The child changed his position and hugged the piano, perhaps because he was a little tired of holding it like this.

His confused eyes flashed, and from time to time he wondered what the purpose of the master's words was, and looked at the people below, who were constantly worshipping, he was very puzzled in his heart, and wanted to understand, but he couldn't understand something.

He then said respectfully: "Master, forgive the disciple for being stupid and unable to perceive any mystery in it. ”

"Hahaha!", the old man opened his mouth to laugh, stretched out his thumb and forefinger to knead his sideburns, and then said

"Looking at the mandate of heaven, looking down at the mysteries, heaven and earth are eight, divided into five elements, and there are three categories of heaven, earth and man, today, I will teach you how to understand people. ”

The child's eyes shone brightly.

The master is clever, he has long been recognizable, but since he can remember, he can only hear the sound of the master's piano every day, and can not learn his fortune telling, his heart has long been impatient, and then he simply became the master's child holding the piano, which is really a lot of complaints in his heart.

But today, it seems that the master and his old man plan to pass on my mantle.

The child suddenly came to his senses and looked like he was listening.

The old man said slowly:

"To understand people, we must observe, look at their appearance, look at their internal reason, look at the past and present, look at what people think, think and think, think and judge, judge their reason, reason and push, push their derivation, and derive their hexagrams!

The child was so excited that he knelt directly on the ground and kowtowed to the old man three times.

The old man continued:

"You asked me why they sacrificed, and how did I answer?"

The old man asked.

The child replied truthfully, "Because they are asking for rain from heaven!" ”

The old man nodded, and then continued, "Why do their priests ask for rain, and nothing else?" Do you know why I say that?"

The child shook his head, indicating that he did not know. But in my heart, I was extremely puzzled. Over the years, he has been by the master's side, and he has a great belief in the master's Tianyan hexagram, and invisibly, he has developed a habit, that is, what the master says is the truth.

So he didn't ask more.

"What do you think would be if they weren't sacrificing for rain, but something else?"

The old man asked rhetorically.

The child was suddenly puzzled, could it be that there were other possibilities?

The child said, "In a few days, it will be October 7th, which is the death day of the ancient emperors, and they are paying tribute to the ancient emperors." ”

Although he knew that the child was wrong, the old man still smiled and nodded, not denying the child's words. Invisibly, it is necessary for children to develop a habit of self-thinking, so that learning the art of Tianyan can be regarded as truly getting twice the result with half the effort.

If you have to use someone else's brain in everything, and you just listen to the answer, then you will always have to send someone under the fence. And the art of Tianyan not only has to use one's own brain, but also to think about the world's affairs, to know the world's affairs, to think about personnel, to know personnel, to think before to know, in order to be Tianyan.

The old man said, "You are right, but it is not right. ”

The old man crouched down, picked up a piece of dirt from the ground, kneaded it with his fingers, and easily turned it into powder.

"Look at the land here, this sign is the scorching sun, you look at the crops here, it's past October, and when the autumn harvest comes, there are still new seedlings waiting to grow in the land, and you smell the air, it's very dry, how does it compare with the air that has just rained, how does it compare with the smell of not raining in a month, how does it compare with the air that hasn't rained in a year?"

"And look at the mountains and rocks here, the surface is rotten, just touch lightly, you can scrape off a little crystal powder, this is a long drought without rain, you touch these flowers and plants, although the surface looks as usual, in fact it is hollow, there is not much time, if the day does not rain, it will inevitably die of drought. ”

The child nodded thoughtfully.

After a while, he pointed to the crops that had just bloomed not far away.

He said:

"Master, since the weather is so dry, why can these new seedlings grow?"

The old man nodded, which means that this kid has begun to use his brain, which is very good.

"Look at the footprints next to the land, how wide is a finger deep in the soil, and when the weather is dry, the surface of these lands must be dry and not easy to print, what does this mean?"

The old man looked at the child.

The child thought for a while and said, "It means that people are very heavy!"

