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    “Uncle...that’s it?” Sima Yi frowned.


    ??The young man''s complexion is like jade, shining with a faint brilliance. Compared with the old, withered, and even beginning to show age spots of Sima Hui''s complexion opposite him, there is a huge difference, but they blend together strangely.


    ?Perhaps they are all from the Sima family, or they all have the same deep thoughts.


    "Otherwise, what else can we do?" Sima Hui raised his glass, drank tea, and said calmly.


    Not to mention, since Fei Qian, the general who conquered the West, liked tea, he also invented the method of brewing it with boiling water. At first, many people disagreed, thinking that drinking tea in this way lost the essence of tea, and no tea soup can be called tea soup. What?


    But as time goes by, this light and bitter taste of tea gradually becomes a more elegant way of drinking tea that is recognized by everyone.


    The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, as light as water, isn''t it just like gentlemen?


    Although Sima Yi is young, his mind is definitely not young. He said: "If this is the case, wouldn''t Sima be the target of public criticism?"


    “Haha…” Sima Hui smiled.


    Sima Yi heard Sima Hui''s mocking tone, and his little face became a little tense and darkened.


    Sima Hui put down the tea bowl, looked at Sima Yi, and seemed to switch to an unrelated topic, and said, "Have you heard that General Zhengxi proposed marriage to Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan?"


    “Uncle, you mean...Wang family?” Sima Yi raised his eyebrows.


    "This matter..." Sima Hui raised his head, sighed slightly, and said, "King Taiyuan, Hongnong Yang... during the Conquest of the West... Do you think there will be no one left if you don''t do it?"


    Sima Yi fell silent.


    “Why did your father write so many satires?” Sima Hui said with a smile, “Could it be for fun?”


    “Uncle!” Sima Yi glared over.


    Sima Hui stroked his beard in a leisurely manner and said: "Okay, since the son doesn''t blame his father, you can''t say it...but I can say it...even if your father comes, I will still say the same thing!"


    Sima Yi frowned and said, "Father is coming too?" For Sima Yi, it was not a good thing that Sima Fang was coming. Sima Fang was famous for having a strict family upbringing, and the most important thing was dignity. Any slightest violation would be either whipped or scolded, but in the case of his uncle Sima Hui, it was more or less relaxed. If Sima Fang really comes, wouldn''t the good days come to an end?


    Sima Hui laughed a few times, nodded and said, "So while that''s the case, do whatever you want... so that you won''t be able to do anything you want to do..."


    Sima Yi stood up with a whoosh, cupped his hands and said, "Uncle here, my nephew wants to go to the city."


    “Okay, let’s go.” Sima Hui waved his hand lazily.


    After a while, Sima Yi turned back, his little face twisted, standing with his hands on his sleeves, but did not speak.


    "You kid..." Sima Hui shook his head, took out a money bag from his arms, and threw it to Sima Yi, "...look at how your father controls you...you can''t even open your mouth to ask for money!"


    Sima Yi tried his best to keep a straight face and wanted to refute his uncle Sima Hui''s evaluation of his father again, but he held the money bag in his hand, hesitated for a moment, acted decisively as if he had not heard anything, saluted again, and left the academy. , happily took a few servants and went to Pingyang.


    During this period, I saw that Sima Yi basically lived in the Academy. I originally thought that I wanted to go to Pingyang City anyway, and I had plenty of time. However, I didn''t expect that after going back and forth, I have lived in the Academy for almost a year, and I haven''t really had a good time. Passing Pingyang City, so although it is still winter this time, my heart is already restless and joyful.


    On a winter morning, the sun is looming among the clouds, and milky white fog and frost float between the eaves of the buildings. The red bricks and stones are hidden among the patches of light white fog, just like the Jade Palace floating in the sky.


    Pingyang City now has a second ring. Of course, the fun and delicious places are still within the original first ring. The second ring is probably some functional areas and newly built shops, as well as some small-scale wine shops and markets. .


    ??The original East and West markets were expanded outwards. Not only did they have a small enclosure, they even built some warehouses to store materials and conduct some small-scale transactions on the spot.


