Liu Zongzhou's meaning is that too many people talking is like no one talking, it is like throwing a needle into the sea, although the needle is indeed in this area, but because it is too difficult to find out, there is no effect on the needle.

Apocalypse suddenly remembered something at this time, and asked Gao Panlong: "This ordinary person used to be obedient, how did he become so active in less than three years, is there any hidden secret?" ”

Gao Panlong nodded and said: "Your Majesty, this is a point, how can ordinary people suddenly change after being honest all their lives?" After two months of investigation, the ministers found that there were many forces involved, and they sought their own interests under the banner of the common people and wanted to occupy a place in the auxiliary political institutions. ”

Apocalypse said: "I have set up an auxiliary government agency mainly to assist the administrative officials so that they do not take detours, just like a few of you, among them there are people who grasp the overall situation, and there are also professionals who deal with professional affairs. In order to allow officials to obey the will of their superiors and take into account the needs of the people, in addition to the imperial court appointment, there are also local elections in the auxiliary political institutions, do they want everyone to be elected by the local government? Who are the people who are making waves in it? ”

Gao Panlong said: "Lord Yang Lianyang has already taken people to Nanzhili for further investigation, and according to the preliminary report, there are so many kinds of people, one is a businessman who is dissatisfied with the current system, the second is a gang that is employed, the third is a scholar who has read a little book and thinks he has insight, and the fourth is a Taixi person who preaches. ”

Tianqi frowned and said: "Scholars can understand, after reading a little sage book, they think that they have mastered the mysteries of heaven and earth, and they always think that they can't display their talents if they don't meet them, and those who can't get an official position through normal channels will hold a grudge, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate should find a way to use such people to let them do their best." Businessmen can also understand that my profit cap system has given them less chance of getting rich overnight, and they should also want to take a place and speak for themselves. In addition to paying taxes normally, the gang members who are engaged in the industry are also exploited by the owner, and it makes sense to feel that the income is less and being used to make trouble. What does Wei Zhongxian eat? ”

When it came to Wei Zhongxian, Gao Panlong and Liu Zongzhou, they were angry, they wanted to say something bad, but they didn't want to affect their normal judgment because of their hatred, so they kept silent. King Xin knew the reason, smiled slightly, and said: "It is said that Wei Zhongxian sent people to keep an eye on the Taixi people, and I have not heard that they openly said anything rebellious, and I suspect that they are because someone said a lot of rumors that those people said. They say that thousands of years ago, Tessie began to elect the lord of the city, and if everyone was not satisfied with the lord of the city, they could remove him, saying that it was God's will. ”

Tianqi snorted and said: "There are many things in the world like this, the attack of outsiders is not terrible, and the two devils who have a bad conscience inside are the most terrifying." ”

Gao Panlong said: "The Taixi people are ambitious, after all, the roots are shallow, and they can't turn over the big waves, because the court needs them now, so they don't want to eradicate them for the time being, it's really unreasonable, let's grab the handle, and a few hard blows can calm the situation." Now the most critical thing is the Cao Gang, the Yan Gang and other gangs, they are the most unstable factors, ordinary people have opinions and are loyal to the emperor, but the most loyal people in these gangs are not the emperor but others, the emperor has to guard against it! ”

After listening to the words of these people, Tianqi had a preliminary understanding in his heart, that is, the proposal of local elected officials and the Supervision and Administration Yuan had no opinions. King Xin wants to withdraw and give up to a smart person, and his body is one reason, and another reason is that the current prime minister is not very interesting, it is better to concentrate on presiding over the Supervisory Yuan, and the high power and light responsibility are the real fun of being an official. Gao Panlong must be willing to be elected by the officials, the Donglin Party once put forward a slogan is to elect the first assistant, he is just worried that things will not be controlled in the end, so he wants the apocalypse to pay attention to those gangs.

Tianqi said to Gao Panlong: "You don't have to worry about the gang, Mr. Sun has already said that Zhao will take care of those people in Nanjing, and by the way, transform them into good citizens loyal to the imperial court." Master Gao began to say that Yang Lian went to Nanzhili, and asked him to pay attention to the religious forces including the Taixi people, the monks of the Tang Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties were very majestic, and Emperor Shizong of this dynasty was not also confused by Taoist priests back then? These people don't see any harm in ordinary times, but this kind of influence is relatively far-reaching and easy to be accepted by the people. ”

Gao Panlong said: "The emperor is reasonable, but in religious affairs, it cannot be completely banned and the use must be controlled, after all, it is still necessary to let the people have a sense of awe." The general law-abiding and good people are in awe of the law and the government, and those who are bold and reckless are not afraid of the present, but many are afraid of the afterlife, and the religious afterlife and this life still have a certain effect of stabilizing social stability. The minister means that whether it is Buddhism, Taoism or Catholicism believed by the Taixi people, if they want to worship and worship, they must be in a fixed place, that is, they can only be in temples, Taoist temples and churches. ”

