Chapter 1979 Wen Yiming Dao, Respecting Zhiwei


    Jade.


    It is not clear who the first person who discovered jade was, nor did he know what kind of mental state the first person who brought jade to the Chinese political arena should be, but there is no doubt that he succeeded. He successfully turned an object that should have been worthless into a value beyond the object itself.


    This may be a mouthful, but it is very common in later generations.


    In Fei Qian''s hands, he was playing with a piece of jade.


    According to the standards of later generations, this piece is the best white jade.


    The color is fine and lustrous, and it feels warm to the touch.


    In the original place of this jade, it was like an ordinary stone, lying on the ground, accompanied by soil and weeds, but now, through a series of operations, its value has doubled and is worth a lot. If it is carved with patterns, or decorated with gold and silver, then this piece of jade will be even more expensive.


    But there is a problem, the problem is that when people find that this kind of stone is very valuable, they will find that they just need a hoe, not even a hoe, as long as they find a suitable place, even if they plan by hand, no luck. If it is too bad, some rough stones can be unearthed, so will the price of jade remain high?


    From "Peerless Treasures" to "Precious Objects", and then leaked all the way to "Ordinary Artifacts", and finally "Worthless", in fact, the process of deduction and change is sometimes not as long as imagined. Just like the original aluminum is more precious than silver, the so-called "mithril" is said to be the original aluminum, but what happened later?


    Fei Qian put the jade on the table and smiled.


    And on the table case, next to this piece of jade that resembles a rough stone, is a jade seal that has been carved. On the left and right sides of Feiqian''s lower head, there is also a table case, and the same jade stone and jade seal are also placed on the table case.


    This is the solution to this problem, and of course, this method has been used until later generations.


    Use official or semi-official institutions to attach certain value to these things. However, another auxiliary condition is needed, which is "rare".


    This rarity does not have to be "rare" in the strict sense, or "orphan product" and so on. This kind of rarity only needs a concept. Some people may realize during this process that this item may not be really rare, nor may it be really worth that much money, but this is like a financial market, or a market for certain targets. The participants all felt that they would not be the last one, and that they could make a fortune in this matter.


    『Report! Attendant Chen Changwen, attendant Lu Zi, please see me...』


    Fei Qian nodded slightly, "Please. 』


    Before the Han Dynasty, sometimes Fei Qian would see some compassionate sons of the gentry on paper, sending out "clouds cover the sun, and the wanderers don''t care to return." Thinking about you makes you grow old, and the years are too late", even like Cao Cao lamenting the desolation of "There is no chicken crowing in a thousand miles", and then I feel that these people have a sense of crisis, have strong emotions, and are facing the times. A soul-deep cry to fate...


    But the reality is that these people may indeed be like this, but when viewed as a whole, they have a completely different attitude.


    Because from ancient times to the present, all upper classes basically do not engage in specific physical labor, and they will consume most of their energy and physical strength in order to compete for a higher position.


    Of course, it is also possible that at certain times, they will stand together, brag for each other, and say some nonsense that seems to be deeply thinking about society, but in fact it is meaningless, so as to show their noble characteristics, which is more interesting. Yes, these people who basically do not work will habitually ask other workers to work according to their standards.


    It''s like Chen Qun and Lu Su.


    If it is literary, I believe that if two people write an article on the spot, whichever article is better, they will support whoever, and then maybe two people will write an article worthy of being passed down through the ages, just like Chen Lin The same as "Discuss Cao Calligraphy".


    So, it’s okay to be compassionate, but it’s also okay to eat people and drink blood.


    Don''t Chen Qun and Lu Su know that once the plan to embezzle Jingzhou is launched, it means that thousands of people will die because of it? Displacement is even mild, and it is more likely that the population of the entire county will be consumed in the war. Once the quiet period of several or ten years in Jingxiang is broken, how destructive will it be?


    So, why the Huaxia gentry chose jade as their representative is somewhat interesting. Jade is a stone, but not a stone. It looks and feels warm, but in fact it is hard and cold inside...


