Shangyang County!

Change the world!

The rebel team finally came in.

As early as the day before, the county order had fled, and a few hours before the rebels were about to arrive in the city, the officers and soldiers turned into robbers and looted the city, almost all the shops were looted, and then they left the city with the looted goods.

The rebel army easily took over the county seat of Shangyang, and compared with the final frenzied plundering of the officers and soldiers, these rebel armies did not plunder the wealth of the people after entering the city, but maintained order in the county seat.

After a day, the county finally settled down.

Lin Ye walked out of the room, walked to the study, pushed open the door, and An Zisheng glared at him angrily.

"Shameless, traitor, traitor......"

Lin Ye took down the paper ball in An Zisheng's mouth, and this guy immediately scolded, and the saliva was about to be sprayed on Lin Ye's face.

"The rebels have entered the city, you can leave now."

When An Zisheng heard Lin Ye's words, his whole person was like a deflated ball, and his spirit was gone.

"Rebel...... The rebels have entered the city, and the people of Shangyang County are going to suffer, I, An Zisheng, read the sage book, read the sage book! ”

An Zisheng muttered at first, but when he came to the back, he burst into a foul mouth, and his gaze at Lin Ye was even more about to eat people, Lin Ye felt that if he untied this guy now, this guy could pounce on him like a dog and bite him.

"You are indeed reading the books of the sages in vain."

Lin Ye slapped An Zisheng on the back of the head very unceremoniously, An Zisheng was in pain, and raised his head with grievances in anger.

"What you think you understand is true, let me tell you, it is the officers and soldiers in your eyes who robbed the shops in the county town before the rebels arrived, robbed a lot of money and left regardless of whether the people lived or died, and the anti-thieves in your eyes who were like robbers maintained order after entering the city."

An Zisheng listened to Lin Ye's words and stared at him with suspicious eyes, obviously he didn't believe what Lin Ye said.

"I don't care to lie to you yet, you can go out and have a look yourself, and ask the people in the city if what I said is true."

Lin Ye untied An Zisheng's rope, but An Zisheng didn't rush towards Lin Ye, and said angrily: "I'll ask, if I know that you lied to me, I will make you pay the price even if I die." ”

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An Zisheng walked out of the courtyard gate, but at a glance he was confused by the scene on the street.

He read the books of the sages, the books of the rise and fall of history, and whenever he mentioned rebellion, they described the places where the rebels went, the people suffered, and the houses were closed.

But on the street in front of me, the people didn't panic at all, and they were talking and laughing while walking in twos.

Did he lie to me that the rebels didn't come in at all?

Yes, it must be.

An Zisheng felt that his judgment was correct, it was very likely that the rebels changed direction and did not come to Shangyang County, so the people were so relaxed.

Thinking of this, An Zisheng walked quickly to the street, stopped a passing citizen, and asked, "Dare to ask if the rebels have changed direction?" ”

The people glanced at him, and said angrily: "What rebels, people are here to rescue us, if they hadn't come, the city would have been in chaos a long time ago, and those green-skinned hooligans took advantage of those big officials and officers and soldiers to escape, and they all took advantage of the chaos to come out and rob." ”

"The county commander has fled, how is this possible, the county commander said that he would live and die with this county."

An Zisheng trembled, when he was studying in the school, the county magistrate came to the university to encourage them to read, and talked about the literati style, and later there was a rebellion in Sanhe County, and he also went to the county government to meet the county magistrate, and the county magistrate told him that as a local parent official, he would live and die with Shangyang County.

"Coexistence and death are a fart, it's stupid to read, the county order has long been gone, and those officers and soldiers, who are worse than bandits, plundered the shops in the city before escaping, you kind of scholars, you have a honey sword, say one thing and do another, the most important thing."

Passers-by took a sip and left, leaving An Zisheng standing in place, looking confused and helpless.

Everything was different from what he imagined.

"No...... That's not true. ”

An Zisheng stopped another passerby, and a few minutes later, the whole person stood on the street and lost his soul.

"Any idea why? Because everything you know about the rebels comes from the gentry and the magnates, for whom the rebels are hateful, as inhuman as bandits, but for the poor and ordinary people, the rebels are here to save them from being exploited by the landlords. ”

Lin Ye appeared behind An Zisheng, saw An Zisheng turn around, and continued to ask, "Do you know why an imperial dynasty can only last for a hundred years at most, hundreds of years?" ”

"Because the emperor is immoral and the bureaucracy is corrupt, the people are not happy, and people with lofty ideals revolt and rebel, and they gather in all directions." An Zisheng replied.

