The Honest Man of the Red Chamber

"Then, what can I say?" Wang Guizhi hesitated, "I heard from them that these two children are good-looking and a bit smart, so I thought, I wondered if they could match up with our family Yuanchun. "

Jia Zheng didn't agree with it when he heard it, he shook his head and said, "The Hou family of the Qu family is just the son of a merchant, how can he be worthy of our daughter!" What was her background? How could their daughter be assigned to a son of a Shanxi merchant? If it got out, what face would the Jia and Wang families have?His Yuanchun is not bad even if he is a princess, she deserves the best!

"Stop here, don't have such crazy fantasies anymore, let alone Yuanchun, even the eldest brother and concubine's daughter Yingjie would not be able to marry a merchant."

Although Wang Guizhi knew that he would object, he didn't expect him to be so disgusted, "Why?"

"Ma'am! Merchants value profit. You must know that the wealthy are ignorant, and the rich are unkind. They are long-sleeved and good at dancing. They seem to be kind and sweet, but they also go around seeking profit and forgetting righteousness. But once you and I lose power, I'm afraid they If you turn around, you will turn your back on your enemy. Don’t you know Lu Buwei back then? He was the head of a businessman with rare goods.” Jia Zheng said.

"If there is no Lu Buwei, can a foreigner be the king of Qin? Can he still win the government? Will the Qin Dynasty wipe out the emperor in the future? Where did Qin Shihuang come from?" Wang Guizhi retorted, "Everyone is different, you How could a boatload of people be killed with a single shot? If you want to say this, there is still righteousness. Every time more dogs are slaughtered, most of them are scholars who are ungrateful. Are all scholars are ungrateful people?"

She looked at Jia Zheng, feeling a little uneasy in her heart. After taking a few deep breaths, she looked at Jia Zheng and asked, "Are you still planning to send Yuan Chun into the palace?" If he had such a heart, what should he do?Does she still want to watch Yuan Chun fail to enter the palace?Three spring struggles and early spring scenes, tigers meet and return to their dreams... Wang Guizhi's hands can't help but start to tremble...

"When she reaches the age, she will naturally have to enter the palace for selection." Jia Zheng said as a matter of course.

"No! Why did Yuan Chun enter the palace? She behaved so well. Why did she enter that shameful place? At that time, she would not even have the slightest parental affection, and she would still treat her daughter like a monarch and minister. The beauty in the backyard of the deep palace is easy to break. A woman is fighting for a man, how can you throw your daughter into the fire pit..." Pushing, Jia Zheng covered the second half of Wang Guizhi's excited words in his mouth in fright.

Jia Zheng pressed his wife to sit on the chair, saw her eyes blazing and staring at him angrily, and blew into her ears and eyes several times, so that she was so sensitive that she no longer trembled stiffly, he whispered, "My Madam, my dear Madam, turn down the sonar, your voice is too loud! How can you say that the palace is... what is it? !"

Wang Guizhi's eyes were still red with anger, "Let go, let me go."

"You promise me, I will dare to let you go if you speak well...Forget it..."

Jia Zheng hugged her tightly, and whispered in her ear, "Why are you so anxious, why are you so angry all of a sudden? Which age-appropriate daughter of an official above the fifth rank in the world is not allowed to enter the palace for election? This is a national ritual and sacred order. I am a second-rank official now, how dare I violate these rules? Risking the world? And even if I want to enter the palace, I didn’t say that I must become the head of the harem. Madam, you entered the palace to do praises , why did you marry me? Could it be that Madam has forgotten..."

Uh, Wang Guizhi immediately stopped struggling, and after trying to think about it, it really happened, but Mrs. Wang just went through a cutscene, just like Hachiko's daughter's house, wandered around the palace and then went home If Jia Zheng hadn't mentioned it, she really wouldn't have remembered it at all.

She murmured, stretching out her hand to buckle Jia Zheng's belt, "I don't want, I don't want my daughter to enter the palace. The confidante breaks her favor before she gets old, and sits in a smoked cage until tomorrow. Our Yuanchun cannot let her live like that. "

"I know, I know." Seeing that she finally calmed down, Jia Zheng let her make small movements, "You, this temper is getting worse and worse, and you will get angry every now and then. If you don't want your daughter to enter the palace, you won't enter the palace. Go to see the merchant's house." It's over, you know?"

