"That's nonsense!"
Su Chengwang hummed: "A good man should aim everywhere, and a real man should serve his family and country. Uncle Si Nan named you Qingyun, isn't it because he hopes that you will fly thousands of miles and fly high?"
"That's just my father's best wish."
Perhaps this is indeed Shen Xiong's purpose in naming his son Qingyun, but it is obvious that he is a failed father.
The original person would have such virtue, which is inseparable from Shen Xiong.
After replacing Shen Qingyun, if you think about it carefully, the Earl's son is already at the top of countless people. As long as he doesn't commit suicide, he will never be able to enjoy all the glory and wealth in this life.
Shen Qingyun smiled and said: "And if you think about it, with my background, even if I have no talent or virtue, if I want to, I will definitely be able to find an official position, whether it is a low-level official or an important minister in the six ministries, these are all poor families in the empire. On the path of changing one's destiny against fate, if there is one more of me, wouldn't there be one less seat and one less person from a humble family?
I am already so rich, and they may not be able to catch up with me in their lifetime, so why should I steal their future and their way out? "
"This..." Su Chengwang fell silent immediately after hearing this.
Shen Qingyun saw this and said again: "Please think carefully about whether this is true?"
Su Chengwang knew that what Shen Qingyun said was unreasonable, but for a moment he didn't know how to refute it, so he could only glare at Shen Qingyun and took a depressed sip of wine.
Shen Qingyun chuckled and quickly gave Su Chengwang another glass.
Glancing out of the corner of his eye, he saw a familiar figure flashing among the crowd in the wind and snow.
"Old man, please drink first..."
Before Su Chengwang had time to respond, he saw Shen Qingyun quickly walking out of the room.
"This kid..." Su Chengwang smiled and shook his head.
"Old Prime Minister."
Yue Lianshuang's voice sounded outside the door.
"Come in." Su Chengwang responded.
Yue Lianshuang pushed the door open and bowed lightly to Su Chengwang. Su Chengwang raised his hand to signal Yue Lianshuang to sit down.
"Why is the princess here?"
Yue Lianshuang said: "People from the Seventh Department found traces of that man. I happened to be leading people to search nearby. I saw the old Prime Minister here and came to pay my respects."
"I see."
"That person just now was Shen Qingyun?"
"That's right." Su Chengwang nodded and said with a smile: "The princess has some connections with him, why do you avoid him?"
Yue Lianshuang shook her head slightly when she heard the words, "It's not that I avoided it deliberately, it's just that we didn't know each other very well in the first place, so it was hard to get along when we met."
"That's true." Su Chengwang smiled and said, "This kid has been trying to find out my identity. If you meet him, won't I be exposed?"
Yue Lianshuang said: "I sent someone to check Shen Qingyun, and it is true that as the old prime minister said, he does have some tricks."
"I have lived for most of my life, and I have not misjudged a few people."
"Old Prime Minister Guo has a sharp eye."
Su Chengwang laughed when he heard this, "Did the princess hear what I just said to him?"
"Um."
"Does it make sense?"
"It's all nonsense." Yue Lianshuang said calmly: "The imperial court selects the most important talents, whether they are from a poor family or a noble family. If they are really capable, they will be able to make a difference."
Su Chengwang shook his head and said: "If he hears what you said, he will have to say that you don't have back pain when you stand and talk.
It is true that the most important talents in the imperial court are the most important, but the difference between a humble family and a noble family is that those who are capable may not be able to stand out. "
Yue Lianshuang bowed and said, "Please give me some advice from the old Prime Minister."
Su Chengwang said slowly: "If the appointment of officials in the imperial court is really fair and just, if we look at the six important ministers, there will be only a few people from poor families.
The princess has a noble status and is naturally not exposed to the darkness of the officialdom. The nobles and clans are united in the same spirit, and it is not uncommon to suppress people from humble beginnings. There are many children from aristocratic families such as Shen Qingyun who clearly have no talents, but still insist on holding high positions. What was given to the children of poor families was nothing more than leftovers that the nobles did not want. "
Yue Lianshuang also fell silent after hearing this, not knowing how to respond for a while.
Su Chengwang smiled and said: "At least Shen Qingyun is right about one thing. Without him, a position will be vacant, and others will have more opportunities. What do you think, Princess?"
"It makes sense."
On the other side, Shen Qingyun looked around after leaving the restaurant, trying to find the figure just now among the people passing by.
"What is the prince looking for?"
Shen Qingyun shook his head, "I seemed to have seen Miss Qiaoer just now."
Hearing this, Zhong Qi also looked around, "The prince must have seen it wrong, right?"
"Maybe." Shen Qingyun shrugged, "I originally thought she would seek revenge on Zhou Bing soon, but she has been very calm these days. It seems she is planning something."
Zhong Qi nodded slightly and said, "But isn't Miss Qiaoer's father still in Zhou Bing's hands? And Zhou Bing has already released the news, so why does she do nothing? Doesn't she still know?"
Shen Qingyun shook his head, "Since she is in the city, it is impossible that she does not know about this matter. She is not impulsive, which means she still has some brains. But I really can't think of what she wants to do. Maybe she is just at her wits' end."
