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"I'm sorry!" The fourth prince could clearly see Jia Fang's frustration in front of him, and couldn't help but comfort him again.

"The decree will be issued within ten days, emigrate...to your place, and, there is still some time, one, one or two months..."

Jia Fang hurriedly saluted: "Thank you, Fourth Highness, for letting me know."

In fact, this has nothing to do with the matter of the Fourth Highness in front of him. If he is willing to come and tell him, it is enough to be righteous enough to prepare himself.

The fourth prince still looked at Jia Fang with apologetic eyes, and said: "Second...Second brother is really kind, and third, third brother also said him, he has no malice, but believes, believes you..."

These four princes were probably born in the royal family since they were young, and they are very particular about their words.The prince "really well-intentioned", while the third prince himself said that he had "no malice at all".

Jia Fang nodded, indicating that he understood.He said to the fourth prince: "Third Highness also trusts Jia Fang, so he is willing to entrust so many lives to Jia Fang."

Immediately, his heart was full of pride and ambition: so what about immigrants, and what about sick people?These are all life.How can he know that he can't cure these sick immigrants and make them his "basic board"?

The fourth prince seemed to understand Jia Fang's meaning, nodded, and finally showed a smile on his face.

"Zi Fang, you, you always..." He said with a smile, but he couldn't tell what Jia Fang was always like.

At this time, footsteps came from outside the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and someone laughed and said, "Baoding tea is still green while the smoke is still green, and Youchuang chess is still cold. It really is a quiet place, and it is not inferior to my mansion."

The person who came in was none other than Shui Xian.He should have expected that Jia Fang and the fourth prince had already chatted almost, so he gave up the important task of "releasing the wind", came in from outside the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, looked at the furnishings in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion with his hands behind his back, and nodded while looking at it, as if everything here was very beautiful. to his taste.

"here is--"

Shuixian entered the upper room, and naturally saw the library—the shelves were full of books, and the skylight was projected from the two large tiles on the roof.

Jia Fang suddenly remembered, he quickly turned his head and said to the fourth prince: "Didn't your Highness ask about the "Theory of Everything" last time? I cleaned up the books in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion in the garden before, and found this book. One." He said, and quickly took out a booklet that was specially left next to the chessboard in the main room of the upper room.

The Fourth Prince's face was filled with joy, but in a blink of an eye it turned into surprise: "So thin?"

How can a thin booklet cover the "principle of all things"?

But Jia Fang said: "If it can't be summarized into a small book, then it is not the theory of all things, but one thing and one theory. What's the use of reading in that way?"

The fourth prince nodded repeatedly, but his eyes were fixed on the pages of the book.He flipped through quickly and saw many icons.These illustrations seemed to suit the appetite of the fourth prince. After flipping through them hastily, he closed the book, held it solemnly in front of his chest, and thanked Jia Fang: "Thank you Zi Fang, for keeping this matter...in my heart."

It happened that Shui Xian came over, took a look, and asked Jia Fang, "You found this book in this library."

Jia Fang nodded: "The collection of books is left by the predecessors. Now that I have restored this library, these books will finally see the light of day again."

Shui Xian said: "Interesting! I'll also come to see if there are any books I like."

Talking to himself, he came to the bookshelf in the library with his hands behind his back, looking up at the books on the shelf.The bookshelf stretches from the ceiling to the floor, and the shelves are filled with books of different thicknesses, without any markings on the spine.

Shui Xian stretched out his hand and pulled out a book.

Jia Fang was right behind Shui Xian at this time, and he really wanted to repeat the same trick, and also to see what kind of books Shui Xian got.However, Shui Xian either had been prepared for a long time, or he was used to lowering his head when reading. In short, Jia Fang's sight was completely blocked by Shui Xian's shoulders.

After a while, Shui Xian raised his head and looked at Jia Fang with a smile.The book had been closed and tucked into his sleeve.

Shui Xian said, "It's exactly what I want."

The fourth prince didn't know what happened, so he came over and asked, "What suits you?"

Shui Xian smiled complacently: "I found a book that suits me very much from Zifang, just like you found "The Principle of Everything" from him."

The fourth prince immediately understood, nodded and said: "Yes, it is worth celebrating."

But Jia put it aside and was about to go crazy: What kind of divine book did the other party find?

