On the second year of Jianzhong Jingguo in the Song Dynasty, on the second day of the first lunar month, Wu Haogu, who had been resting at home for a day, went to Su Dongpo's house with Mi Youren and Su Shi early in the morning. In the flower hall of the Su Mansion, he discussed with Mr. Dongpo, who had just coaxed his children, how to deal with the situation in Haizhou Zeng Zhao might take in Tianya Town.

"Uncle, my nephew has heard some news these days." Su Shi told Su Dongpo with a smile, "Zeng Zikai seemed to be bewitched by the hidden head and Xiucai Lu, who wanted to change the rules in Tianya Town."

"Do you know who Lu Xiucai is?" Su Dongpo looked indifferent, as if he didn't care about the changes in Tianya Town's rules. Instead, he was very interested in the Lu Xiucai who wrote articles.

"His article is well written," Su Dongpo said appreciatively, "If it weren't for the pseudonym of a demoted official, I'm afraid the next Tech Competition would be able to be the winner."

Wu Haogu asked with a smile: "Why does the teacher think his article makes sense?"

"Of course there is a little reason!" Su Dongpo smiled, "Tianya Town is not Jiehe Commercial City after all, how can it make businessmen and scholars on an equal footing?"

Wu Haogu nodded repeatedly, but thought to himself: It seems that Su Dongpo partially agreed with the damn Xiucai's point of view.

"Master," Mi Youren interrupted, "Do you think this Lu Xiucai is the pseudonym of Lu Jiawen?" "It's hard to say." Su Dongpo shook his head.

"Lu Jia asked how it is now?" Wu Haogu asked.

"He's rich."

"Get rich?" Wu Haogu was stunned. He didn't know that Lu Jiawen was already a business genius now.

"Yes," Mi Youren smiled, "He was doing a carbohydrate business, bought a dock by the Yanhe River and rented a yard. In December, many carbohydrate was transported from Xuzhou and transferred to salt households in Haizhou. He estimated that he had made tens of thousands of dollars in total."

"I'm really capable!" Wu Haogu took a breath and thought: Xuzhou's carbonite and iron ore are treasures of capitalism! He had wanted to get into it for a long time, but he didn't expect that he was asked by Lu Jia to take the lead.

"What a skill?" Mi Youren said, "It's all his son-in-law Jian Xuchen and Zeng Zikai from Haizhou who are taking care of him."

"No, no, no." Wu Haogu waved his hand, "It is a skill to be able to make a business! And... he also found a good business."

Mi Youren asked: "Teacher, may you also want to do the charcoal business in Xuzhou?"

"There is more than just charcoal in Xuzhou?" Wu Haogu said with his finger, "The iron ore of Liguojian and so many porcelain kilns around Pengcheng are all easy to trade!"

"Dalang, you are a great scholar now." Su Dongpo smiled, "You can't open your mouth and shut up, it's all about business."

"What the teacher taught me is." Wu Haogu said this, but he was thinking in his heart: he must put his hand into Xuzhou when he turned around... But how should he start? It seems that he needs to study it carefully.

"Zhongnan," Wu Haogu took back his thoughts, "Did you find out how Zeng Zikai was preparing to change the rules?"

"I heard some of it," said Su Shi, "as if he was preparing to promote the administration of literati and officials. No businessman or military officer is allowed to serve as the old man and mayor of Tianya Town."

"Even military officers are not allowed?"

Su Shi said with certainty: "No."

"Teacher," Mi Youren frowned slightly when he saw Wu Haogu's brow, and whispered, "Although Zeng Zikai is the governor of Haizhou, the government orders he issued must be signed by the Tongzong to be valid."

The Tongzong and the magistrate are usually incompatible, and Haizhou is no exception. However, Wu Haogu was not sure that he could bring the Tongzong of Haizhou. Moreover, he was a military officer after all, so it was very inappropriate to openly interfere in local government affairs.

Wu Haogu shook his head, turned his gaze to Su Dongpo, and said with a smile: "Teacher, the students have something to ask for."

"Please ask?" Su Dongpo raised his eyebrows, "What's the matter with asking for?"

"I ask the teacher to come forward to visit the prefect Zeng and discuss with him the matter of improving the Tianya Shishishi's affairs."

"I came forward?"

"It is most suitable for you to come forward," Wu Haogu smiled. "You are a civil servant, you live in Tianya Town, and you are also a member of the Yuntai Academy. No one can say much about the matter of the sect."

Su Dongpo picked up his beard and nodded repeatedly. He can indeed say that he is the leader of Shilin in Tianya Town and even the entire Haizhou!

There are dozens of Su Jun disciples gathered in Yuntai Academy now, not including the students of Yuntai Academy. As for the scholars under his command, who has more? Moreover, there are many doctoral disciples who are particularly good at reasoning in Yuntai Academy. Those who are always invincible and conquered people with virtue...

"Dalang," Su Dongpo, "but he is also a scholar-official, and he does not agree with letting merchants and scholar-officials sit down and discuss."

Wu Haogu laughed, "That's right, that's right, how can merchants be equal to the scholars and officials? This dynasty shares the world with the scholars and officials, but..."

...

"Zi Kai, what kind of person do you think can be considered a scholar-official?"

