What do Japanese people consider as culture?

A literate Japanese person is embarrassed to greet people when he goes out if he doesn't have a few calligraphy and paintings of Chinese celebrities at home.

This time I came to the capital to take a turn, although the two Japanese will meet many celebrities and collect a lot of Su Dongpo's handwriting, but to say that they have collected the famous paintings of the four great families...... What could be more fanatical than this?

"Hang up, Nagatoden, I beg you to hang these two words. Let me wait and enjoy it", the two Japanese pleaded in unison.

Zhao Xingwang looked at Cai Jing's boat behind him, and said in embarrassment: "This is too public." I heard that after Cai Jing was driven out of the capital, he became a German soldier, then changed to Yingzhou, and was soon relocated to Chengdu. It is estimated that he is now rushing to Chengdu to take up his post. If this is the case, we will go all the way to Yangzhou, and we will take the same waterway as him.

The calligraphy and paintings that were robbed were hung on the sails and sailed straight all the way, and the owner of the stolen goods followed behind, following him step by step, isn't this a slap in the face. ”

Zhou Bangshi is also persuading: "Lord Cai is small-minded, this move may anger Lord Cai, the two ......"

However, no matter what they said, they couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the two Japanese, they basically ignored Zhou Bang's words, and couldn't help but snatch Cai Jing's handwriting, jumped up and hung on the sail in the discipline, and then sat under the mast with Yuan Yeping, obsessively looking at the words fluttering in the wind, while copying in the void, while praising it: "Such a huge sentence, written without deformation, can be so elegant...... The Celestial Empire is really a miracle. ”

The ship was also mostly full of lawless people, who heard the words of the Japanese people. When I am proud, I don't know the height of the sky, and I only care about appreciation. Wei Cheng Azhu was a little scrupled, and when the ship sailed through Yangzhou, she prepared a gift. instructed the canal river supervisor to transfer it to Cai Jing in the follow-up area, hoping to ease Cai Jing's anger. Then the loach sailed through Yangzhou. Entered the Yangtze River.

The water surface of the Yangtze River in the Song Dynasty was endless, and when the boat entered here, it was like a fish into the sea and completely got rid of Cai Jing, and Cai Jing received the gift from the "Zhaomen Cheng family". It's very depressing, though. But now there is no trace of Zhao Xingdi at all. In desperation, his boat went up the current and entered a fork in the road and began to march towards Chengdu.

After Cai Jing arrived in Chengdu, there will be a major event that affects the world - Chengdu merchants use "Jiaozi" as a voucher for commercial transactions, Cai Jing witnessed the use and circulation of Jiaozi in Chengdu, and when he returned to serve as prime minister, he invented the world's first banknote: Jiaozi, also known as "Jiaozi".

Now, however, history has changed a bit – and the evidence has been discovered. The pattern on the four sides of the banknote layout has a clear "leaf" pattern, which is unique to the Jewish people. To this day, the currencies of various countries continue to use the four-sided pattern of the "world's first banknote" to show the inheritance - and according to the records of the Yuan Dynasty, the Song and Jin dynasties were presided over by Jews. And said: "They can do anything. ”。 This shows that Cai Jing invented paper money at the beginning. It was done with the help of the Jews. Now, that's what history has changed. Zhao Xing started with the Jewish faith. Pulling this group of Jews into his arms, in this way, is the honor of inventing paper money still Cai Jingde?

Nobody knows!

When the loach boat passed through Yangzhou, if it wasn't for Cai Jing chasing all the way, Zhao Xing actually wanted to play in Yangzhou for a few more days. Because from Yangzhou, there are two options for water transport routes: one is to go straight down to Taihu Lake through the southern section of the canal, and then to Hangzhou; One way is to go down the Yangtze River east to Tongzhou Jinghai (Nantong) near the mouth of the sea, and change to a sea boat from sea and land to Hangzhou.

