Chapter 4256: do this

Ma Xinde listened more comfortably. Compared with the few points that Hei Sima Lang repeated over and over again, Yang Pu had a lot of words when he talked about Chen Xi.

In fact, when Ma Xinde heard Yang Pu talk about Sima Lang, he didn't think that Sima Lang was a reckless bureaucrat. He even thought that Sima Lang did a good job from a neutral point of view, but he couldn't grasp his position in certain actions.

However, Ma Xinde did not say this, because it was meaningless. Listening to Yang Pu pouring black materials, listening to play, just learning about the situation in various parts of the Han Dynasty, there is no need to make too accurate distinctions, Ma Xinde With your own professional analysis ability, just be a good listener.

But precisely because of this attitude, Ma Xinde did not see Yang Pu stop when he arrived at Hanzhong until Guo Xian greeted him. His longing and reverence in his tone made Ma Xinde curious about Chen Xi.

Speaking of it, it's not that Ma Xinde doesn't know Chen Xi, but he never thought that Chen Xi, a bureaucrat of the Han Dynasty, could be so great in the mouth of a savage in a remote mountainous area like Yang Pu.

"Okay, okay, someone is here to pick us up." Ma Xinde patted Yang Pu with a smile, and Yang Pu realized that he had talked for so long at this time, so he couldn't help laughing, he really respected Chen Xi , because the other party has really changed a lot.

It is precisely because he lives in a mountainous area, and as the leader of a tribe, he has experienced the previous life that he can realize the great changes brought about by Chen Xi and feel the greatness.

"Sorry, I can't help but talk about this." Yang Butan said with a smile.

Ma Xinde also nodded with a smile. He became interested in Chen Xi, but he didn't continue to speak, nor did he ask others. He had his own way of understanding.

Guo Xian personally took Ma Xinde to the government office, and after having a proper meal with him, he left quickly because of something in the county, but still left two local government servants to help Ma Xinde deal with some matters, and Ma Xinde Xinde was exhausted all the way, so he took a break for a while.

After the next day, Ma Xinde changed into normal clothes and led Yang Pu to wander around Hanzhong City without any precise destination. He just ate, drank and chatted with the locals all the way, and then ate all the way out of Hanzhong City.

Just like an ordinary old farmer, Ma Xinde wandered around all the way, met wine shops drinking and talking nonsense, relying on his own knowledge accumulation, and the experience of traveling to many places in the world, he naturally convinced many people. Germany can deal with it indifferently.

After going around like this for almost half a month, Mahinde has collected almost all the information he wanted. Compared with those secret information, Mahinde actually pays more attention to people's livelihood, which determines the foundation of a country.

For more than half a month, Mahinde walked in the fields with a flagon in hand, communicating with all kinds of people. Drinks, Tibetan local products, mixed rice in this one, mixed rice in that one.

I learned more detailed content than the normal investigation, and also collected and restored the image of the central court of the Han Dynasty in the hearts of the people, and also made up for some things that Ma Xinde lacked. At least at this time, I will talk nonsense with others , basically there will be no common sense mistakes.

"Come on, brother, have a drink." Mahinde played chess with an old man in the country. After winning three games in a row, he proudly poured a bowl of wine for the opponent. This kind of happiness of not thinking about anything , is really rare.

"You guy, you beat me three times in a row." Li Ren said with a smile. With his eyesight, he could tell that Ma Xinde was not an ordinary person, but two old men met by chance, so why should he care about these things? Years, just looking older than Mahindra, taking advantage of the other party.

"I won three rounds with you, and you also drank three bowls of wine from me." Mahinde scolded with a smile.

"That's right. After drinking your wine, let's treat you to a meal. We are destined to meet each other. Let your servants come over too." Li Ren said with a smile. He had seen Yang Pu and others a long time ago.

"That's a good relationship. I'm still thinking about who's going to have a meal today. The past few years have been good. Even if I wanted to have a meal before, I couldn't find a place." Just like the local old man, Ma Xinde said with emotion to the current day.

"It's still not famous enough. If you have a big enough reputation, you can have food everywhere." Li Ren laughed.

"Extremely extreme." Mahinde also said very dissolutely.

