Considering that the common people did not have food to pay taxes, Xie Yuan thoughtfully subsidized their taxes and gave them money.
Seeing Xie Yuan's generosity, the imperial court waited for Xie Yuan to take the initiative to send food to please them.
The kings of the north thought so too.
As long as Xie Yuan sends food, they can consider a one-year truce.
However, there are no eggs.
Xie Yuan did not send food to the imperial court or the north.
Now the Qiao family could no longer sit still, nor could the imperial court or the northern kings.
Grandma only has a good harvest this year in the Jiangnan area, and it’s all food in your name—you can’t eat it all by yourself, so why can’t you share some with others.
It's too selfish.
The Qiao family had hinted to Xie Yuan several times, openly and secretly, to send food, so that they would have less trouble for Xie Yuan in the future;
The imperial court sent several decrees in succession, and after hearing that Lu Zhong and Xie Yuan were on good terms, they specially sent Lu Zhong to ask Xie Yuan to open a warehouse to store grain. Wang Dazai said that as long as Xie Yuan opened a storehouse to store grain, the descendants of the poor family would definitely be saved.
You can serve as an official in Jiankang City.
The northern kings even sent people to the Jin court to urge Xie Yuan to release grain, otherwise they would go south to attack the Jin Dynasty.
In recent years, the Jin Dynasty has been unable to make ends meet. Except for the victory in the Northern Expedition, it has almost never won a battle. When they heard that they were about to go to war, the court was even more panicked.
So more people were sent to urge Xie Yuan, and even threats were made.
However, with the Cui family and the Huo family protecting him, as well as the Li family and the Luo family who moved from Longxi, and the four noble clans protecting Xie Yuan, the court could only threaten him verbally, but there was nothing they could do against him.
After more and more nobles requested rice grains, Xie Yuan finally responded.
But he did not respond to the opening of warehouses to provide food supplies. Instead, he spread the story and evidence of Sangtian's poisoning, and then sent a series of messages to Jiankang.
What does that mean.
In fact, Xie Yuan's meaning is very simple.
When ordinary people and ordinary people can't afford food, he can help them for free.
But if the nobles, the court, and the northern kings wanted to eat food, they had to buy it with money, and they had to buy it at a price three times higher than the market price.
why.
Because he was supposed to harvest a batch of priceless silk at the end of summer, but because Wang Dazai instigated people from the Taiyuan Wang family to secretly sabotage it, all the summer silkworms he raised were poisoned to death, and the mulberry fields were also severely damaged——
He lost so much money, so it would be no problem to earn it back from rice grains.
People also say that silk is priceless, so there is no problem if the rice he sells is three times higher than the market price.
People who heard the news choked up.
There is no problem, there is no problem, but the problem is...
This is something the Wang clan did themselves. Why should they also use such high rice prices to purchase grain? Isn't it too unfair?
Xie Yuan ignored him.
Now let’s talk about fairness. Was it fair when the gentry grabbed land from the common people? Was it fair when they monopolized culture and prevented the common people from reading and learning calligraphy? Was it fair when suppressing poor families and preventing their descendants from using the nine-rank system?
Did you act fairly when entering the court?
Fuck fairness.
Now in the entire Jin Dynasty, and even in the entire Central Plains, the rest of the granaries have been opened and divided up. Only Xie Yuan still has enough food in his hands, and the food stored in the families of the nobles is almost exhausted, and they don't want to spend so much money.
When buying food, I thought I would find someone to take advantage of.
So they all began to abuse Wang, his relative.
Wife Wang: "..."
They are innocent and they are wronged.
This is something done by that piece of shit King Dazai himself. It has nothing to do with them. Why are they the ones getting scolded? How unlucky it is!
As a result, Wang Dazai's reputation plummeted, and many people who defected to him switched to other gentry clans.
Realizing that he had done something wrong and shot himself in the foot, Wang Dazai gritted his teeth and decided to go meet Xie Yuan in person for a while, in order to save his reputation that was about to be ruined.
October 2nd.
An autumn rain fell in the south of the Yangtze River. Amidst the continuous rain, a mighty team slowly stopped in front of Longgang Academy.
Wang Dazai opened the umbrella and got out of the car. He looked up at the four powerful characters and slowly narrowed his eyes.
Xie Yuan, who was supposed to be the son of the Xie family in Chen County, was expelled from the clan with his mother seventeen years ago and changed his surname to the Qi family Xie family, thus becoming a poor family.
At the age of seventeen, he relied on his achievements and talents in the Northern Expedition to reach a position equivalent to the head of a poor family, attracting the admiration of countless poor people.
This kid has the same hard work he did when he was supporting his family.
It's a pity that he is not a member of the gentry family after all, so he will not be able to be a high-ranking official in his life.
Dazai Wang stroked his beautiful beard and signaled to his retainers.
The retainer understood this, bowed his head, and then gently knocked on the academy door.
After a while, it opened and a book boy wearing a hat came out.
The boy took a look at him and saw that he was dressed richly, so he knew he was not an ordinary person. After bowing, he asked in a Jin official accent: "I wonder where this old man comes from?"
"He is the current Dazai, why don't you ask your master to come out quickly to greet him!" the retainer said sternly.
Dazai?!
Is he the Dazai who shot himself in the foot?
The book boy glanced at Dazai quietly again, suppressed the contempt in his heart, and bowed again: "Please wait a moment."
Then he left and returned shortly after, but when he came, there was a handsome young man beside him.
The young man is dressed in black clothes and has a jade crown, and his eyes are sparkling. He must be Huo Qubing.
"Dazai, he is Sanlang of the Huo family, Huo Xiaojun Huo Qubing." A retainer recognized Huo Qubing and whispered in Dazai's ear.
As expected, as rumored, Longgang Academy is secretly supported by the Huo family.
Huo Qubing bowed to Dazai Wang and said, "I wonder what Dazai is doing when he comes all the way here?"
"I am looking for the young man from the Xie family to discuss the purchase of rice grains. I wonder where the young man from the Xie family is?" Wang Dazai stroked his beautiful beard and put on a standard official smile on his face.
"The master is teaching, please wait a moment, Dazai." Huo Qubing bowed expressionlessly.
"How dare you, a humble man from a humble family, actually asked Dazai to wait for him!" The retainer looked unhappy and scolded him immediately.
Huo Qubing raised his head, glanced at the retainer, and sneered: "If it weren't for the gentry's monopoly on book culture, these poor people would have nothing to read. How could my lord open an academy and teach in person?"
The retainer choked.
Wang Dazai said calmly: "In that case, please trouble Mr. Huo Xiaolang to lead me in, and wait for Mr. Xie."
"please."
Following Huo Qubing inside, Wang Dazai saw that there were many schools in the academy. In addition to the subjects he was familiar with, Mr. Nelli taught many strange and strange things.
He even saw someone teaching acupuncture points and identifying herbs.
Wang Dazai: "??"
Did he make the right move?
Of course he was right. This was another course offered by Xie Yuan, specifically for Qi Yan and Cui Xunzhi, who were fond of studying medicine, to teach it together.