"Squeak...... "The carriage moved slowly, and anyone with experience could understand that it was because ......of the huge weight it carried. There were more than a dozen of such heavy carriages, and the horses pulling them were a little tired on the uneven stone slabs and sandy surface.

Nangong Zhi looked at the dozen or so carriages with an ugly face, looking at these carriages that were slowly moving in a line like old men, and sighed helplessly. There is a comparison to see the difference. When I first walked in Xuguo in the north, those books, newspapers, etc., were loaded with five horse-drawn carriages, and they were four-wheeled carriages, but when I arrived in my own country, I suddenly found that Chen Guo's roads were only allowed to use four-wheeled carriages, and most of the road terrain and so on, only two-wheeled carriages could be used. And not only these, the quality of Xuguo's carriage is also very good, and the key parts such as bearings are actually made of steel cylinders.

With comparison, there is a gap! Ordinary people may only say that Xuguo's carriage is good, but Nangong Zhi, as a commander in the north, has seen more! The neighbors in the north have wide and flat roads and sturdy four-wheeled carriages, all of which are a powerful foundation for war in Nangong Zhi's eyes. In the event of a war, Xu Guo could quickly mobilize troops and provide strong logistical support, while Chen Guo could only stare dryly!

All kinds of sense of crisis lingered in Nangong Zhi's heart, making Nangong Zhi a little irritable when he listened to the squeaking of the carriage.

Finally, when Nangong Zhi was about to erupt in irritability, the carriage stopped, because it had already arrived at the palace of Chen Guo.

"Lord Nangong, the king has already ordered, you can just go directly to the council hall when you come. "There was already a eunuch waiting at the gate of the palace.

"Okay. You arrange for someone to sort out the books and other things on the car behind you and send them to the council hall as soon as possible, the sooner the better. You can send some of them first. After saying this. Nangong Zhi walked forward without looking back, but when he passed by the eunuch, he quickly threw out something and fell into the eunuch's sleeve very accurately.

The eunuch naturally clasped his hands, pinched them carefully, and suddenly didn't look at them and smiled, it turned out to be a piece of Qi Luck Coins! Don't look at Xiao Hao's exchange in the trading center at the price of one Qi Yun Coin for 1,000 taels of gold, but if you really want to exchange gold for Qi Yun Coins. Fifteen hundred taels, or even two thousand taels of gold, are not necessarily enough - the most important thing is that almost no one would be stupid enough to exchange luck coins for gold.

And for the eunuchs, for the eunuchs of this world, the luck coin is even more important -- because it is expected to restore the dignity of men! Every once in a while, there will always be rumors that such and such a eunuch suddenly became a man and caused trouble in the harem, and then made a peony flower under the "ghost".

The eunuch who was in a good mood suddenly asked the little eunuchs and others around him to carefully sort out the things on the carriage. However, seeing that more than a dozen carriages were full of books, the eunuch's eyes suddenly widened, "How much does this cost! You all be careful, first sort out some of them and send them to the main hall, so that the king can see them." Also, you go and ask more people to help. Kindness...... By the way, you go and call the guys from Tai Academy. Let these guys help us work for free, I believe these guys are willing. ”

Of course they do, and many scholars go crazy when they see a dozen wagons, all full of paper books. These guys are more careful than the eunuchs, tidying up every book, carefully wiping off the sweat and dust that is almost non-existent in the palms of their hands, and then they will cautiously and quietly turn a page or two to see the title. Eventually, the scholars drove the eunuch aside to draw circles and began to carefully tidy them up. made many little eunuchs laugh suddenly.

Although Xiao Hao started selling paper two years ago. But at that time, after all, it had just begun, and the scale was very small, and the treacherous Xiao Hao set the price very high. Printed books and paper are also completely different things. These printed books are even more valuable in the eyes of true scholars.

A scholar carefully opened the fourth carriage and immediately began to frown, because the titles of the books in it were all traditional documents such as the Four Books and the Five Classics; the first book was "Miscellaneous Discussions on the Law of the Xu Kingdom", the second book was "Argument on the Complementarity of Mohist Legalists", and the third book was "Quotations of His Majesty - All People Are Equal Under the Law".

There are also a variety of books in the back. These books made the scholars of Tai Academy frown at first, but many people applauded when they looked at them.

