(At the beginning, I asked for a monthly ticket, because we had fallen to the last place in the classification list, and we were only 16 votes away from the seventh and eighth records of the army and Minghui, and only one vote ahead of the eleventh Tiger Giant...... This is an absolutely unsafe position, beg everyone to be a lifting brother and push me up! Thanks to the lonely goose = death, Li Guangyan rewarded) "Little official, do you really want to fight?" In the study of Xinxiangzhai, Qi Niu scratched his head and asked Yu Guozhen.

"Huang Hao is a person who is greedy for money and good things, cunning and wise, after the veteran made it clear to him, he knew that his idea of using our new Xiangzhai to weaken Ruxi for him had been seen through." Yu Guozhen stopped writing: "And the things we left in Huang Mao's village are enough to make Huang Mao believe that Shi Luotong is in collusion with us, and what Huang Hao sent someone to tell him was false news, and he played him ruthlessly." ”

Huang Hao realized that it was inevitable for Ruxitong to turn his face with him, so what he could do was to take advantage of it as much as possible before turning his face, and weaken Ruxitong more. Huang Mao's village is not far from him, and it has just been broken by us, isn't it just a soft persimmon that can be pinched? Yu Guozhen said with a smile.

"Jiuhe, they said, there are Annan people on Huang Mao's side, and there are war elephants!"

"That's right, pinching the soft persimmon and pinching the iron persimmon, he has suffered a loss, and he needs our help even more...... Why, old cow, why are you asking these questions today? ”

Qi Niu was silent for a while, he usually didn't ask anything, as long as the petty official gave an order, he would resolutely carry it out, but this time it was different, the frightened faces and helpless expressions of the women and children in Huangmao's village before they died still appeared in front of him.

"Villain...... Thinking about it, the women and children in the village. He whispered.

Although his voice was like a gnat, Yu Guozhen still heard it, and after being stunned for a while, Yu Guozhen sat upright: "Lao Niu, I want to go back to Xiang'an at the end of the year, and after I go back this time, I may have to bring all the women and children in Xiang'an to Xinxiang." ”

"Yes."

"Even if you don't bring them here, now in Xinxiang Village, there are Aunt Gao, Xiaolian, and Aunt Siyi. What do you think...... Huang Mao wants to break our stockade, if he breaks our stockade, what will be the result of Aunt Gao, Xiaolian and Siyi Daogu. ”

Qi Niu was shocked.

After following Yu Guozhen, they were almost invincible, even if someone dared to pick the tiger's whiskers, the result would be a blue nose and swollen face. After repeated victories, Qi Niu almost forgot what the outcome would be if they lost.

Seeing that Qi Niu's face changed greatly, Yu Guozhen didn't say anything more, he had to figure out this matter by himself.

Yu Guozhen himself knows very well what the consequences will be for China if history does not change, the kind of dream that is so dark that it is almost suffocated, even after arriving in Qinzhou, will occasionally come to pester him. Under his bedside, a knife was always hidden.

Anything that stands in the way of him changing that tragic history, he has only one sword.

Xiaolian walked in with a cup, and when she saw Qi Niu, she glanced sideways: "Old Niu, you let the little official personally get involved in danger this time, I will remember this account for you!" ”

Qi Niu was silent, Yu Guozhen knew that he was a stubborn person, and now he was thinking about the problem, so he couldn't bother, so he pulled Xiaolian and said: "This matter originally blamed me, only this once, and it will not be done again in the future...... By the way, what happened to Mr. Xu? ”

"Daoist Guiquanzi checked the body of Mr. Xu's master and servant, and said that the Gu servant was too frightened and needed to be recuperated, but Mr. Xu himself was fine......

Just as he was talking about Xu Xiake, Xu Xiake's voice came from outside the door: "Yu Gongzi, Yu Gongzi!" ”

Outside Yu Guozhen's study, there are guards on duty with their own model gangs, except for a few people such as Xiaolian, the rest of them have to report if they want to enter.

"Please come in." Yu Guozhen said with a smile.

Xu Xiake looked excited, without the slightest fatigue of trekking through mountains and rivers and just experiencing the danger of life and death, he saw Yu Guozhen, and immediately said: "Yu Gongzi, I have figured out your question!" ”

"Huh?" Yu Guozhen was stunned: "Really? ”

"Yes, I have figured out why many of the strange beasts described in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" have disappeared now, and why Confucius still saw the unicorn, but now it is also missing...... I figured out why! ”

"Oh, Elder Xia, tell me what the reason is."

"It's because of the vicissitudes of life that their living environment has changed, and they themselves can't adapt to this change, so they become extinct." Xu Xiake excitedly took out a small cloth bag, which was full of snail shells: "I found these in the village of the people, they were sandwiched in the cracks of the stones, not leftovers from the people...... Originally, the mountains where the people lived were supposed to be underwater, but the ground rose, and the bottom of the sea became mountains, so these snails died. Similarly, the things contained in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" have changed in the surrounding living environment, some can adapt and have survived to this day, while others cannot adapt and eventually become extinct. ”

Yu Guozhen was dumbfounded, this is okay!

"Kasumi ...... Why did you think of this? After a few moments, he asked again.

