Chapter 11 All Talents (2)

The third speaker was Kan Zhang Gao Antai in Renzhong.

I saw that Gao Antai didn't wait for Zhu Pingjin to ask, so he took a big step forward, hugged his fists and said: "The prince wants to protect himself, but it's just a little thing, just avoid it until I am all in the day!" I don't believe that he sacrificed a thief to give birth to three heads and six arms, and he can cross my guillotine cliff! Can break my Flying Immortal Pass! The jade sachet on his waist swayed with his steps, as if he was carrying a sword.

Definitely the coolest and most shocking opening line of the day! After listening to such an opening line, you will let him finish the show anyway. Because of his opening remarks, it resonated with you and spoke your heart!

Gao Antai's second sentence once again aroused Zhu Pingjin's curiosity: "A certain Han person, not a native person!" ”

Could it be that this person has always been regarded as a minority?

Gao Antai was not shy about his third-class rich and handsome identity, and explained: "My father Gao Ji, my eldest brother Gao Ji (JI) Tai, and the second brother Gao Dengtai are the third. The eldest brother Gao Jitai is a hereditary general of the imperial court, and Tianquan has recruited the envoy six times (Note 1). At the end of the Tang Dynasty, my ancestor Gao Gong, a native of Linjiang Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River, made meritorious contributions to the West Road with a military academy, and since then he has stayed in the town of Tianquan. Yang Duan, the ancestor of the Yang family, is fortunate to be from the Emperor of the Emperor with a thousand cows, and he is also to the heavens. The heir of Zhaozong ordered me to divide the land and rule the two clans of Gao Yang. This dynasty was built in Zhao, my ancestor was attached, Emperor Taizu Gao changed the Tianquan Recruitment Division for the Tianquan Six Recruitment Division, the Gao family was positive, and the Yang family was the vice. Therefore, my Gao and Yang Er are both authentic Han people! ”

It turned out to be the rich and handsome of the Tusi family. It is estimated that he has been misunderstood for a long time, so I will make a cautious statement in front of Zhu Pingjian.

It is estimated that Gao Antai took into account his identity as a toast, so Zhu Pingjin comforted: "The Tusi Liuguan is for the needs of the imperial court to stabilize the country and govern the people, there is no difference between inside and outside, let alone superior and inferior, Mr. don't care." My father also mentioned that your father was in luxury and peace, and he had made great contributions to the court. However...... Zhu Pingjin returned to today's theme, "It is the responsibility of this son to defend the country and protect the people, so why abandon it and run to the sky?" This son can't steal it! ”

Although his idea was completely rejected from the beginning, the rich and handsome of the Tusi family was not discouraged, and said: "The prince doesn't want to go to Tianquan, so don't worry." Somebody came up with an idea. Shizi, look," Gao Laosan drew a circle in the air with his fingers, and then nodded in the middle and said: "We in Sichuan, surrounded by mountains, and in the middle are plains and hills, shaped like a cauldron bath. The plains and hills are inhabited by Han Chinese, and the surrounding mountains are inhabited by natives. For example, in the vicinity of Tianquan, there are Tibetans in the west, Yi people in the south, and Tibetans and Qiang people in the north. The same is the case in eastern Sichuan, the Miao people in Zunyi Mansion, and the Tujia people in General Shi Yanqin. If the thief wants to come to Sichuan, he has to climb the mountain first, and he has to pass our toast! ”

When Gao Laosan said this, he couldn't help but boil his blood: "Our Tusi is also an official of the Ming Dynasty!" Offering thieves and chaotic Shu, our toast life is not easy! He's coming again, and we'll beat him together! ”

This guy has walked a lot. It is necessary to continue to inspire in depth.

