my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 342 The ruler and the minister meet

Chapter 342 The ruler and the minister meet

This is Liu Chun's popularity and calmness.

This look made Zhang Anshi a little unhappy.

He doesn't have a good opinion of scholars.

If there is no real need for a teacher, I wouldn't come here to 'show off'.

However, Zhang Anshi still endured it after all, he was reluctant to let the child not be able to catch the wolf, and he came to recruit talents today.

Zhang Anshi said: "What else?"

Liu Chundao: "There are so many schools in Taiping Mansion, dare to ask the governor... Where does the government's money come from?"

"Taxes?"

"Tax..." Liu Chun said, "Is there so much tax?"

"As long as everyone pays taxes, are you afraid that there will be no money and food?"

"That said, but..."

Zhang Anshi said: "I know what you want to say, you scholars... no, sir must be full of doubts, in fact, this method of the Taiping government is not new, it is nothing more than two words, the people are rich and the government's tax source It is big, and the tax source is big, and there are more things that can be done. Let’s talk about Taiping Mansion. In order to expand the source of income, Taiping Mansion tried every means to dredge the canal. Why? Do merchants provide greater convenience, so that commerce flourishes, and more merchant taxes are levied?"

Zhang Anshi paused: "I, Zhang Anshi, am a real person. I don't like playing tricks, and I only want practical results. There is also food tax, this food tax... If you want to collect more, it is nothing more than trying your best to ensure that the farmers can have a good harvest. , and to let them have a good harvest, the government must find a way to build water conservancy. The relationship between the government and the people is complementary. But to achieve mutual complementarity, the essence... lies in... sorting out the relationship between the government and the people."

Seeing that Zhang Anshi didn't have a good face towards him, Liu Chun shook his head and nodded after hearing Zhang Anshi's words: "What's the relationship?"

Zhang Anshi said: "We share weal and woe! If the taxation issue is not sorted out, then those who have money and food will not pay taxes. In this way, the government will not get any benefits from them. If they don't get benefits, they will have no motivation to protect them." Let’s talk about merchants. If no commercial tax is collected, what does the development of commerce and trade have to do with the government? In many places, many officials only know how to catch fish, while merchants are all trembling, like walking on thin ice. In this way, it will inevitably form A vicious circle. But Taiping Mansion is different. Seventy to eighty percent of Taiping Mansion's taxes now come from commercial taxes. Because of this...the government wants more than anyone else to make this business prosperous, so on the surface, the government has searched from merchants. There are a lot of taxes, but in fact... merchants can safely and boldly engage in business, which actually promotes business."

"Actually, everything in the world is just like this. If you don't tie everyone to the same rope, you will lose both sides. How can there be mutual benefit?"

Liu Chun smiled: "Since a lot of taxes have been collected, why build a school?"

"If I say people-oriented, would you believe me?"

Liu Chun shook his head.

Zhang Anshi said: "Then if I say... the more people who can read and write, the more value these literate people can produce, and it will be of great benefit to the governance of my Taiping Mansion. I wish that everyone in the world can read, Do you believe it?"

Liu Chun was taken aback.

Zhang Anshi said: "In all dynasties, what the imperial court cares most about is the so-called culture and education. But let me ask you, the so-called culture and education... Over the past thousands of years, what progress has been made? I don't think there has been any progress. So what do you think is the reason? ?”

Liu Chun frowned: "The method of enlightenment is wrong."

"Wrong." Zhang Anshi now somewhat wants to hang up the scholar in front of him and use it as a target. Most of the scholars he met in the past were at the Jinshi level, and they were all eloquent. Arguing, citing scriptures and allusions, making it up at will, just talking about verbal disputes, Zhang Anshi can only be rubbed on the ground by them.

Today, I finally met a rookie who didn't even pass the exam as a scholar. You hit the gun yourself, so don't blame me, Zhang Anshi, for kicking the kindergarten.

