The Song people attached great importance to the classics, and they all wanted to be officials and retreats, despising practical knowledge and skills, and denouncing them as strange and obscene skills, which were small ways, and they were almost denounced as obscene ways, but no one could deny the importance of practical knowledge and skills to the survival and development of the country and the nation. After all, no one can keep the so-called holy Confucian road without eating, drinking, and starving, and it is the vast number of people who have used the so-called pragmatic path to support the country, so that some people can float on it leisurely and arrogantly talk empty nonsense, saying that those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people, emphasizing that those who play with their hearts should be nobler than those who work hard.

Speaking of which, those who will only be officials and masters will say empty truths, and those who will starve to death if no one provides for them are those who have no skills in their chests and are not qualified to be called masters.

The thieves in the Qincha team were shameless, but they were not so shameless as to dare to say that they didn't need to eat.

I don't dare to say shamelessly that those who don't need to exist in the world and are only proficient in practice are not qualified to teach students, otherwise the people of Liangshan will definitely cut off the food supply immediately, and let them find food to survive in Yazui Beach, but they can't do anything, and they don't have the ability to touch the mussels in the water, so they only starve to death.

Xue Bi was deeply educated and reminded, and said in his heart: "I'll just say, with the boss Zhao Gonglian Zhuyu in front, but the elders of the Cangzhao family prefer to indulge Zhao Er instead of pampering Zhao Da, then Zhao Lao Er must have something outstanding that the elders love and attach great importance to, and it will not be as ordinary and unremarkable as rumored, and it will be so unbearable that it is useless." ”

He said with emotion: "Brother Sun, you have excellent practical cooking skills that can be called excellent to make a living, and you can kill the enemy and protect the country, you are a real useful talent to the society." Xue is not as good as that. It's too condescending to be a chef here. ”

He also thought a lot, and there was a strong emotion surging in his heart, and he eagerly believed that now that the national crisis is at hand, it is necessary to have expertise and be able to calm down and do practical things. In this way, it is possible for the Great Song Dynasty to once again stabilize the society and the people's hearts will return to harmony and prosper. People like Zhao Lao Er should be pulled out to be officials, let him grasp production, and consolidate the country's economic foundation. The chef should make him a general......

As soon as he heard Xue Bi's eagerness to return to the dynasty to recommend the second master and himself and other people with practical skills in Liangshan to become officials, Sun Ji shook his head with a wry smile: "Lord Qincha is joking." The imperial court does not need those of us who have no access to the road to be officials to govern the country. Otherwise, what are those big talents who are full of wealth? ”

"Besides, we don't dare to be officials."

"We people can only do things, not people, we don't know how to conspire, and we can't be ruthless to harm people, and we will be hated when we occupy the positions of those people, and we don't know how to die even if we die. Officialdom is not something that can be mixed with us like us. ”

"The head of my family, the old lady, also said a long time ago that it is enough for the eldest son in the family to go out and take risks in the officialdom alone, and the others are still guarding the duties of farmers and ordinary people, honest, and they can work at home to make a living and reproduce their offspring. She likes that our second master can't study and can't be an official, what she wants is that the second master can only be a village husband and a small people, stay at home, honor the elders, and live a comfortable life, and also said that being an official and farming is beneficial to the country, and they are all contributing to the country, so what's the difference? It's better to be a flat-headed people. ”

"She is an old man who manages the family well, and the facts have proved to be really far-sighted."

"You look at our eldest son, who has been loyal to the country for more than ten years, and has made such a great contribution that is obvious to all, and he can be regarded as a relatively good official, but as a result, you have all seen that the official is so difficult and thrilling, and it is a big sin to take risks and suffer at the border and eat sand, so many people are not willing to kill him, and enjoy happiness in the capital. Our eldest son, can the official end up if he continues to be in office? “

"The old lady is afraid that he has foreseen this result, so he resolutely does not let our second master also become any official, and even the empty title of the court's reward does not let the second master touch a little, always saying that it doesn't matter if the second master doesn't learn, just obediently be a small citizen and be a filial elder."

"It can be seen that the job of being an official is not something that you can do if you are talented and loyal, patriotic, willing to work hard, and look up to heaven and earth in everything. Tell me, officialdom is so complicated and sinister, we ordinary people can't figure out what's going on, and don't know what to do, how can we dare to go in and mix? The eldest prince can't eat it, what kind of officials can mediocre people like us be. ”

"I felt that I couldn't mix with the officialdom, so I gave up the army and honestly became a small cook for ordinary people. Lord Chincha, don't let us be sent to death as officials. “

"Then again. The job of seeking government is really not something that can be done by people who can only herd cattle and work in agriculture. It is still necessary for those scholars who are full of experience and knowledge to be officials to govern the country. The national policy set by the Taizu of this dynasty will not be wrong. If we, the mud-legged people, become majestic officials and high-ranking leaders and scholars, wouldn't it become a big joke? “

The words of the gun and stick are rude and unrestrained, but they also profoundly expose the dark and chaotic reality of the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, and also reveal the dangerous nature of politics, which is full of philosophy.

