Tang Yi felt that it was too cruel to let a half-immortal character like Wen Zhengming bother for firewood, rice, oil and salt. He prepared enough rice, white noodles, bacon, charcoal, and even peppercorns for half a year, and personally delivered them to the Wen family. The old gentleman went to the play and was not at home, but the old gentleman's nephew accepted the things, thanked him a thousand times, and took out a book before leaving, saying that the old gentleman specially instructed him.

happily returned home, Tang Yi was full of expectations, Wen Zhengming, maybe some kind of rare book, it was worth it.

After washing his hands and carefully unwrapping the cloth outside, two big words appeared.

"Mencius"

Tang Yi hurriedly flipped through it, and sure enough, it was the old gentleman's hand-copied "Mencius", the fly-headed Xiaokai was impeccable, and there was Wen Zhengming's seal, but it was too far from Tang Yi's expectations, and the things on the bad street, even after hundreds of years, may not be worth much!

Looking at Tang Yi with a lost face, Xu Wei covered his mouth and smiled.

"What are you laughing at, no matter what, it was copied by Mr. Wen himself, I left it as a family heirloom, you don't want to steal it!"

Xu Wei laughed even more happily when he heard this, walked to the table, took "Mencius" in his hand, looked at it twice, and looked at Tang Yi with disdain.

"I laugh at you for not knowing the true Buddha, do you see that this is the same as the Mencius you usually see?"

"What could be different?" Tang Yi took it, it seemed to be a little thick and a little heavy, and woke up suddenly, "This, this is the complete book!" ”

"That's right." Xu Wei sighed: "Speaking of old Master Meng, he is also unlucky enough, the classics that have been handed down through the generations have been slashed in this dynasty, just like a complete person, and suddenly become a eunuch, do you say sad?" ”

Okay, send Old Master Meng to the palace, if others hear it. If you don't cure Xu Wei, you can't ...... the crime of deceiving teachers and destroying ancestors This is a famous public case, Zhu Yuanzhang came from a humble background, after winning the world, he studied very hard, and suddenly one day he read a sentence from "Mencius", and Emperor Zhu was unhappy.

"The people are the most important. The community is second, and the king is light! ”

Lao Tzu fought in the south and the north, worked hard to expel the Northern Yuan, and laid down a huge country, which was so light in the mouth of your old thing that it was so light that it could not be killed.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it patiently, and the more he looked at Mencius's arguments, the more angry he became. I saw: "The king regards the minister as a mustard, and the minister regards the king as an enemy!" "Lao Zhu broke out.

What a big dog, isn't this instigating the courtiers to rebel, then it's worth it, don't look at you who have been dead for more than 2,000 years, I did the same to you!

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered Mencius to be expelled from the Temple of Literature and ordered the destruction of the book "Mencius".

This can touch the root of the life of all scholars, and Qian Tang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, shouted, "The minister died for Meng Ke." Death is more than glory! Zhu Yuanzhang finally understood that some things could not be solved by power alone, and Mencius returned to the Temple of Literature. It's just that Lao Zhu is persistent, and finally in the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, he published the "Mencius Verses", deleting 85 chapters of "heresy", which accounts for one-third of the whole book.

Since then, the official exams of the Ming Dynasty have used abridged versions. Now Wen Zhengming suddenly sent a "forbidden book". Tang Yi couldn't help but be taken aback, Wen Lao Cai wouldn't want to frame himself, right?

Tang Yi hurriedly wrapped up the school, thinking about whether to send it back to the old gentleman or throw it into the stove and burn it. Seeing his timid appearance, Xu Wei laughed wildly.

"Okay. Millions of taels of silver, you are in command, and a small book scares you like this? Mr. Hengshan is just telling you to think about the people and find a way to help the people of Suzhou in distress. ”

Tang Yi sneered twice, it is indeed just a book, nothing remarkable, Da Ming is different from a pig's tail after all, thinking about it, he put Meng Fuzi at the top of the bookshelf, the most noble and the most inconspicuous. After that, I sat down.

"By the way, Brother Wen, what are you doing here?"

"What else can you do, your good teacher seems to be in trouble?"

"You mean the prefect's mansion?" Tang Yi asked in surprise.

"Hmm!" Xu Wei pulled over the chair and sat opposite Tang Yi.

"Okay, I just came back from a few Jin merchants, guess what? They were actually selling tickets, and the people ran to grab them like crazy, and the queue was long. ”

Finished!

Tang Yi's face changed, Wang Chonggu, Wang Chonggu, your hand is not very smart!

Although the frenzied selling can curb the speculation of the coupons, the coupons cannot rise, and the actual prices cannot go up. However, Tang Yi was sure that the tickets in the hands of the Jin merchants were simply not enough. After all, it is the big players in Suzhou who control the right to issue tickets, and they will not deal with it before they launch it.

This sell-off will not only fail to curb prices, but will also lose valuable bargaining chips, putting Wang Chonggu in an even more disadvantageous position.

Xu Wei is extremely smart, he has been following Tang Yi for so long, and he has also understood the key to financial warfare, and he can't help but say: "Okay, aren't Lao Xi'er good at management, why are they so confused?" ”

"It's not that it's confused, but that there's something unspeakable." Tang Yi said categorically: "After all, they are outsiders, and they are not as good as the local snakes, and if they want to mobilize materials and suppress prices, I am afraid that it will be more difficult." ”

"Makes sense, too!"

Xu Wei rolled his eyes, and suddenly exclaimed: "Okay, do you think Wang Chonggu will escape from it?" Leave the mess to your successor? ”

"Hehe, I was worried a few days ago, for fear that Wang Chonggu would leave, but now I'm not worried, Senior Brother Wen, do you know why?"

