Out of the city of Tokyo Zhao Zhen first saw not the fields outside the city but a forest of factories, driven by Cai Ji, the door industry gradually from sales to handicraft industry transformation, this is Zhao Zhen happy to see things, the large-scale development of the factory can make the farmers who have lost their land find a home, at least to ensure that they have food to eat will not become lost landless people. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Zhen knew better than anyone what it meant to be homeless, and the large-scale land annexation deprived the peasants of the land they needed to survive, and they carried clay pots and thorn baskets, perched on the side of the road, and carried rudimentary utensils to the harvested land to collect green pods to satisfy their hunger, or entered the city to live by petty theft, and even gathered to rise up and go up the mountain to serve the cowards.

The factory disappeared not far from the outskirts of the city, and it was still a vast farmland as far as the eye could see, and Zhao Zhen, who was a little excited, was instantly beaten back to its original shape, traditional agriculture still dominated, and the courtiers on horseback talked in a low voice after leaving the area where the factory was located, "The country is based on agriculture!" The scale of these workshops is so large, and the profits are so large, I am afraid that in the long run, more people will abandon agriculture and become businesses! The wealth of the world is limited to this number, and if it is not a farmer, it is a businessman, and so on for a long time......"

Zhao Zhen turned his head to look at the ministers, he wanted to know who said this, it was extremely pedantic bullshit!

A civil official wearing a five-grade court uniform rode on a horse and proudly explained his point of view in the compliments of others, "How small is a businessman? Seeing the profit and forgetting the righteousness, nominally communicating with each other, but in fact seeking its benefits, the rice of Jiangling is one hundred and ten cents and one stone, and the rice in Beijing is geometric? !

The more the man spoke, the more energetic he became, and the people around him were also moved by his words, and they began to denounce the businessman's behavior, only the corners of Yan Shu's mouth hung a sneer...... As he expected, Zhao Zhen suddenly asked loudly in the car: "Where does your use come from!" ”

The civil official didn't hear the official's voice for a while, but smiled and said: "Nanmen City is in the alley!" ”

Zhao Zhen said angrily: "You have benefited the most from businessmen, but now you say that businessmen are not virtuous!" Merchants over the mountains and rivers, send brocade silk and the capital, transport grain and shops, salt and iron, silk, porcelain, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, along the way between the hardships, the profits and have to remove the helpers, carriages and horses, all kinds of capital, how difficult it is, in case of encountering a rogue is bloodless, the court encourages merchants is to promote the exchange between places, look at the surrounding flags, carriages and horses, honor guards, is it out of nothing out of thin air to conjure! ”

Zhao Zhen's angry rebuke made the young civil official tremble and almost fell off the horse, the courtiers on the side also bowed their heads and remained silent, the convoy slowly stopped, Zhao Zhen jumped off the car and walked to the team of civil officials.

"What's your name and what is your official position?" Zhao Zhen stood in front of the civil official and asked coldly.

The five-rank official was already frightened, knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "The young eunuch of the Weichen Household Department Wailang Quan Sinong Temple, Zhou Licheng knocked on the official's house. ”

"Zhou Licheng, a good name, people don't stand without sincerity, that's what it means? You speak flat. Zhao Zhen saw that he was shaking on the ground and asked him to get up, Zhou Licheng kowtowed: "Xie Guan's family!" That's what my father wanted. ”

"If I remember correctly, your father's name is Zhou Kaiji, who was originally a Zhenwu army in Rongbian, and served as the first emperor's personal guard during the battle of the first emperor's Tanyuan, but he took the lead, and personally led his troops to block the enemy and gain Yin Grace, right?"

Zhao Zhen's words made the civil and military officials on the side stunned, the official family was able to tell Zhou Licheng's origin so clearly, including his father's origin, this is really an unforgettable talent!

In fact, Zhao Zhen traced the information of the court officials to record all the three generations into the imperial encyclopedia, and the powerful search function allowed him to know the details of this Zhou Kaiji in every detail, and even what he looked like, and the official's report described the appearance in detail.

