Tonight's main course is fish.

Because Fu Xiaoguan had two women by his side, Su Mo did not share the table, and the master brought by Yu Wenyun naturally did not share the same table.

So there were only three people sitting at the stone table in the courtyard.

"I made this cold crucian carp, you can try it."

Fu Xiaoguan said and diligently sandwiched a fish for the two beauties, and said, "Be careful, this fish has many spines." ”

Yu asked Yun and Dong Shulan where they had eaten this kind of thing, and they thought it was quite novel, so they tried to taste it - hey, it tasted quite good!

The chefs in the palace are very particular about the selection of materials and materials, and they definitely will not use such crucian carp that can be caught in the river everywhere, and although the chefs of Shangshu Mansion are not as good as the palace, Dong Shulan and her mother are extremely picky about eating, and it is impossible to eat this fish.

So the two beauties liked this dish from the bottom of their hearts, so they ate this pot of crucian carp with this Xishan Tianlu.

Yu Wenyun suddenly found that his appetite seemed to be much larger, thinking that it should be the reason for this delicious taste, this person can actually cook!

The gentleman is far away from cooking, this is written in the book of the sage, this person is not very particular, but it seems to be very good.

If you don't eat the fireworks of the world, that's not a person, that's a saint, a saint can only look up, and a person who is born can communicate.

"Hey, let me ask you, what you said in the field this evening...... Is it true? Yu Wenyun asked curiously.

"The one who threshes rice? Of course it's true, if you do more next year, they'll be twice as efficient. ”

"Although your family is a landlord, I have never seen a landlord who can farm, how do you know this?"

Fu Xiaoguan laughed and said, "That's what you don't know, actually, what I'm really good at is farming." ”

"Liar!" Dong Shulan threw him another roll of the eye.

Fu Xiaoguan likes to look at it, who can understand the style at that glance except for him Fu Xiaoguan?

"In your heart...... Is there really no estrangement with those peasants? Yu Wenyun asked again.

Fu Xiaoguan was silent for a moment, and this time he replied quite seriously.

"You see, we can sit here comfortably and eat, we can put on beautiful clothes, we can drink good wine, all of this is based on their hard work."

"Think about it, if the peasants don't farm, if the workers don't spin and weave and make wine, then what do we eat? What to wear? ”

"Mencius has a cloud: the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light, this is the sage said, the common people are the most important, they are the cornerstone of a country, they are engaged in the most basic work, but they have created immeasurable value that you do not see."

"There are clouds in "Shangshu": the people are only the state, and the country is solid. The common people are the foundation of the country, and only when this foundation is stable can the country be peaceful, so they are worthy of our respect, and there is no barrier between me and them, and even in my eyes, their status is above the court. ”

This is a bit too much, especially since the ninth princess is still here, so Dong Shulan said: "I understand what you mean, the so-called food and clothing parents refer to their group. ”

Fu Xiaoguan didn't know if he drank two more glasses, he was quite interested, and said: "Not only that." Think about it, there are tens of thousands of officials in the huge court, they hold the money, drink fine wine, live in big houses, and manage the people of the world, but if you think about it carefully, what value has their group of people created? ”

"They didn't produce a grain of rice, they didn't weave a thread, they didn't produce anything, that is, anything in the world, including this brick and tile, actually has nothing to do with them. But they are the richest, live in the biggest house, drink the most beautiful wine, and even often linger in the Qinglou. ”

Yu Wenyun frowned, thought for a long time, and said, "Then if there are no such officials in the court, wouldn't it be a mess?" ”

Fu Xiaoguan nodded, "Yes, these officials have read books and know how to govern the country, so the state collects taxes and pays them salaries." They are indispensable to a country. Including the army and soldiers, the state needs them to guard the frontier and drive out foreign enemies, which are indispensable state institutions. But there is one point, to support so many people, you have to collect more taxes, where do these taxes come from? In the final analysis, it comes from these peasants, these workers, and landlords like me, and businessmen. ”

"If this group is so important, why does the state not pay attention to it? The scholars discriminated against the peasants, calling them clay poles, and the officials discriminated against the merchants, believing that they were full of copper stench all over their bodies - they did not think that the vast majority of the salaries they received were taxes paid by the merchants, so if a country valued commerce and gave merchants a higher status, the country would definitely be more prosperous. ”

Yu Wenyun and Dong Shulan both understood the truth.

The improvement of the status of merchants means the prosperity of commerce, and the prosperity of commerce means paying more taxes for the state, and the country has more money, so that it can do more things, such as strengthening the army, such as running schools, and so on.

"This is small talk, just listen to it, I will never dare to say it to others, but I have to keep it secret."

Dong Shulan looked at Yu Wenyun, Yu Wenyun smiled, "Although your words are very reasonable, but you really can't say it, after all, it is now the world of scholars, everything is inferior, only the concept of high reading is deeply rooted in the bone marrow, if you want to overthrow it, it is the enemy of the world's scholars, and no one can bear it." ”

Fu Xiaoguan didn't say that the original meaning of this sentence was right, but these readers misunderstood.

The so-called high reading refers to being able to understand things through reading more, or to save the world, or to reassure the people, or to invent and create, to study the truth of all things, to improve various instruments, to promote scientific and technological progress, and so on.

There is only one thing that people who read nowadays think: to be an official!

Only when you become an official can you glorify your ancestors and reflect your ambition and value, which in itself has gone astray.

Of course, as Yu Wenyun said, this is not something he can change.

Dong Shulan didn't want to continue this topic, and suddenly said: "The couplet you made in Wangjianglou, Wen Yun made a bet with Yan Xiwen, and asked Yun to come out of the couplet, Yan Xiwen didn't come out, and now the couplet is hanging on a pavilion in Lan Tingji, with a bounty of 1,000 taels of silver." ”

And such things?

Fu Xiaoguan touched his nose and asked, "Do you want to earn that silver?" ”

"Think, could it be that you have other downlinks?"

"Hey, hey!" Fu Xiaoguan smiled sheepishly, "Listen up! ”

"Printing the moon well printing the moon and printing the moon in the well printing the moon shadow moon well ten thousand years and the moon shadow ten thousand years"

"Guanyun Pavilion, Guanyun Xing, Guanyun Pavilion, Shangguanyun Xingyunting, Quartet, Yunxing, Quartet"

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