I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 373 shocked the whole audience! Su Jingming, the Pillar of the Song Dynasty (Part )

March sixteenth.

Early morning, inside Daqing Hall.

The debate on the ranking of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce continued under the auspices of Song Xiang, the political minister.

Scholars and officials also came out one after another and participated in the free debate.

A group of officials, led by Chongwen Yuan who reviewed Zhu Shun, were the most active.

"A scholar has the responsibility of ruling the world in peace, and has the ability to cultivate himself and govern others below. The way of teaching and the tradition of learning cannot be passed down unless it is a scholar. In fact, he should be the first among the four people."

"Today's merchants are the key to the shopping malls and the link between goods and goods. They are to the mountains and rivers of the Song Dynasty, just like water to the fields. They are indispensable for the welfare of the people of the world. They deserve to be in the second place."

……

A group of government officials saw that the merchants were powerful.

Don't argue with businessmen.

"Farmers are the foundation of the country and the livelihood of the people. If agriculture flourishes, everything will prosper, the people will have food and clothing, and the country will be stable. Although merchants can sell general merchandise, they mainly pursue profit, which can easily destroy education and lead to treachery. , and eroding agricultural work is not the way to maintain long-term peace and stability in the country..."

The four factions became two factions, with scholars and merchants as one, and farmers and workers as one.

When.

Although the workers and peasants were not as wealthy as the merchants, they were better in numbers.

But compared with other debaters, the standard is undoubtedly several levels higher.

As long as there is a slight lack of understanding on the part of the other party, they will seize the flaw and attack madly.

This day.

Instead, they changed their strategy and pushed business to a secondary level.

At present, workers and peasants are one, and they are all opposed to businessmen taking second place.

The peasants and working class were speechless and found it difficult to refute.

Wang Anshi, Lu Jie, Zhou Yuan and others also stood up. Their opinions were also inconsistent, but there were only two answers left.

One is a scholar, farmer, industry and merchant, and the other is a scholar, merchant, farmer, and worker.

Not long after.

Sima Guang stood up.

soon.

The merchant class also began to compete for second place and cooperated with the scholars.

Sima Guang still believed that people should be sorted according to agriculture, industry and commerce.

However, the theory of scholars, merchants, farmers and workers clearly prevailed.

At this time.

The princes of the two governments and three departments, as well as the chief officials of each yamen will all speak.

It is also the most important day to determine the ranking of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.

The debates of these officials in the pavilions are not as good as the admonishment from the stage.

None of the more than 500 people in Daqing Hall had any meals or rest, but only ate some snacks on the table.

For a while.

The debate lasted until dusk.

Immediately let Song Xiang declare that today's debate is over and will continue tomorrow.

This day.

When the working class and peasants learned that businessmen were likely to take second place, many people could not sit still.

And very united.

The debate intensified.

……

The debate in Daqing Hall spread to the people.

Immediately, the government officials began to refute.

Moreover, they are good at finding loopholes in language.

Tomorrow is the last day of debate.

The opinions of the scholar-bureaucrats were divided, and it was as noisy as hawking in a vegetable market. It was always difficult to reach a conclusion.

The peasantry and working class argued hard, but gradually fell behind.

period.

“I object to businessmen taking second place!”

Zhao Zhen saw that it was already dark.

I don’t know who came up with the idea, which led to groups of craftsmen and farmers gathering on the streets to protest against the fact that merchants were taking second place.

Not long after.

More than a thousand people gathered up and down the Zhouqiao Bridge.

Zhouqiao connects Yujie and Bianhe River, and is one of the places with the largest flow of people in Bianjing City.

Even at night, there is an endless stream of cars, horses and pedestrians.

Farmers and craftsmen stood on the state bridge and shouted: Business cannot be more important than farmers and workers! Business cannot be more important than agriculture and industry! Business cannot be more important than agriculture and industry!

The sound echoed through the sky.

Bianjing City has never been so chaotic.

Not long after.

The officials from the Imperial City Department came, the government officials from Kaifeng Prefecture came, and Bao Zheng also came to the Zhouqiao.

The craftsmen and farmers were even more excited when they saw Bao Zheng coming to the Zhouqiao.

