"Do you think that the DPRK and China should not have such an idea, we did not pull the flag and rebel, every time we left room for everyone, so that everyone can be vague in the past, and then we let them know that Xuzhou is a hard nut to bite, so more is better than less, more will inevitably be more wrong, no one will do it, just let us be so vague until the day when we can't cover it up?" Zhao Jin asked.

Wang Zhaojing hesitated for a moment before replying with a wry smile: "The eldest brother's words are straightforward, but this is the truth, with the younger brother's understanding of the characters in the court."

Speaking of this, Wang Zhaojing stopped again, smiled and said: "Actually, the younger brother also thought that there would be people of insight in the government and the opposition after all, and they began to target Xuzhou and us, but I never thought that this person was actually Wei Zhongxian, a eunuch traitor, and he could see it so accurately." ”

His tone was very hesitant, obviously not very accurate in his judgment, Ruhui, who had been looking through the account books and calculating, interjected at this time and said: "Maybe this Wei Gelding just wants to take credit, the grassland Mongolia and Jianzhou Jurchen don't dare to touch it, thinking that we are easy to bully, but it turned out to be a nail." ”

"Not necessarily, Wei Zhongxian doesn't need to take any credit, his foundation is the favor of the apocalypse, as long as this is here, no one can shake him, so this is where I wonder, what to do to provoke us for no reason." Wang Zhaojing shook his head and said.

Zhao Jin pondered for a moment and said: "This time Wei Zhongxian has invested a lot of money, this layout should have started at the beginning of the third year of the Apocalypse, the news of the dam burst made him launch in advance, and it was Wei Zhongxian's cronies who were sent to preside over the dark market, and all the soldiers and horses were also his righteous sons, and he even took into account that the ministers and political enemies would obstruct it, and what he wanted was to be fast, in order to divide and then break the various roads in Xuzhou." ”

The expressions of several people in the room became stern, and Zhao Jin said again: "Thinking in the direction of the strictest, Wei Zhongxian and his henchmen and cronies should have noticed us when they first cut off Caoyun, and paid attention to us after pacifying the Wenxiang Sect chaos, and then collected our news from all walks of life, and more and more felt that our Xuzhou was a big trouble, so they decided to kill, Wei Zhongxian's side realized our strength, but he didn't expect us to be so strong, so he still failed, But this defeat made them think that we were even more enemies, so they had to mobilize half the world's forces to fight us in a decisive battle. ”

"The eldest brother is right, the active border army garrisons in the north are mobilizing, and the new army is not being trained regardless of the cost, this is indeed going to fight to the death with us, and I don't know how long it will take to fight next, and there are also large armies in the southern provinces." Wang Zhaojing said cautiously, while Ruhui, who was sitting on the side, frowned, and kept looking at the account book in his hand.

Zhao Jin's expression was calm, and he said indifferently: "This is the practice of calming the internal worries first, calming the internal worries, and then doing their best to deal with external troubles, this approach cannot be said to be wrong, it can only be seen whether they can do it." ”

Wang Zhaojing said with a smile: "The eldest brother has a high opinion of these eunuchs, this can't be spread outside, Shilin has already regarded Xuzhou as a great enemy of life and death, a flood beast, if they know the idea of the eldest brother again, it will be even more incompatible." ”

The words were a little awkward, a few people in the room only did not hear it, in the final analysis, Wang Zhaojing was born in the Qing Dynasty, and his opinion of the eunuchs was always very poor, but Zhao Jin praised him from time to time, which made Wang Zhaojing unbearable, and occasionally popped out a few words, and the father and son of the Wang family already felt that it was time to collect the scholars and literati, instead of being so disdainful and hateful.

"The eunuchs do things for the emperor, that is, they do things for the Ming Dynasty, and they are loyal to them, of course, they are worth looking at, but the so-called Qingliu people do things but think about political disputes, but they think about their own selfish interests, compared with the two, who do you think should be looked up to?" Zhao Jin asked back.

Wang Zhaojing frowned, ignoring the look handed by Ruhui beside him, he was about to speak, but Zhao Jin interrupted him, and continued to take care of himself: "The emperor directly gave orders to the eunuchs, and the eunuchs carried out the orders to do things, and they may have done bad things in the process of doing things, but they can often get things done, and the tax and mine supervisors can scavenge the tax and silver, and it is a bad thing for him to fill his private pockets and poison the township, but for the emperor, the silver is collected, the treasury is full, he can raise troops to fight, he can give relief to the victims, he can send food and salaries, and what about the civil officials, talk about saints, be reasonable, but don't do things, don't collect money, it's not that you don't collect, but you don't collect it for the country, and after the expiration of the term, the private pockets are full, not to mention anything else, you also know that this Liao salary is collected, from top to bottom, the officials and servants are divided layer by layer, and then the amount is still insufficient, and the people who are exploited can only rebel, but who can complain, it is this court, it is the emperor, not the officials who do things and exploit below. ”

"Big brother, these are two different things."

