The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Yang Xiu decided to hate Cao Pi and Cao Zhi for a while!
As for how to hate? Of course, he went to find the Goguryeo singer sent by Cao Zhi!

However, when Yang Xiu returned to his home, he found that Yang Biao had been besieged by Cai Yong and others, and the spit was almost about to fly onto Yang Biao's face, so he quickly sneaked out of the mansion and decided to stay temporarily at Sima Yi's mansion a few streets away...

"Um……"

Sima Yi looked embarrassed, and Yang Xiu scolded him: "Are we brothers? If so, let me stay with you for a while!"

"..."

"never mind."

Sima Yi hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to let Yang Xiu in.

As soon as Yang Xiu entered Sima Yi's residence, he began to wander around.

Although he and Sima Yi had always been close, Sima Yi generally did not like to invite people to his residence, so Yang Xiu had never really taken a good look at Sima Yi's residence.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this place of Zhongda really has some resemblance to a hermitage of the ancients."

Surrounded by bamboo and cypress trees and decorated with a few chrysanthemums and plum trees, it looks like the residence of an elegant celebrity.

"But Zhongda, you better be careful! If you are too noble, you will appear vulgar. If outsiders see you here, they will probably think you are a treacherous person who is not worth making friends with!"

Yang Xiu was commenting on Sima Yi's residence, and at this time a woman came over and offered him hot tea.

Sima Yi held the scroll in one hand and took the hot tea in the other: "Thank you, Dezu, for reminding me."

"But this residence is managed by Jing Zhuo Lihua. If you have any suggestions, just tell her."

"Forehead……"

Yang Xiu laughed awkwardly and quickly bowed to Zhang Lihua. Then he looked around in a pretentious manner: "Look at these flowers, they are really beautiful... By the way, Zhongda, what are you looking at?"

"Yang Zhu."

"There are even Yang Zhu's classics. Where did you get them from?"

Yang Xiu looked at the book curiously, somewhat surprised that Sima Yi could find such an ancient artifact.

"It is not the original, and it contains many fallacies that do not fit in with Yang Zhu's theory of 'keeping one's nature intact and true'. Most of it was fabricated by later generations and should not be trusted."

"oh oh."

Sima Yi stared at the book, and then Yang Xiu stared at Sima Yi.

a long time.

"Zhongda."

"Ok?"

"Are you still thinking about surpassing Kong Ming?"

Sima Yi's five fingers holding the book suddenly became twisted.

"What does my study have to do with Kong Ming?"

"Alright! Don't I know what happened between you two?"

Yang Xiu was lying beside Sima Yi, bored. "Kong Ming is a very evil man. He was not only able to expand the territory by thousands of miles, but also to establish the Annan Protectorate in the south. In terms of academic research, he was also able to push the theory of Lun Heng to a high level."

"Once my useless father and Liu Jingsheng, the two Third Dukes, are gone, Kong Ming will be the leader of the current school of thought at a young age... I don't believe you won't be anxious!"

Sima Yi frowned and put down the book.

"De Zu said this, isn't De Zu anxious?"

The emperor does not count.

Zhuge Liang almost dominated the world!

Equally talented people like Sima Yi and Yang Xiu, no matter how much they didn't care about fame and fortune, would still catch up with Zhuge Liang to some extent.

Unexpectedly, Yang Xiu turned over, looked out the window leisurely and said self-deprecatingly: "Why am I in such a hurry?"

"Anyway, nowadays, the streets and alleys of Chang'an are full of people saying, 'If Yang Xiu can do it, why can't I?'... Damn it! Forget it, I won't say it anymore! If I say too much, I will only cry!"

"I may be able to compete with Kong Ming in government affairs and strategy, but Kong Ming is extremely powerful in everything! How can I compare with him?"

"Anyway, I'm just waiting to have a baby, and then I'll honestly build my kingdom!"

"..."

Sima Yi did not mock or despise Yang Xiu's choice, he just felt a little sorry for it.

"If Dezu was not so careless and focused on learning, he might be able to inherit your family's legacy as the 'Confucius of Guanxi'."

"Stop!"

Yang Xiu stopped Sima Yi: "The emperor hates the inheritance of aristocratic families and the idea of ​​respecting the past and despising the present the most! I am Yang Xiu, Yang Xiu, what does my ancestors have to do with me? Are you going to go to Kong Rong's house and worship Kong Rong, the descendant of Confucius?"

"The emperor did advise me to study more before... but that stuff really gave me a headache, so after studying it for a while, I didn't look at it again!"

Sima Yi was somewhat envious of Yang Xiu's attitude.

But Sima Yi also knew that he was too competitive and would never allow Zhuge Liang to surpass him.

Yang Xiu propped up his head and crossed his legs, looking at Sima Yi: "Zhongda, I did some research before, and I actually found some things. Would you like to listen?"

"What does Dezu have to say?"

Sima Yi didn't take this matter to heart at first.

After all, Yang Xiu was sometimes too casual, but studying was an extremely rigorous matter, so how could Yang Xiu explain it?
"I was chatting with the emperor once when I was helping him sort out official documents. He said something unintentionally, which is 'the unity of knowledge and action'."

Hearing these four words, Sima Yi's eyes suddenly became sharp!

“You can’t achieve anything if you study in isolation.”