Originally, he thought that this bookshelf has magical functions, and can provide books according to the needs and preferences of users. Even Fu Ya, who is not very literate, can get a fancy book.If he knew what book Shui Xian got, he could roughly infer what kind of person Shui Xian is, what he likes, and what ambitions he has...

But now, Jia Fang has no idea what the other party got, which intensifies his curiosity.

And his "smart" bookshelf will naturally not give him any hints, he has neither books nor places to check and check, so now he really can only guess out of thin air from Shui Xian's harmless smiling face——

He couldn't guess.

When the two were about to leave, the fourth prince left a sentence for Jia Fang: "In a few days... within a few days, Brother Sansan and Sansan will probably find a reason to meet you. Be careful... Be careful!"

But Shui Xian only left three words: "Don't be afraid!"

Jia Fang: ...What am I afraid of?I am not afraid!

That night, he had a dream, and he really dreamed of "Narcissus", wearing a Taoist robe, with a bun on his head, elegant like a fairy, standing in front of Jia Fang and looking at him with a straight smile, very proud.

Jia Fang said, "What book did you get in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion?"

"Narcissus" said triumphantly, "I'll show it to you!"

As he spoke, he took out a copy from the shelf and handed it to Jia Fang.

Jia Fang took a look at the cover, immediately burst into laughter, and then hugged his stomach and laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten up.

Seeing him smiling, "Narcissus" was startled at first, then felt wrong, snatched the book, turned two pages, a clear and handsome face flushed immediately, gritted his teeth, his chest heaved and heaved with anger, It seemed that he didn't know what to say at all—the innate "immortal energy" seemed to be thrown out of the sky.

Because the title page of the book reads: "Postpartum Care of Sows"! ①

Jia Fang woke up with a "ha" laugh, only to find that it was not yet dawn, and he woke up too early.

So Jia Fang didn't get up, but lay down and recalled his dreams. There are not many dreams that can make "Narcissus" live in a huge contrast, and it is very refreshing to do it the last time.

Maybe Shuixian always looks like a dignified "immortal" in front of Jia Fang. Jia Fang also knows that this may not be his true face, but he can only poke it out when he is dreaming to see what it looks like.

But after Jia Fang woke up, he thought about it carefully: there is no distinction between high and low occupations, and the desire for knowledge is the most important thing——Jia Fang secretly reviewed himself, thinking, even if Shui Xian really took a copy of "Postpartum Care of Sows" Look, he is not qualified to laugh at others.

But the question is, what kind of book did Shui Xian get?

Regardless of what Shui Xian got in his garden, what Jia Fang needs to deal with next is not Shui Xian.

Sure enough, as the fourth prince said, Jia Fang received the invitation from the third prince and invited him to a "clear talk meeting" - this is not a business meeting, but an imitation of Wei and Jin celebrities, where scholars gather to debate and debate The topic does not involve society and people's livelihood, but only talks about the Tao of Laozi and Zhuangzi, in other words, discusses philosophical issues, such as origin and end, existence and non-existence, movement and stillness, one and many, body and function, speech and meaning, Life and death ② and so on.

Jia Fang is not good at this. He estimates himself that he can only listen to it when he goes there. If someone insists on him to speak, he will pretend to be stupid.

The place where the symposium was held was not in the Third Prince's Mansion, but in a teahouse called "Ruyiju".The difference between this "Ruyiju" and ordinary teahouses is that there is a threshold when entering the door. If there is no invitation card sent by the owner of Ruyiju, you will not be able to enter.

Jia reassured that this was probably close to those membership-only clubs in later generations.He himself does not have much affection for the word "clear talk", probably because as far as he knows, there are too many examples of "clear talk harming the country" in history, so Jia Fang has little interest in it.

But after being welcomed into the Ruyi Residence, the attendants of the teahouse did not welcome Jia Fang into the chatting place, but led him to a small courtyard behind the teahouse. When Jia Fang entered the door, he noticed that there was written With the words "Zizaitang".

After entering the door, I saw that this is a well-regulated courtyard. There is an old cypress tree in the middle of the courtyard, which reveals the ancient atmosphere.The waiter welcomed Jia Fang into the main room, but the master was not there.Jia Fang looked up and found that in the free hall, there was a painting of ink and wash landscape in the middle hall, and a pair of four-character couplets next to it, which were "tolerance is greatness" and "no desire is strength".