"A few days ago, I got the guidance of Yu Gongzi, read the text of the "Du Shi General Dictionary" quoted in the "Qinzhou Chronicles", and saw the customs of the village in the village. According to the people themselves, their ancestors were originally generals who went south with the general of Fubo, and were later ordered to guard here, so they became the leaders of the mountain lords for generations. At that time, the old man thought, it was originally a Han species, but what a barbarian habit, and then think about it carefully, there is no other reason, the barbarian land is located, and the survival situation has changed. From this, I will push it again......"

Yu Guozhen felt that his jaw was a little unstable.

He attaches great importance to Xu Xiake, not only because he is a great traveler, but also because he is an outlier among today's scholars, just like Xu Guangqi, who has passed away, and Fang Yizhi, who has become Yu Guozhen's best friend, they not only read poetry and books, but also have a persistent spirit of exploring the mysteries of nature.

The point of view that Xu Xiake just put forward is, to put it simply, eight words: natural selection, survival of the fittest!

This is also the core of Darwin's theory of evolution, which is an epoch-making progress for the natural sciences, and extending it to sociology means that the world must advance, and the future will be better than the present!

It's just that Europeans deduce from the natural world to human society, while Xu Xiake is backward from human society to the natural world, which is the difference between the traditional culture between the two.

Yu Guozhen hadn't come back to his senses yet, and Xu Xiake said with a sigh: "It turned out to be such a simple thing...... That is, Yu Gongzi has insight into the mystery and can get a glimpse of this subtlety. ”

"It's just subtle? Old Xia, you are not subtle, this is the way of the evolution of heaven and earth, and it is the foundation of eternal changes! Yu Guozhen took a deep breath: "Old Xia, what you said about some of the things that have survived so far and some have become extinct because of environmental changes, I will use eight characters to put it, that is, natural selection, survival of the fittest!" ”

"Yes, yes, it's really natural selection, survival of the fittest! With just one word, the way of the evolution of heaven and earth is complete! Xu Xiake nodded again and again, Yu Guozhen's eight words really accurately summed up what he meant.

"Old Xia, do you remember what the "Du's General Dictionary" said, the habits of barbarians are similar to my ancient China?" Yu Guozhen said again: "Why do I have the beauty of the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River, and the barbarians gradually live in the remote places of the barren mountains, it is nothing more than that my Chinese sages have frequently appeared, and they have improved from generation to generation, and they are more suitable for the changes of heaven and earth than the barbarians." The barbarians will not change, but our China can change, so China will not advance in the barbarians. If my China remains unchanged, it will be surpassed by those who come after it, and in the long run, it will be like the barbarians of today! ”

Speaking of this, Yu Guozhen's voice couldn't help but raise a little: "This is another eight words, the world will advance, and the future will be better than now!" ”

He originally thought that even a person with such an eye as Xu Xiake would not be so easy to accept his point of view, but he never thought that Xu Xiake nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, it should have been like this, in ancient times, slash-and-burn cultivation and blood drinking, but now it can only be seen in barbarian places." ”

Yu Guozhen was surprised again, and before he could respond, he heard Xu Xiake say again: "Alas, I should have thought about this matter a long time ago, when Mr. Xuanhu compiled the "Chongzhen Almanac", he said that today's law can be more than the future, and the people of the future will be better than the present. ”

"Ah...... Mr. Xuanhu actually ...... Ever said that? ”

Although Yu Guozhen also had correspondence with him, Xu Guangqi even sent him a copy of the "Chongzhen Almanac" edited by himself, but Yu Guozhen did not read it - Xu Guangqi was already old, and he was in the position of a cabinet scholar, so it was impossible for him to use it.

But he didn't realize that he still underestimated the Ming scholars at this time!

Xu Guangqi's sentence, if it hadn't been buried for two hundred and sixty years, where would Yan Fu be needed to summarize it into the eight characters of "The world will be better than now"!

Yu Guozhen took a breath and calmed himself down, he knew that he was now opening a door, opening a door for Daming, no, to let China no longer follow the old ways and stubborn, although before, there were already sages and sages who were knocking on this door hard, and even opened this door, but they did not alarm the people in the door.

He wanted to call out and let everyone in the door know that there was a door here.

"Old Xia, Mr. Xuanhu's words, and the discovery of Old Xia...... Why not write a monograph and publish it on "Storm Collection" and "People's Livelihood Miscellaneous"? Yu Guozhen said: "It will take some time for the younger generation to return in Xinxiang, and Xia Lao will use these days to complete this masterpiece, how about it?" ”

Xu Xiake was overjoyed when he heard this, he came this time, originally for two purposes, one is to visit the mountains and rivers of Qinzhou, and the other is to discuss with Yu Guozhen whether he can print and publish his travelogue, now in addition to these two purposes, there is also another gain, and he himself realizes that this discovery for Confucianism, will open up a broad world view Since Yangming Xinxue was proposed, there has been no major breakthrough in Confucianism for a hundred years. If this breakthrough had been made by him, even if it was just him who had started it, it would have been a great deal!

But then he was a little ashamed: "This is not the discovery of the old man, it is clearly the ......discovery of Yu Gongzi."

"Where is this old Xia, is it you or me who found the snail shell in the Dongren cottage? Is it you or me who knows if the leader of the people is a descendant of Ma Yuanpi General? Is it you or me who remember what Mr. Xuanhu said? Yu Guozhen laughed: "Besides, I can seal this insight for Xia Lao, and I can already be fortunate to attach Qiwei in the name of the next name, why should Xia Lao be too humble!" ”

(To be continued)