Ten chapters of the embrace

Jing Lingyu hurriedly pulled his clothes and stopped him: "Xiao Hei, I told you, why are you still angry, my alliance is in Beijing, and making friends with the government is also a necessary means of survival, there are a few good people in the officials of Taiyuan Mansion, and the Qin family is still maintained up and down,"

Chang Sihao waved his big hand in the air and said angrily: " The people of the government are just that, just hooking up with the East Factory, it must not be the style of a hero, when it comes to the sword trial conference, it was mentioned that the four major stalls of the East Factory will be three, I haven't paid attention to it at the time, now I think about it, if there is no great friendship, how can the head of the East Factory be so appreciative, Guo Shu Ronghua doesn't even give the face of being the old man of the court, but he can do things for the Hundred Swords League, just because the master of the Zheng League has a friendship with Feng Bao, and handed over the words, these are all the words of the people in your alliance, not the nonsense of others, what kind of person is Feng Bao, you don't know, outside Taiyuan City that day, at the house of Lord Cheng, what did you say, ”

Jing Lingyu said: "Feng Bao is greedy for money and good goods, and it is true that he interferes in internal affairs, although our alliance has some friendship with him, but it is just to realize the grand wish of the sword family, and he is just acting on the spot,"

"Hmph, what a show," Chang Sihao sneered: "The ultimate goal of playing on the spot is to win the hearts of the people, cultivate party henchmen, control the cabinet, and reach the pinnacle of power.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Jing Lingyu sighed, turned around and briefly explained how he heard Luo Aohan's conversation in the middle hall, and explained it to Lord Zheng Meng.

"Hehehe," Zheng Mengzhu smiled faintly after hearing this, leaned back and straightened up, but looked a little relieved, and said: "Chang Shaojian is a little restless, and please sit down and listen to me," he paused, and saw that Chang Sihao was still standing upright, and no longer insisted, put down the cup and said: "I want to ask first, in your opinion, what kind of person can be regarded as a good man,"

Chang Sihao turned his hand to the window, didn't look at him, and shook his voice: "You don't need to be able to get it, you can stand up in the face of a national disaster, and you can draw a knife to help when you see injustice, it's enough,"

Zheng Mengzhu high-fived and said: "Okay, such a character is brave and brave, it is indeed very remarkable, however, when the country is in crisis, not many righteous people can save the overall situation by sacrificing their lives, and there are many injustices among the people, even if they draw a knife every day to save the suffering, they can help a few people, so although the heroes and righteous men in your eyes are rare, their horizons are inevitably not broad enough, and they can't see the general trend of the world clearly," Chang Sihao turned around and looked at him directly: " Whether you can see it clearly, or you can't see it clearly, in short, they are doing real things, which is much better than you leading the people in the alliance to think about how to drill the camp, how to climb the power of the dignitaries, and even collude with Dongchang every day."

He said this very politely, like scolding, Jing Lingyu and Xiaoqing's faces changed a few times, and they were very ugly.

Zheng Mengzhu laughed and said: "Kong Ming is not out of the mountain, and he can rule the world of Shu, I am not comparing myself to Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, but I am illustrating a truth: to truly benefit the people, we must take the initiative to grasp the power, and must not pin our hopes on others, the authority is like a knife, there is no fault, the key is who holds it, and what to do with it, I don't even have the right to speak, how can you promulgate your ideas and spread them, let alone implement them,"

Chang Sihao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly recalled his conversation with the two scribes in the restaurant, thinking that it was good, if he had no power and no power, even if he was as splendid as Mr. Zhu, wouldn't he just be able to make empty discussions on the wine table, thinking about this turn, his anger was slightly calm, and he still said coldly: "You people pretend to be a sword family, and keep saying that you want to reform the bad and bring the new and govern the country in peace, but it is nothing more than empty words.

Master Zheng took a sip of tea unhurriedly and said with a smile: "Reform and disadvantage, Anbang governing the country, although it is only the preliminary of my sword family's ambition, but also the foundation of all the future, this is not empty words, but has a specific implementation strategy and practical implementation methods, but all this is only meaningful if the government and the opposition have obtained the corresponding status and right to speak, and it is not beneficial to publicize it to the outside, but it has become a real empty talk, this is a major secret of our alliance, but Guan Chang Shaojian has a straightforward temperament, cares about the people, and is really of the same heart as us and others, and there are no outsiders here, and it is okay to say it,"

