Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 244
Chen Gui and Chen Deng looked at each other. Before Yuan Xi came, they had already discussed many things.

In fact, the Chen family's ancestral business was established in the Xuzhou government, so the future achievements of the Chen family are destined to be limited.

When a prince chooses a place as his foundation, he must win over the local powerful nobles, but the degree of win-win will never be unconditional trust and elevation.

The reality is often quite the opposite. While wooing, secretly suppressing.

This is actually quite normal. No prince wants to hand over the rear area where his family and relatives live to a local snake to make a fuss.

Therefore, the Chen family is facing the same predicament as Yuan Shao's Jizhou gentry. Even if they are loyal to them wholeheartedly, the lord will not fully confide in them.

Today, Liu Bei and Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi reached an agreement. Chen Deng rushed back to see Chen Gui, saying that he had to make a choice on the spot due to the situation at the time, and he didn't know if the Chen family would be involved in the future.

After hearing this, Chen Gui said, "It's not a blessing to lose one's horse. It's not necessarily a bad thing to change places. Besides, Mr. Yuan has a favor for you."

Chen's father and son have already made a plan, and they have also made plans to move the ancestral property away. At this time, Mi Fang came to the door, but they talked about buying the land.

Chen Gui waited for Chen Deng to send Mi Fang away, and said: "This man's timing is right, but it's a pity that he is limited by petty profits. It's really putting the cart before the horse."

Chen Deng nodded in agreement. He had a good relationship with Mi Zhu and knew the details of the Mi family. Mi Zhu was too conservative, and Mi Fang was too profit-seeking. As a family of merchants, it was acceptable, but as a prince's help, it was not worth it.

While the father and son were talking, the guard reported that Yuan Xi had arrived, and Chen Deng quickly invited Hua Tuo out.

Hua Tuo was currently writing what he had learned all his life and wanted to compile it into a book. He originally thought that his way of seeking medical treatment was a way of seeking, and had nothing to do with the prophecy of strange powers and chaotic gods. unable to save the patient.

But when Hua Tuo heard Chen Deng say that there are people who are good at stargazing and can predict the physical condition of people who have never met before, Hua Tuo couldn't help being suspicious. Doesn't this mean that his previous thinking was wrong?
So when Yuan Xi talked about the hidden tiger, Hua Tuo hurriedly opened his mouth and expressed the doubts in his heart.

Yuan Xi knew it was broken as soon as he heard it. He naturally understood that Hua Tuo's idea of ​​curing diseases and saving people, and perfecting medical skills in practice was very correct.

On the contrary, the star-gazing rumors he created are really nonsense. If Hua Tuo really believes it, he will be in trouble in the future. Maybe there will be less famous doctors and more magic sticks in the world!

Thinking of this, he hastened to say: "That Yinhu didn't know that Mr. Wenlong's condition was known just by looking at the stars."

After hearing this, Hua Tuo said, "Why did you say that, my lord?"

Yuan Xi could only bite the bullet and go on nonsense, "According to what Yinhu said, stargazing has a glimpse of the sky, which greatly affects his life span. He has no close friendship with Mr. Wen Long, so how to reduce his life expectancy is not good for him. something related?"

"Xi thinks that it is very likely that he knows something about stargazing, but it is more likely that he understands the ways of a hundred schools of thought."

"It may be like Mr. Hua Tuo, who is proficient in medical skills. He also knows about the worms in the body of fish eaters. He also heard about Mr. Wenlong's habits from other places, so he can make some speculations."

"Otherwise, he talked to dozens of people with me, and he was able to watch the stars one by one. Wouldn't his lifespan be compromised?"

"So Xi felt that it was right for Mr. Hua Tuo to practice his own practice and study medical skills. Stargazing cannot replace medical skills."

"Of course, Yinhu lives in seclusion in Youzhou. If you are interested, you can ask him face to face."

At this time, Yuan Xi started to play tricks, and he said that he was righteous, but in fact he was secretly prodding Hua Tuo to go to Youzhou.