"Which of the great philosophers of the pre-Qin period did not travel around the world before he wrote many works?"

"Including Kong Ming... Kong Ming likes to make little gadgets when he has nothing to do. From the Zhuge Crossbow at the beginning to the Kong Ming Lantern and Kong Ming Mirror later, isn't it the same?"

Yang Xiu's words made Sima Yi inexplicably excited.

In fact, Sima Yi had always thought about the gap between himself and Zhuge Liang.

Did he read less books than Zhuge Liang? Not necessarily.

Does he have less knowledge than Zhuge Liang?
Not necessarily.

Or is it that my wisdom is not as good as Zhuge Liang's?
That is even less the case.

Today, Yang Xiu's words suddenly awakened Sima Yi, and also reminded Sima Yi that when the emperor was in the old Chang'an City, he directly demolished the Gui Palace to develop fertilizer.

"I see!"

Sima Yi bowed to Yang Xiu and said, "Thank you for your advice!"

"What I learned when I was young was still the knowledge of a toad scholar. I prefer quietness to movement. I am really ashamed to follow the emperor for so many years."

"Hehe! It's okay! Just treat me to a drink later!"

Yang Xiu waved to Sima Yi, and Sima Yi leaned over to listen obediently.

"Zhongda, I'm telling you something, you can't tell anyone else."

"Don't worry, Dezu, I'm the most tight-lipped one!"

"..."

Yang Xiu suddenly felt a chill, apparently thinking of a pair of not-so-pleasant brothers.

However, Sima Yi's character should perhaps still be trusted.

"Zhongda, the emperor recently got some rice seeds from Jiaozhou, named Xianglin Rice. This rice not only has a huge yield and is very drought-resistant, but it is also early rice. In the future, it can be planted in rotation with the late rice in the south. The grain output of the Han Dynasty can be more than doubled compared to now!"

At that time, Sima Yi was on vacation and didn't know about the rice seeds.

But Sima Yi is, after all, an important official of the Han Dynasty.

When Sima Yi heard that the grain production of the Han Dynasty could be increased to twice its current level, he could not sit still and asked, "Are you serious?"

"It's absolutely true. I ran into Cao Pi and Cao Zhi when I was delivering rice seeds to the Agricultural and Industrial University... Ugh! Bad luck!"

"And Lady Cao no longer tinkered with her Qi and blood transport technique, but started growing peas instead."

"Zhongda, at the Taibai Academy, no one would have thought that Kong Ming could prove the existence of "qi" in Lunheng with a candle, a few bamboo sticks, and a few rags."

"Similarly, no one would have thought that the crystals we use for viewing could be polished into Kongming mirrors, proving the existence of fine Gu."

"Even though we have been farming this land for nearly a thousand years, we still don't understand it. If you don't learn to fiddle with those things like Kong Ming, you will never surpass Kong Ming in this life."

Sima Yi suddenly felt as if there was something stuck in his throat, and then he swallowed it with force - a mixture of pain and joy.

He didn't expect that the thing that had troubled him for so long could be easily pointed out by Yang Xiu.

Fortunately, it’s not too late to know now.

"I understand."

Sima Yi said to Yang Xiu: "I will not accompany the emperor on his journey this time."

"what?"

Yang Xiu suddenly turned over and asked: "Are you crazy?"

"You and I both know what the emperor is going to do on this trip."

"Letting Sun Ce and Zhou Yu load the cannons onto the warships is obviously to destroy Sun Quan in one fell swoop and completely pacify the world."

"Besides, the emperor is going to set up fiefdoms this time, and the fiefdoms of the pillar states may have to be decided at this time. There is also the sea transportation that the emperor decided in Liaodong that year... If you don't follow the emperor this time, do you know how many important things you will miss?"

Sima Yi shook his head.

"If I don't follow the emperor this time, will he forget my contribution?"

"It's you..."

Sima Yi had a strange expression on his face.

"The emperor did say that he would enfeoff you as a vassal when you gave birth to a child... But have you ever thought that even if that were the case, your child would at least have to grow up, to at least the age of Yong Wang Liu Wansheng, before you could enfeoff him as a vassal?"

Yang Xiu's expression suddenly froze.

"So, Dezu, what are you so anxious about? You will never be included in this feudal state... Do you want to throw your newborn child directly into a desolate feudal state?"

"..."

Yang Xiu looked dejected.

Because the emperor's promise to grant him a fiefdom was so shocking to him, he only came to his senses now.

You can't use a child right after birth! Even Liu Wansheng was allowed to be enfeoffed by the emperor only after he grew up. Why am I so anxious now?

"So, I won't go this time. I want to stay in Chang'an and concentrate on studying what you just mentioned."

Yang Xiu jokingly asked, "Then take the curve and overtake Kong Ming?"

"Zhongda, you are just like those elementary school bitches who said they would not study for their lessons during the teacher's exams, but secretly studied late into the night..."

"..."

"Cough cough."

Sima Yi coughed a few times.

"Anyway, I won't go this time."

"It's not to surpass Kong Ming, it's just..."

"Alright, alright!"

Yang Xiu's expression of seeing through everything made Sima Yi feel guilty at the moment.

"I'll treat you to a drink, but you can't tell anyone about this, including the Emperor and Kong Ming!"

"Easy to say! Easy to say!"

"..." (End of this chapter)