The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Xu Zhengdao's temperament is serious, if he really wants to do something, he will do it wholeheartedly, and Jia Lian's small actions, although he himself does not think it is particularly obvious, but to some people, it is very obvious.

"Zhang Ren, I remember that the scholars of the Hanlin Academy should study the study of Confucianism, right?" As soon as the emperor opened his mouth, the people who served him couldn't help but tremble with fear.

Zhang Ren has also been a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy for a long time. Although he has left the Imperial Academy and joined the cabinet to accompany the emperor, he still needs to deal with some issues directly.

Zhang Ren is definitely an old fox, he can answer fluently without turning his head, "Returning to the Holy Lord, it is true."

The emperor nodded, "Then, tell me, why some people say that the Imperial Academy is not doing business now, but only willing to study those crooked ways?"

This is considered to be his permission to read it. Zhang Ren carefully flipped through it. He glanced at ten lines and understood the specific situation. From this point of view, someone deliberately targeted him. Jia Lian is such a petty official, so it must not be someone who specifically targeted him, so the target was targeted. , is nothing more than the Zhang family, the Xu family or the Jia family.

"Returning to the emperor, I have never heard of this matter, but the Hanlin Academy is not just a place for students to study," Zhang Ren replied slowly. It is dedicated to studying. In the place of officials, it is impossible to only listen to those requests every day, or what to do if you are stupid, "Knowing Western learning is not considered..."

"It's done," the emperor didn't know what kind of old fox Zhang Ren was, and what he was thinking. He didn't know it completely, but he was probably able to guess seven points, so he specially kept him by his side now. It's no wonder that old fox would feel threatened when this happened, "Let Jia Lian talk back."

Jia Lian has been doing business for a day today. Teaching is not an easy task. He also wants to be a kind teacher. If students have any questions, of course they have to answer them. What to do if you can't come up with the problem, let's learn!

This time, he was summoned by the emperor again. He was thinking a lot in his heart, only thinking that his actions might be exposed, but looking at the situation, it shouldn't be too serious. Spend some money to ask the eunuchs. He can only do half of things, and it is necessary to arrange something, but it is not easy to ask something, but he will not do less about things like side-talking.

"Editor Jia, don't worry, Master Zhang is in front of the Holy Majesty!" The eunuchs are actually not so malicious, they know some harmless things, and if they take money, they won't let your money fetch water Piao, you can still hear it.

Jia Lian was relieved a lot now, his grandfather was here, so what else could he worry about?Even if the sky falls, there will still be the one from the official university to hold it up.

It's just that after entering the door, the faces of the two people inside were not particularly good. The emperor was looking serious, and his grandfather stood cautiously aside. , made him stand up again.

After paying homage to the emperor and expressing his endless admiration like entering a river, Jia Lian quietly waited for the superior to speak, and the emperor did indeed open his mouth, "Jia Lian, some people say that you don't do business and only think about those messy things all day long. Things that ruin the ethos of the Hanlin Academy, but really?"

Jia Lian was at a loss. What did he do to ruin the morale? He is a good young man with good roots. Does he work hard every day?

But he is very clear that someone must be targeting him, even the people behind him. Jia Lian is not a vegetarian, and immediately said that this is absolutely nothing. He works hard every day, from five to nine, and never Arrive late and leave early, go to work every day without distraction, complete daily work conscientiously, and exceed the prescribed tasks...

Hearing Jia Lian's words, the emperor suspected that the person in front of him was a chatterbox, and interrupted him very politely, "But I heard that you led the people of the Imperial Academy to learn Western languages, and you still want to Do you want to translate Western books?"

When Jia Lian heard it, he couldn't refute it all at once, and said obediently, "It's true what Hui Sheng said."

"Isn't this not doing business?" The emperor said again.

Zhang Ren wanted to see his grandson's ability to cope. What's more, although he was a little worried that Jia Lian would panic in front of the emperor and didn't know what to say, after listening for a while, he felt that his grandson was still He was able to keep calm, but his mouth was a little bit broken, which might make people a little irritated.

