Seeing that the situation at the scene seemed to be on Xu Wei's side, many scholars agreed with his point of view and applauded, Fan Yao frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Xu's words are inevitably biased. ”

"There are thousands of merchants, but not all businessmen are so forgetful, disloyal and unfilial! Since ancient times, businessmen have been labeled as no businessmen and no traitors. In the next stealing thought that it was a big Miao! ”

Fan Yao patted his chest and said, "There should be many righteous businessmen. No, several foreign wars in the Great Wei Dynasty, as well as various disasters in various places over the years, the imperial court raised donations from the people, and the officials of the imperial court donated the most money? Is it a gentry? Is it a farmer? No! It's a businessman! Which was not the most money donated by the businessman you despise? ”

Xu Wei squinted his eyes and said, "Brother Fan, what you said is a bit strong. As the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility! Merchants have made so much money in the private sector that they should give some money back to the private sector. ”

"What Brother Xu said, I don't dare to agree at all!"

Fan Yao raised his head and said loudly: "What does it mean that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility?" Is the ability of the merchant great? Up and down the government and the opposition, the most capable are His Majesty the Emperor, those meat eaters (officials), and those rich warriors! Can you not be of much power to them? Merchants can make money from the people, and don't the scholars also make money from the people? Why do they not pull a dime? Or donated such a small amount of money? ”

"The money of the scholars is not the same as the money of the merchants."

"What's the difference?" Fan Yao said angrily: "The money of the scholar clan is money, and the money of Shangrao is not money?" The money of the scholars comes from the income of the imperial court, from the income of the fields, and the money of the merchant is taken from the people, but it is also obtained by their own hard work, is the money of the merchant rao dirty? Xu Wei, you are discriminating against businessmen! ”

"That's not what I meant." Looking at Fan Yao, who was getting more and more excited, Xu Wei shook his head and said: "I admit that I also worked in the weaving mat industry in my early years, which was forced by my livelihood and had to do it as a last resort, but I didn't mean to despise the businessman at all. But Brother Fan, the point I want to express is this. Businessmen value profit over righteousness, seeking profit and avoiding disadvantage, while peasants are rooted in the land. ”

"Since ancient times, China has been a big farming country, and everyone has to get something from farming. If it is to emphasize business and ignore agriculture, it is a move to abandon the original and put the cart before the horse, and it is impossible to agree with it. In other words, if one day, the Yongjia Rebellion reappeared, almost all of the people who could stay in this land to defend against the Hulu were peasants, and the merchants would have run away a long time ago! Therefore, agriculture is the foundation of the country and cannot be shaken! ”

When Fan Yao heard this, he lowered his head and said, "Brother Xu, I also admit that most of the businessmen will run away on that day." But there are also some businessmen who won't. My ancestors were in business for three generations, and my grandfather's generation encountered the Yongjia Rebellion, when my grandfather scattered all his family wealth and raised a beggar army to fight against the Hu people, and finally my grandfather and several uncles were killed in battle. Up to my father's generation, they were still in business. Merchant is a cheap business, I know this, just when His Majesty opened a department, regardless of his background, he recruited children from poor families to enroll, so my father spared no effort to provide me with education. ”

"But if there are no merchants, isn't that messy? The country needs money to fight wars, the country needs money for disaster relief, and the country needs money to carry out projects, and all aspects need money. Paying equal attention to money and food, isn't it good for farmers and businessmen to share their efforts? Why is there a distinction between high and low? ”

The idea of valuing agriculture and suppressing commerce has existed since ancient times.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, there has not been much disagreement among the Confucian, Taoist, and Legalist schools in terms of emphasizing agriculture and despising industry and commerce.

For example, Mencius advised King Hui of Liang to "not violate the agricultural time", but he denounced merchants as "cheap husbands". The policy adopted by Li Kui to assist the Wei state was to "teach the best of the land" and "prohibit skills", that is, to develop agriculture and suppress handicrafts. The Shang Dynasty changed the law, exempting those who worked hard to cultivate and weave from forced labor, and those who were engaged in industry and commerce and were poor were reduced to slavery.

Xun Guo believes that "the industry and commerce are poor", and Han Fei was the first to call agriculture the "foundation" and industry and commerce as the "end", and regarded the people of industry and commerce as a social pest, and called it one of the "five beetles".

The idea of valuing the basics over the last was also formed.

