Wentang

Chapter 794 Yuan Qun Blocks the Way
Wu Chang recounted what happened just now, and then blamed himself: "It's all my fault, and it's the teacher who made him so angry."

"It's okay, the teacher is soft but not hard. He won't be really angry with you master and apprentice for so many years. Don't forget that Xiang'er is still living in his house." Li Chengqian comforted him.

"I know that what the teacher said may be angry, but... I am also very disappointed in myself, that I can't hold back my anger. I think the teacher must have the same thought as me just now." Wu Chang said.

"Hehe..." Li Chengqian laughed and said, "Don't say that. If you can hold your breath, the teacher is the last person to talk about others. He always puts everything on his face."

"But the teacher will not lose his mind because of anger." Wu Chang said.

"It's true. It's rare to see him lose his mind. But don't push yourself too much, you've already done a very good job." Li Chengqian said:

"I haven't been in Beijing for so many years. It's really difficult for you to support the East Palace all by yourself."

"This is what I should do." Seeing that he could understand himself, Wu Chang felt better.

Li Chengqian thought for a while and said: "But the teacher is right about one thing, the Royal Commercial Bank cannot accept it, at least you can't touch the current Imperial Commercial Bank."

Hearing that her husband was so cautious, Wu Chang asked in surprise, "Is the matter really so serious?"

Li Chengqian said: "It's very serious. Since the establishment of the Royal Commercial Bank, ministers have been impeaching this matter. When I was in the cabinet, at least a dozen memorials were handed in every day, and there could be dozens if there were more."

"This is still my mother in charge of the Imperial Commercial Bank. If there is news that you will take over, I'm afraid the court will soon be turned upside down."

"Hiss..." Wu Chang gasped. She knew that the matter of the Imperial Commercial Bank had caused dissatisfaction among many people in the court, but she never expected it to be so serious.

There are more than a dozen impeachment memorials every day. How many impeachments have you experienced in the past 20 years?The fault is not that the empress has high prestige, and a different person will definitely not be able to handle it.

"Which aspects are you impeaching?"

Li Chengqian said: "What else can there be? The imperial merchant's affairs are too important to be in the hands of women, and should be handed over to the imperial court."

"There are also some people in the Royal Commercial Bank who have corrupted the law and used it to attack its internal management problems, and finally demanded that it be handed over to the court."

"A more radical request should be fully handed over to the imperial court, and a more tactful request should be split up and some important ones should be handed over to the imperial court."

Wu Chang asked cautiously: "I don't know what the meaning of saint and empress is?"

Li Chengqian understood what she meant, and sighed: "Although my father didn't express his position, it seems that he wants to split up."

"Mother doesn't have so many ideas. She founded the Royal Commercial Bank and naturally wanted to pass it on to her daughter-in-law as a family heirloom."

Although Wu Chang was a little disappointed, his mood improved a lot. At least everyone took her into consideration when considering this matter.

After thinking for a while, she said: "Although I shouldn't be the one to say such a thing, if possible, let's split it up. It's not a problem to let the minister think about this matter all the time. If it affects you Oh no."

Li Chengqian said with a gratified smile: "Haha... As expected, you are my good wife, who is reasonable. I will tell my father and mother later, they will definitely like you even more."

"But don't worry, we won't hand over all of the Imperial Commercial Bank, at most we will split off a part. The rest is still the largest commercial bank in Datang, enough for you to display your talents."

Wu Changdao: "As long as you have me in your heart, I will be satisfied. The Royal Commercial Bank is nothing more than an external possession."

Li Chengqian laughed and said: "Hey, it's not something outside of the body. It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and it's hard for an emperor without money."

"In the future, whether our words count or not, and whether we can stand upright, the Royal Commercial Bank is very important."

Wu Chang said: "The concubine will definitely take care of this money bag for you, so that you can speak up."

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The news of what happened in the court was spread immediately, and soon spread throughout Chang'an City.

Some people believe it, some people are skeptical that the imperial court is not so stupid to make money-losing business.But as more and more details came out, everyone had to believe that this matter was true.

Naturally, the crowd was excited, and Yue Shan became a treacherous minister in everyone's mouth, coercing the ministers to force the saint to make such a ridiculous decision.