Zhang Anshi said: "It's not that the method is wrong, but... teaching is useless. In this world, the vast majority of people... do farming for a living, and there are many people who are slaves. Let me ask you, what do these people do when they study?" use?"

Liu Chundao: "After they have read the book, they will naturally not be reduced to slaves and farmers."

"Isn't this ridiculous?" Zhang Anshi smiled, and looked at Liu Chun with disdain: "It's like everyone can get a job, if everyone can get a job, then in this world, can everyone be Juren and Jinshi lords, everyone can eat and drink without worrying? But in fact, most of the people with fame are a minority, and the vast majority of people...need to farm and serve as servants to support these lords. "

Liu Chun pursed his lips, thoughtful.

Zhang Anshidao: "So... to solve this so-called education problem, there are nothing more than two things. One... let people actually be educated and get benefits. For example, in this elementary school, they can read and write. In the future, they Learning other skills, whether it is arithmetic, being a craftsman, or being an official, no matter what you do, everyone finds that after studying, learning these things by yourself will get twice the result with half the effort. With these tangible things , You don’t need to urge them, parents in this world, even if they don’t eat or drink, they will grit their teeth and send their children to the school.”

"The second is to be down-to-earth, think of a way, and teach them what they can really learn and apply, instead of falsely expecting to teach them what to test for fame. Can you expect that everyone in the world will become a nerd? Can everyone write a good article? If so...how is it beneficial to Shengmin?"

Liu Chun thought for a while: "Although this is the case, but using a profit to lure it... I always feel that it is heresy."

Zhang Anshi laughed out loud.

"why are you laughing?"

Zhang Anshi said: "I see that your Confucian shirt is gorgeous. I'm afraid that although the price is not very expensive, it still takes a few taels of silver to buy it."

"This……"

Zhang Anshidao: "The reason why you talk about heresy is because... even if you don't support yourself, you can live comfortably, so you can talk about heresies and lure them with profit. People like you, I see If you are not hungry, you ask others to be as noble as you. If you have gorgeous clothes, you ask others not to eat cheap food. If you have seen the hardships of others, you know that life is not easy, and you know that there are people who want to eat and wear clothes How can you bear the burden of humiliation. You dare not say such a thing. "

"It's like a person from a wealthy family talking about benevolence and morality to beggars on the street. You have no worries about food and clothing, but you don't let others pursue food and clothing. Such a person is not only ridiculous, but also shameful. "

Liu Chun listened and thought about it, but he was not angry.

Of course, Zhang Anshi was not afraid of his anger, he gave an order, and at least a company of knives and axes could come out and chop the man in front of him into a pulp.

Liu Chun said: "Actually, I have plowed the land."

"Really?" Zhang Anshi said, "How do you feel?"

"It's really hard work."

Zhang Anshi said: "Have you ever been hungry?"

"This……"

Zhang Anshidao: "So...you can't simply summarize the hardships of farmers in terms of hard work. Because someone cultivates the land, he just experiences the hardships. He may feel that he can understand the truth of everything after having worked hard. But in reality, it’s not even close.”

Zhang Anshidao: "Because the vast majority of people who have plowed the land will never say that plowing the land is hard. Because they have experienced hardships since they were born, but they don't feel...that there is no such thing as hard work. A cow is born As far as plowing the land, will it feel that plowing the land is hard? In fact, what really makes them feel hard is not this, but that they have worked for four seasons, but in the end they can't even eat enough, and they have to watch their wives and children pass away after a serious illness. , Compared with these, mere hard work is nothing."

After hearing this, Liu Chun was quite touched: "It seems that the governor has such an experience?"

Zhang Anshi shook his head: "Although I don't, I have more knowledge than you."

Liu Chun: "..."

Of course, it is impossible for Zhang Anshi to tell him that he has been a human being in two lives. In the last life, he lived in the countryside when he was young. Although the rural life at that time was many times better than this era, the sad memory still remains of.

