Chapter 106 B Scroll

  Feng Ziying's academy career seemed a little unusual, but it was obviously not peaceful.

  Morning class is only half an hour, usually for self-study by students, and the lack of self-selection is strengthened.

In the morning and afternoon, the professors, teaching assistants and teaching instructors of the college are responsible for the teaching. Generally, the students in the A and B schools study the Four Books and Five Classics according to their learning progress. In the morning, they mostly study the Four Books and Five Classics. Various annotated writings.

  In the evening, several professors who have served in official positions, such as the head of the mountain and the head of the academy, or the senior scholars who came to the academy from the outside world to give lectures, are responsible for giving some lectures on the current political affairs in various places and even the government affairs decisions in the court.

  Feng Ziying never thought that Da Zhou’s academy would be so enlightened, and studying the Four Books and Five Classics would be fine, but studying and lecturing on current affairs is a bit of a feat.

   It is said that Shuntianfu Academy is relatively cautious and restrained in this aspect, while some academies in Jinling and even Jiangnan are more open in this aspect.

  Students from some academies in the south of the Yangtze River are more active in participating, and many political discourse articles are often passed on to the local government and even the Jinling Metropolitan Procuratorate and the six important officials to enter their field of vision.

   This is actually a disguised way to increase exposure opportunities, and it will also help these students to gain the attention of some DPRK and China leaders earlier, and then cultivate them.

Although Jinling, as Nanjing, has far less power than the capital, this is the imperial Nanjing after all. Many important officials from the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Sixth Department, and the General Administration Department may return to the imperial political center—the capital if they have the opportunity, so they also pay great attention to collecting The social situation and public opinion in the Jiangnan area naturally paid more attention to the views of Jiangnan scholars.

  With little candlelight, the students in the entire Yishewafang classroom were divided into several groups and listened carefully to Feng Ziying's introduction of her trip to Shandong.

"My little brother went south from Tongzhou to Dezhou. There were more than ten levels of heads hanging on the top of the city wall, which were hideous and terrifying. ... The internal reason was that the salt tax was harsh. The price is very high, so private salt dealers came into being, and as far as I know, private salt dealers are very active in Beizhili and Shandong provinces. In a sense, it seems to reduce the burden on the people. The price of salt in hand is low, but the consequences are extremely serious,..."

Immediately someone present echoed Feng Ziying's words: "The students are from Yaozhou, Shaanxi. This kind of situation is also common in Shaanxi. Illegal salt dealers travel from village to household and have great influence in the local area. Moreover, they are more powerful than local tyrants and evil gentry. Collusion,..."

   It was Song Shixiang who started the conversation.

   "Yangzhou salt merchants are the most wealthy and extravagant in the world. Why didn't the court change the salt law, let such moths profit from it, and make the people miserable, but let these merchants drink and eat..." This is Xu Qixun.

   Both Qi Yongtai and Guan Yingzhen attached great importance to this teaching course, Guan Yingzhen presided over it, and even Qi Yongtai made an exception to attend.

"I will not discuss the old rules and regulations of the imperial court for the time being, but you can first make an analysis of these phenomena, that is, the price of salt is inflated, who benefits and who suffers, and the prevalence of private salt has brought great harm to the entire imperial court. What damage, ..."

  Guan Yingzhen took the initiative to take over the topic and guide the direction.

  The academies in Shuntian Mansion are not like the academies in the south of the Yangtze River. They can easily criticize and discuss politics. At the foot of the emperor, at least they have to show some face, and Qi Yongtai and Guan Yingzhen will also consider returning to official positions in the future.

Unlike the academies in the south of the Yangtze River, many Shanchang Zhangyuan are simply some scholars who are famous in the local area, but it is still difficult to pass the entrance examination and become an official. Dare to be more presumptuous.

   In some respects, the Great Zhou also tried to imitate the former Song Dynasty. It was more tolerant of the words of literati.

   "Yu Xuan, what harm do you think this kind of private salt will bring to the imperial court and local government?" Guan Yingzhen regarded Chen Qiyu highly, with warm eyes.

   "Heading the academy, the students thought that it would first damage the court's tax revenue. Salt tax is an important revenue of the court. If it is left unchecked, it will definitely reduce tax revenue,..."

