The fourth prince shook his fan awkwardly, saluted Wei Sisi and said, "Miss Sisi, you are joking, is Xiaosheng that kind of person?" Xiaosheng's most admired thing in this life is the loyal and righteous man. As for General Wu Ying, Xiao Sheng only admired and did not offend in the slightest. The so-called love house and Wu, even if it is an old lady, Xiaosheng can only admire and dare not offend. ”

Wei Sisi heard what the four princes said, took out the dishes and chopsticks, and asked where these students were hiding.

Shen Wanchun told Wei Sisi that they had stumbled upon a house that no one lived in, so they stayed temporarily.

Wei Sisi inquired about the direction and shook his head helplessly.

After the scholars were full, they moved these things to Cao Qi's house.

Wei Sisi and Taohong were tired, so they went to the house to rest first.

Shen Wanchun and the others put on winter clothes, lit a fire outside, and then unsealed a few bottles of wine left by Cao Qi, and drank with the four princes and talked big.

"Mei Xianggong, I heard that you came to look for a copper mine this time, is there such a shortage of copper in your family this day?" A student took a sip of wine and asked curiously.

The four princes nodded and told them: "Over the years, the dynasty has been able to maintain the circulation of silver money, which is to exchange gold for copper with the Westerners. The group of Xirong is expensive and cheap, and the dynasty is different, the dynasty respects copper and gold, and the exchange between the two sides can be regarded as taking and taking. However, this can't last long, and if it's not at war with Xirong, it can't be interchanged, so it's better for the copper mine to be in the hands of the imperial court. ”

"Mei Xianggong, since there is not enough copper, why not use silver. Mei Xianggong, how light these two pieces of silver are, and how much money has always been heavy, but it's a pity that we scholars don't have money, otherwise, we would rather have silver than copper coins. "One student complained, and several students should also get along, and it was indeed much more convenient to bring silver.

The fourth prince shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, there is less silver than copper in the national dynasty, otherwise why bother forging copper coins, you can't just mint silver coins." As you have said, there are a few of these poor families who can afford silver. The minting of copper coins in the national dynasty is also a reflection of the heart of compassion for farmers. ”

At this time, Shen Wanchun said: "Actually, Xiaosheng has always had a doubt, since there are official bureaus in various places, why do you send official tickets to the people, but can only be used by officials?" ”

"At this point, the DPRK and the Central Committee have long been worried, the official bureau withdraws money, all of which are the surplus of the yamen, and the officials withdraw only a few, and if it is sent to the people, the people withdraw too much, and the local yamen has no silver available, then the harm will be great. Second, the people could not take silver, which harmed the trust of the court. So only issued to officials. ”

After the four princes finished explaining, some of the scholars present understood, some were still confused, and one of the scholars asked: "Then why can a private bank have silver?" ”

"Private banks can be moved around, but the official bureau cannot. Since ancient times, only the imperial court has asked the local yamen for silver, except for disaster relief, how can the imperial court send silver to the local yamen. "The four princes are also helpless when they say this, this problem is simple, it is difficult to really solve it, the imperial court disaster relief silver is deducted from both, if this is to be sent to the official bureau Yinzhuang, then I don't know how much it will be deducted layer by layer.

Shen Wanchun took a sip of wine and said to the four princes: "Forget it, Mei Xianggong, let's talk about poetry, I don't know if Mei Xianggong has ever seen Tao Wuliu's poems?" ”

"Xiaosheng, a rich idler, likes Tao Wuliu's idyllic poems quite a lot, but Xiaosheng recognizes Tao Wuliu differently, Xiaosheng thinks that Tao Wuliu Moxin is a poet who is really plain, and Liang Fu is a little sad." The four princes talked about poetry endlessly, starting from Tao Wuliu, speaking of Xiao Xie, Yu Satie, poets of the East and West Dynasties, the four princes twisted their hands, so that the scholars present were admired.

Talking and talking, before they knew it, they were almost drunk, although they were not very drunk, but they were also a little dazed.

On a whim, the four princes asked them, "What do you think of today's saints?" ”

"Saint, hahaha, is a mediocre lord who was born in the deep palace and grew up in the hands of women and children." A student laughed and said, one of the students also echoed and laughed and said: "Only since the death of Emperor Gao, the government has fallen into the hands of the second concubine, he, the emperor, has no blood for half a day, if Xiaosheng I am in his position, when I grow up, I will directly seize power, this is the so-called manly husband, where will wait until the death of the Empress Dowager Xiaoyi to take power." ”

Everyone couldn't help laughing in unison, and when the four princes heard this, their hearts were not at all uncomfortable, the corners of their mouths twitched a few times, and they responded with a smile without smiling.

"Yes, I heard that this emperor has not read since he was a child, and he can't read a book and can't even recognize all the words." One of the students teased.

When the fourth prince heard this, he couldn't help but say, "Can only a scholar be a saint?" Xiaosheng read few books, and I don't know which scholar is the emperor. ”

"Mei Xianggong, does Nishan count?"

"King Su is Cao Xian, so naturally forget it."

"Yasheng, is Zhu Zi counted?"

"These two have been outstanding for a long time, so they are naturally counted."

"The fourth is Wei Zi."

