"Cultivation of one's character, order of family, governance of country, peace of the world."
Chen Jingke said this in a calm tone.
Fang Xiaoru, however, was in awe: "Jing Ke's lofty ambitions make me admire him."
This sentence is almost said by scholars, but how many people take it seriously?
But he knew that Chen Jingke didn't just say it casually, but took this sentence seriously and practiced it personally.
Chen Jingke just smiled and said nothing.
He always believed that this sentence was a person's best pursuit.
Although it is not as inspiring as Hengqu's four sentences, the artistic conception contained in it is far superior.
When your ability is insufficient, you should take care of yourself and your own family. When your ability is sufficient, you can govern the country and bring peace to the world.
Whether you are an ordinary person or a person with a world-minded mind, you can find your own path in it.
Of course, the "pacification of the world" he pursues is completely different from what Confucianism calls the world.
The world in his eyes is the entire earth, and what he wants to do is not to realize the rule of the Holy King in the Central Plains.
Instead, go out of this land and compete with various civilizations in the world.
Let Chinese civilization become the brightest pearl on earth.
These are not enough for outsiders to understand.
Even if you tell them, they won't understand and will only be laughed at.
Do it slowly, and one day everyone will understand what I mean.
Afterwards, Fang Xiaoru recounted his psychological journey and conducted self-examination.
"...I can't say I regret it, I just feel a little guilty that it has affected everyone."
Chen Jingke understood it and comforted him: "There is only a thin line between genius and devil. Fortunately, you have found yourself."
"If you survive this disaster, your future achievements will be limitless."
Fang Xiaoru also looked away and said with relief, "I hope I can live up to Jing Ke's expectations."
Chen Jingke nodded and said, "What are your plans next?"
Fang Xiaoru thought for a moment and said, "Go back and continue writing a brief history of China."
"You said that you would take advantage of the opportunity of writing a brief history of China to sort out your understanding of history."
"I went astray before and misinterpreted your meaning. This time I am ready to do it properly."
Chen Jingke said happily: "That's good. Reading history can make you wise, and sorting out history will help you find your own path."
After thinking for a while, he added: "I believe you also understand the purpose of your Majesty's request to compile a brief history of China."
"I'm afraid that those Confucian scholars will be too arrogant and end up self-defeating."
"Keep an eye on them and don't let them do anything wrong."
Fang Xiaoru nodded and said, "Don't worry, leave this matter to me. Those people are very afraid of me now."
"At worst, if I pretend to be crazy and act stupid for them, I'll scare them to death."
Chen Jingke couldn't laugh or cry, this could be considered an unexpected gain.
Don't think it's child's play. To deal with those Confucian scholars, playing rogue is often more effective than being reasonable, or even more effective than using force to intimidate them.
Anyway, Fang Xiaoru is already known as "crazy". As long as Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't say anything, no one can do anything to him.
In this matter, Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally happy to see success, so how could he get him away.
After talking for a long time, Fang Xiaoru got up and left.
Chen Jingke kept sending him out the door and watched him leave before returning.
As soon as he sat down, Zhu Xiongying opened the door and came in, admiringly saying:
"Jing Ke is a great talent. Just a few words can help him get rid of his inner demons."
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Zhu Yuanzhang took up his pen and wrote four big characters on the paper: A gentleman should be cautious in his independence.
Zhu Biao praised: "Good calligraphy. My handwriting is not weaker than that of everyone in the contemporary era."
Zhu Yuanzhang said proudly: "That's right, we were just poor and couldn't afford to study when we were young, otherwise we would be a generation of literary giants."
Zhu Biao deeply believed that Lao Zhu's talent was indeed high.
I only started learning to read and write halfway through, and I was able to achieve such a high level of achievement while studying while fighting.
If you study hard from a young age, I really can’t imagine how high your achievements will be.
Zhu Yuanzhang put down his pen and said, "Go check Alexander and Dio to see if there are really these two people."
A voice in the darkness replied: "Yes."
Zhu Biao was not surprised by this. In addition to Jin Yiwei, his father also had a group of people.
On weekdays, it is mainly used to monitor Jin Yiwei, and occasionally handles some secret matters.
Mao Xiang has lost trust, and the truly secret tasks are no longer entrusted to them, but are now being investigated by these people.
Even Zhu Biao's own subordinates have their own intelligence network.
It's just that the function of his intelligence network is relatively simple, just collecting intelligence.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "I heard that someone is suppressing the price of treasure banknotes?"
Zhu Biao's expression remained unchanged and he said: "Well, some people want to lower the price and make large purchases to earn the price difference."
"I have sent people to investigate secretly and will hand it over to Mao Xiang for processing."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with satisfaction: "Yes, there are some things where there is no need to dirty your hands..."
"The material exchange will be opened soon. Are you ready? Don't make any mistakes."
Zhu Biao said confidently: "Don't worry, the supplies I have prepared are enough to take back all the treasure banknotes circulating in Yingtian Mansion."
"Actually, there is far less need for so many supplies. Once Baochao's special order to directly purchase salt is issued, salt merchants will go crazy for purchases."
"I expect the price of the treasure note to even exceed its face value."
"A large amount of private banknotes will be absorbed, and the remaining part will not be enough to have an impact on us."
"The pressure on the salt farm will be a little greater, but the salt can be delivered in installments and can be handled."
Hearing that the price of treasure banknotes would rise, Zhu Yuanzhang cheered up:
"It's great if it rises. It would be great if we could build people's confidence with this."
Zhu Biao said conservatively: "It is a long-term process to let the people completely believe in Baochao, and there is no need to rush it."
"However, this move can indeed restore some credibility and create favorable conditions for the next issuance of new banknotes."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "That's good... Will the salt merchant's large-scale purchase of treasure banknotes affect your investigation of counterfeiting?"
Zhu Biao smiled and said: "Not only does it not work, it will also help us detect where there are counterfeit banknotes."
"I will issue an order. The treasure banknotes purchased by salt dealers in various places must be reported to the local gold and banknote bureau. Only after obtaining the approval can they go to the salt field to buy salt."
"In this way, people from the Audit Department can check the treasure banknotes purchased by salt merchants to determine whether there are counterfeit banknotes in the local area."
Zhu Yuanzhang said appreciatively: "A good method can be said to accomplish multiple things with one stone."
Zhu Biao said: "I also thought of a way. In the future, we will issue treasure banknotes according to regions."
"The treasure banknotes in each area have a separate number."
"By observing the serial number of the banknotes, the imperial court can determine which regions have frequent economic exchanges and what their main commodities are."
"This will increase our understanding of the local economy and provide a reference for subsequent formulation of economic policies."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked confused and judged the economic exchange situation through the banknote number...
How to judge this thing?
He understood every word, but when combined, he had no idea what it meant.
This frustrated him, I'm really old.
(End of chapter)