    Although it is winter now and there are many fewer caravans, there are still many people coming to buy coal and colored glaze. The people coming and going cannot be quiet at all. It is extremely noisy every day. For Sima Yi, naturally he did not go to the market. I was interested in visiting the business, so I went directly to Pingyang City.


    Sima Yi abandoned the carriage and asked his servants to follow him. He stepped on the stone slabs with his hands behind his back and staggered forward. General Zhengxi called this main street North Street without any creativity. Then, of course, there are East Street, West Street, and South Street. Sima Yi curled his lips. If he were to choose a name, just like the one under his feet, it would be good to at least call it Kanlao, or Xuan Shuo, or even more superficially, Fu Fang. Just one North Street would be extremely tacky.


    Sima Yi hummed and ridiculed General Zhengxi for his inelegant way of naming, while slowly walking forward along North Street. Anyway, for him, since he was out for a stroll, there was no need to limit where he should go. Wherever you go, where you stop, where you eat, it all follows your heart. Along the way, the brick and wood structures on both sides of the road are staggered, and the shop fronts are hanging out one after another. From time to time, there are waiters standing there. They greeted each other at the door, and when they met familiar customers passing by, they would still say hello with a smile even if they didn’t enter the store.


    ?The name of the street is tacky, but the content, well, the street is not tacky and is very lively and energetic.


    Whether it is the main road in the middle or the civilian roads on both sides, they are all covered with stone slabs. The middle of the stone slabs is also smeared with the kind of plaster from Huang''s Workshop. It is very smooth, so you don''t have to worry even if it rains. Open ditches and underground ditches on both sides will quickly carry away rainwater.


    The main road and the private road are separated by huge long stone plates, and some shrubs and flowers are planted. Of course, it is winter now, so most of them are bare branches. In spring, there are inevitably some flowers to look at, which are very elegant and unique.


    As Sima Yi walked, his eyes couldn''t help but glance at the central main road.


    The central main road, except for special personnel such as messengers and postmen, is not allowed to be used by ordinary people. The only people who have the right to use the main road are the emperor''s relatives, local officials, and the general who conquered the west.


    ?When was the last time you saw the Zhengxi ceremonial guard?


    It seems to be the celebration of General Fei Qian’s son. The scene with flags, the fierce cavalry and the well-equipped armor left a very deep impression on Sima Yi...


    As he walked, Sima Hui suddenly noticed something special about Pingyang City.


    clean.


    Although Yecheng is also very big, and even the main road is half wider than Pingyang North Street, but when people walk on both sides of the street, they can always smell some faint smell of feces and urine, and here in Pingyang , there is the smell of wheat cakes, the mellow smell of wine, the smell of barbecue, and the smell of the sweat of horses and men on the street, but there is no smell of feces and urine.


    You must know that when you stay in Yecheng, the first thing every store in every morning is to clean the floor in front of their store. This is not because these stores are hygienic or something, but because after a night, there is always something indecent. Things were left on the corner of the street and then stained all the way...


    Sima Yi wouldn''t be surprised if the hygiene in the palace was good, but this was in the city, and the people coming and going were not students, but ordinary people. How was this done?


    If you have enough food and clothing, you will know etiquette. If you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace?


    interesting.


    Another point, beggars.


    After walking for so long, including the past few hurried passes, Sima Yi did not see any beggars in the dark places of the street.


    Sima Yi occasionally talked with his uncle Sima Hui about refugees and beggars. He once thought that Yecheng was already a very good city, but in fact, in Yecheng, beggars can be seen everywhere in groups. Come on, even the government seems too lazy to deal with these beggars.


    Sima Yi often saw the phenomenon of inserting bids to buy first and selling sons and daughters in other places. Of course, for those people who can''t survive, they sell their children into a wealthy family and work as slaves. Although they lose their freedom, they don''t have enough food and clothing. If they have a good master, they are lucky.


    ?Of course, there are those who are unlucky.


    Anyway, this kind of behavior always appears again and again, especially in disaster years.


    ?When the year is better and the harvest is larger, there will be fewer such situations, but there will always be some. If the year is bad, such as a river flooding every few years or other natural or man-made disasters, or several consecutive melees between Jizhou and Youzhou, there will be more beggars.