Zhu Pingjin smiled and said to Gao Antai: "I don't know how the thief came, and your Tusi family is also sad?" ”

Gao Antai didn't notice Zhu Pingjin's conspiracy, and hurriedly said: "Shizi, what do you think, since ancient times, toast has been a bitter cold place, what can be produced?" For example, our Tianquan, the main production is some horses, cattle and sheep, as well as some gold, silver, ironware, mountain goods and medicinal materials. As for the food, it also produces some food, but it is only enough to feed itself. We don't produce salt, tea, cotton, silk, porcelain, etc. More than a dozen Tibetan toasts in the west are worse than ours, and they can produce even less. This year, the thieves have plagued Sichuan, and God is not beautiful, and it is a lot more expensive for our toast to buy things from the horse gang. Salt is naturally indispensable, and tea is indispensable. Toast bitter cold, the people like to eat ghee, ghee is greasy, no tea can not relieve greasy, so the people are very bitter! I heard from the elders that during the Zhengde Longqing period, the price of salt was only three dollars and three cents of silver, but how much has it risen now? Official salt is four dollars and three cents for one stone, but you can't buy it at all! Private salt is often two or three hundred wen per catty, which is dozens of times more expensive than the regular price! During the Hongzhi period, the price of tea was only one or two of silver for one stone, and one or two for bud tea (Note 2), how much has it risen now? The official price is two taels of coarse tea, and the bud tea is three taels and five to four taels. Private tea is several times the regular price! Now the price of salt tea has skyrocketed, but the price of the horse has hardly changed, which is equivalent to grabbing money from our toast family! ”

It turned out that he was not only a victim of the monopoly import and export trade, but also a victim of the smuggling trade of the powerful.

Zhu Pingjin asked Gao Fushuai: "I heard that it is very difficult to go all the way from Yazhou to the west?" Mr. Gao can elaborate. ”

Gao Antai replied: "From Yazhou to our Tianquan, the road can still be walked." The cart can't go, the chicken cart (a kind of wheelbarrow) is fine. But from Tianquan to Tibet, it is necessary to cross the Erlang Mountain. The mountains are high and the roads are dangerous, the wind and snow are unpredictable, the flying rocks are everywhere, and the mules and horses have fallen into the river, which is innumerable. A few years ago, there was a major earthquake in Yazhou, and now many roads are still buried with stones, and the caravan has to take the risk to pass through (Note 3). ”

Zhu Pingjin asked again: "Is there a place for Tianquan Toast to build a field?" Are there bandits on the road? ”

When Gao Fushuai heard this, he thought that the prince intended to open the door to the smuggling trade, and immediately said with great joy: "Our Tianquan Tusi place is very large, and it is easy to find a place to build a field!" Bandits, which road is there not in these years? If the prince wants to ......"

Zhu Pingjin hurriedly waved his hand to stop Gao Fushuai's words, and said: "The people of Tusi are also my people of the Ming Dynasty, and the Tusi of Shu is also my minister of the Ming Dynasty." As Mr. Zhen said, the son of this world is willing to repay his father, build a field, and organize a caravan to relieve the suffering of the Tusi people. However, salt and tea involve the imperial court system, and the Shu Wangfu has always abided by the law and is an example for the world's clans, so it must be recognized by the government. Mr. entered my house, and he just had time to discuss it with this son, okay? ”

Not all rich and handsome people are stupid, and they will only dig holes for their parents. The first time Gao Antai took the recruitment exam, he pulled a big business for his family, of course, he was happy, and immediately stated that he would write a letter to his eldest brother Gao Jitai immediately.

This Gao Antai may not be the most talented of Master Shu's three sons and nephews, but he is definitely the most useful at the moment. Talent, take it! Why not?

Only one scholar remains. This person took the initiative to apply, no establishment, no diploma, no position, no level, but has a Chengdu hukou, referred to as "four nothing" personnel.

Zhu Pingjin thought, listen to what he has to say. It's almost noon, and if you're not happy, you have to invite someone to dinner.

I saw that Sun Hong was not in a hurry, and took a half step forward and said: "What the prince asked, the student is only shallow in learning, and the prince will listen to it." ”

"Since the dedication of the king to Chengdu, filial piety and kindness, Bo comprehensive classics, Taizu once praised it as 'Shu Xiucai'. Dedicated to Wang Yi to talk about the county school, Fenlu Doctor, style Shu people. THE KINGS PREPARED TO PRACTICE THE SOLDIERS, AND OFFERED THE KING TO GUARD THE WEST WITH ETIQUETTE ALONE, AND INVITED THE GOOD GENERAL TO FIGHT THE FANKOU, AND HE WAS A FAN REN (ZHE) SUBDUED. In addition to the Jin incense fan, the genus is Changgong, and it is exempt from claims. The Shu people have settled down and become richer and richer. Sichuan has not been revolutionized by soldiers for three hundred years, and the power of the king is also dedicated! ”