If it is the latter route, you can actually take a sea boat from Yangzhou to Hangzhou all the way, or vice versa, and then transshipment through the canal. The carrying capacity of sea vessels is dozens of times that of canal vessels, so this mode of transportation can minimize transportation costs...... It's a pity that Cai Jing chased too closely, and Zhao Xing didn't dare to stay in Yangzhou, so he had to order the loach to sail all the way to Jinghai.

"That's fine--Yangzhou giant businessmen gather, and the tooth merchants are very strict, and none of us outsiders can get in. If you gain a foothold in Jinghai, it is easy to gradually get bigger", standing at the Jinghai pier, Zhao Xing said to himself as if comforting himself.

This can be hidden from others, but it is not cool to hide it. He helped Zhao Xing with housework in Hangzhou for several years, and he knew the market situation in the neighborhood well, so he corrected with a smile: "Teacher, what you said is not right. Sea vessels can carry 3,500 tons of cargo in one trip, and can also carry 100 passengers at the same time. Such a shipload of goods can not be eaten in a small place in Tongzhou, but it is still transported to Yangzhou and shipped safely.

Shipping in Yangzhou, first, there is no need to load and unload repeatedly, just move directly to the canal ship; The second is such a large amount of goods, only Yangzhou can be put into storage, Tongzhou - here is not far from Hangzhou, sea ships to enter the port here, it is better to unload directly in Hangzhou, and then load on the canal ship - there is our territory. ”

Zhao Xing smiled, patted Cheng Shuang's shoulder, and praised him: "You have grown up, to be honest, I just didn't want to admit my mistakes." You're right, we don't need to operate two seaports at once, if we have to choose, then Hangzhou, and we will concentrate on operating Hangzhou in the future. ”

Cheng Xia stood aside and couldn't help but interject: "Teacher, don't you really plan to go to work?" Then why did you spend so much effort to get into the Jinshi? ”

Cheng Xia was supposed to break up with Zhao Xing in Yangzhou, after which he returned to Huangzhou, and Zhao Xing went south to Hangzhou. But Cheng Xia found that he had only broken up with those brothers of the same clan for three years, and strangely enough, all the brothers who followed Zhao Xing were taller than him.

It's okay to have a high level of knowledge, Zhao Xing has been gone for many years, and he hasn't taught his disciples anything, and Cheng Xia hired an old master, but he thinks he has grown a lot of knowledge every day. But now that the brothers are meeting, the group of children don't talk to him about learning, but only compare their body with him, which makes the original "child king" Cheng Xia quite depressed, so he sent the servant back on the road, and said to his father Cheng differently, he followed the teacher wholeheartedly, and saw if the teacher's size could also be infected.

In fact, height cannot be contagious, and the children who follow Zhao Xing are tall because of adequate nutrition. Similarly, genes, because of nutritional differences, can vary in size by 15 to 20 centimeters. This is proven by modern technology.

Zhao Xing vaguely remembered that the standard ration for American GIs in the field was about 460 grams of beef per day, that is, half a kilogram of meat. Therefore, Zhao Xing also asked the children's food to be close to this standard every day. These children who grow up eating meat are naturally different from children who grow up eating grass. It just so happens that these three years are the time when the child grows up. Adequate nutrition made the children around him immediately widen the difference in height and weight between the children who stayed in Huangzhou.

Cheng Xia wants to follow Zhao Xing, and Zhao Xing naturally knows his little caution. It's a pity that he has missed the period of physical development, and no matter how much he makes up for it in the future, he will not have much development in size...... However, Zhao Xing won't tell him. He tried his best to fulfill his responsibility as a teacher. Answering Cheng Xiadi's question: "Cheng Xia, what do you mean when you say that people are alive?" ”

Cheng Xia lowered his head and thought about it, and replied: "Although what Master Huangzhou teaches is a great truth. But I also know that they are actually the most eager to make a name for themselves...... The teacher doesn't like to play with those mysteries, so I'll tell you the truth: the ancients are cloudy, the world is bustling for fame, and the world is shouting for profit. Life is nothing more than that. ”

Zhao Xing snorted: "What you said are all general words said by the ancients of the Bronze Age. Although there is truth in this statement, it is not feasible. Let me put it in the simplest and clearest words, that is: the ultimate goal of human life is to obtain the maximum benefit with the minimum cost. ”

I heard Zhao Xing begin to explain the knowledge of the wisdom of life. The children of the Cheng clan gathered around. Listen intently. Although Zhou Bangshi is curious, this belongs to the content of genealogy. He didn't dare to get too close, so he had to stand where he could hear and listen.

