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One petal, two petals, dancing like a man.

The slanting sun shines on the pear tree, and the petals are slightly blue.

Pang Ji asked kindly: "Have you done your homework?" ”

Le Song nodded, and took out three or four books full of notes from his book bag, as well as a stack of more than ten pages of strategies.

In the past few months, Pang Ji's astonishing speed of Le Song's marking is no longer strange.

Ten lines at a glance, and never forget.

Touching the analogy, drawing inferences from one another.

Those books are the "Treatise on Salt and Iron", "Spring and Autumn Dew", "Hanshu and Food Journal", and "On Accumulation and Sparseness" that he arranged for Le Song to read carefully the day before yesterday.

Recently, the official school has been teaching "Historical Records", and in the past few days, it has talked about Liu Fuling, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty.

For other students in government schools, it is enough to give them a general understanding of history.

In the "Salt and Iron Conference" in the sixth year of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, Pang Ji passed it in class, but he privately added a lot of homework to Le Song, let him consult relevant classics, and then write a strategy.

Pang Ji carefully looked at the strategy, and suddenly, his eyebrows were furrowed, and he was displeased and puzzled: "You don't agree with Sang Hongyang's statement? ”

The "Salt and Iron Conference" refers to the fact that in February of the sixth year of the Han Dynasty, the imperial court summoned more than 60 virtuous and virtuous writers from all over the country to arrive in the capital Chang'an, and discussed the problems of people's livelihood with officials such as Sang Hongyang, the imperial historian.

At the meeting, the two sides launched a fierce debate on matters such as the official management of salt and iron, the monopoly of liquor, the equalization of losses, the leveling of standards, and the unified coinage.

The virtuous and literary scholars criticized the policy formulated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, demanding that "salt and iron be stopped, wine should be drunk, and all should be lost". Backed by Confucianism, they stress morality, benevolence and righteousness, oppose "words and profits," and believe that the implementation of official-run policies such as salt and iron is "competing for profits with the people," which violates the creed of the Confucian sages of "virtue and cheapness, and righteousness over wealth."

At the same time, they also reiterated the Legalist theory of emphasizing the basics and suppressing the end, holding that government-run industry and commerce "are not the main task of governing the country," advocating "advancing the basics and retreating from the bottom, and broadly benefiting agriculture," accusing the government of running industry and commerce as "competing with businessmen for market profits," and advocating the laissez-faire proposition of "not obstructing the sea for the convenience of the people externally, and not prohibiting the use of swords and coins for the benefit of the people."

However, the imperial historian, that is, Sang Hongyang, emphasized the rule of law, advocated utilitarianism, and insisted that the imperial court must intervene in salt and iron, wine, and even loss, believing that it was "beneficial to the country and harmless to the people", which could not only increase the national treasury, "use Sasuke's border expenses", but also develop agricultural production, "leave the party, prohibit prostitution and luxury, and eliminate the road of merger and annexation", so it must not be abolished.

Pang Ji thought that the hero saw the same thing, and Le Song would be like himself, taking what Sang Hongyang said as the right way.

But I never thought that Le Song sprinkled more than 1,000 words, the arguments were rigorous, and the side references were all to refute Sang Hongyang.

Le Song said: "Yes, the students not only disagree with what Sang Hongyang said, but also disagree with what is said by virtue and literature. ”

Pang Ji raised his eyebrows: "Oh? ”

"The student doesn't have a full argument," Le Song looked at Pang Ji, his tone weakened slightly, and he said: "The business in this world is nothing more than the word 'supply and demand'. ”

"Supply and demand?"

"When there is an oversupply, the selling price falls, and when the supply exceeds the demand, the selling price goes up."

Pang Ji thought about it, pondered for a moment, and felt that what he said was extremely true.

Le Song continued: "And the wealth in the world is probably a total number, and what Sang Hongyang did seemed to have increased the treasury, but in essence, it was to compete with the people and business. ”

Pang Ji nodded, and he couldn't help asking, "You are twelve years old this year?" ”

Le Song replied: "The birthday just passed last month, it is thirteen. ”

Pang pretended to be calm, but he was secretly ecstatic in his heart - even this year's new champion may not be able to see this layer.

