Chapter 715 The rise of merchants and the counterattack of scholars
Su Shu experienced the spacious train carriage, which was an expensive first-class seat.
There are also many newspapers provided in the carriage, and a gramophone is placed next to the tea table.
Next to the gramophone were stacks of valuable vinyl records.
Su Shu looked at the box of vinyl films, which contained songs, operas, storytelling, cross talk and other entertainment contents.
He is very familiar with these things. When he is bored at sea, he will use the PA system to play these contents to all the officers and men on the ship.
Su Shu looked at the black film that had not been flipped for a long time. This was a black film produced by a newspaper. It records major news that happened in the past through oral narration.
The newspaper will find people who have experienced this and talk about the relevant events.
This kind of reconstruction of what happened through sound is more vivid than simple words.
Su Shu turned on the gramophone, put the vinyl on it, and listened to the news that interested him.
The train was running on the track, and the sound of the train was heard in the carriage.
But it didn't affect Su Shu's focused expression at all.
Captain Wang Tiedan played with his pistol and stared at the carriage with alert eyes.
Any place where the enemy might enter is locked by his gaze.
If there is any disturbance in the carriage, he can react as quickly as possible.
Just protecting the safety of the carriage is too easy for him.
Back then, it was really dangerous to brave the enemy's guns and arrows on the battlefield.
Captain Wang Tiedan saw the eldest prince Su Shu, who was listening to the news seriously instead of having fun.
The eldest prince's self-control is really strong, which is definitely not comparable to that of some playboys.
Su Shu lived a highly repetitive life every day, eating or going out, all in this carriage.
Next to the teacup, a refreshing incense was lit, dispersing the odor in the carriage.
These days, he reads important newspapers and listens to the news on vinyl.
Su Shu has already gained his own understanding of the major events that have occurred in the Great China Empire in the past two years.
He heard the loudspeaker sounding in the carriage.
"Hello fellow passengers, this train has arrived at the terminal station, Jincheng West Railway Station.
Please take your belongings with you and get off the bus in an orderly manner under the guidance of the flight attendant."
Su Shu looked shocked and said in surprise: "I finally returned to the capital."
As a teenager who had not yet been crowned, he spent two years away from home.
Even though Su Shu had received different education since childhood, he knew that he had to take on more responsibilities.
But my longing for home still won't diminish by half.
Su Shu took out the black film from the gramophone, put it in the box and put it away. He simply tidied the carriage.
Escorted by company commander Wang Tiedan, he happily walked out of the train station.
Su Shu saw a carriage-like car parked on the side of the road.
Company Commander Wang Tiedan led Su Shu into the carriage of this car.
The steel carriage carriage does not look small at all. There are two large glass windows on the left and right in front of the seats, allowing sunlight from the outside to shine into the carriage.
After Su Shu settled down, the car left the train station and headed to the palace.
He observed the scene in the capital, which was not much different from when he left.
But on both sides of the street, there were also some novel things that he was not familiar with.
The clothes worn by the people also became richer.
The color of the clothes is no longer a few monotonous colors such as yellow, blue, black and green, and the form is no longer monotonous. There is a feeling of a hundred flowers blooming.
The palace was still heavily guarded, and Su Shu and others entered the palace after detailed inspection.
Su Shu drove the car straight to Kunning Palace where his mother lived.
He missed his mother the most and wanted to see her as soon as possible.
My father was very busy every day, so when he wanted to see him, he would definitely send someone to summon him.
Su Shu got out of the car in front of Kunning Palace.
Company Commander Wang Tiedan ended the escort mission, and they drove to Qilin Guard to report on the work situation.
Su Shu saw a slim girl standing in front of the gate of Kunning Palace, looking at him with hazy eyes.
His eyes were moist and he shouted in a choked voice: "Sister, I miss you so much."
The eldest princess Su Rong missed her brother very much when he left the palace.
Every festival, she would ask her mother, when will her brother come back?
Some time ago, she finally learned from her mother that her brother was coming back soon.
The eldest princess Su Rong waits at the gate of Kunning Palace every day for her younger brother to come home.
Su Rong stepped forward and took her brother's hand. She looked at him carefully.
"Brother, you have grown taller and are now taller than your sister.
