Chapter 1977 Zhuge Three Questions, New Order


    Just as Fei Qian was meeting Lu Su, Zhuge Liang also visited Guo Jia.


    Guo Jia''s so-called Xijing Kaozheng position is undoubtedly quite noble, so noble that it is almost empty, so when Zhuge Liang came to visit, he didn''t need to wait in line at all, and it didn''t take long to hand in the famous assassin. Guo Jia expressed his willingness to meet.


    Zhuge Liang walked slowly in a crescent-white robe. Because of the craftsmanship of the Han Dynasty, there were very few pure whites, except for the so-called "Nianbai" clothing, which is a special product of Huqi, which can barely be regarded as pure white.


    The so-called "year white", that is to say, white at most for one year, and yellow in the second year...


    Look, Huqi’s production is so honest, saying "year white" means only one year white, and there is no false propaganda. Of course, as claimed by many products in later generations, it can be "maintained" again for free, but the customer needs to send it to the relevant maintenance point.


    Such a sales strategy, people of later generations did not feel that there was anything wrong with it, let alone these contemporary people in the Han Dynasty, Xinxin accepted it and was still pursuing it.


    Crescent white is the whitest color before "special processing".


    Guo Jia was dressed in gray and black. When he saw Zhuge Liang in crescent white coming, Guo Jia couldn''t help being in a daze, because he suddenly remembered that he himself seemed to like to wear this crescent white when he was young, but the crescent white clothes were too expensive. And he has to save money on drinks to be able to accumulate the possibility of buying a crescent white outfit, so Guo Jia never wore crescent white when he was young...


    Maybe, when I was young, I wore crescent white, and I looked like this?


    When Guo Jia was a little dazed, Zhuge Liang stepped forward, "I have seen Xijing Kaozheng..."


    Zhuge Liang saluted with a standard and calm posture, with his head slightly lowered, his hands slightly forward, and his body leaning slightly. Every part seemed to be just right, not too much more, not too much less.


    Guo Jia''s eyes couldn''t help but twitch, and then he smiled slightly, "You''re welcome, I met little friend Langya..."


    Zhuge Liang raised his head, and saw that someone in Guo Jia''s eyes also raised his head.


    Guo Jia stretched out his hand to make a virtual invitation: "Yes." 』


    『The test is correct first please. 』Zhuge Liang''s etiquette is still standard.


    Guo Jia didn''t show too much politeness, and took a step ahead, leading Zhuge Liang to sit down in the hall.


    Zhuge Liang sat down slowly, and then straightened his robe. This is of course also a part of etiquette, but Zhuge Liang did it very slowly and meticulously.


    Guo Jia chuckled, and then looked, as if he was looking at the outside of the hall, and also seemed to be looking at Zhuge Liang, as if the green grass outside the hall was very pleasant, or Zhuge Liang''s way of arranging his robes was very moving, It can be seen that the world is old.


    "Xijing Kaozheng really deserves its reputation..." Zhuge Liang straightened his robes, put down his hands, and said slowly, "When Liang was young, he had already heard about Kaozheng''s name...Under Cao Sikong''s tent, he showed his talents and won ten victories." The theory is eloquent and eloquent. With a wave of your hand, the city is damaged. In the planning account, you can attack the prefectures and counties in a moment. Admire it. Today I have a good opportunity to see my true face, it is Liang''s fortune..."


    Guo Jia said: "Jia also heard that there are talented people in Nanyang who sit idle in a wooden house, laugh proudly at the wind and moon, have the ambition to fly the clouds, accept the glorious wish, speak grand ideas, establish the ability to support the country, and are loyal to the emperor. , Serve the country sincerely, willing to save the people from the fire and water, and save the world from the white grass. Jiayi is deeply impressed by his ambition, seeing him now, he is really amazed, and he is very comforted...』


    Zhuge Liang looked at Guo Jia, and suddenly understood why Hussar General Fei Qian specifically asked him to come and see Guo Jia.


