Deng Jian's face was a little puffy, his dark circles were large, and he looked overindulgent...... No, no, he can't be overindulgent.

Maybe it's a lack of sleep.

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "In a short time, you will go to sea, and I am also worried about this, Gonggong Deng, we are a family.........

Deng Jian nodded with difficulty, his expression a little wooden.

Zhang Anshi immediately took out a stack of papers from his arms as if he was playing a trick, and said, "I have something good for you, look at this...... Here are some overseas materials, and this ...... This is a nautical chart, and there is also some hydrological information here...... Over here...... This is the map of the world, this map is amazing, do you know it, let's start from Quanzhou, go all the way, walk around, can come back...... And this...... This is the case of monsoons and ocean currents, do you understand the monsoons, do you understand the ocean currents? If you master this, you will be able to get twice the result with half the effort on that vast sea, and when the time comes...... Thou hast walked up according to my map, down with the currents and the monsoons, and much else...... There are still some things that I have to explain to you. ”

Deng Jian looked at Zhang Anshi, at this time, even a fool understood that this was not a long-term plan, he Deng Jian was really the No. 1 fool in the sky.

But Zhang Anshi saw that he was going to die or not, and he couldn't bear it after all, so he said: "Let me ask you, what are we going to the West for?" ”

"Naturally, he was ordered to inspect the West and appease the Western countries." Deng Jian said weakly.

Zhang Anshi became serious at this time and said, "Wrong. ”

"What?" Deng Jian frowned slightly in surprise.

Zhang Anshi lowered his voice and said: "Let's go to the West to make money." ”

Deng Jian: "......"

"Do you understand money?"

Deng Jian pecked the rice and nodded: "Understand is to understand a little." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "I have a bag, you take it, and when you open it, you will know that there is a secret recipe for making money, I tell you the truth, this is my brother-in-law's secret instruction......"

Zhang Anshi looked very mysterious, looking left and right.

Deng Jian was taken aback: "Your Highness's secret edict? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "It's good if you know, you can't tell others." ”

Deng Jianhu wondered: "Why doesn't His Highness explain to the slave maid?" ”

Zhang Anshi sneered: "Can these words be said nonsense? My brother-in-law is the prince and the prince, and he must not talk about money. ”

After hearing this, Deng Jian felt reasonable, so he nodded and said, "Yes, okay, the slave understands." ”

"Brother-in-law said, things can't be done, don't come back."

These words were obviously very lethal, and Deng Jian shuddered.

Zhang Anshi said: "There is one more thing, among the thirty ships, there is one, I will let people fill a boatload of gunpowder, you have to be careful, you must strictly guard against open flames, you know?" ”

A whole ship......

Deng Jian trembled all over this time.

The carrying capacity of sea vessels in this era was staggering.

What is the concept of this ship......

Zhang Anshi said again: "Qiu Song's side is already training gunners, don't worry, you don't have to worry about this." ”

Deng Jian looked at him straight and said, "Let's listen...... This is not going to sea, it seems to be going to robbery? ”

Zhang Anshi's face changed suddenly, and he said sharply: "Nonsense, I am a dignified kingdom of heaven and a state of etiquette, is this robbery called robbery?" Besides, I didn't ask you to rob ...... Mainly in trade. We are different, we can't do that without teaching, if I know that you are really a robber outside, I will scold you. ”

Deng Jian: "......"

There is a lot of preparation to go to the West.

A large amount of supplies need to be procured, and a large number of crew members and sailors need to be recruited.

These things are easier to do now.

Because the price of silk and grain in Jiangnan has fallen a lot.

As for porcelain, the price has also fallen by several percent.

The reason is that it has a lot to do with the eight-strand pen talk, the gentry everywhere are crazy involutions, everyone takes out the deposit silver, and the eyes of the killing are red.

Nowadays, many families have run out of money, but for the gentry, it is not a big deal to lose money, after all, they control the land, and they only need to sell some special products and grain, and they can naturally exchange it for silver.

