Chapter 227: What should not be omitted

After this conversation, Zhao Xing and Cai Jing did not communicate again.

That night, when Cai Jing delivered the design drawings he created this year to Zhao Xing's mansion, Zhao Xing was asking students about their learning progress in accordance with the practice of the Winter Solstice Festival.

Cheng Shuang first replied: "Teacher, I am quite interested in the poems and essays of the former Ouyang Prefect (formerly Yangzhou Prefect Ouyang Xiu). I heard that the "Drunk Old Man's Pavilion" was written in Yangzhou. I am still learning the ability of Ouyang Prefect to cherish his words and write like gold..."

The story of Ouyang Xiu's words as precious as gold. Shen Kuo also recorded it in "Mengxi Bitan". He recorded that when Ouyang Xiu was working in the Hanlin Academy, he once went on a trip with three subordinates in the same hospital and saw a speeding horse trampling a dog to death. Ouyang Xiu suggested: "Please tell me about this matter separately."

One of them was the first to say: "A yellow dog lying on the road, the horse was frightened, ran away, and died with its hooves."

Another continued: "There is a yellow dog lying on the thoroughfare, and he killed it with his horse's hooves."

Finally, the third person said: "A dog lies on the thoroughfare, and the dog lies on it and dies."

After hearing this, Ouyang Xiu laughed and said, "I can't finish writing ten thousand volumes of history like you."

The three of them asked quickly: "Then what do you say?"

Ouyang Xiudao: "'The scattered horse kills the dog in the Tao', six words are enough!"

After hearing this, the three of them blushed and laughed at each other. Compared with their own redundant details, they were deeply impressed by Ouyang Xiuwei's simplicity.

However, Zhao Xing remembers that when later generations evaluated this account, Ouyang Xiu's simplicity was far less than that of Shen Kuo's inadvertent description when describing this matter: "A galloping horse slays a dog to death."

Cheng Shuang said this and was full of admiration and admiration, which attracted the Cheng disciples to agree. At this time, Zhao Xing flipped through Cai Jing's manuscript and listened absent-mindedly to Cheng Shuang's words. Seeing the attitude of the students, he shook his head regretfully and asked: "Is it really good to be concise? You must know: the omitted truth is not the truth, and the excerpted facts are not the facts.

For example, I saw a military information in the imperial court newspaper yesterday: On October 13, the Jinzhou Linhai Army had all the waterways, and Hu Lu was the commander, with a total of 10,000 horse troops, 30,000 infantry troops, and 600 naval warships crossing the sea to Dengzhou - do you try to describe this matter by omitting it?"

Cheng Shuang thought for a moment and replied: "I thought of four words: soldiers come out of Jinzhou. Is it okay to see these four words?"

Zhao Xing gently closed Cai Jing's draft and replied: "Bad! Such a military newspaper will only be confused when passed on to the officers. This military information is even more messy when written in history books. When, where, who, what... you have not shown several major elements of things.

You say 'Soldiers come out of Jinzhou' - whose soldiers? The Tang Dynasty's soldiers? The Han Dynasty's soldiers? Or the Song Dynasty's soldiers? The Liao Dynasty's soldiers, the Western Xia soldiers, and the Khitan soldiers. What is the purpose of their dispatch? Who is the commander? What is the distribution of troops? What is the possible target of the army? None! According to this information, it is difficult to be undefeated, and it is difficult to not destroy the country.

Okay, let’s talk about the saying “The horse kills the dog in the Tao”. It is said that the origin of this sentence is that Ouyang Taishou believes that recording historical books should be concise and to the point. However, “concise and to the point” is equivalent to “ignoring the facts” most of the time. For example, if the words “The horse kills the dog in the Tao” are not explained, how do you know which dynasty, that era, and which month does this happen? If there is no time record, then what is the meaning of recording this sentence?

For example: "Yima kills dogs in Taoism", the "Yima" in the Tang Dynasty killed "Song dogs in Taoism, that is a time travel story; a "Yima" kills a group of dogs in Taoism, that is an "animal world" where the strong prey on the weak; the "Yima" in the bully killed the "dogs in Taoism, that is a "social record"...

Also, are you riding a man on this "Yima"? Who is riding? If you are riding a quick-footed foot to convey military information, then we have to ask: What is the dog? If you are extremely hungry, it is just an ordinary event. It is like the sun must rise every day. But if the dog is deliberately released to disturb the military information, it is a spy story...

But what can you tell from this sentence "The horse kills the dog in the Tao"?

Nothing can be seen!

