When Nurhachi sat firmly in Shenyang, Zhou Qingfeng personally rushed to Shanhaiguan; And when Nurhachi wanted to go to the front line in Jinzhou in person, Zhou Qingfeng quietly returned to the capital.

As the power of the 'revolutionary army' became larger and larger, and the internal relations became more and more complicated, Zhou Qingfeng was no longer a simple military commander. Whether he wants to or not, the people below will push him to a higher position - if he doesn't reach a high place, how can others be promoted? It's just that it's not cold at this height.

Returning to the capital from Shanhaiguan, Zhou Qingfeng walked very slowly. It only took an hour or two to ride in a biplane, and he rode in a horse-drawn carriage for four or five days. The carriage was bumpy, and it was actually uncomfortable to sit on. He sits for a while and then stops, and then moves on.

Every time he stopped, the guards would set up a cordon to isolate Zhou Qingfeng from everything around him. Even if the person with the highest force value here is Zhou Qingfeng himself, but the guards still have to do their duty and will not let anyone easily approach him. This is the case with the so-called 'lonely and widowed'.

Xu Bing's state affairs were busy, so he returned to the capital first by biplane. She directly told Zhou Qingfeng that now is his last idle day, and there will be a lot of things to deal with after returning to the capital. Before leaving, she also threw out some documents that had to be reviewed by Zhou Qingfeng, and asked Zhou Qingfeng to approve them by the way.

casually, what Xu Bing left behind were some disciplinary actions of the Chinese Revolutionary Party, organizational work and the like. These are the fundamental laws that cross the forces towards regularization, and they are of the utmost importance. But Uncle Zhou only glanced at it a few times and then looked up and sighed, I really want to go back to Shanhaiguan to discuss with Mang Gurtai - do you want to stop tossing and tossing and break out a wave? I really don't want to go to the capital.

Zhou Qingfeng stopped and stopped, and when he stopped, he flipped through it and batch it. In addition to the guards, he is accompanied by only 'dog meat'. A person and a dog often sit on the roadside ridge and look at each other stupidly, boring and helpless to play time.

The day before returning to the capital, an old farmer drove his head to plough cattle past Zhou Qingfeng in a daze. The guards wanted the old farmer to avoid it, but Zhou Qingfeng stopped. The old farmer was not afraid, carrying a hoe, driving the cattle, and glanced at Zhou Qingfeng a few times.

Zhou Qingfeng looked at the old farmer with a ravine, his face was old, and Xu was the object of conversation. So he took the initiative to speak: "Old man, what are you doing so early?" ”

The old farmer danced a small branch to drive the cattle, looked at Zhou Qingfeng with disgust, and replied, "Go down to work in the field." No more noble than you, who sit like a fool early in the morning. ”

The guards were all angry, but Zhou Qingfeng smiled, and hurriedly waved his hand and shouted: "Boss, boss, don't leave yet." You sit down with me, and we'll talk. ”

"I don't have that much time to spare, I'm busy." The old farmer still has to go.

Zhou Qingfeng touched his pocket and didn't take anything out, but he still shouted to the old farmer: "You talk to me, I'll give you money." ”

"Give money?" The old farmer finally stopped, turned his head and asked, "How much do you give?" ”

"A silver dollar." Zhou Qingfeng smiled and asked the guards to pay for it, "Just talk for a quarter of an hour, and don't delay you to work in the field." ”

"Where's the money for chatting with you?" The old farmer stretched out his rough palm and took the shiny silver dollar, "You rich people really don't feel sorry for the silver." How much can you buy for a silver dollar, and that's for me? Then I'll talk to you for a while. ”

Accepting the silver dollar, the old farmer probably realized that the young man in front of him was either rich or expensive, and his posture was not as calm as at the beginning. He sat far away from Zhou Qingfeng, hesitated for a while, knelt on the road, and said respectfully: "What do you want to ask?" ”

"Are you having a better time now?" Zhou Qingfeng asked.

"Those who are poor and bankrupt are both better and worse." The old farmer replied.

"Better than what to say?"

"To put it mildly, since last year, it has been rare to see government officials come to the village. Not long ago, no one came to collect taxes, and not long ago, people came to divide the land among the villagers, and distributed the land of several rich families to the dilapidated households with little land and no land. Poor people like us have been cheapened, and in the past six months, we have more spare money in our hands, and there are fewer bad things. Life is naturally better. ”

"How can you say it's bad?"

"This day has suddenly gotten better, and my heart is not steady. A large family's land that had been passed down for generations was suddenly divided, and they were hanged that night. We, the poor people, have divided the land, but we don't have enough people to hire people, and we can't plant more than we can't plant.

It is said that there is a change of Emperor Zhou in the capital, and I don't know if he will last long. Then I heard that there was a war going on in the north, and I was worried about raising taxes and drawing money. We ordinary people just hope that the world will be peaceful, and we don't want to give birth to so many things. ”

"Then do you want Emperor Zhou to work for a long time?"

"It's impossible to say who is the emperor, and we poor people don't care."

Zhou Qingfeng asked deeply, and the old farmer couldn't say why. When asked if he was willing to defend the new regime, he was also at a loss and did not know how to answer, obviously he was not very willing. Ask him again if he has been to the capital? He shook his head with a dumb smile, saying that he had never been out of the village in his life, and most of the people in the village were like him.

Zhou Qingfeng nodded and let the old farmer leave. He looked at the 'dog meat' next to him again, and said with a wry smile: "I have only changed a little bit of this world, a very insignificant little bit. But it's good to be able to do this far.

