Lin'an, Forbidden, Menxia Province, Pingzhang Military and State Affairs Metropolitan Hall.

Jia Rudao sat in the back of the desk in the hall with a gloomy face, and there were only a few important ministers in the hall, such as the left prime minister and privy envoy Pu Zhizhi, the right prime minister and privy envoy Cheng Yuanfeng, and the governor and privy councillor Ye Mengding. Needless to say, these important ministers are all pale and brow-locked, as if a catastrophe is coming.

"Humph! This Qu Shui Mirror is a demon demon, Chen Shundexing's minions and eagle dogs, the court should punish his crimes, how can he preside over what securities chamber of commerce? Isn't that right and wrong? ”

It was Cheng Yuanfeng, the prime minister of Zuo, who was born in a famous family in Shezhou, a scholarly scholar for generations, a jinshi for two years in Shaoding, and an old minister who has been in the office for thirty-seven or eight years, and his qualifications are older than Jia Nidao. Bao You has been the right prime minister once in four years, and Bao You was kicked out by Emperor Lizong to lift Dongxiao Palace in six years. After the resumption of the Kaiqing year, he first sentenced Pingjiang Mansion, and when the ministers of Gu Ming went out to hold group exercises, he was promoted by Jia Yidao and then became the right prime minister.

Although this Cheng Yuanfeng is upright, after becoming the right minister, he has always been a Jia Dao response worm. But today, after listening to Jia Yidao's solution to the late appointment turmoil, he couldn't help but open his mouth and sing the opposite.

It's not that you want to take the opportunity to fall into the well and replace it. It was Jia Rudao's policy of compromise and concession to the Northern Ming Dynasty, and in his opinion, sooner or later the 300-year history of the Great Song Dynasty would be ruined.

Jia Yidao smiled bitterly, and then set his eyes on Pu Zezhi and Ye Mengding.

For a long time, Pu Zhizhi, who has been in the same breath as Jia Yidao, did not support Jia Taishi much this time, he said: "The foundation of the anti-Ming." One is the Shijue; The second is profiteers. The most important thing in his country is not farming and studying, but business warfare. Therefore, the merchant is more generous than me. The gentry could be purchased with goods, and the gentry and the gentry could elect a council together with the gentry. Co-governance of the place. In fact, it is to share the world with samurai and merchants, and it is to take samurai and businessmen as the foundation to seize the world of the Zhao family! And the method proposed by Qu Shuijing is to turn the merchants in Jiangnan into the lackeys of the Chen family! ”

When Pu Zezhi said this, Jia Yidao's face became even more ugly, and he knew that Pu Zezhi only said half of what he said. Half of them are samurai and merchants who are coming to take over the world of the doctors!

The Chen family is acting on behalf of Zhao, and it is not completely unacceptable to an elite scholar like Pu Zezhi. However, replacing the cultivators and heirlooms with samurai and merchants is far beyond the bottom line that they can accept.

And Qu Shuijing's purpose of giving Jia Yidao a trick was really seen through by Pu Xuezhi. Once the Jiangnan businessmen are used to dealing with Tiandaozhuang and the Securities Chamber of Commerce, then they and Chen Ming will have common interests!

Moreover, the merchants in Jiangnan, except for the maritime merchants who are also thieves and merchants, as long as they can become bigger, are basically part of the wealthy families of Jiangnan scholars - but the status of these merchants in the wealthy families of scholars is not very high, but they are not literate. Guys who don't have a chance to make a name for themselves in the imperial examinations. But Chen Dexing can still use guò to win over and divide the wealthy families of Jiangnan scholars.

In addition, most of the citizens of several large cities in the south of the Yangtze River are engaged in industry and commerce. Either a man of a firm, or a small merchant or craftsman. Chen Dexing only needs to pass guò Tiandaozhuang and the securities industry chamber of commerce to control the big businessmen. can indirectly control the livelihood of these citizens. It can make millions of residents of big cities in the south of the Yangtze River, including the people of Lin'an, become supporters of the Northern Ming Dynasty.

