"Brother Feng, when your academy holds a debate competition like this, why don't you first determine whether the question is right or wrong, and instead decide temporarily who will be the right one and who will be the wrong one?"
Tanchun found this method of temporarily choosing between pros and cons very novel, especially when he had to try his best to argue even if he chose the side he believed was wrong.
"Third sister, what you said is biased." Feng Ziying saw Tan Chun's beautiful and heroic eyes full of curiosity, and thought this girl was quite interesting. It was rare for her to be so interested in the topic of strategy theory.
"Each topic we choose basically follows an incident or a policy of the court. In our opinion, this policy does not matter whether it is right or wrong. We only judge its advantages and disadvantages for the court or the people based on the period.
Basically, every policy has more or less pros and cons, it just depends on the time, situation and the pros and cons,..."
Tan Chun frowned slightly, still not quite understanding what Feng Ziying meant. There is no right or wrong in imperial policies, only pros and cons? This seems a bit difficult to understand.
"Well, let's give a simple example. For example, Uncle Shi now asks Baoyu to study. Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?" Feng Ziying asked with a smile as she walked.
There are many flower paths in Jia Mansion, and the paths paved with stone slabs extend in all directions.
There is no Grand View Garden yet, but the atmosphere is still not comparable to that of places like Feng Mansion. The surrounding areas are dotted with crabapples and black locusts, and occasionally there are a few sweet osmanthus plants scattered in an orderly manner.
Tan Chun was stunned, why should I ask? However, she had a straightforward personality and knew that there must be a trap for Feng Ziying to ask this question, but she still answered calmly: "This must be a good thing. If Brother Bao can read a book, it will be a good thing."
If he can bring glory to our Jia family, he will also have a good future in the future."
"Well, this makes sense, but it depends on the situation." Feng Ziying nodded slightly and walked forward with her hands behind her hands, "But Baoyu doesn't like reading and is very resistant in his heart. He is still young now. If he is forced to study,
Maybe he is even more uncomfortable. He might get sick. My ancestors and your mother might also be worried and uncomfortable when they see Baoyu fall ill. They might have trouble with Uncle Shi, and they might even fall ill. As a result, the book cannot be read.
, but it makes every family restless, do you think this is a bad thing?"
Tanchun was stunned by these words.
This possibility is very high.
Everyone in the house knows how much Brother Bao hates studying. In order to avoid studying, he has tried every means, but now the master wants him to go to study. He has argued with his ancestors and his wife about this, otherwise he will not do it.
There has been such a big fuss, but it is still unknown whether Brother Bao will be able to read the book in the future.
At least Tanchun himself is not very optimistic about it.
If you push too hard, you might get sick or even do what Brother Feng said, and it would really become a bad thing. Thinking of Brother Zhu's ending, Tanchun felt nervous.
It's possible not to mention illness, or even hypocrisy, but Feng Ziying didn't say it. Maybe this is Jia Baoyu's last resort. Let's see if you still force me to study.
After hesitating for a moment, Tanchun pouted and mustered up the courage to say: "Brother Feng, even if it is different? How can the imperial policy be the same as this?"
Feng Ziying laughed, looked at Tan Yatou's curious baby look, and shook her head: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small delicacy. In fact, they are all the same inside. Let me give you another example. Well, it is the debate preliminaries of our college.
A question from that time was about the pros and cons of the imperial court’s maritime ban policy.”
This is not a secret. The imperial court has continued the sea ban policy since the Ming Dynasty. Although in the past two decades, the sea ban has been weakened and smuggling has become rampant, the sea ban is still implemented in name. However, it is said that it has plans to lift the sea ban, but it has been
No conclusion yet.
Although Tanchun was young, she had heard about this matter, but she only heard some general information, "Brother Feng, this little girl doesn't know much about it, but it must have a lot to do with the Japanese pirates' invasion of the sea and the unfavorable tribute.
?”
Feng Ziying was greatly surprised and looked at Tanchun with a little more appreciation and joy.
Although this is not a secret, a nine-year-old girl like Tanchun can actually tell the main reason for the imperial court's maritime ban at once. Maybe the other party does not understand the real reason, but it is very rare to know these two points. Feng Ziying estimates
Even if you ask people like Jia Baoyu or even Jia Rong, you may not know the reason.
Under Feng Ziying's gaze, Tanchun felt flustered for no reason, and his cheeks were slightly hot. He lowered his head subconsciously and twisted his clothes, "Brother Feng, is the younger sister right?"
"No, no, you're absolutely right." Feng Ziying finally put her feelings aside and affirmed.
It seems that this detective girl really has some heroic spirit. She is only nine years old, but she actually knows a thing or two about these current political policies and their origins. It is not easy. I am afraid that she will really make a difference in the future.
