Colander bowed and said: "Jinzhou is already in my hands among the five cities in the Shanhai Corridor. If I get Runzhou again, I will occupy the beginning and the end. The four states of Migration, Lai, Xi, and Yan within it have become like a tortoise."

"Juehua Island in Xingcheng, Yanzhou is the largest island in Liaodong. Except for an ice channel connecting it to the land in January, the coldest winter, it is usually separated by sea water."

"It is closer to the north and can save Beiting three hundred miles of transshipment. After that, the goods will be transferred from Yanzhou to Xizhou and transported to Beijing, which will save another two hundred miles; if you go to Shangjing via Lizhou, Jianzhou, and Xingzhongfu, you will also save another two hundred miles.

I want to save Beiting four hundred miles."

"In order to better help the Liao Kingdom, I thought that the Song Dynasty could take on more transportation obligations and established the Shipping Department on Juehua Island."

"Firstly, the materials are stored on the island, so there is no fear of harassment from enemies on land; secondly, the large transshipment base will be moved north to Xizhou, away from Yuguan, which is safer; thirdly, the land distance is reduced, which can greatly save the Liao Kingdom's transshipment.

fee."

"Of course, in order to effectively protect Xi, it is necessary to move to the state to increase the garrison. If the Liao people feel that it is not cost-effective, the Song Dynasty can also agree to assist the Liao and expand the road between Xi and Tan to ensure supplies.

Smooth flow."

The Mountain-Sea Corridor is a narrow and flat corridor that runs along the seashore from southwest to northeast. In the entire corridor, only in Xizhou in the middle, there is a small river perpendicular to the direction of the corridor, flowing from the northwest into the sea.

This river is called Liugu River. It goes northwest along the valley and crosses Jianchang Ridge to reach Tanzhou.

Tanzhou is already located in the Daling River Basin, and the road will be easy to travel after that. You can advance along the Daling River Valley, to the northwest is Yuzhou and Dading Prefecture, and to the northeast is Jianzhou and Xingzhong Prefecture.

The meaning of the colander is to help the Liao Kingdom open and widen the Jianchang Ridge Passage to facilitate logistics and transportation, and at the expense of this, in exchange for the right to move the army to the state.

Everyone in the hall looked at each other. In this way, the Song Dynasty could not only control the north and south ends of the Liao Kingdom's Zhongjing Road Mountain and Sea Corridor, but also arrange an important link in the middle, and could also open up the route from there to Zhongjing's Dading Mansion.

of thoroughfare.

Of course, if the Liao people's troops and horses were strong, they could still fight from Zhongjing to Xizhou along this road. But the problem is that the Song Dynasty would not be stupid enough to pile up supplies in Xizhou, but would store them in Juezhou.

On Hua Island.

By deploying only a few warships, the Song Dynasty was enough to ensure that they did not lose, and did not even give the Liao people a chance to make a sneak attack.

Zhang Kai couldn't help but sneer, Situ always called me "Zhang Heixin", look at the heart of your second son, he's not even more evil than me, Lao Zhang?!

This poisonous bait, ah no, such a reasonable and feasible, caring and considerate plan, can those poor people in Beiting reject it now?!

Zhang Dun couldn't help but laugh: "It turns out that Sheren has a plan. It seems that the task of judging Honglu Temple is too easy for Sheren..."

…

In October of the second year of Shaosheng, there was a heavy snowfall in the north.

In the side hall of Yonghe Palace, the modified earth dragon heats the ground with warm heat, making the room as warm as spring.

The side hall is divided into two rooms. Bian Guan is telling a story to Yelu Chongren in the outer room, while Concubine Wen is reading carefully in the inner room, holding a side of "Ethical Training" in her hand.

"... Wen Lugong took water and poured it into the tree hole. The ball finally floated up from the tree hole. The friends got the ball happily and were able to play happily together again."

What Bian Guan is reading is a color picture book, with pictures on the top and text on the other side. The story is a set called "Collection of Stories of Prodigies Through the Ages".

Wen Yanbo, a figure in his dynasty who is still in his 90s, is also the last person in the story.

Yelu Chongren took the book and put it away: "Thank you, master."

Bian Guan took out a small ball from his bag and said, "Chongren is a good boy who loves to learn. This is today's reward."

Yelu Chongren happily took it: "Is this the ball that Wen Lugong played with?"

