They watched the soldiers' drills for a while, such as kicking their legs high and "walking in the right step", which looked very strange, but was actually very broad and very capable of bluffing; Another example is spear stabbing, although it is a wooden stick wrapped in cloth, it is said that it is a real fight, and some people have been directly stabbed to death. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Although Rose was yelled at by them, she still felt that it was worth the trip, they trained hard, and they didn't play tricks at all, which was much better than the juggling troupe!

Of course, Rose didn't dare to let anyone know that she was using this army as a juggling troupe, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to beat so many people.

After the drill, the soldiers continued to march, as if the training just now was for them. Zhou Jun said hello to General Xu and continued to move forward with them.

After walking for a while, they saw a bustling crowd of people in front of them, all of them were students dressed in red, their clothes were similar to the soldiers except that the color was only red, but the soldiers didn't seem to care, they raised their right arms high, and shouted: "The world is the same!" The world is the same! ”

Rose counted them, and there were about one or two thousand people, and most of the soldiers in the entire team were here.

They approached and squeezed into the crowd. The three of them were all teenagers, and they were all slim except for Wang Tao, so they didn't have much effort to get inside. In the middle of the crowd, a young man dressed in red stood on a high platform, holding an iron object in his hand and speaking, which was so delicate that the voices could be gathered into a line, so that more people could hear him.

He should be Liu Zhuangyuan, to Rose's surprise, she thought that the person who could be called "Liu Gong" must be a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, but she didn't expect him to look only in his twenties, very young.

He seemed to be talking about how to stop corruption, and Rose was a little interested in the issue, and couldn't help but stop and listen.

"Let's talk about this corruption, is it good to be corrupt? Of course not! This is not just a matter of greedy for a little money, the key is to delay things, and it may also destroy the country's plans! For example, if you are the minister of the Yellow River, and you take bribes to divert the Yellow River, some people may benefit from it, but how can manpower reverse the operation of the Yellow River and even the laws of natural operation? In the future, there will be a matter of the Yellow River being diverted again, the Yellow River is angry and the world is shocked, the Yellow River is diverted, the Central Plains is a country, and the people who suffer are not all the people! Even if you are that gentleman, you may not be able to hide from the majesty of heaven! For example, if you are the county official who tried the case, it doesn't matter if you accept bribes, you have to do things for people after you collect money, this time, it is 'the eight-character yamen is open to the south, and there is no reason to come in without money', which makes the dignity of the national law disappear, and the credibility of the government is wiped out by you alone, who will dare to believe in conquest in the future? For example, if you are engaged in salt politics, you accept bribes, and the government and businessmen collude, but you have fattened the salt merchants, and the small people below will not be able to afford to eat salt, but they will be miserable, and the people who sell smuggled salt will not be endless, won't the world be in chaos again? Everyone, remember the precedent of the Yellow Nest! ”

Rose couldn't understand many of the questions he said, such as what is called "the law of natural operation" and "government credibility", but she still understands it generally, and this bribery is not a crime that deserves death!

She nodded and continued to listen: "I said that this is not right to accept bribes, which is definitely not right, but is it understandable? Understandable! ”

"Accepting bribes is understandable?" Rose almost screamed in anger, she had seen the scene of the county officials blackmailing the peasants in the village, and the small people's houses were ruined at every turn, which was extremely hateful. Although she didn't like the villagers, she didn't think it was good for these little officials and dog officials who only knew how to take bribes, so she almost jumped up in anger when she heard this. However, she finally knew that Liu Xu must have something to say later, so she couldn't help but say nothing.

"I said understandable, why? Because the silver given by the court is too small! Let's take this county office as an example, there are so many things in a county, he will definitely not be able to do it alone, he must find an assistant, he must find a master, but these people are all supported by himself, and the court never cares! A seven-pin county order is 90 stone rice a year, where is this enough to eat? And a court official is not as good as ordinary people, which is inevitably a loss of court dignity! That's why I said that it's understandable to take bribes, after all, not everyone is Hai Rui! It's just that understanding is one thing, permission is another! When I arrived in Yizhou, I didn't allow anyone to embezzle, and anyone who was corrupt was sent to the pit to mine! ”

Rose knew what the pit was, it didn't see the light of day all year round, it ate poorly, it worked hard, even a strong man who was as strong as an ox would become a sick ghost in a few years, let alone this group of powerless scholars. This punishment is simply a death sentence in addition to not directly killing people!

Listening to the voices of the scholars talking to each other, Liu Xu added: "Of course, I also know that the imperial court's income is too low, so you can rest assured, in Yizhou, there is no distinction between officials, all officials, and everyone's income has doubled, which will definitely make you live a rich life, and this extra silver is to raise incorruptible silver!" ”

As he was spitting as he spoke, Rose heard Wang Tao beside him whisper: "The distinction between this official is the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, but it has changed when he arrives at Liu Zhuangyuan, I am afraid that this Liu Gong's ambition is not small!" ”

Rose didn't know much about these things, she thought it was good to raise cheap silver, and if she gave more silver to feed these greedy officials like jackals, and not harass the people, it would be good.

It's just that she has never believed in human nature - this greed is human nature, how can there be cats who don't steal, how can there be officials who don't embezzle!

Human beings are like this, they want to eat coarse bread when they have nothing to eat, they want to eat white flour buns when they eat coarse flour buns, they want to eat meat when they eat white flour buns, and they want to have some wine after eating meat, how can there be no women if they have wine, and if they have women, they have to build houses, and the houses are getting bigger and bigger, so people's desires are getting bigger and bigger, how can they stop corruption because of a little bit of incorruptible silver!

Officials don't die, corruption doesn't stop!

Thinking so, she suddenly shouted loudly: "Impossible, officials always have to be corrupt!" "She didn't feel good until she called it, everyone was looking at her!

Liu Xu frowned, as if he felt a little unhappy to be disturbed, Zhou Jun glanced at her with some annoyance, and stepped forward to report to Liu Xu, as if to explain her situation.

Rose faintly felt that something was wrong, she was saved by others, eating others, living in others, listening to other people's speeches and tearing down the stage, this is indeed not in line with the morality of the rivers and lakes!

"It's a big deal to apologize to him, sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes, it's enough to do this step, he wants to force me, I have to run away!" Rose thought like this, but saw a smile on Liu Xu's face, and said loudly: "Everyone, this girl is not ordinary, she is Miss Rose!" In order to help her friend take revenge, she infiltrated the Black Wind Village in person, swept away the rudder of the White Lotus Sect in one fell swoop, and in order to save her friend's sister, she released the enemy, and she was both affectionate and righteous, chasing the enemy for thousands of miles, and never dying, she is really a good son and daughter of the rivers and lakes, and she is a true hero! ”

If Liu Xu scolded her, Rose would be able to get by, but he praised her vigorously, which made her a little embarrassed. She looked around, and many people cast admiring glances at her, which made her more and more uncomfortable.

She vaguely heard the discussion of the scholars, and they all praised her deeds.

This made her a little embarrassed.

After all, if they hit her with a stick, she could fight back with a dagger, but they were praising themselves that they couldn't reply with a knife! (To be continued.) )