"Our Great Zhou Dynasty's sea ban policy was inherited from the previous Ming Dynasty. The reason why the former Ming Dynasty implemented the sea ban was because on the one hand, there was a deviation in the tribute policy, which led to the inability to make ends meet and the court could not afford it. Well, this is actually also the reason why our Great Zhou Sea Ban policy
One of the main reasons, and another reason for the sea ban in the former Ming Dynasty, is that when Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the former Ming Dynasty, was fighting for the world, many of his opponents were closely related to sea power, so he was very afraid of sea power, so he imposed a sea ban. Of course, in the later period, because
The rise of Japanese pirates gradually evolved from smuggling to robbery, posing a great threat to maritime security. This situation continued until after the establishment of our Great Zhou Dynasty, and it is still the case... Therefore, the maritime ban policy became the fundamental national policy of the imperial court."
Unexpectedly, Feng Ziying answered for herself so patiently. Tan Chun felt like a deer had hit him, and a sense of satisfaction at being valued and paid attention arose spontaneously. He spoke in a lighter tone, "Then according to what you said, Brother Feng, the imperial court's maritime ban policy must still be the same."
Are there many disadvantages?"
"Of course, the maritime ban policy has many disadvantages, which are difficult to summarize in a nutshell. In other words, its disadvantages far outweigh the advantages. The few benefits brought by the maritime ban are not worth mentioning at present, while the disadvantages brought by it are
Both the imperial court and the people suffered great losses..."
Seeing Brother Feng talking eloquently, not rejecting his question at all, and even encouraging him to ask, Tanchun's heart was pounding, and his eyes were looking forward to, "Then why is the imperial court's tribute policy unable to make ends meet?
?Since it is a small neighboring country that pays tribute and offers tributes, the imperial court should benefit a lot, but why can't it make ends meet?"
"Haha, this is a good question, but it's a long story to answer." Feng Ziying didn't expect that the detective girl in front of her was really a curious baby. These questions came one after another, and they were all
It cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences.
"This tributary policy is a policy system of the Central Plains Orthodox Dynasty towards the surrounding vassal countries. Well, the intention is good. It shows the great magnanimity of our Central Kingdom. All nations come to visit us. But what about some small vassal countries in the surrounding areas? How many times should we come here?
, and discovered a loophole in it, that is, our court is very face-saving. If you send a tribute item of one tael of silver, the court will give you a gift of fifty taels of silver in return..."
"...After this round and round, everyone figured it out. It turns out that you are so proud of yourself. That's fine. I will pay more tribute and come here twice a year. This time, the gap is getting bigger and bigger. Our great Zhou court
I can't bear it anymore. If you give me a gift of one hundred thousand taels of silver, the court will have to give you one million taels in return. You come here every three or five, and you don't come according to the time limit agreed by our court. Who can bear it?"
Feng Ziying told these two little girls like a story, and Tan Chun was very happy to hear it.
In his opinion, since Tan Yatou was so interested, Lin Yatou must be willing to listen, but he didn't notice that Lin Yatou had already turned her face to the side, twisting a bright red sweat towel in her hand.
Come on, it's almost crushed to pieces, and that pouty little cherry mouth can almost hold a bottle of oil.
Daiyu is really about to explode.
This Tan girl is so abominable. You don’t have to worry about your second brother Bao, but you want to come and compete with me for Brother Feng?
I can't stand it if you want to follow me, so why don't you just stay aside and start taking over the host?
Question after question, why haven't you said anything without seeing me?
Do you know how to be polite and follow the rules?
Brother Feng, too, didn't wink at all. Didn't you see that his face looked so ugly?
She was still talking to Tan Yatou about the imperial policy of banning sea and paying tribute. Did Tan Yatou really understand? She just pretended to like asking questions, and she definitely wanted to take up this little time of hers.
I was about to reach the small courtyard where I lived, but the conversation between them seemed to have no end at all. What should I do?
The more Daiyu thought about it, the more aggrieved and angry she became. Her heart became even more uncomfortable, her eye circles gradually turned red, and her thin silver teeth were about to bite her lips until they bled.
Feng Ziying really didn't notice this, but Tan Chun was even more interested.
Although she had read some miscellaneous books in this mansion, she had never had the opportunity to talk to others about things outside the mansion. She didn't expect that she would accidentally talk about these things today. Originally, she had only read through them accidentally.
She didn't quite understand one or two of these books, but when she heard what Brother Feng said today, she immediately became filled with more curiosity and yearning for the world outside the mansion.
It would be great if Brother Feng could come to the house more often to talk to Sister Lin, and then he could ask more questions. However, both his ancestors and mother seemed to hope that Brother Feng could come to the house more often to teach Brother Bao, maybe