Chapter 106: The Second Big Fish
"Haha, Mr. Tian guessed right, we are indeed from the mountain gate, I guess you won't mind where we come from, right?" Zeng Yu laughed, and then said to Tian Feng, his tone naturally carried the momentum of the people in the mountain gate who tried to compete with the world after going down the mountain.
"That's not true, but you mountain gates usually don't come out of the world, and when you choose to join the WTO at this time, it seems that you also see that the world will change, and you want to get a piece of the pie in the next dispute." Tian Feng said that this is also the common view of everyone on the Hidden Mountain Gate.
"Since the dominance of Confucianism, our other schools have had to hide from the world to preserve their own heritage, but we have never given up. If Confucianism can make the world rich, we are naturally willing to integrate into them, but Mr. Tian also knows that in today's world, the tragedy of not being famous and even changing children and eating food happens from time to time, and we have to find an opportunity to win a future for ourselves. Zeng Yu also admitted what Tian Feng said, but at the same time retorted.
"Although Confucianism has made mistakes, he has brought peace to the world for hundreds of years, as long as we can bury our heads in reflection, we will always find our real shortcomings and correct them." After all, Tian Feng cultivated Confucianism, so when it came to academic disputes, he naturally leaned towards Confucianism.
"Did you find it now?" Zeng Yu asked.
"It's... We'll find it, and you won't have to bother. Tian Feng was a young man after all at this time, and he was unwilling to admit defeat in person, so he responded stiffly.
"Are you waiting to find it when the world is in chaos and the lives are in ruins, or are you watching the aliens slaughter our Han people?" Zeng Yu is most disgusted by Confucianism, they are a good hand when they are fighting, but when something happens, they don't know what to do.
Tian Feng was stunned for a while, but when he saw Zeng Yu's fearless look, he suddenly had an idea, and asked rhetorically, "Aren't you mountain gates, otherwise you wouldn't have been forced to withdraw from the court by Confucianism." Even the Mohists, who were both prominent scholars with Confucianism at the beginning, should now have broken their inheritance, and the Legalists can only survive in the world in the form of Confucian skin and bones. ”
"You're right, but we have also been reflecting on it over the years, such as the Mo family, their thinking is broken, but their skills have been continuously inherited. The Confucian Dharma Bone can also be said to be a compliment, which means that the Legalists have also learned to be flexible and learn how to better integrate into the court and society. Only you Confucians, since the dominance of the family, have lost the heart to enter, and have been reduced to boasting and talking only about reciting the words of the wind and the moon, what is the use of the country and the people? Zeng Yu did not deny Tian Feng's words, but his counterattack was even sharper.
"So you went out of the mountain this time, are you planning to take revenge on behalf of those escaping mountain gates?" Tian Feng was a little worried, after all, academic battles are often more fierce and cruel than visible wars.
After Confucianism was monopolized by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was no place for other schools, and the children of many schools became cannon fodder in the army, like sons-in-law and merchants, and almost all of them lost their precious lives in the war against the Xiongnu. And Confucianism has always advocated monarchs and ministers, so if you want to talk about the culprits, it can only be those giants of Confucianism, such as Dong Zhongshu, etc., and now if the children of Shanmen take revenge, it is obviously impossible to find Dong Zhongshu, but only these Confucian scholars today, that is, all the people who now occupy the ruling class in the Han Dynasty.
"If I answered yes, I wonder what you would do?"
Tian Feng stood up rubbly, pointed at Zeng Yu and gritted his teeth and said, "If you enter the WTO with such a purpose, then I, Tian Feng, even if I don't want to fight for my life, I will kill all of you people in the mountain gate, you will not disappear for a day, and I will not take the knife for a day." ”
"Haha, Mr. Tian thinks too much, in the final analysis, the academic battle is to see whose ideas can make the people of the world live a good life. So we went down the mountain, not for revenge, but just to hope that the people of the world would have a better life and that the scholars could have more choices. Zeng Yu looked at Tian Feng and said sincerely.
Tian Feng looked at Zeng Yu and Guo Jia and Zhu Wen next to him in a daze, wanting to see from their faces whether Zeng Yu was telling the truth. From Zeng Yu's eyes, he didn't see anything except sincerity, he opened his mouth and said, "I believe you for the time being, I don't know what you plan to do?" ”
Zeng Yu smiled and said, "A few of us can't represent other mountain gates, but I can assure Mr. that the family I represent will definitely do what he says." As for how to do it, I can go and see for myself, now in Anping County, under my rule, most people can live and work in peace and contentment, and there will be no starvation everywhere, and I believe that it will get better and better in the future. ”
"Haha, so you're waiting for me here. But now I just want to teach the children in the village well, and I don't want to wade into the troubled waters of the Han Dynasty, I guess I will disappoint you. Tian Feng is not stupid, as soon as Zeng Yu spoke, he guessed Zeng Yu's true purpose, and his heart was relieved, now the initiative is his.
"The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband. Now that the Han family is about to decline, and the name of a hundred people is boring, why should Mr. waste his talents to learn? Zeng Yu also knew that with Tian Feng's wisdom, he could naturally guess his true purpose, but since Tian Feng cared about the people and was consistent with his purpose, it was still possible to convince him.