Wang Guizhi leaned on Jia Zheng's chest, "I just think that it is not necessary to have a sect view. Besides, although a merchant is a person, it still depends on his character, and you are an official and he is a merchant. As long as you have power Well, since he is a businessman who values ​​profits, he will give her three points for your face. Besides, they Shanxi people don’t think business is cheap. Master, have you never heard their Shanxi folk songs? You can be a businessman if you have a child, don’t envy Qipin is empty and majestic; it is better to open a store than to be a county magistrate; the business is booming to make money, and it will not be exchanged for a magistrate..."

Mentioning this, Jia Zheng also had a headache. Shanxi is a land of nine droughts in ten years, and most of Jin provinces are cold and barren, with few creatures, densely populated but narrow land, and income every year, but sorghum, wheat, grains and beans are all household items. Needs, all need to be transported from other provinces, and the number of merchants in Jin has increased.

He read the reports from various provinces, states and counties. Although it may be a bit exaggerated and difficult, but minus two points, and from the topography, it can be seen that if he wants to be diligent in farming, it will be difficult!Shanxi is divided into eight hills and two fields. The spring is short and windy and sandy, and it is often dry; the summer is mostly followed by waterlogging; the winter is cold and dry; The area of ​​the land is small, the wind, rain, hail, and frost damage are frequent, natural disasters are like this, and there are many people and few fields. How can farmers be good at farming?

He briefly explained to his wife, and said, "Businessmen benefit twice as much as farmers, and the concept of emphasizing business and commerce will naturally become popular, but this trend cannot be increased!"

"Yes! My Chief Secretary is right."

Wang Guizhi also wanted to have a calm talk with him, and casually wanted to get over this point first, and continue to talk about his daughter's marriage with him, "Soldiers, farmers, businessmen, and soldiers need five links to balance. If there are too many merchants, it won't do. Of course not, you are either side, you need balance. What about dry land? Every terrain has its own potential. Can dry land grow medicinal materials? Drought-tolerant fruit trees, peppercorns, tobacco leaves, and corn, potatoes, and buckwheat Sorghum, I heard that there is a kind of lotus root that can be grown in shallow water nests? Oh, in Guangdong, Guangxi and Jiangnan, rice and wheat can be grown. Some places in Shanxi can grow it, so they all have to grow the same? The vinegar in Shanxi is so so. Famous, there is no vinegar-producing workshop in the south of the Yangtze River? You must wait for the vinegar from Shanxi? You can adapt to local conditions, and the farmers are also smart. Everyone in the world does not go for profit...Those two children, listen One of them is proficient in foreign languages, Mongolian and Russian, and their business has gone overseas. We have little food here, maybe they have a lot? This can be used..."

Jia Zheng was relieved by what she said, and immediately relieved his boredom. It is really limited. In Jinling, there is a mulberry fishing pond, but in Shanxi, why not connect with medicine and fruit?Since there are many mountains, rocks and mud are available, Chinese porcelain is expensive in foreign countries, and...

"Madam is really right. Jia Zheng immediately went to consult with the masters." After speaking, he put Wang Guizhi on the chair and walked out excitedly.

"Hey! Hey! We haven't finished talking yet!"

Wang Guizhi stood up quickly, but it was a pity that Jia Zheng ran so fast, she had no choice but to snort, and sat back on the chair to give herself some comfort, and when he came back at night, she must grab his ears and ask him the truth. No.

"Boss Qiao, you have to represent us, and you must have a meeting with the Chief Secretary!"

"Yes, we all agree with the construction of Shanxi College, and no one is willing to pay for it."

"That's exactly what I said. I have already prepared the money in the ticket office. I just wait for the chief secretary to give it to me. I dare not delay it!"

"As long as the Chief Secretary gives orders, we can send workers to cut trees and prepare the land first, so as not to be pointed at and poked in the back of the spine!"

"Isn't that right, my old uncle came to scold me with a walking stick, saying that I had thrown myself into the riches of merchants, and didn't even care about the foundation of my children and grandchildren. The Chief Secretary invited all the bachelor's books to Shanxi. How could we people even Houses are not even built! Could it be that the money can be earned?"

"It's the same for me. I made up the doggerel, and there was a little boy singing it at the door of my ticket number..."

