"Have you done less?"
The eldest princess Huaizhen covered her mouth and smiled, and asked.
"Um...I haven't done anything bad that harmed the interests of the imperial court, have I?" Zhou Zhenwen touched his nose with some guilt.
"Didn't you do anything?" The eldest princess Huaizhen stretched out her slender fingers and counted them one by one: "In other words, they stole some fields, accepted some bribes, participated in some business activities, and dug some royal tombs... ...Oh, by the way, you also like to make some inventions and creations... Your soap, perfume, and toothbrush are very good, and I like to use them too!!"
"Her Royal Highness the Princess knows me quite well!!" Zhou Zhenwen chuckled.
"Actually, Your Majesty has also found out all these things. It's just that His Majesty now has to use you, so he just turns a blind eye..." The eldest princess Huaizhen sighed quietly, "Hey, actually, I have something that I don't understand. ? I hope Mr. Zhou can help me clarify my doubts."
"Your Royal Highness, it's okay to say so!!" Zhou Zhenwen said.
"Then Mr. Zhou needs so much money? What to do?"
"According to my rough calculation, your total income is conservatively estimated to be more than one hundred million taels of silver. The annual tax revenue of the Great Wilderness is 20 million taels. Mr. Zhou, your income is equivalent to the entire Great Wilderness. If you pay taxes for 50 years, even Zhou Sir, you are squandering extravagantly every day, spending freely, spending one hundred thousand taels a day, and you need to spend ten thousand days, and this is not counting the growth of your wealth, Sir Zhou..."
"Master Zhou, this money is too much. Most of the money in the entire wilderness is probably in your hands, Master Zhou, right?" said the eldest princess Hua Zhen.
"Not that much." Zhou Zhenwen shook his head, "What I want to do requires some money to support me!"
"What needs so much money?" asked the eldest princess Huaizhen.
"Your Highness, the eldest princess..." Zhou Zhenwen thought for a while, and just as he was about to explain, he was interrupted by the eldest princess Huaizhen.
"Just call me Huaizhen. From now on when we are in private, you can call me by my name and I will call you Zhenwen." Huaizhen said softly.
"This..." Zhou Zhenwen hesitated, "Isn't this unreasonable?"
"If you think it's unreasonable, then wait until I return to the capital and ask Your Majesty to grant us a marriage. After you and I get married, we can call you this again!!" Huaizhen said in a calm and serious tone.
"Marriage?" Zhou Zhenwen was also a little surprised, "Chang... Huaizhen, have you thought about it?"
"Of course I have thought about it, but before making the final decision, I still want to know what you really think... This is very important for my choice!!" Huaizhen said in a deep voice.
"I'm not interested in the position of emperor... What I want to do... is something bigger!!" Zhou Zhenwen said softly.
"What kind of big event?" Huaizhen continued to ask.
"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the living and the people, carry on the unique knowledge of the past saints, and create peace for all generations!" Zhou Zhenwen said a very famous saying in his previous life.
"Such a great ambition is rare in ancient times!!" Huaizhen looked shocked. She looked at Zhou Zhenwen and felt that the person in front of her was so dazzling at this moment, so radiant! !
As soon as these four sentences came out, they can be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented! !
Four sentences sum up the lifelong wish of scholars all over the world! !
"What do you want to do?" Huaizhen continued to ask.
"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, leave scriptures in front of a book, write a book that can educate the people, help the ignorant people become wise, make all people read, wipe away the illiteracy in our wilderness, and let the people in the wilderness have a smart and sober heart. !!”
"For the sake of the people's livelihood, we will have enough material food and clothing, and increase the world's food production, so that everyone in the wilderness will have food to eat and no one will go hungry."
"In order to carry on the unique teachings of the past saints and continue the immortal teachings that are about to be passed down for the sages of all generations, I plan to complete the ancient teachings and books and materials, so that the principles of various schools of thought can return to the land of the Central Plains, leaving enough for the people of the world. A precious treasure passed down through the ages!!”
"Create peace for all generations! Completing the first three steps is enough to create an immortal foundation that will be passed down for generations! The dynasty may decay or perish, but the spirit passed down is eternal and exists in the hearts of the people in the wilderness. It will be passed down forever!!”
"This is a great foundation that can be called immortal!!"
"Isn't this a big deal?"
Zhou Zhenwen stated his goals and future plans.
These plans deeply shocked Huaizhen! !
No matter which one of these things is taken out casually, the person who does these things will be famous throughout the ages! !
And if you complete these three things in one go, you will no longer be an eternal celebrity.
But the ancient sages...
This Zhou Zhenwen doesn't want to be a mortal. He clearly wants to become the only great sage and sage in the ages! !
Since the Dark Turmoil, the world has undergone great changes. Many doctrines, classics, and materials have been lost. Humanity's thoughts have also experienced unimaginable faults. Many precious doctrines have also disappeared in the long river of history...
Many theories, even those living deep in the palace, with the most complete collection of classics and materials, only have a fragment left, and many contents are no longer searchable.
And Zhou Zhenwen wants to complete all these and enlighten all people. This is completely a great merit and good fortune! !
If he is really allowed to complete it, maybe many years later, Zhou Zhenwen will become an unimaginable sage, passed down from mouth to mouth, and eventually become the only saint after the dark turmoil! !
"Finish the affairs of the king and the world, and win the reputation before and after death!!"
"Don't fight for one life, but fight for hundreds of generations. He Zhou Zhenwen has won the name of all generations..."
The eldest princess Huaizhen suddenly remembered what Emperor Xuan once said. He once said that Zhou Zhenwen was a man with great ambitions. His ambition was not to become an emperor, but to become a person who would be passed down through the ages! !
He doesn't care about his name during his lifetime, he, Zhou Zhenwen, wants a name that lasts forever! !
"For such a big thing, Zhenwen, I am willing to help you!!"
At this moment, the eldest princess Huaizhen was truly moved by Zhou Zhenwen!
Maybe this is not love!
But the eldest princess Huaizhen knew that she did feel a strong interest and deep admiration for the man in front of her, his ambition, his goal, what he wanted to do...
No matter that, it is far superior to other men! !
In the entire wilderness, only he, Zhou Zhenwen, dared to say such a thing!
Only then do you have the ability to do these things! !
"Over the years, you have been collecting wealth, forming parties for personal gain, and seizing power, all in order to push these things forward one day... right?" Huaizhen asked.
"Yes, becoming the chief minister of the cabinet and taking control of the power has always been part of my plan. To enlighten the people, to feed and clothe the people... these were all my original plans!" Zhou Zhenwen nodded and admitted. .
However, he did not say a word. He was the last one to write books and complete various schools of thought, pass on the doctrines and knowledge left by the sages, pass them on, and make up for regrets. In fact, Zhou Zhenwen also had selfish motives.
His method of miscellaneous schools really needs to absorb the strengths of hundreds of schools, collect the theories of hundreds of schools, and strengthen itself, so he gathers all the schools of thought and spreads them out, leaving behind the ways of all the schools of thought for future generations. , coincides with his purpose! !
Therefore, under the pressure of the eldest princess Huaizhen, Zhou Zhenwen said the most classic four sentences of Liang Qu! !
