Uncle Xu, martial arts, stepping on Ningxia, urinating and worshipping. The double foolishness of the capital, the attack is invincible, and the battle is invincible"

Xu Jirong, who was forced all the way, can be regarded as arriving in the capital.

"Uncle Xu......!"

"Stop shouting! Don't shout! ”

Xu Jirong suddenly waved his hand, then rode forward, and shouted excitedly: "Head! Head! ”

Dong Ping, who came to answer, couldn't help but be very depressed when he heard this title, I was the commander-in-chief, how could there be only one "head" left, but it really didn't make sense, if this was an ordinary brocade guard, it was estimated that there would never be a day, but the person who came was Uncle Xu, and he could only respond, and when Xu Jirong walked to him, he smiled and said: "If there is really no dog in the door, the little uncle is brave and brave, not afraid of the Longtan tiger's den, go alone, and bow to the wise, it really makes us feel ashamed." ”

Xu Jirong immediately believed it, and said intoxicatedly: "What the head said is really right, what Longtan Tiger's Den, I am not afraid at all." ”

I'm just saying it casually! A flash of embarrassment flashed in Dong Ping's eyes, and then he waved his hand behind him, and a team of brocade guards immediately stepped forward to take over the prisoner car.

Xu Jirong looked left and right, "Didn't Your Majesty come?" ”

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty? ”

Dong Ping was stunned for a moment, only to feel that this kid was really shining with a little sunshine, thinking too much, and said: "Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, so I was specially ordered to come here to meet you." ”

"That's just as well." Xu Jirong nodded, but Wu Zi was disappointed and said, "But why don't you even have someone to welcome me?" ”

He thought that when he returned to the capital, it must be a sea of people, and the emperor led the Manchu Dynasty to welcome him with civil and military affairs, but he didn't expect that when he entered Gyeonggi, there were fewer and fewer onlookers, which made him a little disappointed, and he originally wanted to put it on again.

“......！”

Dong Ping wiped a cold sweat and said: "Something has happened in the capital recently, so everyone hasn't paid too much attention to this matter, oh, before I came, my uncle specially asked me to tell you and let you go home quickly." ”

Xu Jirong blinked and asked nervously, "Head, did my grandfather tell you with a smile, or did he tell you with a gloomy face." ”

This kid is really annoying. Dong Ping is purely made up, how could Xu Mengxuan go to him, he just wanted to send this kid away early, and said perfunctorily: "It's a smile to tell me." ”

"Then I'm relieved."

Xu Jirong breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Dong Ping didn't see Xu Mengxi, no one in the capital at the moment really cared about Bibai.

Outside the Chengtian Gate!

At this time, hundreds of people were kneeling in front of the door, and almost all of them had white beards, which showed that they were not young.

In the distance, a carriage was parked at the entrance of an alley, and a man and a woman were sitting in the car, which were Guo Dan and Aunt Xu.

"The real enemy has finally appeared."

Aunt Xu looked at the kneeling old men from the window and smiled slightly.

Guo Dan turned his head and handed over two puzzled looks.

Aunt Xu smiled bitterly: "If the court Chinese military officials, in the end they are still controlled by the imperial power, they are already at a disadvantage in the competition with the emperor, but these gentry are not controlled by the imperial power, so the key to the success or failure of the reform is not the Chinese military officials, but the gentry, since ancient times, the reform has been made in the court, and the defeat of the countryside."

However, they were the biggest victims of this reform, they were all large tax-exempt households, and at the same time the largest tenant farmers, who controlled all the affairs of the villages, and the imperial court had always adopted a strategy of appeasement and cooperation with them, and it was obviously impossible for them to accept this reform.

In the end, the capital is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the gentry of Gyeonggi are still only kneeling here, but they may be more radical in the local area. ”

In fact, such as Zhang Whale, Li Gao and others, it is not so terrible, the emperor can still suppress them, the gentry is the biggest problem, and it is also the foundation of the feudal forces, and any reform cannot succeed without their support.

At the beginning, Zhang Juzheng was in power in the middle of the court, and those who opposed him were driven out of the court, but he didn't dare to move these gentry to gain benefits, and he still had to cooperate with them, and a whip law did not harm their interests.

In fact, the apportionment of the mu did not harm their interests, and the gentry did not stand up against the implementation of the apportionment of the mu, but if the privileges were to be exempted, this would directly hit the gentry class hard.

