Chapter 60: Debate with Zhang Zai (I)

"Ouyang Gong's words are very kind!" Su Shi laughed and urged: "Eleven Lang, hurry up!" A certain family hasn't heard Eleven's poems for several days. ”

Wang Shiyue and others also began to coax and urge.

Xin Zhan's face was full of helplessness, but he turned his head to look at Su Shi with a weird smile: "Brother Zizhan, I have heard Brother Zizhan calligraphy for a long time, why don't you learn Wang Youjun's "Lanting Collection Preface", so that nine people and I can also live through the ages?!" ”

Su Shi shook his head with a smile.

On the side, Sima Guang and others also coaxed: "What Shiyi Lang said is reasonable, Master Su is the first in my Great Song Dynasty article, and calligraphy is even better, take this opportunity to follow Wang Youjun once." ”

"Yes, yes, this is a good opportunity for celebrities like me for eternity, Brother Zizhan, you can't mistake the name of me for eternity!" Zeng Gong also laughed.

Shoot yourself in the foot!

Su Shi smiled bitterly, but there was also eagerness in his eyes: "Do your best." It's just that "Lanting Collection Preface" was done by Wang Youjun after he was drunk, and if he wants to follow suit, he naturally has to wait for Su to get drunk! Eleven Lang, let's put the wine and poetry first! When Su was drunk, he wrote this "Qingxi Collection Preface". ”

Xin Zhen's eyes lit up slightly, he originally just wanted to pull Su Shi into the water, but as a result, it seems that it is really possible to be a celebrity for eternity......

Picking up the wooden sake bottle, slowly pouring it full of sake, Xin Xi put the sake bottle into the stream in front of him, and then began: "The eaves are low, and the grass is green on the stream." Drunk and silent, it's good to be flattering, and the white-haired ones are good. ”

After a slight pause, Xin Xi deliberately changed the second half of the words of Xin Qiji.

"Ouyang sat in Xidong, and Zigu gloated." With this sentence, the wine bottle arrived in front of Zeng Gong, and the next one was Su Shi!

Xin Xi paused, and waited until the wine bottle passed Zeng Gong, and then read the last sentence in one breath!

"The most happy son is a scoundrel, and the brook smiles at the heroes."

When the words fell, Xin Zhen glared at Su Shi tightly: "Brother Zizhan, the wine is in front of you!" ”

"Drink!" The crowd shouted.

Su Shi shook his head: "Eleven Lang deliberately wanted to get Su drunk?!" ”

"Haha, that's nature, whether we can be famous for eternity depends on whether Brother Zizhan can get drunk!" Xin Zhen teased.

The crowd laughed.

Su Shi shook his head helplessly, took out the wine bottle from the stream with a smile, drank it in one gulp, and continued to pour the wine.

Zhang Zai flicked his sleeves and got up suddenly: "Ouyang Gong, Zihou still has something important, so he will be out of company first!" ”

Ouyang Xiu paused slightly: "Zihou, why is this?" Everyone is just having fun, but don't go first! ”

Everyone looked at Zhang Zai, and then looked back at Xin Ji, before Xin Ji came, even though Zhang Zai was old-fashioned, he could still have fun with everyone, but as soon as Xin Ji came, Zhang Zai was about to leave the table, and the connection seemed to be no need to think about it at all.

Zhang Zai shook his head, didn't look at Xin Zhen, and said with a high self-esteem: "I don't like these boring poems the most, just like the three changes of the willow, but empty talk misleads the country!" I'm afraid that between my ears and eyes, I have become such an empty talk and misled the country! ”

Hearing Zhang Zai's words, not to mention Wang Shiyue, Sima Guang and others, Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi both frowned slightly. What a boat of people has been overturned with one rod!

Xin Zhen smiled faintly and got up: "Is Liu Sanchang just empty talk and misleading the country?" ”

Zhang Zai's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked majestic: "Isn't it?" Wandering in the market, wandering in the land of smoke and willows, a good man, born a coward! ”

Su Dongpo stretched out his hand and pulled Xin Zhen, but Xin Zhen shook his head with a smile, and he didn't care about the puzzled eyes of others, he sat up straight, raised his head and chest, and looked at Zhang Zai with blazing eyes.

"Your Excellency's words are wrong! Liu Sanbian is not only not an empty talker who misleads the country, but also a person who benefits the country and the people! ”

"Wow!" With a bang, the wine glass in Ouyang Jing's hand fell into the stream, splashing a few splashes.

What is this eleventh uncle talking about?

He even said that Liu Sanbian is a person who benefits the country and the people?! How is this possible? Liu Sanchang, who is the official royal pen "and go to fill in the words", is a recognized swinger, how can he be a person who benefits the country and the people? !

Yuwen Rouniang was a little surprised, full of confusion with a little bosom friend, finally someone can know Liu Lang!

Zeng Gong and Ouyang Xiu glanced at each other, quietly waiting for Xin Zhen's next words, but Sima Guang was so excited that he couldn't help but speak!

