Chapter two hundred and sixty-ninth teaching is not strict, the teacher is lazy
Zhu Ying has always had a pimple in her heart since the rumors of a fraudulent marriage. Even though Zhang Shou clearly expressed his feelings to her that time, she still hoped to fill in the missing marriage certificate as soon as possible. However, the emperor had just been there.
He helped her speak for her, but Zhang Shou still held him back without understanding the charm. Naturally, she felt a little sulky.
But she didn't expect that her father would agree so readily! In an instant, she grabbed Zhu Jing's arm and said with a smile: "I knew that dad was the best to me!"
"When did Dad treat you badly? He forgot about me just after we had each other, which makes me, a father, so sad!" Zhu Jing teased his daughter half-truthfully, and when Zhu Ying let go of her hand, he
He cupped his hands and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I have just reported what I should have reported. Now can you allow me to resign? I am not in Beijing during this period, and my mother and wife at home are really working hard."
"Go, go!" The emperor showed the image of a wise king who cared about his ministers, and even waved to Zhang Shou and said, "Zhang Shou, you also send your future father-in-law back together, and let him take a good look at you, so that you can save money at home.
I regretted it when I signed the marriage contract."
Even though he knew that his supreme cousin had been fond of playing tricks since he was a child, Zhu Jing was still a little bit dumbfounded. But what he didn't expect was that Zhang Shou actually said: "The emperor has an order. I didn't dare to resign, but I also wanted to do it myself."
I want to send Duke Zhao home so that he can have a good impression on me. But I have something important to report to the emperor, so if I go out and come back again, it will be too eye-catching."
"Oh?" The emperor sat up straight in surprise, then smiled and said, "Then let me listen to you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Jing said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I have just returned to Beijing. Dr. Zhang said important things, but I will not listen. I just want Yingying to accompany me home."
Having said this, without waiting for the emperor to agree or refuse, he nodded slightly to Zhang Shou and said: "Zhang Shou, you stay here and tell the emperor everything you want to report. Yingying, let's go home first."
Zhu Ying still wanted to hear what Zhang Shou had to say, but she was unhappy, but this time, her wrist was held tightly by Zhu Jing, and she could only glare at Zhang Shou angrily, and then she was dragged out of the Qianqing Palace involuntarily.
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As soon as she went out, she had just managed to hold it back and complained in a low voice: "Dad, what are you doing? Ah Shou didn't ask us to avoid it, why are you dragging me away so fast!"
"Everything must be done clearly between public and private." Zhu Jing then let go of his hand, looked at his daughter who had been pampered since childhood with a complicated expression, and said softly, "Zhang Shou didn't say that we should avoid it, and the emperor didn't say this either, but
There are some things that you should be aware of. If the matter that Zhang Shou went to the palace to report today is really important, what should I do if I stay there and the emperor asks me for my opinion?"
"Father, just say it!" Zhu Ying blurted out instinctively, but then she came to her senses, "Dad, what you mean is that if you turn towards Ah Shou, you will be regarded as a favored son-in-law. You
If you don't care about Ah Shou, it would be like causing trouble for him. But the emperor never cares about this, otherwise he wouldn't value our family so much, nor would he value Ah Shou so much..."
"The biggest taboo in being an official is to rely on pampering." Zhu Jing smiled slightly. Seeing Zhu Ying's face full of disapproval, he smiled and said, "Actually, in the final analysis, I just want to avoid suspicion. If the husband you like is a mediocre person,
That's all, but he has a gap in his heart, and you have to think about him. Therefore, as my future father-in-law, it is better to be more cautious."
When he said this, how could Zhu Jing be as fierce and decisive as when Chu Kuan mentioned him before, when assassins killed him all the way to death?
Zhang Shou did not expect Zhu Jing to take Zhu Ying away so fast. As soon as he saw the person leaving, the emperor looked at him happily. He could only cough lightly and said bluntly without mentioning the embarrassing scene just now:
"Your Majesty, just before Yingying came to my house, Zhang Chen rushed back from Xingtai urgently."
The emperor, who had been joking just now, immediately changed his face. Chu Kuan was also one of the people who knew the whereabouts of Zhang Chen. Hearing this, his heart skipped a beat. He was very happy that he had just heard the news about the arrival of Zhu Ying and Zhang Shou and hurried
When he came out, he turned away all the palace attendants.
These days, there has been constant news from Cangzhou. On the one hand, the eldest prince frequently reports good news. Today he talks about his achievements, and tomorrow he talks about the spinners rejoicing and thanking Tianen. On the other hand, the local officials talk about their own things. Some praise the eldest prince.
