Han Dao world

But he was still a little worried about the trip to Mobei.

After all, I am no longer young, whether I can bear the long-distance trek, whether I can endure the bitter cold in Mobei is still unknown.He came to Liaodong this time, not intending to leave immediately, but to wait for Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu is still on the Yizhou battlefield, and it is not yet known when he will be able to set off.

He came to Liaodong first, just to get used to the climate in Liaodong.

Everyone laughed at the worry expressed in Kong Rong's words.

They told Kong Rong that Mobei was indeed cold, but it was not insurmountable.

Going further, the survivors of the Shang Dynasty were defeated and subjugated at that time, and they could survive in Mobei under such poor conditions. You have the support of the court, so what are you afraid of?

Speaking closer, Zhou Yu has already returned from Mobei and has experience in resisting the cold.With him, there will be absolutely no problem.

Then, they talked about a bunch of ways to prevent the cold, such as wearing more leather jackets, eating more meat, etc., and someone seriously recommended the Daoyin technique to Kong Rong, saying that if you practice consistently, you will be able to resist the cold and prolong your life. .

When Kong Rong heard this, he couldn't laugh or cry, but he came to his senses.

Although these people are in Liaodong, they are scholars after all, and they are pampered and pampered at ordinary times, and have never undergone a real test at all.

Although Liaodong is cold, can it compare with Mobei?

If the cold in Mobei is the top of the mountain, the cold in Liaodong is still at the foot of the mountain.

Hey, why do I have such a metaphor?

Unlike the pure spiritual support of Confucian scholars, Liu Bei gave Kong Rong more substantial material support.

He gave Kong Rong several sets of winter clothes with excellent thermal insulation effect.

These winter clothes were bought by him with a lot of money. The stuffing inside is not silk, but kapok, which is said to come from the distant Tianzhu.

Kong Rong was a little suspicious.It is said that Tianzhu is extremely hot, so how can it produce things to keep out the cold?

Having said that, he still accepted Liu Bei's gift.After trying it for a while, I knew what Liu Bei said was true. This kapok was much warmer than silk wool, and it was light enough to be comparable to fine silk cotton.

Kong Rong reciprocated, taking advantage of the opportunity of accepting the banquet, he expressed many times that he hoped that when he returned from Mobei, Liu Bei had already established the country.He even wanted to complete the sorting and research of the old scriptures in Liu Bei's feudal country.

The emperor carried out the New Deal in the Central Plains and made great changes to the Confucian classics. Although it was beneficial to people's livelihood, it did too much harm to the classics.He wanted to find a paradise where he could preserve the purest legacy of the sages.

His influence among Confucian scholars is not small, and many people changed their minds because of this, and decided to defect to Liu Bei and follow Liu Bei to conquer overseas.

Although Liaodong has not been affected yet, as a county controlled by the imperial court, it will be affected sooner or later.

If you want to preserve yourself, it is also a good choice to follow Liu Bei to the Three Koreas.

In mid-May, Liu Bei wrote a letter requesting to go out.

Chapter 1071

Liu Xie was not surprised or worried when he received Liu Bei's invitation to fight.

With Liu Bei's current strength, plus the money, food, and logistical resources provided by Liaodong and Le Lang, as long as he is not stupid, it is not difficult to control Sanhan and Dongwo.

Of course, it will take some time to fully control it. This is not something that the military can do, and it requires culture.

It was an accident that Liu Bei was able to seize the opportunity of Kong Rong's visit to Liaodong, and use Kong Rong's influence to persuade some Confucian scholars living in Liaodong to follow the expedition, but it was an accident that Liu Xie liked to hear.

Liu Bei lost Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, but he got the support of Qingxu Confucian scholars, which can be regarded as gains and losses.

As far as his current strategic goals are concerned, it is enough.

The actions in all aspects are carried out according to the plan, and the specific affairs are arranged by the Situ Mansion, and the Sikong Mansion cooperates. Liu Xie can also relax a little and concentrate on the intensive cultivation of Nanyang.

On the one hand, he taught the newly recruited students in the martial arts hall, mainly about shape in mathematics.

That is, something to do with geometry.

He attached great importance to this matter, and spent a lot of time preparing the lecture notes. "Nine Chapters on Arithmetic" and "Nine He Originals" were the subjects of his materials.

Of course, the Indian numerals that were mistaken for Arabic numerals in later generations are indispensable.

This kind of digital symbol can become a universal character in the world. In addition to taking a ride on the expansion of Western Europe, its own advantages should not be underestimated.It's just that there are still some differences between the current Tianzhu numbers and the numbers of later generations, so Liu Xie pretended unceremoniously and got it right in one step.

The numbering method has been improved, and of course the abacus cannot be missed.

There were already abacus in the Han Dynasty, but they had not yet been finalized, especially the kind of abacus that was strung together with disc beads and drilled holes so that it would not fall apart.Liu Xie talked a little bit, and ordered people to make a batch, not only for the students in the lecture hall, but also for other people in need.

