Who is not Cao Cao?

Chapter 154 This is the New Learning
When Cao Cao was leaving, he specifically asked He Yan to help Yang Biao and the others bear the pressure of Kong Rong's group of mad dogs.

He Yan originally planned to visit Yang Biao, who had been promoted to Taiwei, after a few days until he was familiar with Xu Changling's government affairs, but he didn't expect Yang Biao to bring Yang Xiu himself to He Wu to look for He Yan.

Yang Biao didn't wear official clothes this time, but was dressed in civilian clothes, so Yang Xiu drove the carriage to Hewu, which made He Yan, who had only met Yang Biao once, barely recognize him.

"Boy pay respects to Yang Gong."

After confirming again and again that it was really Yang Biao himself, He Yan immediately showed Yang Biao the junior salute and led them into his pavilion.

"Mr. Shen's repair here is exquisite."

Yang Biao did not rely on the old to sell the old, but strolled around the pavilion as if he were a friend.

"They are all small houses built by the family, not as thick as the Yang family's century-old heritage."

After He Yan and Yang Biao were polite, they asked Deng's mother to bring honey water and sweet wine for Yang Biao and Yang Xiu's father and son to drink.

"When my father left, he specifically asked me to visit Yang Gong. Unexpectedly, the elder came to visit the younger generation. I am really ashamed."

Yang Biao's figure was generous, and he sat on the mat like a hill. Hearing He Yan's humility, he smiled a little more on his face: "Mr. , but in terms of knowledge, Marquis Shen should be my teacher."

"The boy is ashamed."

After hearing Yang Biao's words, He Yan already knew that the purpose of his trip was to learn new things.

"The New Interpretation of Shangshu written by Duke Yang is the real words of everyone. The boy keeps the scroll next to his pillow every night. He often warns himself with the words of Lord Yang. It should be the boy who calls Lord Yang his teacher."

"Since Marquis Shen is like this, then I dare to call him a good nephew."

"That's my honor."

"..."

After the two sides flattered each other again, Yang Biao finally expressed his appeal——

"Nephew, I heard from my son Dezu that Marquis Shen has a manure method that can increase grain income?"

"That's true."

The increase in grain production is not a secret, and the imperial court will announce it to all parties after all the grain has been harvested.

"This method seems to be related to Xinxue?"

"Naturally there is."

He Yan nodded and said: "In the first "New Interpretation of the Book of Changes", Duke Hua once said in the book the principle of "searching things to gain knowledge". This method of manure is just a skill discovered under the guidance of new learning. Of course it's related."

"Nephew, what do you mean is that the law of manure is a law that is beneficial to the country and the people?"

"That's what it means."

Yang Biao was thoughtful after hearing what He Yan said.

"Marquis Shen."

Yang Xiu on the side also spoke at this time, but his words were vague, as if there was something unspeakable.

"Dezu can rest assured that there are no outsiders in my pavilion."

He Yan thought that Yang Xiu was going to say something confidential, but Yang Xiu's face became even more ugly after hearing He Yan's generosity.

"Marquis Shen, actually..."

Yang Xiu kept hemming and hawing, and after looking at Yang Biao several times, he finally said what he wanted to say brazenly: "Shenhou, since this method of manure was created by the guidance of new learning, can you express it on the table above?" When the Son of Heaven... said that this method was created by farmers based on the "New Interpretation of Shangshu"?"

Oh open?

Only then did He Yan understand why Yang Xiu had a constipated expression.

"New Interpretation of Shangshu" was written by Yang Biao, and it can also be called Hongnong Yang's family Confucian classics.

Attributing the method of manure to "New Interpretation of Shangshu" is actually attributing the method of manure to Hongnong Yang.

This request is really unreasonable...

After all, the method of manure can greatly increase food production, which is almost a "sage method" in China, which is based on agriculture.

If there is no accident, the person who founded the manure can be included in the history books, and there is a small probability that he can even be biographed separately for future generations to look up to!
Now that the Hongnong Yang family wants to take the credit away directly, it is no wonder that Yang Xiu, who is so proud and arrogant, is too ashamed to speak.

