Zheng Sen looked at his father in disbelief. How could such a rebellious way out of his father's mouth? The "small country master" who never thought that the Ming Dynasty would perish, and is still a very pure orthodox scholar.

He passed the scholar three years ago, and later he was one of the twenty "staff students" in Nan'an County after the exam. The wife he married was also from a scholarly family. His father-in-law Dong Jin first had 42 local exams in the sixth year of Chongzhen, 221st in the tenth year of Chongzhen (1637), and 20th in the two-level palace exams.

In history, it was already 17 years since Chongzhen, and Zheng Sen would be sent to Jinling to study and go to Nanjing Imperial College for further studies. When he met a teacher, Qian Qianyi, who was too cold and had itchy scalp.

Of course, Qian Qianyi was also a giant in Donglin at that time, and the leader in Jiangnan Shilin. He was Qingliu in Qingliu. Taking Zheng Sen as a student as a student was like a cat and a mouse. How incredible it was?

This is just like Da Niu from the two colleges of Engineering in later generations who wanted to take Brother Tear Cong as a closed disciple to conduct scientific research.

No one knows how much money the Zheng family spent for this Xuming old man. Qian Qianyi would do it. In order to show that Zheng Sen was not a decoration, he also gave him the word "big wood" for him.

And what does this mean?

This shows that the Zheng family and son have a passionate "motivational" heart.

When the mud legs came ashore, they not only washed all the mud and put on a decent piece of clothing, but also wanted to go to famous families and have no contact with each other.

In a word, Zheng Zhilong really hopes that he can integrate into the ruling class of today's society! Under his thoughts, the young man surnamed Xiaoguo studied poetry and books since he was a child. Even though he practiced martial arts and swords, he was devoted to the imperial examinations. He was an orthodox Confucian child.

Don’t say that Lao Zheng is unpromising.

The social environment and contemporary background restricted his thinking. In today's social background, Zheng Zhilong's choice is fine.

After getting rich, all the mud legs wanted to gild their faces, and they wanted to transform themselves into a real "noble" family.

After Zheng Zhilong got ashore, he spent a lot of his thoughts on the civil and military imperial examinations, which is the so-called "orthodox origin" in the current social environment, so that the Zheng family can integrate into the mainstream society smoothly. This is natural.

Although this effect seems to be ineffective, he can still see contemptuous eyes in the eyes of many officials and gentry.

Even the fourth brother Zheng Hongkui, whose original name was Zheng Zhifeng, was changed to Hongkui when he was admitted to the Wu Juren. He passed the Wu Jinshi in the 13th year of Chongzhen. He did not have the function of birds.

But Zheng Zhilong was not discouraged, but instead placed his hotter hope on the next generation. He placed high hopes on Zheng Sen!

Zheng Chenggong, who received traditional Confucian education since childhood, is now an innocent scholar who supports the Ming Dynasty and a passionate young man who is loyal to the emperor and patriotic.

He is not a perfect person. Looking at his life, his personality defects cannot be covered. But you cannot deny his achievements, let alone ignore his character.

Not only Zheng Sen screamed in the conference hall, but also the other figures all looked at Chen Hua in shock.

It was the first time Zheng Zhilong said such words in the past few years, and for the first time he showed a different thought in front of them than usual.

As a person with little ambition, Zheng Zhilong's vision is too in line with the game principles of this era. After he got ashore, he shifted his focus to the shore, and even the management of the senior officials was much relaxed.

As a leader without ambition, the ideas that have been instilled in his brothers over the years are all about glory, wealth, luxury and pleasure, and being a steadfast master.

The idea that it is enough to enjoy wealth and honor is deeply rooted in the hearts of every Zheng Group leader. They don’t have a long-term vision, and they are already satisfied with being able to enjoy wealth and honor. In this closed but stable environment in Fujian, they live the good life they have always dreamed of.

