The Precious Lady – Chapter 107

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第107章 拿她的文章垫桌脚
“这就是你写的策论?!”姚老爷子险些将那张纸扔回温婉脸上,“什么建立长效机制,举一反三,快速响应,强化组织领导,还定期组织回头看专项行动——”

温婉面对姚老先生的疾风暴雨,老脸微微一红。

这咋了嘛。

当初她大学准备考公的时候,那申论不都是这么写的嘛?
倒是姚夫人接过温婉那篇文章,细细看后,笑着说道:“虽未有引古筹今,少些典故和文章韵味,但字里行间朴实无华,对并州饥荒灾情针砭时弊,提出的这几点措施也让人耳目一新,算是一篇经世致用的好文章。”

“措施?不就是蠲免赋税、开仓放粮、平抑粮价吗,和修文提的那几点有何区别?”姚老爷子哼了一声,却脸色稍缓,“不过以工代赈、移民就食、有偿赈贷这几点…倒是可圈可点不落窠臼。”

程允章却微微蹙眉,望向温婉,“温掌柜,以工代赈…何解?”

温婉见屋内人都齐刷刷看向自己,低咳一声,“不管是发钱、发粮还是发药材,都需要朝廷承担巨大成本,这种拆东墙补西墙的做法或许能解某地一时燃眉之急,却难以长期维持。”

“但是,灾荒并不会停止。所谓授之以鱼不如授之以渔,若是灾荒期间当地父母官大兴土木,招工匠们建豪宅别院、寺庙殿宇等,让尚有余粮的富户消费,让居无定所的流民有工可做,如此经济便能暂时盘活。”

这一招,正是皇祐二年,吴中、两浙路发生大饥荒,杭州的灾情尤为严重,主政杭州的范仲淹想出来的以工代赈的妙招。

当时老范大人在灾情严重时日日泛舟湖上游玩,还鼓励百姓举行划船比赛,各种翻修建筑住舍等,城内用工多达万人,有力缓解饥荒灾情。

见温婉不卑不亢,可想费了心思在这篇策论上,到底是商户女,不能要求太过严苛,能写出这等言之有物的文章已极为不易。

“富者靡之,贫者为之——”姚老爷子脸色由阴转晴,拉下脸来勉强夸了两句:“这一招虽然剑走偏锋,但确有奇效。若是我做考官,此文倒也尚能入眼。”

就连程允章都愣了许久,他收敛起先前毫不在意的模样,从师娘手里接过文章仔细品读起来。

就是温掌柜这字吧…不忍细看,细看是一种折磨。

这文章嘛,可以说是干瘪枯瘦如八十老翁,就那么直通通的展示观点和论据,像是迎面给人一棒子,虽然当时迷迷糊糊,但是细看却又能品出其中之妙。

温婉抓头。

尚能入眼,那就是比不过程允章咯?
温婉可不愿意就此放弃,她站起身来,收回自己的文章,笑嘻嘻的给自己台阶下,“这次不行就下次,我回去再改改,下次总能写出一篇比程举人更好的文章来。”

“还有下次?!”姚老爷子那是修炼千年的人精,一听这话立刻明白温婉打什么主意,铜铃般的眼睛瞪向温婉,见那孩子竟也不惧,反而冲他笑得乖巧老实,他心便立刻软了两分,“把策论给我放下,我拿来垫桌脚。”

温婉:……

这是侮辱!

这是人身攻击!

是可忍孰不可忍!
温婉气呼呼的将那篇策论对折,再对折,再对折。

随后半跪弯腰,一只手抬起桌子一角,一只手将策论塞在桌脚下,仰头笑得愈发谄媚,“这篇策论能给老师垫脚,是它的荣幸,亦是我的荣幸。”

所谓伸手不打笑脸人。

姚老爷子果然没忍住,登时笑了。

他顺手取下笔架上的狼毫,拿另一头轻轻敲在她额头上,“你这丫头…当真是个泼皮无赖!行啦,别在我这老头子这里献殷勤,回去再写一篇,这次就写…”

姚夫人掩唇笑,余光瞥一眼那小娘子,随后开口道:“就写为商之道。如何?”

谁人听不出,姚夫人这是给温婉开后门呢?
温婉便是商人,这个策论题目可谓是为她量身打造。

温婉立刻点头如鸡啄米,又向姚夫人投去感激一瞥,“这个好!我回去就写!”

