A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 624 Discussing Lidi or Lichang
"When did Second Uncle Gu return to the capital?"

After looking it over carefully, I found that the appearance is eighty percent like that of the TV series, with a much younger face, not like the middle-aged taste of the TV series.

Gu Tingye said: "I arrived yesterday. I heard from Changbai that you have passed the country test this time. It's ok."

"Why does brother Yuanruo call second uncle?" Mo Lan walked into the classroom, looked at Gu Tingye and Wang Lidong, and asked curiously.

Wang Lidong said, "My ancestors have relatives."

"Then I'll follow Yuan Ruo's brother and call me Second Uncle?" Mo Lan greeted Gu Tingye with a blessing: "It's okay, Second Uncle?"

Gu Tingye didn't know Mo Lan, so he turned to look at Sheng Changbai who was beside him, and Sheng Changbai hurriedly introduced, "This is my fourth younger sister, Mo Lan."

Gu Tingye smiled, "It's okay. Hello fourth sister."

"Ahem, everyone is here." Zhuang Xuexue walked into the classroom, saw a strange young man, and remembered Gu Hou who came to the door two days ago, "Is it the second brother of Gu Hou's family?"

Gu Tingye hurriedly saluted, "Student Gu Tingye, I have met Zhuang Xuejiao."

Zhuang Xuejiao nodded slightly, "It's easy to be young and difficult to learn, and an inch of time should not be taken lightly. Don't disappoint some people's wishes."

Gu Tingye hurriedly said: "The student wrote it down."

"Find a seat." Zhuang Xuejiao walked to the podium, sat down and said, "Hand in all the homework from the previous two days."

Sheng Changfeng pulled Gu Tingye to his seat with great enthusiasm, "Second brother, take my seat." This is a well-known dandy in Tokyo, and it is rumored that he has a close relationship with the heads of several brothels. If we get along well. Hehe.

"Changfeng, no need." Sheng Changbai winked at his eldest maid, and after a while, two servants brought a desk into the classroom.

"Yuan Ruo, I want Zhong Huai (Gu Tingye) to sit between you and me, so it's convenient for the three of us to exchange knowledge."

Looking at Sheng Changbai with a serious face, Wang Lidong moved his case back with interest.

I wish you two good friends, love each other for a lifetime.

It may be that there is another student today, Zhuang Xuexue’s enthusiasm for teaching has increased by three points, holding the book of the mean, shaking his head, talking for half an hour and waiting for his mouth to dry up, he picked up the teacup and took two sips of tea, looked up , found that the situation in the classroom was a bit bad, the eyes of all the students were a little erratic, "cough cough" twice,
"I'll try it soon. Starting today, I will come up with a strategy question every day, and it will be used as a practical exercise. Today's topic is"

He casually picked up a blue booklet "Confucius' Family Language" and turned to a random page. Seeing the line of characters pointed by his finger, Zhuang Xuexue smiled and stroked his beard, "It's interesting, it's very suitable for the occasion, listen up, everyone. .Today's policy discussion topic is, is it better to establish a concubine, or to establish a virtuous person?"

Wang Lidong curled his lips. When he first saw this episode, he felt that there was nothing to discuss.

Those born from the concubine must support the establishment of the concubine, while those born from the concubine must support the establishment of the virtuous.

pg decides the head.

Everyone will act in their own best interest.

"Sure enough, it's the occasion. Now the hottest topic in the entire Song Dynasty is the battle between King Yan and King Yong." Gu Tingye is a master who doesn't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement. He is the most energetic when encountering such things. Immediately said loudly, "Now there is no prince under the official family's knees, and the age is getting older, the ministers have been forcing His Majesty's adoptive clan son to become the prince every day for the past two years.

King Yong is old but has mediocre qualifications, but he has one advantage, that is, he can give birth.

Over the years, there are groups of wives and concubines, and they work day and night, and the efficiency is quite high, and the sons are one after another."

Seeing that the good friends were getting more and more outrageous, the always cautious Sheng Changbai hurriedly interrupted, "Sir, there is something wrong with this topic."

Zhuang Xuejiao waved his hand: "Now in the capital, no one has discussed this matter.