Nanyang's commerce is well developed, with workshops everywhere, and there are many places where abacus is needed.

The multiplication formula does not need to be "invented" by Liu Xie, there are ready-made ones, but it starts from nine nines and ends one by one, so it is also called nine nine multiplication formulas, or nine nines for short.

Applying the multiplication formulas to the abacus, under Liu Xie’s deliberate promotion, the related formulas were soon released, and quickly became popular in Nanyang because of its practicality. People holding abacus can be seen everywhere on the streets, while chanting words like flying fingers .

After Song Zhong and others read it, they praised it and asked for these achievements to be included in the scope of basic lessons, so that computing ability becomes an essential skill for everyone who has received basic education.

Of course, Liu Xie had no reason to refuse.

Compared with this, he has a bigger plan to print the relevant lecture notes into a book as a professional introductory mathematics textbook.

A huge base of science and engineering talents is the necessary foundation for industrialization, and mathematics is the foundation of the foundation. Even if you are not a science and engineering talent, it is impossible to study literature, history and philosophy without basic mathematical thinking.

Everything has a number.

Happiness education that cannot even master the simple four arithmetic operations is a big lie.

In addition to teaching the freshmen in the martial arts hall, Liu Xie has also done a big thing.

He engraved several steles in Nanyang County School, depicting several Nanyang scientists including Zhang Heng, and introducing their scientific achievements.

It does not talk about Confucian classics, nor does it involve personal morality or official position, but only their scientific achievements.

In this regard, Song Zhong tactfully put forward different opinions.

Your Majesty advocates that the four peoples are all men and encourages the skills of all kinds of craftsmen. This is good.But not mentioning Confucianism, not mentioning morality, is it an overkill?

Liu Xie said that Confucian classics are studied by every county school, so why bother to emphasize them?

It is an overkill to mention morality in everything.

To discuss these practical studies, first of all, the right and wrong of the learning itself, personal morality can be put aside later.

Pei Qian is a simple person, and some actions are not completely in line with etiquette. Isn't the sword he forged not sharp?

Hearing this sentence, Song Zhong was short of breath, glanced guilty at Liu Xie's waist knife, and bid farewell.

Under the deliberate guidance of Liu Xie, Nanyang set off a wave of research on practical studies.

Especially those old feudal monarchs who were deprived of their titles but kept their property other than land.They saw the example of He Xian, and they also thought that one day they could restore their titles, so they invested in the construction of schools and academies, recruited bachelors, and studied various knowledge.

Cai Mao, who had cooperated with the imperial court for a long time, was the most sensitive. He funded the construction of Xiangyang Academy and asked the local Lord Pang De to preside over it.He also built Wuweitang, specializing in the research of brewing technology, and took advantage of the trend to promote his own fine wine to the market, earning a lot of money.

This incident aroused Situ Yang Biao's concern.

He wrote to Liu Xie, suggesting that wine should be discussed exclusively.

There are two reasons: one is to increase taxes, and the other is to control the scale of brewing.

Brewing requires food.Now that Dutian is implemented, grain production can just meet the demand, and it is not rich, so it is not suitable for large-scale winemaking.If folk wine making is allowed to consume a large amount of grain, it will inevitably cause fluctuations in grain prices, and ordinary people will be affected first.

Moreover, drinking is easy to cause trouble. If everyone is addicted to drinking, it will have a great impact on the atmosphere.

Liu Xie felt that Yang Biao's suggestion made some sense, and he couldn't be as rude as he was with Song Zhong.

Han people are good at wine.It's just that because of the gap between the rich and the poor, those who can consume a lot of alcohol are limited to the wealthy and powerful, which has little effect on ordinary people.Now Dutian, every family has some spare money, it is inevitable that the trend of extravagance will not sink, and alcohol, an addictive consumer product, will also become the first choice.

This is not the result he wants.

But he is also not in favor of monopoly.

Monopoly is also a monopoly, and the government controls production and sales in a unified way, which is speciously different from a planned economy.The purpose of the planned economy is to reduce waste as much as possible and to achieve a balance between production and sales, while specialization is purely for tax collection, and such things as controlling the scale have never been realized.

When the imperial court wanted money, the counties and counties also had to share a piece of the pie, and the officials in charge also had to take advantage of it. In the end, it would inevitably lead to a sharp increase in the price of wine, and even the normal consumption needs of the people would be affected.

Although alcohol is a first-class carcinogen, a world without alcohol is indeed lacking in meaning.

Liu Xie was not in a hurry to draw conclusions, but asked Yang Biao to convene wine shop owners represented by Cai Mao to discuss how to control the production of wine to meet normal demand without affecting food prices.

Situ Mansion issued the document, and half a month later, the relevant personnel arrived in Wancheng.

Cai Mao came the fastest and brought a large boat of fine wine.The top 500 stones were dedicated to the emperor, and the remaining [-] stones were sent to the market, where they were sold out almost instantly.

