Yang Shen hesitated, Duan Fei didn't give him time to think, and said impassionedly: "How can you come to the country without the people?" The interests of the country are the interests of the people, the people are rich and the country is naturally rich and peaceful, the people are poor and the country is poor and turbulent, my Ming Dynasty is more than twice as large as the Song Dynasty, but the taxes are far less than the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty has to pay tribute to the Liao State and the Jin State every year, but the people of the Great Song Dynasty are richer than my Ming Dynasty, and the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty has never been empty. Why is that? ”

The sedan chair has entered the yamen, I don't know where to stop, Yang Shen cautiously said: "Lord Duan's words are a little biased and arbitrary, although the Great Song Dynasty is rich, but the atmosphere is erosive, morally degenerate, those businessmen have no talent and no virtue, after having money, they spend all day and wine, and even affect the atmosphere of the imperial court, which caused the Great Song Dynasty to be greedy for pleasure and weak, I Emperor Taizu will be the sky, within ten years the government and the opposition are in a rage, until Gaozong Jingjing, move the capital to Beijing, with the Son of Heaven to guard the country, the atmosphere of the whole country is one of the positive. ”

Duan Fei asked rhetorically: "Could it be that Brother Sheng'an thinks that the people are not as rich as the people?" The Song Dynasty was extravagant and the army was weak, but the civil rebels never shook the foundation of the country, and what about our Ming Dynasty? Not long ago, Yang Yong, Liu Liu, and Liu Qi rebelled, and the poor people everywhere responded en masse, almost sweeping the whole country and strangling Beijing's ......"

Hua Ming said outside the sedan chair: "Two adults, you can get off the sedan chair." ”

The two ignored it, but debated fiercely in the sedan chair, the same debate Duan Fei has seen a lot on the Internet before, is Da Ming to Da Song progress or regression? This is a question of opinion, and there is no right answer at all, because history does not have such a corollary.

However, some novel ideas that burst out of Duan Fei's mouth from time to time still surprised Yang Shen, and he was often speechless for a while by Duan Fei's refutation, Duan Fei continued to bombard the past at length, and at the same time gave some solutions to those problems, although Yang Shen refused to let go, his heart began to loosen a little.

China has never lacked wise talents, but they are limited by the way of Confucius and Mencius, especially Zhu Xi's thoughts, limited to tradition, they often know that something is right but dare not do it, Yang Shen would never think that one day he would mingle with Miao, Dong, Bai and other outsiders, educate them, stabilize Yunnan, and become a saint worshiped by Yunnan ethnic minorities for hundreds of years and never forget, and Zhuge Liang is as famous, of course, this is all after he was demoted to Yunnan because of the Great Gift Bill.

Duan Fei's words gradually knocked out some cracks in Yang Shen's sturdy skull built with Zhu Xi's Dao, and Duan Fei continued to work hard, trying to expand the cracks until they were completely destroyed.

“…… The Mongols were just a small tribe at the beginning, in the eyes of everyone was just a group of wilderness, but they forged ahead, constantly worked hard to learn and develop, and used the cannons we invented to bombard our city walls, and finally seized the world, enslaving the people of our Han Dynasty for nearly a hundred years, they even hit the banks of the Danube, and destroyed countless countries that boasted of being civilized. In the far west, there have been seven or eight more powerful countries than the Yuan Dynasty have risen, their journey has traveled half of the world, will soon launch an attack on my Ming Dynasty, giant ships and cannons will be wreaking havoc on the coast of the Ming Dynasty, if we continue to close the country so close, the Ming Dynasty is in danger! A hundred years later, the self-proclaimed loyal courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty will be spurned and despised! Brother Sheng'an, it's time to make a change! ”

Yang Shen was upset by the scene he described, and said with a wry smile: "I understand what Lan Bao thinks, but ...... That's a bit of a weight, right? Can a pirate with a few pirate ships be so powerful? The artillery of my Ming sailor is not weak. ”

Duan Fei said: "Brother Sheng'an thinks that muskets and artillery are not enough to trouble, this is because our Ming Dynasty's guns are not accurate and the rate of fire is extremely low, if the rate of fire of the guns exceeds the bow and arrow, the range exceeds the bow and arrow, and the accuracy exceeds the bow and arrow, after such guns and artillery are equipped with a large number of troops, Brother Sheng'an thinks that our Ming army still has some hope of victory?" I'm not joking, now that the Western powers have such guns, they may come to our Ming territory at any time! ”

Yang Shen smiled, "Lan Bao, where did you hear this news?" I'm afraid it's an exaggeration, guns have been around for hundreds of years, and there is still no major development, bulky and unbearable, not strong, it's okay to use it to deter and deter, but if you want to replace bows and arrows, I'm afraid it's not okay, right? ”

Duan Fei didn't bother to explain to him, and said to him: "I have the two muskets I found from Wang Tang in my hand, both of them are outdated styles, do you want to see the power of Western muskets?" When the time comes, Brother Sheng'an will know that what I said is true. ”

Yang Shen said: "I was about to see it." ”

Duan Fei shouted: "Shi Bin, go back to my room and get that box of muskets!" Hurry up, don't delay. ”

Shi Bin agreed, hurriedly called someone to prepare the horse, and then left quickly, Duan Fei and Yang Shen finally got out of the sedan chair, Duan Fei said: "Brother Sheng'an, I want to continue to try Zhao's case at this time." ”