    Guo Jia also looked at Zhuge Liang, feeling the same in his heart, he seemed to feel something. Looking at Zhuge Liang in front of him, although the distance is not very far away, it feels like he is far away, as if he is standing on the top of this mountain, while Zhuge Liang is on the peak of another mountain, and the two are facing each other far away. , surrounded by white clouds.


    Before meeting Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang had already thought about what he wanted to talk to Guo Jia.


    Zhuge Liang wanted to ask Guo Jia, why Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou back then, whether Guo Jia knew about it, whether he did anything, or whether Guo Jia was the one who offered advice or the executor during the process, and then he treated Cao Cao like this What do you think and so on a series of questions, but after seeing Guo Jia, after a short confrontation, Zhuge Liang overturned the previous plan.


    At this moment, Zhuge Liang suddenly felt that the answers he wanted to know before had lost their meaning at this moment.


    Although those things were indeed the pain in Zhuge Liang''s heart and a scar that Zhuge Liang could never forget, since Cao Cao did that, and Guo Jia was his adviser, it means that Guo Jia did not stop him, but acquiesced, and even Indulged Cao Cao''s plunder of Xuzhou.


    So even if you ask more clearly, what''s the point?


    Zhuge Liang lowered his head slightly, so that the look in his eyes would not be revealed directly, "Today I can see Kaozheng, Liang has three doubts, and I hope Kaozheng will point out the maze..."


    Guo Jia straightened his body involuntarily, then took a breath, and said, "Please speak." 』


    『Dare to ask, what is a "scholar"? Zhuge Liang lowered his head and asked softly.


    Guo Jia squinted his eyes for a moment, as if a light had suddenly shone on his eyes, and then said in a deep voice, "Zigong asked Confucius, how can you be called a man?" Confucius has three answers, which can be called a gentleman. The meaning of today''s little friend, is it true that the people of the Spring and Autumn Period are different from the present? 』


    Zhuge Liang raised his head, his eyes were firm, and said, "In the meaning of examination, are today''s scholars the same as the Spring and Autumn Period?" 』


    Although the two people''s words seem to be similar, their meanings are completely different.


    Guo Jia could not answer. If it is to deal with things, you can move out the words in "University", and then sing a high-profile or something, and then naturally try to fool it, but Guo Jia understands that the person in front of him can''t easily use the so-called great principles to get rid of it. If you are deceitful and deceived, if you say something like "cultivating yourself, governing your family, governing the country and the world", I am afraid that you will be looked down upon by the person in front of you.


    In fact, Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang both have the answer. Guo Jia has Guo Jia''s, Zhuge Liang has Zhuge Liang''s, their answers are like what they said, some are the same, and some are different, but it is these differences that make them realize that this difference is the most important , and cannot be reconciled or compromised.


    Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, as if Guo Jia did not answer, but had already got the answer, and asked the second question: "Dare to ask the exam, what is a "country"?" 』


    Guo Jia took a deep breath.


    This question is even more difficult than the previous ones.


    The "country" that Zhuge Liang asked is naturally impossible for Guo Jia to explain a noun. The word "country" is not only a noun, but also a verb, an adjective, and even an attributive or adverbial. Indicates a state currently in progress.


    Guo Jia slowly pointed to his chest, "The country is in my heart..."


    Zhuge Liang nodded, expressing his approval.


    It’s like the Eastern Han Dynasty, how many two thousand stones, how many three officials, shouting loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, talking about the world every day, do these people really have "country" in their hearts? How many officials, holding the power of the court, oppressed and plundered the people, corrupted the law and committed all kinds of crimes, do these people have "the country" in their hearts?


    Don''t they know that once this "country" collapses, all the status and authority they can rely on will be annihilated together. No matter how much wealth they have, they can''t escape the hat of "subjugated slaves"?


    Some of them know, some don''t, but most of them know it clearly, but they use various reasons and excuses to pretend that they don''t know.


    『So... what is "Huaxia"? 』Zhuge Liang raised the third question.


