Qian Qianyi's family is very rich, and no one can tell where his family's money came from, but it is certain that it has little to do with his surname, and it is also certain that his family's money was definitely not made after the implementation of the economic inspection system by the imperial court. At the end of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, the imperial court implemented an economic inspection system, and as long as no one reported that the money earned by officials before that time was greedy, the money would be considered your inherent property, but after the implementation of the economic inspection system, there would be a scrutiny of how much the family property increased every year, and it was impossible for officials to get rich overnight for no reason.

Therefore, it is not a matter whether he can make money or not, and the time to make money is considered a real skill, Qian Qianyi is a person with real ability, which is also the reason why Tianqi has a good impression of him and makes him believe in Mr. Wang. In fact, Tianqi does not hate corrupt officials, he only hates the kind of corrupt officials who do not know how to advance or retreat, and earnestly do things for the court and the people, and appropriately increase some income for his family, which is normal in the eyes of Tianqi. A person like Hai Rui who is selfless and dedicated to the public is worthy of admiration but not worth promoting, because Tianqi knows that the quality of the people of the Ming Dynasty will not be very high, and forcibly requires officials to become gentlemen, and the result is likely to appear A large number of hypocrites.

Qian Qianyi is a smart person who knows how to advance and retreat, young and talented, easy-going, and generous with a lot of money in his pocket, so he has made a lot of friends and has a good impression of him, and after joining the Donglin Party, his reputation among the younger generation has risen rapidly, plus he has a good relationship with King Xin, so his opinions have a certain representativeness.

Seeing that Gao Panlong and the others were not interested, Qian Qianyi of course knew what the problem was, and he said softly to Gao Panlong: "Master Gao and Master Liu are both respected by our predecessors, and the younger generation has something to say that I don't know if I can't say it?" ”

Gao Panlong and Liu Zongzhou glanced at each other and asked, "Lord Qian, please speak up if you have anything to say." ”

Qian Qianyi said: "The younger generation feels that the purpose of my Donglin Academy should be appropriately adjusted, in the past, Emperor Wanli abolished the government and nepotism was not conducive to the Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, and my Donglin people tried to limit and weaken the imperial power, and to gain the support of the people. Now that today's son trusts me and others to delegate power again and again, and Lord Gao, Lord Liu, etc. are all very relied on, is it time not to mention weakening the imperial power for the time being? ”

Gao Panlong nodded and said: "Lord Qian is right, but following the will of the people to weaken the imperial power is something that has been preached for decades, not to mention how to gather people?" Now I seem to have more people in Donglin Academy than before, but the core characters are getting fewer and fewer. This time, some people in Nanjing were asking for elected officials, and we didn't even know about it, and those scholars no longer regarded us as fellow travelers. ”

Qian Qianyi said: "It is precisely because of these considerations that the younger generation made this suggestion, why do the world's scholars unite around us? It's not because we have to get along with the imperial power, but because we want the Ming Dynasty to be more prosperous and powerful. In the past, the imperial power was restricted because it was too large and was not conducive to the normal operation of the imperial court, but now that the emperor has delegated enough power, we no longer know whether it is beautiful to advance or retreat. ”

Gao Panlong nodded and did not speak, Liu Zongzhou said at this time: "We also know that it is inappropriate to mention what restrictions and weaken the imperial power now, and we also admire the emperor's good knowledge and responsibility, but as Lord Gao said, we need to unite people together." We are also thinking about what to do in the future, and we are here today to solve this problem, do you have any good ideas? ”

Qian Qianyi said: "Of course, the younger generation thinks that the slogan of restricting and weakening the imperial power cannot be changed, but there needs to be an explanation, that is, when the emperor begins to implement dictatorship one day, we must stop it through various channels." We now meet every once in a while, and I don't think that's enough, and now that the emperor has allowed the Elder Gao to take the lead in reviewing and running the newspaper, it is a great opportunity for us to continue to promote our ideas, isn't that much better than meeting regularly to give lectures? ”

Gao Panlong was originally bowing his head and pondering, but after listening to Qian Qianyi's words, he suddenly raised his head and asked, "Does Lord Qian mean to make the newspaper requested by the emperor into a newspaper that promotes our thoughts?" The emperor paid for us to do publicity, will he agree? ”

Qian Qianyi said: "The younger generation thinks that it doesn't matter whether the emperor agrees or not, the important thing is that we should use this newspaper as a touchstone to see if there is any difference between our ideas and the emperor's ideas." began to say that if the emperor wants to implement dictatorship one day and can't listen to the advice, we have to stop it through various channels, how can we know what the emperor really thinks? Isn't it okay to submit it to the emperor before the newspaper is published? ”

Gao Panlong asked: "What if the emperor agrees to the manuscript we submit every time?" ”

Qian Qianyi said: "That means that there is no difference between the emperor's thinking and ours, we should do things for the emperor wholeheartedly, if there are different opinions, we will first see who is right and who is wrong, and if there are no different opinions, we will work together to do things, this is the attitude we should have." Besides, the younger generation has a very ridiculous idea, thinking that the emperor suppressed the people of Donglin Academy five or six years ago, if the truth is really as the younger generation guessed, the emperor is not something we can contend with. Qian Qianyi said that in the end, his voice was already very low.

