The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

But it is said that on this day, people in Taiwan were discussing matters in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, when someone came in and said, "Urgent letter from Beijing!"

Jia Cong quickly picked it up and opened it. It turned out to be Jia Huan's.The first part is written about Situ Pan's current problems, such as the imperial examination, the Six Departments, etc., and mentions "Seven Monsters in the South of the Yangtze River" by the way;After watching it, everyone laughed at Jia Huan for being so easily fascinated by others.

Jia Cong said: "Don't think he only wrote what Princess Jian'an said, and didn't write the most important thing."

Xichun asked him what was most important.

Jia Cong said: "He has watched the elder sisters grow up since he was a child, and he has a high vision. Since he only has one side and has fallen in love with her, then the princess must be extremely beautiful."

Everyone became curious and wanted to know what Princess Jian'an looked like.Xichun urged: "Cong'er, you are a clever ghost, try to coax that brother-in-law and daughter-in-law to come and see you, sisters!"

Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "Brother Huan is leaving for the urgent report from the army. He probably hasn't arrived in Luzhou yet. My sister is anxious to know, unless I go to Luzhou to see her."

Gong Kun said: "Forget it, there's no rush on this matter, anyway, Third Master Huan and Princess Jian'an are still young."

Wu You was usually in the camp, but this day just came, he looked at him and said, "I just don't know what happened to the seven monsters in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Gong Kun lowered his eyes and said with a serious face: "I coaxed him once in the early years. Let's see, how should the court deal with these matters?" He glanced at Lin Daiyu, "Mr. Lin?"

Daiyu pursed her lips and gave him face, saying, "I've thought about it just now, probably Cong'er has been waiting for this day for a long time."

Jia Cong grinned, clapped his hands and said, "The historical task of Confucianism has already been completed, and it's time to rest. I've been looking forward to a hundred schools of thought contending for a long time." Then he said with emotion, "Without Confucianism, our dynasty would have been torn apart into countless countries. Now people's hearts are too early. Certainly, Confucianism no longer needs to be dominated by one family.”

Xichun said: "I don't quite understand the cause and effect here."

Jia Cong said: "Because of the imperial examination. Any Confucian student who has read the sage's book in the four seas can be an official. The Mohists and Taoists beside him are extremely difficult to find an official position in the court even if they are talented. An official is power! A man There is no one who does not love power, and Confucianism is almost the only way for ordinary people to gain power. Those in power in the world, regardless of their power, are all Confucian children, and the country cannot be divided."

Xichun said: "According to what you said, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty won the world for Confucianism."

Jia Cong snorted and said: "He is the emperor. Confucianism orders his sons, monarchs, ministers, fathers and sons. The king is fatuous, and the ministers first endure. If they can't bear it, they will leave. If they can't walk, they will die. Anyway, they can't rebel. Therefore, most of the rebellions belong to the emperor's family. ——The emperor's family is a military strategist, and whoever grabs the chair counts. Now that the kings are divided, everyone is looking forward to becoming the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period. A strong country is a strong king. They can communicate with distant relatives and neighbors for them. These are available to the kings. In the past, they did not have a bright future because Confucianism oppressed them. Confucianism is just a philosophy, not a specialty. In their eyes Reputation is more important than ability and pragmatism. The greenhouse we just built, I remember looking at it somewhere, it was there in the Western Han Dynasty. It was wiped out by some kind of upright official patted his head and put his hat on."

Lin Daiyu said: "It's calling for trustworthy ministers. He said that things that are out of season can hurt people."

Jia Cong snorted, "Wouldn't it hurt people if they lacked vitamins? If you don't eat vegetables in winter, you will get sick easily."

Lin Daiyu looked at him sternly and said, "It's all right to say that the meeting is over, it's important to discuss the business. You managed to tear down this world, and the contention of a hundred schools of thought can't be accomplished overnight. You can come up with an idea about the imperial examination."