Bian Guan smiled and said: "This is better than the ball Wen Lugong played with. You go and stand on the opposite side, and we will play together."

The first one and the first one started to pass the ball with their feet at both ends of the room. Concubine Wen heard Yelu Chongren's happy laughter in the inner hall and put down the book: "Chongren, Wangfu has many important military affairs to deal with. Don't be too playful and delay.

Wang Fu’s time.”

Bian Guan looked at the clock in the hall: "There are still a few minutes, it doesn't matter."

Concubine Wen said through the curtain: "Master Wang, actually, I also have something to ask."

Bian Guan then picked up the ball and gave it to Chongren for him to play with. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty's words are serious. I wonder what your Majesty wants to ask?"

Concubine Wen said: "The Liao State worshiped Buddhism and talked a lot about cause and effect and life, while the Song State worshiped Confucianism and talked a lot about filial piety, loyalty, and trust."

"The Ethics states that filial piety is the beginning of all good deeds, starting with family ties. Later, it talks about cultivating one's moral character, harmonizing the family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world. There is no in-depth study of the causes of life."

"In this case, doesn't Buddhism have a deeper understanding of the origin of human nature than Confucianism? And given Situ Zhiyuan's wisdom, why does it only take 'knowledge of ethics' as the starting point and not delve deeper into life?"

Bian Guan said: "Back to you, my father believes that people have multiple attributes."

"A person knows when he is hungry, he knows what to eat, and when he is cold, he knows how to dress. This attribute is called instinctive attribute, that is, physiology; when a person knows, hears, thinks, and can distinguish between good and evil, these are cognitive attributes, that is, psychology; as for being loyal, trustworthy, filial, and caring for parents,

, making friends and communicating with each other through favors, this is ethics."

"My father used the metaphor of 'society' as a group of people. In society, each family works together to celebrate the harvest and perform their duties. If you look closely, there are rules to follow and each has his or her own duties. They are all'

Social man'."

"Those who study and solve physiological problems are called doctors; those who study and solve psychological problems are called monks and Taoists. Confucianism, on the other hand, does not focus on the first two, but focuses more on the relationship between people and their coexistence, that is, social problems."

"When a person is born, the people with whom he has the most direct relationship are his parents. Therefore, it makes sense for Confucianism to use 'kissing' as the starting point for studying relationships between people."

"Of course, this is the earliest Confucianism. After thousands of years of development, from the extravagant talk of the metaphysics of life and life in the two Jin Dynasties to today's Luo School's theory of vitality, it has surpassed the starting point of the research of early Confucianism, 'Qinqin'."

"This is a good phenomenon, but there is a prerequisite, which is to clearly grasp the difference between a large amount and a small amount, as well as the main and secondary differences."

"This involves another Neo-Confucian term, contradiction."

"Contradiction is the two sides of things that conflict with each other and can transform into each other in the process of development and change, similar to the yin and yang of Tai Chi."

"In the process of development of a society, there are countless contradictions, large and small. For example, you want to hire a singing and playing troupe, and I want to hire a storytelling troupe. You want to eat sweet, and I want to eat salty. This is inevitable.

.”

"How to make this society successful and well-run when so many contradictions coexist. This is the problem that Confucianism wants to solve."

"This requires distinguishing among these many contradictions what are the major ones that urgently need to be resolved, and what are the minor ones that can be postponed."

"An individual's physiology and psychology affect him personally; ethics is the relationship between people, so it affects a group of people."

"Solving an ethical problem solves the problem of a group of people. Therefore, my father believes that from this aspect, the study of ethics is more important than the study of life."

"The study of life and life is not bad or unimportant, but it should be done after solving common social problems; after formulating social laws; after developing complete ethics; after letting people know how to live with others; and after ensuring family harmony.

Prosperity of the country and peace in the world are the icing on the cake."

"Therefore, the study of life and life should be an issue that scholars should pay attention to and study; ethical issues should be an issue that those in power should pay attention to and study."

"Everyone will focus on and solve different problems due to their different social responsibilities."

"Kings, governors, and officials are responsible for managing the country, so they should care about and learn Ethics;"

"To understand the science of life and life and to investigate the origins of life and human nature is within the scope of scholars' research."

"For politicians, studying life can only be regarded as an interest adjustment. If they treat it as their main business and study it tirelessly and in depth, wasting too much energy and even national resources, then the country will be in danger!"
Chapter completed!