The development of the matter did not depend on Zhou Shunchang's will, and the people of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce were very cunning to hide a letter behind it, and only sent the first one to the capital, and this letter was not directly handed over to Ye Xiang's master, but to Wang Wenyan. Why, because this Wang Wenyan was called "Drum on the Sau" by the Eunuch Party in history, this person is clever, happy to pay, although the status of the Donglin Party is not high, but he is very good at contacting, and belongs to the people who jump up and down. When he saw Zhou Shunchang's letter, his first thought was not how to help the imperial court deal with the strike, but how to use it to get more benefits for himself and the Donglin Party, and to find an opportunity to get ahead.

Wang Wenyan was the first to find Wei Dazhong in the engineering department, and the second was Zhou Chaorui in the ministry to the ministry, both of them were given to the matter, the quality is not high, but they are all first-class officials, these three people sat together to discuss how to use this incident to seek more benefits for the Donglin Party, they plan to take this opportunity to take advantage of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce strike incident, to blackmail Zhu Youxiao to remove the "Daming Royal Trading Firm", in order to win the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce to the Donglin Party greater support, or to get more property from the Suzhou businessmen, to help the people who are not in vain, If this matter is successful, the merchants will definitely give a large amount of gold and silver, and the industry of their hometown will be more prosperous, as for the amount of silver in the household department, it is the matter of the household book, the country is the emperor's, it is not their own business, they have studied hard for ten years, and the cold window is not just for one sentence, that is, "thousands of miles to be an official for food and clothing", no matter whose country, only the gold and silver in their own family are their own. In fact, after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, there were countless literati who took refuge in the Qing Dynasty, but the eunuchs who accompanied the burial of Emperor Chongzhen, the famous representative of the Donglin Party was Hou Fangyu in the "Peach Blossom Fan", his ancestors and fathers were all Donglin Party members, and his lover Li Xiangjun was a prostitute, who committed suicide after the death of the Ming Dynasty, but Hou Fangyu took refuge in the Qing Dynasty and got a high-ranking official.

After Wang Wenyan, Wei Dazhong, and Zhou Chaorui discussed, they still felt that they were small, and decided to find Han Yi again, they all knew very well about Han Yi, Han Yi's interest in party struggle was far greater than his interest in political affairs, otherwise he would not have united with the Donglin Party to expel Fang Congzhe, and even tried to cause Fang Congzhe to die, and then pushed Ye Xianggao. Han Yi was at home, but he was not sure if he could succeed at this time, such an old and cunning figure would not easily express his position, so he sent someone to ask the party leader Ye Xianggao, but unexpectedly learned that Ye Xianggao had been invited by the emperor to discuss the matter.

Luo Sigong is such a smart person, when the secret agents in Suzhou sent a letter about the strike of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, he understood the trickiness. Luo Sigong didn't dare to delay, and immediately reported the matter to Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao thought about it for a while, and sent someone to summon Ye Xianggao into the palace, Zhu Youxiao decided to give the literati conceit and the so-called righteous integrity to Ye Xianggao to invite the gentleman into the urn, so that Ye Xianggao could not justify himself, and voluntarily took the initiative to persuade the Donglin Party members, thus causing their internal strife, so that they could better grasp the political situation, otherwise it would be a waste of time and energy to let the Donglin Party people hinder change, which was definitely not a good thing, which was a waste of time and energy, and half the result. It's better to take the opportunity to solve this cancer this time.

