Section 41

Before leaving, Lu Zhi seemed to have mentioned inadvertently: "The Emperor asked the palace people to go up the roof today to check the tiles of the house. The building you built is too high, so the palace people dare not climb. Xuande, you will send a few craftsmen to the roof tomorrow to take down three tiles for the emperor."

Liu Bei blinked his eyes and asked in confusion: "What are you doing with three tiles on the roof?"

Lu Zhi briefly replied: "The sky is not complete yet."

Liu Bei suddenly realized.

"The sky is not yet complete" is an important theory of the theory of the Book of Changes. It means that God likes or advocates cutting corners and incomplete things. Based on this theory, when building a house in the Han Dynasty, the ritual system stipulates that when building a house, three tiles should be placed on the roof to make it leak in rainy days, so as to please the heavens (recorded in the Records of Sima Qian). Later, half a house was built in Beijing, and a copper nail was missing from the gate of the Forbidden City, which is based on one theory.

Liu Bei said disdainfully: "The absurd statement of the Book of Changes is beyond credibility. The teacher wouldn't persuade him?"

Lu Zhi smiled bitterly and said, "It was me who told the emperor that the things produced in Qingzhou advocated perfection. The spokes of the carriage will never be deliberately missing a spoke, the armor will never be nailed a few nails, the crossbow will never be specially missing a screw, and the horseshoe will never be deliberately nailed a few horseshoe nails (now, some horseshoe shops in Shaanxi still retain this custom). After the emperor knew about it, he firmly asked the palace servants to remove three tiles."

Liu Bei looked at Zhou Yu who was standing beside him, and Zhou Yu had no expression on his face.

Liu Bei asked thoughtfully: "Teacher, what do you think about this?"

Lu Zhi had a helpless expression on his face: "The saint said: Respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them. As for the sayings of ghosts and gods, it is better to believe that there is it than that there is nothing. The saint insists on it, let him."

If it were just a few tiles and pieces on the roof, Liu Bei was too lazy to worry about the matter on other people's roofs. However, the theory of the Book of Changes, which "the sky is not yet complete", was almost absurd to the end. Even in matters related to the survival of the country, our national elites at that time did a lot of ridiculous things, which made Liu Bei intolerable.

For example, when building a city wall, you should deliberately leave a little break and a flaw, indicating that you dare not do your best in your work, so as not to anger the will of heaven. Take the ancient city wall of Xi'an, which was built in the Tang Dynasty, as for example, the architectural pattern fully reflects China's consistent fortress architectural ideas: one flaw is not enough, at least two defense loopholes are needed.

The south gate of the ancient city wall of Xi'an was called Yongning Gate in the Ming Dynasty. It deliberately did not build defense equipment such as city towers to form a defensive dead corner; and the weakest part of the entire ancient city wall section was Wenchang Gate. In order to prevent the enemy from attacking from this weak section, a Kuixin Temple with no military purpose was specially built on Wenchang Gate to use the power of the gods to resist the enemy's attack. Unfortunately, the god never blocked the attack of the alien race, nor did it block the attack of the bandits of its own nation, such as Zhang Xianzhong, a bandit in the late Ming Dynasty.

What should they do if they don’t believe in this god?

In his military books, Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general in the Ming Dynasty, once required that when camping in the wild, the camps could not be coherent and smooth, and two breakpoints must be left to reflect the guiding spirit of "the sky is not complete". These two breakpoints are called "Doumen".

In addition, when Lin Zexu, a famous official in the late Qing Dynasty, set up a Humen Fort, he specially placed a squib on the fort to form a shooting dead corner, indicating that he did not dare to do his best in his work, which would anger the will of heaven.

It is estimated that the most horrifying thing about the spirit of "Heaven is not yet complete". The pursuit of the news is also dependent on the Beiyang Navy. The Qing government purchased warships produced by British and Germans and trained them into an army. Because the British and Germans valued quality, the warships were made perfect, which made the navy officers and soldiers panic. They invited Feng Shui masters to drill through the cannons at the location of Sheng Gate according to the eight gates of the Bagua to show that they did not dare to kill all the enemies and to anger the heavens. As a result, this naval fleet with the largest tonnage in Asia at that time encountered the Japanese fleet in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and was killed by the Japanese Navy.

In order to respect tradition and cover up the truth, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 was explaining the fact that the Beiyang navy encountered the enemy and some of the guns did not fire, he specially fabricated a plot: Deng Shichang, the leader, asked the soldiers why they did not fire the guns? The soldiers replied that the shells were filled with sand.