"Shenhou, it's not what you think, I can give you any compensation you want!"

Yang Xiu hurriedly added another sentence, as if this could alleviate his sense of guilt.

Unexpectedly, He Yan said lightly and directly: "This method was originally completed by Brother Dezu and my ineffective younger brother Cao Pi. It is actually correct to say that it was created according to the "New Explanation of Shangshu."

"Ok?"

"Ok?"

Yang Biao, Yang Xiu, and his son were both masters who didn't like to show their faces, but at this moment, they were both staring at He Yan with eyes the size of copper bells.

Listening to what He Yan said... It seems that this credit can be given away?
"The method of manure is a skill to increase food production. As long as this skill is spread, more food will grow in the ground, and the people will no longer be hungry, that's enough."

He Yan calmly picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of honey water to moisten his throat: "As for who discovered it, it doesn't matter."

After Yang Biao heard He Yan's answer, his nose suddenly became sour.

In troubled times, he has seen too many selfish people, and too many fish and meat people.

But how Yan is like this, he really thinks of the people of the world... It can be said to be rare!
The same goes for Yang Xiu. In his eyes, He Yan's figure suddenly grew several feet taller than his father's.

"Nephew, this..."

Before Yang Biao came, he was already prepared to bleed heavily.

The method of manure is too important to Hongnong Yang.As long as the Hongnong Yang family eats this great gift, Yang Biao is confident that he can completely suppress those conservative Confucian classics families in both official and private circles.

As long as they are suppressed, Hongnong Yang's status can't be said to catch up with Kong's. It is also a unique existence, which can lay the foundation of a thousand-year-old family!

Because of this, before Yang Biao came, he almost gave himself up for nothing and let He Yan enjoy it. Unexpectedly, He Yan agreed so lightly?

He Yan was amused to see Yang Biao and Yang Xiu's stunned expressions.

To be honest, as Yan said just now, the people will always benefit from the promotion of the manure method, and it doesn't matter who invented it.

Besides...

Even if you report this credit, what can you do?
Even Cao Cao currently has no title to He Yan, can the Han Dynasty still give He Yan a title?

As for money...

Forget it, He Yan doesn't want to see Xun Lingjun come to him crying poorly with tears and snot in his nose. As for the two five baht coins in the pocket of the Han Dynasty, He Yan really doesn't like it.

"Marquis Shen, this is the land deed for a thousand acres of fertile land, please accept it."

Yang Xiu felt even more ashamed when faced with He Yan's generosity.

For such a genius, this shame is a thorn stuck in his heart. If he doesn't get rid of it, Yang Xiu will probably suffer for the rest of his life.

"No need."

He Yan still refused.

"This field is the same whether it is in my hands or in Yang's hands."

"If Dezu is really sorry, I have an idea."

"Nephew, please tell me!"

Yang Biao rushed to speak out in front of He Yan, for fear that He Yan would swallow his words again.

"As far as I know, the Yang family of Hongnong owns a thousand hectares of fertile land in Guanzhong. Doesn't Duke Yang have any ideas?"

idea?

Yang Biao and Yang Xiu were a little puzzled.

"Nephew, please tell me clearly that you don't want to go around with the old man. After all, the old man is getting old and can't figure out many things. It's not as active as you young people."

He Yan nodded slightly: "I mean, once all the manure is applied to the fields, the price of grain will definitely plummet."

"At that time, Duke Yang can directly purchase the land in Guanzhong, and set up a grain shop in Guanzhong with the aristocratic families in Guanzhong and Hedong, so as to control the price of grain. So... Duke Yang thinks it's okay?"

Harvest the field?

Control food prices?
Not to mention Yang Biao, Yang Xiu felt his neck was chilly.

Does He Yan know what he is talking about?
Could it be that Cao Cao's sword is not fast enough?
Food prices are related to the stability of the country, and have always been the top priority of the government.It's easy to discuss if it's something else, but if it's changing the price of food... then it's purely challenging the government.

"Nephew, there's something wrong with this matter, something..."

