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Section 1438 Sima Qian's Doubts (2)


Listening to Sima Qian's words, Liu Che half-closed his eyes and said with a leisurely smile: "Since Qing has doubts, you might as well say it" When Sima Qian heard this, he hurriedly bowed and said: "The minister once tasted it, and the proverb said: The world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit."

In the past, the Taigong was sealed in the camp hill, the land was empty, the people were widowed, the Taigong was the art of teaching the people to be extremely skilled, and the benefits of fish and salt, so the characters were all returned, strong and radiated, Qi crown with clothes and shoes in the world, Haidai and went to the court, and then the decline of the Qi country, to the power of Guan Zhong with weight, the benefit of fish and salt, and Heng Gong hegemony, the princes of Jiuhe a Kuang world, Confucius praised and said: Micro tube Zhong, I was sent to the left "In this world, it is not the case, the world is all about businessmen and villains.

Li Kui Xing's teaching of land strength, and the strategy of Shang Jun's cultivation and warfare are all based on cheap industry and heavy agriculture."

"The minister thinks it's a little strange" "If the Jia people are really useless, why should the Taigong and Guan Zhong be important" "And husband, if you are really a villain, how can you be rich today?"

Sima Qian paused as he spoke: "The minister has tasted Li You, a native of Guanzhong, and Liu Shezi, the secretary of the Shaofu of the two thousand stones, Liu Hui, from the teachings of the previous kings, and went to the counties in Guanzhong to collect the style of the people.

The counties and townships all see the murmuring of waterwheels, the channels are all over, and the people live in peace; People everywhere, except for farming, are good at doing business and business, and enter the workshop as a business, and the annual income can be more than 5,500."

"This is where the minister's doubts lie" "The sages all said: the business of industry and commerce is cheap, and the Jia people seek the benefits of farmers, but now it is not the case, the workshops of the merchants are given to the people, so that the small people can also live in peace, raise their parents, and raise their children."

After listening to this, Liu Che smiled slightly.

This is also the reason why today's Confucianism, although it has developed to a point where they themselves do not believe in it, they still have no choice but to be Huang Lao.

The reason is simple.

Both Confucianism and Legalism have encountered an embarrassing problem: theory and practice have been derailed In the past, both Confucian and Legalist theories could explain most of the world's problems.

Take, for example, the business of business.

Confucianism rejected tricks and tricks, and Lu Ru advocated the elimination of mechanical hearts to prevent these things from polluting the simple people.

Legalism takes enriching the country and strengthening the army as its purpose, and does its best to teach the earth.

Both have different paths to the same end, and both require heavy agriculture and lowly businessmen.

The only difference is that the Confucian emphasis on agriculture is the emphasis on the peasants of the big landlords and the big nobles.

The Legalists, on the other hand, preferred and preferred to support the small and medium-sized landlord class.

Today, however, the theories of Confucianism have been strongly challenged.

Especially in the land of Guanzhong, with the implementation of the law of peace and the strong implementation of the policy of grain protection price.

In fact, it has greatly alleviated the gap between the rich and the poor among the people.

At the very least, it gave the people a respite.

Ordinary people no longer have to eat high-priced grain in winter and spring, but sell it cheaply in summer and autumn to harvest.

In recent years, the blowout and popularization of new agricultural technologies have also led to a significant increase in grain production.

Today, when food prices are relatively constant and stable, this increase in grain production has finally freed up time for the people to no longer have to be like in the past, but can only stare at the land and live a precarious life.

With the construction of the Bao Slope Project, the Longshou Canal Project, the Kunming Pool Project and various other water conservancy channels and water transportation projects.

In particular, the construction of the slope project has allowed a large number of people to taste the benefits of selling their labor force for the first time.

Later, with the promulgation of the Ping Law, industry and commerce took off, especially in Guanzhong, the annual examination economy and the Maoling business district, which was enough to form a huge consumer group.

As a result, the workshop industry flourished.

A large number of ordinary people have changed from peasants to a class of half-workers and half-peasants.

There are even groups of full-time workers emerging.

Originally, according to the theories of Legalism and Confucianism, such a situation and such a world would definitely cause chaos.

But nothing happened.

On the contrary, the lives of the people in Guanzhong are getting better and better every year, and countless poor people who used to live in four walls now have savings and savings.

Guanzhong's middle-class home, a well-off home, is even more exaggerated.

