The road on the central axis of the whole capital is not bad, as well as Chang'an Street, as well as the south of Chang'an Street, both sides of the Thousand Step Corridor, Daming Gate, and Zhengyangmen, and the Qipan Street is just in this range.

Qipan Street is outside the Daming Gate, in the Zhengyang Gate, where the business is particularly developed, which can be described as a 'golden location', with every inch of land being golden. Moreover, the place of books in the capital is also the largest here, and the Jianyang Bookstore of the Liu family is here.

Liu Jin is the nephew of Liu Yikun, a scholar of the Ministry of Industry and a scholar of the Cabinet University, the Liu family is a native of Jianyang, Jianning Prefecture, Fujian, this family started from a mobile book seller, the first from the shoulder to sell books, to drive the book boat through the city, the countryside, and then to the later establishment of Jianyang Bookstore, from publishing to distribution, the business is getting bigger and bigger, until now it has become the largest bookseller in the world.

Liu Yikun belongs to Jia and Youzeshi, in fact, such a family is also a lot in other business gangs, and the accumulation of several generations to this day is not only satisfied with the prosperity of the family, but also gradually becomes an emerging social force with the development of the commodity economy. Although the status of merchants at this time was still not comparable to that of scholars, it did not prevent them from grabbing power through the imperial examination.

Since the Qin Dynasty, the centralization of power has always been wary of capital, and the Qin Emperor's emphasis on agriculture and suppression of commerce after the unification of the world was to put an end to Lü Buwei and his ilk. Because he knew that if he allowed his businessmen to sit on the throne, he could only 'wipe out all the social crops, and the people would be wiped out'......

The advantage of the modern system is the checks and balances of power, privilege is not acceptable to the market, and rent-seeking is not acceptable to power, because only power can restrain power.

However, under centralized power, the only way to 'realize' privileges is to open up a 'rent-seeking' road for capital. It is true that 'the country of ten thousand times kills its king, and he will be the house of a thousand times...... Take a thousand things, take a thousand things, not too much'.

It is to say, 'Gou for the sake of the latter righteousness and profit first, not to take or eat; Those who have not been benevolent and leave their relatives behind, and those who have not been righteous and then their kings. ’

And this is also the fundamental reason for the rise and decline of Donglin in the late Ming Dynasty, but in the great torrent of historical progress, everyone will be coerced, even the emperor cannot be alone. Just like Zhu Yuanzhang never expected that behind him, in three hundred years, the world would have been turned upside down.

And for today's monarch, Yongming Emperor Zhu Zhongwei, he may not be able to stop the pace of businessmen seizing power, but he can choose 'obedient' capital.

In front of the Jianyang Bookstore, there were already people waiting, and when Wu Yan got off the carriage, he hurriedly stepped forward to serve.

When I entered the bookstore, the air was filled with the thick fragrance of ink, and the books that came to my face like a sea of mountains made Wu Yan's heart clear in an instant, which is the beauty of books.

Liu Jin is in his special study on the second floor, and the study also has two rooms, one for daily reception, and the other is a place for the master's family to rest. The whole study room is simply and clearly furnished, and there are no superfluous furnishings.

Wu Jin and Liu Jin are familiar with each other, and the two did not have too many greetings, but they did not come up to talk about official affairs.

It is also peculiar to say, there are a lot of good teas in the Ming Palace, most of them in Anhui, but they are scarce in Fujian, and the tea is Lu'an, Songluo, Tianchi, Shaoxing Kaicha, Jingshan Tea and Tiger Hill. Wu Yan has a soft spot for tea, but the small species are also good.

After drinking this bowl of small tea, Wu Yan felt that he was extremely comfortable from the inside out, and suddenly he was inspired to express a literary style, so he said to Liu Jin:

"I think of a poem written by the Europa, especially about Wuyi tea."

Liu Jin smiled and said: "Interesting, you might as well read it, so that we can also appreciate the poems written by the Taixi people." ”

"That's right," Wu Yan cleared his throat and recited, "I feel that my heart has become so sympathetic, I must go to Wuyi's black tea; It's a shame that wine is so harmful, because tea and coffee make us more serious......"

Liu Jin listened to it for a long time without speaking, and it took a long time before he reacted: "You...... Are you sure it's poetry? ”

Is there a misunderstanding? This is too far from imaginary poetry.

Wu Yan nodded and affirmed: "Yes, it is still written by a famous poet." ”

"Oh...... "At this level, is it still a celebrity?"

Wu Yan looked at him and smiled like 'constipation', and then she poured another bowl for herself, looking at the bright red soup in the bowl, the tip of her nose lingered with a pine smoke aroma in the tea, and took a sip, like the sweetness of longan, there is no better enjoyment than this.

"I guess there are two things to look for you today," Wu Yan said to him after drinking tea.

"The matter of the court?" Liu Jin asked.

"Sort of," Wu Yan groaned, and said: "The imperial court needs to open up a 'money road', although there are still many problems to be solved, but don't doubt the determination of the imperial court." This sounds a bit profound, but you, including the Jiang family and the Hao family, just follow along, and naturally have your benefits. ”

Liu Jin also poured a bowl of tea for herself, held the bowl in her hand, sniffed it near her nose, and then drank it all.