But even so, Zhang Anshi still spent more than 70,000 taels of silver, purchased a large amount of supplies, and thirty ships, almost fully loaded.

As for the crew, they hired people from southern and western Zhejiang, as well as mountain people from Fujian, for no other reason, these people were the most ruthless.

If it is said that Jiangxi people read books and brought the involution to the extreme.

Then these mountain people have taken their courage to the extreme.

Because of the large population, but the land in the mountainous area is very small, in this situation of lack of resources, the mountain people often take the clan as a unit, for hundreds of years, and the scale of the fight is very large, whether it is in troubled times or peaceful times, the fight has never ended.

The perennial fighting has developed the character of the men here who are brave and ruthless and good at holding together, because people who don't report to the group and are not good at fighting bravely are basically extinct in that kind of place.

On the one hand, it is too painful to roll in the mountains, and it is not difficult for them to find a way to make a living by going to sea.

On the other hand, these people are ruthless enough to deal with the risks at sea.

Zhang Anshi played it.

Zhu Di watched the music and felt strange, at this time he was playing chess with Xu Huizu, and after watching the music, he continued to play chess without saying a word.

"Your Majesty seems sullen." Xu Huizu glanced up at Zhu Di and said with concern.

Zhu Di sighed: "It's not that I'm depressed, it's just that I'm thinking about why Zhang Anshi, a normal guard soldier, is not transferred, but he is thinking about recruiting mountain people to go to the sea in western and southern Zhejiang, as well as Fujian." ”

Xu Huizu was stunned for a moment, and then said: "The small people in the mountains, can they cope with the situation in the sea?" ”

"yes." Zhu Di said suspiciously: "That's why I think it's strange, this guy ...... I don't know what the plan is. ”

Xu Huizu said: "I heard that he has earned a lot of silver for His Majesty. ”

Zhu Di immediately turned his face: "What is this, this is selling books, imparting knowledge and learning, how can it be estimated by gold and silver?" It's like...... The King of Zhongshan taught me the art of war, can I say that the King of Zhongshan sold the way of my marching formation? ”

Xu Huizu's face twitched, and he had something to say, what do you say my father does?

Zhu Di then smiled and said: "Of course, then again, the silver is earned a little, what, what advice do you have?" ”

Xu Huizu said: "He's not too young." ”

Zhu Di sighed: "Yes, I am hesitating now. ”

"What is Your Majesty hesitating about?"

Zhu Di said with an embarrassed face: "Qiu Fu, I came to beg again, saying that Zhang Anshi didn't marry his daughter, so he didn't think about it, he just felt that it was not interesting to live, I saw that he had lost a lot of weight, and I felt sorry for him." ”

Xu Huizu: "......"

Zhu Di looked at him seemingly casually and said, "What do you think about this?" ”

Xu Huizu raised his head: "Your Majesty, everything has a first come and then come, even if it is to buy livestock, you can't sell whoever bids high, people must be faithful." ”

A hint of pride flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, but he rubbed his temples and said in a tangled manner: "It's too difficult!" Hey, let's think about it in the long run, it's better to think in the long run. Besides, I can't sell Zhang Anshi as a livestock, after all, he is my relative, and I can also be called a confidant, I treat him like a baby, and I feel sorry for him. ”

Xu Huizu's face twitched again, and he almost wanted to throw the chess pieces in his hand directly towards Zhu Di's front door, and then scolded your mother arrogantly.

And outside this temple.

A small head probed its head and quickly retracted it.

Then, the owner of the little head ran towards Queen Xu's dormitory.

"Imperial sister-in-law, imperial sister-in-law, something is wrong, something is wrong."

Queen Xu's health has been much better recently, and she is leisurely drinking tea in the dormitory at this time, and when she hears the voice, she knows that it is Yiwang Zhu.

