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Text Chapter 110 Wang Kuang¡¯s Father

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    Li Min took Wen Xin and the others to enjoy the scenery along the way. Although the weather was hot, Li Min had already made a special carriage when he arrived in Dengzhou. The carriages were all double-layer structures, which could be used for heat insulation. In addition, ice was used to cool down.  It didn't feel like a hard job, and the girls were all in a fun mood, so they seemed much more lively these days than usual.  Seeing how happy they were, Li Min ordered his people to slow down their pace. The journey that was supposed to take two or three days ended up taking five days, and they finally arrived at Taiyuan City today.

    When Li Min¡¯s motorcade entered Taiyuan City, they were immediately greeted by local officials. After all, they were accompanied by thousands of guards. With such a large team, it was impossible not to alert the local officials.  After entering Taiyuan City, Li Min and his party were arranged to stay in the Taiyuan Palace. This palace was built by Li Min's grandfather Yang Guang. Later, Li Yuan raised an army and not only occupied the palace, but also the concubines in the palace. Now the entire palace  It was considered a royal property, so it was just right for Li Min to live here.

    After arranging Wen Xin and the others, Li Min kicked out all the visiting officials. The reason was that he was tired from traveling and needed to take a rest. He would not see any outsiders in the past few days.  However, after the officials left, Li Min, with Hu Li and a dozen guards, came out from the corner gate to join Wang Kuang and Cui Yu, and together they went to find the madman who made the plan.

    Originally, Li Min thought that Wang Kuang would take him directly to the man's house, but Wang Kuang looked at the time and took him to a hotel called 'Grassland Old Wine', and they had just arrived at the door of the hotel on horseback.  , but saw a lame man with disheveled hair and dirt all over his body, holding a simple large food box in his hand.  He was walking towards the alley next to him step by step.

    Seeing the embarrassment of the lame man, Wang Kuang immediately got off his horse and ran a few steps as if he wanted to come forward to help. However, Cui Yu chased after him and held him back. He said anxiously: "Brother Wang, don't be reckless.  Have you forgotten your uncle's temper?"

    Cui Yu¡¯s words immediately calmed Wang Kuang down.  He looked at the person in front of him who was slowly dragging his body forward with complicated eyes. The circle turned slightly red after a while.  Then he said with a trembling voice: "That's fine, I've endured it for so many years anyway, I don't care about this moment."

    Li Min looked at the performance of the two people.  He was already sure in his heart that the lame man who just walked over was the person they were looking for, but what made him strange was that Wang Kuang, who had always been very determined, now looked so excited. What is his relationship with this person?  ?

    Thinking of this, Li Min stepped forward and asked: "Brother Wang, Brother Cui, this person is"

    Since they have arrived at Taiyuan City and Li Min has seen the person, Cui Yu and Wang Kuang no longer need to keep it a secret.  After looking at each other, Cui Yu took a step forward and sighed: "Your Highness, you must have noticed that this person is the one who gave the advice. Besides"

    Cui Yu paused for a moment when he said this.  He turned his head and glanced at Wang Kuang, then took a deep breath and said again: "Your Highness, this person's name is Wang An. He is not only a wise man with extraordinary talents, but also the father of Brother Wang!"

    Hearing what Cui Yu said.  Wang Kuang, who had a painful expression on his face, let out a long sigh, closed his eyes tightly, and two lines of tears fell from his face.

    Li Min was shocked after hearing this. He really didn't expect that the beggar-like figure who just passed by was actually Wang Kuang's father?  But wasn't Wang Kuang born in the eldest family of the Wang family in Taiyuan?  How could his father be in such a state of decline? And with the wealth Wang Kuang had, how could he let his father become like this?  And looking at him, he doesn¡¯t seem like an unfilial person, right?

    Thinking of this, Li Min looked at Wang Kuang with confusion, but he looked sad now. It was not suitable to disturb him at this time. As for Cui Yu, he grabbed Li Min and said: "Your Highness, this matter is very serious."  It¡¯s complicated, let¡¯s follow Uncle Wang first, but don¡¯t disturb him, I will explain it in detail to His Highness on the way!¡±

    Although Wang An's legs and feet in front were not very flexible, he had already walked a long distance and was about to turn the corner. Li Min saw that he was right and immediately followed Cui Yu, pulling Wang Kuang along with him.  Wang An drank a lot of Wu Wang Zui, especially when he was blown away by a small breeze when he went out, his drunkenness surged again. He was thinking about how to keep his balance and not knock over the food box in his hand, so he was worried about Li Min who was following him.  No one paid attention at all, and Cui Yu slowly told some of Wang An's situation.

    Since Wang An is the father of Wang Kuang, he was naturally born in the Wang family in Taiyuan. When he was young, he was the most outstanding son of the younger generation of the Wang family. He was a Jinshi in the Sui Dynasty before high school when he was less than twenty years old. However, because of his young age, he was not able to  Due to the arrangement of the clan, Wang An did not serve in Chang'an, but was sent to another place and became the magistrate of a county.