There were so many civil servants and military generals in the Ming Dynasty, and they couldn't even change this little bit in one or two hundred years. Even a ruthless character like Zhang Juzheng is dead, and everything is back to the same. I'm also worried about whether I've always been right, and if the world will be the same again when I'm gone. But everyone thinks I'm right, and I have to make a decision about everything. ”

The carriage swayed and sent Zhou Qingfeng back to the capital. The little girl Ye Erniang came to pick him up halfway, and gave him a lot of documents to be reviewed, and said, "Sister Xu said that you have to be diligent in the future." There are some things that she can't call the shots anymore and she has to make the decision. ”

Official business, official business, official business, Zhou Qingfeng is most annoyed by these. Even the construction of a sewer drain in the capital had to tell him, saying that it was a gift project for the founding of the country and giving the city a new look. He picked and chose to read it casually on the carriage, and suddenly turned to a summary of recent public opinion. Since he went to Shanhaiguan, I haven't seen this thing for a long time.

Ye Erniang said briefly to Zhou Qingfeng: "Recently, it has been rumored that you do not respect your ancestors and must not be recognized by your ancestors. He also said that you are a rootless person who is of unknown origin, and that you will bring disaster. ”

Ye Erniang dared to speak directly. Zhou Qingfeng was stunned when he heard this, and his originally cynical expression immediately became cold, and he shouted in a low voice: "The person who can say this is not simple." My cheap brother is still alive, but I'm afraid he's behind his back. Let Marcose investigate, maybe he can catch a big fish in the capital. ”

Ye Erniang said again: "Recently, some literati have written a book, saying that they must convince people with virtue, let Siyi surrender, and all nations will come to court." Defeat the Jurchens, drive them back, and appease them. The barbarian must be grateful to Dade and dare not rebel again. In this way, it shows the majesty of my Celestial Empire. ”

"Who are the people who are talking this nonsense?" Zhou Qingfeng asked disdainfully.

Ye Erniang said: "It seems to be a group of literati from Jiangnan, and there are also officials and gentry from the former Ming Dynasty. A few days ago, the Taixi fleet was destroyed, and the plan of the Northern Expedition of the Puppet Ming Dynasty was also in vain. Many officials and gentry in Jiangnan were probably desperate, and people kept coming to the north to inquire about the news.

In recent days, they have come up with a lot of buzz to us, both to be deferential to us and to dictate our decisions. They even openly formed associations, called the 'Donglin Party'. I think they want to persuade us to appease Jiannu and test the rumors. If this matter is successful, then it will naturally be able to appease the forces in Jiangnan, and maybe he can keep his own family background. ”

"Hmph...... these bastards feel that there is no hope of a head-on confrontation, and they want to infiltrate us and cause trouble." Zhou Qingfeng frowned and asked, "Didn't the Propaganda Department refute this kind of bastard remarks?" ”

"There are many people in the Propaganda Department who agree, and even Minister Mu Sinian has dealings with them." Ye Erniang said, "Many of those people are still famous people with extremely high reputation. ”

"Before our revolution succeeded, these guys came to engage in ideological infiltration." Zhou Qingfeng immediately shouted: "Mu Sinian is also old, let him retire." ”

Ye Erniang was surprised and said, "Won't this be too harsh on the heroes?" This has to be done for the founding of the country, and Old Man Mu is also what we followed when we started. ”

"Then we will dismiss him after the establishment of the state. At all times, the realm of thought must be my own person. Zhou Qingfeng looked at Ye Erniang as he spoke, "You girl has always been vicious, and you don't have a formal errand, so let's go to the Propaganda Department to be a deputy minister first." Just make the most of it. ”

Back in the capital, Zhou Qingfeng called Mu Sinian and scolded him without saying a word, and the next day he personally wrote an article and published it in the newspaper.

"As a nation, we Han people have always adhered to a very open mind. As the saying goes, 'the sea is inclusive, and tolerance is great'. We will never resist advanced things from outside, we will never be afraid that others are better than us, and we will never hide our shortcomings. Because we firmly believe that we are the best, we are never afraid of competition.

But our self-confidence in ourselves is by no means infinite tolerance and understanding of foreign races. Over the past thousands of years, we have faced countless invasions from foreign enemies. We are not only faced with terrible casualties, but also with the contempt and ridicule of the alien race.

When the Five Hu Rebellion in China, the Han people were called 'two-legged sheep' by the barbarians; when the Meng Yuan Dynasty lived in the Central Plains, the life of the Han people was only worth a donkey; and now the Jiannu in the north invaded China, and they regard us as cattle and horse slaves as always.

After a few victories, a few cities, and a million Han Chinese enslaved with swords and guns, the barbarians considered themselves superior to the Han Chinese. They loudly declared that it was the will of Heaven that they could replace our Han people, because they were stronger than all of us Han people.

They despise us, they despise our words, they despise our language, they despise our dress and grooming, they despise our tolerance and humility, they despise our people, our everything!

We Han people are by no means weak cattle and sheep, and our tolerance and humility are only for our friends. In the long river of history, there are no longer a few ethnic groups that have perished under the hands of our Han people, and there is no shortage of Jurchens today.

Unlike the barbarians, we don't have the Han people who are naturally willing to fight. But for the sake of the continuation of our Han Dynasty, Jiannu must be defeated, must be eliminated, and must be eradicated.

That's why the Han people in Liaodong are willing to follow me in their struggle.

This is why the farmers in Gyeonggi are willing to work hard, and the workers in southern Liaoning are willing to work day and night.

That's why the youth of my Han family are willing to join the army and fight.

Because Jiannu is our enemy. There should be no mercy to the enemy!

It is advisable to chase the poor bravely, and not to sell the name of the overlord. The troubles that can be solved today cannot be left to future generations. ”