Chapter 580 Conflict Escalation
It is surprising that Li Si is angry.
"I think our senior brother has always been a careless and cynical. Although he is talented, he is not so fame and fame, and he is not greedy for enjoyment. In short, he is a very cold person. Even though you are his junior brother, he will betray you or not!" Fu San drank twig ears and red date porridge, ate buns in big mouthfuls, and his rosy lips were soaked in a layer of oil, like a touch of old mahogany that had been touching for a long time, which was very beautiful.
Her appetite is getting better and better, and as a result, her lower abdomen becomes more and more bulging. It seems that her little life is growing and expanding every day, and its momentum is very amazing.
Ye Hua became more and more sure that the little girl might be pregnant with twins.
In this era when medical care is underdeveloped, having children is a way to pass the gates of hell. The first time you have children is twins, and the risk is even more difficult to estimate.
Therefore, Ye Hua always frowned inadvertently these days.
After the little girl finished speaking, she looked up to ask for opinions. Ye Hua stopped for a moment before laughing: "What you see is the usual senior brother. The more you don't care about anything, the more intense the explosion will be when you really touch the soft part. The senior brother's early experience made him very pessimistic about people. When a person does not hesitate and gives his life for him, the senior brother will definitely go crazy!"
Fu San expressed his understanding, "Brother, according to what you said, is there a bloody storm in Jiangnan?"
"Maybe!"
Ye Hua blurted out, afraid of scaring the little girl, so he hurriedly asked for a supplement: "Maybe not, it depends on the ideas of those literati. We have done many things in Kaifeng, and those people should also know the methods of the Great Zhou. If they are smart, they should know how to advance and retreat. As long as they can be honest, I can open my mind. Except for some of the leaders who lead the way and impart to Annan, I can guide them to gradually give up the land and turn to business. In short, I am full of confidence!"
Fu San listened with her head down, but she didn't say anything, but she didn't agree with it in her heart.
I really treat others as a child!
Regarding the situation in Jiangnan, Fu San is the ultimate view of the fire. After the demise of the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains experienced the Five Dynasties of Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, and Zhou dynasties, and there were Khitans invading, killing them in a mess, and the power of the literati had declined to the extreme.
It turned out that the gentry who controlled the place also turned into evil gentry, with many thugs, domineering and without any scruples. The people hated these people to the core. When the Great Zhou promoted equalization of fields, the people stood on the side of the court, so the autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves.
The situation in Jiangnan is very different from that in the Central Plains.
The Southern Tang Dynasty maintained peace and prosperity for at least decades, and in terms of economic strength, it once surpassed the Central Plains. In addition, it was courteous to the scholars, which made Jiangnan a paradise for scholars and a paradise for scholars.
Therefore, Jiangnan still retained many good gentry. They rely on the clan's power to have strong appeal in the local area.
What is even more interesting is that Li Hongji did not deal with the land issue, so he rashly encouraged the development of industry and commerce. The cities with merchants gathered in the city extracted raw materials, agricultural products, capital and labor from the countryside. Farmers were facing the wave of commercialization. The little raw grain silk they produced had no room for bargaining.
Therefore, many farmers seek refuge in gentry, gather around the landlords, rely on grouping to keep warm, and gain the power to bargain with merchants.
It sounds a bit complicated. To give a brief example, if you set up a village, you will change to plant mulberry seedlings at the request of the court and produce raw silk. If each ordinary person goes to negotiate with the merchants alone, they will not be able to sell them at the price. On the other hand, if you change to plant mulberry seedlings, you need to buy grain, and they will buy high-priced grain. Not only will your life not be better, but it will become worse.
What will the people do at this time?
They had no choice but to rely on the clan and the power of gentry to bargain with merchants, shipped goods collectively, and purchased grain collectively.
In short, in a word, the gentry in Jiangnan is far more powerful than imagined!
The gentry actually didn't care about changing dynasties. Li Hongji did a bad job. If the Great Zhou could give the gentry some care, they didn't care about the life and death of the Southern Tang Dynasty. But if the Great Zhou wanted to implement the Central Plains in Jiangnan, then he would have to tear his face and never stop until he died!
This is a very dangerous struggle, and Fu San is really worried about her husband.
But she is very smart. Since her husband is unwilling to admit it, there is no need to provoke it. She can only make secret preparations. No matter what means she has, food, grass and supplies are indispensable.
Fu San secretly ordered his business to write a letter to his father who was far away in Kaifeng, and went all out to win the battle!
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"It's over, it's too much!"
Xu Xuan, Chen Qiao, and Han Xizai, three of them sat in Wei Renpu's duty room, and Xu Xuan fired directly.
"Grandpa Wei, who gave Li Si the power? More than a hundred scholars actually ordered to hit people, and the beaten flesh was so thick that they were covered with blood. Some people's arms were broken and their bones were exposed, which was terrible! It was so gentle that they were sweeping the floor, so gentle that they sweeping the floor!"
Wei Renpu remained silent and felt amused.
What is this? Isn’t it just over a hundred scholars?
When I was in Kaifeng, more than a hundred officials were all from Jinshi and they were beaten! I didn’t see anything, but the literati in Jiangnan was really hard to serve!
