The weather has gradually turned cold, and snow has begun to fall in many places in Zhao State. The winter in Zhao State is still as cold as usual. The people dare not come out anymore, and Lian Po does not dare to let the people continue to dig outside.
Because they did not have enough winter clothes, if Zhao Guo came to provide winter clothes for these people who had gathered together, Zhao Guo could not provide so many, so the corvee could only be suspended in winter, and the people hurriedly returned home.
An ox cart was slowly driving towards the horse suit.
The driver of the bullock cart is a young man with a strong back and a handsome face. Because he wears thick clothes, his body becomes more burly and intimidating. Along the way, he always attracts the attention of others, and in
Behind him, there is a young mother holding a curious child. The mother is petite and does not look like she has given birth at all. The child also looks like four or five years old, sitting in the mother's arms with a runny nose.
, was fiddling with his wooden sword and muttering something.
"Father...why doesn't Mr. Ge come to drive?"
"It was too cold outside. Your father-in-law's legs hurt a little, so we didn't let him drive."
“Then why ride in a bullock cart?”
"You are already stupid enough. If I drive the carriage and run wild, won't you be even stupider because of the cold?"
Zhao Zheng was stunned, and suddenly raised his head and looked at Yi. He said aggrievedly: "Mother, he said I was stupid!" Yi took out a cloth and wiped his nose, and then coaxed: "Don't listen to his nonsense.
He is the stupid one, Zheng'er is the smartest..." Zhao Zheng nodded and continued to play with the wooden sword in his hand, waving the wooden sword, and he also had to dub the wooden sword, "Shua~
","Shua~~"
"Stop saying Zheng'er is stupid. Who can learn so many words at his age? He can even recite "Ma Fu Shu"... Zheng'er, recite a paragraph for your father...
"
"What are you carrying? He has grown up in the classroom since he was a child. Even if you throw a pig into the classroom for four years, you should still be able to hum something... Oops!" Zhao Kuo was saying this when he was suddenly struck by
Yi pinched his back hard, and then Zhao Kuo shouted: "I knew you were in the same group! Just wait! When I have a daughter, I will treat you like a pig!"
The family of three happily rushed towards the horse uniform. Zhao Kuo was probably bored and suddenly asked Zhao Zheng again, "Zheng'er? Han Fei said you like listening to historical stories? Then let me ask you,
What happened between Qi Huangong and Guan Zhong?"
"I heard that Guan Zhong once wanted to shoot Young Master Xiaobai... Later... Young Master Xiaobai succeeded to the throne and became Duke Huan of Qi..." The little guy shook his head seriously and recounted intermittently what Han Fei had told him.
his story.
"Oh, you know quite a lot, then let me ask you, Guanzi once said: The state has four dimensions? If one dimension is missing, the country will be tilted; if two dimensions are missing, the country will be in danger; if three dimensions are missing, the country will be subverted; if there are missing three dimensions, the country will be subverted.
If it reaches the fourth dimension, the country will perish... What does the fourth dimension mean?"
"Wow~~I don't know~", Zhao Zheng burst into tears.
When the bullock cart arrived at Mafu Township, he stared at the prison gate for a moment, and then he was startled. He hurriedly opened the door, walked forward with a smile, and bowed to Zhao Kuo.
He nodded, looked in the direction of the school room, and then entered the countryside. As soon as he entered the courtyard, everyone hurried to visit Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo's mother was also very happy. She had not seen her son for a long time.
After some exchanges of greetings, Zhao Zheng came over and told his eldest mother that his father had been bullying him all the way.
Sure enough, Zhao's mother frowned and pretended to hit Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo shook his head: he had a clearer understanding of his status in the family.
Zhao Kuo then went to visit Ge again. Ge was sitting on the bed, feeling depressed. He had driven the car for Zhao and his son all his life, but now, he could only sit at home and could not leave his mansion. This made him sad.
He was very disappointed. After seeing Zhao Kuo, he didn't even mock him. He just shook his head and sighed. Zhao Kuo sat aside and talked to him about the ditch.
"Zheng Guo rushed to Xinping-kun's mansion, and Zhan followed him. I had nothing to do, so I came back."
"I called on the nobles in the counties and towns along the river to help, and they were not stingy..."