"Then look at these villagers again, their robes are wide, their faces are yellow and thin, are they heavy?"

The old man asked.

The child shook his head, then continued, "Then why is it sealed?"

"Ahem!"

The old man shook his head and looked speechlessly at the land that was growing new seedlings not far away, why is this child so difficult to teach?

Someone must have carried water up for irrigation!

The old man didn't plan to say anything more on this topic, he was a little speechless.

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The Lin family is located at the east gate of the imperial capital.

The head of the Lin family is Lin Tiannan, the head of the household department, in charge of Tianyao's finances and taxes. And the household squire is the biggest official in the household department, that is, the leading boss, ranking in the second rank, in the court, can stand in the fourth row of civil officials, which is enough to show that his position is high and powerful.

Although in addition to the first, second and third rows of speeches in the court, the other basic soy sauce does not prevent Lin Tiannan from being in a high position, and Lin Tiannan has a chance to be promoted, he is only in his fifties now.

Further, it is the six Shangshu, in charge of the six! What is the concept of the six Shangshu? That is the existence comparable to the prime minister, at that time, the court stands, he can at least stand in the second row, this is simply a carp jumping over the dragon gate!

Of course, Tianyao's prime minister is Wen Chengxiang and Wu Chengxiang, respectively, the head of the Wenren, the head of the martial arts, in the top is the three company disciples, the relationship is equal, just to say that the reputation enjoyed is different, the three companies are naturally two prime ministers in Chinese, and there is another Situ is in charge of the world's sects, colleges, that is to say, Wang Erlang's top boss of the position of the dean of the Guozi Jian is also this Situ, but this Situ has been killed head-on, his surname is Wen, Wen Qitu is the surname he gave, Wen Qingcheng is his descendant, and later after his death was crowned Zhongyihou, has broken away from the political structure of the imperial court, and has become one of the few princes of Tianyao。

But it doesn't mean that the prince is bigger than the prime minister, this is impossible, but the prince's rights are incomparable to the prime minister, whether it is a prince of a thousand miles or a prince of a hundred meters, as long as it is in his own fiefdom, then the taxes do not need to be handed over to the court at all, and he can also raise soldiers, which is equivalent to the emperor of a place.

Throughout the ages, most of the heroes in troubled times are the children of these princes, not princes and nobles, because princes have autonomy, and it is legal to recruit troops and horses by themselves, so there will be a situation of princes separating.

However, the Wen family was a feudal marquis this time, but it was a feudal marquis without a fief, but it was just said that the Wen family could take a part of the taxes in Qiucheng. It's over, the city lord of Yinqiu City is still his city lord, not under the control of the Wen family, this is also His Majesty the monarch in order to put an end to the situation of the princes, so he rewarded in this way, to put it bluntly, that is, in addition to the Wen family can collect some taxes every year, there are only 2,000 private troops, this little bit of power, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, a little stamping will be gone.

This loyalty is only in name only.

Wen Qingcheng didn't know it yet.

And Lin Tiannan, the head of the Lin family, is the head of the household department, in charge of the empire's taxes, and in the end, how much money can the Wen family get, he is not looking for him.

And Lin Tiannan just wanted to use his beautiful daughter to get on the big tree of the second prince at first, but Lin Xiaoyun was taken by the monarch, which immediately made him happy, in this way, wouldn't he become a relative of the emperor?

Later, the death of Taifu Wen caused the monarch's concubine to sink completely to the bottom of the sea, and then his youngest daughter was sent to the Great Southern Kingdom in the name of harmony. Suddenly, his sad heart was revived, and if he lost the big tree of the prince, he could get the mountain of the king, and if he lost the mountain of the king, he could get the mountain of the king of the southern country.

This can be described as a displacement, and after several reversals, his heart rises and falls!

But for him, it doesn't matter, as long as he can go up to the mountains, it doesn't matter where he goes.

Just when he was about to let a few of his disciples go to the Great Southern Kingdom to enter the official career, a nightmarish news came, which immediately broke him!