"According to Xiang Xiang's humble opinion, the residents of Tearing Island have mostly made a living by picking lotuses for generations. And most of them are elderly, but there are very few young and middle-aged people, and there are a few children. The old people are getting old, and I don't think it is appropriate for the Ji Mansion to arrange for them to engage in other jobs. It is better to give all the surrounding islands of Tear Ning Island to the elderly on the island, reduce the area of the Fengyue Promenade by one-third, and give them a part of the lotus pond to make a living. In this way, in the future, the Fengyue Corridor will be famous all over the world, and people in the world will also know that our officials and people in Blackwater City are harmonious. As for the children, I don't think the land promised by the Ji Mansion is unavailable. The children on Tear Island are still young, and there are more opportunities to study and farm. Xiang hopes to use government funds to resettle these children next to the Huang family's mansion in the west of the city, where there is a willow forest, which is also located on the edge of Wanxing Lake. ”

Xiang Liufeng bowed again, and when he raised his head, he saw Zhao Fugui smiling at him, and Xiang Liufeng also smiled - the Huang family in the west of the city was very close to Zhao Fugui's home. Moreover, Zhao Fugui has such a friendship with the people on Tearing Island, he might as well push the boat down the river and arrange these children to his side. This is also the best plan that Xiang Liufeng can think of.

Although the two had quarreled before because of different opinions, Zhao Fugui at this time also felt a lot better about Xiang Liufeng in his heart. First, his suggestion did not exterminate or leave the inhabitants of Tear Condescent Island to fend for themselves, but took into account the feelings of these elderly people about their homeland. It also gave a good future to the few children on Tear Ridge Island. Later, when I came home from the county school, I could see these lovely children. He remembered the events of the month he had lived on Tear Ridge.

"Xiang Gongzi, why does the government have to bear these expenses? Aren't these expenses supposed to be borne by the Ji government?" In the audience, the chief clerk, Shi Hou Youren, stood up and asked loudly.

"That's right, what Hou Changshi said, can Xiang Gongzi give this official an answer? Since Ji Fu wants to recruit the heavenly scholars to come to the Fengyue Corridor to sing and dance, how can he do it without paying some price?" He Zhe's face was expressionless, and his eyes looked at Xiang Liufeng fixedly.

"This ......." Xiang Liufeng was speechless for a while. If the Ji Mansion agrees to his suggestion, he will reduce the area of the Fengyue Corridor by one-third, he originally bribed Qian Hangfu with a lot of Qin baht, and the contracted lotus pond will be reduced by a part, the Ji Mansion has already paid a lot of price, the Xiangjia in the south of the city is not a big family, and he is already risking the risk of offending the Ji Mansion to speak up. But He Zhe asked Ji Fu to give the resettlement fee as well, how do you feel that he is targeting Ji Fu?

"Huh?" For a while, the atmosphere was a little frozen in the guest seat, and there was a muffled hum that was not suppressed. Among the guests of the Ji Mansion, a gray-haired old woman, after hearing Xiang Liufeng's suggestion, her face was very gloomy, and when she saw He Zhe making such a request, she was furious in her heart, and she didn't suppress her emotions.

For a while, the eyes of the audience seemed to be focused on this old woman. "The old lady of the Ji Mansion, the Huang family, is here?......."

He Zhe's expression suddenly became vicious, and at a glance, he saw the Huang who was snorting, and a sharp look shot out. When Huang saw He Zhe's gaze, he was shocked and quickly turned his head.

"Can't you answer?, then I'll ask all the young talents who came to take the exam, can anyone tell me why?" He Zhe suddenly laughed, and began to report the names of the candidates one by one.

"Huang Xu!" A fat man immediately stood up in the audience, heard He Zhe call his name, and looked at the eyes of the guests of the Ji Mansion, and snorted: "My lord, I ...... I don't know ......."

"Hahaha, Liu Fen!" "Lord Yu, I think the Ji Mansion has reduced the area of the Fengyue Corridor, and the resettlement fee should not be let out again!" "Okay! Go on, Jin Sheng!" "Lord Yu, I think Zhao Changshi is right, this matter ...... It should also be considered in the long term......"

"Lord He, Zhao has a foolish opinion, I don't know whether to talk about it or not. ”

He Zhe looked at Zhao Fugui and smiled slightly to show his acquiescence.

"If you want me to say, this resettlement fee still has to be paid by the Ji Mansion, but..."

As soon as he was halfway through the conversation, the discussion in the audience suddenly rang out again. This "but" barely suppressed some ill-intentioned discussions.

