Chapter 67: The Badger and the Tiger
readx; The old lady of the Li family has taught her son that has been certified by the imperial court, Yun Zheng doesn't know, but Lu Qingqing is very clear, the imperial court once issued an award to the old lady of the Li family in the early years, and the title given is "Virtuous Mother!" ”
Yun Zheng entered Beijing this time to completely clamp his tail and be a man, so Lu Qingqing put the rectification of the family in the first place, and asked her husband to take the opportunity to go to the Li family to pay homage to his birthday, and ask the old lady for advice on how to raise children. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Lu Qingqing went to ask himself, but he was closed, and the old lady said that the way of raising children is very different, and Yunmen is a martial arts family that does not match the style of the Li family......
Anyway, it means that the Yun family has no rules, and now it's too late to rectify the family's reputation, and the Yun family in the quagmire must not tell others that their rules were learned from the Li family......
Lu Qingqing's arrogant temperament was nakedly humiliated, and at this time, it was in line with her nature to order her own generals to smash the Li family to pieces, who would have thought that Lu Qingqing not only did not do that, but personally wrote a letter of apology for the housekeeper Lao Liao to send to the Li Mansion.
The entire Tokyo City did not expect this result, to put it bluntly, Yun Zheng was alone, and everyone else had already expected this result, so Lu Qingqing's apology letter made the name of Li Jiashan even more fierce.
But then again, the old lady of the Li family does have the ability, and the eight sons are all successful, regardless of their sons-in-law, not to mention anything else, just this kind of equal mindedness makes countless wealthy ladies in Tokyo City ashamed of themselves, and the name of a virtuous mother is well deserved.
Dou Yanshan in the Later Jin Dynasty only performed the trick of the five sons of Dengke, and the Li family's eight jinshi surpassed the Dou family in any aspect.
In the world of scholars, having such a family reputation is enough to make Mrs. Li walk sideways in the circle of noblewomen, even if the queen sees Mrs. Li, she has to call her "mother" respectfully.
That is, because of such confidence. When Li saw Yun Zheng, he could open his mouth without any scruples.
Li Chang said that his mother's parenting method was a stinky beating, and others might not believe it, thinking that Li Chang's reluctance to teach his son the secret recipe was an excuse to excuse himself. Yun Zheng himself is a teacher, how could he not know that what Li Chang said was actually the truth, sticks and famous teachers taught. It's no wonder that the effect is not good.
Under this kind of perverted education system, it is actually very possible that there will be a pervert like the Li family occasionally, and the sentence of filial piety under the stick has become famous all over the world since the Great Song Dynasty, so that all parents in the world think that if their children are disobedient, they should be beaten severely.
After seeing the brutal nature of the old lady of the Li family clearly, the back flower hall, which was originally one step at a time in Yun Zheng's eyes, became overshadowed. No matter how you look at it, how do you feel that the scenery here is artificially piled up.
Li Chang is very busy today, it is not suitable to stay in the flower hall all the time, Yun Zheng should also go to the front hall of the Li family to socialize with the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty who he has not seen for a long time, and said that he didn't care about things, but he didn't cover his face and didn't see anyone. It's good that the hat of a military department secretary is still buttoned on his head.
The face of the Li family is indeed very large, the number of officials who came is uncountable, some people come by themselves, some people also bring their families in order to show their closeness, the men all went to the front hall, and the female dependents went directly to the back house from Yongdao to visit the old birthday star, and by the way, they followed the old lady to learn the ability to beat the child with both hands.
Yun Zheng himself is a bodhisattva, and he just appeared. Immediately, a large group of officials came to greet the salute, and after seeing the salute, they left in a daze, and it is a reason to worship Guan Gong with the people of later generations. Anyway, Yun Zheng is a high-ranking official, and there is no harm in paying more respects if he has nothing to do.
The Li family's nuts are very fragrant, Yun Zheng grabbed a large handful of hazelnuts, walnuts, lotus seeds and other things and ate sweetly by himself leaning on the pillar, there was no way to go to the table, once he sat down, others had to get up. Today, the old lady of the Li family has a birthday, and it is not easy to lose her temper.
Yun Zheng still thought that today he was the protagonist of the haggard man who was covered with a crown of Jinghuasi. Unexpectedly, there was another one who seemed to be even more unpopular, sitting alone at the middle table. A small sip, a small sip of tea, a son of the Li family stood on the side with a smiling face to accompany the guest, and that face was about to cry.
Embarrassed, I know that I won't be welcome here, but I don't know why I appeared here.
The dignified governor sat in the middle, but no other officials came around to ask for advice on how to be an official, which showed that this governor had failed to do so.
It is obvious that the Li family and Wang Anshi are political enemies, but they have maintained the minimum etiquette, Li Chang, this guy is hiding as a waiter of the Yellow Gate, and he sent a younger brother to support the scene, and he is suspected of looking down on this reluctant minister, from the perspective of etiquette, the two parties have basically become two factions that are incompatible.
Yun Zheng didn't understand why Wang Anshi came here alone, as a political counselor, there was no shortage of subordinates around him, even if Lu Huiqing had been killed by Xiaoman, but Zeng Bu, Li Ding, Deng Shao, Shu Man, Xie Jingwen, Cai Bian, Zhang Zhen, Lu Jia asked where did these famous law change cadres go? How could Wang Anshi be left here?