It is said that the name, characters, and paintings of this courtyard will all reflect the owner's heart and mind, but Jia Fang feels that the owner is a bit "pretentious"—even though he chose words such as "comfort" and "no desire", the decoration in the main house is still too gaudy Yes, the bronze tripods of three generations, the porcelain vases of the official kiln from the previous dynasty, and the red sandalwood furniture of Yishui... a little exaggerated.

This may also be because Jia Fang himself prefers the simple style of the Nordic or Japanese style of later generations. He is not interested in this "Ruyiju", and thinks it is not as good as the small garden in the Beijing Palace - the master's taste, he It doesn't matter much.

Just as Jia Fang secretly despised his master's taste in his heart, the master appeared.A young man in brocade clothes in his 20s entered the room and saw Jia Fang staring at a Ge Kiln octagonal dish with gold wire and iron wire. He smiled and greeted: "This is Jia Zifang!"

Jia Fang turned around and hurriedly saluted: "I have seen the Third Highness."

The third prince is not difficult to recognize, his eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to those of the fourth prince, and he is very bookish, but when he speaks, he always feels a little distant and has a superior temperament.

But the third prince's words and demeanor also showed that he was very willing to give in. He greeted Jia Fang to sit down, and immediately a servant brought freshly brewed tea for Jia Fang to taste.

"This is the Mingqian tea sent by Jiangnan. It's not a good tea. The local dialect is called 'Scaring Fragrance'. Zi Fang just taste it."

But the third prince said this politely, "Scare Sharen Fragrance" is Biluochun tea, which has a pleasant fragrance but is rarely produced. At this time, the value has already been raised to a high level.A catty of Mingqian tea costs dozens of taels of silver, and the key is still rare.

Jia Fang took a sip of tea as he said, and casually put the teacup aside.He doesn't know much about tea, so he can't taste good or bad at all, but what he showed is that he is used to good tea, and he doesn't even feel that this kind of fragrant clear tea is special.

The third prince was a little confused about Jia Fang's way.The arrangement in this "Zizai Hall" is the most proud of the third prince. He thinks that every piece of calligraphy, painting and utensils here is carefully selected by him, and each piece directly reflects his talent and ambition.

Those who were lucky enough to be invited to this "Zizai Hall" by him in the past all praised it very much-of course, the third prince also knew that there were some flattering words in it, but like Jia Fang, it's fine to see it, and it's completely useless. The Third Prince had never seen such a sensitive person.

Forget it, the concubine of the government has short-sightedness. ——Third Prince thought to himself, even this young man might not be able to understand the mysteries in the "Zizai Hall".

"The day before yesterday, I heard that Zi Fang had made great contributions to disaster relief, and I have been looking forward to seeing him." The third prince smiled and said, his voice was very pleasant, like the flowing water of a summer mountain stream, which can make people get rid of the dryness in their hearts. Yi, "At first sight, I know that I have high talent and far-reaching talent, and it is really not bad."

The word "not vulgar" is the third prince's extremely high evaluation of people, but the addition of the six words "high talent, far-reaching talent" sounds a bit ironic.I haven't said the last three words yet, so how can I be so talented and far-fetched?

Jia Fang pretended not to hear it, and saluted the third prince with a little joy that young people often have after being praised: "Your Highness, you are absurdly praised."

With high talent and far-reaching talent, is it because of you that you secretly trip up others?Jia put a slander in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face. Once he showed it, it would be tantamount to betraying the fourth prince.

"I invite you here today because I want to invite you to participate in the talk at Ruyiju. I heard that you discussed disaster relief with the Tai students in the Wanqing Building a few days ago. It is admirable, I can't wait, I want to hear your high opinion."

Jia Fang repeatedly said "I dare not", but secretly laughed in his heart: He was arguing with the Tai students in the Wanqing Building, accusing the other party of talking in vain, which is not beneficial to the state affairs, and accusing them of "talking about it"—isn't the Clear Talk Bureau Also like this?

"However, before that, I would like to ask you one more thing - what do you think about the operation tax?"

Jia Fang didn't know whether the other party wanted to test the Rongguo Mansion's views on this matter, or whether the talk meeting later really wanted to talk about such a sensitive political issue.In short, the other party, as a prince, discussed national taxation with a 15-year-old boy, and the words were always a bit weird.

