"Wang Xijue?" Su Hao shook his head, "I haven't heard of it...... Guys, have you heard of it?"

He turned his gaze to Ma Yu, Jiang Yida and the others, but found that the faces of these people had changed, and they stood up one by one, looking at Su Hao with eyes that were intertwined with admiration and anger.

"Why, you ......" Su Hao was a little surprised, not knowing what he said wrong.

"Anyway, you don't really know who Scholar Wang is, do you?" Ma Yu asked, fortunately, he understood Su Hao's personality and knew that Su Hao was not a person who liked to sell cuteness. If someone else talks like this, Ma Yu will definitely think that the other party is showing off in front of him.

"Scholar Wang?" Su Hao asked, "What kind of scholar do you mean this Wang Xijue is?"

"Brother Gai, haven't you heard of Scholar Wang?" Xu Guangqi said, "He is the current scholar of the Ministry of Rites, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and a second assistant of the cabinet. ”

Su Hao was sweating profusely, hearing Xu Guangqi say this, he vaguely remembered, it seemed that he had really heard about such a person, but it was a pity that he was not interested in the affairs of court politics, so he forgot about it after hearing it, and actually made such a joke. In fact, if you want to talk about it, you can't completely blame Su Hao, how could he expect to get the dignified cabinet deputy assistant committee to run to his mansion to pay a visit?

"Please!" Su Hao shouted to the porter, "I'm going out to greet you." ”

Hearing that such a big official came to the door, the whole Su Mansion was shocked. The servants cleaned up as fast as they could, so that everything that stood in the way of the view disappeared without a trace. Su Hao took Ma Yu, Xu Guangqi, Jiang Yida and other talents. Dressed in a neat shirt, he respectfully greeted the door. As for Hao Qing and Xiong Ji, people who have no fame. I didn't have the qualifications to appear, so I could only stay in my room and sneak a glimpse of the cabinet deputy through the crack in the window.

"Student Su Hao, welcome Scholar Wang." Su Hao bowed to Wang Xijue and did enough etiquette.

In the short period of time just now, Su Hao had already heard Ma Yu introduce Wang Xijue's situation. Wang Xijue is a native of Taicang, Jiangsu, born in the 13th year of Jiajing, that is, in 1534. It is 56 years old now. Wang Xijue has been bright since he was a child and has read poetry and books. In the 37th year of Jiajing, he participated in the township examination and won the fourth place. In the 41st year of Jiajing, he participated in the examination and won the first place, and then won the second place in the court examination.

Wang Xijue's fame. Not from his test scores, but from his official style. In the court, Wang Xijue has always been known for his frankness and outspokenness. He first served as an editor, moved to the country to supervise the sacrificial wine, and then served as the Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion and the head of the Hanlin Academy. Until now, he has served as a scholar of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion. In every position, Wang Xijue can do things impartially, without favoritism, and never tends to follow the trend and follow the trend.

Wang Xijue's character can be seen from his attitude towards the former powerful minister Zhang Juzheng. When Zhang Juzheng was the first assistant and monopolized power. Wang Xijue did not flatter him, and even openly served wine and candied for the officials who were demoted for offending Wanli and Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng was returning home due to his father's funeral. Many officials jointly signed a petition asking Zhang Juzheng to return to the court as soon as possible, but Wang Xijue flatly refused to sign the petition.

Later, Zhang Juzheng died, and Wanli recovered Zhang Juzheng's official title, raided his home, and confiscated his family into the army. Many courtiers fell into the trap to show that they had drawn a line with Zhang Juzheng. Surprisingly, Wang Xijue wrote to Zhang Juzheng at this time to avenge his grievances, believing that Zhang Ju was due to the society and should not be completely denied.

Such a person, in the Ming Dynasty, is destined to be a maverick. He does not form parties or take sides, but only does what he thinks is beneficial to the country, and does not care whose interests are represented or offended.

These days, Su Hao is used to seeing the hypocritical faces of the courtiers, and when he heard that there is such a true temperament of the second assistant, how can he not be respectful.

"You're that Su Gaizhi, aren't you? The old man has admired your name for a long time, and this time he rashly came to the door to disturb him, and asked Haihan. Wang Xijue said lightly. His words seemed polite, but there was no apology in his tone. As the deputy assistant of the cabinet, I personally visited a little person who only had a six-rank martial arts, and there was really nothing to apologize for.

"How dare you dare to come, the presence of university scholars will make the humble house flourish, and the students will be very honored." Su Hao responded.

After some courtesy, Su Hao led Wang Xijue to the living room and invited him to sit in the main seat, while he sat on the side. Ma Yu and the others also sat down separately, and Su Hao introduced them to Wang Xijue one by one.

Wang Xijue didn't have much of a fight, after listening to Su Hao's introduction, he talked with Ma Yu, Xu Guangqi and others separately, and asked them about the books they read, the articles they did and other things. Ma Yu and Xu Guangqi are both talented and learned people, and their responses are quite decent, so that Wang Xijue can't help but be impressed by them.