    ?There are also homeless people who are worse than beggars.


    ??Beggars can still sneak into the city and find a place to stay under the eaves and bridges of other people''s houses, but the refugees don''t even have a place to stay.


    Whenever there are many refugees, even Sima Yi''s hometown of Wen County is no exception. There will always be tension in the city for a period of time, and the city guards are asked to guard the city gates strictly and prevent refugees from entering the city. At this time, the county magistrate often summons the big households in the city for discussion, but in reality they all ask for money and food, and then give some of them, and send these refugees to other places...?????If you encounter a winter like now, there will always be many people in and outside the city. Few people will freeze to death in the middle of the night. Sima Yi had seen people who were frozen to death. Those people''s whole bodies were extremely stiff, but they had a very strange smile on their faces, which made people feel chilled when they saw it.


    ?However, there were no refugees in Pingyang City, not even beggars.


    ?Here, it seems that as long as you have the strength and are willing to work, you will not starve to death after all...


    ?Perhaps it is because of this that the ordinary people coming and going all have a smile on their faces.


    ?This kind of smile is not the kind of chilling smile that freezes to death, but a smile of happiness that seems to overflow from the heart.


    Happiness often comes from unhappiness, and prosperity always comes from contrast. For Sima Hui, who has seen several big cities in Jizhou and seen many soldiers and generals along the way, what he saw here in Pingyang may not be the same. It''s not as prosperous as Yecheng, and perhaps not as quaint as Taiyuan, but it seems to be the most natural here. A relaxed smile seems to hang on everyone''s face, whether they are soldiers or civilians.


    Ordinary people are always the easiest to be satisfied. If they can get food and clothing, they can smile happily.


    Sima Yi once heard his father and uncle talk about some good years and good times in those years. He also said that before the Xiqiang rebellion, the Han Ling Emperor was not completely stupid, and the Shi Changshi was not so greedy. At that time, it seemed that those years could be regarded as peace and prosperity, and the country and the people were peaceful. However, with the rebellion of Xiqiang again, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion that almost swept the country, such happy smiles gradually disappeared and never appeared again.


    Sima Yicai did not have any idea of ??saving the Han Dynasty or protecting the entire Han people or building lasting achievements, nor did he have the passionate ideas that ordinary gentry children at his age were always a little unreasonable. In Sima Yi''s view, it is extremely naive to think that a person who can only live for a few decades has to think about a career that lasts for hundreds or thousands of years.


    ?Although Sima Yi may not be out of the childish range in the eyes of others, it does not prevent Sima Yi from thinking that others are childish.


    As long as you have something to eat, drink, and play, just live this life well.


    Is it a shallow ideal?


    Sima Yi smiled slightly and shook his head. But in reality, such an ideal is anything but simple. If you want to eat, drink and have fun, can ordinary people do that? If you can''t do it, how can you eat, drink and have fun when you are busy all day long just to survive? Therefore, you must have power, at least not too little power, so that you can ensure that your food, drink, and fun are not delayed...


    Therefore, when his uncle Sima Hui wanted to use General Zhengxi''s action to enhance the status of the Sima family and expand its influence, Sima Yi naturally agreed and felt that he should also play a role in it, so that he could have You are eligible to eat, drink and have fun in the following period...


    The winter wind was still a bit cold. Sima Yi put his hands into his sleeves, raised his head slightly, and walked forward slowly while running some ideas in his mind.


    "Anyone who establishes a country must think about governance! Seek diligently, use it diligently, do not let the throne go unused, and do not let the orders be in vain. Only then can you govern in a kingly way! The people''s great desires are only food and clothing! If they are not hungry or cold, then No resentment. When there is no resentment and a gentle breeze, the world will be prosperous. "Suddenly, a clear voice floated from the sky. Sima Yi looked up and found someone on the second floor of the restaurant not far behind him. He was standing in front of the window, his back turned to Sima Yi, talking eloquently.