Gao Panlong thought for a while and said loudly to everyone: "Lord Qian's suggestion is very good, we should express our thoughts in the newspaper requested by the emperor in the future, people's ideas and understandings have their own limitations, and only by exchanging ideas in one place can everyone's thinking be more mature." Today's gathering is here for the time being, and from today onwards, anyone who has ideas can come here to talk about it, because the newspaper office that runs the newspaper is here, and it is convenient to write and review manuscripts in one place. ”

After Gao Panlong finished speaking, he appointed a few people who usually had nothing to do to set up a newspaper, and at the same time designated a few people to contact the big iron company. After listening to Gao Panlong's words, everyone talked about it for a while and then dispersed.

Gao Panlong saw that everyone else had left, so he invited Liu Zongzhou and Qian Qianyi into the hut next to him, and after letting the people on the left and right avoid him, Gao Panlong asked: "Lord Qian began to say that you have a conjecture, I have always had similar thoughts, that is, why did the emperor suddenly attack the people of my Donglin Academy five or six years ago, did Lord Qian hear something?" ”

Qian Qianyi said: "I also guessed that the current emperor was carried by Lord Yang Lianyang, Liu Yijing, Lord Liu and others, and later vigorously promoted the adults. But then he suddenly turned his face and didn't recognize people, and the depreciation of the arrest was very sudden, I think it is impossible to do it just by the demon woman of the Ke family and the eunuch of Wei Zhongxian, there must be a hidden secret. ”

Liu Zongzhou also said at this time: "Yes, if there is no hidden secret, why did the emperor suddenly recall us later?" The method of degrading Wei Zhongxian and killing the Ke clan is clean and neat, what is the reason between our retreat and summoning? ”

Qian Qianyi said: "A few days ago, King Xin asked me to sort out some ministers' letters, because the officials from other places played late, so they still need to be sorted out one after another, and when I sorted out, I found that the local officials and the officials in Beijing are the same, and they don't have much courage left to dare to oppose the emperor." ”

Liu Zongzhou thought for a while and said: "I understand what Lord Qian meant, the emperor was young and knowledgeable, and his ideas were generally opposed by people, not only the old ministers were opposed, but even many young ministers would often write to admonish. The emperor is also a person who is dissatisfied with this kind of thing because he is young and high-spirited, and he found an opportunity to demote the ministers of the DPRK and China, and then slowly recalled them to use, the purpose of which is to establish his authority, does Lord Qian think so? ”

Qian Qianyi said: "I don't know if the emperor thinks so, I only know that few people in the court dare to admonish the emperor now, ** Lord Xingzhao and Lord Ye Xianggao Ye and other old ministers died of illness, and there are few others who dare to speak out to persuade them, maybe the emperor needs such an effect." ”

Gao Panlong thought for a while and said: "It's unknown whether the emperor is as you guessed, but now the emperor still trusts us, just like Lord Qian began to say, use the newspaper as a touchstone to see the change process of the emperor's attitude, and do a good job as a minister." ”

Two days later it was the Dragon Boat Festival, this year's Dragon Boat Festival in the palace was different from previous years, Princess Ningde suggested holding a dragon boat race, which was approved by many concubines, and even the old people such as Concubine Zheng were interested. Because everyone was afraid that Apocalypse had fallen into the water before, no one said that they wanted to hold a dragon boat meeting or anything like that, a while ago, I saw Apocalypse and King Xin playing in the Taiye Pool, and knew that Apocalypse was no longer afraid of water, so Princess Ningde came forward to propose to hold a dragon boat meeting, and Apocalypse was in a good mood and agreed to it.

On the morning of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, there were a lot of people around the South China Sea of Taiye Pond, and about ten narrow dragon boats with silk cloth of various colors on the bow stopped on the shore, and the palace maids and eunuchs of each palace were full of spirit and ready to show their skills. According to Princess Ningde's suggestion, the concubines of each palace will take their own people to compete, and those who are willing to participate in the competition will pay their own money to prepare, and use the money to be the winner of the lottery. Apocalypse couldn't laugh at this suggestion, because it didn't conform to his usual purpose, that is, gambling in the palace should not make people unprofitable.

In order to make everyone enthusiastic and win or lose will not be too disappointing, Apocalypse changed the rules to participate freely, and each person who is willing to participate will take 1,000 taels, and Apocalypse himself has added tens of thousands of taels to let the craftsmen hurry up to create some gold and jade inlaid reward jewelry. The lowest value of these ornaments is 1,000 taels, and the highest is about 5,000 or 6,000 taels, and they are distributed according to the ranking of the competition, so that the winner will be happy that the race will not be left behind.

Everyone is very happy that the apocalypse has changed like this, but the old people such as Concubine Zheng are not very satisfied, and it is recommended to set up a gambling game to bet on the outcome of the game.

When Apocalypse and the queen came to sit in the set up shed, they found that there were more people participating in the competition and watching the excitement than expected, and Apocalypse whispered to the queen: "It seems that the people in the palace still like to fight." ”

The queen said with a smile: "I heard that Liu Sanlang and Wei Xiaolan also added five hundred taels of bets in private, so people love to fight." ”^-^^-^