Qingji got up and walked outside the hall, stood under the corridor and looked at the dense falling, light and flying snowflakes pondered carefully for a long time, and said to himself: "There is a good chance that Kong Qiu's promotion to the position of the chief priest will be successful." ”

Fan Li went out of the hall with him, stood beside him, and when he heard this, he asked, "What is the basis for the king?" ”

Qingji analyzed: "First, Ji Song, with the assistance of Kong Qiu, has recently gained momentum, but Sanhuan has weakened his power due to the rebellion of his retainers, and the performance of Ji Song's monarchs and ministers in the Jiagu Alliance is very good, Sanhuan can't find a clear reason to oppose it; Second, the widow sent an envoy to propose to the Ji family and the Shu family, although the Ji family has not made it clear so far, but he also did not agree to Lu Jun's instructions. Although Lu Jun and Sanhuan are fighting openly and secretly, fighting for power and profit, they are a melon on a vine, closely related, sharing losses and common prosperity, at this critical moment of internal troubles and internal troubles, their monarchs and ministers will never lose peace as a last resort to outsiders can take advantage of, so Ji Sun Yiru is very likely to make concessions to Lu Jun on the appointment of the Great Sikou in order to mend the rift in their relationship. ”

"The king's analysis makes sense." Fan Li twisted his beard and said in confusion: "But...... It's just a position of Lu Guo's secretary, why is the king so concerned about this matter? ”

Qingji said: "Once Kong Qiu ascends to the throne, there is a good chance that he will kill Shao Zhengmao, these two people have a deep suspicion, the widow has witnessed it with his own eyes, and the widow pities Shao Zhengmao is a rare talent, and he doesn't want him to die." ”

"Shao Zhengmao?" Fan Li was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said: "The minister has also heard of this person's name. This person and Kong Qiu are listed as the two most well-known people in the Lu State, and he and Kong Qiu often gather people to give lectures, and they are very prestigious in the Lu State. Confucius advocates retro Zhou etiquette, this person advocates law change and innovation, Confucius advocates etiquette, this person advocates the law, the two people often fight each other, it must not get along, but this person has never done evil deeds, and he is a doctor, how can he be easily disposed of. Kong Qiu is known as a virtuous person, will he use public power to repay personal grievances? ”

"No one is perfect. Moreover, if a person thinks that he is for the sake of the world and for the country, he will not be ashamed of it, and he may be moved by himself, thinking that he is 'I don't go to hell, who will go to hell.'" ”

"If I don't go to hell, who will? Your Majesty, this is the ...... Why? ”

"Oh...... this means that some good deeds can only be accomplished by unrighteous means, so that even if the person who does that deed does this great thing that is beneficial to the country and the people, his personal reputation and interests will be damaged, so that many who want to do good will be discouraged. But someone has to do this kind of thing, and if I don't do it, who will do it? ”

Qingji smiled and said softly: "With this kind of self-sacrifice to achieve righteousness, even if he is blamed, he will not be ashamed, maybe he will be self-absorbed because of his nobility, the question is that if his methods are unjust, the results achieved are just his wishful thinking?" ”

Sakyamuni is five years younger than Lao Tzu, Confucius is fifteen years younger than Sakyamuni, although the sages of Confucianism and Taoism are very famous at this time, but they have not yet achieved positive results, Buddhism has been introduced to China for hundreds of years, Qingji did not want to explain more to him, and asked instead: "In Fan Qing's opinion, ruling the world, law and etiquette, which is more important?" ”

Confucius is an idealist, but Fan Li is a pragmatist, if he wants to choose, he will naturally choose the rule of law, Fan Li did not hesitate, immediately replied: "Naturally, the law and regulations are used as the standard for the people's actions." ”

Qingji smiled and nodded: "The heart of good profit is the natural surname of people, and the wind of morality lies in the cultivation of the day after tomorrow, we cannot guarantee that everyone can have enough morality, so only by binding the law, so that they know that once they violate the established rules, they will pay a greater price than they get, so that the majority of people who are unwilling to abide by the basic morality can only abide by this rule." Chi Zhong has made no progress in governing the law so far, Jing Lin is in Dongyi, and there is a lack of good generals under him, and the widow wants Chi Zhong to lead the troops again, if there is a young man to take over his position, it is the best. ”

In Qingji's view, benevolence, righteousness and morality are the core of Zhou Li, but it is not an invention of Zhou Li, but an induction and refinement of traditional virtues after the formation of human society. Morality is not the patent of Confucianism, before there is no Zhou Li in the world, there is loyalty to Gan, and there is also the annihilation of Fei Zhong; When Confucianism was not valued, there was Meng Tian's loyalty, and there was also Zhao Gao's annihilation; What about when Zhou Li Confucianism is advocated in the world? There are still Yue Fei's loyalty and Qin Hui's annihilation. Loyalty to annihilation, morality and injustice, these phenomena will not disappear or arise because of the existence or absence of Confucianism, and the guarantee of governing a country is the law and system. There were no people under his command who had systematically studied the Fa, and Shao Zhengmao, as a pioneer of Legalism, was exactly the talent he was eager to obtain.

