Li Yu was going to Datong tomorrow and was about to announce the dismissal of the meeting, when Liu Zhilun suddenly said to Yun Rong: "You must have made a deal with Qingguo, saying, what are you going to do?" Don't think you can't guess. ”

Yun Rong looked at Li Yu with a red face, Li Yu immediately lowered his head, and Ortai waved his hand very calmly: "Hezhou, to tell the truth, this kind of thing can't be hidden, instead of letting everyone think nonsense, it's better to make it clear first." ”

Yun Rong stood up and whispered the secret agreement between Fengzhou and Qingguo, Liu Zhilun was furious and smashed his fist on the table: "Shameless and rebellious, you dare to betray Liaoxi!" ”

"Lord Liu, as I said, the size of the territory is related to the national strength, and it is nothing to give up part of the land when the strength is not good," Du Wenhuan got up and walked to the wall, pointed to the map and said loudly, "The Zanhua Military Affairs Office believes that Liaodong has been suffering from famine for many years and the people's livelihood is exhausted, and the Qing State has implemented the strategy of surviving by war in order to get rid of the crisis. However, with the current situation of the Ming army, it was impossible to hold the thousands of miles of border walls in the three towns of Changping, Jizhen, and Shanhaiguan, and the only way to attract the Qing army outside the pass was to throw bait. Liaoxi is this bait, the Guanningjin defense line itself is a stupid idea, except for the consumption of money and grain, there is no meaning, from the three customs to Ningyuan more than 200 li, from Ningyuan to Jinzhou is more than 200 li, there is no field ability can only be tied up, the imperial court should immediately withdraw Liaoxi, all the population, livestock will enter the customs, all the castles, villages will be destroyed, all the troops will strengthen the defense of Gyeonggi, so that the Qing State will hold the fat of Liaoxi, can not swallow, can not spit out, can only be slowly digested. With a chance to breathe, the Ming State can quell the thieves to avoid a two-front war, and can reduce the additional dispatch to alleviate the people's grievances, this is the last chance, the court can't make up its mind, we will push it, if you continue to be obsessed, then wait for death, we only protect China and not the Ming! ”

Liu Zhilun covered his head and said nothing, Li Yu said softly: "Master, I wrote all the pros and cons in the special fold, and the emperor should be able to understand." ”

"Of course the emperor understands, that's why he threw your folds out to test the limelight," Liu Zhilun suddenly became angry, pointed at Li Yu and scolded loudly, "You are a fool, now you have become the target of public criticism, even I have to be scolded, before going to Datong, you send me away from the gang in the square." ”

Li Yu stood up abruptly and strode out the door, and the officials followed in a swarm.

It's already late, the scholars are still chanting poems in the square, talking about the past and the present, and making friends from all over the world by the way - naturalization is really a good place, after scolding people and eating and drinking, sleepy and tired also have tents to live, if the government starts to kill, it will be better, Luo Di Xiucai has become a world-famous righteous man in a blink of an eye, the scholars like here, and they have not left for more than ten days.

Li Yu suddenly came and swept the Yaxing of the scholars, the momentum was too scary, a few guys knelt down with weak legs, but they quickly reacted, the person in front of them was the "Beiyu" and "traitor" they scolded every day, and shouted for a while, and hundreds of people ran to Li Yu and sang "Man Jianghong" together.

"Sing well, Ben Shuai is also excited when he listens to it, Da Ming Youer and other loyal and righteous people are not extinguished," Li Yu clapped his hands vigorously, and then said sharply, "You have made enough trouble, and you have scolded enough, it's time to do serious things, Ben Shuai happens to have a relationship with Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, so I will give you the opportunity to eat Hulu meat and drink Hun blood, and send you all to Shanhaiguan to serve as soldiers tomorrow." ”

"Naturalized uncle, scholars are exempted from the court, and if they don't pay for food, how can they be in the company of vulgar martial artists."

"We are disciples of the Holy School, and we study to serve the emperor's grace to rule the country and level the world, and it is not our turn to be a soldier."

The scholars stopped doing it, shouting and shouting into a mess, and some people also held out the tablet of Confucius, asking Li Yu to apologize to the ancestors, Li Yu sneered: "That is to say, you just shout and shout to kill, but it is someone else who bleeds, how can this be reasonable, you have to abide by my rules when you go to my territory, Fengzhou has never paid taxes regardless of whether you are high or low, you either get out immediately, or go to Shanhaiguan tomorrow, I count from one to ten, and those who do not go will be sent to the garrison immediately for reporting." ”

"It's time to send them to see the blood, so as not to be full of food and foolish nonsense, sons, do it!" The governor of the Inspection Division, Fang Zhikun, was eager to get someone as soon as possible, and immediately beckoned the inspection to surround him.

