The small building fell into silence, and the old servant in green clothes and small hat was tremblingly serving tea at the side. The atmosphere in front of him was too weird. The old man and the young man didn't say a word, just staring at each other.
Dusk came slowly, but no candles could be lit upstairs. Only the small red clay stove emitted a flickering light, casting the shadows of young people and old gentlemen on the precious books, forming a kind of
The weird dancing seemed like a silent contest, but the old servant didn't know who had the upper hand.
He only knew that his master looked very scary. He had followed him for many years, but he had never seen him staring at each other like a cockfighting cock. His white eyebrows and beard were almost twitching...
It has been so many years, and the old servant himself has forgotten that the master has not shown such an expression for many years. Calmness has always been the master's demeanor, and being as still as a mountain is not just talk.
I don't know how long it took, maybe only half an hour, maybe an hour, after the old servant quietly retreated and left the small building, I heard the master's dry cough coming from upstairs.
The number of people waiting to see the master outside the door has not decreased, but seeing that the master is so interested, I am afraid there will be no more visitors. It is so late and these people should be allowed to disperse early, so as not to disturb the debate between the master and the young man...
debate……
"Sir, you are well-read, can you learn easily?"
Sun Xi stared at Ye An and said: "This is natural. How can people in my generation not understand the principles of Yi? Why do you want to make a divination?"
"If you are poor, you will change; if you change, you will be prosperous; if you are prosperous, you will be long-lasting! This is how things are in the world. Countries in the world can be equalized, honors and positions can be dismissed, and swords can be cut, but moderation is impossible."
After Ye An finished speaking, he stared at Sun Shi. These two sentences, one from the "Book of Changes" and the other from "The Doctrine of the Mean", were almost must-reads for literati in the Song Dynasty. He happened to mention these two sentences before when he listened to Wang Yuan's lectures in the palace.
sentence.
"Ha! Boy, if you are poor, you will change! How to change when the Song Dynasty is not at its end? As for... Haha! You should read more books! What is the meaning of "the mean is impossible"?! It means that the mean is extremely difficult
Just do it!”
Ye An pursed his lips. It would be difficult to attack the other party with his "sword". After all, it was his home field. Ye An himself, a half-way monk, was "knocked down" by Sun Shi in just a few words.
At this time, Sun Shi was no longer a great scholar, but an "old naughty boy". From his tone of voice to his movements, he looked like a high-spirited "high player" who vowed to win this game!
As a "rookie", he only has extraordinary troops. It is almost impossible to defeat Sun Shi with a "dignified division and a righteous flag", but he cannot always use extraordinary troops.
With a long sigh, Ye An bowed to Sun Xi and bowed slowly: "Ye An is ashamed of his rhetoric, but my elders said that "facts are eloquent"!
Sir, you should see that the Song Dynasty currently has too many bad policies and is surrounded by foreign troubles. If there are only internal troubles, it is not unstoppable, and even if there are only foreign troubles, it is not invincible.
However, under the internal and external troubles, how long can the country last? Even though I can't convince my husband, my husband also knows that what I said is true!!
If you don’t believe me, sir, you can wait and see. If the Dangxiang people are disloyal, they will rebel against the Song Dynasty and become independent in at most six or seven days. Then there will be real internal and external troubles!"
Sun Shi pursed his lips, and the beard on his chin curled up: "The eyes of the Dangxiang people are no longer on our court but on the Western Regions. Li Mingde will not send his troops south. He has been on good terms with our court over the years and has never invaded. Even
He threatened to return to Lingzhou and concentrate on dealing with the countries in the Western Regions."
Ha ha…………
Ye An laughed: "Sir, do you believe this? Why does he want to deal with the Western Regions? Isn't it for the rise of Dangxiang, for Dangxiang to monopolize the Silk Road, and for Dangxiang to have a stable and prosperous rear?! Why does he want to have a stable
Where is the rear?! Naturally, they are planning to go south! The party members have been spying on the wealth of our Central Plains for a long time!"
boom!
