Chapter 1994: The saint sticks to one thing and serves as the shepherd of the world
The breeze blew slightly, blowing the gauze curtains on one side, and under the gauze curtains on both sides, there were some wooden shelves, similar to the ancient shelves of later generations, with some bronze utensils placed in the empty space.
In the hall.
Zhuge Liang lowered his head, pondered for a long time, and finally sighed slightly: "I know..."
Fei Qian looked at Zhuge Liang, but shook his head and said: "No, no, although it is said that Kong Ming is not clear yet..."
Zhuge Liang raised his head in dissatisfaction, somewhat angry. These days, joking about someone's name always seems like an insult.
Fei Qian smiled and pointed to the ancient bookshelf beside him, "When Kong Ming entered the hall, did he take a second look at the things around here?"
Zhuge Liang was startled, and couldn't help but turn his head to look, only to see some bronze wares on both sides of the archaeological shelves. However, these bronze wares were different from the general copper wares used for viewing and playing, but were some measuring instruments.
Ruler, bucket, scale, weight, balance...
Fei Qian stood up, walked to one side, picked up a ruler from the shelf, and said: "In the pre-Qin Dynasty, in the tenth year of Duke Xiao, the guard saddle was made by Daliang, and the buckets were weighed against each other, and the ruler was measured... This is it.
For Qin ruler..."
Fei Qian turned his head and motioned for Zhuge Liang to stand over.
Zhuge Liang hesitated for a while, then stood up and walked to Fei Qian's side.
Fei Qian handed the Qin ruler to Zhuge Liang, then pointed to another ruler next door, "This is a Han ruler, Kong Ming can balance it by himself..."
Zhuge Liang subconsciously took the ruler, then looked aside, but was stunned. Because in another grid, there was not only one copper ruler, but three.
"From left to right, they are the early Han Dynasty, Xin Mang, and the current ruler..." Fei Qian pointed.
"This... this..." Zhuge Liang did not go up to measure it stupidly, but looked at it, and then his eyes began to really inspect these things. "Qin Dou... Han Dou... Quan Liang..."
"In the second year of Guanghe, Da Sinong issued the Wuyin edict. On the day of the autumnal equinox, he measured the same weight, balanced the stone, raised the barrel, and rectified the power outline. He specially named the states in bronze. According to Huang Zhong's calendar, nine chapters of arithmetic, and
All the lengths, weights, sizes, using Qi Qizheng, will be the same in the whole country..." Fei Qian said calmly, "However, there are orders from the imperial court, and there are still big fights coming in and small fights going out everywhere, why?"
Of course, there have been opposite stories in history of "a small fight comes in and a big fight comes out", that is the pioneering work of the Tian family of Qi State, but in fact, that is just a cover-up, not really "a small fight goes in and a big fight comes out".
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the public measurement system of the State of Qi was based on the four-base system, with four liters being one dou, four dou being one district, four districts being one cauldron, and ten cauldrons being one bell. However, the private volume of the Tian Chen family was in the five-base system, five liters.
For a fight...
It seems that there is an extra liter for nothing. People naturally like to go to Tian and Chen to borrow money. It seems that people also get benefits. But in fact, as the saying goes, no interest is not a loan, and the loan must repay the principal.
Paying interest. Yan Zi is not a businessman, and he is analyzing Tian's method of buying people's hearts, so naturally he will not care about the details of interest.
At that time, there were three types of loan interest rates in Qi. One was "Zhong Ye Yi Zhong", which meant that the interest rate was 100%. If you borrowed one Zhong, you would have to pay back two Zhong; and then there was "Zhong Bo Wu Ye", or "Zhong Zhong".
Five cauldrons", that is, the interest rate is 50%; the least is "Zhongbo 20", the interest rate is equivalent to 20%, so even if Tian Chen lends it with five liters of bucket, it will be measured with four liters of bucket
Enter, it's just a revised version of "Hai San Mu Si".
And those people who think Tian Chen is kind are just monkeys who do somersaults to show that they have received benefits...
Not to mention filling the scales with mercury and adding iron blocks to the copper weights, which is simply a new way of doing things.
And is it a good thing to be clever in measurement?
If you can’t even trust the most basic standards, then what can you trust?
In this world, humans are the race that likes civil war the most, and the internal fighting in China is even more exciting.