Liu Chundao: "It seems that what the governor said is not unreasonable. It's just... I listened to outsiders..."

Zhang Anshi said: "Outsider...which outsider..."

"This……"

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "There are many kinds of people, but people with ulterior motives like to call the people of the world uniformly the so-called outsiders, so they act like they are pleading for the people. Don't use tricks like this. You are showing off in front of me, tell the truth, Mr. teacher, do you want to do it? I see that although you have no fame, you can still talk very well, and being an elementary school student... is not bad..."

Liu Chundao: "Don't do it."

Zhang Anshi: "..."

Liu Chun got up: "The students are just here to come and see, please don't blame the governor, see you later."

Zhang Anshi: "..."

Liu Chun left in a big way...

Zhang Anshi was furious: "His mother, he amuses me."

Xuezheng and the others hurriedly stopped Zhang Anshi, persuading him: "Du Du, Du Du... that's what scholars are like. Naturally, such crazy students can't comprehend your deep meaning, Du Du..."

Zhang Anshi said: "Don't teach him how powerful I am..."

"Captain... If there is a real fight, there will be no scholars to teach in the future."

As soon as Zhang Anshi said this, he calmed down, took a deep breath, and said: "It seems that this matter of culture and education is really not suitable for me. I have more important things to do. You have worked hard, and the things in the school... need to be careful .”

Xuezheng, Discipline and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said, "Yes."

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This man named Liu Chun came out of Qunru Pavilion.

He turned his head and looked at the attic with carved beams and painted buildings.

In the distance... is the spacious river, the square under the attic, because of the setting sun, many people came, some were scholars in long gowns, and some were in short clothes, but I don't know what kind of people they are. .

Among the shadows, the man named Liu Chun frowned.

"Your Highness, Your Highness..." Someone whispered, "Your Highness taught us how to find it."

Liu Chun was none other than Zhu Chun, King of Shu. Zhu Chun held his hands behind his back and said nothing.

Liu Desheng said: "Your Highness...just now..."

Zhu Chun said: "I actually saw that Zhang Anshi."

"This son..." Liu Desheng said bitterly: "What if you didn't take His Highness?"

Zhu Chun said: "It's really rude, and it's money if you open your mouth."

Liu Desheng said: "Hey...those who have brought troubles to the country all the time are such immoral people, Your Highness...this time when you come to Beijing, you have to think about whether you will accept the position of Zuo Dudu?"

Zhu Chun said: "I am a son of the clan, so I should take the world as my own responsibility."

This Liu Desheng and Liu Guangjin at the side looked at each other, they were worried that if His Highness did this, he would put himself in an extremely dangerous situation, because the name of a virtuous king was really hard to be tolerated by the emperor.

But on the other hand, they also vaguely hoped that there would be someone in this world who could check and balance a traitor like Zhang Anshi.

Zhu Chun said: "Let's go, let's take a walk and enter Beijing tomorrow."

Liu Desheng nodded, following suit.

In the evening, Qixia seemed busier than the daytime, with lights everywhere, and there were pillars on the street, and chic kerosene lamps were hung on the pillars.

Zhu Chun came to an alley, but suddenly stopped walking.

This is a very small house, there seems to be a lot of people living in it, this house doesn't even have a courtyard, when the door is opened, there is only an aisle that can accommodate two or three people, and the opposite is the wall of another house.

But in front of such a small dark room.

But I saw a young man moving a dilapidated small stool, holding a book and a charcoal pencil in his hand, carefully copying on the inferior paper like straw paper.

The lights on the street just happened to shine on this alley, and only a faint ball of light happened to fall on the boy's book. He tilted his head, afraid that his head would block the light, and concentrated on it.

Zhu Chun subconsciously stopped, looked up, and saw the dark room behind the young man.

So...the bottom of my heart seemed to understand something.

Quietly, Zhu Chun walked up behind the boy.