Most people complain behind their backs at most, but there is a group of people who are more ambitious and not afraid of power.

That is the young students and scholars.

That day, Yue Shan was about to go to the academy when he was going out, but was stopped by several scholars halfway.

"Yizhou scholar Yuan Qun paid a visit to Xia Guogong."

"Yuan Qun?" Yue Shan looked at the young scholar in front of him, and said, "I know you, you advocate the abolition of tax-free privileges, and you also oppose my method of high salary to support honesty."

"Aren't there many like-minded people in your small group? Where are those people? Why are there only so few people left?"

Yuan Qun was also very surprised that the high-ranking big shot had heard of his name, and he felt a little proud, but when he asked about his former "comrades in arms", he said sarcastically:
"Those are just a group of opportunistic people, and I don't bother to dance with them. I want to ask Xia Guogong on behalf of the people in the world, can you sleep at night?"

"Presumptuous." Xu Shanying was furious, and wanted to come over and beat him up.

Yue Shan stretched out his hand to stop him, and said with a smile: "It is said that you are very courageous, and now it seems that it is true. But you are too self-righteous, who do you think you are? What qualifications do you have to represent the people of the world?"

"I have achieved my current position. I dare not say how much I have done for the people, but I have done more for me than you. Even I dare not say that I represent the people of the world. Who is so arrogant to dare to say such a thing? "

Yuan Qun's face was reddened by these words: "Justice is in the hearts of the people. As long as it is for the sake of morality, everyone can represent the people of the world."

Yue Shan mocked: "Fairness? How do you know what kind of justice the people want? Have you done any research? Do you know what the people want?"

"Sitting at home with a book, learning the so-called truth from the book, and the so-called travel is just going out for an outing."

"Everything you know is nothing but your imagination. In fact, you don't know anything."

"You..." Yuan Qun trembled angrily.

Yue Shan interrupted him and said, "What's the matter with me? Am I wrong? How much do you know about the current Tang Dynasty? How much is the tax revenue? How much land can be cultivated? How many people are there?"

"What is the composition of these people, and what are their needs? How should people of different composition be governed, and how can all people be willing to become citizens of Datang?"

"What the Tang Dynasty is encountering today is a new situation unprecedented in the ages, and new methods must be used to manage it."

"You don't do any research, and you still use the ideas of the ancients hundreds of years ago to look at the Tang Dynasty today. If you really want people like you to enter the officialdom, it will only bring disaster to the country."

Hearing this, Yuan Qun suddenly laughed: "Haha... Are you in a hurry? Are you in a hurry? You deliberately humiliated me so that I can't stand the humiliation and leave, right? You're dreaming, I won't let you get your way so easily."

Yue Shan shook his head and laughed, "Look, I just said that you are too self-righteous. Are you saying that I humiliated you? Then I will humiliate you as you wish."

"Lions don't care about the clamor of an ant. In my eyes, you are the same as an ant. I stopped to talk to you because you still have some courage, blood and ideals."

"So I want to give you a few words of advice. If you want to listen, it doesn't matter if you don't want to. It's good to have ideals, but you must understand what you are doing. Don't be self-righteous. Do more research before making a decision. Do."

Yuan Qun still sneered and looked at him contemptuously.

Yue Shan sighed and said, "Forget it, it's the utmost benevolence to say so much. Oh yes, you just said that your former comrades-in-arms were all opportunistic, right? It's not."

"Know how I know your name?"

Yuan Qun subconsciously shook his head.

Yue Shan said: "I was among your former comrades-in-arms. They induced you to stand up to support the abolition of tax-free privileges, and they induced you to oppose my high salary to maintain honesty."

"Understood? You are just a tool person from the beginning to the end, and your so-called morality is just imposed on you by others. In fact, you don't even know what you are doing."

Yuan Qun's face suddenly turned pale: "Impossible, impossible, how could this happen, how could this happen? You lie to me again, right?"

Yue Shan didn't answer his question, but continued: "Think carefully about what I told you, what else do you have besides your passion and the knowledge you learned from books?"

Yuan Qun hated him so much that he was about to burst into tears, and said, "Despicable."

Yue Shan was not angry, and said: "The imperial examination list has been released, but it has not yet been announced. But I can tell you in advance that you won the exam."

