Chapter 1045: The Bourgeoisie Stands Up

"Well done! That's a good job! Who's that person......"

Just when the Donglin scholars followed Xu Geng into the Imperial City Square, the Ming Dynasty ministers who were already standing on the Hongwumen City Tower were already full of red robes and black yarns - today, these Ming Dynasty courtiers had no intention of doing serious things, and gathered in front of the Fengtian Hall with dry food early in the morning, and then went up to the Hongwumen Tower under the leadership of Emperor Zhu as an audience to see how the righteous scholars subdued those brute force small people...... Or how to be beaten by a group of Shengdou small people with a blue nose and swollen face!

Although these Ming Dynasty ministers disapprove of the behavior of Jiangnan scholars, they are all civil ministers after all, and they still look forward to the scholars in their hearts. Even if I know that most of the people who are beaten today are scholars, I still hope that these scholars who read the books of Confucius and Mencius will not be too embarrassed. If you are so frightened that you run away when you see each other, how will the big guy raise his head when he sees the people of the Jishi Youth Party in the future?

Therefore, seeing the scene of Xu Geng taking the lead and entering the scene with thousands of scholars, everyone present shouted hello in their hearts. Even the great emperor who was standing in the city tower, surrounded by a group of important ministers, nodded slightly. This Confucian scholar still has someone!

He turned his head and looked at Zhu Guojie, the crown prince who was already 12 years old, with a height of more than 1.60 meters, and was about to become a good young man, and asked lightly: "Fat boy, what do you think of the two groups of people who came to the Imperial City Square to fight today?" ”

Zhu Guojie frowned slightly, during this time, he fell in love with horseback riding, which is a rather physically demanding sport, and his weight has lost a lot, and he is not fat at all. Why did my father still call himself "fat boy" in front of so many courtiers?

"Father." I slandered Lao Dou in my heart. On his face, he replied respectfully, "Erchen thinks that the two factions who came to the Imperial City Square today are not good people!" ”

Yes, the good ones can come to the Imperial City Square to fight? What kind of place is this!

Zhu Jishi touched his beard, nodded with satisfaction, and said in his heart that although his son was young, he still had knowledge.

"Fat boy. If you were the emperor now, what would you do with today's affairs? ”

"Erchen won't let them gather in the city of Nanjing." Zhu Guojie replied. "And there will be no rush to introduce compulsory education and parliamentary elections. These two do not seem to be my top priorities. ”

This is what he said in his heart, because Zhu Jishi did not let his son receive any imperial education, but let him study in the Imperial City Public School, so he is not ignorant of the situation outside, and he has learned the reason for this "Jiangnan Shi Disaster" from his classmates these days. Moreover, he didn't have a few cunning study masters who were teaching him how to deceive his father, so he told the truth.

Hearing this, Queen Luo Xiangmei, who was standing on the other side of the prince, suddenly turned pale. He looked at Emperor Zhu's face unusually nervously.

"Oh," the smile on Zhu Jishi's face remained unchanged. just smiled, "Tell me, what is Daming's top priority?" ”

"This ...... Erchen felt that the three things of building railways, consolidating the Western Regions, and revitalizing science were the most important, and they were really urgent. ”

Zhu Jishi nodded and said with a smile: "Huang'er, you are only 12 years old, and when you really take over my class, you will know why I am doing this now." ”

The emperor sighed slightly, "I act like this, in fact, for the sake of the scholars of the world, and also for the sake of the way of Confucius and Mencius. Some rules were broken by successive dynasties, not the original intention of the saints, but the bad rules formulated by the latter for their own interests. I am the king of the revival of the Ming Dynasty, I restored the Han family, and expanded the territory of no less than 10,000 miles, Tang Zong Hangao, can not be compared with me, the ancient rules, how can I stop me? If I don't get rid of the bad things in the world now, when you take this position, these bad things will be the ancestral family law that no one can touch! This is not a good thing for you or the world, because the world has changed so much that we cannot be changed!