This led to the gentry of Gyeonggi all kneeling here.

"Then I wonder if the layman has any advice?" Guo Dan asked.

Aunt Xu pondered a little, and said: "Based on the imperial power, it is difficult for Your Majesty to deal with them, even if you use force, it is impossible to solve it, because it is impossible for the army to oppose the people of the world, and at the same time, the ancestral hall has a huge influence, and the soldiers may also be villagers, and if you start a war with the gentry, the military will be chaotic without a fight, and you can only confront them and use civil means to solve this problem."

You have defeated them a few times, although it was only a partial victory, and now your power is also spread throughout the country, and you are capable of confronting them, but do not try to win a quick battle, and do not try to win with one move, this will be a protracted war, and you must use all means to deal with them. ”

Guo Dan asked, "For example?" ”

Aunt Xu said with a smile: "You should be very experienced in this, you can take advantage of the disaster to move the villagers away and disintegrate the entire village by recruiting workers, and you can also divide them from the inside, in short, you must do everything to deal with them, otherwise, you will not be able to win." ”

Guo Dan rubbed his forehead and said, "It seems that the difficulties have just begun. ”

Aunt Xu said with a smile: "For thousands of years, there are really not many people who have been able to contact this difficulty, and only the Shang Dynasty of the Qin Dynasty has successfully defeated them, but at that time, the family was far inferior to the gentry of today. ”

Not to mention the Qin and Han dynasties, even the family and scholar classes in the Tang and Song dynasties were far less powerful than the gentry class in the Ming and Qing dynasties, because the more closed and solidified they were, the stronger the gentry class became.

......

At this time, Wanli has moved to the Royal Horse Farm, he wants to set up his own Senate there, and if he talks in the imperial city, those sesame petty officials will see a first-class official when they go out, and they haven't done their work yet, but they are afraid that they will be scared and weak, and he must avoid the entire bureaucratic system.

The first thing he did when he came to the Royal Horse Farm was to summon Cao Ke immediately.

"Wailang, I don't think I heard you talk about your views on this reform."

Wanli asked Cao Ke.

Cao Ke arched his hand and said: "Weichen absolutely supports His Majesty's reform, and Weichen also believes that only in this way can we solve the current problems of my Ming Dynasty." ”

Wanli nodded with great satisfaction, and said: "If everyone thinks like you, then it would be fine, but unfortunately many people don't agree, just now there is news in the city, the gentry of Gyeonggi are now kneeling outside the Chengtian Gate, how do you think this matter should be resolved?" ”

He was prepared for this, and he knew very well that successfully suppressing the minister did not mean anything, at most it could only be said that he had won a start, giving you the opportunity to reform, and if he did not settle the court, there would be no chance to start, but the real difficulty lies in the implementation.

This is true of any reform.

And the gentry and the bureaucracy are one, and the gentry class will definitely come out to oppose it, and it is not so easy for the gentry to win this battle.

It is precisely because he is prepared that he has also shown great patience.

Cao Ke pondered for a while and said: "Weichen believes that in the face of the gentry, His Majesty should not directly conflict with them, or should take measures to appease them and send people to persuade them, if they are too radical, it may lead to chaos in the world." ”

After hearing this, Wanli was a little disappointed and asked, "Do you think I can persuade them?" ”

"Weichen thought that His Majesty would definitely not be able to persuade them, and it was impossible for them to promise His Majesty to take back their privileges." Cao Ke replied.

Wanli was curious: "Then why did you still let me persuade them?" ”

Cao Ke said: "This is to prevent them from going to extremes, and to be gentle enough to make them think that there is still room for maneuver in this matter, and also to continue to promote reform, if Your Majesty adopts tough measures, it will inevitably cause turmoil." At that time, His Majesty will have no time to care about reform, and Weichen thinks that if he wants to promote reform, he must talk to them, whether he can negotiate or not, it is not important, the important thing is that he can hold them back, and then His Majesty can use the power of Yinuo Yaxing to deal with them. ”

"Guo Dan?"

"Yes."

Wanli frowned slightly and said, "But Guo Dan only knows how to do business, and he is not good at this kind of thing." ”

He didn't ask Guo Dan to talk about this matter, so he didn't want to add another burden to Guo Dan, because Guo Dan still had to help him stabilize the military and help him collect money.

He planned to push the Senate to the front, block the gentry, and protect Guo Dan.

