The question is not difficult, it is not even Yang Yi who is admitted to the school, and Sun Ce's meaning is not new, Huang Chengyan mentioned it last time he came. It's just that the people who say it are different, and the amount is completely different. Yang Jie could ignore Huang Yanzhi, but he didn't dare to ignore Sun Ce. Behind Sun Ce, there were not only more than 1,000 people including Huang Zhong and ten warships, but also Sun Jian and 20,000 troops, and tens of thousands of yellow scarves were also on the way.

It doesn't matter if this calculation is right or wrong, the important thing is that Yang Jie saw Sun Ce's determination. He is not Huang Chengyan, nor is he Liu Biao, he not only has the strength to kill, but also has a good reason. It's a high-sounding reason that you can't refute it even if you want to, especially for those who have lost their land, and it's a very demagogic reason.

When encountering such a person, if you don't have the strength to fight and don't want to die, the only choice is to admit it. Yang Jie didn't think he had the generosity to go to death with his family, so he simply confessed. Otherwise, even if Sun Ce didn't kill him, tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers would kill him.

Seeing that Yang Jie's submission was soft, Huang Chengyan came forward to intercede at the right time, and Sun Ce also borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and slowed down. He said to Yang Yi: "Actually, there is another way, have you thought about it?" ”

Although Yang Yi is smart and proud, she is a child after all, and she is very frightened by Sun Ce. Although Sun Ce said very politely, he still nodded again and again. "Please advise the General."

"The most direct way is to take precautions and let some people leave their homes and go to the outside world to work hard. The world is very big, we can't limit our eyes to the few acres of fields in front of us, but should focus on the world and spread our Han civilization to all corners of the world. ”

Yang Jie nodded. "The general is so courageous." He said it very politely, but the brothers Yang Xi and Yang Yi lit up. Even if they are weak scholars who are powerless, there are a few who do not admire those feats of traveling thousands of miles and exalting the world, not to mention that their brothers are young and vigorous and want to make meritorious contributions. The Yang family is considered a strong party in Xiangyang, but it is not good to look at the entire Nanjun, not to mention Jingzhou and even the Han Dynasty, it is almost instinctive to be aggressive, Sun Ce suddenly threw out such a tempting target in the world, how could they not be tempted.

That's the vision. If you can follow Sun Ce to conquer the world and make meritorious contributions, it is worth taking out the land to support him now.

Seeing the look in the eyes of his two sons, Yang Jie sighed secretly. Sun Jian was lucky to give birth to such a good son, who could be literate and martial, able to coax and scare, able to talk about the avenue, and able to play hooligans, just like the high emperor who established the Han family for 400 years.

Maybe this is the Yang family's chance? Even Huang Chengyan took the initiative to cling, so he shouldn't be wrong.

Yang Jie had a plan in his heart, and immediately changed his attitude, and warmly invited Sun Ce and Huang Chengyan to be guests in the village. Sun Ce asked Huang Chengyan and Yang Jie to discuss the details, but he talked to the two brothers, Yang Xi and Yang Yi. Coaxed and frightened by him, the two brothers were much more well-behaved.

"General, can I ask you a question?" Yang Xi looked distressed.

"I can't talk about it, let's talk about it." Sun Ce smiled: "But I don't read much, don't lie to me." ”

"How dare you, how dare you." Yang Xi smiled shyly. "The general asked his brother to calculate that question, could it be that the current predicament of the Han is caused by the waste of food by the scholars? Shouldn't people in the world go to study and farm? However, I think that there are no scholars, only farmers, and the number of households will also increase, and in the end, there will still be more people and less land. ”

Sun Ce looked at Yang Yi. "That's what you think too?"

Yang Yi nodded busily, at this moment he was like Yang Yi's little follower.

