Chapter five hundred and sixty when the reform is in progress
I have to say that Qin Hui is really a good helper. After only two days, he started to take action. Government offices of all sizes were filled with recruitment notices. At first, some pedantic people came out to stop Qin Hui, but
Qin Hui really carried out Li Qi's order completely and arrested all these outstanding birds and almost put them in a cell.
Fortunately, someone from above came to intercede with Li Qi, and Li Qi ordered Qin Hui to release the people. However, he still warned those people that if they committed the crime again, they would be severely punished. If you do things according to orders, you are a bull, and you have nothing to say.
In the first two days, the petty officials were still waiting and watching, because in their minds, businessmen were just the epitome of humbleness, while scholars were the epitome of honor. If it were normal, they would definitely turn around and leave.
But the extremely tempting treatment made them a little tempted.
There are not many people like Wen Tianxiang who can make a living out of their backbone.
Today's Song Dynasty is not as wealthy as it used to be, and the salary is almost not enough. Moreover, if the upper level is not full, it must be filled with the lower level. Therefore, these petty officials like sesame and mung bean receive even less salary, and they
Without the power to make extra money, life would naturally be difficult. They also saw an order from the court stating that they would retain their official status, which made them even more tempted.
But this was not enough, because some people above were quietly putting pressure on them, so very few people applied for jobs in the first three days.
However, since the news spread in the capital, after several rounds of hype, the situation has been reversed. This is due to the pillow wind.
Those women don’t understand honor or dishonour. They only know that there is nothing in the world that is more unacceptable than being unable to expose the pot. When they heard that the Cuju Alliance’s treatment was so good, it could be said that they had no worries, so they all urged without hesitation.
Their husbands apply for jobs.
Ever since, another interesting phenomenon occurred in the capital.
That is, in the middle of the night, Sanjin can often hear the sound of shrews cursing in the street. It stops here and starts again there. As a result, people no longer need to crow when they get up. Some people are even about to suffer from depression. It is so annoying.
As for men, the most annoying thing is that the women around them are nagging. They don't hit or scold them. There is only one result, and that is to apply for the job honestly.
And Qin Hui had been waiting there for a long time. After a fooling around, many petty officials who were forced to come here by his wife began to feel excited. Those who did not apply for the job were even more worried about gains and losses. This feeling was even more uncomfortable than failing the imperial examination.
some.
What Cai Jing said is absolutely correct. Nowadays, those who jump out to cause damage are just some pedantic people. They only talk about it but take very few actual actions. Those people can only do it at home when they see that Qin Hui is crowded with people.
in a hurry.
However, the imperial court finally issued a decree, informing the world that businessmen were allowed to participate in the imperial examination. The only restriction was that they must be clean businessmen.
This decree was proposed by Wang Fu, and Li Qi also strongly agreed with it.
After the merchants, although this does not explicitly say that merchants are allowed to participate in the imperial examinations. However, after the merchants, there are still three people. They will definitely inherit the family property, which is equivalent to allowing the merchants to participate in the imperial examinations. And this can slightly appease those who think they are
The mood of the superior scholars can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
This decree also proves that the news released by Li Qi is true. Nowadays, the number of people applying for jobs is doubling every day.
However, as soon as this decree was promulgated, it immediately caused quite a stir among the people. It could be said that it was like ice and fire. The businessmen were so excited that they cried bitterly. Many businessmen even immediately cried out as soon as they heard the news.
He knelt down and was so excited that he couldn't help himself. Having said that, they were indeed pitiful. They paid more taxes than anyone else, but what they received was not respect, but contempt and humiliation. Now the dark clouds are finally clearing.
On the other side, the peasants didn't understand this. They didn't know a word of Chinese characters and were indifferent to it. But those scholars didn't do it anymore. There were also many scholars who stirred up troubles. Song Yuchen and Taixuan naturally became scholars.
The leaders of the scholars began to loudly publicize the unfairness of this law and clamored to seek justice for the scholars.
Of course, there is also a hidden mystery here. There are many people above encouraging them to oppose the new law. If they can't do it openly, they can only do it covertly.
Those businessmen were very angry when they saw it. We have suffered for so long and finally got some benefits. You can't bear this. It's really too much of a bullying. So the businessmen who couldn't bear it united together to fight against the scholars.
No matter it was a restaurant or a tea shop, even the businessmen who bought the Four Treasures of the Study did not receive Song Yuchen or the others. There were signs hanging at the door clearly stating that scholars who resisted the new law were not welcome.
Except for Li Qi, those scholars had never seen such arrogant businessmen. Some idiots even went to sue the officials. However, those officials had already issued orders to ignore any such cases.
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Those businessmen saw that their status had indeed improved and they had tasted the benefits, so they became more determined to protect their hard-won rights and would rather die than do business with scholars.