Cheng Xia blinked his eyes: "Teacher, this is so profound, can you explain it?" ”

"I ask you, why do you use square boxes instead of round barrels for sea ship transportation? It stands to reason that the drums can be loaded with goods and can be rolled when they are transported, which can save a lot of effort. But why do we have to load in square boxes? ”

"Cost" and "benefit", these two words Cheng Xia has already learned, so the words do not need to be explained. Zhou Bangshi thought for a moment, and vaguely guessed the meaning of the two words. Cheng Xia frowned, thought hard for a moment, and replied, "Could it be that the square box is easy to place...... Ah, that's why, the sea is windy and rough, and the barrel is not easy to fix, so it is safe to use a square box. ”

"You forgot what I just said – costs and benefits. This is how things in the world are, and when the cost is reasonable, people say that this matter is reasonable, fair, authentic, and properly handled......

Safety is not the main reason for the location of loading in square boxes, because the cost of securing boxes is the same regardless of the square area. Okay, let's draw a circle first, and then draw an outward box on the outside of the circle. ……

By the way, the square outside the circle has empty four corners. That is to say: if we use a drum to load the goods, the square outside the circle is the loading space occupied by the barrel, and the four corners on the edge of the circle are the gaps between the circle and the circle, and there are not many things stuffed in it, and the space of the four corners is wasted.

There are two aspects to consider when a sea vessel makes a trip: one is to ensure safety along the way, and the other is to use the limited space to bring back more goods. This is to use the minimum cost in exchange for the maximum benefit. And we use square containers to ship, which happens to be able to ship the most goods in the smallest space, so we get several times the income from going to sea at one time than others. As a result, we have the lowest cost and can make our partners more profitable. When we have a lot of profit margins, we can share enough benefits with our partners – so everyone thinks that we are the secret to doing things fairly. ”

Cheng Xia pondered for a moment and felt that what the teacher said was reasonable, and when it came to the square circle of the box, it was reasonable. But Zhao Xing said that everything in the world operates according to this principle, he was a little difficult to understand, and after thinking for a while, he asked again: "What the teacher just said is the truth of selling goods by sea ships." Can national events also be measured by costs and benefits...... For example, the teacher recently discussed the exemption law with others, and the teacher used this theory to analyze the exemption law. ”

Zhou Bangshi was a supporter of the new law, and when he heard this, he quietly took a few steps closer and pricked up his ears to listen.

"Exemption law - such a big event, because there are too many details, too many clues, we have to analyze: what is the effective cost? Whoever pays for the labor is the effective cost.

Let the people who pay effective labor get the maximum benefit, this is called the way to control people. The human heart is the most difficult thing to satisfy, the human heart is content. Then there will be income from hard work, everyone will be in their place, social order will be natural and stable, and great things will be accomplished.

Let's first analyze and analyze the local problems encountered by the Exemption Law: there are no administrative costs for officials at all levels. Due to the lack of copper coins, people sometimes did not have the cash on hand to pay their taxes. Thus, the errand service law was born. The officials drove the people to labor, and the people offset the taxes; The government thus completed the collection and operation.

What happened later, the government service is endless. The people could not take care of their own land when they were busy with farming. They also had to deal with the dispatch of officials, which led to the abandonment of land, the reduction of agricultural taxes, and the reduction of the number of people sent by the government. So there was a law of exemption from military service, which allowed the people to pay for their errand service, and the government used the money to hire people.

What came out of nowhere? In the meantime, the officials did not make any effort to supply the copper coins, and as a result, the people still had no money to pay taxes, and the officials' demands were endless. The poor could not afford to pay the exemption money, and the wealthy households were also overwhelmed by the burden of the officials who increased the amount of money and collected the exemption money privately, so they abandoned their homes and fled.