Let's talk secretly behind closed doors, as long as it doesn't spread, it's fine. "

Gu Tingye continued: "My opinion is that King Yong is old and has many heirs, so he should be established. There is nothing to discuss about such matters."

As a bastard, Sheng Changfeng is a natural Lixian faction, and immediately retorted:

"Yan Wang is only half a year younger than Yong Wang. Although he has only one son, both of them are smart and capable, and they are very popular. Therefore, the virtuous king is also for the sake of the country and society."

"If you're half a year younger, you're still young. You can't go beyond the order of the elder and younger teeth. If the name is not correct, then the words will not go well. If everyone in the world values ​​talent, then this matter is fine, but everyone has to distinguish between high and low. That’s how it happened.”

"Second brother said it lightly. This is the throne and not a small household robbing the fields and shops. If you don't care about the status, it will be a mess."

Seeing that Gu Tingye and Sheng Changfeng were discussing for a long time, and the other students were watching with great interest, but they didn't mean to end at all, Zhuang Xuejiao ordered Sheng Changbai.

"Students think that we should establish a heir. Qin Shihuang abolished his eldest son Fusu, which led to the death of Qin Dynasty II. Looking at how many dynasties have changed in ancient and modern times, it is all because of the abolition of the elders and the establishment of the young."

"It's not entirely true. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not the eldest son, but after he succeeded to the throne, he was able to enrich the country and strengthen the army, wiped out the Huns, and made great achievements. It can be seen that not having an eldest son is not a bad thing."

As the controversy intensified, the brothers and sisters of the Sheng family ended up one after another.The concubines Sheng Changfeng and Mo Lan tried their best to give examples of the benefits of being a virtuous person, while Sheng Changbai, Gu Tingye and Ru Lan, three concubines, talked about the disadvantages of abolishing their concubines.

After listening for a long time, Zhuang Xuejiao suddenly found that there were still two students sitting and eating melons, so he said immediately, "Why didn't Yuan Ruo and Miss Six say a word?"

Wang Lidong glanced at Sheng Minglan who was hanging his head, "Students have not made up their minds yet, let's listen to Sixth Sister's opinion first."

Zhuang Xuexue looked at Sheng Minglan, "Sixth girl, is it Li Xian or Li Xian, what do you think?"

Sit and watch. Lying down and watching. Lying down and watching.
Sheng Minglan looked at Zhuang Xuexue and Wang Lidong. In her small notebook, she added their names!
"The student is a girl, I never thought about such a thing."

Sheng Changfeng continued, "Sixth sister, don't care about state affairs. Let's just say that if a small family has a mediocre eldest son and a smart and capable bastard son, who should be in charge?"

Sheng Minglan rolled her eyes. Although she is a concubine, born a virtuous person, she has no favourites, "This is something the master of the family has to consider, so I'm not in a position to discuss it rashly."

Mo Lan turned to look at Xiao Liu and asked, "Sixth Sister, if you are the lord, who would you choose to be the master?"

o(one︿one+)o
Is this interesting! !
I choose myself to be the head of the house, okay! ! !

Sheng Minglan looked down at the lines on the desk, "I don't know either."

Seeing that Xiao Liu, who was born as a concubine, continued to pretend to be stupid, Sheng Changfeng was dissatisfied and said, "Sister Liu, you have been taking Zhuang Xuejia's class for several years. It is impossible to not understand such a simple question, right?"

Sheng Molan turned her head and glanced at Rulan: "Sixth sister should have the answer in her heart, but she just dare not say it out, I think it's because she's afraid."

What are you looking at!
Ru Lan gave Mo Lan a hard look,
"Fourth sister probably forgot that there is an old lady above sixth sister. If you think sixth sister is easy to bully, then you can try."

Sheng Changfeng immediately said: "Sixth Sister, just say what you think boldly. Brother, are you right?"

Sheng Changbai glanced at Xiao Liu, nodded and said, "Sister Liu can say whatever she thinks. Today is just a joke."

