Dealing with cultural people like Tao Yao is not what Chu Qing is good at.
What does tax inspection have to do with merchants?
The relationship is very important, merchants’ taxes must be checked.
But what does checking the merchants' taxes have to do with criticizing them in Shilin?
Chu Qing couldn't explain clearly, but even if he did, Tao Yao couldn't understand.
What kind of capitalists, blood suckers, people with a house of more than 10,000 per square meter can even hear the next door fart, etc. Even if he said it, Lao Tao would not understand.
Chu Qing couldn't explain clearly, but someone could explain it clearly to his little follower, the second prince Changxian, who had read many books about sages.
"Master Tao, since the Zhou Dynasty, most of the country has been built on agriculture, including scholars, farmers, industry, and merchants. However, merchants do not value virtue, justice, etiquette, but only profit. There are many scholars in Beijing, but there are also many merchants. But this They are merchants, but they are scholars and merchants, and most of them are scholars and merchants.”
"Shishang?"
"That's right, Shishang, a street in Nanshi and Beishi. Let's find out who is..."
Changxian has been following Chu Qing around every day lately, and he is always talking smoothly. He almost said something wrong again, so he quickly changed his words and said: "There are thousands of shops in Nanshi and Beishi. When you step in, everything is sold and everything is sold. You are greeted by the smiling face of the shopkeeper. , but if he blushed, the shopkeeper Baozhun called out a string of names. They were all ministers of the court, all from wealthy families, they seemed to be merchants, but they were all under the names of scholars. They could be called scholars and merchants. These merchants were all over the capital. In the middle, the people dare not provoke, the officials dare not investigate, and there is lawlessness. Just say that after the summer, the refugees gathered in the south of the city. Grain merchants, material merchants, and dental shops were lawless. They broke the bones and sucked the marrow. They were crazy. Such scholars and merchants were a great evil to the country and a great evil to the people. !”
Changxian's words were loud and loud, and his face turned red. However, Tao Yao was not that kind of angry young man. When he heard the word "scholar and merchant", he wanted to pack explosives to blow up the shop. Instead, he held up the tea cup and thought thoughtfully. .
"It seems that this scholar-shang has gained ill-gotten wealth, but he is a scholar-shang..."
Tao Yao looked at Chu Qing and smiled slightly: "Since it is a shop in the name of a scholar, how can I denounce their merchants to the scholars?"
Chu Qing smiled bitterly.
Yes, isn't this letting people spray themselves?
For a moment, Chu Qing didn't know what to say. Unexpectedly, a cunning look flashed across Changxian's eyes, and he spoke again with a look of indignation.
"Master Tao, you always teach your students and the emperor that a gentleman is to righteousness just as a villain is to benefit. It is a profound metaphor that is good and sincere, and the students will keep it in mind. Just as Chengzi asked, Yang said He said, "There are gentlemen who sacrifice life for righteousness, and if they say it for the benefit of others, then what people want is nothing more than life, and what they hate is nothing more than death. Who would sacrifice life for righteousness?"
Tao Yao's face turned red and he was quite embarrassed.
Changxian put it bluntly, "Old man, there is something wrong with you. You always go to the palace and my eldest brother has to rely on you for nothing. What should we do? Be a gentleman, don't be a villain, don't care about gains and losses, know the trade-offs, When you see something unfair, you have to yell. But now when something happens, you want to chat with me about reality and society. Then you were jabbering a lot before, and you can't even express feelings yourself. Then you and our brother What are you two talking about?
Changxian stood up, saluted Tao Yao solemnly, and dealt another critical blow to break the defense.
"The sky covers selflessly, the earth carries selflessly, the sun and moon shine selflessly, students and royal brothers who want to imitate Master Tao have no other choice but to act according to morality and righteousness."
Hey, if you want to be a gentleman, if you are a gentleman like you, the pottery master, then I will imitate you.
Tao Yao couldn't sit still anymore and said with a forced smile: "Okay, okay, it's not in vain that I have worked so hard to teach your highness and the prince. Then I will have a fight with the gentleman in the capital and this scholar-shang villain." .”
A smile appeared on Changxian's lips: "Master Tao is righteous."
Tao Yao smiled sarcastically.
I was careless and didn't dodge.
Chu Qing was completely like a duck listening to thunder. Changxian said a lot, but he understood every word, but when these words were put together, he didn't understand.
Chu Qing also stood up and gave a salute, imitating Chang Xian's look with a look of admiration on his face.
"Master Tao is righteous."
Tao Yao secretly felt bitter for being put in such a trap by Chang Xian, and he didn't want to sell the goods at the end of the day to sell his daughter. The two parties exchanged a few polite words before sending Chu Qing and Chang Xian out of the main hall.
Noticing that Chu Qing was limping, Tao Yao looked concerned: "My nephew, are your legs and feet injured?"
"Hi, it's a trivial matter. Twelve assassins from the Li family ambushed me in the south of the city last night."