Ye Mengding, an old minister who was born in Taixue and served as a magistrate for a long time, and Xianchun only entered the court in the second year of Xianchun also opposed Jia Yidao's approach. He stroked his gray beard. Shaking his head, he said: "Taishi, the lower official's opinion is the same as that of Pu Xianggong. Qu Shuijing, this person is Chen Wei's minion, and he must not be used! My great Song is the same world as the scholars. For the sake of today's plan, it is reasonable to focus on cultivating virtue rather than accumulating wealth. The imperial court should eliminate maladministration, give the people's livelihood, punish profiteers, reward agriculture, open up the way, repair the government in the Ming Dynasty, and revitalize the country. ”

Ye Mengding's words are all big truths, and they are not bad to say, but they don't seem to have any direction in practice.

"Bad governance? What is bad governance? Jia Rudao asked a little unpleasantly.

"Conniving at Chen rebellion, valuing business over agriculture, this maladministration is also a malpractice; conniving at the feudal towns and violating the ancestral system, this maladministration is also a bad one; Win the warrior with martial arts and humiliate Sven, this malpractice is also three. With these three major maladministrations, the dynasty will be in decline, the people's hearts will not be ancient, and the country will not be a country! If the Taishi wants to revitalize the dynasty and refresh the government, he should start by eliminating the bad government! ”

"Humph!" Jia Rudao snorted coldly, "Listen to the rotten words of Confucianism in the tabloid of "Seeking the Dao", and use it with the country? ”

The tabloid "Seeking the Dao" is one of the many tabloids sponsored by Deng Qiuzhong, all of which speak on behalf of scholars, and from time to time they also sing high-pitched songs to attack the evils of the times. There are a lot of readers in Shilin Qingliu. Even Jia Rudao is a must-see in every issue - although he is a traitor, he is also a scholar who reads poetry and books, and he still agrees with the views in the "Seeking Dao" newspaper very much.

"Taishi!" Ye Mengding said, "What the lower officials said is not useless with the country, but only whether the Taishi can eliminate all difficulties and eliminate maladministration." ”

"Elimination? How to get rid of it? Jia Rudao snorted coldly, but he also admitted that the Great Song Dynasty does have the three major malpractices cited by Ye Mengding.

"The first is to prohibit the sea and cut off trade!" Cheng Yuanfeng, the right prime minister, suddenly opened his mouth and took over the topic, "Chen Cheng succeeded at sea, and the foundation of his financial resources is sea trade!" If the sea is forbidden and business is cut off, Chen Wei will have no money to pay his soldiers, and his army will collapse without a fight!

The second is to crusade against the feudal towns, expel the martial artists, and organize a large-scale group training. The Great Song Dynasty was in charge of the soldiers with scholars and doctors, and the integration of civil and military, soldiers and peasants was integrated. Defend the local area with local soldiers, and support local soldiers with local wealth, without spending a penny on the imperial court.

The third is to abolish the use of military force to win soldiers, revitalize schools, and open up the way of speech, so that all township schools and Lin'an Taixue have the right to discuss politics. In this way, it will win the hearts of the world's readers, work together from top to bottom, unite as one, why be afraid of reversing the Ming and pseudo-Tang Dynasty? ”

"Whimsical, Cheng Nezhai, are you going to be the great Song Guozuo?" Jia Rudao roared a few times, and suddenly lowered his voice again, "I also know these malpractices. How can I not know the intentions of the reflex mirror? However, the state affairs are so difficult now, there are feudal towns in turmoil, and there are pseudo-Tang southern invasions outside, and they are eyeing the Ming Dynasty again. It's not the time to vigorously eradicate maladministration, it's better to be hypocritical and wrong, wait for me to pacify Chizhou, repel the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, and then reform the malpractice. How is it? ”

Jia Yidao's 180-degree turn surprised several of the people present. But if you think about it, it's normal.