In their eyes.

Bao Zheng has always upheld justice for them.

"Bao Xueshi, the profits of businessmen are also earned by our efforts and skills. How can they be ranked second?"

"Bao Minggong, businessmen are selfish and profit-seeking, and are actually exploiters. If they only live below the scholars, who in the world will be willing to work as farmers or workers?"

"Sister Bao, we have been bullied by businessmen, and if they improve their status, they will bully us to death! If businessmen gain power, the people will live in dire straits!" An old man in civilian clothes had tears in his eyes.

……

After Bao Zheng listened for a moment, he strode to the highest point of Zhouqiao, coughed dryly, and said: "Quiet! Everyone, just be quiet!"

Suddenly, the surrounding gradually became quiet.

Bao Zheng glared and said, "This matter has not yet been decided. Who allowed you to mess around here?"

"In Bianjing City, gathering a crowd to cause trouble is suspected of violating the laws of the Song Dynasty. In the eyes of this official, there is no law that does not punish the crowd!"

"Tomorrow, if this matter comes to a conclusion, if you have any opinions, you can go to Kaifeng Mansion to lodge a complaint. I will report your opinions to the officials. But making such a fuss today is really an act of the mob. In a quarter of an hour, if not Evacuate in an orderly manner. I will arrest everyone I see and punish them severely. I will never tolerate them!"

Bao Zheng's words are still very useful.

The people evacuated one after another.

The matter soon reached the ears of the debaters and had some influence on their thinking.

……

March 17, early morning.

In the Daqing Hall, the debate continued.

The ministers and the chief officials of each yamen began to speak respectively.

"I believe that the current merchants of the Song Dynasty are no longer the merchants of the past. The merchants occupy the last position, which is out of date and should be changed..."

"It is the general trend that merchants take second place. At present, commercial tax has exceeded the tax on land. Increased revenue from the treasury, overseas trade, and border settlement all depend on merchants!"

……

A group of officials who upheld the view of "gentlemen, merchants, farmers and workers" stood up to express their opinions.

At this time, Ouyang Xiu stood up.

"In the past dynasties, merchants were at the bottom, and the country and the country were stable as usual, and trade should prosper. What you said that today's merchants are no longer what they used to be is a fallacy. The rise of merchants in the Song Dynasty today is not the result of merchants. It is actually the result of the reform of the entire Song Dynasty. Don’t reverse the order!”

As soon as these words were spoken, Daqing Hall suddenly became quiet.

Some people are happy, some people are frowning.

Wang Anshi stood up excitedly and said: "What Academician Ouyang said makes sense. Businessmen occupy high positions because of the support from the court, but they regard the support from the court as their own abilities!"

Su Liang couldn't help but smile.

These words hit the nail on the head.

Under the general trend of reform throughout the Song Dynasty, businessmen were among the group of people who stood at the forefront.

immediately.

Zhang Fangping stood up.

"What Academician Ouyang said is not wrong. However, our current government does need merchants to contribute, and merchants are needed to open up the trade market and make goods circulate all over the world. I still believe that merchants are qualified to take second place."

Zhang Fangping focused more on the contributions of different industries to the imperial court.

immediately.

Wen Yanbo, Song Xiang, and Wu Yu also stood up, all advocating that businessmen should take second place. Then, Fu Bi, Zeng Gongliang, and Fan Zhongyan respectively stood up and agreed more with maintaining the original status of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.

However, the reasons are different.

Fu Bi and Zeng Gongliang believed that because of the gathering of peasants and workers at Zhouqiao last night, they believed that there were too many peasants and workers, and that once they opposed the imperial order, it would be very easy to cause chaos, so they insisted on the peasants, peasants, and merchants.

Fan Zhongyan believes that "change" cannot make the entire Song Dynasty's reform for the better, so "change" is not as good as change.

Zhao Zhen, who was sitting on the throne, listened carefully to the opinions of the officials.

During this period, he also visited Su Liang several times.

But Su Liang kept his head down most of the time and had no intention of speaking.

in a blink.

It’s noon again.

