Before Di Renjie finished speaking, he saw a servant hurriedly walked to Zhang Jianzhi and whispered a few words.
Li Zhi noticed that the master and servant were looking here, and felt something was wrong.
Looking back, he saw another attendant wearing the same clothes, standing behind him.
A man appeared behind him inexplicably, with a charming smile on his face. Di Renjie jumped to his feet, "Hey! Who is that person?"
Zhang Jianzhi also walked up to him and said, "My father invites Young Master Renjie and Prince Jin to come to the mansion for a reunion."
Gongsun Xiaoniang walked up to Li Zhi and became alert when she saw that he seemed to be malicious. She was a little annoyed that she didn't bring the imperial guards to protect him.
Because His Highness Prince Jin didn't like having too many people following him around, she stopped letting people follow her.
Li Zhi took a step forward and straightened his clothes, "Are you sure you want to meet Zhang Xuanbi this time?"
Di Renjie sighed: "It seems there is no way to escape this disaster."
Zhang Jianzhi smiled and said: "Actually, my father is a very easy-going person."
He spoke very casually, and when Di Renjie took another look at the two attendants, the smiles on their faces were quite charming.
Zhang Jianzhi walked quite gracefully with his hands behind his back.
Li Zhi walked up to him with his hands in his arms and asked, "Jianzhi, what do you want from us?"
"Perhaps I want to get drunk with His Highness Prince Jin."
"What a coincidence, I don't drink."
"well……"
Zhang Jianzhi let out a long sigh and said, "Although I failed the imperial examination, I am only fifteen years old. It doesn't matter. I can come back next year."
"It's great that Brother Cambodia can figure it out. Can you not meet your old guy this time?" Di Renjie stepped forward and asked.
After saying that, Zhang Jianzhi glanced at the two servants behind him, and at this moment, many tribes appeared around him.
Several people wanted to run away, but this time it was difficult to run away. It was summer now. Di Renjie observed that their clothes were thin and they probably did not carry weapons.
The servants next to Zhang Jianzhi said: "Actually, there are people watching King Jin, but they have not come. Don't worry, little lady, if we dare to touch a hair of His Highness King Jin, we will most likely die on the spot." .”
The attendant's voice was very unpleasant and sharp. When I thought about it, it sounded like a eunuch speaking.
Di Renjie asked: "All the attendants in your family are palace servants? As expected of a great Confucian family, is there still such a custom in Xiangyang?"
These things always arouse Di Renjie's curiosity.
Zhang Jianzhi explained, "Actually, my father is from Fanyang Fangcheng. I was born in Xiangyang, but fortunately I was in Xiangyang. If I were in Fanyang, I am afraid that my family would not be able to escape the chaos in the family."
"I see."
Di Renjie kept nodding.
Lady Gongsun looked around. Someone was always protecting Prince Jin?
Everyone was silent, and footsteps came into a courtyard densely.
Since the emperor wanted to rebuild Qujiang Pool, the houses around Qujiang Pool have also become more expensive. For a time, many dignitaries have settled their residences here. There is both Qujiang Pool and the former Royal Forest Garden. This place quickly became a place for dignitaries. The place where people come to Chang'an City.
The DPRK and China also have selfish motives for this, and land prices here have also risen as a result.
When this place is completely renovated, its value will increase several times.
Zhang Xuanbi was not only a scholar from a distinguished family, but he was also a wealthy family who was able to buy a house in a place like Chang'an City to arrange for his son to take the imperial examination and become an official.
Li Zhi and Di Renjie walked into the courtyard with anxiety.
There were three or five poorly dressed scholars in sight, and they were packing up their books.
Several people walked into the main hall under the guidance of servants.
Zhang Xuanbi took his seat in the main hall.
Li Zhi and Di Renjie quickly saluted, "I've met the old gentleman."
With a smile on his face, Zhang Xuanbi said again: "His Royal Highness, Prince Jin, please take your seat quickly."
Everything here is arranged in a very regulated manner, and Li Zhi also knows that Zhang Xuanbi is a relatively conservative group of scholars, and he must pay attention to etiquette when dealing with such people.
After the two of them took their seats, they looked at Zhang Jianzhi again. He still looked like a dandy, sitting upright and picking his nose.
Zhang Xuanbi frowned and said, "I heard that His Highness King Jin is a disciple of Lishan?"
Sure enough, that's what he said from the beginning.
He was mentally prepared, but when he heard the question, Li Zhi still felt a little bit in his heart. After a moment of recovery, he said again: "The boy has indeed studied in Lishan for several years, and has followed his brother-in-law since he was sensible."
"well……"
Zhang Xuanbi sighed.
Several people fell silent again.
Suddenly I heard him ask again: "Won't King Jin ask me why I sighed?"
