Liu Quexian first parked the wheelbarrow he bought, then lifted a bag of silver in the car in front of Laidi, opened the pocket: "Look!"
Laidi was even more happy after seeing her.
Here, Wang Changgeng smiled and said to his servant: "Go back and tell your family that I will not go home tonight. I will sleep with my friends at Liu Quexian's house to build up the friendship of classmates. Then." There’s no need to come back, my friend has someone to serve you here.”
Laidi couldn't help but stop smiling after hearing this.
Wang Changgeng's servant agreed and went.
After the boy left, Wang Changgeng said to Liu Quexian: "I'll go first. If they come and ask tomorrow morning, they will say that I went back early."
Liu Quexian nodded.
Then, Wang Changgeng asked Liu Quexian again and asked with a smile: "Do you want to go and take you to see him?"
Here, Laidi couldn't help but ask Liu Quexian: "Didn't he want to stay at home for the night? Why did he say he was going?"
"It's just an excuse. He is going to the Qinhuai River to drink wine and discuss with the literati and princes about how to manage the world and benefit the people."
Liu Quexian said.
Laidi nodded and asked, "Then why don't you go?"
Liu Quexian smiled and said, "As long as I have a sister."
Laidi couldn't help but blush, turned around and said, "I'm going to cook."
Immediately, Laidi ordered the two maids: "Follow me. You all come from wealthy families. You have some rules. I guess you don't need to say more, right?"
"Know."
"We didn't hear anything what my husband and sister said just now."
After Laidi heard this, she arranged for one of the two maids to work on the loom, the other to wash clothes first, and she to cook.
After the meal, Laidi personally fetched hot water and asked Liu Quexian to take a bath. Then she personally washed Liu Quexian's hair without letting the two maids come.
After washing Liu Quexian's hair and drying it, she took a maid to wash her body and head. Then, after sending the two maids to sleep in another room, she wore her wet hair. The black-haired girl got on the bed first and sat on the bed, bending her thin legs covered by the underskirt. While rubbing her hair with a dry handkerchief, she looked at Liu Quexian who was still copying historical articles by candlelight on the desk and asked. : "Still not asleep?"
"You go to bed first, I have to finish copying."
Liu Quexian said, "This time I went to Suzhou and Changzhou with the Wang family. I have gained some experience."
"It turns out that there are so many gentlemen and princes who oppose Qingzhang and Kaihai!"
"They all said that the emperor was deceived by Jiang Ling. Jiang Ling, who was monopolizing power, became a traitor to the people and brought peace to the world."
"But, I always feel something is wrong. Besides, I can read. I already know from reading the Di Bao published by the newspaper copy shop that I was released from prison because the government started to clean up my husband. That's why I bought you back and bought knitting. Only with the money from the machine can I make such a big profit now."
"In addition, I also understand that opening up the sea is beneficial to us common people. As long as more seas are opened, we ordinary people can make more money without having to look at the big families."
"We don't have to kneel down and beg them to lend us money in the lean years. We don't have to thank them for buying our children after selling them."
As Liu Quexian spoke, he looked back at Laidi. Seeing that she was listening seriously, he continued: "But many gentlemen and husbands said this was wrong! They all accused Jiangling of causing harm to the country!"
"I strongly disagree!"
"I used to want to study and become an official, but I just didn't want to be bullied."
"But now I also want to let the emperor hear more than one voice in the future, and let the emperor know that there are also people who think Yuan Fu Zhang Jiangling did the right thing."
"And I'm a quiet person now, so I can't say it out yet. I'll be able to say it after I work hard to get admitted to the subject!"
Liu Quexian laughed when he said this, and said: "I have to take advantage of Wang Changgeng's pursuit of courtesans in the Qinhuai River and need money, spend more money to get more historical texts from him, and copy more, otherwise I will just Relying on the books of saints, people like me will never be able to pass the Jinshi exam in their lifetime."
