'Squeak~' Li Qing opened the door and turned around and said, "Come in."
Wang Shouren followed up, walked into the yard, and said softly: "Your house is not big, but it is quite exquisite."
"It's just so so." Li Qing smiled and asked curiously: "Why do you dare to run out, aren't you afraid that your father will reason with you?"
"Hey~ there's nothing to be afraid of. I'll just take a beating." Wang Shouren was obviously beaten and scolded. He chuckled and said, "Can he really break my legs?"
Li Qing suppressed a smile and nodded: "That's true, but I have a question, why do you have a soft spot for my bamboo?"
"It starts with beauty and is obsessed with reason." Wang Shouren said.
Li Qing was surprised. This young man seemed to be really different. What he said was somewhat incomprehensible to him.
Such people are either amazing geniuses or... idiots.
His interest became more and more intense, "What's the point of bamboo?"
"Everything has a reason."
"..." Li Qing scratched his head, feeling that the words sounded familiar. He thought about it for a while before he thought about it, "Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism?"
Wang Shouren nodded.
"So you are... studying things to gain knowledge?"
"Yes, Not Bad."
Li Qing couldn't help laughing: "What kind of truth can you understand?"
Wang Shouren retorted: "To achieve knowledge, you need to examine things, and then you will know."
"Young people have lost their minds!" Li Qing sighed, "No one is born great. Those who have great achievements all grow up through hardships. Over the years, it is the accumulation of experience and wisdom. Precipitation; if you study things to gain knowledge like this, what principles can you come up with?"
Li Qing said with a smile: "If you stare at the bamboo, you can realize the truth. There are so many things in the world, how qualified can you be in your lifetime?"
Wang Shouren did not refute this time. He frowned and seemed to be deep in thought...
After a long time, he asked: "Then how can we study things to achieve knowledge?"
Li Qing smiled: "Hey, you really want to be a sage?"
"why not?"
Li Qing: "..."
However, he did not attack the boy. He recalled that when he was a child, he wanted to be a scientist and the richest man in the world. Later, when he got older, he wanted to buy a luxury car and live in a big villa, and then...
Who didn’t have a dream when they were young?
In this era, it is really rare for a young man to have such a spirit. ωＷω.ＧoＮЬ.οrＧ
Ideals cannot be ridiculed.
"Then you can check." Li Qing walked to the tree, leaned on the lounge chair, and said lazily: "There are chairs in the living room, you can sit on the chair and check."
"Need not."
Wang Shouren rejected Li Qing's kindness and walked to the bamboo forest to carefully examine the objects...
The Mid-Autumn Festival has just passed, but the breeze has already brought a coolness. Li Qing's century-old true energy is close to his body, and he naturally does not feel any discomfort. Instead, he feels cool and comfortable, and he slowly falls asleep in the autumn wind.
When I woke up, it was already noon.
Li Qing stood up from the recliner, stretched his limbs, and groaned in comfort, but saw that the young man was still looking at things, doing so very seriously, without even changing his posture.
What a shaft!
Li Qing stepped forward slowly and asked curiously: "Um...Xiaoyun, aren't you tired?"
Wang Shouren turned his head and glanced at him. He didn't bother with the name issue and continued to examine things. However, he was obviously not as focused as before. He frowned slightly and had distracting thoughts in his mind.
Li Qing smiled slightly and thought to himself: Ideals are plump, reality is skinny, and ideals are always ideals.
Seeing the tiredness on the young man's face, he said amusedly: "I think you are being unreasonable today, why don't you take a break and try again."
This time, Wang Shouren was no longer stubborn. He was still unable to understand the 'reason' when examining objects at such a close range, which made him a little discouraged.
He murmured: "Could it be that... it is wrong to study things to gain knowledge?"
"Then I don't know," Li Qing shrugged, "but I know that you should have suffered some cold. If you don't see a doctor in time, you may get seriously ill."
Wang Shouren didn't seem to hear it, and still murmured: "Why, why is this..."
This guy must have gone crazy... Li Qing raised his hand and patted his shoulder. Wang Shouren was startled and turned to look at Li Qing.
Li Qingdao: "I haven't studied Zhu Xi's "The Study of Things and the Knowledge of Things", but it is definitely not what you understand. You are just following the instructions and you are really screwed if you can understand the 'reason'."
After a pause, he said, "You are too impetuous, you have taken the wrong path, and you are still trying to get into trouble. If you can become a saint, everyone in the world can become a saint."
"Everyone in the world can be a saint?" Wang Shouren murmured, then his eyes widened and he said, "Everyone in the world can be a saint!!"
At this moment, his energy and spirit surged unprecedentedly, and his aura was unparalleled.
Li Qing's eyes narrowed and he was shocked.
The young man at this time made him feel terrified.
He didn't know why, but he felt this way for no reason.
The young man seemed to have a sudden burst of inspiration and obtained the most precious treasure in the world in an instant, but now he couldn't enjoy it, as if... the treasure was close at hand, but he didn't have the key.
The young man's aura gradually disappeared, his energy and spirit dropped again and again, and finally he became listless.