"You're right, if there are no readers, the hukou will also increase, and in the end, there will be more people and fewer people. My question is a simplified one, and it is inevitably overkill and exaggerated in order to be surprising. The actual situation is much more complicated than that, and there are not so many people in the world who read books. ”

Yang Xi quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, if the reader is regarded as a representative of the parasitic eater, this principle is still true. The total amount of land in the world has its own fixed number, even if it is constantly reclaimed, it will not increase indefinitely, and there is basically a limit to the people who can be fed. One more parasitic eater, one less farmer. So there's also a limit to the proportion of parasitic eaters, right? ”

"Yes, yes." Yang Yi pinched her fingers and began to count again. "One husband coerces five people, ploughs 100 acres, and can produce 200 stones based on two stones per mu. A family of five, with a ding, a woman, a man, a woman, a maiden, a maiden, a young man, a maiden, a ding, an annual food of 20 stones, 8 liters, a woman and a man, each eat 13 stones, 7 buckets, 3 liters, the eldest woman and the unmaiden, a total of 66 liters, 3 buckets and 8 liters, and go to miscellaneous uses, about 100 stones, can feed another family of five. As a rough estimate, the parasitic cannot exceed half. ”

Sun Ce looked at Yang Yi's calculations, and was really a little surprised. He has seen such children, people who have learned mental arithmetic are even more exaggerated than this, and they don't even need to pick up their fingers, but Yang Yi definitely hasn't learned abacus mental arithmetic, and even that kind of abacus hasn't appeared in these years, only the abacus on the plate.

This product is born to be an accountant. Zhuge Liang asked him to plan the grain and grass is really right, but it's a pity that people in these years want to be officials with a little ability, and if they learn and excel, the sage taught. The official level crushes people to death, who doesn't want to climb up. Yang Yi was finally ruined by this strong desire for power.

I've got to turn the tide of things.

"You're amazing." Sun Ce gave a thumbs up. "It's a shame that I have self-knowledge and didn't compare with you in arithmetic, otherwise I would definitely lose."

Yang Yi grinned, a little embarrassed.

"Back to the original topic, the proportion of parasitic eaters is certain, is it better to have more readers, or more craftsmen, or more jugglers?"

The Yang brothers glanced at each other and said in unison: "Of course, it is better to have more readers." ”

"I'm also in favor of having more readers. However, there is also a difference between a reader and a reader. Some people study for reason, and some people study for the sake of becoming officials. Do you say that it is better to have more people who study for the sake of reason, or more people who read for the sake of becoming officials? ”

Yang Xi put on a straight face and said seriously: "Reading is to be reasonable, people can not be officials, but they can't be unreasonable." ”

Yang Yi licked her lips, smiled awkwardly, and didn't speak.

Sun Ce saw it in his eyes and smiled in his heart. Although the two brothers love each other, their temperament is still very different. Yang Yi is relatively indifferent, but Yang Yi is more utilitarian. He looked at Yang Xi and asked, "If your Yang family doesn't have a manor, which one do you choose between farming for self-food and being an official food?" ”

"I choose to farm and feed myself." Yang Wei hesitated for a moment, but still gave an answer. "Yan Huiqi eats and drinks, does not change his pleasure, Confucius calls him a sage, I am willing to be such a sage."

"What about you?" Sun Ce turned his head to look at Yang Yi.

Yang Yi licked her lips and said in a snort: "I ask myself that my morality is not as good as my brother, I don't dare to learn Yan Hui, I want the student to pay tribute, the gentleman loves money, take it in the right way, be a vessel of Hulian, and pass on the way of the master." He raised his head and stared at Sun Ce. General, if you were to choose, who would you choose? ”

Sun Ce smiled. "Your brothers have high ambitions, and I dare not compare with any of them. If I have to choose, I choose Zigong. ”

"Why?" Yang was puzzled.

Sun Ce was rarely serious. "The big husband is in the world, morality and merit can not be wasted, learn to return to Yan, become but alone, can not assist the country, can not support the family, parents and wives are not full of food and clothing, virtue but no merit. If it fails, it will be hypocritical, and only to speak out is not ashamed. The student tribute can help the world at the same time, and if it is not successful, it can also support the livelihood of the family, and there is no big merit and small merit, so that nothing can be accomplished. ”

Before the words fell, Yang Yi applauded. "The general is right, and I think so too."

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