Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 636
After all, Wang Xu was not Wang Hao, and the situation was not what he had expected in advance, so he was at a loss. It's not about being rich. When the weather changes, the wealth they have accumulated now will become their capital to take advantage of the situation.

Therefore, since Li Shimin set off for Lingnan, the No. [-] field has entered a rare period of quiet time. During the whole May to June, the common people are talking about the strange-looking things in the vegetable field when they are busy. For the unnamed vegetables, their cooking methods, etc., Sun Xiangfu and everyone had time to rest for a few days until the new season's seedlings went to the ground.

"Second brother wrote in, saying that the crown prince asked the Agricultural College to send students to Bozhou, Yuzhou, Jizhou, and Dingzhou to guide the planting of medicinal materials, and the juniors who led the team were directly given the official position of Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Agriculture." Sun Xiaomei waved the letter paper, Announcing the good news to Sun Xiangfu who was fishing by the pond.

"They are all thirteen or fourteen-year-old brats, and they will be appointed as Yuanwailang. In the next season of this year, when the Agricultural College enrolls again, the threshold will be broken." Sun Xiangfu smiled lightly and continued to pay attention Fish floats on the water.

"In three months, the second elder brother will get up and go to Chang'an to get married. He wants me to take over the Agricultural College temporarily."

"Your task is to plant all the crops brought back by Erli. It is good for the Agricultural College to let Deshou train a few capable talents to take charge of the management. If it does not affect the teaching, it is best to use non-agricultural students to do daily work. Management, we can't give others the feeling that this subject is controlled by our family, otherwise, given the importance of the Agricultural College, the head of the college, the professor, has long been a high-ranking official of the imperial court."

The reason why Shanyang Medical College can be included in the official education system of Datang is because it is not only a theory of one school. Lantian Vocational and Technical College is because it has a number of overseas investment exploration companies. It is a state-owned enterprise background. They are all under the samurai Xun of Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce, and they are also high-ranking officials. So far, they have not been included in the education system. Except for the Agricultural College, they are Hongnong’s Engineering College and Yangzhou’s Business College. These two colleges , are all invested and opened by the aristocratic family, which is very suspicious of the theory that Sun Xiangfu just said, serving each family.

"Aren't we looking good now? Why do we want to be high-ranking officials in the court?"

Regarding such a problem, Sun Xiangfu thought for a while and explained to him, "Because, in the long run, any academics will only be pursued by people and valued by people for a long time only when it involves official power. In the imperial examinations that started in the late Sui Dynasty, only those who had learned Confucian classics could take part. After that, they could become high-ranking officials. At that time, the high-ranking officials in the court were also the children of Confucian classics families. In everyone's eyes, there was nothing other than Confucian classics. Learning, this is the power and interests that bring bonuses to Confucianism, but in real life, are those Confucianisms really suitable for governing the country?
not necessarily.

In the current court, there are a large number of officials. They do not know classics, but they have knowledge of agriculture, commerce and industry. Facts have proved that their help to a country is no less than those guys who only know classics.

However, their status is still lower than that of officials who have studied Confucian classics, because Confucian classics is the main teaching content of the country, and Guozijian's sacrificial wine is the highest official in the Datang education system. If the education system cannot be included, the status of the children who come out will inevitably be relatively low, and over time, they will not be valued by others. After all, most people who study and learn knowledge are pursuing fame and fortune. "

"Brother, you think so far."

"People have no long-term considerations, and there must be near-term worries. Brother, I don't think too much about other things. I still have to think about things about agriculture."

Sun Xiaomei nodded understandingly and said, "Well, then I will tell my second brother what you mean! By the way, the common people have been asking these days when our civil studies class will resume."

Sun Xiangfu replied, "The busiest time is almost over now, and the workers in the north are not here. Everyone's business should not be busy. Let Zhang Ke notify all embankments, preferably Jinan County and Zhongxiang County. The time of our civil studies class will be extended in summer, every day when the sun is hot and it is not suitable for work, we will start lectures until noon, and we will teach another hour and a half in the afternoon until the autumn harvest."

"Speaking for two or three hours a day like this, aren't you very tired, brother?"

"Whoever said that I'm the only one who will talk about it, and you guys will also go to the podium. You have to tell the common people about the vegetables introduced from the Western Regions. You have to tell the common people about each type three times, and you can't finish talking about it in a few months. , in the future, I will do some concluding remarks and troubleshooting."

"There is still fishing, right? Brother, you only have one mouth left now." Sun Xiaomei rolled her eyes at Sun Xiangfu and said.

Sun Xiangfu was a little surprised by her expression. In the past, his younger sister was a quiet and domineering student, but she suddenly changed to a cute and playful girlish style, which made him a little uncomfortable. It seems that the younger sister's puberty is also inevitable. arrive.

"Brother, I need more time to think. Do you think you can reply to so many letters every day without calm thinking?"

"Okay then! Just think about it slowly, anyway, you probably don't like to stay at home now." After finishing speaking, Sun Xiaomei turned her skirt and prepared to go home.

"Wait, why don't I like to stay at home?"

Sun Xiaomei smiled and replied, "Sister-in-law brought those orchids here, there are twenty of them, and they have filled all the empty rooms in the yard."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu's face turned dark.