After hearing this, Hua Tuo sighed, "It's really embarrassing that the young master can understand the old man so well."

There is a reason for Hua Tuo's remarks.

Although at that time doctors hung pots to help the world and their deeds of curing diseases and saving lives were generally praised by the people, but among the gentry, doctors were relatively humble and dirty miscellaneous occupations.

Because in the Han Dynasty, scholars were more important than doctors, doctors were classified as alchemists, similar to Danshi in Taiping Dao, and their status was even inferior to wizards and witches.

At the same time, Zhang Zhongjing achieved remarkable medical skills and became the prefect of Changsha. However, because practicing medicine is a cheap profession, Zhang Zhongjing's deeds are not recorded in the scriptures.

The reason why Hua Tuo became famous and left records is not mostly because of his medical skills, but because Hua Tuo treated diseases for dignitaries such as Cao Cao.

Therefore, Zhang Zhongjing wrote indignantly in Treatise on Febrile Diseases: "It is strange that people who live in the world today have not paid attention to medicine and studied alchemy. The first is to cure the illness of the monarch and relatives, and the second is to save the poor and the poor. Nourish their lives. But compete for glory, seek power and power, earnestly earn money, only fame and fortune are the business; adorning the end, neglecting the essence, brilliance on the outside and haggard on the inside.”

Seeing that Hua Tuo had been fooled by him, Yuan Xi took the opportunity to say, "Sir, you can practice medicine to save the common people with the power of one person. Xi certainly admires it, but there are more than a million people in the world. Can you save the common people?"

Hua Tuo sighed: "How is it possible? I just do my best to obey the destiny. I just want to pass on the books I have learned all my life in my lifetime, and I am satisfied."

Seeing that the time was ripe, Yuan Xi said, "Mr. Yuan Hua, have you ever thought that teaching people how to fish is worse than giving them fish?"

"If you recruit disciples widely, you may not be able to have disciples all over the world like Confucius."

Hua Tuo shook his head and said, "It's too difficult. Nowadays, alchemists are not as good as sorcerers. Who is willing to learn?"

Yuan Xi said seriously: "Xi has a solution, why don't I discuss it with my husband later?"

Hua Tuo understood that Yuan Xi was here to discuss matters with Chen Deng and his son, and he was a little too noisy, so he nodded in agreement.

Yuan Xi turned to Chen Deng, and said, "I came here this time because I heard that Mr. Yuanlong has made great achievements in the Diannong school captain. Now Xi wants to ask him to be the prefect of Guangling, but the Diannong school lieutenant and other agricultural and forestry officials are also in short supply. Manpower, can you recommend a few people, sir?"

After hearing this, Chen Deng hesitated to speak.

Yuan Xi saw it and said, "But it's okay to say."

Chen Deng smiled wryly and said, "I'm not afraid of my son's jokes. In Xuzhou, my Chen family has the largest collection of agricultural and forestry classics, so most of the people who can get a look are the children of the Chen family."

"Scholars with foreign surnames can also visit the Chen family, but nowadays the gentry all over the world have learned the classics, and there are very few people who are interested in this."

"Deng just loved reading since he was a child, so he has read a lot of books on agriculture, forestry and military art, but in the eyes of others, it seems a bit useless."

Yuan Xi said solemnly: "Where, if the country can be governed by virtue of the scriptures alone, how can the world be like this?"

"Mr. Yuanlong sees this, and it is the truly useful knowledge of governing the country."

Chen Gui's eyes flashed, and he said, "I've heard that the Yuan family has been studying the Meng family for hundreds of years, but you don't seem to be very interested in Confucian classics?"

Yuan Xi looked at the three people present, and said: "Xi thinks that Confucian classics are indeed good, but studying Confucian classics alone cannot change the world."

After hearing this, Chen Gui said, "I heard it in detail."

Yuan Xi said, "May I ask Mr. Han Yu, what is the level of scriptures in the world today?"

"Is it full of mistakes and omissions, or is it perfect, or is it both flawed and good?"

After hearing this, Chen Gui laughed and said, "My lord, this is embarrassing me, but I dare not say it."

