Han Dao world

To Liu Xie's surprise, after Zhou Zhong finished talking about Jizhou, he changed the subject and took out a manuscript, carefully placing it in front of Liu Xie.

"Your Majesty, if I can read this book early, I can increase my achievements by another three points."

Liu Xie was surprised. "What book can make Zhou Gong so respectful?"

"The masterpiece of Suiyang Water Control Commander Yuan Min." Zhou Zhong thought for a while, and then said: "More precisely, it is the summary of the report of Yanyu Water Control. Yuan Min is the chief writer, and other hydraulic engineers participated in the compilation."

Hearing Yuan Min's name, Liu Xie's heart moved.

He had already heard about this person from different sources, and he knew that although this person was from a famous family, he was both civil and military, but he was not good at official career, and he was very interested in water control instead.First, he repaired the water conservancy in Chenliu, and later he was invited by Huang Yi to Suiyang to be in charge of the autumn floods in the entire Suishui and Baoshui basins. He was the general person in charge of technology, equivalent to the chief engineer.

The good autumn flood prevention in Yanyu and Yuzhou has a lot to do with Yuan Min.

Liu Xie opened the book and took a rough look.

Outside the text, he saw some annotations.At first I thought it belonged to Zhou Zhong, but after asking, I found out it belonged to Han Sui.He also heard Zhou Zhong say that Han Sui asked him to preface Yuan Min's monograph, and he understood what it meant.

Han Sui wanted to gain fame.

But this is nothing, it fits his purpose very well.

With Yuan Min's family background, he paid attention to practical learning and left a monograph, which is more convincing than ordinary scholars.

"As Sikong, Duke Zhou is in charge of water and soil, so it is reasonable to write a preface for such a monograph." Liu Xie closed the book, patted it lightly, and said with a smile, "Duke Zhou, please work hard."

Zhou Zhong showed a smile. "Since your majesty will not abandon you, it is my duty to write a preface for my subordinates. It is only the initiative of great significance, and only my ministers make a preface. I am afraid that it is not enough weight. I am bold enough to ask your majesty to sign it as a sign of encouragement. meaning."

"I?"

"Your Majesty inherited the enlightenment from the late Emperor, and is quite gifted in calligraphy. In recent years, he has practiced diligently, becoming more sophisticated and calm. If you can inscribe Yuan Min's monograph, it will not only show that His Majesty attaches great importance to practical learning, but also make the icing on the cake, pleasing to the eye. "

Liu Xie glanced at Zhou Zhong, laughed, and nodded in agreement.

His calligraphy is really good. On the one hand, the original owner's talent is really good, and he was enlightened by famous masters. Second, he was afraid of revealing his secrets, so he practiced hard and often asked Cai Yan, Zhong Yao, Zhang Zhi and others for advice. famous.

It is more than enough to write the title of Yuan Min's monograph.

Han Sui wanted to be famous, Zhou Zhong also wanted to be famous, and he wanted to be famous.

As Sikong, the officials under his command published monographs and got the inscription of the emperor, which is also a political achievement that can be boasted for a lifetime.

His wish came true, Zhou Zhong was in a good mood, and he talked about Xun Yue with Liu Xie again.

In all fairness, he was a little worried about Xun Yue.

On the one hand, Xun Yue was greatly stimulated and might go to another extreme.

On the other hand, Zhang Zhao and others failed to implement moral governance in the Bohai Sea. Confucianism suffered heavy losses in practice. Sacrifice.

Zhou Zhong didn't want to see this scene, so he asked Liu Xie a question.

Does Your Majesty think it is feasible to abandon the sage and abandon the wisdom?

Liu Xie sized Zhou Zhong up a few times and smiled silently.He personally poured a cup of hot tea for Zhou Zhong, and then said: "Duke Zhou, it is a historical necessity that all scholars belong to Confucianism, and it cannot be reversed by an individual. I just think that Confucianism has been dominant for 300 years, and there are some accumulated disadvantages. Diagnosis and treatment are urgently needed, and I have never thought of giving up Confucianism. To implement benevolent government and achieve the king's way is by no means deceiving the world, but a real goal."

He paused, and then emphasized: "Zhang Zhao is proving the way, and I am also proving the way. The purpose is the same, but the method is different."

Feeling relieved, Zhou Zhong held the teacup in both hands and took a long gulp.

The hot tea enters the abdomen, the chest is dense, and the lips and teeth are fragrant.

-

Zhou Zhong was sent off, and Xun Yue was called to see him.

Unlike Zhou Zhong's high spirits, Xun Yue's mood is very low.

After saluting, he lowered his head and sat for a while before he remembered that he should report to Liu Xie about his trip to Mount Tai.Speaking of the place where Confucius ascended was at the foot of the mountain, and Dongshan could only see a corner of Lu State, he felt ashamed and sighed.

Liu Xie was very happy.