"Ahem...... the previous great eunuch walked over with his head held high, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is something that Nangong Zhi Nangong Marshal brought back from Xuguo, and it also needs to be asked to His Majesty." Please also organize a few copies of each car. His Majesty made a decision after looking at it, and these things must have been learned too much in the end. ”

"Yes, yes, Yuan Shilang is right!" Suddenly, these scholars of the Tai Academy lost a piece of discipline, and one by one they quickly sorted out some of the books and sent them to the palace. But the large number of books left in place made these students read them fascinated one by one.

"Oh my God, what is this? Human anatomy? What a rebellion! Who wrote this book, it should be dipped in a pig cage! A thousand cuts!"

"Hey, it's agricultural. The relationship between temperature, light and crops. ”

"Hey, what is this, geometry? I don't understand. Oh, there are a few words at the end, and this is -- the primary school calibration textbook? Damn, a book for elementary school students?"

"Gee, it doesn't seem like a book has a description at the end. The book is ...... This is the same as this textbook, and this is also the ...... How is it possible that these books are books of elementary school students? Can they understand them? I can't even understand them!

What else is this, chemistry, physics? What kind of stuff is this! It's so shameful and wasteful, such precious paper books are used to write these useless things! Not to mention whether these things are useful or not, they have nothing to do with the cultivation of qi luck, the ascension of purple qi, and so on! This is a waste, a waste!"

This kind of situation happened not only at the door, but also in Chen Guo's council hall, and it was even more intense.

Nangong Zhi looked at the officials who were arguing around him, and he was even more speechless, but behind the speechlessness, there was contempt and disappointment. Under such circumstances, Nangong Zhi just sat in his place and did not say a word, and the high king was also quietly flipping through a book, thinking as he flipped through it. This is what King Chen is looking at now. It is "The Theory of Contract", which was written with the support of Xiao Hao. The general relationship is that the state is not owned by one person, and the king and officials are only representatives, so officials and so on cannot do whatever they want, and all the actions of the entire kingdom can be summed up in the words "spirit of contract".

If he had seen such a book before, King Chen would definitely have disdained it. Just throw it aside and give a "ridiculous" evaluation. However, King Chen Guo understood that it was relying on these seemingly inconspicuous four words that made Xuguo undergo earth-shaking changes. As a king, how can he not care about the affairs of the north, in the past three or two years, the north has been turbulent, and now there is such a country as Xuguo. Moreover, the neighbor in the north actually involved half of the world's ninth-rate, making the whole world boiling.

I watched it for a long time. When the sun was setting in the west, King Chen Guojun finished reading the "Theory of Contract", which seemed to be less than 30,000 words. Then he looked at Nangong Zhi, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, "General Nangong, according to what you said, and the information obtained by the widow, many books, many ideas, and many knowledge here need to be kept secret, why is Xuguo so generously open? Are they really so generous? Now their books and so on are openly sold, but the price is very high abroad."

But anyway. This book is also very precious, and there are many ideas in it, although I don't understand it very well. But it's also good to see. These things should be kept secret. ”

Nangong Zhi sat in his place and bowed his head slightly, "Your Majesty, I also asked the king of the north about this reason, and his answer can probably be summarized in three points.

First, a spark can start a prairie fire. They put these thoughts out there. They are not leaking secrets, but setting fires! These ideas are not for us high-level leaders, but for businessmen, scholars, and commoners. Your Majesty, what do you think would have been done if the commoners, merchants, and gentry under our rule had seen these thoughts?

Second, the king of the north gave me this saying. Moreover, it is a sentence from the Confucian classics, and he breaks the sentence like this, 'The people can, let it be, and if not, make it known.' The way this sentence is broken is completely different from what we know, and even the meaning is completely opposite! It is said that someone in Confucianism has consulted specifically about the way this sentence is broken.

According to the king of the north, what is open is the 'law', and what is not made public is 'private'. To govern the country according to law, it is necessary to be open and clear to let people know how to do it. There is even such a provision in Asahi that if the loss is caused by legal problems, the state shall bear it.

And since it is to be made public, of course, it is necessary to widely distribute books, newspapers and periodicals, and so on.

Third, educate the people. According to the emperor of the north, we do not have the foundation of the kingdom of Xu, and we may be able to learn some of these things, but more things are poison for us! But these things can promote the development of the kingdom and promote the growth of the descendants of the kingdom! In order to educate the future generations, they also have to leak some things.

It is better to leak than to educate one's own people. A country is not a successful country if it is not able to educate its own citizens, especially its descendants.

In Xuguo, he opposed the politics of foolishness and advocated enlightenment, and even under the urging of the king of the north, an ideological enlightenment movement was going on in the north. It is said that in just a few months, many masters of thought have been born. According to my observations, these newly born masters of thought may be able to complete the Purple Qi Ascent on their own in a short period of time without guidance.