However, the makers obviously ignored the fact that the shells of these naval guns were produced by Britain and Germany on the assembly line. If you want to specially produce several sand-loading shells, you must add a feed conveyor belt for transporting sand-filled soil, or use purely handmade. The sand-filled shells produced in this way are more expensive than normal shells...

After Liu Bei thought about it, he felt a strong sense of powerlessness in his heart.

This absurd and bizarre traditional thinking remains unchanged. If you give them cannons and let them shoot spear soldiers, you will still be civil war, internal and foreign war laymen.

After thinking for a long time, he couldn't speak. Liu Bei could only snort fiercely from the gap between his teeth: "It's going to rain, and my mother wants to get married, let him go..."

On November 30, Liu Bei, who could not bear it, resolutely decided to withdraw the entire army to Qingzhou despite the false attempts by the court officials.

At Luoshui Wharf, Cao Cao bid farewell to Liu Bei. Xun You looked at the sail shadows that were gradually moving away and whispered to Cao Cao: "Lord, Liu's six commentaries have only been announced now, so the sixth article, why didn't Liu Xuande explain it?"

Cao Cao looked at the sail shadows that were leaving and said leisurely: "I know, he is talking about religion. Now Buddhism is flourishing in Xuzhou, Taiping Taoism (Taoism) in Hanzhong, Qingzhou, and Izuyun. Liu Bei wanted to use Monotheological Cult to break the ghost and gods thoughts of the metaphysics of the Book of Changes. However, he also believed that religious beliefs are purely personal freedom and the government should not interfere. Therefore, although he had this idea, he was unwilling to make an idea by himself."

Xun You asked tentatively: "What does the lord think of Liu's six commentaries?"

Cao Cao gently stroked the beard under his jaw and said proudly: "The Prime Minister's Cabinet system is implemented. The preparations for the imperial examination and official system are extremely complicated. Now that the war has not yet ended, I and Liu Bei have reached an agreement to be implemented independently by each local area. When the world is peaceful, the court will plan unifiedly.

Officials are separated, judicial and supervision are independent, and the number of officials is still needed. After Liu Xuande sends officials to gradually promote it. During the war, various places implemented it independently. The power of meritorious people and meritorious people is just used to reward soldiers. The court does not need to bear any expenses. I promised Liu Xuande, Yanzhou and Sili to start implementation next year.

Encourage industry and commerce and exempt agricultural taxes. Our Yanzhou and Sili are temporarily unable to do so, so I promised Liu Xuande to implement them at the same time.

Paying attention to private property rights is a strategy to strengthen the army. Even if Liu Xuande does not ask, I plan to promote it in Yanzhou, and this time it will be promoted.

As for the religious theory, according to Liu Xuande's intention: no restrictions, no encouragement, no support, no indulgence..."

Xun You said happily and with a deep vision: "Lord, just paying attention to private property can make our Yanzhou soldiers bravely fight. In order to obtain more property, the people of Yanzhou will be full of desire to expand. With the financial and tax support of Qingzhou, our Yanzhou has been born in the ten years, to sank the chaos in the world and to restore the people to a bright world, which will be easy."

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and his face turned gloomy: "Ten years, ten years later, what will Liu Xuande develop into? Now with his conscript order, Qingzhou suddenly became a large barracks, giving him ten years to educate him to produce another generation, what will Qing, Ji, You and the four states become? It is said that Xuande will prepare to attack Japan at sea this time when he returns. In recent years, he and Ma Han robbed, and Japan is already weak. Under the Qingzhou military merit reward order, the soldiers will not be promoted for three years, and they are dissatisfied. When Xuande returns, he plans to open a battlefield on sea.

After hearing from Liu Xuande, Japan's area is as big as Qingzhou. In ten years, if Liu Xuande adds another Qingzhou territory, how powerful will he be?"

The generals and ministers of Cao's camp were frightened and looked at Liu Bei's sails disappearing from the sky, and his heart was heavy.

At that time, no one saw the importance of the Liu and Cao agreement, and even the two parties involved did not expect how amazing its influence was. The Liu and Cao agreement introduced several new political words to agricultural civilization: cooperation; team spirit; national concept; compromise. At this moment, history broke away from its inertia trajectory and drove into a new trajectory.

From then on, political conflicts of concepts do not have to be the only choice to eliminate the other party’s body. Both parties can reach a compromise through negotiation, transaction, and develop in state affairs. The entire nation consolidates into a team and expands and develops unanimously. At this moment, the fate of the Chinese nation has truly changed.

With the competition between Liu and Cao and the rapid changes in society, the influence of this agreement gradually emerged...

