Chapter 19: Controversy

"Why aren't you traitors?"

Another senior brother next to him also stood up, and the sound of slapping the table became louder. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Since Zeng Bubai Prime Minister, the party struggle has been endless, misleading the country and the people, how can he not be a traitor? What's more, the bewitching saint changes the law, the green seedling law and the people's profit......"

Liu Yong carefully looked at the senior brother in front of him who denounced Zeng Bu's various evil deeds, and remembered that his name was Gao Huan, and he was from the Empress Dowager Gao's mother's family, but his blood was a little far away.

Before the initial reform, the imperial relatives colluded with some conservative big landowners and wealthy businessmen to monopolize many money-making businesses in the city of Tokyo, and even if it was just a distant relative, he lived a very chic life.

But after the Xining reform, especially after the implementation of the "City Change Law", their good days came to an end.

Cutting off people's financial means is like killing their parents, so conservatives and their families naturally grit their teeth with hatred for the reformers, especially the "main force" like Zeng Bu.

"Cai Jing, who is fighting for the party, is not Zeng Xianggong! What's more, the court has already decided to change the law, so how can the Qingmiao Law compete with the people for profit? ”

The senior brother who tried to make Zeng Bu not a traitor retorted that Liu Yong knew that his name was Wang Xun, and his family was quite wealthy and from a civilian background.

"Why don't you count competing with the people? Two cents of interest per period, and the actual income is several times that of it. If it does not reach the amount promulgated by the imperial court, it is often forcibly apportioned, which is not only competing with the people, but also harming the people and the country! ”

"The imperial court does not implement the green seedling law, and when the people are not green, they have to go to those unconscionable landlords to borrow money, not to mention several times the interest of two cents, and the interest of fifty percent is less. In the 400 military states of the Emperor and Song Dynasty, how many people sold their children and daughters because they borrowed usury from the landlord and couldn't pay the interest, and their families were ruined? ”

In feudal society, the small-scale peasant economy was extremely weak, and a natural disaster or a serious illness could cause a peasant family to exhaust all their savings and embark on the road of borrowing. As for lending, before the emergence of the Seedlings Law, most of them could only find landlords to borrow usury. The interest rate of these usury loans is often more than 50 percent, and some even double it in a month, and once the peasant households borrow this kind of usury, it is very difficult to pay it off, and they can only sell their land and houses, and even sell their wives and daughters and themselves to creditors.

Therefore, usury is also the most important way of land annexation in all dynasties.

"Nonsense! It is only natural to repay debts. ”

"The rich man can let it go, why can't the court let it go?"

"The imperial court should not compete with the people for profit, the Qingmiao Law is a bad government, and the City Law is even more evil!"

The City Yi Law is one of the new laws promulgated and implemented in Xining in the fifth year, which sets up a city Yi Division in Bianjing, and a city Yi Division or City Yi Wu in border and important cities, to purchase unsalable goods in the market at a low price, and then sell them when the market is in short supply. This stabilized prices, greatly limited the control of large merchants over the market, and increased the financial revenue of the imperial court.

If the implementation of the Seedlings Law cut a thigh from the conservatives, then the promulgation of the Municipal Law almost killed them.

"Before the implementation of the Shiyi Law, every disaster year, the price of rice in Bianjing would grow wildly, and the rice and noodles that used to cost 60 or 70 yuan a stone even rose to five times or ten times. More than a million people inside and outside Tokyo have been emptied of their savings by these moths. ”

"All things are born and die, and prices naturally rise and fall, this is the principle of heaven!"

Gao Huan was so excited that he rolled up his sleeves, stepped on the stool with one foot, and argued loudly at Wang Xun.

"Go to your Tianli, Guan Zi said, 'Cangli knows etiquette and knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing', and the people can't eat enough to eat and are still called Tianli?"

Wang Xun was not stunned, and rolled up his sleeves and stepped on the stool to reprimand.

"Nonsense!"

Just as Wang Yan and Gao Huan were about to argue again, Mr. Meng walked in, and saw his two students and the gangsters on the street going into battle shirtless, and they might make a big fight at any time, so he angrily reprimanded.

"What a system! Look at your appearance, do you look like a scholar? Insulting Sven! ”

Wang Xun, Gao Huan, and a few other students who participated in the discussion stood stupidly, bowing their heads and listening to the reprimand.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Mr. Meng reprimanded for a long time, felt a little dry mouth, and then slowed down and asked.

"Sir, when the news of the death of Zeng Xianggong came today, we were discussing, saying that with the addition of Mr. Yichuan, this is already the second important minister of the imperial court to die this year. But Gao Huan said that Zeng Xianggong was not worthy of being compared with Cheng Zhenggong, so we quarreled. ”

Wang Xun lowered his head and said.

Mr. Yi Chuan is referring to Cheng Yi, one of the founders of Luoxue, and a contemporary Confucian. At the beginning of the year, Cheng Yi died of illness at home, because the official family was evil, so there were not even many relatives and friends of the disciples who worshipped, and the news spread to Tokyo, causing a moment of embarrassment.

"Enough! Do you think you can talk about state affairs by reading a few books? That's what you need to do until you get into the Jinshi, and now your task now is to study! I'm going to start a class right away, but I'm not ready yet! ”

Mr. Meng's mentorship and Luo Xue have a great relationship, but since Mr. Yichuan was hated by the officials, he kept silent about it, and then he interrupted the topic and prepared for class.

"Where are you going tomorrow?"

"Meng Banxian" was giving the "Book of Sui" to several students who had learned the "Nineteen History", and Yang Zhang stabbed Liu Yong with the back of the brush and asked.

"Let's go listen to the book, I heard that there are a few new jokes in the past few days."

Wang Yu came over and suggested.

"Hey, what are you doing listening to books, it's so boring. Otherwise, let's go to the alley next to Taixue and bring Wang Yu with us. This time it can be said that it is good, only to play, and resolutely not to gamble. ”

Yang Zhang denied Wang Yu's idea and suggested it himself.

"I fancy it, I heard you say that the ball club is so good, I wanted to go for a long time. However, I support Yang Zhang's and resolutely do not gamble. ”

"Look at the ball. I got lost on the day of Tanabata, but I was so angry. I won't be released easily for a few days. ”

Liu Yong lowered his head and replied listlessly.

"Think of an excuse, isn't that it?" Yang Zhang said.

"What excuse can there be?"

"For example, there is a famous Confucian lecturing?

No, you've already used it, and the risk of being debunked is too great. ”

Wang Yu thought about it and muttered to himself, but then he overturned his idea.

"Just say that we can't come out and play? After going to school for so many days in a row, I should always let it go out on the holidays. ”

Yang Zhang asked.

"I've seen enough, and even if my mother lets me out, my mother will let Liu Xun follow me, and as soon as we go out to play, he will definitely make a small report."

Liu Yong looked at Liu Xun, who was not far in front of him, and he didn't know what was written on the paper, and said helplessly.

"Then think of another way, don't you just get rid of Liu Xun."

Wang Yu thought for a while and said.

"What's the solution?"

Liu Yong and Yang Zhang looked at Wang Yu together and asked.

"Don't look at me, I can't help it, let's think about it together." Wang Yu said.