Chen Qiyu said calmly: "Secondly, it may make these private salt dealers powerful. Most of these private salt dealers are local tyrants. Once their power expands, it will bring challenges to local governance. In the late Li and Tang Dynasties, Huang Chao's rebellion was caused by the entanglement of these private salt dealers..."

  Guan Yingzhen nodded slightly. It is already very good to be able to say this step. As expected of the Three Masters of Shanxi in the East Garden, he does have some insights.

   "Ziying, what harm do you think this rampant illegal salt will bring?" Guan Yingzhen turned his head and asked.

  He also wanted to see what unique insights this guy, who was a little different from the students in the school, had.

"Headmaster, brother Yuxuan's opinion is very pertinent, but the students have been in the frontier for a long time, but they know that the food in the Nine Borders is mainly transported by the old method. There are two factors, one is that the imperial court’s salt caused confusion, which led to a decline in the value of salt quotations, and merchants’ feet, and the other was the rampant use of private salt, which damaged the interests of salt merchants, and they were unwilling to transport them again. The transportation of military supplies in the Borderlands has had a great impact, even endangering the defense of the Nine Borderlands. The Tatars are still powerful, and the Jurchens are even more unpredictable. Once the Nine Borders are empty, their soldiers can reach the capital directly. The battle of Hulun Sai and the tragedy of the orthodox emperor in the previous Ming Dynasty may repeat itself.”

  Feng Ziying’s words made the differences and gaps between him and other students present almost immediately apparent.

Chen Qiyu is considered one of the leading figures, but his vision is only focused on the harm brought about by the illegal salt sale itself, but Feng Ziying has already seen the harm brought about by the nine-sided grain transportation model that trades grain for salt. The impact and destruction even mentioned the crisis that may be brought about by the shortage of military supplies on the Nine Sides, which may directly endanger the survival of the dynasty.

  Of course this has a lot to do with Feng Ziying's special status.

  He is a son of a frontier general, and he knows something about the military affairs of the frontier area on a daily basis, so of course these things can be linked immediately.

Most of the other students in Qingtan Academy are poor children, at most they are ordinary gentry children. They don't even know much about the daily government affairs in the local area, let alone the military affairs in the border areas. Naturally, their perspective cannot be as good as Feng Ziying Such openness cannot be compensated by reading a few residence newspapers or a professor's brief introduction to the current affairs of the DPRK and China. This is Feng Ziying's advantage.

   Almost at the same time, Qi Yongtai and Guan Yingzhen frowned slightly and exchanged glances at the same time. They both saw some worry and touch in each other's eyes.

Qingtan Academy is mainly composed of poor scholars. Although it has its advantages, it is hard work, determination, strong self-motivation, and strong plasticity. However, it also has some shortcomings, such as little knowledge, narrow vision, and the mentality of most people Generally speaking, the mind is lacking. Perhaps this kind of situation may only be improved after becoming an official in the future.

  In contrast, the children of officials and gentry, and even these honorable children, have obvious advantages and disadvantages. If one or two of these children can overcome their own shortcomings, their future will be limitless.

  In Qi Yongtai's view, Feng Ziying undoubtedly has such potential.

  The shortcomings in the scriptures are actually nothing, and according to Zhou Chaozong, Feng Ziying still has a foundation in the scriptures, but there are some incompetence in studying and coping with scientific examinations. Over time, these shortcomings can be made up for.

  Qi Yongtai knew Zhou Chaozong's temperament. He said that it was fine, and if it was not, it was not.

  Guan Yingzhen also realized this, he had to say that Qiao Yingjia chose a good student.

   It cannot be said that Feng Ziying is Qiao Yingjia's disciple, but if Feng Ziying has good luck in the future, he will definitely accept Qiao Yingjia's great affection.

  This child is indeed different from others. Why does the age of twelve years old make him seem like a character who has experienced in officialdom for a long time? Even though his father had been the general of Datong for many years, it wouldn't be the case.

   Of course, Guan Yingzhen can only think about these issues. Feng Ziying is still too young, and it is too early to say that, but I have to admit that this child has great potential.

  Since this child belongs to Dongyuan now, Guan Yingzhen will certainly not miss it.

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