Zhou Licheng didn't expect the official family to know about his father's deeds, and he was speechless with excitement, Zhao Zhen felt a little proud in his heart, and then said: "As the young eunuch of Sinong Temple, you must know the supply of rice from the officials of the Beijing Dynasty last month, report it to me!" ”

This next week Licheng was dumbfounded, he is the young eunuch of Sinong Temple, but all the accounts are too much, he only checked and distributed them on the same day, how can he remember after so long, "Well, the total amount is about 30,000...... Eight...... Eight ......"

Zhao Zhen shook his head in disappointment: "Last month, the Lu rice of the Beijing Dynasty officials was supplied with 38,960 stones, and another 900 stones were given to the alternate officials of the post station, of which rice accounted for 40%, wheat flour accounted for 50%, and the other became brown rice!" ”

Looking at Zhou Licheng's stunned appearance, Zhao Zhen sighed: "If you can answer the first answer, I will not punish you, if you say the food you are given, I will reward you, and I will reward you for the details of what you have sent, but you can even ask three questions about what you do, and you are still making a lot of nonsense just now, what is the use of the court keeping you?" Do you still want to make a lot of nonsense here and confuse others with untrue words?

Since you are an official who comes from the shadow, I will not degrade you to a white body, but you can't do this young eunuch of Sinong Temple, and go to the Forestry Department of Sinong Temple to make a small order, take charge of the garden and pond, and plant fruits and vegetables for the court, sacrifice and food. In the winter season, thousands of sections of ice are hidden, and so is the ice in mid-spring. ”

"Xie Guan's family......" Zhou Licheng bowed down again in fear, at this time he no longer had the same spirit as before, only endless remorse.

The ministers waited for Zhao Zhen to leave and then exploded, the words of the official family just now had a great impact on them, it seems that this official family is the master who can't rub sand in his eyes, and he is also a well-read and strong master! Unexpectedly, he wrote down all the sheets he had just sent the day before yesterday, and in the past, the first emperor only looked at it roughly, and he felt that the numbers were about the same, so he would not ask.

Zhou Licheng's method of testing made them sound the alarm, all the documents must be memorized in the future, in case they encounter the official examination school, it can be said that the reward is a floating cloud, it is good not to be demoted and retained, the investigation of the literati is not as simple as that of the martial arts!

Yan Shu hid in the crowd and didn't say a word, as Zhao Zhen's companion, he knew what Zhao Zhen did, which seemed to be a warning to the ministers, but in fact it was a reminder to the ministers not to talk about state affairs, and the young official hated the most was the person who talked about it.

At this time, Zhou Licheng, who was depressed, had just ridden on horseback, and an attendant came to lead him to the ranks of the eight-rank officials, and he was demoted five levels in a row, which was simply unimaginable for the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was also the most severe punishment.

The first emperor stipulated that civil officials should be surveyed every three years, and it would take fifteen years for the fifth level, and how many fifteen years of life there were, not to mention that he might not be promoted every time he surveyed.

No one laughed at Zhou Licheng, because everyone was similar, but Zhou Licheng was too ostentatious and unlucky, and those who went to Gongxian with Zhao Zhen were all low-grade officials, and they were already high-ranking officials in this group of people from Wupin.

Yan Shu was Zhao Zhen's companion, and now he is on the rise, plus he has his own talent, he was promoted to the right to advise the doctor and the bachelor, and he was given to such a high-ranking official in the matter and put on a vermilion official uniform, so he did not dare to speak at will, the official once said: Sometimes silence is golden!

But sometimes the sky does not fulfill people's wishes, the more Yan Shu wants to avoid Zhao Zhen, the more he can't hide, looking at Peng Qi who came on a horse, he smiled slightly bitterly, it seems that the official family is bored alone in the car, and sure enough, Peng Qi rode a horse and took Yan Shu's side and smiled: "The boy of the Yan family, the official family recruits you!" ”