Up to now, Ma Xinde has become more and more aware of the horror of the Han Dynasty, and the horror of the inner **** who is in charge of the Han Dynasty. It is said that all parts of the Central Plains have changed directly.

Ma Xinde wandered around all the way, eating all the way, and even met a rich man who deliberately cut a piece of meat and put it in the pot when he was eating.

Even Mahinde realized that it was the man who realized that he was extraordinary from his conversation, but it was not easy to add a piece of meat to the yellow rice so lightly.

Along the way, Ma Xinde also saw several strange temples, the temples of Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji, the temple of Cookie and Thunderbolt who was accompanied by someone from the Wang family, and the temple of the crouching nine-tailed fox. Everyone is alive, so Mahinda is more aware of how terrible it is.

As for the nine-tailed fox, it has always been famous in Asia, but these days it is still an auspicious beast. Even though it has been a disaster in South Asia and East Asia, the mainstream still recognizes it as an auspicious beast. For the others, the so-called Chen Xi has already become a god.

However, based on what he learned along the way, Ma Xinde thought that this person should be a god, and he could do this in less than nine years, far exceeding Ma Xinde's cognition.

Even though Mahinde thought that he would be invincible as long as he let go of his hands and feet, but after learning about Chen Xi's great achievements, he suddenly realized that he could not do it.

This kind of shock made Ma Xinde suppress what he had learned from Yang Pu, and began to understand the Han Dynasty seriously and deeply.

Ma Xinde soon realized that the Han Dynasty had experienced collapse and reshaping. More than ten years ago, although the military power was not weak, it could not be said to have an overwhelming advantage compared with Guishuang.

As for the expedition to Guishuang, it is even more nonsense. Even judging from the situation at the time, Ma Xinde believed that without Liu Bei and others to turn the tide, the Han Dynasty would collapse directly.

If after the complete collapse, the power cannot be directed in one direction, then the Han Dynasty basically has no other choice but to fall.

However, all this was stopped by Liu Bei and others, allowing the Han Dynasty to reach a new track and further prosper until it became what it is now.

It is precisely because of this kind of public investigation that Ma Xinde gradually perfected the puzzle pieces of the Han Dynasty, and then constructed a powerful empire that had never been shown in front of Guishuang, but was so powerful that Ma Xinde felt Nothing makes sense anymore.

This is no longer a question of whether it is strong or not, but a question of whether it is worth it.

It is not a question of whether or not another empire can be defeated, but a question of whether it is worth destroying an empire. The Han Dynasty will win strategic victories within five to ten years. This is what Mahinde realized was real After the Han Dynasty, the conclusion was drawn.

Compared with the conclusions drawn by Herodian, Anaus, Modestinus, etc. from the standpoint of the Han population system, agricultural technology, legal system, etc., Mahinda is from a comprehensive perspective. Look at the Han-gui war from the perspective of national strength.

After gaining a deep understanding of the power of the Han Dynasty, Ma Xinde realized that it is very sad for Zhu Helai. The Han Dynasty is not indestructible to Guishuang, but after comprehensive consideration, it will advance in a planned way.

As for why it is very sad for Zhu Helai, because Ma Xinde has been ruined, and he does not regard himself as a Guishuang person at all. Anyway, he is not a Da Yuezhi person. Heavy burden, lie down.

Therefore, after recognizing the reality, Ma Xinde is actually very casual. It doesn't matter whether he joins the Han family or not. He just doesn't want to make such a fuss. He is seventy years old and has to live on.

Ma Xinde and Li Ren took a short cut along the field ridge, then circled around again, led by Li Ren to enter through the main entrance.

In fact, in normal times, Li Ren’s own words are all about convenience, and it’s okay to enter from a side door, but this time it’s a guest, so Li Ren personally led Ma Xinde in, and then Yang Pu and others followed him. came in.

"Father." As soon as Li Ren entered the door, he saw his son Li Zhuan who edited books in Chang'an.

"You're back from Chang'an. It's not a new year, what are you doing here?" Li Ren greeted Li Zhuan, "This is your Uncle Ma."