    Guo Jia sighed deeply, and said, "The answer to something is not what you want, so why ask?" 』


    Zhuge Liang bowed his head and saluted, "Thank you for your advice. 』


    Both are extremely smart people, as soon as Guo Jia said it, Zhuge Liang knew what it meant. So Zhuge Liang thanked him, and Guo Jia could only sigh again.


    Zhuge Liang bid farewell to Guo Jia, Guo Jia remained silent for a while, but still stood up and sent Zhuge Liang off.


    When the two of them reached the gate of the front yard, Zhuge Liang saluted Guo Jia again, and then said: "This time I came to bother you, it''s what Liang wanted, but it''s also..."


    Zhuge Liang turned his head slightly and looked in one direction.


    Guo Jia looked in the direction of Zhuge Liang''s line of sight, and saw several soldiers on duty on the high platform in the city at the end of the street, and behind these soldiers was a tricolor flag, showing its figure in the spring breeze, fluttering wandering.


    …(··)(o▽)…


    Thousands of miles away, there are also some people who are facing the tricolor flag, and some are in a daze.


    This is a group of Weixu people. They will bring their labor and rush to Haitou to report to the Han officials, and then join the "great" and "sacred" Han people in the city restoration work.


    The sun is pouring down. On this land, the sky seems to be bluer and clearer than other places, and it also reflects the more charming and enchanting tricolor flag.


    The weather is like this, and the spring sun is also warming up, at least not like the sun at that time in the twelfth lunar month, even if it shines on the body, it looks weaker than nothing. Therefore, under such circumstances, the restoration project of the city of Daduhu in Haitou naturally continued to be constructed.


    People in China, the skills to repair the earth are almost full...


    Because it is close to the head of the sea, a moat can naturally be built. The three-foot-wide and one-and-a-half-foot-deep trench had already seen its first scale as early as autumn. The excavated earthwork was stacked on the inside of the river ditch to create a gradient that was low on the outside and high on the inside. With extreme speed, it may be possible to cross the three-foot moat, but it will no longer be able to pedal on the higher platform inside.


    Of course, there is no rush to divert water now, because although the frozen soil looks hard in winter, it actually contains a lot of water. It is necessary to wait until the summer is compacted before adding the stones, and then apply the slurry in the autumn. After the snow falls in the winter, see where it needs to be repaired and where it needs to be filled, and then the water can be formally introduced.


    Now it is natural to clean up some of the snow left in the river ditch, as well as the silt formed by the melted snow...


    Such a large amount of work is naturally not completed by the Han people, but by the Han people as supervisors, commanding a large number of "Western Regions" to complete.


    The Weixu people who had defected to Lu Bu earlier came in handy. Their ability to "mobilize" the local area surpassed that of the Han people, because they knew where these guys from the Western Regions would hide, and where the young and strong laborers were hiding.


    The space left by the retreat of the Guishuang people is now acquired by the Han people, and when the Han people fill and occupy it, there will be some liquids and solids falling, and these things are the rewards of these passers-by.


    Li Ru just used some very simple words, and then showed the supplies of the Han people, and immediately won the "loyalty" of these people in danger. When the stick is big enough, the simple sweetness can be extra sweet. Because they know that if they don''t become a transit point, more people will swarm up to take their place.


    What determines the benefits and remuneration of this item is not the amount of work, nor the amount of "labor" brought in, but the number of competitors...


    『What do you mean by the three colors of the flag of the Han people? 』


    "have no idea. But I heard someone say it represents heaven, earth, and people...』


    『No, I heard it is the sun, the moon and the stars! 』


    『You are all wrong, I heard that it is wealth, swords and guns, and...blood...』


    Suddenly, the people who looked at the flag were silent, and then looked at the bright red piece, and seemed to feel some blood flowing on it.


    "gone! Han officials are here! 』


    Suddenly someone shouted in front of them, waking up the dazed Weixu people, and then joined the shouting ranks one after another, and began to urge these "voluntary" Western Region laborers to move forward.