The person is also more energetic, even though his skin has become darker, I can’t even recognize him.”
Su Shu looked at his sister Su Rong. Except that she was slightly taller, she had not changed much from when he left.
"Sister, let's enter the palace. I will go to see my mother first, and then I will reminisce with my sister when I come back."
When Su Rong heard that her brother was about to enter Kunning Palace, her expression changed and she immediately said: "Brother, your sister and I still have some unfinished homework, and I have to go to school now."
After she said this, she immediately ran out of the gate as if there was a savage beast in the palace.
Su Rong rode the bicycle outside the door and headed directly to the school.
When Su Shu saw his sister's action, he was a little confused at first, but after the water, he realized that something was very unusual.
There are primary and secondary schools in the palace to educate the children of the royal family and the nobles.
At the age of my sister Su Rong, she should go to college, so why should she run towards elementary school?
Su Shu walked into Kunning Palace with doubts. He would definitely learn more about his sister's situation in the future.
He walked straight into Kunning Palace without encountering any obstruction.
This was him talking to his sister outside the palace gate, which had already alarmed the queen mother in the palace.
There are rules in the palace. Even if he wants to ask his mother-in-law, he still needs to be notified before he can enter.
This time, he walked directly into Kunning Palace under the guidance of the palace maid. It must be that the queen mother was eager to see him.
Su Shu entered Kunning Palace. He saw that the windows of Kunning Palace were blocked by curtains, and only some weak lights came from inside the house.
He pushed the door open and walked in, and saw his mother, Wang Wenjun, sitting on a chair, looking attentively at the white cloth in front of her.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The white cloth seems like a shadow puppet show, with images of light and shadow that are constantly beating, just like the comic strips I read when I was a child.
He looked along the light source and saw a machine that looked very much like a camera.
It is shining light on a long series of negatives, and as the wheel rotates, the negatives also move.
This allows the image on the negative to be projected onto a white screen.
When Wang Wenjun saw her eldest son Su Shu come in, she said excitedly: "Shu'er is back, sitting next to me and watching a movie with me."
Su Shu was not in a hurry to express his longing to his mother. He looked at this thing called a newspaper.
He was very familiar with the content above. It was the content of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in which Cao Cao beheaded Kong Rong.
The clips of the movie are very short and finish playing in about five minutes.
Queen Wang Wenjun looked at her son and asked: "Shu'er, what do you think of the movie?"
Su Shu thought for a moment and said: "The film's technology is obviously immature, and now it looks like a large comic strip.
When the movie's images are coherent and it is best to play sound, it will replace all current entertainment facilities."
After hearing this, Queen Wang Wenjun waved her hands and said, "Shu'er, I'm not asking you for your opinion on this device.
I'm asking you what you think of this episode of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?"
Su Shu knew that his mother asked this question as soon as he returned home. This must be related to the situation in the empire.
The Queen Mother was testing him to see if he had made progress in responding to the changes in the court situation after two years of training.
Su Shu knew whether he was a smart eldest son or a reckless eldest son.
This will determine how he will fight for the throne in the future.
Su Shu expressed his own opinion.
"Cao Cao may not kill Kong Rong, but he must kill Kong Rong.
As the founder of Wei State, Cao Cao started his career from a humble family.
Kong Rong represents a wealthy family.
This matter seems to be a dispute between Cao Cao and Kong Rong.
In fact, it is the poor family and the aristocratic family that are fighting for power.
Without Cao Cao's side, the weak family at that time would not be able to compete with the aristocratic family.
This is why after Cao Cao's death, Cao Wei immediately implemented the nine-level Zhongzheng system, completely cutting off the hope of the rise of the poor family.
After the Five Chariots of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the power of the aristocratic family was suppressed.
The Sui Dynasty initiated the imperial examination, and the Tang Dynasty continued to improve the imperial examination.
When Huang Chao rebelled, the foundation of the great family was destroyed.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the disaster of vassal towns and the melee war between the warlords of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and hundreds of years of war, completely destroyed the foundation of the gentry.
After the Song and Ming Dynasties, poor families became an important force leading the direction of a country."
Queen Wang Wenjun looked at her son Su Shu who was talking eloquently. She was very satisfied with her son's answer.
She was about to praise her son when she heard him continue.
