When Ye Tan returned to Suiyuan, he heard Zhang Yi say that Li Gang had arrived. In addition to him, there were several other people. They had been busy with some things recently. In addition to contacts, there was also how to bring some information with them.

Walk.

Due to its geographical location, Songzhou is actually not the best place to open an academy, because the imperial capital has been the best place since ancient times. However, Ye Tan’s current title and governance are both there, so there is no other way.

To be able to store things like this.

When I arrived at the study, I opened the door and felt a burst of hot air rushing out, along with the fragrance of tea and books. When I looked up, I saw that everyone was chatting. To be honest, chatting with these people is sometimes tiring.

Yes, because everyone quotes from classics, such chatting shows the differences in a circle, but Ye Tan doesn't like it, even though he knows more than them.

"Ye Tan is back. How are you? Are you okay?" Li Gang asked with concern. This boy is really capable. When he went out to suppress the rebellion this time, he was worried that he would not come back. He didn't expect that he would not come back.

After going there, Luo Yi was immediately defeated.

"It's okay, thank you Master Li for your concern." Ye Tan walked to a chair aside and sat down. Then someone brought him tea. He took a sip, looked at the sky and said, "Teachers, is it time to eat?

.”

Li Shi was still as thin as a stick, but standing there gave people the feeling of being like a pillar. When he saw Ye Tan coming back, he smiled and said, "Okay, what's good to eat? I've been going off grain recently. I need it."

Take good care of it.”

"What are you trying to fix? Bigu? You? I saw you eat a big elbow last night." Yuan Zhang revealed with a smile as he had less hair but a lot of beard.

"My stomach is fine, isn't it?" Li Shi said dissatisfied, then looked at Zhang Yi standing at the door and said, "I must have braised pork today, otherwise I won't eat."

"It's a good idea not to eat. You can save Ye Tan a meal." Yuan Zhang said proudly, then looked at Zhang Yida and said, "Here are some bamboo shoots."

"How can you foodies be role models?" Li Gang directly reprimanded the two of them. As for saying that foodies learned it from Ye Tan, but just when Ye Tan was about to thank him, Li Gang said to Zhang Yi, "I just said

Eat some meatballs, remember, you don’t want pork, you want beef.”

"Shameless." Yuan Zhang and Li Shi directly despised the old guy. However, Ye Tan was very happy to see them so harmonious. At the same time, he asked Zhang Yi to prepare some good wine for them to eat.

"You are not the normal behavior of a governor." Li Gang and Yuan Zhang's words were naturally a joke, but they told the truth to Ye Tan. A governor is to govern the place, not to fight.

"Master Li, I don't want to do that either, but look, I don't behave like this in Songzhou where we are, okay?" Ye Tan shook his head. There are things you don't just have to say you want to do or don't want to do.

But you must do it.

"Songzhou is too small. It would be great if it was near Chang'an." Li Gang's words were completely from the perspective of students. Here, there are nobles, generals, and civil servants. There are many children in their family who are very smart.

Yes, if they all come, how many good seedlings will they provide themselves? But now there are 100,000 people in Songzhou City, and no one has enough to eat, so how can they be in the mood to go to school?

"Although Songzhou is small, it is my hometown. A person can't even organize his own hometown. Talking about governing the world is a joke. Moreover, although Songzhou is small, the grassland is not small." Ye Tan

His words made Li Shi feel a chill on his back. He stood up and pointed at Ye Tan and asked, "Isn't this your plan?"

"Yes, although Songzhou is small, the grassland is very big. I plan to spend ten years making it the largest city in the Tang Dynasty. If the area is not enough, you can ask the grassland people for it." Ye Tan's words made Li Shi happy.

I feel numb all over, this kid is really murderous.

"Will the grassland people give it to you?" Li Gang had experienced what happened in the late Sui Dynasty, and those foreigners were not easy to deal with.

"Haha, you can't take it if you don't give it to me. Isn't there such a saying? In the whole world, is it the land of the king, the shore of the land, is it the ministers of the king. Since they are all from the Tang Dynasty, then as Tang people, we should be qualified to take it.

If you use it, I believe they will give it to you." Ye Tan said with a smile, leaving Li Gang wondering what to say. Isn't there a saying that no matter how big a country is, if it is warlike, it will perish.

Only Li Shi looked at Ye Tan, with an inexplicable thought flashing in his eyes.

