Aoyama Chronicle

In the midst of everyone's heated discussion, the master of Mingyue Building finally appeared, accompanied by two people in official uniforms, which made all the students in the audience quiet down immediately, and stood up respectfully to salute.

"Thank you all students for giving me the face of the Wang family and coming to Mingyue Tower today. I am very honored. I also thank Mr. Jiang and Mr. Li for taking the time to come and make my Wang family flourish." The owner of Mingyue Tower said Mr. Li can be regarded as a respectable figure in Qingzhou.He himself was born as a Jinshi and has been an official for decades. Now that he has retired and returned to his hometown, his influence can be imagined.What's more, there are many people who are officials after the descendants of the Li family, and the Li family is no longer the original scholarly family.

As soon as Mr. Li finished speaking, the nearest student immediately expressed his gratitude to Mr. Li on behalf of all the students.The other students saluted for the last time and took their seats again. No one dared to be presumptuous, but they were very neat.

Mr. Li also took Mr. Jiang to sit down, and then started today's topic: "I believe everyone is clear about the purpose of inviting so many students today. Mingyue Tower is not a public place, and there is no rule not to talk about state affairs, so I also hope that everyone will not be restrained and can speak freely. The old man alone is responsible for all the conversations in Mingyue Tower today, and I invite the two adults to be witnesses."

"Mr. Li, you are serious. Master Li and I came here today just to listen to the students' aspirations. There is no other meaning. All freedom of speech in Mingyue Building today has no right or wrong, and has nothing to do with reason and law. Today's sage also Mr. Li has set a good example in Qingzhou by advocating listening to public opinion and freedom of the people. I hope that everyone will not be afraid of their status, speak out boldly, and offer advice and suggestions for the snow disaster in Yanzhou." Mr. Jiang smiled, unable to see the real expression, just These words are indeed beautiful.

Regardless of whether Master Jiang said it was true or not, the students below became excited.

Zhong Yiwen felt a little emotional in his heart, it seems that the foundation of the Li family is really not ordinary and powerful, just to be able to invite students who took the exam at home, and invite two adults to come together, this courage is unmatched.However, Zhong Yiwen didn't think that the Li family could last long. Since ancient times, the holy will is the most difficult to guess. The Li family wins over the students so clearly that if the emperor becomes suspicious in the future, he will be the first to be stabbed.It is said that the Li family has only been an official since Mr. Li. After all, the time of being an official is too short, and they are still holding on to the clean name of this scholarly family. They did not expect that their family is already an official family. I am afraid that I will get a reputation for forming a clique for personal gain.For activities like Mingyue Tower, Zhong Yiwen felt that it was enough for him to come once.

Zhong Yiwen is still thinking about himself in silence, the other students have already started talking freely after Mr. Li announced today's topic.

Yanzhou snow disaster, the affected area is almost all over the whole of Yanzhou, and the affected population is as high as 600 million.It can be regarded as the biggest natural disaster since the founding of the Yan Kingdom.But what everyone didn't expect was that after the disaster relief officials arrived, there was not a grain of grain or any silver in the official treasury of Yanzhou Prefecture.The magistrate of Yanzhou bluntly said that Yanzhou had been hit by disasters for years, which exhausted the grain in the official treasury, and all the money had been purchased with foreign merchants for disaster relief.As soon as this matter happened, the whole country was in an uproar, and now the students here began to express their opinions on this matter.

"I think we should take precautions to prevent corruption, and pay more attention to those merchants to avoid price gouging." This is not to say.

"I think it is possible to relocate the affected people in Yanzhou to Jizhou, Yongzhou and other places, and let them return to their homes after the snow falls." This is almost impossible.

A student sitting at the front stood up: "I think we should send someone to thoroughly investigate the prefect of Yanzhou. It is impossible for Yanzhou to have no taxes left. In addition, we call for donations across the country. The money raised in this way must be It will enable Yanzhou to tide over this difficulty."

Another student who was two people away from him stood up: "Brother Li's words are too absolute. The situation in Yanzhou is critical now, and I can't wait for the government to investigate someone or wait for rescue from other places. I think it should be in Yanzhou. We call on wealthy households and merchants to contribute their money and food to help Yanzhou tide over the difficulties first, and then Yanzhou's tax revenue will slowly return them to them."

"Brother Shao, your idea is too simple. Everyone knows the situation in Yanzhou. The tax is used for disaster relief every year. How will it be returned to these rich merchants in the future. This rich merchant is not a fool, and he knows it. The money and food may not be collected back, but they will be taken out." The student surnamed Li retorted back without suffering at all.

