"Let Dong Xing come in first." Zhu Qizhen thought for a moment and said.

Jin Qi was still carefully combing Zhu Qizhen's hair, and after Dong Xing entered the door, he immediately knelt on the ground, not even daring to raise his head.

"The minister temporarily leads the deputy chief military officer of Guangdong, and the governor knows Dong Xing, knocks on my emperor, and respectfully asks the emperor to be sainte."

"I'm up, get up and talk back." It was the first time that Zhu Qizhen put the emperor on the shelf so much.

"Your Majesty." Dong Xing stood up from the ground tremblingly, but he didn't dare to straighten his waist.

It was only because Dong Xing, like Fan Zhong, was a hereditary commander, and it was Zhu Qizhen who gave him the opportunity to follow Ningyang Hou Chen Mao to crusade against Deng Maoqi, so that he was promoted to the governor of Tongzhi for his merits.

Although it was Yu Qian's intention to come to Guangzhou this time, he understood that without Zhu Qizhen's recognition, he would never have had this opportunity to make contributions.

"Can you still adapt to the weather here in Guangzhou?" Dong Xing is a native of Henan, so Zhu Qizhen asked this question.

"Emperor Xie remembers, the ministers with rough skin and thick flesh can't tell the difference from their hometown, and the emperor's order is in his body, there is no difference if there is a difference." Dong Xing replied respectfully, judging it like two people in front of the others.

Zhu Qizhen's eyes were slightly slanted, and he observed Dong Xing with the corner of his eye, although Dong Xing looked a little restrained, but whether he was doing things or speaking, he had an excellent sense of proportion, which Zhu Qizhen liked.

"How's the matter explained by the imperial court?" Zhu Qizhen asked.

"Back to the emperor, the previous thief Huang Xiao's stronghold in the mountains has been broken by An Xiangbo, and now it is led by one of his clan brothers named Huang Xiaoqi, and the thief has also flowed from the mountains to the water, very cunning! Chen Zheng is gathering a large army, preparing to annihilate it in one fell swoop. Dong Xing replied seriously.

"Oh? Are you sure? This surprised Zhu Qizhen a little.

Dong Xing paused for a moment for the first time before saying, "As long as the reinforcements arrive, it will be foolproof." ”

"That's right."

Zhu Qizhen suddenly fell silent, and Dong Xing always bent his waist, waiting for Zhu Qizhen's final assessment.

"Why do you think the people rebelled?" Zhu Qizhen finally asked the last question, which was also the most important question.

"The minister thinks that the reason why the people rebelled should be directly related to the difficulty of suppressing this thief." Dong Xing considered his mouth.

"Something to say." Zhu Qizhen didn't want to play any dumb riddles.

"It's the emperor, the minister means that the reason why An Xiangbo was killed by thieves before, according to the minister's observation, should be because some people in the army don't want Huang Xiaoyang to be exterminated.

This is also the reason why the minister said that he needed to wait for the reinforcements to arrive before launching a general attack, otherwise in terms of soldiers alone, in the land of Guangdong Province, hundreds of thousands of troops would still be able to take out.

In the face of these people, it really won't be over in three or five days, and the general officers will never be folded in. Dong Xing saw that Zhu Qizhen was unhappy, so he even sped up his speech.

"You said that there were officials of the health center who fornicated with thieves?"

"The minister thinks that not only in the health center, but also in the government officials of various governments in Guangdong participated."

"But what evidence?"

"No, it's just a minister's guess."

The quick Q&A ended with Dong Xing's speculation, and Zhu Qizhen was silent again.

After a long time, he said, "Go out and ask Meng Jian to come in." Don't talk about speculation in the future, put it in your heart, and come out when you have evidence. ”

Dong Xing's forehead was sweating, and he replied, "Yes!" Be! The ministers obeyed the emperor's teachings, and the ministers retired. ”

Soon, Meng Jian came in, and like Dong Xing, he bowed and met a set of procedures.