Yang Biao was furious and called Cai Mao to the mansion for questioning.

what do you mean?You were called here to limit alcohol, but you are selling alcohol with great fanfare, are you dissatisfied with Situ Mansion?

Cai Mao was wronged.

First of all, Situ's Mansion only said that we were called to discuss matters, but did not say that there was a limit on alcohol.I'm a businessman, so I can't make a trip in vain, and sell some wine by the way to earn some travel expenses, isn't it too much?

Secondly, I didn't expect the wine to sell so quickly. More than 500 stones were gone in half a day.It seems that the people in Wancheng had heard the news and knew that there was a limit on alcohol, so they went to grab it.

Master Situ, shouldn't you check the person who leaked the news first?

Yang Biao was furious, and reported Cai Mao's arrogance to Liu Xie.

Chapter 1072

After listening to Yang Biao's request, Liu Xie frowned, pondered for a moment, and asked back.

"Duke Yang wants me to handle this matter personally?"

Yang Biao salutes again. "Such trivial matters should not bother His Majesty. It's just that Cai Mao is a bit special, and I'm afraid that a small loss may affect His Majesty's arrangement."

Liu Xie shook his head.

This is civil affairs, and it is Situ's job, so Yang Biao can handle it directly.It was his suggestion to convene the owner of the wine shop to discuss, but it was only his suggestion, and the specific affairs were still arranged by Situ Mansion.

Yang Biao came to file a complaint in the hope that he would suppress Cai Mao. The reason was that Zhuge Liang, Huang Yueying and his wife, and Huang Chengyan were ministers. It sounded reasonable, but in fact it was an unconscious discrimination.

If Cai Mao were a scholar, Yang Biao would never do this. He would try his best to keep the control in his hands, even if it was not within the scope of his responsibility.But Cai Mao is a businessman, and Yang Biao subconsciously wanted to use force to suppress him, but because of Cai Mao's relatives, he had to inform him.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are at the bottom of the four peoples, and they suffer the most serious discrimination.

He had reason to believe that if Cai Mao did not have such a background, Yang Biao would directly take coercive measures, and the so-called discussion was just a unilateral decision of Situ Mansion.

Yang Biao is a veteran he trusts. His achievements over the years are obvious to all, and he is the veteran who can keep up with the rhythm best.Based on his trust in Yang Biao's character, he didn't think Yang Biao did it on purpose.

It can only be said that some habits are deeply rooted and hidden deeper than imagined.

"Mr. Yang, back then the scholars opposed Dutian, and I called them to gather at the Taixue to discuss the matter. This matter is not over yet. How can I have time to take care of these things?" Liu Xie smiled gently. "Furthermore, isn't it what you've always wanted to return the rights to the three princes? Isn't it appropriate for me to intervene so easily?"

After a little thought, Yang Biao understood what Liu Xie meant.

The emperor doesn't care about this matter, Situ Mansion is responsible for it.

Secondly, just like the emperor and the scholars discussing the matter of saving the land, they can only be debated and cannot be forced.

As for Zhuge Liang and the others he was worried about, there was no need to worry.The emperor will not interfere with Situ's decision.

Yang Biao retreated satisfied.

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Yang Biao first convened a meeting of the subordinates of Situ Mansion and explained the fundamental reason for restricting wine making.

The grain output is limited, and a large amount of grain cannot be wasted on wine making. This is the bottom line.

Secondly, the wine made by Cai Mao is a high-end wine, and ordinary people do not want to consume it.But there are many rich people in Nanyang, and the consumption of these people will inevitably drive the atmosphere, causing ordinary people to develop extravagant habits, and use limited funds for unnecessary consumption.

Therefore, these high-end wines must be restricted to promote frugality and prohibit luxury.

Finally, since it is a debate, it can only convince people with reason, not force.

To sum it up in one sentence: To solve a problem, we must pay attention to the means, and we cannot give others a handle.

The first two points are unified thinking, and the latter point is the principle of handling.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally Zhang Song took the initiative to ask Ying, willing to be the representative of Situ's mansion, and make contact with Cai Mao and others first.

For such a big matter, Yang Biao couldn't directly come forward and debate with a group of businessmen, or he might have to use forceful excuses.

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At the beginning of the first meeting, Cai Mao was in high spirits, talking loudly in front of everyone to boost morale.

Don't be afraid, the emperor emphasizes business, and we all follow the emperor's edict, so there is nothing to worry about.

My niece and son-in-law, Zhuge Liang, were the first in the merit examination in all counties of Jizhou last year, because they valued industry and commerce.The industrial and commercial tax collected is several times that of the oral tax.After the Great War, the population decreased drastically, and His Majesty was merciful, reducing and exempting the children under the age of 15. Such a big gap can only be filled by the industrial and commercial tax.

Hearing Zhuge Liang's name, everyone's uneasy hearts immediately calmed down a lot.

Zhuge Liang was not well-known when he was in Xiangyang, but the situation is completely different now. Everyone in Xiangyang knows his story, and they can't wait to change his hometown to Xiangyang.