Seeing that the brothers and sisters of the Sheng family were all waiting for her to stand in line, Sheng Minglan knew that it would be impossible not to say anything, so she thought about her words and said,

"It's easy to pretend to be virtuous and unvirtuous, but it's clear at a glance whether the sons and daughters are old or young, and there is no need to argue. If the sons of the sons are really virtuous, they will not destroy the family for their own selfish desires. On the other hand, if the sons of the sons are in power, if they can restrain the sons of the sons, make them It does not dare to make mistakes, but it can also maintain prosperity forever.

When a man is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, it is better to be a pure minister, so there is no point in arguing. "

After waiting for a long time, I didn't expect it to be a ball of paste. '

The Sheng family brothers and sisters were a little disappointed.

"it is good."

Zhuang Xuejiao praised: "It's really rare for Miss Liu to have such insight at such a young age."

Turning to Wang Lidong, he said, "Yuan Ruo, you are the only one left now, haven't you made up your mind yet?"

Wang Lidong said: "The students thought about it for a long time, and found that this question has already been answered.

For thousands of years, for families that can pass on for hundreds of years, the way to choose an heir is to choose a heir.

As Miss Liu said, it is easy to disguise and difficult to distinguish between good and bad.A hundred people have a hundred opinions on one thing.

But the eldest son is not something we can change according to our will.

A big family that has been inherited for a hundred years should have a set of internal methods for cultivating heirs, so the probability of producing a fool can be reduced to a very low level. "

Gu Tingye said, "Then Yuan Ruo also supported King Liyong as the heir apparent?"

Wang Lidong waved his hand and said: "I didn't say that. King Yong and King Yan don't apply this method of establishing a crown prince at all."

Sheng Changbai asked curiously, "What do you mean?"

Wang Lidong said: "King Yan and King Yong are just the same clan of His Majesty, not to mention the sons of the eldest sons, they are not even the sons of the bastards.

Therefore, in terms of identity, the two are on the same starting line. "

Sheng Changfeng said: "Then the young master supports the shrewd and capable King Yan as the heir apparent?"

Wang Lidong shook his head slightly, "I don't know who is stronger and who is weaker between King Yan and King Yong.

At present, everyone thinks that King Yan is smart and capable, because King Yan is more talkative than King Yong.

Most of us have never seen the abilities in other aspects.And these two princes actually didn't have a chance to show it, the clan, eating and drinking is their life. "

Ru Lan said: "Second brother Heng, how can we tell which prince is more capable?"

Wang Lidong said, "Hearing is believing, seeing is believing, it's a mule or a horse coming out for a walk.

Now pick a problem that Song Dynasty urgently needs to solve, and let the two princes solve it. After the specified time, whoever completes it well will be more capable. "

Gu Tingye patted his thigh and praised:

"That's a good idea. Let's arrange for the two princes to recover Xixia.

Whoever captures Li Yuanhao, the lord of Xixia first, and sends him to Tokyo City will be the crown prince.

In this way, the abilities of the two princes can be examined, and the problems of the court can be solved by the way.And it's hard to cheat. "

Sheng Changbai shook his head: "Zhonghuai, it's a bit difficult to regain Xixia, it's unlikely to be resolved in a year or two, and it involves military power"

Gu Tingye said with a smile: "Then choose a simple one, such as solving the problem of 'redundant soldiers'. Now the number of soldiers in my dynasty exceeds 120 million, and [-] to [-]% of the treasury revenue every year has become military expenditures."

Sheng Changbai rolled his eyes.

Lightly said.

Jobs for millions of people, and they still hold knives and guns. Things that can't be solved today. It depends on those two princes.

Sheng Changfeng interjected,

"Salt tax can only be collected [-]% to [-]% every year. I think that if the Song Dynasty is divided into two, the two princes will each be responsible for half, and the limit will be two years. Whoever receives the most salt tax will be allowed to sit in the reserve position. "

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Zhuang Xuexue looked at the sun, it was almost five o'clock, he coughed twice, and seeing the classroom quiet down, he said, "Everyone's opinions are very exciting, so there will be no homework left today. Let's go."

Before tidying up the books, Wang Lidong greeted the people who were still discussing intensely, and left the school.

"Second brother Heng, wait."

