Cai Yong's question, Li Su has been preparing the answer from the beginning of the crossing, but in the past three months, no one has ever asked him in such detail as Cai Yong:

What books have you read? What do you specialize in?

Liu Bei, Liu Yan, and Liu Yu all cared about the source of Li Su's talent. But they are not scribes, they don't ask too much, and every time Li Su asks a few sources, they prevaricate.

This time, I must answer seriously, and I just happened to make up my own teacher background thoroughly.

Li Su Zhengse arched his hand and replied solemnly: "Su was born in poverty, he was interested in learning at the age of seven or eight, and followed the Zhongshan County Governor to write Hu Mao, but he did not have the name of a teacher and a student. Because what you have learned is only for practical use, so you have no time to practice poetry, rituals, and music, and the rest of the scriptures are only to look at their general outline, understand their meanings, and do not seek to understand.

Therefore, I am also considered to be 'taking officials as teachers', Ming Han Fei, general arithmetic, and knowing money and food. As for the art of vertical and horizontal, the contact is only a few months, but after entering Beijing, he has to be too often and Zong Bo to carry it, and have time to borrow Lantai classics, and appreciate the words of Su Wu, Ban Chao, Yi, Qin and other sages. ”

Li Su's words, first pointed out that he was absolutely "learning to apply", and what he learned was real things, blocking the possibility of the other party chatting with him about the Book of Rites and Songs.

In addition, he also found an excuse for his strong political practical ability - Lao Tzu studied Han Feizi and was a Legalist, so he was familiar with magic and knew the practical philosophy of political struggle.

Hundreds of dynasties have practiced the Qin political system, although the Han Dynasty has respected Confucianism on the surface, in fact, it is still Confucianism, which emperor is willing to endure the ruling wrist of the Legalists? It's just that people who learn from Han Fei don't dare to say it explicitly.

But Cai Yong is now in the opposition, and Li Su cannot be threatened in the officialdom, so everyone says this behind closed doors, just blocking Cai Yong's possibility of not asking questions.

Sure enough, Cai Yong only changed color slightly when he heard this, but Gu Yong was already a little breathless: "You...... You actually practiced Han Fei's evil arts? ”

Li Su said proudly: "The world is peaceful, and you should use Confucianism as a herdsman." There is a big dispute in the world, and thieves are everywhere, so they use magic to destroy the enemy, and this natural reason is also - I think Cai Gong is a reasonable gentleman and disdain to discuss people behind my back, so I put my heart in my heart, Brother Gu wants to report me? ”

He is also sure that Gu Yong will not tell right and wrong, and never speak ill of people behind his back. This person set Gu Yong to stand for a lifetime, and he can't play yin with others, once he plays once, his reputation will not stand for the rest of his life.

This is also why Gu Yong would rather hire a bodyguard, and then reason with Li Su than directly sneak a stick. Relatively speaking, such a clear guy, even if there is a conflict with you temporarily, is easy to deal with, and the yin person is terrible.

Cai Yong knows his proud protégé too well, and letting Gu Yong tell right and wrong is a matter that damages Gu Yong's character. But when I heard others say things that were inconsistent with my three views, I didn't study them deeply, and they didn't conform to Gu Yong's concept.

So the best way is to drive Gu Yong away and don't let him hear these dilemma conversations.

Cai Yong coughed lightly: "Yuan sighs, why are you so surprised, haven't you also watched "Han Feizi" as a teacher?" The stones of the mountain can attack jade, there is no good or evil in learning, if you think it is wrong, be vigilant, learn and not use it - you take the servants out for a walk, I have a conversation with Li Beijia, you should not listen. ”

This is the right way to respond to the right way, since Gu Yongzheng is bright, drive him away and say it in the righteous.

Gu Yong really didn't question it, bowed to Cai Yong, and then retreated obediently without saying a word.

Cai Yong's title for Li Su has become "Li Beijia". This is based on the official position he can get after following Liu Yu to Youzhou in the future, and he is called in advance, which obviously shows his optimism about Li Su.

After Gu Yong left, Cai Yong thought about it, clapped his hands, beckoned his daughter to give a few words, and then Cai Yan went inside to take a few volumes of manuscripts and put them on the piano table in front of him.

Cai Yong pointed and said: "This is what I have learned from setting up a museum in Wu County in recent years and writing behind closed doors, and this is only a part of it." Li Beijia has the power of engraving, you might as well take a look, feel that you can Xuanhua the world, copy a copy and take it, if you think it is not worth it, you can stay. ”

When the two sides talked about this, Cai Yong didn't dare to despise Li Su anymore, after all, he was a meritorious lobbyist who was about to give 600 stones, and Cai Yong didn't necessarily want to let his articles over the years be engraved and handed down.

For the ancient Chinese literati, the temptation to let their writings go down in history was too great.

Even people who don't love money and official positions, in the face of such good conditions, can only sigh in vain: Who can withstand this!

Moreover, Li Su said that the book engraved with ten gold was disseminated at a low price, which was to repay his impostor, Cai Yong did not speak from beginning to end, and he was famous and left in history, but also did not hurt Qinggao.

Li Su pretended to read Cai Yong's article, and Cai Yong also chatted with Li Su about some academic things.

Cai Yong is known for his wide range of talents, and he has the ability to learn and understand everything.

Since Li Su blocked the topic from the beginning and said that he didn't understand the poetry and etiquette, Cai Yong completely avoided the three classics and only talked to Li Su about the magic power of "Han Feizi", as well as his understanding of history and the summary of his experience.

