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Han Rong waved his hand. "I'll talk about this later. You'd better introduce these young handsome men to me first. Otherwise, it would be inappropriate for us two old men to let them stand while we talk lively."

Liu Xi took a look at Han Rong, feeling a little disappointed.

Han Rong changed the topic on purpose, obviously because he didn't agree with his point of view.

Although he was well-learned and had many disciples, few of them became officials, and none of them could speak in the court.When he heard of Han Rong's visit, his first reaction was that the opportunity had finally come. He never thought that Han Rong would have such an attitude.

Suppressing his frustration, Liu Xi invited Han Rong to sit down, first introduced Han Rong's identity, and specifically emphasized that Han Rong had moved westward with the emperor, experienced several years of suffering, and was a highly respected veteran.

His disciples understood and came forward to salute one by one.

Most of Liu Xi's disciples were from the Central Plains, including Cheng Bing from Runan, Xue Zong from Peijun, Xu Ci from Nanyang, and so on.Cheng Bing and Han Rong knew each other more than ten years ago, but at that time Han Rong had not yet become an official, and Cheng Bing had just started school, so they did not communicate directly.

See you again after more than ten years, Han Rong is already a retired official from official to eunuch, and Cheng Bing is also a well-learned scholar.

Taking advantage of Han Rong's praise for Cheng Bing's academic progress, Cheng Bing mentioned Shi Xie again, hoping that Han Rong could say something fair for Shi Xie.

Although I don't know the details, Jiaozhou was pacified, the Shixie brothers surrendered, and they are being escorted to the road.If no one pleads for them, it won't be long before they will be punished by Ming Dian, and they may even be punished by the clan.

When they receive favors from others, they should repay each other with gushing springs, and they cannot just sit idly by.

Han Rong was silent for a moment, then asked Liu Xidao: "You came to Quanling to set up a school just to find an opportunity to intercede for Brother Shi Weiyan?"

Liu Xi sighed. "I'm just a scholar, and I don't have the strength to restrain a chicken. What else can I do? I can only have a thick old face. Please come forward."

"Why don't you write a book? Or write an article and publish it in the residence newspaper?"

"The Mansion Newspaper is sponsored by the government. I am a commoner, and this kind of article can be published?"

"You haven't tried it, how do you know it won't work?" Han Rong smiled wryly. "Although the Dibao is sponsored by the government, it is not a monopoly. You have never seen how dissidents quarreled because of Dutian. Dutian is a matter related to the country, and it can be discussed. Brother Shi Weiyan Why can't we discuss it?"

Liu Xi and his disciples looked at each other in blank dismay.

They really don't know about this situation, Jiaozhou seldom sees the residence newspaper.

"Since that's the case, is there anyone complaining about Brother Shi Weiyan in the residence newspaper?" Cheng Bing asked.

The corner of Han Rong's mouth twitched slightly. "This is the strange thing. Di Bao could publish an article complaining about Shi Weiyan's brother, but he has not seen one so far. Tell me, why is this?"

Cheng Bing's face became very ugly. "Even if other people can stay in the situation, Liu Gong's disciples will not ignore it?"

"Then you have wronged them. In fact, they have been running for Shi Weiyan. Even my coming here is the result of their request. But although they are very anxious, they did not publish an article in the newspaper. Guess why ?”

...

Teacher Liu Xi and the students looked at each other with embarrassing expressions.

Of course they understood Han Rong's question.

Liu Tao's protégé wanted to save Brother Shixie, but this was a personal friendship, not justice, and it couldn't be put on the table at all, let alone published in the residence newspaper for public discussion, otherwise it would be criticized to pieces.

There are many things that cannot be said.

This is one of a kind.

Cheng Bing asked tentatively: "According to Mr. Han, we may publish the article?"

"Of course you can post it, but the premise is to be truthful. Don't make up for the sake of saving people. Otherwise, once someone exposes it, it will be self-defeating, which is not beautiful. You can truthfully explain the merits and demerits of Brother Shi Weiyan over the years, and the court will naturally follow them. It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and the scholar-bureaucrats in the Central Plains don’t know about Jiaozhou’s affairs, so how can they plead for Shi Weiyan’s brother? Just because they are scholars?”

Han Rong chuckled. "Reading the books of sages and sages is supposed to be a loyal minister and filial son. The Shi Weiyan brothers are not only not loyal ministers, but also contemptuous of Confucianism. Not only can this scholar's status not be used as a cover, but it is the reason for aggravating the crime. You must Make no mistake."

Liu Xi pondered for a while, then nodded slowly. "Yuan Chang deserves to be a servant who has been a servant. He sees the sun through the clouds and hits the nail on the head."

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Han Rong and Liu Xi's teachers and students lingered for a long time, and they didn't go out until Zhou Zhong sent someone to ask.

When he arrived at the post house, Zhou Zhong had already taken a shower, changed into clean clothes, and was sitting in a heated room reading documents.From the looks of it, it's pretty easy.

"Talk so much?" Zhou Zhong glanced at Han Rong. "Would you like to try it first? There is hot water here, soaking in it will relieve fatigue."

Han Rong didn't refuse either. "Okay, after sitting on the boat for so long, my body is almost rotten, and I just want to take a hot bath. Have you met the emperor?"

"I have, and I enjoyed a royal banquet." Zhou Zhong grinned and raised a hand. "Four dishes and one soup."

Han Rong laughed dumbfounded.

When he met Liu Xi's teachers and students at the Tianzhu Inn, he ate more than four dishes and one soup.

"Is the emperor so frugal?"

"I was surprised too." Zhou Zhong put down the book and smacked his lips. "After dinner, I found a reason and went to Shangshijian to have a look, and then I realized that the emperor has always been like this, and he doesn't care about food. Now I know why the cost of walking is so low. It turns out that it is the influence of the emperor. "Yuanchang, you have been a servant, so you should know how much the palace costs."

Han Rong nodded.

Although when he was a servant, the palace was not as exaggerated as the legend said, but the expenses were still very high.

"Nowadays, from the queen to the beauties in the palace, they all have their own property, enough to support themselves. In the words of the emperor, he is the only one who really eats. Only this item, the court can save nearly 20 billion in expenses every year .”

Han Rong sat down. "However, when I was in Nanyang, I heard people say that queens and nobles run industries not only based on their abilities, but also with the special care of the court. They are competing for profits with the people."

Zhou Zhong's eyes flashed. "I've heard that too."

"Then do you agree?"

"Whether you agree or not, the benevolent sees benevolence, and the wise see benevolence. It is difficult to make a conclusion. You might as well put it aside." Zhou Zhong said. "Let me say one thing first, do you know that there is an investment from the queen among the Dongting ship officers?"

"I haven't heard you say that."

"When planning to build the Dongting Ship Officer, Huan Fan and others had limited funds. They didn't want to build such a scale, and there was no ship school. They just wanted to copy the blueprints from the Yuzhang Ship Officer. It was the emperor who invested money in the name of the queen. Today’s Dongting ship officer. Now the queen and nobles have also invested a lot of money in preparing the steam engine. Without this investment, it is difficult to achieve any results in a short period of time just relying on the interests of individual people.”

Han Rong pondered for a long time. "So, although the property of the queen and nobles has special care from the imperial court, most of the money they earn is invested in future properties, just like Zhen Gui builds a bridge?"

Zhou Zhong nodded solemnly. "You said, is this fighting for the interests of the people, or for the interests of the people?"

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