"What do you want to ask?" Yunxi looked at Wenyuan with a serious expression, and his expression became a little solemn.
"Father, just now my father said that he met a businessman named Xiao and asked him a question. Father, although businessmen are also one of the four peoples, they are the last of the four peoples. Although according to my father's teachings, the country has few businessmen, and the imperial court also needs businessmen.
But why does my father need to talk to the merchants in person? If he has something to tell him, just let the officials do it."
"Both, father and son feel that it is not appropriate for Aunt Anqiu to treat ordinary people or barbarians on the border. The reason why father asked Aunt Anqiu to treat local barbarians in the southwest is that his son probably thinks it is to appease the local people.
.But the teachers in the (Royal) School have said that there should be respect for superiors and inferiors. Aunt Anqiu treats ordinary people or barbarians. Isn't it a bit out of character?" Wenyuan said.
Wenyuan started to study at the Royal Academy last year. In the Imperial Academy, no, in any academy in the Ming Dynasty, and in most schools around the world, "ritual" is the focus of the content. The Chinese
To learn Confucian etiquette, Europeans must learn to deal with nobles or between nobles, as well as Christian etiquette, Indians must learn etiquette to treat people of different castes, and cannibals must learn the etiquette of Tianfang religion.
The etiquette of various countries around the world has strict distinctions between superior and inferior, so Wenyuan felt that Zhu Xiancai should not treat ordinary people; but in Chinese etiquette, although businessmen have always been counted as one of the four people, they are not even among the four people.
Not counting the lower class, they were much stronger. They had been despised since the Zhou Dynasty. During the turbulent times of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, their status was higher, but after the Qin Dynasty completed the unification, their status became lower. Therefore, Wen Yuan, who had received etiquette education, believed that as an emperor it was not necessary
You should speak directly to the merchant.
'I have been a member of the royal family since I was a child, and I have already begun to think about these issues at this age. Although I almost just copy what the teacher said like a duck, it is not simple. Could it be that this is the case for the royal family in the past? Yes, in history
Zhu Di led his troops in the Northern Expedition, and for some reason Zhu Gaochi was unable to take care of the affairs, so he asked Zhu Zhanji, who was only nine years old, to go to Fengtianmen every day to take care of the affairs at such a young age.'
'It seems that the courses for children under the age of twelve should be reduced. They cannot have their ideas restricted since they were young. I don't have time to go to the Royal Academy to teach them all day long. Their etiquette class teacher also needs to be replaced.'
Yunxi thought about this for a while, then came back to his senses and looked at Wen Yuan's doubtful eyes, and said to him: "Both scholars, farmers, industry and merchants are all subjects of the Ming Dynasty, and they are also subjects of the emperor, but there are differences between them.
Young, Wenyuan, are you right?"
"Yes, father."
"In this case, how can the elders make any distinction based on the age of the people? Wenyuan, you have to remember that in your eyes, everyone should be treated equally, regardless of whether they are scholars, farmers, industrialists or merchants. They are all your children.
civil."
"The teacher who taught you, or the people who thought that merchants were the last of the four peoples and looked down on them in the past dynasties, may have seen the evil things done by merchants. Of course there are many such things, but there are still some people
It's because of profit. The reason they look down on businessmen is because they want to elevate themselves by belittling businessmen."
"You may not understand what I am telling you about interests now, but you should know that this situation exists now. In a few years, when you are more than ten years old, father will tell you in detail."
"In addition, it was Guanzi, a great sage of the Spring and Autumn Period, who first established the separation of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce into four industries. When Guanzi created this system, he did not separate scholars, farmers, industry and commerce into upper and lower classes, but treated them equally. The 'shi' at that time were the same as the 'shi' now.
'The people they refer to are not the same."
"In short, you have to remember that everyone, whether they are scholars, farmers, or merchants, are your people, and you should treat them equally."
"It is indeed against etiquette for Xiancai to treat the people. But it can effectively restrain the people's loyalty to the Ming Dynasty. Think about it, as an ordinary citizen, he was treated by the noble princess, how could he
Wouldn’t you be very grateful to the court and the emperor?”
"Also, Wenyuan, what do you think you should do as a clan member?"
"Governing the country and leading troops to fight." Wenyuan answered.
"But not everyone has the talent to govern, and many people don't even have the ability to govern a place. As for leading troops to fight, the same is true. Even if my father asked all the clan members to practice martial arts seriously, they would still be willing to fight bravely during the war.
But they are only generals, and leading an army in battle requires handsome men."
"Then what are these clans who can neither govern the country nor lead troops to fight, but stay at home and wait for death while eating the salary from the court? Now, although the taxes collected by the court every year are enough and they are wealthy, the number of clan children is
But it will continue to increase, and one day sooner or later, the imperial court will not be able to support so many people who are doing nothing."
"So these people must be given something to do. Those who like to study medicine, let them study medicine, those who like calligraphy, let them study calligraphy, and those who like to study painting, let them study painting, that is,
Contributing to the country also allows you to have enough food and clothing. Wenyuan, do you understand?"
"Son, I understand." Wenyuan said quickly.
But Yunxi was a little disappointed when he heard what he said. 'That's all, I'm just an eight-year-old child, so I can't be too demanding.'
"Wen Yao, Wen Qi, the same goes for you two. You must remember and understand what your father taught you." Yunxi said to the two of them again.
"Yes, father." Wen Yao and Wen Qi agreed quickly.
After Yunxi finished teaching his three sons, because it was not cool inside the carriage, he opened the curtain to ventilate. There was a slight southeast wind at this time, which was cooler.
After a while, the carriage arrived at the Princess Zhongshan Mansion. Menzi looked at the two very ordinary carriages with some arrogance, but after seeing the faces of the accompanying guards, he immediately became nervous and went up to ask who was coming.
After that, he hurriedly ran to the house to report it.
When she heard that her brother had come to visit her, Yunlan immediately sat down on the steps to greet him. When she met Yunxi halfway, she hurriedly stepped down to greet him.
Yunxi also stopped her quickly: "Second sister, if my brother normally accepts a salute from you, that's all. But you are pregnant now, so be careful, you don't have to bow and salute."
"Since the emperor brother said so, my sister will not salute him this time. After my sister's child is born, I will return all the gifts I owe to the emperor brother." Yunlan said with a smile. In the past, Yun in the palace
Xi didn't care much about etiquette when it came to his family members. Yunlan knew that he wasn't being polite, so she accepted it.
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Thanks to the book friend Yijian 68, this damn thing turned out to be 477 and Chang Ge Youying’s reward. (To be continued)