As a result, no single member of society as a whole can live in peace. The family and the country are all over the world, and the home is gone. How can the country be safe......

Let's break it down. Of the two before and after, who paid the effective cost of the exemption money? ”

Cheng's students replied in unison: "People! ”

"Wrong! Regardless of the kind of regulations before and after. It is only the servants who pay the effective cost, and the people here are the ineffective costs. Because they have no say in the value of their labor, their labor is ignored, ignored, and used to meet the needs of officials, so the court has changed back and forth, and the people who have paid for their labor have no right to speak, no matter how they adjust, only corrupt officials have the right and ability to cash out their labor in the name of change. ”

Cheng Xia and Cheng Men's disciples pondered for a while, and suddenly said "oh": "It makes sense!" Teacher, what do you mean is that no matter how the imperial court changes the exemption law, it is the people who suffer. But everyone in the world says that the exemption law is a good law, and the master is also thinking about eliminating the evils, is there really no way to improve it? The teacher tried to talk about how to get rid of the disadvantages of the exemption law in terms of cost and benefit. ”

Zhao Xing shook his head: "No matter what kind of means of compensation, if the person who pays for effective labor does not have the pricing power of labor - all efforts will be in vain."

I remember: Back then, someone published the "Diagram of the Displaced People" to describe the displacement of people under the new law, and they were trying to survive. His Majesty Shenzong can't bear it and wants to stop the new law, what does Wang Jinggong say - people's words are not enough. That means that the people's words are not worth hearing! Hehe, the people who paid the cost did not have the right to speak, and he said that this change was for the benefit of the people?

It's so funny! The cost does not have the right to participate in the distribution of benefits, who can get the benefits? ”

Zhao Xing's words involved high-level politics, and the disciples of the Cheng family were gloomy when they heard this, and they couldn't interject, so they had nothing to say.

Zhou Bangshi couldn't help but interject: "Brother Liren, you said that there are many remedies, why don't you talk about it." ”

"Remedy...... I heard that Deng Juan, who was sentenced to please Wang Jinggong (Wang Anshi) in Ningzhou, Shaanxi, once said this sentence: Laugh and scold and let others be, and I will do it myself. The good officials he said did not refer to honest officials, but to official positions with good positions and sufficient oil...... Presiding over the new law, all such officials are used, how to change it?

Sima Xianggong accused the people of the new law of not giving the land and the country using enough, and learned the land from the people of Sang Hongyang who did not benefit the country and Rao. Wang Jinggong did not deny it, and of course he couldn't deny it. What does Sang Hong Sheep do? It is to empty the people's money bags and put them into the pockets of the court. Then, as long as there was a breath of the people, they all tried their best to spit on that regime - so the Han Dynasty died.

Sang Hongyang didn't perfect things at the beginning, did our changes make up for his loopholes this time?

No! In addition to copying, Wang Jinggong did not make even a spoonful of effort.

So, can we avoid the results caused by Sang Hong sheep? …… Nanbo, I don't want to quarrel with you, we are friends, I don't want to quarrel with you on political affairs - you and I are idlers, what's the use of arguing? Invalid costs. But you can think about my words, there is a way out for the new law, and it is not enough to quarrel alone, and there must be action.

Wang Jinggong said: The mandate of heaven is not enough to fear, the ancestors are not enough to be afraid, the words of people are not enough to be compassionate, he has ignored all the rules, so what should we do? Wang Jinggong didn't say! The ancestors said that they should love the people, but the ancestors were not enough to law, so the Deng Juans began to cripple the people, and the people were miserable, but the words were not enough. So their suffering can be completely ignored, yes?

All the rules are broken, what is the standard for what we do? What is the law? There are no rules, and things are done spontaneously. This is the case for national affairs – what we need most now is to establish rules. Let the cost reflect the rules of the voice! ”

When Zhou Bangshi heard this, his face changed. He heard that Zhao Xing had a way, but his method was not suitable for now.