Cao Ke replied: "Wechen has carefully studied the phenomenon of Weihui Mansion, and Wechen found that the gentry of Weihui Mansion have now completely become the president of the court, and they no longer have any influence in the countryside, but what changed all this was not the three-court system set up by Guo Dan, but the contract system promoted by Guo Dan. ”

Wanli hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Cao Ke said: "Wechen found that Guo Dan's contract system is mainly to promote the development of commerce, once commerce develops, it will inevitably attract people to the town, so as to support the operation of those big workshops in Weihui Mansion, and when the people come to live in the town, they will inevitably stay away from the patriarchy, so the law will become more important, and it will override the patriarchy."

This is why, Guo Dan set up a three-house system in Weihui Mansion, which was a great success, and in comparison, the status of the three houses in Kaifeng Mansion was not as good as that of Weihui Mansion before, and in the past year, the three courts have shined in Kaifeng Mansion, and the reason is that Guo Dan has recently implemented the contract system in Kaifeng Mansion.

On the contrary, the strength of the gentry is based on the restraint of the people in the countryside, so the patriarchal law is stronger than the law, in other words, as long as Your Majesty supports the development of commerce, the patriarchal law will inevitably decline, and Weichen believes that the only one who can defeat the gentry is Guo Dan. ”

"When you say that, I fully understand!" Wanli was stunned, but then said: "But Guo Dan's current strength is not enough to confront the gentry of the world. ”

Cao Ke said: "The Senate can cover for Guo Dan. ”

Wanli sighed: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Cao Ke said: "The duty of the Senate is to promote reform on behalf of the imperial court, and the task of persuading the gentry is naturally handed over to the governor of the Senate to carry out, which is also natural and justified, those gentry will inevitably think that the Senate is their biggest enemy, and then they will mainly attack the Senate, then Guo Dan can quietly and imperceptibly disintegrate the power of the gentry." ”

Wanli was stunned and said with a smile: "Will this wronged you?" ”

Cao Ke hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, although the task of the Senate is to cover Guo Dan, after all, it is still the Senate that is promoting reform on the surface, so once it succeeds, then it will be the Senate that will go down in history, and Weichen does not feel any grievances." ”

Wanli's eyes lit up, this kid is a talent! Curious: "Qing has such a talent, why has he been obscure in the court, is it that Shen Aiqing asked Qing to speak less in order to avoid suspicion." ”

The title has changed from "you" to "qing".

Cao Ke hurriedly said: "Lord Yuezhang has always taken great care of the minister, and has always supported the minister, but the minister was also deeply powerless about the problems faced by the country at that time, but his own ability was insufficient. It wasn't until Guo Dan contracted Weihui's Mansion that Weichen discovered that there were problems in the country, which might be able to be solved, so Erchen had been studying Guo Dan all these years. ”

In fact, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue all misunderstood Cao Ke, thinking that he was just trying to avoid others saying that he relied on nepotism to get to the top of the position, so he didn't want to make progress.

But that's not the case, of course he is not stupid, he sees the current problems of Daming, but he thinks that even if he is given the first assistant, he is not capable of solving those problems, he has been looking for a way, he often goes to listen to some famous people give lectures, and Aunt Xu is also one of them, so he wants to take the position at that time, there is only one purpose, that is, to help Shen Shixing deal with the Yanguan group.

But he wasn't interested in those, so he simply clocked in and out of work and messed around.

He thinks that he is different from Guo Dan at the beginning, Guo Dan is really low-key, and his strength does not allow him to be high-profile, he can only be low-key.

But the fact is that he is quite capable, but because of his bad background and becoming a son-in-law, he is very inferior in his heart, he always sees the advantages of others and his own shortcomings, he always feels that he is not good and cannot take on great responsibilities.

This is also the most perplexing place for Shen Shixing, because everyone sees Cao Ke's talent and thinks that he is a material that can be made, but Cao Ke just doesn't fight for it, you push him one step, he takes you two steps back, and everyone is angry to death, this young man is strong in blood, and he is not as good as an old man.

But there are pros and cons to everything.

This kind of character also made him constantly learn and learn from everyone, and he believed that most people were better than him and worthy of his learning, which also allowed him to stand in front of the emperor today and talk endlessly.

Of course, this also won Wanli's appreciation.

PS: Today's three watches, there is one more at 12 noon, and I apologize to the mainstream of the alliance_ Bing!