Unexpectedly, just as Jia Fang was about to answer, he never wanted to be interrupted by the third prince. The third prince continued: "Agriculture is the foundation, and business is the end. The second brother of the prince was discussing the matter of lowering the operating tax. I thought, If the operation tax is lowered, business is active among various places, and driven by heavy profits, wouldn’t it make people give up their roots and look for the last, and take business and industry instead of farming. The ancients said that the country is poor if the agriculture is injured, and the country is poor but the people are extravagant. If things go on like this, the country’s foundation must be hurt."

The third prince finished his eloquence before turning his head to look at Jia Fang: "Zi Fang thinks there is something wrong with this argument?"

Jia reassuredly said: You already have a conclusion in your heart, why do you have to listen to my opinion?

The other party didn't come to listen to opinions at all, but directly asked for approval.Jia Fang clicked a thumbs up and the matter was over.

But he is a straightforward person, he doesn't like to hide his thoughts, and he has always been self-confident—a person who doesn't even want to change the draft, naturally refuses to compromise when he speaks.

"The operation tax should be low rather than high. Nowadays, the road tax in each state can be as high as [-]%, and the merchants are overwhelmed, which reduces the circulation of goods between the states. I think that the excessively high operation tax is not good for the people everywhere. On the contrary, by lowering operating taxes and promoting commercial circulation between different regions, farmers can also get greater benefits in the end.”

Jia Fang not only has theories, but he can also give examples: "Take De'an County on Gyeonggi West Road as an example. The county produces good peaches, but the output of rice grains is mediocre..."

"If the county vigorously sells peaches, and uses the money in exchange to purchase rice grains from neighboring counties that are rich in rice grains, the farmers' profits will be equal to half of the manpower planting peaches and picking peaches, and growing grains at the same time. Farmers benefit more. This can be proved through calculations..."

Although Jia Fang does not have a professional background related to economics and trade, he has never eaten pork but has seen pig running, the basic theory of trade, Adam Smith, and The Wealth of Nations. He still has some superficial knowledge.

This determines that his vision is much higher than that of all people nowadays, and a figure like the third prince, because of his inherent limitations of the times, must not understand and disagree with his point of view.

Jia thought at ease: I have theories, practices, deduction, and arguments, all of which can prove my point of view, so why not argue?

Who knows that people don't argue with him at all.

With a "swipe", the third prince opened a folding fan that he had been holding tightly in his hand, smiled, nodded his head and said, "Zi Fang really has a novel view, this king is very interesting to hear." His voice was still like a mountain stream It sounds like flowing water, and its attitude is gentle and polite.

"When I was young, Ruyi Juli opened up talks, and this king is also looking forward to hearing Zifang's high-level remarks. I will definitely listen to it."

After finishing speaking, the third prince raised the teacup in his hand and served tea to see off the guests.

It doesn't matter to Jia Fang, it's just that he just started a chatterbox, but he can't make a good argument, and he is really a little panicked.He got up, gave a long bow to the third prince, turned and left.

However, an aide turned out from the third prince's side, leaned close to the third prince and asked in a low voice, "What do you think, Your Highness?"

The third prince let out a breath, and said, "It's not speculative."

It seems that when he was with Jia Fang just now, this noble man in Tianhuang also held himself back a bit, insisting on forcing himself to chat and laugh happily with a young man who couldn't talk about going together at all.

In the final analysis, the road tax issue is just a conflict of interests, and the disadvantages of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business. For the third prince, there are so many big businessmen who have invested in him. What is he not clear about? Why should he argue?

It can be seen that the young man retorted so seriously, the third prince couldn't help feeling very troubled.

"Then do you think what he said... can represent Rongning Second House?" the staff asked in a low voice. After all, this result is directly related to the direction of the subsequent "clear talk".

The third prince shook his head and said: "He is a bastard, so he can't represent the second Duke Rongning. But since his views are at odds with mine, it should be difficult to help him in the future."

"We'll have a clear talk later, let's do it as agreed in advance." The third prince made a decision.

If they get along, they will be attracted, and if they don't, they will be set up as targets. This Ruyijuli's "clear talk meeting" has always been such a rule.