    "There is nothing more important for a country than peace of mind for its people. There is nothing more important for peace than farming. There are men and women, old and young, young and strong, but there are few who can nourish their lives without food and clothing. Therefore, Yao and Shun plowed the fields, and your Majesty cultivated them personally. This is how the people should be educated! Only gentlemen can remain true to their righteousness when they are hungry and cold. However, in this world of chaos, there are very few gentlemen!”


    It''s a bit interesting...


    Sima Yi turned around and entered the restaurant, climbing up the steps and listening.


    "One man plows, and a hundred people feed. Is it okay for one woman to feed silkworms, and to clothe a hundred people? If this is the case, where is the court''s land? Where are the ministers'' carriages and clothes? Where are the official salaries? It is not easy to cultivate one silkworm and provide for the needs of a hundred people. Is it like climbing to the sky? Therefore, it is necessary to observe the time of the sky, the time of the day, and the strength of the earth. However, there are people who claim to be gentlemen. One is not clear about the time, the other is not clear about the geography, the third is not sweating, and the fourth is not burning. Applying makeup and powder during the day, drinking and singing at night, borrowing money to become a chef, and gathering people to invite praise, can he be called a scholar? Can he be called a gentleman? "


    Sima Yi smiled slightly and saw the impassioned man.


    ??The man had his back to the window, and the sun shone in from behind him, shining on his head and shoulders. He couldn''t see his face clearly, and could only vaguely see his eyes as bright as stars.


    "According to your words, we all need to sweat on our backs, pound the mud and soil, swarm our faces, burn our backs, wait for the rain in the day, and long for the rain at night, before we can be called scholars? If so, why don''t you go ?" Someone in the restaurant hall said disdainfully.


    "That is, in ancient times, there were categories to build a country. Scholars passed down poems and books, farmers worked hard, workers specialized in making ink, and merchants traded goods. Everyone performed their duties and got their own places. Now if a scholar goes to farm mulberry trees, his hair will be as unkempt, and he will be in danger. How can farmers pass on poems and books when they are walking in danger? It’s ridiculous,” someone else said in agreement.


    "Ha!" Sima Yi couldn''t help but said loudly, "A scholar''s biography of poems and books? Yes! But do you have any poems and books to pass on? You might as well give it a try! The crown of a scholar, the uniform of a scholar, and the books of a scholar can make him a scholar. How can one be called a scholar if he knows nothing about the book, cannot understand the scriptures, and has useless hands and feet? Zhongni Shang said that he is not as good as a farmer. How can it be blamed that people nowadays forget the scriptures of their ancestors and violate the wishes of the ancestors? Yes!"


    "Who are you...who are you? How dare you speak nonsense like this!" Someone pointed his halberd at Sima Yi. Seeing that he was young, he shouted, "Where is your lord? Stop making trouble, go quickly, go quickly!"


    "Sima Yi in Xiawen County..." Sima Yi ignored the people gesticulating on the side, but went straight to the person at the window and cupped his hands, saying, "I have met my brother."


    “I’m Wang Chang of Taiyuan,” Wang Chang returned the salute to Sima Yi and asked, “I don’t know, Brother Sima, and Mr. Shui Jing…”


    “Mr. Shui Jing is my uncle...” Sima Yi said.


    “Oh… I’ve been looking up for a long time, I’ve been looking up for a long time…” Wang Chang raised his eyebrows and saluted again.


    ??Both of them smiled slightly and seemed to have reached a tacit understanding.


    In the restaurant lobby, Sima Yi had just been accused of lying, and the unidentified person also kept silent. If Mr. Shui Jing, Sima Hui, was only slightly famous in Jingxiang, Hanoi, but now he has a name in Shoushan Academy, and he heard that he once gave General Zhengxi the title "Yinkun", naturally he is Everyone knows Pingyang.


    "Ahem..." Someone in the lobby coughed and said, "Sima''s younger brother''s words are wrong. Confucius said that he was not as good as a gardener. It was Fan Chi who asked him to learn from gardening. Confucius said that he was not as good as him. He also said that he is a villain. , Fan Xuye! If you are good at courtesy, then the people will not dare to be disrespectful; if you are good at righteousness, no people will dare to be disobedient; if you are good at trust, then the people will not dare to be unkind. "How can we use it?"


