In the ancient East, before the Qin Dynasty unified the world, the cultural doctrines and schools on the land of the Central Plains could be described as a hundred schools of thought contending and competing to open up.

The Three Emperors and Five Emperors were the ancestors of China, and the descendants of Xia, Shang and Zhou, with the abundance of material resources, the strong and the weak fought for life and death, and the art of war began to participate in the disputes in the world. Then there are the hundred crafts, the Mojia ingenuity, the medicine miscellaneous, the Confucianism yin and yang...... Wait a minute.

Especially in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the world was in dispute, the vassal states were constantly attacking each other, hundreds of miles were different, the Quartet was different, and the fierce collision of various relationships produced endless sparks of thought. Many geniuses and school masters, as if given by God, have opened up the people's ability to recognize the world, and the thousands of knowledge in the world in the future are all within their scope.

It is a pity that in the long history of thousands of years, such a situation has only appeared this once. Since the Qin and Han dynasties, with the unification of the society and the country, the concept of doing things in the world has also become the unified world of Confucianism.

Yuan Zhao can naturally understand the ins and outs of the inheritance and development of the past thousand years, and the pedantry and disadvantages therein. Others don't have that ability. The successors of the doctrines of this era, who does not want to carry forward their sect and engrave it in the history of Zhaozhao!

Objectively speaking, I have to admit that Dong Zhongshu is the smartest person among the Confucian disciples. Although he is an authentic Confucian inheritor in his bones, his cleverness lies in the fact that he puts on a gorgeous coat for the private goods he is about to peddle, and smears them with a flattering medicine to confuse power.

"Learn written martial arts, and sell the goods to the emperor's family." I don't know where this kind of thinking originated, but it is indeed the most convenient and fast shortcut.

Of course, after the great powers of the past generations learned to be civil and military, they were like treasures, and which emperor they wanted to sell to, this was also a technical job.

If you find a good buyer, of course, you will be worth a lot, not to mention that you will be famous in history, and your life value will also be the highest sublimation. On the contrary, if you make a mistake in such a transaction, you will lose your life at the least, and you will be wiped out in the red dust.

Historically, examples of both positive and negative aspects abound. The latter, like Han Feizi, met an emperor like Qin Wangzheng who did not play cards according to common sense, took away the treasures on his body, and left the righteous and bright to use by himself, and clicked the stammering Han Feizi, it can only be said that this guy is very unlucky.

And the most successful example of the former is Mr. Dong Zhongshu. This is a grandmaster-level figure who truly combines the teachings of Confucius. In order to apply what he had learned, Mr. Dong hid in a small building and studied the old master's set thoroughly before opening the window and moving the ladder down.

I believe that when Dong Zhongshu studied the Confucian classics diligently, he must have also carefully understood the stories of Confucius's wandering around the world. Therefore, when he opened the window and looked at the mountains and rivers, he should have realized many things in his heart.

It turns out that in the world, if you want to do what you want to do, you can't just rely on enthusiasm and piety. It is the safest and correct way to approach the goal in your heart in a roundabout way and achieve what you want to achieve in a subtle way.

As a result, Dong Zhongshu created a new system under the guise of Confucianism. Based on Confucianism, he absorbed some of the theories of the Five Elements of Yin and Yang and the Legalists. At the same time, he also incorporated the essence of the ideas of the hundred schools of thought, including "Huang Lao", and established a personal ideological system with theological tendencies.

The main contents of this system are, first of all, to serve the strengthening of centralized power. This is the origin of the famous idea of unification and overthrowing the hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism; Then it is to strengthen military power, and put forward the philosophical proposition of divine authority of kings, the induction of heaven and man, and the unity of heaven and man; The rest also put forward moral norms such as the "Three Principles and Five Constants" to improve the moral level of ordinary people. Of course, he also brought with him that the king should exert benevolence, lightly pay taxes, and alleviate human suffering.

This set of theories of his, with good intentions, pinpointed the vein that the emperor needed most, so after Liu Che saw him, he greatly appreciated it, and immediately adopted the ones that were most useful to him.

