The glory of the BJP passed quickly, and to be honest, if there was no rehearsal in advance, and bargaining with all the armed forces, it would have been difficult for this group of rough people to come up with a decent bill, and now it was the turn of the Liberal Party to perform, and the elaborately conceived bill came out, winning the incessant applause of the councillors and jurors, and the BJP could only close its mouth and applaud.

The Liberal Party put forward the silver bill, they think that the issuance of large silver coins suffers a loss, the silver of the Ming Kingdom is becoming more and more scarce, more and more miscellaneous silver, and the treasury silver can not keep the fineness of the silver ninety-tenth, Fengzhou ninety-three into nine coins and four cents of silver when one or two silver coins overflow to one or two three, four coins and miscellaneous silver in the customs, and the benefits are made by profiteers, so Fengzhou when one or two and when five coins of two silver coins should be stopped, and the silver coins of nine or five cents should be unified in the future, and the silver coins of Fengzhou are of high fineness, sufficient weight and exquisite workmanship, and a silver coin can be used as one or two miscellaneous silver, It is enough to drive the rotten silver of the Ming Kingdom out of the market. In addition, it is necessary to collect the cash of each banknote bank into the Fengzhou silver treasury and pay the equivalent silver banknotes in a unified manner, so that the bank banknote bureau has more silver, and the credit of the silver banknotes is more solid. Shen Shoulian, Sun Tingyao, and Li Jianji, who controlled the three major banknote houses of Fengzhou, Dongsheng and Naturalization, immediately expressed their support, and the bosses of other banknote houses also immediately followed up, and the bill was immediately passed by acclamation - the officials of the Great Commander's Office were a little pantothenic, and the veto power of the Silver Banknote Bureau was retained, but the shares were diluted to a little more than one percent, and they were left far behind by the Jin Merchants and Qin Merchants, and the Silver Banknote Bureau fell into the hands of the merchants.

The Liberal Party also put forward the bill bill, Fengzhou's commercial tax is not low, there is a tithe tax on goods leaving the factory, there is a city tax of 30 out of the sale, and there is also a banknote tax on entering and exiting the border, some of which are ridiculously high, such as the tariff on silk and shochu and the tariff on grain and cloth, which are almost equivalent to the value of the goods, and then the tax is equivalent to drying up and fishing, it is better to issue bond bills to raise money, and you can also draw taxes from it, which is another large source of money - businessmen are seizing power in disguise, but Fengzhou can't refuse yet, no money is a bitter life!

Li Yu listened with relish, and the things he had been thinking about easily were solved, and it was better to work together than to be alone, and he whispered a few words with Li Fugui, Ortai, and Li Huai, and stood up and announced that all the bills passed today would be approved and immediately promulgated and adopted.

The Liberal Party also put forward a long-term plan, in addition to continuing to maintain trade with Jinguo, it should also dredge the trade routes of Khalkha and Western Mongolia, sell the goods of Fengzhou, and earn their money back.

Liu Zhilun couldn't listen to it anymore no matter how self-contained, and angrily denounced the Liberal Party as a group of mercenary scum, Fan Yongdou immediately responded with a hippie smile, the Fengzhou army went south to fight the rogues, is this also wrong? The Ming army is our good friend, there is no need to fight, and he deliberately hugged Sun Xianzu, the leader of the SX military business, Liu Zhilun was so angry that he couldn't speak.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I propose to send troops to SX bandits, and the rotten soldiers are about to cause the SX people to live," Wang glanced at Li Jianji again, stood up and said loudly to Zhang Daojun, "Lord Zhang, please tell everyone what happened in our hometown." ”

"They are not men, they are beasts, and Heaven will punish them." Zhang Daojun in the jury stood up, and told the suffering of the people in his hometown with red circles - SX has been in drought for many years, and the people are not able to make a living, and the imperial court not only does not release grain relief, but collects taxes and increases distribution, so that the displaced people everywhere are starving for thousands of miles, and the rogues and thieves take advantage of the situation to rise up, gather the mob to poison the township, burn, kill, and plunder all kinds of evil, and the court officials and soldiers are not effective in suppressing thieves, but take advantage of the fire to rob, their evil deeds are no different from thieves, especially Zuo Liangyu and Deng Xi, not only murder and rob, but even openly rob good homes as prostitutes, The people of SX struggle every day.

The council hall was boiling, and the councillors and jurors stood up indignantly, chanting over and over again, "Sending troops SX Liu Zhilun sat down with his head covered and shed tears in pain."