"Don't be too happy, I just made a decision to temporarily revoke your Jinshi status. Are you angry? Do you want to get back your Jinshi status?"

"Give you a chance to investigate why I want to abolish tax-free privileges, and why I advocate high wages and honesty."

"If you think of it, write me a policy theory. As long as you write it correctly, I will restore your status as a Jinshi. Work hard."

After speaking, he tapped his feet on the horse's belly and left, leaving behind Yuan Qun who was shocked and angry, and several scholars who looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Yuan...Brother Yuan, what should we do now?" The fellow scholars asked cautiously.

"I want to sue. I don't believe that there is no room for the king's law in the Tang Dynasty." Yuan Qun gritted his teeth, turned around and walked towards the capital.

Several other scholars glanced at each other with flickering eyes, and followed him and left.

Besides Yue Shan, after leaving, he saw Xu Shanying hesitated to speak, and said, "Do you think my words are too cruel?"

Xu Shanying hesitated for a moment before nodding his head and said, "Those words are too much of a blow to a young man, I'm afraid he'll never recover from it."

Yue Shan said: "Don't worry, he won't. Some people will feel sorry for themselves when they encounter setbacks, and some people will only become more courageous after setbacks. Yuan Qun is such a person."

Xu Shanying asked doubtfully, "How do you know him so well?"

Yue Shan said with a smile: "Of course I understand, if I don't investigate him clearly, do you think I will choose him as a tool man?"

Only then did Xu Shanying feel relieved, and said, "This kid is really lucky."

Yue Shan said: "Maybe he doesn't think so."

Xu Shanying asked again: "Are you really going to temporarily withhold his Jinshi status?"

Yue Shan asked back: "Who said he passed the Jinshi examination?"

Xu Shanying said: "You just said...you were lying to him?"

Yue Shan said: "Who said I lied to him? I said he is a Jinshi, do you think anyone would object?"

Xu Shanying suddenly realized: "I understand."

Yuan Qun was one of the few good talents selected by Yue Shan from the tens of thousands of scholars who went to Beijing to rush for the exam, and he was very clear about all the investigations on him.

The family background can only be said to be well-to-do, and there have been a few small officials in the ancestors, so he can barely be regarded as a poor family.The knowledge is not bad, but the main learning is family knowledge, old-fashioned.

But this person has an advantage, he has passion and ideals.

The reason why Yue Shan took a fancy to him was because of his experience on the way to Beijing.

On the way to Beijing to rush for the exam, the group of them was kidnapped by the barbarians in the mountains. He first stood up to protect the women and children with him, but was almost beaten to death by the barbarians.

But the leader of this group of barbarians is also a fastidious person, and he admired him very much, so he decided to let him go.

Not only did he not leave, but he also persuaded the barbarians to change their ways. Sooner or later, the looting would be discovered by the imperial court, and all their tribes would die by then.

The leader of the barbarian tribe also complained to him, saying that his tribe could not survive, so he came to this business without money.

After Yuan Qun learned about the situation of that tribe, he taught the leader several solutions to the problems he learned from books, which really convinced the barbarians.

Afterwards, he was too busy rushing to take the exam, so he didn't report it to the local yamen.

Local officials are also willing to pretend to be stupid. After all, it is at least a dereliction of duty to reveal it. It is best if no one speaks out.This matter passed in a muddle-headed way.

But this matter cannot escape the eyes of the six doors, and the relationship between Yue Shan and the six doors is extraordinary, so it is easy to investigate this matter.

I am very satisfied with this old-fashioned but not pedantic and passionate young man, and he will definitely become a great talent after polishing.That's why Yuan Qun said such words when he was blocking the way.

As for whether he can stand this test, Yue Shan is not worried at all.

Because Yuan Qun was surrounded by people he arranged to follow, even if he was really depressed, they would pull him out again.

Of course, what happened to Yuan Qun was just a random move he took on a whim.

Came to the academy quickly, went straight to the Gewu College, and found Tian Shungu, the head of the physics department, and Ma Cong, the head of the chemistry department:

"I have one thing here that you need to do by hand. It is very important to mobilize the most capable forces to do this."

(End of this chapter)