"Huh?"

Guo An was stunned, "Ancestors' books, what does this mean?" ”

Wang Zhongkuan hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness, I am full of sincerity in coming this time, and I will do my best to search for two large boxes of Guo Taishi's manuscripts and books!" ”

"Written by the ancestors?"

Guo An asked with some surprise.

"Exactly!"

Wang Zhongkuan nodded again and again.

On the side, Cui Wei, Wen En and others had already taken matters into their own hands and opened the two boxes at the door.

From the box, he took out a book that was well preserved, but the paper was a little yellowed.

"Your Highness, please see, this is "Tuibu" written by Guo Taishi himself, this is "Licheng", as well as "Turning the Mind Choice" and "Fifty Volumes of the Five-Star Detailed Examination"......

These are all books written by Guo Taishi that we found from major families, and there are also some manuscripts written by Guo Taishi!

Every single one of them is well preserved! ”

In addition, there are also books such as "Draft of the Calendar", "Ancient and Modern Food Examination", "New Measurement of the Twenty-Eight Miscellaneous Sitting Stars into the Pole", "Moon Departure Examination" and other books, although they are not written by Guo Taishi himself, but they should also have the seal of Guo Taishi!

Your Highness, here are some of my Ming Dynasty classics, and please Guo Taishi"

Hearing this, Guo An's expression moved slightly.

I took the book and read it carefully.

"These books are indeed written by the ancestors themselves!"

After a while, Guo An nodded slowly.

When he was in the old mansion of the Guo family in Beiping Mansion, the most he read was books related to that ancestor, so he naturally knew him.

Hearing this, Wang Zhongkuan and Cui Wei couldn't help but feel relieved.

Guo An looked up at Wang Zhongkuan and Cui Wei, and said, "Since you can spend so much effort to find the classics and manuscripts written by these ancestors for this king, why do you keep hiding them and don't want to tell the truth?"

"Your Highness's forgiveness!"

Wang Zhongkuan, Cui Wei and others suddenly laughed and were a little embarrassed.

Guo An smiled faintly, "It doesn't matter, you tell me, what do you want to do when you find these books?" ”

Wang Zhongkuan's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly said: "Back to Your Highness, we want to beg Your Highness to save us!" ”

"How to save it?"

Guo An couldn't help but sneer.

Wang Zhongkuan said cautiously: "Your Highness, I will inquire about it, and you brought it up to you to let those businessmen report.

In addition, the commander of the Jinyi Guard is the same as Wang Zhen, although he doesn't often contact you, but as a former minister of His Majesty's Hidden Mansion, you have a very good relationship!

Moreover, you are deeply favored by Your Majesty, and you are also the teacher of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"

"Hmm!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "What you said is true!" ”

Cui Wei said in a low voice: "Your Highness, the commander of Jinyiwei has found out hundreds of corrupt officials and evil gentry in Fujian, Jiangxi, and Hunan last year.

He has copied hundreds of houses, and killed countless people, and his credit is enough.

And Your Majesty, too, should be satisfied......"

"Presumptuous!"

Guo An's expression froze, "Your Majesty can we arrange it privately?" ”

"Yes, yes, Your Highness has taught you a great lesson, I'm waiting for Meng Lang!"

Cui Wei hurriedly nodded in response.

Guo An said again: "Do you want me to dissuade Your Majesty and not send Wang Zhen to Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and other places to investigate?" ”

"Your Highness Shengming!"

Cui Wei and Wang Zhongkuan suddenly looked at Guo An with anticipation.

"Huh!"

Guo An couldn't help but laugh angrily, "You guys are really whimsical, Wang Zhen killed so many corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the south, as well as the evil gentry of the common people, and even suppressed several rebellions."

As a result, when it's the turn of the north, you want Your Majesty to stop?

Do you think Your Majesty will agree? Or will Wang really agree? Or would the officials and gentry of the South agree? ”

"Or do you want everyone to think that Your Majesty is unfair, let those officials and gentry in the south make a big fuss in the court, and make Your Majesty lose credibility?"

“……”

The faces of Wang Zhongkuan and Cui Wei directly stiffened.

"Your Highness forgives me, I don't dare to wait!"

"If I dissuade Your Majesty like this, I, Guo An, will immediately lose Your Majesty's trust, and I will even be demoted to Guo Zhou by Your Majesty!"

Saying that, Guo An looked angry, "I, Guo An, ask myself, I have never offended you, why do you want to harm me?" ”

Several people were shocked, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness Mingjian, we definitely don't have such thoughts!" ”

"What do you mean?"

