Chapter 37 Cui Luoshi Zhuo Sixfinger's Shovel

Soldiers dig holes in the backyard.It is a big taboo to waste energy before the final counterattack, but the soldiers are digging their heads, and no one is willing to slow down.Here their comrades-in-arms, or former comrades-in-arms, will be buried.The cavalry will be buried in the backyard of the crystal stack, and the infantry will die on the streets of Qingshi. At that time, no one will bury them. "You are very good at using a shovel!" Cui Luoshi said to the soldier, "What's your name?" The handle of the shovel in the soldier's hand was long and thin, but he used it quickly and delicately, as if he was carving a tomb.Cui Luoshi's mind was moving, the vague idea just now gradually became concrete.

"General Cui, you recognize him." The soldier laughed, "The villain has six fingers." "Is it from a tomb robber?" Cui Luoshi didn't beat around the bush, and went straight to the point. Zhuo Liuzhi was a little embarrassed, coy and did not answer. Cui Luoshi laughed loudly: "There's nothing to be ashamed about, tomb robbery is a job." Zhuo Liuzhi immediately lifted his spirits: "That's it, General Cui and you too..." Halfway through speaking, he knew he had made a slip of the tongue and hurriedly shut up. Cui Luoshi didn't pay any attention, "Those who know how to dig should also know how to bury, right?"

"That's right, I wasn't blowing it up, General Cui, it's full of bluestones..." Zhuo Liu was very excited after being scratched, and introduced his brilliant achievements in a frothy manner. "Stop, stop, stop." Cui Luoshi smiled and shook his head, "There is a job that others can't do, so you can take it." He pointed back at the gate of the Confucian Temple, "Protect Miss Xia to find Master Xia, and tell him yes I asked you to dig a hole." "Ah?" Zhuo Liuzhi was stunned, "Then I don't need to participate in this counterattack?" His face was very reluctant.

"No, no, counterattack is not as important as digging a hole?" Cui Luoshi quickly coaxed him, "Listen to what Master Xia is reading, you will definitely understand the truth." Zhuo Liuzhi left with doubts. There is a celadon jar embedded in the iron wood box, the celadon jar is sealed with clear water, the silver box inside is wrapped with cowhide pressed tallow, and the jade box inside the silver box is filled with freshly ink-stained bamboo green paper.It turned out that in just two days, Master Xia copied a copy of his historical record of Qingshi breaking the city.

"My dear, it turns out that tomb robbing is also knowledge." Xia Fuzi looked at Zhuo Liuzhi's box in a daze, "Fortunately, everything in the Confucian Temple is full, otherwise it can't be sealed." "Everything is knowledge, Master." Zhuo Liu pointed at the ground with the handle of the shovel and said, he wanted to find the most suitable place to bury these treasures of Master Xia. The deployment of Xie's army was indeed very different from the day before yesterday, even if it was useless to use the Thirty Green Cao's army, because the Dongyuan Bridge had already been demolished.But it doesn't matter too much, Cui Luoshi set the direction on Shi Entang at the beginning of the counterattack.Sure enough, Shang Muzhou also had this idea, and the sparse shouts of killing suddenly rushed towards Zhongcheng.The battle was raging, Cui Luoshi watched the soldiers rushing past him vigorously one by one, he opened his eyes wide, trying to remember their voices and smiles.

"It's done." He muttered to himself, the remnants of the two places were about to join forces, and the overall situation was settled.But so what? The earth was shaking, and the shaking was getting stronger and stronger.Sure enough, Ji Ye boldly used the Iron Buddha in the city.What's next? He patted his chest lightly, and couldn't help but feel a little strange, where did Mr. Xia hear that he had learned Gu art? No one in the Eagle Banner Army knew about it! When Zhuo Liuzhi started digging the hole, Master Xia was babbling on at the side reading his article, stopping every now and then to sigh: "Good article!"

Xia Fuzi's articles mostly involved generals like Cui Luoshi, Zhuo Liuzhi naturally heard it fresh, and at first asked a few words in amazement: "Really?" The hole was about the size of a person, but it got deeper and deeper. When it was about the same time, Master Xia stopped reading those articles and just stared at the box in a daze. Zhuo Liuzhi stopped the shovel and sighed: "Master! You can really write. I don't even know what is true and what is false now! What do you think the people of later generations will do? After digging out this box of articles, They don't know what happened to Qingshi!"

Xia Fuzi suddenly smiled: "Why, you also think there is something wrong with this article?" Zhuo Liufing rubbed his head: "I'm not a literati, and I don't have so many tricks, but some things sound specious, and I always feel weird in my heart." After pondering for a while, Master Xia said, "Then what if we only read the articles?" Zhuo Liu pointed out: "This...you have written a first-class article of course! Listening to it makes my blood boil." Master Xia breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "That's all right. In fact, many things should not be asked whether they are true, but whether they are willing to believe. If you believe, then it is true. In this world, there are always things It’s about believing, not checking.”

Zhuo Liuzhi carefully hung the iron wood box into the pit, muttering, "I don't quite understand! What is it?" "For example," Master Xia paused, "heroes, courage, sacrifice, dignity, goodness always outweighs evil." "Isn't that the truth?" Zhuo Liuzhi looked into the pit with satisfaction. This might be the most perfect job he had done in his life. "..." Master Xia didn't answer him. Xia Ruoshu leaned against the door frame, watching Ling Bing and his father busy, the kit in his hand had been subconsciously inserted into the skirt of his clothes.