Although Yang Biao is very old, he still doesn't want to see his ancestors so soon.

Because of his long life, Yang Biao knows very well what can and cannot be touched.

The price of food is undoubtedly something untouchable.

"Please, Mr. Yang, wait for me to finish."

He Yan signaled to Yang Biao to be safe and not to be impatient: "Controlling grain prices naturally does not mean fighting against the government and intimidating the people."

"After the increase in grain production, it is foreseeable that the price of grain will drop sharply. Even if Yang Gong and others don't sell grain, there will be others who sell grain...In this case, why not just monopolize grain?"

Yang Biao still smiled bitterly: "Nephew, this matter is not as simple as you think."

"If the price of food is low, and the food the people have worked hard for a year can't support themselves, what do you want them to do?"

The cheapness of the valley hurts the people.

The knowledge of these four words is great.

If the food is cheap, so that the common people do not make a profit, then who will honestly work in the fields?
If the price is too expensive, not to mention that the government will come to drink tea, even the honest and responsible people will turn into vicious gangsters to grab food, and the loss outweighs the gain.

"That's right, I just want to keep the food price down to the lowest! It's so low that everyone except us is unwilling to farm!"

When He Yan said this, his tone was a little cold, which could be called two extremes of the sage who "has the world in mind" just now.

Yang Biao and Yang Xiu looked at He Yan strangely again.

Obviously, both father and son are wondering if He Yan is crazy...

Yang Xiu was a little better, although he didn't quite understand, but he was very courageous and able to follow He Yan's train of thought.

So Yang Xiu stammered and asked, "Then Marquis Shen... the people don't farm the land anymore, what do you ask them to do?"

If the common people don't cultivate the land, are they still called common people?

refugees?bandit?Thief?

In the current secular concept, if the common people don't cultivate the land, they just don't learn well!It is dire and vicious!
Even if Xia Jie and Shang Zhou were alive, they would not dare to say that the people should not be allowed to farm.

Otherwise, it is digging its own grave and killing itself.

Binding people with land is almost a thousand years of experience of rulers of all dynasties. Now that He Yan suddenly said that people are not allowed to farm land, Yang Xiu even wondered if He Yan was an undercover agent sent by Cao Cao's enemies, planning to kill Cao Cao...

"Naturally there is a place to go."

He Yan looked at the window, and the whole scene of Hewu was in his eyes.

"Mr. Yang, Dezu, if you are interested, how about walking with me around Hewu?"

Although Yang Biao and Yang Xiu were a little helpless at He Yan's trickery, they still got up and followed He Yan to stroll around Hewu.

The three of them were all wearing coarse clothes, walking on the road as if they were an old man wandering around with his nephew, and did not attract the attention of others.

After He Yan brought Yang Biao and Yang Xiu to the market, he sat in a corner and watched the passers-by.

"Duke Yang, Dezu, look."

He Yan raised his hand to signal them to look at a pavement in the market.

The father and son looked around and found that it was a young couple choosing clothes at the booth.

Yang Biao and Yang Xiu didn't see any flowers after looking at it for a long time, and they were still at a loss until the couple sold their clothes and left.

"Do you understand, you two?"

"..."

Yang Biao and Yang Xiu's eyes are full of clear stupidity, they can only listen to He Yan's answer for them——

"Looking at their clothes, they are actually ordinary people, but they choose to buy clothes... Don't the two find it strange?"

China has been a self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy since ancient times.

The usual rule is that men plow the land to fill the stomachs of the family; women weave cloth and weave the clothes of the family... For thousands of years, this has always been the case.

Buying and selling is something only rich people do.Children from poor families have a high probability of wearing clothes spun by their mothers, wives, and daughters all their lives, without exception.

Under He Yan's suitcase, Yang Biao and Yang Xiu finally discovered this unusual feature.

Yang Xiu's mind was working, and he was happy to discuss with He Yan: "Mr. Shen, why did that woman come out to buy clothes instead of making them herself?"

"You two come with me."

He Yan took them to his textile factory again.

As He Yan's wealth grew, the size of the textile factory, which only had dozens of textile machines at the beginning, had expanded several times, occupying almost half of He Wu's location.

