Infrastructure masters in the red building

The more the third prince thought about it, the more strange it became.

When Xiang Fengyi was alive, the third prince was just a young boy who had just started his education, and he didn't have a deep impression of this "Emperor Teacher".But after Xiang Fengyi became a prisoner and was executed, the third prince deeply felt the fear of the emperor teacher from the people around him.

In a word, Xiang Fengyi's "new learning" is enough to shake the foundation of the country.

He put aside the words of sages and the Four Books and Five Classics, and instead re-adopted the study of "Ge Zhi".In the eyes of Xiang Fengyi, a person who can make good articles is probably not as good as a craftsman who is good at "uncanny skills and ingenuity".

In addition, Xiang Fengyi's new policy also focuses on business, cutting business taxes, repairing roads, opening up air routes, and encouraging the development of bank banks... These are all considered to be a series of measures Xiang Fengyi made for merchants.

"Gezhi" and "emphasis on business" immediately aroused the vigilance of the scholar-bureaucrats. It is said that during the ten years when Xiang Fengyi was in power, the voice of opposition never stopped.Since the third prince was a child, he had been hearing about how the sinners of the Xiang family had brought disaster to the country, disrupted the government, and shaken the foundation of the country. His theory had no merit.

But the third prince is not an uninhibited person. Of course, he has a way to know that during the ten years when the Xiang family was in power, the money in the treasury quadrupled, and he also knew that a strong country means a strong army. Able to fight against the Northwest Yidi.

However, if it wasn't for that battle, the Holy Majesty would not have been injured and disappeared, and Xiang Fengyi would not have made a foolish move in desperation to help the emperor's younger brother ascend the throne and imprison the abolished emperor, so that after the abolished emperor was restored, he would not be able to do without killing him.

As soon as Xiang Fengyi died, Xiang's new learning disappeared immediately, and no one dared to publicize it.

His teacher, the current Crown Prince Xia Xingshen once privately said that Xiang Fengyi's new learning looks very novel, and Xiang's new policies also make people feel that they have a new look.But if things go on like this, the way of Confucius and Saints will gradually be shelved, and the scholar-bureaucrats will no longer have authority.The craftsmen and merchants among the common people will gradually rise to power, and the government will favor these two groups.

In the final analysis, it is a question of the right to speak.After Xiang's death, in order to firmly grasp the right to speak, the scholar-bureaucrats naturally regarded Xiang's theory as heresy and beat them all to death.

However, tonight, the fourth prince was distributing the book "The Theory of Everything" wantonly in the market place, and the third prince could smell the smell of "knowledge through investigation" just from the title of the book.

This made the third prince extremely vigilant.

While being vigilant, the third prince began to doubt his father's true attitude towards Xiang Fengyi——

The Holy One is Xiang Fengyi's direct disciple, deeply influenced by Xiang's new learning, but he was deposed by Xiang and imprisoned in the abandoned garden for a year. After the restoration, he "had to kill" Xiang, otherwise he would return to the throne There is no fair reason.

But everyone knew that the Holy Majesty missed the Xiang family. Prince Qing's mansion was divided into two and the meritorious officials were rewarded.It was even rumored that the concubine was not a child of the Jia family, but was born to the Holy Majesty and his "beloved one"...

Now Xiang Shi's theory has gradually flowed out through the hands of the Fourth Prince.How do you know that there is the person on the dragon chair who is behind the scenes?

Thinking of this, the third prince couldn't help shivering.

But the more this happened, the less he had a choice.

If he doesn't do what he's supposed to do...he's useless—

"Come here, send this "Theory of Everything" to Taifu. By the way, by the way, I will talk to the boss about today's Ruyiju Qingchat Bureau and the evening's East Gate Pagoda. The fourth child and that Jia Fang Mention their names."

The Prince Jian Guo soon heard about the East Gate Pagoda, and the next day it was announced that the Fourth Prince would enter the East Palace.

The prince smiled when he saw the fourth prince: "Why didn't you call Shanggu and the princess for such a good thing last night? Even if you can't be there to give you a boost, you can still let your second sister-in-law watch the excitement, win two small coins, and have fun." happy."

The fourth prince knew that the prince and the concubine had always been in harmony, so he also raised the corners of his lips at this moment: "Second...Second Brother said...that the little brother is so...not thoughtful."

