"Wen Chang is too much, he can't do it that big, but some basic selection can be done." Yang Changfan gestured, "For example, those who manage accounts, those who manage the treasury, those who run merchants, including the armory workshop that is ready to be rebuilt, all of them need people, and we still have to choose the right person." ”

At this time, Niha brought the tea, Xu Wenchang took the teacup and said with a smile: "So you see, what we do doesn't involve any thoughts at all. ”

Yang Changfan also took the teacup and took a sip: "Otherwise, read and worship Confucius and Mencius, go to the sea to believe in Mazu, cut people to respect Guan Gong, the merchant serves the God of Wealth, and the people respect God, even if it is just farming, ask God for a smooth wind and rain, right?" No matter when and where you do something, there is a 'way'. Take Wen Chang as an example, the 'unity of knowledge and action' that you follow in your mouth is the same principle. For today, we are based in Penghu, and what we need is this 'Tao'. ”

Xu Wenchang put down the teacup and pondered for a moment: "Reading and worshiping Confucius and Mencius is to learn from the sages, going to the sea to believe in Mazu is to bless peace, cutting people to respect Guan Gong is to express righteousness, and the merchant is to seek wealth from the God of Wealth. ”

"This is too chaotic, and the 'Tao' we need must be simple and pure, and the 'Tao' that can be used everywhere. For example, the 'open East China Sea, Han people come' we advocated before has some such meanings, but the intensity is not enough. 'The unity of knowledge and action' is also considered the Tao, but it is too subtle and very human. ”

"I see, you want a simple and pure 'Tao', from the great Confucian scholars to the farmers and children, everyone can understand and everyone is willing to follow, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

Xu Wenchang smiled and said: "How about you look at this - life and death are life and wealth!" ”

"......," Yang Changfan said embarrassedly, "doesn't that mean he didn't say it?" ”

"This is the way you want, everyone understands and everyone follows, which is equivalent to not saying it."

"Wait...... Yang Changfan raised his eyebrows, "You can change it a little." ”

"Huh?"

"How about 'life and death in the sky, wealth and wealth are fighting'?"

Xu Wenchang moved slightly.

Since the reign of Taizu, Dingzu has taught strict laws, advocated strict governance, and limited everyone to a field forever, and there is no way to get rich except for the imperial examination.

The words "life and death are in the sky, and wealth is in the struggle" actually gives people more space and direction for struggle and the possibility of controlling their own destiny.

"I'll change the next ......," Xu Wenchang said after a moment's thought, "The East China Sea ships are in charge of the east, the diligent are rich and the poor are safe, the elite soldiers are strong and the artillery protects China, and the people and the Japanese are all terrified." ”

Yang Changfan was overjoyed when he heard this: "What a limerick poem!" ”

"Don't say it's my ......," Xu Wenchang waved his hand in a low-key manner, "It's too coarse, it's a shame to say it." ”

"It's just to be so coarse, plus a sentence that all are created equal, wealth is in contention!" Yang Changfan got up, "You immediately quote scriptures from Confucius, Meng, Lao Mo, and Mingyang Xinxue, take them out of context, and find suitable sentences to supplement this way." ”

"Taken out of context, it's good......"

Yang Changfan then summoned the leaders of the craftsmen under his rule to pass on the limericks and slogans, the stone tablet seal characters, and the banners were capitalized, so as to infiltrate this spirit to the other side as soon as possible.

Unconsciously, in addition to farming, imperial examinations, and rebellion, the coastal people of Fujian have another way to go.

The so-called "born equal, rich and noble" is really a very vague sentence, but also a very practical sentence, the reality lies in the second half of the sentence, the wealth is fighting for this is a simple and pure truth, the ambiguity lies in the first half of the sentence, people are obviously not born equal, the existence of the emperor is the biggest inequality.

Slogans such as equality and equality are always advocated by the imperial court, and it is not easy to directly characterize "all born equal" as a rebel slogan, so the whole sentence has become blurred.

And the facts are not vague, the first batch of people who are lucky and brave enough to mix Penghu are indeed full of money. In fact, you don't have to be too diligent, you only need to go back and forth to Penghu and Fujian to transport materials and grain to make a fortune, this group of poor and white homeless people, within half a year, they have saved enough money to build a house and marry a daughter-in-law, standing at their starting point, this is already called rich.

A large number of poor people, criminals, laborers, and domestic slaves in the coastal areas of Fujian began to move.

In addition to poverty, there are actually bigger reasons for them to go to sea.

In the past, the biggest obstacle that prevented the toiling masses from taking refuge in the shipowner was actually the court and the title, the shipowner was a thief, the court was an official, and the shipowner was equal to a thief, and the thief would be exterminated and would be questioned.

Judging from the past six months, the imperial court has no intention of exterminating at all, and has acquiesced in the management of the shipowner in Penghu, and even the official yamen has begun to turn a blind eye to the private running of boats, and Penghu has become more and more prosperous.

In May, Yang Changfan once again recruited a large number of craftsmen and laborers and marched towards Dongfan and Moswan Island. Hu Zongxian set up the Moss Bay Mansion according to the Ming system, ruled Penghu and Chiayi counties, Penghu Yiwei, and Chiayi Yiyi, which was almost a copy of the Ming court in Moswan.

It is inevitable to invade the local people by building the city and opening the fields, Yang Changfan has no other way, and he promises to give gifts with his left hand, and he has a big sword and artillery with his right hand, and finally demarcates a large area without much bloodshed, 20,000 craftsmen and farmers open the city and reclaim the land, 3,000 elite soldiers guard and defend, and the shipyard and ordnance factory are built in parallel. It is true that the old shipowner is rich and rivals the country, but his money has not been spent for a long time, and now it has finally been ruthlessly built by Yang Changfan.

The South China Sea is a beautiful scene, but the North is not so lucky.

Back then, Taizu drove the Mongols away with Pingchuan, Yongle moved the capital to Beijing, and repeatedly entered the Northern Desert to expel the Mongols, but the descendants of the later generations became more and more discouraged, and it was basically no longer a question of whether he could fight for anger in Jiajing's generation, he was not fighting at all.

On the other hand, Altan Khan, not to mention how powerful Wen Taowu is, is a shrewd and enterprising and very persistent person, regularly forced to make nuisances, nuisance will be gained, and the scale of each nuisance is changing with the times, the Ming army is weaker, he will do it deeper, the deepest can go to the city of Beijing, the Ming army is stronger, he will shrug a little, shallow in a circle and leave.

This time the second forced Beijing division, it can be said that it is not deep or shallow, coinciding with the chaos of the southeast situation, the Ming army is slightly weak, he skillfully bypassed the place guarded by Yang Bo, and successively ransacked Zunhua, Qian'an, Jizhou, Yutian, and when the imperial court desperately dispatched troops to encircle and suppress, I had eaten and drunk enough to take things and leave.

In fact, Jizhou is only more than 100 miles away from Beijing, and I replied that if I want, I can do it again, but now it is not as good as it was then, and there are still several good generals such as Yang Bo and Wang Chen in the Ming army, and there is no situation of weak generals scattered a few years ago. (To be continued.) )