Wang Yu originally did not know the exact ages of Zhuge Liang and others, but later learned from Shi Tao that Pang Tong was born in the second year of Guanghe, that is, in 179 AD, Zhuge Liang was two years younger than Pang Tong, and Huang Yueying was one year younger. Now it is
In the summer of the third year of Chuping, the three of them were fourteen, twelve and eleven years old respectively.
A boy who was only twelve years old but only eleven years old had not even graduated from elementary school in later generations, so he was just a brat. But the young man in front of Wang Yu, Kong Ming, just looked at his demeanor and listened to his words, he already seemed to be a kid.
An adult.
Before seeing the person, the impression was not intuitive enough. Now that he saw the person, even Wang Yu, who had been prepared for a long time, felt that his eyes suddenly lit up. Especially when he looked at those eyes full of confidence, Wang Yu's eyes suddenly lit up.
The identity of the other party was 100% confirmed.
Young Kong Ming!
The sharp-edged Kong Ming!
Zhuge Liang was naturally surprised, but anyone who had heard of Wang Yu's reputation and then met him in person would have similar feelings.
Too young!
As a prince who leads two states, has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, is the most powerful in the world, and has great hopes for the throne, Wang Yu is outrageously young. The beard on his lips and chin is still very light, and he is even eighteen years old.
A hero who has not yet reached the age of 10, but has conquered a huge empire with one hand and one kick?
Such a huge contrast is really awkward no matter what you think.
Zhuge Liang would not admit that he was able to defeat Shi Tao's provoking method, but it was mostly out of his dissatisfaction with Wang Yu. But when he really faced Wang Yu, he wanted to compete, and the mood of distinguishing between superiors and inferiors still took over.
Advantage.
Of course, the competition is not about martial arts, but political strategy. It can be started by using the other party's questions.
The Zhuge family in Langya was originally a famous family. If Zhuge Liang's father had not died young, the Zhuge Liang brothers would not have followed Zhuge Xuan out of their hometown and moved to Jingzhou. When Zhuge Xuan took the Zhuge Liang brothers away from home, they originally went to Yuzhang to be the governor, but as a result
Yuan Shu intervened and replaced Zhuge Xuan with Zhu Hao. The latter had no choice but to go to Jingzhou.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang received a very complete education from an aristocratic family.
Education from an aristocratic family has high requirements for magnanimity, and the emphasis is on maintaining an unmoved expression. Therefore, although there were various emotions in his heart at the moment, his expression did not change at all. He looked like he was just looking at Wang Yu.
, and then answered calmly.
"General Wang took advantage of the situation and used the benefits of the trade route to guide the merchants to flock to them, and then reduced the number, even causing feedback from the mobilization of troops, which is not unscrupulous. However, the merchants are not engaged in production. They only sell and hoard, and they can make huge profits.
.Since the turn of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, all dynasties have strictly suppressed it. There are still many people doing business. If we can encourage it..."
Zhuge Liang's eyes flashed and he looked at Wang Yu. He asked in a deep voice: "The ancient sage kings sometimes governed with benevolence or virtue, but no one ever guided them with profit. General Wang did this unprecedented move. Have you ever thought about it?
What will it be like if the world becomes more profitable? Have you ever considered the truth behind China's actions of encouraging farming and suppressing commerce for thousands of years?"
As he said that, he pointed to the documents on the desk and asked in a cold voice: "Does the general really think that with these quick measures, he can eliminate the many disadvantages of advocating business and only take advantage of it? I have heard that General Hussar
He is a man of extraordinary talent, both wise and brave, but when I see him today, he is nothing more than that."
Zhuge Liang used rhetorical questions, which were very powerful and his tone was very oppressive. But to the ears of the civil and military officials in Qingzhou, it didn't feel that way. This was disrespectful to his own lord!
Especially for Mi Zhu, the revised decrees on the desk were written with great effort by him in accordance with the spirit explained by Wang Yu. Although there are still many problems, they also embody his hard work, and they are now being used as an attack.
How could he not be annoyed by the lord's weapons?
Mi Zhu, a humble gentleman, was like this, not to mention generals like Tai Shi Ci and Wei Yan. If Wang Yu hadn't stretched out his hand to hold him down, these two guys would have fought with their fists and kicks.
First, beat him until his nose is bruised and his face is swollen, and his mouth and eyes are crooked, and then see if he dares to continue to talk nonsense.
