However, when he ordered wine, someone stuck to Zhang Dai's side and said, "Brother Zhang, I came here rashly, I had no choice but to do so. ”

"What a wretch."

"Now where do I dare to say anything big in the guild hall, I only dare to come to this place, you don't know, there is a lot of noise in this city, and almost no one dares to say too much in private."

Zhang Dai exclaimed: "Will anyone still report the news?" ”

Legend has it that one day, four friends drank together, one of them scolded Wei Zhongxian there because he was too drunk, and the other three were too frightened to speak. Those who scolded were skinned, and those who did not speak were rewarded.

Of course, this kind of story increases the mystery and power of Dongchang in the minds of ordinary people, but it also shows that Dongchang does have two brushes.

"No, that elder must have a spell, sometimes they don't have to pass by in person, they can hear the voice of people talking in private, and they can even record it and release it in the hall, and the people who hear it are not so frightened that they confess on the spot."

"How can you do that?"

"Yes, my colleagues in the Zhejiang Guild Hall, just want to take the opportunity to rent land, the price is cheaper, eat the good storefront, the place chosen is in their own housing, that's it, no one has caught it, you talk about it, isn't this the mouth of the people more than the defense of Sichuan."

Zhang Dai said: "How to deal with it afterwards." ”

"That's the official of the former Ming Dynasty, naturally he was assigned, this is the living and dead and the corpse, and the colleague was also convicted of bribery, and finally fined a sum of money, and asked for a social service order, that is, to sweep the floor on the street and be an errand for inferior people, you see, this imperial capital is simply a hell for us."

Zhang Dai sighed and said, "In private, these elders are staring at each other? It is also necessary to use spells to restrict, isn't this the destruction of human beings. ”

In Zhang Dai's view, it is not easy for Xiaomin to make money, unlike his ancestors who did businessless business, where they earned thousands of family fortunes, just thinking about how to save money, they were treated like this by the government, isn't this competing with the people.

With his rich background, his ideology must be free, and of course, this freedom can only be enjoyed by people like him, and no one else can enjoy it.

In terms of Zhang Dai's personal interests, what he likes most is that the government naturally does nothing, and the upper and lower groups are harmonious, as for what big or small things are naturally discussed by gentlemen like him, and the foundation of their court is naturally in it, and it is just a private communication with a few officials to take care of it, which really gives people a creepy thing.

For example, there was such a tragic incident in Shanghai in the future, a girl was very casual and ignorant to lend an Indian student a pack of tissues to wipe the saliva left on his body, in fact, he looked at the goods too disgusting and hoped that he would pay attention, but the student thought that he liked him and asked the girl to break up with her boyfriend and follow her, of course, she was refused.

In the end, the international student brutally killed the international student, and it was considered normal, and finally the international student as a high-ranking person, naturally raised high, and fell gently, and someone explained afterwards that the international student was a high-caste person, and in the place where he lived, he was all kinds of stammers since he was a child, and in his worldview, the whole world revolved around him, and women were all trying to please him, so they naturally thought that the ignorant girl was flattering him.

The worldview is a difficult thing to establish but once established, it is almost impossible to rewrite, since childhood, I have been accustomed to the power in the hands of the officials at will, and even their own family has made huge profits from it, once it is found that there is really a government to carry out a cruel blow and suppression of this behavior, the first thought is fear, and then it is anger, since the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, no one cares about our Confucian corruption, and it is inhumane to manage it, and it is a great crime against Confucianism.

Anyway, Zhang Dai felt frightened and said, "What we said just now ......"

"It's nothing, it's okay to complain, but Brother Zhang thinks there is something important, now it can be said that although those Dongchang fans are extremely vicious, they don't dare to come here, it's so noisy here, they can't hear it."

Zhang Dai was a little relieved, and said: "There is such a group of elders in this imperial capital now, and there are almost no duplicates of their rumors every day, and there are almost no duplicates, I also think that it is not okay not to come, so it is rare to see it, you don't know, last month in several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, they built the bell tower, which caused a sensation, but I have to say that it is indeed convenient for the people of the whole city." ”

"I've heard about it too, and I'm really going to Jiangnan to stretch out my hand."

