Kong Rong was studying history in Nanshan, and was far away from Chang'an City. He was so idle that he had maggots. After receiving the emperor's edict, he realized that so many things had happened in Chang'an. He was immediately resurrected with blood and was full of energy. He rushed back to Chang'an early the next morning, first entered the palace to pay homage to the emperor, and then came to the Shangshutai to discuss the plan with Xun Yu.

Xun Yu handed over official duties to Wei Ji, and took Kong Rong and Ni Heng out of the palace. He came out from the east gate of Weiyang Palace, and the carriage headed north along Zhangtai Street, then turned to Feng Street, passing by the front door of the General's Mansion, but without stopping, he drove straight forward. Kong Rong originally thought that Xun Yu was taking him to see Yang Xiu, but he saw that he was passing by the door and not entering, and was puzzled.

"Wenruo, where are you going?"

Xun Yu waved his hand and told Kong Rong not to be anxious. "I'm so anxious, haven't had lunch yet?"

It would be fine if Xun Yu mentioned lunch, and Kong Rong's stomach immediately roared twice, turning anger into joy. "Invite me to dinner? This is almost the same. Nanshan is deserted and the food is bland. I can't remember when the last time I drank it. Why didn't I go to the General's Mansion? The richest person now is the General. Even if Yang Dezu wants to fight with me, he always has to take care of a meal."

"There must be wine, but you may not be in the mood to drink it." Xun Yu took out a stack of newspapers and distributed it to Kong Rong and Ni Heng. "Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle. You can first read Yang Dezu's articles and learn about your opponent. Brother Wenju, Yang Dezu is not a boy today. He has served under the command of the King of Wu for more than six years and is deeply influenced by the King of Wu and should not be underestimated."

It was related to the battle between pens. Kong Rong, Ni Heng did not dare to be careless, so he took the newspaper and read it. They were all people who read very quickly. They kept flipping their hands, counting lines at a glance, and finished reading several articles in a moment. They looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Ni Heng smacked his lips. "Yang Dezu had been in Jiangdong for a few years, and he was quite as vocal as Wang Zhongren (Wang Chong)."

Xun Yu smiled but said nothing. He knew that Kong Rong and Ni Heng were leisurely in Nanshan, so he would not not read related books, especially books like "Lunheng". Speaking of which, Yang Xiu's writing style is indeed similar to "Lunheng", one is that the theory is rigorous, and the other is that there is no sages.

The former made Luheng praise scholars. After more than ten years of Cai Yong's escape from the world, he talked about his great power and his invincibility when he returned to the capital. Many people didn't know what secrets he got. It was not until Luheng was printed in the world that they suddenly realized. The latter made the scholars and officials hate Luheng, and Cai Yong did not dare to publish Luheng, which was also related to this.

The same is true for several articles by Yang Xiu. The theory is based on facts and is accompanied by a large amount of data to calculate. Many things are reasonable, and the mother is reasonable, and it is difficult to mess with, but it can be seen at a glance with data. For example, analyzing the land annexation of the Han Dynasty for more than a hundred years, Yang Xiu listed the population, number of land and the proportions of royal families, royal families, officials, and literati, and the matter was clear. The reason for the economic collapse was that the royal family, officials, and literati owned a large amount of arable land, but without paying taxes, and the royal finance could not support it. Among them, the eunuch party is certainly to blame, but compared with the large number of literati, the eunuch party accounts for a very limited proportion. With a large number of aristocratic families, the genius is the culprit.

Yang Xiu analyzed this matter not to overturn the verdict for the eunuch party, but to explain why Sun Ce wanted to seize the land of the aristocratic family, and why he wanted to build a wooden school and a benthian cottage, which encouraged scholars to work and study medicine, but objectively, he slapped the scholar-officials, especially the party members. But these numbers were not picked from the secret files in the palace, or from local data. For example, when the party members' base camp Yuzhou, when he was the chief clerk around Sun Ce, it was when Sun Ce rectified the aristocratic family in Yuzhou. A large amount of data was passed by his hands, and each piece was well documented, and even reasoning was based on evidence, which made people unable to refute it.

For such articles, just reasoning is not enough. Without accurate numbers, rigorous calculations and reasoning, no matter how beautiful you say it, you cannot convince people. As for the saint, he doesn't care at all. It is the saint's words that are good at learning and becoming an official, but Yang Xiu clearly objected, and using a few cold data to disrupt the correctness of this sentence.

The official positions provided by Dahanneng are limited, and a large part of them are occupied by protons and Yin Ren. Every year, only 100 students from the Tai family can be selected as men. Even 30,000 students from the Tai family cannot be placed. The more scholars there are, the more troublesome they are. Letting scholars go to work and study medicine can not only make them support themselves, but also make them beneficial to the people's livelihood. The best of both worlds is better than letting them be an official.

Kong Rong was in his forties and had many debates with others, but this was the first time he faced such an opponent. He was worried about his livelihood in Nanshan for two or three years, and he felt that studying could not solve the problem of survival. He wanted to make him oppose such a view, and he was a little embarrassed. He understood Xun Yu's intention. Yang Xiu was no longer the noble young man in Luoyang back then. This was a talent who was proficient in saints and had government experience. Hasting to go to battle could only bring shame to himself.

"Wen Ruo, whose idea was this debate?"

