Chapter Seventy-Four: The Controversy over Arithmetic
"Mr. Luo, please!" , although I can't figure out why Chen Jialuo is looking for him, but with Ji Xiaolan's name sticked, Dai Zhen still welcomed him to the room.
Chen Jialuo looked at the room in front of him, it was small and worn, and the paper on the window was torn a lot, and he didn't know how Dai Zhen persevered in this winter! Dai Zhen was going to pour tea for Chen Jialuo, but his hand stretched out halfway and retracted it, his face was embarrassed, Mingrui was so sophisticated that he couldn't see that he had no tea, so he hurriedly withdrew and ordered the store to serve tea.
"Let Mr. Chen smile!" , Dai Zhen smiled self-deprecatingly, "Now I don't even have tea for hospitality!" ”
"Mr. Dai has no need to see outside, he admired Mr. Daqi early in the next morning, and today he is not really extraordinary, Mr. is just a chance embarrassment at this time, and he will be able to leave a name in history in the future!" , Dai Zhen's life was bumpy, three years ago, because the children of the wealthy clan in the township invaded his ancestral grave, afraid that he would retaliate, he spent money to buy the county order to fabricate charges, Dai Zhen fled to the capital, lived in the Shexian Guild Hall, had no food and clothing, and later met Ji Xiaolan to get better.
"It's funny, how can he be praised like this!" , Dai Zhen took Chen Jialuo's words as ordinary politeness, and did not take them seriously, in his opinion, he is just a show talent now, how can he be worthy of Chen Jialuo's praise.
"I am not lying in the following, just with the two books of "Calculation" and "Pythagorean Circumcision", Mr. will definitely leave a name for future generations!" , Chen Jialuo said categorically.
Perhaps feeling the sincerity in Chen Jialuo's tone, Dai Zhen looked at him in surprise, "Arithmetic is just a small way, and the way of a saint is also in the Six Classics." Whoever learns from words, discerns words, and ends with hearing the Tao, and does not come from the scriptures of the saints, is not learning. Arithmetic is usually used to cultivate piano exercises, but after all, it can't be on the stage! ”
As soon as he heard this, Chen Jialuo knew that he might not be able to achieve his goal today, Dai Zhen was still the thinking of a traditional Chinese literati, and regarded everything other than the Four Books and the Five Classics as a sideline, and he wanted to rely on the mathematical knowledge of later generations to attract him! People's inherent thinking cannot be changed in a short period of time, and it must not be an overnight thing to convince him, but he can't stay in Beijing for him. To deal with stubborn diseases, he still had to take strong medicine, Chen Jialuo immediately got up, "Hmph! I thought that Mr. Dai was not an extraordinary person, but today I was disappointed, but he was just a rotten Confucian! Today is a trip for nothing! Leave! ”
After finishing speaking, he was about to leave, and he happened to meet Mingrui coming in with a teapot, "Sir, why are you leaving?" ”
"It's better to be famous than to meet, and if you don't come, you don't know!" , Chen Jialuo sighed, "Hey, let's go back!" It's a pity that it's hard to find someone in the world today who has such attainments in arithmetic! ”
"Mr. Luo, please stay!" , Dai Zhen was baffled by Chen Jialuo, why did this person turn his face as soon as he said two words? I don't think I'm saying anything wrong, huh?
Chen Jialuo slowly turned his head, "What else is wrong with Mr. Dai?" ”
Dai Zhen came over and walked in front of Chen Jialuo and arched his hand, "I don't know where I offended Mr. Luo just now, please explain." ”
"Mr. Dai is not offended, I just can't get used to seeing others despise arithmetic!" Chen Jialuo said, "In my opinion, the way of arithmetic is not inferior to the Six Classics, up to the universe of heaven and earth, down to the lives of the people, everything in heaven and earth is in arithmetic, what Mr. Dai said just now is really ridiculous!" ”
"Arithmetic is nothing but the study of business and commerce! What's the use of being with the country? We scholars still have to rely on the Six Classics to help the king rule the world! Dai Zhen disagreed with Chen Jialuo's words.