In the courtyard, the moonlight shone heavily on the refugees with nervous expressions. They were listening attentively, and the sound of killing in the distance gradually weakened.They have to wait for their warriors to return.This time the counterattack, I don't know what the result will be. Thoughts on the Garden of Thought Confucian Temple and Selecting Scholars Regardless of physical strength, wisdom or spiritual power, the Chinese are not the most powerful. They can unify Kyushu and become the most powerful and prosperous race. There are many reasons for this. The most basic one is probably the belligerence of the Chinese. ?

Even in the unified Chao Empire, constant rebellion and conquests have always been the theme of history, not to mention the troubled times of the past few hundred years.Not surprisingly, martial arts has always been the basic standard for Chinese scholars.Fiefdom, enfeoffment, aristocratic family, selection and ban... Although there are many channels for obtaining scholars, they all revolve around the theme of military merit directly or indirectly-either because of existing ones or because of possible future ones. The development of the Wanzhou Chamber of Commerce reveals another possibility, and the Confucian Temple is one of the symbols. Not only do the ten cities of Wanzhou have Confucian temples, but even some smaller towns often have places dedicated to Wenjun.The so-called Wenjun is neither one of the gods of the stars, nor an old sage of the Chinese race, but an Aloka in the legend of Heluo—Yaoguang Hanyu. Yaoguang Hanyu is also considered to be a very important Aloka in the history of Heluo, but in Heluo, he has never received such admiration from the Wanzhou Chinese.It is not difficult to understand that her achievement lies in the invention of arithmetic - from He Luo's point of view, although this is also the enlightenment of the true god, it is only limited to the "art" of production itself.The river network is quite sophisticated in the study of arithmetic, which can be fully proved from their construction and mining.At the same time, their control over arithmetic is quite strict, and only with Su Xing's permission can they study in depth.As a kind of "art", arithmetic has a huge, mysterious and even infinite expansion space, which is enough to make ordinary rivers go astray.For the Chinese, this is of course not an obstacle.In fact, the arithmetic used by the Chinese is much shallower than that of Heluo, but its scope and function have been greatly expanded.For Wanzhou commerce in particular, arithmetic was almost as important as production and trade itself.Common calculation methods such as compound interest, annual interest, discount, etc. provide a unified yardstick for Wanzhou's trading system. As the most important part of Wanzhou's education system, business studies play an irreplaceable role in teaching the application of arithmetic.All the Confucian temples in Wanzhou are learned from the former temples, and business studies are backed by the Confucian temples.In addition to teaching arithmetic, business studies also teach astronomy, geography, etc., and even astrology and secret arts. on the application.The ten cities are different, and the business schools in each region also have their own strengths.Chinese scholars tend to value their status and look down on business studies. However, when it comes to practicality and broadness, there is no other school that can compare with business studies.In the whole Nanwan Prefecture, the scholars of business schools in ten cities can find good positions.Although there are few well-known merchants with a background in business studies, most of them have this kind of consultants seeking people. This can be regarded as a unique system of recruiting scholars in Wanzhou. The Confucian Temple is not a school, but more like a city library.It's just that this library concentrates a large amount of commercial information, so that there are far more businessmen than scholars among users.For example, the transactions of merchants in guilds in various cities are filed by category and month, which is called the red book.Because the Confucian Temple is independent from the Chamber of Commerce's Taxation Department and only discloses the total amount to the Chamber of Commerce, merchants do not need to cheat, and the statistics are accurate.In addition, the Confucian Temple is also responsible for recording history and writing, and information on military and political affairs in each city must be archived in the Confucian Temple.The Confucian Temple also has a certain amount of information exchange with others, ranging from natural residences to caravan porters.Therefore, if it is "fine", the information of the Confucian Temple may not be qualified, but the word "full" is unquestionable. In addition to the tuition fees paid by students, most of the operating costs of business schools rely on the Chamber of Commerce's funding, so the Chamber of Commerce has the right to decide on the appointment and dismissal of business schools.The Confucian Temple is not directly paid from the Chamber of Commerce, but is donated by the merchants of the guild to maintain independence.Donors can access various materials for free, while non-donors can only access them after paying a considerable amount of money.If the chamber of commerce needs to consult the documents, although there is no need to pay a fee, it needs to notify the Confucian Temple Secretary of Li, who has the right to refuse to read it. Of course, such a thing has never happened in practice.There are several priests in the Confucian temple, the elder is the chief priest, and some long-term and short-term workers are assigned.It is the business students who are really maintained in the bookkeeping of the Confucian Temple - if not for this, they would have no way of understanding the vast file system of the Confucian Temple. It is very interesting to trace the emergence and development of the Confucian Temple system.In a word, this is something that sprouted in Wanzhou, but it was planned by the sages with great wisdom to make it last forever, and its importance is no less important than the chamber of commerce itself.But in the end, it still couldn't avoid the influence of external force. The world belongs to Xie, except for the Confucian Temple that was burned by the bluestone and changed into the Sangong Temple by the locals, the Confucian Temples in various places are still preserved.The business system has also been preserved, but the subject of the teaching has become something based on etiquette and strategy such as "Three Rites", "Jiu Wen", and "Lun Ping". Wanzhou's unique system of selecting scholars has actually been cut in half.