Also, this sentence is dark, it has no color. For example: what color of "split horse" and what color of "dog" and what season does this happen?

All these elements are not expressed, "The horse kills the dog in the Tao" and this sentence presents you a world without color - so don't learn anything to omit it, you must learn conciseness. In one sentence, explain all the elements of the things I just said clearly to avoid causing ambiguity from others. This is the most important thing."

Who is Ouyang Xiu, Su Dongpo’s teacher.

Zhao Xing's words made Cheng Shuang speechless. Zhao Xing saw the other party's tongue-in-mouthed look and explained with a smile: "There is nothing wrong with Ouyang Prefect. In the past, people used bamboo slips to engrave words on bamboo sheets, which was both troublesome and effort, and a piece of bamboo could not write many words. Therefore, the ancients tried to speak briefly. However, with the development of the times, people were exposed to more and more information. An effective information must be explained and improved as much as possible.

Ouyang Taishou is just a writing game here. He looks at this printing era with a bamboo slip mentality. In this printing era, cherishing words like gold is wrong. Ouyang Taishou did not feel the changes in this era. He emphasized the tradition of the ancients here. However, as the times have changed, we should adapt to this era and adjust our knowledge so that we can move forward with the tide of the times.

In this matter, Ouyang Taishou is not wrong. You have to put his ideas in that era to measure. And my rebuttal is not wrong. You have to put my rebuttal in today's era. This is called: time has changed and keeps pace with the times."

Zhao Xing explained this, Cheng Shuang understood, and he bowed: "Thank you for your teachings. I understand. The more detailed the military information transmission, the better... Well, it seems that the same is true for the business information transmission. For each note of a copper plate omitted, the sum of the whole year is 100,000 yuan.

After a pause, Cheng Shuang said again: "The teacher is right. It seems that family affairs cannot be omitted at will. If you live a big life, you will not be able to live a good life. For example, Chengjiaao is just because we are careful in calculating. Thinking back to the beginning, we just gathered the mountain goods that we couldn't eat and had to throw away and processed them together, and then calculated the amount of labor of each person in detail, which made everyone diligent and everyone live a good life.

If we ignore the details of life at the beginning, we will not be able to leave Chengjiaao... It can be seen that life cannot be 'omitted', and when it should be detailed, it must be detailed."

Zhao Xing slapped the table and laughed: "Life cannot be omitted, this is a good thing. I didn't expect that my Shuangshe Ren became a philosopher."

Cheng Shuang asked back: "Teacher, what is philosophy?"

"Philosophy," Zhao Xing said with a careless eye: "It should be a science of speculation, but if you are not careful, it can become a science of fraud... We will not mention this matter, you just need to remember: the truth does not need to be omitted, the omitted truth is fraud. Therefore, when you record things, the more information you give, the better. When you understand things, the more detailed and comprehensive the information you obtain, the more you can prevent others from intentional deception and fraud."

Zhao Xing's words were just inspired, but he did not expect that his words would come true. He had finished communicating with the students and mentioned that military intelligence should be tried to be detailed. Then the Israelites in the court heard news: He might be transferred to the Xixia front line.

The person who spread the news was Chao Buzhi, who was appointed as the magistrate of Yangzhou in the "Qiusi". When he took over, he felt that the situation in the capital was not good, so he left Beijing in advance and rushed to Yangzhou in advance to prepare.

Young people like Cai Jing and Chao Buzhi seemed not to deal with each other very much. Chao Buzhi's reception banquet was held very hasty. He raised his glass to toast a glass of wine and then moved into the back hall. The Yangzhou chief officer was not there, and the rest of the people also lost interest. Everyone drank a few glasses of wine in a daze, and the banquet ended in a hurry.

Chao Buzhi had no property in Yangzhou, but he was not worried with Zhao Xing's care. The neglect of the banquet did not make him feel uncomfortable. He walked out of the government office side by side with Zhao Xing and said with a smile: "It just so happened that I just mentioned my alcohol addiction, so I went to leave the house to drink."

A Du Yu chased behind Zhao Xing and quietly handed a note. Chao Buzhi recognized that Du Yu was Cai Jing's companion. He smiled and watched Zhao Xing take the note, and was still in a mood to joke: "People say that Cai Jing is difficult to get along with, and they don't expect that they can get along with him so well. Look, you both don't say anything in person, and you have to hand over the note privately."

Na Du Yu looked at Chao Buzhi and silently retreated. Zhao Xing raised the note in Chao Buzhi, with only four words on it: "Prepare planning!"

