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Xiangyang Eloquence

This day was Liu Ba's opening ceremony to talk about the essence of the Legalists and Mi Zhu's second opening ceremony to talk about the business. After the two finished speaking, Hu Zhao continued to set up an eloquent theatre, with the theme of "Governing the country and conquering the world" announced in advance.

As soon as Liu Xie, Xun Yu and Hu Zhao became the chief, Yang Yi, who was famous in Xiangyang Academy, stepped onto the defense stage and chose Guoyuan to defend himself.

Yang Yi and his classmates from the Xiangyang Academy Li Yan, Xiang Chong, Wang Fan, Han Song, Xu Yi, Huan Jie, and Xu Xuan were all called the Eight Sons of Xiangyang Academy. When Huang Chengyan was the chief sacrificial scholar of Xiangyang Academy, they once said that all the eight people had the talent to govern the world.

Yang Yi first began to explain and argue with the "Theory of Checks and Balances of the Three Family", and on the surface promoted the "Theory of Checks and Balances of the Three Family", but in fact he opposed the view of "driven the people for profit" through the issue of Confucian businessmen, thus challenging the Legalists' academic studies.

Li Yan and others went up one by one, refuting Guoyuan's views one by one. Although Liu Xie did not like it very much, their talents were indeed revealed. In particular, Yang Yi and Li Yan were very interested in the theory of checks and balances that "Confucianism is the law, the law is the Tao, and the Tao determines Confucianism". Wang Fan is one of the few talents in the Xiangyang Academy who are proficient in astronomy. He has changed from the operation of astronomy into a regularity and defended Lao Tzu's constant theory of heaven's way, but he also took the opportunity to attack Taoism's ghosts and gods. Han Song is also a genius who is proficient in geography. He talks about the way of earth and the way of earth and then destroys ghosts and gods. Xu Yi, Huan Jie, and Xu Xuan summarized the first five people to argue that the Legalists must be restrained and reorganized the view that Confucianism must be restrained.

The wonderful discussion of the Eight Sons of Xiangyang caused a burst of applause. Even Xun Yu couldn't help but praise it, and then said to Liu Xie: "Although these eight people's views need to be considered, they have a detailed explanation, admirable, and each has its own strengths, which is worthy of your highness's reuse!"

Liu Xie nodded slightly, indicating that these eight people are indeed talented.

Before Guoyuan appeared on the stage to refute, Cui Lin, who had a very personal relationship with him, immediately stepped on stage. Seeing him on stage, Hu Zhao smiled with Liu Xie and said, "Your Highness should pay attention to them carefully today. Cui Lin's appearance means that the Six Yi of Nanyang is about to appear!"

Liu Xie asked: "What are the six meanings of Nanyang?"

Hu Zhao said: "There are many people who go to Nanyang to study and take refuge, including the six poor scholars Cui Lin, Zhao Yan, Su Lin, Chang Lin, Yang Jun and Wang Lian, who appreciate each other, often discuss political affairs together, and are very anxious about justice. They are called the Six Rights of Nanyang by the people of Nanyang. They have a good relationship with Guoyuan and are deeply influenced by the Legalists."

Liu Xie had some insights and said, "There are many Confucian scholars in the wealthy families, and those who are poor families come out of the law!" Seeing that Xun Yu and Hu Zhao looked a little strange after hearing what they said, they said, "The poor families live among the people, have a deep understanding of the interests of the people, and are easy to recognize the importance of the law."

The debate atmosphere in the world of debate has reached a very high level. Cui Lin's understanding of "Chu Lu" surprised Hu Zhao. Although Yang Yi and Cui Lin's confrontation was a disadvantage, his talent and knowledge were very good at making Cui Lin's speech choked, which won applause from many Confucian scholars.

Under Hu Zhao's control, the two gradually moved the Confucian and Legal dispute back to the theme of governing the country and conquering the world. Yang Yi proposed to open up Confucianism in the Military Academy, emphasizing loyalty, righteousness, benevolence, while Cui Lin believed that the first rule of law in the Military Academy, emphasizing strict military discipline. In this argument, Liu Xie clearly supported the latter. Hu Zhao also knew what Liu Xie meant and immediately made a statement to determine Cui Lin's victory, without any need to distinguish it.