After walking a hundred meters, Ru Lan's voice sounded from behind, Wang Lidong stopped, "Fifth Sister, what's the matter?"

Ru Lan handed over the wooden box in her hand, "My mother made donkey rolls, this time I made a little too much, let me give you some."

Wang Lidong was speechless, it has been several years, and there is no excuse to replace it with a fresh one.

Reaching out to take the wooden box, "Thank you, Auntie, for me."

"Ah."

"I'm leaving."

"Oh."

After getting into the carriage, Wang Lidong opened the wooden box, and there were more than a dozen donkeys neatly placed inside. He picked up one and took a bite.

Not to remind me aloud,
"My lord, Miss Rulan made this donkey roll by herself when she got up early this morning."

Wang Lidong rolled the donkey into his stomach and said, "I ate it."

I've been eating it for several years, and as soon as I import it, I know whether it's Ru Lan or the cook of the Sheng family. As for Mrs. Wang, this person may have never cooked in his life.

Indifferently said: "My lord, the [-]rd of next month will be Miss Rulan's birthday."

Wang Lidong looked at it in disbelief and said, "How much benefit did you receive from the magpie today?"

Buwei stretched out two fingers, "I ate two bags of melon seeds in the afternoon."

"What else did the magpie say?"

"I finished eating the durian yesterday."

The next day, rest day.

Just after nine o'clock, Wang Lidong arrived at the Four Seas Trading Company.

Three years ago, due to the increasing number of businesses in his hands, a trading company was established for the convenience of management, and then all the businesses under the banner were placed under the name of the trading company.

Not long after arriving at the trading company, and before he had a sip of tea, Wang Lidong saw Duke Ling and his son walking into the lobby.

He hurriedly put down his teacup, went forward and said hello.

Zhou Jinzhong, Duke Ling's eldest son, said with a smile, "It's too early. Yuan Ruo called us here today, what kind of business is he planning to discuss? If Yuan Ruo can call it a big business, I think there should be tens of millions of people, right?" "

Looking at the father and son who looked like money fans, Wang Lidong felt that Taizu's skills were quite clever back then.It has been less than a hundred years since the founding of the country, and there are only two or three of the group of founding warriors who can still hold swords and guns in their hands, and most of the others have become masters who regard wealth as their life.

These two belong to the best of the inside. The money is above all else.

However, the two have an advantage. They will definitely do things after receiving the money, and they have a good reputation in business.

"Ten million? It's a little less."

"Hiss~~" Ling Guogong and his son couldn't help taking a breath
"What is it?!" A loud voice rang out, and then a big man with a black face swayed into the hall.

Wang Lidong rushed forward, "I have seen Duke Cheng,"

Cheng Guogong slapped Wang Lidong on the shoulder, and shook it vigorously, "Yuan Ruo, with your body, it would be too wasteful not to join the army. Don't listen to your parents, take the imperial examination.

That thing is played by literati, even if you become a Jinshi, you can't pee with them.

Follow me, guaranteed for three years, not to mention the sixth-rank Doctor Youwu, the seventh-rank Zhengshilang will definitely be fine. "

Wang Lidong smiled.

What this guy said was not rough.It's such a simple truth, but it's a pity that the two heads of his family just don't understand, and they think about transforming into civil servants all day long.

After chatting with Cheng Guogong, Xungui entered the hall again.
After all the fifteen nobles who had been invited arrived, Wang Lidong stood on the main seat, straight to the point,

"All uncles and uncles, I invite you here today because I want to discuss a big deal with you."

Zhou Jinzhong immediately jumped out and said:

"Yuan Ruo, tell me quickly, how big is your business?"

Wang Lidong winked, and after a while, there was a pile of colorful cotton clothes and pants in various styles in front of the nobles.

clothing?

Cheng Guogong casually picked up a piece of clothes from a pile of clothes. It looked like a long robe worn in spring and autumn. He touched the material and immediately found something wrong.

So soft.

Much more comfortable than linen and doesn't hold hands.

"Hey, Yuan Ruo, what are these clothes made of?"

Wang Lidong spat out a word: "Cotton!"

(End of this chapter)