He raised his hand and scratched feebly in the void, but in the end he caught nothing. The light in his eyes faded visibly, and finally dimmed...
Li Qing calmed down and looked at the boy again. He was still the rebellious boy, as if everything just now was his illusion.
Li Qing asked in shock: "What did you realize just now?"
"I...I don't know," Wang Shouren shook his head in pain, "I seemed to have caught it, but it slipped away from my fingertips."
Li Qing was silent.
The feeling the young man gave him just now was truly astonishing, like the light of a clay Buddha appearing suddenly. He even... felt that this young man was going to become a saint immediately.
This mysterious and mysterious feeling is so wonderful and shocking. However, even the young man himself can't grasp it, and Li Qing can't figure it out.
He didn't know what the young man had caught, but there was no doubt that it was a big treasure, but...
"Oh, what a pity..."
"It's a pity." Wang Shouren and Li Qing said in unison. He was startled for a moment, and then he smiled and said: "It's a pity and it's not a pity. I can only say that I am not virtuous enough. I am lucky to get what I get and take it lightly when I lose."
The young man didn't catch the treasure, but he didn't get nothing.
Li Qing nodded slightly.
He had to face the boy again. This rebellious boy might not be rebellious, maybe... he was just naturally 'strong'!
Li Qing regretted, regretting that he should not have said those words that almost made the young man realize enlightenment. Perhaps those words would change the young man's future achievements.
But then, he felt relieved again.
If one word can change the trajectory of a young man's life, it means that the future achievements of this young man will not be too great.
However, to be on the safe side, Li Qing gave some advice.
"You are too weak now and too utilitarian. Take it easy and calm down your mind." Li Qing said, "I am a Taoist priest. Taoism pays the most attention to 'purity'. One has access to all, the Tao is natural, and the heart is not pure. Everything is ruined!”
"Pure..." Wang Shouren chewed the word, and after a while, he bowed his head and said, "You will be born late to receive education."
"Haha... Shao Li."
Wang Shouren straightened up and said, "But you are not a Taoist priest, right?"
"How can I see it?"
"You are an official, and a high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty." Wang Shouren said firmly, "otherwise, why would the emperor come to see you in person?"
Li Qing was slightly surprised: "Did your father tell you?"
"Father never said it, but I concluded from the details that the person yesterday was the current Holy Emperor." Wang Shouren said.
This boy has wisdom... Li Qing was amazed in his heart, but his face was quite indifferent, "But I am really a Taoist priest."
Wang Shouren smiled, stopped dwelling on this topic, and said sincerely, "Thank you for today."
"You're welcome," Li Qing said, "It's almost noon, so I won't keep you here. How about you come back another day?"
"Okay, then I'll come back another day." Wang Shouren nodded, "I'll say goodbye later."
Don’t you understand that I’m just trying to persuade you to leave? Li Qing rolled his eyes and then realized the truth.
The young man heard it, but he did it deliberately.
~
"This guy is really extraordinary..." Li Qing muttered to himself, turned around and went out to go to a restaurant for dinner.
Since coming back, Li Qing has become more diligent, at least not lazy when it comes to eating. Before, he didn't even eat breakfast, but now he eats three meals a day without skipping a meal.
It's true... I've suffered a lot in terms of diet in the past few years.
After having enough wine and food, Li Qing returned home contentedly. He had just taken a nap when he was awakened.
Zhu Jianshen, who had not been here for some days, came to the small courtyard with the results this time.
"Sir, the Ministry of Household Affairs has compiled statistics."
"Oh?" Li Qing became more energetic, "Let's go into the house."
Arriving at the living room, the guests and hosts took their seats.
Zhu Jianshen took out a memorial note from his sleeve and put it on the table, "It's all written on it."
Li Qing picked it up and unfolded it, carefully reading it word by word. The population of the previous emperors of the Ming Dynasty when they were in office were summarized, and there were even detailed records for each year.
Of course, in this era without identity cards, the registered population counted by the imperial court must be different from the actual situation.
However, after the implementation of the system of allotment, there are very few hidden households, and the in and out will not be too big, so it can be used as a reference.
…
After a while, Li Qing put down the memorial, slowly closed his eyes, and fell into deep thought.
Zhu Jianshen did not rush, and waited quietly for the next step.
After a while, Li Qing slowly spoke, "The population surged significantly in the late Xuanzong period. Since then, the increase has been greater year by year. Fortunately, by the Chenghua dynasty, the population increase has eased... The problem should not be big. "
"Is it really not that big?" Zhu Jianshen asked suspiciously, "Even this year, it is bigger than when the population growth was at its peak during the Xuanzong period. After seeing this, I was really... frightened and couldn't sleep well!"
He was worried.
Li Qing chuckled and said, "There's no need to worry so much. You know it's cold in spring, right?"
"It's cold in spring..." Zhu Jianshen frowned and said, "Sir, do you mean that this is a sign that things will turn upside down?"
"...No." Li Qing rolled his eyes, "To be precise, this is called the inertia of development."
