Yao Guangqi saw Fu Youde's demeanor and explained seriously: "They are barbarians after all. The rituals of the saints, the outline of Confucianism, they don't understand it at all, we just want to educate, and they don't want to learn it. Such people who do not listen to the words of the sages, do not learn the study of Confucianism, do not know the clothes of our Han family, do not know our Han language, and do not speak our Han language will find it difficult to get along with our Han people after all. Now that the imperial court soldiers are pressuring, we can use the blade and power to subdue them, if the sword is rusty and blunt, and the power is reduced, they will eventually make trouble against the water, and sooner or later they will become a big trouble for my Han family. Rather than being difficult to clean up in the future, it is better to destroy them now so that they have no chance to turn over. Never again. ”

Two days later, in the evening, the noise of the battlefield gradually receded. This is the fourth Yi village of the Ming army, Yao Guangqi looked at the skyrocketing fire, looked at the red sky that was burned, and listened to the sad wail from the village, he suddenly had a new understanding: in this world, absolute mercy does not exist.

For example, the vast majority of the people in the village are innocent, they have only been kidnapped and implicated by the ambitions of Righteous and Eldraine, but if they are soft on them now, they will lose their loved ones, and the seeds of hatred in their hearts will sprout and grow sooner or later, and once the hatred is deep-rooted, it will become a major problem in the peaceful and prosperous world.

Fu Youde slowly walked to Yao Guangqi's side, as a veteran of the battlefield, he was already accustomed to the scene in front of him. He knew that the young man in front of him had the same perseverance and strength as himself, so he always appreciated this young man.

After standing for a while, Fu Youde coughed deliberately, and then patted Yao Guangqi's shoulder: "I can't keep you here, King Yan has come to ask for someone for me, Zhu Di's kid really appreciates you, I'm afraid that I will skip, it's only been a few days, I'm in a hurry to call you back." This letter is for you. As he spoke, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Yao Guangqi.

This is a handwritten letter from Zhu Di, because he was afraid that Zhu Di would write something inconvenient to say, Yao Guangqi did not open it in front of Fu Youde, but only asked with a smile: "I just received it?" ”

Fu Youde seemed to see Yao Guangqi's thoughts, and said calmly: "I just received it at noon, and it was originally sent directly to Qujing. Two letters were sent together, and the letter to me only said to let you go back, rest assured, your letter has not been opened, and no one knows your secret. ”

Although Fu Youde is a martial artist, his mind is so meticulous, Yao Guangqi was a little embarrassed to be said, and hurriedly defended: "There is no secret. ”

Fu Youde let out a sigh: "Don't hide it, it's a hell if you don't have a secret, my father and son have laid down such a big piece of the country, and now it's the turn of the sons to fight for the dragon chair, which is the same as the sons of the rich man in the countryside of our family fighting for land, but our Daming has a bigger field." But isn't the size all the same? When I was a child, I saw the three sons of the rich man Zhang in order to fight for the land, the chickens and dogs jumped, the second and the third partnered to chop the boss alive into meat paste, and then the second and the third beat again, the second broke the third child's legs, the third broke the second child's head, the second child died, the third child was considered to have won the land, but also fished out the lifelong disability, and walked on two crutches all his life. And that kid didn't enjoy the blessings at all, he was targeted by the county officials who were jealous of his family's fields, and he was arrested and locked up for two years. The official saw that he had no oil and water to squeeze, so he let him out, but as soon as he came out, the wife and children of the eldest and second children came to the door every day to trouble him, and his own wife couldn't bear the poverty and remarried. Afterward...... Ay. ”

Yao Guangqi listened to it with a lot of emotion, although Fu Youde's words were straightforward, but every sentence was reasonable, and every sentence hit the point, isn't this a true portrayal of the next generation of the old Zhu family? The cycle of history will be played out in this generation again, and the Game of Thrones will enter a new round of contention, but he wants to know the ending of Fu Youde's story: "What happened later, what happened to the third child?" ”

Fu Youde sighed again: "Later, red scarves began to be made everywhere, either sesame Li or Liu Futong's, my family was poor and couldn't eat, and I rebelled with a ruthless heart, and went to the army to fight, I don't know what happened later, but now, the fertile fields of the rich man Zhang's family are all in my name, and the emperor rewarded me as an ownerless wasteland a few years ago." Two years ago, when I went back to my hometown, I saw that the fertile fields of the old Zhang family were still growing so well, and they were still so able to produce food. ”

"Clever man." Yao Guangqi couldn't help but sigh.

