But it was said that on this day, people in Taiwan were discussing matters at the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and suddenly someone came in and said: "An urgent message from Beijing!"
Jia Cong hurriedly picked it up and opened it, and it turned out to be Jia Huan's. The first part of the book he was reading was about Situ Pan's current problems, such as the imperial examination, the six departments, etc., and by the way, he mentioned the "Seven Eccentrics of the South of the Yangtze River"; the second part was about what Princess Jian'an said that day.
I picked up the important ones and recorded them. After watching them, everyone laughed at how Jia Huan was so easily obsessed with others.
Jia Cong said: "Don't think he only wrote what Princess Jian'an said. The most important thing was not written."
Xichun asked him what was most important.
Jia Cong said: "He has watched all the sisters grow up since he was a child, and he has a high vision. Since he fell in love with her after just one meeting, it goes without saying that the princess must be extremely beautiful."
Everyone became curious and wanted to know what Princess Jian'an looked like. Xichun encouraged: "Cong'er, you are a clever ghost, try to coax the sister-in-law to come and meet the sisters!"
Jia Cong waved his hand and said: "Brother Huan is on the way to report urgently to the army. He probably hasn't arrived in Luzhou yet. My sister is anxious to know, unless she goes to Luzhou to see her."
Gong Kun said: "That's all, this matter is not urgent. After all, Third Master Huan and Shuhuan and Princess Jian'an are still young."
Wu You was always in the camp, but he happened to come that day. He looked at him and said, "I just don't know what's going on with the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan?"
Gong Kun lowered his eyes and said with a straight face: "I just coaxed him once in the early years. Look, how should the court deal with these matters?" He glanced at Lin Daiyu and said, "Mr. Lin?"
Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, giving him a face, and said: "I have thought about it just now, probably Cong'er has been waiting for this day for a long time."
Jia Cong smiled and said, stroking his hands: "The historical mission of Confucianism has been completed a long time ago. It's time to take a rest. I have been looking forward to the contention of a hundred schools of thought." Then he said with emotion, "If there was no Confucianism, our dynasty would have been divided into countless countries. Now people's hearts would be long gone.
After all, Confucianism no longer needs to be the dominant one."
Xichun said: "I don't quite understand the cause and effect here."
Jia Cong said: "Because of the imperial examination, all Confucian disciples who read the sages can become officials. Even if the Mohists and Taoists are very talented, it is extremely difficult to get an official position in the court. Officials are powerful! Men
There is no one who does not love power, and Confucianism is almost the only way for ordinary people to obtain power. Those in power in the world, no matter how powerful they are, are all descendants of Confucianism, so the country will naturally not be divided."
Xichun said: "According to your statement, it was Emperor Wu of Han who conquered the world for Confucianism."
Jia Cong hummed: "He is the emperor. Confucianism orders children to be kings, ministers, ministers, fathers, sons, and sons. The king is stupid, and the ministers must first endure. If they can't bear it, they will leave. If they can't leave, they will die. They cannot rebel anyway. Therefore, those who rebel are mostly from the emperor's family.
——The members of the emperor's family are military strategists, and whoever grabs the chair wins. Now that the kings are divided and ruled, everyone is looking forward to becoming the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. A strong country will make the king strong. The Mohist family can use sharp weapons, the military strategist can strengthen the army, and the strategist family can strengthen the army.
It can help them communicate with distant neighbors. These are all available to the kings. In the past, they did not get ahead because Confucianism was weighing on them. To put it bluntly, Confucianism is just a philosophy, not a professional discipline. In their eyes,
Reputation is more important than ability and pragmatism. The greenhouse we just built, I remember taking a look at it somewhere, it was there in the Western Han Dynasty. Some upright official patted his head and put a hat on his head and destroyed it."
Lin Daiyu said: "This is to summon trusted ministers. He said that untimely things can hurt people."
Jia Cong snorted: "Will a lack of vitamins harm people? It's easy to get sick if you don't have vegetables in winter."
