In the west of Lin'an City, between the verdant scenery of the south shore of West Lake, there is a small temple. The incense in this temple is not very good, but it is very elegant. This small temple is facing a stream leading to the West Lake, surrounded by bamboo forests and weeping willows, it is mid-spring, the climate is warm, the weeping willows are still around, and the bamboo forests are verdant. This small temple is also exquisite, although the scene is not big, but there is a small courtyard in the temple, and it is obvious that a lot of thought has been spent. At a glance, it is clear that this is not a place for ordinary people to offer incense to the Buddha, but a temple dedicated to the business of wealthy families.

The emperor of the Zhao family was originally a good Taoist, and there was a Taoist emperor Song Huizong in the Northern Song Dynasty. However, the Taoists did not have the ability to bless the stability of the Great Song Dynasty, so the Son of Heaven after the southern crossing was more worshipful of Buddhism, and the Buddha family gradually prospered.

And this kind of delicate and elegant temple, in addition to doing Buddhist things for wealthy families, also has a function, and it is the foothold of some officials in Lin'an. It is not easy to live in peace. This Lin'an was the most prosperous place in the world in the 13th century, and naturally it was also the place with the highest housing prices. Even if the Song Dynasty treated hundreds of officials favorably and maintained officials with high salaries, not many officials had the financial resources to buy mansions in Lin'an. Moreover, there were many redundant officials in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Lin'an City was small and crowded, so the imperial court naturally did not have the financial resources to provide housing for every official in the industry.

Moreover, many officials only stay in the DPRK temporarily, and do not always work as officials. This iron hits the Yamen and the flowing water official, and he can't be a Beijing official for a long time (referring to being an official in Lin'an), why spend a lot of money to buy a mansion?

However, as officials, especially those who are a little high-grade but not qualified enough to let the court share the house, it is not good to rent a house in Lin'an City. is quite a big official, how can he be next to the people in the market? And the noble residential area of Lin'an. They are all the residences of wealthy families, and these people are not short of a few dollars. That's why we don't rent out the house.

Therefore, this business has been taken away by many temples and Taoist temples.

And some of the local dignitaries who entered the Hajj. As long as there is no house in Lin'an, they are generally not willing to live in a crowded pavilion, and are willing to spend a few dollars to rent a temple and Taoist temple with elegant scenery around them.

Today, this new temple seems to be inhabited by a high official, and on the road not far from the temple, there is a long line of chariots and horses, and a sergeant in bright armor on guard. Looking at the banners of these generals, it seems that they are the forbidden army on duty in the prince's house. The temple also provides wine and food entertainment, one by one in this warm spring breeze in the warm spring breeze of this mid-spring, eating and drinking with juice. It's a bit of a picnic.

It seems that the person who visited today is a prince of the Great Song Dynasty, but he doesn't know where the temple lives is sacred.

In a quiet pavilion in the temple, there are not many people sitting, and in the center are two elderly scribes, both wearing soft hats and hats, dressed in casual clothes, which are both refreshing and chic. One of them was in his sixties, but he was in good spirits. The complexion is ruddy, and most of the hair is black, and at first glance it is a character who has been up and down for many years and finally has great ambitions. It was the Jiangnan West Road pacification ambassador who entered the pilgrimage to see the Son of Heaven, and the Jiangnan West Road regimental training ambassador Jiang Wanli.

One is in his fifties, white and graceful. There is a noble temperament that has been cultivated for many years between talking and laughing, and it seems that he is an unattainable character. It is the father of today's official Zhao Yu. His Royal Highness King Rong Zhao and Rui.

Jiang Wanli, as a foreign town minister with 80,000 heavy soldiers, took the opportunity to enter the court to meet the prince privately. This matter has to be put on hold before the regiment practice, and the imperial history must be impeached and removed from power.

But in this world, which of the big men who hold the regimental training army is not walking sideways? It's not far from the fifth generation of Fang Shuai. Who would dare to impeach them? And it's useless to impeach, Jiang Wanli is really going to resign, does the court dare to agree? He is about to step down, and no one can command the 80,000 regiments training on Jiangnan West Road! In case they were going to surrender Chen Dexing, the Great Song Dynasty would immediately have to shut down Zhang Daji.

In addition to these two, they were accompanied by Deng Qiuzhong, a famous soldier in Lin'an, Zhou Zhenyan, the training envoy of the Taiping Prefecture, and Su Liuyi, the head of the military department. The three of them did not wear official uniforms, they were all dressed as scribes, shaking paper fans gently, and they were very graceful.

However, the three romantic geniuses say a word to me, but what they are talking about is a military event that is not romantic at all.

"If there is a big event today, it seems that the north is strong and the south is weak, but Chen Thief has made a bad move!" Deng Qiuzhong shook the paper fan and said eloquently, "This stinky chess is "Chen Li". ”

"That's right! As soon as "Chen Li" came out, it was the enemy of the readers all over the world! Su Liuyi nodded and took over the topic.

He, Deng Qiuzhong, Zhou Zhenyan, Chen Yizhong, Huang Yong and Lu Xiufu and other six people, now often come and go, and will publish articles in Lin'an's famous tabloids, pointing out the country, passionate words, and have some fame. Now he is called the Six Gentlemen of Xianchun behind his back.