He put his cup on the table and continued: "Cathay is the peace of the people, the two are cause and effect of each other, to make the common people in the world can live a stable life, live and work in peace and contentment, not to fight unevenly, to do chivalrous justice, to kill a few corrupt officials can do, I Ming since the emperor, the accumulation of disadvantages has been deep, it is difficult to get up, it is difficult to change unless the implementation of the law with great courage, but throughout the history, the change has always encountered great resistance, and it is difficult to implement, most of the middle way failed, and the old system was restored, resulting in the further decline of the country, and the people's lives were more hot and deep,"

When he said this, his eyebrows were worried, his expression revealed deep worry, he took a breath of relief, and continued: "The swords in our alliance brainstormed at the meeting, and they all felt that the change of the law was a big move, and it was not easy to succeed, and the old system of the country still has merit, but the implementation of the old system is poor, rather than taking the risk of changing the law, it is better to make slight changes on the basis of the old system, and increase the intensity of implementation, so that the paper can be truly implemented, although this is not thorough, but it is the most practical at this stage, and can really be used to implement the statecraft,"

Chang Sihao said: "How to change, how to implement, who can't talk about it,"

Master Zheng didn't care about his attitude, and said with a faint smile: " Okay, you want to listen, that's the best, we have summed up the specific methods, it is very simple to sum up, such as today's court discussion is messy, dealing with the same thing, it is difficult to unify opinions, or dealing with self-contradiction, speaking of the crowd, in fact, it is empty, this kind of situation leads to the inefficiency of officials everywhere, must be changed, everything can not be gossiped nonsense, must be cautious at the beginning, thoughtful, the order is not changed, and the implementation is good, hehe, in your words, is to let the officials not talk nonsense, but also to listen to something specific, ”

Xiaoqing smiled on her side, her eyes aimed at her father, and she covered her lips,

Zheng Mengzhu continued: "If this can be done, the officials can return to the regular and begin to do practical things and do the right thing, there will be a question: what should be done, now the actual situation is that the order cannot be done, the officials push each other, slow to respond, like a pool of stagnant water, to change this phenomenon, we have to let them pay attention to the edict again, and after the order is issued, the subordinates must be the situation and progress, what is the result, If you do something wrong, you will be punished, if you don't do it, you will be punished, and if you do it late, you will be punished, and the officials will not be slow or lazy.

When he said this, he saw Chang Sihao waiting silently, knowing that he had listened to the words in his heart, and slowly continued: "As the saying goes, there are no rules, there is no circle, but the current situation is that the law cannot be regulated, and the power is above it. The world does not suffer from impossibility, but there is no law that must be done, which means that the state is not worried about the lack of law, but is afraid that it will not be effectively implemented according to the law, and the officials will commit crimes, and they will make friends with each other, and the people will be thrown into prison for personal gain, and no one will care about the lawsuits, and this situation must be eradicated and justice will be restored to the world."

Chang Sihao said abruptly: "The prince is guilty of the same crime as the people...... Hmph, it's easy to say, but unfortunately, there was a Bao Gong in the world,"

Zheng Mengzhu nodded: "If it is public, it is private, and if it is private, there are disadvantages, the word fairness has its own, but I am afraid that it is all relative, fair or not, it depends on the people who make judgments, and now among the officials of various prefectures and counties, how many are villains who rely on bragging, flattery, and promotion, relying on them to maintain fairness is a fool's dream, so we should also clean up the officialdom, check the name and truth, and check the incumbent officials to check the course quality, and remove those who are greedy for ink, so that the country can be used, and also let those who have the ability, People who are willing to do things can also get room to play, Han Fei said: 'Determine right and wrong according to the name, and judge the words because of the reference,' that is, this way,"

Chang Sihao heard him speak to him, his heart turned angry, and asked: "If it is really as you said, it is a great thing, but this is only a matter in the court, what about the Tartars, what about the barbarians, they go around the border every year, from time to time to attack the country, and kill a lot, this is the most headache,"

Zheng Mengzhu smiled: "I know what you think in your heart, you must be inseparable from this, yes, the tree wants to calm the wind, even if we want to reorganize the dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, but these foreign races, will never be idle, now although the southern Japanese are resting for a while, but the Tatars are in chaos, the land is rampant, the Wara is stirring, and the Tibetan land is uneasy, if you don't make great efforts to rectify the armament and strengthen the border defense, then the country will have no peace, the most important thing in war armaments is money and grain, where does the money and food come from, can only come from the people, the people are not rich, where is the military supply, Shangshu Song of the Five Sons said: "The people are only the state, the country is solid," which shows the importance of the people's livelihood, and the ancients said that "the conscience is in distress". Poverty and thieves', is not bad at all, the people have no food and clothing, how can they not have thieves, you see now the gentry in various places to hide the number of fields owned, evade taxes, and ordinary people only have a few acres of thin land and have to pay heavy taxes, resulting in the rich getting richer, the poor are poorer, forcing the people to change frequently, and then for a long time to pay back, the people are poor and the country is poor, there is no money, everything is empty talk, so enriching the people is the first priority, and the rich can not be kept, and for others to marry, must be strong soldiers as a guarantee, so on the one hand, we must consolidate the state to cultivate the people's livelihood, on the other hand, we must strengthen the armament and strengthen the border defense, the two complement each other, indispensable to rely on, can not be biased, ”