In the world where humans live, a very real problem that we often encounter is where we come from and where we are going. In the eyes of later generations, this is more of a philosophical issue, but in the long history of mankind
I don't know where I am, I don't know where I came from, I don't know where I'm going, but it's a real problem in life.
After ancient humans spread from East Africa, they mostly chased prey without a clear purpose, so the troubles in this area were not very obvious. However, after the agricultural society and settled life took shape, they found their own position and determined their position.
Direction is already a very important issue.
To find a position, to tell future generations how to go and where to go, is it okay without standards?
If you want to find something, you first have to ask the little Fanggu Liang in the village. Then Xiao Fangguliang tells him to walk along the river and find the fisherman by the river. After finding the fisherman, the fisherman then tells him to look for the big locust tree in the east of the village.
The old lady under the big locust tree reached out and pointed, and walked ten steps towards here. The thing was underneath...
If there is an error in any of the links, the thing will be gone forever.
As for China, many, many things have disappeared.
Maybe it’s because of the war, maybe it’s because of inheritance, but because of the inconsistency in measurement, the things that could be made and the technology that were created in the past are just a pile of mud when later generations go hunting for treasures, and they just jump around and scold their ancestors for lying.
It's all rubbish, but I didn't realize that the measurement units used by later generations are different from the previous ones. How can I find the essence of it?
So, I had to start the research again, walk the rugged road again, and go around in a big circle, and then I discovered that it was actually next to the dug hole...
"Things of measurement have existed in ancient and modern times." Fei Qian continued, "Each generation has its differences. The ruler is the distance between a man's fingers, and the thumb is the distance between a woman's fingers... However, the heights of men and women in each generation are different.
, there are so many differences within a short distance...』
The original ruler refers to the distance between a man's extended thumb and middle finger, which is about 20 centimeters. The closest to the ruler is the ruler. The ruler refers to the distance from the thumb to the middle finger after a woman's hand is extended, so it is slightly shorter than the ruler, so it later became the ruler.
Used together with "卯婷" to express a short distance, such as "near at a stone's throw"...
Therefore, the measurement of ancient rulers is reasonable.
In times of peace, when people have more nutrition and grow taller, the ruler will be longer; if there is war and instability, people eat less and become short, then the ruler will be shorter.
However, there is another very interesting thing. Fei Qian took out another ruler from the shelf and handed it to Zhuge Liang, "This is Yingchuan's private ruler..." The private ruler will obviously be longer than the meter ruler.
Although it's not much, it's obvious when compared.
If in the later generations, this extra piece will be called a good life, uh, a waste of fire...
Silk cloth is also a kind of money, and most of the time people only borrow food, not cloth.
"So, do you understand? His subordinates, bachelors of agriculture and engineering, all use this measurement, and the incoming and outgoing are the same, and the size is the same..." Fei Qian looked at Zhuge Liang, pointed at these things around him, and said, "These are the measurements that a certain person and a bachelor have made."
The difference between people in Shandong...is also different from that in Jingzhou...Kong Ming, if someone sends troops to aid Jingzhou today, or exchanges flags, will he become more generous?"
Zhuge Liang held the copper ruler and felt it was heavy in his hands, and then his heart seemed to be equally heavy.
"The world does not lack close proximity, it just lacks measurement..." Fei Qian said with a smile, "However, the difficulty in measurement lies in the human heart. People's hearts have their own strengths and weaknesses, and they need to be weighed. If the world can be unified, the natural world will be unified.
.』
"If you have a measure in your heart, you will know where you came from and where you want to go...I was very happy to see Kong Ming today, so I gave this ruler to you. I hope you can measure the square inch of your heart, the rivers flowing thousands of feet, and the mountains ten thousand feet high..."
……(⊙??⊙)……
The river flows and the sun shines high.
The gentle breeze stirs the grass and trees in the wilderness, the carriages and horses rattle on the road, and the people pass by like a shuttle.
When the New Year comes, Chang'an City seems to be more prosperous after suffering from the cold winter. Business travelers and pedestrians from other places fill the streets and alleys more lively than in previous years. People inside and outside the city come from different directions and with different purposes.
Constantly gathering and coming and going.
The restaurant on the side of the street was full of people. On the stage in the middle of the restaurant, Hu Nu was playing the drums and spinning amidst the cheers. The colorful silk ribbons fluttered, reflecting her snow-white belly and the skirt.
