Although Fusu came to the group of people mentioned in the Academy, he was not in a hurry to see the other party.

He hadn't seen the students at the academy for a long time, and brought all his new classmates here, so he naturally had to make an appointment for a friendly match, allowing both sides to pick a team of evenly matched people out to play football and lively.

The school is relaxed, and after the autumn begins, many students have to go back to help with farm work. The teachers consciously adjust the class, so when people from brother schools come over, the teachers and students naturally make time to play with them.

Fusu, Li You, Wang Li and others did not end up, standing outside and watching the teenagers running and chasing in the field.

It was not until after watching a game that Cheng Miao came over and said that he would recommend the group of scholars who temporarily stayed in the academy house to Fusu.

Cheng Miao also reminded Fusu, saying that the other party's clothes might not be very decent.

Fusu never cared about this and nodded to say that he knew it. He took Li You quietly to the guesthouse to see the group of guests who came from afar.

As soon as Fusu stepped into the guest house, his purpose was to have all the brown straw sandals.

The two oldest old men had already given birth to a hair, sat on both sides of the chessboard, putting their hands down, and no one moved the chess pieces again.

Behind them were five or six middle-aged and a few book-child children. Their dresses were the same, all of which were often worn by the poorest people, and they were very thin both physically and mentally. There was no fat man among so many people.

Seeing that they had no intention of getting up to pay homage to Fusu, Cheng Miao frowned, and still felt that these people were here to ruin the situation.

Cheng Miao turned sideways and introduced to Fusu: "The one on the left is Mr. Xu, who is said to be a descendant of Xu Xing."

Xu Xing wrote twenty chapters of "Shennong". I heard that they were well written, but Ying Zheng had collected so many books from various countries, but Cheng Miao did not see these twenty chapters in it.

Xu Xing's idea is quite ideal. He once proposed the idea of ​​"People and people to farm together, and the market price is not equal, which means that no matter whether you are a king or a commoner, you have to go to the fields to farm before you can have food and cannot enjoy the fruits; no matter who buys and sells things, the price must not be raised. Prices must be kept stable so that everyone can afford daily necessities.

Regarding these views, Mencius, who was in the same era as Xu Xing, wrote an article to refute these views of Xu Xing—

First of all, Mencius believed that the "working of the kings and the powerful" was also labor, and the reality was very cruel. It was often "those who work hard to govern people, and those who work hard to govern people."

Secondly, if we are egalitarian, all the goods on the market will be priced at the same price, rough goods and exquisite goods, who is willing to produce exquisite goods?

In short, while Xu Xing was steadily engaged in agricultural research, he was also an idealist.

This brings up a very embarrassing problem: most of his loyal readers are illiterate, and most of the literate people do not agree with his idealism!

Because of this, Xu Xing's book is very popular. Cheng Miao personally checked the archive catalog of the Academy Library, but he couldn't find half of the volume "Shennong"!

As for the other old man, the other party claimed that his surname was Xie. According to him, he had no background. He was just an ordinary old farmer. He had grown a lot of land, so he was experienced. He lived a long life, so there were a few people who believed him and were willing to follow him.

Fusu stepped forward to salute the two old men.

No matter what the other party’s identity is, you must respect it as long as you reach this age.

Seeing that Fusu was not arrogant or impatient, the two old men didn't care about their rudeness at all, and even took the initiative to come forward to greet them, they felt a little bit of praise in their hearts.

They took the disciples behind them to stand up and give gifts to Fusu.

After the two sides got to know each other, Fusu invited them to sit down and preach.

After chatting, I realized that they were not as old as eighty, and they were only in their sixties or seventies. They were just simple in life, worked all year round, and were basically self-sufficient in food and clothing, so they seemed older than many scholars who were pampered and lived in poverty.

However, it is already incredible for many people to be able to travel far in such an energetic spirit at the age of sixty or seventy.

Cheng Miao did not introduce their origins in detail just now. After Fusu asked carefully, he understood who they were.

Mr. Xu brought the children of the agronomy school, who specialized in agricultural affairs and market prices.

Mr. Xie brought the sons of the Mo family. Their research is relatively complicated and their status is relatively awkward.

The Mo family was born from Mo Di. After Mo Di's death, the Mo family began to have the title of "Jiuzi", which was actually the leader of the Mo family.

After the emergence of "Jiuzi", the Mohist school quickly attracted a group of believers with its practicality far beyond other schools, becoming a famous "experienced scholar" for a while, and people from all walks of life joined the Mohist school.

Compared with the looseness of other schools, the Mohist masters have great say in their voices. The people below obey the masters like believers. Even if the masters ask them to commit suicide with their swords, they will do it immediately!

Because the Mohist school is such an organized and disciplined school, it developed very quickly and was once prosperous in the past.

It is only because of this belief of "respecting righteousness and overtaking life" that the Mohist school encountered a disaster that was nearly a hundred years ago.

Meng Sheng, a great master of the Mo family, had a good relationship with Yangchengjun of Chu. Yangchengjun entrusted the city to Meng Sheng to ask him to defend the city.

As a result, Yang Chengjun accidentally shot the body of King Chu when he was killing Wu Qi, and according to the law, it was a serious crime to behead him, so Yang Chengjun's city was taken back by the new king.

Yang Chengjun found an opportunity to run away.

Faced with the people who were coming to take away the city, Meng Sheng was not guarding the city, nor was he not guarding the city. In the end, in order not to lose his faith, he resolutely led more than 180 Mohist children to die tragically in the city.

