The emperor must have been forced to be in a hurry, and he didn't let go of 50,000 taels of silver bills, but Fengzhou's respect for the emperor should also be expressed, and this money should be given - Li Yu felt that the emperor was pitiful enough, and gritted his teeth and endured the pain: the minister should be repaid by Long's grace, and he should be repaid by the minister, and the minister's duty is also, but when the country is in danger, the people are saved first, and Shanxi's taxes and commissions must also be exempted. Ning Jin should abandon the place when he died, and he can restore the peace of the pass, and he can only be relieved of the outside, and the rise and fall of the country must lie in this, the scholars are cowardly and talk about the war, and the national thieves are also, Your Majesty does not need to worry about it, and the ministers dare not say "Qingjun's side", and the only minister dares to deserve it, and begs His Majesty to think about it.

The Qing Emperor is power-hungry, but the wisdom and courage are all made in heaven, and he is the most tired of saving the Qing Dynasty from danger and getting stronger the more he fights, Chahar Khan is cowardly by nature, but he has practiced a way to escape, and he will definitely escape when he encounters a strong enemy, in contrast, this Ming Emperor is the most cowardly, the governance of the country has not improved, the war is a mess, and the escape is definitely not as good as Chahar Khan, he is the most tired of the three, and he is simply guilty of sitting on this dragon chair - Li Yu compared the three emperors in his heart, and immediately sent out the chapter after writing it, and the consequences were not considered at all, No one can do anything about him anyway.

Westward travel is the top priority at present, the Ming Dynasty is crumbling, God leaves little time for Fengzhou, we must integrate our own forces as soon as possible to deal with the crisis, Fengzhou two governments, one court and one law department for the Tacheng Conference made careful plans - appointed the general Li Yu, the prime minister of government affairs Batu, and the governor of the Department of Foreign Affairs Yun Rong to attend the meeting together, Angton Lama accompanied the local lamas, Li Jianji and Bao Zhen from Yangzhou to organize businessmen to negotiate business, and at the same time in order to deepen the relationship with the Mongolian ministries, this time took Wu Langha and the children to go together, In addition, a large number of iron pots, cloth, and weapons were prepared as gifts, and in short, the meeting must come to a satisfactory conclusion to ensure that there will be no turmoil in the west for 20 years.

Under the first month of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Meng Ke led the cavalry to the right and left battalions, the Khalkha battalion, and the Oirat battalion to escort them. In the mission procession, Li Meng triumphantly followed behind his father and kept waving, and the children such as Skylark, Li Qin, Liu Chengzu, and Little Living Buddha jumped and jumped in the car, and Li Jin watched his friends leave, so sad that he almost cried - Li Jin's identity was too special, and he was left at home with his mother Wulan.

After sending off the mission, Li Fugui went directly to the Prime Minister's Office - Batu went on a long business trip, and he acted as the governor of Fengzhou. As soon as he sat down in the office, Governor Chang Shu of the Department of Missions came in and threw a stack of posters on the table.

"Brother Nianfeng, this is Mr. Qishan's "Journal of Practice", it's too unusual, it left us alone, and the newspapers are full of their articles, won't the Shixue Society be their words in the future!" Yun Rong said angrily.

After the establishment of the Shixue Society, the Kannai scholars and the Fengzhou literati experienced a honeymoon period of more than ten days - the Guannai scholars agreed to explore the true meaning of learning according to the sage classics, and also expressed partial acceptance of the Taizhou doctrine, and the Fengzhou literati also believed that the inheritance of the sacred school naturally has its rationality, and it cannot be blindly denied, and also put forward a "middle school" concept that integrates the theory of a hundred schools of thought, and the two sides were happy for a while. Subsequently, the Guannei scholars proposed that the core of governing the country is to govern the heart, and the most effective way to govern the heart is the ethical outline of the middle school, so the establishment of practical learning can only be set right on the basis of the middle school, and Western learning is relegated to the side of the left way of learning, which can be used but not based, Liu Zongzhou put forward the view of "middle school as the body, Western learning as the use".

As soon as this remark came out, Han Lin, a Westernizer, immediately accused the Guannei scholars of playing tricks - Western learning is connected with the theory of a hundred schools, especially the study of Mozi, and the Compendium of Rites is the soul of Zhu Zi's science. The literati of Fengzhou immediately supported Han Lin, and Zhu Zi's science was an official school with huge influence, and if he was not pushed down from the status of official science, other theories would have no way out. The arguments between the two sides resumed, and the Guannai scholars reiterated the Huayi debate, loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, while the Fengzhou people ridiculed each other with the other party's cycle of chaos and Confucianism.

