Guo Pu may use the school examination to excuse Gao Pragmatic's apprenticeship, Gao Pragmatic had been mentally prepared before, so he was neither surprised nor afraid of difficulties when he heard this, but just calmly bowed his hand: "Please ask Mr. to ask for the question." ”

Guo Pu nodded slightly, and said: "Zhongxuan said in the letter, you first read "University", especially love "University Yanyi Supplement", Qiu Wenzhuang is a great talent in the world, and there is also a lot of talk about wealth in this book. ”

Gao pragmatic asked: "Where is the kid doing the question?" ”

Guo Pu pointed to the room next to him: "That is the study, there are pen, ink, paper and inkstones, you can go yourself." ”

Gao was not polite, bowed slightly, and went by himself.

When I arrived at the study, I found that Guo Pu's home was indeed simple, although it was not like the "thatched house" in his poem, but it was really a little shabby, and the ground was not even green bricks, just rammed earth rolling, and it was not even very smooth.

Fortunately, Anyang is also considered to be the north, if it is the south, in the spring and summer, the ghost knows how humid this house is.

At this time, he didn't listen to the piano and admire the moon to lay paper and ink for him, so he could only study the ink first, and think about the way to solve this problem while studying the ink.

This question comes from Chapter 10 of the "University", and the original text is: There is a way to generate wealth, those who live are many, those who eat are few, those who are sick for it, and those who use it are comfortable, then wealth is enough. The benevolent make a fortune, and the unkind make a fortune. There are no good benevolence and bad righteousness, there is no good righteousness and the matter does not end, and there is no treasury wealth that is not their wealth. Meng Xianzi said: "Livestock and horses are not noticed by chickens and dolphins, the house of ice cutting does not raise cattle and sheep, and the house of 100 vehicles does not collect livestock." Rather than having ministers of aggregation, it is better to have thieves. This means that the state does not take profit for profit, but also for righteousness. Those who grow up the country and use money will be small. He is good, the villain is the country, and disasters are coming. Although there are good people, there is nothing like it! This means that the country does not take profit for profit, but also for righteousness.

This question belongs to the whole chapter, that is, a whole sentence, which is very consistent with Gao Gong's previous analysis of Guo Pu: Guo Pu is a person who likes to be upright.

Specific to this question: there is a way to make money, there are many people who live, there are few people who eat, those who are sick for it, and those who use it are comfortable, then the wealth is enough.

"Generating wealth" is the avenue of production, and this avenue is the principle, that is, the principle of producing wealth, what principle?

"The many who are born", that is, the production is many, and "many" means many.

"Those who eat are few", this "food" is only enjoying, that is, the meaning of less. That is, everyone is engaged in production, so there are more people who produce. For example, if there are no idle positions in the court, and those who eat white rice do not have these positions, then there are few eaters, and there are fewer people who enjoy these things without doing things.

"For the sake of the disease", "for it" is to create wealth. "Disease" means rapid, that is, to create wealth quickly.

"The user is comfortable", which refers to the slow use of wealth, that is, the use of caution, not waste, "then the wealth is always sufficient", then in this way, the wealth can always be sufficient, "constant" is always sufficient.

The simplest way to put it is to break the essence of the problem. What is the gist of this question? In fact, it is the first sentence: there is a way to make money.

There are two key points: making money, the avenue.

Gao pragmatically estimated that Guo Pu came up with this question probably to remind himself that making money is a road, not a small road, and hopes that he will not go astray and just think about making money for himself.

Therefore, this question needs to be divided into two: first, wealth can be "born"; Secondly, this is the avenue, and we should focus on the world, not just a corner.

Gao pragmatic smiled, and there was a solution.

Speaking big, I've had so many meetings, and I'm very good at it.

The paper has been rolled out, the ink has been researched, and the high pragmatism is directly written:

"The king equalizes the wealth of the world, and he is only born with the Tao."

Since you like to be upright, "king" and "dao" are of course the best words to improve the problem-solving style, this is called a high argument, just like the interpretation of Li Bai's play poems in later generations, it is always said that he is "the great rivers and mountains of the motherland".

The next step is to undertake the topic, that is, to state the topic, which is also easy to do, Gao pragmatic wrote:

"The husband and wealth cannot be gathered and can be born, and the life has its own avenue, which can be called 'the outer book and the inner end'?"

Gao Pragmatism's sentence "Outside the book and inside the end" is also from "University": A gentleman is cautious and virtuous. There are people who are virtuous, there are people who have soil, there is land and there is wealth, and there is wealth and usefulness. The virtuous are also the first, and the rich are also the end. Outside the book and inside the end, fight for the people.

Zhu Xi said in "Chapters and Verses": "The king of the people takes virtue as the outside and wealth as the inside, but he fights his people and teaches them to rob." It roughly means that virtue is the first, wealth is the second, and the cart cannot be turned upside down.

Gao Pragmatism is written here, and the meaning is: Mr. Guo, I know what you mean, I don't value wealth and ignore morality.

Next, it's time to actually write an article, and the so-called "talk" is also. This time, Gao pragmatic thought about it for a while, not that the meaning was difficult to express, but that he needed to ponder the sentence.

After a while, he took up the pen and wrote:

"And those who level the world, and the number of powerful husbands, should not be the king's business. I don't know that the people have a place to support their lives, and if they can't give them what they want, they will fight. There are endless treasures in the two rooms, and there is no chance to take advantage of them. However, those who do not selfishly act in the meantime with the will of the decency, and distribute the upper and lower for the sake of profit, are indeed not within the power of those who outwit the magicians. ”

As we all know, Bagu Wen wants to "speak on behalf of the sage", starting from this paragraph, Gao Pragmatism is based on the meaning of Zhu Xi above, and after writing, I looked at it again and felt that there was no problem, especially the word "fight" in the sentence "I don't know that the people have a place to support their lives, and they can't fight for what they want", which perfectly fits Zhu Xi's point of view.

"I make money for those who level the world:" This is called entering the topic, and I am beginning to prepare to reason - to talk about the truth.

The following is to start the second strand, which requires a neat battle, more and more need to carve the text, Gao pragmatic did not write directly, but first played a draft, compared and changed it twice, adjusted the individual words, and then wrote:

"Wealth is all born, wealth is not born for a day, then the qi of all things is consumed, and the living person is not self-sufficient, knowing that its origin is not born, and the long-term collection can be seen Yin and Yang gathering.

Wealth is not self-generated, and if wealth is not born for a day, the essence of all things is easy to disperse, and the king has no power. Knowing that it must be born, and the surplus and deficiency are prosperous, you can adjust the level of personnel. ”

Gao pragmatic said in the last sentence, in fact, the meaning is very simple: there must be such a thing as wealth, as for all things, yin and yang, etc., it is to be elevated, of course, it must also be elevated, and Confucian articles have always been like this.

The next sentence is much more pragmatic, saying that wealth is not born by himself, and the king obtains power by governing the wealth of the world, and uses wealth to balance all the people of the world.

In fact, this can be regarded as a thorough statement of the article's point of view: financial management is for the world.

Then the next sentence is easy to write, echoing:

"Making money is inherently good!"

There is indeed a great way to make money!