If you want to move really, the scholars saw that the situation was not good, and before Li Yu counted to ten, they were so frightened that they ran away, the Fengzhou officials laughed, Liu Zhilun felt too embarrassed, and stomped his feet angrily and scolded. The square was quiet, Li Yu glanced at the remaining thirty or forty people, and gave a thumbs up and praised: "Good man, bloody, I will send you to be a soldier, hey, Xue Zongzhou, Wang Rujin, you two are also here, next to you is your classmate surnamed Fu, right?" ”

"Naturalized uncle, in Xia Fu Mountain, Fu Qingzhu, we are willing to join the army, but we will not go to Shanhaiguan, but we will be naturalized in the army." Fu Shan replied.

"The naturalized army is not something that can be done if you want to, you have to endure hardships and fight hard, and besides, I am what you call a northern prisoner and a traitor." Li Yu waved his hand and replied.

"Uncle Guihua, we have only scolded you for being a northern captive, never scolded you for being a traitor, we went to the Barbarian Mountain to join the army when we came back from Shandong, but no one paid attention to it, so we had to wait for you here." Xue Zongzhou said with a grin.

"Naturalized uncle, take us." Wang Rujin and others also shouted, most of them had gone to Shandong with Shanxi auxiliaries, and they were determined to follow the heroes in their hearts.

"Uncle Naturalization, I figured it out, the world is the world of the people, not the world of one family, the Ming Dynasty is also China, but China is not the Ming Dynasty, I am willing to protect China with you." Fu Shan said with a fist.

Li Yu was a little hesitant, but Liu Zhilun excitedly interceded for the scholars: "Hanmin, there is a shortage of scholars in the army, these are good men, you can accept them." ”

"Let's go to the Wuxuan Academy for three months first." Li Yu turned his head and left.

The next day, several major officials of Fengzhou met again in the Great Commander's Palace, Yang He transferred the Di Bao to copy the recent recital of the imperial court, Yang Sichang seemed to be dizzy after entering the court, completely lost the previous shrewdness and ability in the local area, the increase in the distribution of salaries is already the boiling of public resentment, and the re-dispatch of salaries will not add fuel to the fire, the problem of thieves is actually the problem of displaced people, solving the people's livelihood and rectifying the rule of officials is the key, drinking water to quench thirst and blindly eliminating can only add chaos to chaos. Li Yu planned to talk to the governor of Xuanda and the governors of the three towns of Shanxi, Datong, and Xuanfu, and then say hello to the general army of the three towns.

"Hermes-Epitek is a naturalized uncle, the civil and military officials of the four towns of Xuanda have the highest status and the responsibility to stabilize the place, you go, we are at home." Ortai waved his hand and said.

"The Son of Heaven is eager to seek treatment, and Yang Wenqiao may also have something to do." Liu Zhilun looked up to the sky and sighed, the number of Ming Qi may really be coming to an end.

Li Yu nodded and said: "I'm not worried about the affairs at home, but I have a headache with the group of scholars that Mr. Qishan recruited from the Guannei, so let's talk about it on the table, let them quarrel and scold them, and if you have enough trouble, you will naturally go home." ”

Everyone laughed, Liu Zongzhou was famous, and at the same time, there were 100 famous scholars in the Guan, this group of people were entrenched in the Fengzhou Academy and talked loudly, and often went to the Fengzhou officials to debate, and the officials could not win the debate, so they had to avoid them.

Li Yu signed a few official documents, and ordered the captured Qing army to be sent home, and hurriedly set off to enter the customs, and the officials also dispersed, Chang Shu grabbed Yun Rong and said with a smile: "Hezhou, do you want to go to Fengzhou Bookstore to have a look, I will introduce you to two great talents." ”

The Fengzhou Bookstore was only completed last month, and it is actually the former library of the Department of Missions, and the location is also close to the Department of Missions, and the three governors of the Department of Missions and Education - Namur, Yunrong and Changshu are all book-loving people, and have been collecting all kinds of books in every possible way for more than ten years, and now have a total collection of more than 30,000 books and more than 5,000 stereotypes. There are many belongings, the original few brick houses are not enough, Chang Shu repeatedly asked to build a large library building, the degree branch was shy and never dared to agree, but a few businessmen took the initiative to build a library in partnership, on the condition that they had shares, and could engrave the library collection, so there was this three-story new library, Chang Shu regarded it as his greatest political achievement since he became an official.