After Zhang Yi said that the banquet was ready, they went to the living room to eat together. Since the old man arrived, Cui Qingchen had hardly come out. She had always regarded herself as a family member, so it was not suitable to meet them.

However, Li Gang was here, and it would be inappropriate for her not to come out, so after she came, Ye Tan said that the banquet could start.

There was a table of delicious dishes, both meat and vegetable. Even Li Gang couldn't help but take a few more bites. Drinking good wine and eating good food, he looked at Ye Tan who had been eating tofu and asked, "Are you the governor?"

, you have to be careful, you can’t always get involved in businessmen’s affairs, otherwise you will be in the wrong place.”

Although the remaining few people didn't say anything, it seemed like this was the case.

"Master Li, I want to do it too, but it's a pity that I can't do it." Ye Tan said a little helplessly, does this kind of thing really not require business?

"What's the explanation?" Li Gang looked at him puzzled and asked, what does this guy mean? It's inappropriate for a scholar to have too many contaminations.

But Cui Qingchen saw Ye Tan's eyes and opened his mouth and said, "Master Li, what the young master means is that without business, there will be no money, and without money, there will be no way to build an academy."

"Academy is a place for academic preparation. If too much business interests are involved, it will cultivate a group of profit-seeking people." Li Gang said such words while eating big fish and meat. It seems that the two standards of ancient literati are true.

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"If the academy is purely about training officials, then I don't have to worry so much." Ye Tan took a sip of juice and said calmly.

"What's the explanation?" Yuan Zhang asked puzzledly. Since ancient times, studying has been for the purpose of becoming an official. If you don't become an official, who will study?

"Since ancient times, we have said that we will be loyal to the country, but many people just take it as a way to go straight to fight to the death for the country. But is this right? Is it appropriate? Okay?" Ye Tan put down his chopsticks, took a sip of juice, and cleared his throat.

He asked, clearing his throat.

"It's been like this since ancient times, why shouldn't it be wrong?" Yushan has always been an old man who doesn't talk much. However, generally speaking, he feels a bit content with the past, and his words also have a hint of the system of the past. However, this way

Only a few people can stay in Songzhou. If a group of people are too lively, it will be troublesome. Sometimes the world needs some fools, not to make others laugh, but because of our

It is through these seemingly ridiculous people that the nation has been able to thrive to its present state. Without these people, we might have forgotten our ancestors a long time ago.

"Is this right since ancient times?" Ye Tan's words come from Lu Xun's Diary of a Madman. Because they are the words of the master, they are still very profound. So as soon as his words came out, Yushan was stunned. He

His mind was puzzled and wanted to ask, if it is wrong, why should we insist on reading and understanding history? But his mouth opened, but he found that his question was a bit unanswerable, because it is the same in any era.

They are all different. If you say that everything should be done according to the past, then why do teachers need to do it? Just go home and grow old. But if you say that we should not do things according to the past, is there any ready-made

way, so he didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Ye Tan, just tell me what you think. Although I am old and have a bad memory, I also know that it is nothing if I don't have enough to eat. The tragedy of the late Sui Dynasty still always stays in my mind.

, Don’t worry, since we are all here, we will help you instead of causing trouble. In this case, as long as it is not evil, we will help you correct your mistakes." Yuan Zhang's bald head looked very serious at this time.

It's so cute that Ye Tan can't help but want to kiss her, but in order to be said to be immoral, she might as well forget it.

"The academy naturally aims to train some officials, but it also needs to train other talents, such as horse breeders, doctors, business people, and people in the thirty-sixth line. But what?

, These people must have a premise, that is, they need to have a craft. This craft does not require how advanced or elegant, but it can support themselves when they have nothing." Ye Tan's words made Li Gang endure it.

I kept asking, "Why is this?"

Once a person studies and is good at studying, what can't he do? Why is it like this?

"Because the world has changed so much, no one can guarantee that their future life will be as good as before. If you have a craft, you may not be able to reach the level of elegance, but you can still live. Only by living can you have hope."

Ye Tan thinks that people's hearts and character are very important, but if no one is here, then what's the point of all this? Just one or two of them are like this, but if everyone in the world is like this, then wait until later

If the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, all the Han people would die.

"This is not bad, but what does it have to do with making money as you mentioned?" Li Gang agreed. Although he would not do it, his students can do it. After all, they all need to support their families when they grow up. This has nothing to do with him.

I still understand.