Qingji sighed: "It's a pity, we can't reach the whip of the Lu State now, if Shao Zhengmao is unharmed, he will not come to my Wu Kingdom." If something really happens to him, it's too late for us to save him. ”

Fan Li thought for a moment and said, "Since the king values this person, we might as well make some efforts." It would be good if he could save his life, but if he couldn't, there would be no loss. ”

Qingji spread his hands and said: "The widow only has some ear report scouts in Lu State, how can I save his surname in time?" ”

Fan Li smiled and said, "Aren't there still little barbarian girls and shaking light girls?" The two girls can't make decisions on the marriage matters related to the future of the entire family, but it doesn't mean that they have no influence in their respective family affairs, if they can let the Ji family and the Shusun family take care of this Shao Zhengmao, Kong Qiu just wants to kill him, I'm afraid it's not so easy. ”

"Little Man...... It's hard to ......, but it's ...... to shake the light", remembering the appearance of shaking the light in front of his uncle Sun Yu, Qingji's eyes lit up, and he said continuously: "Not bad, you can give it a try, the widow will repair a book for Shake Light, let her find a way to take care of it." ”

Qingji hurriedly returned to the palace to write a letter, and sent it to Lu with a whip. He didn't know how much this method would work, and now he could only do his best to obey the destiny of heaven.

In the afternoon, the sky was overcast and the snow was getting heavier. Fan Li said goodbye and went home, and Qingji took a nap. When he woke up, the snow had stopped and the sky was clearing.

Qingji got up and asked a few maids to dress up for him, and a temple person next to him took a notepad to report some affairs to him: "Oh, there is one more thing, just now Chengxiu handed over the grain and grass to see the king, the king was taking a nap, Chengxiu went back to the house, saying that it was ......"

"Sung so?" Qingji's eyes turned: "Well, ......, the widow originally gave him a month period, thinking that he traveled all over the world to make grain and grass, and he didn't urge, and now it's been three months, hey, I won't ask him, he also pretended to be deaf and dumb and didn't mention it......"

He stretched out his hand, and the two pretty maids were bending down to tie a jade belt for him. Qingji instructed the people of the temple: "Go, ask someone to prepare for the battle, the widow is about to go to the Chengdafu Mansion, and don't let him know first." ”

The temple man agreed, and hurriedly ran out to arrange a trip, Qingji packed up, hung the sword on his waist, put on a dragon and phoenix ornament, and strode out.

A light car slowly came to the north palace gate of the royal city, followed by two warriors on horseback, to the palace gate, the gatekeeper stopped them to check their identity and enter the palace waist plate, the royal man who drove the car pulled the reins and smiled: "The car is Yiguang girl, I want to enter the palace to visit the king." ”

The sedan curtain was opened, and half of her body leaned out of it, a beautiful girl, wrapped in a snow-white mink fur, wearing a one-piece hat on her head, and the brim of the hat was rolling with rabbit fur, revealing only a handsome white and tender little face, she smiled at several palace warriors, and two shallow dimples appeared on her cheeks: "Uncle Bing, can the king be in the palace?" ”

Shi Yiguang is a special guest in the Gusu Palace, who is forbidden to enter and exit, and has always been very spoiled by Qing. The warriors in the palace all knew, and they all liked this lovely little girl without arrogance, as soon as they saw that it was her, the palace guard general hurriedly returned the waist card to the emperor with both hands, and said with a smile: "In the afternoon, the king took a nap for a while, at this time the snow was clear, the king should still be in the palace, girl, please come in." ”

"Thank you, Uncle Bing." Shi Yiguang retracted into the car, a soldier pushed open the palace gate, the emperor raised the whip and drove the horse into the palace, and the two accompanying warriors turned over and dismounted, and entered the palace gate to rest.

At this time, Qingji had already left the Nangong Gate, rode a horse, and rode to the Chengxiu Doctor's Mansion under the escort of dozens of warriors.

As soon as the heavy snow stopped, the family of Chengxiu Mansion was using wooden shovels and brooms to clear the snow, and several snowdrifts were piled up in the courtyard.

A family general hurriedly greeted him and said, "Who are you, how did you break into ...... without being informed?"

