In the second year of the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, the second day of the first month. Wu Haogu, who had rested at home for a day, went to Su Dongpo's house with Mi Youren and Su Shi early this morning. In the flower hall of Su Mansion, I discussed with Mr. Dongpo, who had just finished coaxing the child, how to deal with the possible actions that Zeng Zhao might take against Tianya Town.

"Uncle, my little nephew has heard a little news these days." Su Shi smiled and told Su Dongpo, "Zeng Zikai seems to have been bewitched by Lu Xiucai, who is hiding his head and tail, and wants to change the rules of Tianya Town." ”

"Do you know who Lu Xiucai is?" Su Dongpo looked indifferent, as if he didn't care about how the rules of Tianya Town changed, but was very interested in Lu Xiucai, who wrote the article.

"His article is very well written," Su Dongpo said appreciatively, "If it weren't for the pseudonym of a degraded official, I'm afraid that the next major competition would be on the gold list." ”

Wu Haogu smiled and asked, "Does the teacher think his article is reasonable?" ”

"Naturally, there is a little bit of truth!" Su Dongpo said with a smile, "Tianya Town is not a Jiehe commercial market after all, how can you let merchants and scholars sit on an equal footing?" ”

Wu Haogu nodded again and again, but thought in his heart: It seems that Su Dongpo partially agrees with that damn Lu Xiucai's point of view.

"Master," Mi Youren interjected, "Do you think this Lu Xiucai is a pseudonym for Lu Jia?" ”

"It's hard to say." Su Dongpo shook his head.

"Lu Jia asked how it is now?" Wu Haogu asked.

"He's rich."

"Hair ...... Rich? Wu Haogu was stunned, he didn't know that Lu Jiawen was now a business wizard.

"Yes," Mi Youren smiled, "he was in the coal business, bought a wharf on the edge of the Salt River, and rented a storage yard. In December, a lot of coal was shipped from Xuzhou and poured into the salt households in Haizhou, and it is estimated that they made tens of thousands of yuan. ”

"What a skill!" Wu Haogu took a breath and thought: Xuzhou's coal and iron ore are the treasures of capitalism! I wanted to intervene for a long time, but I didn't expect to be asked by Lu Jia to take the lead.

"What kind of skill is that?" Mi Youren said, "It's his son-in-law Jian Xuchen and Zeng Zikai here in Haizhou who are taking care of him." ”

"No, no, no." Wu Haogu waved his hand, "It's the ability to get the business done!" And...... He also found a good job. ”

Mi Youren asked: "Teacher, don't you also want to do the coal business in Xuzhou?" ”

"Why is there more than coal in Xuzhou?" Wu Haogu waved his finger and said, "The iron ore of Li Guojian and the so many porcelain kilns around Pengcheng are all good deals!" ”

"Da Lang, you are a Confucian now." Su Dongpo said with a smile, "You can't open your mouth and shut up, it's all business." ”

"The teacher is taught." Wu Haogu said this with his mouth, but he was thinking in his heart: When you turn around, you must put your hand into Xuzhou...... But how do you do that? Looks like it's going to have to be studied.

"Zhong Nan," Wu Haogu took his mind back, "Have you found out how Zeng Zikai is going to change the rules?" ”

"I've heard a few," Su Shi said, "as if he was preparing to implement the rule of scholars, all merchants and military attaches were not allowed to serve as the elders and mayors of Tianya Town." ”

"Not even a military attaché?"

Su Shi said with certainty: "No." ”

"Teacher," Mi Youren saw Wu Haogu's brows furrowed slightly, and reminded in a low voice, "Although Zeng Zikai is aware of Haizhou affairs, the decree he promulgated must be co-signed by the general judgment to be effective. ”

Tongju and Zhizhou are usually at odds, and Haizhou is no exception. However, Wu Haogu was not sure that he would be able to pull Haizhou Tongju over, and he was a military attache after all, so it was very inappropriate to openly interfere in local government affairs.

Wu Haogu shook his head, turned his gaze to Su Dongpo, and said with a smile: "Teacher, the students have something to ask for. ”

"Seeking?" Su Dongpo raised his eyebrows, "What's the matter?" ”

"Ask the teacher to come forward to visit Zeng Taishou and discuss with him about the improvement of the Tianya Town Shiyu."

"The old man came forward?"

"It is most appropriate for you to come forward," Wu Haogu smiled, "You are a civil official, and you live in Tianya Town, and you are also raising the Yuntai Academy, and no one will say much about Shiyue." ”

Su Dongpo stroked his beard and nodded again and again. He can indeed say that he is the leader of Shilin in Tianya Town and even in the entire Haizhou!

Now there are dozens of Sumen disciples gathered in the Yuntai Academy, not including the students of the Yuntai Academy. When it comes to the soldiers under his command, who has more than him? Moreover, there are many doctoral disciples who are particularly good at reasoning in the Yuntai Academy Palace-those people are all inseparable from their swords and convincing people with virtue......

"Da Lang," Su Dong ramped, "but the teacher is also a scholar, and he does not approve of letting the merchant and the scholar sit and discuss." ”

Wu Haogu laughed, "That's, that's, how can a merchant be equal to a scholar?" This dynasty is the same as the scholars, but it's just ......"

……

"Zikai, what kind of person do you think can be regarded as a scholar?"

In Haizhou Prefecture, after visiting Su Dongpo on the third day of the Lunar New Year and chatting with Zeng Zhao for a few words, he suddenly asked a question that surprised Zeng Zhao a little.

