Han Dao world

Chapter 1182
Liu Ba came to Xun Yu and bowed his hands in salute.

The Jingzhaoji official who was sitting with Xun Yu immediately got up and gave up his seat. Seeing that Liu Ba was not taking his seat, he glanced at him, and said with interest that he was going to chat with some old friends and asked Liu Bakuan to sit down.After speaking, without waiting for Liu Ba to speak, he picked up his wine glass and ran away.

Seeing this, Xun Yu couldn't help laughing and said, "Zi Chu, you are really domineering, big Si Nong."

Liu Ba chuckled. "Some people can't be too good-looking, or they will be arrogant. I don't have the murderous look like the emperor, so I don't have to be angry, so I have to put my mood on my face."

"You, it's not shameful to disdain to stand shoulder to shoulder with ordinary people. Why do you have to find so many reasons that even the emperor dares to ridicule you? Zichu, as a minister, you still have to be in awe."

Liu Ba smiled and nodded, but his expression was disapproving. "Then tell me, how do you maintain this awe? I heard that after you met the emperor, you have been studying in Lantai. Is it the emperor's order?"

Xun Yu turned his head to look at Liu Ba, raised his wine glass, and touched Liu Ba lightly. "Do you still need the emperor to order you to read?"

Liu Ba raised his neck and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp. "If it wasn't for the emperor's order, I really wouldn't have imagined that you, Xun Wenruo, would say that the "Pull Star Positioning Technique" is higher than the "Five Classics Chapters and Sentences"."

The corners of Xun Yu's eyes twitched slightly, his movements were slightly stagnant, and then he returned to normal. He slowly poured the wine in the glass into his mouth, closed his eyes, tasted it for a while, swallowed it slowly, and let out a long breath.

"Good wine, although light in the mouth, has a long aftertaste, it is worth savoring carefully."

Liu Ba picked up the jug and poured wine for Xun Yu. "Then you taste it slowly. Anyway, it's to keep the year old, the big deal is to taste it from this year to next year."

Xun Yu couldn't help laughing, and leaned into Liu Ba's ear and said, "Unexpectedly, you, Liu Zichu, could not hold back. I was thinking just now, when will you come to ask, is it this year or next year, but you still can't wait until next year .”

Liu Ba's eyelids twitched slightly, he looked at Xun Yu quietly for a moment, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. "I didn't expect you, Xun Wenruo, to be so relaxed. I thought you were breaking the wall right now. So, you have learned a lot from studying these few days?"

"Actually, it's nothing, a stone from another mountain." Xun Yu said indifferently: "In terms of academics, how can it be compared with my Chinese orthodoxy."

Liu Ba's eyes flickered slightly. "The Chinese orthodoxy you're talking about includes the schools of thought such as Taoism, Famo, and ink?"

"Of course, the study of a hundred schools of thought is also born for the Tao, but the views are different."

Liu Ba immediately asked: "Compared with Confucianism, is there any difference?"

"Even if people are wise and stupid, how can academics be inferior? It is also Confucianism, isn't there also Confucianism for gentlemen and Confucianism for villains?"

Liu Ba pondered for a moment. "In your opinion, how high is this stone from another mountain? Which one of them is it comparable to?"

Xun Yu took another sip of wine. "Your question is too broad. How can anyone answer it? Although Greece and Rome are barbarians, there are dozens of well-known sages. How can we count them all. Since you and I are officials, it is better to start with the benefits of their governance and choose the other. Essence, for my use."

Liu Ba smiled wryly. "You Xun Wenruo, I'm asking you seriously. Why are you talking like a clear talk, surrounded by clouds and mists, not as good as the original meaning. Can you say something useful? I really don't want to say it, so I won't bother you, and go find someone else to drink."

As he spoke, Liu Ba was about to make a move.

Xun Yu stretched out his hand to hold Liu Ba down. "Zichu, don't be in a hurry. I'm just thinking about what to say to you, and I don't mean to be negligent."

"That's about the same." Liu Ba took advantage of the situation and sat down again. "To tell you the truth, when I was in Chang'an, I often went to the Tongwen Hall to hang out with Mao Xiaoxian (Mao Jie). It's just that I was busy with official duties and couldn't calm down to discuss. I could only understand some rough and superficial theories. The sages of Greece and Rome Although there are many, there are only a few people who can enter my heart. One surnamed Su and the other surnamed Bai are the most gratifying, and the others are insignificant."

Xun Yu was stunned for a moment, and then realized who Liu Ba was talking about with the surname Su and Bai, and couldn't help laughing.

"What about the one named Ya?"

Liu Ba laughed too, and raised his glass to meet Xun Yu. "Although the person surnamed Ya is said to be knowledgeable and generalist, his realm is not as high as Su and Bai's. To make a rough analogy, if Su is Laozi, Bo is Confucius, and Adam is Mozi."

Xun Yu thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

He also had a similar feeling, thinking that Aristotle was inferior to Socrates and Plato, and the reason why he became famous may be related to his disciple Alexander.Only in terms of academic purity and lofty realm, it is still slightly inferior after all.

The two chatted for a while, and Xun Yu got back to the topic.

He told Liu Ba that Greece was originally a small country with a small population, so it was not easy to become a hegemon by doing business and straddling the Mediterranean Sea.Its systems and customs are mostly related to business, and there are many places worth learning from.

Liu Ba's official residence is the Dasinong, but most of the affairs he is in charge of are related to business, especially the business routes in the Western Regions, and he often deals with merchants in the Western Regions.Although Greece died, merchants in the Western Regions still respected Greece, and they must call it Greece, and even their characters respected Greek.Knowing more about the history of Greece will be beneficial to Liu Ba's contacts with merchants from the Western Regions, as well as to the management of commerce and merchants.

Huaxia has a long tradition of doing business, and is very clear about the pros and cons of business.Out of the need for stability, most of them adopt the national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business.But many years of facts have proved that suppressing business is just suppressing the problem, not solving the problem, nor can it give full play to the value of business.

On the premise that the emperor puts more emphasis on industry, re-understanding and developing business has become a reality that officials headed by Liu Ba must face up to.

Evasion is not the solution to the problem. Facing difficulties, using Greece and other countries as rocks from other mountains, and formulating commercial policies suitable for the big man is the correct choice for people with lofty ideals who are interested in politics.

Liu Ba couldn't help clicking his tongue when he heard this.

"Wen Ruo, you haven't wasted the past few days. This book is worth reading. Although I have some understanding of Greek theories, I still linger on the discussion. I didn't think about it. You said that, I have some ideas."

"Like?"

"For example, maybe we should strengthen the construction of the navy." Liu Ba smiled and said, "The Greeks do business by water, and their influence is limited to the Mediterranean Sea. There is no other reason, and the cost of water transportation is the lowest. Although the commercial routes in the Western Regions are now smooth. , but it takes too long for people to carry horses, and the transportation cost is too high. Moreover, due to the geographical constraints of the Western Regions, there is only so much food that can be provided, and the size of the caravan is limited. If you can go by sea and use ships to carry food, The consumption will be much smaller. Wen Ruo, is it because of this consideration that you admire the star positioning technique?"

Xun Yu smiled. "To tell you the truth, there really isn't one. I highly recommend the technique of pinpointing the stars..." He paused for a moment, then recalled the emperor's expression at that time, and couldn't help feeling chills down his back.After a while, he came back to his senses, and said lightly: "I admire the star positioning technique, but I don't want too many Confucian disciples to set their eyes on the Five Classics. Although the Five Classics are the works of sages, After all, it is only the words of the Tao, not the Tao.”

(End of this chapter)