Liu Zongzhou has been in Fengzhou for half a year, and he was greatly surprised by what he saw and heard, here the Han and Yi mixed lives but can be friendly to each other, orderly, the bitter cold land is barren but can support many people, the market is prosperous, and the schools at all levels are complete, both young and old have the opportunity to read and write, it seems to be moving towards civilization, not like a barbarian land, Liu Zongzhou pays attention to practice, and the doubtful questions must be clarified, but the officials of Fengzhou can't tell the reason, and they talk nonsense when they are in a hurry.

For example, Liu Zongzhou secretly asked Liu Zhilun - Fengzhou is home to Yi people and homeless people, among which there are many bandits, fugitives, profiteers and bad literati. Liu Zhilun thought for a long time before answering, probably because there are too many bad people, and no one can afford to provoke anyone, and they are forced to learn to be good people, so people's hearts are greatly governed.

Liu Zongzhou was very satisfied with the teachings and opening halls set up by thousands of households and hundreds of households, teaching and educating people in Chinese, he asked Yunrong if Fengzhou was committed to education from the beginning, Yunrong poured bitter water, there are several languages in Fengzhou, there are few people who can write and calculate, and it is not easy to find a person who can do official affairs, otherwise what should I do in the future? The Prime Minister's Office spends more than 50,000 taels of silver every year to set up schools at all levels, and it hurts when I think about it!

Liu Zongzhou hated the art of punishment, and Fengzhou did not have the death penalty, torture, no prison, cell, all levels of law departments to decide cases, and the punishment was only whipping, which was very much in line with his heart, to judge Zhu Yiqian praised Fengzhou for governing the country with virtue, Zhu Yiqian quietly told him that Fengzhou has no law because he has no ability to formulate laws, and there is no prison cell because he is reluctant to spend money, so it is the most convenient to reason with a whip, and Fengzhou believes in Aristotle's doctrine, this Western saint believes that the law is not slavery but salvation, Good laws, honest law enforcers, and everyone abiding by the law are the real rule of law, and although the conditions in Toyosu are not yet ripe, they are still taking the road of governing the country according to law.

Liu Zongzhou was surprised to find that Lamaism, Western religion, and Islam are very active in Fengzhou, especially the huge influence of Lamaism, not only are there lamas stationed in each village to preach the scriptures and conduct funerals, but also often see lamas in the market to maintain order and mediate disputes, Emperor Xuanzong said well, saving trouble is not as good as provincial officials, it has been proved that using lamas to maintain good folk customs and local security is more effective and cost-effective than the government, you see, how kind the lamas are, the people love to listen to them.

Liu Zongzhou became more and more uneasy, Fengzhou is in a mess understandable, the barbarian land lacks education, but it is full of vitality and thriving, if this road of various academic mixtures is passed, how should the status of sacred studies be placed in the future? Liu Zongzhou couldn't take care of it, and decided to take the initiative to talk to the naturalized general soldier, help this fool return to the right path, and drag Liu Zhilun to Baoketu to block Li Yu - he was a little afraid of being caught by savages and shaving his hair, it was always safer to have acquaintances to lead the way, in fact, he didn't even see the shadow of savages along the way.

Finally blocked this martial artist, Liu Zongzhou glanced at Li Yu, "You are the naturalized chief soldier", and then pulled Liu Zhilun to sit down unceremoniously, looking at the black, thin and tall young man in front of him, not bad, knowing that standing and listening to the teacher's teachings, although the clothes are relatively earthy, but there is no arrogance, the harmless appearance of humans and animals is quite cute, Liu Zongzhou has a good impression, and his expression is much gentler.

"Do you usually read? It doesn't hurt to read too much, the most important thing to govern one side is to govern the heart of the politician, the heart is the foundation of all things in heaven and earth, the truth is that all things in heaven and earth are upright, the family is Qi, the country is governed by the country, and the peace of the world is as easy as a snap, the old man's study of prudence is to teach people to govern the heart, the study of a gentleman, prudence is only, people can be cautious, and they will be perfect for heaven and earth, oh, you don't know prudence, to conscience always know, right? Alone is the foundation of the heart, prudence is to conscience, but Mr. Yang Ming is vague about conscience, resulting in the mind learning close to Zen rather than Zen, people's innate end, want to seek conscience but can't, it is easy to go astray, so the old man advocates 'conscience is not separated from hearing and seeing', teaching people to practice introspection, so that everyone can have conscience, everyone can be a saint, you have a conscience, take in hundreds of thousands of poor people, give them food and clothing, teach them to read, do not abuse the art of punishment, this is very good, the law is nothing more than the importance of people's lives, thick people's livelihood, tell the old man, Do you want to be a saint? ”

Li Yu shook his head in confusion, felt that something was wrong and nodded again. Mr. Qishan has spoken, this guy doesn't understand at all - Liu Zhilun coughed vigorously on the side, and Liu Zongzhou also reacted, maybe he was playing the piano to the cow just now, and he continued to talk with a straight face.