Fan Yao turned around again, looked at the more than 1,000 scholars under the debate platform, and said indignantly: "You are all people who are full of poetry and books, and you should have a sense of right and wrong. The governance of all dynasties and dynasties has been light and thin, and the development of production, but the development of agriculture and mulberry? ”

"In the past, during the Warring States Period, the Shang Dynasty changed the law, and its reform stipulated that those who worked hard to engage in agriculture and produced a lot of grain and cloth were exempted from forced labor, and as a reward, they were forbidden to abandon agriculture and do business. And whoever abandons agriculture and trade, or is lazy and poor, is punished as a slave. ”

"But this time is different from the past, Qin is a country of tigers and wolves, its people only know how to plough and war, so it is not to rule the world, now it is uneven, Dawei can still focus on agriculture and suppress business, and go all out to plough and war, but the border troubles have been calmed down, and Dawei is ushering in a world of governance, and even an unprecedented prosperous era! Agriculture and commerce are like the wings of an eagle, neither of them can fly! ”

"Good!"

"Color!"

The onlookers also cheered for Fan Yao.

Xu Wei also nodded and said, "Brother Fan, I might as well be good." ”

On the viewing platform, Qin Mu smiled and said to Ran Min: "Your Majesty, it seems that Fan Yaosheng has won." ”

"What an eagle's wings, none of them can fly! It seems that this Fan Yao and Xu Wei are both amazing characters. Ran Min bowed slightly.

"A-Ying, who do you think of these two people is more capable of arguing?"

Ran Ming replied without thinking: "Naturally, it's this Fan Yao. ”

"Nope." Ran Min shook his head and said, "I see, it should be Xu Wei who is slightly better." Ah Ying, you can't just look at the surface of everything, have you noticed that Xu Wei has been so calm and calm from beginning to end? He is seducing this Fan Yao step by step! ”

"This ......"

"Prince, in fact, Your Majesty is right." Qin Mu said with a smile: "Xu Wei is a famous scholar among the scholars of the Jixia School Palace, and he has a great influence. His eloquence is very powerful, and many tutors in the academy are ashamed of themselves, but why was he defeated by this Fan Yao? In fact, Xu Wei also wanted to elaborate on the idea of attaching equal importance to agriculture and business, but it was difficult to speak. ”

In the end, the debate came to an end, and there was still no result.

Ran Min stood up, and in the awe-inspiring and burning eyes of all the scholars, he said aloud: "This debate, let's end here!" There should be no difference between agriculture and business. I look at Fan Yao's point of view, it's very good, both agriculture and business! Shinong industry and commerce should contribute to this country and the prosperity of the Great Wei Dynasty! ”

"Scholars produce talent, agriculture produces food, workers produce technology, and business produces money!" "Historical Records: The First Emperor of Qin" said: "The emperor's merit is industrious. Except for the last peasant, the head of Qiantou is rich. Under the general, the heart is determined. 'In my Great Wei, whether it is an emperor, an official, a peasant, a businessman, a craftsman, etc., people from all walks of life should perform their duties, and people are divided into high and low, divided into three, six, nine and so on, but the profession should not be like this! ”

"If there is a disaster now, I want you to raise donations, and you have donated a penny, which is worthy of my respect! On weekdays, even if he is a dung digger, as long as he is faithful, he should be treated with due respect! ”

"Your Majesty! Hooray, hooray, hooray! ”

In the midst of the tsunami of the mountains and the sons of scholars, Ran Min and the crown prince Ran Ming left the Jixia School Palace step by step.

When going down the mountain, Ran Min also said to Ran Ming: "A-Ying, is there still a lack of subordinate officials in your East Palace?" ”

The Great Wei inherited the official system of the Jin Dynasty, and the subordinate officials of the East Palace were basically three divisions and three youths.

The Taifu and Young Fu of the Jin Dynasty were in charge of the East Palace.

When Jin was pregnant with the prince, he placed six fu, and later called the three divisions and three young, that is, the prince and the prince, the prince and the prince; The young master of the prince, the young master of the prince, and the young guard of the prince. It has been passed down from generation to generation, but the number of people varies.

Ran Ming replied: "Back to my father, among the subordinate officials, it seems that there is only one prince and young master who is vacant. ”

"Fan Yao and Xu Wei, choose one of the two, which one do you want?"

"This ...... Fan Yao. ”

Ran Min frowned and said, "It's okay." Fan Yao's temperament seems to be a little strong, you have to discipline and discipline well. ”

"The retainers obey."

When he returned to the palace, Ran Min wrote a decree to enlist Fan Yao as the young master of the crown prince and Xu Wei as the secretary.

These two positions seem to be of low rank, but in fact, the gold content is not ordinarily high. There is no need to say more about the young master of the prince, that is the prince's subordinate officer, as the so-called one gives way, the chicken and dog are promoted!

In the future, if the crown prince Ran Ming ascends the throne, the prince's subordinate officials are very likely to be the marquis and worship the prime minister.

And Xu Wei's secretary Lang has only one seven-rank official, which is low in the middle of the court, and it can't be lower, basically the seats in the court are the last ones.

But I can't stand it, the secretary Lang is following the emperor to serve, Zi Jinchen!

Such a position is actually very eye-catching. If you can leave a good impression on Ran Min, show your capable side, promote or rise to the top, it will be a matter of minutes!