Your Majesty, we have to learn from the North, but we must also stick to our course. One thing is certain, if we continue like this, without the help of the north, the common people and the fallen warriors in our country will rebel. ”

Nangong Zhi was very smart, and with the opportunity of explanation, he took the opportunity to make a speech to King Chen.

This King of Chen Guo was not a complete idiot, he thought about it and suddenly asked, "Nangong, if we take advantage of the life-and-death battle between Xu Guo and Song State and Cai State at the same time, we suddenly send troops to the Northern Expedition, will we have a chance to attack Huanglong?"

Nangong Zhi's eyes flickered, and one sentence revealed too much information -- Chen Guo was very likely to have joined forces with Song Guo and Cai Guo! Also, there was a monster like Xuguo in his neighbor, and no nobleman was not afraid! And the royal family was the nobles of the nobles! The rise of Xuguo was simply drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle, making the surrounding countries start to be vigilant.

However, Nangong Zhi is the commander of Chen Guo after all, and he must think about himself, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there is no chance of winning!"

"Bold! Nangong Zhi. You disturb the morale of the army!" a nobleman suddenly stood up.

"Sit down!" "Sit down," King Chen's tone was a little angry, "I suddenly realized that there is one thing we should learn from the north. First of all, don't just button your hat when you speak, and then say the reason. Hum!

Nangong, you continue. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. Nangong Zhi's tone was still calm. "Your Majesty, let me give you an example.

To use a metaphor for all of us here, it's just a parable.

If there is a box of ingots, but this box of ingots belongs to me completely, all of you can only stare dryly. So at this time, someone suddenly came to rob you, did you stand by and watch, or did you stand in front of me and fight bravely?"

"Stand by and watch!" King Chen didn't seem to be a simple person.

"Then Your Majesty, let's make another analogy. It's the same as before, but only a part of this box of ingots belongs to me. The rest belongs to everyone. So what will everyone do if someone comes to snatch it at this time?"

"Let's kill the enemy together!" King Chen was simple and clear.

"Now in our Chen country, including almost all countries, the main wealth and power are basically in the hands of the aristocracy. Under such circumstances, those commoners don't care about the life or death of the country, anyway, they live like a different master.

But the northern kingdom of Xu was different, and they distributed all the rights that belonged to the nobility and even to the royal family. Through a series of political means and laws, they have made this right available to the people of the whole country.

So this time. If we march to the north, we will not be faced with a single army. Rather, it is against the entire Asahi country. I dare say that even if there were no army, the merchants and civilians would have organized a powerful force to fight!

The right to live in the sun is too precious, and no one will be willing to give it up once it comes! And all that the king of the kingdom did was to let every commoner and merchant have the right to soak in the sun. Even. They also want to make this kind of thinking, method, and so on public, so that people all over the world can learn from it! This is Xuguo!

So Your Majesty, unless the north is obviously weak, we will be considered a sneak attack. It will only be a temporary success, and then we will face numerous difficulties. There are at least a dozen ways to rebel against the people under our rule.

We are now like tigers and beasts standing on the top of the mountains, and we look strong and proud of the mountains. And ordinary civilians are grass and trees, looking numb and powerless to resist and let us ravage. But if Xu Guo puts a little effort into it, he can easily set the entire mountain forest on fire!"

After hearing Nangong Zhi's words, King Chen suddenly shuddered, as if he saw himself and all the nobles standing on the top of the mountain, looking at the boundless forest fire below, the flames engulfed everything! And he had no power to resist in this monstrous fire! On the contrary, those people did not hesitate to turn themselves into a part of the flames in order to get a trace of warmth!

"Gollum ......" There are few fools here, and many of them have already thought of the terrible consequences at this time. Aren't that the same with civilians today, who look weak and can be lit with a fire, but this small flame can easily burn the whole world! They can burn themselves and everything else!

King Chen closed his eyes, but those who were attentive would notice that King Chen's hands were trembling gently!

Suddenly, the king opened his eyes and looked at the eunuch standing beside him, "Go and tell the people of Song and Cai that we are not involved in their affairs, let them find another ally." ”

"Yes!" the eunuch quickly left.

King Chen Guojun thought for a long time again and looked at Nangong Zhi, "Nangong, according to what you said, the changes in the Xu Kingdom will inevitably affect the entire human race. So how should we respond to this change?"

