What does it mean? Aren’t you afraid of making things worse? Wu Haogu was stunned for a moment, and already understood what his teacher thought.

Prime Minister, Su Dongpo still wants to be!

Su Dongpo was originally a minister qualified to be the prime minister of Xuanma. Before Wang Anshi's reform began, his career was smooth sailing. In the fifth year after high school, he became a judge of Fengxiang Prefecture, and in three years he was still mourning for his mother at home. By the time Wang Anshi's reform began, Su Dongpo had already been sentenced to Dengwen Guyuan. If he had not been involved in the subsequent party dispute, he would have thought that the Wutai poetry case had become the target of public criticism. With his early qualifications and reputation, Xuanma would have been no difficulty.

Moreover, even though he was punished in the party struggle, Su Dongpo made a comeback during the Yuanyou Renewal period, becoming a scholar of the Central Secretariat, a Hanlin scholar, and an imperial edict. It can be said that he was only one step away from Xuanma's appointment as prime minister. Unfortunately, because he advocated reconciling the conflicts between the old and the new, he was appointed as a bachelor of Longtu Pavilion to magistrate Hangzhou.

Unfortunately, his intention to reconcile the old and new ideas did not bring about the tolerance of the new party. After Shaosheng and Shaoshu began, he once again became the target of the new party's strong attack, and was demoted to Danzhou all the way, almost despairing about the officialdom.

But now he was praised by Wu Haogu as the master of the Yuntai School, and with the "Practical Proof of Taoism", a tool that can be used to find the Confucian Taoism, his mind of becoming an official will naturally become active.

If "positivism" can be regarded as a prominent academic study through discussion, then Su Dongpo and his younger brother Su Che can certainly make a comeback, and it is possible for both brothers to prosper at the same time!

Because "positivism" has become a prominent academic, then Jinggong's new academic studies are of course a pseudo-education. How can the officials let a group of "pseudo-Confucians" stay in the political affairs hall? Of course, they have to let all the officials of the new party get out, so how many positions can be freed for the priest?

As the first author of "A Trial of Practical Proof of Taoism", Wu Haogu himself undoubtedly won the status of a great scholar, and there is no need to ask how to give Jinshi to transfer literary resources. At the age of 25, he became a court official and a great scholar, and there was also a school as a backer. Xuanma was only in his thirties...

This is a good plan! But Wu Haogu also knew that because the struggle of the school involves too many interests, it became a life-and-death struggle. The right and wrong of theory is sometimes not a standard for judging academic level.

Otherwise, Confucius would not need to take Zilu to convince people with virtue... And Wu Haogu still has too few "Zilu" around him, so he feels guilty when he is reasonable!

...

When Wu Haogu was greeting Su Dongpo and discussing whether to go to Kaifeng Prefecture to discuss the previous ritual, Lu Jiawen, who had a "revenge of killing his son" with him, was visiting Zeng Zhao, the magistrate of Haizhou.

He also prepared a generous gift, showing the style of a big businessman.

"Look at it, why are you doing this?"

In the backyard of the prefectural office, Zeng Zhao looked at the visiting Lu Jiawen with a look of regret.

"Treat?" Lu Jia asked and snorted, "I am now a big businessman, but I have made tens of thousands of dollars in just a few months. I can't make a profit for ten years as an official. How can I say it is hard?"

Zeng Zhao just sighed when he heard this. Lu Jia asked that he must have suffered the pain of losing his son and fell into the eyes of money. But what could he say? Lu Jia asked his son died for the new party...

"Then... Brother Wangzhi, you can use me, just say it." Zeng Zhao meant that Lu Jiawen had useful things in business, just speak.

"Okay!" Lu Jiawen actually nodded, "Then I'll say it.

Brother Zikai, was the "Tianya Shifu" formulated with your support?"

"Yes, yes." Zeng Zhao couldn't help frowning when he heard the other party mention "The World of the Sages".

The "Tianya Shifu" was indeed formulated with his support. He had read all the terms and felt that there was no problem, so he agreed to be tried in Tianya Town. As for the results of the trial... it cannot be said that it is not good? Now the household registration of Tianya Town has increased very quickly, almost enough to be a Wangxian County. The business in the town has also developed very well, and housing tax and tax overdue taxes are in sight.

But the problem is that the Tianya Town is becoming more and more like Jiehe Commercial Market! With the prosperity of business and the population gathering, the power of merchants also rapidly expands. Almost half of the towns, regardless of whether they have an official position or not, are actually merchants. The mayor of Tianya Town, Hua Manshan, is an absolute businessman, and he doesn't even have an official position.

"Zi Kai," Lu Jia asked and sneered, "Tianya Town is about to become the second Jiehe Market. Your contribution is really great! I wonder what the censors will think when they know it?"

Zeng Zhao was speechless. This matter was indeed a success according to the previous official assessment standards. Jiehe Shang City is still in the five-year tax exemption period, and the benefit that the court can see is the 100,000 yuan tax-package of the Maritime Bureau. If the five-year tax exemption period is over, the total income will be possible. Tianya Town is developing very quickly now, and maybe it can reach more than 100,000 yuan in a few years.

But the problem is that Jiehe Market is already very wrong... I heard that the permanent population there has been 100,000! How many households are converted into more than 10,000, which can be considered a state. The wealth generated is even more than 10,000.

