Shi Wenxi had already been bought by Sun Kewang, he pointed to the obese Ren Botong and scolded: "General, General Sun, please see, this dog official is plain with big fish and meat, and he eats with fat in his brain and intestines, and the fat in this body is the fat and ointment of the people." ”

Different from the crying Yang Jiangyi, since he was arrested to see Xu Ping, Ren Botong has always been silent and closed his eyes to death, but after hearing Shi Wenxi's words, Ren Botong opened his eyes suddenly, and protested: "Thief, don't slander the innocence of this official, this official has been a vegetarian for a long time," Ren Botong's family is wealthy, he has been served since he was a child, and he is not good at exercising for decades, and he is always too lazy to go out when he returns to Germany, so it is best to lie on the bed and read the book: "This official is to drink water and grow meat, this matter can be seen by the sun and the moon!" ”

After saying that, Ren Botong closed his eyes again, and soon Xu Ping found that if everyone scolded Ren Bofu for being stupid and incompetent, or threatened to behead him all over the house, this person would behave like an old monk. But if the yamen's account office and officials come to expose the prefect's embezzlement of public funds, Ren Botong will open his eyes to defend himself; Later, another clerk reported to Xu Ping that Ren Botong was actually unlearned, and even the official documents had to be written and read by the subordinates of the yamen, and then deduced that when Ren Botong's jinshi were bribed, Ren Botong was the most excited, shouting that his neck was red.

There were no casualties in this attack on Guide, and only Yang Jiangyi, a father and son, were arrested as Ren Botong's sworn friends, and the rest either disbanded and went home by themselves, or surrendered to Xu Ping in response to Tang Daxia's call.

After letting the captives be brought down, only Tang Shouzhong was left in the hall, and Sun Kewang did not inform him in advance of the existence of Chen Zhe's team in Guide City, which was not only for safety reasons, but also to train the team. Until this moment, Tang Shouzhong was still unaware of this, Xu Ping was very satisfied, and Sun Kewang also secretly admired it in his heart.

"Tang Daxia preserves the place and makes great contributions." When Sun Kewang contacted Tang Shouzhong, he explained that no one else was allowed to enter the city, and he affectionately pulled Tang Shouzhong in front of Xu Ping: "The general repeatedly said along the way, you should be rewarded well, but I haven't thought about what to give you?" ”

"The villain doesn't dare to be," Tang Shouzhong couldn't help but be overjoyed, and kowtowed to Xu Ping again and again: "Being able to serve the general, I really don't know if it's a blessing that the villain has cultivated for several lifetimes." ”

"Okay, you go back and report your safety to your family first, and then come over secretly in the evening, the general still has something to talk to you secretly."

After sending Tang Shouzhong away, only Xu Ping and Sun Kewang were left in the front hall of the Guide Yamen.

"This person bullies men and women, and does all kinds of evil," Xu Ping was a little dissatisfied, originally said that it was good to think about it in the long run, but just now Sun Kewang couldn't help but set the tone of the treatment: "Brother Sun doesn't know, many righteous soldiers outside the city are eager to kill this person alive." ”

"Brother Xu, you don't know, those so-called righteous guys are not good things, and Tang Shouzhong is all the way, Tang Shouzhong is also his old enemy, and he has always been merciful to the real anti-grain people."

"Brother Sun is right, but ......" Xu Ping didn't have the slightest affection for Tang Shouzhong: "This bully really can't believe it, if the imperial army comes, the next person he will betray is our people." ”

"If the imperial army besieges Guide, he will definitely do this, but will Brother Xu let this happen?" Sun Kewang smiled: "Besides, if there is really such a day, will I keep him?" ”

"Brother Sun plans to stay in Guide?" Xu Ping heard the meaning of Sun Kewang's words, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"yes." Sun Kewang nodded: "I think this Guide market is prosperous, it is a good place, it is terrible to be ruined by ignorant people, I am more relieved to sit here in person." ”

"What about Kaifeng Mansion?"