"Thank you! SX has good men, let's save ourselves," Wang turned to face Li Yu again, and said solemnly, "Great commander, send troops to SX, as long as you send 3,000 elites, to SX, some are young and strong to join the army, I discussed with the township party, use our property as collateral to ask the debt office for 100,000 taels of bonds, all of which will be used for military expenses." ”

"This debt SX people pay it together, military spending is not a problem, we have a way, we will never let our army suffer and starve," Zhang Daojun waved his hand, gritted his teeth and said loudly to everyone, "The emperor is powerless to protect his subjects, nor can he control his lackeys to bully his subjects, from now on SX refuses to pay taxes to the imperial court, and SX people will use their own money to defend themselves." ”

"I know you're telling the truth, but in this way, the Ming Dynasty will really be ruined, and the people will be more bitter without the Ming Dynasty," Liu Zhilun stood up in pain, pointed at the crowd and shouted angrily, "You keep claiming that you are the emperor's subjects, can't you give a little more time?" It's also difficult for the emperor! ”

"We are not the subjects of the Ming Emperor," Na Mu'er shook his head, walked up to Long Huamin, Tang Ruowang, and Gao Yizhi and asked, "The various city-states of Ancient Calis are autonomous for the country, ask about state affairs with virtue, elect meritocracy as the ruler, and the people are all equal people of the city-state, is this the case?" ”

Gao Yizhi nodded and replied: "It is true, the sage Aristotle once discussed this, he believes that everyone also wants to live a happy and beautiful life, but individual ability is limited after all, so people will identify and form a collective to live together, this collective has the obligation to let the members live a good life, and all members must also faithfully perform their official duties and defend the collective at the expense of blood, this collective is the autonomous city-state, it can also be said to be a country, The sage also believed that the best system should be a wise monarch to conduct the affairs of the state, and a wise man to form a parliament to make laws. ”

"If the country cannot give the people a good life, and it kills the people, then does the people have the right to disagree with the country and refuse to swear allegiance to her? Or is there a person who can naturally enjoy rights over others by virtue of blood or violence? Namur continued to ask.

"It seems to me that no one has the right to impose allegiance on others, all men are Jehovah's people, loyalty to God is the only one, and the state and the monarch can only obtain the allegiance of others through contracts, that is, they must make and fulfill commitments worthy of the allegiance of others." Long Huamin thought for a while and replied.

Na Mu'er nodded, and then walked up to Liu Tianren, the judge of the Dafa Division, and asked: "Liu Zhuan, you have decided countless cases, and you are very familiar with the contract, if one of the parties violates the agreement or even tears up the contract, then does he have the right to force the other party to continue to perform the contract?" ”

"Only a villain can do such a thing." Liu Tianren replied lightly.

Na Mu'er nodded to Yun Rong, and Yun Rong got up and said, "What is Fengzhou?" I have been thinking about this question for a long time, whether it is a Ming vassal, an independent country or a large tribe, it is difficult to define, only with the autonomous city-state of Taixi can be explained, the Ming State controls the world, and the relationship with us is the same as that of the Calis and the various city-states, so we are also a country, an autonomous country based on the identity of all the people, we respect the Ming as the suzerain, but it does not mean that we are part of the Ming State, and the people of Fengzhou are by no means the subjects of the Ming Emperor. ”

"And what are the people of Toyoshu?" Yun Rong glanced back at Li Yu, Li Yu waved his hand at him casually, Yun Rong continued in an accentuated tone, "There is no emperor in Fengzhou, there is no slavery, all people serve Fengzhou equally, the sages said that the road is the road, the world is for the public, so the people of Fengzhou are not subjects, nor should they be people, but should be citizens." ”

There was silence in the audience, and everyone was thinking about Yun Rong's words and thinking about the truth, and it was already night, Li Yu got up and agreed to send troops, and then announced the dissolution of the meeting-poor Speaker Dabu barely understood much, and fell asleep on the table. The people in the square had not yet dispersed, and the loyal old Toyozhou people were still waiting for their leader with torches as they had done in the past at the public assembly, and when they saw Li Yu coming out, some people immediately shouted excitedly "Long live Toyosu" and "Long live the great commander."

This is our citizens, loyal, hard-working, brave, it is they who created "freedom, equality, benevolence" of Fengzhou, be proud of them - Li Yu blurted out to the people of Fengzhou shouted "Long live freedom", "Long live citizens", and the shouts resounded in the night sky.