It was obvious that Li Ren knew that Mahinde was older than him. When playing chess with Mahinde, it didn't matter if the two of them messed around. In front of his son, he had to be called uncle.

Li Zhuan hurriedly saluted Ma Xinde, and Ma Xin De nodded his head in return, Li Zhuan looked bookish all over.

"I'm not at ease with you staying here all this time." Li Zhuan greeted several people and said to Li Ren after saluting.

"Okay, I'll go back to Chang'an to compile books after dinner. I'm teaching and educating people here. It's really something. They are much more active than you." Li Ren waved his hand, signaling to stop fussing.

Although Li Ren didn't like Chen Xi's forceful promotion of education at the beginning, which led to the harm of mediocre teachers and even the corruption of teachers' morality, but he still accepted the matter of teaching and educating people. He just didn't accept Chen Xi's forced promotion of this point. You If you don't have all the teachers, you just engage in education?

Those who opposed Chen Xi's popularization of education at that time did not all want to monopolize education. Those who really had teacher ethics were not opposed to the popularization of education, but Chen Xi did not have a teacher to force the promotion, which led to a problem with the number of teachers and even made mistakes in teaching. Knowledge…

Coupled with the fact that there are not enough teachers, some of the teachers we gathered had moral problems and there were big troubles. In ancient times, the ethical relationship between heaven, earth, monarch, relative and teacher was very important. Corrupting the morality of teachers caused public outrage, and Chen Xi was also scolded by this group of people. , but in the end it was promoted stumblingly.

However, with the passage of time, Li Ren still accepted Chen Xi's method of forced popularization of education—it's better than nothing, even if there were mistakes, at least he had really completed the first step of enlightening the people's wisdom, and with the first step , it can be really built later.

Li Ren quite likes teaching and educating people. Although he has scolded Chen Xi for not talking about realistic logic, he still teaches seriously when teaching. As a scholar who has left his name in history, he can be regarded as a famous local school here. It has been a long time Li Ren, who was a half-hermit himself, didn't want to be an official anymore, not even going to Chang'an.

"Brother is actually the head of the mountain here." Ma Xinde fried bacon with wild vegetable sprouts, the faint bitterness and meaty taste, and the red bean millet rice had a special taste.

"That's all I can do. Teaching and educating people can be regarded as doing some serious work." Li Ren said with a smile. Neither of them had the habit of keeping their mouths shut.

"That's right. It's always a loss to find a successor for a mantle." Ma Xinde nodded.

"It's difficult. Generally, you can't find anyone who can pass on all the knowledge, but you can find more students and teach some of them. As long as they teach the principles of life, they will pass on the knowledge themselves." Li Ren was very excited He said freely, "In the past few decades, I have taught a dozen or so students before, just thinking about letting them inherit my mantle, and then I understood."

What do you want to pass on the legacy? After Chen Xi popularized education, Li Ren came to teach here. In the first year, more than 200 students came here. There are more than a thousand students, and these students have learned Li Ren's knowledge, and now they are married and have children, and they will come to attend lectures when they are free, which is very comfortable.

"Actually, I can't teach them too many things. It's enough to be a good person and support yourself. I didn't know that I could have so many crafts before." Li Ren said with a smile.

Why Confucianism can become strong? To put it bluntly, Confucius’ disciples can do everything after learning the knowledge of Confucius, because Confucianism not only teaches knowledge, but also the morality of being a human being. More importantly, Confucianism has nothing to reject money. mean.

The Confucianism of Confucius is very down-to-earth, and the Confucianism of Mencius is loyal. The combination of the two will lead to the later prosperity. A moral Confucian gentleman will not only teach morality, but also the means of survival. More importantly, they Their own foundation allows them to learn various means.

This is what ordinary people lack in this era. The so-called enlightenment of the people's wisdom is really not about letting the people know five or eight hundred commonly used characters. It also needs to explain a lot of truths to the people so that they can systematically understand the most basic principles of nature in the world. Don't be tricked or deceived by others.

"Without someone like my brother, there is no future." Mahinde sighed deeply, and he had already made a decision in his heart.

"But isn't that what you do, sir?" Li Ren said casually, "It's just passing on the fire."

"That's right, sir, that's what you do." Mahind said solemnly.

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