"It's the old cliché again, this Yang Tinglin jumped very high, this "Huaxia Zhuyi Examination" scolded us for 'not getting rid of barbarians and boasting of Huaxia', how can it be reasonable, fight back, resolutely fight back!" Li Fugui saw it, threw the "Journal of Practice" on the ground, waved his hand and said to Chang Shu, "They will not let go of the "Journal of Practice", we will set up another newspaper post to publish our articles, the more the better, send my books too, and drown them with articles!" ”

A few days later, Mr. Li Qingshan's "Records of the Journey to the North" appeared in the major academies and schools of naturalization, which is divided into six chapters: "Creation", "Martial Arts", "Political Strategy", "Citizen", "Persuasion of Business", and "Perfection", the first three articles summarize the rise and development process of Fengzhou, as well as Fengzhou's official position, military system, and cultural and martial arts, and start from the explanation of the "Naturalization Oath", "Private Property Protection Order", "Free Movement Order" and "Rich People and Strong People Order", and discuss Fengzhou's people-oriented governance policy. The last three articles are the essence of this book, Li Fugui believes that people are the products of heaven and earth, there is no distinction between noble and low, the common people are not inferior, the princes are not high, if the king takes the country as the public, then the people are the citizens of the country, the people and the king discuss the affairs of the world, share the benefits of the world, and protect the peace of the world. If the king turns the country into his home, then the people are the subjects of the king, and the people are driven by the king's will, and all the benefits of the world are returned to the king, and all the harm of the world is returned to the people, and the people are not slaves of their families? Therefore, citizens are the foundation of the people's safety, life, and industry; Li Fugui completely denied the "emphasis on the original and the suppression of the end", believing that industry and commerce are the lifeblood of the country, dredging the same work as grain planting and grazing, opening up trade routes and expanding the territory, and there is no distinction between the noble and the lowly in running industry and commerce and studying the imperial examination, he resolutely advocated the protection of private property, encouraged the smart people to work hard to run industry and commerce, and the more wealth they earned, the more glory they had, not only to glorify the court, but also to be the hero of the country; Li Fugui also believes that there is a way to do business, and those who are proficient in business can also become saints, and those who want to be saints must not be alone, the world is public, and the stronger the ability, the greater the responsibility for the world, and the talented businessmen should actively participate in government affairs, contribute to the country, and make the people rich and even the country rich with their own talents, this is the road.

At the same time, a new newspaper post also appeared, Li Fugui personally inscribed the registration - "Republic Daily", "Gong" has the meaning of everyone agreeing, "and" has the meaning of harmonizing the five grains to suit the mouths of the people, and the two words together obviously have the meaning of everyone governing the world together. In this issue, more than a dozen articles were published, and almost all of the high-ranking officials who had read in Toyosu appeared on the stage to fiercely criticize the "Journal of Practice".

Ortai refuted Liu Zhilun's "rule of law" in the front-page article, clearly pointing out that the customs and folk conditions inside and outside the customs are completely different, and the uniform application of the laws of the Ming Kingdom must be chaotic, and the Ming Kingdom itself has problems, and its laws are strict and even cruel, but it cannot change the reality of bureaucratic corruption and state affairs. And the appropriate division of civil and criminal punishment was changed to the complete separation of civil and criminal punishment, and it was proved that Fengzhou was on the right path, and Ming Guo should reflect on and innovate instead.

Li Huai of Bao Ketu also sent an article, in which he wrote: The so-called great unification is called to maintain national unity and stability, but in fact the purpose is to safeguard the vested interests of a very small number of people represented by the imperial power, and these people absolutely cannot control their desire to expand their power and plunder the people's wealth, and they will attack all opponents by unscrupulous means, and take it for granted that they deceive and enslave the people, and tyranny and harsh government will inevitably lead to great chaos in the world in the end, and the people will have to pay a greater price. Li Huai put forward a new concept, the central government adopts the reality of the virtual monarchy, and uses the imperial power and the relative power to check and balance each other, while at the local level, the central power is only delegated to the provincial level, and the state government implements autonomy and elected officials, so as to achieve mutual checks and balances between the central and local governments. This idea is incredible, but Li Huai believes that in the past 2,000 years, the cycle of chaos has continued, and China has not only not progressed, but has a tendency to regress, and it is not too much to be called a failed country.