Guo An snorted coldly, "You still take these books with you, go back, I can't afford this gift!" ”

Wang Zhongkuan hurriedly bowed down again, his face full of misery.

"Your Highness, we will never dare to let Your Highness go to look for Your Majesty.

It's just that I don't know if His Royal Highness can go to find Wang Tongzhi, and when the time comes, let his subordinates be merciful? ”

Guo An said: "Wang Zhen is a person from Xi'an Mansion, and he will be merciful when the time comes, so why do I need to go and explain?" ”

"Your Highness......"

Wang Zhongkuan, Cui Wei and the others took a deep breath, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in their eyes, and they said bitterly: "Your Highness, there is no way for me to wait."

You are also from a big family, and you know that in every big family, there will always be a few things that are not angry.

On weekdays, I don't do anything, I just have idleness, and I like to oppress the people and cause trouble......"

"People of this race, my Guo family doesn't have them!"

Guo An replied lightly.

Wang Zhongkuan and Cui Wei looked stunned!

Guo An said again: "However, it's just a few clansmen, and after you go back, you can punish them directly, what's so difficult about this?" ”

Wang Zhongkuan: "......"

Guo An directly picked up the teacup and drank it.

Wang Zhongkuan and Cui Wei knelt directly on the ground with a puff.

Guo An was shocked and hurriedly got up.

"What are you doing, get up!"

"Your Highness, it's me who is stupid, I shouldn't deceive Your Highness!"

Wang Zhongkuan and Cui Wei were still kneeling on the ground, their faces full of sadness.

"Your Highness, you also know that as a local squire, there will always be people who disobey the discipline, and when they are about to starve to death, we will borrow money and grain from them with kindness, and we can only use their fields as collateral.

But after those Diao people tide over the difficulties, they will push and shove in all kinds of ways, and will not pay back the money or change the food......

As a big local clan, we can't let those Diao people be bullied like this! ”

“…… Sometimes, when county officials or government officials come, they want political achievements or ask for money, and we can only grieve ourselves and give them money for the sake of family safety.

But, you know, those officials are a pack of jackals, and they are like a bottomless pit......"

“…… Our family, if we let Jinyiwei investigate, we will definitely not be able to hide it! ”

"Are you still going to be fools?"

Guo An smiled coldly and said angrily: "You think I'm so bullied? ”

Wang Zhongkuan and Cui Wei were shocked and apologized again and again.

"Your Highness forgives me, we will never dare to have such intentions!"

"Humph!"

Guo An snorted coldly, "I want to ask, those people dare to play scoundrels against you gentry who dominate the counties?"

Or are those officials stupid and dare to blackmail and oppress you? ”

“……”

Wang Zhongkuan and Cui Wei hurriedly sneered.

Guo An said in a deep voice: "How many frenzied gentry families have this king seen, treating the people under his rule as livestock, wantonly bullying, regardless of their lives or deaths!"

Then, on the surface, he pretended to be a village sage to ask for fame from the world, and his behavior was disgusting and disgusting......"

The faces of Wang Zhongkuan, Cui Wei and the others suddenly looked ugly.

This kind of face riding output is the first time since they were born.

Guo An continued: "Such a scourge from the gentry in his hometown, even His Majesty can't pardon it, and you still want me to intercede with Your Majesty? ”

Wen En said: "Your Highness is prejudiced against us! ”

Guo An sneered: "Do you think what I said is false and fabricated? ”

"Not really!"

Wen En hurriedly explained, and then said indignantly: "The Guo family, where His Royal Highness is located, is also a squire!" ”

"Everyone knows about it!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "The Guo family, where this king is located, was just a squire before, but now, with Xingtai County becoming the fief of this king, the entire Guo family will leap up and become Xingtai County, even the entire Shandong, and even the big family of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Wen En asked, "Then why does Your Highness treat us and other big families like this?" ”

"How much has this king contributed to the Ming Dynasty, and how much have the people of the Guo family contributed to the Ming Dynasty?"

Guo An sneered, "What contribution have you so-called big families made to the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"I'll wait ......"

Winn said a word, and he was directly stunned.

After a while, he said: "I wait for these families, all of them have Jinshiju people!" ”

"Tsk!"

Guo An sneered directly, "What's the use of fame?" Holding the Ming Dynasty's fortune, enjoying the privileges of the Ming Dynasty, and being an official of the Ming Dynasty, he never did the right thing to do in the court, but just bullied the people and exploited the merchants......