Jia Rudao is not a fool, if he can't see the current maladministration of the Great Song Dynasty? How do you not know that Beiming Tong Guò controls the Haiyang, Tong Guò Tiandaozhuang issued money, has gradually controlled the industry and commerce in the south of the Yangtze River, and can extract more and more wealth from it to develop and grow. If this continues, Jiangnan may be "peacefully liberated" by the Northern Ming Dynasty. This time, Jia Rudao supported Pu Shougeng's purpose of delaying speculation, in fact, it was also to make a big profit, and then implement a sea ban to attack Beiming. But the problem is that in the end, Tiandaozhuang made a lot of money. I had no choice but to continue to compromise.

However, the end of this compromise is the truth of the death of the Great Song Dynasty, and Jia Nidao still knows it!

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The requitoscope is still in the Fung Lok Building. Fengle Building, which was crowded yesterday, is deserted at the moment, and there is no trace of the late traders who have lost their eyes or made a lot of money, as if they never appeared.

However, Qu Shuijing is not under house arrest in the empty Fengle Building. With him was Sun Meichen, the head of Fengle Building, and a few servant singers, as well as a Pu Shougeng.

Although Pu Shougeng was dead, Jia Rudao did not send him to the Heavenly Prison of the Criminal Department or the Yushitai Prison. In the end, people are envoys of the Great Yuan, and it is still unseemly to be imprisoned. Moreover, the beheading of envoys is not in line with the rules of the ceremonial state of the Great Song Dynasty, so Jia Rudao did not plan to behead Pu Shougeng in the Ming Dynasty, but planned to sell him to Chen Dexing as a commodity.

Because it is still worth some money, Pu Shougeng has not suffered much so far, he is delicious and drinkable, and there are people to serve him, and he can play a game with Qu Shuijing at this time.

With a snap, the chess pieces landed lightly on the chessboard. A chess game was being intractable, and the two dragons were tumbling and strangling together. And the two people who play chess are a little strange. Pu Shougeng's head seemed to be about to move, and he was calm and calm, without a trace of panicked expression. And Qu Fatzi, who made a lot of money, frowned at this time, as if he was absent-minded. Pu Shougeng's chess pieces have fallen, but he is still in a daze.

"Mr. Water Mirror, Mr. Water Mirror!" Pu Shougeng tapped the chessboard lightly and reminded in a low voice.

"Oh, I was distracted." Qu Shuijing smiled embarrassedly, "I was originally a scholar in Lin'an, and I relied on the skill of polishing lenses to make a living, and now I am taking on such a big responsibility, and my heart is inevitably a little restless." However, Brother Haiyun Taishan collapsed and did not change his complexion, which made the younger brother quite admired. ”

Pu Shougeng said with a smile: "I pray to the true God every day, and I am quite enlightened, and I am naturally at ease. Mr. Shuijing wants peace in his heart, why don't he also take refuge in the true God? ”

Qu Shuijing laughed, "Brother Haiyun is worthy of being a famous profiteer in the world, and his face will not change when he talks nonsense, and the younger brother has to learn more from Brother Haiyun." ”

"I'm going to heaven, what is there to learn from Mr. Shuijing?"

"To heaven?" Qushui Mirror shook his head, "I'm afraid it's not right away, right?" Brother Haiyun is not a short-lived person, you must have a plan to get out! ”

Pu Shougeng just smiled, looked at Qu Shuijing and said, "The plan to get out...... It's hard to say, it's just that Pu is confident that he still has some use value, and Mrs. Chen will not kill him. His brows furrowed slightly, "But if King Chen Ming drives south, it's hard to say whether a certain family's life can be saved...... Pu always had a feeling that His Royal Highness King Ming was very disgusted with Pu. Therefore, when Pu went to Zhoushan, he had to ask Mr. Shui Jing to help grasp one or two. (To be continued......)