"But is it really okay for you to distribute the "Theory of Everything" outside the palace? Why don't you discuss it with Gu?" The prince took out a copy from his sleeve, patted it in his hand, and said, "Let some guests read it." However, they all said that there is nothing serious about the original, but it is unavoidably reminiscent of King Qing's new learning in the past."

The fourth prince remained silent.

"I know that you have been doing business abroad all the time. These mechanics, levers, friction, etc., are all helpful for the tasks you received." The prince seemed very proud that he could remember these terms, "But after all, it is the same as what King Qing mentioned back then. The ones... are too close."

"Furthermore, if you disperse it into the crowd, how many people can really see it? Let me tell you, in half a month, more than half of these books will become burning paper in the stove. Unless the country includes it The scope of the scientific research, otherwise the scholars will have nothing to gain, and they will never take the time to take a look at it."

The fourth prince continued to remain silent, and his face was a little sad, he should know that what his brother said was the truth.

"Forget it, everything has been done, even if someone makes irresponsible remarks, there will be an orphan here to block you."

The fourth prince raised his face, showing a moved expression.

The crown prince was very satisfied with this friendship, and changed the subject with a smile: "But the binding of this booklet is really good... Tianyi Bookstore, which one is this? I don't seem to have heard of it."

"Second brother, this is the new bookstore under the name of Shui Xian... just opened."

"Ziheng?" The prince laughed when he heard that, "Why didn't Gu think of him? Yes, he does have this ability."

"By the way, where did you find the original manuscript of this book?" the prince asked.

The fourth prince replied honestly: "Jia Fang gave it."

"Jia Fang?" The prince suddenly became interested, "Is that the youngest son of Duke Rong? The original manuscript he found for you?"

The fourth prince nodded.

"Tianyi... all the books that the bookstore is printing now... are all books and manuscripts that Jia Fang took out."

"Anything else?" The prince frowned together—what?A "Theory of Everything" is not enough trouble, there are other books?

"Chendi, Chendi...brought it." The fourth prince said with difficulty, at the same time he took out two thin booklets from his sleeve, wiped them with his sleeves, and handed them to the crown prince.

""Children's Chinese"? The population is handy, top, middle and bottom?" The prince wondered after turning the first page, "The three-character scriptures, thousand-character prose, hundreds of surnames, and thousand poems, aren't they enough for him to enlighten him? Why is there a "Children's Chinese"?"

"And "Children's Arithmetic"? He actually found Ziheng's bookstore to print these? Is he going to open a school by himself?" ①

The fourth prince finally had a chance to explain: "He is...in the south, doesn't he have a piece of land? Give it there, give it there..."

The prince helped to continue: "Use it for the Mengtong over there? My God, this Jia Fang is really... His fiefdom is spread all over the world, but it is just a matter of sending a steward to collect grain and rent every year. He actually... wanted to teach the Mengtong there?"

The fourth prince reminded in a low voice: "Last time, the third brother mentioned that Yu Jiang's immigrants..."

The crown prince shook his head: "That matter has been settled, there is no need to talk about it. Besides, it's just a few thousand people, a trivial matter..." He said, looking at his brother reproachfully.

The fourth prince lowered his head and said nothing more.

But the prince flipped through the two brochures and said, "But it seems that this Jia Fang is quite talented, otherwise you wouldn't praise him again and again. I'm going to ask someone to announce him now and see him." he."

The fourth prince suddenly showed some joy.The prince sent someone to Xuan Jia Fang to meet him in Rong Mansion, and when they left, he lowered his head and flipped through the two booklets, then asked the fourth prince in a low voice: "Fourth, in your opinion... is the rumor true? of."

Before the fourth prince could answer, the prince had already added a sentence: "The old man in the palace alone went to see it, and said it was...very similar!"

The fourth prince was speechless for a moment, before replying word by word: "Impossible, enter foreign surname, genealogy."

Only then did the prince suddenly realize "Oh", patted his head, and said, "What the fourth brother said is true!"

The person who went to summon Jia Fang didn't come back. The two of them were really bored while waiting, so the prince asked casually: "Father asked you to check, have you checked all the rumors about the drought?"

The fourth prince was startled suddenly, shook his head and said: "Not yet, not yet fully investigated..."