Lin Daiyu looked at him and said sternly: "It's just a matter of chatting for fun, it's more important to discuss the business. You managed to tear this world apart, and the contention of a hundred schools of thought cannot be achieved in a short time. You have an idea for the imperial examination."
Jia Cong stretched out a finger and said, "The late emperor destroyed the world." He stretched out a second finger and said, "It was you, Sister Lin, who first came up with the idea to unite the kings. I, my student, have been greatly wronged."
Daiyu glared at him: "Stop talking about him."
Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "What can I do? I don't have the final say in the six sections of the imperial examination. Situ Pan's words don't count, the little emperor's words don't count, and even the words of the overlord who doesn't know whether to live or die don't count.
.It must be discussed by the whole world."
Everyone was shocked! Jarvis blurted out: "Discuss politics!"
Jia Cong nodded with a smile: "That's right. All the princes happen to be named Situ. No one is nobler than the other, and no one can rise to the top to call out the world. Moreover, they have all just arrived in the fiefdom. The army has not conquered it, the people have not been comforted, and there is not much money and food.
, lack of strength, so they will not rashly go to war. The most important thing is that none of the kings will surrender to Situ Pan! But they are not fools. The imperial examination, the six departments, river control and disaster relief, none of them can be relied on Situ Pan or Situ Pan alone
Nothing that a certain prince can do is insignificant. What else can you do if you don't discuss politics? If you can break the emperor's words, you will be one step closer even if you can't set a precedent for democracy."
Lin Daiyu nodded: "When did you first think of this step?"
Jia Cong said: "Just now..."
Everyone was stunned.
Jia Cong said: "I hadn't thought about discussing politics before I received Brother Huan's letter."
Tanchun was sitting next to him and knocked on him.
Gong Kun smiled and said, "It's quite an unexpected surprise."
Daiyu said: "Now that we have done so, the matter is settled. Cong'er wrote to Beijing and asked Huan'er to try to persuade the wise king to agree to discuss government affairs. If the power of the emperor can be divided, the other kings will probably not refuse to agree and let them send
The staff went to Beijing to discuss how much money to support the six ministries, how much money to support the general affairs department, and how much money to support the Hanlin Academy."
Jia Cong said: "In the matter of the imperial examination, I propose a two-way choice." When others asked what he meant, he said, "The imperial examination is as usual. Most of the well-educated people, taking the thirteen bachelors of Hengwuyuan as an example, are still in the capital. They set the questions.
, examination, and selection of scholars. The little emperor is too young, so the palace examination should be presided over by five or six important ministers. If Situ Pan presides over it, the princes next to him will definitely not be convinced. If they are not convinced, they are probably not willing to use it.
For those Jinshi who came out of the palace examination, it is better to find someone not named Situ to preside over the palace examination. After the palace examination, a voucher will be issued to each Jinshi. If you want to work for which prince, you can take your own articles and Jinshi voucher to see the prince.
." As he said this, he cupped his hands and said in a dramatic way, "Your Majesty, the student is Jia Cong, the new Jinshi scholar, ranked 22nd in the second class. Here are the student's articles and Jinshi certificate. The student happens to be from Hengyang, and he wants to ask the prince for help in Hengyang.
The post of county magistrate." He pretended to stroke his beard that had not grown yet, "Oh, you are the twenty-two. I ask you, there is such a case in Hengyang today, how do you deal with it?"
Liu Feng suddenly said: "It's just that Hengyang originally had a county magistrate. He originally asked someone to send money to the Ministry of Civil Affairs in order to transfer Yangzhou to the magistrate. In this case, wouldn't it be impossible to transfer him?"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "He can go to the King of Wu with his resume as an official. The King of Wu will recognize him as a talent and use him. As long as the King of Wu is not stupid, he will not hand over Yangzhou to an untalented person to govern."
Looking back, if the King of Chu felt that he was not doing well, he could be dismissed. The Ministry of Personnel had nothing to do with it. This is the advantage of dividing the kings. In the past, it was the Ministry of Personnel who selected officials. The world is not the Ministry of Personnel.
