When a great idea is formed, it generally requires some effort and hard thinking. However, when it is implemented, hard work and hard actions naturally become indispensable.
Therefore, it was Pang Ji who was still fighting for the local armed forces in Phrygia. After reading Li Ning's letter, he fell into speechlessness and panic.
Li Ning's idea is not deviant if viewed from the perspective of later generations. He effectively combined state-owned capital, educational needs and Buddhism's abuse of certain resources. But for Pang Ji, he had never heard of any measure that could include Buddhism, which has many believers in the world.
This made him somewhat worried.
This concern stems from the basic quality of a civil servant, which is the disorder of social order.
However, for Li Ning, social order is certainly important, otherwise why would he push Buddhism to the forefront.
However, the intensity of the crackdown on criminals cannot be relaxed just because of worries about these things. Otherwise, once they become bigger, not only will the social order that they have been concerned about be on the verge of crisis, but also the commotion caused during the handling period will be far away. beyond the current situation.
Therefore, social order is certainly necessary to strengthen the people. But sometimes in order to have more bottles and cans, the loss of one or two is not something to be afraid of.
Therefore, Li Ning insisted on his philosophy of temple education and prepared to return to Quanzhou specifically for this purpose.
At this point in the exchange of letters, both parties have increasingly felt that the need to meet each other is obviously becoming more urgent.
After all, Pang Ji is not in Quanzhou now, but in Phrygia, which is much closer. Li Ning's running back is completely unnecessary.
As a result, Pang Ji was a simple man. After traveling for six days, I showed up in Maras and successfully met Li Ning and Alexander.
Alexander was very interested in Buddhism, which was beyond Li Ning's expectation.
The gentleness and kindness hidden in his heart have long been overshadowed by his illustrious military achievements. The large-scale killing of prisoners in the past made it seem that he had no connection with the compassionate hearts of those Buddhas.
However, when he heard Li Ning briefly mention the principles and principles of Buddhism, he felt that this was a sect that could help people regain inner peace.
Although primitive religion at this time was very popular in Asia Minor and mainland Greece. Even political leaders and military commanders had to participate in various religious sacrificial activities. But he still felt that if this sect could be introduced into his territory, it would definitely make the social order unintentionally orderly.
His vision is similar to that of Li Ning, so their demands for territory management are also similar.
However, Alexander's request for Buddhism was not fully satisfied at the beginning, because Pang Ji did not have a deep understanding of Buddhism due to his inherent position as a scholar-official in the Northern Song Dynasty.
As a result, the meeting turned into a fierce quarrel between Li Ning and Pang Ji. This normal whole process was recorded by the students who followed Li Ning, and soon it was passed to Song Lilu and even the officials of the imperial court.
at that moment. What the Qingliu scholar-bureaucrats between the government and the public saw was a process in which two wise men, because of their different opinions, completely improved a thing into a system through constant proposals and denials.
But during this period, what the students felt was the huge fear that the two adults almost drew their swords at each other and hacked each other to death. The hands and paper they used to record were trembling.
"Of course the monks don't want the little bald donkeys to study other scriptures, but after the three or five eras of the Buddha's extermination, how many Buddhist scriptures disappeared in the Central Plains, and how many Buddhist scriptures originally stayed in India and never came to the Central Plains?"
"Do you want to publish a Buddhist scripture yourself? So what difference does it make if you fake it? This kind of blasphemous thing..."
"It's not like I'm going to curse you. What's more, I'm a disciple of Confucius and Mencius, just for the prosperity of the world. Isn't it great that small means can give people another way to obtain the truth?"
"Why is yours the truth?"
"That's not the point of the discussion, the point is that you will meet him and make the empire strong."
"I didn't see it. I only saw a large amount of copper coins flowing out of the treasury."
"That's why I need to popularize some methods to let those copper coins flow back, and then flow back again, so that the copper coins in everyone's hands can become more, so that they can also become more generous, and then in the broad space And become more generous at the same time.”
Pang Ji was stunned for half a second: "What the hell does this mean?"
After cursing in a low voice, the muscular Shandong man suddenly stood up, frightening the recording students behind him to drop their brushes and quickly grab the accessories in their arms.
Fortunately, Li Ning, a Shandong man of the same type, did not just sit there. He suddenly stood up, picked up a writing brush, and started writing on the screen behind him.
"This knowledge is called the currency maturity effect. It means that goods marked with new output do not necessarily have to produce the same number of copper coins, but can increase the frequency of currency circulation and avoid the passive situation caused by deflation."
"Oh..." Pang Ji let out a long breath. He seemed to understand, but in fact he didn't understand at all. It's just that in recent days, he has been bombarded with various new teaching hours from Li Ning. He feels that everything seems to make sense, but in fact it cannot form a theoretical system, and he cannot deeply understand the meaning of it.