Later facts proved that these practical policies of his, that is, the famous "Three Strategies of Heaven and Man", had an obvious effect on enhancing the prestige of the emperor, greatly strengthened the ideological unity of the military and the people, and laid a good foundation of public opinion for the later victory of opening up the territory and expanding the territory.

Dong Zhongshu has also been pushed to a very high position since then. He used Neo-Confucianism to carve a mark on his own history, and at the same time put a heavy spiritual shackle on the future of the Chinese nation.

Therefore, in Yuan Zhao's opinion, this Confucian master who sells dog meat with a sheep's head is not a good bird! According to the news heard from some sources, the old gentleman seemed to be very interested in him, and collected a lot of information about him, including the poems he had written, as well as his words and deeds.

In this regard, Yuan Zhao did not care, the various loopholes in Confucianism had long been criticized by later generations of good deeds. These are all given by the old master Confucius who sat on the altar.

To use these arguments to hit Mr. Dong, who is still just an ordinary lecturer, Yuan Zhao has no psychological barrier at all. If one day he really doesn't know the times and challenges him, then Yuan Zhao will definitely not show mercy.

The information Yuan Zhao got was not wrong at all. At the beginning of the autumn wind, in a manor near Xiamaling in Chang'an, the famous Confucian was arguing with his disciples on his knees.

Not long ago, this well-educated man named Dong Zhongshu witnessed the anger of the people on the streets of Chang'an. He was very touched by this incident.

So many Hehemendi, the noble family, were drowned in the angry public opinion, and this power was so powerful that such a large class could not resist its impact. At that time, he once sighed to his disciples: "The will of the people is the will of heaven, no matter who it is, if it has such power, then the world is just like a bag in its eyes!" ”

He led his disciples to witness the whole process, and although he felt something, he didn't believe that such a big thing would be planned by that little Changle Hou. Should he have a master behind him? This is the doubt in Dong Zhongshu's heart.

However, after studying everything Yuan Zhao had done before, he was a little uncertain in his heart. Maybe there really is such a genius in this world.

Hundreds of years ago, when Confucius came back from a visit to Lao Tzu, he once issued that famous sigh, he knew that birds would fly, he knew that the dragon would change, but for the depth of Lao Tzu, he could only look up, "the dragon sees the head but does not see the tail" is such a person.

Dong Zhongshu sighed for a long time, but he still didn't understand what kind of person Yuan Zhao was. The importance of him in my heart has increased a little. That Changle Yuan, he felt it was necessary to lead his disciples to take a look around.

Another important thing that haunted his mind was that he heard that the emperor intended to establish a higher education institution in Chang'an, specializing in cultivating the talents and qualities needed by the imperial court. The attraction of this incident to Dong Zhongshu is extremely huge.

Therefore, today, he and dozens of disciples are summarizing the essence of Confucianism in detail, so as to better improve his set of thoughts. The Confucian master was full of ambition in his heart.

On the Changle Plateau, the long grass is undulating and the autumn is slightly cool, but here is a different scene, and it is very busy everywhere.

Dozens of sailing boats designed by Yuan Zhao have now been completed. The wood on Jungnam Mountain is too convenient. Local materials, fast and convenient, coupled with the efforts of those craftsmen, so the shipbuilding speed is very fast.

The first new ships have completed their first voyage. This time, the route was from the Wei River to the Great River, up the river, and then straight to the southwest tributary, to Bashu and southern Yunnan.

There, Sima Xiangru, who had just paid homage to General Zhonglang, had already prepared what Yuan Zhao needed, and the ten boats were all full. Then go down the river and return along the same road, even back and forth, a thousand miles away, only a few days' work.

When the full sail fleet reappeared in everyone's view, all the people on the dock let out a deep cheer. The success of the sea trial, what is the significance of this matter, a little thought, will be exciting!

There is no doubt that the impact of this new mode of transportation may involve many aspects.

