Beijing, Zhuangyuan Mansion. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The books that Shen Xi has been reading in the past few days are basically "Four Books" and "Five Classics", and the most important thing in the township examination questions is the four books and the five classics questions, and he must be prepared for the township examination questions.

Xie Qian's matter soon came to fruition.

Emperor Hongzhi agreed to negotiate with the Franc machine man for the exchange of the three crop seeds mentioned in the Shangshu when he was trading with the Franc machine man next time, but in order to avoid the Franc machine man from sitting on the ground and raising the price, the matter was not discussed for the time being, and everything was handed over to Xie Qian for disposal.

This means that Xie Qian will be solely responsible for trade with the Franc Machine.

After the Ming court recovered Hami and successively won victories against the Franc and Tatars, due to the emergency of the national treasury, it began to pay attention to the people's livelihood. Xie Qian's sparseness was in line with Emperor Hongzhi's intention to recuperate, and he had great expectations for the seeds of several high-yielding crops mentioned by Xie Qian.

But the matter has nothing to do with Shen Xi.

Xie Qian did not point out to Emperor Hongzhi that this matter was actually raised by Shen Xi, so Zhu Youzhu only regarded Xie Qian, a scholar of the dynasty, who was capable, knew astronomy and geography, and knew all about what high-yield crops the Buddha had in the machine.

Shen Xi helped Xie Qian add a lot of impression points to Emperor Hongzhi in disguise, and he became more and more respected and trusted.

The other is the illness of Li Dongyang's eldest son Li Zhaoxian, Shen Xi has not received relevant news, after Xie Qian sent the prescription, Li Dongyang closed the door, did not hear that the Li family was mourned, but also did not hear that Li Zhaoxian recovered.

Shen Xi guessed that the condition may have been relieved, and it is estimated that he can live a few more days, or a year and a half more, depending on the patient's own physique.

Shen Xi didn't know about this prescription, and there were many inside stories.

In these years, only when the illness is cured can the doctor be capable, so Li Dongyang is still skeptical about the prescription sent by Xie Qian, and when the eldest son's condition improves slightly, he can't wait to use the tiger and wolf medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, and when it becomes serious, he has to continue to use acupuncture and moxibustion to rescue, and then use Shen Xi's prescription to recuperate.

Therefore, during this period of time, Li Zhaoxian's illness actually repeated repeatedly, and even Xie Qian, who handled it, couldn't know whether Fang Zi had any effect, let alone tell Shen Xi.

It's the end of July.

Shen Xi went to the East Palace on July 29 to give Zhu Houzhao a lesson. After the schoolwork is over, until the end of the Luming banquet in Shuntian Mansion, he does not need to enter the palace to give lectures to the prince.

After school in the afternoon, while the attendants were dispersed and there was no one else in the room, Zhu Houzhao excitedly told Shen Xi, who was packing up the case, that Zhang Yanling secretly took him out of the palace once, and this time he went to some prosperous areas in the capital and bought some fun things.

“…… Sir, it's funny that you don't know how scared your second uncle looks. Zhu Houzhao's face was full of pride, "Who told him to bully me when I was young?" I'm going to let him know that children aren't so easy to get rid of! ”

Shen Xi shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.

Judging from Zhu Houzhao's account, Zhang Yanling is very scheming, and the places he takes the prince to are where some dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital gather and haunt. In order to prevent Zhu Houzhao from being uncomfortable with the diet outside, he didn't even take him to dinner, bought some gadgets and sent the bear child away.

Zhu Houzhao left the palace this time, but did not see the suffering of the people, and simply went out of the palace for fun, which did not have much practical educational significance.

Shen Xi hoped that Zhu Houzhao would see the hardships and difficulties of the life of the people of the Ming Dynasty, instead of letting Zhu Houzhao plant the seeds of indulgence and happiness since he was a child, but except for him, everyone else was taking Zhu Houzhao astray. Even if he didn't directly contribute to the trouble, he was indulging and acquiescing, including the speakers, attendants and relatives of the East Palace, and even Zhu Youzhi and his wife.

"How much do you buy a little thing?" Shen Xi asked.

"What's the penny? Where do I know, but don't you buy things out with silver? Copper coins are so dirty, who will use them? Zhu Houzhao pursed his lips and replied disdainfully.

"But in fact, at present, the only legal tender in the Ming Dynasty is copper coins, and silver has not been confirmed by the imperial court!" Shen Xi's words surprised Zhu Houzhao, and he was trying to digest it, and Shen Xi added: "Does the prince know what is the exchange ratio of copper coins and silver among the people?" ”

"This ......"

Zhu Houzhao frowned slightly, arched his hand and said, "Please sir, please advise." ”

"One for a thousand, that is, one or two silver for a consistent amount of money, that is, a thousand Wen, this is the basic exchange rate, but in fact, the people have different rates, I will explain to you in detail when I have the opportunity in the future." Speaking of this, Shen Xi asked again, "Does the prince know what is the price of rice on the market today?" ”

"This ...... Probably not expensive. ”

Shen Xi's face was grim: "Does the prince know that an ordinary porter in the people is a man who helps people carry burdens, and how many copper plates can he get for four hours a day when he helps people pick up goods?" How many buckets of rice can I exchange? ”

Shen Xi's series of questions made Zhu Houzhao, who was in the middle of leaving the palace, speechless.