Is Le Song a jade? It's a diamond gem! After being polished by his own hands, over time, it will definitely surprise the four and shine.

He asked, "Then why don't you agree with what is said about virtue and literature?" ”

Le Song didn't answer, and stared at Pang Ji without blinking for a moment.

Pang Ji was very curious, and asked with a smile: "Why don't you say anything?" ”

The other party lowered his eyes and thought for a long time before he said: "Actually, what I don't agree with is not virtuous and literature, but what the ancient sages said, 'Virtue and cheapness, righteousness and light wealth'." ”

"You!" Pang Ji was stunned.

Le Songjing said to himself: "Students don't understand and don't agree, why does valuing money must be light and immoral?" The pursuit of better, the pursuit of more, and even selfishness and greed, these are human nature. ”

Pang Ji was speechless for a while, he seriously recalled Le Song's words, and really didn't know how to answer this torture from the soul.

After a while, he coughed lightly, took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and then said: "Selfishness, greed, and blindly pursuing the greatest interests are the nature of animals. The difference between human beings and animals is precisely that we have morality and benevolence. ”

"But, Shaobao," Le Song asked him, "have you ever wondered what the nature of morality, morality, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and faith is?" ”

Pang Ji was stunned for a moment.

He really never thought about it.

Since he was a child, his father and husband taught him to be a good gentleman.

But why?

After thinking about it, he replied, "Those who have attained the Tao have much help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help." Widows are helpless, relatives are on the side. If you help more, the world will follow it. ”

Le Song smiled and sighed, and asked, "Shaobao, have you ever raised a monkey?" ”

Pang Ji didn't know why he asked, shook his head and said, "I haven't raised it." ”

"Our Hou Mansion has a Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city, and there is a forest in it, and there are many wild monkeys living in it." Le Song said: "There is a little monkey who is very clever and lively, and I call it 'Wangcai'. Every time I go to Zhuangzi, I bring some mountain fruits and vegetables to feed it. ”

"Huh?"

"The wealth is very generous, I give it fruit, and if it can't eat it by itself, I will share it with other monkeys......

Pang Ji was silent, and only listened quietly to what Le Song said.

"One day, I suddenly wondered, is there a reward for Wangcai's selflessness? So I took it, locked it up, and ordered all the fruit in the forest to be picked. The next day, I put it back in the forest, and after looking for it for a long time, I couldn't pick the fruit......"

"And then?"

At this time, the monkeys who had eaten Wangcai fruits on weekdays gave them their fruits. And in this forest, there is a monkey that is particularly withdrawn, and it has a tuft of white hair on its head, which is easy to identify. 'White Hair' had never eaten Wangcai's fruits, but he also gave some of his own fruits to Wangcai. ”

Pang Ji was thoughtful, and listened to Lesong and asked: "Shaobao, why does 'Bai Mao' want to distribute fruits to Wangcai?" Could it be that it also understands the truth of 'there is much help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust'? ”

This is naturally impossible. How can a monkey understand righteousness?

Pang Ji shook his head and said frankly: "I don't know for the teacher." ”

Le Song said: "The student thought about it for a long time before he figured it out. These monkeys live in the wild, and there may always be times when they can't pick fruit. If the other party is a stingy monkey, 'White Hair' will definitely not help him, because if he is in trouble one day, the other party will not necessarily help him. However, with Wangcai's generous personality, if he can't find fruit one day, Wangcai will definitely help, so he is happy to lend a helping hand when Wangcai is in trouble. ”

Pang Ji looked at Le Song in a daze, looking at a monster with the eyes of a monster, as if looking at a monster with five heads and six hands.

Le Song didn't think he was surprised enough, and added: "Thinking about it this way, Wangcai's 'selflessness' and 'generosity' are probably also the instinct of survival. ”

He looked at Pang Ji, and there was undisguised ridicule in his eyes: "Shaobao, the benevolence, righteousness and morality mentioned by Confucianism are not from this monkey-like selfishness?" ”

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