"I understand, after all, the common people are still slaves who look at the face of the government, only citizens can straighten their waists and be people, change our party to 'Citizen Party', and "People's Daily" to "Citizen", what the villains are most afraid of is citizens, long live freedom, long live citizens!" Wang Fang suddenly came to his senses and danced excitedly.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the guests in Fengzhou left one after another, and Long Huamin and Tang Ruowang hurried back to Beijing to deal with teaching affairs, leaving Gao Yizhi and Han Lin to build churches and prepare for the Western Teaching Hall; Zhou was appointed as the chief convener of the Daming branch of the Liberal Party, and undertook the important mission of developing the party organization in the Guannai, leading his merchant comrades to embark on the road home with pride; Bai Xianzhi was ordered to aid the suppression of the SX bandits, transferred a small number of officers from the battalion, and then recruited 3,000 veterans of the guards, most of whom were SX people, carrying a large number of war horses and weapons into the customs and rushed to Pingyang, Zhang Daojun was appointed to supervise military affairs, Zhang Guoji and Sun Xianzu were appointed as military affairs of Zanhua, and also entered the customs together, this army will become the most important force in Fengzhou in SX in the future.

Stabilize the inside, Li Yu set his eyes on the edge of Xuanfu, it is always a heart disease if this piece of land is not taken down, but Yue Tuo's group is there, he is really not good at tearing his face, it is best to have a suitable excuse - Liu Xingzuo sent someone to talk to Omulun secretly, promising to **** Omulun's treason crime, and his subordinates were incorporated into the guard, and sent to land, pasture and livestock, and he had the intention to pull this unlucky guy over, but Omulun had a hard mouth, insisted on keeping his tribe, and also asked to assign the grassland north of naturalization to Daqingshan to him to live and live, The conditions of the two sides are not right, and the horses cannot be negotiated at all. When Li Yu was still having a headache, Zhang Shi'an came running - his Titang Division was classified into the Grand Commander's Mansion in this restructuring and was directly sent by the Grand Commander's Mansion.

"Great Commander, that Nan Chu must be a spy, this guy still wants to steal Sutai Hatun's things, this time I finally got the stolen goods, I arrested him." When Zhang Shi'an met, he put a big seal on Li Yu's table, and said to Li Yu proudly, "This is what he wants to steal, or did Jin Guohan send him to steal it." ”

People from Jin Guo have to be screened and monitored by the Titang Division, Chang Shu and Nan Chu were targeted when they arrived at naturalization, Chang Shu is not a detailed material that everyone can see, he is studying in the Mission Department all day long, and he is also shouting everywhere that he will never report the affairs of Fengzhou to the Jin State again, lest the people of the Dajin Kingdom think that he is talking nonsense, and this kind of person will be protected by the Tang Division - Zhang Shi'an also reminded Liu Zhilun that if Chang Shu has an accident, Fan Erxi's gang in Shengjing will also have an accident, and when the time comes, Daming will be blind to Jin Guo, Liu Zhilun was frightened, and since then he has dispelled the idea of tying Chang Shu to Beijing. Nan Chu is not at ease, this guy always follows his sister's buttocks, and he is too lazy to do other things, and he has done a few things to rummage through boxes and cabinets at home.

"It's just a broken stone, and it will be returned to Sutai immediately, and the people will be released immediately." Li Yu picked up the big seal and glanced at it a few times, and then pushed it to Zhang Shi'an - Su Tai showed off this thing to Li Yu, and said that it was the treasure of the town, and the legend said that there was a sheep who did not eat grass on the mountain, and it took three days and three nights to dig out this treasure, and ordinary people didn't show it to him.

Zhang Shi'an shook his head vigorously: "If you don't return it, I heard that this is the long-lost jade seal of the country, whoever gets it can win the world, or Jin Guohan will not send someone to steal it." ”

", this is a broken stone dug out by a crazy sheep, it's a joke to take it out," Li Yu waved his hand impatiently, rolled his eyes and said, "Look at this broken stone and Nan Chu, you are not allowed to naturalize, maybe it will be of great use." ”

Naturalization has not moved for a long time, Yang Sichang can't wait, and sent someone to inform Li Yu to go to Yanghe to discuss military affairs, the officials of the Great Commander's Mansion were startled, and mobilized a large number of Titang to sneak into naturalization, until they thought that it was foolproof, they agreed to send all the Flying Tiger Cavalry to escort Li Yu into Yanghe. In fact, nothing happened in Yanghe City, Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong, and Hu Dawei, the deputy chief soldier of SX, had arrived in advance, except for Yang Guozhu, who was transferred from Liaoxi, he had never dealt with him before, and the other two were old acquaintances, and Hu Dawei was a bear hug when he saw Li Yu.