    In fact, everyone with a clear eye at that time knew that the reason why Wang An was promoted to an official position was because the Wang family of Taiyuan was gilding him. Once his term was completed, he could enter the political center of the Sui Dynasty. With the qualifications of being promoted to a foreign official, he would be promoted more quickly.  AndAn didn't care about this. At that time, he was full of enthusiasm as a scholar. He only wanted to benefit the country with his talents and knowledge, but he didn't care much about future promotions.

    However, reality is beautiful, but reality is extremely cruel. Wang An, who is full of books about saints, encounters the same problem as college students who have just left school a thousand years later, that is, they feel that what they have learned before is mostly incompatible with the problems that exist in reality.  Sorry, sometimes even if you encounter the problems mentioned in the book, if you follow the solutions given in the book, you will make things worse. This made Wang An, who was still very young at the time, feel dissatisfied with himself.  It took me more than ten years to read the sages' books, which gave rise to some doubts.

    Although the county under Wang An's administration at that time was not particularly poor, due to the extremely heavy labor tax at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the lives of the people in the county were not easy. The people in the county could not afford a few full meals throughout the year.  For most of the year, I had to rely on wild vegetables to satisfy my hunger.  Seeing this situation, Wang An, as the head of a county, felt deeply guilty.

    He couldn't find a solution from the books of sages, but the tenacious Wang An did not give up. Instead, he began to use his eyes and brain to observe and think. While observing and thinking, he also handed over his own experience.  for practice.

    As a traditional scholar, when he wanted to improve the lives of the people under his rule, the first thing he thought of was land. Under his leadership, the people in the county began to develop water conservancy to reclaim wasteland. After two years of development, the county  The amount of cultivated land increased by one-third.

    However, Wang An soon discovered that although he could increase a lot of food by simply increasing land, the end result would only be to allow the people to eat a few more meals a year. Most of the people in the county were still very poor.  poverty.  Moreover, the land and population in the county are limited and cannot grow without limit. Therefore, no matter how much energy is invested, the final harvest will only be so much!

    Faced with this situation, Wang An quickly turned his attention away from the land. The wealth created by agriculture was limited, so he engaged in industry. With the help of several local bamboo products that were selling well, he started a large-scale handicraft industry in the county.  With the rise of industry, commerce naturally also prospered. While the people in the county were mainly engaged in agriculture, they could also work to earn a salary. Their income immediately doubled several times, and their lives also became rich. At this time,  Wang An felt the power of industry and commerce for the first time, and was deeply attracted by it. He began to carefully study the impact and contribution of industry and commerce to the entire society.

    But unfortunately, the beautiful scenery did not last long. Just when Wang An had just researched some clues, many heroes came together in the late Sui Dynasty. The county where he was located was famous for its wealth. Such a piece of fat naturally attracted countless people to covet it. Although Wang An tried his best to organize the people in the county  In self-defense, he was unfortunately outnumbered and was later defeated by Dou Jiande's troops. However, he escaped alone under the desperate protection of his close family members. Fortunately, his family and children had been sent to Taiyuan, so they did not fall into the hands of the enemy.

    His own government was destroyed, and the Sui Dynasty was dying again. Wang An had no way to serve the country, so he had to return to his hometown of Taiyuan. However, he did not give up his research on industry and commerce. When the Li family rose in the Tang Dynasty, he swept away the heroes with the power of sweeping the world.  , when the Li and Tang Empire was at its peak, Wang An finally sorted out his theories.

    Influenced by Confucianism, the Central Plains has always relied on agriculture as the foundation of its country. This sentence is not wrong in the first place, but the mistake is that Confucians have infinitely exaggerated the role of agriculture. It is good that agriculture can provide the food necessary for human survival, but because of nature  Due to the law, the wealth a person can create on land is actually limited. In addition to the first need of food and drink, people also have other higher needs, such as clothing, housing, transportation, etc. These are all  It cannot be produced directly by the land, but created by other people, and it is industry and commerce that is despised by Confucianism that creates these higher needs.

    It is precisely based on this that Wang An conducted a systematic study on the role of industry and commerce, made it a doctrine, and began to spread it to his surrounding friends.  However, his approach aroused severe prohibition from the elders in the clan. After all, this subversion of Confucian classics has shaken the foundation of the existence of various aristocratic families.

    Wang An, who was only in his twenties at the time, was very dissatisfied with the clan's ban. After all, this was his years of hard work, and he also insisted that he was right.  So the young and energetic man decided to leave Taiyuan and go to Chang'an to promote his doctrine. In addition, he also heard that at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there was a serious shortage of officials, which was a good time for him to show his talents.

    It was with this idea that Wang An arrived in Chang'an to promote his doctrine. However, in a Confucian environment, his vigorous promotion of industrial and commercial doctrine was not accepted at all, and was even denounced as fallacies and heresies. For this kind of  Wang An was mentally prepared for the situation, so he was not discouraged. He continued to promote his doctrine while looking for like-minded people. Slowly, relying on his superhuman knowledge, he attracted many people to discuss with him. Although  Not completelyI accept his point of view, but I am no longer as repellent as before.  Just as Wang An's situation in Chang'an was getting better step by step, he suddenly encountered obstruction from the family behind him.

    (To be continued)

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