Li Yan immediately appeared. He knew that the military strategists were integrated into the Legal family. Obviously, he said that the court prefers to rule the army with law, and turned the subject to internal affairs. He said: "Those who govern the country in the world first govern agriculture. There are few taxes to govern agriculture. However, few taxes are not a fixed policy. Because the fields are divided into poor and rich, the land is divided into drought and water, and the sky is divided into cold and heat, so the plan for peace and wealth is determined, those who establish wealth pay more taxes, those who establish poor pay less taxes, and those who establish poor taxes, and those who use financial and taxation to aid extremely poor, this can make the world truly govern and allow the people to enjoy the blessing of keeping food and clothing warm!"

Cui Lin and others had no objection to this, and also supported it. Wu Jie, the leader of the four talents in Jiangnan, expressed his disagreement. He quickly ascended the altar and bowed to Liu Xie and the other three, and said loudly: "The world produces all products, some produce grain, some produce wheat, and some produce cotton. The people produced differently. The people in the world are also diligent and lazy. Some people work in the fourth round of work, some are lazy and not diligent. If this rule is like this, it is to cut diligently and make up for the laziness."

Xiang Chong also entered the eloquent ace of words and said: "There are many or fewer financial and tax assistance to the people, depending on the amount of land is different. How can we abandon the strategy of safe and governing the country because of the laziness of a few people!"

The four talents of Jiangnan Wu Jie, Zhongli Mu, Wu Fan, and Teng Yin are young students who have shown their talents in Jiangnan Academy. Among them, Wu Fan is the best at astronomy. He said: "As the saying goes, the way of the earth is affected by the sky. The grain produced in the earth is mostly due to changes in the celestial phenomena. Fortunately, the way of the sky is circulating every year, and there are rules to follow. You can register every day to predict meteorological changes and help the people avoid natural disasters in advance. This is also a strategy to govern the country."

Wang Fan was also proficient in this teaching and also said to the altar: "What Brother Wu said is not complete. The world is changing in many ways, and people cannot observe it. If people cannot realize it and cause disasters to the people, they still need to help them. Therefore, those who have made a wealthy can draw a lot of taxes, while those who have a poor can draw a little tax, and those who have a poor can draw a little tax, and even if they don't draw a lot of money, they still need relief!"

Han Song, among the eight sons of Xiangyang, is the most geography-friendly. When he came to power, he first showed evidence that more than 60 different terrain in the world, including coastal wet beaches, hills in the south of Jingzhou, mountains and land, and sunny sky, land with little rain, deserts and fertile soil. He also asked how many talents in Jiangnan could treat them equally. The people in the world are all for the people, so how can they like wealth and hate poverty because of different places?

Liu Xie nodded slightly and asked Xun Yu: "From Wen Ruo's view, what is the view of Li Yan and others?"

Xun Yu said: "It's a good idea! Confucius Sheng also said: Don't worry about the lack of worries but the unevenness. Your Highness should adopt this strategy. However, what the talented man in Jiangnan said is not completely unreasonable. The wealth of Chu is beneficial to the wealth of the clan. If you want to withdraw too much tax from the clan wealthy family, it may endanger Your Highness's strategy of absorbing wealth from the north. Therefore, it cannot be implemented for the time being. If the world is unified and there is no division between the north and the south, the best strategy now is to try your best to maintain the price of grain so that the people can receive more money by receiving the surplus grain. In fact, these students are not far from your Highness. Your Highness's strategy of exempting agricultural tax is much farther than theirs. If it can be implemented, the world will be determined!"

Liu Xie thought for a while and said, "The strategy of the Lone King is too far-reaching and cannot be achieved in one step. The method they thought about must be used. In addition, the Lone King predicts that after Zhuge Liang returned to Jinyang this time, he will launch a second round of commercial and political attacks. He will definitely reduce the commercial tax to the extent of equality in the south. After all, the north is a major economic place in Zeng Dahan. Although he has experienced wars over the years, his foundation is still there. Although Chu has been greatly governed for ten years, it has far surpassed the north in economic terms, but he should not be negligent. How should he deal with it with the meaning of Wen Ruo and Kongming?"

Xun Yu said: "Above this matter, I and Kongming are not as good as Zibu. Your Highness can ask him what he means first!"

Liu Xie sighed: "If he could compete with Zhuge Liang, there would be no need for the Lone King to be responsible for the important affairs of the economy and politics himself!"

