Great Song Dynasty, Xiuzhou, Wusong River Estuary.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

A "Truth"-class sail battleship dropped anchor in the Wusong River and was bombarding an earthen wall made of sandbags on the shore with nine 2,500-pound long-barreled bronze cannons on the port side.

The cannonball erupted from the chamber, arced through the air, slammed down near the earthen wall, and then bounced back and slammed forward. One of them hit the earthen wall impartially, bursting several sandbags on the spot, and the good end of the earthen wall immediately collapsed downward. Only the first round of shelling has already hit the target!

On a five-story octagonal brick and wood tower in the distance, Ji Yi, who was wearing a white Confucian costume and a Dongpo scarf, put down the telescope in his hand, with a solemn expression on his face.

"Brother Yi," Mi Youren, who was holding his arms and admiring the scenery of the Wusong River, said with a smile beside Ji Yi, "You see the matter of borrowing grain......

"Borrowed food?" Ji Yi looked at Mi Youren, shook his head, and said, "How can Brother Yuanhui see the outside world?" This official is also the founding veteran of Tianjin! Youzhou and Benguan are actually one. Now that Youzhou is short of food, the official should do his best to help, what do you want to borrow? It's too out-of-the-box. ”

Mi Youren hurriedly arched his hand, "Is this the official's fault, this matter really shouldn't be excused." So...... How much food can Brother Yi make? ”

Ji Yi's brows were still furrowed, his Hailu City Shipping Division had indeed managed to raise some food. But it's all going to be transported to Kaifeng Mansion, if Wu Haogu wants to go, how can Kaifeng Mansion explain?

As for raising another batch of grain in Jiangnan, it is not very easy to do.

Because in recent years, in order to expand silk exports, Ji Yi has implemented the transformation of rice into mulberry in the south of the Yangtze River - of course, he doesn't have to dig the river embankment to flood the fields.

He was the leader of the bureaucratic landlord class in Jiangnan, and the entire Pingjiang Ji family owned no less than 300,000 mu of land! As soon as several Jiangnan giants were combined, they joined forces to change rice to mulberry and opened a silk factory weaving factory in Shanghai Commercial City.

But as soon as this thing is done, Ji Yi will be able to control less food. Now, in a hurry, it is really not easy to raise 2 million stones.

"What? Can't get out? ”

"Of course, it can be even...... Ji Yi thought for a while, "but there is a fixed number of grain exports from the south of the Yangtze River, one is to transport the Central Plains to the north, and the other is to transport Fujian to the south." This year, the Hailu City Shipping and Real Estate Division has raised an additional 2 million stones, which are ready to be shipped to Haizhou. If you want to raise food again, I'm afraid it will take some effort. ”

"Then embezzle the 2 million stones that were transported to Kaifeng Mansion." Mi Youren said, "If these 2 million stones go through Haizhou into the canal, when will it be blocked?" It's hard to say whether it can be transported into Kaifeng Mansion, so let's give it to Youzhou first. ”

"Then the imperial court ......," Ji Yi frowned, "It's not that there is no way, in fact, there is a place to raise food." But Brother Yuanhui has to help me, otherwise I will give 2 million stones to Youzhou, and I will starve Kaifeng Mansion, and the court will dismiss my official. ”

"And where to raise food? Where? ”

"Go and ask Li Yanghuan, the king of Jiaozhi County," Ji Yi said, "Although Jiaozhi is far away, as long as the wind is in the right direction on the sea, it can be reached quickly for thousands of miles." ”

"Cochin has food?"

"Yes!" Ji recalled, "There is a large plain in Jiaozhi, all of which are paddy fields, and the climate is warm, so you can grow at least twice a year. Moreover, Jiaozhi has a large population, probably more than Guangnan Road, and it was developed earlier. As early as the Han Dynasty, Jiaozhi County was quite in a situation. ”

Cochin County, also known as Na Nin in northern Vietnam, was also densely populated and economically developed in ancient times.

Agriculture in the Red River Plain is quite developed! The amount of grain that could be produced was extremely large, and according to the records of the Han Dynasty, the number of households in Jiaozhi County was more than the sum of the four counties of Guangdong and Guangxi! There are more than 92,400 households and more than 740,000 mouths.

In the Song Dynasty, the country of Jiaozhi had a population of several million!

"Li Yanghuan is willing to give?"

"Of course I will," Ji Yi said with a smile, "He is the protector of Annan of the Great Song Dynasty, and the envoy of the Jing Navy is observed and disposed of." As long as Brother Yuan Hui is willing to send 6 gunboats to the coast of Jiaozhi, he will definitely be willing to give food. ”

That's ah, the truth has come, and you still dare not give it?

Moreover, Ji Yi is a notorious colonist, and he will definitely use his strength to send the fleet of the coastal city shipping department to the coast of Jiaozhi, so that he will have to make another concession and scrape some compensation......

……

After negotiating the food issue, Ji Yi and Mi Youren went down the tower together, and there was a pavilion under the tower, and Mo Niangzi and Li Gang were already sitting inside. Several servants and envoys of the Ji family were waiting inside and outside the pavilion, preparing tea, wine and food, and serving them at any time.

Ji Yi and Mi Youren entered the pavilion with a smile, and Li Gang in the pavilion saw them and asked with a smile: "What?" Is the matter of borrowing grain settled? ”

Ji Yi smiled: "It's okay, it's right." The military situation in Youzhou is critical, and it should always be supplied to the front of the army first. As for the 2 million stones raised for Kaifeng Mansion, go back to Li Yanghuan and ask for it. ”

Li Gang smiled: "I heard that Li Yanghuan is a loyal minister of the imperial court, and he will definitely give it." ”

"That's natural." Ji Yi smiled and sat cross-legged at a low table.

