Wu Haowen, who was named by Zhao Ji to be an envoy to Jinguo, is not staying in Kaifeng Mansion now, but in his hometown Henan Mansion.

His official deserves no taste, so he takes leave and resigns at every opportunity. During this time, his father Wu Chengzhi was sick, and it was not a serious illness, but he was dizzy and dizzy, and it was estimated that he was too fat and had high blood pressure.

Wu Daxiaozi got the opportunity, so he asked for leave to serve his father back to Henan Mansion to raise him. Zhao Ji didn't embarrass him, so he simply gave him a spare time to promote the Qing Palace and sent him back to Henan Mansion. However, he did not agree to Wu Haode leaving Kaifeng Mansion, and let Wu Haode enter the palace to accompany him......

After Wu Haowen arrived in Henan Mansion, he didn't really have to take care of the affairs of the Qing Palace, he was not a Taoist priest, so he could manage the Taoist temple?

And his father Wu Chengzhi is actually not seriously ill, and the increase in blood pressure is mostly related to mental stress. After leaving Kaifeng Mansion, I felt a little more comfortable and my condition was relieved. So there is no need for Wu Haowen to wait in front of the bed every day - in fact, there is no need for Wu Haowen, a filial son, to take care of his father, his family has hundreds of servants, and he also hired a doctor who graduated from Qingcheng School Palace with a high salary to be responsible for taking care of the disease.

So Wu Haowen took advantage of his leisure to play around, and he didn't make any big shows. It is to change into a Confucian shirt, bring three or five servants, make an appointment with one or two confidants, ride a thin horse, and go around, so uncomfortable.

And the Songyang Academy in Henan Mansion is Wu Haowen's favorite place to visit. Shao Bowen, a disciple of Chengmen who talked to Wu Haowenting, is now the head of Songyang Academy, that is, the principal.

This Songyang Academy is a science institution of higher learning opened on the original site of Songyang Academy. The "big" of "Great Academy" is not in the official name, and the official name is still called Songyang Academy. The reason why it is called the "Great Academy" is mainly because the courses taught in this academy include science, law, military science, arithmetic, music and law, history, and so on, in addition to traditional Confucianism. The curriculum is similar to that of a modern university, so it is called "Daishoin".

This Songyang Academy is also the same as Qingcheng Academy, Biyong Academy, Gezhida Academy, Shanghai Academy of Arts and Sciences, Yuzhou Island Yuntai Academy, and Wuxue Palace, and is a "university" recognized by the imperial court. Moreover, it can also accept the further study of "Jinshi students" - now the universities that can accept the "advanced study" of Jinshi have increased from the very beginning of the Biyong School Palace to the three universities of Biyong, Qingcheng and Songyang, and the time for further study has also been shortened to one year.

The Songyang Academy, located in Dengfeng County, Henan Province, is the most popular university for new scholars, not only because Songyang Academy is located at the foot of the beautiful Songshan Mountain, but also not far from Dengfeng County, and the life is relatively comfortable. It is also because this university is a "half-new and half-old" road, which is different from the Qingcheng School Palace (Qingcheng School Palace belongs to the rational school) that focuses on new learning. And the style of study is also relatively relaxed, and no one asks about Jinshi students skipping class to visit friends in the mountains.

For Jinshi who don't have much new learning skills, the courses taught by this university can not only let them understand the new learning, broaden their horizons, but also not let them spend too much energy on the new learning - in fact, most of the good men in Jinshi and the first rank are a little older, and they are in a hurry to become officials, how can they have the heart to learn new learning in depth? Therefore, the curriculum of Songyang Academy is the most suitable for them.

In addition, Songyang Academy was critical of rationalism and positivism, and did not attach too much importance to natural philosophy and "military sports", which was also in line with the appetite of traditional Confucian scholars.

Gradually, Songyang Academy, a half-new and half-old institution of higher learning, also gained a reputation among traditional civil servants. It has become an institution that can compete with first-class new universities such as Yuntai, Gezhi, and Qingcheng.

In the fifth year of Zhenghe (1115), it happened to be the year of Dabi, and another group of heroes outside the Donghua Gate came to Songyang Academy. Wu Haowen, who sometimes lectures in the academy, can also talk to a few of them, and seems to see himself in them in his early years.

The two people who came out of Songyang Academy with Wu Haowen today to Yichuan Academy to visit Shangqing Palace outside Luoyang City are Wu Haowen's new confidants. One is He Li, who has been the leader of the world for five years. The other one is amazing, a person from Jiangning Mansion, whose surname is Qin Mingjuni.

Coming out of Songyang Academy, hitting the canyon between Shaomu Mountain and Taimur Mountain, you will enter the Luoyang Basin. On both sides of the official road are large wheat fields, and there are some dilapidated villages scattered in between.

A few people finally came to an unknown grass market, just on the edge of a rather clear river, the weeping willows on the riverbank are still clinging, it is already luxuriant, the breeze is passing by, the water waves are slight, and it is very charming. The area of the grass market is not small, there are several places to eat at the intersection, and there are even two-story "high-rise buildings". But when Wu Haowen and others arrived, they looked depressed everywhere.

There are few shops in the city that are still open, and the merchants are all listless. When he saw Wu Haowen and a few people, he knew that he was a talented person from Songyang Academy, and he didn't go up to greet him. Because they also know that the goods they sell are not looked down upon by talented people.