For example, in today's case, what does it mean that al-Shabaab can raise tens of millions of dollars and gather 200,000 people in such a short period of time? It shows that the gentry is no longer the only force that can support the country! This emerging force, called the bourgeoisie by the Europeans, has risen up and become a decisive force in the Ming Dynasty, and we must now turn this force into a pillar to support the Ming court, instead of suppressing this class all the time, which cannot be done! ”

Zhu Jishi said these words in public, and all the ministers listened to them. At this moment, another shout rang out in the Imperial City Square: "Young People, forward!" A tsunami-like shout rang out, and the crowd of the Jishi Youth Party poured into the square. And the soldiers, who were still heroic and upright just now, stopped one after another at this time, and looked at the black oppressive youth masses one by one with anger and fear.

"Mr. Xu, what should I do?" The eyes of the Donglin Party are looking at Xu Geng, just now he stepped forward, has made him the backbone of the Donglin gentlemen, it seems that another leader in the future Ming political arena will be born in this way on the streets of Nanjing.

"Don't be afraid! We are scholars, they don't dare to do anything to us, let's move on! Nothing can stop me Donglin Shizi from asking for my life for the people! ”

Xu Gengshen's generous words suddenly aroused the struggle of the gentlemen of Donglin, and the voices of Ying He sounded one after another, and the gentlemen waved flags and slogans and strode forward again.

"Don't be afraid, we scholars have righteousness in our hearts, and we are not afraid of anything!" Yu Chengzhang had already come to the forefront of the team at this time - he was not in this position, and he didn't know how to come up? Now it's almost eye to eye with the working masses on the other side!

"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, and establish a life for the people!" Weng Tongshu's face was full of excited expressions, shouting slogans with all his strength, I don't know if it was because his strength was used in his mouth, and he lost his strength at this time, he who was originally at the forefront of the team, has now fallen behind. He shouted slogans, looked around from time to time, and actually saw Li Hongzao and Sun Jianai not far away.

"Sure enough, a gentleman who doesn't stand under a dangerous wall!" Weng Tongshu sighed in his heart.

And the Ming civil officials standing on the tower of Hongwumen City had a very unsightly face at this time. Because they can stand tall and see clearly, they have naturally found that the ranks of gentlemen have become loose and sparse, and there are not many people walking in front, but there are many people procrastinating and shouting slogans behind! On the other hand, the working people on the other side still maintained their formation and entered the square like a tide. However, they did not directly rush up to beat the scholars opposite, but hulala rushed to the petition bell tower in front of the Hongwu Gate, and surrounded the bell tower with a sea of people.

"It's okay......" Most of the Donglin gentlemen breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that these inferior people are still afraid of scholars!

"Not good!" Xu Geng's body sank. Today, the gentleman of Donglin came to the Imperial City Square to ring the bell to petition, and now the petition bell tower is surrounded, how can this bell be struck? How can I ask for more?

Just when Xu Geng didn't know what to do, a figure in a Confucian net scarf suddenly strode out of the crowd of the Donglin Party and walked straight towards the sea of working people.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way, I'm going to speak to the Son of Heaven, are you waiting here to block the way of speech and blind the heavens? ”

It was Yu Chengzhang who said this, and he was now filled with righteous indignation, trembling all over. He is different from Xu Gengshen, Li Hongzao and Sun Jianai, these great gentlemen, he only has five acres of land at home, but he has five mouths to eat, and he has no fame, let alone the eyes of those Jiangnan gentry...... Is it really necessary to let the old mother, wife and children starve? It's really useless, it's a scholar!

Thinking of this, Yu Chengzhang already had a feeling of despair, and he didn't look at the stout men who were rolling up their sleeves opposite, and rushed towards the crowd with his head covered. With a muffled "canopy", he hit his head on a strong chest. Then there was a "fucking" scolding sound, and a fist bigger than a wine vat was punched up, and Yu Chengzhang was so angry that he fell to the ground with a golden star in his eyes, and his feet were unstable. (To be continued......)