In the past 100 years, except for the Taizu years, the house provided by the Guozijian to the prisoners and scholars has always been more monks and less porridge, so today's Zhou sacrificial wine and Luo Siye Qiao women are difficult to cook without rice, so they have learned to lead the water to the east, and all the things assigned by the house are thrown to Xu Heiyu in the rope hall. This person still hated Zhang Shou before, let alone an ordinary prisoner.

Therefore, as long as there is a slight condition, whether it is a scholar or a prisoner, they are not willing to live in Guozijian. Who is willing to endure the cramped environment on the one hand, and Xu Heiyu's eyes that seem to be everywhere on the other?

The same is true for Xie Wanquan. In the past, he was the youngest chief in the history of Guozijian, and he was still the head of the Zhaixing Hall, the teacher was famous, and the scenery was infinite. Although the cost of renting a house outside is a little larger, his family is well-off, and many businessmen from his hometown are also sponsored, so he can still live a good life.

But since he went to Rongshui Village to make a fuss, he has been a little unlucky. first pretended to be sick to hide things, then pretended to be sick and became a real illness, and came back more than two months later, and lost the seat of fasting chief. And seeing that his momentum was not good, the businessmen who had generously funded him at the beginning were closed, and what frightened him the most was that Tang Ming, who had always been good to him, was also said to have left Beijing for a trip.

Of course, Xie Wanquan knew what Tang Ming hated about him - because the matter of going to Rongshui Village to find fault was a rumor he heard from a certain bigwig, so he dragged Tang Ming after volunteering. And that day, it was also because of his inappropriate speech when facing Zhang Shou in Zhang's house and he was timid, and he was even more embarrassed by a few arithmetic problems, so Tang Ming showed his defeat so easily.

As for the embarrassment when they retreated after Master Ge Taishi descended from the sky, it is needless to say. Although Tang Ming said that he was Xie Yuan but missed the entrance examination due to illness, he will definitely participate in the examination next year, and he will not leave Beijing to avoid the limelight, and by the way, he will find a way to improve his literary name, do you still stay in the capital as a joke?

Therefore, yesterday Xie Wanquan wanted to come forward to make a turn between Yang Yiming and Zhang Shou, try to eliminate the bad influence caused by his stupidity, and then slowly plan for the future. But after this plan, which should have been very proper, was completely disrupted by the stubborn Yang Yiming, he made such a bold decision in disappointment to the point of almost despair.

Xie Wanquan could foresee the criticism, cold reception, and even suppression he faced, so since last night, he has silently packed his bags and prepared to return to his hometown - he even planned what to do after returning to his hometown. I went to meet the teacher first, and then sincerely admitted my mistakes, reflected on my self-righteousness in the past three years in the capital, and then settled down to study and study.

He can also learn from Zhang Shou, settle in the countryside, teach a few peasant families, and then distinguish the crops in his free time, so as to save himself from being scolded by people like Zhang Shou for not being diligent and not dividing the grains next time.

The only worrying thing is that although his family is quite prosperous and he is a well-known landlord in the local area, if he has worked hard for more than ten years to study and spend countless money, in the end it will be such a result, and his father and mother will be very disappointed. And the other uncles and brothers will definitely attack in groups, and at that time, my father's position as patriarch will only be unstable.

Thinking about it, Xie Wanquan, who had already packed the last bookcase himself, couldn't help but look up at the house where he had lived for three years. Although this is only a small courtyard near Guozijian, in a place like the capital, the annual cost is enough for a small local medium-sized family to live for more than a year.

Therefore, after watching and watching, he couldn't help but suddenly sigh: "Do the math, I have really used a lot of money from my family over the years." ”

The scholar next to him said with a face full of unwillingness: "Childe, do we really want to go back like this?" Then Dr. Yang hurts people and insults your character, just to turn against such a person, you will ruin your future, which is too much! There are still so many big people in the capital, why don't you go to the door to ask for them? ”

"You can't get back what you say, and others can't forget the wrong things you have done." Xie Wanquan smiled and sighed, but said to himself in his heart, if he hadn't gotten carried away when he was proud of the spring breeze, maybe he would still be staying in Guozijian Frank Hall as his fasting chief now - of course, with a teacher like Yang Yiming, he might be arched out to fight Zhang Shou at any time.