    After Chen Qun and Lu Su sat down, they also saw the jade stones and jade seals placed on their desks. They were slightly astonished, and then looked at Fei Qian.


    Fei Qian raised his hand slightly, indicating that the two of them can take a closer look, "This is the jade from the snow mountains in the Western Regions." Among Congling Mountains, there is a nameless mountain with a height of 10,000 ren. The top of the mountain is covered with snow all the year round, and it is almost untouched. Occasionally, under the ice and snow, a cave is excavated. It is warm all the year round, and colorful aura rises. ...''


    Actually, these are just water jade.


    Picked up by an unknown river.


    "Oh…"


    Although it is said that Chen Qun and Lu Su may not all believe those descriptions of Fei Qian, it does not mean that Chen Qun and Lu Su will expose them immediately, and they have expressed their praise for the jade, but they also speculate in their hearts about Fei Qian''s table case. The specific purpose of placing jade.


    Soon, they didn''t have to guess, because Fei Qian said directly: "As the saying goes, a gentleman never leaves his body without a reason. Both of you are modest gentlemen, and you should be worthy of this jade. You two came from afar, thank you for your rudeness, this jade is justified, I hope you two don’t refuse...』


    『Gentleman has virtue, jade also has virtue, embellishes jade with virtue to conceive gentleman, cold helps frost to recall doctor. Fei Qian said that as long as he opened his mouth, others would rarely get the chance to speak, "Guanzi once said that jade has nine virtues, gentleness and beauty, and benevolence." Neighbors who use reason know also. Firm but not frowning, righteousness. Cheap but not cheap, OK. Fresh but not dirty, clean too. Fold without scratching, brave. Flaws and fitness are all seen, and essence is also. Maohua is lustrous, and it is connected but not compatible, and it is tolerant. Knock on it, the sound is clear and far-reaching, pure but not killing, resignation. It is the person who is the master and treasures it, hides it as a treasure, dissects it as a symbol of auspiciousness, and the nine virtues come out..."


    After Fei Qian finished speaking, he stopped, implying that the two of you can speak freely.


    Of course, later Confucius felt that the nine virtues of jade and stone were not enough, so he added some more after pondering, and made up "eleven virtues". As for why it is not "twenty-one virtues" or more, Confucius may be able to think I have thought about everything, or do I feel that I should leave some room for future generations?


    Chen Qun and Lu Su both looked dull, even nodding with a little daze.


    This, isn’t it to talk about the Jingzhou issue? The pants are all off... Uh, the topic is all prepared, even how the other party will refute it, and how I will refute it, I have already thought about it, but when I come up, I talk about jade? I don''t want to talk about jade at all!


    Ok?


    Chen Qun looked at the jade on the table, and suddenly understood, and then he didn''t say something to Fei Qian immediately, but looked up at Lu Su who was opposite, and found that Lu Su was still a little dazed , just smiled, a gentle smile, as gentle as jade, "What Huqi said is very true. "Those who are close to reason know it. If they are firm but not frowning, they are righteous." Therefore, a gentleman should understand reason next to him, and understand righteousness before he can speak virtue...』


    Lu Su looked at Yushi, then heard Chen Qun''s voice, raised his head and saw Chen Qun''s smile, then looked down at Yushi again, suddenly a thought popped up, he couldn''t help but suddenly said, "Exactly, exactly yes! "Maohua luster, connected but not compatible, and tolerant. Knock on it, its sound is clear and piercing, pure but not killing, and speech." The behavior of the king is upright and bright, how can it be false to show virtue and false righteousness? And Minghu? 』


    Fei Qian smiled slightly. "Both of you, since you both consider jade to be beautiful and virtue, even if you have no talent, you can''t bear to monopolize such a rare jade from the Western Regions. May it be beautiful in China and virtuous in all families. Pretty gentleman? 』


    Chen Qun and Lu Su were stunned again. Because they didn''t expect that a majestic hussar general would personally sell jade. They thought it was Fei Qian who borrowed jade to talk about Jingzhou, but they didn''t expect it to be true, it seemed that he was just talking about jade...