Yun Rong followed Chang Shu to the library, and walked into a secluded study on the third floor, where the people inside were busy consulting and copying books, among them, Mr. Wang Zheng and Father Deng Ruoshui had been compiling Western books in the Mission Department for a long time, and they were not outsiders, and the other two should be readers, one was fair-eyed in his thirties, and the other was in his sixties, and he had never seen them.

"Hezhou, those merchants are too much, they even use our name to engrave books to make money, they are so shameless, maybe one day they will sell my Bible, I want to complain to His Royal Highness the Earl, but Felip stopped me." When the bearded Deng Ruoshui saw Yun Rong, he pointed at Wang Zheng and shouted.

"Pooh, they've done a lot of good things, and they haven't sold Bibles yet." Wang Zheng said with a smile.

"Do you mean those palace books, they stole and cheated them, this time to copy the "Chongzhen Almanac", they will definitely do the same thing, books are civilized, and the rich cannot be desecrated." Deng Ruoshui replied angrily.

Chang Shu explained to Yun Rong in a low voice that the businessmen were willing to pay money to build a bookstore, of course, there was a plan for Fengzhou, Fengzhou had a demand for printing money and newspapers, and the papermaking and printing industry was naturally not bad, especially the improvement of movable type printing, the printing efficiency was high, and the fee was low. When Deng Ruoshui flipped through the newly collected books, he found that some of them found a quarrel with the merchant shareholders, and concluded that these guys were not clean, so he had the idea of complaining.

"It's too unusual, how can you keep the money you earn, tell them that the Mission Department also has to get a copy," Yun Rong was also angry, and when he saw that Deng Ruoshui's expression was wrong, he immediately said with a smile on his face, "Of course, the book that caused public outrage still can't be printed, Father Deng, I have good news for you, the Grand Commander signed an official document and appointed you as a professor of Western Studies in the Fengzhou Government Affairs School." ”

"Really? His Royal Highness the Earl is too wise to do so, and I will go back to church at once and tell the faithful the good news. Deng Ruoshui was so excited that he danced and ran.

Chang Shu smiled and shook his head, saluted the two strangers, pointed at Yun Rong and said: "This is Yunhezhou, my great talent in Fengzhou, freedom, equality, citizens, one emperor and two courts, and the citizen country of Fengzhou was proposed by him." ”

"In Xia Huang Zongxi, the word is too chong, Zhejiang Yuyao people's family, thanks to the love of Mr. Qishan, who came to naturalize to discuss practical learning, and did not want to naturalize is gradually becoming a party of learning, Brother Liao'an has made him embarrassed, and Brother Hezhou's name is like thunder, and he has the heart to ask Brother Hezhou for advice." The young man preemptively saluted Yun Rong.

Yun Rong immediately returned the salute to Huang Zongxi, Chang Shu waved his hand, and pointed to the elder man to introduce: "This is Lord Li Tianjing, who originally worked in Guanglu Temple in Beijing, and was ordered to naturalize and preside over the compilation of Western books, and the old man brought us more than 2,000 books." ”

Yun Rong hurriedly gave a deep salute and said: "The students have heard of the name of the boss, Lord Xu Guangqi and you have presided over the calendar bureau successively, compiling more than 130 volumes of the "Chongzhen Almanac", which is really an immortal achievement, please accept the students' worship." ”

"The old and useless body, it is better for you young people to dare to act, Long Huamin and Tang Ruowang, the two priests have repeatedly said that Fengzhou has greatly promoted Western learning, and the old man has long wanted to come and see, just when the emperor sent someone to naturalize and promote Western learning, he grabbed this errand, and Fengzhou's Western learning has developed well! The old man looked at it and was excited, thinking about how good it would be to be able to work for another ten years. Li Tianjing replied with a smile.

"Changde, I'm still working in my seventies, you're only sixty and not old, so leave the old bones here with me." Wang Zheng said.

