"One breath in the mortal world is equal to one year in the Saint Mind World. The outcome of a Saint Mind discussion is calculated by time. If Fang Sheng stays in the Saint Mind World of Zong Sheng for a longer time, Fang Sheng wins. If Zong Sheng stays in Fang Sheng's Saint Mind World for a longer time, Zong Sheng wins. Generally, the winner can be determined after waiting for dozens of breaths."
After Wang Jinglong finished speaking, he kept silent and looked quietly at the white ball of light of Zongsheng.
Fang Yun opened his eyes and found himself behind a desk. With a casual glance, he realized that he was in an unknown county government office.
Fang Yun sat upright on a big chair. He looked down and saw a document on the table.
"He is a magnanimous gentleman."
After Fang Yun finished speaking, he flipped through the document. It turned out to be a letter from the prefect, saying that Tao County was famous for its peaches, and every household planted peach trees. During a good harvest, the price of peaches was low, which hurt farmers, and during a poor harvest, there were no peaches to sell. The Tao County magistrate was asked to resolve the matter.
Fang Yun did not act rashly, but instead recalled the classics of the clan's saints, mainly the works of the clan's saints.
On the desk, there are thick documents, including books such as county chronicles, which record everything about Tao County in detail.
After Fang Yun recalled the classics of various saints, he read them one by one and finally finished reading all the books on his desk.
Finally, Fang Yun nodded slightly, thinking that this sage was indeed well-versed in various fields and skilled in government affairs. This first test was mature and prudent, but also quite meaningful.
"Mengchunji", the opening chapter of "Lüshi Chunqiu", is a complete combination of the Confucian ideas of "ritual" and "emphasis on agriculture". Its main content is that in the first month of spring, one must offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, focus on farming, and other things are secondary. It is even believed that starting a war in this month is an unforgivable sin.
This article reflects the importance that human beings throughout the ages have placed on farming and food. It is precisely because the sages of the human race throughout the ages attached so much importance to seasons and farming that the human race has continued to grow.
This is also in line with the core idea of the Eclectic School of "combining Confucianism and Mohism", which obviously takes the strengths of each school. Any statement that defines the Eclectic School as a certain school is a generalization and a blind spot.
However, since it was a discussion of the Holy Mind, Fang Yun knew that the Holy Saint would never give such a simple test.
The last chapter of "Lüshi Chunqiu", "On City Appearance", also mentions farming and puts forward a fundamental principle, which is to emphasize agriculture over commerce.
The Miscellaneous School claimed to "combine Confucianism and Mohism, and combine Nominalism and Legalism", with Confucianism being ranked first, which shows the importance that the Miscellaneous School and Lü Buwei attached to Confucianism. However, in terms of agriculture and commerce, the Miscellaneous School went one step further than the Confucianists, that is, "emphasis on agriculture and neglect of commerce", while the Confucianists "emphasis on agriculture and suppress commerce", which is a fundamental difference.
In areas where the Confucian atmosphere is strong, merchants have a very low status and are considered a lowly profession. In areas where the atmosphere of eclecticism is strong, although merchants are not as high-ranking as scholars, they are not considered a lowly profession either.
Therefore, although the teachings of the eclectic school are diverse, it is precisely because of its inclusive mind that it surpasses the original Confucianism, Mohism and Legalism in many aspects.
This is also the fundamental reason why the Miscellaneous School can stand firm in the Shengyuan Continent.
Although the eclectic school gradually turned to officialdom and political affairs after Lü Buwei, it did not abandon its fundamental ideas.
After a little thought, Fang Yun determined that the test from the sage was about "focusing on agriculture and neglecting commerce". As a Confucian disciple, if he rashly implemented "focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce", he would inevitably be at a disadvantage, resulting in failure in the first test, a miserable defeat.
The key point is that when Fang Yun was in power in Jing State, his ideas were closer to Eclecticism than Confucianism.
