Kaifeng Mansion is a cool day in autumn. The sun sprinkled on the pear blossom courtyard, on the small pond in the backyard, and also on Pan Qiaolian and a few children of Wu Haogu who kept making noise.

The servants in the house were busy, taking advantage of the sunny day, to take a bed to take to the bedding of the Jiehe Commercial Market to be reported out to dry. Luohan maid has been happy again recently, it has only been three months, and it should have been the time to have a good baby, but she can't be idle at all, and she is still running around in the yard, directing a group of servants to clean up her things - although she is pregnant for the second time, she also likes Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian, but the status of the slave and maid has not been lifted, but her status in the martial arts family has been significantly improved. Now she is the housekeeper of the martial family, Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian are preparing to move to Jiehe Business City, so naturally she will be busy with the housekeeper for a while. That's a big family!

Among Wu Haogu's six children, the eldest son Wu Yiyong and the eldest daughter Wu Meiniang have reached the age of enlightenment. However, Wu Haogu did not hire Mr. Xixi for them, but asked Pan Qiaolian to teach them arithmetic and literacy, and asked Olga to teach them a little basic martial arts.

It's not that he doesn't pay attention to his children's education, but he thinks that Mengxue in the Song Dynasty is not very useful, and he hopes that his children can receive a more "modern" Mongolian education.

And this kind of education is not available in Kaifeng Prefecture. Only in Jiehe Shang City there is a "new-style Mongolian school" in preparation, which is a primary school in Wuhaogu according to the memory of later generations, and then refer to the curriculum of the Six Arts Academy, plus the teachers from the Yuntai School Palace, the new-style school is called "Enlightenment School".

After the Wu Hao Gu family moved to Jiehe Shang City, Wu Yiyong and Wu Meiniang, brothers and sisters, will become the first Mongolian students of the Enlightenment School. Of course, men and women still have to be separated from each other.

A few little ones were running crookedly, and the two big ones were chasing a leather ball, which was used in the game of Keju. The four little ones followed their older siblings, swaying like four little penguins. The cries and laughter of children resounded in the courtyard. All of them are healthy and strong, and they look very reassuring.

The six children were sweating profusely, but Pan Qiaolian, who was watching from the sidelines, was reading the book quietly. She was already beautiful in appearance, but now she has become a mother of two children, she is getting older, her figure is also graceful, and she has become like a ripe fruit, even more beautiful. The warm sunlight shone down on her gorgeous face, but she focused on the book in her hand, beautiful and thoughtful.

Wu Haogu stood across from her, typing in pencil on a drawing board - he had just returned from Jiehe Shang City and had come to report to Zhao Ji on the progress of the peace talks. Because the peace talks with the Liao State involved the issue of the distribution of the package tax in the commercial market, Wu Haogu also participated. And he also took the opportunity to dig a pit for the Koreans, and now he is going back to Kaifeng Mansion to explain the situation for this matter.

The book Pan Qiaolian reads was also compiled by Wu Haogu and several great Confucians such as Su Yu and Lu Haowen, and it is still a philosophical book, called "Theory of Reason" - that's right, it is the rationalism that later became the philosophical basis of science, democracy and the Enlightenment!

The reason why this "Theory of Reason" came out is actually the inevitable product of the theoretical conflict between "The Theory of Heavenly Reason" and "Positivism".

In these days of Wuhao Guxi's expedition, there was a quarrel within the Yuntai Academy because of "Tianli Shuo" and "Positivism" - this is actually a contradiction that will inevitably arise after a large number of "generalists" and "doctors" graduate from the academy and are left in school to do studies. This is because there is a huge conflict between the emphasis on practice and sensory cognition emphasized in the "Positivist Theory" and the theory of the "Heavenly Theory".

What is missing between these two theories is rationalism, which is a philosophical approach (i.e., a way of thinking about problems) that recognizes that reasoning can be used as a source of knowledge.

In fact, the "Heavenly Doctrine" is a metaphysical category, which discusses the unprovable, and is naturally divorced from practice. Under the suspicion of positivism, rationalism came into being – but it is debatable whether "morality" can be used as the basis for reasoning! Therefore, if the "Theory of Reason" continues to develop, it will eventually shake the foundation of the "Theory of Heavenly Reason".

But Wu Haogu couldn't take care of so much, because "reasoning" and "experiment" are the basis for exploring natural science, and both are indispensable!

Although Pan Qiaolian is not a great Confucian, she also sees some problems with "Theory of Reason" - this book not only has great truths, but also contains specific thinking methods and examples. The examples are all natural, such as "water is the source of life", such as "fire is the source of life", and some arithmetic reasoning...... In other words, what is used as the basis of rational reasoning is a truth that can be tested by practice.

Obviously, both the Positivism and the Theory of Reason can be used to question the Heavenly Doctrine, which is a fatal flaw in the dialectics and discourse!

Of course, Pan Qiaolian didn't think so far-reaching, but vaguely felt that something was wrong, and when she was about to ask her husband a question, Olga's voice came.

"Master, someone is in the palace!"

The person who came to the palace was Xuanwu Haogu who entered the palace, saying that the western thief had been subdued!

