"Thank you, Lord Xu."

Wu Xiaobang arched his hand, and he beckoned his entourage to come to his side to obey orders.

The officials and celebrities of Bonizhou prepared a banquet to entertain the sailors, but because Zhao Xingde could not leave the fleet without permission, he turned against the guests.

When Wu Xiaobang ordered the servants, Xu Xiaoyun walked to the side and looked around, on the merchant ship on the side, the sailors were busy unloading the tightly sealed wooden boxes, and the officials of the Bo Ni Kingdom were waiting on the dock, unpacking and counting a batch of goods, and the king's guards escorted them back to the palace. This is a batch of porcelain specially customized by the king from the Song Kingdom, the porcelain is the style of the Central Plains, all of which are marked with the base of "Bo Ni Guo Mana" to replace the porcelain of the palace. Because of the great food in Haikou, the porcelain arrived in Boni Country more than a year late, so Xu Xiaoyun specially arranged for this merchant ship to dock at the port first.

"Hey, the one on the side of the pulley! Slow down, slow down.... Good! ”

A big-bellied officer shouted to the merchant ship: "Shopkeeper Liu, let your people work carefully, this is a tribute!" ”

Xu Xiaoyun raised her eyebrows slightly, and the sharp glint in her eyes flashed.

He looked at the chattering Bo Ni court official, and made sure that the other party was unintentional, before he withdrew his sword-like gaze. This official and Han dialect of the Bo Ni Dynasty is as neat as that of the Central Plains, but when it comes to the code system, it is full of nonsense. If Xu Xiaoyun had been in the past, he would definitely have to play this matter and ask the court to issue an edict to reprimand the state for not being subordinate. However, since following the sailor to the sea, his heart has gradually changed. "It is not an exaggeration to say that those who do not know." Xu Xiaoyun snorted and said, "Otherwise, ......"

The sky gradually darkened, looking at the sunset outside the window, Zhao Xingde exhaled lightly and closed the military newspaper of the marching division.

Although he rarely participated directly in the talks, he always tried to attend them in person.

With him in charge, many officers will go all out, which invisibly inhibits the possibility of speaking ill of each other in discussions.

After Zhao Xingde deliberately watched from the wall, the sailor would enter the "Warring States Period", life at sea was boring, and Qing Yi became a rare life adjustment to refresh the mind. When it comes to moral disputes, Xu Xiaoyun, Feng Mi and other officers from Qingliu backgrounds take it very seriously, and in a debate, someone broke out the distinction between "gentleman" and "villain", Zhao Xingde immediately reprimanded him sternly, and established the rule that the debate is only about things and not about people. Since then, the officers have set up many rules for discussion, encouraging face-to-face disputes between righteousness and reason, strictly prohibiting the use of sophistry techniques such as dark Chen Cang, Li Dai Tao stiff, and carrying names and facts, and so on.

"Today's topic is Liu Hedong's "Feudalism", Lord Wu, please first."

"Gentlemen send each other away, in that case, everyone can speak freely if they have anything."

Wu Xiaobang nodded, he looked at the Liuguan and Confucian students in Bonizhou, and he was a little lacking in qi.

Everyone looked at each other, staring at each other, and Wu Xiaobang waited awkwardly for a while, but no one spoke.

A heat of shame rushed from his back to his head, and Wu Xiaobang felt his face burn. Just now, when Feng Mi slowly introduced the rules of the meeting, he gasped, under such strict rules, relying on nonsense and entanglement, it was his own ugliness. Zhao Xingde's army will talk about the style, and it has long been known as the academy with feet, Wu Xiaobang was still a little unbelieving, thinking that most of them relied on Zhao Xingde's reputation, but now that he is immersive, he feels that not only is it not worthy of the name, but it greatly underestimates the power of these officers. The officials and Confucian scholars present were not idle people, it turned out that there were still many people who were eager to try and want to show off in front of Zhao Xingde, but now they are all cautious, with a thoughtful face, expecting others to go up first to try the depth.

"Liu Zi's theory," Wu Xiaobang said with a heart, coughing lightly, "I talk about the harm of the Zhou system, but I don't know the benefits of the Zhou system." ”

"If you take history as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall, the king of Zhou divided the world, the society lasted for more than 800 years, the violent Qin changed to the county, the second died, the Han inherited the Qin system, the country Zuo 400 years less than one and a half of the Zhou, the Qin system can be called a good system? After the Han Dynasty, Di Yi invaded, the Wuhu Rebellion, the Chinese were almost wiped out, the Qin and Han Dynasties had not seen it before, wouldn't it be the harm of replacing the Zhou system with the Qin system?......

The pros and cons of feudalism and counties were one of the most discussed topics among the Qing gentry everywhere, and the same was true in the reclamation of the South China Sea. When the counties of Tunken Prefecture write to the imperial court, they must open the state school to recommend the shepherds, which is essentially to seize the right to recommend local officials, and no longer appoint and dismiss officials at will by the imperial court. Because of the involvement of this layer of interests, the vast majority of the officials in Nanhai Prefecture and County are derogatory to Liuzi's feudal theory, and the time has changed, they do not want to restore the feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty, but oppose the imperial court to regard the state and county as subordinates, and the officials to regard the state and county as a post station. The gentry of the native prefectures and counties of the Song Kingdom also had many responses to this call, and more people harbored an ambivalent mentality.

The center of power is still in the state and county, and now the debate in the Song Dynasty is very fierce.