Yang Shen smiled and said, "You are busy, I will go to the signing room, and when the musket is fetched, you can send someone to call me." ”

Duan Fei nodded, the two parted ways, and Hua Ming said worriedly: "My lord, you and Lord Yang are arguing so fiercely, will Lord Yang feel guilty?" ”

Duan Fei shook his head and smiled: "This is just an ordinary academic debate, with Yang Shen's mind, he will never be upset because of this." ”

Guan Xiaohan asked curiously, "Childe, is there really the kind of musket you said in this world?" ”

Duan Fei nodded affirmatively and said: "When Shi Bin comes, you will be able to see it, everyone knows the allusion of Yelang's arrogance, but they don't know that they are the frog who sits in the well and watches the sky, we have no way to improve guns and cannons to replace bows and arrows, and we don't know that there are no skilled craftsmen in other countries to improve muskets and cannons into sharp weapons?" Let's go, the case is the right thing to try first. ”

Duan Fei sat in the hall, first asked the official to go to the prison to see the situation of Zhao Yan and the historical classics, if it was still possible, he would bring it up, and after the official left, he was shocked and shouted: "Come on, ascend to the hall!" Bring the suspect Ren Dong up to him! ”

The suspect Ren Dong was brought up, this person is about forty years old, with an ordinary appearance and an average figure, the kind that you will not find if you throw it into the pile, after he went to the court, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times, shouting: "Adult, the little one is wronged, the little one really didn't kill anyone, I drank at Niu Er's house on the night Zhao was killed, and I didn't go home until the third watch, and Niu Er can testify for me." ”

Duan Fei wanted to ask what this guy said in one go, Duan Fei's face sank, and he shouted: "The official hasn't asked yet, why are you roaring in court?" Someone came, and slapped his mouth ten times. ”

Two officials walked up, one held him down, and the other picked up the wooden board used for the palm mouth, and slapped Ren Dong's mouth with a snap, and it was soon over, and Ren Dong's face was swollen like two freshly made steamed buns.

Duan Fei shouted: "Ren Dong! ”

Ren Dong was frightened, bowed his head and said, "The villain is here." ”

Duan Fei said: "You said that you didn't kill anyone, why did Zhao Xiaochun and Wang Lao Wu both point out that you are suspected of murder?" You give me an honest account, otherwise I will be punished! ”

Ren Dong hurriedly replied: "My lord, the villain really didn't kill anyone, how can they talk nonsense?" ”

Duan Fei sneered: "Wang Lao Wu claimed to have seen it with his own eyes, Zhao Xiaochun said that it was your daughter who overheard it, aren't you honest?" ”

Ren Dong saw that Duan Fei stretched out his hand and was about to draw lots, so he hurriedly replied, "They, they all misunderstood me...... The Zhao family is gentle and beautiful, the villain inevitably admires it, originally there was nothing to think about, but the villain heard about her relationship with Shi Dian and then had some thoughts, for a while no one sent her, I couldn't help but stop her halfway, I wanted to be good with her, but I didn't expect her to scold me fiercely, I ...... I couldn't help but want to use force, but she kicked me, and ran away, I couldn't help but scold her a few words with my mother-in-law when I went home, but I didn't expect to be listened to by my daughter, and the villain only now knows. ”

Duan Fei sneered: "If you don't succeed once, there will be a second time, did you try to rape the Zhao family again that day, and under the Zhao family's hard resistance, you snatched the hairpin and stabbed her to death?" ”

Ren Dong shouted: "Wronged, my lord, I really drank at Niu Er's house that day, I don't believe that my lord can send Niu Er to testify against me." ”

Duan Fei said: "Okay, go and pass Niu Er personally, take Ren Dong down first, and bring Liu Qiangyi to me!" ”

Liu Qiangyi and several other scoundrels were summoned for questioning one by one, but nothing was found, and then the historical classics were passed up, and he bandaged the boss with a piece of cloth on his face, and his whole face showed his eyes and mouth, if his nostrils were runny, he couldn't wipe it.

Seeing him like this, Duan Fei smiled and said, "Shi Dian, Shi Dian, are you happy now?" Are you still in the mood to play with other people's wives in the future? ”

Shi Dian said in a trembling voice: "Adult, the little ones don't dare anymore." ”

Duan Fei snorted and shouted, "Historical Classics! How much does Zhao Yan owe you? According to your wife, the Zhao family is far from paying off the debt, why did she say that she would never have to go to your house again when she left on the last day? ”

Shi Dian smiled bitterly: "My lord, you don't go to investigate the murderer, but you really investigate these subtle matters......

"Bold!" The officials on both sides shouted, Shi Dian shrunk his neck, and replied: "My lord, you don't know, sometimes my wife doesn't know about my dealings with the Zhao family, and the Zhao family does everything possible to get rid of me, I sometimes relent, and I promise her some conditions, and when she left that day, she really didn't owe me anything." ”

It turned out that the brutal Mrs. Shi also had something that she couldn't take care of, Duan Fei snorted and said, "Are you willing to let her go like this?" Or are you angry for a while, chase her out and kill her? ”

Shi Dian shook his head and said, "My lord, how can I be willing to kill her, I think it is more likely that Zhao Yan will kill her." ”