"You have something else in your words!"

Qin Huizhi left, and Qin Mowen was staring at Fu Xiaoguan.

Fu Xiaoguan patted Qin Mowen on the shoulder and said, "Brother Mowen, don't think too much. This is because Mr. Qin and I have different political views. For official business, please don't involve the relationship between us brothers."

Since the matter involved his father, Qin Mowen did not comment on Qin Huizhi's words just now. Of course, he naturally thought that his father was wrong.

As the former governor of Jiangbei Province, he had witnessed the prosperity of Yao County's business with his own eyes.

When Yan Xiwen first took office, after two years of collecting taxes from Yao County, there was no silver in the treasury, and even no grain. However, it only took Yao County less than a year to recover, and now the people in Yao County have a good income. When he left Jiangbei Road, the silver in Yao County's treasury had reached more than 300,000 taels!

This is not the tax paid by those workshops, but the tax collected by the Yao County government after transactions are conducted in those shops in Yao County.

I still remember when I went to Yao County, Yan Xiwen took me to inspect all the workshops and said with high spirits that in the long run, Yao County would be rich, Linjiang would be rich, Jiangbei Road would be rich, and Yu Dynasty would be rich!

So when he learned that he was going to take up the post in Kansai Province, the first thing he thought of was to bring business there.

These days he visited many businessmen in Jinling, lobbying them to go to Guanxi Road to invest and set up workshops next spring. Among them, Xiangnan, the owner of Jiumozhai, was one of the businessmen he had invited.

But my father objected unreasonably!

So he was unwilling to stay at home, but often ran out and stayed at Qin Bingzhong's house.

Even an old Confucian scholar like his great grandfather understood that Fu Xiaoguan's move would bring a new situation to the Yu Dynasty, but his father, who was in a high position, was old-fashioned, corrupt and difficult to communicate with, which made Qin Mowen very worried.

"Don't take Lord Qin's words to heart." Fu Xiaoguan looked at Qin Mowen's depressed expression and persuaded him, "The New Policy is a new thing after all. If you think about it carefully, you will understand that there are actually many people like Lord Qin.

The rise of merchants' status would threaten the status of the three classes of scholars, farmers, and workers. Scholars, in particular, studied for ten years to gain a degree and enter the officialdom, while merchants, simply by using their brains and money, could gain status and wealth. This naturally repelled and resented the hard-working students.

"By the same token, if an official has been in office for decades and still lives a less comfortable life than a businessman, then his job as an official is meaningless. Therefore, this struggle will continue for a long time, and the clash of ideas will become more and more intense. Of course, in the end, this trend will be unstoppable, the status of merchants will be established, and the thinking of officials will also have to change."

Fu Xiaoguan did not say that the court officials would eventually serve the merchants and the people of the world. Even Qin Mowen found it hard to accept this statement. Let the tide of history slowly roll over it.

Qin Bingzhong spent two hours carefully reading the code, then sat back in front of the tea table and discussed the ideas and questions in it with Fu Xiaoguan for another two hours.

It was already dusk, but Qin Bingzhong was still not satisfied.

"Wen Xingzhou is a man of great talent, and I am not as good as him! But I can see your writing here, brother. Therefore, this code of law must be a combination of Wen Xingzhou's Neo-Confucianism and your code of law, complementing each other into one. Therefore, if this 'Neo-Confucian Code of Law' were to be made public, it would surely cause a sensation."

"The Yu Dynasty was deeply influenced by the teachings of the Holy Spirit. I think this code wouldn't encounter much resistance if it were implemented during the Wu Dynasty. But if it were implemented during the Yu Dynasty..."

Qin Bingzhong looked at Fu Xiaoguan and said meaningfully, "I'm afraid we'll end up stuck in a quagmire, which will be far more difficult than implementing this national policy!"

Fu Xiaoguan nodded, expressing his deep agreement.

"I have no plans to promote this thing yet. It's pointless to do something that is thankless."

Qin Bingzhong smiled and said, "I feel relieved when you say that. Leave this thing with me. I will take a closer look at it. You can stay here for dinner later."

"No need to eat, brother. I'm really a hard-working person. The New Year is coming soon, and I have to go back and write a few letters to arrange the New Year's celebrations in Xishan, Quyi, Pingling, and Nanshan."

Qin Bingzhong knew that Fu Xiaoguan had a lot of trouble, so he didn't keep him. Qin Mowen saw Fu Xiaoguan off to the door and said, "Tomorrow night, shall we go to Sifanglou for dinner?"

"If you want a drink, just say so!"

"I really want to drink. It's settled. I'll invite Huo Huaijin and Ning Yuchun tomorrow... Is your brother-in-law back yet?"

Fu Xiaoguan was stunned. His elder brother-in-law... Dong Xiujin, "You've really stumped me. Ever since I snatched someone from Old Dong's father-in-law last time, I haven't dared to visit the Dong Mansion. How about I take some time to go and take a look tomorrow?"

"Forget it. Even if he comes back, you can't ask him to go drinking."

Fu Xiaoguan was confused, and Qin Mowen curled his lips, "My sister... is a bit fierce."

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Bian Ronger was wearing a white mink fur coat, her hair was meticulously combed, a golden hairpin was passed through the bun on her head, two exquisite pendants hung on her earlobes, and even her already beautiful face had a light blush on it.

Who said that women dress up to please themselves?

Bian Ronger looked at herself in the mirror, her heart filled with sadness.

Perhaps knowing what would happen next, her father Bian Muyu and Crown Prince Yan Liangze were not here at the moment.

General Lan, with his sword on his back and a box in his hand, stood silently at the door, looking at that wonderful profile, turned his head away, but clenched his fists!

Fu Xiaoguan!

This general will tear you into pieces!

Bian Ronger took a deep breath and stood up, saying indifferently, "It's getting dark, let's go."

A carriage was running fast on the gradually deserted street in the wind and snow. Bian Rong'er lifted a corner of the carriage curtain, and a cold wind blew in with a few snowflakes.

She didn't feel the cold, but the peace in her heart gradually broke and she began to feel uneasy.

She is only sixteen years old, but she is a girl waiting to be married!

She knew what was going to happen next, but she didn't know how she was going to live or die.

Fu Xiaoguan!

That beast!

Do you want to stab him to death with this hairpin during sex?

Bian Ronger thought about it for a long time and gave up the idea, because if Fu Xiaoguan died in his hands, the negotiations of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would probably fail.

You have to endure it!

You have to endure it no matter what!

For the prince's great cause and for the Bian family to rise in the court.

The carriage finally arrived at the Fu Mansion. She calmed herself down and got off the carriage. Just as she was about to knock on the door, she suddenly saw another carriage coming in the wind and snow.

Lan Kai watched vigilantly. The carriage actually stopped at the gate of the Fu Mansion, and then a man got off.

Bian Ronger looked up and saw that he was Fu Xiaoguan!

That beast!