After the ministers expressed their opinions, not only did they not ease the dispute, but they actually made the debaters quarrel even more fiercely.

Free debate should be: you say it, we say it.

But now it has become a mess, each holding its own opinion.

A hundred people stood up and mingled together, completely disordered.

The entire Daqing Hall is like a noisy vegetable market.

Some officials were vomiting and folding their sleeves, showing no manners of scholar-bureaucrats.

Perhaps because they had been discussing it for nearly three days, everyone was a little irritable.

"oops!"

at this time.

Zhu Shun, who was reviewing at Chongwen Academy, suddenly covered his head and screamed, then raised his head and said: "Guan family, someone... someone took action and hit... with snacks...!"

He hasn't finished speaking yet.

I don't know who pushed the person next to him, knocking him to the ground.

The tea on the side was spilled all over the floor.

"Immediately return to everyone. I have violated the rules before you. What crime do you know?" Song Xiang stood in the center of the hall and shouted.

"Is Daqing Hall a place where arrogance is tolerated?" Wen Yanbo also said loudly. With a wave of his hand, the imperial guards not far away walked over quickly.

The debaters returned to their respective seats.

Zhao Zhen, who was sitting directly in front, looked gloomy.

He originally thought that the debate on the ranking of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce would make the people feel more fair, but he did not expect that the Daqing Hall would turn into an arena where everyone works for their own benefit.

Lean slightly.

Daqing Hall became completely quiet, and everyone looked at Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen frowned, not knowing how to solve this problem that was now tied into a knot.

At this time, Su Liang slowly stood up.

Su Liangyi got up.

Zhao Zhen became excited instantly, and all the officials were also full of expectations.

Everyone knows it.

Su Liang never takes the usual path, and every strategy he proposes is an unexpected one.

Su Liang walked to the main hall, first bowed his hands towards Zhao Zhen, and then looked at Shi Zhifang and Shang Zhifang.

"I dare to ask you, if the scholars were the leader, the merchants were the second, and the farmers and workers were the rear, what would be the situation of the Song Dynasty in the future?"

Immediately.

A gentleman sitting in the front row stood up.

He puffed out his chest and said: "Putting scholars first, followed by merchants, and farmers and workers at the back, is actually the real situation of our Song Dynasty. This ranking is fair and just, and will greatly mobilize the enthusiasm of scholars and merchants, making the entire Song Dynasty The reform is more..."

This famous scholar chattered a lot.

Actually, it means two things.

One: fairness. Secondly, during the reform process throughout the Song Dynasty, the value of scholars and merchants was much higher than that of farmers and workers.

Su Liang smiled slightly and walked to the farmer's side and the worker's side.

"I dare to ask you, if we are still ranked according to scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, what will happen to our Song Dynasty in the future?"

Immediately, a middle-aged man with a round body stood up.

"Su Yushi, if the ranking is based on agriculture, industry and commerce, it seems to have not changed, but in fact it has changed greatly. The imperial court warned those businessmen that they must put agriculture and industry first. This is the root of the development of the Song Dynasty, and will also make the competition among the people more fair. …”

He talked a lot.

In fact, it is roughly the same as what the scholar meant.

One: fairness. Secondly, during the reform process throughout the Song Dynasty, the value of agriculture and industry was much higher than that of businessmen.

After Su Liang asked, he walked back to the center of the hall.

At present, the ranking of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce and scholars, merchants, agriculture and industry belongs to the mainstream, and other rankings can be ignored.

Su Liang cupped his hands towards Zhao Zhen and said, "Guan family, I have an unkind request."

"Say!" Zhao Zhen said simply and decisively.

"Next, I will tell you my point of view. While I am speaking, I hope that everyone here will not interrupt me. You must listen to what I have to say. Even officials and gentlemen cannot interrupt me!"

"What's the reason?"

"I'm afraid you guys will hit me!" Su Liang said sincerely.

Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said, "Okay."

Everyone in the hall looked envious when they heard this.

Only Su Liang, a favorite, had this privilege. If it had been anyone else, he might have been kicked out of the hall.

Immediately.

Su Liang took a long breath and then looked down.

