"Your Majesty, isn't this cleaning method too harsh?" Qi Yuchang, the newly outgoing Minister of Education, asked. At this time, he had become the executive chairman of the preparatory committees of the National Library, the National Museum, and the National Copywriting Museum. As a bibliophile, Qi Yuchang is very happy with this new position. The establishment of libraries by the new government for more than ten years is a policy that Qi Yuchang supports very much.

Although his political views are very different from his son-in-law Wei Ze, Qi Yuchang has to admit that even if Wei Ze has always been in the wild with his gang of mud-legged brothers, he has a good performance in cultural governance and martial arts. Being able to take charge of the National Library and establish a general catalogue of Chinese books of all dynasties, this huge project is afraid that it will not be completed during Qi Yuchang's lifetime. But as long as this project can really continue, the name Qi Yuchang can become an existence that will never be ignored in the history of Chinese culture.

Therefore, Qi Yuchang specifically asked Wei Ze what books can be named, and what books should not be named. Wei Ze told Qi Yuchang that all books should be named, and it is too stingy to hide. Even some religious scriptures have to have a special section. Moreover, Qi Yuchang is about to lead a team to Beijing, and there are too many books and materials to protect after conquering Beijing.

As we talked, we talked about some religious issues, and Weeser's efforts to eradicate some of them were mentioned. This involves some very troublesome problems, and some of Wei Ze's methods look too vicious.

Wei Ze was not unhappy about his father-in-law's problem. He Zhengse said: "New China is a modern nation-state, and the bottom line of a modern nation-state is that all people must realize that they themselves are first and foremost Chinese. He was a Chinese materialist, a Chinese Buddhist, a Chinese Taoist. But when Buddhism and Taoism clashed, which side would he stand on? It must be on his side with China. I don't like to kill people, but I have the responsibility and obligation to defend China's fundamental interests. This is the responsibility and obligation that every Chinese must bear. Any religion that propagates that religion is above China, I can only destroy it. This is a fundamental contradiction between friend and foe, and this is a matter of life and death. ”

Qi Yuchang's most unaccustomed to Wei Ze is actually this, Wei Ze never talks about what he wants to do as an emperor as the core, Wei Ze always talks about what he wants to do based on a certain concept. This attitude was very dangerous for the imperial power, because according to this attitude, the emperor himself could be overthrown according to a certain idea. The change of dynasty has never been based on ideas, the overthrow of the emperor is based on the simplest logical relationship, and the rebels cannot live without overthrowing the emperor. It would have been fine if the Manchu Qing Dynasty had been wiped out in a frenzy of blood and fire as the Manchus were doing now, but Wei Ze had opened up a whole new possibility of overthrowing the emperor.

Men are born to be such hopeless creatures, if it is Wei Ze's two wives, after listening to Wei Ze's big political concept, if they are in a bad mood, they will not take the stubble at all. If you're in a good mood, you'll probably smile. If they're a little impatient, they'll probably say, "Let's eat."

Qi Yuchang, a cultured, consciously conceptual and tasteful person, when facing Wei Ze, who can be regarded as an object of discussion and even dispute, he is unwilling to simply listen to it and treat it as nothing. He asked, "Your Majesty, the past dynasties have not been so harsh on religion. ”

Wei Ze replied very unhappily: "Religion itself is a lie, and the real Taoism does not talk about the afterlife, which is better." Other religions talk about the afterlife, going to hell, and going to heaven. There are already too many lies in politics, and New China should become a country that tells the truth and stop being fooled by lies. How can I support religion to continue to be blind? ”

As a person who reads the books of sages, Qi Yuchang has little interest in gods and ghosts, what China really worships is the ancestral spirit in the sky, and Wei Ze also talked about this problem, as long as an individual survives, there must be an ancestor. Wei Ze must have taken an anti-religious stance, and Qi Yuchang didn't feel disgusted. But Qi Yuchang still has his own opinion, "It is difficult to educate the people, and the sage said that the people can make it, but they can't know it." Even if there are saints who have no kind of teaching, does His Majesty really think that he can be more capable than saints? ”

"Of course I'm better than him!" Weser rolled his eyes. When it comes to Confucius, Wei Ze's attitude is a little more intense, not that Confucius himself has anything to dislike Wei Ze, but that Wei Ze has seen more powerful theorists than Confucius.