Fu Youde smiled: "What is smart or not, stupid people can understand." I haven't seen anything in all these years. Back then, in order to be the emperor, Chen Youliang didn't beat his master to death. I think back then, I chatted with Liu Bowen's poor sour several times, and that kid once told me in private, what kind of benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, it was all the emperor Lao Tzu's subordinates and the people, in order to make the subjects obedient, so that the people would not rise up to rebel, without those things of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, everyone would feel justified in rebellion, who would be willing to be a farmer and a coolie? In Emperor Laozi's heart, only keeping the throne is real, and everything else is bullshit. He also told me that in history, in order to be the emperor, there were many things to kill my father and my brothers, not only in the past, but also in the future, and what they fought for was the supreme power of the world. Those saints and lords who were praised by later generations, when they killed their fathers and brothers, they treated benevolence, righteousness, and etiquette as farts, but when he became the emperor, he vigorously preached benevolence, righteousness, and etiquette, in order to make the common people obey them and ensure that they would stabilize the throne. And the reason why some people believe that they are benevolent and righteous saints is because there are too many people who pat them on the back, and there is no shortage of scholars who are well-versed in ancient and modern times, and some readers have methods to whitewash their masters. In Liu Bowen's original words, the reincarnation of heaven is nothing more than that. Think about it back then, I learned a lot from Mr. Liu and understood a lot of truths, so don't think I'm a rough man who can only fight, old man, I understand it in my heart, what is in your family's Yan King's heart, and how the King of Qin and King Jin pondered in their hearts, I know it in my heart. ”

Fu Youde's heartfelt words benefited Yao Guangqi a lot, that Liu Bowen is worthy of being a scholar with unparalleled wisdom through the past and the present, and he sees the problem so thoroughly and clearly, but it is a pity that such a romantic figure who has insight into the past and the present, was finally killed by Hu Weiyong's beast, thinking of this, Yao Guangqi sighed: "Mr. Liu is well-informed, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to ask Mr. Liu face-to-face." But I really want to finish this battle with you. I think that back then, you worked with Mr. Liu, jumped on the battlefield, beheaded the enemy prisoners, and leveled the world, that was the true nature of a man. ”

Fu Youde shook his head: "How can it be so noble as you say, when I participated in the red scarf, I was forced to be helpless, and I had to rebel in order to survive, and the emperor is the same today." If the people can eat enough and live comfortably, who wants to work hard with their heads on the waistband? ”

Speaking of this, Fu Youde smiled and patted Yao Guangqi's shoulder: "I have fought for half my life, and now I really want to have fewer wars and fewer deaths in this world." I'm tired, and I'm also dependent, if one day, the emperor can let me go home to retire, it will be better than rewarding me with 10,000 days of fertile land. ”

Saying that, Fu Youde looked back at the northeast: "Go back, the battle behind is easy to fight, Qujing has won, our army has a solid fulcrum, and the backup grain and grass energy is constantly coming up." With the morale of the Yuan soldiers, it is impossible to confront our army head-on, and the rest of our battle is to drive sheep. Behind is a fool to fight, and he won, before you set out on the expedition, you told me that seven will win, every one of them is to the point, just rush to your knowledge, Zhu Di is right to rely on you, he is so anxious, he must have encountered difficulties. ”

At this moment, Fu Youde is not at all like a general who commands hundreds of thousands of troops, but more like an open-minded old man who has seen through the world, he has insight into the minds of his juniors, and he also knows what is about to happen in the court, but he doesn't want to be even more reluctant to stop it, because he knows that no matter what, those young people will fight, because it is human desire and human instinct.

Fu Youde expected it to be good, Zhu Di urged Yao Guangqi to go back, not because he was worried that Fu Youde was digging into the wall, but because something big happened.

Yao Guangqi set off early the next morning and rushed all the way to the capital, even so, it took more than ten days on the road. When he returned to the capital, there was already a faint sense of spring in the capital, especially on both sides of the Qinhuai River, after a short silence in winter, the lively scene gradually resumed at this moment.

entered the Wen'an Society, and as expected, Zhu Di and Linglong were there. Seeing Yao Guangqi coming back, Zhu Di stepped forward with a smile and took Yao Guangqi's hand: "I knew that you would definitely be able to understand my mind, and you could rush back immediately when you saw the letter, so I rushed all the way from Beiping, and I wanted to see you quickly." ”

I don't know why, after this battle in Yunnan, Yao Guangqi's opinion of Zhu Di has changed slightly, but he himself can't say what the specific change is, and he still feels quite cordial when he sees Zhu Di at this moment: "The prince's letter is too brief, and I still haven't figured out what happened." ”

"This is a letter written to me by Jiang Lian, you can take a look first." Zhu Di took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Yao Guangqi very solemnly: "After I read it, I was really happy and worried, and I couldn't make up my mind, so I hurriedly called you back to discuss." ”

After quickly scanning it from front to back, Yao Guangqi read it carefully word by word twice, and after reading it, he closed his eyes and thought for a long time, and then closed the letter, but he didn't speak immediately, but looked at Linglong and Xue Zhiqian: "Now it can be determined that Jiang Jian must have a lot of evidence in his hands, he knows that you have two of the most powerful gangs in the rivers and lakes as foreign aid, but he didn't mention Wen'an Society, so he may not know Wen'an Society." ”