Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1369 Speech (Come, come, add more)

"Uncle... that's it?" Sima Yi frowned.

The young man's complexion is like jade, shining with a faint brilliance. Compared with Sima Hui's old, withered complexion, which has even begun to show age spots, there is a huge difference, but it blends together strangely.

Maybe they all belong to the Sima family, maybe they all have the same deep thoughts.

"Otherwise, what else can we do?" Sima Hui raised his glass, drinking tea, and said lightly.

Needless to say, since Zhengxi General Feiqian liked to drink clear tea, he created the method of brewing with boiling water. At first, many people disagreed, thinking that drinking tea in this way lost the essence of tea, and uncooked tea soup could be called tea soup. what?

But with the passage of time, gradually this light and bitter tea taste has become a more elegant way of drinking tea recognized by everyone.

The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, as light as promised, isn't it just like a gentleman?
Although Sima Yi is young, his mind is definitely not young. He said, "If this is the case, isn't Sima the target of public criticism?"

"Hehe..." Sima Hui smiled.

Sima Yi heard Sima Hui's ridicule, and his little face turned dark.

Sima Hui put down the tea bowl, looked at Sima Yi, seemed to turn to an irrelevant topic, and said, "Have you heard that General Zheng Xi proposed marriage to Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan?"

"Uncle, you mean... Mrs. Wang?" Sima Yi raised his eyebrows.

"This matter..." Sima Hui raised his head, sighed slightly, and said, "Taiyuan King, Hongnong Yang...under the conquest of the West...do you think that if you don't do it, there will be no one left?"

Sima Yi was silent.

"Why did your father write so many satires?" Sima Hui laughed. "Could it be for fun?"

"Uncle!" Sima Yi glared over.

Sima Hui stroked his beard in a leisurely manner, and said, "Okay, if you don't say anything about your father, you can't say it...but I'm right...even if your father comes, I'll say the same thing!"

Sima Yi frowned and said, "Father is coming too?" For Sima Yi, Sima Fang's coming was not a good thing.Sima Fang's well-known tutor was strict, and the most important thing was dignity. If he violated it slightly, he would either be whipped or scolded. It was still with his uncle Sima Hui, so he was more or less relaxed.If Sima Fang really came, wouldn't the good times come to an end?
Sima Hui laughed a few times, nodded and said, "So take advantage of that and do whatever you want...it will save you from being able to do it when you want to do it..."

Sima Yi stood up with a "huh", cupped his hands and said, "Uncle is here, my nephew wants to go to the city."

"Alright, let's go." Sima Hui waved his hand lazily.

After a while, Sima Yi turned back again, his face twisted, and he stood with his arms folded, but he didn't speak.

"You child..." Sima Hui shook his head, took out a money pouch from his pocket, and threw it to Sima Yi, "...look at how your father manages you...you won't even ask for money!"

Sima Yi tried hard to turn his face, and wanted to refute his uncle Sima Hui's evaluation of his father again, but holding the money bag in his hand, he hesitated for a moment, decisively pretending that he hadn't heard anything, bowed his hands again, and left the school. , happily took a few servants and went to Pingyang.

During this period of time, I saw that Sima Yi basically lived in the academy. I originally thought that I wanted to go to Pingyang City anyway, and I had plenty of time, but I didn’t expect that I would live in the academy for almost a year, and I didn’t really have a good time. Passing Pingyang City, so although it is still winter this time, my heart is already restless and joyful.

In the winter morning, the sun is looming among the clouds, and the milky white fog and frost are floating between the eaves of the buildings. The red bricks and stones are hidden in the light white fog, like a jade palace floating in the sky.

Pingyang City now has a second ring. Of course, the fun and delicious food is still within the original first ring. The second ring is probably some functional areas and newly built workshops, as well as some small-scale restaurants and markets. .

The original east and west cities were expanded outwards, not only with a small wall, but even some tile warehouses were built to store materials on the spot and carry out some small-scale transactions.

