Han Dao world

At this time, he thought of another explanation of "governing a big country is like cooking a small fish".

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong looked at each other, wondering what Liu Xie was thinking, why his face was cloudy, and there was a murderous look in his eyes.

After waiting for a while, Liu Xie withdrew his thoughts. Looking at the expressions of the two, he also knew that he had lost his composure just now. He didn't know what misunderstanding would be left, so he had to find something to make up for.

"Do you all know these people?"

"I know, just a few scholars of literature." Pang Tong said with disdain.

Although Zhuge Liang didn't express his attitude, his expression showed his agreement.

Liu Xie didn't say anything more.

In a sense, these people are indeed scholars of literature, not political talents.Whether you come to Chang'an or not doesn't really matter.

At most, it's just that the court doesn't look good.

But from another point of view, it is not necessarily a bad thing if such a person does not come to Chang'an.Their ability to help is not great, but their ability to cause trouble is not small.All of them have nothing serious to do all day long, playing with words and ink, either flattering each other or criticizing the government.

With the current resistance to Dutian from the government and the public, can he still count on Wang Can to write poems to praise his virtues?

If you don't come, don't come, anyway, it's all meat, either rotten in the pot or in the bowl.

Liu Xie resentfully put down the document and put it aside.

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Yu Fan opened his eyes, looked at the window that was brightly illuminated by the sun, recalled the conversation with the emperor yesterday, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

It's hard to find a bosom friend.

I have lived for more than 40 years, and this is the first time I am so happy.

Sure enough, it is interesting to talk about the Tao with people who are close to the realm, and it is a waste of time and saliva to talk to those vulgar people.

Yu turned his head and saw the paper on the bedside, the smile on his mouth subconsciously faded.

He hasn't solved the problem that the emperor left him.

Odd changes and even remains unchanged, and the symbol looks at the quadrant. What does it mean?

The emperor said that this is the content of Yi Xue, but he is familiar with all Yi Xue, but he has never heard of this formula.

Could it be Zheng Xuan's new research?

With this thought, Yu Fan shook his head, rejecting this possibility.

Zheng Xuan's theory is easy to focus on annotations and light on volatilities. Even if there are elaborations, they are mostly on the principle. The understanding of the number of objects is not beyond the scope of his understanding, so it is impossible to come up with such formulas.

Yu Fan turned over and sat up, spread the paper in front of him, and looked at it carefully.

He asked for a pen and paper again, drew 64 hexagrams next to him, and tried to distribute the 64 hexagrams into the four images separated by two straight lines.

Tai Chi gives birth to two rituals, two rituals give birth to four images, and four images give birth to gossip.

The horizontal line means that Taiji produces Liangyi, and the vertical line means that Liangyi produces four phenomena. This should be the quadrant that the emperor said.Between the four images and the commonly used 64 hexagrams, there is still a process in which the four images produce eight trigrams and the eight trigrams are formed. This formula may be related to this.

Yu Fan moved his brush like flying, and he filled the paper in a short while.He simply stood up, holding the inkstone box in one hand and a pen in the other, and began to draw on the wall.

Soon, a wall was completely covered by him, but he still couldn't get the desired result.He turned around, went to the other side, and wrote in a hurry.

Before you know it, the sun is already westward.

Yu Fan still got nothing.

Looking at the hexagrams all over the wall, Yu Fan fell into deep thought.

He had a feeling that he might be going in the wrong direction.

When discussing with the emperor, he noticed one thing.The emperor is not familiar with the meaning of "Yi" and is not very interested in hexagram changes. What he values ​​is the relationship between images and numbers, and the emphasis is on numbers.

In contrast, the average person's focus is on the elephant.

What exactly is the number that the Son of Heaven said?

Curiosity is like a kitten's paw, constantly scratching in Yu Fan's heart, making him forget about tea, food, and hungry stomach rumbling.

His thoughts were interrupted when someone knocked on the door.

"Who?" Yu Fan said angrily, his voice was loud.

The person outside the door was startled, and then said: "Sir, it's me, Zhuge Liang. Lang Guan said that you haven't gone out, and you haven't eaten. Let me see if you are in good health."

Yu Fan opened the door and looked at Zhuge Liang's concerned face, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine, I just forgot."

Standing outside the door, Zhuge Liang glanced at the wall covered with hexagram images, and couldn't help laughing. "It turns out that the master is studying Yi Xue, and he really forgot to sleep and eat. But these problems can't be studied in a day, so let's eat first."