Immediately, he said: "You stern master, Dan Qiusheng, this paragraph is copied wrongly, sen, it is a small and high mountain, so it is a mountain on top, not a treasure cover."

The boy was startled, and looked up at Zhu Chun.

The young man gasped and said, "Oh, let me take a look."

After reading the text carefully, I found that I had copied it wrong, so I hurriedly corrected it.

Zhu Chun said, "Why don't you go back to the house?"

"It's also bright outside, which can save lamp oil."

"Where are your parents?"

"My father didn't come back from work, and my mother was on the night shift."

Zhu Chun smiled slightly and patted his head: "Study is not easy, you have to work hard."

The young man looked up at Zhu Chun in confusion.

But Zhu Chun only smiled at him, this smile was so pure, so pure that even the young man was unguarded, the young man hummed.

Zhu Chun had already left behind a long shadow, leading the crowd, and walked towards the noisy place with countless lights.

"Two gentlemen..."

"What are your orders, Your Highness?"

"You don't need to address Your Highness, people have always called me Shu scholar."

The two great scholars smiled.

Zhu Chun said: "The land of Shu is a land of abundance, and the people are rich..."

"That's right, especially Dian...Shu Xiucai, you...love the common people..."

A look of disappointment appeared in Zhu Chun's eyes. He wanted to say something, but finally swallowed the words back into his stomach.

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at the same time.

Zhang Anshi returned to the right governor's mansion.

Zhang Anshi was still indignant at the scholar's prank, cursing and swearing.

At this time, Chen Li had already arrived.

Nanzhen Fusi is not far from here, so Chen Li often comes, and Zhang Anshi has long been used to it.

"Captain, that matter...arranged properly."

"Which thing?"

"That man named Li Shimian..."

Zhang Anshi winked at the clerk next to him, and the clerk hurriedly withdrew.

Zhang Anshi immediately walked forward with his hands behind his back, and said, "This guy... is very popular now, isn't he?"

"Yes, it can be said that everyone praises him. He and the king of Shu can't wait to be called sages now. These scholars who are in his mother's place are a gentleman today and a sage tomorrow. As long as they are in line with their wishes, they will be extremely beautiful. Words. From a lowly point of view... If they didn't fight against you, the governor, who would know them."

Zhang Anshi smiled slightly and said, "Don't talk about the King of Shu, I can't afford to offend you now. But this matter about Li Shimian, you have to do it as soon as possible, remember... do as I say, I don't want to see blood, don't kill people, I want to kill his heart."

Chen Lidao: "Don't worry, the governor, you are humble in doing things, have you ever made a mistake, then...then you will start to do things when you are humble?"

Zhang Anshi shook his head: "You don't need to wait now, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, let's do it the day after tomorrow. lest others say that I'm stingy and impatient."

Chen Li blinked hard, making his eye sockets slightly red: "Captain, you are really... Needless to say, you are so magnanimous..."

So Zhang Anshi stared at Chen Li with a stern gaze, and Chen Li felt guilty all of a sudden, and smiled coyly: "One more thing, there is a message from Dongchang, saying that His Highness the King of Shu...seems to be lost."

Zhang Anshi said: "It's none of my business."

Chen Lidao: "But now the public opinion is raging, many people think... think..."

He lowered his voice and whispered something to Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi said: "Understood, then send someone to look for it. Before tomorrow evening, I want to see people when I am born, and I want to see corpses when I die."

"Yes."

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The next day, when the entire capital was concerned about the life of His Highness the King of Shu.

Zhu Chun, king of Shu, arrived in the capital.

This was beyond everyone's expectations.

Many scholars were overjoyed.

But there are also quite a few people... who can't help but appear disappointed.

This is a complicated psychology. They seem to be a little anxious that the death of the King of Shu is unknown. In this way, the King of Shu has become a sacrifice and evidence to accuse His Majesty of being the number one tyrant in the world.

