Just as Wushu thought when he left the Central Plains, Zhou Quan's Huaxia system seemed perfect, but there was bound to be a problem, because people always have ambitious creatures. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Song Xingfeng's betrayal and Wen Weishen's rebellion, although they were severely punished and quite deterred a group of conservatives, at the same time, they also made some people see that the powerful Huaxia Army was not monolithic.

If you can't defeat him from the outside, then corrupt him from the inside, or simply copy him.

Wu Jialiang dared to go out to the mountain again to give advice to others, and Shen Shiyi dared to destroy the country is polemic, all because they saw this.

I don't know what Wu Jialiang gave Shen Shiyi again, in short, Shen Shiyi sent his henchmen to beg Meng Guang.

Meng Guang was also in Yingtian, and when he heard that Shen Fatzi had died, his son Shen Shiyi begged him to go to Zhou Quan to mourn, and his heart sank slightly: "Shen Hetai is only seven or eight years older than me, so he left like this...... His funeral really has to be done in a big way, and the king also needs to report it...... If the king can send someone to mourn, Shen Fatzi will die a glorious death. ”

Kneeling in front of him to mourn was a cousin of the Shen family, Meng Guang ordered him to get up and asked in detail about the cause of death, and the cousin naturally relayed what Shen Shiyi said: Shen Fat Man fainted in anger and fell on the porcelain cup, resulting in his death. Shen Shiyi is smart at this point, he didn't lie, but he hid part of the truth.

When Meng Guang heard that Shen Fatzi was the cause of death, he was even more sympathetic in his heart, and said immediately: "I can mention this matter to His Highness, but His Highness is in charge of everything now, whether he can have time to ask, I don't guarantee it." ”

Shen Fatzi's cousin is a clever man, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "When my uncle was alive, everyone knew that his old man had a friendship with Uncle Meng and King Ji, and they all gave him some face. ”

Meng Guang was taken aback, and immediately understood what Shen Shiyi meant.

Shen Fatzi's current belongings, when he magnified the Song Dynasty, he could be said to be rich and rival the country. With such a big belonging, how can no one look down on it?

Even if the new Chinese regime has all kinds of laws, even within the laws, there are also means to take away the property of the fat man. Even those officials and magnates in Zhou Quan's system are afraid of supervision and dare not do it themselves, and they can also let the white gloves do it through tossing and turning. There may even be some rich people who rush up to bite it regardless of their face when they see this piece of fat.

Others don't say it, that old Mr. Miao Zhongxian, knowing this opportunity, will never let it go.

But if Zhou Quan is concerned about Shen Fatzi's future, then the situation will be different, people from all walks of life will be jealous, who knows if Shen Fatzi's property will attract Zhou Quan's attention, if he does it without authorization and annoys Zhou Quan, who can afford it?

Meng Guang wanted to understand this, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox, and at the same time secretly rejoiced.

If he doesn't have the title of a Privy Council to participate in politics, I'm afraid he will be no different from Shen Fatzi. Seeing the Shen family's worries, he decided that it was time for him to pave the way for his children and grandchildren.

"I should do this matter, I will go to see His Highness, you go back first and wait for my news." Meng Guangdao.

He is not only a member of the Privy Council, but also an old friend of Zhou Quan, so he naturally has a way to meet Zhou Quan. Although Zhou Quan was busy with government affairs, after learning that he asked to see him, he still took some time to meet him.

"Your Majesty, the country concerned is a matter of debate, and I have some superficial opinions." Meng Guang did not mention Shen Fatzi at first, but talked about what Zhou Quan is most concerned about now.

Zhou Quan nodded and said, "You just have to say." ”

"Since the country is a polemic, we can't just allow those scholars to speak, we...... Industrialists should also be able to participate! Meng Guangdao.

Industrialist is Zhou Quan's determination to them, and practical learning and industrialist have a real word, but they are in the same vein. As soon as Meng Guang opened this mouth, Zhou Quan's eyes lit up: "Is this your idea alone, or the thoughts of many people?" ”

"Don't hide it from you, I discussed it with Cai Xing, Fu Zhong, and Wang Jing, and I feel that the country is a matter of debate, and we industrialists are more qualified to participate than those scholars." Meng Guang was still a little hesitant when he first said it, after all, the saying that "everything is inferior, only reading is high" has been circulated for some years, and the truth that the Son of Heaven and scholars rule the world is even more clear, these industrialists, when they were placed in the Great Song Dynasty, were nothing more than businessmen, even if they were enough to "the country is"?

"Why?" Zhou Quan asked again.

"There are a total of 27 factories and workshops, 19 manors, 8 mines and smelters under my name, and the number of workers who work for me is 71,600, and the amount of taxes I pay directly to the government every year is 3,440,000 silver yuan!" Meng Guang said this string of numbers, with a proud look on his face: "Those scholars, who are also known as Shiyun on weekdays, paid a few copper yuan in taxes for the government?" How many people did they make a living? Why are they useless but can point fingers at the country, and those of us who have done practical things for the country and the society can only wait for them to deal with it? ”

Meng Guang's words made Zhou Quan high-five.

"I'm not alone, I should be so!" He smiled at Meng Guang, feeling extremely happy.

