Chen Rong didn't mean to find fault, but he just felt it.

This is a chain of contempt engraved in the bones, Xiucai despises Tongsheng, Juren despises Xiucai, Jinshi despises Juren, and Shujishi despises Jinshi.

For Xia Wenhui, who is halfway through reading, runs to do business, and opens his mouth and closes his mouth to make a lot of profits, in Chen Rong's eyes, he looks down on him from the bottom of his heart.

If it was usual, according to his temper, he would almost point at the other party's nose and scold.

Looking at the emperor's face today, he just muttered a few sentences disdainfully, but he didn't expect that Xia Wenhui would actually contradict him, and even have some-for-tat meaning.

What are you to dare to speak to me in such a tone?

Not to mention that I am a prefect, you are a common man, just by virtue of the fame of you and me, a jinshi who entered the temple and a talent who gave up halfway, teach you a few words, that is all worthy of you!

So, he said with a dark face: "The old man said that you opened your mouth to make your words profitable and shame the ancestors, is there anything wrong?" ”

"Don't you say anything?"

Xia Wenhui almost didn't think about it, so he retorted: "Dare to ask this adult, if you don't say anything, who will provide you with fine clothes and food?" And how to hire a famous teacher, the title of the gold list? ”

"If you don't talk about profit, everyone knows how much money the court has, so how can adults be full of food and drink, and have the leisure to talk about it here?"

"Adults clearly occupy the greatest profit in the world, turn their heads, but they are ashamed of their words. It's like a person who has to eat, but he is ashamed of cooking, isn't this the most ridiculous thing in the world? ”

Although Xia Wenhui is a businessman, don't forget that he is also a scholar.

If you talk about the war of words, who is afraid of whom?

In the past, these high-ranking old men were naturally out of reach, but now it is different, the emperor opened a new policy and changed the imperial examination, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the previous set of rules is not good.

Now in this world, what is needed is people with ability, not those who can only talk loudly.

What's more, I, Xia Wenhui, am a scholarly family, the family of eunuchs, and when my ancestors were born, you hadn't been born yet!

In terms of connections and family prestige, even if I Xia Wenhui is a talent, I may not be worse than you, why should I be humiliated by you?

Chen Rong never expected that it was just a casual kick, and he actually kicked it on the iron plate.

In front of everyone's eyes, the old face suddenly turned red.

Not far away, Zhu Qizhen stopped, looking lively on his face.

Cao Nai was silent, unable to see what his attitude was.

Several local officials who accompanied him followed the principle of shooting the first bird with a gun, and remained silent, they all watched and waited to see Chen Rong's reaction.

At this point, Chen Rong had no way out, so he had to say: "As a scholar, I open my mouth to do business, close my mouth to profit, and I am still ashamed to speak, I want to ask, what book do you read?" How did this talent get in? ”

Xia Wenhui smiled, neither humble nor arrogant, and said: "The Four Books and Five Classics that students have read since childhood are the books of sages, but since the imperial court opened a new policy, it has been found that it is far from enough to only read the Four Books and Five Classics, and recently I have learned a lot of new things. ”

Chen Rong snorted disdainfully and said, "Since you have read so many sage books, you should tell me, which sage taught you to fight the gentry?" Or do you connive with the mud legs and divide the land? ”

After hearing this, Cao Nai's brows furrowed slightly, because these words were already faintly aimed at the new deal.

To put it bluntly, the new policy was to eliminate the land annexation brought by the imperial court, and in the past, the gentry could pay less or even no tax, but now it is different, the more land in their hands, the more taxes they pay.

Xia Wenhui sneered: "It's just a land sale, one wants to buy land, the other wants to sell land, how did it come to your mouth and become a forcible grabber?" As for the division of land you mentioned, it is a new policy promulgated by the imperial court to divide the land into acres, and the students think that it is very good, those who can work more, whoever has more land, who will share more worries for His Majesty and the court, why not? ”

"The son said: Monarchs and ministers, fathers, fathers, sons. The emperor cares about the people of the world, and needs money and food to improve the people's livelihood. Why does it seem that when it comes to the mouths of adults, it seems that the government collects more grain taxes, and it becomes a robbery? ”

"I, Xia Wenhui, am just a businessman, and I still understand this truth, my lord is a dignified court official, enjoying the grace of the country, it should be a great service, even if it is broken, it is a matter of course, this is the way of the monarch and the minister, but now because I have paid a few more taxes, I am jumping here, dare to ask my lord, have you read the four books and five classics into the dog's stomach?"