Some people who love the people like their own children accuse the eldest prince of disturbing the people, while others secretly report that the eldest prince is colluding with local wealthy families...
Therefore, Chu Kuan couldn't help but wonder what the situation was like in Xingtai, where there was not much news. After all, the Supervisor of Ceremonies did not have that many manpower, so he could only keep an eye on the capital.
However, when Zhang Shou said what Zhang Chen said about asking for help for Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, Chu Kuan couldn't help but feel horrified. He looked at the emperor secretly, and saw that the supreme face was as dark as water for a moment, obviously he had no respect for those big and powerful families.
The guy like this is already angry.
The emperor was angry, but he knew in his heart that it would be impossible for the majestic emperor to deal with those profiteers himself.
Taizu valued commerce and even appointed the children of merchants to serve as officials. Therefore, since the founding of the country, the dynasty has had the purpose of equality between scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. However, over the years, as merchants became rich and powerful, many things went too far. Now this
It's just one of them. What's more, whether it's Cangzhou or Xingtai, compared to Jiangnan, the so-called local big families are just rural tyrants who hold the world up.
However, compared to what Zhang Shou said, the local officials in Xingtai have never said anything, which is even more worrying than the constant news from Cangzhou. The prefect of Shunde and the county magistrate of Xingtai were in cahoots with the wealthy family, so they did not report what they knew.
; Or was someone covering their ears and eyes, so they didn’t know anything? Or maybe there was news, but something went wrong along the way?
The more the emperor thought about it, the more troubled he became. Unexpectedly, Zhang Shou suddenly changed his tone: "Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, who were building the plank road, did not make smooth progress, but Zhang Chen, who secretly crossed Chencang, did something even more daring."
Although Zhang Chen had not been recruited as his son-in-law or niece-in-law before, the emperor did have a good impression of Zhang Chen, who was rough-tempered and righteous. Previously, Zhang Chen used "falling from a horse" as an excuse to run away to Xingtai.
He was still looking forward to what achievements the person could achieve. At this time, he couldn't help but asked with interest: "Oh, what did that kid do?"
Chu Kuan was also very curious. However, when Zhang Shou told him with a wry smile that Zhang Chen was bold enough to pretend to be the second prince's confidant, and actually got an identity bronze medal with the word Yanqing engraved on it, he couldn't help but feel frightened.
Why are Zhang Shou's students more bold than the other thieves? After Lu Sanlang deceived the eldest prince for ten thousand coins, Zhang Chen dared to sneak directly into the second prince's door!
Just when he was secretly sweating for Zhang Shou, as expected, the emperor actually slapped the armrest heavily: "What an arrogant and bold boy! He thought that I had punished Erlang before, so he didn't punish Erlang as a prince.
Take it seriously?"
Zhang Shou expected that the emperor would react like this - no matter how bad the second prince is, he is still the emperor's own son. He was not picked up, and he cannot be allowed to be teased and tossed by outsiders. What happened to the eldest prince before can be said to be an accident. After all,
, the second prince caused trouble first, and the eldest prince deceived Lu Sanlang and used coercion and inducement later, so the responsibilities of their teachers and students are much lighter. But this time it is different.
That guy Zhang Chen took the initiative to trick the second prince. To be more serious, this kind of subjective viciousness is completely different!
He sighed deeply in his heart, and then bowed his head and saluted: "Your Majesty, Zhang Chen is my student. He is a righteous man, but he is impulsive and reckless. He will do many things when he thinks they are right, but he will not consider
The influence behind it. I know that what he did was a big mistake, but I beg the emperor to forgive him for this crime in view of his youth and ignorance."
"Teaching is not strict, and the teacher is lazy. In the final analysis, I did not teach him to think twice about everything, so that he did things without thinking, took the wrong approach, and made big mistakes. Therefore, all the mistakes are my fault."
Seeing Zhang Shou bow to the ground, it was no longer clear what the expression was on his face, while the emperor was sitting there with a gloomy expression and said nothing. Chu Kuan couldn't help but feel anxious. However, even though he was the chief ceremonial officer,
He wanted to ask Zhang Shou to go to the Ancient and Modern Tongji Library to look at the various manuscripts of Taizu that had been accumulated for many years, but he did not dare to speak easily on this matter.
After all, that is the emperor’s housework!
This unspeakable silence lasted for a while. Finally, the emperor said calmly: "Get up. First, tell me exactly what Zhang Chen did when he went down."
Zhang Shougang did not avoid the important and trivial. He first talked about Zhang Chen's achievements, and then talked about his boldness, just for this opportunity. Because he felt that the emperor's temperament should not like that little trick of eating sugar cane.