After Ye Shigao entered the palace, he came to Zhu Youxiao's study, and Wang An moved to Xiudun to let Ye Xianggao sit down. Zhu Youxiao has made Wang An develop a habit that whenever cabinet ministers come in, they must move their seats and serve tea to show their respect for these old ministers. Zhu Youxiao did not talk to Ye Xianggao about the Suzhou market strike at first, but only about how he planned to prepare for the continued promotion of high-yield crops starting next year, how to ask for free schools to be held in various places, and required children over the age of six to go to school, to study in the school for eight days a month when the farm was busy, and to study in the school for 20 days a month when the farm was not working, the arrangement of teachers, the arrangement of bunching and repairing, and so on. He also talked about how to improve the cultural accomplishment of the people of the Ming Dynasty, so that everyone is literate, everyone understands etiquette, and achieves self-cultivation like the self-cultivation taught by Confucius Confucius, and also said that because he has too little reading, well, many things need to be painstaking and laborious by cabinet ministers. even talked about whether it is forbidden for women to bind their feet, because this matter was not proposed by Master Confucius, it was only from the Song Dynasty that there was such a vulgar thing as foot binding. So doesn't binding the feet hurt the skin of the parents who gave it, and why is there such a violation of the Holy Word and unnecessary pain to women? Ye Xianggao was stunned for a moment when he said these words, yes, why did the Song Dynasty disobey the words of the Confucian sage. Zhu Youxiao took the opportunity to tell Ye Xianggao about punctuation, and then concluded, there must be no sentence reading, and the misunderstanding caused in the end, and then asked Ye Xianggao to propose when he was in the court, and then promote punctuation for the benefit of future generations, and proposed to abolish the bad habit of foot binding to reduce the pain of women, and his daughter does not have to suffer from foot binding, and for example, Queen Taizuma is our role model, and the ancestors dare to do it, do we have any concerns.

Zhu Youxiao pulled back and forth, from morning to evening, and never let Ye Xianggao get a free rest, and the two meals were eaten with Ye Xianggao in the study, which made Ye Xianggao so tired that he could hardly sit still. How old is Zhu Youxiao, how old is Ye Xianggao, is there no comparison at all.

Zhu Youxiao set a set of east and west, only to make Ye Xianggao dizzy, he didn't dare to wander, he had to concentrate on listening to Zhu Youxiao's idle talk, if he answered the wrong question, it would be a loss for an adult, when Ye Xianggao felt that he was about to faint, Zhu Youxiao suddenly asked Ye Xianggao a special question, which made him overwhelmed.

"Ye Shoufu, is there anything similar between loyalty and filial piety?" Zhu Youxiao stared at Ye Xianggao's eyes and asked.

Ye Xianggao was suddenly asked by Zhu Youxiao, his heart fluttered for a moment, and after a little thought, he replied: "Loyalty and filial piety are similar, loyalty has the meaning of loyalty, and it also has the meaning of doing everything for the country, and even life. Filial piety is to support one's parents, give them all they have, and even their lives. That's where the similarities come in. ”

"So is it the same reason that ordinary people pay summer and autumn taxes to the state as filial piety to their parents?" Zhu Youxiao then asked.

This time, Ye Xianggao did not hesitate at all, and replied directly: "Yes, Your Majesty." Your Majesty is the parents of the people of the world, and the common people pay taxes just like filial piety to their parents. ”

"So is there a necessary punishment for those who do not fulfill their filial piety?" Zhu Youxiao pressed forward step by step, not giving Ye Xianggao time to think.

Of course, those who do not fulfill their filial piety to their parents must be severely punished, and those who are hanged or sentenced to imprisonment are given different punishments depending on the severity of the circumstances. The smallest will be kicked out of their homes, and the worst will be punished by death and dismissed from office. Ye Xianggao didn't know what Zhu Youxiao wanted to ask, so he had to explain down the conversation.

"I will definitely remember Lord Xie Ye's teachings, and I hope Lord Ye can remember it too. Okay, Lord Ye, I troubled you for a day today, and it's not early now, so you can go back and rest first. Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly and said lightly to Ye Xianggao.

"Thank Your Majesty for your grace, it is a blessing for you to be able to talk freely with Your Majesty." Ye Xianggao still doesn't understand what Zhu Youxiao is doing for leaving him here for a day.

Ye Xianggao said goodbye and went home, and when he got home, he didn't say a word, undressed and went to bed. Think about it, Ye Xianggao is also an old man in his sixties, he doesn't sit well in front of Zhu Youxiao, he can't eat well, he has been pestering Zhu Youxiao for a whole day, can he not be tired like a dead dog.

Wang Wenyan, Wei Dazhong, and Zhou Chaorui were still waiting for Ye Xianggao's reply at Han Yi's house. The family sent by Han Yi was just about to ask, but was driven away by Ye Xianggao's housekeeper with a wave of his hand, the master entered the palace for a day, he also waited outside for a day, the master ate a little food, but the housekeeper didn't even eat a bite of fart, he was already starving to death, how could he take care of him.