Later, Zhao Xing folded the note with care and stuffed it into his arms. Chao Buzhi saw Zhao Xing's cautious look and suddenly remembered something and said, "You asked the teacher to write the words "Red Cliff Fu" and "The Great River Go East" and the teacher has written it. In my luggage, I happened to take it out."

Zhao Xing waved, called a small boat, and carried them to Jiangdu County. The scene along the way was a bit dull, and neither of them knew how to speak, so they had to stand at the bow of the boat and look at the scenery along the way. Chao Buzhi looked for a long time and exclaimed: "It is said that the land left by others will produce gold. Now, it turns out that, in just one year, Yangzhou has been prosperous, and the expressions on the faces of people passing by are different, and it seems that they are full of expectations for next year's days."

Zhao Xing sneered: "Next year's land reclamation work has been allocated. When the land reclamation is ready, the sales of the land will be left to others... Humph, what a big piece of fat, I don't know who it belongs to."

Chao Buzhi clapped his hands and said, "Who else can you be there? Teacher and I. Don't worry, we will operate according to the regulations you have set next year, so that the people will suffer losses."

Later, Chao Buzhi asked softly again: "It is rumored that this time the land reclamation of land, all officials in Yangzhou privately divided 80,000 acres of land. It is said that Cai Jing's guy got 30,000. Is this a matter?"

Zhao Xing raised a finger and said depressedly: "Senior Brother, I'll tell you the total number. I'll divide it into 10,000 mu of which 3,000 mu were used to reward officials. What's wrong? Didn't the censor come?"

Chao Buzhi laughed: "There are rumors in the court and the country, but none of the Yangzhou officials reported the news. The imperial censors came and went back and forth to investigate, but they did not find anything... So this time His Majesty decided to replace all the Yangzhou officials.

You are considered good. You were assigned to a prefect and promoted to the sixth rank. The rest of the officials were transferred to the original. They were assigned to some evil states. Well, don’t be sad. If you put 7,000 acres of land in your pocket, you will make Yangzhou officials a solid piece, and they will be greedy. If others did this, they would have been demoted long ago."

Zhao Xing gritted his teeth and replied: "It's all Cai Jing! Originally, this matter was happy for the people, and the officials were happy. Hello, my good things, but he insisted on taking the land again, which made Yangzhou landlords panic, and then something happened. This guy..."

Zhao Xing paused, skipped the topic immediately, and asked back with a question knowingly: "The teacher is the Minister of Personnel and has done a good job, why should he leave Beijing?"

"Jia Yi!" Chao Buzhi explained: "The teacher left the post from the magistrate of Hangzhou to Beijing. As soon as he arrived in the capital, Jia Yi was promoted to the Imperial Inspector..."

Zhao Xing has been paying close attention to Su Shi's updates. After Su Shi returned to the capital, he discovered Jia Yi's existence. In view of his previous entanglement with Cheng Yi, he immediately wrote a letter saying that Jia Yi was Cheng Yi's best friend and had repeatedly avenged his personal revenge, especially resenting our Su brothers, who were afraid of staying in the capital and suffering, so he begged the Empress Dowager to give him a position in a county to avoid being plotted against. There were seven memorials on this kind of content, but Empress Dowager Xuanren firmly disagreed with Su Shi's request for a foreign office.

On the second day of the August 2nd, Jia Yi did aggression. He and the Imperial Chief Zhao Junxi jointly issued a letter to impeach Su Shi. The main charge was a poem written by Su Shi in Zhuxi Temple on Shangfang, Yangzhou. "I feel that nothing is wrong in this life. This year is still a year. When I come back from the mountain temple, I hear good words, and wild flowers and birds are happy." Jia Yi and others impeached that Su Shi's poem was written when Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty passed away. At that time, our wise leader passed away, and the people of the whole country were extremely sad. Only Su Shi had this leisure and elegance. Seeing the scenery of Shanhua Mountain Temple, he felt beautiful, which was a great crime...

The Zhuxi Temple poetry case was not yet settled, and the Censor Jia Yi made further efforts to impeach Su Shi and impeached the relationship between the censors. He also believed that Qin Guan was authentic in his position in the Secretariat and Wang Yu was promoted by Hanlin scholars. Su Shi's move was suspected of being a clique. Qin Guan lingered in the flowers and acted in a misdemeanor...

After that, Empress Dowager Gao asked the ruling ministers to discuss Jia Yi's impeachment of Su Shi. Of course, the rulings should look at Empress Dowager Gao's expression and said in unison that Jia Yi's memorials were inconsistent and full of loopholes. Their purpose was nothing more than to shake the ruling ministers and vent their personal anger. Under the pressure of public opinion, Lu Dafang proposed a compromise plan: Su Shi and Jia Yi were dismissed together.