He straightened up immediately and deceived Zhang Chen into getting the bronze medal of the second prince Yanqing's residence in a concise and concise manner. On the way down to Xingtai, he pretended to be a confidant of the second prince, used big money to borrow money to collect cotton, and then beat away one of the first prince's people.
After talking about Wu Yi Shi, he immediately recruited weavers and started weaving locally with the collected cotton yarn.
When the emperor heard that Zhang Chen had beaten away the eldest prince's people, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly. When he heard that the local big business had to submit to Zhang Chen and lend him money to purchase cotton, Zhang Chen pretended to be friendly.
Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu were right, and he had nothing to say.
Based on his understanding of Zhang Chen, that boy definitely thought that pretending to be the second prince's confidant could do things unscrupulously, conveniently and quickly, so he did it! To expect him to think of any consequences or impact is to look down on that reckless guy!
Otherwise, when everyone was avoiding the Linhai camp, that kid would not have suddenly lifted the lid because of the injustice on the road!
But after listening to this, the emperor could not help but let out a sigh, and then glared at Zhang Shou and asked: "You also asked Zhang Chen to recruit a group of weavers along the way and open a weaving workshop locally? Is it possible that, in addition to that efficiency?
In addition to the large number of new textile machines, you have also made new looms?"
Hua Qi never mentioned this! He had summoned Ah Liu before, but he never mentioned it!
Zhang Shou seemed not to have seen Chu Kuan wink at him repeatedly, and lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, I forgive you. I just feel that the new loom has caused such a big disturbance before. Even if this new loom is almost completed, it is better to start with it."
Cover it for a while, wait until the time is right, and then take it out."
The emperor snorted unkindly: "Oh, now do you think the time is ripe?"
"Originally, the time is not ripe, but with Zhang Chen's commotion, Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu are almost forced into a desperate situation. The time is not ripe, so it has to be." Zhang Shou sighed as he spoke, and then raised his head.
He said, "Please also ask the emperor to give me paper and pen. Now I can draw the corresponding drawings and submit them to the emperor."
Hearing Zhang Shou's clear-cut statement, Chu Kuan breathed a sigh of relief. However, when he was about to collect paper and pen, the emperor suddenly raised his hand to stop him, and then said with a half-smile: "Zhang Qing
Do you want to use the blueprints of this new loom to offset Zhang Chen's previous sins? You should know that if the loom is as efficient as the new textile machine, then I should reward you generously."
Zhang Shou asked back calmly, but then shook his head and said, "Your Majesty's words are serious. I have already said that Zhang Chen's fault is actually that I, the teacher, did not give instructions in advance. It is my fault. So it's really my fault."
According to what the emperor said, this blueprint is also to compensate for the sins of the minister, but he is guilty of the crime. Moreover, the so-called extremely high profit is actually not accurate."
He knew that such a statement might not meet the emperor's expectations, but he continued calmly.
"Whether it's spinning or weaving, no matter how efficient it is, if the output of the cotton fields at the source is limited, then a large number of spinners will soon find that there is no cotton to spin, and there are not enough working days. And the weavers
This will be discovered soon. So, if the machine owner who runs the workshop only suffers a small loss, the spinners and weavers will soon find that they have been deceived."
The emperor, who was already in a relaxed mood, immediately sat up straight, nodded and said: "I remember you said so in the document you submitted to me before. There are only two ways to open up the source. One is to
The wasteland is reclaimed to grow cotton, and the second is... to convert rice fields and wheat fields into cotton fields."
"That's right!" Zhang Shou nodded heavily, "In the fertile land of Jiangnan, this phenomenon will become more and more serious due to the pursuit of profit."
The emperor's face suddenly darkened slightly. Even Taizu, who was a mercantile mercantile man, was also philanthropic at that time, or in other words, philanthropic agriculture was even better than mercantile business. After all, only when there is enough output in the farmland can the world eat it.
If you have a full stomach and everyone in the world has a full stomach, then you will not rebel. In addition to foreign invasions, hunger caused by various floods and droughts is often the first reason for the collapse of a country.
But Zhang Shou's words were not finished yet.
"Of course, if the supply of cotton is really sufficient and the yarn spun is sufficient, the output of the final cotton cloth will be quite exaggerated. Although there will be too much cotton cloth, the price of cloth will definitely fall in response, but the spinners and weavers will
The income from work, because the output has increased at least four to five times, the income may be a little more, although the specific amount cannot be determined, but it should be half more."
"Once they have money, they will naturally try to improve their lives. There may be a greater demand for various meat and eggs that they cannot usually afford."