The salt industry is an important source of financial revenue for the Qi State, and Cai Ji, who takes the unification of the world as his own responsibility, naturally cannot easily make the law of drying salt public. Sima Hui used such a high moral standard to demand Cai Ji, obviously to make Lin Fei retreat. Lin Fei already understood at this moment that even if he wore out his mouth today, he was afraid that it would be difficult to see the elders of the Momen. Deeply indignant, he immediately ignored Sima Hui and turned his gaze to the bamboo curtain road, "Since my monarch entered Qingzhou, he has neither raised the price of salt, nor blackmailed the princes with salt. On the contrary, under the guidance of my family, the salt produced in the salt field has increased several times, so that the people of Qi can enjoy cheap salt. As for the high price of salt in other countries, it is because the princes levy salt taxes. How can I blame my king? ”

Lin Fei's words seemed to be for Huang Yueying. In addition to refuting Sima Hui's question, Lin Fei also wanted to prove to Huang Yueying that he had not violated Mohist thought. Sure enough, this time, Huang Yueying listened to what Lin Fei said, and finally couldn't help but echo and said, "Yueying has the honor to read the "Qi Min Compendium" written by Lord Qi, which contains Donglai waterwheels, overturned cars, wheelbarrows, windmills, etc., which are all tools for the benefit of the country and the people. Jiangwutang's "Mathematics", "Metaphysics", "Chemistry", "Physics" and other works are even more exquisite, which opened Yueying's eyes. ”

Some of the books Huang Yueying mentioned were given by Lin Fei, and some were purchased by her entrusting people. It can be seen that Momen is also absorbing and learning Donglai's miscellaneous studies. But Lin Fei knew that just by reading books and ink behind closed doors, the Ink Gate could not keep up with the speed of the development of Donglai Miscellaneous Studies. So he immediately said to Huang Yueying in a serious tone, "Look at all things, and study heaven and man." Case. To also. Things, physics also. My family is the beginning of learning to learn from things, and recruits talented people and strangers to explore the principle of all things in the lecture hall. In this way, works such as "Qi Min's Compendium", "Mathematics", "Metaphysics", "Chemistry", and "Physics" have been published one after another. ”

"Knowing things? But from the Book of Rites. Those who want to be sincere in their intentions should know it first; Enlightenment is in Gewu. Character and then know, know and then sincerity? Huang Yueying asked.

"Exactly." Lin Fei nodded in reply.

In fact, in the "University" article, Huang Yueying only mentions "Gewu Zhizhi" in this passage, and then does not give any explanation, and there is no pre-Qin ancient book that uses the words "Gewu" and "Zhizhi" for reference. So far, Zheng Xuan, a Hongru in the Eastern Han Dynasty, has annotated this passage as, "Ge, come also." Things, things also. It is known in the good. Then come good things. If they know the depths of evil, they will come to evil things. Words and things come to people's favorites. Sincerely, or so. Two thousand years later, the interpretation of "learning from things" is, "exploring the principle of things." thus gaining knowledge". Obviously, there is a huge difference between the two.

However, Mohists are a practice-oriented school. Cai Ji's "Studying all things, studying heaven and man" obviously resonates more with Huang Yueying. Even Sima Hui couldn't help but twist his beard and muttered, "Taking knowledge as the beginning of learning... Lord Qi's argument coincides with the post-study of the Mo family. ”

Seeing this, Lin Fei thought that Sima Hui's attitude had loosened, so he hurriedly hit the railway while it was hot. "My family has always admired Moxue. If Momen moves north to the Qi State and is determined to be reused by the Qi Lord, Moxue will definitely be able to carry forward. ”

Unexpectedly, Sima Hui, who came back to his senses, once again politely rejected Lin Fei's proposal, "It's rare that Lord Qi loves Moxue so much." It's a pity that the elders of Momen have no intention of asking about the world in view of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Among the disciples of the younger generations of Momen, Ru and Zilang have been in Cai Qi, and Deheng has served Cao Wei. Yueying is a woman who is about to get married. The rest of the disciples are either young, or they are from Jingzhou. Don't mention the matter of moving north. ”

Sima Hui told the truth this time. The conditions for recruiting disciples are quite strict. Those who can become teachers are even rarer. In addition, today's Momen has been completely Jingzhouized, and most of the disciples recruited are from Jingzhou. Even Momen's income comes mostly from local families in Jingzhou. Similarly, Lin Fei, Xiao Bai and others in the north could not follow Juzi's order to leave the Qi State and return to the main altar to wait for their orders. It is true that the Mo family is known for its unity among the hundreds of sons, but after the death of Mozi, the Mo family is still divided. It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed the Hundred Schools of Thought and respected Confucianism that several factions of the Mo family were reorganized into the Mo Gate. Therefore, long before heading south, Lin Fei had vaguely expected that Momen would split again this time. And at this moment, after listening to what Sima Hui said, he finally realized that some things were unavoidable.

