Qinjiazhuang mountaintop courtyard, in the study.

After Qin Huaidao sent the eunuch away, he sat quietly and thought, there were two holy decrees placed on the platform, one was to crack down on the big and small gangs in Chang'an City, with this holy decree, the action was reasonable and legal, and no one dared to jump out to oppose it, and the other was the holy decree of serving as the chief examiner of the Ming Jing Department.

Let a Han Wang be the chief examiner, it seems that the imperial court attaches great importance to this subject, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that there is a problem here, Li Erda's good calculation.

"Aggressive!"

A slight sound of footsteps came, and then Li Xueyan came in with a bowl of soup: "Lang Jun, just boiled ginseng soup, drink some to replenish your body." ”

Qin Huaidao was not in the mood and signaled to put it down.

Li Xueyan didn't force it, and after putting it down, she glanced at the holy decree, and said with a chuckle: "Lang Jun, the saint is roasting you on the volcano, and it is beneficial to us to fight the big and small gangs to get free labor, this errand is capable, but the chief examiner is different, Lang Jun is a martial artist, and Wuxun invigilates Wenchen, which will definitely attract dissatisfaction, and the saint deliberately puts Lang Jun on the opposite side of the heavenly ministers." ”

"He is still afraid that I will rebel, once he is opposed to the ministers of the world, no one will support the rebellion, of course, this is only the surface intention, and there is a deep intention, he wants to use my hand to knock the world family, and at the same time let me offend the world family, even if he really rebels in the future, there is no family to follow, he can sit back and relax."

"That's a lot of calculations." Li Xueyan complained, but after all, he was an elder in his own clan, so he couldn't say too much, so he diverted the topic and said: "There is news from Hanzhou Feige that the craftsmen sent have arrived in Qitun. ”

"Great, when they burn bricks, cement, and lime, they will be able to build roads and houses, and tell them that after a while, a large number of caravans will come to investigate, prepare a large number of cattle, sheep and horses to trade, and if they are not enough, they will go to rob the Turks, and let Luo Tong do a good job of reception in advance."

Li Xueyan agreed, and said with a smile: "In the past two days, we should launch an attack on the crossbow tribe, as long as we take the crossbow branch, Dianhe will definitely surrender without a fight, and the two major tribes will not lack cattle, sheep and horses, right?" ”

"It's not enough, this time the caravan in the past is huge, and a large number of living materials will be transported, and there are fewer cattle, sheep and horses are not enough to exchange, and only if the number is large enough, the price is affordable enough, and the profit is large enough, those businessmen will be tempted, and continue to run this trade route, and the development of Hanzhou will be fast."

"Also, I'm going to deliver the message, by the way, didn't you say that the Hanzhou Three Places Construction Academy? My father found a group of down-and-out students, the family was in difficulty, needed money, and had no intention of taking the imperial examination, but his ability was not bad, as long as he arranged accommodation, he should be willing to go. ”

"Tell your father, one person has one yard, the yard is the same as Qinjiazhuang's, as long as the yard is theirs after five years, as for Yulu, it is three times that of Dr. Yulu of Chang'an City Private School."

"Lang Jun, this is a big deal, such good conditions are enough to attract everyone." Li Xueyan said with a smile, the two talked for a while, and Li Xueyan urged Qin Huaidao to leave after drinking the ginseng soup.

Qin Huaidao was in a much better mood, and put away the holy decree, since Li Er wanted to roast himself on the fire, then accompany them to have a good time and see who had the last laugh.

Who said that the examiner must be proficient in Confucianism?

If you don't understand, you can't make questions?

One thought after another flashed through my mind.

Qin Huaidao is indeed not proficient in the essence of Confucianism, but he is not ignorant, at least he knows that Confucianism is different from other doctrines, that is, Confucianism advocates the rule of benevolence, the rule of virtue, and the rule of etiquette.

To put it simply, if a country wants to have long-term peace and stability, the country is rich and the people are strong, it must meet three conditions, population, territory and arable land, "Yi Chuan" pointed out that the king wants to keep the throne, he must govern the country with benevolence, love the people, enhance the cohesion of the people to the empire, must have a vast arable land to produce grain, sufficient property to feed the people, so that the people have no worries.

Etiquette is to advocate the "three outlines and five constants", the monarch is the minister, the father is the son, and the husband is the wife, emphasizing obedience and example, and the five constants are benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, which are used to standardize human relations and codes of conduct.

Are these claims correct?

Absolutely!

There is nothing wrong with the king's benevolent government, and there is nothing wrong with the three outlines and five constants, but is it the best?

Apparently not!