Although the Song Dynasty did not know what a "republic" was. However, in practice, there are many places in accordance with the "republican principle". For example, "rule the world and the earth together with the scholars". However. In any case, the scholars did not think of "ruling the world with the people", because in this way, it would be necessary to evolve from a simple "republic" to a "democratic republic".

Zhao Xing's proposition involved "giving power to the people", which was absolutely impossible in the Song Dynasty, so his method was also not feasible!

Zhou Bangshi figured this out, and Cheng's disciples immediately understood, Cheng Xia was well-behaved, and he immediately jumped the topic to the original question: "Teacher." Then you have worked so hard to get into the Jinshi, not to be an official, how to reflect the benefits? ”

Zhao Xing patted his thigh: "The problem is here." Jinshi is efficiency, and there is that official rank pressed there, and the officers dare not extort at will. Because they were worried that I might become an official in the future. The officials took revenge on them.

In addition to this, there is the title of Jinshi. I can completely exempt my family's land from tax, and no matter how much land I occupy, no one will speak, because I am a gentry. With such an official title, I will get a lot of benefits.

But...... In the past three years, I have only communicated one trade route, our business network has not yet been rolled out, and I really became an official, and officials are not allowed to engage in maritime trade, so my efforts in the past few years have not been in vain? If I give up these properties and become an official, I will only get fifteen yuan a month, and what will I lose? That trade road is paved, and there will be many people who will follow the trend soon, and if I don't hurry up and build a circulation store, someone else will build it. Gradually, my market share will gradually shrink - then I will not lose tens of thousands of dollars per month.

Therefore, in terms of cost-effectiveness, it is better for me to be that official, so I might as well stay at home and run my warehouse with peace of mind. ”

After listening to their report, Zhao Xing explained a few words, and when they said goodbye, he pointed to the back of this group of Israelis and said to the students: "This group of people may be the most cost-effective people in the world." ”

Cheng Xia woke up from his thoughts, and he took the opportunity to ease the atmosphere: "I heard that the teacher is going to find a priest for them, and the cost of going overseas by sea ship is not small, does the teacher think it's worth it?" ”

"Value! It's worth it! What Zhao Xing is most satisfied with is that the most worthwhile thing for his trip to Bianliang is to find a group of Israelis.

This group of Israelis is arguably the world's number one accounting nation, and they are proficient in accounting techniques. Zhao Xingke knew that almost all the chief accountants of large foreign companies were Jewish. And how many years does it take to train a group of skilled accountants like the Jews?

Zhao Xing estimates that even if the modern and mature education system is used, it will take 20 years to study at a young age. Now that he has exchanged the promise of a high priest for a hundred skilled accountants, isn't this the greatest benefit at the lowest cost?

The Jews were also showing Zhao Xing their worth: along the way, the Israelis disembarked in twos and threes according to the plan, and they would build loach stacks along the way with the assistance of the locals and with the start-up fees given by Zhao Xing. With their abilities, Zhao Xing believes that they can accomplish such a simple task on their own. And the Jews are a very contract-abiding people, they claim to have made a pact with God, and they have kept this pact for 9,000 years, so Zhao Xing is not afraid that they will take the money and run away.

When the ship sailed into Hangzhou, exactly half of the Israelis who kept disembarking along the way—50 people—were left, and they followed Zhao Xing into the manor, standing on the top of the slope of the Hangzhou manor, looking at the construction site. Zhao Qin'er was quietly placed in the side building by Cheng Azhu.

Zhou Bangshi said goodbye at the canal wharf in Hangzhou, and he needed to go home first to raise funds, and then negotiate with Zhao Xing about the shares. The two Japanese people turned back with Zhao Xing, and under the arrangement of Zhao Xing, Lieutenant General Ji Shou boarded a ship at the dock and went to the Japanese country.

The construction of this Hangzhou courtyard began four years ago, and there is a steady stream of craftsmen, including Japanese workers, Vietnamese workers, and workers from the Arab world. Zhao Xing did not build much, just a few residential buildings, but he was very demanding, such as the exterior walls of the manor, the thickness of the walls was required to be more than three meters, and they were all made of boulders.