On the same day, the Qingzhou Navy led by Wenpin finally arrived at the sea surface of Dishi Port, Vietnam after a long journey. Twenty warships in Qingzhou spread out in half a moon shape, faintly surrounding the weak Roman fleet on the Dishi Port. On the command platform of the flagship Zhiwu, Wenpin put down his telescope and murmured to himself: "Barbarism, my great Han navy is here."

On the sea, the Wu-class warships such as Zhiwu, Renwu, Bravewu, Xinwu, Yanwu and other Wu-class warships led their respective squadrons, and showed their power. The fierce-class warships, Juechong, Guanwu, Herong, Anlei, and the fierce-class warships followed the flagship, bed crossbow, catapult car, and fire bottles in full swing, demonstrating their most powerful attack capabilities; the Chi-Shot-class warships Kedi, Pinglu, Yingyi, Pingdi, and Weirong; the Yingyang-class warships Fengzhong, Shouyi, Hongxin, Yanghua, and Liyi also showed an aggressive momentum to suppress the weak defenders in the port.

The Qingzhou Navy that went south this time also had five Weizi-class warships second only to the Wuzi-class warships, namely Zhiwei, Renwei, Yongwei, Xinwei and Yanwei. They stayed in Qiongzhou (Hainan Island). On the one hand, they served as the support of the entire fleet, and on the other hand, they responded to the Qingzhou merchant ships that had sold out goods in Nanyang and wanted to go home for the New Year. These merchant ships were all filled with local specialty cargo.

Seeing Wen Pin's expression that he was eager to carry out, Qin Lu, a merchant from the Qin Dynasty who was the Qingzhou Municipal Officer, rushed over and persuaded: "The great, invincible, and the invincible naval commander, Qin Lu, the Qingzhou Municipal Officer, paid tribute to you!"

Qin Lun took the words "Qingzhou Tongshiguan" very seriously. Wen Pin understood what he meant. Qin Lun wanted to tell Wen Pin that he was communicating with him as an official in Qingzhou. Wen Pin gave a casual military salute and replied: "Your Excellency Tongshiguan, the sea is strong and our army is about to enter the port. What are your requirements?"

Qin Lu smiled respectfully and even flatteringly: "Mr. Commander, frankly, you have to admit that I am now a nobleman in Qingzhou. For me, in comparison, my sense of belonging to Qingzhou is even higher than that of the Great Qin Empire. The supreme city lord, Qing, Ji, and You, the actual ruler of the four states, your master, and the kind Lord Liu, had asked me to communicate equally with the lords of the Great Qin Empire. Therefore, in the name of your master, I beg you to temporarily put away your swords and guns, reveal your smile, and reflect your kindness and broad heart."

Wen Pin stroked his forehead with his hand and was shaking: "Fatty Qin, I can't stand it anymore. Do you all the merchants of the Great Qin Kingdom speak in this way? Just be simple, just point it directly, and tell me clearly, what do you want to do?"

Qin Lu simply said: "Get down the anchor, drop the sails, and wait for the pilot ship."

Wen Pin raised his telescope and looked at the crowd running around in the turmoil in the Hong Kong area, and replied disdainfully: "What do the barbarians understand? Equal interactions, are there kings under the world, and are there kings in the shores of the land? Do you understand? There is no day, and no two masters in the country, do you understand? What is the equality between my Han and these barbarians?"

Qin Lun blushed and said angrily: "God General, I am also a noble..." Qin Lun's voice suddenly became low, and he said quickly with an indescribable voice, "...I ask to fight you."

Wen Pin waved his hand in his ear and said contemptuously: "Fatty Qin, although the wind on the sea is strong, I have heard what you said clearly. After completing the mission this time and returning to Qingzhou, we will have a good fight."

Qin Lun's forehead was filled with oil and sweat, and he endured it again and again, and he still plucked up the courage to say: "General, is there any king under the world? This may be correct, but there is more than one king under the world. There is no day in the sky and no two masters in the country. This may be correct, but there is more than one country under the world. How do you determine that he is your subject? Why must he accept your rule? General, I am here to seek wealth, and force is only to ensure the safety of property and fair transactions. General, your master, and the supreme city lord once explained: The most meaningful moment in history is the moment when the two major civilizations meet. At this moment, you and I are all people in history. Please do not let this historical meeting be covered with blood for personal reasons. I strongly ask you, General, as the special envoy of this meeting, I ask you to make a reconciliation immediately."

Wen Pin sneered: "The lord once told me: the dialogue between strong countries should start with swords first. Only when strength is equal can we trade equally. So, you do yours, I do mine. I will order Renwu to take you into Hong Kong, and you will go ashore to negotiate with them, tell them that they will fight and be at peace, and a decision has been made."
Chapter completed!