The drizzle was drizzling, and Kaifeng Mansion entered a rainy season.

In the early morning, the rain and fog shrouded Kaifeng Mansion, and from a distance, it was confused, as if everything was shrouded in smoke. You can only vaguely see the long street, busy with traffic and pedestrians, it is the busiest time of the year, even this rain and fog cannot stop people's enthusiasm for creation and life.

Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian went to the big study room of the Republic Building every day to "sit on duty" - there is now the "headquarters building" of the Republic Bank, the head office of the Republic Bank and the head office of Wanjia Real Estate Bank, as well as the Kaifeng Branch of the Jiehe Chamber of Commerce and the head office of the Oiran Bookstore, all of which are located in this four-story "high-rise building".

Therefore, Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian came here to work mainly to facilitate meetings and listen to reports from their subordinates, and at the same time to arrange the business plans of the Republic Bank and its subordinate commercial banks in the summer, autumn, and winter of the first year of the Yasukuni period under construction.

The first task is, of course, to build a house! 420 houses have been sold, and the deposit has received 1.9 million. The time for handing over the house has been set, and if the house can't be handed over by then, Wuhaogu and Gonghexing will be in trouble.

In addition, the quality of the house cannot be worse. If it's the same as the property of the store, then the brand will be upside down.

Moreover, I can't imagine that I will be impeached again by the old man Yushi, who has nothing to do!

Of course, it was not difficult for the Republic to build a house. Because this is not the first time that the Republic has built a house, even the four-story "high-rise" Republic Building has been built before. What's so hard about building a three-story and two-story house now?

And Wu Haogu also gave birth to an extra heart, and asked Song Huizong for the purpose of the Tao, so that Li Jie, who was worried at home (he still has a lot of worries, his father is dying of illness now), to be the "supervisor" of the gatekeeper - the house built by the builder who contracted the project of Wanjia Real Estate Bank (Huang Shilang, the engineering department of Wanjiaxing, was brought to Jiehe), must satisfy Li Jie, in order to pass the test.

In fact, there is no need for Li Jiezhen to pick on the thorns, when people hear the name of this great god of construction, they don't dare to think of cutting corners.

The second task is to prepare for the construction of the Jiehe Daxiangguo Temple - this solution was also established after the decree! Although it has the name of Daxiangguo Temple, in fact, only 20% of the shares belong to Jiehe Daxiangguo Temple, and the remaining shares belong to the Republic Bank, Panjia Gold and Silver Silk Silk Shop, Yunwu Tea Store (actually Zhao Ji's private house) and Gao Yu.

As for the actual operation of the warehouse, it is the Pan family's gold, silver, silk and silk shops that are responsible for it.

The third task was to arrange the publication plan of the "Oiran" album and the magazine "Wenqu Xing". The "Oiran" album is easy to arrange, after all, it will be suspended until mid-April, and there is time for stereotypical sketching.

"Wenqu Xing" magazine has a bit of a problem, Yuan Fu's three-year imperial examination has passed a year, and people's enthusiasm for the imperial examination has decreased. Therefore, after entering the first year of the Yasukuni period in the founding of the country, the sales of "Wenqu Xing" magazine began to decline, and the tricks were not as good as before.

Therefore, Wu Haogu was ready to make some changes, adding some "Wu Strategy" and his own private goods to the "Scholar" magazine "Wenqu Xing". In fact, the scholars of the Song Dynasty liked to talk on paper, and the content of "martial arts" should be popular.

Moreover, Wu Haogu also found two new chief writers for this magazine, one is Cheng Yi's disciple, Wu Haowen's teacher, Hou Zihou Zhongliang. The other is Zhao Mingcheng, the son of Zhao Tingzhi in the imperial history, who is Li Qingzhao's fiancé. Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao have been engaged for a long time, and they originally planned to officially start their wedding in February (Zhao and Li's wedding will take at least a month), but the lack of a national funeral happened. So a couple of lovers can only endure it temporarily......

"Shisheng, Defu, please leave "Wenqu Xing" to the two."

On the observation deck on the fourth floor of the Republic Building, Wu Hao Guzheng spoke to the two main writers of the magazine "Wenqu Xing", "I only set a few that cannot be written, one is not to divulge the secrets of the imperial court; the second is not to attack the exposition and change of the previous dynasty; Third, we cannot advocate the abandonment of national territory. ”

"Can't attack the narrative and change?" Zhao Mingcheng shook a folding fan lightly, "Is it because of the construction of Yasukuni?" ”

Zhao Mingcheng's father and Wu Haogu's mentor Su Dongpo are political enemies, but this does not prevent Zhao Mingcheng from becoming friends with Wu Haogu - Zhao Mingcheng's fiancée Li Qingzhao is still the daughter of Li Gefei, one of the four bachelors after Sumen!

Moreover, Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao were also familiar with Zhao Ji because they were edited and revised by Wu Haogula "Mengxi Pen Talk", and from a certain point of view, they have also broken away from the old and new parties, and they are the characters of the "Imperial Party".

"It's to prevent this "Wenqu Xing" from dying!" Wu Haogu held on to the railing of the observation deck and looked at the Kaifeng Mansion City in the distance, "Although I am quite trustworthy to Your Majesty, I still can't bear the charge of arguing about Shao and Changhua."

