Zhu Di's mind didn't turn a corner.

It was mainly Zhang Anshi's unprovoked flattery, which taught him a little uncomfortable.

Therefore, Zhu Di fell into silence and unconsciously chewed on Zhang Anshi's words.

It was the first to react, but it was the scholars of Wenyuan Pavilion who accompanied him.

Although they heard it in a fog, they heard it more or less.

So everyone looked at each other, and their hearts couldn't help but be shocked, Zhang Anshi, a rebellious general, had never left the capital.

As for the model battalion, there has not been any reassignment.

Could it be that those traitors suddenly repented?

You must know that once you are captured, no one can bear the consequences, so in all dynasties, there has never been a case of a rebel surrendering easily.

In this case, how did this Fujian political envoy quell the rebellion?

This rebellion is so large-scale, how can it be that in just over a month, good news can come?

This matter is too unbelievable, and even the scholars of Wenyuan Pavilion, who now deeply recognize Zhang Anshi, are already full of suspicions.

So Xie Jin immediately asked: "Your Highness, what you just said, does it mean that the Fujian political envoy has been pacified?" ”

Zhang Anshi immediately said: "Naturally! ”

Naturally, Zhu Di woke up, he looked at Zhang Anshi carefully, and said in a deep voice: "Settled? ”

Zhang Anshi also knew everyone's thoughts, so he said: "Your Majesty, it has indeed been pacified, tens of thousands of traitors have been wiped out, and all the stubborn thieves have been captured. As for the backbone of these traitors, they have now been bound and escorted to Beijing at any time, and now the Fujian political envoy is too peaceful. ”

Zhu Di's eyes suddenly swept over a trace of fine light, and then his body shook, and said, "Is the local guard calm?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Di felt a little speechless.

The Ming Dynasty did arrange a lot of guards in Fujian, but with the peace of the world, the combat effectiveness of the guards has dropped greatly, not to mention the elite of the imperial court, most of them are the guards of Zhili and the first line of Beiping, and there is really no need to guard against foreign invaders in places like the Fujian Political Envoys.

This time, the rebels rose very suddenly, and as a result, many of the guards had suffered heavy losses under the sudden attack, and they could barely defend themselves, but there was little hope for counterinsurgency.

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, this is all the credit of the Post Department. ”

Hu Guang: "......"

Zhu Di felt even more incredible.

Zhang Anshi glanced at everyone, and received a few unbelievable glances at one time, so he said, "Your Majesty, minister...... Let's start at the beginning. Your Majesty, after the news of the rebellion spread from all over the country, people inside and outside the government and the opposition were only talking about the scale of the rebellion, the number of rebels, and the losses they caused. The scholars of Shilin cited the examples of the previous dynasties to illustrate the past and the present. Hundreds of officials were tied, and even the scholars were only worried about what the consequences would be for this rebel. ”

Zhang Anshi said eloquently, at this time, the monarchs and ministers had already endured their excitement about this sudden good news, and they all had patience and listened very carefully.

Zhang Anshi is not wrong in what he said, everyone's thoughts are different.

It's just that......

Zhu Di said: "What's wrong with this? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Kechen was thinking about why there was a rebellion. ”

Zhu Di didn't think about it and said: "This is not simple, isn't it just to check the hidden households and make Haoqiang dissatisfied?" I have to investigate thoroughly to the end, they have no way back, and they have to take risks. ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, sure enough, the source of this rebellion was found at once. But...... The gentry who are strong and unsubservient are, after all, a minority, so ...... Dare to ask Your Majesty, how can they make such a big mess? ”

Zhu Di said: "They are all over the world, operating for hundreds of years, and the roots are deep, if they really want to make trouble and coerce the people, isn't it easy?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "A group of scheming traitors can coerce many people and make such a big move, which shows that these people are really the trouble of my heart." ”

But Kechen was thinking...... It's not on their heads. ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the monarchs and ministers changed slightly.

Zhu Di's face was a little stiff, showing a little embarrassment.

And Xie Jinren and the others couldn't help but be shocked that Zhang Anshi was bold today, and he really dared to say anything.

At this time, Zhang Anshi continued: "The question that the minister is thinking about is why the people are easily coerced, it is really just because of ...... Can these powerful and inferior gentlemen be moved by a few words? But as far as the minister knows, these heroes and gentry, just on weekdays, are powerful, although occasionally make a show, put on a posture of benefiting the township, but in the final analysis, if it is not for the exploitation of the people in the township, how can they have such a family business? ”

Hu Guang was more serious at this time, became serious, and said: "Maybe it's because the people are ignorant......

"Hu Gong, it's not that I, Zhang Anshi, are disrespectful to you, but in terms of it, Hu Gong's insight is not as good as Ling Lang's, Ling Lang can still know and distinguish right from wrong, but why is Hu Gong so confused."

Hu Guang has always been good-tempered, but when he heard this, his face couldn't help but change suddenly.

Hu Guang is a person who has a clear understanding of himself, that is to say, he is not a stubborn person, so many times, if you say that he is not as good as someone, he may just smile and say it...... Yeah.