The thighs are vaguely visible under the sway.
There were also some Qiang and Hu people coming and going, either wearing felt hats or showing pigtails, looking at them with a little fear. On the contrary, the Han people coming and going seemed to be indifferent to all this.
They reacted calmly and did their things in an orderly manner, as if these Qiang Hu were the same as ordinary Han people.
In the previous battles in the Western Regions, the Kushan people were either killed or defeated, and some fled. Therefore, there were a large number of vacancies in the Western Regions. Most of the power vacancies were replaced by Lu Bu, Li Ru and others, but
There are still some vacancies for goods and trade left.
As a result, people from various countries in the Western Regions who were closer braved the wind and snow and came to Chang'an.
Behind, there were more people on their way to Chang'an.
Perhaps most areas in the Western Regions are not suitable for farming, so most people in the Western Regions are used to migration and the wind, frost, rain and snow on the road, so they are not afraid of the difficulties encountered on the road.
Even death.
After arriving in Chang'an, these people from the Western Regions, who had been away from the Han Dynasty for decades or hundreds of years, were immediately immersed in the vastness and beauty of the Han Dynasty, and their minds were filled with excitement and dazzled.
Passing by these people who were somewhat confused and fearful of the Qiang Hu was a crisp and delicious little white radish head, but now, the white radish was a little wilted.
Zhuge Liang took a look at these Qiang Hus who were dressed completely differently from the people of the Han Dynasty. They were somewhat out of place, but they seemed to be trying to blend in with the Han people with some awe and caution. Then his eyes stopped at the man in his hand.
On a Chinese ruler, he was silent.
In a daze, Zhuge Liang arrived at Pang Tong's home.
Pang Tong was sitting in the hall drinking tea.
Influenced by Fei Qian, Pang Tong has basically given up the habit of drinking those rich and colorful tea soups, but he still has some of his own style, such as eating tea leaves from the bowl. Therefore, when Zhuge Liang arrived, Pang Tong was stretching his fat
I'm picking up tea leaves with my paws and chewing them...
In fact, in the general's mansion, the tea leaves that Fei Qian discarded after brewing would be divided by the servants. Some servants were not even willing to eat them on the spot, but wanted to dry them and take them back to share with their families.
After meeting Zhuge Liang, Pang Tongyi immediately saw the copper ruler in Zhuge Liang's hand. He laughed, put down the tea bowl and said, "I told you before that you were wrong, but you still don't believe it..."
Zhuge Liang didn't say anything. He sat down next to Pang Yi, then put the copper ruler in front of him and was silent for a while.
"What is crooked is complete, what is wrong is correct, what is hollow is full, what is lacking is new, what is less is gained, and what is too much is confusing. Therefore, the sage sticks to one and thinks that he is the shepherd of the world. If he is not self-righteous, he will be enlightened, if he is not self-seeing, he will be clear, and if he is not self-defeating, he will be enlightened.
Therefore, there is merit, and if you are not careful, you can grow long. A husband does not fight, so he cannot compete with him. The so-called Ququan in ancient times is nothing to say!" Pang Tong shook his head and muttered, then looked at the white radish sideways, and hummed in his nose.
There is sound.
"Is this... ruler... the "one"..." Zhuge Liang looked at the copper ruler and murmured.
"This is "One", this is "Mu"!" Pang Tong laughed and waved his fat paws, "What is animal husbandry? Haha, you said it is duckweed! How many times have the ancient sages said this in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period,
How clear it is to say, "hold on to one", what "one" to hold on to? "Use the world to shepherd", this is "mu"! It is "mu"! Let me ask you, how should you write "mu"?! 』
Zhuge Liang suddenly looked up at Pang Tong.
"Think about the small seal script! The inscription! "Mu"!" Pang Tong laughed so hard that he looked like he was having fun, "You have been deceived by Jin Wen Jing! Hahaha, hahahaha... This is not a "wen".
, do you rely on "literary" for pastoral care, hahaha... Do you know why it was changed to this way? Fortunately, it is not completely changed, leaving some tail... Hahaha, think about it, think about it...
…』
Zhuge Liang's hands shook slightly and his eyes widened.