A transport team has been set up for this purpose, all of whom are proficient in water, and the first number is not large, only about three or four hundred people. The name of the leader is Yuan Thirteen, and he is a shrewd young man in his twenties. He was also the original guard in the Changle Marquis's Mansion, and later inadvertently Yuan Zhao discovered his water kung fu skills, so he handed over this fleet to him to manage.

Yuan Thirteen was one of the first people brought out by the housekeeper Yuan Yi from the Changle Palace, and their ancestors were the most loyal Xifeng Guards. Later, they were ordered by the Empress Dowager Dou to come to Yuan Zhao's side, and since then, the object of loyalty has been replaced by the little marquis in front of them.

Yuan 13 stood at the bow of the ship, full of spirit, he had never thought that he would one day have the opportunity to lead such a fleet. Looking at the brand-new big ship behind him, chopping the waves, his heart was full of pride.

In fact, this road is not very peaceful, the poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, there are many bandits between the waters, and their fleet has also encountered several places in the tributaries of the river. It's just that when those rogues who only took a simple bamboo raft sampan tried to get some cheap when they came closer, Yuan Shisan smiled coldly, are the weapons that the little marquis equipped with on these ships are ornaments?

Those sturdy men on the water, seeing such a full ship of goods, all greedily red-eyed. When they rowed desperately and approached, what awaited them was not begging for mercy and fear, but a few stone bullets fired like meteors.

Stones the size of small millstones were shot out by the stone-throwing machines placed on the side of the ship, and landed on the rudimentary bamboo raft sampans, and they were smashed in one fell swoop, and the unlucky ones were smashed into meat sauce. The rest fell into the water like dumplings and were buried in the belly of the fish. Some of them had good water and wanted to dive and escape, but the big ship had already gone straight overhead, swept into the bottom of the boat, and was scraped to pieces by the corrugated hull under the water, and died a miserable death.

Those who were lucky enough to escape far away thought they could finally survive, but they were wrong. The crossbowmen on the side of the ship have been aiming for a long time, and it is a rare opportunity to have such a live target to practice their heads!

Condescending, he can see clearly, and shoots the human head exposed on the water. The crossbow arrows went away in response, like a defeated revolution, and in the screams, the people on the water disappeared one by one, leaving only circles of ripples and residual red foam.

Yuan 13 was very satisfied, but a few guys under his command were too carried away, and they actually missed several crossbow arrows, and they were reprimanded by him, the precious nine-armed chain crossbow, it was he who begged the little marquis, so that he got the same treatment as the Black Eagle Army, and was the first to be equipped on the ship, these guys dared to be so uncherished, they really need to be repaired.

There was no danger along the way, and it arrived safely. It's just that Yuan 13 didn't know that after this voyage, on the waterways up and down the river, their legend began to circulate, this is a group of water dragons, don't mess with them if you have nothing to do, because they can't afford to provoke them, and they don't care if they kill or bury .......

Soon after, when Yuan Zhao heard Yuan Thirteen talking about these things as if showing off in front of him, he gave the fleet a name~ Heijiao. The black dragon, turning the river and the sea, will have an era when they dominate the sea in the future!

It's just that now, this black dragon has not yet shown its strength, it is still doing the business of transporting goods, and the day of swallowing clouds and spitting fog is far from coming.

Yuan Zhao roughly checked the large number of things that had been transported from the far southwest. Sima Xiang is a careful person, and he has collected all the things on the list he gave him at the beginning, and there is no omission. There are some things that Yuan Zhao thought were rare in this era, and he actually got them, which made Yuan Zhao a little surprised.

Of course, the process may be a little not very bright, or even a little dark and bloody, but is this something that Yuan Zhao should consider? These barbarian places are not the objects of reason, and the hard crossbow and sword are the tools to make them obey.

What's more, it won't be long before they taste the sweetness, and they will be obediently attached to the big man. "Ling Zhi is powerful, tempting is profitable" is not a casual thing, the tip of the knife is wrapped in honey, which is the truest portrayal of this matter.