Xue Bi became more and more emotional, and gave a deep salute to Sun Cabinet, and said seriously: "Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years." The ancients did not deceive me. Be taught. ”

Sun Jiehan smiled and waved his hand again and again: "Don't you dare to be, don't dare to be." ”

"My lord, you are a serious scholar, I heard that you are still a jinshi, and you are willing to endure hardships and work hard, young and promising, you are the talent who should be an official and a master, and it is also the time to work hard. What kind of talent am I? It's just chopping wood. Our Hou Ye's great ability is nothing, and I am afraid that we will soon become chopping wood and burning Luo casually. I'm like this, hehe, it's already a blessing to be able to follow our second master to hide in this barren mountain and wild water puddle for the people to eat and make do with it, not to be calculated to die, and to live for a few more years. ”

This time, the attitude was very humble and polite, but the words revealed Sen Sen's coldness and deep wariness and disdain for the court.

Hearing the schadenfreude, the thieves gloated silently in their hearts, and they recorded a black account in Liangshan.

Xue Bi was emotionally fluctuating and restless, and he suddenly felt deeply timid about the enthusiastic officialdom, feeling that he was very powerless in it, and he was a little disheartened for a while, and he was not speechless about Sun Cabinet's words, and he should also defend something for the imperial court, which is also what this trip should do to pacify him, but he opened his mouth and finally said nothing.

He knew that his strong argument would only make the people of Liangshan despise, and strong argument would not bring good results, and he was powerless to promise anything to the Cangzhao family, so he simply pretended to be stupid and did not squeak.

It's also a happy mood, lazy and can't lift the spirit, and doesn't want to say anything.

The two sides were then silent, and after a short rest in the Broken Golden Pavilion, Xue Bi was reluctant to continue climbing the mountain regardless of the tiredness of his entourage, and went on the road to promote the emperor's favor everywhere, and gradually turned to the Water Gate Pass on the side of the rocky beach under the guidance of Sun Cabinet.

Naturally, there are dozens of Liangshan guards guarding it tightly, and when they saw the Qin team coming, they ignored it like the guards at other checkpoints, what should they do.

At this time, not to mention Xue Bi, even the thieves who came here to provoke and frame themselves didn't bother to care about the arrogance and rudeness of the Liangshan people, and they ignored the Liangshan guards.

Standing on the high city wall, looking at the unusually wide stone checkpoint under your feet, enjoying the comfort of the moist cool breeze floating on the water pool, the tiredness and heat of the whole body dissipated a lot, the Qincha team breathed a sigh of relief, looked around, and all marveled at the majesty of this water pass, which was practical and ingenious.

With this water pass, the mountain is not only connected to the water and living water, which is convenient for the many livestock, poultry and beasts in the mountain to drink water and prey, but also convenient to transport something to the mountain, but it is firmly stuck in the convenience of outsiders from landing on the beachhead in front of the mountain to carry out invasion scourges.

Everyone didn't expect that there was a mountain beach hidden in the reed circle here, the area is not much smaller than the golden beach, there is no end in sight, but it is more desolate than the duckbill beach, not to mention the trees on the ground, there are not even a few wild grasses with vigorous vitality, and the ground can be seen to be the bottom of the stone, and the soil layer is too thin.

The Qincha team didn't know that it was formed by natural and artificial force, thinking that it was natural, and felt that it was of little use to the people of Liangshan like Yazui Beach, but it was a big threat site that was convenient for the enemy to attack Liangshan here.

Li Yuhou and the others glanced at this land, and their hearts were filled with joy, and they knew that there was a wonderful place to attack and destroy Liangshan at that time.

Xue Bi looked at the dragon-like piles of reeds piled up along the edge of the water in the distance more than a mile away, and asked Sun Cabinet curiously.

