105. Pingkangfang has a feeling

After eating and drinking shamelessly in Yuwen Mansion, Li Pojun took his leave, and Li Zheng and the others were also entertained by the housekeeper to their heart's content, uh, they didn't drink.

After the group had a meal, they said goodbye and went home, walking in this bustling and lively Pingkangfang.

The shops and vendors along the street, the peddlers and pawns, and the scholars show their talents, but what makes Li Pojun and others very embarrassed is that they will pass by a fireworks place from time to time, and the turtle prostitutes at the door keep greeting, after all, Li Pojun is dressed as a son, and at first glance he is not bad at the master of money, not to mention that he is still handsome and mighty.

Along the way, this huge Pingkangfang has not been finished, but I met a goddess who is swaggering, no wonder later generations say that Pingkangfang is the largest red light district in ancient times, thinking of the goddess, Li Pojun can't help but laugh, the word goddess seems to be similar to the meaning of the goddess, but the meaning in ancient times is staggering, the goddess actually refers to the meaning of the prostitute, hehe, it is really not shallow.

Qu Yuan's disciple Song Yu has the words "concubine, the daughter of Wushan, a guest of the Tang Dynasty, Wen Jun travels to the Tang Dynasty, and is willing to recommend a pillow seat", which refers to prostitutes.

Li Shangyin in the late Tang Dynasty also has a poem that says: "The career of a goddess is not a dream", this "goddess" is an allusion to prostitutes, and the goddess of the West is similar, the original meaning of the goddess is not to say how much to admire women, but to the summary of women's inattentiveness and indiscriminate throwing into men's arms, but not all women are described by goddesses, only those women who are engaged in the profession of prostitutes have this common characteristic, and there was a movie "Goddess" starring Ruan Lingyu in the later Republic of China, which also describes the career of prostitutes.

Li Pojun couldn't help but admire the expressive ability of Chinese words.

Looking at the endless stream of scholars coming and going, it can be seen that the victory of the Tang Dynasty's literary style, although it has only been ten years since the founding of the country, but first, there has been no war in Guanzhong, and secondly, Li Yuan's rule of the country is clear, although it is not as good as the scene of Zhenguan Dazhi, but it is also a thriving scene.

Li Pojun also knew the reason why there were so many scholars recently, because the imperial examination was approaching, and all the people from all over the country had come to Beijing to prepare for the imperial examination.

In the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination was registered in August and September, and the examination time was set between spring and summer, and the palace examination was in April and May.

It's nearly April now, and it's the time when those people gather in the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

Occasionally, acquaintances pass by, and a "X Langjun" and a "XX son" are a gentleman...... It was particularly lively, and the street vendors were also shouting vigorously, looking at these future officials in awe.

Occasionally, students stop to buy some Chang'an specialty snacks to taste, and some are curious about the small objects sold by various vendors on the street and stop to watch, and more are holding their heads high and holding their chests and taking arrogant steps leisurely, which has attracted a burst of praise from everyone for "a good style of a famous man", but in Li Pojun's view, they are all pretending to be *forced, of course, there are also honest and honest gentlemen, one by one, who knows what to say, which in Li Pojun's view is a typical representative of reading and reading stupidly.

Restricted by the ideology of this era, the ideological class concept of Shinong industry and commerce is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and those vendors and pawns who set up stalls are at the bottom, if it is a rich business, after all, there is a lot of money, then there is still a little energy and a little status, after all, money can make the ghost grind, but this group of people who get up early and are greedy for food and clothing are the lowest status, but they are indispensable, there is no such group of people where to come from the lively street market, there is no group of people where to come from the street full of dazzling goods.

However, this group of people is regarded as profit-seeking businessmen by those who mislead the country and corrupt people. In ancient China, the status of merchants was low, during the Qin Dynasty, merchants could not wear silk clothes even if they were rich, and in the Tang Dynasty, merchants could not enter the court as officials, until the Ming and Qing dynasties, the status of merchants changed, from the rich businessman to the rich businessman. The Chinese businessman Salted Fish turned over successfully. It boils down to Qin: you can't wear silk clothes. Han: The declaration was false and the family was confiscated. Tang: You can't be an official in the court. Song: The situation of discrimination has improved. Qing: The first red-capped merchant.

This shows the status of merchants, because in feudal society, emperors are often deified and advertised as the embodiment of magical powers sent by God to control the common people. In a sense, it can be said that the emperor and officials are the highest class of landlords. They exploit the people through political power in order to sustain themselves. The looted money and land allowed the emperor and high-ranking officials to control the people.

However, through doing business and communicating with each other, merchants quickly accumulated the money of the people, so that they could also live a luxurious life like emperors and officials, which to a certain extent has threatened the traditional ideas that have been propagated for a long time, threatened the identity and status of emperors and officials, and also made the people question the authenticity of the so-called theocracy. Therefore, it is not surprising that the ancient policy of "emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business" existed for a long time.

Therefore, the low status of businessmen is deliberately degraded by the ruling class, in fact, in Li Pojun's view, this is rarely stupid, after all, the policy of fooling the people does more harm than good, and it is better to ban businessmen than to promote businessmen, and businessmen can not only activate the market and enrich the market economy, but also improve the overall national economic level and improve the standard of living.

However, in ancient times, it was not unreasonable for the notification class to suppress businessmen, because businessmen looked at their wealth and rivaled the country, and the energy of money was very fearful, and how many heroes were funded by wealthy businessmen, such as Cao Cao Wei Hong during the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei had Mi Fang, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, etc., in the eyes of the notification class, the businessmen who "got for nothing" with empty gloves and white wolves were far less controllable than farmers and workers, so there was a strategy to curb commerce, but in Li Pojun's view, as long as the method is appropriate, these are not a thing, establish a commercial law, Pay commercial tax according to the rules, are you still afraid of him jumping on the tariff, it is definitely not possible to rely on the natural economy of small farmers, and it will not be able to go to the forefront of the world, although Datang has reached the top of the world on the original historical track with the original model, but since Li Pojun has come to this era, since it can, why not let this brilliant Datang fly higher.

Li Zheng and the others saw their Xiao Langjun standing quietly on the side of the road, and when they saw it, they had to think about it again, although they said in their hearts, "It's over, Xiao Lang has hysteria again."

Seeing that the people around him were more and more surprised by Li Pojun's abnormal behavior, and even the two of them pointed at Li Pojun recklessly, Li Zheng and the others were full of anger but helpless, and Li Ran glanced at each other, as if they had made up their minds, gritted their teeth and poked Li Pojun, "Xiaolang, hey, this is on the street."

Of course, Li Pojun was not so stupid B was in a daze on the street, just looking at the crowd and thinking a little.

laughed and scolded, "Get rough, you treat me as a fool"

shook his head and continued to leave, as for the policy of "heavy agriculture and suppressing business", he had no choice at the moment, but this opportunity would not be far away.

Seeing the occasional scholar approaching the Qinglou Workshop next to him with a righteous face, Li Pojun couldn't help but laugh stupidly, a corrupt Confucian hypocrite, after all, empty talk is misleading the country, and hard work is the right way.