She frowned lightly and complained, "What's the matter, reckless." ”

Yiwang Zhu? Shaking his head, he said, "Sister-in-law, the imperial brother wants to be Mrs. Wang." ”

Xu Shi was confused when he heard this, and frowned: "What Mrs. Wang?" What nonsense do you say, and your majesty will know later, and he will punish you again. ”

Yiwang Zhu? A little scared, but he tried hard to puff up his chest and said: "Brother Fang Cai heard it with his own ears, His Majesty said to Wei Guogong that he treats Zhang Anshi as a baby, and is reluctant to let him marry the girl of the Xu family, Zhang Anshi is Jia Baoyu, and Miss Xu is Sister Lin, isn't this bad person and good thing Mrs. Wang?" I never expected it, Brother Huang...... Brother Huang can have such bad intentions, I don't agree with him to do so. ”

Empress Xu: "......"

Empress Xu took a deep breath and said after a moment's silence: "You go and inquire again." ”

"Okay." Yiwang Zhu? In a hurry, he ran away again.

Empress Xu sat on her side, thoughtful, weighing something in her heart.

Xu Jingyi is her own niece, and now she is like this, and Zhang Anshi is not married.

As far as she knew, His Majesty had always been very satisfied with this family business, but she didn't know what medicine was sold in the gourd this time.

It's just a pity that it won't take long.

Hear Yiwang Zhu in the distance? 's wail, and Zhu Di's roar: "I saw you a long time ago, you bastard, were you a thief in your last life?" I don't care about you! ”

…………

Guozi priest Jiu Hu Yan went to the Hanlin Academy on business, mainly to borrow books from the National History Museum.

Today is different from what it used to be.

In the past, when the Hanlin people heard that Hu Gong was coming, they all came up enthusiastically and asked for warmth.

Hu Yan has a great reputation and excellent learning, and is a model for the Hanlin people.

But today, a few Hanlin in the National History Museum are lazy and very perfunctory.

Hu Yan was patient, and finally picked out the dozen or so books he was looking for, so he hugged the books and left silently.

Behind the back, someone whispered: "Hu Gong ...... today"

"What Hu Gong, he is obviously an opportunist, I am afraid that he wants to climb the East Palace in order to enter the cabinet, if not, Zhang Anshi's little thief, how can he boast about it?"

"Zhang Anshi, he is not a human ......" As soon as he said this, some people's hearts stinged.

"I don't think Hu Gong is such a person, is it...... What is the misunderstanding. ”

"Misunderstanding? This thing that is known to the whole world, can it be a misunderstanding? It is really ridiculous and generous that Qingliu, who is the first class in the world, should do such a thing. ”

"Perhaps...... Maybe just a look. ”

"If you look away, it's not much better! Hmph, either a traitor or a fool, what is the difference between a fool and a traitor? ”

Occasionally...... Hu Yan can always hear these discussions from some whispers, he is used to it, and he can only smile bitterly.

He also heard that Xia Yuanji was not allowed to mention his Hu Yan's name in the household department, and Xia Yuanji was small-minded and had already regarded Hu Yan as a traitor.

The nameless karmic fire that was suddenly born from the "old man ......" was extinguished again.

What else could he do? Explain it to someone? I can't explain it.

One crying, two troubles, three hangings? He didn't think he could do that himself.

I can only bear it silently, pretending not to hear and not to see.

He was holding the book, and his body was slightly rickety.

On the side, someone suddenly said: "Hu Gong, I'll help you." ”

Hu Yan looked at the man, but it was a young Hanlin, this person he recognized, it was Yang Shiqi.

Yang Shiqi snatched Hu Yan's book, held it in his hand, and said, "Duke Hu should bring a scribe." ”

Hu Yan smiled bitterly: "I just don't want to bother others." ”

The two actually don't have much friendship, so the two walk one after the other, each with their own thoughts.

Especially Yang Shiqi, he looked a little haggard, holding the book, and his thoughts began to fly away again.

But I don't know if there is a stone on the ground, Yang Shiqi was caught off guard and staggered.