"Yes, yes, sure enough, people are divided into groups, things are gathered by like, Su Gaizhi's friends, all of them are not ordinary people." Wang Xijue praised.

"The university scholar praised it, Brother Duwen and Brother Zixian are rare talents, Su Hao is with them, it is their light." Su Hao said modestly.

"Su Hao, you are not simple, I heard that you have some opinions on the way to govern the country, and the old man came to the door today to listen to Su Hao's high theory." Wang Xijue said.

Su Hao clenched his fists and said: "Hao has any lofty opinions, it's just that he once made a big statement in front of a nobleman and said some ideas on paper, how dare the scholar Lao come to the door in person to give advice."

Wang Xijue said: "Talking on paper is not without high arguments. The old decay is here to listen to your paper talk today, are you willing to teach the old decay?"

When Wang Xijue said this, Su Hao couldn't shirk it anymore. He knew that it must have been Wanli who was enthusiastic after hearing his words, and went back to sell Wang Xijue and others. As for whether Wang Xijue was sent by Wanli or decided by himself, Su Hao did not know.

"Scholar Wang doesn't know what he wants to hear, but Su Hao knows it, so he won't dare to hide it." Su Hao said.

Wang Xijue said: "I heard that you have a lot of criticism about the affairs of the court today, and think that the courtiers do not do practical things. I would like to ask what you mean by facts. ”

Ma Yu and the others all looked at Su Hao with their eyes, and secretly sweated for Su Hao. Wang Xijue's words, there are some questions and some criticisms. They don't know who Su Hao has discussed in front of the government, but it is obvious that Su Hao has degraded all the ministers of the dynasty to uselessness. Wang Xijue is here, maybe he has the intention of asking the teacher, if Su Hao does not answer well, what awaits him will be a reprimand from the top.

Su Hao didn't have as many worries as Ma Yu and them, he felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said in front of Wanli, so he was not afraid of Wang Xijue's reproach, he said calmly: "The facts in Hao's heart are simple to say, nothing more than the words "strengthening the country and enriching the people."

"Strengthen the country and enrich the people......" Wang Xijue pondered slightly, and said: "I have as many as one million people with armor in the Ming Dynasty, and I have the land of the four seas, and the four sides are surrendered, can't I be called a strong country?" The people of my Ming Dynasty live and work in peace and contentment, their families are well-off, and the markets of the state capitals are prosperous, can't they be called rich people? How else does Su Hao want to strengthen the country and enrich the people?"

Su Hao smiled slightly and said, "Scholar Wang, forgive Hao's bluntness." Although my Ming Dynasty has millions of soldiers, but the Mongols and Japanese slaves are constantly violating our borders, killing people and setting fires, as if they are in a no-man's land, how can this be called a strong country? In the state capital, although there are wealthy businessmen with thousands of dollars, there are also poor people who can't eat. Last year, a car disaster in Jiangxi District displaced millions of people, and tragic cases of selling children and daughters abounded.

Wang Xijue said: "What Su Hao said is also the truth. But even in the prosperous Han and Tang dynasties, there were Turkic raids; Natural disasters** are even more unstoppable in all dynasties. If because of this, I say that my Ming Dynasty is not a strong country, and my Ming people are not rich people, then Su Hao's vision of a strong country and a rich people, is there any hard work?"

Su Hao said: "Even if it is demanding, what does it matter? If this demanding thing can be realized, wouldn't it be a blessing to the people of my Ming Dynasty?"

Wang Xijue said: "Su Hao has a good prescription, so that I can achieve the strength of the country and the wealth of the people in your mind." I heard that Su Hao, you are good at prospecting, could it be that you hope to make the people rich and the country strong by opening a few more gold mines?"

Su Hao shook his head and said, "Gold can't be eaten or worn, how can it be considered wealth?" As for coal mines, iron mines, and copper mines, they are indeed the foundation of the country's prosperity, but they are only a small part of the foundation. In order to make the country rich and strong, it is necessary to develop industry and agriculture. ”

"No farming, no stability, no work, no wealth?" Wang Xijue was attracted by Su Hao's statement. This statement sounds very new, but some of the concepts in it are quite similar to the way of governing the country that Wang Xijue once considered, but he himself has never summarized it in this way. He asked Su Hao: "Su Hao, this is unstable, I understand. But what does it mean that there is no work and no wealth?"

Su Hao said: "To explain this no work and no wealth, we must first say what agriculture is and what is industry. The industry that produces all kinds of food is agriculture; The industry that produces all kinds of utensils is industry. Agriculture is the foundation of the people's survival, and without agriculture, the people will starve to death. However, agriculture can only solve the problem of food, and people need more than food. Grain is enough to eat, everyone can eat enough, and the task of agriculture is completed.

If we want to make the people rich, we must finally implement the industry, we must let the people have beautiful clothes to wear, spacious houses to live in, all kinds of exquisite utensils, filial sons have fun toys, and soldiers have weapons at hand, which is called real wealth. And to achieve this, it is necessary to rely on the development of industry. In a wealthy society, industry is much larger than agriculture. (To be continued.) You are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes,