At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 306 What are you

Chen Rong didn't mean to find fault, but just expressed his feelings.

This is a kind of chain of contempt engraved in the bones. Xiucai despises children, Juren despises scholars, Jinshi despises Juren, Shujishi despises Jinshi.

In Chen Rong's eyes, Xia Wenhui looked down on Xia Wenhui from the bottom of his heart when he ran to do business after halfway through his studies.

If it was usual, according to his temper, he would almost point at the other person's nose and scold him.

Today, for the emperor's sake, he just muttered a few words in disdain, but he didn't expect that Xia Wenhui would actually contradict him, even a bit tit-for-tat.

What are you that dare to speak to me in such a tone?

Not to mention that I am a magistrate and you are a commoner, just relying on the fame of you and me, a Jinshi who has entered the temple, and a scholar who gave up halfway, a few words of advice, that is all respecting you!
So, he said with a dark face: "The old man said that you have shamed the ancestors with your words, is there anything wrong?"

"Aren't you talking about profit?"

Xia Wenhui almost didn't think about it, so he retorted: "Dare to ask this lord, if you don't talk about profit, who will support you with rich clothes and food? How can you hire famous teachers and be named on the gold list?"

"If you don't talk about profits, everyone knows how much the imperial court's salary is. Then how can you have enough food and drink, and still have the leisure to talk here?"

"Your Excellency clearly holds the most powerful position in the world, but when you turn your head, you are ashamed of it. It's like a person who wants to eat, but is ashamed of the cook. Isn't this the most ridiculous thing in the world?"

Although Xia Wenhui is a businessman, don't forget that he is also a scholar.

When it comes to war of words, who is afraid of whom?
In the past, these high-ranking old men were naturally out of reach, but now it is different, the emperor opened a new policy and changed the imperial examination, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the previous set of rules is not easy to use.

In the current world, what is needed are capable people, not those Qingliu who can only talk high-spirited.

What's more, I, Xia Wenhui, come from a scholarly family and a family of officials. When my ancestors made a fortune, you were not born yet!
In terms of connections and family prestige, even if I, Xia Wenhui, am a scholar, I may not be inferior to you. Why should I be humiliated by you?

Chen Rong never expected that he just kicked casually and hit the iron plate.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, his old face flushed suddenly.

Not far away, Zhu Qizhen stopped in his tracks, with a look of watching the excitement on his face.

Cao Nai remained silent, unable to tell what his attitude was.

The accompanying local officials adhered to the principle of shooting the top bird, and kept silent. They were all watching, waiting to see Chen Rong's reaction.

At this point, Chen Rong had no way out, so he had no choice but to say: "As a scholar, he opened his mouth to do business and kept his mouth shut, but he was still arrogant. I would like to ask, what book did you study? How did this scholar pass the exam?"

Xia Wenhui smiled, neither humble nor overbearing, and said: "The Four Books and Five Classics that students have read since childhood are the books of sages. However, since the imperial court started the new policy, they have found that reading the Four Books and Five Classics is far from enough. Recently, they have learned a lot of new things. If adults are interested, students can give adults a few copies."

Chen Rong snorted disdainfully, and said, "Since you have read so many sage books, tell me, which sage taught you to attack the gentry? Or do you want to indulge the mud-legged people and divide the land?"

Cao Nai frowned slightly after hearing this, because these words were already vaguely aimed at the New Deal.

To put it bluntly, the New Deal is to abolish the land annexation brought about by the court’s supporters. In the past, the gentry could pay less or even no tax. Now it is different. The more land they have, the more taxes they pay.

Xia Wenhui sneered and said, "It's just a land sale. One wants to buy land and the other wants to sell land. How did it become a robbery when it came to your mouth? As for the division of land you mentioned, it is a newly promulgated by the imperial court. The students think it is very good to use the policy of mu, and those who are capable will work harder, and whoever has more land will share more worries for His Majesty and the court, why not?"

"The son said: the emperor, the minister, the father, the son, the son. The emperor cares about the people of the world, and money and food are needed to improve people's livelihood. We are all scholars, so we should know the truth of repaying the king's kindness. Why do you feel that the government charges more Grain tax becomes a robbery?"

"I, Xia Wenhui, am just a businessman. Even if I understand this truth, my lord is an official appointed by the imperial court. Enjoying the grace of the country, it should be a service. How much is the tax, so I jumped here and dare to ask my lord, have you read the Four Books and Five Classics into the dog's stomach?"

"You, you... I..."

Chen Rong was out of breath, his face was flushed red, before he could say a word, Xia Wenhui mercilessly beat him back.

"Isn't it because you talk about benevolence and righteousness, but in fact you only think about the private people of the family, so that people in the world can't help laughing when they mention the word benevolence and righteousness? A hypocrite like you shames the saint People like you have lost the face of a scholar, but you still dare to bark here, for fear that others will not know that you are a clown who only knows how to make money from the court but doesn't know how to report it?"

Chen Rong's chest rose and fell, and he was panting heavily. To be honest, he hadn't had such a fierce and embarrassing quarrel with others for a long time. In the past, he relied on his own identity to unilaterally output.

Unexpectedly, today I met a ruthless person.

Too bad!
How did he know that the debate on the New Deal had long been raging among the scholar-bureaucrat class.

The old-fashioned gentry scolded the New Deal every day, while Xia Wenhui, a group of liberal-minded scholars who had begun to make new profit points, retorted.

The debate about the New Deal represents the old and the new forces, and everyone is racking their brains for the debate.

And Chen Rong is a high-ranking official in the capital, like a flower in a greenhouse. He is only responsible for output on weekdays. Now that he is really on the scene, he finds that he has no actual combat experience. The man pressed his head and beat him violently.

There is definitely no hope for a positive debate, so Chen Rong said with a sneer on his face, "The monarch and the ministers are not flattering, so what is the difference from a traitor? As a minister, you should..."

"A minister should obey the law, right?"

Before Chen Rong could continue, Xia Wenhui interrupted: "But according to what I have heard, you court officials, there are countless people who send various gifts every year and festival. I will give you ice tributes and charcoal tributes."

"May I ask, who are these filial piety given to? Are these things profitable? You are enjoying other people's offerings in a grand manner, and which of these offerings is not the people's fat and people's anointing that the corrupt officials below have forcibly robbed ?”

"How about you, but you are so happy for it, and now you say you don't talk about benefits, and you say that you are a minister, what should you do? Now I ask you, my lord, have you accepted these gifts and filial piety?"

"me……"

Chen Rong wanted to categorically deny it, but for a while, he suddenly lost his confidence.

Xia Wenhui laughed secretly in his heart, he knew the tricks here best, after all, his ancestors did this, so why didn't he know the names of the princes in the court?

"Today, I don't ask you to keep your sleeves clean. After all, people have to eat and wear clothes. However, since you have gained such a huge profit, then I would like to ask you again. You said that a minister can't cater to everything, so what have you done? What should a minister do?" What did you do?"

"Did you quell the troubles in Mobei? The White Lotus Sect rebelled, have you ever tried to deal with it yourself? What are you doing? You didn’t do anything, it’s just a vegetarian meal! If it weren’t for the fact that among the princes in the court, there are many people like you who eat fat but don’t do anything, how could the world be like this? Where?"

Chen Rong suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart...

Xia Wenhui didn't intend to stop, and continued: "You don't talk about profit, do you think I don't know how much land these lords of the court have hoarded in their hometown? Could it be that the profit of business is profit, the profit of this land Isn’t it profit? Dare to ask these land interests, how much tax have you paid to the court? Dare to ask, how many ministers and family members are doing business secretly, how much tax have you paid?”

"It's so hypocritical, but you still dare to insult my innocence?"

"I, Xia Wenhui, am innocent. I have paid taxes and recruited so many craftsmen. I dare not say that it is of any benefit to the world, but at least I am not greedy for the people's fat and anointing. I am here to babble. It is my lord who enjoys the benefits of the world. But he insists on being indifferent to fame and wealth, and speaks words of loving the people, but is greedy for the interests of the people. He talks about benevolence and righteousness, but has no strategy for the country. He only uses the four books and five classics to cover himself up. It's a shame!"

Chen Rong's old face had already turned pale. In fact, the other party's words were not without flaws, and some loopholes could be refuted.

However, this guy knew too many details about the officialdom, and he exposed it directly, which made him feel guilty, so he couldn't continue to defend himself.

"You...you...you are a scholar, dare to say such crazy words!"

"So what about a scholar, weren't you also a scholar back then?"

Xia Wenhui smiled, and said without fear: "Furthermore, you keep saying that under the new policy, fame is worthless, and you feel sorry for it. It turns out that in the eyes of adults, only Jinshi is fame. Don't you have the right to speak?"

"Since that's the case, I think this new policy should add one more item, which is to directly depose the fame of scholars. Scholars are nothing at all. What's the use of such fame? Only people with Jinshi background like adults are qualified to talk about it and occupy the world. benefit!"

Chen Rong almost lost his breath, and racked his brains to spit out a sentence: "Grand Master Xia Ruoquan has knowledge..."

"If the ancestors knew that the people who will be in the royal ranks in the later generations only know how to talk, not produce, and insult people when they see them, I am afraid that they would not want to be with you."

Xia Wenhui didn't give him a chance at all, and continued: "I respect your lord because you are an official of the imperial court, so I fought with you, but if you still refuse to let me go, don't blame the students for being merciless!"

These words are already a slap in the face, is it great for you to be an official?
When my ancestors were officials, you hadn't even been born yet!
Criticize the New Deal, cut off my money, and want to humiliate me, what are you!
All of a sudden, the scene was surprisingly quiet.

Zhu Qizhen was listening with great interest, seeing that the two had stopped arguing, he was even a little unsatisfied.

This Xia Wenhui is a talent, he can't just be buried like this!

You must have a private chat with him later, maybe you can set up a business school under the household department to study economics.

Cao Nai felt that it was outrageous for these two people to quarrel so much, so he stood up and said, "Okay, don't be arrogant, what do you look like? We are both scholars, if there is anything you can't sit down and talk about, stop here!"

Chen Rong finally had a step to go down. Although he was gentle and swept the floor, he knew that he could no longer scold Xia Wenhui. It was obvious that he was not his opponent.

Xia Wenhui smiled slightly, bowed his hands and saluted, his speech and demeanor revealed the arrogance that a gentleman should have.

Zhu Qizhen said with a smile: "That's right, if you have something to say slowly, arguing can't solve the problem. But just now the two of you mentioned, I'm quite interested in the respect of ice and charcoal, Chen Qing's family, is there such a thing?" ?”

"No... no..."

Chen Rong suddenly panicked, and hurriedly said: "I am a disciple of a sage, and I will definitely not do such things!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded, and said: "It's fine if you don't have one, you are all the pillars of the country, and you are role models for the people of the world... How about this, Yuan Bin, after you go back, send some people to check and see Does your family have such a thing? If not, it’s better to return everyone’s innocence. At that time, I must deal with those who spread rumors and make troubles severely, so that the world will know that my officials in Ming Dynasty are all innocent. Body!"

Chen Rong had forced some smiles on his face, but now, these smiles gradually disappeared.

After Zhu Qizhen finished speaking, he had already walked away.

While it was still early, I walked around seven or eight workshops.

Most of these workshops are organized by local gentry. However, although there are many gentry, there are very few who are really determined to participate in the operation.

It is worth mentioning that most of the gentry who participated in the preparation of the workshop supported the New Deal.

This is very comforting.

As long as someone takes the lead, and does a good job, the New Deal can be considered a real success.

Otherwise, no matter how good the reasoning is, it will be empty talk if no one implements it.

Returning to Qian'an County at night, Zhu Qizhen ignored Chen Rong and summoned the magistrate Chen Shiqing alone.

After a day of visits, he found that this person was not bad.

Although he was responsible for negligence in the case of Caijiagou, but in that environment, it was already very rare to be able to insist on not colluding with other people.

As for whether this person is talented, it depends on his performance after he is sent down.

If, like Chen Rong, he talks about benevolence and righteousness every day and keeps his mouth shut about benevolence and righteousness, he will only stand on the commanding heights of morality and blame others, and will not achieve great things in the end.

Chen Shiqing's performance is quite different, it can be seen that he is capable of doing things.

(End of this chapter)