So much so that each of them built acres of land in Fujian and built manor houses, which was extremely luxurious. Zheng Zhilong himself is an excellent example. In Anping's Zheng house, it covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres. There are five cubicles and thirteen sheds, three-door doors, two-fire alleys and five-entry courtyards. The wing halls, pavilions, pavilions and pavilions on both sides are opposite each other, and the rings are arranged as barriers. There is "Dunren Pavilion" in the east, "Taiyun Tower" in the west, the front hall is "Catholic Hall" and the central hall is "Xiao Si Hall", which is a grand scale. Behind the large house is "Zhiyuan Garden", which is protected by walls, sparse hills, pavilions, monuments, ponds, small bridges, winding paths, beautiful trees and strange flowers and plants.

The mansion is magnificent, spanning several miles, with red railings and brocade tents, and gold and jade from the walls. The pavilions and towers are crafted and carved, and the stone caves are flowers and trees, and armor is in the southeast.

With such a boss as a role model, the entire Zheng Group's enjoyment and extravagance has been deeply rooted in the bones.

Looking at Zheng Zhilong in history, what did he do after he settled the Southeast pirates and the Dutch? He did nothing. He was satisfied and became a land tiger in Fujian and the local emperor.

He did not express any covetousness to the world. Even if he surrendered early when the Qing Dynasty went south, it might not be because of the shortness of heroic spirit. Years of extravagant life had long corroded Zheng Zhilong's will, and many local property made him unable to give up. In addition, the Qing Dynasty was powerful, so Zheng Zhilong surrendered early in order to seek wealth, which was not unexpected.

It is not easy for people who are mentally relaxed to keep their spirits tight. It is like a person who is tired of running and stops to rest, and lets him continue running after three or five minutes.

Therefore, Chen Hua really dared not respond to the combat effectiveness of the Zheng Group, especially on land.

And such a boss Zheng has always had the vision to see the whole world?

Everyone below looked at Chen Hua with a change of eyes. This was completely beyond their expectations and the turning point was too big.

"Don't be anxious. Listen to the words of father first." Chen Hua waved his hand and stopped his son's shouting. Uh, when the word "father" was spoken out, I felt really ashamed. I once again sighed in my heart that this "starting point" was too high.

There is a way that leads to Rome, but Chen Hua's time traveling, people are in Rome.

At the same time, he looked at everyone present, and saw that all the characters were looking at him with flashing eyes.

"Since the First Emperor of China swept away the six kingdoms and unified the world, it has been about 1,900 years. The Qin, Xin, Sui Dynasty did not speak, and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms that failed to unify the world have also passed. The rest are just the Han Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, Li Tang, Song Dynasty, Mongol Yuan and our Ming Dynasty."

"The Han and Jin dynasties are very different from ours today. The imperial examinations have flourished. The strength of the Li Tang and the wealth of the Zhao Song dynasties are only three hundred years old. Now our Ming Dynasty has been going on for more than 270 years. It is internal and external troubles, and the court is in a difficult position, and it is getting worse and worse, and the energy is about to end."

Three years ago, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated and surrendered. Li Zicheng's troops were surrounded and suppressed by the official army, and suffered heavy losses, with only eighteen remaining people. The peasant army was in a low position for a while. But they happened to encounter the Qing army's invasion. Lu Xiangsheng was killed in battle, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were urgently transferred to guard the capital.

To this day, Zhang and Li have made a new wave of momentum. Zhang Xianzhong has captured Xiangyang, and Li Zicheng has even captured Luoyang City and killed King Fu Zhu Changxun. The sound of the Central Plains is boosted!

It's just three years, a world of difference, which makes people sigh.

"How could my father talk like this? Although the Ming Dynasty was in chaos and external disasters continued, he still dominated the world. Even if there were thieves and thieves invading the Central Plains and Tartars invading our territory, it was just a disease of scabies. The child heard that since the son succeeded to the throne today, the roosters cried and could not sleep at night, and often became sick with fatigue and no banquets in the palace. With such a saint emperor in power, he would be in remedy for danger. Why should the Ming Dynasty not be able to rise again?"

Zheng Sen's face turned red.