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "That's the problem."

"If there is no problem in admitting the scriptures and meanings, then how did the world become chaotic today?"

"If you admit that there are problems with the scriptures, wouldn't you admit that you have been on the wrong path all along?"

"So Xi believes that the ways of the world are endless, and the way of Confucian classics has not exhausted the principles of the world."

"Using soldiers in troubled times and using classics to govern the world, if you only look at classics in this classic, it is still too narrow."

After hearing this, Chen Deng said, "Master, do you think it's better to respect Confucianism than a hundred schools of thought in the past?"

Yuan Xi laughed and said, "They all say that Confucianism is the only thing to be respected, but the criminal laws of the Han family still don't use the same method as that of the pre-Qin Legalists?"

"It's too biased to praise Confucianism in order to explain being ordered by heaven. Why can't the way of heaven contain legal principles?"

Chen Gui, Chen Deng and his son heard this, and said in unison, "Your words are very dangerous."

Yuan Xi said sternly: "This is what he said from the bottom of his heart. The Han Dynasty is in ruins. Can this troubled world be ended with Confucian classics?"

"Xi believes that in order to restore the peaceful and prosperous age, it is necessary to gather the strengths of a hundred schools of thought, and this does not conflict with Confucian classics."

"If Xi can meet the Son of Heaven in the future, he will build a school of speech, adopt the strengths of hundreds of classics, and impart miscellaneous studies such as agriculture and forestry to them."

Chen Deng and his son were shocked when they heard this.

At this time, Yuan Xi turned to Hua Tuo who had been listening, and said: "Medical skills are the way to save lives and benefit the world, and they should have a place in the Imperial Academy."

After hearing this, Hua Tuo opened his eyes wide and said, "Really?"

His whole body trembled with excitement. Although he felt that Yuan Xi was painting a big cake, he still couldn't help the anticipation in his heart.

What is Taixue?
Dahan's highest educational institution represents supreme authority!
What do you learn in Taixue?
The works of saints who are regarded as the standard by scholars all over the world!
Yuan Xi's meaning is very deep, because once this idea is realized, the words of medicine and agriculture can become the words of a saint!

Not only that, if Hua Tuo's own works can be included, maybe in later generations, his status can be compared with the saints!
Who can resist this temptation?

Once this is done, it will be a subversive innovation, no less than the exclusive Confucianism proposed by Dong Zhongshu!

But Chen Gui was secretly vigilant. How powerful and powerful would it take to change Taixue?

What is this Yuan family son planning in front of him?
Yuan Xi took a look and quickly covered it up: "Of course, only the Son of Heaven can decide on such matters."

"Although I am in the Yuan family, I am extremely worried about the emperor's situation just like the Yuan family befriended Liu Hou."

"I heard that today, the son returns to Luoyang from the east. If possible, I will definitely go to Luoyang to meet the emperor, and wipe out the bandits for the Han Dynasty, and clean up the world."

After hearing this, Chen Gui couldn't help but nodded in praise and said, "Young Master's ambition, I understand, Chen is willing to help you achieve success."

Yuan Xi secretly wiped away his sweat, and finally got over his thoughts.

As for how much Chen Gui, an old fox, believed, he didn't know, and he didn't think he could convince Chen Gui, a hardcore pro-Han faction, with a few words.

But now the two sides need to hold together to keep warm, so they are actually deliberately turning a blind eye to some differences, which is also the practice of smart people.

The two sides reached a consensus, and they were both satisfied. Chen Deng took Yuan Xi to see the Chen family's collection of books. Among them, several rooms were piled up in agriculture, forestry and water conservancy.

While Yuan Xi marveled at the deep heritage of the Chen family, he immediately negotiated with Chen Deng. Chen Deng took these classics to Guangling to take office, and Yuan Xi arranged for people to copy them and take them to Youzhou, where they would be taught to local officials and craftsmen .

Yuan Xi was ecstatic in his heart. For him, these things are the real rewards of this trip to Xuzhou, and it is really a big profit!

(End of this chapter)