"Although the terrain of Baishan Mountain is a bit rough, it is indeed difficult to start construction, but since the chief secretary has already done the most difficult thing for us, we have invited famous craftsmen from the capital to produce pictures, famous people who have moved the world as teachers, and a century-old family The precious classics, so many things, can’t we spend money and work hard? I am not such a short-sighted person, Mr. Qiao, please tell the Chief Secretary that if he has a job, I will send you a message. The order from the top to the bottom is to follow."

"Yes, so do we."

Anyway, up to now, the Chief Secretary has not asked them for a penny. If his lord wants to clear his name, they will naturally not oppose him. They have benefits, and they want fame even more!

Qiao Yanxue stretched out her hand and pressed it down, "I know, Qiao knows, you have the same thoughts as Qiao, I have to go to the government in a while, I must report carefully, but I don't know how much money you have prepared? "

"This... I wonder how much Mr. Qiao is willing to pay?" Zhang Dianying asked with cupped hands.

Qiao Yanxue looked at the crowd and said bluntly, "If the chief secretary is willing, I am willing to bear it all, but since everyone is willing to participate, no matter how much it is, I will contribute two tenths."

He collected information and analyzed it with his family. Mr. Jia is a very smart and capable person, not the officials who just wanted to make money and equal rights in the past.He can come up with ingenious ideas such as tax collection, and he has the intention of not avoiding merchants, and he is determined to develop agricultural affairs in Shanxi.As long as he can do practical things, the Qiao family is willing to add another [-]% to the amount he has paid in the past to jointly plan for future development.

He, Qiao Yanxue, had his roots in Shanxi and was born here. He is from Shanxi!No matter how extensive his business is, no matter how far he travels, and accumulate a lot of wealth, in the end, he returns to his hometown with honor and takes root here?I dare not say that I will repay the hometown, but seeing that this capable minister is not exploiting Shanxi, but looking for Shanxi, Qiao Yanxue, whether it is to attach power to the Qiao family, does not oppose the court officials, and obeys the emperor's orders , or for the benevolence and righteousness in his heart, for the sake of Shanxi, he must also give a helping hand to Shanxi College.

"I agree with one-tenth!"

"Yes, I also recognize one-tenth."

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Jia Zheng met Qiao Yanxue in the back hall. He smiled and said, "Master Qiao, don't worry about the money. It's not a big deal. This is the blueprint issued by Mr. Shan Ziye. You can take it back and discuss it with everyone. See if there is any problem." Compared with the shortfall of more than 300 million taels, Shanxi Academy is really worthless, and there is no need to carve buildings and paintings. It's time to let them worry about it themselves, he can't take care of other things right now.

To select experimental fields in each county, the farming season is easy to pass, which is the most important thing.

If you want to take money from the merchant, it is the last resort when the time comes!Jia Zheng also wanted to have some face with them, but when the three-year period was approaching, he couldn't do it, so he had no choice but to borrow money from them...

However, Madam said that Bowei Building and Zhenwei Restaurant will give priority to hoarding money for him, and only half of the profit will be counted for him.No way, she has to support almost a thousand people under her command.This is even more of a last resort strategy, so don't think about it for the time being.

Qiao Yanxue smiled wryly in her heart, as expected, she was the son of a family, and she looked at money like dung, but she quickly stood up to look at the blueprints.

Shan Ziye explained one by one, "I went up to the mountain seven times, and searched the weather data in Shanxi in the past 20 years... Mr. Jia wants to build the Baishi Academy, which is naturally spacious and generous..." He explained the various facilities one by one. , Qiao Yanxue nodded again and again, and Shan Ziye was also in the mood. He is very concerned about how many opportunities a person like him who loves this technique will have to build such an academy that will be famous forever.

"The most important thing is the place where the books are collected. I set up a seven-story pagoda with flowing water dripping down the eaves and octagonal points, and the inner vertical iron chains meandering down to the ground..."

Hearing this, Jia Zheng thought to himself that the lightning rod and the lightning protection method that his wife said should be like this. Occasionally, he really felt strange that his wife knew some novel things from time to time, and he didn't know where it could be seen in the book.It's not always like something in the book, it seems that her way of thinking is often different from others, is it because of this that she often kept silent before?

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