"When Wang Jiefu's mother gave birth to him, a badger ran into the delivery room and disappeared in an instant, so this person has a nickname called "Badger Lang".
"A badger is a thing, good at digging soil, burrowing in the mountains and wilderness, and it is annoying to go out day and night."
"Brothers don't know, there is a different person named Li Shining in Jingzhao Mansion, this person has the ability to perceive the heavens, since he saw Wang Jiefu, he only said "badger" and left, so Wang Jiefu has the title of "badger lang". ”
"I saw Yun Changsheng just now, he was taken to the back house by the master's family, it seems that he went to meet the old lady, Yun Changsheng is known as the white-fronted tiger, he knows that his body is too heavy, in order to bring inconvenience to others, he rarely participates in this kind of wedding banquet, why did he come today?"
"Brother Wen didn't know that the Lu family, the housewife of the Yun family, once asked the old lady for the way to educate her children, but the old lady disliked the Yun family's messy and no rules, so she refused.
Yun Changsheng came this time, but he planned to come to ask the old lady for advice in person because he had been working with Huang Menlang for a long time. ”
"Oh, I see, Yun Changsheng, Yun Changshou brother was born in the wilderness, although there are strangers to teach what they have learned, but they have not learned the way of etiquette."
"Alas, although the study of the alien is broad and profound, the Yun brothers are also geniuses in the world, but it is a pity that the aliens act as they want, the Yun brothers are naturally contaminated with these habits, although their brothers can shine for a while, if they want to last for a long time, they must ask the old lady for advice on how to govern the family."
There are a lot of people, and there are all kinds of things to say, Yun Zheng hid behind the pillar and listened for a long time, but he couldn't listen to it anymore, so he came out and yelled at those officials: "Do more business, talk less gossip, the most annoying thing is why do you only say that I am a tiger, and not say that Han Qi is a white elephant?" I have heard all that you say. ”
The faces of the officials changed greatly, and they apologized one after another, Yun Zheng smiled bitterly: "My Yun Laohu's name was said by His Majesty, and it has been given, and if you say it, you will say it, and the governor is the top official of my dynasty, and he is not good behind his back." ”
The officials looked at the general in front of them, who liked to listen to the root of the wall, and were speechless, so they had to say offense, offense, and then dispersed in a hurry.
Before the banquet began, the drums in the courtyard of the Li family house were singing and the cheers were endless, Yun Zheng asked a servant to bring a pot of wine, got the wine jug, and came to Wang Anshi, and deliberately chose a superior position, otherwise the taste of Wang Anshi in the summer would be smoked to death.
After sending away the Li family, Yun Zheng put the wine jug on the table, looked at Wang Anshi, who was looking at him coldly, and said, "Why is Brother Jiefu so hateful?" ”
Wang Anshi looked at Yun Zheng and said word by word: "Your Yun family owns more than 6,380 acres of fertile land, why is it that only 3,100 acres are recorded in the tax account books of Kaifeng Mansion?" Yun Changsheng, come and tell me, where is the remaining 3,280 mu of taxes? ”
Yun Zheng said with a smile: "Mistake, mistake, it must be a mistake, the housekeeper at home is stupid, and it is understandable that he miscalculated some accounts." ”
Wang Anshi sighed sadly and said: "The Yun family, who is famous for arithmetic, can miscalculate such a simple account book of acres of fields, thinking that there are still many acres of fields in the world that have been hidden by a bald pen of the Tan officials. ”
Yun Zheng frowned and said: "Don't say that you are like a saint, I have a question, as long as you can answer it clearly for me, I will immediately go to Kaifeng Mansion to report the hidden land of the Yun family, and then make up all the arrears over the years, what do you think?" ”
Wang Anshi gritted his teeth and said: "You are one of the smartest people in the world, and the old man would like to hear your opinion on the old man's changes." ”
Yun Zheng nodded and said: "Today is the birthday of Mrs. Li, I don't know how old I am, I only ask you about the "City Easy Law" and the "Equal Loss Law". ”
Wang Anshi said with a solemn hand: "Please! ”
Yun Zheng sorted out his thoughts and said slowly: "I know why you came up with the "City Easy Law" and the "Equal Loss Law", and I also understand your original intention.
Is it true that the purpose of the "Equalization Law" and the "Market Change Law" is to stabilize prices and curb the monopoly and exploitation of the people by big businessmen? ”
Wang Anshi nodded yes.
Yun Zheng smiled bitterly: "Do you know the consequences of your doing this? In my opinion, the essence of this policy is to replace private business with government and business.
Don't you know that officials and businessmen are worse than people?
There is still competition between the people and businessmen, the degree of monopoly and ability are limited, and the degree of exploitation is also limited, but when the state monopolizes the market, the source of goods, and the price, the object of its exploitation expands to the people, businessmen and the people.
Under this new law, government officials control the supply of goods as well as the sale, and ordinary merchants, regardless of size, must first go through several approval checkpoints for business.
If you have been an official for many years, you should know that as long as there is approval, there will inevitably be bribery, and transaction costs will be greatly increased due to bribery of officials.
As a result, prices will rise, and many merchants will not be able to continue operating, and the withering of industry and commerce is inevitable.
Tell me, apart from the enrichment of the officials who have the power to trade, what is the benefit to the whole society and the people? (To be continued)
PS: Chapter one
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