A letter with only a few pages in his hand was in his hand, but Wu Haogu read it over and over again.

This is a private letter sent by Pan Xiao'an, which was sent together with the annual report of his own Republic. Although the letter is not long, it says a lot of things. For example, Fan Chunren's death; For example, Lu Jingshan of the Lu clan in Lantian was edicted to enter Beijing, and he was treated as a cross-entry into the right place; For example, the Son of Heaven has recently frequented the Royal Boxing Gym in micro-clothes; For example, recently, it has become popular in Beijing to run a newspaper, and some people in both the new and old parties have instructed their sons and nephews who have no official status to run the newspaper, and businessmen in Beijing have also contributed money to invest. However, the most important thing is that the name of the new year has finally been determined, which is the second year of the founding of the Yasukuni Empire.

The first era name of Song Huizong, who built the Yasukuni Kingdom, probably means to take the middle route and thin mud, and there is only a short year in history, and then he began to explain the new law. And now that there is the second year of the founding of Yasukuni, it means that Song Huizong is still very satisfied with the achievements of the first year of the founding of Yasukyo.

But then again, this year's results are really quite big. First of all, he relied on the method of "real estate to prosper the country" to raise a huge amount of money and was able to carry out the construction project of Qionglin Palace. Later, the Imperial Knights were also formed, and although the process was a bit tortuous, the 1,000 knights had already begun to settle down, and they would be ready for service by October next year. The trial of the government military system was also a success, which was probably the thing that excites Song Huizong the most. Otherwise, Lu Jingshan, who was the second generation of the hardcore old party, would not have turned over and was summoned by Song Huizong.

Pan Xiao'an speculated in his letter that the Son of Heaven was likely to experiment with the government military system on a larger scale, and most likely would set up a new government office under the Privy Council or the Ministry of War to be in charge of the government soldiers, and Lu Jingshan would be in charge.

This is evidenced by the fact that the Son of Heaven has recently frequently visited the Royal Boxing Gym - although the Son of Heaven met a very interesting female boxer named Zhou Feiyan in the Imperial Boxing Gym, he would not stay in the Royal Boxing Gym for half a day and watch a group of muscular men train because of a beautiful woman. According to Li Zhong, who accompanied the Son of Heaven (Li Zhong was transferred back to Kaifeng Mansion and became the secretary of the Imperial City), the Son of Heaven valued Zhou Feiyan's father Zhou Tong even more. He is going to set up a mission to promote the Imperial Boxing Gym, and he also wants to turn the Imperial Boxing Gym into a special "gym" for military attachés of the Kaifeng Forbidden Army, and only after the training of the Imperial Boxing Gym can he be qualified to train the government soldiers.

These things don't seem bad, at least not bad for Wu Haogu, but the news that Pan Xiao'an wrote at the end of the letter made Wu Haogu feel that something was wrong.

Wu Haogu, Su Yu, Su Guo, and Lu Haowen co-edited the book "Practical Enlightenment Test Theory" (General Theory), which suddenly appeared in large numbers in the book market of Kaifeng Prefecture.

It is no exaggeration to say that this "Practical Doctrine of Taoism" (General Theory) is the most important wealth that Wu Haogu brought to this era, even surpassing Jiehe Shang City and Yuntai Xue Palace!

Because the "positivist philosophy" is the guiding ideology of Jiehe Shangshi and Yuntai Academy. Without positivism, it would not have been possible for the Yuntai Academy to become the stronghold of Confucian naturalism, and the Jiehe Commercial Market would not have been able to give birth to true capitalism.

Positivism is first and foremost a tool for exploring natural science, and without positivism and the scientific method that goes with it, technical books such as "Heavenly Creations" are a complete collection of crafts, and it is impossible to make it a science through classification, induction, experimentation, and derivation of laws and theories. Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and without the impetus of science and technology, it would be impossible for the germination of capitalism in Jiehe Commercial City and Haizhou to blossom and bear fruit.

Secondly, positivism is also a sociological tool, which can liberate the human mind from imprisoned dogmas, can experiment with all kinds of nascent systems, and can improve the system of Confucianism so that it can override theology and metaphysics.

Moreover, for Confucianism, a school that originally set the worldview as a problem, the level is completely different whether there is a tool of positivism or not. Confucianism without positivism is an ethic, and only after positivism can the Confucian worldview be considered complete - the introduction and prosperity of Buddhism and the emergence of Taoism in history are actually related to the existence of major flaws in the Confucian worldview. If you want to deceive people and not make it up, you have to explore but you don't have tools, and you don't let people take advantage of it to get in.

It is no exaggeration to say that the pamphlet "Practical Doctrine of the Doctrine" is a Pandora's box of science, capitalism, and the brutal struggle between sects and schools...... Historically, it was not until after that vigorous decade that China replaced dogmatism with positivism, and this substitution was still highly controversial in later years. Not to mention in the Song Dynasty in the Middle Ages!

"I told them not to spread the ......word for the time being," Wu Haogu muttered to himself in the large study of the newly completed Jiehe Shang Municipal Building. He had long known that this positivism was a big hole, so when he left Haizhou, he took care of Su Yu, Su Guo, Lu Haowen and others, and did not take out the unfinished "Practical Doctrine of Taoism" and distribute it.

