"Who said that Confucianism has no national teacher?" Hao Jing asked the apprentice without hesitation.

"Who is the national teacher?" Hao Ren asked the teacher in surprise. The four Mongolian religions, shamanism, Buddhism, Taoism, and the true god religion. They all have national teachers, but Confucianism does not.

"Huh." Hao Jing smiled confidently: "The national teacher of Confucianism is Your Majesty. We Confucian students do not ask ourselves to be national teachers, but all we ask is for Your Majesty to be a national teacher of Confucianism. Confucius is the great sage teacher, if every generation of emperors is my Confucian national teacher, this is the luck of Confucianism, this is the luck of the world! ”

The truth is so profound, Hao Ren nodded again and again after listening. It would be great if that were the case. In the imperial court, the real supporter of Confucianism was Emperor Kublai Khan. When Kublai Khan was the national teacher of Confucianism, Confucianism could truly develop and grow.

Finish talking about this core issue. Hao Jing asked the apprentice disgruntled if it was possible for him to go south again. Hao Ren didn't expect his teacher to care so much about Zhao Jiaren, he had to say, "Teacher, have you heard of the Battle of Guide Mansion?" ”

Hao Jing read the chapter, and when he saw the apprentice's tone, he said regretfully: "I've heard of it. It was difficult for the Mongolian 100,000 troops to be defeated by more than 20,000 Song troops and retreated! Is it really so? ”

had to mention this battle, and Hao Ren's mood immediately became heavy again. Seeing that the teacher didn't mean to ask, Hao Renqiang smiled, "Teacher, we can regroup in a few years, and we will definitely let the Southern Barbarians know how powerful we are when the time comes." ”

"But I don't know if I'll live until that day." Hao Jing sighed.

"Teacher, don't talk like that." Hao Ren hurriedly comforted his teacher.

Leaving home, Hao Ren was in a mixed mood. Of course, it is a good thing that the Great Khan is a Confucian teacher, but the Song state in the south is showing amazing strength. Recall the Battle of Guidefu, if there were not 20,000 but 50,000 Song troops in the battle, would the battle only end with thousands of casualties of the Mongol army?

The more he thought about it, the more irritated he became, and Hao Ren went straight to the study after returning home, and looked at some books that he had read or were not interested in at all. It seems impossible to read a book to relieve your mood. What to see to soothe your spirit? Hao Ren was a little dazed. He suddenly remembered that the teacher had cursed Zhao Jiaren for reading the book "Xunzi", and he was in a bad mood anyway, so he began to check it. Finally, a copy of "Xunzi" was found from the bookshelf where the plundered books were placed in the Lin'an Palace.

Sitting at the table, Hao Ren picked up the book and opened it with a critical attitude. Seeing the more than 30 articles in the catalog, as well as the simple name, Hao Ren felt that this thing probably had no cultural content.

Turn to the main text, the first sentence, 'You can't learn'. Hao Ren didn't understand. He was furious in his heart, what kind of bullshit was written here.

Read on patiently, 'Green, taken from blue, and green from blue; Ice, water for it, and cold for water. Wooden straight rope, thought to be the wheel, its curve in the gauge. Although there is violence, those who do not stand up will make it so. Therefore, the wood is straight, the gold is sharpened, the gentleman is erudite and the day is self-conscious, and he knows and does nothing......

The anxiety subsided a lot in an instant. The books Hao Ren used to read were all Confucian books, and they all talked about small words and great meanings, or chewed on words, and he couldn't wait to tell a thousand truths in every word. This is not the case with the "Persuasion of Learning", which is simple and straightforward, and the examples can be seen everywhere. There is an extreme example, 'In the west, there is a wood stalk, which is called a shoot stem, four inches long, born on a high mountain, and near the abyss of a hundred people, the stem of the wood cannot grow, and the one who stands is also'. Ignoring the principle of 'the one who stands is also', just thinking about the majestic and precipitous 'born on the high mountain and facing the abyss of a hundred people' makes Hao Ren feel relaxed and happy.

I originally read the book with a completely negative attitude, but I saw a good article that wanted to make people shoot the case. Hao Ren was very surprised, and in the next few days, Hao Ren concentrated on studying at home. After reading "Xunzi" roughly, Hao Ren was in a complicated mood. He himself is a Confucian, because Hao Ren is disgusted with the simple and brutal Mongolian coping, and he wants to understand the world more deeply, rather than simply leaving everything to the shaman.

After studying science, Hao Ren felt that his horizons had broadened, and many things had more reasonable explanations. Hao Ren, who finished reading "Xunzi", found himself confused. There is an indescribable thing lingering in his chest, Xunzi is indeed Confucian, but it is fundamentally different from science. Those differences are like a layer of mist, even if you reach for it, you can't catch anything in your hands. But those mists are always there, and you can see them clearly if you open your eyes.

This made Hao Ren feel uncomfortable. With the attitude of his own teacher, there is no way to ask him. And the Confucian circle in most of the capital is so big, if Hao Ren asks someone else to ask this kind of question, he will definitely be known by the teacher. He didn't want to upset his teacher. After thinking about it, Hao Ren suddenly came up with a solution. There were many Song officials who surrendered in Dadu, and they were all Jinshi. I think someone should understand Xunzi.