How can such a piece of land be under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court?

Of course, because this matter involves the relationship between Song and Liao, no one dares to mention it anymore. But Tianya Town is different, it is on the land of the Song Dynasty! If you want to look the same as Jiehe Market, then why don’t the censors and censors be scolded to death?

"Look at it, stop talking..." Zeng Zhao shook his head repeatedly, "I don't know what to do with Tianya Town now."

"Of course I will re-elect the mayor!" Lu Jia asked, "Since it is a town of scholars and officials, at least there must be a mayor of scholars and officials, right? How can a businessman be asked to manage it?"

"Re-select?" Zeng Zhao frowned, "How to re-select? Hua Manshan's term of office is three years."

"Of course, Brother Zikai ordered the scholars and officials from Tianya Town to publicly recommend it." Lu Jia asked.

"This..." Zeng Zhao frowned deeply, "If the scholar-officials recommend it, the person who chose Yuntai Academy is probably the one who chose it."

Lu Jia asked and said, "It's not impossible for people from Yuntai Academy to do it... As long as the military officer, the official who donated by the merchant or the businessman who has no official do not become the mayor, the old man will do it."

"Even military officers can't do it?" Zeng Zhao asked.

Lu Jia asked and snorted: "Of course not! How can a martial artist be considered a wise scholar?"

"I'm afraid I can't convince everyone."

Lu Jia asked and smiled: "Ruozi Kai was afraid that he would not be able to convince the public, so he would like to ask for an order."

Zeng Zhao frowned, "But the current "Tianya Shishi's Agreement", the previous "Jihe Shangfu", and the earlier "Lüshi Township Agreement" are all self-government with the convoys, and there is no precedent for the officials to issue edicts."

"Where is the king's land within the four seas, and the shores of the land is the king's minister!" Lu Jia asked, "The officials issued an edict to allow the 'country agreement', and the 'scholar' is natural and righteous.

As for the Jiehe Shang Agreement, that is an exception. After all, Jiehe Shang Market occupies land in the Song and Liao countries, and it is not convenient for our dynasty to issue a separate edict."

"That's right," Zeng Zhao thought for a while, "After New Year's Eve, I will call the mayor and the old town of Tianya Town to talk to them first."

...

That night, Wu Haogu held a New Year's Eve banquet in his mansion, and invited a number of people from the business community in Haizhou. Wu Yanen, who had been traveling south in winter for many years, made an exception this year, but did not go south. He just waited in Haizhou, waiting for the fast ships that could arrive from Goryeo at any time. Therefore, he was also invited to Wu Haogu's mansion to attend the New Year's Eve banquet.

Before the banquet began, several people with close relationships with Wu Haogu, including Mi Youren, Wu Yanen, Hua Manshan, Pan Xing'an, Ximen Zi, Su Shi, etc., all gathered with Wu Haogu in the inner hall of Linhai Village.

Tonight, Wu Haogu didn't seem to be very emotional. He just exchanged a few greetings with the visitor and whispered: "We are afraid that the big tree will attract the wind. Have you read all the articles of Lu Xiucai?"

Wu Yanen sighed quietly, as if he was talking to himself: "The officials of the Song Dynasty will eventually share the world with the scholars and officials!"

"So what about the scholar-officials?" Pan Xing'an snorted, "It's not that there are no one here! At worst, please ask Brother Zhongnan to come out and be the mayor."

Su Shi has been doing well in Haizhou these days, becoming a group of elder brothers who have "demoted the second generation" and "demoted the third generation". He has a 40,000 yuan price target, and friends who have drunk and meat can also make a large group! Moreover, his father was a prime minister and was demoted to Lingnan, so he was a senior second generation demoted.

Wu Haogu shook his head and said, "Su Zhongnan has important matters in a while, and I'm afraid he can't stay in Haizhou for a long time."

"Teacher, why don't I take part-time job?" Wu Haogu's student Mi Youren volunteered.

Although he was not a second-generation demotion, he was a Jinshi and a confidant of the official family. What's wrong with being in charge of Tianya Town? Even if the official family issued an edict, it would be fine.

"Yuanhui, you are not suitable either." Wu Haogu still shook his head, "The county magistrate of Donghai County will soon be fully assigned. After the Spring Festival, we will go to Beijing together. No matter how you send the Donghai County to you, you will be asked."

Donghai County is Yuzhou Island and nearby Lianshan Island and some other small islands. They have few permanent household registrations, which are middle and lower counties. Therefore, Mi Youren’s Wenlin Lang rank is enough to serve as the magistrate of the magistrate. Moreover, with the relationship between Mi Youren and Zhao Ji, you cannot follow the convention of catching up slowly, right? After returning to Beijing to meet Zhao Ji this time, you will definitely be promoted. At that time, you will be a Dingshilang. Although you are still from the ninth rank, you are also the third rank of the fourth rank. It seems that you are a Beijing official, so there is no problem in managing middle and lower counties.

"Teacher," Mi Youren thought for a while, "Who do you want to be the mayor?"

Wu Haogu shook his head, "It's not a problem who will be the mayor, even if Zhang Zihou wants to be the one. The problem now is how should the mayor and the old man arise?"

"What did the teacher think?"
Chapter completed!