His reaction startled Meng Guang, and then Meng Guang understood: "Your Excellency has been waiting for us? ”

"Yes, I have been waiting for you, I fought for power for you, I existed when I died, and it may not exist after I die, only the power I have won belongs to myself!" Zhou Quan said.

One thing he had been worried about was that he might die unexpectedly. Although he had already set off the industrial revolution in the Great Song Dynasty, it was only a technological change, not a deeper change. After his death, without his prestige and vision, the inertia of history is very likely to make Huaxia go back to the old path, and those technologies will be reduced to the last stream, but the sage articles will once again become the only criterion for evaluating heroes.

Now that Meng Guang dares to talk to him about this matter, it proves that this group of industrialists has begun to wake up and begin to take the initiative to fight for their political power and right to speak.

With their minds and economic strength, they really began to take the initiative to fight for power, and Zhou Quan didn't believe that the old scholars could still stop them.

If Zhou Quan knew that not only Meng Guang and others wanted to fight for power, but also Shen Shiyi and other rich second generations wanted more, then he might not be so happy.

"When you started with me from cement and glass in Diqiu, did you ever think about today?" Under the joy, Zhou Quan asked Meng Guang with a smile.

This is just an opportunity, Meng Guang also smiled: "I didn't dare to dream that there would be today, I also deceived Shen Fatzi at the beginning...... Speaking of Shen Fatzi, you can know that he passed away yesterday. ”

Zhou Quan was stunned: "I remember that he is only fifty years old this year, why is it gone?" ”

"Died unexpectedly." Meng Guang immediately told the cause of Shen Fatzi's death, and briefly mentioned Shen Shiyi's meaning to Zhou Quan.

Hearing the news of Shen Fatzi's death, Zhou Quan was also a little sad, Shen Fatzi could be regarded as his old friend, after a moment of silence, he said to Meng Guang: "I am free tomorrow afternoon, you whisper to the Shen family, tomorrow at three o'clock in the afternoon, I will personally go to condole, but he don't spread the news." ”

"Great, it's still the king's nostalgia, with the gentleman coming forward, Shen Shiyi, this kid should be at ease." Meng Guang was overjoyed: "Alas, although this son of Shen Fatzi is not worrying, but he has some skills, those boys in my family are really annoying, I let them manage a few farms in Luzon, and they all got into trouble......"

"Your third child is good." Zhou Quan recalled.

Meng Guang can be said to follow the same trend towards him, he went to Jeju, Meng Guang set up a ranch in Jeju, went to Japan, Meng Guang got a merchant in Japan, went to Liuqiu, Luzon, Meng Guang opened the boat yard to Liuqiu, farms and sugar factories in Luzon. Of course, Meng Guang's main industry is still cotton cloth and clothing, and the uniforms of the Huaxia Army are ordered in Meng Guang's factory, and after the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce spun off light industries such as cotton spinning, one-third of the market share is occupied by Meng Guang's industry.

The other is sugar making, Meng Guang ran a sugar factory in Luzon, selling sugar and sugar products all over the Southeast Ocean, almost monopolizing the market there, making Liang Shicheng complain, the two fought openly and secretly, and Liang Shicheng, who did not have the support of the Great Song Dynasty, suffered a lot of losses.

Meng Guang's third son, Meng Shen, managed a large sugar cane plantation in Luzon, and Zhou Quan praised him for doing a good job, referring to the fact that he even offered a reward for scalping them in order to clean up the nearby natives.

Most of the natives in Luzon are docile, but there are also a small number of natives who are arrogant and unruly, and immigrants will not be polite to these people. In particular, many of the laborers from Japan wanted to hunt them down in their spare time in order to gain meritorious service.

Meng Guang listened to Zhou Quan's praise of his third son, got up and thanked him, and said with a smile: "Although the third child is a little bold, he is still younger, I have one thing, and I am about to ask for the king for him." ”

Zhou Quan knew that he was cautious, and what he asked for should not be excessive, so he said happily at the moment: "You say." ”

"I want to send him to the army, right in the navy." Meng Guangdao.

Zhou Quan was stunned: "It's hard work in the army, and my life is in danger, I just want to take care of it, and it's not too much-you really want to send him into the army?" ”

Meng Guang nodded without hesitation.

That son was bold and ruthless, and he did everything he could do to strip the scalps of the natives into boots, and if he hadn't been taught a few years in the army, he would have done even more lawless things.

Moreover, Meng Guang knew very well that in Zhou Quan's new regime, there would be two large groups in the future, one was the academy department, which taught students in the new-style school, and the other was the Huaxia military department, which had served in the Huaxia army. These two groups are intertwined, and if you can make connections in them, even if you are old and gone, you don't have to worry about the safety of future generations.

Zhou Quan promised this matter, Meng Guang had nothing else to do, so he resigned and went back to quietly pass the news that Zhou Quan was coming to condolence to Shen Shiyi. Shen Shiyi, who was kneeling at the door of the house and pretending to be a filial son, suddenly jumped up, and he couldn't care about the guests who came, so he went directly to find Wu Jialiang.

After saying Meng Guang's response, Shen Shiyi's eyes flashed with ambition and murderous aura: "What should I do?" ”