Chu Jie interrupted him with a horse whip and said, "Don't talk nonsense, the king is coming, Cheng Xiu, quickly call him out to pick him up." ”

"Ouch, ...... Yes......" The general was startled, glanced at Qingji, who was standing tall beside Chu Jie, turned around and ran, ran two steps, remembered that he should salute the king first, and turned around again, but he didn't want to almost crash into Qingji's arms, Qingji pressed his shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't bump into it like a headless fly, don't salute, don't report, take the widow forward." ”

"Yes," the general said, nodding his head, leading Qingji around the front hall and into the backyard.

Qingji can break into Chengxiu's house, but he will not break into his room directly, and when he arrives in front of a clean and clean Yaxuan in the backyard, the family will report loudly inward: "The king has arrived." ”

After a while, Cheng Xiu hurriedly greeted him, and when he saw Qingji, he was shocked: "Why is the king here, the minister is not welcome, guilty, guilty......"

Cheng Xiu said, giving a long salute, Qingji smiled: "Don't be formal, let's go inside." ”

"Yes, yes," Cheng Xiu hurriedly let the guests scold, Qingji entered first, and swept his eyes, only to see that this was a row of three rooms, the left and right rooms, hanging a curtain, the main house was a guest hall, burning two braziers, warm, there were a few cases on the table, there were a few plates of exquisite side dishes on the table, as well as a pot and a cup.

"Great King, Minister...... I was drinking in the house, but I didn't know that the king was coming, and I hadn't had time to clean it up, this ...... This one...... The minister immediately ordered the banquet to be removed. ”

"No need, the widow is a guest, how can you be anti-guest," Qingji said with a smile.

He walked over, sat down on the banquet in a big way, glanced at the banquet on the case, and said with a smile: "Didn't Cheng Qing accept four beauties as concubines, why did he drink alone and not let them accompany him?" ”

Cheng Xiu rubbed his hands and smiled: "The minister said that he had just returned to the house, and his body was a little tired, so he wanted to take a drink and rest, so he didn't let anyone accompany him." ”

"Oh?" Qingji glanced at the few side dishes on the case again, and said, "Cheng Qing has been traveling to various countries during this time, and it is indeed hard. You have brought a large amount of rice and grain for my Wu country, and you have worked hard and made great achievements, and everyone knows it in their hearts. ”

"The king has won the prize. In fact...... When Chengxiu was in business, he often traveled around the world, not to mention that it was not hard, not to mention that the king did not treat Chengxiu badly, and the rice and grain he transported were purchased according to the price, and the family also benefited a lot. ”

"Well, the widow knows that your talents and interests are in business, you are young, and you have no officialdom experience, you are scratching your head very much about this official, and you have been busy raising rice and grain recently, so although you have been given the position of doctor, you have not been given the position of the court according to the ranking."

When Qingji said this, he looked at Cheng Xiu, who was standing there nervously, and said, "You can sit down." Among the secretaries of a country, there are officials of agriculture, officials, soldiers, justice, and scholars, but commerce has never been included in them. In the eyes of the widows, the importance of business is really among the spears in all industries. At that time, there were 42,000 families and more than 200,000 people in Linzi City, including 12,000 industrial and commercial businesses, more than 60,000 people, accounting for one-third of the total population.

Fish and salt in the East, leather in the West, ivory in the South, horses in the North, and ...... agricultural and sideline handicrafts in the Central Plains, the world is big, the territory is vast, and there are many countries standing up, the barriers are strict, the business is like the blood of people, there is no circulation of business, and it is difficult to prosper in all industries. My Wu country is located in the southeast, there are no people who are frozen, and there are few families, if you want the country to be rich and the people strong, business must be prosperous. ”

If in order to adhere to and welcome the system of etiquette and music, which is no longer applicable, blindly emphasize the negative surname of new things, and use the power of the ruler to forcibly suppress the new things that will destroy the system of etiquette and music, instead of reforming the system to adapt to the new things, it can only be because of choking and waste food, and retarding the process of social development.

Qingji also knows that fixing the peasants on their land, weakening the circulation role of commerce, so that the people have the best to hear the voice of chickens and dogs, never get along with each other in old age and death, and never leave their homes for ten miles for the rest of their lives, completely ignorant of the world; It is most beneficial for those in power to overthrow the idea of a hundred schools of thought and let all people learn only one kind of idea of great unification and serve only one theory of great unification in a unified country, so that his rule can be consolidated to the greatest extent and his dynasty can last a little longer.