Chen Hua laughed and Emperor Chongzhen was also very sympathetic, but this man was limited in his ability, and the Ming Dynasty was even more difficult to recover.

"It is indeed not easy for the emperor today. However, if you focus on seeking governance and instruct your finances; if you are eager to use people and suddenly practice the law, how can the world be better?"

"The northwest has been drought for years, and the land is red for thousands of miles. The thieves in the Central Plains are wild, and the bones are like mountains. People's hearts carry the two, and the world is disintegrating. The Tartars take advantage of the inability to move, and several enemy attacks on the Central Plains are like entering a state of no one. Internal and external troubles, natural disasters and man-made disasters, and various disadvantages are emerging one after another. How can the emperor today restore the ability to turn the tide and revive the Ming Dynasty again?"

"What saves the world is not the passionate blood in my chest." Chen Hua looked at Zheng Sen and said, "Today's Ming Dynasty, the shortest one is the word "大天天."

Chen Hua's words were quite unconvincing, but Zheng Sen was a good supporting actor and then he got to the point after taking the next sentence! He wanted to convince everyone here in one fell swoop!

"The court is short of money, but where do you need money?"

"Can you get it from the tens of millions of poor people in the world who have no inch of land? The court only has this method, but how much money can you get in this way? It will cause public resentment and the government and the people are disunited.

But in the southeast, there are many people who eat fat food, wear silk and satin, and have a full mouth. They are hypocritical, but they are a noble family gentry who is unwilling to pay taxes to the court.

The world's wealth is one stone, and the southeast occupies eight dou. But how did the imperial court receive taxes from them?"

"Everyone says that the world belongs to the emperor, the emperor is a golden word and a jade word, and the nine five supreme emperor, but when will the emperor really own the world?"

"Just talking about this tax, if the emperor could make everyone obey the words of the emperor, how could the tax on money, grain and tax in Hongwu Yongle year have the highest, but in more than ten dynasties, they have seen fewer one by one? Do you think the population in the world is not as large as in the past? Or is there no commerce and trade in the past prosperous?"

Zheng Sen's face turned redder. He was not deeply involved in the world, but he was not a fool. What was the Ming Dynasty during the Yongle period of Hongwu? How could it be that the Ming Dynasty was more densely populated and the business was more prosperous like today?

Chen Hua's words were clearly a satirical example of the wealthy and wise men in the southeast or the south of the Yangtze River. The famous scholars he admired were indispensable.

"If you say it thoroughly, no one wants to pay taxes (the same is true for the author). Therefore, there are so many people who have sent land and entrustment, and so many hidden fields. Those juren in the high school of the countryside are the local wise men and the talented people of the court, but in fact, what about it? They are consuming the flesh and blood of the court. How many people in the world do not store hidden land? "

"In today's world, the rich are all over the country, and the poor are not in a place to stand. But the rich do not need to pay taxes, or they only need to pay a small amount of taxes, just like you, your third uncle and fourth uncle. The court's money and food cannot be collected, and the national treasury can run horses. How can you get it? If you don't have money or food, why do you come to provide disaster relief and war?"

Chen Hua educated Zheng Sen. Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Hongkui and others beside him laughed. Yes, who did not have thousands of acres of fertile land in their homes, and who had paid a cent of tax to the court?

"To pacify Liao and suppress the bandits, the emperor has increased taxes several times, which has caused resentment from heaven and earth. What is the reason?"

"That's because the emperor wants to collect one tael of silver. Those who are officials under the rank can charge five taels or ten taels. And like your father, your third uncle, and your fourth uncle, you won't pay half a copper coin. Tax money will only add more to the common people. In this way, you will lose the people's hearts first. How can you not cause chaos to spread?"

"How can Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others be killed by killing? They donate heavy taxes, natural disasters and man-made disasters, and have no way to survive. Why do people fear death if they are not afraid of death? This internal disaster will continue. The Ming Dynasty could only respond to the Qing Dynasty with one arm, and the external disasters will not be cut off."

"Can Zhu Mingjiangshan really save such a person?"
Chapter completed!