"I have already set the rules in Kaifeng Mansion, as long as the general honestly follows my rules, if you don't understand, you can come and ask me." There is Kaifeng Mansion in the north of Guide Mansion to protect, will not be directly threatened by the officers and soldiers from the Beijing Division, there is no war in the house, Sun Kewang intends to build this place as an important base: "When we take Yongcheng, Guide Mansion will be in the hands of our army, although it is not big here, but it is connected to Jingchu in the west and Huaiyang in the east, as long as it is well managed, it is the foundation of our hegemony." ”

Seeing that Xu Ping no longer objected, Sun Kewang further persuaded him: "This Tang Shouzhong is very important to my plan in Guide, so keep him for the time being." ”

Xu Ping's eyebrows furrowed slightly, what he saw and heard in Shandong made him have a prejudice against the local heroes, and he was even more dissatisfied with the business they operated. Because of Zhang Jiefu's words when he left, Xu Ping did not kill all the heroes in Henan, but if there was really something illegal in his hands, Xu Ping would never be extrajudicial to him. After Sun Kewang arrived in Henan, he quickly revised Xu Ping's policies, and began to collude with people in the rivers and lakes just like the previous Ming court government.

Sun Kewang noticed the change in the expression on Xu Ping's face: "Does the general think that casinos, prostitutes, and smuggling can be banned?" ”

"Of course not." Not only is it impossible, but some smuggling is even needed to break into the camp.

"In that case, we have to break into the camp so that we can benefit from it!" Sun Kewang basically took over the trading of the dart bureau to the camp, and the brothels and casinos were all strictly registered, and the camp regularly sent people to check the accounts and pump water: "And with us watching, we can put an end to the evil behavior of forcing good people to become prostitutes, and only then can we prevent usury from ruining people's families and ruining people." ”

In this kind of confrontation on this issue, Xu Ping has not won once, and now he no longer has much fighting spirit and confidence to win.

I only heard Sun Kewang add with a smile: "Stop the sentence with a sentence, and the heavy punishment can also be punished." General, don't you say? ”

"These are Shang Jun's words, right?"

"What about Shang Jun? Qin annexed the Six Kingdoms because of this. ”

"After all, it's only strength." Xu Ping had read a period of Confucianism and couldn't fully agree with it, but the government affairs dispute was definitely not able to compete with Sun Kewang: "What should we do with those people outside the city who killed Tang Shouzhong and followed quickly?" ”

"What did Brother Xu plan to do?"

"In any case, Tang Shouzhong has the merit of finishing the city, I was going to blame him, make him apologize and return the property of those people's wives and daughters, if anyone still continues to retaliate, I will pursue it for Tang Daxia."

"That's the right thing to do." Sun Kewang echoed: "It's just that they shouldn't stay in Guide, so as not to conflict with Tang Daxia." ”

"What's wrong with keeping them to check and balance Tang Shouzhong?" Xu Ping remembered Sun Kewang's attitude towards Lu Yufan: "Didn't Brother Sun say that you can't let someone choke the lifeline?" ”

"Tang Shouzhong, can he still compare with Boss Lu as a hero?" Sun Kewang snorted and asked rhetorically: "Confucianism messes with the law, but why does the imperial court rule the world with scholars?" ”

Whenever Sun Kewang spoke like this, Xu Ping knew that he was going to sell his set of governance concepts, but Xu Ping didn't hate to listen to it, because in addition to the effect was generally good, Sun Kewang's crooked reasoning and heresy were also quite interesting: "Brother Sun, please speak." ”

"Xiucai rebelled, and it didn't work out in three years, so Shinong Industry and Commerce, and Shiren are of course the first to rest assured." Sun Kewang stretched out a finger: "But the businessman, there is a high string in front of him, survival and death, and his words are twisted and turned; Later, there are the generations of the Lu family, the position of the tyrannosaurus true dragon, and the Pi family is just a strange thing in his eyes. If such a person does not try his best to suppress it, how can the Son of Heaven sleep at night? Craftsmen, making troops and repairing leather, the king relied on attacking and seizing, building cities and fortifications, and the Son of Heaven was able to stabilize the society, how could he not hold it firmly in the palm of his hand? And the peasants, since ancient times, there is also a saying of the water boat, the trespassers do not need to say, even if there is a mandate of heaven, there is no virtue is still extinguished, and there is only 300 years of virtue, of course, we must also beware. ”

"It turns out that Brother Sun meant that the Son of Heaven and the scholars ruled the world together because the Son of Heaven did not dare to rule with others, especially businessmen."

