In the afternoon, the sun is shining brightly.

Zhao Yan was sitting in the teahouse opposite Yuelaiju Inn and was drinking tea.

In front of a few tables not far away, several scholars were discussing fiercely, talking about the court's new policies and policies.

"I think the purpose of the new court policy is to scrape the bones and heal the wounds. This bone is the giant merchants and scholars like us, and the little merchants and ordinary people who are favored! But in the long run, it is indeed conducive to the prosperity of our Great Zhou!"

"You know, how many new policy reforms have been achieved since ancient times? This is just an attempt by Your Majesty. He has no idea what the needs of us are!"

"The people of Xingyuan County naturally disagree with the new policy. Once the new policy is opened, the Cui family will inevitably be affected. Once the Cui family loses money, the hard days for the people of our county will come!"

"I think this new policy may be a thunder and rain. Our prefectures and counties are all from the Cui family. Can they tolerate the Cui family being harmed? Maybe it's just a matter of a situation. If Your Majesty implements it for a year or two, and finds that it is not conducive to rule, the new policy will definitely be abolished."

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Zhao Yan felt a great responsibility when he listened to the comments of these scholars. He must succeed in reforming this new policy.

At this moment, the waiter from the teahouse came to Zhao Yan and said respectfully: "Young Master, there is a master who wants to invite you to the private room on the third floor to talk."

Zhao Yan was stunned and asked with a smile: "Who dares to ask who invited me? What's wrong with finding me?"

The waiter was confused for a moment and replied, "It's a great nobleman. He wants to invite you to talk about the new policy or business methods. I wonder if the young master is interested?"

Zhao Yan was naturally very interested when he heard about the new policy and business methods.

"lead the way!"

Heiwa immediately followed Zhao Yan.

After a moment, the two of them came down to an elegantly decorated private room on the third floor under the guidance of the waiter.

There is also a young woman who specializes in making tea.

A middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes turned his face, looked at Zhao Yan, and said, "I saw that the young master looked extraordinary and invited me to have a tea and chat. I wonder if it was abrupt?"

Zhao Yan smiled slightly, feeling that the other person was very familiar, but he couldn't think of where he had seen him.

Because of his extraordinary appearance, he was invited to have tea.

Zhao Yan still believed in the other party's reason. His appearance and temperament were indeed too outstanding, which led to many people who saw him for the first time thinking that he was extremely expensive.

Moreover, the other party gave Zhao Yan the feeling that he was a knowledgeable man, and both parties would definitely be able to chat.

"Please!" Zhao Yan reached out and made a request.

Immediately, the two sat opposite each other and started chatting. Heiwa stood five meters away from Zhao Yan, always alert to the movements around him.

"The young master thinks that the new court policy is a good or a bad thing?"

Zhao Yan smiled faintly and said, "I think it is a good thing. It is a good thing for the court, scholars, merchants and the people."

"Oh? It's a good thing for the people of the court. This man can see it, but the new policy obviously requires the path of simplifying military and streamlining government. In the future, scholars will be more difficult for future merchants to do big business. This is also a good thing?"

Zhao Yan shook his head slightly and replied, "You are so bad at this. If you put this matter in the long run, it will be beneficial to everyone. First of all, for scholars, the court has reduced the number of scholars and officials on the surface and cut off the path of many scholars to become officials, but it is not just cut off the path of life for scholars."

"How do you say this?"

"There is a saying: I have been studying hard for ten years without anyone asking, and I will become famous in one fell swoop. Even if I am a three-year-old child, a child's primary goal is to study and become an official. Therefore, countless people study for the sake of being an official, and fewer and fewer people are studying hard. However, if you want to become an official through study, just like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge, as this year, there are more than 18,000 candidates taking the exam, but less than 300 candidates are on the gold list. The candidates still have the opportunity to become officials, but some of them are even over 400, and they are still devoted to their children to study. Such talents are of no use for the court."

"The court cut off the hope of those scholars who knew they would not pass the exam and still had to spend their whole life trying to do so. In fact, they were trying to find their own way out in other fields. This world is not the world of scholars, but everyone's world. Everyone should have their own way of living. Only in this way can our Great Zhou be more prosperous and the lives of the people be happier!"

"It makes sense, it makes sense, it makes sense!" The middle-aged man in the Chinese uniform looked at Zhao Yan with his eyes shining. He felt ashamed of this kind of opinion.

He then asked, "What benefits can that be for businessmen, especially big businessmen like the Cui family? If the new law is implemented, the Cui family's income will obviously be reduced!"

Zhao Yan sipped tea and said, "I think it is most beneficial to the Cui family at present. First, although the Cui family is a noble family, although the current Cui family does not have the ability to rebel, the people of Xingyuan County have subconsciously believed that this place belongs to the Cui family. If His Majesty now knows that the people here only know the Cui family but do not know the prefectures, I am afraid that the Cui family will have a difficult life."

"The reason why aristocratic families can exist for a long time is because they know how to judge the situation and follow the court. If they go against the current, the court's methods cannot be handled by aristocratic families."

"In the long run, the new policy reform of the court has increased various taxes from the giant merchants, which is actually improving the merchant system of our Great Zhou, eliminating more red-topped merchants, and supporting merchants in currency and foreign trade. If a giant merchant can take this into consideration and specialize in business that is beneficial to the court, allowing goods to be circulated in the north and south, and selling our goods to a further place, His Majesty will definitely continue to improve the status of the merchant... "

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“It makes sense, it makes sense, it makes sense very reasonable!”

The middle-aged man in China is no one else, but Cui Yanyan's father Cui Mingzhi. He has been completely immersed in Zhao Yan's speech. Among all the young people he has met, this one is undoubtedly the best.

He actually understood the good intentions of His Majesty today, but his father, Cui He, the current head of the Cui family, did not listen to him at all and always believed that the court wanted to abolish the Cui family.

Just as Zhao Yan and Cui Mingzhi were having fun, Cui Yanyan appeared in Yuelai. She learned through the shopkeeper that Zhao Yan was drinking tea in the teahouse opposite.

She looked at the opposite side with a smirk and murmured: "The beautiful woman's good show to save the scholar is about to be staged!"

She spent 100 taels of silver to hire Xu Sanniang, a courtesan in the lower tile in Xingyuan County.

Xu Sanniang's task is very simple, she is to find Zhao Yan, then pounce on Zhao Yan's arms and shout harshly. Cui Yanyan will be able to make a grand appearance.
Chapter completed!