"I used to think the same as you, but the Son of Heaven has no virtue, the eunuchs are in charge, and the meat eaters are despised, so I can only resign and return to my hometown, and I will not be bothered by one out of sight." Tian Feng himself returned to his hometown after the officialdom was hit, and after listening to Zeng Yu's words at this time, he could only reply helplessly.
"Sir, why don't you think about it from a different perspective, it's difficult to govern from the top down, but if you look from the bottom up, now is a good time to make a big difference. I have Yu Bucai, I am the commander of Anping County, I can let us do it, we can't let the people of the whole Han live a good life now, but we can let all the people under the rule live a rich life. Zeng Yu persuaded him.
"If I stay in my hometown now, I can also make a good life for the villagers, and I can also teach the children in the village." Tian Feng said.
"I don't think so, the person who went out of Mr.'s house just now, according to my guess, should be Zhang Jiao of Yellow Turban Road. Mr. has a close relationship with Zhang Jiao, and he also knows their purpose, sir, do you think they can succeed, once they happen or fail, this village is afraid that it will be regarded as a chaotic party. Since it can't be soft, Zeng Yu can only come up with this killer feature, which is also what he thought of temporarily after seeing Zhang Jiao come out of Tian Feng's house.
"You..." Tian Feng, who had just sat down, stood up again and pointed at Zeng Yu, but the words were stuck in his throat and couldn't speak.
He knew that Zeng Yu was right, it would be good if everything went well after the Yellow Turban Dao incident and occupied Jizhou, otherwise their small village would definitely become a tool for the government to vent its anger. So every time Zhang Jiao came over, he scolded him away, trying to minimize the disaster to the village because of his own reasons.
"Sir, be a little quiet, and listen to me. You and I both know that the Yellow Turban Uprising is destined to be a failure. Sir, even if you have great talents, you can plead with the government for the sake of the village, but do you think the government will give up this great military merit for you? Moreover, even if the government lets go of this opportunity, do you think the rest of the Yellow Turban Road will see Zhang Jiao's face and let you go? The origin of the followers of the Yellow Turban Dao is very complicated, and they are afraid that once the incident occurs, their behavior will be very different from the beginning, the so-called just drove away the tiger of the government, and ushered in the hungry wolf of the Yellow Turban Dao. Zeng Yu analyzed to Tian Feng.
When Tian Feng heard this, he fell silent, he was indeed as Zeng Yu speculated, thinking of relying on his fame in Shilin to plead with the government to save his hometown companions from unwarranted disasters. But as for Zeng Yu's statement that the Yellow Turban Dao believers would attack them, he didn't expect it, but with his wisdom, he knew that what Zeng Yu said would not be something that intimidated him.
The followers of the Yellow Turban Dao are ordinary people, and there will even be many ruffians among them, once they are out of the control of the Han law, it will be an even greater disaster. Moreover, deserters in war often become thieves, and once they gather together, they will gather in the mountains and forests, and rob homes and houses.
"War is only the first harm to the people, they are only reflected in the sacrifice of the people who serve and the taxes. And the second injury of deserters and routs caused by war is the direct damage to all possible people, which is also the most hateful and unavoidable. As for the third injury, it is the plague and so on that everyone fears, and this is the harvester of life that everyone talks about in this era. Guo Jia explained beside him.
"'Chang Tai rested to hide his tears and mourn the difficulties of the people's livelihood', I now understand Qu Zi's psychology at that time." Tian Feng sighed.
"'The road is long, I will go up and down and seek', how difficult the people's livelihood is, we need to display our talents and give the people under the rule a piece of peace." Zeng Yu said.
"What do you suggest?" Tian Feng had already recognized Zeng Yu's words at this time, and he asked Zeng Yu.
"Sir should know, I want Sir to help me. We have just entered Anping County, and we need a talent like Mr. If Mr. is willing, he can also persuade the people in the village to move to Anping County together. Zeng Yu said.
"The homeland is far from the south." Tian Feng's answer was very simple, but it said the truest thoughts of all the Han people.
"Now the county rent of Anping County is thirty taxes and one tax, and the oral tax is once a year, and if you serve as a servant, you will be fed by the government, and the salary of ten yuan a day will be settled on the same day. And if they move to the past, the government will help build a unified stone house, and the cost can be reimbursed on a five-year basis. Zeng Yu didn't say anything else, but just said the current tax policy of Anping County and the benefits to the newly relocated people.
Although the land rent has always been thirty taxes and one in the Han Dynasty, and the oral tax is also a fixed amount, he can't bear to collect taxes in the name of once something happens or officials are greedy for money, such as in some places, the oral tax is even received decades later. Therefore, the people have the feeling that "the taxes are complicated, the people are poor, and the cultivation is lost".
"Lord Xie, please give me a little time to convince the villagers." Tian Feng bowed to Zeng Yu, and then said.
"It doesn't matter, as long as everyone moves here, I believe everyone will have a better life." Zeng Yu helped Tian Feng up and said to him.