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The Storm of the Late Ming Dynasty 5200 Volume 2 Chapter 681: Hiding fog, hidden clouds and long sunshine (1)

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    Xia Wanchun walked to the newsstand and looked inside. He saw the latest newspaper. When he saw the news on the cover, his eyes suddenly popped out and his movements became extremely fast. He almost grabbed the newspaper.  Come over.

    In the past, what he liked to read most was Nandu Weekend, but in recent years it has gradually changed to People's Livelihood Express.  In his own words, if you watch Nandu before the age of 18, you will be wasting your youth if you are not enthusiastic. If you stop watching Nandu after the age of 18, you will not be able to live in your own imagination forever.

    This world is by no means black and white, sometimes it is gray, sometimes it is purple, but a single black and a single white are hard to find.

    Xia Wanchun remembered that this sentence should be said by Yu Guozhen. He went to visit Yu Guozhen with his father that time, and Yu Guozhen once commented like this when talking about Confucianism.  It can be seen from this evaluation that Yu Guozhen did not reject Confucianism, but he would never completely agree with it.

    What attracted Xia Wanchun was the headline news in today's People's Livelihood Express.

    "The former Emperor Chongzhen arrived in Nanjing yesterday, and Commander-in-Chief Yu Gong went to the dock to greet him."

    Xia Wanchun followed Xia Yunyi to Yicheng more than once, so he met the Emperor Chongzhen several times in person. Generally speaking, the emperor gave him a very good impression, with elegant conversation, profound knowledge and profound insights.  Sometimes Xia Wanchun also has some regrets. If Chongzhen is given another chance, he will definitely become a famous king.  But in this era, Yu Guozhen is enough, and there is no room for other famous leaders of the generation to perform.

    "I actually came to Jinling" Xia Wanchun bought a newspaper and didn't leave.  Start reading right next to the newsstand.

    "People's Livelihood Express" was quite well prepared, so in addition to describing Chongzhen's arrival in Jinling, this article also specially reserved space to display Chongzhen's life, including the content of his rescue by the Chinese army.  This was also the first time that the Chinese Army publicly admitted that when Li Zicheng invaded the capital, they sent a special force to rescue Chongzhen.

    It couldn¡¯t be more appropriate for this matter to be made public at this time.  Those who want to use Yu Guozhen to replace the Zhu family and attack him for being disobedient must think carefully when facing this situation.  The people all knew that despite being besieged by Li Chuang's army, they still dispatched troops to rescue Yu Guozhen in Chongzhen.  Not that kind of ruthless person.

    There are also some records of Chongzhen¡¯s life in Yicheng over the years in the newspaper, such as that he fell in love with gardening and fishing, and also learned to ride a bicycle.  He even wrote a manuscript called "The First Half of My Life".  There are also interviews with Chongzhen himself, especially when he was in Shanghai after circling the East China Sea, including comments on China's overseas territories and evaluation of Yu Guozhen himself.

    Chongzhen's evaluation was very direct, including both praise and criticism. For example, in his criticism of Yu Guozhen, he said that he "occasionally has the kindness of a woman" and "is too tolerant of others."  As for "Confucianism is the most ugly thing in the world, but others are inferior to others", Xia Wanchun knew at a glance that these words were indeed said by Chongzhen.  When he and his father visited Chongzhen, they heard him say similar words.

    In addition to newspapers, the newsstand also sells miscellaneous food, snacks and the like.  The business was going well. While Xia Wanchun was reading the newspaper, several people who looked like Confucian scholars passed by. They were very excited when they saw the newspaper and each bought a copy.

    After just a few quick glances, a Confucian scholar yelled, "How dare you, Yu Guozhen, a thief!"

    "Shhh. Keep it down, keep it down, this city is in the hands of that thief now."

    "You see, he actually manipulated the Holy Emperor, forged holy edicts, and attacked scholars - this thief really wants to cancel the privileges of us scholars!"