Although it is winter now and the number of caravans is much smaller, there are still many people who come to buy coal and colored glaze. The people coming and going can't be quiet at all, and it's extremely noisy every day. For Sima Yi, naturally he didn't go to the market. Interested in visiting and trading in the workshop, he directly entered Pingyang City.

Sima Yi abandoned the carriage and asked his servants to follow, stepping on the stone slab with his hands behind his back, staggering forward.This main street, Zhengxi General, is not very creative and is directly called North Street.Then, of course, there are East Street, West Street, and South Street.Sima Yi pouted, if he came up with a name, like the one under his feet, at least it would be good to call it Kanlao, or it could be called Xuanshuo, or it could be called Fufang if it was a little shallower. Just Beijie Street, it would be extremely tacky.

Sima Yi was humming, mocking General Zhengxi's naming method which was not at all elegant, while walking slowly along the North Street. Anyway, for him, since he was out for a stroll, there was no need to limit where he went. Wherever you go, where you stop, and where you eat, you follow your heart. Along the way, the brick and wood buildings on both sides of the road are at different heights, and the fronts of shops are hung obliquely one after another. From time to time, there are Xiao Er standing Greeted at the door, and met familiar customers passing by, even if they didn't enter the store, they still greeted with a smile.

The name of the street is tacky, but the content, well, the street is not tacky, and it is alive and alive.

Whether it is the main road in the middle or the civilian roads on both sides, they are all covered with stone slabs, and the middle of the slabs is smeared with some kind of plaster from Huang's workshop, which is very smooth, so don't worry even if it is raining. The open ditch and dark ditch on both sides will quickly take away the rainwater.

The main road and the civilian road are separated by huge long stone plates, and some shrubs and flowers are planted. Of course, it is winter now, so most of them are bare branches. In spring, it is inevitable that there are some colorful flowers to watch, which are very elegant and ingenious.

As Sima Yi was walking, he could not help but focus his eyes on the main road in the middle.

Except for special personnel such as messengers and postmen, ordinary people are not allowed to walk on the central main road. The only people who have the right to walk on the main road are the relatives of the emperor, relatives and local officials, and General Zhengxi himself.

When was the last time you saw Zheng Xi's guard of honor?
It seems that when Fei Qian, the general of Zhengxi, was celebrating the victory of his son, the scene of the banners all over the place, those incomparably tough cavalry and the well-equipped armor left a deep impression on Sima Yi...

Walking here and there, Sima Hui suddenly noticed something special about Pingyang City.

clean.

Although Yecheng is also very big, and even the main road is half as wide as Pingyang North Street, when people walk on both sides of the street, they can always smell some faint smell of feces and urine, but here in Pingyang , On the street there is the smell of wheat cakes, wine, barbecue, and the sweat of men and horses, but there is no smell of excrement.

You must know that when staying in Yecheng, the first thing each store does every morning is to clean the ground in front of its own store. Things left at the door corner of the street, and then stained all the way...

Sima Yi would not be surprised if it was in the school palace, no matter how good the sanitation was, but this was in the city, and the people who came and went were not numerous students, but ordinary people, how did this happen?
Know etiquette if you have enough food and clothing, and know honor and disgrace if you have enough food and clothing?

interesting.

Another point, beggars.

After walking for so long, including the few times before, Sima Yi didn't see any beggars appearing in the dark part of the street.

Sima Yi occasionally talked about refugees and beggars with his uncle Sima Hui, and thought that Yecheng was already a very good city, but in fact, in Yecheng, groups of beggars were also seen wandering everywhere. Let's go, even the government seems to be too lazy to deal with these beggars.

Sima Yi can often see the phenomenon of inserting bids to buy the head and selling children and daughters in other places.Of course, for those people who can't survive, selling their children into a rich family's house and making them slaves, although they lose their freedom, they still don't have to worry about food and clothing. If they have a good master, they are considered lucky.

Of course, there are also those who are unlucky.

Anyway, such behavior always occurs again and again, especially in disaster years.

When the year is better and the harvest is greater, such situations are less frequent, but there are always some.If the year is not good, such as the flooding of the river every few years or other natural and man-made disasters, or the continuous melee between Jizhou and Youzhou, there will be more beggars.