Almost all of them were in warehouses filled with corn and wheat flour, and the walls were covered with bacon and dried fish.

For the first time in history, the landlord class in Guanzhong could eat meat for a meal Of course, this is based on the continuous supply of dried fish to Chang'an in the Andong area and the large number of cattle, sheep and livestock brought by the victory of foreign wars.

But in any case, Confucianism and Legalism are facing this embarrassment.

They have to solve this problem before they have a chance to replace the old Huang faction.

Fortunately, they still have time, after all, such a situation has appeared for a short time, at most three years Moreover, it currently exists only in Guanzhong.

But as time went on, similar signs began to emerge in the Three Rivers area.

At least in Luoyang, the number of middle-class families with 1 to 100,000 families has increased for three consecutive years.

And intellectuals and young people like Sima Qian, of course, are also facing such a problem.

They found that the things in the book seemed to have difficulty explaining these emerging changes.

This situation is somewhat similar to the thinking of young people in the late Spring and Autumn Period and the early Warring States period when they discovered the new thing of the landlord class Although, as in the late Spring and Autumn Period and the early Warring States period, everyone does not understand what kind of world this new change will bring However, everyone is cautiously trying to get in touch with and study such changes.

Only Liu Che himself was in excitement and fear.

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Because he knows what will come up in the future At this moment, he looked at Sima Qian's young and immature face and asked, "Do you know when did China get tired of business?"

Liu Che stood up, looked at the gurgling water in the channel of Shiqu Pavilion in front of him, and sighed to himself: "In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Jia people traveled in the countries and entered and exited the palace, so that there were high stories, and there were allusions to Tao Zhu Gong, Confucius had a virtuous disciple Duanmu Ci, and he was also born as a merchant, and Confucius didn't care."

In fact, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the status of merchants was still quite high.

Even at the time of the Warring States period, merchants still had status.

Some big businessmen can even influence a country's internal and foreign affairs.

For example, the famous Lü Buwei is such a wealthy businessman.

Even in the Qin State ruled by the Legalists, in the Great Qin Empire under the rule of Qin Shi Huang, there were also great merchants such as widows Qing and Wu Shilu who were crowned as feudal monarchs.

Then, since when did the businessman become a lowly industry where everyone shouted and shouted and killed, and was reduced to a lowly business The answer is that after Qin unified the world, Qin Shi Huang and the politicians of the Legalists could not tolerate the existence of merchants.

For Qin Shi Huang, merchants were highly mobile, and as long as they gave money, there was nothing they did not dare to do.

So, the merchant must die And for the Legalists, the existence of merchants is even more disgusting.

Since Li Kui, the Legalists have been anti-businessmen.

Moreover, unlike Confucianism, which only talks but does not practice, Legalism is a man of action, and his ability to act is off the charts.

However, in the past ten years, Legalism has profoundly changed the entire society through laws, systems and swords.

Sima Qian, as the son of Taishi Ling, of course he knows these historical evolutions.

But in his heart, he still doesn't understand why it is like this If it is said that hatred of merchants is something made by the Legalists and Qin, then why did the Han family inherit this system and why no one in the world likes merchants But he didn't dare to ask after all.

Liu Che knew why, but he wouldn't say.

Looking at Sima Qian, Liu Che waved his hand and said, "Before Qing went to Longcheng to strike the May Dragon City meeting, if Qing arrived in Longcheng, Longcheng would tell Aiqing the answer."

Sima Qian nodded when he heard this, and bowed again: "No" "That's right" Liu Che suddenly turned to him and said, "Aiqing's trip, can you do me a favor?"

Sima Qian hurriedly knelt down and said, "Please give instructions to Your Majesty" "I want to compile a book of water scripture notes, record the mountains and rivers of the world, and narrate the geographical changes of ancient and modern times, since I want to go to the world once, why not open the counties and counties that I have passed, all investigate the direction of rivers and mountains, search for stories, and record them as books, how?"

Liu Che had long wanted to do it, organize the power of the country, and conduct a large-scale survey and mapping of the world.

But the problem is that such a project is too huge.

It may be a bit expensive, so I haven't made up my mind.

But now, since Sima Qian plans to travel the world, let's take a look at the time and workload required for this matter by his hand.

When Sima Qian heard this, he was overjoyed, and bowed: "I respectfully obey Your Majesty's order."

The work of Shui Jingzhu immediately aroused Sima Qian's deep ambition and pride.

