk, there were thick documents, including books such as the county chronicles, which recorded everything in Tao County in detail.

After Fang Yun recalled the classics of the sages of the various schools, he flipped through them one by one, and finally finished reading all the books on the desk.

In the end, Fang Yun nodded gently, thinking that this sage was indeed proficient in various schools and skilled in government affairs. This first test was mature and prudent, and at the same time quite meaningful.

The "Mengchun Ji" at the beginning of "Lüshi Chunqiu" is a complete combination of Confucianism's "ritual" and "emphasis on agriculture". The main content is that in the first month of spring, you must sacrifice to heaven and earth, focus on farming, and other things are secondary. It is even believed that starting a war in this month is an unforgivable sin.

This article reflects the importance that the human race has attached to farming and food in all dynasties. It is because the sages of the human race in all dynasties attached so much importance to seasons and farming that the human race has continued to grow.

This also fits the core idea of ​​the eclectic school of "combining Confucianism and Mohism", which obviously takes the strengths of each school. Any statement that defines the eclectic school as a certain school is a generalization and a blind spot.

However, since it is a discussion of the Tao by the saint, Fang Yun knows that the ancestor will never give such a simple test.

The last chapter of "Lüshi Chunqiu", "On the Appearance of the City", also mentions farming, and puts forward a fundamental point, that is, emphasizing agriculture over commerce.

The eclectic school is known as "combining Confucianism and Mohism, combining name and law", and Confucianism ranks first, which shows the importance of Confucianism to the eclectic school and Lü Buwei. However, in dealing with agriculture and commerce, the eclectic school goes a step further than the Confucian school, that is, "emphasizing agriculture over commerce", while the Confucian school is "emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce", which is a fundamental difference.

In areas where the atmosphere of Confucianism is strong, the status of merchants is extremely low and they are considered to be lowly occupations. In areas where the atmosphere of the eclectic school is strong, although the status of merchants is not as good as that of scholars, they are not considered lowly occupations.

Therefore, although the eclectic school is a mixed holy way, it is precisely because of its inclusive mind that it surpasses the original Confucianism, Mohism, name and law in many aspects.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Miscellaneous School can stand firm in the Shengyuan Continent.

Although the Miscellaneous School gradually turned to officialdom and politics after Lu Buwei, it did not abandon its fundamental ideas.

After a little thought, Fang Yun determined that the test of the sage was about "focusing on agriculture and neglecting commerce". As a Confucian disciple, if he rashly implemented "focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce", he would inevitably fall behind, resulting in failure in the first test, a miserable defeat.

The key is that when Fang Yun was in power in Jingguo, his ideas were closer to the Miscellaneous School than to Confucianism.

"Cunning." Fang Yun thought to himself that this Zong Moju was a combination of strange and correct, seemingly upright business and agriculture, but in fact it was a hidden crisis.

If you don't follow the Confucian way, and follow the Miscellaneous School's emphasis on agriculture and neglect of commerce, you can also pass, but admitting the Miscellaneous School's holy way in the first test is extremely disadvantageous for the future.

After Fang Yun figured out Zong Moju's intention, he did not act immediately, but began to close his eyes and think about the relationship between business and agriculture. After sorting it out, he set his own policy.

After determining the policy, Fang Yun felt helpless. This kind of thing might be very difficult for ordinary Confucian disciples in Shengyuan Continent, and they would fail if they were not careful. However, for him, it was very easy to get through the first year.

Fang Yun took the pen and paper, thought for a while, and made some plans.

The first step was to maintain the scattered planting mode of small farmers, but on top of that, centrally manage all farmers.

Fang Yun was already familiar with the specific management methods. Whether he was an official in Jingguo or practicing in the dusk virtual day world, he had practiced many times.

After formulating a centralized management strategy, Fang Yun started the second step.

It was early spring at this moment, and the peach blossoms were about to bloom. The second step was to hold a peach blossom literary meeting to attract tourists from all over the world.

In the literary meeting, farmers from all over the country sold peach-related items.

The third step was to hold a peach wood carving competition and develop the peach wood carving art in Tao County before the peach blossoms faded and the peaches matured.

The fourth step is to mobilize the county government to collect peaches after they are ripe, package them in different categories, establish the brand awareness of Tao County, and sell them in various ways.

The fifth step is to process peaches in good years and make various processed products such as candied fruits and peach preserves.

The last step is to train different groups of people in winter when it is cold and the farming season is slack. Some people will be trained in planting skills, while others will be trained in peach carving skills.

After listing the outline, Fang Yun began detailed project management, decomposed the project, and even used Gantt charts, and made various plans so that he could act according to the situation at any time and implement policies that are more suitable for Tao County.

Finally, Fang Yun wrote four words at the end of the plan.

Business comes first, agriculture comes second.

These four words successfully avoided the issue of the importance and emphasis of business and agriculture, and were ingenious. In terms of order, they completely broke through the constraints of the sage.

Fang Yun was about to implement the plan, but time passed quickly, and one year passed directly.

Fang Yun knew that it was not the time that had really passed for a year, but his own feelings. Because his holy thoughts only entered a small part, the sage used a lot of power to build the world of holy thoughts. It is not that the speed of time inside and outside is getting faster every year, but that the thinking ability of Fang Yun's holy thoughts is only equivalent to that of the sect in a year. Holy breath.

Zong Sheng directly changes the perception of time, which means that Zong Sheng directly acquiesces that Fang Yun will pass.

Just a planning document made Zong Sheng realize that the theory of agriculture and business could not trouble Fang Yun at all.

After a few breaths, Fang Yun's perception of time returned to normal, and then a strange scene appeared outside the Yamen lobby.

The sun in the sky is moving rapidly, and the shadows on the ground are also moving rapidly. However, in a few breaths, time flies, the sun sets, and it enters night. But after a few breaths, the sun rises, and the time flow seems to return to normal.

Fang Yun sat in the lobby, looking at the shadow of the building outside the door, and sighed softly.

"This Zongsheng..."

Fang Yun murmured to himself that this second year's discussion was indeed a difficult point.

There are many truths in the "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" of the Zajia family, among which one of which is "observe the present and know the past" is very famous, and it is also the main holy way for the Zajia family to stand firm and not even fear Confucianism and other schools.

There is a sentence in "Cha Jin" that "look at the shadow under the hall, and you can know the movement of the sun and the moon." It is a very simple truth. By looking at the changes in the shadows of the house, you can know the changes in the movement of the sun and the moon, and the changes in the night and day.