"Isn't it understood that even if you want to gamble, you have to gamble big?"

"Why are you all so good at gambling?" These words reminded her of the imperial concubine in the palace, and she even had to gamble on the next backgammon.

"It's not good to bet, how do you make money at that racecourse?"

Wu Yan snorted and continued: "Don't talk about this, anyway, until the point, the second thing is ......"

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Wu Yan left Liu Jin's study and did not leave directly, but went to the next door of Jianyang Bookstore, where she and the Wu sisters opened a dessert shop. Xiaoxi came out to greet her, and without saying a word, she hurriedly pulled her to a secluded place.

"Eldest sister, Mrs. Lu has just left, and she has been here often in the past two days."

Wu Yan came to ask about this, and hurriedly asked, "What did Mrs. Lu say?" ”

Xiaoxi smiled and said proudly: "Is there anything that the little sister can't do?" In fact, I didn't expect Mrs. Lu to be so good, every time she praised you as a Sai Tianxian, and she also said that she would always pay attention to you. ”

"Well, I'm honored to have her attention......"

In this way, if you are 'bullied' at school, you can find someone to 'sue', Wu Yan imagined in his mind the appearance of being punished for kneeling on the washboard, and he couldn't help but show a 'sinister' smile.

"Okay, the little sister is doing a good job, and the official is rewarded!"

Wu Xiaoxi jumped up happily when he heard this, and shouted, "Then I want ten new cake recipes!" And milk tea! ”

Wu Yan has no reason not to agree, don't say ten, even the whole cheatbook can be.

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Finally leaving the chessboard street, the carriage walked slowly and carefully along the mixed road of people and vehicles. In fact, in the section from Zhengyangmen to Damingmen, Wu Yan was also surprised by the prosperity of commerce, even if she just looked at it in the car, it made her overwhelmed.

The carriage drove through the Dongjiang Rice Lane and then turned eastward, and then went north in Hongchang Hutong, passing through the Taiji Factory to the Shiwangfu. In the past, the Ten Princes' Mansion belonged to the palace of the nature of the pavilion, and now half of it is the Fuwang Mansion, and the other half is still used as the pavilion.

After the Ten Princes' Mansion, it will soon be a gold and silver alley, and there is no miscellaneous courtyard here, all of which are one door and one household. And not only here, even the homes of the people in the southern city will build an earthen wall or use stems and grass to enclose the room, which is the boundary of the ritual system and the embodiment of the spatial arrangement.

Wandering in such thoroughfares or neighborhood alleys, one can guess the identity and wealth of each family by looking at the rows of houses and rooftops, which is also very different from modern times, and they all reflect the living conditions of people in a hierarchical society.

When she returned home, she was already tired after a day of running, and after dinner, she hastily cleaned up and lay down on the bed. When you put on the soft quilt cover and close your eyes, the sleepiness hits, and you soon fall into a dark and sweet dream......

The next day, April 30,

The last day of April is no different from usual, and for the students of Guozijian, it is the most important day of the month - exam day.

Wu Yan arrived at the school very early, and the routine was followed by waiting for the exams, and the students in the six classes were all like this. This month's test of the four meanings, the test question is: cover the essence of things, and create the place that can be obtained, is the meaning of things.

Wu Yan was stunned, thinking to himself? Is this to elaborate on materialism or idealism? But no, this sentence is clearly about methodology...... How do you write that?

After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to write a sentence at the beginning: If you want to know if the earth is round, you must first go around the earth by yourself; If you want to make a steam engine, you must at least sit in front of the tea kettle and observe whether the blisters are fish, crab eyes, or springs......

I put down my pen, thought for a while, and felt that the next paragraph should first establish a world view before discussing, so I wrote again: The earth and the sea are round, and the same is a ball, living in the heavenly sphere, with north and south as the longitude, the equator as the latitude, and the longitude and latitude of Zhoutian are 360 degrees, and the heaven and earth can be pitched. But how can you prove it yourself? Two hundred years ago, the Portuguese Vasco da Gama set out from Lisbon and went east through the Atlantic Ocean to the Little Western Ocean, 20,000 miles away from China. The Westerner Christopher Columbus set out from the port of Barros in the west and traveled westward, through the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas, and from the Americas to the South Seas...... Even if you believe in "Su Wen", 'East China Sea and West Sea, the same heart', you have to go back to prove it yourself.

The last paragraph is the topic: the grid is still poor, the things are still reasonable, and the poor reason also has to talk about the method, so the discipline is poor, and the method must be based on facts.

Although the article is not in the format of eight strands, it can be regarded as a piecemeal of argumentative essays, and the exposition of "exhaustive reasoning" is to use "how to do" to solve the problem of "what".

In fact, she wanted to try to explain it in Descartes's "Methodology", but she couldn't remember the four methods listed in the book, so she had to write in the vernacular.

Zeng Maolin, as the gentleman of this class, was invigilated by him, and when he saw Wu Yan's pen like a god, he felt strange and curious, and thought that she would write a few strokes and then hand in the paper early......

I didn't expect her to be as serious as a test-taking student......

Curious what exactly she wrote?