Chapter 768 Interview

"What a shame, what a shame, what a shame."

Zhu Houzhao returned to the Duanjing Hall, lost his temper, and could only say these few words.

Several East Palace eunuchs were frightened to death.

Who insulted this little ancestor?

But no one dared to ask. In the end, everyone unanimously elected Gao Feng to be the captain of the death squad to comfort the prince's injured soul.

"Your Highness, it's already very late, and you haven't eaten yet." Gao Feng said with a look of aggrievedness, "I've heated it up twice. If you don't eat, Your Majesty will know..."

"Bastard, do you think I'm going to be hungry? I'm so angry." Zhu Houzhao seemed to have found an outlet.

Gao Feng said: "How can we do this without food? Your Highness, if you have any grievances, just tell me, and I will try my best to help you get back on your feet."

"Bah. "Zhu Houzhao said angrily, "I can't help you if I can get her back! She is my sister, do you want me to beat her up or banish her from the palace?"

When Gao Feng heard this, he immediately felt that this was a family matter and that he was here to cause trouble.

But then he realized that the little princess just went to the Wenhua Hall to listen to a class? As for making the prince so angry?

Zhu Houzhao said: "I finally understand. Now that she has the support of my father, she begins to ignore me! No, I must let her know who is my father's favorite. ”

“Huh?”

When Gao Feng heard this, he thought it was really new. Are you ready to compete for favor?

You are just competing with the second prince for favor. From what you say, do you want to compete with your sister for favor? Is it worth it?

No matter how awesome a princess is, she can’t have a big problem with you. After all, she doesn’t even interfere with the position of crown prince. What else do you want to do?

"Wait." Zhu Houzhao said, "Everyone go out first. I want to plan everything here. Guan Bao will let her know how incompetent she is! Let's see how she fights with me in the future."

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Zhang Zhou is going back to Beijing.

After returning, he went to see Xie Qian in Xie Qian's courtyard.

Although it was late autumn and the weather was starting to get colder, Xie Qian still chose the courtyard as the place to receive guests, and even had someone tidy up the courtyard.

When Zhang Zhou came, he did not hold back, but personally came out to welcome him. Even his son Xie Zheng wanted to come over, but he reached out and refused, meaning that this is where Zhang Zhou and I came. Someone's conversation has nothing to do with others.

After sitting down in the yard.

Xie Qian picked up the teapot and poured tea for Zhang Zhou, his attitude was considered very polite.

Zhang Zhou said: "Mr. weather, especially inPeople who are used to living inland. ”

Xie Qian didn’t say anything, but took out something and handed it to Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou took it, but did not open it immediately, but asked: "This is? "

"Regarding the DPRK and China, involving officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works, I will record any misdeeds. Xie Qian said, "I know that the court wants to investigate the fraud case. I am no longer in the court, and I am not an elder. I can do something if I can." "

Zhang Zhou didn't expect that Xie Qian would take the initiative to expose his colleagues?

Zhang Zhou did not open it, but put it back on the table and said, "Isn't it right to do this? Has Mr. Xie Ge’s reputation been damaged? "

Xie Qian said: "If there are lawbreakers in the court, they should be investigated according to the law and their illegal behavior should be reported. Isn't it the duty of ministers? I know what you are thinking, don’t mind it too much, I am different from them. ”

It seems that Xie Qian now wants to clearly establish a clear relationship with Liu Jian and Li Dongyang.

Zhang Zhouxin said, only a ghost can believe that you are different from them.

"Then go back and check. Zhang Zhou then took the list back into his hand and put it in his arms.

Xie Qian asked: "What are your plans for this city in the future?" I heard that a fleet may come back recently. It is said that there are a large number of silver mines in overseas places. With so much silver coming back, the silver on the market will definitely depreciate, and the people who will suffer will be the ones who suffer. ”

Zhang Zhou said: “The excessive issuance of currency will indeed lead to currency devaluation, but it will also speed up market circulation, because the market economic system of the Ming Dynasty is not yet perfect, and the circulation of currency is needed to bring market vitality. Mr. Xie Ge, do you know what I'm talking about? ”

Before the change, Xie Qian would never understand.

