Opposite the Crane Shrine is the Mirror Lake, a circle of flower fields outside the Mirror Lake, Tang Pidi sat in the flower field and looked at the Mirror Lake in a daze.

Li Qi took the book back from Mr. Li, and was in a hurry to match Tang, so he trotted all the way back.

Li Qi distinguished the two books in his hand, and handed him the one that Tang Pi was fighting for: "This is yours." ”

Tang was stunned: "So fast? ”

Li Qi said: "Mr. Li said that we have good understanding, so I will only write a rough outline, let us draw inferences and think for ourselves." ”

Tang Pidi nodded: "It's okay." ”

Li Qi said: "These two books, one is called the national policy, and the other is called the soldiers, I flipped through them on the way back, they were concise and exquisite, let's read them instead." ”

Tang Pi snorted, and the two of them sat on the stone bench in the sea of flowers and watched, and the more they looked at it, the more frightened they became.

Both of these booklets written by Mr. Li are very thin, but they are only twenty or thirty pages, and the number of words on each page is not very large.

But every sentence seems to require deep thought.

"Fooling the people is not the way to govern the country."

When Li Qi read this, his heart was even more shocked.

This sentence is contrary to the policies of the Great Chu, the Great Zhou, and the previous dynasties, and if it is said in public, it may be punished.

Since the beginning of historical records, which dynasty was not the policy of fooling the people?

We should use a very small number of people who are well-read, reasonable, and open-minded to govern the vast majority of the people who do not know how to read and write, and do not understand the great truth.

Tang Pidi also frowned when he heard this, he looked at Li Qi, and after a moment of silence, he said, "This sentence is very high. ”

If a person is not standing in a very high place, he cannot see so far, and he cannot think so deeply.

If Mr. Li heard his words, he would definitely think in his heart, I am standing on the height of 5,000 years of civilization history, do you say it is high?

"It's not that the more stupid the people, the better they can govern the country."

Tang Pi said: "The higher the wisdom of the people, the more prosperous the civilization, whether it is culture, etiquette, the higher the level of the people, in fact, the less chaotic the people." ”

After a pause, he continued: "The more the people know, the more everyone reads and writes, everyone understands things, knows right and wrong, and distinguishes right from wrong, then this constraint is actually not more important to the code, but more important to the heart, and the constraint is in everyone's heart, knowing what is not done well." ”

Li Qi nodded: "Sir's words speak out for a thousand years." ”

Tang Pi said: "You have to write it down, in the future, you must open up the wisdom of the people, run a national school, not only in the big city, the state has a state school, the county has a county school, and the township must also have a township school, and the fees required for admission must be allocated by the local government, and the people who enter the school will take care of a small part of themselves, and when the country is strong in the future, all the money needed for learning, the imperial court will all come out, as long as the people are for learning, then they can't collect money." ”

Li Qi naturally nodded and said, "Okay, I've written it down." ”

Tang Pidi glanced at Li Qi with a smile, as if he had a deep meaning.

Li Qi was still staring at the book in his hand, and he didn't see Tang Pidi's meaningful eyes and meaningful smile.

Tang Pidi smiled and continued to probe a sentence: "Speaking of folk studies, let's talk about the imperial examination, how to make the imperial examination more fair?" ”

Li Qi just happened to see that Mr. Li had written about this, and it was only a few words, but it was just as thought-provoking.

"I'll show you this."

Li Qi handed the book to Tang Pidi and pointed to the words written by Mr. Li on it.

No matter what time it is, for the children of ordinary people, a fair imperial examination system is one of the few opportunities in their lives to change their fate, perhaps the only chance.

Li Qi said: "Mr. wrote that if you want to ensure fairness as much as possible, you must have a complete set of legal codes to protect the imperial examination, so that students feel that at least the imperial court strives to be fair in its attitude." ”

Tang Pidi read the words written by Mr. Li, and then let out a long breath, and he sighed: "If a talent like Mr. can govern the country......

Li Qi shook his head and said, "Later."

If you want to ask Mr. out of the mountain, I'm afraid it will be extremely difficult. ”

Tang Pidi said casually: "Then you will learn more." ”

Li Qi said: "Okay." ”

So Tang Pidi laughed again, this time his smile Li Qi saw it, but he didn't quite understand why Tang Pidi laughed.

In the distance, Gao Xining, who was sitting on the swing of the sea of flowers, looked at Li Qi's side and kept watching, smirking while watching.

It's like a young and beautiful mother, watching her precious son play in the sand in the distance.

Xiahou Yuli looked at her and then at Li Qi, and then laughed too.

"Nymphomaniac."

She said with a smile.

Gao Xining said: "How is this nymphomania, he is so good-looking, he feels like he has earned it if he looks at it more." ”

"Him?"

Xiahou Yuli asked ill-intentionedly.

Gao Xining was stunned for a moment, and then raised his voice: "Yes, it's him." ”

Xiahou Yuli asked: "Isn't the other one dignified and suave?" ”

Gao Xining's eyes didn't leave Li Qi, and he replied casually: "Another?" That's it, plain. ”

At this moment, several senior sisters of the Immortal Crane Divine Palace passed by not far away, and they also looked at Li Qi and Tang Biao.

But the two of them didn't look at them at all, but discussed something while reading a book, which made those senior sisters even more curious.

"Are we not good-looking?"

One of the senior sisters snorted.

Another senior sister said: "Then they are not good-looking!" ”

Several people looked at each other, then nodded, "Yes, they don't look good either." ”

The youngest of them, about sixteen or seventeen years old, said with some confusion: "That...... Which is slightly uglier? ”

Several people looked at each other again, and they all felt that it was so difficult.

Ah, it's so difficult to choose a concubine like this.