Xu Wei shook his head.

"I also want to thank Li Dazai, since he took charge of the Ministry of Officials, he was very disgusted with the strict party nepotism and the destruction of the ancestral system, and stipulated that all local officials must complete the three-year examination before they can be transferred. Wang Chonggu has just been here for more than a year, and he is on the front line of the anti-Japanese war, how can he be easily mobilized? Even if the Jin Party is huge, it is not easy to bypass Li Dazai and Yan Ge Lao. Besides, there's also a Tang Butang! ”

"Tang Butang?" Xu Wei frowned and asked suspiciously, "Could it be Mr. Jing Chuan?" ”

Tang Yi smiled, as if he was a little fox who had stolen a rooster, how proud he was. Xu Wei looked up to the sky and sighed, mourning silently for Wang Chonggu, with such a student, the old gentleman can be regarded as a blood mold!

Tang Shunzhi, as the Southern Military Department, has a great say in the personnel transfer in the south, and he does not have to oppose it openly, as long as he makes a little move on the paperwork, he can easily delay it for a few months.

These times are enough for Wang Chonggu to recover.

Wang Chonggu has no way out, there is only one problem left, that is, the Jin Chamber of Commerce will not work hard for Wang Chonggu, and people who are familiar with Wang Chonggu's background will definitely not have this kind of question, his father Wang Yao, uncle Wang Xian, eldest brother Wang Chongyi, brother-in-law Shen Jiang, etc. are all famous businessmen.

Looking at Wang Chonggu's resume again, he is a Jinshi in Jiajing for 20 years, and it stands to reason that his qualifications are not profound, but he started from the prefects of Anqing and Runing, and successively served as the chief of the Criminal Department, the Shaanxi Provincial Inspector, the Henan Political Envoy, the Suzhou Prefect, and the Deputy Envoy of Changzhen's Military Garrison. In more than ten years, most of the Ming Dynasty has been transferred, and wherever he is an official, it is the sphere of influence of the Jin merchants. Wang Chonggu made great contributions to the Jin merchants to expand their territory, his official position became bigger and bigger, and countless people made a fortune with him.

Wang Chonggu is in trouble, who can stand by and watch!

Tang Yi silently calculated, no matter what, Wang Chonggu and Jin Shang had to fight, the knife was pressed on the neck, and they had to fight! Tang Yi no longer kept his hands, he mortgaged several of his properties in exchange for silver, and then went to buy frantically everywhere and hoard materials.

Just when he was busy, someone suddenly came to visit.

"Tang Gongzi, under the name of Wang Ru, was ordered by the master to come and ask the prince to come over to discuss important matters."

Tang Yi frowned, "Who is your master?" I've been busy preparing for the Dao exam recently, so it's not important, so I'll talk about it later. He was displeased, and there was a thick stack of articles on the table, the top of which had just been written, and the pen and ink had not yet dried.

Wang Ru glanced at it and was shocked.

"That's great!" At a glance, it attracts people to read, it is simply a standard eight-strand model text, if you can write half of your skills, why is it just a poor and sour talent, and you have to be a family member for others!

"How come Mr. also knows eight shares?"

Wang Ru was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Tang Gongzi, don't hide it, you have shown off your talent in Xiazhong, tried and failed, and now you are a master under Wang Fuzun." ”

"You're the teacher's master?"

Tang Yi suddenly realized, hurriedly stood up, asked Wang Ru to sit down, and personally served tea, the warm and cordial momentum simply flattered Wang Ru.

"I can't be so loving."

"Master Wang, don't be polite, when it comes to fame, you are a showman, I am still Bai Ding, you are the teacher's right and left hand, and your hard work is high, which is admirable."

The sincere words almost moved Wang Ru to tears, serving people is the ninth rate, Tang Gongzi is really close to the people!

"Childe, Dong Weng originally wanted to come in person, but the affairs were complicated and he couldn't get out of the way, so he had to let him come down and invite Childe over."

Tang Yi smiled: "I didn't say it, since the teacher invited me, I will go immediately." ”

As he spoke, he went to change his clothes, Wang Ru stood in front of the desk, and secretly flipped through the articles on the table, each with a date, and a comment to be modified, which began about late June, three articles a day, no more, no less.

Tang Gongzi said that he studied behind closed doors, which is indeed true, it seems that he did not dance with those people, Dong Weng is right to find him.

After Tang Yi finished picking up, Wang Ru hurriedly put the article away, took Tang Yi, and rushed all the way to the prefect's yamen.

As soon as he walked in, Tang Yi felt a strong sense of depression, everyone looked flustered, and walked in a hurry, until they arrived at the signing room, where Wang Chonggu was sitting there in an official uniform, his face was obviously haggard. Seeing Tang Yi coming, he reluctantly smiled: "Okay, the old man came to you because he wanted to help with something." ”

Tang Yi didn't say a word, "Sir, you just have to give orders." ”

Wang Chonggu was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Aren't you afraid that the old man will make trouble for you?" ”

"Sir, where did you come from, the status of master and apprentice has been decided, how can a student disobey the teacher's orders!"

Wang Chonggu stared at Tang Yi tightly, trying to find a flaw in his eyes, but from beginning to end, all he could read was the word sincerity.

Alas!

It seems that the old man misunderstood this son, Wang Chonggu patted Tang Yi on the shoulder, very hard.

"Okay, your previous warning has come true, and now that prices in Suzhou are soaring, you can give the old man an idea!" (To be continued.) )