Sun Hong said in one breath without the slightest pause: "When the king is on the throne, he is famous all over the world for being virtuous." Since the dedication of the king, the Shu clan is famous for the heirloom of poetry and books, three hundred years of virtuous kings, too many to mention, this is God to give me Shu people also! Zi said: 'The benevolent love others', compared to the actions of the kings of the world, my Shu domain can not be called 'benevolent and virtuous', who dares to call the kings 'benevolent and virtuous'? This ancestor accumulated blessings to bestow on the sons. ”

Zhu Pingjin heard a little taste, and he quietly listened to Sun Hong's words.

"With the size of the world and the difficulty of management, it is the kings of the Taizu Domain, the center of the split screen. When the vassal states were on the verge of the frontier, the Mongols, Fan, and barbarians plundered the people, so Taizu allowed the kings to lead the troops, and the vassal states should be officials of all sizes, and they listened to moderation. Taizu's relatives are set as eternal rules, and future generations are not allowed to change without permission, and those who neglect to change will be judged as the sin of inter-relatives. After that, Chengzu Jingjing was difficult, centralized the central power, ordered the vassal king not to interfere in local military and political affairs, not to leave the fiefdom without authorization, and to make friends with local officials. Dedicated to the king, Taizu's son and son also; The prince, the prince, the king's lineage. Taizu commissioned the king to Shu, and dedicated the king to the descendants of Sichuan. Now the ministers have misled the country, thieves are everywhere, and the Tartars have entered the customs, and the officials and gentry are all angry. The son of the world protects the country and the people, and it is the responsibility of God, so why should he be worried and uneasy? ”

Open and close your mouth is Taizu, and every word is a fact. Brilliant! Zhu Pingjin knew that he had finally found an extremely smart person today.

Zhu Pingjin asked the question at the beginning, "Offering thieves is rampant, and Shu is raging." The dragon vein of this world is trapped in the feudal prohibition system, so he is often worried in his heart. In fact, one sentence hides three problems: one is the lineage of blood relatives (the dragon vein), the second is the feudal ban (trapped in the feudal ban system), and the third is the civil economy and military (the sacrifice of thieves is rampant, and Shu is raging). The first two are the core, the premise. Lineage and blood relatives determine your political status in the Ming Dynasty, not the dragon son and the dragon grandson, who is the bird of you? Although the Shu Wangfu has a large fief and a high title, it is the farthest away from the lineage of the current Chongzhen Emperor among the kings, if you want to compete for the orthodox status, what should you do? The ban determines what you do and what you don't do, and you have to report to the local officials even when you go out of the city for a spring, what can you do? How to break through the feudal ban?

The questioner must first identify these three questions accurately, and then answer them skillfully, without foul play or crossing the line.

The first and second respondents, Shu Guoping and Li Chongwen, discussed the conflict of public sentiment and class interests from the perspectives of two opposing classes, the gentry, the landlords and the peasants, expounded the objects on which Zhu Pingjin depended, pointed out the possibility of the development of the military situation, put forward the necessity of easing class contradictions, and raised the political banner of 'benevolence and righteousness'. The third respondent, Gao Antai, expounded on the importance of Sichuan's tea and horse economy and the important role of Tusi in Sichuan's military defense system from the perspective of Tusi. But only the fourth answerer, Sun Hong, dared to directly point to the question and handed over his answers to the two core questions of lineage and feudal ban.

On the question of lineage and blood relatives, Sun Hong's answer is that your ancestor is the son of Taizu, and King Yan (Ming Chengzu Zhu Di) is also the son of Taizu. The children and grandchildren of King Yan can be emperors, but can your Shu King be emperors? There are traitors around the emperor, and King Yan can raise troops to appease. Now the descendants of King Yan have mistaken the country, causing thieves to run rampant, and the Tartars have entered the customs, which is the fault of King Yan's family. If the current situation gets out of control, what reason do the descendants of King Yan have to continue to be in power? It was difficult for King Yan to raise troops back then, why can't you learn from King Yan to raise troops to "protect the country and the people"? As for the ministers in the court now, who have been put on the political trial seat because of their misguided monarchy and misguided country, what reason do they have to interfere with you?

