At the end of the alliance meeting, the guests left one after another, Zhang Daojun talked with Li Yu for a night before leaving - the snow in April is a vision from the sky, which is nothing to Fengzhou, which is on the rise, but it is like an aggravation for Shanxi and even Daming, when the world is in turmoil and people's livelihood is exhausted, someone needs to come forward to save the people from fire and water, Li Yu hesitated and just sighed for a long time, and the next day Zhang Daojun was disappointed and left with more than a dozen cars of yam eggs.

The heavy snow also caused losses in Toyoshu, the newborn livestock were frozen to death, and the freshly planted sorghum and corn could not produce seedlings, the Prime Minister's Office announced that all localities should go all out to rescue livestock and replant crops, especially yam eggs, which are treasures in disaster years, should be planted in large quantities, and the more planted the better, the people of Toyosu were busy from the beginning of spring until late May.

At this time, the two uninvited guests, the Qing envoy Xifu and Ashdarhan, arrived at naturalization in a rage, and when they saw Yun Rong of the Foreign Affairs Department, they did not talk nonsense, and threatened to teach their son a lesson on behalf of Lao Tzu, and dragged the trade ambassador Bayanha to lead the way to the Great Commander's Palace.

The Qing Emperor lost face by running to Khalkha in vain, and was poured cold water on Liaodong again, the Qing Dynasty was unlucky this year, the spring cold and drought did not dodge, the prince Baylor and the ministers who stayed behind were at a loss, and saw the crops die in the ground, the emperor had a belly of fire, threw off his arms and commanded blindly, but he was not the opponent of God, the harvest of a large area of land was a foregone conclusion, the emperor was angry, and he hated Li Yu who was far away in the sky, Xifu and Ashdarhan came to vent his anger for the master.

"Erlu, do you still have a conscience, how good the emperor is to you, just ascended the throne and was worried about making you a county king, but you helped Khalkha fight against the Qing Dynasty, I heard that Fengzhou and Western Mongolia also formed an alliance, and when the wings are hard, I want to go to the sky, and I want to fight and say directly, don't think that the emperor can't clean you up, that is the love of father and son is rare for you." Xifu pointed at Li Yu's nose and shouted.

"Also, you ganged up with profiteers to cheat us, the price of grain and cloth was extremely high, and the ordnance was also shoddy, we finally saved some silver and you earned it, you want to kill us all, you are too bad, not like our old Zhushen at all." Ashdarhan followed suit.

The two guys quarreled, Li Yu covered his ears at first, and then couldn't help it, jumped up and scolded angrily: "Fart, Khalkha didn't make trouble, you went to fight Khalkha, you deserve it, if you are not convinced, you will fight me, and I am embarrassed to say that I cheat you, I will lend you money if you are short of money, I will sell you if you lack things, my goods are not falling from the sky, and I have not forced you to buy them with a knife, how can my people live if they don't make some money?" Si Beile dare to say that I am not good to him, I always think about him when I have rare objects, his old man is not in good health, I send him medicine every year, Concubine Chen gave birth to a little brother, I heard that I immediately sent someone to send a congratulatory gift, is Haoge so filial to me? You have nothing to do, if you are in a hurry, you will be shot and scattered, who is afraid of whom! ”

"I'll be fair, Elu really didn't say to the emperor and us, the two masters have to persuade the emperor, we are a family, don't fight." Bayanha was a little scared, and hurriedly played a round on the side - he really missed Li Yu's good, the officials of the Great Qing Dynasty did not have a good salary, and the income came from land, military merits and rewards, his family was poor, and the little rations he brought were not enough to eat, but fortunately Li Yu gave a guerrilla medium grade of Yulu, and the Chamber of Commerce often asked him to help, Bayanha had a good life, and he saved some money, and he didn't want to go back.

Li Yu was angry, Ashdarhan's arrogance was much weaker, and Xifu was still stubborn: "Anyway, it's all your fault, you don't fight for the world, and you still block the way of others, this year's Qing Dynasty is a ban on smoking, don't want to earn this black money, it can be regarded as a lesson for you first, and the emperor wants to borrow some more money from you, at least 100,000 taels of silver, we can't afford your black food." ”

"How can you ban smoking, and I'm embarrassed to borrow money from others." Bayanha was muttering again, selling cigarettes to Liaodong was exactly what he was doing at the Chamber of Commerce.