The Empress Dowager approved this suggestion. So the Assistant Jia Yishou was appointed as the chief magistrate of Luzhou (now Hefei, Anhui), and later became the chief magistrate of Yizhou; the Hanlin scholar received the order of Su Shi as the governor of Yingzhou (now Fuyang, Anhui); Qin Guan stopped his official name and still stayed in Beijing to proofread the "Huang Books (Royal Collection)".

"However, the saint (the empress dowager) called the teacher into the palace afterwards and told the teacher that Yingzhou was only a temporary appointment and would change the teacher's position later. The saint said that the matter of reclamation in Yangzhou must continue. The reclamation in Yangzhou can accommodate 30,000 to 50,000 refugees a year, and it does not cost the court a single money. If someone else takes over this matter, it may become a disaster to the people. Only when the teacher presides over the situation, she will feel at ease.

The saint also said that the court's objection was too big, and all the officials in Yangzhou would have to be replaced, and they might not be able to stay even if they were separated. So he asked the teacher, and he planned to take the disciple to Yangzhou. When the teacher mentioned me, the empress dowager sent me in advance to fight the front war for the teacher."

Before the Song Dynasty, being the prefect of Yingzhou was a great honor. Because the Yingchuan area was once the humanistic center of ancient China and the birthplace of civilization, countless literary generals and talents, and scholars came from this. Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan cried and made a fuss to settle in Yingzhou during their lifetime, which was for this reason.

In addition, the Northern Song Dynasty also had a debate between the Southerners and the Northerners. Because the Southerners had always been cowardly and had a weak body, the Song Dynasty's army clearly stipulated that the use of Southerners was not allowed. In addition, Taizu also had the ancestral teaching of "Southern people should not be prime ministers", and finally several southern prime ministers were released, such as Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing, but these people broke the matter.

Due to the above reasons, the Yuanyou period was the pinnacle of discrimination against southerners. Su Shi also imitated Ouyang Xiu. Although he was born in the south, he liked to be a man of northerners throughout his life. After his death, he also asked to be buried in Yingchuan. Yingchuan was close to the capital. This position has always been an honorary position in the Song Dynasty. Many people transitioned here and were promoted immediately. Therefore, Su Shi became the prefect of Yingzhou, which also means that the new promotion will be reached in the blink of an eye.

Zhao Xingxing discussed the significance of the position of Yingzhou Prefect with Chao Buzhi and sighed: "Yingzhou has a large population, a population of tens of millions, a large population, a small land, and just a land guard. I didn't expect that it was a popular official, but I didn't like it there. If possible, I would rather choose a poor coastal state..."

Chao Buzhi smiled with a smile, as if laughing at Zhao Xing's arrogance. He laughed and then revealed: "This time, your new appointment has actually arrived at the Political Affairs Hall, but the Political Affairs Hall has not yet been 'posted'. I guess the official appointment should be issued in February next year. When the teacher's appointment comes, your appointment will be released at the same time.

It is said that your appointment was chosen by Your Majesty himself. In recent years, the Xixia army has been in constant trouble. In September, the Xixia army retreated. Your Majesty once said: A tiger will definitely be guarding Xi County. In November, the Qiushi checked the Beijing officials and talked about your achievements in Mizhou, Hangzhou and Yangzhou. Your Majesty suddenly said: Qingzhou has been repeatedly warred and the people are uneasy. Since Zhao Liren claims to be "the golden hand", why not let him go to Qingzhou to operate it.

As soon as this statement came out, the ministers of the Political Affairs Hall all claimed good. So things were settled... People should prepare early."

Zhao Xing nodded: "There are two months left. I will start early and prepare my luggage... By the way, I have got 7,000 acres of land, so how about building a garden for you and your teacher on these lands?"

Chao Buzhi waved his hand and replied happily: "I have to be humble when others promise me. I am not polite if I leave me. Haha, I don't need the garden in Yangzhou. You have a smooth waterway here. My home is in Hangzhou and it is convenient to travel. You don't need to buy another property in Yangzhou. You should buy a house in the city. I heard that your concubine's book printing workshop is very good, so I bought a house in front and back houses for me. I plan to get old in the future and open a bookstore in Yangzhou. It is also an elegant thing to guard the bookstore and watch the spring and autumn."

Zhao Xing nodded and agreed: "It just so happened that Yuan plans to host the Peony Flower Festival next year and promised me two houses. These two houses are close to each other, and you and the teacher happen to be one for each one... I will buy it tomorrow."

