Chapter 169 Curious Baby in Volume B
“Brother Feng, when your academy holds this kind of debate competition, why don’t you first determine whether the question is right or wrong, and then temporarily determine who will be the right one and who will be the wrong side?”
Tanchun found this method of temporarily choosing between pros and cons very novel, especially when he had to try his best to argue even if he chose a side that he believed was wrong.
"Third sister, what you said is biased." Feng Ziying saw Tan Chun's beautiful and heroic eyes full of curiosity, and thought this girl was quite interesting. It was rare for her to be so interested in the topic of policy theory.
"Each topic we choose basically follows an incident or a policy of the court. In our opinion, this policy does not matter whether it is right or wrong. We only judge its advantages and disadvantages for the court or the people based on the period. Basically every policy has more or less pros and cons, it all depends on the time, situation and the pros and cons,..."
Tan Chun frowned slightly, but he still didn't understand the meaning of Feng Ziying's words. There was no right or wrong in the imperial policy, only pros and cons? This seems a bit difficult to understand.
“Well, let’s give a simple example. For example, Uncle Shi now asks Baoyu to study. Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?” Feng Ziying asked with a smile as she walked.
There are many flower paths in Jia's Mansion, and stone-paved paths extend in all directions.
There is no Grand View Garden yet, but the atmosphere is still not comparable to that of places like Feng Mansion. The surrounding areas are dotted with crabapples and locust trees, and occasionally there are a few osmanthus trees scattered in an orderly manner.
Tanchun was stunned. Is there any need to ask? However, she has a cheerful temperament and knows that there must be a trap since Feng Ziying asked this question, but she still answered calmly: "This must be a good thing. Brother Bao can read books and shine on our Jia family. He can also do it in the future." Have a good future.”
"Well, this makes sense, but it depends on the situation." Feng Ziying nodded slightly and walked forward with her hands behind her hands, "But Baoyu doesn't like reading and is very resistant. He is still young now. If he is forced to study, Maybe he is even more uncomfortable. He might get sick. My ancestors and your mother might also be worried and uncomfortable when they see Baoyu fall ill. They might have trouble with Uncle Shi, and they might even fall ill. As a result, the book cannot be read. , but it made every family restless, do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?"
These words stunned Tanchun.
This possibility is very high.
Everyone in the house knows how much Brother Bao hates studying. In order to avoid studying, he has tried every means, but now the master wants him to go to study. He has argued with his ancestors and his wife about this, otherwise he would not have done it. Despite such a big fuss, it is still unknown whether Brother Bao will be able to read the book in the future.
At least Tanchun himself is not very optimistic about it.
If you push too hard, you might get sick or even happen what Brother Feng said, and it would really become a bad thing. Thinking of Brother Zhu's ending, Tanchun felt nervous.
It is possible not to mention illness, or even hypocrisy, but Feng Ziying didn't say it. Maybe this is Jia Baoyu's last resort. Let's see if you still force me to study.
After hesitating for a moment, Tanchun pouted and mustered up the courage to say: "Brother Feng, even if it is different, how can the imperial policy be the same as this?"
Feng Ziying laughed, looked at Tan Yatou's curious baby look, and shook her head: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small delicacy. In fact, they are all the same inside. Let me give you another example. Well, it is our college's debate preliminaries. A question from that time was about the pros and cons of the imperial court’s maritime ban policy.”
This is not a secret. The imperial court has continued the sea ban policy since the Ming Dynasty. Although in the past two decades, the sea ban has been relaxed and smuggling has become rampant, the sea ban is still implemented in name. However, it is said that it has intention to lift the sea ban, but it has been No conclusion yet.
Although Tanchun was young, she had heard about this matter, but she only heard some general information, "Brother Feng, this little girl doesn't know much about it, but it must have a lot to do with the Japanese pirates' invasion of the sea and the unfavorable tribute. ?”
Feng Ziying was greatly surprised, and her eyes looking at Tanchun were filled with appreciation and joy.
Although this is not a secret, a nine-year-old girl like Tanchun can actually tell the main reason for the imperial court's maritime ban at once. Maybe the other party does not understand the real reason, but it is very rare to know these two points. Feng Ziying estimates Even if you ask people like Jia Baoyu or even Jia Rong, you may not know the reason.
“No, no, you’re absolutely right.” Feng Ziying finally put her feelings aside and affirmed.
It seems that this Tan girl is really talented and capable. She is only nine years old, but she actually knows a thing or two about these current policies and their origins. It is not easy. I am afraid that she will really make a difference in the future.
