Chapter 30: Keep your strength and keep your time (3)

"Silly people are really stupid people. Such articles will only make bad things!" Yang Rong hurriedly ran into Zhu Zhi's study and said anxiously with the Liaodong residence newspaper.

Zhu Zhi said: "Mianren disagrees with Mr. Mi's point of view?" Zhu Zhi knew that Yang Rong was a cautious Confucian scholar, and his response to the new ideas of Liaodong was never as positive as that of Qu Yuan and Yao Shanlai, which was not a happy thing for Zhu Zhi.

Yang Rong said: "Your Highness, to be honest, Rong cannot agree with Mr. Mi's views.

Scholars, peasants, industry and commerce have become the basis for national stability. Although the emperor has repeatedly raised the status of farmers, farmers are the most painful among the four peoples. They have suffered the most in the four seasons of farming.

Even if the peasants are now at the top of the four people, it is just a noun. If joining makes the four people equal, then the merchants will become more arrogant with their financial resources. In turn, farmers who are at disadvantages will not achieve equality.

Therefore, Mr. Mi’s heart is commendable, but he may not agree with his words.

However, this is not the time to discuss whether Mr. Mi’s view is correct, but we should think about how to deal with the aftermath and not give Xiao Xiao another chance to attack His Highness.”

Yang Rong's words made Zhu Zhi fall into thinking. Yes, although China has always valued agriculture rather than commerce since ancient times, the problem is that this so-called emphasis is often only verbally. The farmers who farmed all seasons have to engage in heavy labor, obey heavy labor, and finally pay rent.

I am so busy that I have no time to enjoy the so-called status, and the inclination of a country's policies is not reflected much in the end by farmers.

Looking back at later generations, although the equality of the four people has been achieved in name, economic inequality has created inequality in social status in reality.

But in this era, the correction must be too correct. Only by breaking the iron curtain of autocracy with some deafening sounds can we truly dial the seeds.

Zhu Zhi sighed and said, "Mian Ren's words may not be unreasonable. I am going to write a book to Mr. Mi to make him feel at ease. In today's situation, it is the most important thing to translate those books well.

Please help me write this letter, which is what I just said. "Yang Rong nodded and promised.

As the two were talking, the servants outside came in to report: "Lord Lian Zi Ning sent someone to the mansion to invite Lord Yang to the Zuixianlou to have a small gathering. The person who came also said that if your highness has time, please move to the house and talk."

Yang Rong said: "Your Highness, please see if you are here, these people are important help from the court..." Zhu Zhi thought about it, and this time he returned to Beijing, thanks to several adults who were dealing with it, he was in danger.

Whether in public or private, you should have social activities. Zhu Zhi nodded.

Zhu Zhi and Yang Rong and Qu Yuan were escorted to Zuixianlou by Xiao Chenzi. This was the place where Zhu Zhi used to meet with his subordinates in the capital. He hadn't been here for many years, and everything had not changed.

The jewelry shop next to the building and the vegetable seller who set up a stall seemed to have just stopped for many years.

When he came upstairs, the waiter led the three of them to a secluded private room. Yang Rong lifted the curtain in front and let Zhu Zhi into the room. He saw two people sitting in the room. Lian Zining was the one who got off the seat, and the head was Huang Zicheng, the attendant of the Eastern Palace.

Zhu Zhi walked into the door in all directions. When the two saw that it was the King of Liao, they quickly stood up to greet them. Zhu Zhi quickly stepped forward and helped them up and said, "Master Huang has heard of his reputation for a long time, please get up quickly... Master Jian, you and I have been separated for more than five years."

Huang Zicheng and Zining stood up and let Zhu Zhi sit down. Everyone sat down. Zhu Zhi couldn't help but look at this famous historically poor adviser.

I saw that he was not tall, black and thin, but his eyes were bright and energetic. He also looked at Zhu Zhi intentionally or unintentionally, but he didn't dare to be as direct as Zhu Zhi's eyes.

Lian Zining saw the two of them looking at each other, quickly spoke up to smooth things over and said, "Xiaguan and Lord Huang are the same year and are usually good friends.

Seeing the weather today, I thought that Your Highness had nothing to do in Beijing, so I might as well come out to relax, so I dared to invite Your Highness over, but I didn't expect Your Highness to really give you such a face. Zining thanked me very much."

Zhu Zhi then came back to his senses and waved his hand and said, "Haha, Zi Ning is very kind, how dare I not come? To be honest, my father ordered me to be in Beijing. In fact, it was to let me think about my mistakes behind closed doors.

It’s good to study with Mianren on weekdays, but after these days, of course I want to come out to have a little more time. It’s rare that Zi Ning doesn’t abandon me, the prince who fell into sin. “

Lian Zining stood up and bowed solemnly, "Your Highness is such a bad word. Zining has also read some books of sages and understands the principle of helping in time. Your Highness's righteousness is unforgettable."

Seeing the two of them being polite to each other, Huang Zicheng quickly stood up and bowed to them, saying, "Your Highness, Zining, throw him papaya and repay him with Qiong Yao. Come on, drink and drink." He said that, and picked up the wine glass to toast to each of them.

Everyone went back and forth, and after three rounds of wine, Huang Zicheng suddenly said, "Your Highness, what do you think the Emperor is planning to stay in the capital?"