"Cunning." Fang Yun thought to himself, this Mo Ju clan is a combination of the strange and the normal, it seems to be an upright business and farming business, but in fact it is fraught with danger.
If one does not follow the Confucian way, but instead follows the eclectic school's emphasis on agriculture over commerce, one can still pass the test. However, if one admits the eclectic school's holy way in the first test, it will be extremely disadvantageous for the rest of the test.
After Fang Yun understood Zong Moju's intention, he did not take action immediately. Instead, he closed his eyes and began to think about the relationship between business and agriculture. Only after he had sorted it out did he formulate his own policy.
After finalizing the policy, Fang Yun felt somewhat helpless. This kind of thing might be very difficult for ordinary Confucian disciples in Shengyuan Continent, and they might fail if they were not careful. However, for him, getting through the first year was very easy.
Fang Yun took a pen and paper, thought for a while, and made some plans.
The first step is to maintain the decentralized planting model of small farmers, but on top of that, centrally manage all farmers.
Fang Yun was already very familiar with the specific management methods, having practiced them many times whether he was an official in Jing Kingdom or practicing in the Dusk Void Sun World.
After formulating a centralized management strategy, Fang Yun began the second step.
It is early spring now and the peach blossoms are about to bloom. The second step is to hold a peach blossom literary meeting to attract tourists from all over the world.
During the literary gathering, farmers from all over the country sold peach-related items.
The third step is to hold a peach wood carving competition and develop Tao County’s peach wood carving art before the peach blossoms fade and the peaches ripen.
The fourth step is to mobilize the county government to collect peaches after they are ripe, package them according to categories, establish brand awareness for Tao County, and sell them through various means.
The fifth step is to process the peaches from a good year and make various processed products such as candied fruits and peach preserves.
The last step, which is in winter when the weather is cold and the farming season is slack, is to provide training to different groups of people, with some being trained in planting techniques and others in peach carving skills.
After making the outline, Fang Yun began detailed project management, decomposing the project, and even used a Gantt chart. He also made various contingency plans so that he could act according to circumstances at any time and implement policies that were more suitable for Tao County.
Finally, Fang Yun wrote four words at the end of the plan.
Business comes first, agriculture second.
These four words successfully avoid the issues of the importance and pros and cons of commerce and agriculture. They are unique and, in terms of sequence, completely break through the constraints of the sage.
Fang Yun was just about to implement his plan, but time passed quickly and a year had passed.
Fang Yun knew that it was not that a year had really passed, but that it was his own feeling. Because his own Holy Thoughts had only entered a small part, and the Zong Sheng had used a lot of power to build the Holy Thought World, it was not that the flow of time was one breath per year, but that Fang Yun's thinking ability of the Holy Thoughts was only equivalent to one breath of the Zong Sheng in one year.
The Zongsheng directly changed the perception of time, which meant that the Zongsheng directly assumed that Fang Yun had passed.
Just a planning document made Zong Sheng realize that the theory of agriculture and commerce was not difficult for Fang Yun at all.
After a few breaths, Fang Yun's perception of time returned to normal, and then, a strange scene appeared outside the lobby of the yamen.
The sun in the sky is moving quickly, and the shadows on the ground are also moving quickly. However, in just a few breaths, time flies, the sun sets, and night comes, but after a few breaths, the sun rises, and the passage of time seems to return to normal.
Fang Yun sat in the lobby, looked at the shadow of the building outside the door, and sighed softly.
"This patriarch..."
Fang Yun murmured to himself, this second year of discussion on Taoism was indeed a difficult point.
There are many truths in the "Lüshi Chunqiu" of the eclectic school, among which the "observe the present and know the past" is extremely famous, and it is also the main holy way for the eclectic school to stand firm and even not be afraid of Confucianism and other schools of thought.
There is a saying in "Cha Jin" that goes "Examine the shadow under the hall, and you will know the movements of the sun and the moon." It is a very simple truth. By checking the changes in the shadow of the house, you can know the changes in the movements of the sun and the moon, and the changes between night and day.