A month passed in the blink of an eye. The cement road in Xinlingfang gave the people of Tokyo a great shock. This shock did not subside with the passage of time. On the contrary, more and more people came to Wang. Help, Tieniu, Hou San and other people from the Hou Mansion to inquire about the news.
News about the cement road also spread more and more. Some people said that the road was paved overnight, and the three days when Xinlingfang was closed was because everyone went outside the city. Some people said that the road was paved overnight. It is paved with the method of alchemy, otherwise how could it be so fast?! Of course, people with a little knowledge think that this is a brand new material, different from the method of Sanhe Tu.
What's more, it is said that Ye An, the marquis who presented auspiciousness to saints and officials, was actually an immortal, or a good boy from heaven. Otherwise, any business would be different immediately when it comes to Xinlingfang, and it would be like making money every day!
Some people scoffed, thinking it was just a trick, and stood in the small square in front of the Xinlingfang Hou Mansion and asked Ye An to tell him the method of paving the road, so as not to "confuse the public"!
What's more, under the banner of benefiting the people of the Song Dynasty, they criticized Ye An's "selfish" behavior verbally and in writing, saying that he was self-interested and not good for others. He was a merchant by nature and was not worthy of being a courtier of the Song Dynasty.
Of course, without exception, these people all have the same identity, Confucian scholars......
When Ye An saw them, it was like seeing some "public intellectuals" from later generations, and he felt sick for no reason. As for Qin Mumu, he couldn't understand why these scholars would say such stupid things?
As for Ye An, he didn't even bother to explain, and directly asked Tieniu to send off the guests with his fists. Who confused the public? Oh! He has a new business and is just deceiving the kindness of the people? This makes no sense at all!
Ye An could still cope with the presence of one or two people every day. After Tie sent those people away in a very polite way, the people who came began to come in "groups of three or five."
Not only did they stand in front of the Hou Mansion, they also preached their theories in the streets and alleys of Xinlingfang, ranging from morality and interests to righteousness and people's livelihood. It was as if Ye An was a sinner through the ages if he did not tell how to lay cement roads. generally.
The key point is that these people still quoted scriptures and constantly applied this matter to Confucianism, turning Ye An into a treacherous villain who only cared about profit and ignored the country and justice.
This was a bit too much. Ye An had no intention of arguing with these people, but Xuan'er was so angry that she put down her tools and said to Qin Mumu: "Madam, these people are relying on the Marquis' family learning to be different from Confucianism. If you come here and say things that confuse right and wrong, wouldn’t it mean that all the merchants in the world would tell others their secret recipes?!”
Qin Mumu was not angry, but smiled and said: "I think it is not a bad thing for these people to appear in Xinlingfang. Why didn't they show up before? It means that our business in Xinlingfang is not prosperous enough. Now that they have appeared, it will It proves that our business is booming and has affected the interests of some people. Of course, it is also possible that some people can’t sit still, right?”
Xuan'er widened her eyes and said: "Who dares to offend our Marquis Mansion? The Marquis went to the Ministry of Etiquette today to take the Locking Hall Examination. Once you pass the Locking Hall Examination, you will have serious literary qualifications. It is not as good as the ones given by the saints before." He was born a Jinshi!"
"Ha! This has nothing to do with your origin. As long as you touch other people's interests, no one will dare to attack you unless you are from the Tian family, oh, even the Tian family!"
Qin Mumu's words frightened Xuan'er's face, and she waved her hands repeatedly: "Madam, I don't dare to say that, it's okay if people hear it! Then let them make such noise outside? Why don't you let the third uncle lead people to drive them away?
Bar?"
"Drive them away? That will play into the hands of these people. They are eager for us to take action. Once we start to drive people away, the least likely person will fall to the ground and pretend to be a bully in our Hou family's powerless scholar, and the worst case will be the Hou family.
The government uses its power to suppress people."
"What should I do?!"
Qin Mumu smiled and said: "Master Hou expelled people before, why didn't he expel them later?" Seeing Xuan'er shaking her little head, Qin Mumu's eyes narrowed into crescent moons. It's nothing for us to beg them, but if it's the common people
Do you hate them too?"
"Do the people hate these people?"
Xuan'er seemed to have caught something, and saw Qin Mumu smiling: "Madam, what you mean is that if they can say it, we can also say it?!"
Bang! Qin Mumu clapped and said: "How clever! Since you can slander our Hou Mansion without any basis, then we can also retaliate in the same way! This is a unique trick!"
"Then what should we do?"
Qin Mumu took Xuan'er's hand and whispered in her ear for a while, then Xuan'er looked at her with admiration: "No wonder the Marquis often said that you are as witty as a man, so these scholars are afraid that they will be
The common people who come to Xinlingfang to buy things will be scolded to death, and other merchants will also be scolded to death."
Qin Mumu waved her hands indifferently. There was nothing to show off with a simple trick. Xuan'er naturally jumped out of the house excitedly.
Tilting his head and looking in the direction of the palace to the north, Qin Mumu couldn't help but murmur to himself: "I don't know how Ye An did in the locked examination. The "Six Kingdoms" is good or not, but after all, the currency is Song Dynasty."
This is the current foundation of the two countries of Liao!"
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"What?! It's only been less than half an hour, and you said Ye Hou has already made a plan?! How come it happened so fast?!"
Liu E's surprised voice echoed in the Zichen Palace.
She had just sat down and stared in disbelief at the small yellow door where the report was coming. As soon as her butt touched the throne, she stood up. The expression on her face was the same as that of the princes in the palace, as if she had seen a ghost.
In fact, the Song Dynasty paid more attention to the lock-up examination. The main reason was that many of the officials had experience in politics. The policy analysis was naturally more valuable and could better reflect the talent. Only in this way can truly capable ministers be selected.
This is the case in early summer.
But Ye An's performance was so incredible that he was able to come up with a plan in less than half an hour.
The chamberlain was frightened by Liu E's question, and said in a trembling voice: "How dare you, slave, to deceive the saint? Ye Hou wrote it in one go with the title "On the Six Kingdoms", a total of more than 600 words. The imperial censor Zhongcheng, Zhisuo Hall test Liu Yun stood
I read it next to Marquis Ye and did not move from beginning to end. After he finished writing, he collected the examination paper and asked the servant to deliver it to the sage's official family for inspection!"
Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng looked at each other, and saw the same shocked expression in each other's eyes, while Wang Qinruo frowned and said: "Sage, you can tell what Ye Hou's policy is after hearing it. With the Six Kingdoms as the theme, it must be based on
The Warring States period serves as a guide, and Qin serves as a guide!"
Liu E nodded, looked at Zhao Zhen who was looking forward to it and smiled bitterly: "If he really has such talent, I don't know if it will be my blessing to the Song Dynasty!"
Following Liu E's wave, Chen Tong stepped forward and took the paper from the eunuch's hand and said slowly: "The six kingdoms were destroyed. It was not the military that was disadvantageous, but the war was not good. The disadvantage was bribing Qin. Bribing Qin and losing strength, this is the way to destruction!"
Or say: The six countries lost each other, and they bribed Qin Ye? Say: Those who don't bribe will lose with bribes, and they will lose strong support, and they can't finish it alone..."
Chen Tong's crisp voice echoed in the quiet Zichen Palace. Just the beginning made everyone present shine. No one expected that Ye An's strategy actually started from the Six Kingdoms' bribery of Qin.
Only Wang Qinruo's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he heard something was wrong...