Huang Zicheng suddenly asked a question, and Zhu Zhi couldn't answer the words at once. He glanced at Yang Rong, and saw that Yang Rong was expressionless and indifferent. He had to bite the bullet and said, "I am a guilty person, my father means to let me think about my mistakes behind closed doors."

Huang Zicheng said again: "Does Your Highness really think he has done it?" This sentence hit Zhu Zhi's heart like a heavy hammer. This is an obvious problem. Under different values, he cannot think that he is wrong.

Moreover, many problems are simply that one cannot foresee that in a country ruled by autocratic etiquette and law, there is no fixed law and law, which is the heaviest problem.

For example, the Goryeo issue, if Zhu Yuanzhang himself did not like Li Chenggui, then even if Zhu Zhi did it more excessively, the court would not punish him for this.

Since Zhu Zhi came to this world, he has been careful to avoid risks and realize his ambitions bit by bit in the cracks. But no matter how trembling he is on thin ice, there are always landmines ambushing the road ahead.

Which is important, the pressure of survival or the dignity of life?

Zhu Zhi's brows faintly, but he immediately smiled: "A real man is wrong in dealing with things, there is nothing he dares to admit. The father taught me a lesson. I should calmly think about what I have done in Liaodong over the years."

Huang Zicheng smiled slightly, picked up the wine glass and toasted Zhu Zhi and said, "Your Highness is doing local affairs in Liaodong, but His Royal Highness the Grand Prince is obsessed with it.

His Highness the Grand Prince asked the minister to take a message, and his father told him that His Highness the Grand Prince would not forget. Please be at ease and have a day to fly high."

When Huang Zicheng inadvertently said such important words, Zhu Zhi suddenly felt a little caught off guard and didn't know what to say for a moment.

The little elegance fell into an inexplicable silence. Yang Rong quietly touched Zhu Zhi's feet from the bottom of the table. Zhu Zhi came back and sighed, "Please ask Lord Huang to tell His Highness. The prince's brother's instructions have not been forgotten. If he has a breath, he will not let down the prince's brother's trust.

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Huang Zicheng seemed quite satisfied after hearing Zhu Zhi's words, and quickly bowed and said, "Your Highness is so serious. I am not coming down for the Grand His Majesty to test Your Highness's words."

However, the new policy in Liaodong has become a bit too much recently. Your Highness has not known whether he has seen the 'Equality Theory of Four People'?" Huang Zicheng saw that he had achieved his goal and quickly turned the topic to other aspects.

Zhu Zhi said: "I have heard of it."

Huang Zicheng said: "But I don't know what your highness has to do with this."

Zhu Zhi felt a little sad. It seemed that Huang Zicheng was taking the exam for Taisun himself. He organized a language in his heart and said slowly: "In the past, the Japanese king was in Liaodong. All policies were only one point, which was whether it was beneficial to the people. If it was beneficial, I would not care about the infamous reputation, and if it was not profitable, I would not take it.

As for the rise of this business, I do have the idea of ​​revitalizing the economic land of Liaodong. I think that the land of Liaodong is bitter and poor, but the development of agriculture is a waste of time and place. Although the land is vast, the people have gained very little in hard work in a year.

When he first arrived in Liaodong, he earned only more than 100,000 stones per year, and he could not even afford to support himself, let alone conquering the four barbarians and consolidating the border for the imperial court.

Only by promoting business to enrich the people, taking advantage of the court's grace to exempt Liaodong's grain tax and supporting the people, the cost of weapons and organs in other aspects is all derived from industrial and commercial taxes. In this way, the people of Liaodong have gradually gained a lot of money and have some wealth.

This is the reason why the people are rich and the country is rich.

As for the theory of equality among the four peoples, I think it is insignificant. First of all, although this dynasty values ​​agriculture, it has not neglected business, and I have never said that the four people are unequal places.

Therefore, Mi's words are the only one's words. They cannot destroy the fundamental system of our dynasty, nor will they affect the relationship between the four people. You can just laugh it off. "Zhu Zhi avoids the important matter and hopes to expose this matter.

Who knew that Huang Zicheng refused to give in and said, "I heard from Your Highness that your Highness doesn't quite agree with the 'Four People's Equality Theory'. But as far as I know, Mr. Mi was discovered at the Ministry of Rites and recommended him to go to Liaodong.

I wonder what Your Highness thinks about this person?"

Zhu Zhi said: "Mr. Mi is a great scholar and has been wandering overseas for many years and knows a lot about many things overseas.

This happened to be my interest, and he was wandering and homeless, so I wanted him to have a home, so I sent him to Liaodong School to teach. However, this person has been overseas for many years and has been influenced by the theory of barbarians for a long time, so it is not surprising that he said these words.

But he is not a traitor and evil person, so he doesn’t have to worry too much. What does His Royal Highness think about it?”

Huang Zicheng said: "His Royal Highness the Grand Prince also knows this and thinks that Mi's words are actually a confusion of my common human ethics. But he remembers that he has been wandering overseas for many years and has not read the books of sages for a long time.

I also hope that Your Highness can exert its influence and let him read more classics to correct his pagan and evil sayings."

Zhu Zhi sighed in his heart. Any new matter in this era is so tense, but it is just that the equality between people has become a pagan saying again.

Fortunately, Lao Zhu's ruling literary inquisition was not so serious, and at least the literati in the early Ming Dynasty would not be convicted for their words. Zhu Zhi nodded and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince reminded me that I must write a book and talk to Mr. Mi and ordered him to concentrate on reading the books of sages.

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Chapter completed!