"Your Majesty, fundamentally speaking, this is a rebellious change!" Nangong Zhi first came to a conclusion about the coffin, but this sentence was recognized by everyone, so that Nangong Zhi's next words had room to turn around. In fact, for this sentence, Nangong Zhi didn't know how much thought he had put into it, and he couldn't say what kind of ideological enlightenment, what new era and other messes, Nangong Zhi himself couldn't say clearly. On the contrary, such a simple sentence immediately caused countless resonances.

Seeing that everyone nodded, Nangong Zhi said in surprise again, "Your Majesty, let's take the lead in rebelling! Then seize the right to rebel in our own hands!"

Everyone looked at Nangong Zhi, and they didn't know how much wisdom they contained, nor did they know how much political significance they contained. But those are the two sentences. But it immediately attracted the recognition of almost everyone on the scene.

"How do we rebel?" King Chen's eyes were bright, very bright.

"Learn from Xuguo. But we can't learn that thoroughly. The most important of these is that our own rights and status must not be affected. It can withstand certain fluctuations and losses, but its high position is absolutely not allowed to be shaken.

As for the amount of loss, it depends on the actual situation. Let's just say the mountains and forests. If we don't want to be burned, we have to water the plants so that they don't burn wet. And if we want to water, we have to lose some of it. It's just how much to lose, and which part of the power to lose, which needs to be carefully considered.

First of all, we are definitely running out of time. Our good neighbors to the north are engaged in the ideological enlightenment, and with the development of the Rising Kingdom, commerce is booming. It has attracted the attention of countless students, civilians, and businessmen around it. In such a situation, if we do not move fast enough and produce certain results, we are still in danger.

Second, we need to look for a good direction for breakthroughs. Xuguo used merchants as a breakthrough, replacing nobles with merchants and chambers of commerce, and now seventy percent of Xuguo's wealth comes from commerce. We have to find the right direction here as well. Perhaps, we can let the aristocracy do business as our breakthrough direction. ”

An old nobleman stood up: "No. We will become the laughing stock of the whole world! Although everyone is doing it, no one dares to stand up openly! If we do this. It will become a joke for the whole human race, let alone the future!"

Nangong Zhi glanced at the other party coldly, "Then what do you say we should do?"

"I don't know, but I know that you can't do business!"

"Haha......" Nangong Zhi smiled, his smile full of mockery, "Uncle Nanshan." Usually it's just that you're making trouble unreasonably, when is this still like this? You don't know? So what are you doing here, just to let you tell Your Majesty the three words 'I don't know'? Are you worthy of Your Majesty's Longen?"

Nangong Zhi's political methods are not something that this Nanshan Bo can look up to. Previously, topics involving change and so on were basically taboo topics in politics, but Nangong Zhi was very sensible and used two metaphors to get it. And everyone accepted and understood. Even those old opponents and thorns didn't dare to jump out and pick thorns - because what Nangong Zhi said was so right, they themselves felt that they were very right.

Where is this kind of Nangong Zhi who can only oppose and say that he doesn't know the rice bucket can look up, Nangong Zhi said a few words, and this Nanshan Bo suddenly trembled with fright.

King Chen looked at Nanshan Bo coldly, "Nanshan Bo Chen Qi, he will be punished for one month as a warning." You can raise objections, but please use the word 'don't know' with caution!

Just like Nangong Zhi said, when has this been, our neighbors have already burned their eyebrows, and they are still fighting here. Do you want to wait for the Asahi Kingdom to receive you? Don't you see what the nobles of the Asahi Kingdom look like?

Nangong, you continue. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. First of all, it's not a problem to do business, everybody is doing it, it's just not fully illuminated. I refer to Asahi Kook's method and think that we can do this.

We set up some large chambers of commerce, and it is enough for us to seize the money, the source of goods, the transportation, etc., and leave the rest of the specific operations to the real businessmen. In this way, we are still on top and activate the domestic business environment.

Second, we also liberate some slaves, appropriately improve the social status of civilians, improve the social status of merchants, and abolish some inappropriate privileges, such as ** rights and so on. At the same time, some laws will be amended as appropriate.

But in this process, we also need to guarantee the rights of some nobles. We emancipated some of the slaves and elevated the status of the common people only so that they could live, and as long as the civilians lived, they would not rebel. ”

"Okay! Now I order, Nangong Zhi, you set up a law change department, and you can be directly responsible to me, for the future of all of us, all departments will give full support!"

"Yes!" Nangong Zhi agreed almost with a frown. Don't fill yourself in! Nangong Zhi is an old fox, and he immediately thought of all kinds of possibilities. (To be continued......)