Su Liuyi paused, and said: "Although Chen Thief has always despised scholars, he values martial artists. But "Chen Li" is not out, those are just Chen Thief's personal likes and dislikes, and they may not be able to change their ways. With the current trend of the north and the south, Chen Thief only needs to open a imperial examination to collect the hearts of the world's scholars. But as soon as "Chen Li" came out, it was no longer possible for him to win the hearts of readers. ”

Jiang Wanli and Zhao and Rui both nodded in agreement. They are all scholars, so they naturally know what "etiquette" is. "Rite" is sacred, and Zhou Rite is the "covenant" between Zhou Tianzi and the feudal monarch, doctor, and countrymen. Chen Li is the "covenant" between Chen Dexing and all the Chinese people. And the sacredness of "rites" must be based on the Son of Heaven taking the lead in observing rituals.

If Chen Dexing took the lead in violating etiquette and offered all kinds of preferential treatment to win over scholars, so that they could enjoy the same treatment as the gentry and gentry, then Chen Li would collapse like Zhou Li, and there would be no sacredness at all from now on.

To a certain extent, Chen Li is actually a constitution, but it is relatively broad, involving religion, culture, family and many other aspects. The sanctity of the constitution of later generations also needs to be carefully upheld by legislators. In a country governed by the rule of law, legislators must not take the lead in trampling on the dignity of the Constitution, at least not publicly.

Before Chen Dexing made "Chen Li", "li" was a sacred thing in the minds of Chinese, especially Chinese intellectuals. "Retribution" has been an ideal on the lips of the scholar class for thousands of years.

Such an atmosphere is greatly beneficial for "Chen Li" to gain sacredness and become the "covenant law" of the Chinese nation. Unless Chen Dexing himself treats "Chen Li" as a piece of butt paper and throws it away when he runs out......

In the currently announced "Chen Li", the scholar class is very suppressed. Their social status was equal to that of the peasants and merchants, lower than that of the nobles and gentry, and they had no privileges to speak of.

In addition, "Chen Li" also stipulates the principle of "Han is not a slave". All Han people, as long as they do not commit adultery and let the officials catch and sentence, are free people. You can't be a slave, you can't be a serf. This is tantamount to depriving the Jiangnan scholars of their personal control over the tenants - this is actually a fortune! At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the tenants had become serfs, and they were property that could be bought and sold with the land. But "Chen Li" made them free men, which was equivalent to emancipating the serfs of the Southern Song Dynasty, and there was no compensation!

Once the Ming Dynasty ruled Jiangnan and the "Chen Li" was implemented in Jiangnan, those tenants who became freemen would definitely flee Jiangnan one after another—it was not the 19th century, when there were many people and few places, but the 13th century, when there were few people and many lands. It doesn't say what the continent is, but in the rivers and lakes, Jinghu, Sichuan, Central Plains, and Northeast China, there is land and no race. With such a good place to go, who will stay in Jiangnan and be brutally exploited by the Shidafu landlords?

The departure of a large number of poor and middle peasants in Jiangnan will inevitably lead to a sharp drop in land rents. The income of the Jiangnan giants will be greatly reduced immediately...... In fact, those "righteous men" were not very rich, because they had a large population, and every family had a bunch of scholars who could only read and could not do practical things. The income is mainly dependent on ground rent. Under "Chen Li", the opportunities for scholars to become officials have been greatly reduced, and the income from land rent has dropped sharply, and these "righteous families" are afraid that they will all face bankruptcy.

Therefore, as soon as "Chen Li" came out, there was no room for compromise among the wealthy scholars and doctors in Jiangnan!

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Hearing Su Liuyi say that the heart of a scholar, Zhao Yourui sighed: "People's hearts and hearts, this dynasty has been a scholar since Taizu won the country, when will it be unpopular?" But now Chen Thief is two out of three in the world! This winning the hearts of the people may not necessarily lose the world, right? ”

Zhou Zhenyan smiled and explained the confused father of this confused son of heaven: "People's hearts are unpredictable, before the promulgation of "Chen Li", people's hearts may not be in the Song Dynasty...... Although the thief Chen is rebellious, he will eventually have the merit of recovering the Central Plains and chasing Hulu. If it is obedient to the people and courteous to the scholars, it may not be impossible to have the world! ”

What do you say...... Zhao Yourui's brows furrowed, but they didn't dare to say anything. This week, Zhenyan has been a gas bag for many years, and he fell seriously ill because of this, and almost gave his life, and he has a grudge against the Zhao family in his stomach. And he now has 4,000 regimental exercises in his hands! There are thousands of regimental exercises this year, which is better than the emperor and his father!

Zhou Zhenyan said eloquently: "Now that the thief has lost the hearts of the people, and the Great Song Dynasty has practiced the law of school discussion, he is sincerely sharing the world with scholars and doctors, so the scholars of the world will definitely do their best to assist the Great Song Dynasty...... Although the Great Song Dynasty will inevitably have difficult times, as long as it lasts for a long time, the world will still belong to the Song Dynasty after all. ”

"Lasting tenacity?"

Jiang Wanli took over the topic and said with a smile: "Chen thief soldiers have little food and little money, so they are conducive to quick battles. My great Song Dynasty has won the hearts of the people in the south of the Yangtze River, has a three-hundred-year foundation, and is comparable to the Chen thief who is not a sudden uprising, so he can naturally fight for a long time. The soldiers of the Chen thief gather with wealth, and the soldiers are scattered when the wealth is exhausted, and the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty gather with virtue, and the soldiers do not lose if they do not lose virtue. If the imperial court can move to Hongzhou first, ban sea trade for a long time, and fight against the thieves for a long time, and then contact the north and south Haoqiang, and seal the territory with a split land. Persist for a few years, and the world will inevitably return to the Great Song Dynasty! (To be continued......)