There are also refugees who are not even as good as beggars.

Beggars can somehow sneak into the city and find a shelter under the eaves and bridges of others, while refugees don't even have a shelter.

Whenever there are many exiles, even Sima Yi's hometown Wen County is no exception. The city will always be tense for a while, and the guards will strictly guard the gates to prevent refugees from entering the city.At this time, the county magistrate would often call the big households in the city to discuss, but in fact they all asked for money and food, and then gave some, and sent these refugees to other places...

If it was a winter day like now, there would always be many people in and outside the city who would freeze to death in the middle of the night.Sima Yi has seen people who were frozen to death. Those people's bodies were extremely stiff, but they had a very strange smile on their faces, which made people feel chills when they saw it.

However, there were no refugees in Pingyang City, not even beggars.

Here, it seems that as long as you have strength and are willing to work, you will not starve to death after all...

Perhaps it was because of this that there was a hint of a smile on the faces of these ordinary people who came and went.

This kind of smile is not the chilling smile of being frozen to death, but a happy smile that seems to overflow from the heart.

Happiness often comes from unhappiness, and prosperity always comes from comparison. For Sima Hui, who has seen several big cities in Jizhou and seen many soldiers and generals along the way, what he saw here in Pingyang may not be the same. It is not as prosperous as Yecheng, and perhaps not as simple as Taiyuan, but it seems to be the most natural here, and a relaxed smile seems to hang on everyone's face, whether it is a soldier or a commoner.

Ordinary people are always the easiest to satisfy. If they can reap food and clothing, they will be able to smile.

Sima Yi also heard his father and uncle talk about some good times and good times in the past, and also said that before the Xiqiang rebellion, the Han Ling Emperor was not completely stupid, and the ten permanent servants were not so greedy. At that time, it seemed that those years could be regarded as singing and dancing, the country was peaceful and the people were safe, but with the rebellion of Xiqiang again, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion that almost swept the whole country, such happy smiles gradually disappeared and never appeared again.

Sima Yi didn't have any idea of ​​saving the Great Han Dynasty or protecting the whole Han people to build a great career, nor did he have any passionate ideas like ordinary gentry children who are always unreasonable at his age.In Sima Yi's view, people who can only live for a few decades, but want to have a career that lasts hundreds or thousands of years, are really naive.

Although Sima Yi may not be out of the childish range in the eyes of others, it does not prevent Sima Yi from thinking that others are childish.

Eat, drink, play, live this life well, that's all.

Is it a shallow ideal?
Sima Yi smiled slightly and shook his head.But in reality, such an ideal is not simple at all.If you want to eat, drink and have fun, can ordinary people do it?Impossible, in order to survive, busy all day, how can it be possible to eat, drink and have fun?So you must have power and power, at least not too small, so as to ensure that your eating, drinking and entertainment will not be delayed...

Therefore, when his uncle Sima Hui wants to use this action of General Zhengxi to strengthen the status of the Sima family and expand its influence, Sima Yi naturally agrees, and feels that he should also contribute to it, so that he can have Qualified to eat, drink, drink and play in the following time...

The winter wind was still a bit chilly. Sima Yi put his hands into his sleeves, tilted his head slightly, and walked forward slowly while thinking about some ideas.

"A man who establishes a country always thinks of governing! Seek diligently, use what he has, don't let the position be empty, and don't let the order be empty, only the kingly rule! The people's great desires are only food and clothing! If you are not hungry or cold, you will live There is no complaint. There is no complaint in the time, and the wind is full, and the world will be in order, which is naturally expected!" Suddenly a clear voice came from the sky, and Sima Yi looked up, and found that there seemed to be someone on the second floor of the restaurant not far behind him. Standing in front of the window, with his back turned to Sima Yi, he was talking eloquently.

"The most important thing for a country is to provide for its people. The most important thing for its safety is farming and mulberry. There are differences between people, old and young, young and strong, men and women, but there are some who can nourish their lives without food and clothing. Therefore, Yao and Shun cultivated land, and His Majesty personally cultivated it. The enlightenment of the people is true! Famine, hunger and cold, but the only one who maintains benevolence and righteousness is the gentleman. However, in this world of chaos, the number of gentlemen is rare!"