Chang Sihao was born in a farmer's house, and when he heard about the land, he was concerned about it, and asked: "I don't know much else, but what you said about the gentry concealing land and evading taxes is indeed in the people, those rich people have more land and less taxes, and they make a lot of money, and the poor families have less land and heavy taxes, and it is difficult to eat enough, and they have no money left to bribe the government, everyone knows about this situation, but what can be done?"

Lord Zheng Meng smiled slightly: "This matter is difficult to say, easy to say, in fact, it is only necessary to order the whole country to re-measure the land, find out the land that has been concealed and falsely reported, and re-register it, and at the same time rectify the official system, especially to punish those who are greedy for ink among the low-level officials, and if the top and bottom are clear, then the big thing can be achieved,"

Chang Sihao thought to himself in his hometown in the past, although everyone had a headache about these things, but they could only sit and complain, and they couldn't think of any way to change and solve it, and these things seemed to be nothing at all in the eyes of Zheng Mengzhu, two or three sentences, like a golden needle bursting blisters, all of a sudden, thinking about the country if it was really as he said, it could be so rectified, the villagers had land to grow and food to eat, they must be crazy with joy, and their eyes lit up for a while, and they were very happy.

Zheng Mengzhu smiled and said: "Actually, what Zheng said just now, in a word, it is 'rectify internal affairs, enrich the country and strengthen the army,' the eight characters are just eight characters, which is a preliminary idea put forward by Zheng for the current stage of the national situation, and a little bit of superficial opinion formed by the discussion and collegiality of the swordsmen of our alliance, what do you think about this, but also hope to see the teaching," Speaking of this, he leaned over and saluted, and asked with a sincere attitude,

Chang Sihao's face was flushed, and he hurriedly retreated: "The statecraft you said is real and well-organized, Chang Sihao is an idiot, he only knows how to use a knife to slash and kill, and he doesn't understand the world's major affairs, how dare he talk nonsense, Fang Cai, alas, what I said...... It's really rude and embarrassing, "I overturned my head and bent down,

Master Zheng Meng stepped forward with a smile, intervened to support his elbows, and said: "Virtuous nephew doesn't have to be like this, you are righteous in your chest, right and wrong are clear, you don't hide your words, you are worthy of being a straight man, a little misunderstanding is nothing,"

Xiaoqing saw that the clouds were scattered one day, and while pouring tea and adding water, she said with a smile: " Brother Chang don't have to be confused, Daddy really didn't really annoy you, there are many visitors to our league who come here, just to touch the light of our league, improve their worth or satisfy the vanity in their hearts, when they meet, they are full of nonsense, few dare to see difficult questions, such characters, the most daddy is bored, he often says that saints may not be really saints, there are many sages, Yao who is also, Shun who is also, if there are doers, people must dare to despise, dare to doubt, in order to infinitely approach the right, he is a person, he is addicted to criticism, you accuse him face-to-face, he is too late to be happy, Zheng Mengzhu laughed, and he was kind of comforting, Chang Sihao saw him like this, and he felt even more uncomfortable in his heart, and thanked him again,

The two returned to their seats, and Master Zheng knew that he still had a knot in his heart that had not been opened, so he said: " The virtuous nephew hates the actions of some people in Dongchang, in fact, I am not as good as that, but their backstage foundation is the Zhongguan, that is, the eunuchs, these people serve the emperor all day long, sometimes the words are written on the fold, and the words are bloody, it is better for them to understate the emperor's side to blow two sentences, my alliance has its own ideas to realize, and the other is in the capital of the important place, dealing with them is unavoidable, and even if the cabinet is looking for suitable candidates in the future, these strategies can be implemented, and the help of the eunuchs is still indispensable in the middle, the support of officials at all levels, the water is clear, there are no fish, there are a few people in the officialdom who are as clear as water and clear as a mirror, everyone has selfishness, and there are disadvantages in privateness, which is also unavoidable, can make a friend, not make an enemy, as long as the relationship can be maintained, as long as it can be maintained, since it is necessary to do big things, it is necessary to endure small resentment to raise the whole front, and can not blindly lower the gaze, entangled in the problems of others and other details,"