    Previously, it was clearly stated in the five-year unification plan that some economic privileges of scholars should be gradually abolished, such as not paying taxes, being able to shelter tenants, etc.  According to regulations, the Jinling Small Court should have completed this work a year ago, but it must be admitted that this work involves too many areas and offends too many people. Neither Qian Qianyi nor Ma Shiying are willing to bear this infamy.  Hence the delay has not been resolved yet.  But now that Yu Guozhen has taken over Jinling, and at the same time, the working groups he sent are rushing to various places under the escort of the Huaxia Army to take over various places that were originally controlled by Xiao Mingting, then in the next step, he will rely on the power of the Huaxia Army to forcefully promote  It's about this.

    "Confusing right and wrong, referring to a deer as a horse, this Yu Guozhen is indeed a figure like Zhao Gao and Wang Mang!"

    "Even Zhao Gao and Wang Mang would not be as heartless and crazy as him"

    Xia Wanchun shook his head when he heard this. These scholars were happy to scold Yu Guozhen behind his back, but what was the use of such scolding, and it was entirely out of their own selfishness. If Yu Guozhen did not cancel their economic and political privileges, I am afraid that  One by one, they can't wait to sing praises to Yu Guozhen.

    They can definitely do thisAs for the matter, if Yu Guozhen were to allocate the major factories he controlled to scholars like them, they would definitely keep praising Yu Guozhen, Yao, Shun, and Yu.

    Sure enough, Xia Wanchun heard another scholar say angrily: "Yu Guozhen controls countless factories and mines, and in the future he will exclusively benefit from salt and iron. He plunders the wealth and wealth of the people all over the world to enrich his treasury, and plunders rare treasures from all over the world to fill his treasury."  You can't even get a little tax-free benefit from us. Seriously, you are really greedy and can't satisfy your desires!"

    "That is, he should have distributed all the profitable factories and mines to the people of the world, and should not have competed with the people for profits!"

    "I heard that someone will sign a letter asking Yu Guozhen to implement benevolence, such as the land equalization system of the Tang Dynasty, and distribute all the factories and mines under his control to the people."

    Xia Wanchun couldn't help but smile when he heard this. What these people meant by "distributing to the people" was probably to share with themselves, or at least with those Confucian scholars Qingliu who controlled the right to speak and public opinion, and those who colluded with them behind the scenes.  Those wealthy businessmen.

    Even if those factories and mines are really distributed to the people, which people have the energy and ability to run them well, they have to be handed over to those "skilled" people, and these "skilled" people will inevitably have them.  Selfish thoughts.  As far as Xia Wanchun knew, many of the supporters behind the petition were even some of the current chief officials in Yu Guozhen's factories and mines.

    They have seen these factories and mines bring huge profits.  When the world was in chaos, they could endure it temporarily for the sake of peace, but now that the world is at peace, their minds can't help but become active.  If these profitable businesses could be given to them, how much wealth would it bring them!

    "This is really true. If he can really do this, Yu Jimin will live up to his name and revitalize the country and benefit the people. Haha"

    Hearing this, the Confucian scholar who had just cursed Yu Guozhen immediately changed his tune.  Xia Wanchun shook his head again, and the Confucian scholar happened to see him.  After glaring at him, Xia Wanchun immediately stood up and stared back.

    Like his father, he has a generous and heroic spirit. Although his ideal of joining the Chinese army has not been realized, he has put in a lot of physical exertion over the years.  He firmly believes that when this country is employing people, it is also the time for young people like him to make a difference.  Therefore, as soon as he stood up, his momentum obviously overwhelmed the Confucian scholar.

    The Confucian scholar took half a step back.  Then he sat down on the ground, so frightened that he was stunned.  Seeing his virtue, Xia Wanchun didn't bother to argue with him.

    "You're a bunch of trash. If the government is left to you, the whole country will be a capon." Xia Wanchun said with a sneer.