The whole person fell to the ground with the book.

Hu Yan looked at it, first helped Yang Shiqi up, and then bent down to pick up the book, while saying: "Yang Shi said, young people should take care of their bodies, the old man looks at your face is not good, life is in the world, what are the hurdles that you can't get over?" In this world, where is there a more important thing than your own body? ”

Yang Shiqi looked ashamed, and also followed the book, seeing Hu Yan's serious look, he couldn't help it, so he said: "There is one thing, Xiaguan has been thinking about it for more than a month, and the more he thinks about it, the more he doesn't understand, and the more he thinks about it, the more confused he becomes." ”

Hu Yan listened to it and looked like a good teacher.

No, he was supposed to be the biggest teacher in the world.

Hu Yan said: "It's okay for you to say it. ”

Yang Shiqi was a little embarrassed: "This ...... It's not convenient to talk here. ”

Hu Yan smiled and said: "You and I are not high-profile people, what can be the hindrance?" ”

Saying that, he smiled bitterly, you know, not long ago, even the elder of the pavilion respectfully called him Hu Gong.

Yang Shiqi thought for a while, and then said: "Hu Gong's knowledge is the most profound, and the lower officials want to ask for advice, among the teachings of this sage, how should scholars obtain knowledge?" ”

"It's easy." Hu Yan glanced at Yang Shiqi strangely, he felt that Yang Shiqi should not ask such a trivial question, but said patiently: "There is a saying in "The Book of Rites and University": "Knowing is in the object, and then the object is known." ", as the so-called knowledge is in the object, the word wants to know me, and the thing is in the matter and exhausts its reason."

Then Hu Yan said: "Zheng Xuanyan of the Eastern Han Dynasty: The so-called enlightenment is the occurrence of things, and the habits and preferences of people are known. However, in the Song Dynasty, the great Confucian Sima Guang regarded this knowledge as 'resisting the temptation of external objects, and then knowing the way of virtue', so this knowledge of things is better said to be the meaning of virtue. Naturally, the old man is the same as the sage Zhu Xi in this regard, and thinks that this statement should be an exhaustive study of the truth of things, so that the intellect is extremely proficient. ”

Hu Yan said with a smile: "After all, it is the sage Zhu Xi who is better, and what Zheng Xuan said is quite influenced by the metaphysics of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Wei and Jin Dynasties." Sima Guang's theory of virtue and deeds is too general, and I am afraid that it is not enough to believe. ”

Yang Shiqi lowered his head, but he still looked worried.

Hu Yan said strangely: "What, the old man is not satisfied with his answer?" ”

"No, no, no." Yang Shiqi smiled bitterly: "Xia Guan heard someone say something, so he has become more and more confused recently." ”

"Tell me about it."

"The heart is reason, the unity of knowledge and action!"

"Haha...... Interesting, interesting. Hu Yan smiled: "Who is this talking about?" ”

Yang Shiqi pursed his lips and was silent, he didn't dare to say Zhang Anshi, for fear of being laughed at.

Hu Yan saw that he didn't say anything, so he said: "You are stupid, sometimes reading is like this, and the old man is occasionally like this, but many words, at first glance, seem to be mysterious and mysterious, but in fact, it is nothing more than that." ”

Yang Shiqi was very sincere: "Thank you Hu for your explanation." ”

"The old man is gone, you don't have to help the old man move the books, the old man is not old enough to even move the books."

"Yes."

Hu Yan shook his head, looking at Yang Shiqi, he suddenly found that this person had a lot of meaning, that is...... People are so stupid.

At that moment, he moved the book back to Guozijian, and just sat down in the public house, the scribe brought a tea cup.

The tea was hot, and Hu Yan only held it in his hand, wanting to blow it slowly and cool.

But suddenly...... Between the lightning and flint, a thought crossed his mind.

The heart is reasonable......

Unity of knowledge and action......

The words that he had just ignored were now suddenly pouring into his heart, like a bolt of lightning, and five thunderbolts thundered to the top!

