Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 91

The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop.Damn brother just wanted to promote Da Song's lathes and was sued.Toothbrushes and wooden shoe soles have only been on the market for less than a month, and the third division actually sued the emperor, saying that the emperor competed with the people for profit, and the people who made toothbrushes and wooden shoe soles in the capital lost their jobs. Isn't this too fast?When did the officials of the third department care so much about people's livelihood?
The emperor didn't take it seriously at first, but he didn't expect that the matter would intensify. The officials also joined the ranks of impeaching the emperor. The emperor didn't expect such a small incident to cause such a big shock. Feeling very sympathetic, he asked the eunuch beside him to ask Li Buqi if he could stop making toothbrushes and wooden shoe soles.

Li Buqi had no choice but to go back to Tokyo to explain to the emperor the importance of using machines to make products, and the emperor finally gave up the idea of ​​closing the workshop.But the emperor was still very worried: "It's just that all the ministers think that the livelihood of those craftsmen cannot be cut off. What should I do?"

Li Buqi smiled and said: "I heard that there are many people who have submitted letters, so this will be easy to handle. Your Majesty only needs to say so..."

Zhao Zhen's complexion was wonderful, Chen Lin's expression was that he couldn't hold back his urine, and even Zhang Yonghe, who had a strong endurance skill, choked on his own saliva.Zhao Zhen still hesitated: "It's not good for me to say that? Otherwise, tomorrow I will call the person who submitted the letter to Chongzheng Palace, and you will propose this method?"

Li Buqi was not afraid of a verbal battle with the civil servants, so he immediately agreed.So the well-informed officials and admonishers were full of anticipation. They had heard that Li Buqi was a difficult head to shave, and now they finally had the opportunity to shave this head.

So on the ninth day of the sixth lunar month, Mr. Yan Shu asked the emperor for instructions in the Chuigong Hall, and then summoned Yu Jing, Yu Jing, the censor Yu Zhouxun, the censor Chen Ersheng, and the third judge Dong Fang to the Chuigong Hall to play against.This lineup is very strong, and the officials who participated in the meeting were all looking forward to it, thinking that this meeting should teach Li Buqi a good lesson, right?
After all the ministers filed into the Chuigong Hall, Zhao Zhen said: "Recently, all the ministers have been presenting to this meeting and selling the toothbrushes and wooden shoe soles produced by the workshops at the test site at low prices, causing the artisans in the capital to lose their jobs. I am very worried, so I specially called Li Buqi from the Proving Grounds for questioning. Li Buqi’s statement was different from Zhu Qing’s, and I couldn’t decide, so I brought Li Buqi here today and asked him to discuss with Zhu Qing to see if he could find out. It's a way to get the best of both worlds. Come on, Xuan Li will not give up and go to the palace."

Yu Zhouxun, the censor, was rather irritable, and immediately said mercilessly: "Your Majesty's people are waiting to be fed. It is all caused by His Majesty's struggle with the people for profit. As long as Your Majesty keeps quiet and closes the test site, this matter will be resolved. Where is it?" Do you still need to discuss?"

Li Buqi walked up to the hall just in time to hear Yu Zhouxun's words, but he still saluted Zhao Zhen before turning to Yu Zhouxun: "This official's words are so unreasonable. Close the testing ground and work in the workshop." More people will be unemployed again, so don’t worry about their hunger and cold?”

Yu Zhouxun snorted: "Didn't it mean that they are all Xiang soldiers, and they have their own state support envoys. Even if they are not working in the workshop, they can also do other things."

Li Buqi said: "Let the Xiang army work in the workshop now. After they can earn their own living, they can be abolished in a legitimate way. I heard that the princes in the court said that our redundant troops in the Song Dynasty are harmful to the country. Why not use this method to reduce redundant troops?" Woolen cloth?"

Yu Zhouxun said a lesson: "You have a good idea, but you can't take away other people's food and clothing."

Li Buqi said: "The official's words are wrong. The official should know that toothache is not a disease, but it is fatal when it hurts. Brushing teeth can protect teeth, but because brushing teeth is expensive, only rich people can afford it." The same goes for wooden soles, which can only be used by rich and noble families, but the hemp shoes worn by ordinary people in rainy and snowy weather are not waterproof, and many people get sick because their feet are soaked in rain and snow."

