Liang Ruji nodded, "I know your concerns. I've thought about this question too. But when we talked to Sect Master Xu about cooperation in the matter, we said in advance, if most of the brothers in my sect were against it, then this cooperation would be considered a stop. Now it seems that most of my cousins disagreed with my original decision. It's just that at that time, out of consideration for the overall situation, I forcibly suppressed everyone's opinions.

Now that we talk to Sect Master Xu about withdrawing, it shouldn't be regarded as our dishonesty! ”

"But the master of the sect, the Wenxiang Sect has been active in Beijing for many years, and there are no less than one million disciples, especially in Zhili and Shandong. Now that the little emperor has just ascended the throne, their success is very likely. Isn't it worth it for us to give up such a good ready-made opportunity, but we have to do it from scratch with difficulty? ”

Xu Hongru shook his head. "Ruming! You can't just see the surface! Yes, they do have a large number of followers. However, they also have a fatal flaw: they teach many ignorant people, and there are too few people who can have foresight, talent, and great responsibility.

This is also the most important reason why Xu Hongru tried his best to pull us to participate. Although the number of our Juhetang is only a few hundred, everyone is elite, and everyone can be a general. When Xu Hongru first talked to me, he only wanted me to send him 20 men to help him train his disciples on how to fight with officers and soldiers. He is willing to exchange one Jiangxi for twenty of us, which shows his dependence on us.

In the past two days, after careful consideration, I feel that Xu Hongru's words cannot be fully believed. Mo said that it would be difficult for him to succeed. Even if it really happens, he may not give us Jiangxi, but is more likely to secretly get rid of us. Don't you forget the old saying: When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden; The enemy country is destroyed, and the strategists are destroyed. This is also a truth that is not easy to understand.

Moreover, we are not the same family as them. At that time, we have not accomplished great things, but the brothers who have been harmed are in different places, so that I will not be able to see all my ancestors in the underground again!

Besides, is it really so easy to fight in this world? Don't look at the Ming Dynasty has been unfavorable in Liaodong, but there are still a lot of capable people, although our brothers have been walking in all directions for many years, and most of them are hand-to-hand fighting dragons and snakes, but this battle must not be a battle between the rivers and lakes, it does not rely on personal strength. Don't look at me praising you on weekdays, saying that you can all be generals, that's just a joke between brothers, if you really go to the battlefield, it can't be won by courage alone.

It is not easy to win the world. It will be a success, and ten thousand bones will wither! ”

Liang Ruji said this, with a long sigh.

"Master Liang, after all, you are timid, are you? It doesn't matter, if you don't dare to go, I'll take a group of brothers to help Sect Master Xu. When the time comes, the world will be defeated, and you will still be the master of all of us. I'm not going to compete with you for this position, how about it? ”

Liang Ruji showed a wry smile, "Ruming, are you Liang Ruji like that?" If I had been timid, how could I have agreed to cooperate with Sect Master Xu three months ago. I've already said that. So I don't want to cooperate with Sect Master Xu now, it's because I've found a path that is more suitable for us to take, and the risk is much smaller than that of cooperating with the Wenxiang Sect, but the chance of success is much greater than theirs.

Go and ask any of our brothers who are afraid of death. If we were afraid of death, we wouldn't risk killing our heads all day long to do this kind of robbery of wealth and killing officials! ”

Liang Ruji's words were not finished, and many people below had already started to discuss, "Yes, Ruming, what the door master said." It's not good to work with that mustache. I was angry when I saw how he pretended to be a ghost. What can they do with their rabble? ”

"The master of the door has a point. If we cooperate with the Wenxiang Sect and work hard for them, I'm afraid that they will kick us sooner or later. You can't do this kind of thing. ”

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Liang Ruming listened to everyone's discussions, and suddenly stood up, "Then, I want to ask the door master." What kind of world do you mean we can build ourselves? What did we build on? Is it just these hundreds of poor eggs in our hands? Don't forget, you can't just have people to do things, you also have to have money! The silver of our Gathering and Gate has always been left hand in and right hand out! ”

After listening to Liang Ruming's words, many people began to agree with Liang Ruming's words again, thinking that although it was dangerous, if Liang Ruji couldn't find a better way out, everyone would still choose to cooperate with Wenxiangmen.