"The ban on smoking is a matter of your family, I can't control it, Lao Fan will definitely settle accounts with you if he suffers a loss," Li Yu sneered, there is paper money, he wishes that someone is willing to use it, not to mention that the Qing Dynasty loves face and never loses money, the last time I borrowed 50,000 taels of silver, people were very generous and repaid 60,000 taels of silver, this business was done, glanced at Xifu and said, "Money can also be lent to you, Liaodong is in a famine again, there is no money and a fart fight, I told you to plant potatoes, why don't you plant them?" I don't think it's shameful to eat things that grow in the soil. ”

"We have already figured it out, we can't afford to eat face, and we bought potatoes from Lao Fan several times, but if we plant them, we will either die in the ground, or grow a bunch of small pimples with green skin, I always feel that Lao Fan is making trouble in the middle." Sifu replied with a shake of his head.

"Erlu, don't say cool words, this year's famine is heavier than in previous years, eighty percent of people will starve to death, we are more difficult than you, if the Ming Kingdom agrees to peace, the ghost is willing to fight endlessly." Ashdarhan then complained.

"Look at the group of people you use, which one seems to be able to farm, don't rely on others if you don't grow potatoes well," Li Yu also estimated that Fan Yongdou had done something, this guy was most afraid that Qingguo would not buy his high-priced grain, so he hurriedly changed the topic and said, "You want to make peace with Mingguo, I have a way, would you like to try it?" ”

Xifu glanced at Ashdarhan, lowered his voice and said: "Erlu, uncle doesn't treat you as an outsider, in March this year, a fortune teller named Zhou Yuanzhong arrived in Shengjing, and there was a secret letter from the governor of Liaodong in his hand, saying that the Ming State intended to make peace, of course the emperor couldn't ask for it, and replied to ask the emperor of the Ming State to send a messenger to hold a written talk with the country, but we all felt a little hanging, and the Ming State played us more than once, if you have any way, just talk about it, don't take a petty official to fool us." ”

"The military department is big enough, right?" Yun Rong has been watching the excitement, Fengzhou and Qingguo often make the negotiations between the two countries like a housework dispute, which is really funny, and then he couldn't help but speak, "Lord Yang is a person next to the emperor, count your luck, we just have this line." ”

"Erlu, if you get this done, the emperor will also thank you," Xifu was overjoyed, grabbed Li Yu and said, "We will write to the emperor immediately, and we will stay here with you and wait for news." ”

"That's the best, I also want to go and see my nephew Gekuri, I haven't seen him for many years, I heard that he is the governor of your Zanhua Military Affairs Office, and he is better than me, Erlu, my dead brother also wants to thank you." Ashdarhan also said excitedly.

The two Qing envoys left happily, Li Yu was alone in the study, while ordering someone to find the main officials of the Great Commander's Mansion, and after a while, Zhao Ji, the assistant military affairs officer, Du Wenhuan, the chief of the military affairs office, and Zhang Shi'an, the governor of the Titang Division, arrived, but the assistant political affairs Li Fugui and the secretary Ma Shiying went to Fengzhou Academy to wash the dust for Sun Qifeng, who had returned from visiting relatives, and could not come for a while.

"The peace agreement will definitely not succeed, the opposition from the government and the opposition is too loud, and the emperor does not dare to be arbitrary, Yang Sichang is afraid that he will be targeted by the public this time," Du Wenhuan listened to Li Yu's words, shook his head and said in a low voice, "All the masters and peacemakers of the Ming Dynasty will not end well, Yuan Chonghuan was executed by Ling Chi, Shen Di was dismissed from his post, let's not go to troubled waters." ”

"I'm not afraid to wade into troubled waters, what does the court dare to do to us? However, if the emperor of the Qing State is played again, he will definitely be annoyed and angry into the pass, if he hits the red eye and crosses out of the North Zhili, will we fight or not? Zhao Ji asked worriedly.

Li Yu covered his head and thought for a while, then sighed and replied: "The people are too bitter, at least the army and truce will be exempted from Liao's salary, many people will be able to live, and Fengzhou can also get a few years of recuperation, I still want to give it a try." ”

"Dreaming, why don't you understand, if the court doesn't fight, it can't do without the annual salary of more than six million, and you can take out a name and receive it at will, and the ghost will care about the life and death of the people." Du Wenhuan stood up and shouted to Li Yu.

"I have made up my mind, and I will never regret the matter of promising the Qing envoys," Li Yu's stubbornness also came up, pointing at Zhang Shi'an and ordering, "Use your channels to hand over my letter to Lord Yang Sichang." ”

"Forget it, whatever you want," Du Wenhuan waved his hand angrily, turned his face to Zhao Ji and said, "Old Zhao, Yuzi is young and ignorant of the world, but you and I have to plan early, I think this battle is inevitable, it is easy for the Ming army to hold the Beijing Division, if the Beijing Division is lost, what are you going to do?" ”

"Then I have to fight, I will go to seize Shanxi and Shaanxi, you go south to Huguang to grab the grain road, and then turn around and join forces to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army." Zhao Ji gritted his teeth and said.