"My mother asked me to read this story because the background of this story should correspond to what is happening in the empire now.
The empire is now full of martial virtue, and small countries outside do not dare to confront the empire.
Without enemies outside, conflicts within the empire will inevitably intensify.
A lot of big things have happened in the past two years.
Erchen only briefly read the reports on these events.
I think the problem with these things is that the struggle between the two forces has become extremely intense.
Erchen's prediction was correct, everything behind it can be summed up as the rise of merchants and the counterattack of scholars."
After hearing what Su Shu said, Queen Wang Wenjun was very satisfied with her son and had learned to draw inferences when thinking about problems.
She said happily: "The Queen Mother did not expect that Shu'er would be able to understand the current situation of the empire in such a short period of time.
The struggle between their two forces has reached the point where the two parties are united and opposed. If your father encounters such a thing, it will be a huge headache.
The queen mother asked people to bring you back secretly this time because she was afraid that the news of your return would let them know.
Through language guidance and other means, let you speak in support of one side.
Sometimes words must not be spoken carelessly, as some words can easily bring disaster once they are spoken."
Su Shu said with a serious expression: "When merchants rise, scholars oppose it.
The rise of merchants can be expected very early on. The establishment of tax system and local council system from the empire opened the door for merchants who paid large amounts of taxes.
They used to be very afraid of officials.
The county magistrate was destroyed and the prefect was exterminated.
What businessmen fear most is that officials will cause trouble for them.
When businessmen realized that they were being treated favorably by the Great China Empire and had the power granted by the empire, some local officials could no longer threaten them.
In order to inherit the family, these businessmen must use the power in their hands to cultivate their own power.
By doing this, the merchants directly violated the rights of the scholars.
Confucianism proposed the concept of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce in order to restrain people other than scholars.
They have held power for thousands of years, and now that they see others daring to get involved, they immediately launch a counterattack.
Mother, the underlying logic I speculate is this.
But things must happen one after another.
If conflicts don't accumulate to a certain level, they won't explode more violently.
This is just the main contradiction, and there are also some secondary contradictions that I don't understand, which jointly promote the development of things."
When Queen Wang Wenjun saw Su Shu's speculation, she stood up excitedly, walked to Su Shu, and patted his head.
"Shu'er is really smart. The biggest dream of the scholars is to gain power.
For their own rights, they could all unite to deal with some weaker emperors.
They are generally indifferent to groups that do not threaten their identity.
Farmers and workers need three meals a day most, and they have tried their best to provide food and clothing.
They simply have no ability to seize power from private individuals.
Big businessmen hold countless resources, can become members of parliament, and have the power to impeach officials.
When businessmen realize that the power in their hands is very important, they can effectively compete with officials.
These businessmen will not be at the mercy of officials.
They continued to increase the power of parliament.
When the merchants did this, they directly annoyed the scholars.
Within the Dahua Empire, two groups that control a large amount of resources are in opposition.
At present, it has only resulted in the resignation of several cabinet ministers, and no more serious problems have arisen yet.
But if left unchecked and conflicts continue to intensify, bigger problems are likely to arise.
Someone in the court wanted to divert everyone's attention by appointing a prince.
Shu'er, when you return to China, after these officials learn about the situation, they will definitely work harder to promote the establishment of a reserve.
Your father will probably test you in advance on how to deal with this situation.
Whoever can win your father's favor will be able to take the initiative in establishing the heir apparent."
Su Shu looked at his mother, Wang Wenjun. He said so much just to remind him of the importance of this matter.
He must carefully understand the situation and come up with several solutions to the problem.
If my father really asks, he must at least be able to answer this question.
The problem must also be a solution he came up with on his own.
The methods the monarch comes up with are naturally different from those of the ministers.
If Su Shu chooses to follow the plan of his close ministers, he will definitely be eliminated.
Listen to the opinions of ministers and follow the rules of scholars in the circle set by the world.
Even if it seems reasonable, you will fall into a trap.
Su Shu said confidently: "Don't worry, mother, I will think carefully when I go back.
Father just wants my attitude, I already have some ideas on this matter."
Queen Wang Wenjun felt relieved when she saw that her son Su Shu had an idea.
She knew her son's character very well. Since Su Shu said this, he had a certain grasp of the situation in the DPRK.
