Chapter 40: The New Era of Everything (3)

[The chase behind is very tight, and there are friends with monthly passes in your hands, don't hesitate any longer. After a month of hard work, I can't fall short! I hope that all book friends, give me a little more motivation! 】

"Isn't that Han Xuanhui?"

With this sentence in the box, there was a sudden commotion.

Five or six soldiers in shirts, all of whom had lost their usual cultivation, rushed to the window and looked at the lower part of the river.

Only Zong Ze sat still, looking at the dishes on the table with his eyes intact.

With his reputation in the capital, if he wants to visit the Han Mansion, he won't wait too long to be recruited. It's just that he has no interest in it, and he doesn't plan to deliberately visit him, and the focus of attention at this stage is not the Ministry of Etiquette test?

As for the moment, Zong Ze is now thinking more about how to take advantage of this opportunity to eat more, and he can't waste the ten times he paid for it.

If he hadn't written special opinion articles for the two express newspapers, Zong Ze wouldn't have been able to get so much cash to supplement his daily expenses. But I won't be coaxed by my classmates in the same residence, and I had to agree to go down to the main store in the inner city to have a good drink.

"Why don't you put away the umbrella?" Someone squeezed in front of the window and asked in surprise.

Several people immediately replied one sentence after another: "I heard that Han Xuanhui is notoriously the least fond of using honor guards in the two mansions." Except for the last dynasty and the government, there are only a dozen guards when they usually go out. ”

Zong Ze didn't forget to eat, and his chopsticks kept moving. It's rare to come to the inner city to eat and drink, but one by one only cares about people, it's a waste of this table full of good wine and food.

It's just that you see a cool umbrella, why be so surprised. Zong Ze thought so.

Compared with the Guozijian near the south gate of the outer city, the chance of meeting important ministers in the inner city is much greater. On the Zhouqiao Night Market, you can see a golden and purple minister passing in front of you any day, but in Nanxun Gate, the chance of seeing a pig is much higher than the chance of seeing an official. If you include the part of the officials who are no different from pigs, the gap is even greater. It's just that in Guozi Prison, how many students have never seen a cool umbrella? Fifty miles within the capital

It wasn't until Han Gang and his entourage turned into another street and watched the lively Guozi prisoners in front of the window that they returned to their seats one by one, but the focus of the discussion was still Han Gang, who had already gone away.

"It's really Han Xuanhui."

"It would be nice if I could ask for advice in person and listen to knowledge."

Zong Ze buried himself in eating, even if Han Gang came forward to give a lecture, he didn't feel that he was qualified to join in the excitement now.

To attend the lectures, you must first lay a good foundation, read through a series of books on qi, and go to the latest articles in Nature at any time. Han Gang's advocacy of the study of things is not something that can be understood by reading two scriptures, there is no foundation, and it is just a waste of time to listen to it.

"Nature" has been published for three times, and Zong Ze got it at the first time every time, but he couldn't understand many places. If it's about biology, physics, and chemistry, it's easy to do an experiment or observe it according to the content of the article, but if it's about numbers, it's a real headache.

Zong Ze was born in a merchant family in Liangzhejiang, and when it comes to arithmetic, none of the people present can compare to him, but it is a pity that Zong Ze, who can memorize the ninety-nine songs backwards at the age of seven or eight, also feels a headache about the papers on Kaifang, Pythagorean, and Tianyuan algebra in "Nature".

Compared to Zong Ze, his classmates are much simpler. Most of the students in Guozijian didn't attach much importance to qi science at first, but they were only interested in those experiments, but they still regarded it as a small way, but when Han Gang returned to Beijing this time, he preached Huayi's distinction in the palace and advocated foreign expansion, which immediately caused an uproar in Guozijian, and the attitude of the students towards qi science changed.

A group of classmates who have a good relationship with Zong Ze, and what they love and appreciate the most now is Han Gang's new theory on Huayi's distinction. As the benchmark of qi science, the four sentences of Hengqu are no longer empty words, but have a practical theoretical basis, and at the same time, goals and directions are also derived from it.

"Those barbarians, who occupy so much land, only know slash-and-burn farming. In the case of Chinese people, we can dig ditches and open up fields, and no matter how bad the land is, we can grow food. ”

"Think about the sixteen states of Youyan, how many people are there until now, and how many people can be resettled if I have this place in China?"

"What a waste. Such a good land, such a big plain, but it was used as pasture for the northern captives. Isn't that a waste? ”

"Let's talk about the South. Before the southern expedition and level crossing, Guangxi only had much production. Now, there are millions of stone of grain every year. ”

"The land outside the mountains, out of the state city, is the territory of the barbarians. Think about it, hundreds of thousands, no more than a million barbarians, occupy two ways. Just look at how much more production of Liangguang has increased after the official army conquered Jiaozhi in the south, and you can know how much Lu Dao wasted in the past. ”

"The best way is to change the land and return to the stream."

Zong Ze smiled and looked at the students' talk.

Zong Ze also likes the momentum in the Hengqu Four Sentences Teaching, and also agrees with Han Gang's views on all things in nature, as well as the distinction between barbarians and Huaxia. Although the final goal is to seize the land from the barbarians from all over the world, he still understands the truth that he must first be 'old and young' and 'young and young' before he can 'reach the old of people' and 'reach the young of people'.

If not enough land is provided for cultivation and planting, the Chinese people will die, or they will drown in swaddling clothes, or they will starve to death or die of disease when they become adults. If you want the people of China to live with peace of mind, you must seize and develop the land in the hands of the barbarians.

Although it is said that the principle of natural selection and survival of the fittest really needs to be taken into account, it can also be counted together with the external expansion advocated by Han Gang, which is exactly in conflict with Huayi's discrimination, which can be described as a cocoon and self-restraint. But it feels like Han Gang has really explained the world situation thoroughly.

