Ye An's bullock cart left Kaifeng Fufu Yamen, but did not go directly to the palace. He touched the brocade box in his arms, and Ye An's confidence came from this.
Ye An still habitually drove the car by himself without hiring a handlebar driver. If it weren't for the pair of thick-soled official boots on his feet, he would have been regarded as a young driver driving the bus.
Double-breasted clothes will inevitably be paired with big sleeves, which is really troublesome. In contrast, only smart clothes and short-breasted clothes are more suitable for daily life.
Of course, for the officials and scholar-bureaucrats who are industrious and careless about food and grain, the troubles in front of their necks have no impact on them. They only have to roll up their sleeves when writing. Not only is this not a burden, but it also shows the popularity of the literary people.
Spend.
Ye An was sitting on a bullock cart in a short-sleeved shirt. The cold wind in the winter was blocked by the leather jacket outside. He wore a dog-eared hat on his head and tightened his chin. This look was a little weird.
A little, but it's better at keeping warm.
The leather jacket was made by Qin Mumu himself. The warm and soft wool was specially sewn into it. Ye An could not feel the cold at all. By the way, he also made a pair of sheepskin gloves and wore them with twine and hung them under his neck.
There are official uniforms, but in the oxcart, usually when you go to a wealthy family, there will be a place to change clothes. But Ye An didn't like it, so he installed a small coal stove in the oxcart and used an iron pipe to ignite it.
When I got outside, I used thick catkin curtains to cover the gaps in the carriage. I just went in to change clothes when I got to the house.
But the smoking bullock cart has become a novel sight, attracting passers-by to look around. Some children also criticized the bullock cart and laughed: "Dad, this bullock cart will smoke!"
Compared with narrow carriages, ox-carts are much wider. Even three people sitting in them don't feel too crowded. This is why literati and doctors like ox-carts.
The ox-carts and horse-drawn carriages seen in later generations were completely divorced from reality. Not only were they bumpy, but their appearance had not been restored.
Go all the way east from Kaifeng Mansion and then turn a few turns to reach Nan Lecture Hall Lane. Both the Wang Yuan family and Wang Hao family are here. This is a famous scholarly family in Tokyo.
As you drive closer, you can hear the loud sound of reading inside through the courtyard wall.
Under the sound of reading, even the sellers walking in the streets were too embarrassed to approach. Only a few sellers selling Kit Kat toys clenched their takraw balls, shuttlecocks and the like in their hands, waiting for this group of expensive people outside the door.
The young master and the young lady will come out and sell them.
Seeing more and more dark clouds in the sky, Ye An subconsciously shrank his neck.
The winters of this generation are colder than those of later generations. This is an abnormal phenomenon. You must know that there are no greenhouse gas emissions in this era, and there is no strong damage to nature. The population is small, and carbon dioxide emissions are too low. The air quality
It’s even more outrageous!
In this way, the abnormal coldness in winter is a harbinger before the arrival of the Little Ice Age. Later research has led to three recognized theories of the Little Ice Age in Chinese history.
One is the chaotic era of the Three Kingdoms. Cao Cao's construction of a city on frozen soil overnight is inseparable from the cold climate. He built a city at Tongguan after crossing the Wei River. The key point is Tongguan. This may be quite difficult in later generations, especially in September.
within the time.
The second is that during the period from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the Southern Song Dynasty, the cold current from Siberia seemed to invade the south desperately. This can be reflected in many poems.
The most obvious one is Su Shi's record of the frozen West Lake in Hangzhou. The time and place also reflect the arrival of the Little Ice Age.
The third thing is the dynasty established by the old Zhu family, but Ye An has always believed that it is wrong to blame Xiaobinghe for the problem. Although there are some reasons, it is not that big. After all, before the cold reaches the south,
The first to be attacked was the land in the north. It was the Ming Dynasty's own problem that it failed to withstand the Jurchens' attack. As for the situation of internal and external troubles, it was also caused by itself.
Ye An did not intend to tell the old Zhao family about Xiao Binghe. If he did, it would be in vain. Liu E could only regard him as the power of heaven and earth...
I am afraid that the courtiers and people throughout the Song Dynasty will not realize that the biting cold current is driving the nomads from the north to the warmer south.
The Song of Ice and Fire is about to be performed on the land of China for thousands of years. The "savages" in the white mountains and black waters are also rising. Their names are Jurchens...
Ye An jumped off the bullock cart and stamped his feet on the ground. He really hoped to have a pair of old cotton shoes to replace the official boots on his feet. Although his feet would sweat, it was better than being frozen.
Knocking on the door of Wang Yuan's house, this is a huge house, it should be said to be a building complex, the entire Sanhuai Wang family is here.
Wang Yuan is an old minister of the Wang family. He has followed Wang Dan for many years and his status in the Wang family is even higher than that of Wang Yong, the head of the Wang family of Sanhuai. The concierge opened the small corner door in the cold wind and saw an ox cart and a copycat on his sleeve.
