"Poof!"

A gray dove landed on the tall eaves of the Yichuan Mansion and clucked. A middle-aged man in the room walked out, and with a gesture of his hand, the pigeon flew into his hand.

"Dingfu, whose letter?"

"Sun Xianggong's. You Xinglian walked into the house, and in this room, Yang Shi, Xie Liangzuo, and Lu Dalin were listening to Cheng Yi explain the Book of Changes. "Sun Xianggong wrote that the reporter from the newspaper came with news and said that he would interview him in the next two days, so Sun Xianggong would like to ask your opinion on Qin Xianao's book "Answering the Official List", and whether he would like to be interviewed?"

Cheng Yi's face was solemn, he took the note in You Xing's hand and glanced at it, and then crumpled it into the end.

"Teacher, in the text of the official answer, Qin Xianao came up with three questions, and these three questions seem to be really simple. ”

"Yes, it's not more difficult than curing the "Geometric Original" at all, the disciple is trying to ask your opinion, should we solve these three questions in private?"

......

Xie Liangzuo and Lu Dalin also said.

Cheng Yi looked at Yang Shi and You Xing, and the corners of his eyebrows raised: "Tell me your opinion first?"

"Qin Xianao is never simple, this person has the strange plot of Zhuge Kongming in his pen, and the stability of Sima Yi. Yang Shi had a calm face, "In my opinion, there must be a conspiracy in this matter, and we need to be able to respond to all changes in order to be the way." ”

Cheng Yi nodded, with relief in his eyes, and looked at You Xing again.

"I'm similar to what the scholars outside look at, Qin Xian is arrogant and upright, but he should be on guard, but this time, unexpectedly, I think he should admit defeat and show his timidity?" You Xinglang laughed.

"Throw in the towel?"

Cheng Yi seemed to smile: "Since Qin Xianao is willing to write to us, and even lower his profile to visit us, it can be seen that he is not as arrogant and rigid as we imagined, and he will not admit defeat." This time, it is not impossible to compromise or even admit defeat. ”

"It's just that he's really compromised?"

Cheng Yi waved his hand slightly, dragged a newspaper from the side, and pointed with his hand: "Look at this "Answering the Official List Text", the whole article is just for Sun Yunzhong's two views that geometry is cheap and easy to learn, and he is very aggrieved. carried out a fierce attack, and even left three questions, but do you remember the most important point of Sun Yunzhong's "Letter to the People", not that geometry is cheap and easy to learn, but to use the view of cheap and easy to learn, and then proposed to give Qin Xianao two months, and let him come up with a work similar to "Geometric Original", but the content is aimed at the morality of sages. ”

"But Qin Xianao is very interested in this. However, he did not give a fierce rebuttal that was too clear, or even a reply, but only mentioned one sentence, and the matter will be discussed in the next issue. ”

"What does that mean?"

Cheng Yi stroked his beard: "This person is amazing, he is using these three simple questions that cannot be simpler, causing people's surprise and doubts, diverting people's topics, attention, and distracting attention." I can imagine. After Qin Xianao's plan, there will be a series of plausible ones. In fact, it is even more shocking. ”

"Oh?"

Yang Shi, You Xing, Xie Liangzuo, and Lu Dalin all showed a sudden look.

"Teacher, are you saying that Qin Xianao is using a procrastination technique?"

"The teacher means that Qin Xianao is dragging out time, so I'll talk about it next time, and these three questions are simple, but no matter how simple they are, they can't be overcome in a day or two. ”

"He will even come back to three more after we have overcome these three questions, and the excuse will even be that the previous one is too simple. Can't be compared to "Geometric Originals"?"

One by one, the disciples spoke.

Cheng Yi nodded: "For today's plan, on the one hand, we have to debunk his conspiracy, and on the other hand, you have to quickly overcome these three questions, go ahead." One person is responsible for one work, neutral and mediated coordination. ”

"Yes!"

The four disciples left respectfully.

Cheng Yilian picked up the pen and wrote a palindrome for Sun Gu.

Bianliang Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Why? Am I really wrong?"

Sima Guang walked back and forth in the study, his face was very dazed.

"Yueru's letter warned me to stop and admit defeat as soon as possible this time, otherwise I might lose face even more. Sima Guang thought of the warning letter from Jun Yueru he had just received, which scolded Sima Guang, saying that Qin Xianao didn't have something to come up with this time, but didn't want him Sima Guang and others to struggle all their lives, and finally became the leader of the world, but his reputation was suddenly discredited, so he relented.

"Impossible. ”

"No matter how smart Qin Xianao is, he is not much stronger than us, unless these things have been planned by Cihang Jingzhai for hundreds of years, but this is even more impossible. ”

A gleam appeared in Sima Guang's eyes.

"The relationship between Yueru and Qin Xianao is not trivial, the so-called married woman, the water that is spilled, and the woman's ears are soft. Sitting on the Taishi chair, Sima Guang closed his eyes, what he had learned and understood in his life...... A piece of knowledge, a piece of truth, a piece of experience...... Appearing in Sima Guang's mind, Qin Xianao's incident this time, Sima Guang kept calculating and deducing......

When Wang Anshi changed the law, Sima Guang also calculated and deduced in this way...... In the end, it was concluded that Wang Anshi's reform was not feasible, so he quickly established an action against Wang Anshi's reform.

And this time......

For a long time, a fine light appeared in Sima Guang's eyes.

