Three Kingdoms

Fei Qian looked at Cui Hou. In fact, he had considered this issue before.

For Cui Hou, if it is just for the convenience of ruling, Fei Qian can turn a blind eye, because Cui Hou wants to gain a higher status and gain greater power, either by taking refuge in Fei Qian or by others.

Fei Qian only had to watch and stop Cui Hou when he was about to place his bet on another side.

There are many advantages and disadvantages to doing this. It is easier and simpler, but it seems a bit cruel and selfish.

It's like you know that a young man is full of blood, but you want to seduce him with your beauty, and then after he stumbles, you say, someone has already seen that you have bad intentions...

Whose fault?

Whose fault is it again?

Doing so is in line with Confucian concepts. Confucianism is about cultivating one's moral character. How to cultivate one's moral character and how to cultivate one's character all depends on oneself. Generally, except for family members and teachers, few people will care about others.

Just like putting delicious food in front of gluttons, putting beauty in front of lustful people, and putting money in front of greedy people, are you using this to test people's hearts and select talents?

This is the concept and the way of the Han Dynasty, but it does not conform to Fei Qian's concept. It mainly does not conform to the way of Fei Qian's later generations.

The most important thing is that it is not in line with Feiqian's current situation.

No one wants to destroy their cards, especially when there are no cards, and Fei Qian does not have many cards in his pocket, so he must play each one carefully.

Cui Hou can now be said to be in charge of all of Fei Qian's wealth. If the general is separated due to something not big or small, then although it may not be as fatal to Fei Qian as Guan Erye, it will definitely be a waste. Lost a lot of time.

For Fei Qian, the most precious thing now is time.

This method of testing the loyalty of subordinates is indeed too costly at this stage, so Fei Qian simply wants to take this opportunity to eliminate the possibility of Cui Hou repeating it in the future and reduce the risks as much as possible.

Fei Qian withdrew his gaze and turned to Cui Houdao: "Yongyuan, do you know where the word merchant comes from?"

Cui Hou was stunned for a moment, thought again and again, and then shook his head.

Cui Hou has really never thought about this, nor has he studied it. Everyone who does business calls it that. Who would pay special attention to why it is called that?

Fei Qian said: "The seventh ancestor of Shang Tang, the great ancestor Wang Hai trained oxen in Shangqiu, and then used oxcarts to carry things to and from other tribes to barter. He was the ancestor of the earliest merchants. Because Wang Hai was a member of the Shang clan, Hence the merchant’s name.”

Everyone was stunned and nodded.

"Then why can the merchant, or the seventh generation ancestor of Shang Tang, Wang Hai, have something to exchange for it?" Fei Qian looked at Cui Hou.

By now, everyone has basically understood that the reason why Fei Qian said these things was mostly aimed at Cui Hou. Although everyone didn't quite understand Fei Qian's intention, they didn't say anything and listened quietly. Watch.

"...Is it because the farmers produce it?" Cui Hou looked at the pot on the side and replied.

Fei Qian nodded, then shook his head and said, "Yongyuan is right but not completely right. Strictly speaking, it should be everyone's work, and the word "work"..."

"Farmers tilling the fields are called work, women and children weaving are called work, coachmen driving horses are also work, scholars are writing, it is also work, even you and I galloping on the battlefield to regain our homeland are also work..."

"And Yongyuan, when you go and sell things, you are actually working." Fei Qian looked at Cui Hou and said.

Fei Qian had explained the meaning of labor as simply as possible, but it was still a bit convoluted. Fortunately, Cui Hou was also a man in the mall and quickly grasped the key points. The look on his face revealed a kind of brilliance. Said: "What you mean...is that the business I do is actually the same as a farmer, it is also a kind of work?"

Although Confucianism has not yet discriminated against merchants to the same extent as later generations, under the famous saying "A gentleman is understood by righteousness, and a villain is understood by profit", businessmen have gradually become representatives of the pursuit of interests and have become The 'little people', some of the gentry children who studied hard and studied hard, began to gradually despise those who were engaged in business, which naturally affected other people's opinions on businessmen.

Nowadays, one can hear a comment from Fei Qian that equates business with agriculture. Although Cui Hou is not overjoyed, he also feels that his waist seems to be straighter.

At least Cui Hou can confirm that Fei Qian doesn't want some nobles to want to close their eyes and plug their ears when they talk about money, as if one more glance and one more word about money will pollute their eyes, ears, mouth, and soul. Instead, Cui Hou is regarded as an equal being to farmers and other industries.

"If a farmer who is good at planting is never willing to work on his own land and only wants to work for the enemy country, it will be useless no matter how many farmers he has; if he is a scholar who is full of knowledge but only knows how to make suggestions for the enemy country, this kind of bachelor is useless. No matter how talented you are, you should kill them. There were many sages among ancient merchants. Zigong made Confucius more powerful and prosperous. Tao Zhugong was wealthy and practiced virtue. There is nothing wrong with pursuing profits. It just depends on where the profits will be used in the end. "

In fact, in ancient times, if we talk about the study of wealth, China was even older. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, people including Zigong, Fan Li and others had a deep understanding of business. However, after the rise of Confucianism, one was about the study of wealth. One of the one-sided understandings of Confucius' words is that in order to better manage the people, the centralized upper-level politics hopes to bind the people to a small area forever through household registration and other means, so that they can work for generations without causing trouble. It would be difficult to manage a businessman who was highly mobile and had seen some of the world. Therefore, most of the time, he was trying to find ways to suppress it, which led to several small signs of capitalism in China, which were then overrun by feudalism. Choked to death.

Fei Qian looked at Cui Hou and said seriously: "Our foundation is too weak now. In order to send troops to the county as quickly as possible, we made such an arrangement. In fact, it is not worthy of praise. We can only wait until we actually arrive on the grassland. When we pursue profit for the country, that is what we really deserve to boast about, and the Cui family will surely gain both fame and fortune."

Cui Hou was silent for a while, obviously thinking about what Fei Qian said. After a while, Fang stood up, bowed solemnly to Fei Qian, and said, "I will bear your words in my heart today, and I will not dare to forget them."

Fei Qian also stood up and helped Cui Hou up, but he accidentally pulled the injured thigh again, so he grinned in pain and screamed, which immediately swept away the serious atmosphere just now...

The truth about Zhou Yu’s death:

At that time, Zhuge Liang played a piece of music that was extremely off-key and unpleasant to listen to. In view of Zhuge's status as an envoy, Zhou Yu endured and listened to the end. After returning, he fell ill and died of vomiting blood soon after. Later generations said that "the music was wrong, Zhou Yu "Lang Gu".