Wu Haowen, He Li, and Qin Hui got off their horses and walked in the grass market. I want to find a restaurant that is still open for a bite to eat. After walking for a while, I suddenly heard someone arguing.

A few people followed the prestige, and saw that in front of a shop selling groceries, there were a few farmers carrying burdens, and they were arguing with the shopkeeper in the grocery store.

"Linen cloth is 250 wen, and raw silk is a penny." The shopkeeper said weakly.

"What!" The peasants carrying the burden could hardly believe their ears, and for a moment they froze.

"Last year, linen cloth was still 500 wen a horse, and raw silk was still 300 yuan a catty."

"The year before last, the year before last, it was even more expensive!"

"Why did it fall so hard this year?"

"What's the solution? Don't you know that Jiangnan silk and Tianjin cloth are pouring like a tide? High quality and durable, the color is also good-looking, it is not easy to fade after washing, and your linen silk can't be sold for money! ”

When the peasants heard the shopkeeper's words, they all became indignant.

"It's Jiangnan silk again, Tianjin cloth...... Why are the people in Jiangnan and Tianjin so bad, so that we peasants have no money! ”

"If you can't sell cloth and silk for money, how can you pay the summer tax? How do I pay for exemption? ”

"And the Indian money! Not to mention the book, even the interest is not ......"

"Shopkeeper, okay, give more."

Someone cried out.

The shopkeeper just sighed: "How to give more?" Our shop is a small farmer's business, you can't make money, our business is also difficult to do, and the government wants to collect taxes and refuse to reduce or exempt, so we are living in the book! Let me tell you, after this year, the shop will be closed, and we will also go to Zhou Guo to eat. ”

This is probably not a lie, just look at this grass market. Most of the shops have closed, and those that are still open are quite bleak.

"Guanzhang?"

"So where are we going to sell linen and raw silk next year?"

"Let's go to Baibo Town, there are a lot of big shops there."

"How to get there? There is a customs ...... outside the town of Baibo"

The shopkeeper shook his head, "I advise you, don't spin and raise silkworms, do something else." You can't do Jiangnan silk and Tianjin cloth...... There are large cotton fields and mulberry orchards on that side, and there are thousands of weavers in the city, specializing in spinning and weaving, as well as special dyeing workshops, and special colleges to study cloth machine dyes. How do you compare yourself with others when you plant a few hemp plants in the field, plant a few mulberries, and spin some cloth by women? ”

A few peasants just lamented.

"If it's Jiangnan Silk, Tianjin cloth can't come in."

"Yes, why do we in Henan Province use things from Jiangnan and Tianjin? Isn't it good to use a local one? ”

The shopkeeper sighed: "I can't help us...... In this way, I will give you ten words for Bujia and twenty words for raw silk, and you should accumulate virtue and do good. If you're still too expensive, take it back and keep it for clothes. Don't go to Baibo Town, there won't be a good price. ”

There's no good price anywhere!

Several peasants also knew this, and their linen and silk cloth could have been used as a tax deduction and sent directly to the landlords. But now the landlord's family doesn't want it, and everyone wears good-looking and durable Jiangnan silk and Tianjin cloth.

The local linen cloth and raw silk in Henan Province are only available to farmers, helpers and poor and sour Cuoda.

He Li looked at the poor peasants, and thought of the situation in his hometown in the past two years, and sighed and said to Qin Hui: "Yes, your silk in the south of the Yangtze River is really worse than natural disasters, not only does Henan people have no money to make, but even our Sichuan Shu brocade is not easy to sell!" ”

Qin Hui smiled bitterly: "The situation in Jiangning Mansion is also too good to be limited...... Jiangnan silk is known as 'Suzhou and Hangzhou embroider the bright moon, five states weave the world', referring to Suzhou, Hangzhou, Xiuzhou, Mingzhou, Yuezhou and other five states produced silk cloth can be marketed all over the world. The rest of the state armies in Jiangnan also don't have much oil and water. ”

Jiangning Mansion is actually okay, but Qin Hui's family is poor. I don't have land, so I only live as a private school teacher. Naturally, I can't feel the benefits of Jiangnan changing rice to mulberry.

He Li shook his head: "This is a rich corner and a poor world!" Since ancient times, the farmer has been a male farmer and a female weaver, and the husband has a concubine silkworm. The two taxes of the imperial court are also summer money and autumn grain, which corresponds to it. Now that there is no female weaving, it is difficult for farmers to get money. Relying on a few acres of thin fields, how can it be enough to make a living, pay rent, pay autumn grain, and pay summer money? ”

Wu Haowen just smiled bitterly, he completely agreed with He Li's opinion. Now the road of the imperial court is to be rich and poor in the world, which is really the way to take chaos!

However, the forces in the southeast and Tianjin have been established, and it is not easy to reverse the situation. The Son of Heaven has to get by, and the princes of the court and the central government are also only concerned about the present-although the summer tax in various places is not completed well. However, the five states in the south of the Yangtze River and the major commercial markets can fill the gap in summer tax...... It's really not good, and the real estate of Kaifeng Mansion can make money. The imperial court is not worried about running out of money at all! And there is also a group of Jiangnan officials who have profited a lot from Jiangnan silk and have unknowingly become spokespersons.

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