"Since you have a conscience, the old man will teach a few words, holy learning is the best principle in the world, and all dynasties and dynasties have not followed it, but under your rule, where is loyalty, filial piety, etiquette and righteousness? You shave your hair and are easy to obey Hu Zhihua, trampling on the outline of the dynasty is uncontrollable, private and Dongyu are like rebellions, Western learning is just a strange trick but can enter the house, profiteers are just mercenary people but can be officials and disorderly government, close to the gentleman and far away from the villain is the ancient precept, but the villain around you is ambitious, such as Zhou Yi is a greedy villain, you actually want to use him as the prime minister for government affairs," Liu Zong Zhou said more and more excited, and pointed to Li Fugui next to him and shouted angrily, "You are not a good thing, the chaos of naturalization is all caused by you, Wang Xue, the left way," Fatherless and monarchic, not killing fathers and kings', 'The people's daily use is the way' must come from your mouth, 'The clothes of China are outside the customs', 'An emperor, two courts' must also be your troublemaker. ”

Li Fugui sneered: "Although my Wang Xue's side door is the study of the peddler's pawn, it is better than the orthodoxy of the Guannei Shengxue, Mr. Qishan, you also said that it is the study of hypocrites." ”

"Zhu Datou, you are a sinner of Shengxue, a rebel of the Ming Dynasty, and a scum of the clan, and the old man wants to expose your old background." Liu Zongzhou yelled angrily, and the two juniors Li Yao and Zhang Zhiyao were so frightened that they wanted to hide.

"Don't go, open the door, whoever wants to listen to it, Mr. Qishan, I don't need you to say, I will tell my own life experience."

Li Fugui turned out to be the thirteenth son of the Ming Dynasty Taizu after the king Zhu Gui, the distant uncle of the current king, but since his grandfather's generation, he has not entered the genealogy and can't get Zonglu - the descendants of the Taizu are as many as cows, and the Ming court can't afford to raise these parasites, and tries its best to limit the population of the clan, Li Fugui's grandfather is the seventeenth son of the sixth-generation acting king Zhu Ting, and the good thing of entering the family tree is not his turn, and he wants to enter the civil register to make other livelihoods, and the government does not allow it, and he bears the name of Zhu Seventeen all his life, fortunately, he was not driven out of the palace, and he was allowed to act on behalf of the king when he died. His sons and grandsons were allowed to continue to stay in the palace to eat miscellaneous meals.

Li Fugui became a scholar at the age of six, waiting for the children of the Acting Palace's Mansion to study—after two generations, he had been excluded from the children of the Acting Palace. Li Fugui's uncle happened to be a teacher in the palace of the king, and by the way, he also taught him to read and write, and also taught him the ability to copy books. When Li Fugui grew up, the acting king took a fancy to his beautiful regular script, and sent him to manage the library and transcribe the documents of the palace, which was five years, and the hardships were needless to say, but it gave Li Fugui an opportunity to read a wide range of books and be familiar with the history of the country.

Li Fugui's uncle is a straight Shun Tianfu Xiucai, no interest in the imperial examination, but like to apply the study of the world, in the early years of worship to learn Taizhou school He Xinyin as a teacher, followed the master to Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan and other places to give lectures, but also participated in the establishment of the "Cui He Tang" activities, later Zhang Juzheng destroyed the world academy to fight heresy, Master He Xinyin died under the stick of the governor of Huguang Wang Zhiyuan, the Taizhou school gradually declined, he wandered around and finally arrived in Datong. This person is alone, but knowledgeable, very wide-ranging, in his spare time often talk about the success or failure of the Taizhou school, he is not willing to be buried in the teacher's doctrine, the life of the learning to the nephew, unconsciously Li Fugui became the Taizhou school of the successor.

When Li Fugui was seventeen years old, the imperial court owed Zonglu and the palace could not afford to support a large number of idlers, so Li Fugui's family had to fend for themselves. In the next few years, Li Fugui's bad luck continued, his parents and uncle died in poverty and illness one after another, he could not survive in Datong, relying on his uncle's ability to forge a monk's degree, and also lived a life of wandering, I don't know what to do in the future and dare not think about it, relying on begging and copying books to live a day. What surprised Li Fugui was that he was not the only unlucky one among the descendants of Taizu, and there were some of the children of the clan who wandered around to cheat and eat and drink - if Emperor Taizu knew underground, I am afraid that he would have the heart to cry.