Everyone laughed and sat down, Yun Rong felt strange, how could the emperor care about the Western studies in Fengzhou, Li Tianjing pondered for a while, lowered his voice and said: "The palace has believed in Western religion for a long time, such as the Wanli Dynasty Xiaoding Empress Dowager was baptized into the religion, took the name Mary, and was known as the Nine Lotus Bodhisattva to the outside world. Naturalization Bo introduced Western learning, the bitter cold land is also getting stronger and stronger, naturally attracting the emperor's contempt, Xu Guihua transcribed the "Chongzhen Almanac" and the palace Western books, and sent the old man to naturalize are very meaningful, according to the old man's view, the emperor must be a long time without results, thinking that there is a mistake in governing the country, and there is a heart to lead to make up for Confucianism, so by the hand of the naturalized Bo to compare Chinese and Western learning, it is also good to choose a good policy for governing the country. ”

"There has long been a consensus in the government and the opposition, but there has never been a move for many years, just compiled some books for scholars to talk about after dinner, and it may not be easy for the emperor to change the national policy," Huang Zongxi looked suspicious, turned his face to Yun Rong and Chang Shu and said, "The emperor is allowed to naturalize and transcribe the books of Western studies in the palace, the opportunity is rare, there are many books in the inner collection, many of which are rare and rare books, and it is a pity to lock the palace and let the insects and rats bite it. As long as you take out the book and scatter it among the people, it is a great thing, Father Deng doesn't understand the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, don't listen to him! ”

Yun Rong and Chang Shu smiled and nodded, and after talking for a while, Wang Zheng and Li Tianjing wanted to give time to the young man, and the two old men left together.

Chang Shu and Huang Zongxi are not fighting or making deals, and the naturalized scholars are indispensable to go to the Mission Department to do things, Chang Shu, a man who is demoted, is disgusted, Huang Zongxi has to find fault with the bones in the eggs and quarrel, Chang Shu naturally ridiculed each other, and the two quarreled when they saw each other, and no one looked at it. However, the two are both bookworms, almost all of them can meet in the library in their spare time, the elegant place is embarrassed to quarrel, and occasionally have to say a few words, Huang Zongxi was surprised to find that the other party is not only proficient in Sinology, but also participated in the compilation of the Manchu language of the history of Liaojin and Jin, and the historiography is extremely profound.

"Brother Liao'an is stronger than me, and with only my mastery of Chinese, Mongolian, and Manchu, I can't reach it." Huang Zongxi said with a smile.

"Taichong is by no means an ordinary scholar, and he is especially proficient in the study of economics and economics, for example, he has a thorough analysis of the tax administration of the Ming Kingdom." Chang Shu said to Yun Rong.

Huang Zongxi waved his hand and said: "I can't talk about it thoroughly, Yu in the township to see the increasing number of fields, and the people are trapped in the front, everyone is suffering from the 'violent tax', thinking about it is to feel that the 'violent tax' of this dynasty comes from three major evils: one is the harm of accumulation, the tax reform of this dynasty has been many times, the original intention is to reduce the burden of the people, but each time only the tax will decline in a short period of time, and soon it will rise higher than before, repeatedly three times, a rise will change, more and more change, the burden of the people will not decrease but heavy; Second, the tax is not out of the harm, the dynasty folded the color of the silver, but the silver is not out of the land, and not the Ming Dynasty, with the land out of the scarce silver two, is the disadvantage of increasing the tax policy; Third, there is no first-class harm in the land, the quality of the land is uncertain, and the output is also uncertain, and the barren land is taxed according to the law that has not changed for a hundred years, and as a result, the poor become poorer and the rich become richer. With these three major evils, it is not surprising that 'violent tax' is not surprising, the original granary of Suhu Lake in the south of the Yangtze River, now farmers grow cotton and mulberry instead of growing grain, and they are unbearable to be trapped in 'violent tax'! ”

Yun Rong pondered for a moment and asked, "What does Taichong think of Fengzhou's tax policy?" ”

"Fengzhou has resolved the 'three major evils' - the field is decentralized, the people's rule replaces the official rule, there will never be a 'violent tax', where the top-down reform, the result is nothing more than two, or people die, or things backfire, where from the bottom up but there is no need to reform, but the day by day slowly gradually, in the end it will be good governance, just like the prime minister's office stele engraved 'Shun Tian should be the people, with the times to advance'," Huang Zongxi smiled faintly, and then said seriously, "The problem of naturalization is not for politics but in the banknotes, I don't know how much money is deposited in naturalization, I don't know how much money is issued, but I guess that the maintenance of the silver money depends on the great martial arts of the naturalized Bo, and this is where the naturalization life. ”

Yun Rong's face changed slightly, and he turned his face to Chang Shu and said, "Liao'an, I want to talk to Tai Chong all day." ”