Now that the intention of coming has been clear, Su Tiancheng doesn't want to delay, so he plans to visit Sun Chengzong directly.

Although there are a lot of ideas and the emperor's will on his body, he still has to keep a low profile and make enough gestures, the key is to persuade Sun Chengzong to let this seventy-one-year-old man go to Nanjing.

Accompanied by the magistrate of Gaoyang County, Su Tiancheng came to Sun Chengzong's mansion.

The scene in front of him surprised him.

The door of the mansion had been opened, and an old man with white hair was waiting in front of the mansion with everyone.

The old man's spirit was very good, his face was ruddy, and the expression on his face was quiet, and he seemed to know the Tao and was weathered.

This old man is undoubtedly the famous Sun Chengzong.

Seeing such a situation, Su Tiancheng's heart let go of more than half of it, he not only thought of hundreds of years later, those old-timers who fought the country, their consciousness is extraordinary, as long as it is arranged by the superiors, they will never be ambiguous, they don't pay attention to any treatment issues, they have experienced too much in a lifetime, and what they think of is dedication.

"Su Tiancheng, the magistrate of Jiangning County, meet Master Sun."

"Lord Su is polite, the old man has already heard about Lord Su's deeds, young and talented."

"Don't dare, don't dare, the younger generation has to learn more from adults."

Su Tiancheng's low-key attitude is sincere, in front of this old-timer who has experienced ups and downs and is a late bloomer, he has nothing to show off, even if he adds up the age of his previous life and this life, he is less than seventy years old.

Su Tiancheng's low-key and sincere attitude quickly won Sun Chengzong's favor.

Su Tiancheng's intention, Sun Chengzong already knew the way.

Su Tiancheng didn't know what to do with this arrangement, and Zhu Youzhen readily agreed to go to Nanjing for Sun Chengzong. Specially arranged Jinyiwei to inform Su Tiancheng's intention as quickly as possible, and brought the relevant twists and turns to Gaoyang County, so to speak. Before Su Tiancheng arrived in Gaoyang County, Sun Chengzong had already thought about it in detail.

Su Tiancheng followed behind Sun Chengzong and went directly to the study.

This arrangement once again exceeded his expectations, generally speaking, he first went to the living room, and after greeting for a while, if there was anything big to discuss, he went to the study. But after coming, he went directly to the study, indicating that Sun Chengzong already knew his intention.

Su Tiancheng not only thought of Zhu Youzhen.

His opinion of Zhu Youzhen has completely changed, no matter whether Zhu Youzhen is a little contrived or not, as the emperor, the respect of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, in front of him. There is no need to make any gestures, it seems in the history books. The description of Zhu Youzhen is really the opposite, no one is perfect, he relies on the advantage of crossing, if he was also born in this era, he received the same education. doesn't necessarily have much foresight, think about the previous Su Tiancheng, who is not a nest.

Sun Chengzong knew that he was coming, and it must have been Zhu Youzhen who had informed the news in advance, in such a small matter. Zhu Youzhen can be so careful, it seems that his trust in his subordinates is really not blown out of his mouth.

The magistrate of Gaoyang County also followed into the study, the magistrate was very smart, after sitting down and saying a few words, he found an excuse, got up and left the study, he knew that between Su Tiancheng and Sun Chengzong, there must be a big thing to talk about.

"Lord Sun, the younger generation came to Gaoyang County this time, there are two meanings, one is to make a special trip to visit the adult, and the other is to invite the adult to go out of the mountain and preside over the affairs of the Zhongxing Society."

Su Tiancheng was very direct, straight to the point, there was no greeting, since Sun Chengzong had already known the matter, and there was no need to say so many clichés.

Sun Chengzong nodded slightly.

"Master Su has been in Jiangning County for more than a year, founded the Jiangning Battalion, and his military achievements are impressive, which is really admirable.

Su Tiancheng had a smile on his face, and muttered a little in his heart, Sun Chengzong did not directly answer the questions he raised, but talked about his extermination of the Liukou, this is a bull's head and a horse's mouth, but he must have enough patience, since Sun Chengzong has put on such a posture and opened the door to welcome guests, he must have made up his mind in his heart.

"These things of the younger generation have already passed, besides, according to the younger generation's view, the pure extermination of the rogues and the harassment of the Houjin cannot play a fundamental role, if the financial crisis of the imperial court can not be solved, and the people can not be fed and clothed, the intrusion of the rogues will not be able to quell, these years, the rogues have invaded everywhere, and after suffering a blow, they can quickly gather people again, to a large extent, it is because there are too many hungry and displaced people in various places, and the peasants have no food to eat, so they have no choice but to follow the rebellion."