In the Haizhou Prefecture Office, after visiting Su Dongpo and Zeng Zhao on the third day of the Chinese New Year, they chatted with Zeng Zhao for a few words, and suddenly asked a question that surprised Zeng Zhao.

"The scholar-officials are the collective name of scholars and civil servants."

Of course, this question is not difficult for Zeng Zhao. Zeng Zhao not only knew who the scholar-officials were, but also knew the origin and evolution process of the scholar-officials.

Zeng Bu could probably guess the purpose of Su Dongpo's question, so he said: "During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, as long as he had talent and virtue, he could be used by nobles and nobles, even if he cried, he could be called a scholar.

The nobles and officials are the emperor, the ministers assigned by the princes, who hold important positions, assist the king, and have to pay tribute to serve. At this time, the nobles and officials were not distinguished from civil and military affairs. For example, Shulianghe, the father of the saint, was the official of Zuoyi. He was ten feet tall, extremely powerful and irritable. He was one of the three tiger generals of Lu. If this person was in his dynasty, he would not be a literati, but he was a noble and official of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period.

However, the scholars and officials of this dynasty must be scholars and scholars!”

In fact, the Song Dynasty did not have a clear recognition of the scholar-officials. However, the Song Dynasty emphasized literature and over military affairs, so some people excluded military officers from the sequence of scholar-officials. If Confucius' father was born in the Song Dynasty, he would naturally not be a scholar-official.

Zeng Zhao excluded military officers from the literati to seal the loopholes of merchants participating in politics. Because there are many merchants who donated a military officer...

"Scholar?" Su Dongpo laughed, "What kind of person is considered a scholar?"

"I am a scholar!" Zeng Zhao knew that there was a trap in Su Dongpo's question, so he added, "At least you have to go to the state school or have an official position as a civil servant, or have participated in a Ministry of Rites exam."

No leakage!

Su Dongpo laughed. Of course, the content of his conversation with Zeng Zhao today has been discussed with Wu Haogu.

"Where is Yuntai Academy?" Su Dongpo asked with a smile, "My Yuntai Academy is an official school!"

"Sumen students are naturally scholars!" Zeng Zhao said, "But students who enroll as merchants must pass a trial before they can be considered scholars."

Su Dongpo smiled and said, "It's better for Zikai to do Zhou Dao, so... Brother Zikai is about to report the criteria for the recognition of this scholar-official doctor to the court?"

"Super memorial?" Zeng Zhao was stunned.

Can this matter be reported? It is one thing for the court to value civil and over military affairs, but it is another thing for excluding military officers from the literati and official officials.

Su Dongpo stroked his beard and smiled, "After the Shangyuan Festival, I will leave Haizhou, first go to Jiehe, and then go to Beijing, and prepare to discuss the Tao with Cheng Zhengshu in Kaifeng Prefecture... Then, I will also take out the theory of Zikai's scholar-officials and officials."

Still need to discuss publicly?

Zeng Zhao frowned, and his eyes were already a little unhappy when he looked at Su Dongpo. Su Dongpo was arguing!

Some things are hidden rules that cannot be said, especially in the court. Who doesn’t know Han Qi’s saying “The one who sings outside Donghua Gate is a hero”? But he wouldn’t say this when he asked a question in Chongzheng Hall. Han Qi wouldn’t even say it, and Zeng Zhao couldn’t get this matter into the court.

If you are going to stab you, how should the emperor answer? Can you say that military officers are not worthy of being literati? Not to mention that the fighters who fought to death on the northwest front are all martial artists, even many relatives in Kaifeng Prefecture have military officers. Even before the officials ascended the throne, they were military officers of Zhenning Army and Zhaode Army. Do you dare say that he is not worthy of literati? The martial artist, Pan and Gao are about to start slandering...

In addition, Su Dongpo said that he was going to Kaifeng Prefecture to discuss the truth with Cheng Yi? This matter seemed to be getting bigger and bigger! Will he make new learning a pseudo-education?

"Zizhan," Zeng Zhao frowned, "There is a public opinion on who is a scholar-official. Do you want to compete for the name of a scholar-official for merchants and martial artists?"

Su Dongpo smiled: "Of course not, but... there are not only scholars and officials in Tianya Town. People's "Lüshi Township Agreement" did not exclude farmers. Why did the "Tianya Shishi Que" exclude merchants and military officers? I'm afraid this is not appropriate?"

"Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are the last!" Zeng Zhao said, "There is also a common argument for business and business to be inferior to farmers."

"Oh," Su Dongpo smiled, "Is that military officer not as good as a farmer?"

"This..." Zeng Zhao already understood that Su Dongpo was looking for trouble, "The military officer was naturally higher than the farmer."

"Then the "Tianya Shifu" should not be prevented from participating in military officers."

Zeng Zhao asked back: "Does Zizhan want literati and warriors to be equal in Tianya Town?"

"Of course not." Su Dongpo shook his head. He was also a literati and civil servant, a leader of the Shilin. He was probably going to be the prime minister. How could he help the warrior speak?

"But warriors also have the right to participate in politics," said Su Dongpo. "I think the old town meeting in Tianya Town can be divided into three levels. The first level is scribes, the second level is warriors, and the third level is farmers, industry, commerce and civilians. Among them, the first level accounts for 50% of the elderly in the town, the second level accounts for 30% of the elderly in the town, and the third level accounts for 20% of the elderly in the town. Is this okay?"
Chapter completed!