"Okay, let's go and prepare" Liu Che smiled and patted Sima Qian's shoulder, and then left the place surrounded by the guards.

Sima Qian bowed his body, watched the Son of Heaven leave, and then scratched his head.

Today's change really made him a little confused.

Moreover, there are so many unanswered questions.

Fortunately, although Sima Qian is young, he has a good father and a good teacher.

In particular, his teacher, Sima Jizhu, once traveled all over the world, was accustomed to seeing good and evil in the world, and was very knowledgeable and knew almost everything.

With the doubts in his heart, Sima Qian returned to Shiqu Pavilion and immediately visited the teacher.

As usual, Lord Sima Ji was sleeping at this time.

He is old, and he has been busy surveying and mapping astronomy and drawing star maps for the past two years, because Sima Ji is already old at this time, and he is no longer as healthy as he was in the past.

However, he was satisfied.

Because before checkmateing, he finally fulfilled his wish.

There are 16 volumes of the Book of Heavenly Officials, with a total of more than 300,000 words, more than 200 pairs of star maps, listing the 3 walls and 28 nights, and recording the positions of thousands of stars visible to the naked eye.

More importantly, through his efforts, the twenty-one astronomical schools, including the Xingchen family, the Jianzhu family, and the Yin-Yang family, all provided their treasured secret scrolls to Sima Jizhu, so that he could completely list and annotate the insights and understandings of astronomy from these different factions.

Of course, in this process, it is natural to learn Mr.

Xia, the pen is the pen, the cutting is the sharpening, and the turnip is saved.

Regardless, this is an unprecedented feat.

From now on, whether it is a priest or an astronomer in later generations, he has to call him grandmaster.

Sima Qian's arrival made Lord Sima Ji quite happy, and he loved this disciple very much.

After accepting Sima Qian as a disciple, Sima Ji announced that he would no longer accept disciples.

This means that he recognized and decided to let Sima Qian be his successor, the so-called Guanmen disciple.

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"Teacher" Sima Qian bowed to his teacher and said, "Your Majesty has just come to Shiqu Pavilion disciples to see Your Majesty."

"Hmm" Lord Sima Ji opened his eyes and asked, "What did Your Majesty say to you?"

Sima Qian then told his teacher everything about Fang Cai.

It is very taboo for others to do this kind of thing, and they may even lose their heads.

But Sima Qian's status is special, because he is a historian, and Sima Jizhu can also be regarded as a historian.

So, between the two of them, they can talk about these things.

After all, this is the prerogative of the historian.

After hearing this, Lord Sima Ji sighed and said, "I know what Your Majesty means."

As a person who has been active since the beginning of the Han Dynasty to this day, Sima Jizhu certainly knows the inside story and reasons for some things.

But he also knows that there are some things that cannot be said.

Moreover, it is useless to say it.

Because without personal experience, it is difficult to understand and see it with your own eyes.

For example, this business matter.

The scholars of the world, the famous virtuous doctors, and the aristocracy all hated and rejected the merchants.

Even including him, Sima Jizhu, he doesn't like businessmen.

This naturally makes sense.

And it's not just businessmen who do bad things.

In fact, in his life, Sima Jizhu traveled from south to north, and he had seen the most despicable scholars and doctors, as well as businessmen with high morals.

He has long known that a true person is good or bad, and a gentleman has the difference between a hypocrite and a true gentleman.

But nowadays, both true gentlemen and hypocrites are rejecting and disgusting businessmen.

The reason for this is so simple "Your Majesty has ordered you to go to Dragon City, then you can go to Dragon City to find the answer" Sima Ji Lord smiled and said: "However, there is a word for the teacher: you go to Dragon City, don't go to see what happened in Dragon City, just think about what kind of changes these things will bring."

"Hmm" Sima Qian's eyes were full of puzzlement.

"Idiot" Sima Ji smiled, what he liked most about Sima Qian was that he had a pure heart and a heart of knowledge.

This is something that most people in this world do not have.

Even Jia Yi and Jia Changsha back then, in the eyes of Sima Jizhu, did not have such qualities.

And Sima Ji is sure that as long as this disciple of his keeps such a mentality, in the future, his achievements will definitely be higher than his own.

"Let's go, let's go" Sima Ji Zhu smiled and encouraged his disciple: "The Dragon City Meeting will start soon, you should hurry up and prepare to leave."

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