The prince coughed lightly, but did not speak.The fourth prince sat on the chair but was even more cramped, and sat upright, and said loudly: "Your brother understands."

"This is the 'business' you should do," said the prince, and then asked impatiently, "Why haven't people come yet?"

When Jia Fang was going out from Daoxiang Village, people from Rong Mansion happened to be urging Shuangwen to go to Daoxiang Village to find someone.

"Called by the East Palace, what kind of onion are you, dare to delay the official business of the third master entering the palace?"

As soon as Jia Fang pushed open the door of the main house in Daoxiang Village, he heard such words.He hurriedly went out to rescue Shuangwen: "I told others not to enter and disturb each other."

The people from the Rong Mansion immediately seemed to see the sweet pastry: "The third master is really amazing. He was summoned by the East Palace. Madam has prepared auspicious clothes for you. Hurry up, change into the auspicious clothes and follow me quickly." People go into the palace."

Jia Fang was annoyed: "I know, I know!"

He was suffocating, and it was because of the new immigrants from Taoyuan Village.In Taoyuan Village, only a few words were mentioned, and when Village Chief Tao took the lead, all the villagers in Taoyuan Village cried and knelt down in front of him: "Third Master, save us!"

Think about it too, a village with a thousand people, now has to welcome three thousand infectious patients, what is the reason for this?

Just when he really wanted to find someone to vent his anger on, Dong Gong came to summon him.

"Calm down!" Jia Fang said to himself.What he has to face is the prince. If he makes a mistake, not only will he be unlucky, but it will also affect others.

After much tossing, Jia Fang changed into auspicious clothes, rushed to the palace, and met the prince in a serious manner.What comforted him was that the fourth prince was also on the sidelines during the meeting.

The prince is a young man in his 20s, with a Chinese character face and thicker eyebrows. He looks more majestic up close than when he looked at Yu Qingxing from a distance. It can be seen that he and the fourth prince are brothers, but the two are not very close to each other to be honest. picture.

"We've been talking about these books of yours all morning—"

The prince's attitude was unexpectedly gentle, and the three books "The Principle of Everything", "Children's Chinese" and "Children's Arithmetic" were neatly placed on the table in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, the crown prince's official praise came pouring in, which could definitely be applied to any son of the prince's family in Beijing.

"Are these books written by you?" the prince asked gently.

The people in their royal family seem to have the same characteristic: their voices are nice, especially when they speak softly, that voice can penetrate directly into people's hearts.The third prince is like this, and the current prince is also like this.Only the fourth prince was troubled by stuttering, and this advantage was greatly discounted.

But the prince’s first impression on Jia Fang was really good—the other party started with these books, and these were the basic books for the nine-year compulsory education. Those in power valued these, which really moved Jia Fang.

But he had to tell the truth, quickly shook his head, and said: "His Royal Highness, these books are not written by Xiaomin, but orphans that Xiaomin found from the Grand View Garden that is being repaired. Seeing that these orphans are quite valuable, Xiaomin troubled Others found a familiar bookstore and printed some for Xiaomin." But in fact, he just asked Shui Xian to do it for him, and published two books, "Primary Chinese" and "Primary Mathematics".He even just learned the name of "Tianyi Bookstore".As for "Junior High School Physics", the Fourth Prince asked Shui Xian to publish it.

The prince was very interested when he heard it, and asked: "Tell me, what books are hidden in this Grand View Garden? Gu also wants to see and see."

Jia Fang: This...

He decided to take a gamble, if the library in Xiaoxiang Pavilion is really so magical, it should be easy to do it!

"Returning to His Highness, it is said that the collection of books ranges from astronomy to geography, and it is innumerable. I wonder what kind of books His Highness is interested in? Maybe Xiaomin can do it for His Highness to find out if there is any need for His Highness."

Unexpectedly, the prince's voice gradually became a little cold: "Did you know... that your Grand View Garden was originally the abandoned garden of King Qing?"

Jia Fang didn't expect the other party to turn around here, he was startled and said: "Yes..."

"King Qing had some theories that seemed 'unique' back then, but now it seems that they are a bit out of date.Therefore, when you take out the books in it, you must identify them, so as not to cause trouble for yourself for no reason. "As soon as the prince's tone changed, he immediately became soft and gentle again, as if the person who spoke coldly just now was not the same person as the one in front of him at all.