Being able to face the reality shows that although Xun Yue is not young and has been immersed in Buddhist scriptures for many years, he has not reached the point of being only holy.

He has not lost himself yet, and still has the courage to face reality.

"Mencius once said that it is better to have no books than to believe in books, no matter what the book is. Mencius is also a human being, and he is separated from Confucius by a hundred years, so it is inevitable that he will make mistakes. The loss and deny the person.”

"Confucius climbed Dongshan and made Lu small, and climbed Taishan and made the world small" also came from "Mencius". It was originally just a metaphor, not necessarily a fact.But when it comes to Confucius, people in the Confucian school take it seriously.Now that it's proven that's not the case at all, they're certainly devastated.

But in Liu Xie's view, this is not necessarily a bad thing.

He then persuaded Xun Yue again.Just as Dongshan was still in Lu State at that time, when Confucius climbed Mount Tai, there was no such convenient road as it is now.Furthermore, although Confucius did not climb Mount Tai, he was not completely at the foot of the mountain. He could see farther when he climbed a hundred meters.

As descendants, we should climb higher and see farther than our predecessors, so we don't need to belittle our predecessors.

The key is that we should take the people as the basis and go further, instead of drawing the ground as a solid and resting on our laurels.After a hundred years in the future, we will not be ashamed of our predecessors.

After hearing Liu Xie's words, Xun Yue's mood gradually calmed down.

He then asked Liu Xie a question: "Why is the top of the mountain colder than the bottom?"

Chapter 1083

Liu Xie did not directly answer Xun Yue's question.

He can answer, and he promises that Xun Yue will understand, but doing so is not good except for pretending.

He spent so much time stimulating Xun Yue, not for his own pretense, but to make Xun Yue change his thinking, from blindly following sages and classics to empirical evidence.

It is more meaningful than the answer to let him go to prove it by himself and find the answer.

He said to Xun Yue, the road is not far away from others, but the way is far away from others.This question comes from between heaven and earth, and the answer is naturally also between heaven and earth.If it is not in the books of the predecessors, then you should look for it, and when you find it, write it down in the book, so that future generations will have one less question.

Of course, future generations may also doubt your answer, find out the shortcomings in this answer, and find a better answer.

It doesn't matter, it doesn't affect your achievement, it just keeps the true way one step closer.

Just like you stand taller than Confucius, it doesn't affect Confucius's magnificence.Later generations stand taller than you, and it will not affect your achievements.

Every time you stand higher, you can see more scenery.

From this point of view, it is not entirely wrong to say that Confucius climbed Dongshan and became a small Lu, and climbed Taishan and made a small world.

Xun Yue seemed to understand, but he understood Liu Xie's good intentions, decided to accept this challenge, and bowed out again.

Before leaving, Liu Xie made a specific request: Before studying this issue carefully, you might as well think about how to measure the temperature and temperature, the difference between the mountains and the mountains, and whether you can calculate it.

It is difficult to get a real answer to any question if it cannot be accurately calculated.

Xun Yue felt reasonable and accepted the suggestion.

Watching Xun Yue disappear outside the door, Liu Xie smiled smugly.

The clarion call of the intellectual elite marching towards science is about to sound, and the door of empirical science is about to open.

After the telescope and the microscope, the thermometer will come.

-

Back in the backyard, Fu Shou and the others were still awake, they were chatting together, and the discussion was very lively.

Liu Xie stood outside the door and listened for a while, and was surprised to find that they were discussing issues such as Xuan Ye Shuo and Hun Tian Shuo, and he was involved.

Xuan Ye said that the things listed in Zhang Heng Temple were indeed related to him.

Compared with Gaitian theory and Huntian theory, Xuanye theory is more advanced, but it is also because it is so advanced, it is too far from intuition, on the contrary, it is not as accepted as Gaitian theory and Huntian theory, and very few people accept this concept , the inheritance is almost cut off.

When discussing the establishment of a shrine for Zhang Heng and the model of an armillary sphere in the shrine, Liu Xie mentioned a sentence and added Xuan Ye's theory to it.

But Xuan Ye said that there are only illustrations, no models.

The reason is also very simple. Xuan Ye said that there is no concept of celestial sphere, and with the current technology, it is impossible to express the vitality celestial body that Xuan Ye said.

But Liu Xie heard what Zhen Mi meant, as if Cai Yan had read the relevant literature.

And Zhen Mi seems to have guessed that it was he who proposed Xuan Ye.

This is a bit outrageous.

Liu Xie asked himself that he was always cautious and tried his best to restrain his desire to pretend, why did he show his flaws?

Looking at Yingying and Yanyan in the room, Liu Xie decided to avoid the limelight.Going in at this time, under the watchful eyes of everyone, it is difficult to cover up.

After thinking about it, he turned around and went to Cai Yan's residence.

-

Cai Yan had just settled down, and was taking advantage of the free time after dinner to sort out books and pens with Yuan Heng, taking the right to digest food.