"Wrong, the real reason is because no matter which dynasty, which emperor is on the throne, he has not been able to manage the bottom, the imperial power does not go to the countryside, the officials and lords stay in the county government, and the biggest official that the people in the village can see in their lives is the chief."

"Isn't it like this in all dynasties, the people in the countryside haven't read much, and it's most appropriate for the chief squire to be in charge of management." An Zisheng retorted, because that's what the book says, foolish people, foolish people, tell them the truth in the book, these people can't understand it, as long as the governor conveys the policies promulgated by the court.

"It is precisely because of this that no dynasty can last long, at most it can only last for a few hundred years, the Jing Dynasty existed for four hundred years, and the Emperor Wenzong at the time of the fall was called a rare diligent and wise monarch, and the Liang Dynasty existed for three hundred and sixty years, and the last Emperor Chengzong rectified the rule of officials, but he still failed to prevent the fall of the dynasty."

Regarding the history of the other world, Lin Ye also read many history books during the time he was imprisoned, and knew some of the historical deeds of the previous dynasties.

"Then what did you tell me about it?"

An Zisheng asked rhetorically, so many great Confucians in the past dynasties have not been able to explain it, so he doesn't believe that Lin Ye can explain it clearly.

Lin Ye smiled, sample, if it were to be changed, I would definitely not be able to explain it, but my brother was standing on the shoulders of giants.

"Because the imperial power does not go to the countryside, because every dynasty has never really cared about the people at the bottom." Lin Ye thought of the research of a certain scholar he had seen, and directly copied it: "Every dynasty flourished at the beginning, that is because it has just experienced war, the population is small, the land is large, everyone has land to divide, and the people will not starve, but with the stability of the world, the official gentry class appears, the official gentry enjoy various privileges, but the people cannot enjoy it, and when they encounter a disaster year or illness or something, they can only sell the land to the gentry and landlords in order to survive, and then become tenants." ”

"From the royal family to the officials, no one cares about the life and death of these tenants, just like you scholars, who boast of reading the books of sages and sages every day, and put the people first on your lips, but the people in your mouth are not those poor people, but those village sages and gentry."

"The reputation of an official is in the hands of the village sages, because the poor people have no access to the officials at all, and the court's assessment of officials is only at one layer, so the so-called parents and officials love the people like children, and love these village sages, and the officials are good to these village sages and gentry for the sake of a good reputation, and the village sages and gentry are desperately exploiting the people at the bottom and plundering their land, while praising the officials, the officials and the squires are happy, and no one will care about the life or death of the real bottom people."

"You want to argue with me, you think what I said is wrong." Seeing An Zisheng open his mouth to refute, Lin Ye sneered and said: "Take you as an example, you are a scholar, and you have not yet obtained fame, and your understanding of the rebels only listens to those gentry, if you become an official and are surrounded by officials and gentry, it is impossible to listen to the voices of the people at the bottom, and revel in the Heqing Haiyan woven by the squire and landlord for you, and think that you are a good official."

"It is precisely because of officials like you who think they will benefit the people, plus those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, that all dynasties can only last for hundreds of years in the end."

An Zisheng's mouth was stiff, and he wanted to say something several times, but he found that he couldn't refute it, he was a scholar, and some truths were understood as soon as he heard them, but he didn't understand them before, because he hadn't thought about it like this, or that no one in the world had ever thought about it like this.

Because when they were studying, even poor scholars were kind when they came into contact with the squires, and even donated silver taels to them, just take the school where he was located, the squires donated hundreds of taels of silver every year to buy the four treasures of the study, how could they think that these squires were bad?

An Zisheng knew that if there was no rebellion this time, if he really got admitted to the meritorious service and went to serve in a county, because of his good impression of the gentry and sages, he would really be deceived by the gentry as the person in front of him said.

Seeing An Zisheng's suspicious appearance of life, Lin Ye was also happy in his heart, what he said was only the obvious reason, the actual reason was that the productivity was not enough, as long as the existing land could not meet the survival of the people, even if the court was full of clean officials, it would be useless to have peace in the world.

As soon as the world is peaceful, the common people will desperately give birth to offspring, and once the population is large and the land is not enough, contradictions will still erupt.

"Thank you for the teaching."

After a long time, An Zisheng suddenly bowed to Lin Ye, and said: "If it weren't for Lin Gongzi, even if I read the sage books for a lifetime, I wouldn't have woken up to this truth." ”

Lin Ye received An Zisheng's gift with a stab, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, since you understand this truth, then do what you have to do, I still have things to do." ”

An Zisheng turned around and left after saluting again, Lin Ye looked at the back of An Zisheng leaving, this scholar is also an interesting person.