However, for him, who has a general memory of the next 2,000 years, he knows that the result of doing so is only to let a system and concept that should have ended its historical mission continue to linger, and what should have come will eventually come. He knew that there were three golden periods in the most prosperous era of commerce in history, the first of which was the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and during this period, because of the large number of countries, trade was a necessary need of the country, and it was also supported and valued by all countries. The second golden age was the Tang and Song dynasties, when the country became extremely wealthy due to the imperial court's emphasis on commerce; The third period was the Ming and Qing dynasties, although the ideology at that time had become ossified, but with the increase in population, exchanges between countries and commerce were inevitable. The Manchus, who still wanted to refuse its arrival, were finally forced open by people with strong ships and cannons.

If a ruler can use the power in his hands to formulate some policies and forcibly suppress something that should have appeared at the right time with economic development and social progress for hundreds of thousands of years, then a ruler who governs the country with another philosophical idea will certainly be able to use the national policy he has formulated to make it appear, flourish, and develop healthily in a timely manner.

Qingji is cautiously trying, the success that has been achieved so far, the smooth implementation of various policies, strengthened his confidence, he did not copy the Shang Ying's set, in his opinion, suitable for the Qin State may not be the right time Wu State, Shang Ying's use of the set of changes may not be completely correct. His policy of being too cruel in the rule of law was not to be adopted by Qingji. Economically, Shang Yang emphasized agriculture and suppressed business, but Qingji wanted to put agriculture before business, and emphasize agriculture and rejuvenate business. He should follow his own path, and he should use the existing experience to save the essence, and take the good and discard the inferior, instead of copying the experience of others.

Qing Ji said: "The widow plans to wait until the time is more ripe, and then set up an official in charge of business, and at that time, I believe you will be able to show your strengths and show your talents." ”

When Cheng Xiu saw his sudden visit, it seemed that he just wanted to discuss business with him, and communicated with him in advance about the future work arrangements, and his heart gradually settled down, so he saved the way of hospitality, and hurriedly agreed: "It is the first time that the king has come to the minister's mansion, and the minister is very happy. Why don't you remove the remnants of the banquet, and then have a new banquet, and accompany the king to drink a few cups? There are four Maiko in the minister's mansion, which are the dogs and beauties that the minister bought with a lot of money when he passed through the Jin Kingdom some time ago, and compared with the women in the south of the Yangtze River, it really has a different taste. ”

"Oh, the dog Rong beauty ......", Qingji suddenly glanced at him, Chengxiu's heart pounded, only to hear Qingji say: "Chengxiu, Ling sister Chengbi, is there a whereabouts now?" ”

Cheng Xiu immediately panicked, and said expectantly: "This ...... This ......, the minister...... The minister has not yet inquired about his sister's whereabouts. ”

"These dishes ......" Qingji looked at the Chinese food on the plate, and sighed lightly: "Deer soup, mushroom soup, roasted fish, mustard ......, are all things that Cheng Bi likes to eat. ”

The new snow outside the hall was beginning to clear, but a fine bead of sweat appeared on Chengxiu's forehead in the hall, and he couldn't speak. Qingji's face sank suddenly, and he shouted: "Cheng Bi has not heard from her for several months, you are busy with state affairs and have no time to find her, so that's fine." But...... While you are busy transporting grain in various countries, and you still have the leisure to search for the beauties of the world, can't you spare some time to find her whereabouts? ”

"Minister...... The minister also instructed people to look everywhere, but it was not ...... It's not that ...... left it alone."

"But the widow didn't see it at all!" Qingji interrupted him, his face became even more gloomy, and he said: "The foundation of the family was created by Cheng Bi. Chengxiu, the widow asked you, did you see the interests and plot to be the head of the family, so you lost your conscience and harmed your sister? ”

Cheng Xiu's knees weakened when he heard this, and he fell to the ground with a bang, and shouted wrongly: "The minister is wronged, the minister is wronged, how dare the minister deceive the sky, do such a thing that is indignant to the gods and people, Cheng Xiu respects her sister like a mother, and she doesn't dare to dream that it will be bad for her sister." ”

"So where is Cheng Bi now?" Qingji took off his sword, slapped it on the case with a "snap", raised his sword eyebrows, and shouted: "Do you know that bullying the king is also a capital crime?" ”

Cheng Xiu kowtowed again and again: "The minister doesn't dare to bully the king, the minister really doesn't know, he really doesn't know the whereabouts of his sister." ”

"The widow wants to know her news today, so what do you say...... What to do? ”

"Alas! King...... Please don't be embarrassed for him, the concubine doesn't want to see you, and the concubine has the last resort, the king...... Why bother......"

A faint voice suddenly came from behind him, Qingji's body shook, Huo Di turned around, and shouted: "Cheng Bi!" ”

(To be continued)