After driving for more than ten days, she finally settled down today, and she wanted to rest early.

"The beef in Nanyang is really good." Cai Yan said: "Nanyang is worthy of being the hometown of an emperor, rich in the world, even Handan is a bit inferior. No wonder the emperor said he wanted to go back to Jizhou, and he refused to leave when he arrived in Nanyang."

Dinner is beef soup cakes, soup thick cakes are fragrant, endless aftertaste.

Cai Yan drank two big bowls in a row, and now she is a little stretched, and it is difficult to bend down.

Yuan Heng smiled and said: "Let Shi be careful. The emperor stayed in Nanyang to open up the south of the Yangtze River, not for the sake of appetite."

"It's true to open up the south of the Yangtze River, and the desire for food and drink is not false. Li Yun: eating and drinking, men and women, people have great desires, and there is nothing to be taboo about." She paused, then suddenly sighed. "Aheng, you may not know that when he was in Xijing, the emperor was controlled by Li Jue, and he couldn't get food if he asked for it. Li Jue only gave him a few stinky ox bones..."

Yuan Heng's eyes were sharp, and when he saw the figure outside the door, he immediately closed his mouth, took a closer look, saw that it was the emperor, and wanted to remind Cai Yan, but was stopped by Liu Xie.

Liu Xie stepped lightly, entered the door, found a seat in the corner and sat down, quietly listening to Cai Yan's story about what happened back then, and it felt like years.

These are the memories of the original owner, but they are engraved in their minds, and they cannot be distinguished at all.

Thinking of the bitterness of those years, although he did not experience it himself, he still has a sense of being there.

Although Yuan Heng didn't dare to remind Cai Yan, he also didn't dare to answer Cai Yan's topic.Cai Yan said a few words, but didn't hear Yuan Heng's response, turned around and saw Liu Xie sitting at the side, thoughtful, startled, quickly put down the book in his hand, and hurried over to salute.

"Your Majesty, my minister..."

Liu Xie looked Cai Yan up and down, waved his hand, and signaled Cai Yan to take a seat.

"Ling Shi lost weight."

Cai Yan collected himself, glanced at Liu Xie, and said, "Your Majesty is a bit fat."

Liu Xie touched his face and laughed. "Yeah, it's true that I'm a little fatter. First, the situation is getting better, and my heart is wide open. Second, the beef in Nanyang is good and nourishes people. If Ling Shi likes it, he can stay in Nanyang for more time."

"Dare not to follow orders." Cai Yan agreed without thinking.After the words were out of my mouth, I realized that I had promised too readily and not reserved enough, and was suddenly a little embarrassed.

"Just now Ling Shi said that people have great desires to eat and drink men and women. Diet is easy to handle. Although the court is poor, it can afford to support a few people. Other things are not so easy to handle." Liu Xie lowered his eyelids, Fingers flipping through a book unconsciously. "That's all. Your father is just your daughter. If you don't get married, you will be extinct. There are three kinds of unfilial piety. It's better to have no offspring. You should think about it."

Cai Yan's brows trembled slightly, and her eyelids also drooped.

This matter is also her heart disease.

She is already 27, and will be 28 after the new year, a real older woman.If you are in an ordinary family and you are not married at this age, you will have to charge double the money.

But she really doesn't want to marry now.

Who cares about Yumu when pearls and jade are in front.

But she is also clear that even if the emperor likes her, it is impossible to accept her into the palace.For a while, the Son of Heaven was not so enthusiastic about the affairs of men and women, and even Yuan Heng kept procrastinating.Secondly, because of her special status, admitting her into the palace would easily cause criticism from the ruling and opposition parties.

The emperor transferred Yuan Heng away from Lantai, which has already indicated this meaning.

Now she is advised to consider the matter of men and women, and it is in the name of inheriting an heir, which makes her unable to refuse.

The emperor made it clear that although she is a woman, she can be passed on to her father Cai Yong. This is the greatest grace that the court can give.

Others are "not easy to handle".

Even if the emperor does not follow common sense and can win by surprise, he is not without scruples.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty, I will consider it." Cai Yanqiang smiled and changed the subject. "Your Majesty is here at this time, isn't it to give a marriage?"

Chapter 1084 The First Opening of Hongmeng

Seeing Cai Yan's embarrassment, Liu Xie couldn't bear to say any more, so he changed the subject.

He asked Xuan Ye said.

Cai Yan didn't know the specific situation yet, and said that he had only read the abstracts of the literature related to Xuan Ye's theory, but didn't see the specific content. He didn't know what Xuan Ye said.

Only then did Liu Xie realize that he was thinking too much.

But in order to alleviate the embarrassment just now, he still used this topic to continue talking.He didn't want to take what Xuan Ye said as his own, and it was inconvenient to explain it directly. It would be more appropriate for Cai Yan to relay it.

In fact, Xuan Ye's theory did not come out of thin air, let alone the product of the traversers, but the derivation of the vitality theory.