"However, Zhao would like to give a suggestion to the distinguished guests of the Ji Mansion. First of all, I mentioned to my brother before, there are not many children on Tear Solidity Island. Most of them are elderly. According to Brother Xiang's original plan, reduce part of the area of the Fengyue Promenade, and then give out a few small islands around it, so plus the resettlement fee, I think the expenditure is actually not small, but it is not big. The construction cost of the Fengyue Promenade itself is the largest. If it is only built for the sake of the poetry of the literati and scholars, I am afraid that your mansion will have no other benefits except for winning some elegant reputation. ”

After Zhao Fugui finished speaking, he paused. The guests of the Ji Mansion in the audience were a little confused, and the guests didn't understand what he meant.

He Zhe touched his chin, as if thinking about his intentions.

Ji Binglin stood up from the audience at this time, and Shi Li said loudly: "Then what Zhao Gongzi means is to link such an elegant place as the Fengyue Corridor with money and other things?

He made the meaning of Zhao Fugui's words clear, and the audience was shocked again-no matter how you can't make this kind of cultural place a fee or something, right? Zhao Fugui's statement completely violates the mainstream concept of the so-called "literati", how can everything be for money?

The guests in the audience had a much worse perception of Zhao Fugui. Master Sen Dao couldn't stand the discussion in the audience, so he cast a spell slightly, and He Zhe made a quiet gesture to suppress the discussion.

Zhao Fugui was actually a little flustered in his heart, he glanced at Xiang Liufeng, but fortunately, the latter gave him a firm look of encouragement, which made him settle down. Anyway, I've said so much unpleasant things today, what are you afraid of?

"Ji Gongzi's words are wrong. Of course, such a place of elegance should not be tied to money. However, if you think about it from a practical point of view, the cost borne by your house is indeed not small. Therefore, Zhao's suggestion is to hold more grand events on the Fengyue Promenade and charge a certain fee. But this object may not be our Qinshan literati. ”

"Do you mean to make this Fengyue Corridor a place where you can also interact with other countries, and make it a unique scenery of Blackwater City, and charge outsiders?" asked Ho Zhe with interest.

"That's exactly what I meant, my lord. I wonder what Ji Gongzi thinks?"

Ji Binglin stood up again, clenched his fists and said, "What Zhao Gongzi said seems to be reasonable, but in fact it is nonsense! Our Blackwater City only borders the Underworld in the north, and the east and west sides are both vast national territory. Could it be that Zhao Gongzi would think that those hellish barbarians who had come over with one heart would spend money to attend our literary gathering?"

If Ji Gongzi said so, it would be very wrong. Xiang Liufeng took over the conversation and helped Zhao Fugui and said: "The grass people are the same as Zhao Gongzi, and they are not children of the family. Some time ago, for this debate, I often traveled near Wanzhi Lake. The Wanxing Bridge is a trade route between the two countries, and there are many barbarians coming and going every day. Xiang Mou has communicated with many barbarian merchants, and as far as I know, although their barbarians are not converted, they are quite admired for the culture of our dynasty, especially in terms of poetry and literature, which is completely different from the many wars between the two countries in history. There are many literati in the country of Mingze, and they are very yearning for our literature. However, the twenty-five cities on the border of Qinshan State are mostly military cities, and it is impossible to have a strong literary atmosphere like the southern cities. However, the country of Shenze and China are only directly bordered in the north, so there is very little cultural exchange between the two countries, which leads to prejudice like that of Ji Gongzi. However, Ji Gongzi is a child of a family, and it is normal for him to have little business travel on weekdays, so it is not surprising that he has such prejudice against barbarians. ”

It seems that Xiang Liufeng has a certain understanding of the cultural level of the Underworld. Zhao Fugui glanced at him gratefully. Xiang Liufeng's rigorous analysis made the people in the audience who didn't know much about the culture of the Underworld stop talking about it, and instead began to think about the feasibility of what Zhao Fugui said. Ji Bingrin was also choked, but when he thought of what Zhao Fugui said, if it was really like Xiang Liufeng's analysis, the Fengyue Corridor could really bring a lot of economic benefits to the Ji Mansion.

He no longer cared about the loss of face he had just had, and saluted on the stage and said, "I see, what Zhao and Xiang said to the two sons is indeed reasonable. Admire, admire, admire. Although we literati are not good at money, as Zhao Gongzi said, we can not only make the literati of the two countries get their wishes, but also strengthen cultural exchanges between the two countries, and moreover, we can also earn legitimate wealth from other countries, which is a triple win. The two of them really have a talent for governance, and Ji Moufang spoke too radically, sorry!" In the end, he himself was also moved by the prospect that the two of them said-that's it, and he didn't make his own family's money, how could he say that we cultural people love money? Besides, who doesn't know that between these two countries has long been a situation where you are strong and I am weak, and it is not good to make money from those "literati" in the Netherworld? So Ji Binglin himself was defending the two of them in the end.

