Aoyama Chronicle

Zhong Yiwen finally couldn't bear it anymore and stood up.His eyes swept over those students, and finally looked at Shao Donghe who had already sat down.The angry and slightly murderous gaze that seemed to have substance immediately silenced those students, and even Shao Donghe was sensitive enough to notice something was wrong, and turned his head to look at Zhong Yiwen.

Zhong Yiwen held back his anger and restrained his breath: "I think the disaster in Yanzhou can be dealt with by concentrating the victims, replacing officials, centralizing the state, and introducing foreign businessmen. As the name suggests, concentrating the victims is to divide Yanzhou into various regions, preferably with tens of thousands of people. There is an area on the left and right, and all the people nearby are gathered together, and special people will centrally supply food, medicinal materials, warming things, etc., which can not only facilitate management, but also unite to resist foreign nations or wild animals such as wolves and hyenas. infestation. Wait until the disaster and then let them return to rebuild their homes.”

Zhong Yiwen had just finished explaining this point, and Mr. Jiang had asked someone to quickly record it.

"Removal of officials and centralization should be possible at the same time. Everyone knows the situation in Yanzhou. It is the most chaotic, poorest, and least governable place in Yan State. The officials sent by Yan State have nothing to do there. So now the officials over there are all locals. Just like the prefect of Yanzhou today, he is from a big local family. What will happen if the official treasury is empty in other prefectures of Yan State? I am afraid that the Holy One People have been dismissed and investigated a long time ago, only the magistrate of Yanzhou is still able to do it steadily, why?" Zhong Yiwen glanced at the students around him calmly, "That's because the Holy One can't control there. Now the catastrophe in Yanzhou is coming It is a good time for the country to completely take over Yanzhou, how can we miss it. Taking advantage of the current unstable people in Yanzhou, we should take down those officials in one fell swoop, select a strong official to settle in, and completely return power to the country."

"Yes!" Some students below have already started to echo Zhong Yiwen's point of view.It has to be said that this is the gap. All the ideas of these students just now are still in the identity of ordinary people, but Zhong Yiwen has already stood at the level of the entire ruler and manager, so the views will naturally be different.

"As for the last point I said, introducing foreign businessmen. The point of view is completely different from that of the brother who just said that foreign businessmen should be punished." When Zhong Yiwen said this, he also glanced at Shao Donghe.

What he said in the previous few items were actually paving the way for the last item.Let everyone agree with their point of view first, and then overthrow Shao Donghe's previous speech in one fell swoop.

Shao Donghe was already dissatisfied with Zhong Yiwen, an unknown kid who completely suppressed everyone's limelight, and now he was provoked by Zhong Yiwen in front of so many people, so he immediately stood up unconvinced, and stared at Zhong Yiwen: "You What does it mean?"

Zhong Yiwen didn't speak, but Li Zhang stood up instead: "I think the previous opinions of this brother are very good, and I agree with them very much. I am afraid that the opinions of introducing foreign businessmen in the end are also extremely exciting, and I would like to hear more about them."

Zhong Yiwen nodded: "The introduction of foreign businessmen can be said to be the most important step in changing Yanzhou. Recently, for example, in the current disaster in Yanzhou, these foreign businessmen must have a lot of food even if they don't have much. It is used for disaster relief. Of course, businessmen value profits, and they will not agree if there is no benefit. Now Yanzhou has no money, but it can be exchanged for other benefits, such as some trading rights in Yanzhou, or commercial tax incentives Wait. If these benefits are big enough, and the officials come forward, I believe that more foreign businessmen will be willing to bring food to Yanzhou for a share. After all, there is no shortage of food in Yanzhou, except Yanzhou. In addition, From a farther point of view, the introduction of foreign businessmen will inevitably touch the interests of the local aristocratic families. At that time, there will be friction between the foreign merchants and the local aristocratic families. If the foreign merchants contain these aristocratic families, the state can recover the power of Yanzhou more smoothly. A little further For example, why Yanzhou suffers from disasters year after year and is so poor, some people think it is because of the bad location, bad weather, and lack of agricultural products. But think about Yongzhou, how much better is the environment in Yongzhou than Yanzhou?"

Zhong Yiwen is almost giving a personal speech now, even Mr. Li and the three of them listened with great interest, and they were full of admiration for Zhong Yiwen in their hearts.When Zhong Yiwen compared the environment of Yongzhou and Yanzhou, everyone began to lower their heads and think.The land in Yongzhou is dry and barren, and there is no grass in many places. It is not as good as Yanzhou, but Yongzhou has never had a situation like Yanzhou.Why?No one has paid attention to it, and it is estimated that no one will compare Yongzhou and Yanzhou together.

"That's because Yongzhou opened for business early. Merchants from all over the country transported grain, tea, cloth, etc. to Yongzhou, and exchanged back from Yongzhou for local specialties such as high-quality cotton, wine, and even gold and silver. With these exchanges , Yongzhou will not have no money and no food when there is a drought. If Yongzhou encounters a situation like Yanzhou, I am afraid that the country has not taken action, and those merchants have already started to transport rice to Yongzhou. Are you right?"

