When Chen Jingke came to the Li Zheng Hall, the eldest grandson Wugao happened to be eating.
The little Sizi was pressed on the chair, eating the rice in the bowl one bite at a time, with a look of death on his face, as if the rice was poisonous.
When she saw Chen Jingke, she felt as if she had seen a savior. She slid down from the chair in a flash, rushed over, and said, "Brother, come to see me."
Chen Jingke picked her up, wiped the rice from the corner of her mouth, and said, "Yes, let me see if Xiaosi is good or not."
"I'm good." Xiao Sizi raised her chin and said. After speaking, she secretly looked at others, for fear that others would expose her.
This guilty look made everyone smile.
Chen Jingke said dotingly: "Well, little Sizi did not disappoint me. We must be a good boy."
"Yeah." Xiao Sizi nodded his head fiercely.
After they had finished talking about old times, Changsun Wugou asked, "Have we finished talking?"
Chen Jingke said: "We have negotiated. We just came from His Majesty."
Changsun Wugou didn't ask what they were talking about. He pointed to the chair next to him and said, "That's good, let's eat. Oh, by the way, that's little Sizi's food. You can feed it to her too."
"Hey, okay." Chen Jingke responded briskly, came to sit down at the table, put the little Sizi back on her own chair, and coaxed:
"Xiao Sizi, would you like to eat with your brother? Let's see who of us eats faster."
"Okay." Xiao Sizi said crisply.
Then while he was filling the rice, he secretly picked up his own small bowl and started to eat. The same bowl of rice now didn't look as hard to swallow as it was just now.
Chen Jingke yelled: "Oh, little Sizi, why are you cheating? No, no, no, stop now."
The more he said this, the faster the little Sizi ate, and in a short time half the bowl of rice was gone.
After finishing the meal, he pushed the small bowl in front of Chen Jingke, holding his chin high, as if he was "I am awesome".
"Oh, how come the little Sizi eats so fast? It's really amazing." Chen Jingke said exaggeratedly: "You think so."
The waiters around me praised her very wisely: "That's right, the lady is so awesome, she can eat faster than a real person."
The little Sizi is so proud that if there is a tail, it has already reached the sky.
Children are naturally active and will start to be dishonest after eating and drinking, even if Chen Jingke is right next to them.
However, she was very sensible and did not disturb his meal. Instead, she ran outside to play, and several palace maids quickly followed behind to protect him.
After the meal was finished and the maids cleared the table, Changsun Wugou said, "Be more careful when talking in the future and don't say everything to others."
Chen Jingke immediately admitted his mistake: "Okay, don't worry it won't happen again."
Changsun Wuguo said, hating the fact that iron cannot become steel, "Don't just say you know it, you must keep it in your heart."
Chen Jingke smiled naively and said, "Hey, isn't it true that sometimes I get too excited and talk baldly?"
However, this time it really wasn't a blunder, but a premeditation.
Asking Li Shimin to agree to his propaganda about the dire situation between the military and civilians is simply overthinking. In this case, it will directly create an established fact and let Li Shimin know his determination.
When there is no other way, he will consider a compromise. At that time, as long as he emphasizes his loyalty to the emperor, he will most likely agree.
After all, it only means that soldiers come from the common people and should love and give back to the common people instead of pointing the butcher knife at the common people.
After careful calculation, Li Shimin's reverse scale was not touched.
Compared with Mencius's idea that "the people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least important", the idea that the army should love and protect the people is not out of the ordinary.
And what happened today proved that his idea was right, and Li Shimin finally agreed with him.
The only thing that puzzled him was how the other party connected his thoughts with Guan Zhong?
What kind of brain circuit generates such thoughts?
Judging from Changsun Wugou's attitude, she must know something, so Chen Jingke tentatively said: "Aunt, how did the saint guess that my idea came from Guanzi?"
Changsun Wugou put down his tea cup and said, "Don't underestimate the world. No matter how secretive you are, you may be caught if you reveal any clues."
"Everything has its own traces, especially in academic thinking. The ideas of your Chen family cannot arise out of thin air, and must be inseparable from the influence of the sages."
"I went through all the thoughts of various schools of thought, compared them with your words and deeds, and found that they are closest to Guanzi's thoughts."
"So you guessed it." Chen Jingke was surprised at first, and then understood.
Sometimes women's way of thinking cannot be judged by common sense, especially smart women, their thinking is even more out-of-the-box.
She can connect her actions with Guanzi's thoughts, which is completely understandable.
Changsun Wugou said proudly: "What, you asked me to guess right?"
"My aunt has a good eye, I admire her." What else could Chen Jingke say, he could only give a thumbs up and praise his good guess.
Moreover, her guess also gave him inspiration. From now on, I will be Guanzi's disciple.
When I look back, I will dig out all Guan Zhong's works and deeds and study them carefully to see which ones can be used.
