Wu Haowen, who was named by Zhao Ji, was not staying in Kaifeng Prefecture, but in his hometown Henan Prefecture.

He was so frustrated that he took a leave and resigned whenever he had the chance. During this period, his father Wu Chengzhi was sick, and he was not a serious illness, he was dizzy, probably because he was too fat and had high blood pressure.

When the filial son of Wu Da got the opportunity, he asked for leave and returned to Henan Prefecture to raise him by his father. Zhao Ji did not make things difficult for him, so he simply gave him a free resignation to the Shangqing Palace and sent him back to Henan Prefecture. However, he did not agree to Wu Haode leaving Kaifeng Prefecture, and even asked Wu Haode to enter the palace to study with him...

After Wu Haowen arrived in Henan Prefecture, he didn’t really have to care about the Shangqing Palace. He is not a Taoist priest, so he can control the Taoist temple?

His father Wu Chengzhi was not seriously ill, and the increase in blood pressure was mostly related to mental tension. After leaving Kaifeng Mansion, he felt a little more comfortable and his condition was relieved. Therefore, Wu Haowen didn't need to wait in front of the bed every day - in fact, Wu Haowen, a filial son, was not needed to take care of his father. His family had hundreds of servants and hired a doctor who graduated from Qingcheng Academy to be responsible for the treatment.

Therefore, Wu Haowen took advantage of his leisure to play around and did not make any big fuss. He just changed into a Confucian shirt, brought three or five followers, made an appointment with one or two confidants, rode a thin horse, and walked around, making him feel uncomfortable.

The Songyang Academy in Henan Prefecture is Wu Haowen’s favorite place to visit. Shao Bowen, a disciple of Cheng who was able to talk to Wu Haowen, is now the head of Songyang Academy, the principal.

This Songyang Grand Academy is a higher education institution of science opened on the original site of Songyang Grand Academy. The "big" of "big college" does not have the official name, and the official name is also called Songyang Grand Academy. The reason why it is called "big college" is mainly because the courses taught by this academy are in addition to traditional Confucianism, there are also "big colleges", such as theory, law, military science, mathematics, music, history, etc. The course setting and new-style universities seem to be called "big colleges".

This Songyang Academy is also a "university" recognized by the Imperial College of the Imperial College in Qingcheng Academy, Biyong Academy, Gezhidao Academy, Shanghai Arts and Sciences Academy, Yuzhou Island Yuntai Academy, and Wushu Academy. It can also accept further studies from "Jinshi students" - now universities that can accept further studies from the initial Biyong Academy to the three universities in Biyong, Qingcheng and Songyang, and the time for further studies has been shortened to one year.

Songyang Academy, located in Dengfeng County, Henan Prefecture, is the most popular university among the new Jinshi. Not only because Songyang Academy is located at the foot of the beautiful Songshan Mountain, not far from Dengfeng County, life is more comfortable. It is also because this university is a "half-new and half-old" way, which is different from the Qingcheng Academy (Qingcheng Academy belongs to the rational school) that focuses on new studies. Moreover, the academic style is relatively relaxed, and no one cares about Jinshi students skipping classes to visit mountains and visit friends.

For Jinshi who do not have much new learning skills, the courses taught by this university can not only let them understand new learning and broaden their horizons, but will not waste too much energy on new learning. In fact, most of the good men who have passed the Jinshi are a little older and are eager to become officials, so how can they have the intention to learn new learning in depth? Therefore, the courses at Songyang Academy are the most suitable for them.

In addition, Songyang Academy is critical of the rational and empirical schools, and does not attach too much importance to natural philosophy and "military sports", which is also in line with the appetite of traditional Confucian scholars.

Gradually, Songyang Academy, a half-new and half-old higher education institution, has gained a reputation among traditional civil servants. It has become an institution that can compete with first-class new universities such as Yuntai, Gezhi and Qingcheng.

The fifth year of Zhenghe (1115) happened to be the year of the competition, and another group of heroes who sang the name outside Donghua Gate came to Songyang Academy. Sometimes Wu Haowen, who would teach in the academy, could also talk to several of them, and it seemed that they could see their early self in them.

Today, the two people who came out of Songyang Academy and went to Yichuan Academy to visit Shangqing Palace outside Luoyang City were the confidants Wu Haowen made new friends. One was He Li, the great master of Zhenghe for five years. The other was a great man. The Jiangning Mansion, with the surname Qin, Hui and Huizhi.

After leaving Songyang Academy, the canyon between Shaoshi Mountain and Taishi Mountain passes through, and then enters the Luoyang Basin. There are large fields of wheat on both sides of the official road, and some villages with dilapidated buildings are scattered among them.

Several people finally arrived at an unknown Caoshizi. They were just by a clear river. The river bank was filled with willows, with lush branches and leaves. The breeze passed by, and the water waves were slightly warm, with a little charm. Caoshi occupied a large area, with several food places at the intersection, and even two-story "high buildings". However, when Wu Haowen and others arrived, they seemed depressed everywhere.

There are not many shops in the city that are open, and all the merchants selling goods are listless. When they see Wu Haowen and others, they know that they are talented men from Songyang Academy, and they don’t go up to greet them. Because they also know that the goods they sell are despised by talented men.