Businessmen like Cai Minde who wanted to fish in troubled waters and make a fortune in silence had no choice but to join the ranks of boycotting scholars. They did not want to offend all their colleagues just for this little money. If nothing else, if the supplier
If we stop supplying goods to them, wouldn't they be done with it? It's clear which one is more important.
However, at this moment, Li Qi added another fire to the competition. He first obtained Song Huizong's consent, and then secretly instructed Ouyang Che and others to write articles to promote the new law.
Although Ouyang Che and the others were a little reluctant, Li Qi was very kind to them. This was both public and private, so they had no choice but to do it. The most painful thing among them was Chen Dong, who was also a student of the Imperial Academy.
, and Taiyuan University was the main force of the opposition. He was really a bastard and an inhumane person, but Li Qi deliberately avoided him and did not let him participate.
However, Chen Dong is a very upright person and has never been afraid of other people's opinions. He did not know that Li Qi's focus was internal, and thought that Li Qi did this for the one million yuan land gift on his books. Moreover, in his life,
I didn't have many friends, but now I finally met like-minded friends like Ouyang Che, and seeing them leaving me alone every day to discuss how to write a manuscript, I felt very uncomfortable, so I took the initiative to ask to join them.
This is even more serious, because there are many scholars in Taishi Academy, and their move shows that the scholars have gradually disintegrated.
It is said that the house leaked and it rained all night. Just when the scholars were distressed, a group of young men in Gaoyan also took the initiative to participate. They were all restless people, and their ability to stir up trouble was unparalleled.
Right, especially that boy Hong Tianjiu, he is very excited. It has not been so lively for a long time.
Gao Yanei didn't know what was wrong, but he actually wanted to take advantage of troubled waters. He first founded the Qingtian Charity Foundation in his own name, and then encouraged his friends to donate money. He said it was encouragement, but in fact it was coercive.
of nature.
His friends are all wealthy people, and there are quite a few people who support him.
He took these donations and began to show great mercy. He followed Li Qi's example and opened a porridge factory, built sheds, and helped the poor people nearby. He had a lot of fun.
When this strong wind blew, it was really unstoppable. Gao Qingtian's name spread completely. No one knew about it. His reputation had surpassed that of Bai Qiannuo and Ji Hongnu. Even Song Huizong had heard about it.
, Song Huizong saw that someone was paying for him, so there was no reason to be unhappy. In front of the civil and military officials of the court, he highly praised Gao Qiu.
For Gao Qiu, this was an unexpected gain. He burst into tears, feeling that his son had finally achieved something.
When Wang Fu, Li Bangyan and other ministers saw it, they understood in their hearts that the treasury was now empty, but there were piles of refugees outside. They knew Song Huizong's character well, and knew that he neither wanted to use money to provide disaster relief, but also wanted to do something superficial.
, to avoid being gossiped about.
So, they all began to secretly instruct their sons to open a porridge factory to help refugees. For them, this little money was just a drop in the bucket, and besides, they were just planning to show off in order to gain the emperor's favor and attention.
In order to obtain higher support, businessmen also joined the ranks of some wealthy businessmen. Naturally, they did not dare to imitate Gao Yanei and others in setting up charity foundations, but they could donate money and gain fame and dignity.
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Just like this, Gao Yanei's extremely selfish idea triggered a storm of good deeds.
Those refugees who have many porridge restaurants don’t have to queue up.
The reputation of the businessman also increased accordingly, the voices supporting the new law became louder and louder, and the voices opposing it became weaker and weaker.
Due to the support of the emperor, Wang Fu, Tong Guan and others above, and the secret manipulation of Li Qi below, some conservative scholar-bureaucrats began to feel that they were somewhat powerless.
But this only meant that they lost the first battle. Wang Anshi's reform was unstoppable at the beginning, so they did not lose heart and began to lobby everywhere, hoping to get more people's support.
Various phenomena indicate that the first step of Li Qi's reform has been considered a success.
However, just when there was a lot of commotion outside, Qin Hui couldn't find his boss. He came to Li Qi several times, but the answer he got was that Li Qi was out. Such a moment worth sharing, such a good request for credit
Opportunity, the boss suddenly disappeared, which made him feel a little lost.
In fact, anyone who is familiar with Li Qi knows that he usually does not show up at such times. He has always believed that he is not the type to go into battle. He still likes to use his handsomeness to flaunt himself, is he handsome and talented?
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However, what Qin Hui never expected was that at the beginning of the reform, Li Qi went to plan a fight against Jinlou's chain store.
I saw that stoves had been placed on an open space in the backyard of his manor in the western suburbs, and green smoke was rising.
And his chief disciple Wu Xiaoliu, led by a group of disciples, was already waiting in the open space. (To be continued...)