Then connect it with the ideas and concepts you want to promote, pretending to be promoting Guanzi thought.
Anyone who objects should go to Guan Zhong to discuss it.
Chen Jingke has also gained some exposure to the ideas of the ancients. Most of them are not opposed to academic innovation, and even welcome it.
Especially for an ambitious monarch like Li Shimin, he hoped that great ideas would be born under his rule.
There is just one premise: your thoughts cannot come out of thin air, they must be traceable.
To put it more bluntly, we can innovate based on previous ideas, but we cannot create out of thin air.
Buddhism also took the initiative to choose Sinicization and was slowly accepted by the Central Plains. But even now, there are still some people who oppose it as foreign paganism.
If he comes up with new ideas out of thin air, his treatment will be no better than Buddhism, so the best way is to use his predecessors as a cover.
Guanzi's ideas are not enough, there are also a large group of sages such as Laozi, Confucius, Zhuangzi, Mencius, etc.
China may lack many things, but it definitely does not lack big names in the field of thought. If you apply the ideas of hundreds of schools of thought at will, there will always be a suitable one.
What? You ask me which family I am a disciple of? I am a disciple of hundreds of families. Do you have any opinions?
It was such a happy decision.
The hazy thoughts that arose while chatting with Li Shimin finally became clear at this time.
Suddenly enlightened, Chen Jingke was very happy and said: "Actually, our family is not only engaged in research on Guanzi's thoughts, but also on hundreds of schools of thought."
Changsun Wugou was not surprised and said: "I know that you should not only be involved in hundreds of schools of thought, but also study foreign knowledge."
Chen Jingke praised her in his heart and said, "My aunt is wise, that's true. But the ones who have the most profound influence on us are Confucianism, Taoism and the Art of War."
"The people who have had the greatest influence on us, besides Laozi and Confucius, are Guanzi and Xunzi."
Changsun Wugao suddenly said: "No wonder, Xunzi's thoughts are indeed more pragmatic."
In the words of the person who cannot explain clearly: Confucius and Mencius are idealists, Xunzi is materialist, and they are the left wing of Confucianism.
The core of Xunzi's thought is ritual, but ritual, law, etiquette, ritual and law are inseparable, and his thoughts are full of traces of law.
That's why he was able to teach Legalist figures like Han Feizi and Li Si, as well as scientists like Zhang Cang.
His thoughts were highly regarded during the Western Han Dynasty and remained the mainstream for hundreds of years. It was not until the Neo-Confucianism of the Song Dynasty began to disparage Xun and Mencius that he was relegated to the sidelines.
But this was the Tang Dynasty, and he had not yet been treated coldly. It was normal for Changsun Wugou to be more familiar with his thoughts.
The two chatted for a while, but were interrupted by little Sizi who was tired of playing alone. The little girl insisted on asking her brother to play with her.
Chen Jingke naturally would not refuse her request, so he played games with her.
Changsun Wujia also stopped at the right time and did not continue the in-depth discussion.
I have obtained enough information today. You can ask more questions later. Anyway, the days are still long.
People's fear often comes from the unknown. The initial fear and suspicion towards Chen Jingke was because he was too mysterious and the things he mastered were too amazing.
As he got to know more and more about him, Changsun Wugou first let down his guard, and now Li Shimin is gradually no longer suspicious.
On the other hand, he is integrating more and more into the world and becoming a part of it.
Everything is mutual.
After playing with Xiao Sizi for a whole afternoon, it wasn't until he was about to leave that he got down to business: "Auntie, how is the glass work?"
When he mentioned the glass, Changsun Wugou showed an unconcealable smile on his face and said, "It's only been a few days. How can I master the skills so quickly? I'm still trying to figure it out."
"However, we have been able to make standard ordinary utensils. Now we are studying how to make more patterns and types."
"As expected, it will be available for sale next month. Why, do you regret giving up the dividend?"
Chen Jingke grabbed the little Sizi who was circling around him and said: "No, I want to join forces with the Cheng, Qin and Yuchi families to sell the glass outside the Tang Dynasty."
"But there will definitely be many people who want to do this business in the future. The little goods you released are not enough to share. I came to you to smoothen the relationship and ask for more shares."
Changsun Wugou smiled and said: "You don't want the dividends. You have to work hard to sell glass. Why bother?"
"Forget it, I won't say anything else. You don't have to worry about the glass, it's your share."
"Thank you, aunt." Chen Jingke let go of Xiao Sizi and watched her continue to circle around him, pretending to be arrested, making her scream.
Seeing this scene, Changsun Wugou felt very warm. He sat down and said, "It has been two months since Baiqisi's appointment. When are you going to go there?"
Chen Jingke raised his head and said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry. Sharpen the knife and chop the firewood. Let's train the five instructors first."