As for Wang Shiyue, he silently ate the lychees on the plate, ignoring them, as if nothing had happened.

Zhang Zai laughed angrily: "Clever words! Eleven Lang, let's talk about it, how does Liu Sanbian benefit the country and the people?! ”

Xin Zhen smiled slightly, his eyes flickered, and he didn't answer and asked: "Xin wants to ask Mr. Zihou, what is the benefit of the country and the people?" ”

Zhang Zai's right hand was raised, like an old master who was teaching: "Those who benefit the country and the people, of course, what they do is good for the people's livelihood and good for the country!" ”

The very pertinent and rigid answer is indeed the thinking mode of a teacher, in other words, the Chinese Confucian sages seem to be all teachers!

Even the father of Jack Ma in later generations was born as a teacher......

This is a question worth pondering.

Of course, now is not the time to think about such philosophical propositions.

With a faint smile on his face, Xin Zhen looked back at everyone and asked, "If there is one person, what he can do to increase taxes without harming the people, is it for the benefit of the country and the people?!" ”

"Naturally!" Su Shi nodded.

Xin Xi looked around at everyone, suddenly spoke, and said loudly: "Liu Sanchang is the one who does not hurt the people and increases the treasury, and Liu Sanchang is the one who benefits the country and the people!" ”

"Oh?" Ouyang Xiu was interested: "Eleven Lang, let's talk about it in detail, talk about how Liu Qi increased taxes without hurting the people." ”

Xin Xi glanced at Zhang Zai, and then said: "Liu Sanchang's words are sung in the land of fireworks, and because of the singing of this word, people compete to enter the Qinglou, and they must pay silver money to enter the Qinglou, and after spending all the money, the people and scholars must find a way to make more money. Isn't this an increase in taxes without hurting the people?! ”

Speaking of this, Xin Xi turned his head and looked at Yuwen Rouniang: "Dare to ask Rou Niang, when there are three changes of willow, and when there are no three changes of willow, there is a difference in the income of Qinglou, how much is the difference?!" ”

Yuwen Rou Niang was slightly stunned, and said calmly: "Every time Liu Lang has a new word, Wanhualou will be overcrowded, if there is no Liu Lang new word, the guest officer will be less than fifty percent!" ”

Xin Zhen turned his head and stared at Zhang Zai: "Mr. Zihou, Liu Sanchang's words, just Wanhualou can increase the income by fifty percent, and one percent of the income will go into the treasury. Is this still empty talk and misguided people?! ”

Zhang Zai was slightly stunned, it was estimated that the three views had collided a little, and when he came back to his senses, he said in a loud voice: "It's just nonsense, where the country is established, agriculture is the foundation, Xin Shiyi, you are putting the cart before the horse!" ”

"Put the cart before the horse?!" Xin Xi smiled indifferently and looked back at Ouyang Xiu: "Dare to ask my teacher, since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, what percentage of the treasury income is agriculture, and what percentage is commerce?!" ”

Commerce? It's a novel term!

Ouyang Xiu smiled: "During the Taizu period, the treasury was taxed, and the farmers were seven and three. ”

Hearing this, the corners of Zhang Zai's mouth curled slightly.

Ouyang Xiu continued to speak: "In the third year of Qingli, he is already a farmer's third and seventh!" Now, there is a trend of agriculture two and eight, and there is already a royal history in the court, asking His Majesty to take agricultural taxes as the inner treasury! ”

The so-called inner treasury is the emperor's private money, you know, in the Han Dynasty and even the Sui and Tang dynasties, the emperor's private money was provided by commercial taxes! Emperor Ling of Han did business in the imperial city just to make private money!

The smile on Zhang Zai's face froze, but he still didn't give up: "It's true, as Shiyi Lang said, Liu San's new words can increase the revenue of the treasury, but if the people and scholars spend all their money, they will definitely make money from the right path?" Wouldn't you be a traitor?! will not borrow usury (the author Jun really didn't find out what the name of the folk usury in the Northern Song Dynasty was...... embarrassed), so that the family is ruined?! How can this be said to not hurt the people? Isn't this a misguided country?! ”

As soon as Zhang Zai's words came out, Sima Guang finally couldn't help but speak: "Although I believe in Mencius, Xunzi's theory of sexual evil cannot be avoided. ”

Everyone nodded and looked at Xin Zhen.

Xin Xi sighed slightly, borrowing is indeed a problem, and in future generations, I don't know how many young people have been harmed because of borrowing......

As for being a traitor, this is even more of an unavoidable dead knot, which is the root of the inherent evil of human nature, and the drawbacks of the economic, social, and monetary society. What's more, during the Northern Song Dynasty when there was no surveillance?!

But if you really want to talk about it, the public security of the Northern Song Dynasty is actually half a pound and eight taels from later generations, because although later generations have more sound laws and monitoring in every corner, but the Northern Song Dynasty has a more conscious morality.