Of course, this is not not doing business, it is working hard for the prosperity of the country. If it is in a modern political class, or in a modern school, he can say that. The Prime Minister also said that studying for the rise of China is like this. What a big deal, isn't it?

It's a pity that he is quite unlucky, he is still in a feudal society, and the imperial power is so cruel and hopeless, he can only vaguely express that he is not doing things indiscriminately, but wants to be loyal to the country.

"I think that three people must have my teacher. Those small countries in the West can't be compared with our dynasty." By the way, how great the emperor is, how rich and powerful our country is, and how big the land area is, " Their countries are nothing more than a tiny place.” How can they compare with us, there is no possibility of comparison at all.

It's just that although they are not very good in many places, there are some things that are a bit interesting, "When it comes to painting, we are freehand and romantic, but they can paint pictures that are very similar to real people. It really has their strengths of."

"As for glass, clocks and watches, etc., they were first made by Western countries, although the craftsmanship in them is very low." He continued to praise his country's greatness, which made the emperor feel more at ease when he heard it, "Our craftsmen However, it can be researched in a short amount of time, and even more exquisite things can be created, but after all, they were first created by Western countries."

"The minister is not talented, and he lives in the Hanlin, and his economics is not as good as that of his colleagues." Jia Lian expressed his self-effacing, "but he still wants to serve the court, serve the saint, and specialize in Western learning. He just wants to take advantage of it and use it. toward me."

The emperor in front of him is a man of action. Such an emperor has an advantage. He appreciates people who can work hard. Obviously, now that Jia Lian has molded himself into such a person, he can still please the emperor. of.

In his heart, the emperor had some yearning for those Western cultures, and he was willing to learn about many things. He felt that other things were fine. At least in terms of mathematics, Westerners were indeed much better than them. .As a Mingjun, he feels that he should see the strengths of others and study them seriously, "It's just that you only see those ingenious techniques, and I'm afraid there is something wrong."

Jia Lian obediently kowtowed to express his agreement with the emperor's words, "What the Holy Majesty said is very true, it's my minister's treachery."

Zhang Ren can't keep loading wood, he still has to say a few words for his grandson, "Jia Lian is young, so his thoughts and thoughts are naturally not thoughtful." Although this is saying that Jia Lian will not succeed, it is also the opposite Mapping, his family's young grandsons can think of these things, those people not only didn't think of it, but only knew how to fiddle around, which shows that it is useless.

Applying eye drops in front of the emperor is absolutely necessary for people not to feel it at all, just to give a sign and let the emperor think in that direction by himself.

If not, the emperor might not have thought about the uselessness of those people, and had already said, "At his age, it is not easy to think of these things. It can be seen that he knows the importance."

Jia Lian thanked the emperor, expressing that he was still lacking, but he would work harder in the future, and expressed his little point of view a little bit, "I didn't think carefully enough, originally I just thought that the wonderful things in the West were worthy of my court's rich family. I like it, we can’t let them take our money, now that I think about it, it’s still a little short-sighted.”

When the emperor heard it, he felt that there was a problem. There are no economists yet, and the emperor can't pay attention to things like trade surplus and deficit. What's more, the West is now obsessed with their silk, porcelain, tea, etc. , there is no need to worry about these issues at all. Jia Lian mentioned it, just looking forward to planting a seed in the emperor's heart. alright.

Hearing what Jia Lian said, Zhang Ren also had some thoughts in his heart. In fact, Jia Lian had other things in his heart that he wanted to say, but he had said enough today, and it would not be a good thing to finish all of them at once. Well, it's better to proceed step by step.

He began to think, should he find some time to compile his discoveries into a book and let the emperor know about it?Business is something that has to be developed. Ming Xizong only knows how to have fun every day, and Wei Zhongxian did not forget to search for capitalists to collect taxes and guarantee war expenses. It can be seen that business must be developed, otherwise taxation is really not enough!

The author has something to say: Regarding Wei Zhongxian’s point of view, please don’t take it seriously~ But it is also a fact~ Wei Zhongxian searched for capitalists to collect taxes~