At this time, Xu Guangqi, who had not spoken for a long time, said: "A while ago, I discussed with Long Huamin for a trivial matter, and during the casual conversation, I said that the people of Turpan west of Hami do not eat pork and believe in Allah, and the minister asked whether the Allah that Long Huamin believed in was also Jesus, and Long Huamin said that the Allah that the people believe in is different from the God that Catholics believe. Only later did the minister realize that those who believe in God and those who believe in Allah are different from my Daming people, and some of the Daming people believe in Buddhism, some believe, and some believe in ghosts, and no matter what they believe, there will not be much contradiction when they go together, but those who believe in God and those who believe in Allah are together with each other, and it is said that they have fought great wars for hundreds of years. ”

Everyone felt a little strange when they saw Xu Guangqi suddenly talking about the Wu'er people in the west, so they all looked at him, Xu Guangqi nodded and continued: "The minister is wondering why these people are fighting for the different gods they believe in? Later, I learned that they all thought that the other party was a heretic, and they wanted to attack it quickly. The belief in gods has reached the point of attacking each other, which shows how obsessed they have been, how can such a person be loyal to the emperor and the court? At first, Master Gao said that the first person in the gang to be loyal to the emperor was not the emperor, but those people were not to worry about temporarily, and those who believed in Allah and God would be loyal to others in their descendants, and this was the great calamity! ”

Xu Guangqi is a religion well aware of the doctrine, now even he says so, it can be seen that this is indeed the case, Tianqi said: "The Jurchens believe in shamanism, and the Mongolians believe in Buddhism, but they are different from the Ming Dynasty, and they are divided into red religions, white religions and flower religions, and the Ming Dynasty itself has Buddhism and Taoism, and now there is a Catholic religion." The so-called religious belief is to divide people's most loyal loyalty to the court and the country to other places, and this is indeed a matter that needs to be considered. At the beginning, Master Gao proposed that no matter what religion must be sacrificed or worshiped in a fixed place, and when you go out of these places, you must realize that you are the people of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Everyone said something again, and then the apocalypse returned to the Qianqing Palace, and I always felt a little confused in my heart, there were people below who wanted to elect officials, and they didn't seem to care about King Xin and Gao Panlong, but they didn't see any good ways for them, did they have their own ideas? Of course, the apocalypse has a way to stop it, but he doesn't want to make people panic, and he also hopes that all officials will be elected by the people in the end, so that they can listen to both the orders of their superiors and the opinions of the people. But he knows that such a thing must be carried out slowly and steadily in a controllable manner, just like holding an oil bowl to light a lamp, which will cause a fire if he is not careful.

As Gao Panlong said at the beginning, the people were submissive at the beginning and did not know that they could express their opinions, and now if they are allowed to speak, there will definitely be some chaos, because they have not taken precautions yet. For example, if there is no water and no river bank on a piece of flat land, if some water is suddenly poured on the ground, the water will spread in all directions, and allowing the people to express their opinions is equivalent to pouring water out, and not restricting the flow of water will not only be not beneficial, but will become a disaster. How is the question pre-constrained? The construction of rivers is based on the flow of water, and the guidance of the people's thinking also needs some measures to form a binding force.

Tianqi thought for a while and didn't know the essentials, got up and walked to Kunning Palace, and when he entered, he saw that the queen and Feng Siqin were there, but they all lived up to the good spring light and did not play mahjong in the spring breeze, but settled accounts at the table. Seeing that the apocalypse was coming, everyone hurriedly gave up their seats, and the queen happily told the apocalypse about the income of the newly opened imperial store, and her eyes kept flashing when she was happy, which showed that everyone loved money in the bottom of their hearts.

The queen said for a while, seeing that the apocalypse was not as interested as him, she asked someone to pack up the account books and asked: "The emperor only said a while ago that there is no war everywhere now, why are you a little tired now?" What is it that bothers you? ”

Tianqi said: "I found that I was very tired from doing things before, so I asked many people to help me be lazy, for example, let King Xin take care of government affairs for me, Mr. Sun Chengzong Sun was in charge of military affairs, and Gao Panlong was in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in charge of officials. After a while, I found that I was not tired, but they were all tired, and King Xin already had gray hair at a young age, which made people feel distressed to look at. More than two years ago, after careful consideration, I found that people's energy is limited, and everyone needs someone to help them when doing things, so I gradually established and improved the four-level auxiliary government system, and now the people are mobilizing but it seems that there is a danger of getting out of control, and I am worried about this. ”

The queen smiled: "The concubine remembers that Zhang Guo, one of the eight immortals, has a donkey made of paper, and usually rolls up the donkey and puts it in his pocket, and when he wants to use it, he takes it out and shakes it in the wind and becomes a donkey. ”

Feng Siqin said: "The queen mother is not right, if that is the case, the emperor is not tired but his hands are tired, and he has to get up every day before dawn to shake the paper man, isn't it more troublesome?" ”

The queen said: "The emperor can shake one first, and then let the one who has become a human continue to shake, and it will be all shaken in half a day." ”

Feng Siqin said: "I can't do anything after shaking it for half a day, because it takes half a day to fold all the people." ”

Apocalypse said, "Don't be kidding, I'm here today to find a smart guy to talk to and see if I can give me some inspiration." After that, he talked about the fact that the Tessians, the gang forces, the scholars, and the merchants all wanted to have a place in the auxiliary government.

When the queen heard this, she said: "This thing is simple, I can't think of it without experience before, just find a place to test it first." ”