fifth form

Chapter 2381 Opening the City Gate
Any system needs to adapt to the social form, even the social concepts that Zhang Xuezhou believes to be more advanced.

In order to appear out of place and resign, Zhang Xuezhou was not only sloppy in his position as Taizhong Daifu, but also did little that was relevant.

Some of Zhang Xuezhou's actions may not seem strange in modern society, but they were undoubtedly inappropriate and even crazy in the Han Dynasty.

After all, in modern society, a strong agricultural and military country means producing some experts and professors in agriculture, which is not an outrageous thing. But in the Han Dynasty, it was a big deal, and there was even no precedent.

There was a lot of noise at the city gate, and many people were talking.

For the lower-class people, those living in Chang'an City undoubtedly had a sense of superiority over those outside Chang'an City, but these people did not expect that people who farmed outside could become officials.

"The shortest probation period is one year, and the longest may take three to five years. Is it not too late for us to buy land and farm it now?"

This is how ordinary people understand it if they are not of a high enough social class.

As long as you buy a piece of land and plant one crop that has a good harvest, the general public believes that it is possible to become an official.

Not to mention buying good farmland directly, even paying to rent a piece of farmland is not a particularly difficult thing. At worst, you can ask someone to help reclaim a piece of wasteland.

These things were not difficult to do. For a while, those who knew the contents of the list were clamoring, and many people were talking about which plot of land was better and where they could get a good harvest.

Zhang Xuezhou even heard people talking about the good seeds sold at the "Brother Three Good" shop.

"People outside the city are extremely poor and don't want to spend money on seeds. They mostly use their spare seeds to plant the land. People in the city know that good seeds will produce good harvests. They have money but don't plant the land. Lie Si's seed business has always been embarrassing, but he didn't expect to be able to take advantage of a wave of favorable policies!"

The older Xu Ji lived in Chang'an City. When he was free every day, he went to the shops to do some business. Xu Yuan took a few young people from Zhangjiazhuang to farm.

Zhang Xuezhou muttered to himself, feeling that the seed market he opened a few years ago could play some role.

"It's a pity that the event was too small at the beginning. If there were ten or twenty seed shops, we could make a lot of money from this wave!"

Rong Tianding's thinking was similar to Zhang Xuezhou's. He sighed and felt that the direction of the business was right, but the scale was too small.

"It's not bad to make a small fortune," Zhang Xuezhou said, "Xu Yuan is not young anymore, he can take this opportunity to earn money to support his family, marry and have children!"

"That is required!"

Rong Tianding nodded.

'Brother Three Good' was a restaurant jointly run by Zhang Xuezhou, Rong Tianding and Xu Yuan, but it was Xu Yuan who took over in the end.

Xu Yuan's mind was not as flexible as Zhang Xuezhou and Rong Tianding. He had been sticking to the seed storage route, and Lie Si's business was also in a slump.

Now that a wave of favorable policies had finally arrived, the two of them were not about to take advantage of Xu Yuan's storage of seeds over the years.

However, this money was not enough for Zhang Xuezhou to save up to buy an official residence, nor was it enough for Rong Tianding to buy a good wife.

"Cousin, Xu Ji has been talking about appointing agricultural officials, but there are no farmers in the court. Did you take care of this?" Rong Tianding asked in a low voice.

"I just said it casually, but I didn't know that Your Majesty was really doing it," said Zhang Xuezhou.

"What are the disadvantages of this?" Rong Tianding asked.

"Your Majesty said that no matter what happens, in the end it will be the local gentry who will become officials, and everyone else will just be able to run along," said Zhang Xuezhou.

"The gentry won't farm the land themselves...you mean the credit of those who actually grow fields with high yields will be credited to the gentry," Rong Tianding asked after realizing it belatedly.

"That's not true," Zhang Xuezhou nodded and said, "They are the ones who register all the horizontal and vertical strokes, and Your Majesty can't check every place."

"Then this imperial notice seems to have no meaning to Xu Ji?" Rong Tianding said.

"Who knows!"

Zhang Xuezhou replied.

He did not make a judgment easily at this time. After all, the new emperor was also a man of luck. He might be a little thoughtless in his actions, but he would not cause any bad consequences. Moreover, the new emperor also frankly mentioned to Zhang Xuezhou the consequences of such measures.

"Maybe he just wants to stir up some trouble so that I can get fired?"

He thought for a while, then heard someone shouting "Open the city gate", and Zhang Xuezhou quickly raised his head.

No matter what the policies are or who the officials are, the current situation of ordinary people being busy eating will not change.

People ran in and out of the city early in the morning not to read the list, but to determine whether they could have enough to eat every day and whether they could save some money to marry, have children and support a family.

Zhang Xuezhou also slowly left the city with the crowd.

You have to check your documents when entering the city, but leaving the city is smooth and there is no need for any formalities.

After walking a hundred steps with the crowd, Zhang Xuezhou felt that the people around him dispersed and walking became easier.

"Mr. Zheng is there!"

Rong Tianding pointed to an uncovered carriage in the distance.

After following Jinchang to Mount Tai, Rong Tianding also used some tricks to "borrow" carriages and horses from some local tyrants.

The skills of the Shijiao school made Ma pull the cart obediently all the way, and he did not run around just because Rong Tianding entered the city early.

"Hello you all!"

Zhang Xuezhou approached the carriage and saw Zheng Wukong and Chunyu Tiying in a disheveled state, lying on the carriage as if they were pulling two corpses.

It was not until Zhang Xuezhou greeted him that Zheng Wukong opened his eyes weakly, while Chunyu Tiying's face showed a little excitement.

"Mr. Dong, what did you give us to eat when you were treating us? Why did our limbs become numb afterwards?" Chunyu Tiying said.

"I don't care about your craniotomy, why do you care so much about it?" Zhang Xuezhou replied casually: "How about you give me the medicine, I'll do the craniotomy for you, and then we'll be even!"

"It can't be cured. It can't be cured at all!"

Zheng Wukong muttered dejectedly.

A doctor cannot treat himself. Zheng Wukong and Chunyu Tiying have been looking for colleagues in the Han Dynasty over the years and have tried many unconventional methods, but none of them really worked.

The two eventually turned their attention to some legendary treasures, seeking remedies to resolve their physical problems.

But their gradually numb bodies brought too much inconvenience, and occasional attacks would even cause them to lose consciousness.

Zheng Wukong and Chunyu Tiying usually took care of each other until they both fell ill and almost starved to death in Mount Tai.

If they hadn't met Rong Tianding who was strolling around, the two of them would have been left dead in the wild.

"Come on, let's go home first," Rong Tianding said to smooth things over.

"Be careful, those two people in Anle Palace have been talking about you for years," Zhang Xuezhou warned in a low voice, "One of them is in trouble right now. If they know you've come back, they'll probably chop your head off after they bring you into the palace!"

"Are you trying to scare me?"

Chunyu Tiying's heart skipped a beat.

When she returned to Chang'an City, she wanted to borrow the power of the Imperial Medical Clinic, and even wanted to gain merit by asking for some high-end medicines.

But before she started to act, the words Zhang Xuezhou conveyed to her undoubtedly shattered her little thoughts.

Chunyu Tiying didn't even need to think about the consequences of being stabbed in the back. She knew very well that the man in Anle Palace was beyond saving and was probably almost finished.

This made her feel like a frightened quail for a moment. She didn't even clean up the mess on her head, but lowered her head, allowing Zhang Xuezhou and others to go to the city gate to negotiate for entry into the city.