Interesting...

Sima Yi turned his head and entered the restaurant, climbing up the steps while listening.

"One man farms, a hundred people eat. One woman silkworms, but a hundred people clothes, is it possible? If this is the case, where is the court's land tax? Is it like ascending to the sky? Therefore, it is necessary to observe the time of the sky, the phase of the earth, and the strength of the earth, and the hometown! However, there are people who claim to be gentlemen. First, they don’t understand geography. Third, they never sweat. Applying makeup and powder during the day, drinking and singing at night, borrowing money to become a chef, and gathering people to invite him to praise, can you be called a gentleman? Can you be called a gentleman?"

Sima Yi smiled slightly and saw the impassioned person.

The man's back was facing the window, the sun shone in from behind him, and shone on his head and shoulders, he couldn't see his face clearly, only the eyes that were as bright as stars could be vaguely seen.

"According to what you said, we all need to sweat and stain our backs, pound mud and soil, lick our faces, burn our backs, wait for the sun every day, and hope for the rain at night, before we can be called scholars? If so, why don't you go ?” In the lobby of the restaurant, someone sarcastically said disdainfully.

"That is to say, in ancient times, there were classes to make a country. Scholars passed on poems and books, farmed books, workers specialized in Shengmo, trade and goods, each performed his own duties, and each got his own place. What is the use of farming when you are in danger, wielding a hoe and blowing it up? Who is going to pass on poems and books? Farmers? Ridiculous, ridiculous..." Someone also responded.

"Ha!" Sima Yi couldn't help but said in a loud voice, "Scholar's poems and books? Not bad! But what poems and books do you have to pass on? Let's try it out! The crown of a scholar, the uniform of a scholar, and the book of a scholar can be regarded as a scholar. I don’t know the language, the words are not as good as the scriptures, I don’t know anything, and my hands and feet are useless, can I be called a scholar? Zhongni said that he is not as good as a garden farmer. Today’s people have recited the ancestors and forgotten the scriptures, which violates the meaning of the sages! Also!"

"You... who are you! How dare you speak such nonsense!" Someone pointed a halberd at Sima Yi, and seeing that he was young, he shouted, "Where is your lord? Don't make trouble, go, go!"

"Sima Yi in Xiawen County..." Sima Yi ignored the gesticulating people, but directly cupped his hands at the person by the window, and said, "I've seen you, brother."

"Wang Chang from Taiyuan," Wang Chang also bowed to Sima Yi and asked, "I don't know Brother Sima, and Mr. Shui Jing..."

"Mr. Shui Jing is my uncle..." Sima Yi said.

"Oh... Long time admiration, long time admiration..." Wang Chang raised his eyebrows and saluted again.

Both of them smiled slightly, as if they had reached a tacit agreement.

Just now in the lobby of the restaurant, Sima Yi was accused of lying, and the people without status also shut up.If it is said that Mr. Shui Jing Sima Hui was only slightly famous in Jingxiang, Hanoi before, but now he has a name in the Shoushan Academy, and he heard that General Zhengxi was given the title "Yin Kun", so naturally Everyone knows Pingyang.

"Cough, cough..." Someone in the hall coughed and said, "Younger Sima's words are wrong. Confucius' words are not as good as garden farmers, but Fan Chi asked him to learn from crop gardens. Confucius said that it is not as good as it is, and said, villain Yea, Fan Xuye! If you offer good manners, the people will not dare to be disrespectful; if you offer good righteousness, then the people will not dare to disobey; if you offer good faith, then the people will not dare to be merciless. If this is the case, then the people from all over the world will come here bearing their sons. Well, how can we use crops? Our generation also respects the words of the sage Confucius, learns the rites, understands the righteousness, and takes the trust and sincerity, so what is wrong? Or is it that little brother Sima misinterpreted the meaning of the sage?"