Ge listened carefully and then said helplessly to Zhao Kuo: "Mr. Ma Fu, you have to go out a lot, but I am old and can no longer drive for you. Please find another driver... You
Driving a car yourself is an act that will make you lose the dignity of a nobleman. Even a small official in the countryside will find a reliable confidant who can drive to drive for him. As a prince, you cannot drive the car yourself..."
"It's okay. I won't go out during this period. I'd better wait for you to recover. Earlier, Di said that he would drive for me, but he almost threw me away. If I hadn't held on to the edge of the car tightly, I would have died.
Handan ran back..."
"Hahaha~~" Ge laughed, stroking his long beard, shaking his head and saying: "Driving Di, I'm afraid he will say more words than the distance he drives..."
When Zhao Kuo returned to the courtyard, he saw Han Fei arguing with an old man, and his face turned red. When he saw Zhao Kuo, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly bowed to Zhao Kuo.
The old man said: "My teacher is back. If you have anything, please ask him directly and don't ask me again!" Zhao Kuo then looked at the old man. The old man was very old, skinny, but energetic.
Yiyi.
In this kind of winter, I can still walk out of the indoor room, and I still look in good health.
Han Fei rubbed his forehead. This person was even more eloquent than Di. Ever since he came to the horse server, Han Fei was really... hard to describe.
Zhao Kuo naturally knew the identity of the old man in front of him, Zou Yan. Zhao Kuo had heard of him in his previous life, a sage of the Yin and Yang family. However, Zou Yan had stayed in the horse suit for so long in order to wait for him. He never thought that
After that, Zhao Kuo met the old man and took him into the inner room. The two sat down and Zou Yan looked at the young man in front of him with a smile. This young man was powerful and very deep in his heart.
He was kind and deliberately dragged himself into the house...
Zou Yan nodded, but suddenly turned his face and said angrily: "I heard that the absurd ideas of the ignorant people in the countryside can make an acre of cultivated land have no harvest, and the absurd words of county officials can make the people of a county town lose their harvest.
Suffering, the king's absurd ideas will destroy a strong country, so how much harm can the absurd words of a sage do?"
Zhao Kuo looked at him calmly and said: "A sage's ridiculous remarks will cause endless civil strife. For example, one person said that dynasties change according to the laws of the five elements. So, some people will use this as an excuse to talk about the current situation.
The virtue of the dynasty has been eliminated, and the people are struggling to realize their ambitions, and ultimately let the people bear the unreasonable disaster... What do you think?"
Zou Yan was stunned, pondered for a moment, and then said: "I heard that everything will run according to certain rules...I am not saying this, but proving it, even if I don't say it
, things will also proceed like this, this is the law, this is something that I, or you, cannot change. The development of things will not change because of what I say. It has certain laws, laws that will never change.
"
"You are right. The laws you mentioned, such as if you throw a stone into the sky, it will definitely fall to the ground. People will grow old, sick and die, and everyone is no exception. Nothing is eternal. These are what you
The mentioned laws, but what does this have to do with the five elements? If you want to prove the laws of the world, you should think about why people are born, old, sick and die, why stones fall to the ground, why it gets dark and why it dawns..."
"Heh...this...this...", Zou Yan was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Then tell me, why is this happening?"
"Because everything has gravity, especially the earth we live on, so stones will fall to the ground, because there are cells in the human body, and cells will continue to grow and eventually die, so people will grow old, sick, and die, because the sphere we exist in is
It is constantly rotating, so when one side of the sphere faces away from the sun, it will be dark here, but the other side will be bright..."
"The reason why dynasties change is because of unfair distribution. The root cause of unfair distribution is the possession of ownership of the means of production..." Zhao Kuo started to talk seriously. Zou Yan just widened his eyes and listened carefully.
He elaborated on his views on the rules of the world and the replacement of dynasties, "Of course, this is only one aspect, and it must be explained from the system, the privileged class, and the economic aspect..."
Zou Yan was silent for a long time. He shook his head and said, "Then why do you want to explain the visions of Huang Di and Yu Shi?"
"Have you ever seen earthworms flying into the sky? Have you ever seen a bird whose body is burning with flames?" Zhao Kuo said with a smile: "When you let me see these, I will explain it to you."