    These "laborers from the Western Regions" did not resist much, because they were not kidnapped, but attracted. It turned out that the avoidance was due to the fear of ignorance of the situation. Now that they know that coming to work, not only will they be paid, but they can also use these rewards to exchange for things in the market. Whether it is linen or linoleum, they are all things that their family needs. The sacrifice is just physical strength.


    Anyway, I''m nesting in the ravine, and I''m idle, so why don''t you try it?


    The officials of the Han people looked serious, and registered the number of labor force brought by the Weixu people, and then quickly allocated some of the engineering projects to the Weixu people according to the number of manpower. As for the quality of the project, it was checked and controlled by the Han officials. If they don''t do well, it will be the contractors who will be punished, and these workers will naturally keep a close eye on them in order to get the maximum reward.


    And these rewards, like most people in the Western Regions, will soon be spent in the trade market at the head of the sea, because for the people in the danger, those cute and exquisite small pieces of copper and silver What, it doesn''t have much practical value for their living standards, but the materials exchanged for these copper coins and silver coins can really change their poor quality of life...


    The Western Regions are establishing a new order, and this process of establishing order is what Li Ru learned from Hussar General Fei Qian.


    Of course, General Hussars still has a lot of interesting things, some concepts that Li Ru has never seen before, some brand-new attitudes and cognition of the world, which make Li Ru appreciate and be very curious.


    This is also the reason why Li Ru turned to supporting Fei Qian after Dong Zhuo.


    A brand-new word was obtained from Feiqian, called "capital", and then around the thing of "capital", "economy" was born. Of course, in Li Ru''s understanding, "capital" refers to all the things that can be used, and "economy" refers to the wealth generated by trading after use and creation.


    Among Fei Qian''s ideas, the Western Regions have a lot of "capital", but many people don''t like it. In the previous concept of the Han people, the Western Regions are undoubtedly barren, completely different from the Chinese land that is used to farming. The wind and sand and the geographical environment with great temperature difference make it suitable for planting a limited number of Zhuanghe in a small area, so it has not been the place that the Han people pay attention to.


    From Zhuang He’s point of view, the Western Regions are of little value, but there are gold, silver, coal, oil, jade, etc. in the Western Regions. Although these things cannot be eaten directly, they are also a kind of “capital”.


    However, because the Western Region itself is not well developed, these things are not of much value in the Western Region. Even gold, because gold laundering is very troublesome, so no one cares about the golden river, let alone other things. of minerals.


    Now that Li Ru is here, he is building a city in Haitou. Before the city is fully established, a large market has already been built, and a large amount of materials are exchanged here. Its madness and enthusiasm seem to make people forget The original owner here was not a Han Chinese.


    As for Guishuang...


    Before Li Ru felt that there might be some problems, but now, Li Ru thinks this is not a problem. If the Western Regions are very close to the center of Guishuang, then after the previous few battles, there must be a large number of Guishuang reinforcements. After all, no matter how corrupt a country is, when foreign enemies appear in the heart of the empire, they will more or less Twitch. Even this twitch doesn''t do much.


    But in fact, these Guishuang people in the Western Regions have no reinforcements.


    Li Ru left space and time, but these Guishuang people still have no reinforcements, which means that either the Guishuang people did not take Li Ru, Lu Bu and others into their eyes at all, or the imperial capital in the Western Regions is far away from the Guishuang people. Just like what Ban Chao described before, it is very far away, so far away that the response is very lagging.


    Even if the Guishuang people finally came, I don’t know how long it will be.


    So, Li Ru is very calm.


    And this calm attitude also affected the Han people below, and then affected the Weixu people, and even other people in the Western Regions. These people from the Western Regions feel that the Han people don’t just want to make a fortune and leave, but they want to take root like the Guishuang people, so most of them won’t do anything too extreme, they can’t beat them, and they don’t seem to be planning to kill them all , then the Western Regions people who can survive in the era of Guishuang can naturally survive in the new Han era, so is it necessary to fight?


    (end of this chapter)