"No, it's actually the same thing, I admit that there are Qing officials and loyal ministers, and there are righteous people who serve the country, they read the sage books and practice the sage truth, this is indeed admirable, those who died in Liaodong, and those who died and injured us in the battle of wits and bravery, they are, but as long as they are in this officialdom, they must do things according to the rules of officialdom, according to my opinion, the current system of Ming officialdom is actually an obstacle, with this obstacle, good governance will also become evil, vigorous and resolute will also become procrastination, money, Energy and talents are consumed on this struggle and strife, the central struggle has spread to the whole world, and there is no way to improve the foreign war and the local area. Zhao Jin's tone was already stern.

Wang Zhaojing's face turned red, but he could still listen, Zhao Jin picked up the tea bowl in his hand and took a sip, and continued: "Speaking of which, I do admire that Wei Zhongxian, he is not a good person, he has a lot of good people who should not be killed in his hands, according to our news and various rumors, Wei Zhongxian and the disciples have indeed done a lot of treacherous and evil deeds, but roughly speaking, how much better are those righteous men and gentlemen in the court than him?" Emperor Tianqi can't let the civil officials carry out his wishes, the civil officials only want to do what they want, so the apocalypse has no choice but to be a carpenter, to indulge in pleasure, let Wei Zhongxian stand up and help him carry out his wishes, this Wei Zhongxian is doing a good job, desperately maintaining the imperial power system and maintaining this Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhao Jin took a deep breath, patted his hand on the armrest, pointed at Wang Zhaojing and said: "Record what I said, what I want to say is not eunuchs and Qingliu, I am talking about ourselves, after this war, we must establish our own government institutions, we must have our own official servants, I know that your father, you, Mr. Cao, Mr. Zhou and other related people have their own ideas, some people want to use Confucian scholars who have read books and understand things, and some people want to use the Zhuangtou steward and shopkeeper we have cultivated ourselves, Some people say that they directly use the virtuous people in the township, and some people say that they use the family Ding group to practice, but the people who are chosen to do things for us are not at all because of their origins, nor because they know any big truths, but because they are loyal to us, can implement our requirements, achieve our goals, and when the errand conflicts with the big truth, we must concentrate on doing errands; When there is a conflict between the will of the people and the errand, we must concentrate on doing things, and we must know what we do, and we can also lose because we do not do anything! ”

With Zhao Jin's statement, the excitement on Wang Zhaojing's face faded, and he was replaced by a complicated and indescribable look, Ruhui, who had been looking through the account books, also raised his head, a little stunned and a little excited, while several guards in the room were wide-eyed, they didn't seem to understand what Zhao Jin said, but they vaguely felt happy when they listened to it.

After Zhao Jin finished speaking, there was silence in the room for a while, and Wang Zhaojing said slowly: "Big brother, what do you mean, little brother understands, let's not take the road of continuing the past and opening up the future, but to open up the world and create a new situation by ourselves." ”

As soon as he said this, everyone except Zhao Jin nodded, because Wang Zhaojing's words made it clear that everyone seemed to understand and could not express, Wang Zhaojing's face was very solemn, and he opened his mouth again: "Big brother, I'm afraid this road is full of difficulties and dangers, and it is not easy to walk!" ”

Zhao Jin picked up the tea bowl and was about to drink it, but when he heard this, he put it down again, shook his head and said: "Thousands of years of inheritance, thousands of years of rules, these things are wrapped around your body, if you want to carry on the past, you have to be tied, how can you open it, it is better to break him, the bad is not good, we don't want it, the good and useful, we stay, this is the best way to go." ”

Hearing this, Wang Zhaojing was stunned, Ruhui was thoughtful, and Zhao Jin asked again: "Zhaojing, you and Mr. Cao both like to talk to those foreigners, what do you think of their laws and customs over there?" ”

This time, Wang Zhaojing didn't say anything, Ruhui said: "If it's really like what these people said, where are they and where the gods and Buddhas are in charge, everyone is fighting for profit, and the children of the poor family have no day to come out, and they don't hide it from the master, sometimes I really feel that it is the country of birds and beasts that have lost all their lives." ”

Zhao Jin smiled, Ruhui didn't notice Zhao Jin's expression, just groaned and said: "But when we talk, there is a vague feeling, these people seem to have a kind of high-spirited upward spirit, seeking huge profits, seeking new knowledge, seeking wealth and nobility, for these people who are willing to cross the ocean and take risks, this kind of gas is very rare in our Ming Dynasty, no, under the Great Tomorrow, the subordinates have only seen it under the rule of the master, and the subordinates guessed that if that person has been going on like this, ten decades or a hundred years later, is it what our Xuzhou looks like?" ”

"Fanren's laws and rules do have good places, but the inside is much worse than our Huaxia heritage, Fanren's methods and rules, we have to use it, but Huaxia's inheritance must be kept and not lost, so that we can not make the mistakes of Fanren, and we will not give up our strengths." Wang Zhaojing interjected at this time.

Ruhui didn't say anything, Zhao Jin smiled, and Wang Zhaojing said solemnly: "The road that the eldest brother walked out of is the avenue where the law and Confucianism were mixed in the Qin and Han dynasties, and the kings were parallel. ”

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