Fang Xiaoru rejected Liu Chun's suggestion, even Xu Zengshou was not surprised, it seems that it should be like this, if it can be persuaded so easily, then it is not Fang Xiaoru.

"Fang Gong, although I know that I can't persuade you, I really want to talk to you about my heart and my views on the future of Da Ming."

Fang Xiaoru nodded hurriedly, "Great, the old man has this intention, Young Master Liu is a pedantic man, and he is much stronger than the old man, an ordinary man." ”

Liu Chun smiled and said: "Mr. Fang, I insist on implementing the law change, equal land, equal tax, and equal tax...... There is only one key, I am not pursuing the fairness of the moment. But only when we have completed this step and shaken off the burden of 2,000 years can we rest assured and boldly go overseas. ”

"Overseas? Those wild places? ”

Liu Chun chuckled: "Gong Fang, don't you also think that overseas is not worth mentioning?" They spend millions of taels of real money every year, traveling thousands of miles, to Daming to buy goods. If nothing else, this courage and perseverance are enough to make many Ming subjects ashamed. ”

Fang Xiaoru was ashamed and said: "It's the old man who said wrong, overseas is indeed somewhat attractive, but we haven't solved so many things ourselves, how can we run overseas?" ”

Liu Chun nodded, "That's right, operating overseas can make huge profits, but there are also endless risks." That's why I hope to break the shackles on Daming and establish a fair system. Only in this way can the interests of overseas be evenly distributed to every common person and the majority of people benefit. Otherwise, all the interests of overseas will be occupied by wealthy businessmen, and the risk of developing overseas will fall on ordinary people. ”

Fang Xiaoru frowned, pondered for a long time, and then said slowly: "Young Master Liu is really to the point, in today's southeast, smuggling is prevalent in the big families, isn't it what Young Master Liu said, all the overseas huge profits belong to them, and the people are getting poorer and poorer, and the imperial treasury is empty...... All the benefits have been eaten away by these people! ”

These two people are two camps that are opposite each other, and the life-and-death relationship between you and me actually talked about the way of governing the country here, and they also sympathized with each other, and talked heartily, which is really dumbfounded.

Those who don't know think they're in a group!

"Fang Gong, my assumption is like this, and it can be regarded as a peace of mind. Therefore, my attitude towards the gentry and landlords is also understood, and it must be severely rectified, or even completely eliminated! ”

Fang Xiaoru nodded, "Young Master Liu admires the old man very much, but the old man disagrees a little. In the past thousands of years, the Confucian scholars of all generations have fought for righteousness and died, some asked for the people's lives, some were happy to live in poverty, and some were not afraid of power...... Take my Ming Dynasty as an example, since the founding of the country, how many honest officials have there been? How many loyal and righteous men are there? Reform and change the law, of course, the old man agrees, after the change of the law, who wants to do it? Are you a disciple of Liuxue, or a scholar, a scholar? ”

The old man thought that among the civil officials, there were many righteous people who were enthusiastic to serve the country, and there was no shortage of virtuous ministers who thought about the overall situation. And in the final analysis, it is up to these people to implement the reforms...... Young Master Liu, can't you open up the Internet for readers? ”

The two men were silent again...... To be honest, Fang Xiaoru can have such knowledge, which has exceeded Liu Chun's expectations, and he can be regarded as a bosom friend.

But Fang Xiaoru reached the last step, but he still didn't take it.

Maybe he has a point, but to put it bluntly, the old party still doesn't want to give up the entire group of scholars, or rather, he can't completely break with the gentry and bureaucracy.

One reform, one revolution...... Who is right and who is wrong, it seems that only history can give the answer.

After a short silence, Liu Chun raised his wine glass, it is useless to say more, it is better to drink the bar!

"Fang Gong, please!"

Fang Xiaoru smiled and drank the wine in the cup, and took the initiative to fill it again.

"When there are a thousand glasses of wine for a confidant, the old man has the courage to regard the young master as a confidant. If the old man can win, after changing the law, he will inevitably go to the ocean to see what is going on overseas! ”

Liu Chun smiled, "Although Fang Gong has little chance of realizing his dream, I still wish Fang Gong that he can take an unprecedented path." ”

Two people pushed the glass and changed the lamp, and the banquet ended happily.

When the cups and plates were withdrawn and they faced each other again, the faces of both of them sank involuntarily. It's time to get down to business.

"Young Master Liu, you blamed the Son of Heaven for not wanting to change the law, and did not use this as an excuse to launch a martyrdom. If today's son has agreed to change the law, will Lord Liu continue to fight? ”

Liu Chun said indifferently: "Fang Gong, the person who chose to go to war is Zhu Yunwen, if he wants to stop the war, he must show sincerity!" ”

Fang Xiaoru frowned, and said for a while: "Your Majesty can admit the territory you occupy now, and the two sides will each strike and make peace, so that the people will not suffer from misery!" ”

"Hahaha! Fang Gong, don't talk about the people. Now, we will have to fight this battle sooner or later. Now Zhu Yunwen is in a disadvantageous position, and if he fights, he is likely to be completely defeated, and he has no choice but to negotiate peace! ”

"Then does King Yan have the strength to fight?" Fang Xiaoru said angrily: "Don't forget, Beiping has been besieged for more than a year, and the elite of King Yan can't be killed. How can the rabble of the temporary patchwork in the northwest win over the imperial court soldiers. Also, you Young Master Liu only have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, can you really last? ”

Liu Chun shot back unceremoniously: "If we can win every battlefield, why bother to negotiate with you? It cannot be denied that the advantage is ours and the initiative is in our hands! You can gamble, bet that King Yan makes a mistake, and bet that you can come back to life. If you don't want to gamble, then please show sincerity! ”

"What is sincerity?" The old man said in a muffled voice.