    Then.  He walked away.  When he was there, none of the Confucian scholars dared to speak out, but after he left, the Confucian students' faces turned red with anger. One of them yelled, "Inhumane," and the other yelled, "You are so polite."  .  The one sitting on the ground even cursed loudly.

    ¡°It¡¯s just that Xia Wanchun was already far away and couldn¡¯t hear their curses at all.

    The news of Chongzhen's visit to Jinling shocked Xia Wanchun. He didn't know if his father had already received the news, so he rushed to inform his father about it.

    Xia Yunyi naturally resigned from his official position a long time ago and now lives leisurely in Jinling City, occasionally writing articles and earning some royalties to make ends meet.  After hearing the news brought by Xia Wanchun, Xia Yunyi was overjoyed: "Is this really true?"

    "The news in the "People's Livelihood Express" is naturally not false. At most, it is just a discount." Xia Wanchun said.

    At this time, "People's Livelihood Express" has not yet learned the ability of later newspapers to sing praises and praise horses. However, Nandu Weekend's recent articles have a tendency to develop in this direction - but the level of literati's praise of horses is higher than that of rough people.  And if you can call it a famous artist like Hou Fangyu, the photos will be even more colorful.

    Those who can scold people and have no air, often shoot people's horses, of course.

    "That's right, Wanchun, go out and call a car, and let's go to pay homage to His Majesty!" Now that he knew that Chongzhen had come to Jinling, Xia Yunyi felt that he had to go and see him no matter what, so he ordered his son.

    It is convenient to hire a car now. After a while, the father and son were in a tricycle. Nothing happened on the way. Xia Wanchun told Xia Yunyi about those corrupt scholars. Xia Yunyi listened for a long time before saying: "Yu Jimin is not easy.  "

    "Why do you say this, sir? Yu Jimin is now unstoppable in obeying orders. The Huaxia Army is loyal to him. The literate officials and junior officials he has trained are all capable. Why is it so difficult?"

    "There are counterattacks externally and divisions internally. It is more difficult than the smoke of the battlefield back then. Yu Jimin has far-reaching aspirations and long-term plans. If he could just be a saint-emperor who came out every few hundred years, he would be able to do it now, no matter what  Protect this new imperial court?Three hundred years of history will always be fine.  But in two or three hundred years, not even two or three hundred years, in about a hundred years, when muskets, steam engines and other technologies have spread, China will no longer have technological advantages at that time, how can it suppress its surrounding countries?  "

    "My lord, what I said is a bit exaggerated. There are heroes in the country, and the Han Dynasty has prospered, so why worry about the barbarians?"

    "It was on the two words "Han Dao", Yu Jimin finally found out some clues about how to take the Chinese Road, but now, those maggots can't wait to jump out and want to carve up this game.  What a feast!¡±

    Speaking of this, Xia Yunyi closed his eyes slightly, and tears came out of the corners of his eyes: "Now that the world is more peaceful, and the people have some hope, they can't wait to jump out, howling Look at what they said,  Those who can make money must be distributed to them, otherwise they are competing with the people. Those who cannot make money but spend money should be controlled by the court, otherwise they are ignorant They have ruined the Ming Dynasty like this, and now they want to destroy China I  Why is China so full of hardships?"

    Xia Yunyi is getting older. Although things are far-reaching, he can't help but be a little pessimistic. Xia Wanchun clenched his fist and shook his head: "Don't worry, boss. Yu Jimin will not let them succeed, and I will never let them succeed!"

    This was the first time in Xia Wanchun's mind that he wanted to join China's political system and use his own strength to protect the path explored by Yu Guozhen in the future.  Maybe this road may not be absolutely correct, maybe this road may not be without setbacks, maybe this road itself is paved with mud and thorns, but after all, this road allows Xia Wanchun to see the hope of China's rise.

    He firmly believes that there are not a few people who think the same as him.

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