"Okay." Yu Fan agreed, and he was indeed hungry.

Zhuge Liang arranged for people to bring food and wine, and Yu Fan ate them heartily.Zhuge Liang took this opportunity to look at the hexagrams on the wall, and said to Yu Fan, "Sir, forgive me, I'm afraid you're going in the wrong direction."

"Why do you see that?" Yu Fan was both excited and unwilling.

Even though Zhuge Liang is a rare genius and has been with the emperor for a period of time, if Zhuge Liang solves a problem that he can't solve, he will still feel a little lost.

"The way is simple, it shouldn't be so complicated." Zhuge Liang withdrew his gaze and sat down in front of Yu Fan. "Also, it is easy to have the image of heaven and earth. The sky is round and the earth is round. In your hexagram, there is only square, not circle."

"Why isn't there a circle?" Yu Fan pointed at the circle made up of hexagrams with chopsticks.

"It's just arranging the 64 hexagrams in a circle. What does it correspond to? The eight trigrams correspond to the earth. It can't be said that arranging them in a circle can correspond to the sky."

Yu Fan didn't take it seriously, and buried himself in his meal.

Zhuge Liang's Yixue attainments are limited, not enough to shake his ideas.

For a long time, Yi Xue has expressed the world in this way, and what other tricks can he conjure up.

Seeing Yu Fan's expression, Zhuge Liang also felt bored, a bit self-defeating, and didn't say any more.After Yu Fan finished eating and agreed to go to court tomorrow, Zhuge Liang got up and left.

Before going out, Zhuge Liang thought of one more thing.

"Stones from other mountains can be used to drill jade. There are many examples of the combination of elephants and numbers in the mathematics of the Western Regions bestowed by the emperor. You can refer to it, maybe it will inspire you."

Chapter 710

Although Yu Fan didn't say anything, after sending Zhuge Liang away, he immediately found out the mathematics from the Western Regions bestowed by the emperor, and read it carefully.

At this sight, he was fascinated.

It was a very different kind of arithmetic from what he had learned before.

A window suddenly opened in front of his eyes, and through the gap, he glimpsed a very different scenery.

After flipping through the thin book in one breath, it was already pitch black outside the window.

Yu Fan put down the book, pushed the door and went out, looked at the palace which was already lit up, let out a sigh of relief, and then felt a little ashamed.

Unexpectedly, there are such wise men among the barbarians.When I heard the emperor talk about mathematics in the Western Regions before, I didn't take it seriously, but now I know that I am ignorant.

It seems that the emperor's emphasis on the study of the Western Regions was not a momentary curiosity, but a deeper consideration.

The emperor stabilized Liangzhou when the Central Plains was still undecided. It may not be all because Liangzhou has elite soldiers, and it may also be related to the Western Regions.Trade routes are one of them, and so is knowledge.

Where did he know all this?

Yu Fan heard that when Emperor Xiaoling was alive, he was like Hu Feng, but he still felt that the emperor had something to do with that ridiculous former emperor, even if they were father and son.

The most obvious point is that apart from offering sacrifices to the Buddha in the palace and wearing Hu clothes, Emperor Xiaoling didn't seem to be doing any serious business, and he didn't study any mathematics in the Western Regions.

The knowledge of the emperor must have other sources.

Could it be that Hu merchant Anthony?The emperor once said that many of these books from the Western Regions were collected by Anthony.

Yu Fan decided to find Anthony as soon as possible and inquire about other commendable knowledge in the Western Regions.

Before that, he had to re-read the mathematics of the Western Regions given by the emperor several times until he was proficient, so that he could discuss it further with the emperor.

The gap between the two is too great to talk about.

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Sun Ce stood under the eaves, looked over the courtyard wall, and looked at the gate of the post house.

He had been waiting here for a long time, but Yu Fan's figure never appeared.

This made him feel empty and unspeakably anxious.

Tomorrow's court meeting will discuss his appointment. As his most important think tank, Yu Fan stayed in the palace without even showing his face.

He didn't think that Yu Fan was a follower of power, and the Emperor Xu's sacrificial wine in the martial arts hall was not enough to make Yu Fan so heartless. Yu Fan must have been delayed by other things.

The biggest suspect is the emperor.

The Son of Heaven showed a strong interest in Yu Fan from the very beginning, even above him and Zhou Yu.

"Bo Fu." Zhou Yu walked over, followed Sun Ce's gaze, and guessed what Sun Ce was thinking.He took Sun Ce's arm. "Don't look, I have something to tell you."