Hou Fuzi and Mr. Su Su, who were sitting in the audience, all smiled, and the noisy discussion at the beginning was gone, all waiting for He Zhe to speak about the matter of the Fengyue Corridor. And the old lady of Jifu Huang also had an ancient well on her face, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

"This official's thoughts are the same as that of Prince Ji. What the two of you said is really good, and it is not a small feasibility. You may not know, this official is a little savage, and he also has a certain understanding of the history and current situation of the Underworld in the capital. Xiang Gongzi's analysis can be said to be very incisive. The two of them are talented in governance, and the official is also in his eyes. However, we can't just decide right now. Because after all, the Wind Moon Corridor decides the fate of the residents of Tear Condensation Island, and the people present do not have the residents of Tear Condensation Island, right? Therefore, in order to protect the interests of everyone, the official decided to send someone to bring this plan to Tear Condensation Island first, and then make a decision. ”

"My lord, Zhao is willing to bring this news to Tear Valley. I have lived on the island for a while and am familiar with its inhabitants. ”

Zhao Fugui volunteered directly. Although the audience did not discuss again, the eyes cast by the audience were faintly dissatisfied. This seems a bit too much attention. Mr. Su Su's heart that he had just put down brought it up again, he had never found that his disciple was so showy before!

Master Hou on the other side was very anxious, seeing that Zhao Fu had all the limelight, his disciples didn't seem to care. Indeed, Xiang Liufeng just had a smile on his face at this time, looking at Zhao Fugui who bowed down and petitioned, but he didn't have the slightest intention of fighting.

But what He Zhe said next really shocked everyone, and his decision directly set another precedent in Blackwater City for more than ten years: "Zhao Gongzi volunteered, his courage is commendable! Although you are twenty years old, this official is willing to make an exception here and bring Zhao Fu into the mansion to directly serve as a secretary!

Everyone, everyone didn't expect He Zhe to make such a decision. Zhao Fugui participated in the weak crown test, not for the sake of being an official! I still remember that the old city lord more than ten years ago also made an exception to promote a weak crown child to work in the government in a conference examination, but I didn't expect the old thing to repeat itself today! But what makes everyone even more incomprehensible, Zhao Fugui is so showy, according to what he just said, it can even be said that he is a person who does not know what to do, why did He Zhe suddenly change his attitude and promote him to his secretary?

"Brother Zhao, congratulations..."Xiang Liufeng didn't make a big sound, walked to Zhao Fugui's side, shook his hand, and said with a smile.

Zhao Fugui excitedly bowed down to thank the city lord for his great kindness, and held Xiang Liufeng's hand excitedly: "Thanks to Brother Xiang's words! Zhao must be an official to benefit the people!" He really didn't expect that he would have this day, and he began to be incoherent. All the envious eyes gathered on him, and shone over him on Ho Zhe.

Behind He Zhe, the scholars who were still immersed in Zhao and Xiang's two excellent essays, also came back to their senses after hearing He Zhe's words. However, with their cultivation and experience, they only smiled at this, and they were not too surprised, let alone unbelievable.

Everyone in the audience was shocked for a moment, and then applauded with the bachelors and Confucians behind He Zhe.

......

The debate between the two is over. In the afternoon, there were also four talented people who had won a lot of talents in the previous conference examinations and conducted their own debate examinations. Xu is the composition of those two people is too good, maybe Zhao Fugui's exceptional promotion is too shocking. The remaining talents were obviously a little cramped on stage. Among them, there is the debate of the eldest prince of the Zhou family, which made a comprehensive analysis and suggestions on the purchase restriction policy of the scarce material Tianyuan Iron newly established by the Qin Shan State some time ago, which is also quite refreshing; and the third prince of the Wang family made a comment on a sensational literary prison case in the imperial court before, which was appreciated by He Zhe.

And in the evening, it is the common part of the weak crown test. The essay for this exam is a proposition led by the county school of Confucian Marquis Fuzi. More than 200 candidates poured into the large examination room that had been prepared long ago in the Luofeng Valley to write essays for an hour and a half. After the exam, most of the 3,000 guests in the original guest table had left, most of them walked back to their homes on the Wanxing Bridge, and some of them rested in the hotel on Chaoshan Mountain. The first day of this year's general examination, as well as the weak championship examination that was far more wonderful than previous years due to the appointment of the new city owner, ended in a clear night.