Just when the scholar wanted to try to persuade him again, a voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Childe, childe!" Oh no, no! ”

Finding that the voice outside was anxious, and he could even hear a little angry, Xie Wanquan chuckled in his heart, secretly wondering if his attitude of leaving the capital was not enough, and others still refused to let him go? Just when he was feeling regret and desolation, he heard a laugh outside.

"We're looking for people, not provoking, why isn't it good?"

With this voice, Xie Wanquan found that his long-retained voice outside stopped abruptly, and after a long while, the long-retained person was cautious and stammered, "Male...... Childe, there is a guest...... The guests came. Be...... It's ......"

Xie Wanquan finally couldn't help it, and simply strode forward and opened the door. But when he saw clearly the two people standing in the courtyard outside, he was stunned.

But the next moment, he immediately forced a smile and stepped quickly out of the threshold to meet him. But when he arrived in front of the two of them, he just bowed and called out to Dr. Zhang, Lu Zhaichang, only to see Lu Sanlang grinning at him.

"Gongzi Xie, you really do what you say, and you say that you quit the Frank Hall, so you won't go to the Guozijian? Your courage is really too big, do you know that today in the court, the head of the cabinet, Jiang Ge, the head of the cabinet, was the first to attack, saying that you are deceiving the teacher and destroying the ancestors, and suggesting that your reputation be removed and you expelled from the national prison! ”

Hearing an exclamation from behind, Xie Wanquan realized that his scholar experience was not deep, and he must have been frightened by Lu Sanlang's words at this time. But even if he was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but clench his fists, but his heart was full of powerlessness. He didn't think that Lu Saburo would intimidate himself with his words, because this was something that was easy to inquire about.

He is a small former prisoner, should he feel honored to be able to make the first assistant of the dignified court attack him in the morning?

Zhang Shou coughed heavily, stopping Lu Sanlang's evil scare, and then said with a smile: "Lu Zhu has always been this temper that scares people to death and does not lose his life, and he likes to talk only halfway, you don't have to worry about him in general." There are indeed some people who speak for you in the court, but there are also a lot of people who speak for you. ”

This time, Xie Wanquan couldn't help but be stunned, but when his scholar heard this, he stumbled out of the house as if he had been amnestied, and mustered up the courage to ask: "Dare to ask Dr. Zhang, Lord Shoufu has spoken, who else dares to help my son-in-law?" ”

"Hehe, Shousuke-sama can't cover the sky with one hand." This time, Lu Saburo said unscrupulously, "First of all, it was the Confucius scholar who stood up and choked back Lord Shoufu with righteous words. ”

He repeated the original words of Confucius University Scholar Jiang Ge Elder that he had found out from a certain news channel, and then said with a smile: "Then, Jiang Ge Lao, who has always been a good gentleman, also stood up to help you speak. Then, Zhao Guogong also found you a backer that many people can't help at all. ”

Lu Sanlang proudly said that Jiang Ge was old and muddy, and Zhu Jing recommended Lu Sanlang to follow Wang Jie to do things, and then suddenly changed his words and said: "But compared to these people, the thing that my father did is called a shock." ”

Hearing that a small person had become the focus of a dispute over a big person, Xie Wanquan almost had a feeling like he was in a dream. Especially when he heard that Lu Juan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, actually recognized the incident that instigated him and Tang Ming to go to Rongshui Village, he felt that his scalp was numb, and his first reaction was that Lu Juan was afraid that he would say something out, so he took the initiative to admit it.

But he has already offended Yang Yiming to death, breaking the dignity of teachers and students and angering many people, how can he be so unwise?

The more Xie Wanquan thought about it, the more he felt confused, and then Lu Sanlang lightly threw out the last news that was enough to make him dizzy - Lu Juan actually proposed to resign from the Ministry of War because of this matter!

He subconsciously shouted, "Why is Lu Shangshu like this? I'm not going to tell anyone! ”

As soon as the words came out, he saw Zhang Shou looking at him with a smile, and Lu Sanlang, who had just been talking, took a step back with a smile and stood behind Zhang Shou. He even thought that the teacher and student were fooling himself with false news and tricking him into telling the truth, but he didn't expect Zhang Shou to nod to him.