When the fourth prince heard this, he asked curiously, "Who is this Wei Zi?" Please forgive me for being shallow. ”

Shen Wanchun said with a smile: "It is the head of our Jixian Academy, Wei Baiyun and Master Wei, who is known as Mr. Konghe. ”

"This, please forgive Xiaosheng for taking the liberty of not knowing why Mr. Konghe can be called a saint."

Shen Wanchun said without hesitation: "The knowledge of the mountain chief is the first class today, and his four books are comparable to the notes of Zhu Zi's four books, I don't know if Mei Xiang is recognized or not, and the mountain chief is a first-class Confucian in the world." ”

The fourth prince did not argue, and said to Shen Wanchun, this is indeed a fact, Wei Baiyun's knowledge can be regarded as the first in the country.

"Since ancient times, there have been many mountain chiefs who have been better than learning, but there is only one mountain chief who is as high as his temperament and learning, poor Yang Xiong, who stoops down to serve the thief. lamented Wang An, and threw himself into the captives to do evil. Shanzi is Wei Shoujie, righteous and unobtrusive, such a high wind, there is only one person for a thousand years. ”

After Shen Wanchun finished speaking, he picked up the wine jar, buckled the bottom of the altar and sang: "Jun Wei lost his virtue, and Emperor Yu stole the artifact." Heavenly fortune is declining, Kyushu is in charge of the old frontier. ”

Shen Wanchun sang this, and the other disciples all raised their voices.

When the fourth prince heard this song, he suddenly woke up, he stood up, came to open this group of students, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and his face was full of murderous energy.

He turned around and looked at the group of disciples who were still singing, and the folding fan in his hand opened and closed several times.

At this time, Peach came out and said to them, "Okay, in the middle of the night, the young lady is asleep, what are you drunk?" ”

When the four princes heard this, they opened their fans and said to them with a smile, "Everyone, rest early, and talk again tomorrow." ”

The next morning, the students of the academy seemed to have forgotten about this incident and greeted the four princes eagerly.

The fourth prince also returned the salute with a smile, and said to Wei Sisi: "Xiaosheng thought hard last night, and finally thought of a way, let the students of the academy assist in copper mining in the mountains, then the people in the county government have no reason to take them back, but this matter is too hard, I don't know if they can endure this hardship." ”

"Mei Xianggong doesn't need to worry about this, the so-called hard work, if they can't even endure this bit of hardship, what kind of scholar are they. It's just that there are bandits in this mountain, and the little woman is worried about their safety. ”

The fourth prince smiled and said, "There is no need to worry about this, the mountain people have their own clever plans." ”

Wei Sisi nodded, and the four princes asked the scholars to bring everything with them, and arrived in front of the mine last time.

There is a clearing in front of the mine, with cliffs on both sides, and half of the hill was dug away by mining.

The fourth prince asked these scholars to help tie the antlers out of wood and put them on the road, putting them in three layers in a row.

Then the table of the three chapters in Cao Qi's house was built up to form a lookout.

Finally, Cao Qi's back basket and dustpan were dismantled to form a one-person high, semi-circular shelter and placed on top of the cart.

One of them stood on it, holding a spear, and two of them pushed, forming an improvised campervan.

In this way, the four princes of the camper got two of them and put them on the road as a gate.

"It's a pity that you can't buy bows and arrows, otherwise, even a hundred bandits won't want to come in."

The fourth prince looked at his improvised camp and smiled self-deprecatingly.

Seeing this situation, Wei Sisi said playfully to the fourth prince: "Mei Xianggong, are you really a scholar?" Not only can he do martial arts, but he also knows how to march and set up formations. ”

The fourth prince smiled and said: "I saw it all from reading miscellaneous books, whether it is useful or not, it's hard to say." ”

Wei Sisi said that there should be no problem, there are no bows and arrows now, but there are spears, as long as they rely on this antlers, the spear array is enough for the group of bandits to drink a pot.

At this time, the man at the lookout suddenly said, "There is a horse coming from this side." ”

Everyone was shocked, the four princes nodded, and suddenly the ten students picked up their spears and hid in the first row of antlers to stand by.

The watchtower man looked at it carefully, and then said loudly: "It's the eldest young master, it's the eldest young master." ”

The fourth prince smiled, asked people to push the camper away, and let Wei Cunzhong come in.

After Wei Cunzhong came in and dismounted, he looked at the situation in front of him and asked, "This is?" ”

After Wei Sisi told the ins and outs of the future, Wei Cunzhong saluted to the four princes and said, "Thank you Mei Xianggong for saving me with righteousness, and the academy will always remember this kindness." ”

"Brother Wei is polite, polite. And the students of the academy still have to help me mine, and it is too late for the students to be grateful. ”

Wei Cunzhong looked at the four princes, frowned and said, "But Mei Xianggong, do you have any yamen approval?" ”

"What kind of approval, I remember that the imperial court said that in addition to privately minting copper coins, copper mining and bronze casting will not be investigated?"

Wei Cunzhong shook his head and said: "The rules of this court are the rules of the imperial court, this mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and the county order has to ask you to get the approval, what can you do." Alas, Yu Court officials, all of them are like this, and what is there to say. ”

The fourth prince laughed angrily at this, and finally understood in his heart why there were always people who wanted to rebel against the Yu Dynasty.