The world belongs to the emperor. It does not belong to him anyway. It does not matter whether he chooses a better one or a worse one; or whoever gives more money will go to the rich county, and whoever is the family member of the powerful will go to the rich county. As for whether the governance is good or not,
The people in the Ministry of Personnel don’t care. Nowadays, the kings only have a small territory. Everyone wants to be stronger than others, and everyone is afraid of being weaker than others. They will never accept money from the officials. Well, this is what I have been looking forward to for a long time.
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Daiyu glanced at him: "The Ministry of Personnel will probably be useless from now on, and the Ministry of War will also be abolished."
Wu Xiaoxi sighed: "Half of the Ministry of Rites has been abolished. Apart from scientific examinations, the Ministry of Rites is of little use."
Liu Feng said: "In addition to the scientific examination, the Ministry of Rites also has the Department of Host and Guest Cleaning Officials. This is becoming more and more important."
Xiaoxi shrugged: "That's right, the Zongheng family has somewhere to go."
Lin Daiyu coughed: "What about river management and disaster relief?"
Jia Cong said: "This is too general. You have to discuss it yourself."
Yuan Chun listened for half a day and said, "I've been here all these days and I still don't understand, Cong'er, what exactly do you want to do?"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "It's nothing, I just don't want to kneel down to the emperor."
Daiyu said: "Anyway, you can decide these things yourself. That's it, we should start our own business. Where are the people? Where are the people? Jia Cong, I am short of manpower!"
Jia Cong said: "Didn't the land reclamation order go down? Didn't people come here already?"
Daiyu said: "It's not enough, it's far from enough."
Jia Cong thought for a while and said: "That's it. The tax will be reduced by half in the first three years of land reclamation. If the harvest is good three years later, even half of the tax will be paid back to him, and the tax will be reduced for another three years."
Daiyu said: "I'm afraid it's still not enough."
Jia Cong thought for a while: "We are extremely short of manpower now, right?"
Daiyu said categorically: "Yes."
Jia Cong waved his hand: "Anyone who opens up wasteland does not need a road guide."
Everyone was stunned.
Jia Cong said: "Fugitive slaves who open up wasteland will automatically become good citizens. I don't believe that we can't attract people who don't want to be slaves."
Daiyu was stunned for a moment and said, "That's all, let's try it first." Then she added, "The next one is the method of drying sea salt."
Yuanchun couldn't help but hold his forehead: "I used to be completely unaware of Lin Yatou's fiery temperament in Beijing. I haven't recovered from the last one, but you are here next."
Daiyu said angrily: "Why was I such a bad temper in the past? There are too many things, how can we deal with them all if we don't hurry up? Today, Huan'er's letter takes up a lot of time, and there is still more to come."
Gong Kun said with a smile: "Girl, please don't interrupt. When she gets anxious, she curses like a firecracker without using any curse words."
Lin Daiyu glanced at him: "Don't worry, sir, I don't dare to mess with my eldest sister." Without waiting for the two of them to speak, she continued, "The salt that comes out is pretty good. Following Cong'er's method, the old salt we invited
The leader of the work team is responsible for drying the brine and making salt, drying and drying the salt frequently. What did you mean by building and covering the brine well last time?"
Jia Cong said: "I have already drawn the picture." He took out the picture and everyone passed it around to look at and discuss it. Then he said, "I discussed it with Uncle Wang last month. Let's wait.
Develop the technology of drying salt and promote it to Guangdong and Guangxi. People can make and buy salt at will. Cancel the salt class and tax salt as an ordinary item."
Liu Feng raised his eyes: "Master Wang, have you agreed?"
Jia Cong said: "Yes. Now that there is more and more money in the sea market, how can he see the money in the salt class? I will send these methods to the whole country for free."
Liu Feng said: "Give it to the prince or the common people."
Jia Cong said: "People."
Liu Feng said: "I know what you mean. You think that if there is more salt, it will be easy to get salt, and the prince and the court will not be able to get salt in their hands."