Liang Ruji said calmly, "Brother Ruming is right. I've thought of all these questions as well. Therefore, I specially invited that strange man today, because I was in a hurry to leave that day, I still have many questions that have not been asked clearly, and all the brothers are here today, just to discuss together. Let's see what kind of world we want to build, how we want to build it, and how we want to maintain it. can't be like the old predecessors of He, who have been working for more than ten years, and as soon as the government suppresses it, we will run away. That's definitely not going to work. ”

After speaking, Liang Ruji stepped aside and said down, "Next, let's first invite this strange person, Yu Ren Yu Xianggong of Quanzhou, to tell us what to do in Juhetang to be better." ”

Liang Ruji said, bowed down and invited Yu Ren to the small platform set up by the first few stools.

Yu Ren had been listening silently to the discussion of these people. At first, he didn't understand. Slowly he understood. It turned out that this Liang Ruji had founded a Juhe Gate. And that what smelling incense sect has a Xu sect leader, and he wants to cooperate with them, and everyone will do things together. To put it bluntly, it is a rebellion.

Liang Ruji originally wanted to use the Wenxiang Sect to restore their Gathering Hall, but now because of his discussion the day before yesterday, he suddenly changed his mind. Now, he wants to let himself say, what will he do in the future. Yu Ren is really embarrassed. He had never thought about the problem of Juhetang, he just thought about what he would do if he was to govern the southeast.

He believes that the southeast, which has a developed economy and a more open mind, is the best hot spring for democracy in the Ming Dynasty. If one day he turns against the court, perhaps he can find a place there and build a state within a state to give his brothers a foothold.

However, now that Liang Ruji wants him to talk about how to build a new Juhe Hall, Yu Ren is in a dilemma. But he also knew that such an occasion could never be shirked. Otherwise, he would have hurt Liang Ruji. The young man named Ruming was sharp-tongued and aggressive, obviously unconvinced. If he smashed Liang Ruji's platform again at such a critical time, he was afraid that his position as the master of the door would be in danger.

Yu Ren stood on the stage, cleared his throat, and said to the audience, "It's a pleasure to discuss this issue with you. Let's be honest. I really hadn't heard of the Taizhou School and his view that 'the people's daily life is the way', let alone Juhetang. ”

When everyone in the audience heard this, some people began to talk quietly.

"However, for the Datong world, I am the same as everyone else. It's always been a dream in my heart. I have always been thinking about how to build a world that is fair and just, where everyone is equal and prosperous, and where there is no oppression.

In this world, every family has land to plant, everyone has a house to live in, and we don't have to be beaten and scolded by others, and we don't have to look at people's eyes to live. Maybe his name isn't Juhetang, but that's okay. Because it is exactly the dream world that we all have in our hearts.

It's not a secret. I also have thousands of brothers under my command. Most of these people live at sea and make a living by depreciating goods from all over the world. On our island, we only have a different division of labor, but there is no difference between high and low, we get along like a family, although we do not have the same surname as each other, but we are the best brothers and sisters.

However, I have always had a dream. I would like to give them such a home on land, because the island must be limited by conditions, and it is difficult to live in a difficult situation, and sometimes it will be very troublesome in the event of a typhoon. However, I also know that this is very difficult to do on land. On the islands, we were able to do this very easily, and that was because the imperial courts on those islands did not send officials. And on land, there is hardly a single such place.

Later, one day I finally figured it out. Why should we be afraid of being oppressed by those officials? It's because we don't have the strength to resist. If we have a force that can resist the officers and soldiers, but we do not take the initiative to be enemies of the imperial court. We will pay the taxes that the state wants to collect. But those corrupt officials in the local areas can't do it if they want to levy us more taxes and forced labor.

What will be the result? At least we won't repeat the tragedy of the old man back then! ”

Before Yu Ren's words were finished, Liang Ruming asked first, "What Yu Xianggong said is good. But where did it come from? and to pay taxes, and to feed an army. Where does all this money come from? ”