    …(O_O)? (●_●)…


    When Chen Qun returned to the posthouse where he was temporarily staying, he was still a little dazed. His head seemed to be blocked by that piece of jade, which was hard and stubbornly stuck in his brain, making it difficult to turn his brain.


    Fei Qian''s attitude is very ambiguous, just like the jade in Chen Qun''s hands now, it can be called a stone, but after it is hung on the body of a Confucian gentleman, it is definitely not a simple stone. The same is true for Fei Qian’s words. If it’s spoken by an ordinary person, it’s bullshit. Chen Qun doesn’t need to think about it and pay attention to it. But now, the things under his buttocks determine that even if it’s bullshit, Chen Qun needs to pay attention to it. Smell it to see if there are any special pheromones mixed in it...


    Yes, according to common sense, this meeting was weird.


    Chen Qun believes that both Fei Qian and Lu Su understand that this meeting is to solve the problem in Jingzhou, but just like most negotiations, it is the lower Liba people in the market who directly bid and bargain. Chen Qun thought it should be a more elegant and cryptic statement, and made corresponding compromises, and finally reached an agreement, but he never thought that he would only bring back two jade stones, no, one jade stone and one jade seal.


    At this time, Chen Qun realized that he didn''t even look at the specific words carved on the jade seal. He quickly took it and then turned it over. What is it, just recognized the first word, "Wen, what is Wen..."


    After all, Chen Qun is not good at engraving, and he seldom touches reverse-engraved seal characters, so Chen Qun can only stand up again, dip some ink on the jade seal, and then print it on paper...


    『Wen Yiming Dao? 』


    Chen Qun pondered while looking at the rubbing handwriting, and almost at the next moment, he thought, what is the jade seal on Lu Su''s side? Is it "Jing Yi Zhi Nei"? Or "respect to know the micro"?


    These are two completely different meanings...


    Do you want to ask... Forget it, Chen Qun immediately cut off the idea, because he was the same, if Lu Su wanted to know what was engraved on Chen Qun''s jade seal, Chen Qun would definitely not say it.


    Then, it can only be a guess.


    This is interesting.


    Chen Qun smiled slightly. Does this look like a hussar...


    Writing to clarify the way, as early as the Warring States Period "Xunzi" has revealed its clues. As for Xunzi, he has the natural way of heaven and the art of the emperor in his body, which is just in line with the current situation.


    The issue of heaven, destiny, and way of heaven has always been a big issue that many people pay attention to in the Han Dynasty.


    Confucius talked about benevolence and virtue through the relationship between relatives, and regarded the destiny as a blind dominance. After Confucius, his disciples and later scholars tried to make "benevolence", "mind", and "mandate of heaven" interpenetrate and gain the support of existence, and on the other hand, they rationalized and valued "mandate of heaven and the way of heaven".


    But Xunzi walked out of a path that is somewhat similar to Confucius, but also somewhat different. Although Xunzi also talked about "the destiny and the way of heaven", Xunzi pays more attention to "the way of heaven is natural" and "control the destiny and use it"!


    Therefore, General Hussars engraved these four characters on this jade seal and gave it to Chen Qun. The meaning behind it is naturally remarkable.


    From this point of view, Lu Su and Lu Zijing''s jade seal should be engraved with "Respect to Zhinei"?


    This hussar!


    Chen Qun took a breath, he suddenly thought of many things, collided with each other, then stood up, and turned around in the hall twice, this kind of feeling that he clearly noticed something but couldn''t understand it made Chen Qun very uncomfortable Comfortable, even made Chen Qun think of going to talk to Guo Jia again...


    However, Chen Qun sat back slowly, and then started playing with the jade seal again. He couldn''t be so eager, at least he couldn''t let others see his eagerness.


    A gentleman should have calmness, just like jade, calm and moderate.


    At the same time, Lu Su was naturally playing with the jade in his hand.