"I'll give the example of Kong Rongrang pear. Kong Rong himself let the pears because he really didn't want to eat pears. In my opinion, what he said at the time was to save other people's face, so he found a few good reasons for others to eat pears. In the final analysis, it was Kong Rong who didn't want to eat. If he wanted to eat as much as he wanted, it would be something else. I admit that there are people who don't like to eat, and that should be true. But this matter spread, and countless lies were added to it. Some people want to be famous and profiteous, so they make up a reason that is beneficial to them and spread it around, either because they want to eat pears, they say that others should let them, and they should accept others' concessions. Either that, they are so good by nature that they give the pears they should have eaten to others. It was originally a very normal and ordinary thing, but it was ruined by this group of bastards, and it was abnormal and unusual. ”

After listening to Wei Ze's words, Qi Yuchang was happy. As a fifty-year-old adult, although he couldn't tell such a truth, Qi Yuchang could fully understand that Wei Ze was indeed telling the truth. He smiled and said: "What His Majesty said is right, there is nothing in the world for mediocre people to disturb themselves. But people's hearts are insufficient, if they really tell the truth, how can those incompetent people stand? If they don't even have a reason to lie to themselves, they are worse than dead! ”

It's fun to talk to smart people, and Wei Ze said with a smile: "Of course, this kind of thing must be solved by developing productive forces and promoting social progress." Although I think very highly of myself, I don't think I'm a god who can solve all problems. So to go back to what I said earlier, for those people who don't believe in nonsense and feel that life is not fun, I will give him death! ”

It is true that there are people who feel that life is not fun because they don't believe nonsense, but there are also people who live completely in reality. After receiving the report of the slaughter of the White Hats and their families, Chen Yucheng immediately gathered the army. If someone thinks that they can be hostile to the Liberation Army and try to capture Luoyang, it is an extremely stupid act. Chen Yucheng would never allow his subordinates to do such a dangerous thing for the whole army. Now that the revenge has been avenged, it is time to return to Sanmenxia to defend.

Before leaving, Chen Yucheng went to meet the political commissar and commander of the Guangfu Army, "As far as I know, Brother Lai Wenguang is still in Henan, but I don't know what the Guangfu Army is going to do to them?" ”

Political Commissar Zhengse said: "If they want to go back to Shaanxi, we will not stop them." Most of the Twist Army brothers are from Huaibei, Shandong, and Henan, and if they are willing to stay in their hometown and live a good life, we will not be embarrassed for them. However, we will also make it clear to the British king first, if they do not choose either, it is naturally impossible for our Liberation Army to let them do whatever they want. ”

Chen Yucheng also knew that the Twist Army had no hope of separating one side in Henan, and the Liberation Army would never give up Henan. He wanted to ask the Guangfu Army how to deal with the Taiping Army in the northwest, but when the words came to his lips, Chen Yucheng swallowed the words back. If he faced Wei Ze, Chen Yucheng would naturally honestly ask as a younger and lower status real-life identity. And the generals of the Liberation Army on the opposite side are ordinary generals at all, and it is really impossible for Chen Yucheng to bow his head timidly to such a small person.

So Chen Yucheng could only say: "I hope that everyone is from Guangxi, be more tolerant." ”

The political commissar smiled and said: "Please rest assured that our great enemy at this time is the Manchu Qing, and of course we will not be unreasonable with the anti-Qing brothers." ”

Chen Yucheng knew that the political commissar had a friendly attitude, but the meaning in his words was not harmonious at all. It's just that the situation is already like this at this time, and Chen Yucheng can only leave.

At about this time, Lai Wenguang faced the leaders of the Twisted Army, and smiled very reluctantly: "The brothers of the Zhu family have been fighting with me for so long, if there is no help from the brothers of the Zhu family, I will definitely not be able to be crowned king." I thank you all here, and I can only wish you all the best in the future. ”

Wen Yuewei, who was once in charge of liaison with the Guangfu Army, returned to her hometown of Wuyang on her own, if it weren't for the recent great losses of the Twist Army, those small hills were almost completely casualties, I am afraid that a considerable number of people would immediately choose to go with Wen Yuewei at that time.

Even if there is no avalanche effect, the change in people's hearts is quite obvious. After that, the troops of the Guangfu Army began to enter the southern part of Henan, and Nanyang, Lushan and other places fell into the hands of the Guangfu Army.

At this time, the Twist Army was divided into two parts, one part was naturally the Twist Army, and the other part was the Taiping Army led by Lai Wenguang. The positions of the two sides are completely different as to what will happen next. Lai Wenguang naturally tried his best to invite the Twist Army to go to Shaanxi together, if the Twist Army really had this plan, there was no need to avoid the generals from the Taiping Army in the previous meetings.

Zhang Zongyu is not particularly talkative, he said with a straight face: "We are going to take refuge in the Liberation Army." Then he was silent.

If Zhang Zongyu said that he wanted to go back to his hometown, Lai Wenguang naturally had to try his best to persuade him, Zhang Zongyu said that he was going to defect to the Guangfu Army, and there was no need to mention anything else. This is the end of the cooperation between the Lao Twist Army and the Taiping Army.

In the current situation, it is not clear that the two sides will fight on the battlefield in the future. Lai Wenguang wished everyone well before parting, and there was no other meaning at all. There were also a small number of twisted troops who chose to follow Lai Wenguang, and a total of more than 2,000 cavalry eventually followed Lai Wenguang westward to Shaanxi. The remaining nearly 10,000 twisted troops went straight to Wuyang and went to join the local Guangfu Army.

The once entangled situation in the four northern provinces has become clear.