In the first year of the Apocalypse, Li Fugui met a few down-and-out clan disciples in Yangzhou, and they told him that the newly enthroned Son of Heaven was going to open a sect test, and the children of the sect who had studied might have a bright day, so he was persuaded to try his luck, Li Fugui also ran to Beijing with a wit, but the Ministry of Rites did not allow him to sign up, and asked him to go to the Zongren Mansion to enter the family tree first, and the Zongren Mansion directly offered 3,000 taels of silver, otherwise the door would not be allowed to enter. Li Fugui's dream of the imperial examination was shattered, but he found that Jingshi was really a good place, and there were many opportunities for mixed fish and eyes, so he might be lucky one day, so he stayed in Jingshi and lived a life in Beipiao.

Li Fugui has been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, and he has learned to be abducted and deceived early, and first locked Liu Zongzhou, who rode a donkey to work, as the first target, and stopped Liu Zongzhou from crying that he was also a disciple of Xinxue, and unfortunately suffered from family difficulties and was exiled to Beijing, and he had no way to serve the country and had to ask for help from the kind-hearted old man. Liu Zongzhou had just reinstated as the head of the Department of Ceremonies and Ceremonies of the Ministry of Rites, and felt that the guy was very knowledgeable and wrote well, and he had the intention to cultivate it, and arranged for him to be a small official who copied official documents.

Li Fugui has two good friends in Beijing, one is Wang Wenyan, a native of Huizhou Mansion, who was born as a prison official, and fled to Beijing to join the eunuch Wang Anmen, and has a close relationship with the Donglin Party. The other is Zhou Yi, who took the line of Wei Zhongxian's father-in-law and just became the head of the household department, this is a person who wants money and does not want to die, and conspires with Li Fugui to alter official documents and embezzle public funds. Li Fugui is left and right, seeing people talking about people and talking nonsense, he has been in the Beijing for two years, and then he patted his ass and went back to his hometown Datong - if you don't go, you can't go, Zhou Yi's courage to make money is getting bigger and bigger, and it is too little to embezzle thousands of taels at a time, Wang Wenyan is also getting deeper and deeper in the officialdom, and he is completely tied to the Donglin Party, Li Fugui feels that these two guys will harm themselves sooner or later. Sure enough, less than half a year after he left, the eunuch party and the Donglin party fought, Wang Wenyan died tragically in Jinyi Prison, Zhou was stunned and sent to the east window after the incident, and when the two were unlucky, they also reported that Li Fugui was also an accomplice, and the criminal department immediately ordered the arrest of Li Fugui and brought to justice.

At the same time as the people of the Criminal Department arrived at the university, Li Fugui was on an errand in the palace of the king, and the prince of the king at that time and Li Fugui grew up together since childhood, and the relationship between the two has always been very good. Li Fugui knew that he could not gain a foothold in the Guannei, so he fled to the outside of the Guan, and since then he hated the Ming Dynasty, and vowed not to be a descendant of the Zhu family again, nor to leave descendants for the Zhu family, and also changed his mother's surname, and gave the most cheesy name - the son of the world later succeeded to the throne of the king, and the current little king is his son, but Li Fugui does not think that he is the Zhu family and never contacts the palace of the king.

Li Fugui finished talking about his life experience with tears, and said to Liu Zongzhou on Monday: "Li is not a scum of the clan if he is not in the genealogy, he is not a rebel in the Ming Kingdom, and he is not a sinner in the Ming Kingdom, and he does not dare to be a sinner in the holy school, Mr. Qishan, you know best in your heart that since the "Shangshu" was destroyed in the Yongjia Rebellion of the Western Jin Dynasty, today's "Shangshu" is just a forgery, and other scriptures are also mixed, and a bunch of hypocrites are taught with the apocryphal scriptures, so what is the use of holy learning? It's time for the gentleman himself to change his ways! ”

Liu Zongzhou was so angry that his hands trembled, but he couldn't speak, the "Shangshu" used now came out of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the Jiangnan scholars had already found out that it was a forgery, but this involved academic disputes, and it would shake the current policy of governing the country, and everyone dared not say publicly, the Confucian classic "Shangshu" was so, what about other scriptures? No wonder Li Fugui dared to so arrogantly deny today's sacred learning.