"Lu Shangshu's resignation is not just for you and me, in the final analysis, this is just an excuse. In today's situation, it is not necessarily bad to retreat bravely from the rapids, and besides, Lu Shangshu has no intention of returning to his hometown, and he will travel in the mountains and wilderness after leisure. He is still in his prime, and he hopes to continue to do something solid. ”

However, what Lu Shangshu wants to do, it is likely that he will not make much progress in his life, unless he can have a lot of helpers. Therefore, Zhao Guogong's recommendation that you go to Datong to assist Wang Zongxian, the governor of Xuanda, may not come true. ”

Xie Wanquan couldn't help but smile bitterly. Wang Datou is an upright official, and most people want to stay away, he doesn't think that his shallow experience is enough to assist such a boss.

He is not Zhang Shou's two students from a peasant family, nor is he one of the prisoners in Jiuzhangtang who has various experiences such as tents and warehouses!

Reluctantly mentioning a little spirit, Xie Wanquan sighed and said: "Zhao Guogong and Lu Shangshu love each other, I am really terrified. But I'm only a shallow learner, and I naturally can't do it when I go to Datong, and if I want to help Lu Shangshu, I'm afraid I'm ......."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Lu Sanlang behind Zhang Shou sneering at him. Compared with Zhang Shou's gentle-looking face, how did he feel that his heart was not steady, and he hurriedly changed his words and asked, "What does Lu Shangshu want me to help?" ”

Although Lu Shangshu said that he was no longer the secretary of the military department, he had lofty ambitions and hoped to recruit a group of students with excellent academic performance as gentlemen to open public schools and teach illiterate people. Of course, most of the common people do not have much time to study, and even children often have to work and work. So every week...... Ahem, once every seven days is pretty much the same. ”

Zhang Shou was stunned when he saw Xie Wanquan, so he explained unhurriedly: "Gongzi Xie was born as a landlord, and he should have experienced the strict hierarchy of his family. The master has instructions to pass them down to the bottom, and if it is passed on by word of mouth, an order is likely to be unrecognizable in the end. And if it is through writing, then even if the notice is posted, the literate can often blind the illiterate. ”

Xie Wanquan gradually came back to his senses. He tried not to think about whether this matter was too big and inappropriate, and tried his best to follow Zhang Shou's train of thought: "Dr. Zhang is right, I heard that the same is true for tax collection, whether the imperial court reduces taxes due to disasters or light taxes on weekdays, and finally reaches the bottom, it is often not only not reduced, but increased!" It was the officials who took advantage of the illiterate people to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble! ”

Zhang Shou just used the three of them as an introduction, who knew that Xie Wanquan would be extended to tax collection, he couldn't help but be speechless.

If you just look at this level, in fact, from officials to officials, most of them don't want the low-level civilians to be literate, because once the people know more, then it is not easy to fool - and the more you know, the more you will think more, and the more you think, the more you will often make trouble, if you make trouble-hehe, do you still need to say about the result?

Therefore, the sentence of Confucius in the Analects has always been misinterpreted by people in broken sentences to mean that the people can make it happen, but they can't make it known.

In fact, what Zhang Shou really wants to say is that literacy is the most basic condition for opening up people's learning ability, because after literacy, ordinary people may learn a lot of knowledge that needs written textbooks, rather than being passed on by word of mouth - he has fully realized the ability of ordinary people when he saw Guan Qiu's brain hole gushing out under the infinite supply of information and money.

First, there will definitely be a need for more workers who can read rough words in the future, and second, he needs the talents that emerge from ordinary people.

However, what he wanted to say would pale in the face of words alone. Therefore, he groaned slightly, and said with a smile: "Many things, just by talking about it, will not be clear for a while. In short, since you left that in front of people yesterday, Guozijian will definitely not be able to go again, but if you leave Beijing like this, are you really willing? ”

Seeing that Xie Wanquan suddenly stopped talking, Zhang Shou said with a smile: "The day after tomorrow, my family will move in, and I will move a lot of people and things, I can't get out of the country, if Gongzi Xie is free, can I go over and do a favor?" There are some things that I can ask Yingying to take you to see. ”

Thinking that Zhang Shou had pit the eldest prince and the second prince, the famous new textile machine, Xie Wanquan was speechless for a while. Even he, who was once shunned like a snake and scorpion by fellow businessmen, had people come to the door in those days, hoping that he would come forward to find out if the high-efficiency textile machine was really useful. But when the eldest prince spreads the drawings as if venting his anger, this kind of person will be extinct.

If Zhang Shou has more than just a new textile machine on hand, there are other ......

Xie Wanquan's heart was terrified, and then he nodded and said: "I happen to be idle, this little thing, naturally I don't dare to refuse!" ”