"This Cai Yong is not a person who likes to attack his own strengths, maybe he has a lot of knowledge, so he disdains it, and his character is okay." Li Su secretly wondered in his heart.

"Although this Li Boya is young and his writing is vulgar, his knowledge is extraordinary. The interpretation of the lessons of historical events is really insightful, and he is really a practical talent. Cai Yong gradually left such an impression.

Of course, Cai Yong is not optimistic about Li Su, because he has already judged that Li Su is not a person from him, and his pursuit is different.

The two talked for about a quarter of an hour, and Li Su also roughly skimmed Cai Yong's new works in recent years, and then sighed and put them aside.

Seeing this, Cai Yong was slightly displeased: "Could it be that Li Don't think that Cai's articles are not worth circulating in the world?" ”

Li Su shook his head: "The writing is gorgeous, the rhetoric is extraordinary, and it is also very helpful to have insight into the gentleman and the clear mind.

If it is a peaceful era, these articles can naturally be used to nourish the herdsmen, and in this chaotic world, it will be of no benefit to the world. Today, when the method of engraving and printing was first created, the number of works that can be disseminated is limited. Literati want to benefit the people of the world, even if they write about the art of the emperor, it is not enough, only the art of the saint is worthy of being spread to the world. ”

Cai Yong changed abruptly: "Articles are written for the time, and songs and poems are written for things?" If it weren't for the fact that Li Beijia had the ability to persuade Shan Yu, he was a gentleman with the mission of the imperial court, and if someone else made such a big statement, Cai would have already evicted the guest. Then you can tell me, what kind of writings can get into your eyes? The art of the saint, isn't it too big? ”

Li Su spread his hands, folded a willow branch in the courtyard, dipped it in the pond water and casually scratched a few times on the ground next to him: "It's very simple, Cai Gong, although your article is well-known in the world, I'm afraid you don't dare to say that it is the first in the world, right?" I listed you as the top three in the world, do you think it is fair? ”

Cai Yong replied: "Being included in the top three in the world is already too prestigious, Mao Angong and Zi Gan Brother, and the articles are not under me." The rest of the great sages of the world can't do it all for a while. ”

Li Su: "That's fine, but even if you are the first in the world, you are only the first in the world in the past twenty or thirty years, such a person, there will always be one every few decades in the world, and the old one will definitely have a new one on top when he dies, so what's so rare?"

The art of a saint must be under the whole world, if there is no one else, it will be gone. For example, Confucius and Mencius set the rule of the century, and then more than 300 years, Gongsun Hong and Dong Zhongshu were used by Emperor Wu to make up for the disadvantages of Confucius and Mencius who could not be used by the world at that time, and solve the dilemma of orthodoxy in the world.

Dong Zhongshu has been followed for another 300 years. At the beginning, Gongsun Hong and Dong Zhongshu catered to Emperor Wu, far-fetched those heavenly and human induction, disaster and weft techniques, and pretended to be the way of Confucius and Mencius, but now they have become a big thing that can't be lost and eats the Han family. is like holding a sharp knife in his hand and giving people a handle, which is not enough to answer 'why the Han deserves to enjoy the world for all eternity, and why is the surname Liu worthy of being the son of heaven for all eternity'.

I also studied Dong Zhongshu's technique of stealing Korean merchants and pretending to be Confucius and Mencius, but for the next three hundred years, no one in the world can keep pace with the times and improve the art of sages again, and I feel sorry for the scholars in the world - so, Cai Gong, please don't be angry, I am not targeting you. ”

It is the entire world of scholars in the past three hundred years, and there is no one who can beat it in terms of updating the underlying theories of the ruling philosophy.

What about cultural achievements today? Who said that being number one in the world can't be a waste?

In the face of a saint who comes out once in a few hundred years, the first in the world in every time period can also be a waste.

It's nothing more than that the level of cultural people in this era is generally rotten, the short one is tall, and the relatively highest one can always be the first in the world.

When Cai Yong heard Li Su say this, he was almost shocked by Li Su's arrogance.

"Li Bei drove such a shocking statement, don't you think that you can be a saint who comes out once in three hundred years in the whole world? Oh, please try it! Cai Yong had already reached the state of mind to watch the excitement, but he didn't want to expose the other party, so he gave Li Su a chance to explain.

Li Su used a Mencius posture of "in today's world, who else can I be", and said unyieldingly:

"Okay, let me first talk about the real reasons why Gongsun Hong and Dong Zhongshu put forward the theory of 'heaven and man induction' and 'disaster response', and why this theory is no longer applicable with the passage of time, and there are many drawbacks that need to be revised urgently. If Cai Gong thinks what I said is unreasonable, he can refute it at any time. ”

Subsequently, Li Su spoke a grand remark.

There is no way, when he was studying at the Foreign Affairs Academy in his last life, he had a compulsory course, which was to study "all dynasties and countries throughout the ages, why they ruled the people, and what is the source of his legitimacy or legitimacy."

Because if you don't take this course, you won't be able to use all the "since ancient times" arguments when refuting questions from malicious journalists.

It's a pity that Li Su didn't have the ability to be a diplomatic spokesman in his previous life, and what he learned in this course has also been hidden as a dragon-slaying skill for many years, and he has never been able to use it when he was a negotiator.

Today, he has to come to help demonstrate the crude and untechnical question of "why does the surname Liu do the eternal world", and seek a huge profit for himself.

However, in the final analysis, even if he says it, it may not be able to change the course of history, and what ultimately determines the ownership of the world is force, and things like saints are only used to shepherd people's hearts after all.