Confucianism is a moral standard, is a general ethics, to teach people what is right and what is wrong, but to govern the country is too idealistic, after all, human nature is complex, people's hearts are sinister, with a set of moral standards to restrain the world, exhortation and education is obviously not enough, the Bodhisattva's heart, but also the thunderbolt means.

The best concept of governing the country should be to take Confucianism as the body, the law as the use, the Huang Lao as the power, and the vertical and horizontal as the change, that is, the Confucian skin method bone Daoxin vertical and horizontal technique.

Although Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism were advocated during the Zhenguan period, and Taoism was the state religion, the scholars still regarded Confucianism as the guideline, and the others were miscellaneous studies, and they could not enter the hall.

If the question is how to govern the country in Confucianism, presumably the candidates are all unified standard answers, and it is estimated that no one can say the "Confucian Skin Law Bone Dao Heart Vertical and Horizontal Technique", if there is, Qin Huaidao does not mind poaching and reusing.

Isn't he fragrant to use scientific research to select the talents he needs?!

Soon, Qin Huaidao's thoughts were clear, his mood was very good, and he looked at the holy decree much more pleasing to the eye.

……

The majestic Kunlun Mountain, in a canyon that never sleeps.

Duan Zan slowly walked north with a remnant army, his face was full of hatred, the armor on his body was tattered, even the underwear was bloodstained, and the accompanying soldiers were sunken and exhausted.

A war horse galloped over, and it was immediately Duan Zhan's henchman, and he said before and after: "My lord, the enemy has stopped pursuing and has returned." ”

"Why did you suddenly stop the pursuit, this is not normal, is there no way ahead?" Duan Zan looked at the vast mountains in front of him, his heart was bitter, and then he looked at the few soldiers around him, his heart was like a knife, thousands of elites were broken, and now there were less than two hundred left, and there were no people left.

The general proposed: "My lord, according to the terrain, the front is barren, the birds and beasts are extinct, like a dead land, I am afraid that there is no food and no water to use, continue to die and live in the first nine years, or the brothers will have a full meal and kill a horse gun, even if they die, why not?" How can I, a Tang warrior, starve to death. ”

"My lord, will you kill it back?"

"My lord, brothers are not afraid of death, and they will be a good man again after eighteen years."

"Even if you die, you have to pull a few cushions."

“……”

Everyone responded one after another, and the crowd was excited.

Duan Zan didn't stop everyone from venting the anger in their hearts, it was better to say the anger than to hold it in their hearts, and after waiting for a while, everyone gradually quieted down, and Duan Zan said solemnly: "Brothers, we have died enough, we must go back alive, even if we go back alone, inform the court of everything that happened, inform the Protector, others dare not say it, the Protector will definitely avenge the brothers and regain Tibet." ”

Everyone nodded when they thought of Qin Huaidao, inexplicably full of strength. Duan Zan continued: "The enemy army does not chase, there is only one possibility, there is no way ahead, continue to die a way, but Lao Tzu does not believe in this evil, brothers, get off the horse and rest, kill the horse and eat meat, and then go when you are full." ”

The mountains in front of them are bare, there is not even a single grass, it is difficult for the war horses to walk, and it is difficult to feed, it is better to kill and eat meat, recover their strength, they are all old soldiers, they know the truth, and they have dismounted.

An hour later, when everyone had eaten and drunk to their heart's content, and then the night continued to hurry, and some people were so badly wounded that there was no cure for them, and at last they could not hold on, and fell down forever.

The team silently hurried, stopping and stopping, and people kept falling.

Ten days later, half of the team fell, hatred, sadness, helplessness, all kinds of emotions permeated the minds of every soldier, but no one spoke, silently hurried under the support of the desire to survive and the belief in revenge.

After more than ten days, everyone finally crossed the Kunlun Mountain, and a large grassland appeared in front of them, green and lush, particularly beautiful in the sunlight, and a roaring cavalry, waving the "Luo" character flag, the Turks would not use a flag with Chinese characters.

Looking at the flag, the rest of the crowd laughed, couldn't hold on any longer, and fainted to the ground.

Duan Zan was not unconscious, he opened his weak eyes and stared at the people who rushed up, his heart was full of doubts, judging from the terrain and direction, it should be a Turkic territory, why are there cavalry with the "Luo" banner?

After the cavalry approached, Duan Zan saw that the composition of the team was complicated, there were Tang people and Turkic people, and the doubts in his heart were even greater, but his lips were chapped, his throat was smoking, and he was already thirsty and unable to speak, so he held on with faith.

In the misty lake, Duan Zan heard a person shouting: "My own people, hurry, bring water." ”

Familiar Tang language, sincere concern.

Duan Zhan's tense strings relaxed at this moment, his eyes went dark, and he fainted.