Han Rong waved his hand. "I'll talk about this later. You'd better introduce these young handsome men to me first. Otherwise, we two old men would be very lively but let them stand, which would be inappropriate."
Liu Xi looked at Han Rong, a little disappointed.
Han Rong deliberately changed the topic, obviously disagreeing with his point of view.
Although he is knowledgeable and has many disciples, there are not many people who have entered the government, and there is no one who can speak in the court. When he learned that Han Rong was visiting, his first reaction was that the opportunity finally came. He never thought about it. Han Rong has this attitude.
Restraining his frustration, Liu Xi invited Han Rong to take his seat, first introduced Han Rong's identity, and specifically emphasized that Han Rong had moved west with the emperor and experienced several years of hardship. He was a respected old minister.
His disciples understood and came forward to see each other.
Most of Liu Xi's disciples were from the Central Plains, including Cheng Bing from Runan, Xue Zong from Pei County, Xu Ci from Nanyang, etc. Cheng Bing and Han Rong met more than ten years ago, but Han Rong had not yet become an official at that time. Cheng Bing had just studied and had not seen the path, so the two did not communicate directly.
Seeing him again after more than ten years, Han Rong was already a retired official who became a Taifu, and Cheng Bing was also a scholar with a good knowledge.
Taking advantage of Han Rong's opportunity to praise Cheng Bing for his progress in his knowledge, Cheng Bing mentioned Shi Xie again, hoping that Han Rong could say a few fair words to Shi Xie.
Although there is no details, Jiaozhou was pacified and the Shixie brothers surrendered, and were being escorted to the road to walking. If no one pleaded for them, it won't take long to be punished by Mingdian and may even be punished by the clan.
When you receive favors from others, you should repay them with a spring of retribution, and they cannot sit idly by.
Han Rong was silent for a moment and asked Liu Xi: "You came to Quanling to run a school just to find an opportunity to plead for the Shiweiyan brothers?"
Liu Xi sighed. "I am a scholar, and I have no power to tie a chicken. What other way can I do? I can only have an old face and ask all the wise men to come forward."
"Why don't you write a book? Or write it into an article and post it in a newspaper?"
"The di newspaper is sponsored by the government. I, a common man, can I publish such an article?"
"You haven't tried it, how can you know it won't work?" Han Rong smiled bitterly. "Although the official newspaper is sponsored by the government, it is not a one-man show. You have never seen what the quarrels of those who don't see political opinions because of the matter of diving the field. Tian is a matter that concerns the foundation of the country, and can be discussed. Why can’t the matter of Brother Shiweiyan be discussed?"
Liu Xi and his disciples looked at each other.
They really don’t know about this situation, and there are very few reports in Jiaozhou that can be seen.
"Since that's the case, is there anyone who speaks out for the Shiweiyan brothers in the mansion?" Cheng Bing asked.
Han Rong raised the corner of his mouth slightly. "The strange thing is here. Di Bao could clearly publish an article about the injustice of the Shiweiyan brothers, but he has not seen a single article so far. What do you think is this?"
Cheng Bing's face became very ugly. "Even if others can stay in the affairs, Liu Gong's children will not ignore it?"
"Then you wronged them. In fact, they have been running for Sviyan, and even when I came here, it was the result of their request. But although they were anxious, they did not post articles in the newspaper. You guess, why ?”
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Teachers and students Liu Xi looked at each other, and their expressions were a little awkward.
Of course they could understand Han Rong's problem.
Liu Tao's disciples wanted to save the Shixie brothers, but this was personal friendship, not justice, and they could not be put on the table, and they could not be published in public discussion in the newspaper, otherwise they would be criticized for being completely criticized.
There are many things that cannot be done.
This is one of them.
Cheng Bing asked tentatively: "In the opinion of Mr. Han, may we post articles?"
"Of course you can send it, but the premise is to be true, and don't make up for saving people. Otherwise, once it is exposed, it will be backfire and not beautiful. You can truthfully explain the merits and demerits of brothers Shi Weiyan over the years, and the court will naturally follow them.
The merits and demerits are judged. A clever woman cannot cook without rice. The scholars and officials in the Central Plains do not know about Jiaozhou. How can they plead for the Shiweiyan brothers? Because they are scholars?"
Han Rong smiled. "Reading the books of sages, we should be loyal ministers and filial sons. The brothers of Shiweiyan were not only not loyal ministers, but also despised by Confucian scholars. The identity of this scholar cannot be a cover, but rather a sin.
The reason. Don’t make a mistake.”
Liu Xi pondered for a while and nodded slowly. "Chang Yuan is worthy of being a magistrate servant. He saw the clouds and the sun was sharp and he was hit by the nail on the head."
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Han Rong and Liu Xi were lingering for a long time, and they didn't leave until Zhou Zhong sent someone to ask.
When he arrived at the inn, Zhou Zhong had already taken a shower, changed into clean clothes, and was sitting in a room with floor heating to read documents. Judging from his expression, he was quite relaxed.
"I'm having such a great time talking?" Zhou Zhong glanced at Han Rong. "Do you want to try it first? There is hot water here, soaking it in a lot of relief."
Han Rong did not refuse. "Okay, I've been on the boat for so long, and I'm about to take a hot shower. Have you ever seen the emperor?"
"I've seen it, and I've enjoyed an imperial banquet." Zhou Zhong grinned and raised his hand. "Four dishes and one soup."
Han Rong laughed in silence.
He met with Liu Xi and his students at Tianzhu Inn, and had more than four dishes and one soup.
"The emperor is so frugal?"
"I was also surprised." Zhou Zhong put down the book and smacked his lips. "After the meal, I found a reason and went to Shangshijian to take a look. I realized that the emperor has always been like this and doesn't care about food.
Now I know why the expenses of the career are so low. It turns out that they are all influenced by the emperor. Yuan Chang, you have been a servant, you should know how much the expenses in the palace are."
Han Rong nodded.
Although when he was a Taifu, the palace was not as exaggerated as the legendary one, the expenses were still very high.
"Now, from the queen to the beauties, all have their own industries, enough to support themselves. In the words of the emperor, he is the only one who really eats idle food. This is the only one that can save nearly 2 billion a year.
expenditure."
Han Rong sat down. "But when I was in Nanyang, I heard people say that the queen and noble people operate the industry, not only rely on their abilities, but also on the special care of the court, and compete for profit with the people."
Zhou Zhong's eyes flashed. "I have heard of this, too."
"Do you agree?"
"Whether to agree or not is different, and it is difficult to make a conclusion. You might as well put it aside." Zhou Zhong said. "I will talk about one thing first. Do you know that there is a queen's investment in the Dongting Ship Officer?"
"I haven't heard you."
"When the Dongting Ship Officer was first planned to build a 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 use the key drawings from the Yuzhang Ship Officer to imitate it. It was the emperor who invested funds in the name of the queen, so that there was
Today's Dongting Shipkeeper, now preparing steam engines, queens and nobles have also invested a lot of money. Without these investments, it is difficult to achieve any results in a short period of time by relying on the interests of some people."
Han Rong pondered for a long time. "So, although the empress and noble people's industries are specially taken care of by the court, most of the money they earn has been invested in the industries that are related to the future, just like Zhen Guiren built a bridge?"
Zhou Zhong nodded solemnly. "You said, is this a fight for the people's interests or for the people?"