Hu Zhao smiled and said, "Although Zhuge Liang is a rare pillar of the country, if you talk about economics and politics, you may not be your opponent. I think your highness must have had a solution to the enemy, otherwise you would not let Zhuge Liang return to the north easily."

During Zhuge Liang's visit to Xiangyang, many people did suggest getting rid of this person on his way back. Although Liu Xie knew the importance of Zhuge Liang to the north, he did not adopt these suggestions. Instead, he sent Wang Xi's brothers to escort him all the way back.

Hu Zhao and others thought that Liu Xie had a solution, but in fact, Liu Xie admired Zhuge Liang's talent, but he still wanted to use it for himself, but it was not completely without solution.

Liu Xie and Hu Zhao said: "Kongming, do you remember that I told you about the crisis in Chu?"

Hu Zhao said: "Remember it in your heart!"

Liu Xie said: "After a year of compensation, it is now the last moment. In my opinion, Zhuge Liang's Jinyang Sect and Sima Yi's Luoyang Sect have reached an agreement on the issue of sending troops. They are to try their best not to trigger a war between the north and the south in these years. We must make preparations before the north is ready! Maybe this time next year is the time for us to send troops."

Hu Zhao and Xun Yu both remained silent. Sending troops to the north was the most important thing in Chu. An important official like them did not intend to express his attitude immediately.

While the three of them discussed, the eloquence and movements changed. The four horses of Bashu, as famous as the four talents in Jiangnan, Fei Shi, Zhou Qun, Meng Guang and Yang Hong also began to enter the world. They believed that if the people were to stabilize, they had to give the people land, which was completely contrary to the court's policies. Liu Xie could not bear it and wanted to personally criticize it. Hu Zhao grabbed Liu Xie and said, "They are just students of the Southwest Academic Institution (formerly Yizhou Academic Institution). The Southwest Academic Institution has a heavy ancient style, so Your Highness does not have to worry too much."

Liu Xie understood Hu Zhao's meaning, and the views of the four horses of Bashu represent the ideas of the rich people of Bashu to some extent. He clearly wanted to seek land for the people, but in fact he wanted to expand the land himself.

The Bashu tribes are different from Jingzhou and Jiangnan. They still focus on agriculture and rarely do business, so they also look forward to the ownership of the land.

After Liu Xie understood it in his heart, he did not rush to refute it, but waited quietly for anyone among the students to argue with them, but after waiting for a long time, no one came to power.

Liu Xie was secretly shocked. The attitude of the princes depends to a large extent on the attitude of the entire aristocratic race. Judging from today, the aristocratic races in Chu still hope that the court would recognize the privatization of the land.

The Confucianism and Legalists before the Han Dynasty had a little conflict, that is, the privatization of land. Confucianism believes that all the world is the king's land, while Legalism emphasizes the determination of division and dispute, supports the landlord class in mastering the land and farming freely. During the Han Dynasty, with the development of the economy, Confucianism gradually began to recognize the privatization of land due to the situation in this regard.

By the heart, privatization of land is a need for further expansion of the productivity requirements of feudal social and social economic development, and represents the direction of feudal social and economic development.

However, after Liu Xie promoted the commercial color of the aristocratic economy, if the land ownership was delivered to the aristocratic race, it would directly lead to the over-expanding of the aristocratic economy.

Today's debate made Liu Xie realize that it is not feasible to completely prevent land privatization, and that only by appropriately allowing land privatization can we ensure economic and political stability.

He was about to end today's eloquence when a scholar in Qingshan walked up. Xun Yu smiled and said, "This person is Jiang Ji and Jiang Zitong. He was once an official from Jiujiang County and a Bie Jiajia in Yangzhou. Later, he taught and the Law School of Xiangyang University, and was quite talented."

Liu Xie said: "The Lone King has heard of this person's reputation, but he is really a good person!"

Xun Yu said: "I also advised him to become an official, but he felt that the life of Xiangyang Academy is quiet and he could study knowledge with peace of mind, so he just wanted to teach in the Academy for the time being."

Liu Xie smiled and said, "Then let's hear what he will say this time?"

After Jiang Ji gave his tribute, he walked to the center of the altar and said loudly: "The sage once said that all the land of the world is the king's land. However, although the land is king's land, those who can rent and plant and cultivate are the people. The land of Chu still belongs to the King of Chu. He signed a contract with the renters for thirty years and paid taxes for renting and planting. Today, the agricultural tax in Chu is the highest among all dynasties, and the people produce a lot of grain in all dynasties. Therefore, the people have a good harvest every year and live and work in peace and contentment. How can they buy land to stabilize the world? Moreover, no matter how rich the people are, they are no match for wealthy families. Once the land purchase trend is opened, there will be a large-scale enclosure of land, so that the people have no land to plant."