"You, you...... I ......"

Chen Rong was so angry that his face turned red, and before he could say a word, he was ruthlessly scolded back by Xia Wenhui.

"It's not because people like you, who talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but in fact only think about the selfishness of the family, so that people in the world can't help but want to laugh when they mention the word benevolence and righteousness, and a hypocrite like you makes the saint shameful! The faces of the scholars have been lost by people like you, but you still dare to bark here, for fear that others will not know that you are a clown who only knows how to profit from the court, but does not know how to report the newspaper? ”

Chen Rong's chest rose and fell, panting heavily, to be honest, he hadn't had such a fierce quarrel with someone for a long time, and he used to rely on his identity to export unilaterally.

Unexpectedly, I met a ruthless person today.

It's so ruthless!

How did he know that the controversy over the New Deal had already been raging within the scholarly class.

The old-fashioned gentry scolded the New Deal every day, while Xia Wenhui, a group of scholars who were open-minded and began to have new profit points, ridiculed each other.

The debate on the New Deal represents the two major forces, the old and the new, and everyone is racking their brains to debate.

And Chen Rong is in the capital, he is a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Heaven, just like a flower in a greenhouse, he is only responsible for output on weekdays, but now he is really immersive, but he finds that he has no actual combat experience, and as soon as he fights, he is beaten by someone on the head.

The head-on debate must be hopeless, so Chen Rong sneered and said: "Monarchs and ministers, if you don't welcome everything, then what's the difference between you and a traitor?" Whoever is a servant should ......"

"Those who are ministers should obey the law, right?"

Before Chen Rong could continue, Xia Wenhui interrupted: "But as far as I have heard, you court officials, there are countless people who send all kinds of gifts during the New Year's holidays. ”

"Dare to ask my lord, who have these filial tributes been given to? These things, aren't they? Thou shalt enjoy the offerings of others in a dignified manner, and which of these offerings is not the fat and ointment of the people that have been forcibly taken by the corrupt officials and corrupt officials below? ”

"But what about you, who are willing to do this, and now you say that you do not speak of profit, and you say that you are a servant, what should you do? Now I ask you, Your Excellency, have you received these gifts and filial piety? ”

"I ...... I ......"

Chen Rong wanted to flatly deny it, but for a while, he suddenly lost his confidence.

Xia Wenhui laughed secretly in his heart, he knew the doorway here best, after all, his ancestors did this, how could he not know the name of the princes of the court?

"Today, I don't ask you to have a clean breeze on your sleeves, after all, everyone has to eat and dress. However, since you have gained such great profits, then I ask you again, you said that a minister cannot be welcomed in everything, so what have you done that a minister should do? ”

"The trouble in Mobei, did you calm down? The White Lotus Sect is in turmoil, have you ever neglected your own way of coping? When natural disasters and man-made disasters make the people unclothed and corpses are strewn all over the field, what are you doing as a minister? You didn't do anything, but you were a corpse vegetarian meal! If it weren't for the fact that among the princes of the court, there are many people like you, who eat fat heads and big ears, but don't do anything about people, how could the world have reached such a point? ”

Chen Rong suddenly felt a terrible pain in his heart......

Xia Wenhui had no intention of stopping, and continued: "You don't say anything about profit, do you think I don't know how much land the princes of the court have hoarded in their hometowns? Is it true that the profit of industry and commerce is profit, and the benefit of the land is not profit? Dare to ask about the benefits of these lands, how much tax have you paid to the imperial court? Dare to ask, how many ministers and family members are secretly doing business, and how many taxes have been paid? ”

"Hypocritical to such an extent, but still dare to insult my innocence?"

"I, Xia Wenhui, am innocent, I have paid taxes and recruited so many craftsmen, I dare not say that it will be beneficial to the world, but at least I am not greedy for the people's fat and people's ointment, and I am here to rap. On the contrary, adults enjoy the benefits of the world, but they have to be fame and fortune in their mouths, and they say words of love for the people, but they are greedy for the people's interests. Open his mouth to be benevolent and righteous, but he has no strategy for the country, only holding the four books and five classics to cover his own shame, if the saint knows that there are such people under the door, he is afraid that he will be ashamed! ”

Chen Rong's old face has turned the color of pig liver, in fact, the other party's words are not without flaws, and some loopholes can be refuted.