"If you don't make money, how can you build an academy and how can you share these so-called skills? At the same time, the most important thing is, my lords, don't you think Datang's method of dealing with disasters is too simple?" Ye Tan

Seeing Cui Qingchen grab a piece of belly slice for himself, eat it, and asked with a smile.

"What's the explanation for being single?" Li Shi couldn't help but ask. Although he is a scholar now, when he was a child, he had many unlucky days herding cattle, feeding horses, and begging for food. After hearing such a good idea, he couldn't bear it.

kept asking.

"Most people in the Tang Dynasty relied on the ground for food, but this ground was the most unreliable because bad weather, rain, drought, floods, Yellow River bursts, etc. would leave everyone without food, and

The imperial court's taxes are also quite heavy. From now on, if something goes wrong, a large area will starve to death. And if you can do a little business, the chickens, ducks, vegetables at home, the vegetables found in the mountains, the fish caught in the river, etc.

Breeding methods, etc., if everyone knows something about these, then even if there is no food, there will be money, and there will be ways to prepare some food for your home, and there will be no such problem. And these methods can only be done by people in our academy.

To achieve this, however, promotion, research, etc. all require money. If there is no money, do these all rely on donations? You all know what kind of person His Majesty is. He is also very poor now. We count on Your Majesty to govern the country.

If we start again, more than half of the people in Songzhou may starve to death, so I plan to do it myself."

Ye Tan's words are very common nowadays, because everyone knows that simply growing food is not enough, and the quality of life will never improve. However, if you run multiple businesses, you will be able to avoid these dangers.

Although accidents may sometimes happen, in comparison, they are much less common.

Yejiacun is actually the best example. When all these old people go there, they will not ask such a question. Moreover, not only will they not ask, they will also drag Ye Tan to ask what is going on.

For a time, no one was eating, no one was talking, no one was drinking at the dinner table, everyone was just deep in thought.

And Cui Qingchen is becoming more and more beautiful. Although she is very thin, her clothes are ordinary, and she likes more colorful ones, but with her temperament and face, she has a hint of coquettishness and dominance. If Wu Meiniang is here now, Ye Tan feels

Well, that's the level. From now on, he and Li Lizhi will be together. Her character and family need such a person. Although Ye Tan already knows this person's identity, he doesn't care.

"Hey." Li Gang suddenly sighed, drank the wine in the wine cup in front of him, looked at Ye Tan and said, "Your heart is as big as the sky, I hope it won't be a bad result."

Several other people also looked at Ye Tan, with worries and relief on their faces.

"Master Li, actually, this has already been implemented in our Yejia Village. When you go there, you can go and take a look. If you think it is appropriate, I think our Songzhou will become a state twenty years ahead of schedule.

The most devastated pearl of the Tang Dynasty, maybe His Majesty will move the capital." Ye Tan's words were loud, which made them all feel a little disappointed. They had been studying all their lives and could not support their families. They had never felt this feeling before. They felt that they were studying

Okay, it’s okay for the family to have some hardships, but in Ye Tan’s place, it’s not possible. People in the family who read books eat bran and swallow vegetables. Such books are not reading, but a sin.

"Okay, I don't want to think about it for now. I don't have much tea here. Hurry and prepare some for me. Now I won't feel well if I don't drink Kung Fu tea for a day." Li Gang let go of this idea and said proudly, and then saw Yushan and Yuan

Zhang said dissatisfiedly, "Isn't it just your green tea bowl? I want a red one from now on, a big red one."

Li Gang said disdainfully, "It's vulgar, it's vulgar."

"The vulgarity is the elegance." Ye Tan said with a smile, and then ordered the people below to prepare tea for them. Although there was a lot of tea for them, the old man always has friends, because he has friends, so this

The consumption of things is not based on what is drunk, but based on what is given away.

As the night fell, several old people left Suiyuan. Ye Tan turned around and returned to the study. He looked at Zhang Yi who was reading there and said, "Do you feel ashamed of making money?"

Zhang Yi is now in his twenties. After marrying Liang Jing, although he has no children yet, he has seen a lot of things after becoming an official of the Ye Tan family. Because of this, he combined the books he read with reality.

Later I discovered that if you don’t eat and don’t make money, then no matter how much you study, it will be in vain.

"There is no shame in making money, as long as it is upright." Zhang Yi's words were very direct and concise. I don't know when the scholar's character disappeared. Anyway, Ye Tan thought it was strange, but now it is there.