This Meng Jian is Hu Hui's person, and he is also the vanguard who advocates weakening the lords.

The same few questions were exchanged for almost identical answers, since this is the case, Zhu Qizhen is also relieved, this Meng Jian is still a general knowledge, and knows that Dong Xing is the main person who marches and fights, and he is a usable person.

"Meng Jian, you are the squire of the household department and Hu Hui's protégé, I want to ask you what you think about the affairs of Guangzhou." Zhu Qizhen had already finished freshening up, and was sitting facing Meng Jian at this moment.

"Back to the emperor, if you are asking Huang Xiao about his affairs, the minister thinks that the crux of the problem lies in Tian and Shang." Meng Jian replied respectfully.

"Go on."

"Yes! This is in the field refers to the law of tuntian, the problem of the occupation of the people's land, this is the opinion of most people in the court, and the minister will not repeat it, the minister mainly wants to talk about commercial affairs. ”

Meng Jian raised his head slightly, saw Zhu Qizhen listening, and then said: "Shang is both a merchant and a maritime trade. The merchants were those who held the food, clothing, shelter and transportation in the city of Guangzhou.

Maritime trade, on the other hand, meant that when people could not get their necessities from the land, they were inevitably faced with two choices:

One is to rebel and then be exterminated by the imperial court, and the other is to commit suicide, so most of them will be like Huang Xiaoyang, and turn him upside down before he dies.

And the main reason is that apart from rebellion, they have no second choice, not even the same high-risk thing. ”

Zhu Qizhen was a little stunned when he heard this, Meng Jian's theory is strikingly similar to the later Marx's expression of productive forces.

"So you mean that if the mode of distribution cannot be changed, then the means of production will be increased, so that even the ordinary people at the bottom of the society have enough necessities of life, so as to alleviate or even solve the rigidity of distribution and promote the change of the social system?"

Now it was Meng Jian's turn to be shocked, what Zhu Qizhen said sounded ordinary at first glance, but in fact it contained truth, although the so-called means of production, distribution methods, daily necessities and other fresh words were a little too straightforward, but they were surprisingly accurate.

"The emperor is a genius in the sky, and the ministers are on the ground!" Meng Jian said with heartfelt emotion.

If you let this Meng Jian know that I am "plagiarizing" the old horse, I guess I will faint in the toilet, right?

Zhu Qizhen thought about it without a spoof, and then realized that the British colonization of the Americas in later generations was not just as this sentence said, diverting domestic contradictions and asking for resources from the outside?

It seems that for the sake of world peace, I have to take this step ahead of them, and I am a dignified Chinese gentleman who is harmonious and different, and I will definitely be able to make those backward places develop rapidly, and it is nothing to be tired for the sake of the world's great harmony.

"Don't be a sycophant, since you said so, you should already have a countermeasure in your heart, right?" Zhu Qizhen asked.

Meng Jian took a deep breath, and there was a feeling that he was at home, and he said: "The minister thinks that instead of letting this 'Huang Xiaoyang' plague my Ming Dynasty, it is better to find a place for them to go and settle down in the land of my Ming subjects." ”

Zhu Qizhen knew what he meant, but he still pretended not to understand and asked, "If you have something to say, say it directly." ”

"The minister asks the emperor to open the sea ban!" Meng Jian knelt on the ground and said word by word.

"Open the sea ban?" Zhu Qizhen's brows furrowed.

"That's right! Please ask the emperor to open the sea ban, so that even if you can't survive in the country, you can still go to the overseas islands! Meng Jian said excitedly.

Zhu Qizhen's original look of appreciation disappeared in an instant, and he glared at Meng Jian and said loudly: "Let the people of Daming go to live overseas?" Ignoring the livelihood of the people in the Ming Dynasty? Do they deserve to be usurped and oppressed? What do you think about your last name? Is it worthy of the knowledge left by the saint? Don't you feel guilty when you read Mencius? ”