此刻。

他三人颇有一家三口和睦融融的景象,倒是程允章晾在角落无人问津。

程允章不由看向温婉。

这小娘子…竟能逗得平日严苛的老师开怀大笑,亦能让师母小心爱护。

难道,撒娇的孩子才会有糖吃?
撒娇啊?
要不他也跟温小娘子学?

姚老爷子知道老妻的算盘,却也不愿意立刻遂这丫头的愿,便又拉下脸来,“看在你每隔几日送来的鸡鸭鱼肉的份上,我再给你最后一个机会。以‘为商之道’做题目,好好写!”

“好咧!”温婉答应得痛快,立刻起身就要往外走,“我现在就回去写!”

姚老夫人招呼她,“也不至于这么着急。外面下着雨呢,等雨停了再走。”

“我相公在外面等我呢,况且酒坊还有一堆事,停不下来!”

姚老爷子瞅一眼外面的秋雨,雨势连绵,道路定不好走,难免担忧这女娃,“让你那夫婿一起进门等!家中又不缺你这两碗饭!”

那小娘子跑得飞快,一边跑一边朗声大笑,“下次,下次我办一桌拜师宴!”

语气笃定又娇俏。

姚老爷子笑得无奈,“看看,看看,这猴子…就不能给她一点好脸色!”

“哎呀,这孩子…怕是没带伞。”姚夫人心细,立刻从书房角落找出一把伞,程允章却已经起身接过,“师娘,我去吧。”

等两人走后,姚夫人一回头,就看见姚世真撅着腚在那儿摸温婉那篇掂桌脚的策论。

姚老夫人又好气又好笑,走过去扶住他,又顺势抽出那张被叠得整整齐齐的策论。

姚老爷子打开铺平,这会子倒是仔细研究了起来,还喃喃自语道:“没想到这丫头还有两把刷子,瞧瞧她提的这几点,啧啧啧…观点犀利…言之有物…”

姚老夫人为他斟上一碗茶,笑着摇头,“那你先前还把她批评得一钱不值?”

“你是不知道…”姚老爷子抖了抖,将那张策论推得更平整,“别看这丫头表面乖巧,实则一身反骨和傲气,我若不适当打压她,她那尾巴能翘到天上去。”

“你呀你,横竖都是你有理。也就是温小娘子大大咧咧,若换了其他小姑娘,早被你这老脸吓哭了。”

“她要是那么容易吓哭,我还瞧不上她呢。性格软弱的人…可做不了我姚世真的弟子。”

姚老夫人无语。

这老头一会儿嫌弃温婉是商户女,一会儿又捧着人家文章细看,真是好人坏人都他一个人做。

(本章完)

The Precious Lady

The Precious Lady

万金娘子
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The text is as follows: "【The Merchant Lady vs. The Cunning Power Lord】 It is said that the Wen family in Ping County has a fortune made of gold and jewels, even the bowls for eating are made of gold. Unfortunately, Old Master Wen has difficulty producing heirs, with only two daughters. With Old Master Wen gravely ill, the Wen family is about to be stripped bare by relatives. The newly arrived Wen Wan is quite anxious. She desperately needs a well-behaved and docile son-in-law—just as Wei Zheng, the Marquis of Huai'an, who was sent to Jiangnan to investigate a case, is ambushed and left in critical condition, he is knocked unconscious and urgently delivered to Wen Wan’s bed. The amnesiac Wei Zheng becomes the Wen family's son-in-law Zhao Heng. His hand that once wielded a sword turns into one that cooks soup. Finally, Wen Wan diagnoses a pregnancy and without hesitation throws the drugged Wei Zheng into the snow-capped mountains five hundred miles away, leaving him to fend for himself. Meanwhile, she dons a white flower on her head and black gauze on her arm, throwing a banquet to bid farewell to her "suddenly deceased" husband. When the citizens of Ping County mention the merchant lady, they all sigh: This young woman is suffering! Her man is dead, leaving her to live with her old father and two children. Don’t let her wealth fool you; she must be in immense pain. Wen Wan wipes her tears with a handkerchief, repeatedly agreeing, fearing others might see her secretly delighted heart. Later, as the Wen family's fortunes attract envy, Wen Wan is thrown into prison. The one handling the case is none other than the renowned Marquis of Huai'an. The Wen family exhausts all their wealth in efforts, but the case makes no progress. In the prison, a cold-eyed man in a blue shirt asks her, “Merchant Wen, I’ve heard that you once vowed to remain faithful to your deceased husband for life?” Wen Wan trembles: Brother, I was being honest, please let me go."

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