Chang Sihao couldn't help nodding when he heard him say this, but he thought of the cabinet, the six ministries, the Yanguan, and the East Factory...... And so on and so on and so on for a long time, I thought to myself: "Every group of forces has a corresponding faction, each faction has its own network of contacts, common interests and goals, these people are hypocritical, or cunning, or incompetent, or ruthless people, doing corruption, bribery, perverting the law, dictatorship, but the Hundred Swords Alliance can get along with it safely, mingle, is this the so-called politics, to do great things, you have to sacrifice some standards of life, so what is wrong and moral,"

Master Zheng Meng saw his thoughts, and said with a smile: "The virtuous nephew can't figure out this for a while, but it's okay, and if you participate in swordsmanship more in the future, you can gradually understand,"

Chang Sihao heard him suddenly switch from politics to martial arts, and felt abrupt: "What does swordsmanship have to do with this?"

"Of course it has a lot to do with it,"

Master Zheng said with a smile: " Bodhidharma left boxing inheritance in Shaolin, the world thinks that it is intended to strengthen the monk to protect the temple, in fact, this is his convenient method for the future generations of ginseng Zen enlightenment, because he knows that the understanding is easier than the heart, the beginner martial artist from the boxing, from the form into the mind, from the outside to the inside, the long time of the deep work, can make the body strong, the body is healthy is the soul, the soul is easy to understand, see the bird flat wings rise, clear its borrowing of the wonder, see the snake hinterland fast, know its meandering work, this spirit rhino appeared, boxing has reached the apex, you can learn the sword, the sword is light and dexterous, the water is soft and soft, the long practice can take off the weight and stagnation, change the mind, my alliance swordsman can clear the heart with the sword, the heart sword is clear, and the world martial arts is above the wonderful realmFor example, what we just said, as long as we understand the principle of 'circle entanglement and discarding from people' in sword science, you will know how to look at everything peacefully, and there will be no more excessive burdens."

,,Self-denial from others,

Chang Sihao heard these four words, and suddenly remembered the matter of the old man Baofu by the Yellow River with firewood against the sword, and thought of it: "Sacrificing oneself from others is to retreat into advance, in order to let the attack, although the lord of Zheng Meng seems to be 'from people', in fact, he is 'employing people', in the face of such a corrupt officialdom, the chaotic court, toughness and confrontation, to no avail, the small sacrifice is a clever maneuver, and it can finally be transformed into a comprehensive victory, and it is not him who has the last laugh,"

Thinking of this, my thoughts can't help but become more complicated: people say that a gentleman "does something, but does nothing" , but the gentlemen in this world, there are really no few people who can do great things, and the people who really do things have to be closely related to reality, not afraid of slander, disdain for false fame, and even unscrupulous means to achieve the goal, the words are ugly, but if his swordsman's grand wish can really be repaid, I don't know how many people in the world have benefited, in the previous things, as long as there is no loss, it is not excessive, what is unacceptable, Liao Gushi once said that the alliance is full of wolf ambitions, Most of the obscene and shameless people are dirty in their eyes, and they disdain to communicate, and they can't understand the hard work of Zheng Mengzhu.

Jing Lingyu had other things in his heart, how could he listen to what they said, and said: "What is the major national matter, the sword is the truth, I am a monk, but I am not interested in listening, Uncle Zheng, I only ask you, what do you think of my cousin's affairs,"

Xiao Qing smiled: "It's strange that you, a monk, are not interested in state affairs, but you are interested in your cousin," Jing Lingyu looked back at her with slight disgust, turned around and pouted and continued: "It seems that in your heart, you also believe that the record of the Sword Cultivation Hall was stolen by my brother, isn't it," Zheng Meng said: "You don't have to worry, I have my own division in this matter," Jing Lingyu frowned and said:" How can I not be in a hurry, Second Brother Shen is dead, the record is lost, my brother has two black pots on his back, there is no place to live in the rivers and lakes, and he hides in Tibet every day, is this day a good time," Chang Sihao also said: "The little nephew has seen Liao Gongzi make a move, and he knows his heart by the sword, although he is very lonely, he is anxious for justice and righteousness, he should be a cold-faced and hot-hearted person, he must not do anything unkind, I hope the alliance master will take a closer look,"

Lord Zheng was silent for a long time, sighed, and said, "I don't need you to say it, I have long known that there is indeed someone else who killed Shen Yuan, and the record of the Sword Cultivation Hall was not stolen by him,"

Jing Lingyu exclaimed: "What,"