Syllable......

But in his trembling effort, the hot tea suddenly spilled out, and Hu Yan fell violently, and then dropped the tea cup down.

The teacup shattered.

The flying porcelain shards even splashed on his face, so that a cut was made on his face, and blood beads came out in an instant.

Seeing this, the scribe was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to help Hu Yan wipe it.

Hu Yan didn't care about the pain, only looked at the tea cup on the ground in a daze, and suddenly roared: "Go away, go away!" ”

The scribe hurriedly said: "The students are dead." ”

"Get out, get out immediately."

"Gong Hu, it doesn't matter to you."

"Leave me alone!" Hu Yan shouted loudly.

This scribe had never seen Hu Gongfa so angry, and it is said that he had been blown up by a dung pit at the beginning, and he had never been like this.

The scribe shrunk his neck and had no choice but to say, "The student is leaving." ”

The door was slammed shut by the scribe.

Hu Yan was still standing in place, regardless of the red blood oozing from his face.

I didn't care about the smashed teacup on the ground.

He jerked, lost in thought.

"The heart is the ......"

"The heart is the ......"

He muttered in his mouth, but he raised his head, looked at the beam, and sometimes lowered his head, like a headless fly, walked a few steps, even if he was hit by the case, he ignored it, and walked a few more steps, but he knocked down the lampstand.

Bang, the lampstand fell.

He didn't help him, and he didn't pay attention to it.

"No, no, it shouldn't be like this...... If the heart is reasonable...... So what is the meaning of Gewuzhi? How could Zhu Xi be wrong? No, no, there must be something wrong. He muttered to himself.

"If, if the heart is reason, then knowledge and action are united...... Isn't it...... Isn't it ......?"

Suddenly, one thought after another rushed into my mind.

He trembled sometimes, but quickly, he regained his senses, and couldn't help but curse in a low voice: "A faction of nonsense, a faction of nonsense, how can it be so, it is absolutely impossible." ”

He spent the night in a public house.

Didn't even go home.

It wasn't until the next day that the scribe came to the house and opened the door, and was astonished.

I saw that the public house was already in a mess, with broken tea cups, fallen bookshelves, discarded books everywhere, and spilled ink on the ground.

As for Hu Yan, he was lying on the desk at the moment, and he was seriously flipping through the books, as if he wanted to seek answers from some books.

The scribe hurriedly stepped forward: "Hu Gong, this is ...... What's going on. ”

Hu Yan did not lose his temper today, but was very silent, his eyes were bloodshot, and he glanced at the scribe with tired eyes.

Then, he suddenly said, "What is the understanding of the heart? ”

The scribe thought for a long time, and finally shook his head and said, "The student doesn't know. ”

"What about the unity of knowledge and action?"

The scribe still shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Student...... I don't think it makes sense. ”

"Where is the obsession?"

The scribe scratched his head and said, "There is no such sentence in the book of the saints. ”

"Haha......" Hu Yan laughed, and finally waved his sleeves and said, "You go down, it's none of your business here." ”

But the scribe was afraid that something would happen and did not dare to leave.

And Hu Yan really didn't care about the existence of the scribe soon, his bloodshot eyes looked at the void, and continued to mumble: "This sentence doesn't make sense, how can this sentence not make sense?" I think this person's knowledge is too shallow, hey, Xia Worm can't talk about ice. ”

Scrivener: "......"

In fact, this is also common sense, this sentence appeared in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and the deafening words were not something that ordinary people could understand.

Those laymen may not pay attention at all when they hear these words.

And people like these scribes, who have some ink in their stomachs, are also confused when they hear it.

Those who are more proficient in reading are afraid that they just think it's not bad.

When he reached Yang Shiqi's level, he began to feel that something was wrong.

As for Hu Yan, a great Confucian among others, this kind of well-read person, who has dabbled in hundreds of schools of thought, and has extremely high literary attainments, the impact of this sentence is tantamount to a 100-pound gunpowder bag.