It's a pity that many scholars originally wanted to greet Zhu Chun, but now... when they learned that the King of Shu had news, it was too late to greet him.

It is heard that...His Royal Highness the King of Shu rushed into the palace.

In Wenyuan Pavilion.

Yang Rong and Hu Guang were playing chess at this time.

Hu Guang stroked his beard and looked triumphant: "Mr. Yang, it seems...you are going to lose again."

Yang Rong smiled: "Grand Hu is amazing."

Hu Guangdao: "Hey, I knew I would let you have a son."

Yang Rong just smiled.

Hu Guang already knew Yang Rong well, and when he saw him like this, he said, "Mr. Yang... what kind of ghosts are you harboring?"

Yang Rong said: "No."

Hu Guangdao: "There must be. There are some things in your eyes that cannot fool me."

Yang Rong said: "Really not."

Hu Guang sighed: "Hey... If Mr. Yang wants to hide it, then let's hide it."

Yang Rong had no choice but to say: "Actually, I want to tell you one thing. I have played countless chess games with others in my life...but...the last time I taught people to admire my chess skills...was when I was 16 years old."

"Ah..." Hu Guang was surprised: "Mr. Yang's chess skills are so bad?"

Yang Rong smiled: "At that time, I was still too young, and I was still young and vigorous. I wanted to win or lose everything, but after I turned 16, I realized that winning or losing is just a human obsession. , the more obsessed with winning people in chess, the easier it is to lose out of chess, so ah... when I play chess with people, I often lose more than I win, so... only then can I make people laugh."

Hu Guang: "..."

Yang Rong patted him on the shoulder: "It doesn't matter. Although you are now forty-two, it is not too late to understand this truth now. Everyone has the desire to win. This is human nature. Don't be indifferent because of this." Be willing to forgive yourself."

The smile on Hu Guang's face was stiff, and gradually, even the stiff smile disappeared, and he said angrily: "It's boring, it's really boring. I played chess with you, but you still play with your eyes."

Yang Rongdao: "So it's rare to be confused. You insist on breaking the casserole and asking the end. You didn't ask at first, but now you are still enjoying the joy of winning chess. Why not?"

At this moment, someone came in a hurry: "Your Majesty has an order to announce that all the scholars will have an audience."

Hu Guang asked urgently, "What's the matter?"

"His Royal Highness King Shu...has entered the palace."

When the two heard it, they looked at each other, and the eyes of each other became dignified with displeasure.

This king of Shu... is a very difficult question.

At that moment, Yang Rong said: "Let's go, go to see him immediately."

Be careful today, maybe... Your Majesty will be furious.

At the moment, the third bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion entered the Wenlou.

In Wenlou, Zhu Di's expression was a little unhappy, he only glanced at them sideways, but didn't speak.

The three of them saluted, and Zhu Di only hummed.

Soon, an eunuch said: "His Royal Highness the King of Shu will see you."

"Xuan."

Zhu Di got up and took a few steps forward quickly.

Zhu Chun, king of Shu, stepped into the hall brokenly. Before he could salute, Zhu Di stopped in front of him and said with a smile, "Don't come here all right?"

"Your Majesty...my brother..."

Zhu Di waved his hand: "It's been a hard journey back this way. Hey, I've missed you for a long time. When I ordered you to enter Beijing, I kept pinching the time, but who would have thought that you were still a few steps late."

"Your brother will die..."

Zhu Di waved his hand: "Don't say such things, come and give me a seat."

With that said, Zhu Di turned around and returned to the throne. After taking his seat, he looked up at Zhu Chun, the king of Shu who was sitting down.

He had a smile on his face, but his eyes were dark and full of thoughts.

"You already know about the capital, right?"

"Chendi... knows a thing or two."

"What do you think?" Zhu Di's gaze became slightly sharper.

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I'm 5 minutes late, sorry, the efficiency of codewords is a bit slow at night, tomorrow... Tiger will update earlier, let's recover slowly.

(End of this chapter)