Sun Chengzong's expression became serious, and he nodded slightly.

"The harassment of Houjin is even more of a big problem, they enter the customs to rob and kill, rob property, make my Ming people uneasy, and over the years, there is an intensifying trend."

"Besides, my people of the Ming Dynasty, over the years, disasters have been repeated, God has always been against my Ming Dynasty, the common people are hungry and cold, and even sell their sons and daughters, the younger generations heard that in some places, there is even a tragedy of cannibalism, in this case, if the government can not come up with silver to relieve disasters and appease the people, these people can become a source of soldiers at any time."

"The younger generation in Jiangning County has thought of some ways, the main thing is to appease the people, so that the farmers can have food, in this case, the farmers live and work in peace and contentment, and the society will naturally be stable."

Sun Chengzong couldn't help but speak.

"Master Su, what you said is very reasonable, but is there any connection between the establishment of the Zhongxing Society and the solution of the famine of the peasants, including the eradication of the Liukou and the fight against the invasion of the Houjin, besides, the Zhongxing Society is far away in Nanjing, far away from the north, and far away water can't quench the thirst of the near."

Su Tiancheng was slightly stunned, it seems that Sun Chengzong really knows everything about the Dao.

"What the adults said is that on the surface, there is no inevitable connection between the two, but as long as you analyze it carefully, the connection between them is very close."

"I want to hear about it."

"If you want the people to have enough food and clothing, just reduce their taxes, it is not of much effect, if they have no food to eat, there is no harvest in the fields, no matter how to reduce or exempt, they still have to go hungry, at this time, the government must come up with silver and grain, to help them tide over the difficulties, but this silver and food, not out of thin air, when the younger generation in Jiangning County, thought of the way, is to let the gentry and wealthy families and businessmen, make contributions, let them bear most of the taxes, the younger generation has carefully investigatedThe taxes they took out did not have much impact on themselves. ”

"Such a practice, such as infringing on the interests of the gentry and wealthy households, they will inevitably rebound, the younger generation in Jiangning County, and Donglin Academy and the Fu Society, debated, the gentry and wealthy households accepted a lot of favors from the imperial court, at this time of crisis, they must also make contributions, they should be clear, the rogue can not be cleared, the people's food and clothing can not be solved, and eventually it will directly affect their interests, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong and other places, some county seats, after being broken by the gentry and rich households, It's in front of everyone, and if you think that you are in the south and will not be affected, you are very wrong. ”

"The gentry and wealthy families paid taxes to ensure that the court had enough income, so that the court could use manpower and material resources to continuously give relief to the hungry and homeless, so as to prevent them from rebelling or robbing because they were desperate.

"These ideas of the younger generations must be supported by public opinion, after all, I am in the Ming Dynasty, the position of the scholar is crucial, not to mention the civil and military officials of the imperial court, that is, many scholars in the society, are also respected by everyone, their role can not be underestimated, they can affect the people of one side, the younger generation thinks, unite all the forces that can be united, so that the world's scholars can form a consensus, to deal with the crisis together, so that such a policy, it is easy to implement."

"The most important role of the Zhongxing Society is to unite the scholars, attract the scholars, and learn to be excellent, the scholars are concerned about the government and politics, and they all want to be able to do their best for the court, but it is impossible for all the scholars to enter the court as officials, the Zhongxing Society was established, so that the scholars have a place to say their own ideas, and the society can spread the ideas of the court and infect these scholars and scholars, so that a benign interaction is formed, and it will be able to produce the best effect."

"The reason why the Zhongxing Society was established in Nanjing, the younger generation also seriously considered it, the south is temporarily richer, and it is a place where scholars gather, and the establishment of a school club there can form enough influence, and it can also unite readers to the greatest extent and truly form an important force."

Sun Chengzong's face finally showed a smile.

"The old man understands, Lord Su's consideration can be described as far-reaching, Lord Su in front of the emperor, once said that doing things can't be done overnight, you have to take your time, it seems that the establishment of the Zhongxing Society is a concrete embodiment, the old man admires it very much, and the rest of the words, I won't say much, what does the old man need to do, although Lord Su arranges."

Su Tiancheng hurriedly stood up and looked at Sun Chengzong.

"The younger generation never dares to arrange it at will, the adults already know everything in it, and the younger generations don't dare to talk more, the younger generations are a little worried, the adults are far away from their homeland, isn't it a little embarrassing."

"Ha Luha, what are these words, although the old man is old, he can still eat and do things, and there is no problem with his body, lose this old bone, follow Master Su to Nanjing, if he can make a career, he will die blindly." (To be continued.) )