So the next moment, Lin Fei shook his long sleeves and hugged his fists, "Since Juzi and the elder have no intention of taking Momen north, it is inconvenient to fly any more reluctantly." ”

On the other hand, although Sima Hui rejected Lin Fei's invitation to go north, he didn't want to completely offend Qi State. After all, in line with the principle of close attack and distant friendship, Jingzhou's forces and Qi are natural allies geographically. Therefore, on the premise of not moving the nest, the Momen General Altar still needs to maintain a certain amount of contact with the northern branch headed by Lin Fei. Thinking of this, Sima Huiwu took a deep breath, and then said earnestly to Lin Fei, "The Mo family is still virtuous, Zhengjie has recognized the Lord of Qi as a virtuous monarch, and he should take the first great son Meng Sheng as an example. ”

Meng Sheng was the son of the Mo family in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and his famous deeds were for the sake of righteousness, and about 180 disciples died in the fief of the Yang Chengjun of the Chu State. Sima Hui used Meng Sheng's deeds to encourage Lin Fei, apparently already regarded Lin Fei as the leading figure of the Northern Mo family. Lin Fei has been immersed in officialdom for many years, and of course he can hear the sound of the piano and know the meaning of the strings. Seeing that he was in the spirit of parting ways here, he bowed respectfully to Sima Hui for the last time and said, "Thank you for your teachings." ”

Although the meeting between Lin Fei and Sima Hui ended in a compromise, Momen was divided into two factions, the north and the south. However, when Lin Fei walked out of the mountain gate alone in front of the sprinkled snowflakes, he suddenly heard someone behind him shouting, "Senior Brother Zhengjie, wait a minute!" ”

Lin Fei heard the sound and stopped to look back. I saw one of the previous pair of welcoming twins, who came to him at a trot, raised his hand and handed over a booklet and said, "Senior Sister Yueying ordered Yu to transfer this book to Senior Brother, and I hope that Senior Brother will not forget his original intention after returning to the north, and carry forward Moxue." ”

"Pen Talk on Da Xian Mountain" - Looking at the familiar and delicate handwriting on the cover, Lin Fei felt for a while that the booklet in his hand, which was not too thick, weighed a thousand catties.

In fact, Sima Hui is far from the only one who is optimistic about Liu Bei, the master of Jing. And at the same time that Sima Hui rejected Lin Fei, the Shu envoy Zhang Song had already gone south to Changsha with Xu Shu to see Liu Bei. It is said that the reason why Zhang Song chose to go south to see Liu Bei instead of going north to find Cao Cao. In addition to Liu Bei's better reputation than Cao Cao, it is also somewhat related to the status of this Duke Jing's Han clan. And as Zhang Song stepped into the realm of Nanjing, he was even more glad that he had chosen Liu Bei.

It was the wax moon. It is the coldest season of the year, the ox cart carrying Zhang Song and others all the way south, seeing that the counties along the way, although the people are not as rich as Jingbei, but the cold have their clothes, and the hungry have their food. In hub cities such as Gangneung, Zhang Song even saw porridge shops specially designed to gather displaced people. He couldn't help but blurt out praise, "At this time when the world is in turmoil, Nanjing can still set up a porridge shop to help the hungry." Your lord is benevolent and righteous, which is enough to make the princes of the world ashamed. ”

Xu Shu on the side saw that Zhang Song was full of praise for Nanjing's relief facilities, and hurriedly said humbly, "Ziqiao doesn't know anything. The porridge shops in each city of Nanjing are actually funded by the local family clan. My monarch is just following the strategy of Zhuge Junshi. Give a heavy reward to those who open positions to help the people. ”

Xu Shu's understatement of just a few words was deafening to Zhang Song's ears. It made him feel calm for a long time. It must be known that if the Jingnan government opened a porridge shop with official grain, it can only prove that Liu Bei is a benevolent and righteous monarch who cares for the people. According to Xu Shu's current statement, the porridge shops all over the cities of Nanjing are clearly set up by the local family clan party on the orders of Liu Bei. This shows that Liu Bei not only has a benevolent heart, but also seems to have taken the local family clan in Nanjing for his own use. On the other hand, Liu Zhang, the head of his family, only thinks about accumulating money, and he does not know the people's feelings and opinions, nor does he know the people's worries and grievances. Under the effect of the upper and lower levels, the clan party of Shu also does not care about the suffering of the people. They either lived a life of luxury and prostitution, or they believed that the spirits and gods offered large sums of money and food to various gods and witches. In contrast, it is really more human than human beings who have to die. Shop around and throw it away.

In fact, where did Zhang Song know that the family clan party in Nanjing would be so active in cooperating with Liu Bei to help the displaced people. Neither because they were more conscious than the clan clan in Shudi, nor because they were "influenced" by Uncle Liu Huang. In fact, the harmonious scene that Zhang Song saw along the way was completely the result of Zhuge Liang's combination of grace and power in the past few months. And all this has to start with Zhuge Liang being ordered to rectify the money shortage.