"Everyone who has just said that they all believe that this ranking is for the sake of fairness, for the sake of the country and the country of the Song Dynasty, and for the better progress of the reform throughout the Song Dynasty, they all think that they are very important."

"However, I think it's just fart!" Su Liang suddenly strengthened his tone.

"Pfft!"

Ouyang Xiu just took a sip of tea and spurted it out.

Su Liang is probably the only one who dares to say dirty words in Daqing Hall.

Su Liang took the lead in looking at Shi Zifang.

"Shi, is it important to the Song Dynasty? I don't think it is important at all."

"There are more than 20,000 officials in the Song Dynasty. There are only a few dozen people who can provide good advice for the country. The other officials are all mediocre people. In their own hearts, they feel that they are just workers for the court. It’s just a person. If you are given a salary, you will not necessarily do anything, but if you are not given a salary, you will definitely not do anything! In addition, there are a large number of scholars waiting to become officials every year. There are only a few officials who are irreplaceable, so scholars are not important. It’s the country’s scholars who are important.”

Hearing this, not only the soldiers, but also the officials on the side had dark faces.

They felt that Su Liang was referring to Sang Huai, implying that except for the husbands of the two government departments and the three departments, the chief officials of the Reform Department and important yamen, all other officials were dispensable.

Swish!
Su Liang turned to look at where the scholars and officials were sitting, and said, "Everyone, when you doubt whether I am talking about you, I am talking about you!"

Hearing this, Chongwen Academy's critic Zhu Shun's face darkened, and he opened his mouth to refute, but then he remembered that he could not interrupt.

Immediately, Su Liang walked to Shang Zhifang.

"Shang, is it important to Song Dynasty? I don't think it is important at all."

"Relying on your rich family, you shouted that if there was a war in the Song Dynasty, you would donate money and materials, and you were proud of it. But have you ever thought about it, you are donating money, and ordinary people are donating their lives? Are you greater than them? You are just trying to save yourself. Besides, if it weren’t for the imperial court’s three-year plan, would you be able to compete for wealth in Bianjing City?”

The businessmen stared at Su Liang, unconvinced, but there was nothing they could do.

Immediately afterwards, Su Liang walked to the side of the work.

"Is work important to Song Dynasty? I don't think it is important at all."

"How many of you can become famous craftsmen? How many of you have guarded a secret recipe for three generations and are unwilling to tell it to the world? How many of you have turned your brothers against each other to steal a secret recipe? You are far behind the masters of my Baijia Academy. "

Finally, Su Liang walked to the farmer's side.

"Nong, is it important to the Song Dynasty? I think it is very important, but for everyone here, it is not important at all."

"Those farmers who face the loess and back to the sky are important, but they have no right to express, and they don't know how to express it. Last night, why so many workers and peasants gathered in Zhouqiao, why were they so excited? Because they were afraid of being bullied ! They think that as people in the same field, you can at least speak for them. I think this is a tragedy and a huge injustice!"

Immediately, Su Liang turned to look at the scholar-bureaucrats.

"Why are you so obsessed with the debate over the ranking of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce? I think, firstly, it is for fame and fortune, so that this can become a good story passed down from generation to generation; secondly, everyone has selfish motives, and everyone also wants to consolidate the status of a scholar. …”

"One by one, euphemistically speaking, for the reform of the entire Song Dynasty and for the future of the imperial court. I really don't see how they can help the reform of the entire Song Dynasty. These ranking disputes are clearly dragging down the reform of the entire Song Dynasty. leg!"

Inside the Daqing Hall, everything was quiet.

No one expected that Su Liang would scold all the officials in the palace and representatives of the scholar, peasant, industrial and commercial classes.

Everyone was thinking about what Su Liang would say next.

If the Song Dynasty is compared to a dining table, the scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are four large dishes. The original discussion was which dish should be placed in the middle and which dish should be placed on both sides, but now, Su Liang directly turned the table over, and the dishes Sprinkled all over the floor.

However, you still have to eat.

Next, Su Liang must serve a table of dishes that satisfy everyone, otherwise he will be trying to gain popularity and gain fame.

After this incident, he will be scolded to death.

(End of this chapter)