Li Zhi forced a smile and asked, "Why is the old gentleman sighing?"
Zhang Xuanbi poured a bowl of tea and said, "Lishan's knowledge is indeed good. There is a saying in the world that there are good and bad knowledge in Lishan. This tea is good, but the others are bad."
Li Zhi frowned and said, "Which of the things the old gentleman said are bad?"
Zhang Xuanbi smiled and said: "They are all bad."
Di Renjie kept winking, signaling King Jin to stop talking. The old gentleman had his own opinions on Lishan, so there was no need to argue.
Li Zhi frowned and said: "The old man thinks that Lishan knowledge is bad, but Lishan knowledge is indeed benefiting Guanzhong."
"Hahaha..." Zhang Xuanbi said again: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin is young, so he will naturally be influenced by others. Lishan made a clock, divided the twelve o'clock into twenty-four hours, and even divided the time strictly into components and hours. , or even seconds between breaths, isn’t this harsh on the world?”
"This has never happened since ancient times. Isn't Lishan doing this just to enslave the world?"
Li Zhi said seriously: "Old sir, time already exists and cannot be ignored. Is it right to ignore the passage of time for the sake of the so-called Huang-Lao philosophy? Even if Lishan does not use hours, minutes and seconds, people will not go there Will time not pass if we face it squarely?"
Zhang Xuanbi smiled and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin is saying that Mount Li is harsh, but the world is confused?"
"I never said this, the old gentleman misunderstood."
Zhang Xuanbi said again: "I'm going to talk about Lishan's use of manpower as a resource to coordinate and exhaust the people's power in Guanzhong. Since ancient times, virtuous kings have been frivolous and weak in gifts. What is Lishan going to do? Is it just for wealth to exhaust the people's power?"
Di Renjie lowered his head, feeling that he could not stop King Jin at this time. If someone said that King Jin was wrong about himself, these things could be tolerated.
But if Lishan's knowledge is wrong, King Jin will take it seriously.
Li Zhi simply stood up and looked directly at the famous scholar, "Old sir, have people been rich since Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty?"
Zhang Xuanbi nodded and said, "That's natural."
Li Zhi added: "May I ask, old gentleman, were the villagers wealthy at that time? The aristocratic family had abundant barns, but how many acres did an ordinary family have?"
Zhang Xuanbi slapped the table and was about to say something.
Li Zhi continued to speak loudly: "In the early years of Zhenguan, how many idle ruffians were there in Chang'an City? How did these people make a living without any work? A good man became a ruffian and an idle man. Is this what the old man calls the prosperous age?"
Zhang Xuanbi said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin is stubborn and stuck in too deep. The Taoist scriptures say that I do nothing, and the people will change themselves. I like to be quiet, but the people will be upright. I have nothing to do, and the people will become rich. I have no desire." , and the people are simple, does the King of Jin dare to judge these?"
Li Zhi snorted coldly: "The old man is wrong again. The Taoist Scriptures also discuss it on this basis. The Tao has laws, and the laws govern the operation of everything in the universe. Everything follows the laws, rather than just doing nothing."
"Everything in the universe?" Zhang Xuanbi pondered for a while, stroking his beard, "Whose opinion is this?"
Li Zhi smiled and said: "This is Lishan's opinion. Lishan is good at dialectics and argumentation. For Lishan, people's lives are inseparable from materials. The lack of materials leads to poverty in Guanzhong. If Guanzhong can be rich, the products will naturally be rich. If anyone If everything remains the same, then the world can only remain the same."
Zhang Xuanbi said coldly: "What a shameless brat, what a hard argument, what Lishan did today will be criticized by the world."
Li Zhi added: "Old sir, it's not Lishan that enslaves the people of Guanzhong, it's Lishan that gives them labor, it's Lishan that makes Guanzhong rich."
"How many people could afford to eat grapes in the past? The villagers in the twelve counties of Chang'an City used to be poor. They couldn't even afford more than ten dollars because of difficulties in making a living."
"Once they encounter a natural disaster, they can only sell their fields for food to prevent themselves from starving to death. When the natural disaster passes next year, they can only borrow land from others for farming in exchange for less food, so that more fields and wealth can be lost. Where?"
Zhang Xuanbi stroked his beard and said nothing.
Li Zhi simply sat in front of the old gentleman and said: "These fields naturally came into the hands of people like the old gentleman. Isn't this the origin of land annexation?"
Zhang Xuanbi said solemnly: "I don't have to do this. Naturally, many powerful people will send me money."
You, Zhang Xuanbi, have extraordinary talents that ordinary people cannot match. As long as you go to that station, someone will rush to give you money.
Li Zhi raised his head and looked at him, "Now the twelve counties in Guanzhong have become rich, and every household has surplus money. If there is a disaster, they don't have to sell off their fields. Even if there is no harvest from farming for a year, they can still Take the risks.”