Now, as long as it does not involve exposition and change, this "Wenqu Xing" will always be an altar for the new and old parties, as well as various schools of thought. If "Wenqu Xing" is gone, won't there be no place for everyone's views to be published? ”

Hou Zhongliang stroked his beard, although he did not agree with Wu Haogu's proposition, but he still respected Wu Haogu very much - he regarded Wu Haogu as an "evil Confucian" and "Shang Confucian" who could discuss with the Great Confucian.

"Chongdao, you can't write about it and change it, so what else can you write?" Hou Zhongliang asked.

Wu Haogu smiled: "Just write a military strategy!" Wang Jinggong's new policy is to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and the Qingli New Deal presided over by Fan Wenzhenggong is also to enrich the country and strengthen the army...... Now let's not talk about rich countries, let's talk about the method of strengthening the army! ”

In fact, the main difference between the old and new parties lies in the "rich country", that is, how to make money and how to restrain businessmen and tycoons. As for how to "strengthen the army", it is still possible to say a word.

Moreover, Song Huizong himself has no direction on how to strengthen the army - not only Song Huizong, but also Song Zhezong and Song Shenzong do not know how to strengthen the army, there is only one concept of being rich and strong, and mistakenly thinking that if you are rich, you will definitely be strong.

"Strong soldiers?" When Hou Zhongliang heard these two words, he was also a little energetic, "Brother Chongdao, listen to Wangdao, you also have a little experience in the way of strengthening soldiers!" ”

"Really?" Zhao Mingcheng also said, "Brother Chongdao still knows the art of war? Let's hear it. ”

Wu Haogu smiled, "What is there to say about the art of war?" It seems to me that all the talk on paper is false. ”

"You can't say that, can you?" Zhao Mingcheng frowned and said, "Fan Wenzheng and Han Zhongxian of this dynasty, as well as the current Tongzhi Privy Council Minister, aren't they all scholars who are in charge of the army and make the enemy chieftain fearful?" ”

Wu Haogu just smiled, Zhang Qi was just that, Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi could make Li Yuanhao frightened?

"Now everyone is arguing about the military system," Wu Haogu patted the railing, "government soldiers, soldiers, knights, warriors, I think what kind of soldiers are good, I think we have to practice." ”

"Practice?"

Hou Zhongliang and Zhao Mingcheng both didn't understand it at all.

"Yes!" Wu Haogu smiled, "Isn't there a saying that a mule is a horse, pull it out for a walk?" This is practice, if you don't walk, who knows if the horse and mule are good or bad. I think it's the same for other places. Whether this iron is beaten well or not, hit the sword and armor, and you will know it by chopping it.

Is this martial art good, go and try it, don't you understand? If you don't look like a person, you have to compare it with a real person, right?

This is practice, and practice is the criterion for testing the authenticity of the merits! ”

"Practice is the criterion for testing the authenticity of the fake?" Hou Zhongliang heard Wu Haogu's "crooked reasoning" again!

Can practice test the truth of the truth? Is it difficult for Confucius and Mencius to test the way of Confucius and Mencius? Where have you put the way of Confucius and Mencius, the words of the sages?

"Can the military system also be tested by practice?"

When Hou Zhongliang realized that something was wrong, Zhao Mingcheng hadn't reacted yet - his Confucianism could not be compared with Hou Zhongliang, and his thinking was not so far-reaching, so he asked about the possibility of testing the military system.

"Yes." Wu Haogu said with a smile, "Isn't it all practice to use the manor to raise knights and use real estate to select warriors?" The previous Department of Military Studies was also a practice. At present, there are still many people who think that the government military system is very good, and I think it can also be arranged for practice. ”

"How should the soldiers practice?"

"There are four hundred military states in the Great Song Dynasty," Wu Hao Gu said, "it is completely possible to take out a military state to test the government soldiers." ”

In fact, Wu Haogu didn't think that it was possible for the government soldiers to be implemented in the Great Song Dynasty, but he also did not reject the experiment of reviving the government military system - it was impossible to succeed around Kaifeng Mansion, but in those military states where industry and commerce were not developed, if you really had to work hard and spend money, you might succeed.

For example, Han Zhongyan's hometown of Xiangzhou is a good test base. Isn't Yue Fei, who is loyal to the country, a native of Xiangzhou? Many of the generals in the Yuejia army were born in Xiangzhou, which shows that Xiangzhou still had a military foundation in the late Northern Song Dynasty. If you can set up a few Zhechong mansions in Xiangzhou, you will always be able to mobilize thousands of elite government soldiers in the future, isn't it another anti-Jin force?

"That's right." Zhao Mingcheng didn't know that he had been pulled into a trap by Wu Haogu, "You can really try it...... Do you want to write an article in Wenqu Star magazine? ”

"You can discuss it with you," Wu Haogu said, "you can open up some pages and make a column for everyone to discuss the Tao, or it can be called 'On the Paper,' that is, the opinions on the 'practice of the military system' are put forward there."

Senior brother, what do you think? ”

"It's right to talk about the Tao on paper," Hou Zhongliang said, "It's just a practical way, and I don't approve of it." There are many things that can't be practiced in the world, such as moral principles, can they also be tested by practice? ”

Sure enough, you can't fool Hou Zi Daru! In fact, his way of preserving heaven and destroying people's desires has been tested by later practice and proved that it is not spiritual...... But there's no need to reason with him right now.

"Shisheng," Wuhao Ancient Dao, "The Tao that cannot be tested by practice is naturally not among the tests of practice." However, there are still many things and truths in the world that can be tested by practice, so practice itself is a way to pursue the path of nature. ”