Seeing his expression, Sun Xiaomei gloated at him and walked towards the residence.

All right!Now Sun Xiangfu lost all thoughts of fishing, and only thought about how to run away from home.

There is Wei Shuxie who has the same thoughts as him. Now, the imperial court is going to announce the law of making salt to many coastal states and counties. The whole Wei family is urging him to find a way. At first, this industry, but He got it from Sun Xiangfu, and now it has already become one of the two main sources of income for the Wei family. Once this business is gone, the income of the Wei family will be reduced by half immediately. Only members of their family can agree. Strange!

No, Sun Xiangfu knew how anxious he was from the speed of the black-covered boat he was riding on.

"I just made a nest, and you drove all the fish away, so how can I still catch them?"

"You, Sun Zhengming, want to eat fish. There are a hundred ways to get them faster than catching them one by one. Why waste this time? Let's talk about business!"

"I am a grass-roots man imprisoned in Jiuyuan County by the emperor. What business can I discuss with you, the dignified Yinqing Guanglu doctor?" Sun Xiangfu put away his fishing rod, changed his position and lowered his hook.

"You can't say that. Meng Jiang and Deshou are going to get married soon, and our two families are also related! You can't see outsiders." The boatman pulled the boat to the shore, and Wei Shuxie jumped onto it. On the shore, a man in his 40s, without the demeanor of an elder at all, squatted next to Sun Xiangfu's bamboo horse and talked.

"You don't meet me at all. Why, are you here for the medicine industry? I reckon, this is the news that your family, Wei Shangshu, received the fastest."

Jingzhao Wei is now the leader of the Guanlong family. The key is that they don't attract the hatred of the eldest grandson, because Concubine Wei only gave birth to two girls, and they pose no threat to the eldest grandson. One of the younger brothers of the Changsun family who waved the flag and shouted.

"Wei Ting, the minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, is just an empty shelf. He is good at managing people. He doesn't know how to farm the land at all. I won't look for you about the officialdom. If you point to any of the four places, I will immediately You can operate a state governor to take overall control of the place. The key is that you have to send me some people who can really help us grow medicinal materials, and help us grow the most valuable medicinal materials. At least, let us Make up for the losses in the salt industry."

Sun Xiangfu glanced at Wei Shuxie in some confusion and said, "Not to mention, the governor of Shangzhou in the Tang Dynasty is not so worthless! If your Wei family wants to operate, you can immediately operate it?"

The governor of Shangzhou is at the level of the third rank, which is comparable to the current ten servants. He can be regarded as a senior official.

"Hey, before I came, the family had already finalized the reform of the family's shareholding system. In addition, we handed over the secret recipe of salt making, which is considered a meritorious service to the court. His Majesty has already promised us a place, and I will be in charge of it personally. Assassin."

"The reform of the shareholding system? The strength of your Wei family has already entered the ranks of the quasi-first-class. I'm afraid this movement is not small!" Sun Xiangfu looked at Wei Shuxie with some surprise.

It was less than a month since Li Shimin went to Lingnan, and it should have been less than 20 days since the news reached Chang'an. The Wei family had already made a decision, which is really swift and resolute.

However, thinking that Concubine Wei accompanied him to Shannan Road this time, Sun Xiangfu knew it. I'm afraid there was Concubine Wei's suggestion in it.

"That's natural. Just the liquidation of the property, I'm afraid it will take a few months! The final distribution of the shares needs to be discussed with all the clan members. It can be implemented before the spring of next year, and it will be considered soon."

"Really, it seems that your Wei family has no objection to this kind of reform at all! We have already begun to count the property, guess how much money we can have?"

"Not much, not counting the housing industry that must be allocated to the clansmen. A total of 2000 million yuan is enough. In fact, we had to choose reform because of the rapid development and internal conflicts in the past few years."

The top Wang family in Datang currently has assets of more than 5000 million yuan. The Wei family has nearly half of their assets, which is already very rare. Among them, most of them are probably accumulated in the past few years.Sun Xiangfu estimated that among the seven families with five surnames, the others are slightly stronger than the Wei family. It would be good to have more than 3000 million guan. It's just that Sun Xiangfu was a little surprised by Wei Shuxie's "internal conflicts". Their development momentum in the past few years belongs to the strongest echelon in the entire Tang Dynasty.

So he asked, "Is there a conflict within the Wei family?"

Wei Shuxie nodded without hesitation and replied, "Of course, our Wei family has all the questions you mentioned when you held a meeting with the family members. They mainly focus on the distribution of benefits, like the coal factory in Weinan, which cost more than [-] yuan. The workers make millions of dollars in profits every year, but this is managed by a more capable collateral son of the family. It was discovered at the beginning of this year that he had embezzled nearly a million dollars of the family's money. What he got was not much better than before. None of his sons were talented people. He was worried that after he stepped down from the management position, his family would probably live the same life as ordinary low-level clansmen. , he is not reconciled."

Wei Shuxie didn't finish all the questions one by one, but Sun Xiangfu knew that there must be many people who are as unwilling as the corrupt steward, and the situation is also the same in other families.

(End of this chapter)