    Lu Su was not as surprised as Chen Qun was about Hussar General Fei Qian personally promoting jade. This is naturally related to Chen Qun and Lu Su''s background.


    Chen Qun is a prominent family in Yingchuan. Simply put, he is like a big landlord in some cities in later generations. Even if he doesn''t do anything, he can just rent out the house. There is no such pressing need. And Lu Su is a wealthy family, and Lu Su lost his father when he was young and was raised by his grandmother, so Lu Su has a stronger sense of crisis and is easier to accept some new changes and things.


    At the same time, Jiangdong is indeed short of jade, and the Jiangdong gentry is unwilling to admit that their "gentlemen" are less than those of Jizhou and Yuzhou, just like many "famous ladies" in later generations have to protect themselves even if they make orders Like the elegant image, the children of the Jiangdong gentry also need jade to set off their moral character.


    Therefore, building a jade trading route is no problem for Lu Su, or for Jiangdong. At the same time, the establishment of business can also indicate that Fei Qian doesn''t have much malice towards Jiangdong for the time being, or doesn''t want to show any malice for the time being. Cautionary talks are much better.


    After all, Sun Quan has done a lot of things. Lu Su originally thought that the hussars might not know, but now that he knows that the hussars might know more or less, or he pretended not to know after knowing it, but he didn''t want the people in Jiangdong to think that it was completely wrong. I don''t know, so I use Zhou Dudu''s matter to show that when I want to know, I will definitely know...


    In this way, the problem is these four words.


    『Respect to know the micro? 』


    Lu Su naturally knew its source. Of course, there is no problem, but anyone who has read some books knows where the source is, but the important thing is not the source, but what Huqi used these four words to refer to?


    Lu Su thinks that these four words are certainly not used by Huqi to ridicule or satirize Lu Su himself, because it is meaningless to do so, and Lu Su will not get angry or change his mind just because of mere sarcasm and ridicule. For Lu Su, he felt that if he needed to get angry, it was because he needed to get angry at that time, not because of his personal emotions. Just like in normal times, Lu Su pretended to be a little dull and a little stupid, which made it easier It''s the same as making people ignore his size and not easily arousing the alert of others.


    But only Lu Su knew that if he wanted to, he could also be like a warrior, using quick movements to fight against ferocious beasts, killing people in an instant.


    Like those military generals who usually use their tall and straight posture and fierce eyes to show their own dangerous existence, for Lu Su, he thinks there is no benefit, yes, benefit. This is very important.


    Lu Su''s sensitivity to the word "benefit" is beyond ordinary people.


    When Zhou Yu asked him to borrow grain and grass, Lu Su immediately gave half of it, which was three thousand hu rice. Some people said he was stupid, and some said he was stupid. In fact, Lu Su didn''t feel that he was at a disadvantage at all, and even had some benefits 』…


    Just like many girls lying down and spreading their legs for the first time, there will be a second time after the first time. Under the circumstances at that time, the Lu family who had 6,000 hu meters and the Lu family who had no self-protection ability , just like a girl who has been pinned to the ground, if Lu Su was just like an ordinary person, he would be able to pass it by giving dozens or hundreds of hu, but who can guarantee that Zhou Yu will be the first one after having a good time? After the first time, won''t it come the second time and the third time? Or if others saw that Zhou Yu had a good time, would they want to have a good time with Lu Su as well?


    So Lu Su gave half of it on the surface, but in fact he saved the other half. Later, it was also because of this that the Lu family had the capital to migrate with their family, and they arrived in Jiangdong safely, unlike some other Jianghuai wealthy families, who eventually turned into bones.


    Historically, when Lu Su persuaded Sun Quan, he often expressed clearly the "benefits" Sun Quan received, and naturally it was easier to get Sun Quan''s approval. As for the romance, it''s just romance.


    『Could it be...』 Lu Su seemed to have thought of something.


    This time, Lu Su also grasped the word "benefits" tightly, and was not covered by some superficial "virtue and Taoism" like Chen Qun, and vaguely approached Hussar General Fei The central meaning of the dive...


    (end of this chapter)