Du Hongtai published an article to refute the accusation that the Guannei scholars "have no father and no king, they are called beasts", Fengzhou people do not read the "Book of Filial Piety" and do not practice filial piety, but the so-called filial piety is just selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, in addition to teaching people to be the emperor's slaves, the others are useless, and they are also very perverted. Filial piety, the way of hypocrites, Fengzhou people do not learn filial piety, but filial piety to parents, respect for the elderly, and do their best to maintain good folk customs - Fengzhou respects the elders who are highly respected, and the grassroots 100 households are basically 100 households, and the three old people have the final say, who does bad things that violate morals and customs, and can directly be sentenced to ten whips, in addition, there are lamas and imams in the village who often persuade them to do good, there is such an atmosphere, lazy scoundrels, evil sons and people have no way to survive, the people are naturally good, and there are such honest beasts in the world?

The text ridicules Yang Tinglin for being belligerent and unable to fight, talking about soldiers but not knowing the soldiers, but guarding the clichés of Huayi's argument, Princess Zhaojun more than a thousand years ago still knows how to mediate the conflict between Han and Hungary and turn hostility into friendship, and you read the book of sages but deliberately create estrangement and intensify hatred, where is benevolence, righteousness and morality? You only talk about the wanton plundering and murderous nature of the Manchus, but you don't remember that the Ming State also slaughtered and plundered the Manchus, especially during the three conquests in the Chenghua period, and the three guards of Jianzhou were almost wiped out; You call the Manchus a razor species, and you want to kill them as soon as possible, but you don't know that the Manchus are both a razor and a Han species, and the Liaodong military households were forced to flee and integrate into Manchuria because they could not bear the harsh government, so that the Manchus were able to move from the brink of destruction to strength, and today's disaster is the fault of the imperial court. The hatred between the Ming and Qing dynasties, the two fought for the common people to suffer, stopping the war and restoring the people's livelihood is the right way, you are powerless to calm the war, but you are self-righteous, provoking the war between Huayi and wanting to see the blood of the people in the world flow into a river and then be happy?

The counterattack of the officials of Toyosu angered the scholars of Guannai, and the Shigakusha held a series of meetings in the Toyosu Academy, and the scholars impassionedly criticized the erroneous views of Toyozhou, and it was too late to print the newspaper posts, they worked hard day and night to write books, and the Toyosu Academy, the Government Affairs School, and the main intersection of naturalization were plastered with handwritten posters, and several young scholars simply ran to the Naturalization Square to give speeches, and the common people also praised the scholars for being really knowledgeable, and everyone could not understand what they said.

The other party is too fierce, and the officials of Fengzhou are a little overwhelmed - there are too few people who have read books and can write articles, and where is the opponent of the Kannai people who rely on articles to eat in the pen and ink war. Fengzhou Chamber of Commerce suddenly became excited, Li Fugui's "Northbound Record" is too powerful, it is glorious to make money in business, not only can he make contributions to the country, but also be a saint, the businessmen have straightened their waists, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, the time has come to contribute to the country, led by Zhou Yi and Yang Tingfang, who were born in Jinshi, Sun Tingyao and Shen Shoulian, and the prison students actively followed up, and the "Liberty Daily" sang praises for Fengzhou for three consecutive issues, and reported to the Dafa Division that the "Journal of Practice" provoked ethnic contradictions, which did not fall within the scope of speech protection, and should be immediately ordered to stop publication for reflection.

Wang Fang realized very early that the Civic Party should take action, but he couldn't find anyone who could write articles, and the copywriters of the "Citizen Daily" wrote some popular novels and farming and pig raising experience, and it was definitely embarrassing to write serious articles, and the Civic Party was short of talents! Fortunately, there is still a Gao He in hand, so let this guy write an article. Gao He was in Taiyuan, received instructions from the party Central Committee to take immediate action, worthy of being dismissed as a meritorious person, quick thinking and quick writing, three or four days of hard work concocted dozens of articles, "refutation of the theory of governing the country according to law", "refutation of the middle school as the body, Western learning as the application", "refutation of the Huayi debate", "refutation of the Ming Emperor's orthodoxy", "refutation of the theory of loyalty, filial piety, righteousness" and ......, in short, the other side advocated all opposed. Wang Fang was overjoyed to get the manuscript, and the "Citizen" finally had ammunition, and immediately ordered it to be printed, and at the same time, he was very immoral and sent people to greet the various printing workshops, and was not allowed to take over the work of the real society.