Jia Cong stretched out a finger: "The world was dismantled by the first emperor," and stretched out a second finger, "It was you, Sister Lin, who first made the idea to make the kings unite, and I am a student."

Daiyu glared at him: "Stop talking about him."

Jia Cong spread his hands: "What can I do? I have the final say on the six imperial examinations. What Situ Pan says doesn't count, what the little emperor says doesn't count, even the reckless Supreme Emperor doesn't count. .It must be agreed by the whole world."

Everyone was shocked!Jarvis blurted out: "Politics!"

Jia Cong smiled and nodded: "That's right. The lords happen to be named Situ, no one is more noble than the other, and no one can ascend to the top and call the world to respond. And they have only recently arrived in the fief, the army has not been confiscated, the people have not appeased, and there is not much money and food. , Insufficient strength, so they will not go to war rashly. The most important thing is that none of the kings will submit to Situ Pan! However, they are not fools. None of the imperial examinations, six departments, and river control and disaster relief are based on Situ Pan or Situ Pan alone. Nothing a certain prince can do is unimportant. What if he doesn’t discuss politics? If the emperor’s promises can be broken, even if it doesn’t set a precedent for democracy, it’s still a step closer.”

Lin Daiyu nodded: "When did you think of this step?"

Jia Cong said, "Just now..."

Everyone was stunned.

Jia Cong said: "Before I received Brother Huan's letter, I hadn't thought of discussing politics."

Tanchun was sitting beside him, and knocked him casually.

Gong Kun smiled and said, "It's a surprise."

Daiyu said: "Since this is the case, the matter will be settled. Cong'er wrote to Beijing and asked Huan'er to try to persuade the virtuous king to agree to discuss politics. If the power of the emperor can be divided, the rest of the kings will probably not refuse. Let them send The aides went to Beijing to discuss. Who will pay how much to support the Six Departments, who will pay how much to support the Tongzheng Shi, and who will pay how much to support the Imperial Academy."

Jia Cong said: "For the imperial examination, I propose a two-way choice." Others asked what he meant, and he said, "The imperial examination is still the same. The educated people, take the thirteen scholars of Hengwuyuan as an example, most of them are still in the capital. They write questions , Examination, and selection of scholars. The little emperor is too young, so five or six important ministers should preside over the imperial examination. If Situ Pan presided over it, the princes next to him must not be convinced. Neither convinced nor willing to use it Those Jinshi who passed the palace examination; it is better to find someone who is not surnamed Situ to preside over the palace examination. After the palace examination, I will issue a certificate to each Jinshi. If you want to work for any prince, you can go to see the prince with your own essay and Jinshi certificate "As he said, he cupped his hands and said in a playful way, "My lord, the student is Jia Cong, a new Jinshi, No. 20 in the second class. This is the student's essay and Jinshi certificate. The student is from Hengyang, and I want to ask the lord for Hengyang County Order." Nai pretended to stroke his beard that hadn't grown yet, "Oh, you are number 22. This king asks you, there is such a case in Hengyang today, how do you deal with it?"

Liu Feng suddenly said: "It's just that there is a county magistrate in Hengyang. He originally entrusted someone to send money to the Ministry of Officials, and wanted to balance Yangzhou as an magistrate. If this is the case, it won't be possible to transfer money?"

Jia Cong laughed and said, "He can go to King Wu with his official resume, and King Wu will use him if he recognizes him as a talent. But if King Wu is not stupid, he will not hand over Yangzhou to a person without talent. Looking back, the king of Chu felt that he did not do well and could dismiss him. The Ministry of Officials can no longer control these things. This is the benefit of dividing the rule among the kings. In the past, the Ministry of Officials was the one who selected officials. The world is not the Ministry of Officials. The world is the emperor's world. It is not his own anyway, so it doesn't matter if he chooses a better one or a worse one; or whoever gives more money will go to the rich county, and whoever is the relative of the powerful will go to the rich county. As for whether the governance is good or not, People in the official department don't care. Now all the kings have only a small piece of land, everyone wants to be stronger than others, and everyone is afraid of being weaker than others. They will never accept money from officials. Well, this is what I have been looking forward to for a long time .”