"It doesn't matter whose idea it is." Xun Yu lowered his eyelids and avoided Kong Rong's gaze. "What's important is how to talk about something useful. Brother Wenju, I don't know if you have noticed the King of Wu's attitude towards the debate. I think there may be something to learn from here."

Kong Rong withdrew his gaze and looked slightly. "The merchants are pragmatic and profit-oriented. The military is pragmatic, which is related to life and death. The King of Wu is naturally pragmatic when he regards the son of the merchant as a prince. However, the Tao is based on the truth and the truth, the ordinary people are pragmatic, and the saints are pragmatic. If not, the saints will not be Yao, Shun, Confucius and Mencius, but Tao, Zhu Yidun."

Xun Yu smiled with a smile. "Brother Wen Ju has been studying history in Nanshan these days and has gained a lot of money, which is a joyful congratulation."

Kong Rong glared at Xun Yu, and planned to scold him a few words, but when he spoke, he couldn't help laughing. He was excluded by the ministers in the court and sent him to Nanshan to study history, but in fact he was just a leisurely residence. The first part of his history was to organize historical materials. He had read all the secret documents in the past two years, but he had enough to read books and had some new insights. In addition, he was getting older and not as ideal as before. Before that, he had read books such as "Salt and Iron Theory" and "Lunheng", which compared with his achievements in Qingzhou, and considered some practical issues. Now he saw Yang Xiu's articles and had a deeper understanding. Xun Yu said that he had gained something, but it was not just a joke.

The two were silent and felt sad for a moment.

Ni Heng looked through the article and suddenly said, "In my opinion, although Yang Dezu's remarks are sharp, he is not without any gaps."

Xun Yu's eyes flashed, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised. "Zhengping has something to say, so why not speak in front of him."

Ni Heng put down his article, snorted with contempt. "Yang Dezu advocated the virtue of the King of Wu, but never mentioned abdication, not because he had a court in his heart, but the abdication was contrary to the imperial system. Today, the King of Wu was better than the emperor, and the emperor should abdicate the King of Wu. In the future, someone was better than the King of Wu. Will the King of Wu also abdicate? Compared with destiny, the government was more pragmatic, but it also gave more people the opportunity. A person as smart as him naturally knew the consequences. Since he could not justify himself, he could only avoid it. If he did not mention it, we might as well mention it, and use poison to fight the poison and see how he dealt with it."

Kong Rong was stunned for a moment and slapped his thigh. "It's wonderful, using my spear to attack my shield, it's amazing."

Xun Yu smiled but said nothing, but there was a hint of cunning and a little relief in his eyes.

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Yang Xiu quickly walked out of the door and promptly held Yang Qi who had just gotten off the ox cart, and was surprised.

"Uncle, why did you come suddenly? If you have something to do, I'll just go to Huayin."

Yang Qi raised his head and looked at the once rich and luxurious gate, which was now obviously a little down-and-out, and sighed softly. "I was sad that the Qin and Han dynasties had been made of land. I haven't seen each other for a few years. I went back to Chang'an again. I think of this. Although the King of Wu is a warrior, he has a compassionate heart, which is rare and rare."

Yang Xiu blinked his eyes and laughed without saying anything. Yang Qi suddenly came from his hometown Huayin, naturally not just to express a few words of emotion, nor to praise Sun Ce. He deliberately mentioned Sun Ce's poem, which naturally had a deep meaning.

Yang Xiu invited Yang Qi to the mansion and took a seat in the hall. Although he was the chief general and the acting master of the general, he was not the real master after all, and he did not dare to regard himself as the master in front of Yang Qi. He left the chairman empty, and both of them sat in the guest seat, but he sat in the east and asked Yang Qi to sit in the west, which was in line with the official identities of both parties and did not violate the private identities of the two.

Yang Qi was very satisfied, stroked his beard and smiled, "I haven't seen you for several years. Dezu has grown up and become an adult. The young man is proud and can still be able to keep his family traditions. It's a happy congratulations."

Yang Xiu smiled. "I can feel at ease if I can get my uncle's words. I thought the Hongnong Yang family had driven my father and son out of the house."

Yang Qi was puzzled. "Why did Master De say this?"

"I don't know anything about it. I went to Chang'an for several months, but my uncles and brothers ignored me. However, Xun Lingjun did not forget his uncle. He came once under your banner and almost emptied the General's Mansion."

Yang Qi was even more puzzled and asked quickly. Yang Xiu told him what happened. The Hongnong Yang family was a big clan and many officials in the court. Yang Biao went to Taihu Lake and Yang Qi went home to live in seclusion. There were more than ten people including Yang Qi's cousin Yang Zhong, son Yang Liang and more than ten people in the court. Yang Zhong was appointed as the chief censor of the censor. Yang Liang was young and had just become a man-official officer. There were some other clan members, but they never contacted Yang Xiu and had never been to the General's Mansion. Of course, there was no help, as if they were their own masters.

Yang Qi was invited by the emperor's edict and rushed to Chang'an to meet Yang Xiu. He had read several articles by Yang Xiu along the way, and he really wanted to say something to Yang Xiu. He had some ideas about Yang Biao and Yang Xiu's father and son's choice. Yang Biao was fine, but he had to sell himself for 300 million yuan for the sake of the court. Yang Xiu took the initiative to surrender and volunteered to be Sun Ce's spokesperson, and wrote articles to promote Sun Ce, which was inconsistent with the Hongnong Yang family.
Chapter completed!