Sun Ce cheered up, went back to the house with Zhou Yu, and sat down across from each other.

"The Son of Heaven allowed you thousands of miles of sea and territory, there shouldn't be any problem with that." Zhou Yu cut to the chase. "But one thing, I think you also understand. Before the appearance of large ships that can sail on the sea, it is not realistic to go overseas."

Sun Ce nodded.Although he was a little disappointed, he also knew that this was a real difficulty.Even if the emperor asks him to go out now, he can't agree.

"Mr. Yang proposed two proposals, let me ask your opinion."

"What plan?"

"One is that you continue to be the prefect of Kuaiji and wait for the warships. The other is to become the prefect of Beihai and assist Liu Bei in the battle. Now it is against Yuan Xi. After Qingzhou is pacified, you will move to Liaodong. When Liaodong is pacified, maybe the latest warships can also be built. It's gone."

Sun Ce pondered for a moment. "And you?"

"If possible, I would like to go out with you." Zhou Yu thought for a while, and then said: "But my uncle may still want me to stay in Chang'an. The specifics depend on the emperor's intention."

Sun Ce nodded, a little disappointed.

After Yu Fan, Zhou Yu will also part ways with him.

"there's one more thing."

"Speak." Sun Ce lowered his head. "Between you and me, why do you have to act like a child."

"As for your father's title, it is right for you to give it to Ji Zuo, but the imperial court is polite. Whether it can be accepted is still in doubt. If you still inherit the title, the imperial court will arrange a marquis residence for you. Your wife My son also wants to stay in Chang'an. Of course, even if you don't accept the title, with your official position of two thousand shi, you still have to keep the hostage."

Sun Ce laughed. "So I still think that it's good for you to stay in Chang'an. My wife and children will be taken care of by you, and I will not have to worry about the future."

Zhou Yu stared at Sun Ce for a while. "Bo Fu, if the emperor's words are true, I will not stay in Chang'an for too long. Maybe you have not left the East China Sea, I will go to the southwest first. I heard from my uncle that the emperor is very concerned about the affairs of the Western Regions. Going southwest, you can reach Tianzhu."

"Is it?"

"It shouldn't be a lie. The emperor has ordered the imperial physicians to develop a medicine to deal with miasma. Where else would this medicine be used except in the southwest? Bofu, maybe we still have time to fight side by side."

Sun Ce laughed. "I am in the southeast, and you are in the southwest. How can I have the opportunity to fight side by side?"

"It's hard to say, we will meet again if we are destined." Zhou Yu's eyes narrowed slightly. "I heard that if you go west from Tianzhu, you can go to Daqin, which is what they call Rome. Although you can also take the land route, the sea route is obviously more convenient."

"The emperor's ambition is so great?" Sun Ce couldn't help taking a breath. "Aren't you afraid that scholars will say that he is militaristic?"

He had heard people talk about Rome, but it was really thousands of miles away, far away in the sky.

"Although the Son of Heaven is young, he has his own opinions, which cannot be changed by a few words from scholars." Zhou Yu laughed, showing a hint of longing. "Bo Fu, this is an opportunity for you and me to show our ambitions. It is far more grand than planning to rule the river."

Sun Ce met Zhou Yu's eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, which gradually turned into a hearty laugh.

Drawing the river and governing was a strategy that Zhang Hong had drawn up for him. Now it seems that the possibility of realizing this strategy no longer exists.Destiny is in the Han Dynasty, the emperor was born, and the momentum of the great Han Dynasty's revival is unstoppable.He can only settle for the next best thing.

Conquering overseas, going thousands of miles away, may not be as good as Daihan.

If there is such a day, the emperor will not be able to manage this ten thousand li territory, and becoming a king will become one of the few choices.It is almost the best choice to be named king with a different surname without having to bear the burden of betraying the Han.

Once again, he and Zhou Yu had a tacit understanding and thought of being together.

"If that day really comes, I will have no regrets in this life." Sun Ce put away his smile and sighed.

"indeed so."

The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

After thinking about the future for a while, Sun Ce suddenly said, "Gongjin, there is something I want to hear from you."

"You said."

"Anyway, I, the prefect of Kuaiji, won't be able to do it for a few days. Wujun and Danyang will also be handed over. Can some people be dealt with so that they don't echo Yuan Shaoyao and smack their lips and tongues, which is annoying."

Zhou Yu's face changed slightly. "You mean the Zhou brothers in Kuaiji?"