Previously, because Liu Bei made a lot of money, the people of Nanjing used barter to avoid the government's exploitation. On the other hand, those wealthy merchants who had assets to trade with the outside world in large quantities hoarded copper coins on the one hand, and traded gold and silver with five baht of Donglai, which caused a shortage of money. Zhuge Liang knew that the ultimate goal of his order to rectify the money shortage was to calm the market price and appease the people's grievances. So he didn't go to the trouble of the small people of Shengdou, but pointed the finger directly at the merchants who hoarded copper coins. Zhuge Liang first brought several misbehaving businessmen to justice on the charge of "hoarding", which made ordinary people applaud the government's efforts to rectify profiteers. However, Nanjing's family clan knew that Zhuge Liang's move was Xiang Zhuang's sword dance, which was intended for Pei Gong. After all, when it comes to "hoarding", they are much more black-hearted than businessmen, and even among the businessmen who were punished by Zhuge Liang, there are their agents. For a while, Nanjing's family clan was uneasy, for fear that one would be accidentally labeled as a "hoarder".

From Zhuge Liang's point of view, bringing a few profiteers to justice is just a knock on the mountain. Before Nanjing's family clan came up with a countermeasure, he suddenly announced that Nanjing's foreign trade was monopolized by the government, and he privately made decisions with merchants and traders from other countries without the permission of the government. This shocked the Nanjing government and the opposition. Xi Zhen directly wrote to accuse Zhuge Liang of being too harsh in formulating the law, but Liu Bei rejected it in court. Seeing that Liu Bei supported Zhuge Liang so strongly, Nanjing and the clan had no choice but to clamp their tails and fully cooperate with Zhuge Liang to rectify the money shortage in exchange for franchise. And Zhuge Liang considered that the New Year was approaching and there were still people displaced in Nanjing, so he told Liu Bei to ask the family clan to contribute food and efforts to resettle the displaced people.

It is also thanks to the weak strength of the local sect in Nanjing that Zhuge Liang can be trained like this. Otherwise, if you are a wealthy family in the Central Plains who can cultivate a family tree to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, how can you let a young man in his twenties rub it round and flatten. But Zhang Song can't care about this. At this time, he seemed to have regarded Nanjing as the savior of Shu, and he was only thinking about how to meet Liu Bei as soon as possible.

As if hearing Zhang Song's wish, a team of people suddenly appeared on the horizon southwest of the ox cart at this moment. But seeing that the leader of the team was full of life, with his ears hanging down his shoulders, it was Liu Bei himself. Knowing that Liu Bei, the lord of Jing, personally went out of the city to greet him, Zhang Song, who was flattered, hurriedly called for a stop, and walked down the ox cart with Xu Shu in three steps and two steps to welcome Liu Bei.

After a short time, Liu Bei's soldiers and horses had already arrived at the ox cart, Zhang Song immediately shook his long sleeves, and bowed respectfully to Liu Bei on horseback in an official dialect with a slight Shu accent, "Shu envoy Zhang Song has seen Jing Gong." ”

Seeing this, Liu Bei hurriedly grabbed the reins, turned over and dismounted, and quickly stepped forward to help Zhang Song and said, "Sir, don't be polite." Mr. Su Wen is knowledgeable and extraordinary. Knowing that Mr. drove south to Xiaoling, he couldn't help but want to see Mr. style, and asked Mr. not to laugh. ”

Seeing that Liu Bei, who is the king of a country, is so approachable, and then thinking of the many discrimination he has suffered over the years because of his appearance, Zhang Song's heart suddenly warmed, and he repeatedly said that he didn't dare to be in charge, "Loose talent is shallow in learning, and he can't be so praised by the monarch." ”

"Haha, Mr. is humble. Lone has prepared a feast for Mr. to receive the wind, and please don't excuse me. After speaking, Liu Bei took Zhang Song's hand and helped him into the carriage.

Liu Bei's Xiaoling City is located between Jiangling and Changsha. In history, Wu general Lü Meng "crossed the river in white" and attacked and killed Guan Yu, and was named the Marquis of Xiaoling by Sun Quan. In this time and space, Xiaoling City is an important city under Liu Bei's rule. In winter, the sun set early, and when the large group of people and horses surrounded Liu Bei and the ox cart carrying Zhang Song into the city, the sky was already dark. And the banquet held for Zhang Song was placed in the county government of Xiaoling City.

Don't look at the current situation where Liu Bei is already the king of a country, but Yi Nanjing's current financial resources can't support the scene of the king. For example, the utensils used in tonight's reception banquet are so simple that they can't catch up with some big families in the Central Plains. In addition, in order to save food and spend the limited copper money on the blade, Zhuge Liang also recently promulgated the "Prohibition of Alcohol", stipulating that it is strictly forbidden to brew wine and sell alcohol in all parts of Nanjing, and even those who drink alcohol will be punished. So at this time, Liu Bei had to apologize to Zhang Song with a little embarrassment, "In order to ensure that the people have food to live, alcohol is forbidden in the whole territory of Nanjing, and I ask Mr. for forgiveness." ”

At this time, Zhang Song had already been deeply impressed by Liu Bei's personality charm, and naturally he would not mind such a trivial matter. Seeing him smile loudly, he picked up the tea bowl and said, "Then the pine will follow the customs of the country, and use tea instead of wine to toast the monarch first." (To be continued......)