On the question of the ban of the domain, Sun Hong's answer is that King Yan changed Taizu's national policy and family law without authorization for his own selfish interests, which is against the law of the ancestors, and you have the right (when the time is right) to announce the abolition of it, and it will not be recognized at all.

Civil, economic and military issues, Sun Hong's answer is that you must use the benevolence, virtuous name (and wealth) accumulated by the Shu Wangfu in Sichuan for 300 years, put forward the political slogan of "protecting the country and securing the people", and closely tie the interests of Sichuan officials, gentry, students, and people to you (the integration of the family and the country, you are the country), divide and shake the thieves, and finally ....... You are not doing all this for yourself, but for completing the tasks assigned to you by God and your ancestors, what do you have to be afraid of?

Sun Hong said what Zhu Pingjin actually wanted to hear the most.

Zhu Pingjin laughed and didn't make any comments on Sun Hong's language, but asked Sun Hong again: "I don't know how Mr. Sun lives on weekdays?" ”

Shizi suddenly shifted the topic of the conversation from the cosmic desolation to trivialities, so that Sun Hong's brain suddenly couldn't weave ideas smoothly, so he had to tell the truth: "The four generations of the student's family are in the same house, and the population is large. Now the prices in the city are high, the students have been in the cold for ten years, and they have not gained fame, so they have to put down their bodies and write some articles for the bookstore on the street...... It's all market slang, and it's hard to get into the eyes of the law. The student's wife and concubine look okay, so they rented a shop on the street, grinding some tofu to sell on weekdays, subsidizing some families, and the neighbors called tofu Shih Tzu ......".

Everyone in the hall couldn't help laughing, and even a cautious person like Cao Sanbao was holding back their laughter. It turned out to be a market writer, plus a pair of tofu Shih Tzu! Sun Hong no longer had the generosity of the discussion just now, and his face was as red as a rich and handsome.

In the end, Zhu Pingjin pressed his hands and announced loudly: "All gentlemen are talents. Gentlemen don't think this son is stupid, don't hesitate to help, why does this son humiliate you gentlemen with a copywriter who has to end his petty duties? This son should be treated as a guest! ”

Note 1: Tianquan Toast, that is, Tianquan Liuban Recruiting Division, one of the original Jiarong Eighteen Toast. It has jurisdiction over six land departments, including today's Quan, Hanyuan County and Luding County, Shen Village, Leng Moi, Chadao and Yanzhou. In the twenty-second year of Hongwu (1388), the sixth-time recruitment division was changed to the Tianquan six-time recruitment deputy division, and the watchroom was set up (today's whole city). "Ming Shilu" contains: "Zhitianquan six times to recruit the division, the rank is from the five products, the former local official Gao Ying is positive, and Yang Zangbu is the deputy." ”

Note 2: Part of the data is from: "Deflation and Inflation under the Silver Standard in the Ming Dynasty". Original author: Chen Zhipeng. It is placed in the special place and period of Sichuan in the last years of Chongzhen, which is not necessarily accurate, and is only for reference.

Note 3: The Ancient Tea Horse Road is actually an authentic caravan road. There are two main routes into Tibet on the Ancient Tea Horse Road: one starts from Ya'an, Sichuan, passes through Luding, Kangding, Batang and Qamdo to Lhasa, Tibet, and then to Nepal and India, with a total length of more than 3,100 kilometers; Another route starts from the origin of Pu'er tea in Yunnan (now Xishuangbanna, Simao and other places), passes through Dali, Lijiang, Zhongdian and Deqin, and goes to Bangda, Chayu or Qamdo, Luolong, Gongbu Jiangda and Lhasa in Tibet, and then passes through Gyantse and Yadong to Myanmar, Nepal and India respectively, with a total length of more than 3,800 kilometers. Along the way of the two main lines, there are countless large and small branch lines, which closely link the "big triangle" areas of Yunnan, Tibet and Sichuan, forming the ancient road of tea and horse civilization with the highest terrain, the most dangerous mountain road and the farthest distance in the world.