The sound of the spinning machine inside kept ringing, and countless female workers were working on it, weaving pieces of cloth.

"Did you two see it?"

He Yan pointed to those female workers: "Their salary for working here for five days is 50 baht."

"In this way, if you do it for 20 days in a month, you will get 200 five baht coins."

"200 baht is enough for them to buy a new set of clothes. If they do it themselves, it may take two months or even longer."

"The common people know how to settle accounts. In this comparison, these women will naturally not choose to make clothes at home, but will choose to work in textile factories."

"If I explain this way, Duke Yang and Dezu understand?"

Yang Biao's mind was in a daze at this moment, obviously he couldn't keep up with He Yan's thoughts.

Yang Xiu seemed a little excited: "Shenhou means that the reason why these female workers come to work in the textile factory is because the benefits they get from working here are more than the benefits they get from working at home?"

"With more benefits, not only can they buy their own family's clothes, but they can even save some spare money to buy food, livestock, and even houses, carriages and horses?"

It was the first time for Yang Xiu to see such a miraculous operation method, but he still grasped the point: "Shenhou, I am a little confused."

"Dezu, please speak."

"Why do these women workers earn so much money in textile mills?"

Yang Xiu gave an example: "For example, these clothes, assuming they can produce one piece of clothing a month, worth [-] five baht coins, then if you send them two hundred five baht coins, wouldn't it be a loss-making business?"

"No loss."

Seeing that Yang Xiu finally asked about the essence, He Yan smiled with relief: "This is the most important thing—efficiency!"

"They are weaving at home, and it is inevitable that they will be delayed by other things, such as taking care of children, cooking and so on."

"But in the textile factory, all they have to do is weave!"

"Besides, I have improved the looms so that their efficiency has exploded... It is far better than the weaving efficiency of my own home!"

"So, when the efficiency is improved...they can actually make two pieces of clothing every month! Not one piece of clothing as Dezu said!"

"So, does Dezu think I will lose money?"

Having said that, Yang Biao couldn't keep up with He Yan at all, and Yang Xiu also looked at He Yan with a dazed expression.

Too bad!
Isn't this exploitation?

They can produce two pieces of clothes, but He Yan only pays them half of the money?
If this is calculated...doesn't it make a lot more money than a bitter tenant who bullies his tenants?

For ordinary land rent, the government takes [-]%, and the tenants keep [-]%. The landlord can’t even get half of it, and he will be called a “cookie”.

Yang Xiu's mind was a little confused: "Shenhou, this... I think something is wrong?"

"What's wrong?"

"I always feel that... it violates the way of a saint?"

"Which saint? Do I know him?"

"..."

He Yan pulled Yang Xiu back to the previous booth and asked him to observe carefully.

"What are you watching this time?"

"Look at freedom."

"free?"

"Yes! Freedom!"

First, a young lady with a delicate face came to choose a brightly colored dress, and then a burly man came to buy a robe specially produced for his figure...

"see it?"

"I saw it."

But Yang Xiu was still puzzled: "Is it freedom to buy a piece of clothing?"

"Buying clothes is not freedom."

He Yan let out a foul breath: "But choose...choose! This is freedom!"

"People can choose the clothes they want, the meals they want to eat...even, they can choose the life they want to live."

At the end, He Yan looked back at Yang Xiu: "A few days ago, my father's house had a family banquet, and my younger brothers and sisters were all talking about what they want to do in the future."

"Some of them said they wanted to be scribes, and some said they wanted to be generals... But in fact, except for a few people, all they want to do is follow in the footsteps of their parents."

He Yan picked up a handful of soil from the ground, and slowly let it scatter into the wind: "It's Dezu, are you really doing what you want to do now?"

"In this world, there are not only the emperor's family who sell themselves, not only the farmland, not only the generals, but also the most important thing-"

"Spend your short but brilliant life in the way you like."

"This is the original intention of Xinxue!"

　There should be another chapter in the evening, try to publish it before twelve o'clock

　　
　
(End of this chapter)