Such a thing of seeking wealth and harm, corrupting the law, and ruining people's families, is it a good deed done by you gentry families? ”

"Your Highness, they have no choice but to do such a thing!"

"Oh?"

Guo An couldn't help but sneer: "Could it be that someone forced them to seek money and kill people, and let their families die?" ”

"It's those local gentry ......"

Speaking of this, Winn quickly shut up.

Guo An couldn't help but sneer, "So, what's wrong with letting those businessmen report the evil gentry and businessmen of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Wang Zhongkuan couldn't help but whisper: "Your Highness, we are all northern Shilin, we can be regarded as fellow villagers, no matter what ancestors, we are still friends, how can we be so ......?"

Guo An smiled faintly, "Yes, if it is divided into north and south, it can be a fellow countryman!" ”

Wang Zhongkuan and Cui Wei were overjoyed.

Guo An said again: "But there are too many fellow villagers in the north, and they are all fellow villagers, and I can't watch you treat your fellow villagers in the north as livestock, and they will be harmed and bullied like that!" ”

Wang Zhongkuan and Cui Wei's faces suddenly stiffened again.

"Your Highness, we are all readers who have been familiar with the books of sages since childhood, and we know how to do things, which is different from those lowly peasants......"

"Fart!"

Guo An couldn't hold back any longer, and scolded directly.

"If the sages knew, I am afraid they would come back to life in anger and kick you out of the door and wall!

Eating the grain grown by those farmers, using the clothes and houses and furniture made by those craftsmen, now you are proud of your nobility!

But what else will you do except be fickle and black and white? ”

Wen En hurriedly said: "Your Highness, you are also a gentry family!" ”

"This king didn't deny it!"

Guo An smiled coldly, "However, the Guo family, where this king is located, has never bullied the people, let alone done anything that hurts heaven and reason!" ”

"This king remembers that in Henan, there seems to be a kind of green rice money.

Gu one stone, when ripe is worth three dollars of silver, then only half of it is obtained first. The gift money of the lord is said to be the head of the combination, and two or three out of ten.

You really don't want to give those people a way to live! ”

“……”

Wang Zhongkuan and Cui Wei couldn't help but sigh softly, their faces full of sadness.

"Your Highness, I really know that I am wrong! I don't know why His Highness is so determined to destroy us gentry, can you give us a chance to change? ”

"Why do you want to investigate corrupt officials and bad gentry?"

Guo An glanced at these northern gentry with some strange eyes, his eyes full of disappointment.

"You are familiar with the books of the sages and know how to do things, don't you know why?"

Wang Zhongkuan and Cui Wei's expressions changed slightly.

"However, this king doesn't like to talk about these big truths, this king is also a human being, and this king will be selfish."

Guo An said lightly, "This king is now the king of Daming County, and he shares weal and woe with Daming!"

Only the richer the Ming Dynasty, the better the life of this king will be.

You may be only gentry, but so should you!

Think about it, how much more can you gentry earn each year after you go to the sea to trade in Goryeo, Wa, or open the sea?

And how many benefits can you enjoy? ”

"Besides, people like to enjoy, even if you are poor and extravagant, I will not pay attention to it, it is your own business.

However, if you plague the people, you are digging the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and this king will not be able to bear it! ”

Wang Zhongkuan subconsciously asked, "Your Highness, why is this?" ”

Guo An stared at Wang Zhongkuan, Cui Wei and the others, "I don't know if you remember, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, in the face of rebels rising up in various places, what was the situation of your gentry families?" ”

Hearing this, the expressions of Wang Zhongkuan, Cui Wei and others suddenly changed greatly.

In the troubled times, in the face of the rebel army composed of ordinary people, their gentry families suffered the most!

Guo An continued: "In Daming, there are still the most people.

You have all studied, there are people in your family who are officials, you are powerful, you can bully those people.

But why do you treat them like animals, and if you don't take away all the acres of their homes, and don't ruin the homes they bully, you won't give up? ”

"You can bully them for one generation, or even two generations, or three generations, or four generations......

However, you have forced them all to live and make them feel that they can only find a glimmer of life if they resist together!

Do you think that when that time comes, your life will be fine? ”

"There are chapters up and down, and there are discernments in the prestige, how good is this kind of governance?"

"But if you become a scholar and dare to commit it, you will become a chaotic rank, and you will be a young leader, a lowly and noble, and a subordinate official...... What will this Ming become like?

Do you want to make you, the gentry, the object of revenge by the common people? ”

…… (End of chapter)