"Through the efforts of the Marquis of Lishan County, crops in Guanzhong have become abundant, the value of acres has become higher, and fewer people want to sell their fields to survive. Old sir, do you still doubt that Lishan is wrong?"
"Lishan has always believed that labor creates wealth. Lishan's wealth is enough to prove it. Now the twelve counties of Chang'an are also proving this statement. These measures have made fewer idle people in Guanzhong, and people will not rely on burning, killing and looting. To gain wealth.”
"In other words, they are more willing to work in workshops because they can get money and a place to live. There are currently thirty-five workshops in the twelve counties of Chang'an, each of which can accommodate hundreds of people."
"There are still more than 40 workshops under construction in Guanzhong. In another two years, hundreds of thousands of people in Guanzhong will be working."
"Do you get something for your hard work?" Zhang Xuanbi shook his head and said, "Lishan has imprisoned the world in hard work, and there is no way to rise."
"No." Li Zhi refuted: "Labor creates wealth, and the wisdom of workers can improve technology, which also makes productivity further."
Zhang Xuanbi said: "In my opinion, Lishan ignores secular ethics for the sake of profit. When Lishan puts greater interests in front of him, Zhang Yang will throw away all conscience and loyalty. This has been the case for businessmen since ancient times. All morality and conscience cannot stop their drive for profit."
Listening to the increasingly exciting debate between Li Zhi and his father, Zhang Jianzhi also put down the grapes in his hand, thinking that the debate could end soon.
Li Zhi asked again: "Do we have to choose between cultivating one's health and recuperating one's health or fishing all the time?"
"Perhaps for the old gentleman, this is a helpless move. You would prefer that the land can continue to be annexed."
Zhang Xuanbi smiled and said: "You can just tell me what you are saying and listen to it. If you tell the Confucian scholars outside, will they listen? It is a fact that Mount Li has enslaved the world. There is no way to argue with this."
Li Zhi spoke firmly and said: "Manpower is productivity, and productivity is wealth. This is also an indisputable fact. Old sir, let's wait for another four years and see how the land of Guanzhong will change."
"Okay." Zhang Xuanbi snorted coldly: "If you don't agree, people outside will say how I bully young people. Then wait four years and see what the scene is like in Guanzhong in four years. I think that after four years there will be talents in Guanzhong." Withered, smiling at the people of Guanzhong who looked like soulless bodies."
An old man and a young man made a four-year agreement.
Zhang Xuanbi glanced at his son again, who was looking down at the table.
Take a closer look, what is your son doing?
This time he finally saw it clearly, and he was so idle that he started counting grape seeds.
"Ahem..."
Hearing the cough, Zhang Jianzhi finally sat upright.
Zhang Xuanbi felt tired again towards this unlearned and incompetent son, and whispered: "His Royal Highness, Prince of Jin, studied under Lishan and is still working in the Assistant Academy?"
"Yes, the emperor arranged it."
Zhang Xuanbi nodded and said, "Can I let Cambodian Zhi also go to the Imperial College to enroll?"
"ah?"
"Well, if this kid can study in the Imperial College, I believe he will be able to become an official. This kid in my family is actually very talented."
Li Zhi watched Zhang Xuanbi's attitude change, and he pretended to be a great scholar to refute the Lishan School.
Now Zhang Jianzhi was brought out, he seemed to be asking for help.
Li Zhi took a sip of tea and forgot that he was sitting in front of Zhang Xuanbi's case. The bowl belonged to someone else. He had just talked a little too much and was thirsty, so he took a sip without thinking.
Putting the tea bowl down in confusion, Li Zhi said again: "I'm afraid this is..."
Zhang Xuanbi said sadly: "If it doesn't work, I can only send this child to prison and let him study hard in prison. He is extremely talented, but he is not easy to learn. If he is tutored well, he will be a pillar in the future."
After saying that, the old gentleman stroked his beard and said with a smile: "What do you think, His Highness the King of Jin?"
Li Zhi smiled awkwardly, "Jianzhi is indeed very talented."
"Well, I originally thought that this time he would be able to take the imperial examination and become an official, but I didn't expect that he would fail this time. Later I found out that this child was hanging out with His Highness the Prince of Jin, Di Renjie and others, and that's why he behaved like this. It's because I have little discipline."
Li Zhi's scalp tightened when he heard this, and he quickly said: "After I go back, I will visit the old master Kong Yingda and let Brother Cambodia enter the Imperial College."
"Well, in addition to hanging out with each other, friends also help each other. From now on, this boy will have to be taken care of by His Highness Prince Jin."
"What about you?" Li Zhi asked.
"I..." Zhang Xuanbi nodded and said, "I want to go to Qilu and meet my old friends."