Hearing them talking about what was going on, Xiahou Yuli asked Gao Xining with a smile: "If these senior sisters follow us back to Jizhou, are you afraid that they will also like your stupid boy?" ”

Gao Xining said: "Why be afraid? ”

Xiahou Yuli said: "The senior sisters are all young and beautiful girls. ”

Gao Xining smiled and said, "Me too." ”

Xiahou Yu stood up for a moment, and then laughed out loud.

Gao Xining said: "If they really like that silly boy, I can help them matchmaking, but ......"

She waved her little fist: "Gotta collect the money!" ”

Xiahou Yuli sighed: "Sure enough, you and him are a perfect match." ”

Crane Shrine.

The door master, Shen Ruyun, looked at Mrs. Xiahou and said, "Senior sister, you can stay, the days of Yunyin Mountain are calmer than outside, you must be stable, and you must be at ease." ”

Mrs. Xiahou shook her head, and she said with a smile: "When I was in Jizhou, I often couldn't help but think about how good it would have been if I hadn't left Yunyin Mountain back then......"

"But there are some things that have been chosen, and when they happen, there is no choice of regret or non-regret, and those who can choose are not really cared about."

Shen Ruyun didn't understand, so she asked, "Why do you say that?" Isn't everything to regret and not to regret? ”

Madame Xiahou replied, "Child." ”

When she thought of Xiahou Zhuo and Xiahou Yuli, the corners of her mouth involuntarily rose slightly.

"I will regret anything else, but I have never had a child, and the two of them are more important than my life."

Shen Ruyun fell silent.

In fact, she is only thirty years old, and she has never left Yunyin Mountain, where can she understand so many complicated things, where she has had so many complicated feelings.

"I don't understand what Senior Sister said, but what Senior Sister cares about must be right

。 ”

Shen Ruyun said: "Senior sister, what ...... Should we leave Yunyin Mountain? ”

Mrs. Xiahou replied: "Should I not be able to make a decision, the fate of so many children, you have to ask them carefully, and you must also explain what the world is like outside." ”

She continued: "Every ten years, the master will choose three worldly walkers, bring the poor little girl outside back for adoption, come back once a year, but never enter the mountain gate, put the child down outside the mountain gate, and return after ten years, every world walk will choose to leave the Crane Shrine, or go to another place to live in seclusion, or return to the earthly world. ”

She asked Shen Ruyun: "You should know why the ancestor set this rule back then." ”

"I know."

Shen Ruyun said: "Ten years of walking in the rivers and lakes is no longer suitable for staying in the Immortal Crane Divine Palace, but this is not fair to them. ”

Mrs. Xiahou said: "It's unfair, but every generation of people who walk in the world strictly follow the teachings of their ancestors, and their efforts are not willing to let the children in Yunyin Mountain be infected by the world again." ”

She looked at Shen Ruyun's eyes and said seriously: "So should they go out or not, think deeply, and think deeply." ”

"Senior sister."

Shen Ruyun got up, took a step back, and then bowed solemnly.

"If they are willing to return to the world and ask their senior sister to take care of them, they are too simple, they came because of the hardships of the world, but now they don't know the hardships of the world."

Mrs. Xiahou hurriedly got up and bowed back: "If they are willing, I will take care of them as I do with Zhuo'er and Yuli." ”

Shen Ruyun said: "Thirty miles away, ....."

Before she finished her words, Mrs. Xiahou continued: "There are still many people in the world who walk in seclusion. ”

Shen Ruyun said: "Senior sister, let's go and ask together." ”

"Okay."

More than half an hour later, thirty miles away from the Crane Shrine, there is a row of wooden houses at the foot of the mountain, in the shade of the mountain peach trees.

Not far away is the small river, there is a trestle bridge by the river, and there are peach trees on the bank, so they named this place Taohuawu.

Every year in March and April, the peach blossoms here are full of mountains, and the peach blossoms are on the trees, and they are more beautiful than the peach blossoms.

Shen Ruyun and Mrs. Xiahou stopped outside the gate of the fence courtyard, and both of them tidied up their clothes, and then bowed down at the same time.

"Shen Ruyun, a disciple of the Immortal Crane Divine Palace, and Xiahou Tian, a disciple, ask to see you to worship."

Walking in the world of the Crane Shrine, they returned after ten years and did not enter the mountain gate, but they were respected as worshippers, and their status was higher than that of the door master.

All the disciples of the Immortal Crane Shrine, including the master of the sect, should ask to see them as a junior.

In fact, according to the rules, the master of the door should also have a trip to the world to practice, and only after returning can he inherit the position of the master of the door.

However, the requirement for the successor of the door master must come back one year at the latest, and Xiahou Tian walked out of Yunyin Mountain because of the door rules that year.

But she didn't come back, and the master had passed away, so Shen Ruyun was elected as the master of the door, and she had no experience of walking in the world.

There were people in the wooden houses, and they seemed curious, but they all greeted them with smiles.

Among them, there is a woman who looks to be about thirty years old, who should be the same generation as Shen Ruyun, this is a woman with an irresistible mature charm all over her body.

She is not charming, but even if she just walks in front of you, you will feel that such a woman, you will not forget it for a long, long time when you look at it.

You feel like you've forgotten it, and when you think about it for a moment, her appearance is still etched in your mind.

She didn't have long, long hair like everyone else, her hair didn't reach her shoulders, because she felt it was less troublesome.

She wore a coarse cloth shirt, not a long skirt, and the linen trousers were wide and fat, but they did not look bloated at all.

She walked out with her hands in her pants pockets, and her walking posture was a little lazy, but it was very comfortable.

Her name is Shen Ruzhan, Shen Ruyun's sister.