After this incident, the Mo family's vitality was severely damaged, but there was also internal strife, which divided Chu Mo, Qi Mo and Zhao Mo. They all believed that the other party was heresy and that they were orthodox.

There are also some Mohist disciples wandering in various countries scatteredly, but most of them are not allowed to be used.

For example, later a Mo family master took his disciples to Qin State to settle down. His son killed someone, and the King of Qin proposed to pardon his son.

As a result, the Mo family's master flatly refused, saying that this would harm the Mo family's loyalty and resolutely killed his son.

This was done very well with the style of Mohist ruling righteousness and overrepresenting life. The King of Qin at that time was very moved by this. From then on, he enthusiastically introduced various technologies provided by the Mohist family, resolutely suppressed the various ideas proposed by the Mohist family, and at the same time actively poached the technical talents of this Mohist branch into the army, completely dismantling this Mohist branch that entered Qin with ideals.

Qin State has a very clear attitude towards the Mo family: You are welcome to Qin State. As for the organizational discipline you emphasized before, forget it! There are also giants, don’t choose them in the future. If you have to obey others to work, you can obey our court!

Regardless of the past or present, Qin State's pursuit of people and things is very practical: just as practical.

This is also one of the reasons why the Eastern countries say that "there are no scholars in Qin". Anyone who comes to Qin with academic ideals will leave in disappointment.

Because if they want to stick to their academic ideals, the Qin people are unhappy to accept it; if they change their academic ideals, can they still call them "scholars"?

What is sad is that the Eastern countries that mocked the "Qin State without scholars" are also losing the breeding ground for nourishing ideals and pursuits.

This is an era of bows, horses and swords.

No one wants to listen to those shouts about ideals, beliefs and persistence.

Can that make the sword sharper?

Can that make the wine more mellow?

Can that make the beauty more charming?

Nothing can be done!

It's just some noisy and useless nonsense!

The two old men sat on both sides of Fusu. Their temples were attacked by the years and were already gray; their cheeks were covered with wrinkles, with indelible vicissitudes.

Only their eyes were still shining with a burning light, and there was no turbidity at all.

Behind them were their disciples, all looking poor and ragged, but their backs were straight, and they sat upright and listened to their conversation with Fusu.

The two old men talked about their thoughts and ideals inherited from their fathers or teachers.

They talk about the sufferings of the people they see when traveling to various countries.

They said that God loves all things, so that all things are prosperous, and people should also love each other and benefit each other.

They said that in life, we should enjoy less, not be afraid of difficulties and hardships, and should do our best to "prosper the benefits of the world and eliminate the disadvantages of the world" so that we can live in vain.

They no longer have great men, no longer have the glory of "the world's manifestation of learning", no longer have the spirit of valuing righteousness and recklessness, and they are not considered orthodox, but they still want to keep such a slight persistence that they never want to give up.

The two old men did not complain about any pain, and they always spoke slowly, but a deep sadness oozed out of their words.

This is the first time Fusu has felt such deep sorrow after being back for so long.

The world is so big, but they don’t have the ideal place to live.

If they weren't at the end of the road, how could they choose the Qin State that was the least like to accommodate them? How could they sit with a seven-year-old child?

Fusu stood up and bowed: "Mr. Xu, Mr. Xie, please stay here."

His face is still childish, his eyes are clear and clear, and his tone is firm and serious.

"Although the school is small, it cannot give you much prominent status, but since it was built in the same way as the Jixia Academy, it will naturally accommodate the words of hundreds of schools."

Mr. Xu and Mr. Xie looked at each other, got up and gave Fusu a gift, as they were at the beginning, and answered Fusu's invitation.

When Fusu took Li You away from the guest house, his heart felt a little heavy. He had felt this emotion when Zhang Liang was about to leave.

The unification of the world will inevitably be accompanied by the decline of many countries and the decline of many theories.

There are also the deaths of thousands of people and the sufferings and pains of thousands of people.

This is something that no one can change.

"Young Master." Li You called Fusu, his eyes filled with concern.

Fusu paused, withdrew his thoughts and smiled at Li You: "It's getting late, it's time to go back to Xianyang."

Li You nodded and gathered the young men who visited and visited the various places in the school, and returned to Beizhuang and took the horses back to Beijing.

Maybe I saw that Fusu was not in a high mood, and Wang Li talked less on the way back, so I only occasionally asked Fusu to see the interesting scenery along the way.

Wang Li is really good at exploring fun. He chatted back to Xianyang casually. Fusu was in a better mood and smiled and parted with them in front of the palace gate.

When Fusu entered the palace gate, Wang Li raised his foot and kicked Li You and asked Li You: "What did you do with the young master at noon? Why do you feel a little sad?"

Wang Li is Wang Jian's grandson. Before he went to the Imperial College to become such an instructor, his grandfather once called him to chat alone, asking him not to get too close to all the young masters, and not to do anything, including Fusu.

Unfortunately, Wang Li is not old yet. After being with Fusu and Li You for a long time, he felt that they were all friends worth making, so he quickly threw away his grandfather's warning.

Li You glanced at Wang Li and said, "Since the young master didn't bring you, I naturally don't want you to know." After that, he ignored Wang Li, turned his head and squeezed his belly, and went home by himself.

Wang Li choked by Li You, snorted, and turned his horse and left.

Isn’t it just that I met the young master so much that I’ve been proud of?
To be continued...