"A scholar is a combination of a scholar and a civil official."

Of course, this question is difficult for Zeng Zhao. Zeng Zhao not only knew who the scholar was, but also knew the origin and evolution of the scholar.

And Zeng Bu could probably guess the purpose of Su Dongpo's question, so he said: "In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, as long as you have talent and virtue, you can be used by nobles and doctors, even if the rooster cries and the dog steals, you can also be called a scholar."

The princes are the vassals of the Son of Heaven and the princes, who hold important positions, assist the king, and pay tribute to serve. At this time, the Qing doctor is not divided into civil and military affairs, such as the saint's father uncle Liang Su is the doctor of Shanyi, who is ten feet tall, extremely powerful, and has a violent temperament, and is one of the three tiger generals of the Lu State. If this person was in this dynasty, he would not be a scholar, but in the Spring and Autumn Period, he was the secretary of the Lu State.

However, the scholars of this dynasty must be scholars and scribes! ”

In fact, the Song Dynasty did not have a clear identification of scholars. However, the Song Dynasty emphasized literature over military force, so some people excluded military attachés from the sequence of scholars. If Confucius's father was born in the Song Dynasty, he would naturally not be a scholar.

Zeng Zhao's exclusion of military attachés from scholars was to seal the loophole for businessmen to participate in politics. Because there are many people who donate a military attache to a businessman......

"Scholar?" Su Dongpo laughed, "What kind of person is a scholar?" ”

"I'm a reader!" Zeng Zhao knew that there was a trap hidden in Su Dongpo's question, so he added, "At least those who have attended state school or have the official status of a civil official, or have participated in the Ministry of Rites exam." ”

Not a drop of water!

Su Dongpo laughed, of course the content of his conversation with Zeng Zhao today had been discussed with Wu Haogu.

"What about the Yuntai Academy?" Su Dongpo asked with a smile, "The old man's Yuntai Academy is an official school!" ”

"Sumen students, naturally scholars!" Zeng Zhao said, "However, students who enter the school as businessmen must pass a liberation test before they can be considered taxis." ”

Su Dongpo smiled: "It's still Zikai Zhoudao, so ...... When is Brother Zikai going to put the criteria recognized by this scholar on the court? ”

"Upper?" Zeng Zhao was stunned.

Can this thing be played? It is one thing for the imperial court to emphasize literature over military force, but it is another thing to exclude military attachés from the sequence of scholars.

Su Dongpo stroked his beard and said with a smile: "After the Shangyuan Festival, the old man will leave Haizhou, go to Jiehe first, and then go to Beijing, ready to discuss with Uncle Cheng Zheng in Kaifeng Mansion...... When the time comes, let's take out the theory of the scholar and the doctor who opened the child. ”

Still want to discuss it openly?

Zeng Zhao's brows furrowed, and his eyes were already a little unhappy when he looked at Su Dongpo. Su Dongpo is raising the bar!

Some things are unspoken rules that cannot be said, especially not in the court. Who doesn't know Han Qi's sentence "The one who is famous outside the Donghua Gate is a hero"? But he won't say this when he asks the right question in the Chongzheng Palace. Han Qi wouldn't say it, and Zeng Zhao couldn't even stab this matter to the court.

You're going to stab it, how should the emperor answer? Can it be said that a military attache is not worthy of being a scholar? Not to mention that the men who fought to the death on the Northwest Front were all martial artists, even in Kaifeng Prefecture, many relatives and nobles also hung military attachés. Even before the official family ascended the throne, there were military attachés who were envoys of the Zhenning Army and Zhaode Army. Do you dare to say that he is not even worthy of a doctor? The Wu villain, the Pan villain, and the Gao villain are about to start slandering......

In addition, Su Dongpo said that he was going to Kaifeng Mansion to discuss with Cheng Yi? This seems to be getting bigger and bigger! Will it be possible to turn the new theory into pseudo-science?

"Zizhan," Zeng Zhao frowned, "Shilin has already had a public opinion on who is the scholar, do you want to fight for the name of the merchant and the martial artist?" ”

Su Dongpo smiled: "Of course not, but ...... Tianya Town is not the only one with scholars. The "Lu Family Township Covenant" did not exclude farmers, why did the "Tianya Shi Covenant" exclude merchants and military attachés? I'm afraid that's not appropriate, right? ”

"Shinong industry and commerce, industry and commerce are the last!" Zeng Zhaodao, "It is also fair to say that industry and commerce are not as good as farmers." ”

"Oh," Su Dongpo smiled, "Isn't that military attache as good as a farmer?" ”

"This ......" Zeng Zhao already understood that Su Dongpo was going to find fault, "The military attache is naturally higher than the farmer." ”

"Then the "Tianya Shiyue" shouldn't not let the military attache participate."

Zeng Zhao asked rhetorically: "Does Zizhan want the scribes and warriors to be equal in Tianya Town?" ”

"Of course not." Su Dongpo shook his head, he is also a scribe and civil official, and he is also the leader of Shilin, and he is likely to pay homage to the prime minister, how can he go to help Wufu speak.

"But samurai also have the right to participate in politics," Su Dongpo said, "I think the town elders in Tianya Town can be divided into three levels, the first level is the scribe, the second level is the samurai, and the third level is the agricultural and industrial citizens." Among them, the first level accounts for 50% of the number of town elders, the second level accounts for 30% of the town elderly, and the third level accounts for 20% of the town old people. That's all right, right? ”

Zeng Zhao thought about it, and the three-level meeting proposed by Su Dongpo ...... Looks like it's okay too!