But in the blink of an eye, there was a pamphlet of "Practical Enlightenment Test" (General Theory) in Kaifeng Mansion.

"The Great Song Dynasty has a literary prison!"

Although Wu Haogu was thinking so, he didn't have the slightest fear in his heart, he just felt so sorry for the school struggle that was about to start, and those who were beaten down by him probably also had the name of Confucianism in history, right? It's a pity that they can't fight themselves, and most of them won't join them.

Folding the letter and putting it away, Wu Haogu picked up a list on the table prepared by his own copywriter Wu Chenglan and looked at it - this Wu Chenglan is Wu Haogu's uncle, ranked thirteenth in the clan, and is also a scholar, Yuan Fu also entered Beijing to take the exam when he was three years old, but there is no high school. Later, I stayed in Kaifeng Mansion for a while, and saw what is called wealth, what is called Golden House, and what is Yan Ruyu, so I had doubts about my imperial examination life, so I found Wu Chengzhi, and then hugged Wu Haogu's thigh, and after Zhao Jiaren went to be the chief writer of the newspaper, he became Wu Haogu's copywriter, that is, the secretary.

Wuhao Guke in Jiehe is very busy, dealing with a mountain of government affairs, meeting all kinds of guests, taking time out of the city to go on safaris, and arranging fitness exercises every day.

Therefore, Wu Chenglan, the secretary, drew up a schedule and implemented it every day to achieve the purpose of rational use of time.

After looking at the list, Wu Haogu instructed the attendant outside the door: "Go to the Hou meeting room and bring Zhao Zhongge and Ma Zheng in." ”

Zhao Zhongge and Ma Zheng were the envoys who went north to complete the Yanbu to view the military appearance, among which Zhao Zhongge was the inevitable candidate because he could speak a little Bohai dialect and Jurchen dialect. And Ma Zheng is an acquaintance selected by Wu Haogu from the list of imperial knights - it seems that this is the one who was ordered to cross the sea to envoy to the Jin Kingdom in the name of buying horses! Unexpectedly, Wu Haogu saw him in the knight list, and it turned out that he was also a miscellaneous military minister from the Western military system.

Soon, Brother Zhao Zhong walked in with a tall young man in his twenties, wearing a brocade robe and jade belt, wearing a sprinkling turban, and his face was full of strength and heroism. This young man is Ma Zheng, born in the Xihe Army, has been in the army for many years, and the four brothers in the family are all young generals of the Western Army, so he got an index for joining the Military Academy, and now he has become a "knight" with 1,500 acres of land.

However, Wu Haogu did not plan to let Ma Zheng serve in the army, but had a more important task entrusted to him - he was going to observe the war between the Sonu Zhenbu and the Goryeo! Of course, this is also cultivating Ma Zheng.

Seeing Brother Zhao Zhong and Ma Zheng sitting in front of him, Wu Haogu smiled gently, "Brother Zhong'er, Zhongfu, there is a long way to run, which is quite difficult, are you two willing?" ”

The two glanced at each other, Brother Zhao Zhong already knew what was going on, so he patted his chest immediately, "The big husband is ambitious, why are you afraid of being far away?" ”

Ma Zheng heard Brother Zhao Zhongge say this, and also nodded: "Where does the guest province want to let the late students go?" Just say it. ”

"Zhongfu," Wu Haogu smiled, "Do you have three brothers in your family who are also in the Western Army?" ”

"yes." Ma Zheng didn't quite understand, just nodded.

"You have three more sons?" Wu Haogu asked again.

"It's three dogs."

Don't look at Ma Zhengcai in his early twenties, but his wife has been married for many years, and he has three sons, the youngest of whom is named Ma Kuo.

"Is there one named Ma Kuo?"

"Yes......" Ma Zheng replied stunned.

Is this to check the account?

"That's good." Wu Haogu smiled and nodded, Ma Kuo is also a famous name in history, but he can't be annihilated because Ma Zheng didn't have the opportunity to hold hands with his wife after he went away.

Wu Haogu continued: "I'm afraid that this errand of yours will take several years, and no one at home will take care of it, so it's better to write a letter to the northwest, and then call a brother to come over, and let him serve and take care of the family instead of you." I will give you another 1,500 acres of land, and ask your brother to help take care of it. ”

"Ke Province, the 1,500 acres of land you gave me is ......"

"It was given to you by the Boundary River City Bosi!" Wu Haogu understood what the other party meant, "Because this errand to the north is very dangerous, and it is very likely that there will be no return." ”

That's a lot of settling-in money! At the same time, it is also the rope that binds Ma Zhengyi, the samurai family, and the Jiehe trading market!

"Da Lang, don't scare people," Zhao Zhongge interjected at this time, "Isn't it just a trip to give birth to a girl?" What's the big deal? ”

Wu Haogu smiled: "The journey is long, the time is long, and I have to watch the Jurchens and the Goryeo people fight, but as long as I can come back, I will plant...... Brother Zhong, I will also give you 1,500 acres of land, your son and wife and concubine are all brought to Jiehe, and I will take care of it for you. ”

He asked Ma Zheng with a smile again, "Zhongfu, are you going?" ”

Ma Zheng has already thought about it, this is a rare opportunity! So he got up immediately and saluted: "The guest province has orders, and the subordinates dare not obey!" ”