Daiyu glanced at him: "The Ministry of Officials will probably be useless from now on, and the Ministry of War may also be abolished."

Wu Xiaoxi sighed: "Half of the Ministry of Rites has been abolished. Except for scientific examinations, the Ministry of Rites is basically useless."

Liu Fengdao: "In addition to scientific examinations, the Ministry of Rites also has a department for cleaning up officials by hosts and guests. This is becoming more and more important."

Xiaoxi shrugged: "That's right, the Strategists have somewhere to go."

Lin Daiyu coughed, "Where is the river treatment and disaster relief?"

Jia Cong said: "This is too general, you have to discuss it yourself."

Yuan Chun listened for half a day, and said, "I haven't understood all these days since I came here, Cong'er, what exactly are you trying to do?"

Jia Cong smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just don't want to kneel down to the emperor."

Daiyu said: "Anyway, you decide these things yourself. Forget it, let's start our business. What about people? Jia Cong, I'm short of manpower!"

Jia Cong said: "Didn't the land reclamation order go down? Didn't people rush over?"

Daiyu said: "It's not enough, it's far from enough."

Jia Cong thought for a while and said, "That's it. The tax will be reduced by half in the first three years of land reclamation. If the harvest is good after three years, even the half of the tax will not be paid back to him, and the tax will be reduced for another three years."

Daiyu said, "I'm afraid it's still not enough."

Jia Cong thought for a while: "Now we are extremely short of manpower, right?"

Daiyu said decisively: "Yes."

Jia Cong waved his hand: "Everyone who pioneers land does not need a guide."

Everyone was stunned.

Jia Cong said: "Fleeing slaves open up wasteland and automatically become good citizens. I don't believe that people who don't want to be slaves can't be attracted."

Daiyu was stunned for a moment, then said: "Forget it, let's try it first." But then said, "The next one. The method of drying sea salt has been tested."

Yuan Chun couldn't help but rubbed his forehead: "In the past, in Beijing, I didn't realize that Lin Yatou had such a hot temper. I haven't recovered from the last one, and you will come to the next one."

Daiyu said angrily: "I used to be so temperamental? There are too many things, how can I finish it if I don't hurry up? Let Huan'er take up a lot of time today, and there will be more later."

Gong Kun said with a smile: "Don't interrupt, big girl, she got up in a hurry and scolded people like setting off firecrackers, and she didn't use dirty words."

Lin Daiyu glanced at him: "Don't worry, sir, I don't dare to offend big sister." Without waiting for the two of them to speak, she continued, "The salt that comes out is pretty good. According to Cong'er's method, the old salt that was invited The leader of the worker collar, drying the brine to make salt, and drying it frequently. What do you mean by building and covering the brine well last time?"

Jia Cong said, "I've already drawn the picture." As he spoke, he took out the picture, and everyone circulated it for viewing and discussion.Immediately he said, "I discussed it with Uncle Wang last month. When we develop the salt drying technique and push it to Guangdong and Guangxi, the common people can make and trade salt at will. The salt class will be abolished, and salt will be taxed as an ordinary thing." .”

Liu Feng raised the corner of his eyes: "Master Wang agrees?"

Jia Cong said: "Yes. Now that there is more and more money in Haishi, how can he see the money for the salt class? I will send people to the whole country for free with these methods."

Liu Feng said: "Give it to the prince or the common people."

Jia Cong said, "People."

Liu Feng said: "I know what you mean. You think that if there is more salt, it will be easy to get, and even the princes and the court can't hold the salt class in their hands."

Jia Cong nodded and said: "The people of the world have been bound by salt for many years, and it should be removed."