"Thieves are so cowardly, where are those thieves?"
Chu Qing laughed: "I'm standing in front of you."
The implication is, I stand in front of you, what do you say?
Tao Yao couldn't laugh or cry.
You have quite a sense of humor.
"My dear nephew, I need to practice more." Tao Yao paused and asked nervously, "Will he recover?"
Lao Tao's meaning is already very obvious. If you are limping all the time after you get the root of the disease, then my daughter...'s bride price will have to be increased!
"It's okay. It'll be fine in ten days and a half."
Tao Yao breathed a sigh of relief, and then thought about it. Twelve assassins didn't kill this kid. It can be seen that Xiao Chu has a good body, and he has a bit of the old man's demeanor.
Many civil servants particularly hated the generals and the army. They scolded them for killing talents, killing Han, and so on.
A large part of the reason is not that they look down on the illiteracy of the generals, but mainly because when the two sides quarrel, they will fight against each other, and they still can't beat them. Therefore, what literati hate is not hooligans who know martial arts, but simple hooligans, and everyone also respects civility and martial arts. To have the best of both worlds, literature comes first and martial arts comes second. It is best to know literature and know martial arts even better. If you have no culture at all and only know about "wu" and "wu" in one day, then it will not work.
Seeing that Chu Qing was a "good at both civil and military skills", Tao Yao's impression of the former was almost full.
Of course, Lao Tao didn't know at all that when it came to the assassins in the south of the city, Chu Qing's performance was not as good as his eldest daughter. She acted as a pig teammate throughout the whole process. When fighting the assassins, Tao Ruolin didn't even sweat a drop, but Chu Qing carried her all the way back. Tao Ruolin lost half her life from exhaustion.
After leaving the Moon Gate, everyone walked towards the outside of the mansion. At this moment, a figure walked out of the garden, standing tall and graceful in a red gauze skirt.
"father."
The person who came was none other than Tao Zhongyuan, the young lady of the Tao family.
Before Tao Yao could speak, Tao Zhongyuan saw Chu Qing jumping on one leg and frowned deeply: "Is it you, a boastful brat?!"
Tao Yao blushed and scolded: "Yuan'er, please don't be unreasonable to Mr. Chu."
Chu Qing rolled his eyes fiercely.
He didn't have a good impression at all of this second young lady of the Tao family.
Your eldest sister has sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, which can save the country and the people. You, the second lady, have sharp teeth and a sharp mouth. She is just annoying. You are bragging about children. Who the hell are you calling young?
Tao Zhongyuan looked suspicious and saw Changxian again, then she squatted slightly and saluted: "Zhongyuan has met King Langya."
Changxian's face remained normal and he nodded slightly.
"Dad, why is he here?"
"You dare to be unreasonable." Tao Yao raised his eyebrows and said quickly: "King Langya and Chu Qing, the deputy commander of the Qianqi Camp, Mr. Chu, visited my father today to discuss important matters, but they were not polite."
"Deputy Commander of Qianqiying?" Tao Zhongyuan's face was full of astonishment: "He?"
"Yes, welcome."
"Didn't you say that he is just a dandy in the capital who only knows how to fly eagles and talk without restraint? Why did he become the deputy commander of the Thousand Cavalry Battalion?"
Tao Yao's old face turned red again: "That's nonsense, that's what your elder brother said."
Chu Qing: "..."
Tao Zhongyuan's face was full of suspicion, but when his father kept winking, he gave a very perfunctory salute: "I've met Deputy Commander Chu."
Tao Yao was deeply afraid that his second daughter would be careless again, so she hurriedly laughed, raised her hand and made a gesture of invitation, and continued to lead Chu Qing and Changxian out.
Chu Qing glanced sideways at Tao Zhongyuan and curled his lips.
We both grew up under the same roof, so the gap in life is too big. The most important thing is that you don't have as long legs as your sister.
Tao Yao personally sent the two of them outside the house, and Chen Yan and others were waiting for them for a long time.
The guards dispersed, and Qianqiying's scouting horses guarded Chu Qing on both sides. Changxian personally opened the door of the carriage and helped Chu Qing up.
Tao Yao nodded secretly.
With this reputation and majesty, it would be a pity not to be the son-in-law of my Tao family.
Until Chu Qing and his party gradually went away, Tao Zhongyuan came out with a look of confusion on his face.
"Dad, why did he become the deputy commander of the Qianqi Battalion again? Why did the Qianqi Battalion come to see you?"
Tao Yao stroked his beard and smiled, with a smile on his face: "What else can I do? I specially come to the mansion to visit my father. Mr. Chu admires my father very much. No, I came to the mansion to visit my father and have a chat by the way..."
Tao Yao couldn't be happy anymore and suddenly remembered something.
That's not right, I still don't understand it. If you check the taxes, check the taxes. Why do you let me take Shilin to criticize the merchants?