As for facing the actual situation and dealing with the problems of the century, various risks will arise.
Li Ning knew that he didn't understand it to the core, and he also knew very well that now, it was still difficult for him to understand these issues, so he had to turn in another direction.
"The quantity and quality of craftsmen are the foundation of a country's industry and commerce. In the precious metal era, the total amount of coins can be changed artificially, and there is no need to worry about the excessive issuance of money due to credit problems. Based on this, if we need the public to continue to develop, So while ensuring the number of craftsmen, it also ensures the production of copper coins, that is, a new value definition can be made for all newly produced things. As long as the value growth of new things is controlled, emerging industries can obtain relatively advantageous profits, and This guides the transformation of old industries into new industries.”
"So there are only two things we have to do in the final analysis. Is that what you mean?"
"Yes, the first thing we need to do is stabilize the supply of copper coins, so he wants to go overseas to mine copper mines. The second thing is to invent new technologies and promote new technologies so that people can benefit from the new technologies so that they can spend money to buy them. Products produced by new technologies are actually nothing new in our Song Dynasty! On the contrary, the people of our Song Dynasty are quite willing to spend money on those novel things."
"You're right. Especially in the south, households are competing for luxury, almost to the point of losing their conscience. They all have to compare whether your windows are inlaid with gold. The level of luxury is simply outrageous. .”
"You are right. We also have some ideas about windows. Nanhai Liuli has been deeply loved by noble officials since its emergence in the Tang Dynasty. We have also made small public welfare improvements in this regard. If it is promoted to the public, then Whether it is sold domestically or sold overseas, it will bring huge profits, but the most important thing now is the lack of a batch of such effects, so we hope to use the power of Buddhism to cultivate talents."
"I've said this before, and they won't agree to it."
"They will. This is also to manage the world and benefit the people. It is in line with the stance of Confucianism and the benevolence of their Buddhism. Therefore, if certain scriptures are compiled, they may not be disgusted by the bald donkeys. They might not even suspect that it’s fake.”
"Is this your method of economic development?"
"No, this is just a way. The literacy rate of our Emperor Song Empire is too low. Without the help of the power of religion, the ignorance of the people makes it difficult for them to quickly master advanced things. Therefore, this move is unavoidable."
"Then how do you balance the Buddhist scriptures with your teaching of foreign scriptures?"
"I have a complete system for this. Generally speaking, the two scriptures are roughly equivalent to half and half. But in fact, all the time we spent in the initial enlightenment can be taken into account in the follow-up of these two teachings, so There is no specific time division. After the enlightenment, Buddhist scriptures and Confucian classics will appear in the teaching content, but these two are mainly for them to improve their worldview and cultural relics values. Other miscellaneous studies mixed with them are what we want them to master later. s things."
"Buddhism and Confucianism are not your thing. This so-called miscellaneous learning is your thing."
"That's right. I can't let them hang on to my things all their lives. It would be easy to lose touch with society and make them unable to make a living. If they can't handle it well, they can also become a monk or a career adviser. Yes. Well, as a staff member, some of my knowledge should be very useful in observation, for example, accounting and statistics will gradually become a hot knowledge in our Song Dynasty."
Pang Ji couldn't help but nodded. Monsters like Li Chang would probably appear one after another in the future. What he didn't know was that the accounting book jointly written by Li Chang and Su Che later became almost the originator of this knowledge.
And if Li Ning pays attention to the spread of similar knowledge, it is conceivable that the Li Huang Song Empire will no longer lack relevant talents in the future.
What he didn't know was that Li Ning was actually not interested in accounting. What he valued was mathematics education.
China is a country with extremely developed mathematics education, but it is seriously partial to subjects. Algebra is invincible and geometry is a failure.
However, Western mathematics attaches great importance to geometry. At the door of Plato's Academy, there is still the famous motto: Those who do not understand geometry are not allowed to enter.
Although China's Si Tianjian does not have a similar motto, those who do not understand algebra cannot get in.
It is said that the famous mathematician and the actual discoverer of Yang Hui's triangle, Comrade Jia Xian, happened to be active during this period.
At this time, he happened to be recruited by Li Ning to Fujian and served as a mathematics teacher in several schools established by the Light Curtain Division.
The strong academic style in Fujian can only be compared with that of Sichuan and Sichuan. Therefore, in the near future, all kinds of local talents will spring up like mushrooms after a rain.
Of course, Li Ning will not put all its treasure on this piece of land.
Since you want to rely on the power of religion, you must rely on him in the way of communication. In the future, these knowledge will go out of Fujian along with religion and come into the sight of thousands of households. At that time, even small countries in Nanyang will be in a Under the influence of Chinese civilization.