Chen Qiao coughed lightly, "Sir Xu, you must listen to this matter as both. It is unruly for scholars to attack the government office, so it is reasonable to deal with them at the beginning of school. However, the methods are too excessive, and they may arouse greater anger. Once the scholars make trouble, it will be difficult to deal with them."
Wei Renpu smiled, "Mr. Chen, what do you think and how do you deal with it?"
Chen Qiao said carefully: "Mr. Wei, in my opinion, we should start from the source. This time the incident originated from the search for the Confucius Mansion. I think so. The court pursued equalization of land and suppressed aristocratic families. I agree with these, and they should be done. But can there be an exception? After all, the Kong family and other aristocratic families are still different, right?"
Before Wei Renpu could speak, Han Xizai snorted, "The law is rigorous, and there is no loophole! If the Kong family can be an exception, then the royal family can be an exception! If the royal family can be an exception, why can the imperial officials be an exception? If this continues, everyone will become an exception. What should the imperial court laws do? Is it just bullying the common people?"
"It's over, it's over!" Xu Xuan said again: "If you can't punish the doctor, you won't be polite to the common people. What's more, it's just an exception for the Kong family, it doesn't matter!"
"It doesn't matter. You are a Hanlin bachelor, why are you complaining about it here?"
With one sentence, Xu Xuan immediately became silent, as if a fat duck with his neck stuck, his face turned red, and his neck was almost thicker than his head.
Li Si took a big stroll, murderous aura, and walked in from outside with his head held high!
Without looking at these people, he bowed to Wei Renpu and said, "The official is ordered to search the Kong family and come and report it!"
Wei Renpu hurriedly smiled, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Li, please sit down, come and have some tea!"
“No need!”
Li Si said: "The officials are investigating the industries of the Confucius Mansion and the personnel who often come and go. Moreover, the officials suspect that Kong Renda is not a real descendant of Confucius. As early as the late emperor, Wang Xianggong, Wei Xianggong, and the Champion Hou had already investigated. Kong Mo massacred all descendants of the Kong family, and the saints had been eliminated. This is the matter of the late emperor's decision! Yan Shenggong in Jiangnan was just a title of Li Hongji, and I, the Great Zhou, had never admitted it!"
Li Si glanced at Xu Xuan and Chen Qiao and sneered at them.
"Mr. Wei, the way to govern the country is the last emperor, Your Majesty has been troubled by it. How many times have you said it? If you are still bewitched by some people, it is tantamount to asking the truth and repeating the same mistakes!"
Li Si bowed, "I'm not good at speaking, so I'll say goodbye!"
He turned around and left, but his eight words looked like eight flying knives, poking Xu Xuan and Chen Qiao straight.
What does it mean to ask the way to blindly ask?
You assist Li Hongji and have done all the Nantang dynasty. If you listen to you, would you cheat the Great Zhou? If you listen to you, you will only repeat the same mistakes and destroy the country again, and there will definitely be no good ending!
Xu Xuan and Chen Qiao, there is no need to say that embarrassment.
Xu Xuan's eyes were full of eyebrows and his eyes were blazing fire. He took off his black hat and held it in his hand. He said sadly and angrily: "Grandpa Wei, although I am a surrendered minister, I dare to say that if Li Hongji could listen to me, the Southern Tang would not have fallen so quickly! Since the Great Zhou still regards us as outsiders, I have to go with my crown!"
Chen Qiao also immediately took off the black veil and said that he would advance and retreat with Xu Xuan.
Wei Renpu looked at them, sighed deeply, stood up and put his black hat on the heads of the two people again.
"Oh, Li Si is a student of Grand Master Feng, a senior brother of the Guanjun Hou. He has the blood of Li Tang, so I can't say anything about him. But you are ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Your Majesty trusts you. I rely on you. I am all bearded people. Don't be a child."
Seeing that the two of them were a little awkward, Wei Renpu continued to persuade: "You two are both great talents. Can you still see that the Kong family was pushed out to sacrifice the flag!"
Xu Xuan and Chen Qiao looked at each other and suddenly sweated on their foreheads.
"What does Wei Xianggong mean?"
Wei Renpu shook his head slightly, "Some people are still unwilling to give up!"
boom!
a bolt from the blue!
This scared Xu Xuan and Chen Qiao. They hurriedly bowed, "Grandpa Wei, we have no intention of restoring the turmoil. God can tell you! If we betray the Great Zhou, we would rather die a good death!"
The two of them swear to swear, crying and never have the idea of betraying the Great Zhou.
Wei Renpu said: "There may be differences in the governance strategy, but you must not be used by evil people and become a gun in the hands of others!"
Xu Xuan and Chen Qiao nodded vigorously, and Han Xizai said, "Sir Xu, you are a straight minister, and Chen Xianggong is a cadre. You are all very good at doing things, but have you ever thought about why you can't fight against Song Qiqiu, Feng Yanji and others? Just because you are gentlemen, they are villains!"
Xu Xuan lowered his head in shame, "If I were a gentleman, I would also be the most confused gentleman!"
His words made everyone laugh.
At this moment, someone suddenly came to deliver a letter, saying that it was the major academies in Jinling City, and many scholars who were studying abroad, and they ran around and called for tens of thousands of words of blood to persuade the court, to be close to the virtuous and stay away from the slander, and to value scholars!
Chapter completed!