"When the sage lectures, he is the simultaneous interpretation of the six arts, but he does not underestimate arithmetic!" , Chen Jialuo immediately retorted, "If you don't learn arithmetic, don't know money and food, don't know the time and geography, how can you govern the country?" ”
"Please also ask Mr. Luo to explain to me what is the use of this arithmetic in governing the country?" , Dai Zhen asked respectfully.
Seeing that his words worked, Chen Jialuo borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, pulled back to his seat by Dai Zhen, and took the teapot in Octavia's hand and poured it for Dai Zhen, "This is not something that can be said clearly overnight, sir, please use tea, wait for me to speak slowly!" ”
After a little deliberation, Chen Jialuo asked rhetorically, "In Mr. Dai's opinion, are the localities now governed by officials or officials?" ”
Nowadays, as a magistrate, the handling of specific affairs has fallen into the hands of the officials, whether it is urging grain and collecting taxes, or criminal prison proceedings, those who only know how to read the scriptures can not do this, so in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the local officials always have to bring money and grain masters, criminal masters, it can be explained that it is the county order in charge, in fact, it is the master and the officials in charge, Dai Zhen has experienced ups and downs for local things is still relatively clear, "There are many things where local officials collude with each other to deceive officials, and it is not impossible to say that it is the rule of officials!" ”
"Why?" , without waiting for Dai Zhen to answer Chen Jialuo, he continued, "In addition to the fact that the officials have lived in one place for a long time and their forces are intertwined, it is not the reason why the magistrates do not know how to learn; Just imagine, if the magistrate can't read the grain book and account book, how can he avoid the collusion between the officials and the upper and lower levels to corrupt the place? ”
"Mr. Luo is right! However, the magistrate takes the master with him when he takes office, so wouldn't it be good to leave these little things to the master? Those who are in the top position only need to know how to use people! Dai Zhen's attitude relaxed slightly, but he was not convinced.
"How can Tai'a hold it in the hands of others?" , Chen Jialuo asked rhetorically, "How can you guarantee that the master will not collude with the officials?" Hehe, I forgot that now thousands of miles of officials are only for money, once the magistrate takes office, he has his own master to go to talk to the officials, and the money that should be given to those adults is not a penny! ”
"This", Dai Zhen is also a victim of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and he is speechless at the moment.
"And that's not all!" , Chen Jialuo's voice became excited, "With arithmetic, we can know when there is rain and when there is drought, so why not be afraid of natural disasters?" With arithmetic, we can know how to build water conservancy to increase food production, so why worry about the people starving? With arithmetic, we can improve ordnance, and with strong ships and artillery, why worry about the injustice of the world."
"Oh? Please sir show me! Scholars all take the world as their own responsibility, and these big words suddenly aroused Dai Zhen's curiosity.
"Zhou Ji Sutra" has clouds: Yu to control the flood, the rivers and rivers, look at the mountains and rivers square, set the momentum of the height, in addition to the monstrous disaster, the relief of the faint mat (common people) of the misfortune (danger), so that the sea is not immersed in the reverse (drowning), is the cause of the Pythagorean. This means that King Yu's success in controlling the water is by virtue of the Pythagorean technique! Chen Jialuo began to talk about the application of arithmetic in life, and the more Dai Zhen listened, the more fascinated he became, until the evening when Chen Jialuo said goodbye.
After agreeing on a date for the reunion, Chen Jialuo and Mingrui walked back, and Mingrui asked Chen Jialuo in the carriage, "Is this person of great use to Chief Chen Helmsman?" ”
"Huh." , Chen Jialuo said with a smile, "In my opinion, this person is the elite of the top five battalions!" ”
Yesterday it seemed like I had a heat stroke, and I insisted on the code word. Thank you for the reward of Xiangma in Xinshan, how can the book friend with a string of numbers click on it and Brother Xiangma.