Yes, it's honey! The main purpose of Yuan Zhao's original instigation of the emperor to quell the rebellion of the Southwest Yi was to obtain the sugar cane that grew everywhere. Those worthless things that are commonplace in the local area are transported to Changle Plateau, and Yuan Zhao will naturally have the ability to turn them into treasures.

In the 100,000 mountains in the southwest, there are many precious medicinal materials and various spice seeds, and Yuan Zhao will naturally not let go of these. It can be said that it is a real treasure land, but for a long time, it has been occupied by those uncivilized barbarian tribes, and it is not used, and the treasure is hidden in the deep mountains and abandoned for thousands of years, which is really a great pity.

In historical time and space, a certain friend of Sima Xiangru's fellow villagers was an official in the mixed residence of the Bashu and barbarian tribes, and his name was Tang Meng. It was a person who was proficient in current affairs, and his long-term experience as a local official made him deeply aware of the great value of some regional products, and if some of the species that grew in the mountains and wilderness of these places in the southwest were transported to the Central Plains and Chang'an, the value generated would be incomparably huge.

Therefore, after Sima Xiangru was ordered to conquer and completely quell the rebellion of Southwest Yi, Tang Meng gave a note to the imperial court according to the actual situation, stating in detail the various benefits. Subsequently, after discussion, the emperor gave approval, agreed to Tang Meng's request, allocated a huge amount of money, levy civil service, and opened a large road from Shu County to seven or eight small countries in the southwest of Yi, trying to completely connect this place with the Central Plains, so as to make good use of those endless resources and serve the development of the Central Plains Dynasty.

It's just a pity that the eloquent Liu Che has spread the stall too big! It is difficult to sustain one at the expense of the other. The battle with the Huns has been fought for nearly 20 years, and the war with the countries of the Western Regions has never stopped.

Later, the state treasury finally could no longer support it, and the financial resources of the people were exhausted by various taxation methods such as the monopoly of salt and iron. In the north, in order to consolidate the fruits of those victories and ensure the security of the homeland taken from the Xiongnu, the imperial court made every effort to build several border counties such as Shuofang, Jiuquan, and Yulin to defend the northern frontier.

"The lesser of two evils", in this way, the border policy of the southwest Yi can only be put aside for the time being, the emperor of course is not to give up the Belt and Road economic policy, just want to reduce the economic pressure somewhat, and then implement it.

But this was the time to miss the opportunity, and the half-built road was abandoned, and there was no chance to start over. A date between civilization and wilderness missed, as Liu Lang grew old, the Han court declined, the dynasty changed, and another round of rise and fall began, and that road was finally completely cut off ......!

Whenever Yuan Zhao thinks of this, while feeling sorry for history, he is still a little happy. Because now that I am here, if I open up the passage to the southwest and actively start preparing from now on, will the result be different?

Since the Han Dynasty would later open up the brilliant "Silk Road", it communicated Chinese and Western civilizations. So now, why not first completely open up the Central Plains and the Southwest Yi and create another legend?

Looking at the cargo unloaded from the ship full of docks, Yuan Zhao was full of confidence. What the imperial court has poured out a lot of manpower and material resources to start, he can do it with the power of Changle Yuan now!

Bundles of sugar cane, tied in thatched bundles, were pulled by horse-drawn carts into well-built workshops, where they were pressed and refined into sugar.

Yuan Zhao used his own methods to make a few simple presses, and now the whole process has been mastered by people, just waiting for this first actual operation.

Watching the bunches of sugarcane being cut and torn apart by the group of rotary knives on the conveyor belt of the press, and then squeezing out the mixed sugarcane juice, Yuan Zhao looked calm and commanded to continue the cleansing process, and then evaporate and concentrate to become a thick syrup...... Until the last process, the sugar is boiled, crystallized, and honey is separated, and after reaching a certain saturation, it is gradually cooled to form a granular .......

The whole process of this first time was a bit long, and everyone stretched their necks, waiting for the little marquis to create a miracle.