"Tiger head, you have been promoted, how about being as fierce as a tiger?" Li Yu broke free from Hu Dawei and asked.

"You are allowed to be promoted, and others will stare at you? As fierce as a tiger has also been promoted to deputy commander-in-chief, Lord Wu Xian will look at the two of us pleasing to the eye, and the commander-in-chief Wang Zhong also has to stand aside. Hu Dawei replied with some smugness.

"Stinky boy, for your sake, the Governor has arrested all three of us, and after discussing military affairs, he will invite him to dinner, and he must go to the best restaurant, this guy is richer than us." Wang Pu dragged Li Yu into the governor's palace.

Yang Sichang was waiting in the lobby, telling them with a gloomy face that at the end of last year, the imperial court arrested Chen Qiyu and sent him to prison, and changed to Hong Chengchou to supervise the military affairs of the five northern provinces, but the thieves are still unabated, in the first month of this year, the thieves broke through Fengyang and burned the ancestral tomb of the Ming Dynasty, the arrogance was extremely arrogant, the emperor was sad and angry, the government and the opposition were shocked, and the internal and external troubles of the Ming Dynasty had reached the extreme.

"General Li Bing, you keep saying that you want to take the border of Xuanfu, and now that it has entered the spring and February, why haven't you made any moves." Yang Sichang stared at Li Yu and asked.

"Although the last general has the intention to seize the border of Xuanfu, but the naturalization has not yet melted the ice and snow, the spring ploughing has not yet begun, how dare to send troops easily, the last general thought that it was better to slow down for a while, from naturalization to the lightning river hundreds of miles away, if the Jin army counterattacked with heavy troops, the naturalized army could not hold on to the lack of food and salary, it is best to start after the autumn harvest in August, when it was close to winter, the Jin army did not have time to requisition grain and grass, gather troops, and prepare for a winter, maybe we can hold the border of Xuanfu." Li Yu unfolded the map and explained to Yang Sichang that it was not difficult to take the border of Xuanfu, but it was difficult for the Jin army to raise troops to attack, at that time, the naturalized army had no supply of grain and grass and could only retreat, and the only thing that could be used as a defensive support outside the border of Xuanfu was Dushikou Fort, so if you want to keep the border of Xuanfu, you must increase a large number of troops to Dushikou, and at the same time reserve a large amount of grain, grass and ordnance, Li Yu pointed to the map and asked Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, "Yang Shuai, Dushikou is the defense area of Xuanfu Town, how many troops and grain and grass can you transfer to Dushikou." ”

"The outer side wall of the fortress has become a virtual reality, the guns have not been replaced for decades, the side wall has also collapsed in large areas, and the defenders are even few, and Xuanfu Town is unable to defend the monolithic mouth," Yang Guozhu replied very simply, and couldn't help complaining, "The monolith mouth is also hundreds of miles away from Xuanhua, and it is difficult to supply outside the lonely suspension plug, how to rescue in wartime?" It's better to hand it over to Li Shuai to garrison. ”

"I can't help it, what's going on with the Datong Army, Li Shuai knows best." Wang Pu smiled at Li Yu's gaze, Li Yu's face flushed, the Datong army had been broken by him, and the remaining elites were still working in Baoketu.

"Don't fight the idea of SX Town, we still have to rely on you Li Shuai to suppress thieves." Hu Dawei also said with a smile.

Yang Sichang blushed and didn't speak for a long time - although Li Yu meant to shirk, he was also telling the truth, the combat strength of the naturalized army was not weak, but he couldn't get the food and salary of the imperial court, and he could only rely on farming, grazing, and business to survive, and it was indeed difficult to fight long distances, so he waved helplessly and signaled the four army leaders to get out of here.

"My lord, the governor of Xuanfu has come to report, and Omulun outside the border has sent people to ask for the opening of Zhangjiakou Horse Market, is it allowed or not?" The scribe crept in to give the report.

"Mutual trade is beneficial to both sides, and the war horse is exactly what the official army urgently needs, so it's accurate!" Yang Sichang waved his hand and replied, he never expected that it was this sentence that forced Li Yu to do it.