Zhang Dai said: "It's just to build a bell tower." ”

"This is their usual method, a little favor and a small favor, let the ignorant people swear to follow, completely forgetting the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, the major events of etiquette and religion, hey."

Zhang Dai suddenly felt a burst in his heart, he was in line with the person who was captured by Xiao En Xiaohui.

At first, Zhang Dai still felt noisy, but every day on time, every half an hour, the melodious bell rang throughout the city, but it had a sense of beauty, which made him have to admire it.

"Miss Yifei is here."

Suddenly, the audience was thunderous, and those men and women were applauding and cheering, which drove the atmosphere to become more enthusiastic, and it was no longer suitable for conversation.

Miss Yifei walked on the stage, but she didn't say anything, but sang directly.

"Little wrongdoer, what are you doing, like a fool, I asked, why, you don't answer......"

sang a few songs to drive the atmosphere, and constantly threw out the flattering eyes of the recently extra style, and finally a man suddenly threw the ring in his hand through the waiter who stopped him when he shouted to no avail.

This threw down directly at Miss Yifei's feet, but the others followed suit, hoping to attract attention, and even the goddess was a great honor to take a look at the ring and gold object she threw over.

Under such chaos, the atmosphere became even more enthusiastic, Zhang Dai looked at it and said, "I see." ”

Of course, Miss Yifei naturally won't pick up those rings or anything, and after the curtain call, someone else will naturally take care of it, but the more lively the atmosphere, the better.

Of course, Zhang Dai also felt a little embarrassed, in this green building, what is particular about a mood, scholars prefer that women look at themselves differently because of some excellent aspects of themselves, and that kind of biological satisfaction can not be summed up by eating, drinking, and spending money.

There seem to be some newcomers below, what Ikebi, what Forty-Eight, each has fans, but it is not so lively, Zhang Dai frowned, and said: "This ......"

"Brother Zhang, that's the case here, it's a pity that the world is declining."

Zhang Dai said: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just mutual willingness." ”

"Don't talk about it, arrange a water spirit for Brother Zhang."

That mother Sang was invited, and after talking about it, she found that there was no Japanese or Goryeo Meiji they wanted, even if it was a local woman, there were not many women, compared to the domineering spirit of later generations of female college students who could come here and make a high math question with the same complexion, but it was a big shortcoming.

The most important thing is that the elders don't like any poetry and songs, and they also think that a beautiful woman is not the same when the lights are turned off at night, and she pays attention to what she does so much.

Therefore, it is a huge blow to the average cultural level of the club.

Zhang Dai found out this, and he was not annoyed, he himself planned to come to the imperial capital as an ordinary person to have a look, mainly to see how the scenery here, how the governance is, and whether he can unify the world.

In this case, the top woman naturally can't give herself for no reason, and she is not an ordinary product since she was a young girl who warmed the bed all her life, so she naturally doesn't care about these.

However, what he noticed was that in this heaven and earth, nine times out of ten, there were all kinds of rich businessmen dressed up, and a few people were vulgar, so it was natural.

"In other words, in the past few years, not many Confucian scholars have been used in this new imperial court, and most of them are just decorations?"

"I'm ashamed, I can't get into the eyes of others."

"How many words of loyalty are ignored."

Zhang Dai seemed to have an understanding.

The night passed, naturally nothing happened, and the next day, they walked out of the room one after another, each with a smile, but they began to talk about nothing.

"Brother Zhang, if you come, these few days are an opportunity."

"What's the matter?"

"These days, many landlords in various places are dissatisfied, looking for local county officials, naturally they can't manage it, and they start to petition at higher levels, and they have a lot of them, which naturally becomes the climate."

"You mean the landlords and grain farmers everywhere?"

"Yes, there are all over the county."

"Because of what? Is the exploitation excessive. ”

"This is not true, the imperial capital has canceled the agricultural tax, we thought it was just a good show, but now that we look at it, we can really afford it, and they all say that people will turn stones into gold, which is really not false."

