Chapter 56: Four Teachings
Mrs. Liang insisted that the publishing house should be funded entirely by the Liang Mansion, and Han Fei originally planned to contribute some funds, but after seeing the Liang Mansion's treasury, she immediately dispelled the idea. The mountains of gold and silver piled up in the treasury of the Liang Mansion shocked him, which gave him a new understanding of the wealthy families of this era.
At this moment, Han Fei regretted a little that he didn't discuss the development plan with Mrs. Liang earlier, if he knew that the Liang Mansion was so rich, why bother to talk about cooperation with the He family? But looking back, Mrs. Liang at that time was like a living dead, and I am afraid that she would not care about business matters at all.
Rich and easy to do, Han Fei recruited enough guys for intensive training. At the same time, he appointed Li Dayou as the chief steward to oversee the printing affairs of the publishing house, and cleaned up an independent cross-courtyard in the Liang Mansion as the venue for the publishing house for the people, and gave Li Dayou full authority to prepare printing equipment.
Speaking of Li Dayou, a special explanation is needed here. Li Dayou handled Li Zheng's funeral, and after the case was settled, he did not listen to Han Fei's dissuasion, resolutely sold his house, and followed Han Fei with all his heart.
Li Dayou is in full swing preparing for the publishing house, and Han Fei is also discussing the content of the first issue of "Civil Declaration" with Mrs. Liang and Jia Baoqin. If the "People's Declaration" wants to be an instant hit, the content of the first issue is particularly important, Han Fei discussed it with several people, and decided to adopt the strategy proposed last time, and Han Fei wrote an article on "Xinxue".
It's easy to say, but if you really want to write, Han Fei is very hesitant. Although the supersystem in his mind has a complete theory of "mind", it is not so easy to choose the most eye-catching programmatic viewpoint from it.
He thought about it and wrote Wang Yangming's "Four Sentences of Teaching" on the paper - "There is no good and no disgusting body, and there are good and malicious movements." Knowing good and knowing evil is conscience, and doing evil for good is a thing. These four sentences were summed up by Wang Yangming in his later years, which can be called the essence of "Xinxue".
For the sake of prudence, Han Fei copied a copy of these four sentences and asked people to send them to the backyard to be handed over to Mrs. Liang to see, intending to discuss the discussion of these four sentences with her. Through the understanding of the past few days, he knows that Mrs. Liang is by no means an ordinary woman, and she is extremely knowledgeable. Sometimes, he couldn't help but think that if Mrs. Liang wasn't a daughter, it would be okay to take the top prize.
At this time, a guy from Yuelaiju rushed to Liang's mansion and reported: "The owner, Shopkeeper Li instructed the little one to report to you that the iced drink has been successfully blended, and I ask you when it will be released?" ”
Now that it is the height of summer, Han Fei and Li Bo, the shopkeeper of Yuelaiju, discussed and launched an ice-cold drink at the right time. In this era, although there are also iced drinks on the market, due to the backward ice-making technology, the price is expensive, and only large households can afford to consume it. Han Fei has obtained advanced saltpeter refining technology through the super system, and has produced a large amount of saltpeter to make ice, so that the price of iced drinks has been greatly reduced, and it is expected that there will be a good market.
"I'll take a look!"
The food was careless, and Han Fei decided to go and see it in person to rest assured.
In the backyard of Yuelaiju, according to Han Fei's requirements, a room for mixing iced drinks was specially set up. When Han Fei arrived, Li Bo, the new shopkeeper of Yuelaiju, was personally tasting the newly mixed drinks.
"Boss, you're here in person?"