"Haha, exactly. Confucianism uses literature to mess with the law, and chivalry uses martial arts to violate the ban. Sun Kewang repeated this couplet, and said with a hint of disdain: "They also have this ability, they are really messy like milk dogs pounce on people, and everyone has to control it." ”

"Strength is vision." Xu Ping couldn't help but shake his head again. When inspecting the people's situation in Kaifeng, Xu Ping found a problem, that is, although the people were very happy that they did not have to pay the imperial grain, they would feel uneasy after not paying for a period of time. Because it is natural to farm land and pay grain for thousands of years, it is true that there are too many in the past to pay, so I have to look forward to breaking into the camp, but now I don't pay at all, and I often feel that I owe a debt.

Contrary to this kind of faint apology to the great emperor, the people were very resistant to paying Sun Kewang's taxes at those checkpoints, although they were grateful to the magistrate who broke into the camp and destroyed the house, but they still regarded the camp as a thief in their hearts, and felt that it was not unreasonable to pay the thief money. Needless to say, those local militia groups trained by Xu Ping were the officers and soldiers in the guard battalion, and there were also many people who looked forward to the imperial court recruiting peace as soon as possible, as long as the great emperor promised not to blame the past and not to collect the grain taxes that could not be paid no matter what, they still hoped that one day they would be able to return to be honest and good citizens. Xu Ping was a little worried about this, but he estimated that Sun Kewang, who was only looking for power, was dismissive of it.

Really.

After Sun Kewang heard Xu Ping talk about these things, he smiled nonchalantly: "They are just complaining and complaining, I really don't believe who dares not to pay, or who dares to make trouble with the government." ”

In fact, Xu Ping had an idea in his heart: "The National Book Company has just published the second volume of the Xia Batch Social Contract Statement. ”

"Oh, that Xia Sheng, that famous anti-book, is there any interesting statement?"

"At the beginning of the second volume, Xia Sheng told a story, which is about some Taixi people who came to our China from all over the ocean, and they were very moved by our Chinese customs."

"Of course." Sun Kewang said without thinking: "Our China is vast and has everything, and these overseas barbarians are estimated to be eye-opening. ”

"What Brother Sun said is true, but what touches these Taixi people the most is ......" Xu Ping relayed to Sun Kewang that many Westerners saw that under the Ming Dynasty, many old people were treated favorably by the government, and even had good rice specially prepared for them for these old people to eat, instead of being discarded by the lords as waste with no potential for squeezing, like those old lords in the West: "...... My China is rich all over the world, and foreign countries are inferior, but there is more Confucian benevolence, so that our China is like the bright moon in the dark night, the copper mark in the wind and rain, which makes all nations admire. ”

"Yes, the old man and the old man of the people...... Sun Kewang also seemed to be a little emotional, but: "However, now that the Holy Son of Heaven is in power, it seems that these are gone, right?" ”

"Yes, it's all canceled. Xia Sheng's book followed up on this, I have respected the elderly and loved people since ancient times, and I was a death row prisoner in the Tang Dynasty, and I also had the matter of adding bedding in winter and giving yarn tents in summer. Not for profit, but for benevolence - this Huaxia is different from barbarians. However, Xia Sheng said that this has always been a gift, and the giver claims to accumulate virtue and do good, and the recipient is also grateful to Dade. Since it is a gift, there is nothing to say about taking away the people. ”

Xu Ping also quoted some of Xia Wanchun's remarks: These victims have been the people of the Ming Dynasty for generations, and their predecessors paid the imperial grain to maintain the operation of the Ming court.

“…… In any case, the benevolent government promised by Emperor Taizu Gao will never take away the living food from the mouths of the people, let alone take away the wives and daughters of the peasants. On the contrary, Emperor Taizu Gao guaranteed that every good citizen could live, as long as he worked diligently, he could be free from hunger and cold, if the Great Emperor could not do this, then he would have violated Emperor Taizu Gao's promise and tore up the people's contract to support him as the Son of Heaven. At this moment, he is a thief and no longer the Son of Heaven. ”

"Xia Sheng, Confucianism...... That is, the Confucian scholars will study why they rebel, not only to rebel, but also to be upright. No wonder Zulong wants to pit them all. Sun Kewang shook his head: "Well, I admit that I made a mistake, Confucianism and chivalry are not the same thing." Does the general plan to promote summer learning in Guide? ”

"Yes, we want to teach Xia Xue to the people, so that they understand that the Great Tomorrow Son has broken the contract he made with Wan Wan three hundred years ago, and we are willing to make a new agreement with them, as long as they support the camp, we will ensure their safety, and ensure that they will not starve."