Then, Liu Quexian put down his pen, stopped copying articles, and walked towards Laidi.
Laidi asked: "Why don't you copy it?"
Liu Quexian stood up and walked to Laidi and sat down.
Laidi, whose ears were a little red, took a step back and glanced at him: "Brother Xian, I am not suitable today."
At this time, Liu Quexian took out three deeds of sale: "This is yours, you can tear it up yourself. There are also two newly bought two girls, you can keep them for me. Now There are too many voices opposing the opening of the sea and the continued clearing of the sea. I am still worried that such good times will not last long, so I dare not tear them apart. But if the court really wants to further open the sea in the future, and the edicts have been issued, then , I also tore up the marriage contracts of these two girls and made new employment contracts."
"Hire?"
Laidi asked curiously.
Liu Quexian nodded and said: "In order to produce more cloth, many families in Suzhou have begun to only hire weavers and not buy anyone back home!"
"Because this allows the weavers to earn their own wages, and the more they work, the more they work. The weavers can also make a fortune, and the owner can also get more cloth and sell it for more money. It is much more cost-effective than buying it back and raising it."
"Many people even took the initiative to tear up the deeds of sale of their slaves and replace them with employment deeds, and even share the dividends! All in order to produce more cloth and earn more money."
"It's just that the future is unclear now. This new policy seems to be the intention of Jiang Ling and a few big bosses, and it may be abolished."
"In addition to many bold families, there are still many powerless ordinary merchants and shop owners who dare not turn all their slaves into hired workers and are still waiting and watching."
"After all, all the land-owning gentlemen and husbands are against it."
"And people like us may go back to the days when we were blackmailed into selling people, so we keep the two girls' deeds of sale just in case we are desperate and can sell them for money in the future."
"You don't know, in Suzhou and Changzhou, many senior officials are lecturing and criticizing the New Deal, and some senior officials from the school posted posts directly on the city gate government offices. Even though we common people want to express our support in our hearts, we are afraid of being beaten and dare not say it. .”
"Then don't tear mine up yet! There's one more to sell."
Laidi thought for a while and said seriously, and then said: "I also overheard it in the Gong family. They said that in this world, the lords and princes represent the people's hearts. If the people's hearts are not willing, His Majesty the Emperor has nothing to say, let alone what to do now." These are just Teacher Tianzi."
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"As expected of my husband! Only my husband can do this."
Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Yijun started talking with a smile after reading Zhang Juzheng's memorial to invite Jin Shen, the member of the strict management system, to discuss politics.
According to the content of Zhang Juzheng's memorial, officials, gentry and current students were required not to discuss politics, otherwise they would be stripped of their official titles and titles and become common people.
In other words, it’s not that you’re not allowed to speak, it’s just that you can’t enjoy the privileges granted by the court, eat royal food, criticize the New Deal, and be a stooge for the powerful and wealthy at the same time.
Since the imperial court wants to implement the New Deal, it will naturally not support those who oppose the New Deal.
Although this is much gentler than the Qing Dynasty when gentry members were beheaded when discussing politics, especially during the Qianlong period, if non-incumbent officials discussed politics, let alone criticized the government, even if they praised the government, they would be beheaded and shut up directly. In the liberal and tolerant Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng was already very strict in doing this!
He was very different from other scholar-officials who were unwilling to be enemies of the entire scholar-officials.
Although Zhang Juzheng began to strictly control the number of students, Zhu Yijun agreed very much, and even felt that he did not crack down on the opposition enough. However, he still asked: "Now the government and the people have a clear understanding of the clearing of land and mother land that is already being implemented and the upcoming further opening up of the sea." What kinds of sounds are there?"
"Back to your Majesty, there is only one voice between the government and the people. Both the government and the government support the Qingzhang and the further opening of the sea. The people are all opposed to the Qingzhang and the further opening of the sea."
Zhang Jing replied.
