Chapter 371 Theoretical Core

Xue Xiang saw that Su You was covered in dust, and said with a smile: "If you want to let the lady of the Xijing Sect see it like this, I'm afraid you will be disappointed." ”

Su You smiled embarrassedly and arched his hand: "Xiaguan has seen Xue Gong." ”

Xue Xiang sent warm water and a handkerchief to his subordinates: "Wash your face first, and then we will discuss it carefully." ”

After Su You finished freshening up, he came to the hall: "It's been almost two months since the lower officials went to work, so I came to visit Ming Gong and pray that Ming Gong forgive the sin of neglect." ”

Xue Xiang said with a smile: "If the transfer envoys of Shaanxi states are like Mingrun, the old man will be overjoyed." ”

After serving tea, Xue Xiangcai said to Su You: "Military affairs are Lao Cai's responsibility, I never ask, but the grain and livelihood of hundreds of thousands of troops in Shaanxi are on the shoulders of the old man." Mingrun, you're here, and the old man is also a lot more relaxed. ”

Su You arched his hand and said: "Don't dare, you have to ask Ming Gong for more advice." ”

Xue Xiang said: "The old man came a year earlier than you, and he didn't have time to do anything else, so he only did one thing - to prepare and prepare the salt for ten years." ”

Su You said: "Xue Gong is smart, this is the key to the key. Seeing that Ming Gong is also reading "Financial Theory", is this preparing to use salt to quote? ”

Xue Xiang shook his head: "It's a pity, Renzong Mountain Mausoleum, the central motion to detain 200,000 salt introductions from Jiezhou." ”

Su You also heard about this: "This is a breach of trust in businessmen, thanks to Ming Gong's defense, only to keep Yanyin's credit." If Yanyin loses credit, it will be a huge disaster, and Shaanxi's economy will collapse immediately. ”

Xue Xiang stretched out his hand and stroked the cover of "Financial Theory": "It's a pity that there are too few people in the court who understand this...... The concept of credit currency made the old man breathtaking, Zhang Gongzhi was worried, I can't ...... it"

Su You said with a smile: "The so-called heroes see the same thing, and Ming Gong's approach is actually the practice of Zhang Gong's theory. ”

Xue Xiang said with a smile: "It is said that it is easier said than done, but when it comes to Zhang Gong's step, it is the sublimation of practice, which is even more difficult." ”

Su You said: "Everything has its own reason, and people can become the heroes of all kinds because they can refine and prove each other in knowledge and action, explore the truth from it, and pull each other forward to get to where they are today." ”

Xue Xiang moved his eyebrows: "Mingrun explains one or two?" ”

Su You said: "The study of Meishan, in general, believes that the so-called 'reason' that has not been proven should be divided into two kinds. One is called axiom and the other is conjecture. ”

"Axiom is truth, and there are two kinds of truth. A development that comes from human reason and desire, and which is common to all people—for example, parents should raise their children, and children have a heart of admiration for their parents. ”

"The other is the experience gained from long-term repeated practice, and the experience that no longer needs to be proven—such as one plus one into two; For example, between two points on a plane, there is only one straight line. ”

"Conjectures are more complex and advanced than axioms. But until it is proven, they may be true or false. It needs to be proved by axioms before it can be turned into truth, and then it can be used to prove other conjectures - for example, to prove that human morality starts from filial piety by having admiration for parents by birth; For example, the formula for calculating the area of a rectangle is used to prove the Pythagorean theorem. ”

"A conjecture to distinguish the truth from the false, and then accumulate one by one to become a system, is to learn from things."

"With the accumulation of knowledge, we can prove more difficult conjectures and reveal a higher level of truth."

"Therefore, the suspicion is not to be known, the reason is not to know, and the truth is not to be proven."

In other words, it is useless to just think about it, and you have to distinguish the truth from the false through practice. Practice, conjecture, proof, and then use it in practice are like climbing a tower on a ladder, going higher and higher in a spiral. ”

This is called the unity of knowledge and action. Both are equally important and cannot be abandoned, so Xue Gong's actions are not inferior to Zhang Gong. ”

"Of course, these are just the beginning, Su oil is more abundant in terms of the number of workers; And the principle of human rule is insufficient, and we need to borrow the wisdom of my Song Dynasty princes, and we will explore it together. ”

Xue Xiang was very curious: "What are the truths of the principles of human governance obtained by Mingrun?" ”

Su You was ashamed and said: "Su You is clumsy, I only have two things, one is that people like the clan and live in groups; The second is that children are admired by their parents. Third, the number of people is extremely large, and there are always cases of reactionary movement in the first two. ”

Xue Xiang nodded: "I somewhat understand that the so-called truth of Mingrun can be described as the most simple and great reason. All the other principles must be based on this, and what is proven is true before it can be true. ”

After speaking, he clasped his palms and laughed: "Very good, the core of Shu learning today can be summed up in eight words - the unity of knowledge and action, and the truth can be proven." ”

Su You was shocked: "The core of Ming Gong's eight words can be described as an outline!" ”

Xue Xiang stroked his beard and was a little proud: "With Mingrun's remarks, the old man will see Zhang Gong again, and he is almost worthy of it!" ”

This old man is also quite interesting, and the two of them started a discussion on the knowledge of things based on the theory of salt in financial theory.

