The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1198 Asking for Trouble [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket]

"You?" Xunzi glanced at Zhang Cang's white jade gourd-like figure and sneered, the meaning of which was self-evident.

"I'm really not afraid of the hard work of learning martial arts. It's just that the teacher has always said that we are a literary school, but the senior brothers are all better at fighting than each other. If this gets out, what the master says will not be credible. That's why I don't learn martial arts. It's not that I'm afraid of tiredness or hard work!" Zhang Cang hurriedly argued.

"I don't know how to cultivate Haoran Zhengqi. I just read books and books, and it appeared in my mind. If you really want to know how to cultivate Haoran Zhengqi, you can go to Yushan Academy. I heard that Emperor Xuanwu left a quick version of the Haoran Zhengqi cultivation method in Yushan Academy."

Xunzi neither agreed nor disagreed, he just gave Zhang Cang a suggestion.

"Go to Yushan Academy?" Zhang Cang's face fell instantly.

Although he had no conflicts with Yan Yan, he also had no conflicts with Yushan Academy.

But his family has a legend that he and the Yan family were once sworn enemies.

If he went to Yushan Academy, he would probably be beaten out.

"Yushan is not the Yushan it used to be, and the Yan family is no longer the Yan family of Yanzi!" Xunzi did not think that Zhang Cang would be rejected when he went to Yushan Academy to seek church, but of course it was inevitable that he would make things difficult for him.

"Let me think about it. Instead of going to Yushan Academy, I might as well go directly to Beiye Royal City in Bingzhou!" Zhang Cang still refused.

He must have gone to Xianyang first. Now that he was in Xianyang, why would he go to Yushan Academy instead of going far away? Wouldn't it be better to go directly to Beiye Wangcheng in Bingzhou?

Moreover, the inheritance of Beiye Wangcheng is complete, while that of Yushan is a castrated version.

"It's up to you!" Xunzi wrote down a letter of introduction and handed it to Zhang Cang.

"Master, is that all?" Zhang Cang was stunned when he saw the letter of introduction in his hand. It only had three short words: "My disciple!"

"That's enough. You should know that when your senior brother Tonggu started out, he didn't even get a letter of recommendation!" Xunzi sighed and felt more and more indebted to Li Si.

Even when Han Fei was leaving, he still gave him some words of advice and answered his questions, but he had no recollection of when Li Si left, let alone giving Li Si any letters of introduction or recommendation.

"If you think it's not enough, give it to me and I'll give you a few more!" Xunzi stretched out his hand.

Zhang Cang thought about it and decisively handed the letter back to Xunzi.

"Can be used as an ox or a horse!" Xunzi waved his hand and finished it in one go, adding five more words.

“???” Zhang Cang was dumbfounded. What had I done wrong to let the teacher add more introduction content to me!
"I will die!" Zhang Cang had a sad face and wanted Xunzi to write another letter, but Xunzi pretended to be asleep and closed his eyes, ignoring Zhang Cang's pleading.

Seeing this relief, Zhang Cang could only bow and leave with a sad face.

But the moment Zhang Cang turned around, Xunzi's lips curled up into a playful smile.

Recommendation is recommendation, and letter of introduction is letter of introduction.

A recommendation is to recommend you for a position, while a letter of introduction is given to the superior officer of the employing organization.

Therefore, Xunzi's letter of introduction was to be given to Zhang Cang's future direct superior, not to Ying Zheng or Li Si.

However, when Zhang Cang went out on his expedition, Han Fei did write to ask whether he needed any recommendations or arrangements, but Xunzi replied that other arrangements had already been made, so Han Fei did not ask any more questions.

Of course, Han Fei would never have thought that Xunzi had arranged Zhang Cang to work under Li Si in Xianyang.

"One person took up five places and paid five times the amount!" Xunzi's mouth twitched until he saw Zhang Cang off. They were all cheated out of money by Wei Ju, and they could barely afford to send the disciple away. Unfortunately, Zhang Cang was too fat, so the Mohists temporarily changed the rules and charged according to volume and weight instead of per person.

Fu Nian subconsciously clutched his purse tightly. This time, it was not just Zhang Cang who was going out on a mission. He also had disciples. Disciples from Xiao Shengxian Manor also went out to follow Zhang Cang to Xianyang to seek official positions.

So he has paid the bulk of the money, but you can't ask him to pay for Zhang Cang's money as well.

"Ah...Sui-kun's cake is getting bigger and bigger..." Fu Nian sighed.

"Who said it wasn't!" Xunzi didn't expect that he thought that all the storms and waves were just passing clouds, and he was used to seeing all kinds of things in the world, but when he was old, he was cheated of his coffin money by a young man.

Not only have I invested so much money, but I haven't seen any returns.

After finally seeing the navy, Taoists, and Confucianists join forces to hunt down Kunpeng, they thought they could make their money back, but Wei Ju said, "Are you thinking of stopping with just this little money?"
This is the near sea. Don’t you want to go to the deep sea to take a look?

Then, without giving them a penny, they took it upon themselves to invest their money into the navy and develop ships that could sail in the deep sea.

"With the Taoists protecting him, it's impossible to kill him even if we want to!" Xunzi looked up at the sky helplessly.

Taoists are different from them. They have money but nowhere to spend it, and they have no desire to pursue material things. They only seek to attain the Tao.

So after hunting down Kunpeng, everyone wanted to stop and get their money back, but the Taoists took the initiative to board Wei Ju's pirate ship and begged Wei Ju to develop an invincible fleet that could sail to the deep sea Guixu.

This leaves everyone at a loss.

Who made Wei Ju and the Taoists occupy the largest proportion in the entire navy interest group?

"However, with the development of the navy, the physical fitness of the people has been visibly improved!" Fu Nian pointed at the people of Sanghai City and sighed.

Every time the navy returned from going out to sea, it returned with a full load, bringing back a large amount of seafood, enriching the tables of coastal fishermen and increasing their income, so the people became visibly richer.

What's more, the ships that are eliminated by the navy will also be sold to merchants and fishermen along the coast, so that the people along the coast can also go out to sea to fish more safely.

“If not, even if there are a few powerful old Taoist priests protecting him, do you think I really can’t kill him?” Master Xun blew his beard.

If you are successful, you will help the world, and if you are poor, you will be alone.

If they cannot change the living conditions of the people, then they should just stay put instead of hindering those who are currently pursuing this path.

"Tired, tired, the world belongs to you young people!" Xunzi shook his head and turned away with satisfaction.

Confucianism is not about one flower blooming alone, only about the blooming of all flowers can be called Confucianism.

As for internal fighting, those who survive are stronger, right?
Fu Nian bowed to bid farewell to Xunzi.

On the other side, Wei Ju looked at the letters sent from Xianyang and Beiye Royal City, asking him to change the currency of commodity transactions from copper coins to silver. He frowned, but also breathed a sigh of relief.

As ships grew larger and larger and the catches increased, copper coins became too numerous and too heavy to be used as a trading currency. Gold was also too scarce for ordinary people to afford.

Therefore, the appearance of silver is actually a boost to the navy.

"Inform the Emperor and Lord Tonggu that the navy fully supports the circulation of silver!" Wei Ju sent messages to the two places separately.

(End of this chapter)