It seems that at this moment, everything is no longer important.

Because of these short words or two, it subverted Hu Yan's entire cognitive system.

He subconsciously wanted to treat this as a joke.

But...... Deep down, he began to overturn this ridiculous idea again and again.

It's like building blocks, this piled up castle of knowledge has been overturned by this sentence again and again, and Hu Yan has tried his best to rebuild it.

The more overthrows are made, the more desperate the reconstruction becomes.

There seemed to be a thousand mountains in front of him, and he stepped over.

"Hu Gong, Hu Gong...... Would you like to eat something. ”

"Eat?" Hu Yan, who had a decadent face, looked sideways at the scribe.

Then he shook his head.

"Don't eat it." Hu Yan said as he spoke, but he stood up and walked away.

The scribe said worriedly: "Where is Gong Hu going?" ”

"Finding answers."

Hu Yan said without hesitation: "I want to ask for advice." ”

"Asking for advice? Hu Gong...... Don't laugh, in this world, who has Hu Gong's high knowledge. ”

After hearing this, Hu Yan couldn't help but sneer: "A mountain is still a mountain high, what do you know?" ”

…………

Hu Yan came to a mansion in the capital.

When he came here, he was very respectful.

handed over his name post, and after the porter went in to report, he came back again: "My husband said that he didn't see any guests." ”

Hu Yan didn't take a single step, still standing in place: "Please tell your husband, there is something important to visit, if he is gone, I will not leave." ”

Menzi glanced at Hu Yan strangely, but went quickly.

Finally, the man came and said, "Please come in." ”

It's an ordinary house, not luxurious, and can even be described as shabby.

In such a back house, there is a thatched house, and there seems to be a person sitting in the thatched house, separated by a bamboo curtain.

The man inside was very calm and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Ask for something."

"Dignified Hu Gong, do you have any doubts that you can't solve?" The man seemed to laugh.

Hu Yan smiled bitterly: "I'm ashamed to say it, it's really not good at school." ”

"Tell me about it."

Hu Yan took a deep breath: "What is the understanding of the heart is reason? ”

After a pause, Hu Yan said again: "The unity of knowledge and action, what is the solution?" ”

The people in the hut fell into a deathly silence.

Hu Yan waited patiently.

The humane in the thatched cottage for a long time: "I don't know. ”

"Mr. is talented, how can he not know, if he doesn't even know Mr., then ......"

The people in the thatched house suddenly scolded: "Into your mother, you have such a vicious heart!" ”

Hu Yan: "......"

The man continued to scold: "The old man is dying, he has a good life in a few years, he stepped on the coffin, he should die without regrets, what are you doing when you come to tell the old man this?" Are you trying to teach the old man not to die well? ”

Hu Yan: "......"

"Get out of here!"

"Mr. ......"

Then, Hu Yan lost his soul, stood up, and walked away dejectedly.

Behind him, the man was still chattering and scolding: "Fuck it, this teaches the old man how to live, the old man still has three or five years of life, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid the life span will be less than half, this dog-like thing!" ”

Hu Yan: "......"

…………

Zhang Anshi took the recliner and asked someone to make a big umbrella, and the recliner was under the big umbrella, and asked someone to make orange juice, which rested on the small few on the side, and lay happily without moving.

Occasionally, look up and glance at the huge building in the distance where the foundation is being laid.

His heart was full and happy, and it was a good feeling to be overseer.

I don't know who discourages civil engineering every day, isn't it bad to be a civil engineering elite?

The only fly in the ointment is that there is no beach.

On the side, two ordinary-looking maids carried hot stoves, the weather was a little cold, and they needed charcoal stoves to keep warm.

Zhang Anshi said: "Come to melon!" ”

On one side, Zhang San had already peeled a melon and rested it on Zhang Anshi's mouth.

Zhang Anshi took a few bites: "It is worthy of the melon that grows near the hot spring, it tastes good." ”

……

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