After all, he had already recognized it, lying flat and rotten.

But if you say that he is not even as good as his own son, this is different, the father is not as good as his son, you don't say it yourself, you Zhang Anshi an outsider said, don't you know the kindness of father and son?

Besides, what will this dad do in the future? Still shameless?

Hu Guang was anxious, and his eyes suddenly widened, wanting to refute.

However, Zhu Di's eyes squinted, and he had already seen Hu Guang's thoughts, so he said: "Listen to him, don't interrupt." ”

Hu Guangdun felt aggrieved, but he also knew the seriousness of the matter, so he had to say: "Yes, the minister obeys the order." ”

Zhu Di said to Zhang Anshi: "Zhang Qing, what Hu Qing said, is there anything wrong?" Now, is it not foolish and ignorant that the people are being coerced and being thieves? ”

Zhang Anshi shook his head lightly and said, "The question is, why are the people stupid!" ”

Zhu Di frowned slightly, and he didn't react for a while.

Zhang Anshi continued: "The exploitation and oppression of the people by the gentry and the powerful have already been said by the ministers, and the evil deeds can even be described as unwritten, and those bad things can be collected by the ministers. What the minister is afraid of is that it is clearly so oppressive, but in the end, the people are still coerced, if it is only explained by stupidity, this makes sense, but the minister thinks that this is a lazy method, just to talk about self-entertainment. ”

Zhang Anshi paused, and then said: "But the reports that Kechen received from various post stations have another explanation. ”

Zhu Di didn't expect that this post station could also receive all kinds of feedback, so he said: "Play it." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "On the side of the post station, what is reported is that although the gentry and the powerful are oppressed in the local states and counties, they have also established order, and these orders, for ordinary people, are of course very bad, but they are much better than the official government and the imperial court......

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Di was a little stunned.

Zhang Anshi said: "The imperial court is only in the temple, and it keeps saying that it loves the people like children, but what about the actual situation? The actual situation is that the people in their daily life, almost no government and court, His Majesty's measures to love the people, has always been reduced to a dead letter, a county, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, the court just appointed a county order, a county, a teaching, a master book, a few parents and officials, with their hands, not to say that it is to govern the people, that is, how many people are under the rule, but I am afraid that it is also a black eye. ”

"What's even more terrifying is that the people don't know that there is a court and an official government, and even if they do, the situation of the court and the official government is controlled by the local heroes and gentry! On weekdays, there are things to do, and I can't see the officials, but the court and the government only think of them when they pay taxes and levy labor. What's even more ridiculous is that even if it is a levy for grain and forced labor, the government still asks the gentry and the powerful to do it for them, and teaches them to extort money and grain in the name of the court and the government, and pull the strong men. ”

Zhang Anshi sighed and said: "The most hated thing by the people, the court and the government bear the notoriety, but the things that the people yearn for, the court and the government are nowhere to be found!" ”

Speaking of this, he glanced up at Hu Guang, and then continued to look at Zhu Di and said: "Just now Hu Gong said that the people are dull, but Your Majesty, the people are dull, isn't it brought by the court and the government?" The scholars appointed by the imperial court educate scholars, and scholars are precisely the groups that have their own wealth and can read. And there are countless people in the world, who are illiterate, and no one cares about raising their children, can the imperial court take measures? ”

When Zhang Anshi said this, he seemed to pause deliberately, glanced at the changing faces of everyone, and then said: "Because of this, if you want to compare, then the real situation is that compared with the gentry and the powerful in the local bad government, the court and the government, even to the point where it does not exist, there is no government at all, let alone any good government and bad government, all the measures on the temple on the governance and benefiting the people are actually a dead letter, for the people, there is no court and government in the world, Compared with the gentry and the powerful in front of them, although the gentry and the powerful are exploited, they would rather trust the latter. ”

When Zhu Di heard this, he was not angry, but his face was a little pale!

To be honest, he showed a little depressed, and he was speechless for a while.

Xie Jin, Yang Rongren, etc., who were also listening carefully, stopped squeaking at this time.

After a long time, Zhu Di finally found his voice, and sighed: "What Zhang Qing said is not unreasonable, he doesn't care about it on weekdays, he doesn't care about it, and the situation is to this point, which can be regarded as self-inflicted." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "In this world, everything is afraid of the truth, and if anything is only prevaricated by the stupidity of the people, it can indeed solve the current problem with peace of mind." But as long as you truly understand the crux of the problem and prescribe the right medicine, even if you make amends, it is not too late. ”

Zhu Di cheered up, and then said: "Has Zhang Qing thought about how to prescribe the right medicine?" ”

Zhang Anshi thought for a while and said: "Since the people are stupid, then we must teach them the truth and let them know that the court is not ignoring them. In these days, the Post Office has been in direct contact with the people through post stations and kiosks, through many post guards and clerks, who are not only responsible for the delivery of newspapers and letters, but also through the streets and households, and go deep into the villages. ”