In fact, the outer wall eventually became a continuous ring wall building, four stories high, the outward side opened a few small square windows the size of a head seven meters above the ground, and the inward side, the first and second floors have no external windows, all connected warehouses, and the third floor and above are the rooms of the occupants, with large doors and windows.

For four years, the craftsmen spent most of their time building this façade. It wasn't until last year that the circular façade was closed, and the craftsmen began to build new buildings on the premises. At this time, the construction is entering its peak, and more than a thousand workers come and go, making the yard seem a little noisy.

Looking at the situation in front of him, Zhao Xing couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

In the past four years, Azhu has lived on such a big construction site, but it is really difficult for her. He wanted to say a few words of comfort, but he couldn't say it for a while, so he had to gently hug Ah Zhu, and the two hugged each other, staring at this home.

This place belongs to him, this is his home in the Great Song Dynasty.

There were still many rooms in the walled tower, so that as many Israelites could come to settle them. After a while, most of them had begun to choose their rooms under the guidance of the servants, and only five Israelis remained with Zhao Xing, who happened to be the small leaders of the five major tribes of Israel.

Cheng Azhu stayed in Zhao Xing's arms and forgot the passage of time, and Chen Yiyi urged for a long time before she remembered that Zhao Xing's residence had not yet been introduced. Busy led everyone into a small building that had just been completed in the middle of the castle at the foot of the hill. The house is architecturally similar to a modern villa, with three floors and a steeple loft and a hillside to it.

It was the first time for Chen Yiyi to enter this room, and she excitedly climbed up to the second floor to choose her own accommodation. Strangely, Jiao Touch actually came out of the house, carrying a string of lanterns in his hand, first handing out a lantern to everyone, and then leading everyone into the foyer downstairs.

Women have no resistance to beautiful things, and Zhao Qin'er entered the house last and was also attracted by this chic house. Ah Zhu happened to show off and led everyone to visit the small building, while Jiao Touch pulled Zhao Xing and led the five Israelis into the kitchen.

This wall of the kitchen is movable, and when you push this wall, there is a door behind it, and then there is a door behind it. Jiao Touch kept pushing open the layers of thick wooden doors, and the more he walked in, the louder the noise seemed to be, all of which were the sound of metal knocking, and when he approached the last thick wooden door, a long tunnel appeared in front of everyone. In the tunnel, countless women sat at a small square table, operating a spiral minting machine in their hands, and the *** on their table was like the landing indicator light on the airstrip, one by one, extending to the depths of the tunnel.

When Zhao Xing came in, there was a noise, and when the women saw Zhao Xing carrying the lantern, they immediately stopped what they were doing, knelt down at their table and kowtowed, shouting "Audience", "Knock", "Nagato Palace...... and other words.

Zhao Xing nodded left and right, carrying a lamp and walking through this road, the Israelis only watched silently and did not speak. When he reached the end of the road, Zhao Xing looked back at Jiao Touch and asked, "How many people are there in total?" ”

Jiao replied: "There are 400 people here, and there are 300 people for my son." ”

Jiao Touch replied as he pushed open the wooden door at the end of the corridor, and inside was a large studio, lit with countless lanterns, to illuminate the room. A large workbench was littered with parts. Hearing the sound of the door, three plainly dressed old men saluted Zhao Xing with five young men, Zhao Xing turned around and asked Jiao Yi: "This is the coppersmith from the Western Regions introduced by Master Buddha Yin?" ”

Jiao Touch nodded.

Zhao Xing walked up to the three old men and casually asked each other's names.

It was a family of three brothers, namely Huang Da, Huang Er, and Huang San. After the mutual greetings, Zhao Xing asked Huang Da: "Has the demon subjugation been transformed?" "At the end, everyone, the monthly pass is not an antique, and it can't increase in value if you keep it, vote for me! Let's push the gorgeous Da Song to a higher level together! Thank you very much!