But now he has been in Binhai City for almost a year, so he has been immersed in a special environment for a long time. , If he is not tainted by this environment, then he is really stubborn.

Xie Qian shook his head and said: "Although he didn't understand it clearly, he could roughly understand it. Can I understand that you are relying on this silver to dilute the value of private silver and create wealth for the court? "

Zhang Zhou said: "They are all silver. The ones brought back from overseas are of better quality. Even the Ming Dynasty mined silver every year, but this time more was mined. Is there anything wrong? ”

“It seems... right.” "Xie Qian thought for a while and couldn't find anything wrong.

Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Mr. Or, do you think the wealth here cannot be circulated elsewhere? "

Xie Qian said: "Silver is silver. The Ming Dynasty often lacked this thing. The court wanted to increase taxes every year, but there was nothing to do. If you can bring some income to the court, you can also If you ensure that the wealth of the people is not emptied out, you will be a hero of the Ming Dynasty. ”

“Oh? ”

Zhang Zhou looked at Xie Qian curiously.

For the first time, he received positive recognition from traditional civil servants, although these words came from Xie Qian, who had lost power.

And these words also come with preconditions, not a direct affirmation of him.

But this also represents a kind of progress.

After a period of observation, I discovered that... there are indeed many differences."

"There is a vitality inside and outside the city. This vitality is different from the outside world, and even different from the capital. I can’t even describe it. But I feel that if this vitality can continue throughout the Ming Dynasty, maybe the Ming Dynasty will really be rejuvenated.”

Zhang Zhou smiled and said, “Is this Mr. Xie Ge’s compliment? "

Xie Qian said: "If you do well, you are not afraid of others finding out. Am I an unreasonable person?"

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, isn't he?

You, the traditional civil servants, are the ones who stick to their stance rather than reason. As long as I have a different stance and a different camp from you, no matter what I do, I will be rejected by you.

To this day, civil servants are still thinking about me competing for profits with the people every day, saying that I am causing harm to the country and the people.

The Confucian tradition is to deny the achievements of political opponents from various tricky angles, to describe good things as bad, and to attack opponents with different stances.

Zhang Zhou said: "Mr. You can also tell me, maybe I can help?"

Zhang Zhou can also be regarded as "reciprocating a favor."

Since you have affirmed my merits, I can do something for you. It cannot be said to be an even deal, but a disguised reconciliation.

Xie Qian shook his head and said: "I just want to know, what book did you do come from? And, where did you learn all this... from? I looked at it I have read through all the classics and histories of the past dynasties, but I have never seen where all this comes from, and I have no way to find out."

"Oh, is it just a desire for knowledge?" Zhang Zhou said with a smile. "Then I will disappoint Mr. Xie Ge. In fact, this kind of change has already existed among the people, but Mr. Xie Ge has been in a high position for a long time and cannot see it."

"Impossible." Xie Qian He said, "Although my eyes are dim with old age, I am not blind and deaf."

Zhang Zhouyizheng said: "There are many means used by the people to accumulate wealth, don't the miners have it? Does the smelting of steel not exist? It's just that they were suppressed by the officials, which prevented them from forming a climate."

"Besides, these miners are often occupied by local government. There were already many coal mines in Xishan before I started mining, but the output was low. Some of them are not up to today’s standards.”

“We have been building ships every year, but the funds for shipbuilding have been greatly limited.The ship was built, and its hands were filled with personal pockets. Very little money was actually used to build the ship. Naturally, the built ship could not withstand rough seas, and naturally it could not travel far across the ocean. But was it me who was the first to go to sea? Is Zheng He's voyage to sea very far away? ”

“Or in this new city, even if there are some new industries, most of them exist among the people, but they cannot take root in other places because the government and local forces do not tolerate them. , I just gave them a breeding ground. ”

Zhang Zhou was talking eloquently.

After finishing these words, even the eloquent Xie Qian was dumbfounded.

Xie Qian waited for a while. Then he asked: "At its root, is it our... limitation? ”

This “we”, in Zhang Zhou’s opinion, is that Xie Qian has awakened and realized that the traditional civil servant faction’s suppression of private capital has prevented the vitality of the private market economy from rising.