"I think that if I really want to govern the country and conquer the world, the first thing is to make the people rich and happy. Now Chu has already done this, but if the thirty-year contract can be changed to fifty years, it will make the people more contented. Looking at the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty, when the people were few in the beginning of the dynasty, there were many land per capita, as long as we cultivated with peace of mind, everyone would have a good harvest. However, after a hundred years of settlement, when the population reached its peak, the excessive population led to insufficient land. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the per capita land was only ten small acres of land, and ten small acres of land were produced, although the production of grain per mu was more than acres of grain per mu.

There are many, but the per capita income is far less, and it is impossible to maintain life in a disaster. Therefore, Emperor Jing had a severe drought for three years and had no chaos. Emperor Ling only had a drought for one year, but caused chaos in the world. I personally believe that the first crime is that each person could own 16 acres of land in the early Han Dynasty, while Emperor Ling could only own 10 acres of land. Secondly, the tax was low at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Ling was heavy at the beginning of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the ministers believed that if you want to safeguard the world forever, you must ensure that everyone who cultivated farms had ten acres of land. Secondly, the tax was never higher than today. Third, the contract of thirty years was changed to fifty years, or even a hundred years."

Liu Xie high-fives and said, "It is indeed the key to governing the country and conquering the world!"

Xun Yu also expressed his opinion: "The words of sentient beings today are the most incisive of what Zitong said!"

Seeing that the two of them had already expressed their opinions, Hu Zhao stood up and said, "Today's winners are Jiang Ji, the eight sons of Xiangyang, the six righteous people of Nanyang, the four talents of Jiangnan and the four horses of Bashu. Everyone has wonderful words. Being able to see so many talents in one day shows the prosperity of our talents in Chu."

Seeing that the Bazi and others in Xiangyang were unwilling to do so, Liu Xie said, "You are all good people in governing the country. Because you are here, the Lone King can only hear such a wonderful debate today. Tonight, the Lone King will be at the Chu Palace to thank all the students. Anyone who climbs the altar today must attend the meeting!"

When all the students heard that the King of Chu gave him a generous banquet, they were all happy.

Liu Xie asked the guards beside him to take Jiang Ji to him and looked at him carefully. He saw that he was handsome and handsome, but he could not hide the traces of time. He should be close to his thirties. After asking carefully, he realized that the result was already twenty-seven. Then he said: "If the son of the Lone King is close to the elegant school, his talent is very good. If he does not go to office, it will be the loss of the Lone King."

Jiang Ji bowed deeply and said, "Thank you Your Highness to praise you. I am a Confucian scholar. Only in troubled times can I realize that the way of the Legalists is important. When I arrived in Chu, I borrowed the famous scholars from the Xiangyang Academy and had a lot of books to study the Legalists. I studied hard in the Xiangyang Academy for four years. I personally thought that I had obtained the essence of the Legalists. Today I came to the throne and I am determined to serve Your Highness. I hope that I can help Your Highness to stabilize the world."

Xun Yu and Hu Zhao both smiled slightly and said to Liu Xie: "Congratulations to Your Highness for achieving a great talent!"

Liu Xie was overjoyed and said, "The Secretary of the Chu Palace is just right for Zitong!"

Jiang Ji also said: "However, Xiangyang Law School is short of people who teach. I am willing to hold two positions together and continue to train Legal students for Your Highness."

Liu Xie said, "Then I'll have to worry about my hard work." He then told Xun Yu: "Shim Xiang Lang went to Guangzhou and served as the governor of Guangzhou Zhiluo. Zhuge Jin has been training outside for several years. It's time to get back to continue to follow you. You can be transferred back to Xiangyang to serve as the governor of Jingzhou Zhiluo. After Jiang Wan was transferred back, he should also consider the position of governor of Yuzhou Zhiluo. Today, the students who have entered the arena asked, if they are interested in becoming an official, if Wen arranges it carefully, they will be good talents."