"On the market today, a pound of new rice costs about ten yuan, and a pound of old corn in previous years costs about four yuan.

When Shen Xi said this, he was also a little bitter, because when he first arrived in Daming, he lived the hardest life at the bottom of the society, and the Zhou family worked hard to save money just to let him study, and in the end he was blackmailed by the Wang family.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help yawning and said, "Sir, let's not talk about these uninteresting things, okay?" Tell me quickly, there are still interesting places in the capital, and next time I will ask my second uncle to take me there. ”

Sure enough, the circumstances are different, and the direction of thinking about things is also different, so that a bear child who has no worries about food and clothing and is just waiting for the future to sit in the country understands that it seems easy to suffer in the world, but he turns his head and forgets that there is no pain in his skin, then he will still develop in the direction of eating, drinking and having fun in the future, and there will be no turning point in history, and Shen Xi's arrival will not have the slightest meaning.

"There are many interesting places in the capital, and I will talk to the prince when I go back, so that the prince can go and visit."

Shen Xi didn't think that there was any place in the capital that could have a direct impact on the prince's outlook on life, and the girl who sold herself to bury her father last time was obviously forgotten by Zhu Houzhao, so she reminded: "The girl that the prince bought before, I still help you raise it, should the prince settle the money he owes for selling his body and the daily food expenses?" ”

"Huh? Sir, you're too picky, aren't you? It's just a little bit of silver, and you're still struggling with me. Zhu Houzhao wrinkled his nose and said with some disdain.

Shen Xi asked, "Then the prince knows how much Weichen has to pay every month?" ”

"It should be a lot, there must be hundreds of taels, or even thousands of taels, I think it's possible." Zhu Houzhao said as a matter of course.

Shen Xi shook his head: "The minister receives rice every month, and if he sells the rice, he can get about nine taels of silver." The minister has a family to support, and there is not much left every month, and the money he lent to the prince last time may be the savings that Weichen can accumulate in a year. ”

Zhu Houzhao was taken aback when he heard this, and asked, "Sir, isn't it, you only have a little money a year?" ”

"Otherwise, what does the prince think?" Shen Xi asked with emotion.

"Oh, I know, I'll tell my father when I go back, let my father give you a lot of money, so it's okay, right?" Zhu Houzhao smiled evilly, "The part added should be regarded as my repayment of the debt to you." ”

Shen Xi shook his head resolutely: "No, no." Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the number of officials is not determined by people, everything has rules to check, the prince thinks that there are very few, but in fact, it is enough for a courtier. Weichen now has a mansion, and his wife and children can be supported, why do he have to ask the court for a higher salary for no reason? ”

Zhu Houzhao showed an embarrassed look on his face, and he thought to himself: "Mr. Shen is really generous, he doesn't even want me to fight for a higher salary with him." Oh, no, he doesn't want a higher salary, which means he wants to ask me for a debt? Where can I earn money and give it back to him? ”

Sure enough, Shen Xi immediately moved out the old accounts again, and excessively raised the issue of interest.

Shen Xi said: "Does the prince know that what is the interest rate of private loans now?" ”

"What is interest?"

Zhu Houzhao hadn't even taken the silver, let alone knew so many different things.

Shen Xi said: "In this world, there is borrowing and repaying, and it is not difficult to borrow again, if I lend someone a thousand yuan, I have to set a time limit, and after the expiration, the borrower will not only return a thousand copper coins, but also pay some additional copper coins as interest." Only in this way will private lending be meaningful, otherwise who is willing to lend money to others out of thin air, especially people who don't know each other well? ”

"What if you borrow money and can't pay it back?" Zhu Houzhao spread his hands and said, "It's like me." ”

Shen Xi said: "It is a matter of course to kill people to repay debts and debts, since there are people who borrow money and lend, there will be people who maintain this order, if someone owes money and does not pay it back, they will find someone to threaten them, and some people when borrowing money, they declare their mortgages, such as houses, fields, and even wives and children, if they cannot be returned when due, they will sell their houses and fields to repay debts, or even sell their wives and children to repay debts." ”

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "The person who lent the money is stupid enough, not only does he not get the money back, but he also helps others support his wife and children, so isn't it to spend food money in vain?" ”

Shen Xi said: "Does the prince think that he is helping people to feed for nothing?" After selling his wife, the female dependents ...... can help with work, often do things for more than six hours a day, no salary, just a bite to eat, and even **** scolding at will, life and death. ”

Zhu Houzhao was a little jealous when he heard this, probably thinking about what he would do if he fell to that point, and finally he waved his hand and said: "I don't want that girl, Mr. can support her to do things, and he should pay off the debt for me." ”

"No, there is no shortage of slaves in the courtier's house, and the little girl is too young to work." Shen Xi wants to block the crooked thoughts of the bear child.

Let you understand today that even if you are a prince, you have to pay back the money you owe. (To be continued.) )