This thing was actually written by Su You inspired Zhang Fangping, and many of the middle words and financial concepts were written by Su You himself, so the old man had some things that he couldn't understand, and as soon as Su You said it, he could understand it immediately.

The two talked about theory for a while, and the old man became more and more sure of Su You's ability, and then slowly turned to practice.

Xue Xiang said: "It's a pity, in order to cope with the court, the old man had to take the salt to fill their appetite and keep the salt." Ten years of use, half of it is empty in the blink of an eye, and many big things can't be done. ”

Su You said: "Actually, it doesn't matter, there are big usages, small usages, and it can be accumulated for five years, which is already a lot." ”

Xue Xiang shook his head and said: "This matter has to be dominated by your Shu money, and the old man can only say that he will not hold you back." In fact, the share distribution of salt solution every year has basically been demarcated, and the old man can't move too much. ”

Su You arched his hand and said: "Ming Gong, in fact, there is a lot to do. ”

Xue Xiang asked, "What is it?" ”

Su You took the pen and began to write on the paper: "Ming Gong, Su You thought about a few things before, and said them and talked to Ming Gong in detail. ”

Xue Xiang nodded.

Su You said: "The difficulty of Shaanxi's salt administration is to prevent smuggling and crack down on Western Xia. This was the policy of the previous dynasty, but it has been proved by practice that relying on prohibition will not work. ”

Xue Xiang said: "Exactly, Xixia green salt, cheap and sweet, Jiezhou salt is not as good as others." This really can't be blocked. ”

Su You said: "The so-called sweetness of Xixia salt is actually not bitter. Shu salt was also bitter before, but after being refined into snow salt, the impurities with bitter taste in the salt can be removed. In this way, the advantage of green salt over dissolved salt in taste is resolved. ”

Xue Xiang frowned: "But the cost has also gone up, not only the output has decreased, but the increase in technology will inevitably bring about an increase in cost." ”

Su You said: "That's right, but Ming Gong, the impurities extracted from the salt solution are not waste, we can use them elsewhere!" ”

After speaking, he took off the leather bag and handed it to Xue Xiang's hand: "Ming Gong, look at this bag." ”

Xue Xiang took it, and his hand sank down suddenly: "Mingrun, your bag is really not light, what do you contain." ”

Su You joked: "It's not copper coins anyway." ”

After speaking, he smiled: "It's all small tools and stationery, but this is not important...... Xue Gong, look at the leather of my bag, the quality of the leather is not up to the standard, right? ”

Xue Xiang rubbed the leather: "It's true, but isn't it too soft?" ”

Su You raised his foot again: "There are also hard ones, such as these leather boots." ”

Xue Xiang was a little confused: "Mingrun, what do you want to say?" ”

Su You took out the notebook from the baggage and pulled out a piece of paper from it: "Xue Gong, look at this." ”

Xue Xiang stretched out his hand to take it, feeling even more confused: "This ...... Some like Taoist runes? ”

Su You nodded: "Yes, this is the analysis of the proportion of salt solution ingredients, and it was made by Xiao Zhang Tianshi of the Jade Bureau Guan...... But this is still not important, here is the important thing. ”

After speaking, he stretched out his hand and pointed: "Here, it is snow salt, the main ingredient in the salt solution." ”

Then he pointed to the ones below: "The rest of the pile of things, together is bitter salt, one of the important ingredients, this rune, is the manganese!" ”

Xue Xiang looked at this list and was amazed: "Xiao Zhang Tianshi has come to this point in physics?" It's really a peep into the sky! Mingrun, what kind of mana does this rune have? ”

Su You secretly rolled his eyes: "This is an ingredient analysis, ah, it's similar to a medical prescription!" ”

Xue Xiang nodded in understanding, but he couldn't help but feel a little regretful: "I don't have mana...... No wonder there is no Dugong inscription......"

Su You was a little unable to catch the conversation: "Uh...... This one...... It doesn't have mana, but it works! There are many uses for miscanthus salt, but in Shaanxi, the biggest use is to tann leather! ”

Xue Xiang was stunned for a moment: "Leather? Do you have leather bags and boots like that? ”

Su You nodded: "The important point of "Financial Theory" is circulation. The circulation of commodities, materials and money will bring about a rapid and rational redistribution of materials. ”

"Compared with Western Xia, the Great Song Dynasty was better in the economy, but weaker in the military."

"With your own strengths, Ke Bi's shortcomings. Xue Gong, this is Sun Bin's method of horse racing. ”

"Now militarily, of course, we can only go on the defensive, but economically, we can go on the offensive!"

"All kinds of salt merchants can manipulate the price of salt and seek profits, so why can't we? In fact, this thing can be used not only in shopping malls, but also in national wars! ”

Xue Xiang stood up: "If the quality of the salt is better than that of Xixia salt, and the price is lower than the price of Xixia salt, smuggling will naturally be cut off!" ”

Su You put his hand on his head and smiled bitterly: "Gong Xue, this is impossible." I didn't mean that......"