"Hmm!" Han Fei waved his hand to stop Li Bo and a few guys who were greeting, and said with a smile: "How many varieties have been blended?" ”
Li Bo bowed and said: "The owner is mainly based on tea, and for high-end customers, it also blends chilled juice and fruit wine!" ”
"Good, well done!" Han Fei said to the guy who was making it: "Mix me a cup of everything, how about I taste it?" ”
Han Fei took the iced juice handed by the guy, took a sip, frowned and said, "Is there any bad fruit in the juiced fruit?" ”
"Qiqi Dongjia, there is indeed a fruit that is broken!" The juicing guy bowed down and said, "The fruit is too expensive at this time, so the small ones cut off the good parts of the bad fruits and put them together to juice them!" ”
"Who made you make your own decisions?" Han Fei scolded the juicing guy: "I have repeatedly ordered that the quality of food and beverages must be guaranteed, and a bad fruit will destroy all these juices!" ”
"The owner, the small, the small...... I beg your forgiveness! The juicing guy hurriedly knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.
Han Fei glanced at the guy coldly, and said in a deep voice: "For the sake of your unintentional mistakes, this time I will be lightly punished, and you will be fined three days' wages, and if you commit it again next time, you will be driven out of Yuelaiju!" ”
"Thank you for your magnanimity!"
The juicing guy couldn't stop kowtowing and thanking him, and the others were also very vigilant in their hearts, and they were extremely strict with the quality of food from then on.
Han Fei returned to Liang's Mansion from the restaurant, the sky had already darkened, he saw the light on in the living room of the East Cross Courtyard, walked over suspiciously, and saw Mrs. Liang and Jia Baoqin sitting in it talking, and couldn't help but be very surprised. Mrs. Liang rarely went out of the backyard, and she didn't expect to go to his residence.
"Eldest sister, Qin'er, who are you?"
"Han Gongzi is back?" Mrs. Liang held a piece of paper and said with admiration: "I can't imagine that Gongzi has such a profound study of Confucianism, and with these four mantras, Gongzi will definitely become a generation of grandmasters!" ”
Han Fei's old face turned red secretly, but fortunately, it was impossible for Wang Yangming to travel to this era, so he would not be a goof. He coughed, pretending to be modest and said, "The eldest sister is laughing, and the younger brother is just a temporary gain!" ”
"Han Gongzi doesn't have to be too humble, 'There is no good and no disgusting body, there are good and malicious movements. Knowing good and knowing evil is conscience, and doing evil for good is a matter of character', without profound knowledge, it is impossible to sum it up! The concubine is shallow in knowledge and can't fully comprehend it, so I'm here to ask my son for advice! ”
"The eldest sister is polite, and the younger brother is also trying to discuss it with you!"
Then Han Fei explained:
"Conscience is the essence of the mind, no good and no evil is the heart that is not covered by selfish and material desires, it is the principle of heaven, in the undeveloped, there is no good and no evil, and it is also the state we pursue, it is 'in the undeveloped', it cannot be divided into good and evil, so there is no good and no evil; Although conscience has no good and no evil, it is free to know good and evil, which is the essence of knowledge; all learning and cultivation boil down to one point, that is, to eliminate evil for the sake of good, that is, to take conscience as the criterion and act according to one's own conscience.
But sometimes there will be an error in a person's judgment, that is, there is an error in the movement of the mind, that is, if he cannot correctly distinguish between good and evil, and he takes evil as good and good as evil, then his conscience will also be wrong, and thus the object will also go astray. Because the heart at this time has been obscured by selfishness and material desires, it is not a heavenly principle, and then we must turn to ourselves. Strive to return your mind to a state where there is no good or evil. Only when we return to the state of no good and no evil can we have a correct conscience and a correct character.
What is Heavenly Reason? As long as we learn from things to achieve a heart without selfishness and material desires, the reason in the heart is actually the truth of all things in the world. Heavenly principles do not rely on empty talk, but on the knowledge of things. Relying on practice and self-reflection, that is, 'the unity of knowledge and action'.
If you have heavenly principles and selflessness in your heart, it is like there are rules and rules in the world, and you can measure the square and circle of all things in the world if you have rules. No matter how many squares and circles, no matter how big or small these squares and circles are, they can be exposed by the knowledge of things, otherwise these laws are incorrect. Heavenly Principle is in the heart of man. ”