"Our Great Zhou Dynasty's sea ban policy was inherited from the previous Ming Dynasty. The reason why the former Ming Dynasty implemented the sea ban was because on the one hand, there was a deviation in the tribute policy, which led to the inability to make ends meet and the court could not afford it. Well, this is actually also the reason why our Great Zhou Sea Ban policy One of the main reasons, and another reason for the sea ban in the former Ming Dynasty, is that when Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the former Ming Dynasty, was fighting for the world, many of his opponents were closely related to sea power, so he was very afraid of sea power, so he imposed a sea ban. Of course, in the later period, because The rise of Japanese pirates gradually evolved from smuggling to robbery, posing a great threat to maritime security. This situation continued until after the establishment of our Great Zhou Dynasty, and it is still the case... Therefore, the maritime ban policy became the fundamental national policy of the imperial court."
Unexpectedly, Feng Ziying answered for herself so patiently. Tan Chun felt like a deer had hit him, and a sense of satisfaction at being valued and paid attention arose spontaneously. He spoke in a lighter tone, "Then according to what you said, Brother Feng, the imperial court's maritime ban policy must still be the same." Are there many disadvantages?"
"Of course, the maritime ban policy has many disadvantages, which are difficult to summarize in a nutshell. In other words, the disadvantages far outweigh the advantages. The few benefits brought by the maritime ban are not worth mentioning at present, while the disadvantages brought by it are Both the imperial court and the people suffered great losses..."
Seeing Brother Feng talking eloquently, not rejecting his question at all, and even encouraging him to ask, Tanchun's heart was pounding, and his eyes were looking forward to, "Then why does the imperial court's tribute policy fail to make ends meet? ? Since it is a small neighboring country that pays tribute and offers tributes, the court should have gained a lot, but why can’t it make ends meet?”
"Haha, this is a good question, but it's a long story to answer." Feng Ziying didn't expect that the detective girl in front of her was really a curious baby. These questions came one after another, and they were all It cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences.
"This tributary policy is a policy system of the Central Plains Orthodox Dynasty towards the surrounding vassal countries. Well, the intention is good. It shows the great magnanimity of our Central Kingdom. All nations come to visit us. But what about some small vassal countries in the surrounding areas? How many times should we come here? , and discovered a loophole in it, that is, our court is very face-saving. If you send a tribute item of one tael of silver, the court will give you a gift of fifty taels of silver in return..."
"…After this round and round, everyone figured it out. It turns out that you are so proud of yourself. That's fine. I will pay more tribute and come twice a year. Now the gap is getting bigger and bigger, and our imperial court of the Great Zhou Dynasty has I can’t stand it anymore. If you give me a gift of one hundred thousand taels of silver, the court will have to give you one million taels in return, and you’ll come every three or five, and you won’t come according to the time limit our court has agreed upon for you. Who can bear it?”
Feng Ziying told these two little girls like a story, and Tan Chun was very happy to hear it.
In his opinion, since Tan Yatou was so interested, Lin Yatou must be willing to listen, but he did not notice that Lin Yatou was already dimple-stained, her face was looking to the side, and a bright red sweat towel was twisted in her hand. Come on, it's almost crushed to pieces, and the pouty little cherry mouth is almost enough to hang a bottle of oil.
Daiyu is really about to explode.
This Tan girl is so abominable. You have your second brother Bao to stop pestering you, but you want to come and compete with me for brother Feng?
I can bear it if you want to come with me, so you can just stay aside and why are you taking over the guest role?
One question after another, but you haven’t said anything even if you haven’t seen me?
Do you know how to be polite and follow the rules?
Brother Feng, too, didn’t wink at all. Didn’t he see that his face was so ugly?
Still talking to Tan Yatou about the imperial policy of banning sea and paying tribute, does Tan Yatou really understand? He likes to pretend that he likes to ask questions, and he definitely wants to take up this little time of his own.
Seeing it, they were almost reaching the small courtyard where they lived, but the conversation between the two of them seemed to have no end at all. What should I do?
The more Daiyu thought about it, the more she felt aggrieved and angry. Her heart became even more clogged and uncomfortable, her eye circles gradually turned red, and her thin silver teeth were about to bite her lips until they bled.
Feng Ziying really didn’t notice this, but Tan Chun was even more interested.
Although she had read some miscellaneous books in this mansion, she had never had the opportunity to talk to others about things outside the mansion. Unexpectedly, she would accidentally talk about these things today. Originally, she had only read through them accidentally. She didn't quite understand one or two of these books, but when she heard what Brother Feng said today, she immediately became more curious and yearning for the world outside the mansion.
It would be great if Brother Feng could come to the house more often to talk to Sister Lin, and then he could ask more questions. However, both his ancestors and mother seemed to hope that Brother Feng could come to the house more often to teach Brother Bao, maybe I really get to see Brother Feng often.
(End of this chapter)