Jia Cong nodded and said: "The people of the world have been bound by salt for many years, and it is time to get rid of it."
Liu Feng said: "The princes can send troops to forcibly close the extra salt drying workshops. They are here to steal money! Blocking people's wealth is like killing their parents. There is nothing the princes can't do. After all, there are only a few who get rich through maritime business, and the majority
The prince is still thinking about these salt money."
Jia Cong frowned and said, "I really didn't expect this section."
Liu Feng said: "Unless you secretly give this technique to a certain prince, a prince who is weak and has a small territory. Now is the time when princes most want to conquer people's hearts. If he is willing to use this to win people's hearts, others will start arguing.
If he doesn't follow suit, he will move to a place where salt classes are canceled if the people under his rule are not well protected. Speaking of it, this is also a benefit of enfeoffment." As he spoke, he winked.
Jia Cong's eyes rolled: "Hey, what's your idea?"
Liu Fengnai turned to look at Jia Xichun: "Don't the fourth girls want to see what Princess Jian'an looks like?"
Everyone was silent for a moment, then burst into laughter.
Xichun smiled and said, "I really want to see what kind of beautiful woman she is, and she hooked her up after just one look." Then she turned to look at Tanchun, "How about the third sister go?"
Tan Chun said angrily: "Am I leaving? Everyone here is a creditor, but I am a debtor. I am short of money everywhere. Jia Cong, let me tell you, if you don't bring money to the blast furnace and iron smelting workshop, will you follow me?"
Up."
Jia Cong said: "Isn't it still being tested?"
Tanchun stared: "Do you know how much those tests cost?"
Jia Cong hurriedly raised his hands to beg for mercy: "I know, I know, I'm going to get the money now." Nai sighed, looked at Xichun and said, "Fourth sister, it seems that you are not here to give gifts."
Xichun also sighed: "I know, I'm here to do business."
Jia Cong said: "How about you travel more places. In addition to the art of drying salt, there is also the art of growing South American potatoes. If you sell this to the little kings in the barren land in the west and north, you will definitely make a lot of money.
Well, it can be sold to Situ Pan. His territory is also short of food. At the moment, he is relying on the many food depots in the capital to be safe for the time being; he must also know that this matter will be a disaster sooner or later as time goes by. "
Gong Kun said: "Third Master, since you are short of money, why not ask me for some?"
Jia Cong held his cheek and said, "I don't want to ask him for money until I have no choice."
Gong Kun, Liu Feng and Wu Xiaoxi looked at each other and said, "The third master really wants to save face, so I just think he borrowed it from me. You can pay him back in the future."
Jia Cong slapped his head: "Yes, are you still worried that you won't be able to make it in the future?"
Tanchun Daiyu also looked at each other, and then at Jia Cong, without saying anything. There will be more and more places where money will be needed in the future, and the money borrowed from Jia She will probably not be enough.
Gong Kun suddenly attacked the case and said: "It seems that the fourth girl is going to travel around the world. Although she is selling some recipes for making salt and growing grains, she still needs to be protected by proper people. General Wu is at sea all year round, and for a long time
Since you have never visited the mountains and rivers on land, why not take the opportunity to walk around together and treat it as just having fun for a while?"
Before Wu You could say anything, Xichun said angrily: "Gong Yizhi, what do you mean? Don't you know that we will quarrel when we meet?"
Gong Kun said: "Just because you two quarreled when we met, it gave me a headache. I thought about it, probably because General Wu usually spends more time at sea, and you don't quarrel happily every time, so you will continue to quarrel the next time we meet."
This trip has been quite long, and no one has stopped the fight yet!"
Xiaoxi couldn't help but murmur in a low voice: "No one breaks up the fights on weekdays."
"You should just have a good quarrel! After all the quarrels in this life, you will probably have no interest in quarreling when you come back. Everyone will live in peace from now on. It's really good for you, good for him, everyone!"
Everyone was silent for a moment, and suddenly they all applauded!