Ye An scolded dissatisfiedly: "Which kid dares to knock on the door of my Wang family? The side door is not enough for you to leave?!"
Ye An smiled and pointed at the carriage: "My father-in-law, the ox-cart is quite big and can't pass through the small door!"
"Hey! The bullock cart still wants to come in? Which family are you a servant of? Where are the greetings from your elders?"
Probably because he saw the official boots on Ye An's feet, the old porter became a little more polite to Ye An. He could at least cross his arms and salute and ask polite questions.
Ye An shook his head, took out the hand warmer from his arms and rubbed his hands and said: "I didn't send you a greeting, I just came alone, so you said student Ye An came to visit Mr. Yuanbo."
"Ye An?" The old concierge was stunned for a moment and then said in shock: "Are you the Marquis of Yunzhong?!"
Ye An smiled and said: "It's just the boy...I have a hard time with you!"
The old concierge rushed back in a hurry, opened the door and said with a flattering smile: "I never thought that the Founding Marquis would come. Sir, I have already told you that if you come, you can go directly to the study!"
The threshold was removed, a thick wooden board was placed on the steps, the bullock cart entered smoothly, and Ye An was taken all the way to the study. This time he was meeting his teacher, so there was no need to change his clothes.
The study is a secret place, where most valuable books and personal privacy are stored. It is not ordinary people who can go directly to the study, at least people whom I trust very much.
Ye An looked at the books all over the wall, the cabinets full, and the scrolls of calligraphy and paintings inserted in the flower vats, and felt the pursuit and tempering of knowledge by the literati of this era.
The desk was very clean, almost too clean. There was no pen washer, no inkstone, or even a pen holder. There was only a book and a very fine brush.
The ink on the brush is just right, and there is an inkstone on the small table next to it. When using it, you only need to dip it in ink.
A sentence from a Taoist classic was written on a page of rice paper: "The crotch is used as a utensil, and it should be treated as if it does not exist. It is used as a utensil. It is used as a room when it is cut as a room. It can be used as a room if it does not exist. Therefore, it is considered to be beneficial if it does not exist.
Think of it as useful.”
This is a sentence describing the relationship between "being" and "nothing" in the "Tao Te Ching". Although it is simple, it is actually full of mysteries. Something may not be useful, and nothing may not be useful. This is a manifestation of the classical philosophy of Han Dynasty.
It gives people infinite reveries and insights. Looking at this sentence, Ye An knew that Wang Yuan had reached the pinnacle of philosophical thought.
"Do you know the meaning of this sentence?" Wang Yuan's voice sounded, and Ye An quickly saluted.
"Knead the clay to make a vessel, and the hollow space in the vessel can function as a vessel. Cut out doors and windows to build a house, and only the empty parts within the walls of doors and windows can function as a house. Therefore, "you" provides convenience to people.
, “nothing” does its job.”
Wang Yuan smiled: "That's it?"
Ye An was stunned for a moment, then bowed and saluted: "Student, sir, please clarify your doubts!"
Wang Yuan was not polite, he calmly sat on the armchair, patted his handguards and said with a smile: "This chair of yours is exquisitely made. I will make one for Mr. Jiujing when I have time. Mr. Jiujing has a bad waist. With this armchair, he can still do it."
Lean on it."
Seeing Ye An nodding, he said: ""Existence" and "Nothing" are "virtual" and "real", and the combination of these two can play his greatest role. "Void" but not "real" is not a bluff.
Human things? If they have "real" but not "virtual", they can't get twice the result with half the effort! Just like the heroic words you released in Xinlingfang yesterday, it seems to give people stability in order to scare the Daxiangguo Temple, but even if
You won't scare them if you tell them how to make money from them."
Ye An frowned and said, "Why?"
"Because those are all false. Do you know how much money the Daxiangguo Temple has released in total? It is said that there are as many as one hundred thousand yuan! Every year, you can earn tens of thousands of yuan from just the money! Even if someone breaks the contract first, you still want to
Come up with one hundred thousand guan at a time, otherwise this matter will not be good!"
The more Wang Yuan spoke, the more anxious and angry he became. His saliva almost flew into Ye An's face. He was really worried about Ye An, a student. One hundred thousand dollars was not a small sum in Tokyo, it was always one thousand dollars.
, 100,000 yuan, even if you count the province, it is at least tens of millions of dollars!
Ye An smiled: "Students only promise to repay those with IOUs and complete guarantors."
"My teacher has done the math for you, it's still one hundred thousand guan!"
The old gentleman was really angry, and his stern look was quite scary, but for some reason Ye An felt warm in his heart.
The old gentleman sighed slightly, and finally took out a brocade box from his arms. Inside was not gold or silver, but a few pieces of paper.
"These are some of my houses in Tokyo. In the early years, the prices of houses in Tokyo were not as outrageous as they are today. I was given many rewards by the Duke of Wei, so I saved up money to buy three houses. I planned to give them to
I use it for my own family, but I don’t know that there is no one in the family who can live up to expectations, so I didn’t invite him to Tokyo, so this is for you to temporarily tide over the difficulties."