The East Palace feasted courtiers and nobles above the five grades. Zhang Zheng is now an earl, and naturally he also received an invitation from the East Palace.

Since Zhang Zheng is still in the period of filial piety, he can only send his founding disciple Li Taidai to go on his behalf.

Li Tai is a prince and the younger brother of Li Chengqian's mother. The birth of the eldest brother's eldest son must be congratulated.

Before leaving, listening to Zhang Zheng's mother-in-law's mother's advice, Li Tai's face was black.

"I know, I know, let's go, I won't be able to catch up with dinner for a while." Today's weather is very fine, and the morning sun is shining on Zhang Zheng's lazy body, watching Li Tai walk away.

Today's banquet at the East Palace was chosen by the guests in the morning. Because there was another very important thing in the afternoon, Zhang Zheng decided to officially accept Li Tai as an apprentice.

Accept apprentices, go through a formality, or go. After all, in this era, the difference between teaching students and accepting apprentices is still very big.

All the students of the academy can be counted as Zhang Zheng's students. But the disciple of the family, at present, Li Tai is such a person, and he is still the one who has no name.

was worried that Li Chengqian's position as the crown prince was unstable, but now Li Chengqian's eldest son has been born. Then this concern will be dissipated.

Even if Li Tai or other princes have different ideas in the future, they can't make any waves if they don't have a good name.

In this era, the eldest son and the eldest grandson have a completely different meaning. The birth of Li Chengqian's eldest son represents the stability of the country.

The continuous descendants of the royal family represent the longevity of the Tang Empire. Not to mention the royal family, even ordinary families, the size of the population is the most obvious sign of whether a family is prosperous.

Seeing Li Tai walk away, Zhang Zheng clipped the textbook under his arm. Slowly paced to the door of the business school located in the teaching building.

Today, Zhang Zheng still has a few classes to attend. Zhang Zheng walked into a classroom by himself, and the people in this classroom were waiting.

Zhang Zheng's reputation in the academy is notoriously strict, don't look at Zhang Zheng's age, but the prestige of Mr. is not a lot at all.

Few students can escape Zhang Zheng's gaze. As soon as Zhang Zheng entered the door, the students immediately got up and bowed and saluted, "I've seen Mr." ”

"Sit down!" Zhang Zheng walked straight to the podium and put the textbook on the desk. The furnishings in the classrooms are the same as those in later schools, and standing on the podium can show the whole classroom as usual.

The only difference from later generations is the attitude on the faces of the students towards the word learning. The students of later generations have seen the world, whether they learn or not, their attitudes are just like that, and there is no right shape for hippie smiles and smiling faces.

And the students of Datang, everyone's face is full of devotion to learning. Most of them are from poor families, and they know how difficult it is to acquire knowledge in this era.

I also know how lucky it is for them to be able to enter the academy and feel the earnest teachings of so many scholars.

When the academy enrolled, nearly 10,000 people were waiting for it, and only one or two of them could finally enter the academy.

Objectively speaking, they can enter the academy not because of how outstanding they are. More because of their luck.

Therefore, they cherish this opportunity to acquire knowledge more than anyone else. Even what Zhang Zheng taught was the business that they disdained the most before they entered the academy.

Many bright students already have a vague understanding in their hearts why the college should incorporate business into the teaching system.

It's just that they have a guess in their minds, but it's just a guess. The academy has never explained the curriculum system of the academy to the outside world, in a word, if you fall in love, you will go to it, and if you don't do it, you will pull it down.

Academies have never been high or low, and the six academies have always been neck and neck, which is actually a very obvious signal.

"The nature of business." Zhang Zheng wrote the name of today's lesson on the blackboard. Then he glanced at the students at the bottom and asked, "What is the essence of business, you have all been studying in the academy for more than a year and a half, do any of you know it?" ”

"Sir, the students think that the essence of business should be the circulation of money, and Mr. Ma Zhou has already mentioned this concept to us last time." One student stood up and replied thoughtfully.

Zhang Zheng bowed his head lightly and said, "Well, is there any other classmate you want to add?" ”

"Demand, the essence of business is to discover demand, create value, meet demand, and ultimately get returns." Another student, got up and bowed to Zhang Zheng and replied.

Zhang Zheng nodded again: "Is there anything else?" ”

"Trust ......"

"Buy low, sell high......"

"Swap...", the classroom resounded with the sound of reply. Most students have a vague feeling in their hearts.

So the answer is a variety of answers. Before they knew it, most of the students had already spoken about their understanding of business.

Zhang Zheng looked at the group of students in front of him with satisfaction, with a mysterious smile on his face. He was very satisfied with this group of students, although some of them were already middle-aged men with children and grandchildren in their prime, and some were still children with their hair hanging down and horns.

But without exception, their attitude towards learning is religious. They are also good at thinking, summarizing, and discovering the hidden truth behind every knowledge.

"Everyone has their own understanding, which is very good, and it shows that everyone has seriously understood and thought about these issues after class. Most of you are right. However, it is not comprehensive. There are many ways to do business, but the essence of business is to plunder. Whether it is to communicate with each other, whether it is to buy low and sell high, or to create value, to put it bluntly, it is a kind of plundering of resources. During the Warring States Period, the State of Qi wanted to take action against the State of Lu, but the national strength of the State of Qi at that time was not enough to destroy Lu in a war. Guan Zi, who was the minister of Qi at the time, gave Huan Gong an idea called a trade war. At that time, Lu produced a kind of silk from Lu country, which was called

"Lu Min". Qi increased its imports of Lu Min. Moreover, the pipe gave two orders at once.

First, the people of Qi are not allowed to produce Lu Min by themselves, that is, Lu Min must be imported from Lu State; Second, the implementation of Lu Min imported by Lu State

"Trade subsidies". For every thousand horses of Lu Min transported, the merchants of Lu State were rewarded with 300 gold, and for every 10,000 horses of Lu Min transported, they were rewarded with 5,000 gold.

What is the final result, all the people of Lu no longer farm, and they changed to produce Lu Min. Seeing that the land of Lu was deserted, Qi ordered to stop importing Lu Min, and issued a strict order that Qi was not allowed to export grain to Lu State...... In the end, the state of Lu was starved all over the wilderness, so he had to pay tribute to the state of Qi.

Later, Guan Zi used this strategy on the Chu State, which was as powerful as the Qi State at that time.

There are many deer in the Chu country, so Guan Zi began to try to let the people of the Chu country raise deer. It only took three years for the powerful State of Chu to bow its head in front of the State of Qi.

In the end, Guan Zi used his business methods to help Duke Huan complete the hegemony of the princes of Jiuhe......"