However, this guy knows too much about the details of officialdom, and he directly exposed it, which made him feel weak and difficult to continue to defend.

"You...... You...... You are a showman, dare to speak like this! ”

"What about Xiucai, weren't you also Xiucai at the beginning?"

Xia Wenhui smiled and said without fear: "Besides, you keep saying that under the new policy, fame is worthless, and you feel sorry for it." It turns out that in the eyes of adults, only Jinshi is famous, and I, a showman, don't even have the qualifications to speak? ”

"That being the case, I think this new policy should add another article, directly depose Xiucai's fame, Xiucai is nothing, what's the use of wanting this fame? Only people like adults who are born in Jinshi are qualified to talk loudly and take advantage of the benefits of the world! ”

Chen Rong almost lost his breath, racking his brains and spitting out a sentence: "If Taishi Xia has knowledge under the spring......

"If the ancestors knew that the people who were in the court class in later generations only knew how to talk clearly, and did not produce, they would insult people when they saw them, and they would not be afraid or willing to be with you."

Xia Wenhui didn't give him a chance at all, and continued: "I respect the Lord because he is an official of the imperial court, so I have a fight of words with you, but if the adult still refuses to forgive, don't blame the students for being ruthless!" ”

These words are already a slap in the face, you are great as an official?

When my ancestor was an official, you dog thing hadn't been born yet!

Criticize the New Deal, cut off my financial route, and want to humiliate me, what are you!

All of a sudden, the scene was surprisingly quiet.

Zhu Qizhen listened with great interest, and when he saw that the two stopped arguing, he was even a little unsatisfied.

This Xia Wenhui is a talent, but he can't just bury it!

I must talk to him alone when I go back, maybe I can set up a business school under the household department to study economics.

Cao Nai felt that the two of them were arguing like this, it was really unreasonable, so he stood up and said, "Okay, don't be rash, what is it like?" They are all readers, if there is anything you can't sit down and talk about, stop there! ”

Chen Rong finally has a step to go down, although Sven is sweeping the floor, he also knows that he can't scold Xia Wenhui anymore, it is obvious that he is not someone's opponent.

Xia Wenhui smiled slightly, bowed his hand, and his speech and demeanor revealed the arrogance that a gentry should have.

Zhu Qizhen said with a smile: "That is, if there is something to talk about slowly, quarreling can't solve the problem." But just the two of them talked about it, what kind of ice and charcoal respect, I am quite interested, Chen Qing's family, is there such a thing? ””

"I didn't ...... No, ......"

Chen Rong suddenly panicked, and said busily: "The minister is a saint's disciple, and he will never do such a thing!" ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "It's good if you don't have it, you are all pillars of the country and role models for the people of the world...... Otherwise, Yuan Bin, after you go back, you send some people to check and see if there is such a thing in your family, if not, it is better to return everyone to a clean slate, and then I will have to deal with those who spread rumors and make trouble, so that the people of the world can know that my Ming officials are all innocent! ”

Chen Rong was barely squeezing out some smiles on his face, but now, these smiles are gradually disappearing.

After Zhu Qizhen finished speaking, he had already left.

While it was still early, he walked around seven or eight more workshops.

Most of these workshops were organized by the local gentry, but although there were many gentry, very few of them were really determined to participate in the operation.

It is worth mentioning that most of the gentry who participated in the preparation of the workshop supported the New Deal.

That's very comforting.

As long as someone takes the lead and does a good job, the New Deal is a real success.

Otherwise, no matter how well the reason is explained, no one will implement it, and it will be empty talk.

Returning to Qian'an County in the evening, Zhu Qizhen did not pay attention to Chen Rong anymore, but summoned Chen Shiqing, the county magistrate, alone.

After a day's visit, he found that this person is still good.

Although he is responsible for the negligence of Caijiagou's eucalyptus, in that environment, it is already rare to be able to insist on not being in the same stream as others.

As for whether this person is talented, it depends on his performance after he is delegated.

If you are like Chen Rong, who opens his mouth about benevolence and morality every day and closes his mouth about morality and righteousness, he will only stand on the commanding heights of morality and accuse others, and he will not be able to achieve great things after all.

Chen Shiqing's performance is very different, and it can be seen that this is a person who can do things.