"I heard a story that there was a problem in a county. It seemed to be a locust problem. All the crops in the field were eaten up and no one had anything to eat. As a result, the county magistrate directly set fire to the immature crops.

Then he jumped in. At that time, many people said that the county magistrate had a very good character, but in my opinion, it was ridiculous." Ye Tan's words made Zhang Yi look at him in confusion and said, "What's the point?

?”

Ye Tan took a sip of tea and said, "A county magistrate can be said to be the boss of a county. Does your Majesty send these people there just to enjoy the blessings? If this is the case, then wouldn't it be enough to just go to the nobles' children?

?Assuming that they are in charge of local governance, if they do this, they will leave their name in history, and the people will starve to death. What's the use?"

"What should we do?" Although Zhang Yi will most likely not be an official in the future, he really wants to know.

"As a county magistrate, you must first check what is available in your county, and then take precautions according to local conditions. If there is not much food, you must use your brain to find other ways for people to have enough food at home. If this is the case

If it still doesn't work, there will be no food in a county. All he has to do is take everyone out to beg for food instead of dying directly. He will be comfortable when he dies, but what about the people below?" Ye Tan

Having said this, I feel a little angry and regretful, because some people are like this, it is a terrible reality.

"This..." Zhang Yi really doesn't know if it's right, but there are many ways to make people die, and there are many ways to make yourself die. But if you can avoid dying, no one wants to die, but if you don't die, you have to go

Do something.

"Okay, it's getting late. You should rest early. By the way, have you found the Hu man who can make colored glaze that I asked you to find?" Even if Ye Tan wants to make this thing now, he still needs something from Yejia Village.

, but he didn’t bring it with him, but there should be such a barbarian in Chang’an City. When the time comes, let him get some low-quality ones first to fool the Chang’an people. Anyway, they are all rich and stupid, right?

"I found it, but he still didn't speak." Zhang Yi asked puzzledly why he didn't use something from Yejiacun.

"Then kill him and find another kid who is smarter. I can be useful."

After Ye Tan finished speaking, he went back to sleep. Some things were not worth worrying about.

Zhang Yi nodded and went down. As a result, he met Cui Qingchen on the road. Although she was a girl and had almost no identity, Zhang Yi still benefited a lot from her many insights here, so she was very willing to work with this person.

The girl was chatting, but he also felt the arrogance in this woman's bones.

"This is just to make Songzhou City more profitable." Cui Qingchen figured it out in just a blink of an eye. Many things do not make a lot of money just because they have them, but they need to be compared. In the end, everything here does not belong to Ye

Tan or Songzhou, so it is necessary to use the ordinary here to set off the difference of Songzhou. In this way, Songzhou's money will continue to flow.

Seeing that Zhang Yi still didn't understand, she sighed and said, "Songzhou will have an academy and a city in the future. If we rely on the people's corvee service, it will not take even a thousand years. We need

Yejiacun can do it together with the government, but today the young master said that the queen wants the method of making colored glaze. This thing is nothing. He asked you to find the Hu people because he wanted to use them as a scapegoat, but that person refused to tell the truth.

To come out, you need to find someone else. You must meet several conditions: no father or mother, no worries, a clean foundation, courage to do things, and at the same time, you must be able to know whose hands your life is in. Since then,

Only then can the young master’s plan be implemented. As for the rest, let’s just follow the young master’s approach.”

Zhang Yi was still a little confused and nodded regardless, indicating that he understood.

Looking at Zhang Yi leaving, Cui Qingchen also felt a little tired. His gorgeous clothes were actually not good-looking in the eyes of many people, because they would look frivolous like this, but Ye Tan liked it very much and let her feel a little tired.

She felt a little quieter in her heart. Although she came out of the Cui family, some hatred could not be changed by time or environment. She needed to prove her existence, because she found that in the Ye family, if she could not do this, she might be a person for the rest of her life.

Ordinary people, although they have no worries about food and clothing, they have no other options. She can't let herself stay at that level. If that's really the case, what's the meaning of life?

Therefore, she never slept for more than two hours at a time. During the rest of the time, she began to read and study crazily. She would always analyze and decipher what she learned from Ye Tan, so that she could keep up.

His steps.

There was no words all night, and it was still a sunny day the next day. However, Ye Tan had to get up early in the morning because he still needed to do what he had done before. Although he was a little reluctant mentally, Li Shimin didn't care about it.

Since you proposed such a method, neither Li Chengqian nor he can escape.
Chapter completed!