"Officials only see that toothbrushes and wooden shoe soles are sold cheaply, making craftsmen unemployed, but why can't they see that many people who could not use these two things can use these two things? How many people can use these two things because of this Two things that prevent toothache and disease? Why don’t you say that these two things are sold cheaply to benefit the people of the world?”

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Yu Zhouxun was speechless.The few ministers who called Zhao Zhen couldn't help staring.Seeing Yao Yao, Dong Fang, the judge of the Third Department of Household Affairs, hurriedly said: "No matter what, making more than a hundred craftsmen from households in the capital unemployed will always damage the sanctity of the official family."

Li Buqi said: "Those craftsmen can make other things. Don't they just have to make teeth brushes and shoe soles?"

"Those craftsmen have been doing this for generations, and they may not be able to do anything else."

Li Buqi said: "That's how it is. Since the officials are so sympathetic to the people, then I have a solution. Since the things made by those craftsmen can only be bought by wealthy families, the court can issue an order Buy these two things from those craftsmen, and other people can do it themselves. In this way, those craftsmen will not be unemployed, and ordinary people will be able to use these two things in the future, so that they will be free from illness. Both craftsmen and ordinary people will appreciate your majesty's kindness Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?"

Now Dong Fang's mouth was almost twisted with anger, he was not a pedant who didn't know practical things in the third division, and he thought you were lying to children?He said angrily: "It's unreasonable, who else will sell such expensive things?"

Li Buqi said: "This official should not look down on my scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty. Being anxious about others is a must-have for a gentleman. Don't officials like officials care about spending more money if they care about the common people? ?"

Dong Fang also choked.Of course he can't admit that he is not a gentleman, let alone say that the integrity of the scholar-bureaucrats is definitely not as high as Li Buqi said, which would violate political correctness.At this moment, he has a thousand alpacas running around in his heart.

This is a big trouble now, this matter is just to prevent the goods in the shop from being sold, let him make a shot, but I didn't expect Li Buqi to come up with such a bad idea, this is not to make him hate.But what Li Buqi said occupied the commanding heights of morality, and he was unable to refute it for a while.

It was Yu Jing who stood up and said, "Since it is a matter of benefiting the world, why not announce the method of making this thing so that the common people can do it. Gentlemen don't talk about profit, and your Majesty always has the suspicion of competing with the people for making these things."

Li Buqi was extremely surprised: "This official, you just say what you want, why are you insulting this official of the third division?"

Yu Jing was taken aback: "When did I insult him?"

Li Buqi said: "The third division manages financial planning for the country. Naturally, every penny and baht must be weighed. How can we not talk about profit? I think the officials who came to the third division are also scientific examination scholars. Isn't it a gentleman to manage financial planning for the country?" Is it? What the official said makes no sense."

Zhao Zhen's face turned into a bun - is this Li Buqi playing tricks?But the loyal and honest emperor didn't look like that kind of person when he saw Li Buqi's sincere indignation.

Dong Fang thought that ten thousand alpacas were running past this time, but he still had to answer the question.The officials of the third department have always been in an awkward position in the civil service system, because the nature of their work makes them count pennies and pennies, which is contrary to the mantra of "a gentleman does not talk about profit" among scholar-officials.Moreover, the affairs of the Third Division are complicated, so officials with real background and connections will avoid serving in the Third Division, leaving only some unconnected or unpopular hard-working people.

Now someone says in front of him that "a gentleman doesn't talk about profit." If he used to pretend he didn't hear it, but when Li Buqi raised the topic, he had to argue, otherwise people will say that there is no one in the third division. Gentleman, the colleagues of the third division should not despise him?He is not easy to mix.

So he turned to Yu Jing: "Zhengyan's words are really inappropriate. If gentlemen don't talk about benefits, then what will the court use to support so many troops? Even Zhengyan's salary is not available. Therefore, it is still necessary to talk about benefits..."

Are you going in the wrong direction?The emperor, Yan Xianggong, and Zhang Xianggong were stunned to watch Dong Fang and Li Buqi, who were the first to file a letter for the unemployment of the craftsmen, form an alliance with the three officials to argue about whether "a gentleman does not talk about profit" is correct, and he was also drunk.

Yan Xianggong had no choice but to smooth things over, and really drew up a decree ordering officials and eunuchs to buy toothbrushes and wooden shoe soles made by craftsmen in the city.As soon as this decree came out, the officials also fell down.

(End of this chapter)