Zhang Dai nodded, "Abolishing agricultural taxes is indeed a feat for the ages. ”

For these Confucian scholars, crying bitterly, selling their bones, saying that the small people are miserable, and asking the emperor to be exempt from taxes, but turning his head and making those taxes several times higher, is a thing that should be done in itself, Zhang Dai, as a big landowner, if he is really exempted from agricultural taxes, he himself is not responsible for the people who take advantage of the annual tax collection work, but he is also a kind support.

"But the price of grain hurts the farmers, even in the spring of this year, when the green and yellow are not harvested, the rice and white flour transported from Liaodong have not stopped, the people over there, the family grows hundreds of acres of land, raises hundreds of cattle, and the grain is fast and does not need money, even if it is transported by train, it is also very cheap, anyway, the local grain cannot be compared."

Zhang Dai was shocked, in the Ming Dynasty, every fluctuation in grain prices was a feast for the powerful, and it was already a habit to take the opportunity to harvest land, servants and women, and there was absolutely no soil for a free economy here.

As the history books say, the budding capitalism is basically nonsense, and for the feudal landlords who control the localities, anyone who tries to harm their interests, even if it is a county magistrate sent by the government, should be shot directly.

If it is said that in the era of market economy, the price of grain in a certain place has skyrocketed, and some people have heard the news, it can be almost calculated in hours, and the grain from other places can be transported from other places to take the opportunity to make money, which is still a good thing, and those who hoard strange people have no way to live.

But in the era of the Ming Dynasty, this matter was very difficult, outsiders came in to make a fortune, and if they did not visit the government and the gentry, they would die in a few minutes without a place to be buried.

Of course, this is also related to transportation, culture.

"You mean, the grain from Liaodong can be transported over?"

"Yes, not only grain, but also fruits and other things, in the countryside near Hebei, the big grain households originally wanted to sell grain to make money, and they basically smashed it in their hands, but they had to spend money everywhere, what can they do."

Zhang Dai also sighed, even if it was his own family, if he encountered this situation, he was afraid that he would cry.

"At first, I could endure it, but this year, the train has brought more grain, so naturally the price is more stable, and there is more and more grain in the homes of those grain households."

On the one hand, the price of food is stable, on the other hand, with the economic improvement, whether it is vegetables or fish in the sea are no longer fresh, every morning there is a special train carrying fish to the imperial capital, the increase of non-staple food makes it no longer like before to eat a lot of staple food to maintain nutrition, even if it is only a coolie who can only exert his strength, but also can afford a small fish, a pot of wine, the demand for food is even reduced!

Some people have flexible brains and can find ways to quickly switch to planting vegetables and other things, and small farmers with only one or two acres of land have enough wheat in the field to eat themselves, and the income from working in the city also exceeds the income from farming.

Zhang Dai didn't expect that this was the ultimate goal of the elders in itself, using economic means to destroy the landlord system that had lasted for thousands of years in this country, and he only felt sad that the rabbit died and the fox died.

His natural mind is close to the identity of the landlord, and he does not feel that he and the peasants are the same species, at least at this time, he has not experienced the suffering of the destruction of the country and the family, and almost everyone thinks like this.

"I just don't know how many landlords are determined to get up and appeal to the court, if the number is too small, I am afraid that they will be murdered by traitors."

In his cognition, there must be someone behind the scenes, who has always manipulated food prices, all of which are suddenly raised, taking the opportunity to coerce the Lord.

If you can take the opportunity to stir up here with a three-inch incorruptible tongue, maybe you can become famous in one fell swoop, at least you can get the hearts of these landlords.

In this era, basically only the landlords could afford to support the off-duty scholars, and the high cost discouraged the poor, and in terms of origin, befriending these landlords meant handing over the future ruling class, which was a great thing.

Of course, Zhang Dai, who was born in the south of the Yangtze River, did not have much sympathy for the landlords in the north, he just felt that this was an opportunity.

"In fact, everyone takes a step back, although the grain brought by the train, although it can be sold more, it is just to give others a chance to survive."

"Brother Zhang, do you want to care?"

"The world is in charge of everything, if it is really a traitor who is in the way, I will take care of it."

(End of chapter)