Ye An's ridicule made the old gentleman stand up and glared angrily: "You don't know what I'm doing?! What the party members did is Sima Zhao's intention, and everyone knows it!"
In the second year of Yongxi reign, Li Jiqian and his brother Li Jichong lured and killed our famous Song Dynasty general Cao Guangshi, occupied Yinzhou, conquered Huizhou, and "pleaded for surrender" to the Liao Kingdom, and were named King of Xia by the Khitans. In the second year of Dao Dynasty, Li Jiqian intercepted and captured our country.
With an army of 400,000 yuan in food and grass, and a large army sent out to surround Lingwu City, Emperor Taizong was furious and sent the Fifth Route Army to attack Xia, but they were all defeated!"
At this point, the old man paused slumped, his face became slumped, and his heart-wrenching voice also weakened a lot: "After the death of Taizong, Zhenzong came to the throne, and in order to calm things down, he ceded the land of Xia, Sui, Yin, You, and Jing to the Five Prefectures and Li Jiqian.
Unexpectedly, the Dangxiang people were greedy. In the fifth year of Emperor Zhenzong's Xianping reign, Li Jiqian led the tribes to capture Lingzhou, an important town in the northwest, and renamed it Xiping Prefecture. Later, he captured Liangzhou, an important town, cutting off the trade routes between our country and the Western Regions, and cutting off the tribute from the Western Regions to our Dynasty.
At the same time, all tribes in the Western Regions are prohibited from selling horses to our court... Otherwise, why would our Song Dynasty horse administration be like this?!"
Ye An sympathized with the old man in front of him. He knew everything but was powerless. Military always serves politics, and war is the continuation of politics.
Since the death of Cao Guangshi in the Song Dynasty, there has been no general who can fight against the enemy Xiang people. This has to be said to be a kind of sadness.
Throughout the history of the Song Dynasty, the famous founding generals either died in battle or were raised as waste. There were only a few who truly had combat power and overall command capabilities, and they were all destroyed!
It is impossible for an important minister like Sun Shi, a veteran of three dynasties, not to know this, and not to know the reasons behind it, but again, he knows that there is no way to change it, he must obey the "overall situation"!
He knew what he wanted to say from the beginning, but it was impossible for him to give in and agree. To a certain extent, he represented the Tianjia and the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty!
The interests of the Tian family were tied to the interests of scholars and officials, and Sun Shi was one of them, so even if he knew the shortcomings of using culture to control force, he had no way to change it.
"It's not easy for the country to be in today's situation. Changsheng! You are a young man and have plenty of time. When the country is stable and the official family is at its peak, you will be able to express your thoughts. Now
You must not say anything, even if you are sir, how about my final advice?"
Ye An used family knowledge as bait to induce Sun Shi to talk about Confucian policies and theories to fool the people. Basically, this was to bring the topic to the "ancestral laws" of the Song Dynasty.
Whether it is criticizing the bad "policy of obscuring the people" or advocating enlightening people's wisdom and changing the Song Dynasty, these are all discussions for the final topic.
If the Song Dynasty wants to change the current situation, it must adopt reforms. Ye An wants to change many things, but the most important thing is to use culture to control force...
When Ye An put this point at the end, Sun Shi caught his purpose and knew what he was thinking.
It's a pity that Ye An didn't care. He raised his head with a smile and said, "In fact, I already knew the outcome of today's discussion. I was just arguing for the sake of debate, just to compete with my husband. Chang Sheng is not a fool. I didn't want to do that."
It’s unrealistic, just know what you need at the moment! Please rest assured, sir.”
Sun Shi was a little angry, and glared at Ye An and said: "Since you know that you still want to argue with me, are you really scaring me?! Look at me!" Ye An received this blow from the old man impartially, but the disappointment in his eyes made him
The old man's heart trembled as he looked at it.
His words really evoked the sadness in Sun Shi's heart. The truth is often something that cannot be seen in the light and should be buried in a dark corner. Once it is taken out, it will definitely make people burst into tears...