Xun Yu said: "I originally planned to arrange for Xiang Lang to serve as the governor of Yuzhou Zhiluo. Since your highness arranged this way, Huang Quan, the general manager of Shuzhou Zhiluo, can be transferred to serve as the governor of Yuzhou Zhiluo. He is proficient in military tactics and can temporarily resist for a while before Zhang Liao returns to defend Yingchuan. In addition, the governor of Liangzhou is very talented, and it seems a bit useless to stay in Liangzhou alone. Liangzhou is called one state, but in fact only two counties. Now Cao Cao and Liu Bei have accumulated heavy troops on the east side of Xuzhou. Although Yuan Zhi and Fengxiao are there, Xuzhou Zhiluotai is indeed not good at governance, and can properly call the candidates for garrison troops!"

Liu Xie said: "It's good that this is the case. Fa Zheng is also very talented. It is indeed a bit useless to stay in Liangzhou. You can consider transferring to Xuzhou as the governor of Zhiluo. However, Liangzhou's defense is more important than Xuzhou. If Liangzhou loses Liangzhou and Jingzhou Nanbao, who do you plan to transfer to Liangzhou as the governor of Zhiluo?"

Xun Yu said: "After Ding Yuan resigned, Your Highness transferred Lu Meng as deputy general to temporarily take over Ding Yuan's 50,000 Bingzhou cavalry. Liangzhou also has Yan Yan and Deng Zhi is there. It is not a problem to defend Liangzhou (Hanzhong). I will transfer Cheng Bing to serve as the governor of Liangzhou and recommend Cui Hao as the Minister of Personnel. After His Highness took over Ding Yuan's troops, he should consider a question of number. After all, Lu Meng was young and could not officially take over Ding Yuan's cavalry for the time being. The commander of this unit should be cautious and designated as soon as possible. Ding Yuan's troops are all cavalry, so it is best to be transferred to Huang Zhong's troops. Xuzhou is vast and the cavalry is the most suitable. Liangzhou is small and has many mountains. Huang Zhong's Zhennan army has many Danyang troops, which is most suitable."

Liu Xie nodded slightly and said, "Cui Hao must be above Cheng Bing in terms of ability. Although Liangzhou is small, its defense is too important. Cui Hao will be transferred to the Governor of Liangzhou. Ding Yuanyuan's Bingzhou cavalry was changed to the Eastern Army, with the fifth battalion under it, and transferred to Peicheng, so that Yuan Zhi and Fengxiao could train him well. Huang Zhong's Zhennan Army was transferred to Shangyong to garrison. As for the choice of commander of the Eastern Army, Gu Wang wanted to transfer Pang De as the position, but it had not been decided in the end. Rong Gu Wang thought about it carefully. Although the Eastern Army was not as good as the Eastern Army as the Northern Army, it was also 50,000 elite cavalry, and should not be underestimated."

That night, Liu Xie held a banquet at the King of Chu's palace to reward the students, and talked with the students for two hours. Xun Yu accompanied him and arranged where they would go to office based on their strengths. He also absorbed their suggestions on recording astronomy and geography one by one. He also appointed Han Song, Wu Fan and Wang Fan as the Ministry of Works to be engaged in the Astronomy Department of the Ministry of Works, and transferred them to the Astronomy Department of the Ministry of Works to be responsible for recording astronomy and geography.

The next day, Hu Zhao started the stage on behalf of Liu Xie and promoted the Finance and Economics. Yang Yi, Li Yan and others were also qualified to attend. They were very happy to hear this most secret subject.

After experiencing the eloquence of the theme of governing the country and conquering the world, the debate in the next few days was still exciting, but not many talents emerged.

Since there were three wise men of Xiangyang, Sima Zheng, Pang Degong and Huang Chengyan, and Guan Ning, Hu Zhao and Zhang Ji, the order of the two people were paved, and when Zhang Lu proposed the new Taoism and Taoism, he did not encounter much resistance. Yi Ji, Yang Xiu, Bai Yi and Ma Jun were not allowed to attend the class when they opened the hall, and they were much calmer than the first twenty days.

In the prosperity, the Xiangyang event finally laid the foundation for the idea of ​​"The Three Family Checks and Balances" as the core of Chu's rule, and the Xiangyang event gradually began to prepare for the end. In Caiyi, Zhong Yao came to the hall to talk about calligraphy, and then made friends with calligraphy. Princess Cai Yan came to the hall to play the piano to explain the essence of the piano art. The grand event that lasted for one month finally ended.
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