Cui Yan shook his head. "No, he won't come to see me unless he practices sword for three years first."
Xun Chen breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good, that's good."
Cui Yan's eloquence may not be better than Ni Heng, but Cui Yan has good sword skills. According to the Chang'an style, unless he can compete with Cui Yan in swordsmanship, he will not be qualified to debate at all.
Suddenly, Xun Chen was a little grateful that he had this style of extreme contempt.
Before Xun Chen could finish his breath, Cui Yan sighed again: "But he can write articles."
Xun Chen's heart was relieved and immediately picked up again and turned to Kong Rong. "His eloquence is unmatched? Can you find a few good articles to fight him?"
Kong Rong, who had been hanging his head, smiled bitterly. "Youruo, I am frank, even I am not his opponent, let alone others? This son is talented, not only knowledgeable about the Five Classics, but also good at analyzing names and physics, and has excellent eloquence.
Literature is full of expressions. Once printed, it must be a famous work."
Xun Chen turned to look at Mao Jie, remembering the article he had just read.
Judging from Kong Rong's meaning, Ni Heng was afraid that he was very familiar with famous masters. Maybe he had read the articles of these Western Region philosophers. It was almost impossible to surpass him in debate.
Otherwise, Kong Rong and Cui Yan would not be so nervous.
"If it's just an article, that's fine." Kong Rong sighed. "According to him, the people of Hanyang were puzzled by Shandong's opposition to Dutian and were more willing to resort to force. Once the court was recruited, I was afraid that the elite troops in Liangzhou would be able to do so.
Gathered in Chang'an."
He raised his head and looked at Xun Chen and Mao Jie with helpless eyes.
"This is a real fight."
Xun Chen and Mao Jie smiled bitterly without saying a word.
This is indeed a real fight. The Liangzhou people are not holding pens. If the emperor loses patience, no longer wants to reason with them and choose to conquer with force, it is definitely not the result they are willing to see.
Judging from Cui Yan's expression, he probably didn't want to go that step.
Yuan Shao's experience has proved that the emperor was invincible from the moment he pacified Liangzhou. It can even be said that being able to discuss the land with them was already a great kindness of the court. As long as the emperor was willing, tens of thousands of people were anxious.
Those who have made contributions can trample Shandong at any time.
Han Sui is a typical example.
From this perspective, the emperor's transfer of Jia Xu to the Taiwei may be a sign of losing patience.
"Maybe, we should rethink Xu Wenxiu's article." Xun Chen said.
Kong Rong tilted his head, his eyes cursed. "Which article are you talking about?"
"The first article."
Kong Rong suddenly realized, "Oh" and stroked his beard and jaw.
There was an important issue in Xu Jing's first article, that is, Dutian was only one of the means to solve the merger problem, not necessarily.
Xu Jing's original intention was not to support Du Tian, but his indifferent attitude still aroused many people's opposition, thinking that he was not determined enough, and he was both at the same time. Some people wrote articles to debate with him. If Xu Jing had not mastered the review
The power of the manuscript is afraid that he will be scolded to death.
But now thinking about it, maybe Xu Jing’s response is reasonable.
The merger problem must be solved. If a better solution can be found, there is no need to go to the field.
Xun Chen naturally thought of Shi Tao.
Taking Xu Jing's article as a guide, Xun Chen recounted Shi Tao's point of view. The fundamental reason why the imperial court wanted to save the field was to solve the problem of eating and did not want to have refugees again. Diving the field was just a means, not an end. If you don't save the field, you will also
The court did not have the motivation to resolve this problem.
In fact, there was no land in Hedong, and the large clans occupying excess land were not affected.
Although the emperor was very dissatisfied with this, he was just dissatisfied and did not force Xun Yu to pass the field.
To a certain extent, this can be seen as the emperor fulfilling his promise and giving Xun Yu enough freedom to explore ways to achieve the kingly way.
Of course, Xun Yu also took great pressure because of this.
If we can make some discoveries in agriculture and significantly increase the yield, and solve the food and clothing of the people without spending the fields, can we think that the kingly way is realized?
After listening to it, Kong Rong and Cui Yan were very interested and asked about some details.
After Xun Chen met Shi Tao, he was not very interested in agronomy, so he did not promote it. Kong Rong and Cui Yan also disagreed with Shi Tao's entrance exam in the agricultural school and never disdained to mention it. At this moment, he was forced to be helpless and chaotic.
I went to the doctor and found out that this was a good idea.
At least there is some feasibility.
The only question is, can agronomy achieve breakthroughs in a short period of time?
Cui Yan stroked his beard and thought for a moment. "You can apply for a trial, first of all, let's express your attitude."
Kong Rong also said: "That's right, it's also good to treat it as a delaying strategy. Youruo, Yingchuan has outstanding people and beautiful places, and Wenruo has implemented the new policy in Hedong. It's better for you to write this article."
Xun Chen glanced at Kong Rong, a little disdainful. But he did not refuse and agreed.
Just in Cui Yan's room, Xun Chen spread paper and grind ink, and wrote an article advocating advocacy for agricultural science and increasing yields to solve the dilemma of food shortage and alleviate the conflict between people and land.
He made a more powerful reason.
Even if you spend the field, you can only solve temporary problems and cannot cure the root cause. Only by increasing the grain output can you truly solve the problem.
If the world is not short of food, grain prices can remain stable. Even if you own a lot of land, profits will be limited. If you don’t solve the problem of mergers, isn’t it better to self-determination than to force the field?
After the article was finished, Kong Rong and others read it and put forward some suggestions.
Kong Rong finally said: "Youruo, Ruying has the most young people, and many people advocate military farming. Why don't you let them study agriculture?"
Xun Chen glared at Kong Rong with anger. "Some of my Xun family's children are in politics and some are in the army. Even women who enter the palace for nobles go to Yinfang to do things. Isn't that enough? The Confucian Sect is at this opportunity of life and death.
,As a saint, do you only know how to say that people are unwilling to do something?"
Kong Rong's old face was a little overwhelmed. "What do you want me to do? I am nearly fifty years old, should I go to study agriculture or join the army?"
Xun Chen couldn't help but say, "You became famous at a young age and read books all your life, but you did not achieve anything. It's really gratifying. If all the scholars in the world are like you, how could the Confucian school not prosper?"
Kong Rong's face was red and his ears were furious. He stood up and wanted to argue.
Seeing this, Cui Yan hurriedly stopped him.
Mao Jie also dissuaded Xun Chen. Everyone was a fellow disciple and could not attack each other. Kong Rong was old and probably would have been like this in his life, but Xun Chen was still young. If Kong Rong had a conflict and ruined his reputation, it would not be worth the loss.
Xun Chen knew that he had lost his composure, so he went down the road and picked up the manuscript and said goodbye.
Mao Jie hurriedly greeted Cui Yan and followed him out.
The night was already dark and the moon was cold. Xun Chen's hot mind gradually calmed down. He walked side by side with Mao Jie and couldn't help but sigh.
"Xiaoxian, at that time, the sages had no distinction, and there were 72 wise men and 3,000 disciples. The morality was Yan Yuan, the army had a way of commanding the army, the business had a tribute, and the governance had a tribute, all of which were far away, not just literature.
People. Now that Confucianism has been respected for three hundred years, why are there only these incompetent people left? A hundred years later, can we really have a clear conscience when we see the saints underground?"
Mao Jie looked at Xun Chen and sighed in his heart.