After a pause, he continued: "In addition, the post guards and scribes are carefully selected by the post department, and most of them are mainly scholars, some are ordinary scholars, and some are from various schools in Zhili, they send letters, but the people are illiterate, so they have to write letters for them. When they go deep into the townships, there will inevitably be some motivated young people who are thirsty for knowledge, so they teach them some simple literacy and hyphenation skills, and the inexpensive Di Bao also gives them the opportunity to read and write, and open the door to convenience, so that many people, for the first time in their lives, can really come into contact with printed matter. ”

"Even if it's just a point or two from the post guards, teaching some of the most commonly used words, this newspaper can barely read seven, seven, eight, eight. With this, the minister did not dare to say that it made people wise, but at least ...... It is enough to teach them what the world is like, and what is the situation of Zhili who is far away in the sky, these things may actually be just a gesture, or even not worth mentioning, but in this world, seeds have been planted. ”

"Therefore, after the rebellion broke out, the minister immediately ordered the post office to teach the Fujian political envoy and the Guangxi political envoy to the post stations, affirm the will of the imperial court to quell the rebellion, and raise volunteers everywhere to quell the rebellion......

When Zhang Anshi said this, he smiled, and couldn't help but glance at Hu Guang teasingly, and then said: "Then does Your Majesty think that these people are stupid?" The ministers do not necessarily see it, but as long as they know the benefits and disadvantages, and declare the righteousness, they can win the trust of the people, and there are countless righteous people in this world, who are the precursors of the king, and then die......"

Therefore, in just one month, there were 100,000 volunteers raised by Fujian's political envoys. Your Majesty, who is the most willing among them? ”

In what Zhang Anshi said, Zhu Di's face changed several times, and when Zhang Anshi finally said it, Zhu Di suddenly realized.

Although he still felt that all this came too quickly, those post stations had such an effect, which really taught him to imagine. But he still subconsciously asked, "Who?" ”

"Tan Min." Zhang Anshi spit out these two words, and then said: "It is precisely the court and the government that most disgust and ignore the group for them, and even regard them as plagues, but it happens that they are the ones who are most desperate after getting the care of the post guards at the post station. ”

Zhu Di was moved for a moment, and the look of appreciation in his eyes was undoubted.

He really didn't expect that the person who played the biggest role in this matter was the Tan people who had never paid much attention to it before!

Not to mention anything else, this blood courage alone is enough to make Zhu Di, who is about to win the world, look sideways.

Zhu Di pursed his lips, and finally said, "That's it, it's ...... Is that so? ”

Zhang Anshi saw that Zhu Di was still full of questions, so he said patiently: "The rebels can quickly disintegrate, in addition to the volunteers, but also because many people who were coerced were gradually infiltrated by the volunteers, and knew the stakes, especially the spread of the new deal, so that they repented, therefore, there was no morale. It is precisely because of this that tens of thousands of traitors were leveled in an instant, and the world was stable again. ”

Zhu Di nodded and sighed with emotion: "I understand, no wonder Zhang Qing has been standing still before...... This is not surprising. ”

Zhu Di immediately laughed, how anxious he was before, how good his mood is now, and said: "Okay, it didn't cost a single soldier to pacify the traitors, these loyal ministers and righteous soldiers, I want to reward them heavily." ”

Zhang Anshi immediately shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I rewarded them heavily, although some people got the property, and some people were added to the rank of knight, but Your Majesty ...... These people are certainly grateful, but what about ten or twenty years from now? What if there are people who hold the ignorant people hostage? ”

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but say: "Zhang Qing has something to say, you might as well say it bluntly." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Now the volunteers are about to be dismissed, and soon after, they will be disarmed and returned to the field, but what they hope for is not necessarily just a reward, but bathing in His Majesty's kindness, hoping that Your Majesty can treat people like them with kindness as he did for the gentry and scholars, and treat people like them generous......ly."

After hearing this, Zhu Di's face was cloudy for a while, and the whole person fell into deep thought.

In addition to the privileges of exempting from forced labor, exempting land and property, and not worshipping officials, a large number of county schools, government schools, and national schools are also set up in the world, which are actually preferential treatment for these specific groups.

But the number of people who can read is only a minority after all, this ...... The preferential treatment of the imperial court, I think this is also the reason why Emperor Taizu Gao is willing to give preferential treatment.

It's just that there are thousands of people in the world...... A little preferential treatment is just a drop in the bucket.

Zhang Anshi seemed to see Zhu Di's thoughts, his face was still calm, and then he slowly took out a charter from his sleeve and said: "The minister is courageous, but he has drawn up a charter, this charter is based on some of the new policy, some measures have been formulated, and I also ask Your Majesty to give advice." ”

Zhu Di came back to his senses, exhaled softly, and then became much calmer.

This is also what Zhu Di admires most about Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi likes to ask questions, but he can always come up with a charter to solve them.

And most of these charters are more reliable.

Zhu Di lifted his spirits and said, "Fetch ......"

(End of chapter)