Du Wenhuan nodded, pulled Zhao Ji and went out together, Li Yu shook his head and sighed, and handed the written letter to Zhang Shi'an.

Fengzhou Academy, the atmosphere in the main hall of Sun Qifeng's house was tense, Liu Zongzhou, the secretary of the school, Liu Zhilun, the governor of the school, Wang Zheng, the director of the Western Academy, Li Fugui, the assistant government affairs of the Great Consulate, Ma Shiying, the secretary in charge, Zhu Yiqian, the judge of the Dafa Division, Zhou Yi, the prime minister of the Prime Minister's Office, Du Hongtai, the secretary in charge, and Han Lin, the governor of the Department of Industry and Construction, sat with a stern face, and the two young people Li Yao and Zhang Zhiyao carefully hid in the corner - Liu Zongzhou had long wanted to gather the naturalized scholars with heads and faces to discuss major matters, and took advantage of the opportunity to give Sun Qi the opportunity to catch the wind. The people who looked at him were all found, including Zhou Su, Ma Shiying, who was dismissed from his post and Li Fugui who was on the side, there was no way, there were just a few pieces of material in Fengzhou, Bai Yuzhu and Guo Linsheng, who had been the leader of the thieves, a cattle dealer, and Gao He, the new secretary of the mission department, lost his reputation because of the thief, and Liu Zongzhou didn't bother to greet them.

Liu Zongzhou first criticized Fengzhou's improper style of study, and the boy did not learn the words of the sages, but indiscriminately studied some miscellaneous books such as "Fengzhou Elementary School", "Fengzhou Zhiluo", "Fengzhou University" and "Fengzhou Gewu", and the teachings of the Hundred Households and the Thousand Households were also mixed, and most of them were not even Xiucai, among which there were many people who had done the White Lotus Cult and bandits.

"We've done a very good job, now these teachings can at least count, don't write mistakes, the books we compile can also teach children to learn a little livelihood, sacred learning is unfathomable, neither anyone can teach nor want to learn, the current situation in Fengzhou is like this, what can we do?" Li Fugui muttered unconvinced.

"Then the "Book of Filial Piety" and "Primary School" can always be taught, look at the miscellaneous books you compiled, Aristotle, Plato, and Mozi and Yang Zhuben are the last stream, how can they be on the same list as Confucius and Mencius. Of course, the old man will not blame those teachings, because the root of Fengzhou's improper style of study is in you Li Nianfeng, as well as you Zhou Nangui, you are originally a disciple of Wangmen's Xinxue, one is engaged in the side door and the left way to mess with evil, so that the peddler's pawn is in the hall, and the other is misguided and shameless. Liu Zongzhou, as always, grabbed Li Fugui and Zhou's stunned pigtails.

"Mr. Hugh is wronged, I have no deviant behavior in Fengzhou, here the officials are young and the authority is small, and the people of the Chamber of Commerce and the Farmers and Animal Husbandry Association are staring at any time, how can there be a chance to be greedy for ink, you don't believe it to ask the governor." Zhou stunned and shouted.

Zhu Yiqian nodded and said: "Mr. Qishan doesn't know, Fengzhou thinks that it is better to save trouble than provincial officials instead of officials, so there are fewer officials and civilian officials, so on the contrary, the official style is great and the people are pure. ”

"It's true, this place is small, and some things spread all over in three days, and there are naturally people with unclean hands and feet, but they can't talk about doing abuse for evil, and the officials sometimes even think that maybe a small country and widows are a good way to solve the rule of officials." Liu Zhilun is in charge of investigating and prosecuting officials for illegality, and there are many people who are investigated and punished, but there are no people who are greedy for ink, Bi Lige and Han Dagong have done the most excessively, and they only fished a few bags of white flour and a few pieces of cloth, and they were pointed at and couldn't stand it, and they slapped their butts and hid in Hamiwei, Liu Zhilun was embarrassed to say it.