In the next few days, Hao Ren began to secretly visit those ministers. Some of those people did read Xunzi, which made Hao Ren suddenly understand many sentences, but they still couldn't make Hao Ren completely solve his doubts. What is that indescribable difference between Xunzi and Lixue?

couldn't get a solution, Hao Ren was depressed. At dinner in the evening, his wife Bao Xiqiao finally asked, "I see that you have been very unhappy for the past few days. ”

"It's not upset. It's something in my heart. Hao Ren sighed. He didn't want to say these troublesome things to Bao Xiweak, but he couldn't help but tell everything in his heart.

Bao Xiwan couldn't help but smile after listening to it, this rare smile made Hao Ren's whole person have no worries. Bao Xiqiao spoke, "Since you want to solve your doubts so much, it is better to have time to visit a famous teacher in Jiangnan." ”

This made Hao Ren only smile bitterly. One of his members who is only a pound of money went to Jiangnan to visit a famous teacher, and he would probably be arrested and killed immediately. In order to study thousands of miles away, Hao Ren can accept it, but others are afraid that they will not believe it. At night, Hao Ren couldn't sleep. In his irritability, he had a whim. If the war between the Mongols and the Song Kingdom ended and the two sides were at peace, Hao Ren could then go to the Song State under the pretext of signing a peace agreement. Since Zhao Jiaren can use Xunzi's words to make Hao Ren's teacher Hao Jing angry to the point of smoke, I think he must have a deep understanding of Xunzi.

This method is very feasible, but Hao Ren knows that it still can't be done. Before the retreat of the Mongol army, many civil and military officials of the Song State who surrendered were arranged on the land of the Song Dynasty. As far as Hao Ren knew, the timid among those people knew that the Mongol army was going to withdraw to the north, so they all robbed a lot of things in the local area and migrated to the north with the Mongol army.

The people who remained there were all those who were willing to fight Zhao Jiaren. Even if they can't beat them, they won't be defenseless. Even if Zhao Jiaren wiped out one force a month, it would take at least two years for him to fully regain control over these areas. Thinking that it would take him another two years to have a chance to solve his puzzles, Hao Ren let out a long sigh as if he was about to blow the air out of his lungs.

Because in the same time zone, the night in most of the capital is also the night in Matsue Province. At this time, Zhao Jiaren didn't know that he was regarded as a master of Xunxue, and he himself had no idea of calling himself a master. At this time, it was the end of July, and the flat land of Songjiang Prefecture was a whole field with cotton growing and thriving.

Zhao Jiaren, the left prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, yawned and looked at the water conservancy construction map of Songjiang Mansion. He personally went to Songjiang Mansion to preside over the land reform work, and the first imaginary difficulty did not exist. He originally thought that there would be many people left in Songjiang Mansion, but he didn't expect that after the great retreat and the Mongolian army raging, the remaining population of Songjiang Mansion was enough for each household to divide 200 acres of land. Even if the people of Songjiang Prefecture who arrived in the south during the great retreat were told that they could go home, the population who were willing to leave the Red River Plain, which was three crops a year and returned to Songjiang, would be able to get a hundred acres of land for each household.

Zhao Jiaren blew out the candle and lay down on the bed. I have been paying attention to it for too long during the day, and now Zhao Jiaren just wants to sleep well and talk about it during the day.

When he woke up the next day, Zhao Jiaren got up and freshened up and had breakfast. When I arrived in Hwajeong County, the temporary capital of Songjiang Prefecture, someone sent a radio message. The Song army's military ships went up the river and had already reached the Diaoyu City and finally contacted the Song army in Sichuan. The voyage confirmed that there were not many enemy ships on the Yangtze River. The Mongols were not at all generous in their support for the traitors' naval armies.

After listening to the report, Liu Mengxi, deputy director of the Land Reform Department, said: "Taiwei, since Sichuan has not been lost, why don't you go back to Lin'an first to preside over the matter of fighting thieves?" ”

"No." Zhao Jiaren did not support this idea, "It's not that Mongolia invades the south again, as long as our army does not underestimate the enemy, does not rush forward, and fights in an upright manner, those Song traitors are not opponents at all." However, land reform must not allow the slightest difference. I used to say that my officials in the Great Song Dynasty were not good at the reform of Gongtian, because they did not have a complete understanding, and I took everyone to do this together, that is, to make a result, to make a system that can be imitated. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhao Jiaren also felt a little empty in his heart. Land reform is not Zhao Jiaren's own creation, he is just plagiarism.

"Taiwei, what is the difficulty of a hundred acres of land for a household now?" Lu Xiufu, an officer of the Land Reform Commission, couldn't help but ask. It can be seen that the officer himself is serious, but this actual objection is quite supportive. Zhao Jiaren has been in the small Songjiang Mansion for a few months, and in the past few months, he has led this group of people all over the Songjiang Mansion, and the mode of handling is completely different from before. The sheer workload is too much for many people to bear. If Zhao Jiaren can choose to leave, everyone will be liberated. The state-owned land in Songjiang will not be affected.

Looking at these guys who didn't know what to do, Zhao Jiaren sighed in his heart, after seeing these people, he knew how to select cadres, at least how to arrange the work system. Zhao Jiaren sat comfortably on the chair, and then said: "With the current land division method, at most ten years, the farmers who contract the land will go bankrupt by 20%. In another ten years, the number of bankruptcies will be 40% now. Do you think this is the original intention of engaging in land ownership? ”