“Alas! ”

Xie Qian sighed heavily.

He seemed to be convinced by Zhang Zhou.

An old man, after experiencing the ups and downs of the officialdom, finally found his way to the bottom After a lot of hard work, I finally understood the root cause of Ming's backwardness.

Although it came a little late... Zhang Zhou also felt that it was not easy for such an old stubborn to accept this.

Zhang Zhou said: "Mr. Xie Ge really has nothing to do. Do you need me to help you? I don't have much time, I'm afraid I have to leave first. "

Xie Qian smiled and shook his head and said: "Yes, you can come and talk so much with me, it is a great honor. If it had been anyone else, he would have long forgotten that there was a dying person here. ”

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, you still have a long life, at least twenty years to live, but it is hard to say how long you think the young emperor has to live.

At least in history, your life has withstood the test of time.

"You can come back when you have time. I have nothing else here, but there is still tea and I can talk to you. Xie Qian stood up and said goodbye with a smile, "Now that I'm doing something for you, just treat it like I'm here to give you some advice." "

Zhang Zhou also stood up and said: "Mrs. Xie Ge, you are too polite. I am more like a student in front of you. I can't teach you anything. ”

Xie Qian said: “When we are three people walking together, we must have my teacher, so let’s just learn from each other.” ”

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Zhang Zhou talked with Xie Qian for a long time. When they came out, they could hardly remember what they talked about.

After thinking about it carefully, I probably came to add fuel to the fire when Xie Qian was changing his mind, making Xie Qian realize that his previous understanding was wrong...

butFor him.

Is there any big significance in reforming Xie Qian?

Do you still expect Xie Qian to help him reform others in the future?

"We would like to meet Zhang Butang, please send us a message." Someone was talking outside, and it seemed a bit noisy.

Liu Gui is leading people to stop this group of people from moving forward.

Zhang Zhou walked over because he saw that the people who came were a group of young people, and the leader was Li Zhaoxian, who had met him several times.

Fighted to the death with me, but the younger one did not hesitate to come to Binhai City... Zhang Zhou also heard that Li Zhaoxian was promoting mind science in Binhai City, and even a group of people joined the society, and a group of people Join the city construction.

This is something worth promoting.

In the eyes of those old Confucian officials, he was an alien, but his reputation among young scholars was very high, which showed that Ming Dynasty could still be saved.

“Isn’t that Mr. Li?” Zhang Zhou smiled and waved his hand.

Liu Gui then made way for Li Zhaoxian to bring a man of about twenty years old with him.

"Meet Mr. Zhang." Li Zhaoxian was similar in age to Zhang Zhou, but he was very respectful to Zhang Zhou and treated him as a gentleman.

Zhang Zhou said: "Young Master Li is very polite."

Li Zhaoxian said: "Someone saw Mr. Zhang's car driving here. We came here specially. You are here to meet Mr. Xie Ge." "?"

Zhang Zhou smiled.

What is this?

Are you here to interview me?

Zhang Zhou probably knew that what he said today would probably be spread among the people in front of him, such as Li Zhaoxian, and would be no different from an interview.

Zhang Zhou said: "Yes, Mr. Xie Ge and I are ministers in the same palace. We are leaving Binhai City today and came here specifically to see you. We will discuss important matters of the country and exchange opinions."

Back When a group of scholars heard this, there was an uproar.

It turns out that Cai Guogong has contacts with senior ministers who are traditional civil servants, and even met privately. This shows that the rumors are wrong. Who said that the two sides are in conflict?

"Master Li, why did you come to me?" Zhang Zhou asked again.

Li Zhaoxian said: "We are promoting mind science here, and we need you to write an inscription, so that more people can receive lectures. Do you think it is convenient?"

"Yes, Zhang Sir, please write an inscription."

A group of people seemed to be supporters, waiting for Zhang Zhou to write an inscription for the society.

Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "That's okay, but it can only be promoted in learning. I'll ask someone to bring the words to you later." Recently, the transcoding has been serious, which makes us more motivated and updated. Quick, please move your little hand to exit reading mode. Thank you