Chao Buzhi looked at Zhao Xing and said casually: "Yuan is bribing you, you are corruption. You will be corrupt next year. The teacher once said that this is a waste of money and it should be abolished. When the teacher becomes the magistrate, he may have to abolish the Peony Wanhua Club."

Zhao Xing retorted angrily: "Why is it a waste of money? This year, the inns, transportation and hotels that advertised at the Peony Flower Festival have made money. Not to mention anything else, each of the wild honey flowers that I participated in the exhibition has sold for 100 coins. But I have made enough money. Now, the four major families including Zhu Xu, Yuan Lu are rushing to host the flower party, and the flower party next year has been almost ready...

You turn around and say to the teacher. The history of this Yangzhou Flower Club has a long history. There have been countless poems and praises from the Han, Wu, Sui and Tang Dynasties, and they cannot be buried in the hands of the teacher."

"Huh!" Chao Buzhi asked in surprise: "Can you make money by hosting a flower party?...The four major families are rushing to host it? What's going on? Tell me."

"Advertising - to advertise! Generally speaking, people who sell goods are afraid that others will not know. And the Yangzhou Flower Club will come to watch together, which is a good opportunity for others to know... Unfortunately, Wanhua Garden is limited, and there are too many advertisements, which makes people distract their attention. So I limited it last year: Wanhua Club is only allowed to do one hundred advertisements, and the advertisements made by flower farmers for their own flowers are not greater than the size of the flower shed, and they must be placed in front of the flower pot.

In this way, advertising locations become a scarce resource, and scarce resources can be exchanged for money. Those who host flower parties can sell this scarce resource for money. The money they earn will be subsidized for flower farmers, and some will be put in their pockets as the cost of preparing for flower parties... This is a lot of money."

Chao Buzhi praised: "People say that leaving people is a golden hand. As expected, an activity that disturbs the people also makes you give birth to money. I will confirm again: Those who watch flowers should not pay? Those who go to the garden to do business should not pay? People who like flower farmers' flowers, buy them on the spot, and don't pay taxes?"

Zhao Xing denied it one by one, and then said meaningfully: "This is called the 'convention and exhibition economy' - meetings are very profitable. Wanhuayuan provides free venues, but one is not free. Several lofts in Wanhuayuan can be allowed to climb the trunk and write poems, but to hold banquets upstairs, you have to pay for wine and food, and the restaurants selling wine and food upstairs also have to pay for rent. Forty towers in Wanhuayuan can accommodate forty restaurants at the same time. Yangzhou Flower Club is blooming for a month, and they can have a month's business. The people come and go, and the wealth of the restaurant is extraordinary...

The flower party I held this year was just a test. After the test, all industries in Yangzhou have come to their senses. You know what the rent is for a building in Wanhua Garden per month. The current price is one hundred guan - more than 40 buildings, and this month it is 4,000 guan. Think about it, how much profit is this, the four major families are not going to break the head."

Chao Buzhi smiled secretly and asked: "So Yuan will give you two houses."

"It's not a gift, it's a 'transfer'. I paid it, and it's a 'payment at the right time'. You know, Yangzhou arranged 30,000 refugees this year, saying it was 30,000, but in fact there were 50,000. The remaining 20,000 women, children and children have entered Yangzhou to learn to work and farm in Yangzhou. Now it has become a trend for opening workshops in Yangzhou, and the government has sold hundreds of 100 farms, so it's hard to find a place in Yangzhou. People with some spare money have opened small farms in their own gardens. Now Yangzhou has no money but can't sell land.

Those four major families lived in Yangzhou for a long time, holding a lot of free mansions in their hands. If he hadn't asked me for this time, he would have never sold those two houses. After all, just renting them to someone else to open a workshop will bring a lot of income a year."

Chao Buzhi frowned slightly: "According to you, a property in Yangzhou can cost more than a thousand guan. He will earn more than a hundred guan a year. If he grabs the job of holding a flower party and doesn't earn a thousand guan at a time, will he be willing to sell your house?"

As the two of them were talking, the boat had already sailed into Jiangdu County. Zhao Xing jumped onto the dock at his doorstep and tied the boat to the ground cow at the door. While reaching out to help Chao Buzhi land, he replied: "One thousand guan - more than that, the biggest benefit of holding this flower party is: the organizer has grasped the right to speak for a year. People from all walks of life in Yangzhou have to ask the organizer for this moment. As long as the organizer is more worldly, he will be invincible in business within this year. This is the greatest benefit for the organizer."
Chapter completed!