Tian Ping whispered to Zhong Yiwen and the others: "Those two people are the most popular talents in Qingzhou, Shao Donghe and Li Zhang. Li Zhang is Mr. Li's grandnephew, and this is his home, so he has a high arrogance. Shao Donghe His family is not bad, and he is related to the Li family by marriage. Shao Donghe has become famous since he was a child, and Li Zhang can be regarded as the deadly enemy of the king, but he did not expect that the two of them will be arranged at the same table today, hey, it is strange that we can't argue!"

However, Li Zhang and Shao Donghe were unable to argue for the time being. There were too many students who wanted to speak up, and almost no one would argue at first.

"I think it's better to transfer some food from Yongzhou Prefecture, Jizhou, and solve the current disaster situation first."

"It's not right, the grain in Jizhou and Yongzhou is not brought by strong winds, and these two prefectures are not big grain-producing provinces. It is reasonable to transfer some from the rich Yangzhou."

As soon as this student’s words came out, Yangzhou students’ opinions immediately aroused: “Brother, what you said is wrong. Could it be that the food in Yangzhou is brought by the strong wind? Yangzhou is richer than other regions, but it’s because the people of Yangzhou have worked hard to earn it. of."

"Even if we in Yangzhou want to produce food, we should make it clear and clear, instead of letting Yangzhou be taken advantage of because of Yangzhou's wealth."

"In terms of wealth, Qingzhou is not bad."

"None of the three states in the eastern region can say that they are not rich."

This topic is getting more and more biased, and the three of them on the stage, Mr. Li, can't sit still. It's not a good thing for these students' thinking to be too divergent.

On the contrary, someone took the initiative to bring up the topic, and this person was none other than Zhong Yiwen's cousin Zhong Yibin: "Everyone, our current problem is to discuss the affairs of Yanzhou. I think we should solve the problem from the inside of Yanzhou Better, the government should do a good job of guiding, appease the victims, and avoid causing panic among the victims.”

As soon as Zhong Yibin finished speaking, Bai Jingqing who was beside Zhong Yiwen and the others stood up: "I think Yanzhou should pay attention to the nomads outside the pass besides being busy with disaster relief. There was also a snow disaster outside the pass this year. Be prepared to prevent them from taking advantage of the fire."

Although Bai Jingqing didn't mention any good disaster relief methods, she raised her horizons and noticed the situation outside the pass, which made Mr. Li and the others feel relieved. Finally, someone was able to mention a blind spot.Bai Jingqing's words not only satisfied Mr. Li and the three of them, but also the students below nodded in affirmation. It is estimated that most of the students would not notice this.

Today's first statement that everyone affirmed came out. Mr. Jiang was the fastest, and it has already been recorded.

What followed was a bunch of wild and unconstrained speeches, even Tian Ping came forward to echo a few words.Chang Le and Hou Wenchang did not lag behind, and they also shared their ideas and proposals after Tian Ping.So far, among them, only Zhong Yiwen and Wu Yuan'an hadn't spoken yet.After Zhong Yiwen came here today, he no longer has the idea of ​​expressing his own opinions. These scholars are very naive, and Zhong Yiwen seriously feels that everyone is not on the same path.

On the contrary, after a while, Wu Yuanan stood up: "I think Yanzhou should be divided into two parts to deal with the disaster at the same time. One is for external help, and the other is for self-help. External help is like what someone said before, fundraising, various state capitals Distributing food and so on; self-rescue is to let the victims of the disaster in Yanzhou act on their own, and try their best to protect themselves when external rescue comes. Of course, this requires the country to come forward to guide.”

The three elders Li nodded.Although Wu Yuan'an's method is not new, it is just more comprehensive, and it is much better than the previous method that only talked about one side.

Zhong Yiwen found that at this time, the speeches of the students hardly had any new ideas, and most of them just perfected the methods mentioned before and repeated them again.Like Wu Yuanan, there are not a few people who integrate other people's methods together.

Just when Zhong Yiwen thought that today's event was about to end like this, Shao Donghe, who had spoken before, suddenly stood up again: "I think everyone missed an important place, that is the business. The magistrate of Yanzhou said However, Kuyin in Yanzhou was bought by him and foreign merchants. So does it mean that those foreign merchants actually still have grain in their hands? These merchants don’t take out the grain, they are afraid of preparing rare goods to live in, so Illegal profiteers who make money from the country should all be arrested, and the family property will be used for the family, and the food will be used for disaster relief."

Although Shao Donghe's words were not affirmed by Mr. Li and the others, quite a few students below echoed him, and they generally agreed with Shao Donghe's point of view.

Zhong Yiwen's heart was suddenly on fire, and his whole body was filled with anger.Foreign merchants?How many foreign merchants will there be in Yanzhou?People like Chen Yinuo are probably not in the minority. Although they went to Yanzhou in pursuit of profit, it is undeniable that there are a few people who can run to Yanzhou like them, knowing the situation there.In the past, they helped Yanzhou save the lives of victims of disasters. These are much better than the students who only speak big and brag here.