Especially Wei Yan, he didn't know what was going on. Ever since he saw this stinky boy, he felt uncomfortable, just like a cat and a dog seeing each other and not liking each other.
Wei Yan was dissatisfied first, and then heard that the other party was disrespectful to his lord. Wei Yan was very angry. Even though he had tried his best to restrain himself, Wang Yu still found it very difficult despite Wang Yu's strength, and he almost broke away and rushed forward.
Wang Yu was surprised in his heart. Could it be that history that didn't happen could also have the theory of cause and effect? Otherwise, where did this strong resentment come from?
Wang Yu himself was not angry, not that he had a good temper, but he had already seen the little calculation in Xiao Kongming's heart.
Provoke yourself to ask for a name? Or simply embarrass yourself, it’s nothing more than this trick. It was a trick that ancient literati liked to use, especially the scholar-bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty. They relied on this trick to deceive the imperial staff. Whoever gets hurt
A beating from the emperor would make it easier to become famous than to get the top prize, and the glory would last for eight generations, and even smoke would rise from the graves of the ancestors.
Zhuge Liang had controlled his emotions very well when talking to Mi Zhu before, but now when he faced himself, he suddenly changed into a crazy person. Isn't the secret behind this obvious?
If you get angry, you will be fooled.
Wang Yu replied unhurriedly: "Brother Zhuge said a lot of things, citing scriptures, but he did not answer the question. What I am going to ask is, if you and Zizhong change places, how will you draft this business law? Could it be that the little brother also
He doesn’t know the answer and can only find faults, so he just thinks about it and plans to muddle through?”
"There is no such thing, I just..." Zhuge Liang originally thought that his opponent was young and energetic, so he should not be able to be provoked. After being sternly scolded by him, even if he was not angry, he would become furious. Who would have thought that his opponent was completely unmoved, but he was
In turn, he defeated his own army.
It is not easy to perfect commercial law. Let alone people of this era, even if it is left to later generations, the shortcomings of commercial law will still emerge in endlessly. Even if the wise and almost demonic adult Kong Ming in the books of later generations comes, there is no way to perfect it all at once.
, not to mention the twelve-year-old now.
Besides...
Zhuge Liang thought about it and realized that he seemed to have been deceived.
He was originally looking for faults. After Wang Yu said this, why did he seem to have become the other party's subordinate and wanted to help him make suggestions? No, this is very wrong. When I came to Qingzhou, I had no intention of staying here forever.
It even means becoming an official.
After being startled, Zhuge Liang retorted: "What General Wang said is very inappropriate. You are wrong to encourage business. It is like a tree planted crookedly from the beginning. No matter how strict the laws are to correct it, it will not matter.
Can it be fulfilled? If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked. This is the truth. Besides, Liang is not a subordinate of the general, so where does he have the obligation to make suggestions for the general? If the general is really willing to listen to good advice, he must fundamentally correct his governance.
"
Wang Yu shook his head, looked at Zhuge Liang, and sighed: "So, you just don't understand, so you find faults randomly, and in the end you get serious, but you shirk the blame. How can military and national affairs be such a trivial matter?"
He ignored the great truths Zhuge Liang said, and his tone seemed to be coaxing a child, sighing at the naughty child who had caused trouble.
Mi Zhu and Shi Tao didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd. They could only stand there in a daze, but Tai Shi Ci, Mi Fang and others laughed in amusement, and they all laughed in evil shapes.
They didn't care about political affairs at first. They only knew that their lord was invincible on the battlefield and knew everything about politics. Just listen. Why do they think so much? Seeing this very stinky boy being frustrated and being treated as a fool by the lord
When children play, the evil spirits in their hearts are vented.
"Does the world-famous Wang Qiaoqi only know how to mess around and bully the small?" Zhuge Liang became angry and said loudly.
Being mature at a young age is what he is most proud of. It is more important than prodigies. There are so many prodigies these days that it is no longer unusual. Being treated as an adult when he was a teenager is what makes him most proud.
For this reason, he also chose a word for himself in advance.
Now Wang Yu treats him as a child and plays with him, which one is intolerable?
"It's not that I'm being rude, it's just that there are many truths that you really don't understand, yet you still pretend to understand..." Wang Yu still had the same look of shaking his head and sighing, with an undisguised look of pity in his eyes, which made Zhuge Liang furious.
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"General Wang, blindly grandstanding is not the way to rule. Since you have adopted the attitude of letting others prove it, do you intend to deal with it with this vague and perfunctory attitude?"