"Why do you think Hussar advocated "seeking truth and seeking truth" during his lecture at Qinglong Temple?" Pang Tong looked at Zhuge Liang and continued, "It is to put an end to falsehood and go straight to the original intention! How many years, how many years, if not
Hsiung Chi, how many more years will you continue to be false? How many more years will you continue to be false? How many people are like you, deceived by modern scriptures and have completely forgotten the true meaning of ancient times?!"
"The people of Shandong regard the people as farmers. They cut crops for one season and then again next year..." Pang Tong sat back again and grumbled, "But are the people really just farmers and leeks without saying a word? That's true."
It hurts, screams, runs, and even bites when it gets anxious!"
Zhuge Liang couldn't help but sit up, and then looked at Pang Tong. His thoughts were tumbling and colliding in his mind.
"Why change it like this? It saves trouble, you're lazy! If you are happy, just water the weeds. If you are unhappy, just let them wait for rain. What about the cattle and sheep? That herdsman has to stock up on grass from the beginning of the summer, and he also has to watch it.
Pay attention to this and that, for fear of freezing to death or getting sick? You need to find pasture and water for the cattle and sheep... Where is Zhuang He? Plant it and you will live and die there, and don't move for the rest of your life!" Pang Tong sneered and said, "That's changed.
As time goes by and they say it more often, even they themselves believe it, so as long as their land is not touched, they think they can have crops year after year! So they don’t care what’s on their heads, and they don’t care about the crops.
Is the crop okay? They only want the land! It’s not a big deal if they burn the crops. As long as the land is still there, they can tolerate it!”
"But look at the shepherds. Although they usually eat cattle and sheep, if you touch their cattle and sheep at will and try to kill all their cattle and sheep? They will fight tooth and nail!" Pang Tong sneered, "But when will you see me?"
Have you ever seen someone fighting for Zhuang He? They will cry, scream, and scold, but they will never pick up swords and guns to fight for it! Because they feel that it is just a year's harvest that is missing, and the land is still there.
!』
"This is "One"! This is "Mu"!" Pang Tong suddenly stood up, then turned and entered the back hall. After a while, he turned out again, holding a copper seal in his hand, "And this is "Zhi".
"! Let me ask you again today, Zhuge Kongming, are you willing to "hold on"? Do you dare to do it?! Do you dare to return to the ancient holy way and hold on to it and pastor it?!"
""Zhiyi"..." Zhuge Liang looked at the bronze seal and felt a little dazed for a moment.
"Why don't you dare?!" Zhuge finally stood up and straightened his clothes. Perhaps he was inspired by Pang Tong, or perhaps he had such an idea in the first place, so he stepped forward to take the bronze seal...
Many characters originally had symbolic meanings in ancient times. Zhi, in the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty, the left side of the font is a torture instrument,??, and the right side is a kneeling person facing left, 丮, which means that the person's hands are being tortured
They were immobilized or restrained with instruments of torture including their head and neck.
Therefore, this "persistence" not only means that one is put in chains and loses freedom, but also means that one has the right to punish, which can be used to regulate others...
But later, it was changed to "seal"!
The word "print" in oracle bone inscriptions consists of two parts. The upper part is the image of a human hand with open fingers, and the lower part is the image of a half-kneeling person. The two parts together represent a person using his hands.
It means to press another person. The original meaning of the word "print" is to press, to make someone submit.
Zhuge Liang is a talented person and very smart, but now he can no longer be appointed by Fei Qian himself, because who doesn’t think he is a talented person? There is no problem in appointing Pang Tong, because Pang Tong himself also has the responsibilities of Shangshu Ling. This is Pang Tong and others
His/her own job...
"Wuguan Cheng?" Zhuge Liang took the copper seal into his hand and looked at its inscription.
"You don't know anything about military affairs. Why do you still want to be a general?" Pang Tong complained, "If Jingzhou is in chaos, Wuguan will be the front line. If you do well or not, you will naturally know... When you get to Wuguan,
Just go find Liao Yuanjian...Now, let’s eat, haha, I’ll treat you to dinner...ah hahaha..."
Pang Tong smiled happily.
Zhuge Liang glanced at Pang Tongyi and said, "I can't believe I'll be the one to invite you in two years..."
Pang Tong categorically rejected: "This is absolutely impossible!"
"Really? When I was under Lushan Mountain, I never thought you would be so fat..."
