Fa Zheng said eloquently: "In the four hundred years of our Han history, Wang Mang's reputation is the most stinky, all kinds of derogatory words can be added to him, the lord is the emperor of the family, please allow Fa Zheng to say something rebellious, Fa Zheng feels that Wang Mang is a little wronged."

In fact, whether before or after the usurpation of the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang's character has not changed, that is, he has the world in mind, worries about the people, before the usurpation of the Han Dynasty, he lived frugally, and personally rushed to the disaster area to give alms in every disaster year, and he was courteous and courteous, but after usurping the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang became the emperor but did not live the life of an emperor.

It is said that Emperor Qin has a lot of twists and turns to review every day, and Wang Mang is not far behind, and Wang Mang is not addicted to ** like other faint monarchs, and his life is also very frugal.

The reform of the currency system also inhibited the economic strength of the wealthy families, banned the buying and selling of slaves and maids, and removed the status of slaves and maids at the bottom, and the five equals and six pipes, banned usury, and controlled prices, which not only greatly weakened the strength of the wealthy families, but also prohibited the exploitation of the peasants by the wealthy families.

The intentions of these policies are undoubtedly good, and they are also beneficial to the oppressed poor, but why did Wang Mang fail? Fa Zheng felt that he was too impatient and unrealistic, and all of his policies were offensive to the wealthy families, and they were almost opposed to the wealthy families.

Resisted by the wealthy families, none of his policies could succeed, the currency reform caused the currency to overflow, the Wang Tian system was in name only, the local officials did not implement it at all, and the people still bought and sold slaves and maids privately.

Wang Mang wanted to suppress the Hao clan and support the poor, but when the Hao clan raised a large army to resist, did those poor people help him? On the contrary, it was the lower-class people in the red-eyed green forest who played the vanguard, why? It's not that the poor don't know how to repay their favors, it's because they are suppressed by the wealthy and don't enjoy the benefits of Wang Mang's restructuring at all.

Therefore, Fa Zheng feels that many things cannot only be based on the starting point, and cannot blindly sympathize with the weak, but must follow objective facts, otherwise they can only bring about their own destruction, my lord, what do you think? ”

Liu Zhang smiled, he understood Fazheng's intentions now, he was now almost exactly the same as Wang Mang, ignoring the huge energy of the world, blindly sympathizing with the weak, too impatient, unrealistic, and self-defeating.

To be honest, Liu Zhang was also a little worried about killing the Shi clan, he had expected the strength of the Shi clan, but he was not sure that he could deal with this turbulent torrent, but when he thought of the harm of the Shi clan, Liu Zhang was unwilling to tolerate it, did he have to follow the wishes of the Shi clan? Even if they dominate the world, it is to create a stable environment for these wealthy families to exploit the people at the bottom, so what is the use of unifying the world by yourself?

It is better to go through the 200-year chaos of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, let the Hu people come in and kill the clan, and then the Sui Dynasty will open a new chapter in China.

Liu Zhang put his head on his hands, pressed his head with his arms, and said after making his head more comfortable: "Xiaozhi, do you remember what we said in Fucheng?" If you say five or five, you bet on a great cause, and if I say four or six, I bet on a big man in the world.

Today in Jiangzhou, in this garden, the number of nineteen, we bet on a Lang Lang Qiankun, filial piety, do you dare? ”

"Lang Lang Qiankun?" Fa Zheng's heart jumped, exterminating the world, returning the people, and promoting the four subjects, so that every big man, regardless of the wealthy or poor, can have a fair opportunity to enter the office, and even doctors and craftsmen have channels to show their strengths.

But is it worth it?

Fa Zheng was silent, his heart turned over and over, the lord in front of him made him feel more and more profound, when he only saw a corner of Xichuan, he had seen the whole world, when he saw the whole world, he had already thought of what he wanted to transform this world into.

The number of nineteen, bet on a bright future.

This is no longer the ** that dominates the world, but the ideal of supporting the world, what if the lord has such grand ambitions, what if he dies? The Clan? Isn't it just that if you have more influence and abundant financial and material resources, you must not be able to deal with it? Fa Zheng suddenly felt a little timid, what was he afraid of?

Fa Zheng suddenly understood that what he had always cared about was the result, that is, to assist Liu Zhang to dominate the world, in order to achieve this goal, any compromise could be made, but the lord cared about not only the result, but also the process, Liu Zhang was unwilling to compromise with the world, even if he knew that obeying the world was more beneficial to his own hegemony, he was unwilling to do so, a ruler has such a mentality, it is stupid, but at the same time, stupid, how can it not be admired?

If you can trample the filth of the world under your feet, the number of nineteen is enough.

Fa Zheng finally nodded and said in a deep voice: "Lord, I dare." The tone was resolute.

"Aren't you afraid that you will die before the great cause is completed?" Liu Zhang said with a smile.

"What's so terrible about dying."

"The historical pen is in the hands of the literati of the world."

Fa Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and said resolutely: "Lord, Fa Zheng has figured it out, even if he dies like Wang Mang without a whole corpse and stints for 10,000 years, Fa Zheng is willing to follow the lord and complete the lord's ambition." ”

The starlight sprinkled in the garden, the night breeze made the grass blow, as if exchanging each other's secrets, it was this silent night that Fa Zheng felt that he had truly found the value of existence, and at the same time, it also determined the tragic fate of the Jiangzhou clan.

Two days later, on the night, tomorrow is the tenth day, the Jiangzhou clan is quite satisfied with the results of these days, Liu Zhang's order to raise the four branches was almost completely resisted, and the Fei family was also much more low-key, the Zhang family Changchun was proud, Yanran was the big hero who led the Jiangzhou group to deal with the Mufu, and was ready to lead people to besiege the county government tomorrow to petition, so that Liu Zhang knew the difficulty and retreated.

This night, Liu Zhang found two people, one was Fei Zhao, the head of the Fei family, and the other was Deng Heng, the head of the Deng family, and the two entered Liu Zhang's room separately.

Fei Zhao sat next to Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang was still eating, and he was reading the copywriting submitted by Yang Huai, Zhang Ren and others all day today, and he had just come down at this time.

While eating, Liu Zhang asked casually: "Fei Zhao, when the official entered Jiangzhou, you were the only one in the family to greet him, and the official also investigated the affairs of the Fei family, and there were many illegal things, but it was the most restrained of all clans, tell the official, why?" ”

Fei Zhao said: "The Han Dynasty has been in the world for four hundred years, Fei Zhao is also a citizen of the Han Dynasty, and the Lord is the Yizhou Mu of the Imperial Court. ”

Liu Zhang picked up a piece of chicken and ate it, took a sip of soup, nodded and said, "Very good, then do you agree with the four imperial examinations?" ”

"Do you want the grass people to be wronged, or do you want to listen to the truth?"

Liu Zhang put down the soup bowl, looked at Fei Zhao, and suddenly laughed regardless of his image: "Patriarch Fei is really humorous, just by virtue of this, it is really not suitable for such an old and serious job as a patriarch, but the official admires it, tell the truth, say it." ”