Shen Qingyun really couldn't think of any way Qiao'er could take revenge. She was not a martial arts master, so there was really no way for a weak woman like her to accomplish anything.
"Let's go, the old man is still waiting for me."
Shen Qingyun was slightly disappointed when he didn't find Qiao'er, but he had no choice but to go back.
When he arrived at the door of the restaurant, he saw several beggars crouching across the street, begging with their hands in their hands. Shen Qingyun glanced at them and ordered: "Old Qi, give them some money."
"yes."
Shen Qingyun came back with a smile, but saw that Su Chengwang had a strange look on his face and said in shock: "What's wrong with you?"
"I was thinking about what you just said."
"What words? Which words?"
Su Chengwang shook his head, "If a child from a poor family wants to stand out, do they really need the nobles to 'give in'?"
Shen Qingyun was stunned when he heard this, thought for a while and said: "If there is less suppression, it will naturally be easier for children from poor families to rise to power, but it is not absolute. How can a truly capable person not be able to get ahead?"
Why do these words sound so familiar?
Su Chengwang's expression became a little exciting. Didn't Yue Lianshuang say the same thing just now?
"Let's look at the six departments of the imperial court. How many of them come from poor families? Are they all incompetent? In my opinion, it's not that they have no ability, but that they have no power and no one to help them."
Su Chengwang retorted to Shen Qingyun with the words he just retorted to Yue Lianshuang.
"Of course what you said makes sense, but it is not absolute." Shen Qingyun said with a smile: "The reason why people in high positions rarely come from poor families is not only because the nobles suppressed the Han people, but also because most of the nobles The ability is stronger than that of the Han Clan, so don’t forget that it is true that the nobles suppress the Han Clan, but there are also people who suppress the nobles and support the Han Clan."
Suppress the noble clan and support the Han clan? Su Chengwang was stunned when he heard this, and then reacted instantly.
Who is suppressing the noble clan and supporting the Han clan? Of course he is the current emperor.
"Absurd!" Su Chengwang's eyes were slightly sick, and he shouted in a low voice: "Both of them have spent ten years in the cold window. They are the same people, and they are also studying. How can the gentry clan be better than the Han clan?"
Shen Qingyun shook his head and chuckled: "We are the same people, but different people. We are both reading, but we are reading different books.
The educational resources possessed by the nobles are unmatched by the Han people. They can learn things that the Han people cannot and read books that the Han people cannot. Therefore, their horizons are generally broader and they will be more informed. Because they have this condition.
But the Han tribe is different. The reason why the Han tribe is the Han tribe is because they are poor and downtrodden. The cost of their education itself is a burden to them, even more than the burden of survival..."
After saying that, Shen Qingyun paused, looked at Su Chengwang and said, "I said this, can you understand?"
"I'm not that stupid, just keep talking."
Shen Qingyun smiled when he heard this and said: "For example, a book is divided into two volumes, and the Han clan has no money left, so he can only buy one volume and read it, but the noble clan is different, he can read them all. Read, in this way, will the noble clan have more knowledge than the Han clan?
Of course, because the gentry had good material conditions, they did not work in farming and did not have to worry about their livelihood, so even if they were studying, they might not be dedicated to studying hard, but it would not be too bad if they were influenced by what they heard and saw.
Although from His Majesty's point of view, it is of course necessary to use the poor family to suppress the nobles, but the premise is that it does not affect the stability of the court. If the children of the poor family cannot be used, even if His Majesty wants to promote them, there is nothing he can do. "
"Well..."
After listening to Shen Qingyun's explanation, Su Chengwang was extremely shocked.
Indeed, even if the emperor wants to balance the power of the imperial court and re-employ the poor people, the people who are re-employed must be really capable.
The emperor would never use national affairs as a bargaining chip to suppress the nobles.
"What you said... does make some sense."
In the end, Su Chengwang had to admit that Shen Qingyun was right.
"It may not be completely correct when it comes to the imperial court's national policy of selecting talents and promoting talents, but I think you can understand the reasoning behind it."
"Yes." Su Chengwang nodded and said, "You have a unique perspective. Even I only think that it is too difficult for a child from a poor family to get ahead, mostly because of the oppression of the gentry. I never thought of this."
Shen Qingyun smiled and said: "You are always concerned about the country and the people, and naturally you are accustomed to looking at problems from the perspective of the weak. But it does not mean that you are weak. Everyone hates being rich and being unkind, but everyone hates being rich and unkind more than yourself. , because I have none, so I have to oppose. Because I am not a noble, so I have to resist the nobles... Of course, many nobles are indeed dirty.
This is called class difference, and it is also class contradiction. "
"Class conflict?" Su Chengwang was stunned. This was a new word to him.
"Then tell me, if it were you, how would you change this situation?"
"Change the situation?" Shen Qingyun said blankly: "Change what situation?"
"Of course, the gentry family is the dominant one and controls the government."
Shen Qingyun shook his head and said with a smile: "So, you still don't understand the core of the problem."