Zou Yan did not continue speaking. He still had a lot of confusion in his heart and wanted to ask a lot, but he didn't know how to ask. His face kept changing, and he repeatedly said what Zhao Kuo had just said.
, Zhao Kuo knew that Zou Yan must be seriously thinking about what he said. Among so many schools of thought, it is really rare for a scholar like this one who has begun to study the laws of the world.
Zou Yan is a person who loves to think. He not only thinks about the laws of the world, he also thinks about the land under his feet and the lands overseas. However, due to the limitations of the times, Zou Yan has not been able to embark on the right path.
He probably heard about the visions that occurred when dynasties changed from rumors, and summarized the structure of the world, thus formulating a world structured by the five elements.
There is wood, water, fire, earth, and gold. Everything in the world seems to be classified into these five attributes. Zhao Kuo suddenly thought of something, and he said: "Maybe you are right,
The world is indeed made up of many invisible elements... hydrogen... helium..." Zhao Kuo recalled seriously, but it had been too long, but he could not remember that he had
Learned periodic table...
Zou Yan raised his head, his eyes flashing. He was still thinking about something, "Elements? If it's not the five elements I mentioned, what would it be?"
"This..." Zhao Kuo shook his head and said, "I can't explain it clearly to you..."
Zou Yan muttered to himself and left the inner room. When such people fell into thinking, it was obvious that no one could interrupt them. His disciples were a little scared. Zou Yan looked like this.
They had some disease. The next day, when they saw the teacher throwing stones into the sky, they were all shocked and rushed to Handan in a panic. They invited a doctor who specializes in treating the elderly for Zou Yan.
's doctor.
However, the doctor could not cure Zou Yan. In the eyes of his disciples, Zou Yan's behavior became more and more weird. He even ordered his disciples to break stones and kept beating them, and even knocked the stones into pieces.
Ash, then he lay on the ground and looked at the powder carefully, and even tasted it on his fingers... Sometimes he would take out the burned ashes, wondering what he was exploring.
Until Zou Yan opened his arm and observed his blood, the disciples could no longer bear it and hurriedly visited Zhao Kuo, crying and begging Zhao Kuo to help cure their teacher. Zhao Kuo
After hearing that Zou Yan had committed self-mutilation, he hurriedly came to the courtyard where Zou Yan temporarily settled. In the courtyard, Zou Yan squatted on the ground with disheveled hair, holding water in his hands, pointing at the sun, and looking at it seriously.
Seeing his appearance, Zhao Kuo did not bother him.
"What is water made of... Why does it flow and why does it disappear? Where does the rain come from? Why does it fall?" Zou Yan kept asking himself, looking at the white-haired old man in front of him.
, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but sit next to him, and said with a smile: "It is indeed difficult to understand... Recently, a group of Mohists found me, why not see if they have anything that can make people see more clearly.
Machinery, use machinery to explore these issues..."
"If you just look at it with your eyes, I'm afraid you won't be able to tell anything. But the laws of the replacement of dynasties that I mentioned are what you can think of. The essence of nature and its operating laws are not the same.
What you see is so simple..." Zou Yan looked at Zhao Kuo and he smiled. Zou Yan was not crazy. On the contrary, he was very rational. He just wanted to know the answers to the doubts in his heart.
He spent his whole life exploring and finally came up with the Five Elements Theory. However, after staying in Mafu for a period of time, he also had doubts about the theory of essential laws he insisted on. There were many things that the laws he said could not be explained.
If he forced an explanation, it would be nothing more than sophistry that was useless to the theory as he said. Zou Yan slowly stood up and said to Zhao Kuo seriously: "I will definitely figure it out."
Zhao Kuo suddenly felt guilty. Was his denial of his theory a bit too cruel?
An old man who spent his whole life exploring and thought he had the answer found out that he had gotten the wrong answer when he was old... He seemed to have little time left to continue exploring. Perhaps, this was really cruel.
The old man's shrewd eyes looked at Zhao Kuo in front of him, and he seemed to understand what Zhao Kuo was thinking.
He said gently:
"Thanks."
"I would rather die searching for the truth than live among the fallacies."