Wu Haowen, He Li and Qin Hui got off the horse and walked in the grass market. They wanted to find a restaurant with a stall with a stall to eat. After walking for a while, they suddenly heard someone arguing.

Several people looked in the sound and saw a few farmers carrying loads in front of a shop selling groceries, discussing with the shopkeeper in the grocery store.

"250 cottages of linen, a piece of raw silk is a piece of money." The shopkeeper said weakly.

"What!" The farmer carrying the load almost didn't believe his ears and was stunned for a moment.

"Last year, the linen was still 500 pieces per piece, and the raw silk was still 300 yuan per pound per piece."

"The year before yesterday, the year before yesterday was even more expensive!"

"Why did it fall so hard this year?"

"What's the solution? Don't you know that Jiangnan silk is coming, Tianjin cloth is like a tide? It's of high quality and durable, and has a good color. It's not easy to fade after washing. Your linen and earthen silk can't be sold for money!"

After hearing the shopkeeper's words, the farmers all became indignant.

"It's Jiangnan silk and Tianjin cloth again... Why are the people in Jiangnan and Tianjin so bad that we farmers have no money!"

"Even cloth and silk can't be sold for money, how can I finish the summer tax? How can I pay the exemption from service?"

"There are still money! Not to mention the book, I can't even pay the interest..."

"Shopkeeper, okay, give me more."

Someone pleaded.

The shopkeeper just sighed: "How to give more? Our shop is just a small business in the farm. You can't make money, and our business is difficult. The government will not reduce the taxes that the government wants to collect, so we are posting books! Let's tell you that after this year, the shop will be closed, and we will also go to Zhou State to have a meal."

This is probably not a lie, just look at this grass market. Most shops have been closed and are still open, which are quite bleak.

"Kuang Zhang?"

"So where will we sell linen and raw silk next year?"

"Go to Baibo Town, there are many big shops there."

"How to go? There are tax customs outside Baibo Town..."

The shopkeeper shook his head, "I advise you not to spin and raise silkworms, do something else. You can't make Jiangnan silk and Tianjin cloth... There are large cotton fields and mulberry gardens over there. There are thousands and tens of thousands of weaving households in the city, specializing in spinning and weaving, special dyeing workshops, and special colleges to study dyes from cloth machines. How do you compare with others if you plant a few hemp plants in the fields, insert a few mulberry trees, and spin a woman with some cloth? "

Several farmers just lamented.

"If it were Jiangnan silk and Tianjin cloth could not come in."

"Yes, why do we use Jiangnan and Tianjin things in Henan Province? Isn't it good to use local ones?"

The shopkeeper sighed: "We can't... let's do this. I'll give you ten cents of buds and twenty cents of raw silk. It's just to accumulate virtue and do good deeds. If you still think it's expensive, then take it back and keep it for clothes. Don't go to Baibo Town, there won't be a good price."

There will be no good price anywhere!

Several farmers also knew this. The linen and silk cloth could have been paid for rent and tax, and they were sent directly to the landlord. But now the landlord's family doesn't want it anymore, and they are all wearing beautiful and durable Jiangnan silk and Tianjin cloth.

The local linen and raw silk in Henan Prefecture are only farmers, servants and poor workers.

He Li looked at the peasant people and thought about the situation in his hometown in the past two years. He sighed and said to Qin Hui: "Yes, your silk in Jiangnan is really worse than natural disasters. Not only does it make Henan people lose money, but it is not easy to sell our Sichuan brocade!"

Qin Hui smiled wryly: "The situation in Jiangning Prefecture is also very good... Jiangnan silk is known as "Suzhou, Hangzhou, Embellish the Moon, and Five Prefectures Weave the World". It means that silk cloth produced in five states, including Suzhou, Hangzhou, Xiuzhou, Mingzhou, and Yuezhou, can be sold in the world. The remaining prefectures in Jiangnan have not much oil and water."

Jiangning Mansion is actually okay, but Qin Hui’s family is poor. He has no land and only lives by being a private school teacher. Naturally, he doesn’t feel the benefits of changing rice into mulberry in Jiangnan.

He Li shook her head: "This is a rich corner but poor world! Farmers have always been farming, women weaving, husbands and concubines weaving. The two taxes of the court are also summer money and autumn grain, which corresponds to it. Without women weaving, it will be difficult for farmers to get money. With a few acres of thin fields, they have to make a living, rent, autumn grain, and summer money. How can they be enough?"

Wu Haowen just smiled bitterly, and he completely agreed with He Li's view. The current court's approach is to be rich in a corner and be poor in the world. It is really a way to cause chaos!

However, in the southeast, Tianjin has already formed its power, so how easy is to reverse the situation? The emperor is just doing it, and the ministers in the court are only concerned about the present - although the summer taxes in various places are not completed well, the five prefectures and major commercial cities in the south can fill the gap in summer tax... It is really not possible, and there is also the real estate of Kaifeng Prefecture that can make money. The court has no worries about having no money at all! And there is also a group of officials from Jiangnan who have made great profits from Jiangnan silk and have become spokespersons without realizing it.

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