Mi Youren was also not polite, and sat directly next to Mo Niangzi. Then asked: "Boji, Mo Niangzi, are you willing to go to Liaodong?" ”

Mi Youren not only brought 6 truth-class battleships, but also brought an invitation from Wu Haogu, inviting Ji Yi, Li Gang, and Mo Niangzi to go north together to discuss the state of the country.

However, Ji Yi seems to be unable to go, he has to go to Li Yanghuan to ask for food and concessions.

Now it depends on what Li Gang and Mo Niangzi mean.

Li Gang frowned slightly when he heard this, but asked rhetorically: "Brother Yuanhui, I only want to ask one point, is the scholar doctor in the world a citizen of the republic?" ”

"This ......," Mi Youren shook his head, "What is a scholar?" "Zhou Li. Examination of the work of the cloud: sit and talk about the prince of the Tao. It is said to be a doctor who does it. If the "Zhou Li" prevails, the citizens of Youzhou are all those who do it, or they are military generals, or officials, or big workers, big merchants, and big farmers. ”

"How can the great workers, the big merchants, and the big farmers be listed as scholars? This is not in accordance with the "Weekly Rites". Li Gang immediately pointed out Mi Youren's mistake.

Mi Youren said with a smile: "The republic of a country starts in Tianjin, and the city of Tianjin starts from industry and commerce. Drinking water should be thought of the source, and the founding of the country should not forget its roots.

Therefore, in a republic, the big workers, big merchants, and big farmers can be ranked alongside the generals and officials. ”

The republic to be established by Wu Haogu stresses reciprocity of rights and obligations - it is impossible to be completely reciprocal, but it must pursue reciprocity.

Otherwise, there are only rights, not obligations, and the country of citizens will be the same as the streets.

And the foundation of the country, in the view of Wu Haogu, is the wealth of the country and the strength of the army.

This is not exactly the same thing, and the argument that a rich country equals a strong army, or that a rich country naturally has a strong army, was nonsense, at least in the Middle Ages. Otherwise, there would be no possibility of the rise of poor ghost countries like Mongolia, Jurchen, and Western Liao.

Therefore, Wu Haogu's idea is to regard the wealth of the country as the obligation of big workers and businessmen, and the strong soldiers as the obligation of knights and government soldiers.

Large-scale workers and businessmen can obtain citizenship by paying a certain amount of taxes. Knights and government soldiers had to serve in the military in accordance with the regulations in order to obtain citizenship.

"What about the readers?" Li Gang simply broke the question, "Those who read the books of sages are not citizens?" ”

"It's not enough to just read the books of the sages," Mi Youren shook his head, "You must complete a diploma from a university-level college recognized by the Education Superintendent of the Republic in order to obtain citizenship." ”

Li Gang's brows were deeply locked, and Ji Yi's face on the side also changed slightly.

The republic, which is still in the making, will exclude the rights of scholars and doctors, and will not even grant citizenship rights......

"That's not right, is it?" Li Gang said, "Is this to be the enemy of the world's scholars? ”

Ji Yi also said: "The Great Song Dynasty is the same world as the scholars...... If the republic excludes scholars, then the scholars of the world will stand on the side of the Great Song Dynasty! ”

Ji Yi and Li Gang are both veterans on Wu Haogu's side!

If the ancient republic of Wuhao can dominate the world, of course they will have to get a piece of the pie.

Therefore, when they heard that the republic would exclude all scholars and doctors who read the books of the sages from citizens, both of them felt that it was inappropriate.

Ji recalled: "Scholars seem to be useless, but in the end they support the Great Song Dynasty...... If the republic wants to replace it, it must also be kind to the scholars! Otherwise, if the people of the world rise up and fight, can the Republican Army be pacified one by one? ”

"It's not just whether you can calm down," Li Gang said, "They may not be needed to fight the world, but they are inseparable from ruling the world." Could it be that a republic will only rely on hundreds of thousands of citizens with swords and money bags? What about people's hearts? What about indoctrination? What about the billions of people in the world? ”

Mi Youren shook his head, "Boji, Yizhi, you can go and talk to your tutor about this matter yourself." Now the republic is still in the process of creating, and all kinds of rules have not yet been decided! ”

Li Gang nodded, "Okay, I'll sail north after the autumn wind rises, and go to discuss the republic with the Martial Saint!" ”

……

Outside the city of Liaoyang Mansion, the official pavilion.

Wu Haogu was meeting in the pavilion with Pan Qiaolian, Ximen Qing, Bai Feifei and Du Wenyu from the north at this time.

He will stay in Liaoyang for a lot of time this time, and it is estimated that he will not be able to return to Tianjin until he gets the spring warmth next year. At that time, the Political Consultative Conference of the Republic will be convened, the constitution will be formulated, the name and system of the country will be clarified, and the first Senate and Government of the Republic will be elected.

Before that, he wanted to study Confucianism in Liaoyang Mansion with all parties, sit down and talk about it, and first discuss the various systems of the republic.

The problem of this political system is not just something that can be solved by a parliament. Otherwise, what is the use of social science?

Because there were a lot of things to discuss and it took a long time, Wu Haogu simply brought all four women as companions.

Wu Haogu and they haven't seen each other for a few days, and now it's Xiao Biesheng's newlywed, so he has endless words. Not only the affairs of the family, the children's affairs, but also mentioned the small abacus of those first-class wealthy families in Tianjin - the world is for the public or something, of course everyone is not good to object, but it can't all be for the public! I have to talk about it for my own sake.

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