"Subdued?" Wu Haogu was stunned, when he came back from the Jiehe Commercial Market, he was still bargaining!

"Is it Zhang Shuxiang and Su Xianggong's recital?" Wu Haogu asked.

"Ouch, we don't know about this." The eunuchs who came to spread the word were not of high status, and they were not very familiar with Wu Haogu. "The official just asked the Taiwei to hurry into the palace and go to the Chongzheng Palace to summon the right."

"Good! The officer changed his clothes and came. ”

Although Wu Haogu felt strange in his heart, he still put on his official uniform and followed the little yellow gate from the palace to the Chongzheng Hall of Qionglin Palace.

In the Chongzheng Palace, a bunch of important ministers have arrived, and they are all beaming. When Wu Haogu walked in, his old mentor Su Dongpo was still coughing and chanting poems - what a khan, what martial arts, what eternity, in short, it was all a flowery sycophant.

Wu Haogu was right to think about it, didn't the western thief surrender! Of course, I have to compose a poem to congratulate him.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty! For the Great Song Dynasty...... "After Wu Haogu was announced into the main hall, it was no exception, hurry up and serve it!" was about to chant poems to praise Zhao Dashengjun - he is a great Confucian, of course he can compose poems, and it is not difficult to make poems, they all have formats, but it is not easy to do them well - Zhao Ji spoke first.

"Da Lang," Zhao Ji said, "don't be busy composing poems yet, I have something to ask." ”

"Your Majesty......" Wu Haogu looked up at Zhao Ji.

The official family has put away the smiling face! What's going on? Could it be that the kneeling posture of the thief is not beautiful enough? Or is Da Liao asking for money again?

Wu Haogu said: "What does Your Majesty want to ask?" ”

Zhao Ji asked: "You are the envoy of the coastal city, and you know some things overseas, right?" ”

"Yes." Wu Haogu beat the drum in his heart, something happened overseas? Could it be that Japan sent an envoy to congratulate him? Or did Tamna also come to recognize his father? No, it's all a good thing!

Zhao Ji asked: "What does that peach blossom stone mean?" ”

Wu Haogu replied: "Peach Blossom Stone is the name of the Western countries for my Chinese kingdom. ”

Of course he knew about this, he had been a secretary of the city, and there was an Olga from Eastern Rome at home. In fact, the Eastern Romans also called China "Peach Blossom Stone" - the Eastern Roman historian Simocarta in his "Memorabilia of Emperor Morris" called China Taugast, which is transliterated as "Peach Blossom Stone".

Zhao Ji snorted: "My emperor Qianshun said in the recital that now there are the barbarians of the Black Khan Uighurs who have been crowned Taohuashi Khan and the governor of China, and they have also seized the land of Khotan, and they also want to take away my Great Song Dynasty!" Da Lang, this matter will be thoroughly investigated by your coastal city shipping department! ”

What the? Qianshun is already a prince? Do you want to go west to find trouble with the Hurs? The Black Khan Uighurs are now half-dead, and they still take the Great Song Dynasty? Even that half-life thief can wipe them out with a little thumb!

Wu Haogu was confused. However, he knew about the "Peach Blossom Stone Khan", so he played: "Your Majesty, this matter is true!" This Black Khan Uighur silver coin bears the inscription 'Suleiman Kader Peach Stone Khan' in Turkic script......"

The current Jiehe trading market is already the land starting point of the Silk Road, and of course there are Black Khan Uighur merchants in the city, and some Black Khan Uighur silver coins have also been brought with them.

"Really!"

"It's a big rebellion!"

"Wild Barbarian!"

The inside of the hall immediately fryed. What kind of "Suleiman Kader Peach Blossom Stone Khan" is really hateful, he actually wants to take the Great Song Dynasty - something that even the Khitan dare not think of, he actually dares to think, could it be that the Black Khan Uighurs are even more powerful than the Khitan?

"Wu Chongdao," Cai Jing asked with a serious face at this time, "Is this Black Khan Uighur powerful?" How is it than Khitan? ”

"Cai Xianggong, the Black Khan Uighurs were once strong, but now they are a weak country, and the silver coins mentioned by the lower officials were also minted nearly a hundred years ago." Wu Haogu explained, "The current Black Khan Uighurs do not dare to attack us. ”

Zhao Ji asked: "Then does their Khan King still call himself the Khan of Taohuashi?" ”

"This ......" Wu Haogu thought for a while, shook his head and said, "The minister doesn't know, the minister will send someone to check immediately." ”

"Find out quickly!" Zhao Ji picked up the recital on the imperial case, "If the khan of the country still dares to call him the Khan of Taohuashi, I will approve the request of the emperor Qianshun, and order him to send troops to Anxi, recapture the four towns, and behead this rebellious and arrogant barbarian by the way!" ”

Wu Haogu said in his heart when he heard this: One mouthful of a prince...... I don't know, I really think that Qianshun is the cub of you and the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang! Listening to his meaning, Qianshun should have knelt down, and he also used that unlucky Taohuashi Khan as a target, wanting to fight for his father or something.

This black-sweated Uighur is really unlucky, pretending to be forced and pretending to be in trouble!