"Forget it, I will explain this to you." Wang Yu nodded kindly, "If the beams are crooked, of course it will cause the whole house to tilt, but this will not necessarily happen for trees, because trees have
Living things have souls, so even if they are planted crookedly, they may grow straight; if they are planted straight, they may grow crooked.”
He spoke very firmly, but everyone including Zhuge Liang was shocked and confused.
Plants are alive and should belong to the field of metaphysics; the law of tree growth belongs to the field of natural science. Although there are many people present and each has knowledge, no one has studied such a partial knowledge.
Dazed.
"It's empty talk. What evidence do you have for saying that?" Although Zhuge Liang was shocked and doubtful, he was not discouraged and forced himself to calm down and asked.
Wang Yu said slowly: "Practice brings true knowledge, and the evidence is easy to say. Now that summer has just begun, all we need to do is find a few trees and plant them. When next year comes, won't it be clear at a glance whether what I said makes sense?"
"Okay, it's settled, when the time comes..." Zhuge Liang subconsciously agreed. Halfway through his words, he suddenly felt something was wrong. When his mind changed, he immediately discovered the problem. He pointed at Wang Yu and shouted out loud: "Eh?
No, you, you are cheating!"
"No way?" Wang Yu spread his hands to show his innocence: "You said it yourself. I just pointed out the fallacy and confirmed it with you. It can't be said to be deceiving, right?"
"But..." Zhuge Liang was also a little confused. He couldn't figure it out. He was always looking for trouble, but why did he suddenly get involved?
It takes ten years for a tree to grow and a hundred years to grow a person. Although trees grow faster than people, they cannot grow in a year and a half. Even if it takes a year, it may not be possible to verify what Wang Yu said.
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If you have to get to the bottom of this matter, why don't you just tie yourself up in Qingzhou?
Zhuge Liang believed that he was not an honest person like Shi Yuan, who would follow someone as soon as he heard someone lie about what was valued. Nor was he that crazy girl Yueying, who was so crazy that she disappeared after just one day.
There is still vitality in the family. Wang Yu's invitation to the three of them this time may not necessarily have any hidden meaning. How could he easily obey his arrangements?
"Actually, even if you leave aside the analogy you made casually, what you said is not entirely correct. Do you want to see the evidence? Okay, I will show it to you, Zifang..."
"Mi Fang is here!" Mi Fang said in response, feeling very excited. Is the Lord going to teach this brat a lesson? The first person who thought of me is that the treatment of this uncle is indeed different.
"Go to Shu Zhi's place and get the case files that have been recorded over the past few days." Wang Yu ordered, his tone calm.
"Ah?" Mi Fang was puzzled. Just as he was hesitating, Mi Zhu's foot silently kicked over and shouted: "Why don't you go quickly?" Mi Fang woke up as if from a dream and ran away quickly.
After a while, he came back, followed by several people, each holding a large stack of papers in his hands.
Entering the room and looking at Wang Yu, the latter pointed and asked them to put down their things. Then he turned to Zhuge Liang and said with a smile: "The evidence is here, little brother, why don't you look at it before talking about it?"
Zhuge Liang doubtfully picked up a volume of documents, glanced at it, and then turned the pages. Then he quickly read it again, flipping through it without stopping. It was not like he was reading a book, but like he was checking the quality of the paper.
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This was the case for several consecutive books, until the fourth one, when his reading speed finally slowed down. He raised his head and closed his eyes, thinking deeply for a moment, and then suddenly made a move, jumping to Mi Zhu's desk and jumping from a pile of
I quickly pulled out one of the documents, and then looked at the two side by side, as if they were confirming something.
After a while, he finally came back to his senses from the book and looked at Wang Yu, but he frowned and said nothing.
"How's it going? Is it interesting?" Wang Yu smiled meaningfully.
"General Wang, are you sure this method is feasible?" Zhuge Liang asked without answering.
Wang Yu smiled and said, "How do you know if it works if you haven't tried it? Whether it works or not, and what are the chances of it working? Why don't you see for yourself?"
"Indeed." Zhuge Liang nodded slowly, then turned his head, no longer looking at Wang Yu, and buried his head in the mountain-like scroll.
When Wang Yu saw this, he winked at everyone and quietly retreated. When he turned his head, the smile at the corner of his mouth could no longer be concealed. (To be continued...)