Jia Fang is angry: The other party is talking about this.

But he has been in the Rong Mansion for so many days, and he still has the basic skills of acting. He thanked the other party for "guiding him in the wrong way" for him. His attitude was so good that the prince was very satisfied.

But Jia Fang looked at the fourth prince with puzzled eyes, and almost asked him: "What's going on?"

The fourth prince was also very embarrassed, and looked a little bit on pins and needles.

"By the way, you have made great contributions to the disaster relief. I heard that you have a fief under your name, so I ordered the nearby counties to allocate 3000 people to your fief." The prince changed the subject.

Jia Fang: Finally, it’s time to get down to business.

"Who knows that this incident made the third person mess up. He said in a daze that the epidemic in Jiangxi was raging, and many prefectures and counties had to relocate their population. Therefore, you must 'fill' the affected villagers in Jiangxi into your fief .”

"He used great principles to suppress Gu, and Gu can't help it."

Jia Fang spoke submissively, and muttered in his heart: "There is no way".

"It's all done now, I'm sorry for you alone." The prince apologized sincerely, "But you don't have to worry too much, isn't it just 3000 people? After you return home, tell your father about this matter, and send someone Capable stewards will go to the south, and three thousand villagers will be moved here and there. It would be good if 2000 people can go to the land. The rest...you can figure it out, anyway, it’s your own fief.”

No matter how nice the prince's voice is, these words are too cold-blooded.

The image of the prince of the country in Jia Anxin's mind plummeted. He first kicked the responsibility for that matter to the third prince, and then comforted Jia Fang, telling him to "don't care" and "do whatever you want".

This is... After shirking responsibility, he completely disregarded Xiaomin's life and death.Perhaps in the eyes of the prince, the number of these people is too small, too insignificant.

The real and warm image of the prince in front of him gradually overlapped with the prince who always hid behind the scenes during the drought and came out to pick peaches at the end.

Jia Xin was like a mirror in his heart, but his face showed gratitude. He thanked the prince repeatedly for his "instructions" and promised that he would "definitely" arrange the 3000 people who "filled Taoyuan Village".

The fourth prince looked thoughtful when he heard his promise.

"That's very good," the prince saw that he had successfully appeased Jia Fang, and waved his hand, "When this incident is over, I will arrange for you to be an official."

Jia Fang: ... I am so grateful!

"Don't forget to tell your father about this matter—Duke Rong is the pillar of the country, Gu Yi has always been very respectful." The prince emphasized this again, raised the tea bowl in his hand, and signaled Jia Fang to leave.

Unexpectedly, the fourth prince stood up and said, "I'll send you off."

The prince nodded: "The fourth brother sees off the guests for me."

The two left together.

After the Fourth Prince and Jia Fang resigned, some guests from the Prince's residence came up and whispered a few words.

"The Tai Tuo is here?" The prince frowned, and his eyes fell on the "Theory of Everything" in front of him.He thought: The name of "The Principle of Everything" is inappropriate.Not talking about sages, but saying that all things have their own principles to follow. Isn't this putting "things" above "people" and putting the cart before the horse?

"Fortunately, Jia Fang and the fourth child have gone out!" The prince waved his hands wearily, and said, "The old master came in a hurry, he must have heard about what happened last night. That's fine, let the two little ones It’s not necessary to come forward for this matter.”

He has always had this temperament, push things out if they can be pushed out, and ignore them if they can be ignored.Unless it was absolutely necessary, he didn't want to show up easily.

"For today's matter, His Highness Duomeng will take care of you." Jia Fang thanked the Fourth Prince outside the East Palace.

The fourth prince shook both hands: "Yes...what can I thank you..."

His face was full of shame: "My emperor brother, he..." Apparently he also felt that what the prince said today was really inappropriate.

Jia Fang finally felt that there was still a normal person in the palace.

The two stood side by side, gradually moving away from the East Palace.The fourth prince pointed and explained the orientation and architecture of the palace to Jia Fang.The two were walking when they suddenly heard someone shouting from behind: "Zhou Dezhang, stop!"

The fourth prince's face suddenly changed, and he stopped.

Jia Fang almost dropped his jaw in shock——Zhou Dezhang?Who is this person who dares to call the Fourth Prince by his own name in this palace.