"Even if Qin Xianao is a real genius, two months?" a sneer appeared at the corner of Sima Guang's mouth, "Don't say two months, even two years, twenty years may not be able to get that." ”

"Father!" suddenly a voice sounded.

"Come in!" Sima Guang said lightly.

"Father, Sun Xianggong sent a letter to inquire, saying that Ah Zhu and Ah Bi were going to interview him in the next two days and ask what instructions you have. Sima Kang handed over the note in his hand, Sima Guang glanced at it and put it aside.

"Kang'er, tell me what you think. ”

Sima Kang hesitated slightly: "Father, in fact, the child's opinion is not much different from that of the outside world, the child just wants to say that since ancient times, there are few books that can be written in two months, think about the fact that we have written "Zizhi Tongjian" so many people, and it took nearly 20 years, so two months, even Qin Xianao's copying of books, you have to hurry." ”

"Good!"

Sima Guang looked approving: "I have to hurry up to copy the book for a month or two, but your aunt also sent a letter, accusing me of not knowing what to do, alas!" Sima Guang shook his head and pointed to the note: "This Sun Yunzhong's reply, you can write it for me." ”

"Yes!"

......

Sima Guang, Cheng Yi, Lu Gong, Dong Xiyan...... One by one, I received letters of inquiry from Sun Gu. The three questions of the Qin Dynasty's "Answering the Official List Text" really puzzled these bigwigs, but when they thought of the bottom line of governing the sages and sages with the "Theory of Tools", they all firmly believed in their own judgment.

After all, two months is too short, so short that even copying books has to be stepped up.

Therefore, one reply letter after another fell into Sun Gu's hands, and it was all one word - Qin Xian was arrogant and anxious, and he was playing a conspiracy. Those three questions are used to delay time.

Soon Ah Zhu and Ah Bi began to interview Sun Gu, and since they had already made up their minds, Sun Gu naturally did not refuse, but made a big impression.

Soon this issue of the newspaper came out, because waiting for Qin Xianao's reply, this issue of the newspaper also sold like crazy, and the front page of this issue of the newspaper was Sun Gu's interview at the beginning.

"In Qin Gongzi's "Answering the Official List", it was said that you were informed of the manuscript that was withheld. Is that the case?"

"It's true. ”

"Can you tell me why he informed you?"

"You should ask Qin Xianao himself, since he didn't point it out in the "Answering Official List", it is because this matter is complicated, it is better not to say it, and what I can say has already been said in the "Letter to the People". ”

"Qin Xianao refuted your two points of view in the "Answer to the Official List", that is, geometry is cheap and easy to learn. Have you changed your mind now?"

This is impossible, and his words are all forceful. It's not worth arguing. ”

"Qin Xianao knows that you will say this, he said that facts speak louder than words, so he left three questions, everyone in the world says these three questions, it seems that it is not very difficult, do you think these three questions are very difficult?"

"Although I am scolding that cheap learning is easy to learn. But this refers to the simple cheap learning is easy to learn, not a pole overturned, there are a lot of very complex knowledge in cheap learning, but the overall proportion of such learning is too small, and there are a few of them. But the sages are different. It's not a question of difficulty. ”

"I very much agree with a sentence in Qin Xianao's "Answering the Official List", the nobility of learning depends on its benefits to the world, and the more beneficial it is to the world, the more valuable it is. ”

"Although Qin Xianao understands this, he doesn't understand, the reason why I say that the sage learning is a noble study, and the knowledge of craftsmen such as grain, geometry, arithmetic, etc. is a cheap study, because the sage study is more beneficial and beneficial to the world. ”

Therefore, if you can become an official, a herdsman, or a craftsman by reading through the books of the sages, you can only run around the fields, mountains and rivers, or engage in trading, and building. ”

"You said that the complex knowledge in cheap learning is only a small number of corners, so are these three questions among them?"

"This is impossible, the people of Li can see that these three questions are extremely simple topics, and the official can't see it?"

"Then Qin Xianao asked you to do these three questions, did you?"

"Qin Xianao is dragging time and shifting the people's attention to these three questions, which is to no avail. Besides, after I did it, he said that these three questions were wrong, too simple, and even made three more questions, and so on and again, and again and again for various reasons to cover up the real problem, wouldn't this official waste his energy?"

"If Qin Xianao no longer makes small moves and doesn't come up with three other questions, will you do it?"

"It's impossible to assume this kind of thing, and it's impossible for Qin Xianao to be like what you said. ”

......

Sun Gu admitted 100% in the interview that the three questions were very simple, and even disdained to answer these three questions, and even believed that Qin Xianao was delaying the plan in order to avoid the matter of governing the sage book.

Sun Gu's interview script was a surprise to readers, and Sun Gu's previous words were also disapproving and disdainful, but then Sun Gu thought that the three questions were simple, which was nothing, but on the one hand, he said that it was simple, and on the other hand, he was unwilling to answer, and he said, "Geometry, cheap learning, gentlemen don't do it." Therefore, he was ashamed to answer the question, which caused the anger and contempt of countless people.

But Sun Gu was reluctant to answer, and when he said this, everyone couldn't guess the truth of his words, whether they couldn't answer, or really didn't bother to answer? After this interview, it was the follow-up to Qin Xianao's "Answering the Official List" that everyone was looking forward to, and this follow-up, after reading it one by one, was first stunned, and completely crazy. (To be continued......)