"That's right, the sage of Confucius also said that a gentleman seeks the way but not food. Farming is where he is discouraged; learning is where income is. A gentleman is worried about the way and not about poverty! If it is true as what you two said, isn't it just mediocrity? Food, who seeks the Tao? The two of you can be said to have put the cart before the horse!"

Sima Yi turned around and stood side by side with Wang Chang, his eyes were flowing, and he thought to himself that if I dug a hole at random, someone would jump out, it really doesn't make any sense...

Wang Chang smiled and said, "Why don't I answer for Brother Sima?"

Sima Yi stretched out his palm, turned it over slightly, and signaled to Wang Chang that there was nothing to do.

"Hunger, food, and thirst are human desires. When you were poor and hungry, did you have Fan Chi's intention to study garden farming and benefit your family? Is it too much?" Wang Chang said loudly, "Confucius respected Fan Chi very much. When you know that you ask about gardeners, you should also know that you also ask about benevolence three times, with the same knowledge, respect for virtue, cultivation of career, and debating doubts, etc. Confucius also said, this is outstanding!"

Wang Chang said, and then glanced at Sima Yi, as if asking whether this answer was in the right direction.

Sima Yi nodded slightly, and then said: "Farming and mulberry is also for health preservation. If you practice garden farming carefully, you will not be able to defeat natural disasters and man-made disasters. Therefore, Confucius said that Fan Chi seeks the way of villains. A gentleman should not focus on poverty and food. , Concentrating on Ming and doing, being an official is governing, and being a man is good. Therefore, the master said, people have no long-term worries, but they must have near-term worries. You and others say that Confucius is a sage, but there is no Zhongni in their hearts. They only know one, but not the other. What Brother Wang just said is the way of Confucius! You must know that when Zhong Ni was young, he was also in a lowly business, so he can do more despicable things! Kong Sheng was poor since he was a child, and he was born in a warehouse. Sun, there are five out of ten people who are determined to learn! Knowing the hard work, there is an inherent saying, "Cultivation is also a part of it, and learning is also a part of it." That's right!"

"Hey! Those who don't know how to farm and mulberry but live on their salary are tantamount to ruining the country and harming the people! Scholars should govern the world, and farmers should cultivate. However, only the assistant minister with clear talents can know the way of governance so as not to disturb the time. Ten Sheep and shepherds don't know what to do, they eat and drink, and they don't know what to do. The most valuable thing about a husband and gentleman is to know farming, military, industry, and business. Those who establish themselves and govern are governed by their imitations and determined by their power. Also. The gentlemen in ancient times were all calculated in the temple and then engaged in it. Therefore, there is an expectation for their response, and there is also a form for their success. Everyone thinks that it is impossible to know, but the gentleman thinks that the reason is inevitable, just like cooking. That's why it saves effort and succeeds quickly." Wang Chang continued, "If you don't experience the farming, how can you know the world? How can you be brave if you don't go to the battle? Sit down and discuss politics, change from day to day, and make decisions A government is said to be just a trial, and whether it will benefit or not is definitely unknown. The former government did not see its benefits, and the later government has relapsed. How can this make the people suitable?"

"That's why, those who talk lightly but have nothing to do with it are ashamed to be with them!" Sima Yi shook his sleeves and said, "Brother Wang, why don't you go back?"

"Go back, let's go back!" Wang Chang laughed, then stretched out his hand as an invitation, and Sima Yi walked out with his arms.

Everyone in the hall was shy and dared not speak. Seeing that although Wang Chang and Sima Yi were not tall, they were imposing, and they did not dare to stop them, so they subconsciously gave way and watched Wang Chang and Sima Yi walk away.

　I won't explain it anymore, I can make up two thousand words after explaining it, so I ask you if you believe it or not...

　　In general, you should be able to understand...

　　What I don't understand is that there are big guys...

　　Sima Yi's ideal is to only eat, drink and play?
　　The author thinks it is quite reasonable. Sima Yi found that only by becoming bigger and stronger can he eat more fun and be happier. In the end, he must have set his sights on the position of emperor...

　　Of course, it also caused the subsequent Sima to patronize eating, drinking and playing...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)