"Is the official style of Toyosu good? The old man often hears people speak foul language to the court, and even dares to openly laugh at the emperor, so fatherless and kingless, where is the righteousness of loyalty, filial piety? Fengzhou despises sacred learning, willing to Huhua, in the long run will be a big disaster for China," Liu Zongzhou walked to the center of the main hall, waved his hand and said solemnly, "You are all born to read sage books, how can you ignore the miscellaneous learning, today's science is difficult, and the mind has flowed into Zen science, the world's scholars talk about the heart without seeking practice, and there are more unscrupulous people who skillfully use the heart to learn to mess with the right way, and do not know the etiquette, righteousness and shame for the evil, the Ming Dynasty is not sluggish in this, so the old man wants to govern the heart of the 'cautious sincerity', rule the world' After the world and the people's unity to create practical learning, you are willing to inherit the holy learning with the old man and open peace for the world? ”

Sun Qifeng immediately said: "Foolishness thinks that poor reason, knowledge and conscience are all obtained from Confucius, and there is no contradiction between the different paths and the same end, Zhu Zi's 'knowledge of things' and Wang Xue's 'to conscience' can be combined into one, and 'Taoism' and 'respect for virtue' can also be combined into one. ”

When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized that Liu Wanren wanted to pull them to establish a school of doctrine, and they talked about it one after another, Han Lin not only entered the Yahist religion, but also liked the study of Mozi, and was very dissatisfied with Liu Zongzhou's contempt for Western learning and Mozi learning, and first stood up to oppose it.

"Mr. Qishan, the study of Confucius and Mencius is one of the hundred schools of learning, the so-called exclusive respect is just to worship it as an official school, but for China to rule the world with Confucianism for more than 2,000 years but the cycle of chaos continues, it is still the same, it can be seen that it is not the effect of helping the world and saving the people, Mr. Why bother to seek fish from wood, foolishly think that the development of sacred science has been the end so far, and should be found throughout the beneficial points of other doctrines to supplement through, such as the mutual benefit of Moxue, and the love of each other, as well as the logic, rationality, and tools of Western learning will greatly supplement the people's livelihood, If Mr.'s doctrine cannot be integrated with the learning of a hundred schools, then the actual learning is not real. ”

"The rain is tolerant, Western learning is just a study of playing tricks and tricks, and Moxue is not easy to use for traitors from the royal road, it should be abandoned, and only the sacred science of a hundred schools of thought is orthodox, vast and profound, endless, how can miscellaneous studies complement each other." Liu Zongzhou replied a little angrily.

"Then Han can't agree." Han Lin bowed his hand and said goodbye, and Wang Zheng, who was sitting next to him, had already fallen asleep in a daze, and was woken up by him and helped him go.

"Li Mou can not agree, "Shangshu" is a pseudo-scripture, in the history of the country from the destruction of Wu to the three families of the Jin Dynasty for fifty or sixty years, there is not a single word, it can be seen that the scriptures left today can not be fully believed, and the words of the sage are falsely spread is a great harm, so the establishment of the doctrine is not as good as the study of the scriptures and history, the study of the Song Dynasty and Sinology is not enough, it must be based on the study of the hundred schools of pre-Qin, and it is best to study the rule of the three generations." As soon as Han Lin and Wang Zheng of the Westernization Party left, Li Fugui of the Examination Party shouted again.

"Mr. Qishan, you are not a gentleman, but you also want to learn from villains to form a party? Zhou is already a Liberal Party and does not dare to act recklessly. Zhou Yi also screamed in surprise.

"You two villains get out of here." Liu Zongzhou couldn't see Li Fugui and Zhou stunned pretending to be strange, and the teacup in his hand was thrown out casually, Li Fugui and Zhou stunned and ran away, and the others also dispersed in a hurry when they saw this, and Liu Zongzhou, Liu Zhilun and Sun Qifeng were left in the main hall.

"I said they wouldn't listen to us." Liu Zhilun covered his head and groaned.

"Mr. Kirayama, you don't really want to form a party, do you?" Sun Qifeng asked in a low voice.

"A gentleman is frank and open, and my heart is selfless, what about forming a party?" Liu Zong flicked his sleeves on Monday, sneered a few times and said, "Don't want these scraps, some of the old man's protégés and disciples are, I will write to them to call them, and I must suppress the naturalized fallacies." ”

At the end of June, Li Yu did not wait for Yang Sichang's reply, but ushered in an overwhelming condemnation - the ghost knows what's going on, he was exposed for the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the state capitals in Shanxi appeared to expose the post, denouncing him for recognizing the thief as his father, betraying the country for glory, and shouting out the slogan that those who dare to negotiate peace with the East are rebellious, and more than 200 students from Taiyuan and Datong academies rushed into Fengzhou and gathered in the Naturalization Square to demand Li Yu's apology.

The Qing Emperor had previously sent a letter agreeing that Xifu and Ashdarhan would stay in naturalization and wait for the Ming envoys to negotiate peace, and he also specially sent a letter of state, but now it was all in vain.

"It seems that you can't do this line, forget it, let's go back, the emperor said that if Ming Guo dares to play him again, he must fight to the death, you have to help each other, otherwise you will be beaten together." Sifu shook his head and said.

"Again, you are not allowed to take a step beyond Beizhili." Li Yuwo replied with a fire.

Shifu and Ashdarhan laughed and left.