I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

Someone is drinking heavily.

Naturally, it was not Yu Jingqiu from Tongfu Restaurant, but rice wine bought from outside.

When this group of scholars came to eat, they would always bring some drinks from outside.Drinking parties, drinking parties, wine is indispensable. The wine in Tongfu restaurant is good, but it is more expensive. If it is used as fine wine, it would be a waste of money.

After warming up.

Wu Youdao greeted Yin Xuan to come over, with a respectful attitude: "Shopkeeper, there is something I want to ask you for advice."

Yin Xuan smiled and waved his hands: "What's the problem, let's talk."

Wu Youdao pointed to the scholar and said, "My friend is short of money recently. I think he can go to a merchant's house to teach, but he thinks it's inappropriate."

The scholar hurriedly stood up and bowed to Yin Xuan: "The student also heard that the store owner is a capable scholar, but now he is running a restaurant, so he wants to ask the store owner for advice."

He wanted to know why Yin Xuan would make this step.

Yin Xuan smiled, pulled a stool, and sat down at their table: "Why do you resist teaching at a merchant's house? Is it because you look down on merchants?"

Scholars faltered, not knowing whether it was better to shake their heads or nod their heads.

Yin Xuan said softly: "Then I will take it as you looking down on merchants."

The scholar was a little ashamed and lowered his head.

A few people held their heads upright, and wrote the words "I just look down on merchants" clearly on their faces.

"Why do you look down on merchants?" Yin Xuan asked.

"Is it because you have been deceived by merchants? The merchants you met are all black-hearted?" Speaking of this, Yin Xuan paused, "Or is it because this society is like this, you just follow the social trend and look down on merchants? "

This question silenced the entire table.

Not just this table.

The scholars at the next table also stopped discussing and listened carefully to Yin Xuan's words.

With a cheeky face, Wei Zheng, who took half a bowl of mutton from Li Lizhi, also raised his head and looked at Yin Xuan, wanting to hear what Yin Xuan could say about this matter.

The scholar thought for a while, then frowned: "The imperial court despises merchants. Although the students don't understand the reason, there is always a reason why the imperial court did this."

"As a scholar, of course we want to be close to virtuous ministers and far away from villains"

Yin Xuan waved his hand and said softly: "Then let me ask you, if a person is of high moral character, treats others kindly, and supports the village, would you like to make friends with such a person and become friends?"

The scholar nodded without hesitation: "Of course."

Yin Xuan asked: "What if this person is a merchant?"

The scholar hesitated, and he began to hesitate, doubting what he said just now.

The others also frowned.

That's right, shouldn't it be based on his character and talent whether a person is worth making friends with?Instead of looking at his identity.
Yin Xuan spread his hands and shook his head: "Doctor Wu Yan used to be a slave and was sold as a commodity. Does this prove that Baili Xi is a person without talent?"

"But the imperial court." The scholar struggled and spit out four words.

Yin Xuan knocked on the table: "The reason why the imperial court did this was out of a macro perspective. The class of merchants needs to use this method to control and maintain overall stability."

"But do you need it?"

"What you have to consider is not just whether the merchant family you are going to teach is benevolent or not."

The scholar looked a little hesitant. He was persuaded, but not completely convinced.

Yin Xuan struck while the iron was hot and continued: "Furthermore, you use your own knowledge to teach a child how to read and write, and teach him how to be a capitalized person."

"You are "teaching without discrimination", and in the process, you earn corresponding remuneration, is there any problem?"

After speaking, Yin Xuan paused.

He frowned and thought for a while.

"Didn't Confucius say that "wealth and honor are what people want, if you don't get them according to the way, you can't get them." "In other words, isn't that the right way to get rich, why resist it?"

"Gou's ambition is benevolence, and there is no evil."

The last two words convinced him completely, the scholar picked up the wine glass, thought about it and put it down again, picked up the dirty wine he bought, and took a big sip: "Listening to the teacher's teaching today is better than studying for a year."

"It's my short-sightedness, which is superficial."

Some of the other group of scholars also stood up and bowed to Yin Xuan.

"Mister's teaching is very good."

"Although I went to teach the sons of merchants, I was perfunctory. I am very fortunate to have listened to my master's teachings today, and I almost misunderstood my sons."

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Yin Xuan looked at them with great relief. This group of people has not been corrupted by distorted fallacies and heresies, and they still have a pure and sincere heart.

Yin Xuan waved his hand: "Is it embarrassing to find a job?"

"Relying on one's own hands and abilities to earn corresponding remuneration and support one's family, is there anything more noble than this in the world?"

"To be poor is to be alone."

"If you can't even do good for yourself, then talk about how to regulate the family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world, it's just lip service."

The readers nodded repeatedly.

Hearing Yin Xuan's words, Wei Zheng did not hide the admiration in his eyes.

There are many people who shout "I entered the court as Guan Zhong and Xiao He", but not many people may see this.

After Yin Xuan received several salutes from the scholars and left to check the papers of Li Lizhi and Li Shu, Wei Zheng stopped Yin Xuan.

He smiled like a fox with hair removed: "I didn't expect the store to have such insights."

Yin Xuan glanced at him curiously: "The truths are almost written in the books of the sages. If you read a few more books, it's so strange to be able to tell these truths."

"That's what I said, but not many people can take it to heart." Wei Zheng shook his head and sighed with emotion.

Yin Xuan curled his lips: "At least I can keep in mind the principle of not robbing young ladies for food."

Wei Zheng chuckled: "Uncle asked my niece for some food, how can it be called robbery?"

After that, he looked down at his bowl, spread his five fingers to cover the bowl mask: "It's just a little, not much, not much."

Yin Xuan ignored him and was about to continue walking inside.

Wei Zheng said again: "Shopkeeper, I just heard you say that the imperial court just suppressed merchants from a macro perspective. I don't know what this means?"

The word "macro" is not difficult for Wei Zheng to understand.

He is also very clear about the reason for "suppressing merchants".

The reason why he asked this question was to test his teachings. He wanted to find out whether Yin Xuan really knew it or just said it casually.