Liu Feng said: "Your lords can send troops to forcibly shut down the excess salt drying workshops. They are here to steal money! Blocking people's way of making money is like killing their parents. There is nothing the lords can't do. Those who get rich because of maritime business are ultimately a minority, the majority The prince is still thinking about the salt money."

Jia Cong frowned and said, "I really didn't expect this part."

Liu Feng said: "Unless you secretly give this technique to a certain prince, a prince with a weak power and a small territory. Right now is the time when princes most want to rule the hearts of the people. If he is willing to use this to win the hearts of the people, others will see it If you don't follow suit, the people under his rule will move to the place where the salt class is cancelled. In theory, this is also a benefit of enfeoffment." He blinked as he said.

Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "Hey, what's your idea?"

Liu Fengnai turned to look at Jia Xichun: "Didn't Miss Fourth want to see what Princess Jian'an looks like?"

Everyone was silent for a moment, then burst out laughing in unison.

Xichun smiled and said, "I really want to see it. What kind of beautiful woman is she who hooked the ring with just one side." Then she turned to look at Tanchun, "How about third sister?"

Tanchun said unhappily: "Am I leaving? Everyone here is a creditor, but I am a debtor, and I am short of money everywhere. Let me tell you, Jia Cong, if you don't bring money to the blast furnace and iron smelting workshop, you will not be able to follow me." up."

Jia Cong said, "Isn't that still being tested?"

Tanchun stared: "Do you know how much those experiments cost?"

Jia Cong hurriedly raised his hands to beg for mercy: "I know, I know, I'm going to get some money." Nai sighed, looked at Xi Chun and said, "Fourth sister, it seems that you are not here to give gifts."

Xichun also sighed: "I know, it's for business."

Jia Cong said: "Why don't you go to more places. In addition to the technique of drying salt, there is also the technique of growing South American potatoes. Sell this thing to the little kings in the barren land in the west and north, and you will be able to earn a lot of money back. Well, it can still be sold to Situ Pan. His territory is also short of food. Right now, he is relying on the fact that there are many grain depots in Beijing that are temporarily safe; he must also know that this matter will be a disaster sooner or later."

Gong Kun said: "Third Master, since you are short of money, why not ask Master for some?"

Jia Cong rested his cheeks and said, "I don't want to ask the old man for money until the time is gone."

Gong Kun and Liu Feng and Wu Xiaoxi looked at each other, and said: "The third master really wants to save face, so he just borrowed it from the master. You just pay him back in the future."

Jia Cong slapped his head: "That's right, are you afraid that you won't be able to attend in the future?"

Tanchun and Daiyu also looked at each other, and then at Jia Cong, but said nothing.There will be more and more places to use money in the future, and the money borrowed from Jia She probably will not be enough.

Gong Kun suddenly shot at the case and said: "Looking at it this way, the fourth girl is going to travel around the world. Although they are selling some recipes for making salt and growing grain, they must be guarded by proper people. General Wu has been at sea all year round, for a long time. If you haven't visited the mountains and rivers on land, how about taking the opportunity to walk together, just for fun?"

Before Wu You could speak, Xichun said angrily, "Gong Yizhi, what do you mean? Don't you know if the two of us quarrel when we meet?"

Gong Kun said: "It's because the two of you quarreled when we met, it gave me a headache. I thought about it, probably because General Wu usually spends more time at sea, and you didn't quarrel happily every time, so next time you meet, you will continue to quarrel. The time to go out this time is not short, and no one has persuaded us to fight!"

Xiaoxi couldn't help but muttered in a low voice: "No one persuades the fight on weekdays."

"You guys just have a good fight! You've finished arguing in your life, and you probably won't be in the mood to quarrel when you come back. Since then, everyone has lived in peace. Really, hello, hello, hello everyone!"

Everyone was silent for a moment, then suddenly applauded in unison!