Some of the Wang family members could not bear the injustice and investigated the cause and effect.
Then it was discovered that Dazai was coveting Xie Yuan's contract for the land in the south of the Yangtze River and planned to trade in the Western Regions, so he requested a 30% tax increase on the grounds of a warrant.
First, it will replenish the national treasury and give Jin Dynasty, which cannot make ends meet, some breathing space;
Secondly...fill his own private treasury.
Wang’s children: “…”
Damn, I can't stand it.
The money earned from trade is still taxed, and can fill the national treasury.
People are dedicated to boosting the southern economy. When the south becomes rich, will the Jin Dynasty still be unable to make ends meet?
Why are you raising ridiculous taxes? Why do you do things with your toes? You still act like a master with your brains like this.
Bullshit!
Hearing that the Wang family's children also began to abuse him, Dazai panicked, fearing that he would lose his support, and quickly canceled Xie Yuan's 30% tax.
Xie Yuan did not expect Dazai to be unable to withstand the pressure so quickly, but that was just right - he promoted silk with a smile, and once the silk that had not appeared for a long time came out, it suddenly attracted countless aristocratic families to compete for it.
It’s been a long time since I’ve had silk of such good quality, it would be a pity not to buy it.
Even if you can't stand Xie Yuan, a poor family member, you can't stand this silk either.
But it was also the people's condemnation that angered Dazai. Under his instruction, the children from poor families recommended by Xie Yuan were sent to local places as prefects and magistrates, and even other less important official positions.
Xie Yuan didn't care much, thinking that this was good. Those people could not only examine the public sentiment and rectify local bad habits and bullies, but also avoid getting involved in power disputes and causing unnecessary deaths.
But his followers couldn't stand it, and they all felt sorry for Xie Yuan.
At this time, it was unknown who heard that Xie Yuan was helping Dudu Huo and Cui Heng in their Northern Expedition, and gave them advice, so he quietly took over the Three Prefectures.
Once this matter was exposed, it attracted the admiration and admiration of countless people from poor families.
When the children of poor families in the south of the Yangtze River heard that Xie Yuan was in Kuaiji County, they came to seek refuge one after another.
Xie Yuan thought that the recruitment examination had not been held yet this year, so he held an entrance examination.
He had prepared the tribute courtyard in Jiangnan early in the morning, so compared to the tribute courtyard in Youzhou, the tribute courtyard here was more spacious and even had toilets and bathing places specially provided for candidates.
Of course, the test questions are changing as always.
This time Xie went far beyond adding current affairs and policies, and also introduced the abandoned culture of this era such as astronomy, geography, and even mathematics.
The reason why I say abandoned is because during the Jin Dynasty, people pursued the style of simple conversation and metaphysics. Because they pursued metaphysics for longevity, they were naturally too lazy to learn these complicated subjects.
For example, serious astronomy and geography are disdainful to anyone except those with special interests.
The question asked by Xie Yuan is to calculate time and even quarters based on the changes in Gui.
This stumped a group of poor scholars who claimed to be knowledgeable.
At the end of the exam, Xie Yuan changed his name and changed his name as usual, and summoned Qi Yan and several disciples to review the papers together.
Because Cui Heng was proficient in astronomy, he was invited to come and review the papers.
Seeing this unique examination method, Cui Heng was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Xie Yuan with admiration.
Only Xie Yuan could think of using this method to select talents and recruit customers.
Several people spent seven days selecting 20 people with good grades from more than 100 children from poor families.
Finally, they were individually tested on their six arts and moral qualities, and ten people stood out.
It was the first time for these poor people from the south of the Yangtze River to see such a strange recruitment method. While they thought it was novel, they also wondered if there was something fishy about it.
It wasn't until Cui Heng Xieyuan announced the grading process and posted the list and copies of relevant test answers of the names on the list - after reading this, those students from poor families were convinced.
There are only a few people recruited, but all of them are truly educated and rich.
In addition, Xie Yuan also opened subjects on astronomy, geography, and even arithmetic history in Longgang Academy, allowing the top disciples in these subjects to teach - he also opened the subject of agricultural planting, allowing disciples who like planting to learn with him
Cultivate new agricultural crops.
The novel subjects and unique teaching methods suddenly aroused the desire of the diners to learn, and they rushed to recommend talented people to enroll. After Xie Yuan tested his character, he also made a special recruitment.
It is also because of this that the culture passed down by these ancestors was not interrupted during the Five Husties.
Of course, these are all things for later.
And now Xie Yuan, because he helped Governor Huo in his Northern Expedition to suppress the vassal kings, and got the approval of Taigong Cui, he became famous all over the world, and gradually all the children from the poor families in Jiangnan took him as their leader.
Not only the children from poor families in the south of the Yangtze River, but also famous Confucian scholars from poor families all over the Central Plains. After hearing that Xie Yuan was talented and famous, and only recommended children from poor families to become officials, they all imitated other actions.
Such as opening an academy, such as accepting only children from poor families, and such as those strange examinations.
Of course, there are many disciples of Xie Yuan among them - Xie Yuan's other purpose of keeping them away from the court is to recruit children from poor families to prevent their pearls from being dusted.
As academies were opened in various places, more and more students from poor families took Xie Yuan as their goal in life and wanted to attract followers like him and become famous in the Central Plains. As a result, the entrance examinations for academies in various places became more and more grand - and the imperial examination began to take shape.
After Xie Yuan deliberately placed talents in remote places, resulting in the emergence of the prototype of the imperial examination, and with the support of Xie Yuan and the Wu family, the children from poor families became a new force in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and their number was large enough to compete with the world.
enough to counterbalance.
Of course, these are all things for later.
Comrade Xiao Xie is now giving lessons to the newly recruited disciples.
In addition to Xie Yuan's class, the disciples also liked Qi Yan's class very much.
After the victory in the first battle of the Northern Expedition, Qi Yan, with the help of the Huo family and the Cui family, reversed the case and clarified the grievances of the soldiers who died unjustly in Liangzhou City.
Now, people all know that the Qi family was wrongly accused, General Qi was wrongly accused, and he was not a treasonous person.
Qi Yan overturned the case for his father and won the admiration and respect of others by his own efforts.
And Mrs. Qi burst into tears.
After many years, the Qi family finally no longer have to live in hiding.
The general’s case was finally brought to light!
Well done, young lord, well done.
Qi knew that Qi Yan was now with Xie Yuan, so she did not bother him. Instead, she gathered together the few remaining books in Qi's collection and sent them to Qi Yan.
The disciples all come from poor families, and they have rarely seen thousands of ancient books like those in Longgang Academy.
They want to borrow it. This chapter has been completed!