"Return the two men to Jiangnan."

"Impossible!"

Fang Xiaoru said categorically: "Young Master Liu, do you want to divide the river and rule?" ”

Liu Chun sneered: "Can you still keep Jiangbei?" ”

"If you can't keep it, you have to keep it!" The old man said excitedly: "Guarding the river must guard the Huai, if the Huai River is lost, let you Chen soldiers Jiangbei, and in an overnight situation, you will be able to invade Jinling." In that case, what's the difference with surrender? The old man raised his eyebrows and argued with reason.

Liu Chun pondered for a long time, and suddenly said: "Fang Gong, if you want to guard the Huai River, do you plan to give up the Yellow River?" ”

"You!" Lao Fang said categorically: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land." The old man didn't want to give up anything...... The old man meant that the imperial army could temporarily retreat, and after fighting for so long, both the soldiers and the people were exhausted. Let's just let them catch their breath. Even His Royal Highness King Yan has been separated from the prince and the princess for a long time, and it is time to be reunited. ”

Liu Chun pondered for a moment and said tentatively: "Is it just the land?" Nothing else? ”

"What's that?"

"Such as grain and grass, gold and silver, personnel!" Liu Chun said suddenly: "Lord Ru Yuru, Lord Yang Jingyang, Lord Yu Xinyu, and other officials and family members must be returned to us." Also, some of my protégés and former officials will also be allowed to go north. You must promise not to persecute the families of these people. We are a gentleman's dispute, and it would be too ungraceful to bring disaster to our families. ”

Fang Xiaoru pondered for a moment, stared at Liu Chun tightly, and said in a low voice, "Can you make the decision for King Yan?" ”

"Hahaha!" Liu Chun laughed loudly, "How can't you! ”

As he spoke, he took out a handwritten edict, which Zhu Di handed to Liu Chun when he was leaving.

"With this edict, of course I can agree to negotiate peace, but Fang Gong, can you make the decision for Zhu Yunwen?"

"This ...... The old man will go back immediately and ask for advice! Fang Xiaoru hurriedly said goodbye.

After sending the old party away, Xu Zengshou looked at Liu Chun in a daze, and his brain was a little insufficient.

I said...... What the hell is going on? Don't you fight and want peace talks? Are you serious? ”

Liu Chun nodded, "We can't just see Zhu Yunwen's difficulties, His Highness is even more difficult to attack one country in one corner. Fang Xiaoru This is a delaying tactic, but we don't want to breathe a sigh of relief. ”

Xu Zengshou thought about it slightly, "Liu Chun, aren't you afraid of the resurgence of the imperial court, and then intensify it and settle accounts with us?" ”

Liu Chun smiled: "I'm afraid, I'm not afraid!" If we can force Zhu Yunwen to retreat to the south of the Yellow River, our situation will be countless times better than before the war. Under such conditions, we can't win, that's our own problem. ”

"In other words, they're going to adjust, and we're going to build. The two sides will have a race to see who moves faster and who can take the lead. Liu Chun shrugged, "I don't think there's a reason for us to lose to them, do we?" ”

……

After listening to Fang Xiaoru's words, Zhu Yunwen frowned deeply, very unhappy.

"Mr. Fang, do you want to give up the north of the Yellow River to Yan Yi?"

Fang Xiaoru said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the old minister knows that this is a loss of a teacher and humiliation of the country, and it is a great crime. But otherwise, once there is an accident between Geng Bingwen and Li Jinglong's two armies, the entire battle situation will collapse. The north of the Yellow River was conceded though. can be carefully calculated, the loss is nothing more than the northern part of Henan and Shandong, plus one Shanxi, and the rest of the land has all fallen into Zhu Di's hands. In exchange for these lands, the court took a breather for a while, and the old minister thought it was worth it. ”

"Even if these lands are lost, the most elite and richest land of the Ming Dynasty is still under the control of the imperial court, as long as you work hard, at most two or three years, the imperial court will be able to recover its vitality, and when the time comes, the situation will be much better than now. Your Majesty, the old minister is willing to bear all the responsibility, if the world talks about it, you can take the head of the old minister to thank the world! ”

After Fang Xiaoru finished speaking, he crawled on the ground.

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly stood up and pulled up Fang Xiaoru.

"Sir is bent on planning for me, how dare I blame him. That's it! Zhu Yunwen stomped his feet hard, "Okay, just stop the army for the time being, I will not admit defeat, I will definitely win the final victory!" ”

……

In the depths of the prison, several cells, next to each other, were damp, dark, and full of rats and cockroaches. There was a man, leaning against the wall, squeezing one lice after another in the faint light, making a snapping sound.

Suddenly, there were footsteps again, and the person paused, continued to scratch lice, and said in his mouth: "It's another group of people who chase the smell and knock the bones and suck the marrow...... Rest assured, this official will never betray King Yan! ”