This polemic is endless, Fengzhou officials are busy with spring ploughing, take the initiative to withdraw from the battle, Shixue Society, the Liberal Party, the Civic Party continue to fight, naturalized street newspapers, unveiling posts are flying all over the sky, the two sides can still pretend to be Sven people at first, and then quarrel red-eyed, simply scolded foul language and moved their hands and feet. Fengzhou Academy and Government Affairs School are not quiet, the students are divided into two factions and quarrel, and there are several fights during the period - the scale of the two schools has expanded after moving to the vicinity of Zhaojun's tomb, the students are not all from Fengzhou and the tribes outside the border, nearly half of them are Shanxi students, some are reserve talents of the Shanxi Joint Defense Bureau, some are voluntarily cast under Liu Zongzhou and Sun Qifeng, and some are heard that the imperial court may release water on naturalization in the township examination, and immigrate to Fengzhou in advance, these people are still more inclined to Guannei scholars.

It was too unpleasant, and after several warnings were ineffective, Ortai had to interview the leaders of various factions, but some people were not honest, and Wang Fang and Yang Tinglin pointed at each other's noses and quarreled as soon as they met.

"You are so shameless, as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, you slandered Taizu and Emperor Chengzu, and you dare to say that my dynasty is not righteous, is Meng Yuan orthodox? If you are in the Guannei, you will be sent to the government to be executed. Yang Tinglin couldn't wait to eat Wang Fang in one bite.

"Phew, Meng Yuan was tired of us and quit the pass, what is the matter with him Zhu Chongba, look at the disgusting things he and Zhu Lao Si Ye did, you are still embarrassed to brag that the Ming Dynasty is the most righteous, and Meng Yuan is more decent than you Ming Kingdom." Wang Fang, who was born in the White Lotus Sect in the north, also had a hard mouth.

"Shut up, I can't care about the grievances two or three hundred years ago, as long as Fengzhou is stable, there must be no signs of turmoil," Ertai stopped Yang Tinglin and Wang Fang, who were dancing with their teeth and claws, turned his head and said solemnly to Liu Zhilun and Sun Qifeng, "Yuan Cheng, Qitai, you have been in Fengzhou for a long time, you should understand what turmoil means to Fengzhou." ”

"I understand, Fengzhou can't afford to pay the price of turmoil, people have stayed for a long time, and when they see the mountains, the water here, and the people here, they are kind, and this time it's a little out of control," Liu Zhilun nodded, and then raised his finger to point at Zhou Yi and Wang Fang and scolded angrily, "It's these two unscrupulous people who make the official stunned." ”

Li Fugui said to Liu Zhilun with a smile: "Brother Yuancheng, don't be angry, people are different, it is not surprising that there are different opinions, I think so, the Shixue Society will continue to run as usual, and the "Shixue Society" and "Republic Daily" will also be published as usual. ”

Liu Zhilun, Liu Zongzhou and Sun Qifeng whispered a few words, and Liu Zongzhou nodded and said: "Yes, the Shixue Society will hold a meeting once a month in the future, and you will also participate together, and there will be any prior notice to discuss." ”

After discussing for a while, everyone agreed, and Ortai stood up again to set up a few rules.

"I said that there are four articles that cannot be touched, the first "Naturalization Oath", the second is the same race and different customs, the third is the prestige of Lamaism, and the fourth "Statute of the Succession of the Great Commander", and now add one more - Huayi's debate cannot be touched, and all newspapers and posts published in the future will be reviewed in advance," Ortai pressed Yang Tinglin, who jumped up and was about to argue, back to his seat, and said loudly to everyone, "I am a big decision, I have the final say on this matter, but I am fair, so that some people will not be convinced, so please send representatives of your four newspapers to review together, The controversial decision of the Law Department of Jiaotong University. ”

Since then, the monthly meeting of the Shixue Society has become a battlefield for all parties to debate knowledge, and the "Citizen", "Liberty", "Shijian" and "Republican Daily" are also constantly fighting with each other, in the process of controversy, the two schools of Shixue have actually been formed, although the scholars are willing to admit it for a long time, but the common people call them royalists and republicans.