Since the Qin Dynasty, the world has been divided for a long time, and it must be divided for a long time. The monarchs and ministers of the Song State originally wanted to unify the world, however, the Liao army conquered Bianliang, which greatly damaged the confidence of the Song people. Now, except for a few delusional people, they basically stop saying such big things. The Northern Expedition mentioned the most, neither to destroy Liao, nor to unify, but to restore the old frontier, the emperor repeatedly said that Ezhou is very good, unwilling to return to Bianliang, the mentality of peace can be seen from this. If it is destroyed by the Xia State in the future, Kansai will once again "have the same book and the same track", "burn books and pit Confucianism", and forcibly implement the sergeant system...... For many gentry, it was really more difficult to accept than the change of ownership of the society, and they had doubts about the unified county system from the bottom of their hearts, and even more so for the Nanhai Liuguan who had their fathers and ancestors exiled to Lingnan and still hated the imperial court in their hearts. However, the county system has been implemented in the Central Plains for nearly a thousand years, and it is respected by the predecessors of famous Confucians, and the imperial court is also eager to take power from the prefectures and counties, and many people are waving their flags and shouting for it.

"The state and county treasury is full, and the imperial court will inevitably be empty."

"If the Northern Expedition to the Liao State is carried out, 100,000 troops will come out, and the daily cost will be thousands of dollars, will it be impossible for the imperial court to make changes out of nothing?"

"If the imperial court can't gather a large army and food," Feng Mi said in a deep voice: "Then, the Liao people will definitely invade the south and lose their lives." Moreover, is it possible that the power and the hands of the state and county gentry will definitely treat the people well? It's like Shuzhou Xuezheng is the evil party, if it weren't for the imperial court to send someone down to investigate, this traitor doesn't know how long he will be rampant? The court appointed officials to live in office for a short time, and they have nothing to do with the interests of the locality, and the only thing that the officials rely on is the royal law, and if they are not careful, they will provoke a civil uprising, so they can only be cautious. And the gentry in a place are intertwined, and the things recommended are actually all parties, one is prosperous, one is lost, and their interests are inseparable, if the inferior gentry are complicit, then the people have no way to shout injustice, I am afraid it is better to expect the court to send a Qingtian lord to preside over justice. ”

Not all the officials of the Bo Ni State agreed with Wu Xiaobang, and the officers of the Navy Division were divided into several factions, and all parties were arguing with each other, so it was not lively.

And Zhao Xingde sat quietly in the middle, listening to the arguments of all parties without saying a word.

The so-called teaching people to fish, it is better to teach people to fish, this group of naval officers are the best choice in terms of knowledge and conduct, and the foundation is excellent, after getting along during this time, Zhao Xingde has completely assured them, even if sometimes, he does not think that some arguments are true, he will not deliberately correct them. At first, he also regarded young scholars such as Ma Yuan and Feng Mi as disciples, but now, these people can judge right and wrong independently. In Zhao Xingde's eyes, they have already been released, and a sword blank has been forged. None of the officers of the Navy Division were Zhao Xingde's personal subordinates, but they were not simply obedient to orders. It just needs to be tempered by fate. And these tribulations, Zhao Xingde can't bear them on their behalf. It was tempered several times in the furnace and quenched several times in the water, some were broken, and some were returned to the furnace before they were cast into a sword.

The long-distance voyage and the closed cabin make people more introspective and insightful. The understanding of each other has never been greater. Zhao Xingde looked at his subordinates, some were red-faced, some were pale, and some were silent, everyone's personality was very distinct, and there was no mediocre ordinary person. Infected by the officers of the water division, the officials and Confucian scholars in Bonizhou also became more and more active, and Wu Xiaobang also confronted Xu Xiaoyun-for-tat, and exchanged words several times, and he was not polite to the "Iron Mask Imperial History" at all.

"This way to Longzhu Island, there are supplies from Tunkenzhou County, after Longzhu Island, it's hard to say, if you don't do it, you have to rely on food to the enemy, Li Yong's kid, I don't know where to get out of the Tianzhu princes?" While listening to everyone's discussions, Zhao Xingde took the time to think that because the news on the sea was blocked, he still didn't know about Li Sihai inheriting the king of kings and subduing the princes of Ghaznavid.

............

The golden sunlight falls on the red brick wall more than two feet high, and the sunset is brilliant and magnificent, and a flock of crows forage for food over the city.

Li Yong squinted his eyes and yawned lazily, this was the only time of day when he could see the sun.

The cell window faced west, and it was only in the evening that he could see the red sun slowly setting behind the walls of Lahore. The smell of cooking smoke entered the cell, and Li Yong's stomach couldn't help but growl. He can't remember how many days he was imprisoned, only bread and a bowl of water every day. However, he was born with a big heart. The so-called life sometimes has to be there, and there is no time in life to force it. Since he agreed to the envoy's errand, it was not surprising that he would be detained. Fanbang doesn't care what the two countries are fighting for, and they don't cut it off. However, the Fanbang people are very profitable, and as long as the Bowang Hou Li family can pay the ransom, the possibility of being killed is very small. However, Li Yong's detention was not very comfortable. Although he was rich and rivaled the country, he would rather endure a painful life of captivity than bribe the guards excessively, for these people had a great appetite and could have squeezed him dry to the last silver coin.

With a bang, the iron door of the cell was opened, and the guard accompanied a eunuch into the cell.

Li Yong raised his head and looked at the two people curiously. It was the first time he had seen anyone alive other than the guards since he had been thrown into the cell. The eunuch's face was obvious, and when Li Yong looked at him, he was also looking at this prison. The envoy of the Xia Kingdom sat cross-legged, his clothes dirty, and his expression calm. The unknown stench in the cell was disgusting, and the eunuch hurriedly took two steps forward and said with a sympathetic expression: "God bless, how can Venerable Lord Li live in such a filthy place?" The Governor of Satsuma has sent me to invite you to a banquet. ”