"Don't argue, the autumn harvest is coming, the issue of eating is the most important, how is naturalization now." Li Yu wiped a handful of cold sweat and waved his hand, Li Fugui's life experience also touched his heart, the Ming Taizu turned the country into a home, and the descendants are still like this, if he takes the old road of the Ming Kingdom, will the descendants of the Li family hate him in the future?

"The situation is not good, this year's drought, it is estimated that the grain output will be reduced by 30%, the potato seeds are also diseased, there are 14,000 households where the potatoes are not harvested, but there are more and more displaced people pouring out of the pass, Xuandewei and Dongsheng Zuowei have gathered 70,000 or 80,000 people, and the number will at least double after the autumn, and the Liberal Party and the Civic Party in the House are also struggling for tax cuts and tax increases, and they stage fights and farces every day, and they can only try their best to maintain stability at present," Liu Zhilun looked very depressed, sighed and said, "Hanmin, the imperial court has ordered you to be reinstated, Those homeless people are struggling to live and die, you must save them! ”

Li Yu lowered his head and was silent for a moment, and set his eyes on Li Fugui, Li Fugui calmed down and said slowly: "The autumn harvest is short of labor, let the Chamber of Commerce, the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Association come forward to persuade everyone to take in the displaced people, the wages don't matter, just give food to eat, we also implement the work for relief to start building water conservancy, but this requires a lot of money, and it is necessary to transport grain from the customs, the Governor's Office has ordered the state governments to strictly control the export of grain, Han Min, I'm afraid you have to fight with Lu Xiangsheng." ”

"Tell our friends in the gate, what to do, I will support them if something happens, and write a letter to Lu Xiangsheng, saying that he dares to cut off my food, and I won't let him get a horse," Li Yu smiled disdainfully, and stopped in front of Li Fugui after pacing a few laps in the big tent, "Brother Nianfeng, you return to Huahua immediately, and tell Zhou Yi and Wang Fang that I have no choice, let this family be given to them, when to make up my mind, when I will go back, it doesn't matter if I smash the pot, I will go back to the original form to farm and hunt, They returned to the customs to kill themselves. ”

Li Fugui laughed a few times, turned his head and walked out of the big tent.

A few days later, Zhou Yi and Wang Fang rushed to Bao Ketu together, submitted a proposal to Li Yu for the House of Representatives, and made a compromise between them under heavy pressure, Zhou Yi's proposal was passed, of course, the Chamber of Commerce also made concessions, agreeing to pay business income tax according to five points to one percent, and the people's income from work must also pay five points of tax to the local government - Fengzhou implements financial public discussion, and the tax is included in the local government to increase welfare and reduce the burden of the people in disguise, Wang Fang knows this, but he is angry that the Chamber of Commerce dragged the party affairs funds that he had promised, Intending to play against the Liberal Party, the House of Representatives made a resolution to this effect, and each party elected councillor subsidized the party's 50 taels of funds every year.

Zhou Yu assured Li Yu that the Chamber of Commerce would buy 300,000 taels of disaster relief bonds in installments, but he really didn't dare to take the post of prime minister, if the Presidential Office nominated Batu, the Council would definitely accept it, and he was willing to replace Li Jianji as the head of government affairs - this was discussed privately between Zhou Yi and Li Jianji, Zhou was stunned and addicted, Li Jianji was the leader of the Liberal Party, and pushed the honest and honest Batu to the forefront.

"That's it, I'll go back." Li Yu nodded in agreement.

At the end of July, Li Yu and the Great Commander's Office returned to naturalization, and announced in the Council that Fengzhou would implement the policy of enriching the people and strengthening the people, and the approved bill was named "Enriching the People and Strengthening the People", and then the Council elected Batu as the prime minister's government affairs, Zhou Yi as the government affairs and the affairs of the branch office, and the officials nominated by the General Consulate were also approved - Shen Shoulian was the governor of the branch bureau and the governor of the banknote bureau, Yun Rong was the governor of the Foreign Affairs Department, Sun Tingyao was the governor of the Soldiers and Horses Division, Chang Shu was the governor of the Propaganda Department, Fan Yongdou was the governor of the Taxation Department, and Gu Keli was the governor of the General Administration Department. Urden is the governor of the Inspection Department, Han Lin is the governor of the Department of Industry and Construction, Hui Dengxiang is the governor of the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department, Nuo Min is the governor of the Treasury Envoy Department, and Du Hongtai is the secretary. Locally, there was a Baoketu Mansion, with Li Huai as the prefect, Dongsheng Zuowei was merged into Xuandewei, and Li Wanqing was the commander.

On the first day of August, Prime Minister Batu ordered the border to be opened and the displaced people were allowed to enter and leave Fengzhou freely.