Almost everyone said yes in their hearts, and Zhong Yiwen's point of view opened their eyes completely.

Zhong Yiwen continued: "Although Yanzhou has no agricultural products, it has vast grasslands, which are rich in cattle, sheep and horses, including exquisite woolen blankets, warm leather jackets, etc. These are in short supply in other parts of Yan State, and some even It is more expensive than gold. But anyone who has been to Yanzhou knows how cheap things are there, and you can buy a car of leather for a tael of silver. What is the reason for such a large price difference? It is actually very simple, the local protection policy As a result, there are no foreign merchants to enter, and those local big aristocratic families have seized most of the benefits. If foreign merchants are encouraged to enter and more people buy, the prices of these local things in Yanzhou will inevitably rise. And more things are shipped out. , the price of this item will only come down in other parts of the Yan Kingdom. When the people of Yanzhou have money like the people of Yongzhou, they are afraid that they will continue to encounter natural disasters like this and will not be able to survive.”

Zhong Yiwen's words made everyone agree with the importance of Yanzhou trade from the bottom of their hearts.If Chen Yinuo knew that Zhong Yiwen had killed all quarters in Qingzhou for himself and defeated countless scholars with one mouth, he might not know whether to cry or laugh.

Zhong Yiwen finally looked at Shao Donghe: "So I think that arresting foreign merchants and forcing them to provide rice relief is tantamount to killing chickens and taking eggs. Who will dare to go to Yanzhou to do business in the future? What's more, the current emperor has been encouraging business. , and promulgated a lot of policies to protect merchants from running businesses, and those who can go to Yanzhou to do business will not be small merchants. If they really arrest merchants in Yanzhou, I am afraid that many merchants will be chilled at once, and the gains outweigh the losses.”

Shao Donghe still wanted to refute, but he couldn't find any good reason at all, so he could only give Zhong Yiwen a bitter look, turned his head and said nothing.

"Actually, what you said, giving them benefits, letting them release food, and even attracting merchants from other places to transport food, is just an idea on paper." Zhong Yibin stood up unconvinced, and just saw Zhong Yiwen speaking. He was a little angry, and now he naturally seized the opportunity to suppress him.

Zhong Yiwen glanced at Zhong Yibin, and instead of arguing with him, he asked: "Then what are your practical ideas?"

Of course Zhong Yibin didn't have any ideas, but his brain turned quickly, and he immediately thought of something: "Yanzhou is rich in cattle and sheep, and there is no food, so let them eat meat!"

Why not eat minced meat?

Zhong Yiwen really convinced Zhong Yibin, how could he be so genius to have such an idea?

Not only Zhong Yiwen, but also many students below were shaking their heads.Mr. Li and the three of them looked at each other, really confused, how did this student get admitted to the scholar?

Zhong Yiwen glanced at Zhong Yibin with a half-smile: "Do you think there will be someone so great that he would rather starve himself to death than eat beef and mutton?"

"That's right. If there are some to eat, some people will starve to death?" Tian Ping got up and echoed.

Zhong Yibin blushed in an instant, he probably realized that his idea was not reliable, so he gave Zhong Yiwen an embarrassing look before he lowered his head.

Zhong Yiwen pretended he hadn't seen it at all, and suggested again: "Actually, there are other ways that are more reliable than waiting for foreign merchants to send food into Yanzhou, and that is to directly exchange food with foreign merchants, and the government will organize it. Those cattle and sheep are exchanged for grain. According to the price, a live cow is worth about 20 taels, and rice is 25 renminbi a catty. It can feed 30 adults for a month. If it is a good horse, it can feed even more people. But if it only eats meat, it is estimated that this cow is not enough to feed [-] people for a day."

I don't know how Zhong Yiwen calculated it quickly, but the difference between eating meat and eating in exchange for food is indeed a bit scary.This method of exchanging food, even picky people can't find any faults.

Master Jiang couldn't wait for his servants to record, so he couldn't help but record all the methods Zhong Yiwen mentioned by himself.It was really the right time to promise Mr. Li to come here today, otherwise we would not have had the opportunity to see such wonderful speeches.Mr. Jiang took a look at the information about Zhong Yiwen that Mr. Li had just sent over. He was not a famous person, so he couldn't help but nodded. He was afraid that there would be another dark horse among Yangzhou students this year.

Zhong Yiwen couldn't control what others thought of him, but the anger just now had been vented, so he regained his mood and sat down calmly.

However, just because he is calm does not mean that others are calm. In short, Zhong Yiwen became a hit and became famous among these students.Although Zhong Yiwen began to stay at home and work behind closed doors, except for Tian Ping and the others who declined all visits, Zhong Yiwen's reputation as a "bamboo gentleman" was completely resounding.