Just like the current Guozijian, 2,000 outer students compete for 300 places in the inner house, and 300 inner students have to compete for the vacancy of 100 upper students. Moreover, it is not a matter of one or two years for the upper students to be given the Jinshi and the first and jinshi backgrounds, plus a group of people who do not advance or retreat, and there are no more than 20 places vacated by the upper monks every year. What is such competition called? It's survival of the fittest! Those who can't adapt will be eliminated. It is too much in line with reality, and you can see confirmed examples anytime and anywhere, so that the eight words 'natural selection, survival of the fittest' are 'related to me' among the teachers and students of Guozijian.

Nowadays, Han Gang has many supporters in the country. They are all young people, they are all full of ambition, they have all witnessed the country from decline to strength, and they are all envious of the achievements and opportunities of the younger generation such as Han Gang, Zhang Dan, and Lu Huiqing.

In that case, how could they choose the conservative and introverted old party? The New Party, on the other hand, does not have a rational theory as its foundation in the expansion of the country. However, Han Gang's new interpretation of Huayi's distinction gave the imperial court a moral basis and necessary reason to expand its territory.

Huaxia is not a barbarian.

If it is a barbarian, as long as there is a famous chief who raises his arms and shouts, we are going to rob the Han people, so many silk silks and women are ours, and we can immediately pull up tens of thousands of people. If China wants to conquer the Quartet, it must be justified, or hang the people for crimes, or conquest without subordination, in short, there must be a righteous name.

The name given by Han Gang is no more sufficient.

Whether it is a crime of hanging the people and cutting down the people, or whether it is a conquest or a minister, there will be opposing voices in the country, because from the reason, it is only a matter of face after all, but it is the people who work and the treasury that is consumed. Emperor Taizu's 'how can others snore on the side of the couch', but the emperor wants to sleep peacefully, and it has nothing to do with the people, and the courtiers want to oppose it, they can use the people's livelihood and people's hearts as a reason.

However, Han Gang's new interpretation of Huayi is based on population figures, and the conclusion reached is indisputable, so that the world can understand the necessity of expanding the territory, which is the key to the life and death of the Great Song Dynasty and hundreds of millions of people.

"Rulin, what do you think?" Finally, a student found out that Zong Ze had not spoken, only caring about eating and drinking, "Liao and the South China Sea, which side should be attacked first?" ”

"What are you going to do now to fight Liao? Han Xuanhui worked hard to bring disaster to the east. Zong Ze put down his chopsticks, took a sip of light wine and rinsed his mouth, and said unhurriedly: "When the country was founded, Taizu started with the strategy of King Zhao Han [Zhao Pu] first in the south and then in the north, first the easy and then the difficult, so that we have today. If it is at the beginning, if it is defeated, where will there be strength to conquer the south after that? ”

Zong Ze is known for being proficient in military affairs in the Guozi Prison, and as soon as he said this, a classmate shouted proudly, "I'll just say, naturally the South China Sea is the best." ”

"Then the imperial court set up a naval army, and what is the purpose of sending people to escort the Goryeo envoy back to China in such a hurry?!"

"It's not that I hope that Goryeo can contain the Liao State, and the officials and troops can go south without worry. Ru Lin, don't you say? ”

The question was passed on to Zong Ze again, Zong Ze thought for a while, and said: "But the matter of conquest is not child's play, and it is not impossible to think about defeat before winning, even if it is only a small country in the South China Sea, it is not impossible for the officers and soldiers to return in vain." Back then, Taizong cut Jiaozhi, wasn't he also trapped in water and soil, and had to give up after the worst time? What if an unfortunate accident occurs and the officers and soldiers are pursued to the middle of the country? ”

Zong Ze didn't answer the question, and several classmates didn't understand, "Rulin, what does this mean?" ”

"The establishment of the naval army by the imperial court was precisely because of the above concerns, and in order to avoid defeat, it chose not to go by land, but by sea. Even if you are defeated overseas, you don't have to worry about the thieves' army being able to counterattack the Great Song Dynasty. If you want to attack, you will attack, if you want to retreat, you will retreat, advance and retreat freely, for generals, there is no better battle than this. For example, the current support for Goryeo can consume the national strength of the Liao State overseas through the naval army, while Hebei and Hedong do not have to worry about the cavalry of the Liao State. There is nothing more comfortable than such a war. ”

Many people fell into contemplation because of Zong Ze's speech, but some people were not convinced: "But the wind and waves on the sea, how much military weapons, grain and grass can be sent to overseas officials and soldiers?" ”

Born in Liangzhejiang, Zong Ze knows a lot about maritime trade, "Even if the wind and waves are big, at least half of them can arrive." And the ships sailed day and night, faster than by land. I've read it all, it talks about various methods and consumption of grain and grass, thousands of miles of transportation by land, if only people and animals are used, they have to eat all the way, and only one-tenth of them can be sent to the front. If the car transportation is better, the rail and water transportation of the board boat will be even better. But at most, there are only seven or eight hundred material ships, and there are tracks that cannot be used without paving roads, which can be compared to the giant ships on the sea that are prone to thousands of stones? A sea ship can reach hundreds or thousands of trucks, and the people do not have to suffer from transshipment. Such a war consumes the least of the treasury's finances, and the imperial court can afford to fight. ”

No one could still raise an objection, Zong Ze picked up the chopsticks again, "In Zong Ze's humble opinion, what the imperial court is considering now is not the question of whether the south or the north first. The Chinese population will only increase, and there will be no end to the war, and there has never been an invincible method of warfare in the world, so there must be a tactic of defeat without loss. Goryeo, exactly such an experiment! ”