"What are you doing with so many reeds? Liangshan is still making paper? Didn't I hear that it had stopped a long time ago and stopped operating this business? “

Sun Cabinet smiled honestly: "It's not made." Our second master said that papermaking is too polluting to the environment. Grazing in the mountains and farming in the water are more profitable than papermaking. You can't do both. Clean green mountains and green water are very important for animals and people, and we can't let the papermaking sewage collapse Liangshanbo again. After the papermaking was stopped, the air in Liangshan was also better, and it no longer smelled foul. “

"These reeds are harvested and accumulated slowly in the atmosphere when the season is warm, and they can be woven into mats or something without making paper, and they are mainly used to make fires. Use it for cooking, it's very cold in the mountains in winter, you can't stand it if you don't burn the kang, and you need it even more when you burn the kang. Use a lot, so stock a lot. “

Li Yuhou was strange or suspicious and wanted to mock in disguise, so he pointed to the lush greenery of the mountain and said: "There are trees and thorns on the mountain, wouldn't it be better to burn it?" This is the only natural convenience of living in Yamano. How many people are there in Liangshan? Cutting down trees, cutting thorns, and burning them is not enough for the people of Liangshan? “

Sun Cabinet glanced at this guy, and didn't seem to notice Li Yuhou's malice, and explained with a silly smile on his face: "There are many trees on the mountain, but you can't cut them down indiscriminately." “

"Why?"

Li Yuhou rolled his eyes and then asked, "Is there anyone who doesn't let you?" The whole of Liangshanbo is your private property. “

Xue Bi was also strange.

Sun Cabinet smiled innocently and said casually: "For the sake of soil and water conservation." “

"Huh?"

"What's the matter? What is the water and soil? “

"You don't know what soil and water conservation is?" Sun Cabinet's expression was simple, and his tone was full of curiosity and surprise, and he didn't seem to have the slightest hint of sarcasm for the ignorance of the Qin Mission.

"It's that the soil on the mountain is precious, and it requires a lot of trees and grass to grasp the land. So you can't cut and destroy indiscriminately. Otherwise, the wind and rain will blow up, and the soil on the mountain will easily disappear, revealing the stones inside, and nothing will grow, and the good mountain will be destroyed, and it will be useless to be a good place for grazing and breeding to feed people. “

Xue Bi and the others nodded in recognition of this simple truth.

Sun Cabinet secretly laughed at these people for ignorance or did not understand the deep-seated significance of soil and water conservation, and deliberately further ridiculed in disguise, but also to teach these guys who always want to profit from evil and good, and said with a smirk: "Not to let the indiscriminate chopping is also a strict requirement of our second master." He once said that man has dominated the world, and for thousands of years, he has only blindly taken from the big and nature, but he has not known how to reciprocate. This is human ignorance and the root of inferiority. I don't know if I keep doing this, the world looks so big, it seems that it can't be exhausted, but sooner or later, something will happen, and nature will retaliate. ”

"The Yellow River is an example. The trees upstream were cut down wantonly, and they only knew how to ask for them, but they did not know how to replant. There is nothing to hold the plateau loess. The originally clear river water turned into terrible yellow water, and it also silted up to form a hidden danger, becoming a surface river, and disasters broke out from time to time, causing the Great Song Dynasty to lose many lives and wealth. This is nature's revenge. The imperial court governs the Yellow River, spends countless manpower and financial resources to desilt it every year, but it has no good effect on the people and money, but it does not care about the root cause, that is, it treats the symptoms but not the root cause. ”

"Our second master doesn't read much and doesn't understand the big truth. But he said that this person and the world, just like between people, have contacts and take care of each other. If you are full of malice towards others, if you are selfish, if you think you are wise, and if you take advantage of others, how can others treat you well? This person can't take revenge on you, someone can always take revenge and clean you up. ”

"Hehe, I'm a big boss. But let's think it's really good for the second master. We all believe in our second master, and we are all willing to listen to him. ”

"Just like those who have taken a big advantage from our masters but are bent on harming our masters, don't look at their triumphant now, I'm afraid they won't be proud for long. continued to toss, and the Great Song Dynasty was quickly defeated. Hehe, when those people will cry, they will hurt others and hurt themselves, and I am afraid that the end will be even worse. ”

Sun Cabinet seemed to complain very casually, and finally summed it up and said: "Don't be arrogant, who do you think the sky has spared?" ”

Xue Bi, who was full of knowledge and was actually very conceited, was stunned when he heard it.

And Li Yuhou and these traitors changed their faces greatly when they heard this, full of vicious thoughts, and at this time, they added some fear for the near future, and the smug arrogance in their hearts weakened a lot for a while.

After all, the Great Song Dynasty is now in front of its decay and misery, not the sudden collapse of the prosperity and arrogance in history.

They are actually small people who are struggling to survive at the bottom, how can they not worry about their fate in the face of the prospect that Da Song Zhen may end up at any time.