    "That''s right, Confucius also said that a gentleman seeks his way, not his food. Plowing is where discouragement lies; learning is where his salary lies. A gentleman is concerned about his career, not his poverty! If it is true as what you two said, isn''t it true that all of them are busy with their plans? Shit, who is seeking enlightenment? You two are putting the cart before the horse!"


    Sima Yi turned around and stood side by side with Wang Chang, his eyes flowing, and he thought to himself that if I dig a hole casually and someone jumps down, it’s really not interesting at all...


    ?Wang Chang smiled and said, "How about I answer for Brother Sima?"


    Sima Yi stretched out his palm and turned it slightly, signaling Wang Chang obediently.


    "It is human desire to eat when you are hungry and to drink when you are hungry. When you are poor and discouraged, do you think of Fan Chi and study farming to benefit your family? Is this wrong?" Wang Chang said loudly, "Confucius valued Fan Chi very much. You When you know that when you ask about gardeners, you should also know that there are three questions about benevolence, including knowledge, advocating virtue, cultivating one''s career, and answering doubts. Confucius also said that this is the best!"


    ?Wang Chang said, and then glanced at Sima Yi, as if asking whether this answer was in the right direction.


    Sima Yi nodded slightly, and then continued: "Farming mulberry trees is good for maintaining health. Farming carefully is no match for natural and man-made disasters. Therefore, Confucius said that Fan Chi seeks the way of a villain. A gentleman should not think about poverty and food. , use your heart to act wisely, be an official in politics, and achieve greatness in virtue. The old master said that if a person has no long-term concerns, he will have immediate worries. You talk about Confucius and Ni, but in your heart you only know one, but don''t know the other. ! What Brother Wang just said is the way of Confucius! It should be noted that when he was young, Zhongni also had a humble career, so he was able to do many despicable things! Confucius was poor since he was a child, tending cattle and sheep, farming acres, and living in the wind. Sun, Fang Shi is determined to learn! Knowing the hard work, it is said that "cultivating is the source of discouragement, and learning is the source of salary."


    "Hey! Those who don''t know how to farm and eat stipends are doing nothing but harming the country and harming the people! Scholars should govern the world, and farmers should cultivate the land. However, only those with clear and clear assistants can understand the way of governance, so as not to disturb the times. 10. Sheep and Jiu Mu don’t know what to do, they just wander around and don’t know what to do. The most important thing for a gentleman is to know farming, military skills, craftsmanship, and business. Ye. In ancient times, gentlemen calculated things and then worked on them, so there was a time for their response, and their success was tangible. People thought it was unknowable, but the gentleman thought it was inevitable, just like everything that is cooked is cooked, and everything that is planted is born. "That''s why it saves effort and achieves success quickly." Wang Chang continued, "How can you know the world if you don''t experience farming in person? How can you know how to be brave if you don''t go to the battlefield in person?" A government is just a trial, and it is impossible to know whether it will be beneficial or not. The benefits and harms of the previous government are not seen, and then the subsequent government will be repeated. How will the people adapt to this? "


    “That’s why, it’s shameful to be in the company of those who talk without any real facts!” Sima Yi waved his sleeves and said, “Brother Wang, why don’t you go back?”


    “Go back, you should go back!” Wang Chang laughed, then extended his hand as an invitation, and Sima Yi took his arm and walked out together.


    ??Everyone in the hall was chattering and did not dare to say anything. Seeing that although Wang Chang and Sima Yi were not tall, they were very powerful, they did not dare to block them, so they subconsciously made way for them and watched Wang Chang and Sima Yi walk away.


    I won’t explain it anymore, but I can still make up two thousand words after explaining it, so I’ll ask you if you believe it...


    Anyway, I should be able to understand it in general...


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    Sima Yi’s ideal is to just eat, drink and have fun?


    The author thinks it’s quite reasonable. Sima Yi went up all the way and found that only by becoming bigger and stronger can he eat better and have more fun. In the end, he must have set his sights on the position of emperor...


    Of course, this also led to those Sima who followed to eat, drink and have fun...


    (End of this chapter)