It is very important to win the hearts and minds of the people, and Sun Kewang feels that it is profitable, so he does not object: "Combining rigidity and softness, Confucianism and law, I think Brother Xu's meaning is very good." ”

"Not only do we have to tell the people, but our own magistrates also have to believe in Xia Xue, provide food to the hungry, and support the orphans and the elderly is our unshirkable responsibility to break into the camp."

If it succeeds, Sun Kewang believes that it will be of great benefit to sweeping away the remnants of the Qing court's appeal in Henan: "I think it's okay, I will arrange for such a notice to be issued." ”

"There is one more thing, that is, it cannot be said that this book is a social contract of Xia Pi." Xu Ping was worried that this would cause trouble for Xia Wanchun, although madness was everywhere, but the theory that the work became the rebel army's uniform was probably too sensational: "Let's just say that the social contract approved by Xu Ping is stated, and a discerning person will know at a glance that it will not be Xia Sheng's reputation; In addition, to give the government an excuse, they probably don't bother to deal with a madman. ”

Since ancient times, although Confucianism has always emphasized benevolence as a virtue that rulers must possess, the reward for the people has always been regarded as an unexpected gift. Whether it is a Ming monarch or a Qing official, whether it is a grievance or disaster relief, it will be regarded as a good deed beyond the scope of duty, and the beneficiaries will often be grateful to the imperial court for their giving.

In the time and space when Huangshi came, 2,200 years after the birth of Confucius, the government of the Chuang camp of the Guide Prefecture recognized for the first time that it was the unshirkable responsibility of the regime to provide relief to the victims of disasters and support the orphans and the elderly. It is the reciprocal obligation of the government relative to the obligation of the people under its rule to pay food and silver. In this time and space under the influence of the time-traveler, all the laws related to the social welfare of the people, as well as their derivative laws and amendments, are collectively referred to as the "Guide Law" with the declaration of Guide and the camp as the birth mark; This declaration is known as the Declaration of Guide or the Declaration of Sun Kewang.

From the beginning of the declaration of Guide, Xia Xue, a branch of Neo-Confucianism brought by the travelers to the world and localized by Xia Wanchun, began to enter the political arena and practice governing the country under the bayonet protection of the Guards Battalion, the army also brought by the traversers and localized by Xu Ping.

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Why is disobedience a mortal sin comparable to treason? Why can we call ourselves the land of etiquette and the land of benevolence? Why do we have the law of return? Because we are a country ruled by Confucianism, the homeland of the saints!

All the gentlemen here today want to decide the fate of the Hanging Pot Amendment Bill. If the hanging pot case cannot be passed, then the law of return to Germany will not be complete, and this is also about the lives of the people. The logic and essence of this amendment are exactly the same as the admirable declaration of His Royal Highness the King of Shaanxi to return to Germany decades ago. To survive, you need not only to eat, but also to heal.

I admit that it will cost a lot of money, but it will save countless lives, and we can explain to the people of China: your silver is not wasted, it is used to save thousands of lives, it is the lives of our neighbors, our brothers and sisters, and if one day you are unfortunate enough to be poor, it may save your life, and if your children and grandchildren meet such misfortune, it will save your children and grandchildren. As long as our country exists, the Hanging Pot Amendment will continue to bless our children and grandchildren.

Seeing death and not saving it, for us Chinese men, this is even more disgusting than prodigal and ruined sons; For women, this is more repugnant than debauchery. We are a country ruled by Confucianism, whether it is the Taixi countries or the Nanyang allies, when they hear that a man is from China, they will be in awe: Ah, this must be a good gentleman, because he comes from a country full of love. Today, we stand here and can judge the bad deeds of the violent Qin, but one day, we will also become ancients and hand them over to our descendants to judge. If the amendment to the hanging pot cannot be passed today, then after thousands of years, how should our descendants evaluate the Qi Dynasty and the monarchs here today? Could it be that the Qi Dynasty is a dynasty that cannot be saved when it sees death, and all the secretaries of state here are beasts who cannot be saved when they see death? Do we dare to claim to be fellow villagers of saints? How will the nations of the overseas view a country that claims to be benevolent but will not save itself? This respect is not something we earn, but can we not value it because of it?

—From Dr. Li's speech at the debate of the House of Secretaries of State to decide whether medical benefits should be provided to the poor.

Before the debate, 160 of the 200 secretaries of state openly objected to the huge spending budget, and half of them said that they would never agree to have the state pay for medical expenses even if the spending was drastically reduced – an unprecedented absurdity.

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