Chapter 573 – Entering the Palace to Report Success

Zhu’s brain was a little bit not turned around.

It was mainly because Zhang Anshi’s words of praise for no reason that made him a bit uncomfortable.

Consequently, Zhu Di fell into silence, unconsciously chewing on Zhang Anshi’s words.

Instead, the first to react, but the accompanying Wen Yuan Pavilion University scholar gentlemen.

Although they also listened to the cloud, but roughly heard the general.

So all of them looked at each other, their hearts could not help but be shocked, Zhang Anshi, the great general of the rebellion, but he had never left the capital.

As for the Model Battalion, no mobilization was seen.

Could it be that the rebels, suddenly repented?

But on second thought, but where the rebels, since they have done a good job of breaking the resolve, to know, once the consequences of the hands, is no one can afford, and thus the dynasties, never seen a rebel easily surrendered instances.

If that’s the case, then how did this Fujian Provincial Government Department, quell the rebellion?

This rebellion, so huge in scale, how could it be possible that in just over a month’s work, there were reports of success?

This matter is too incredible, even now deeply recognized Zhang Anshi Wen Yuange all the university professors, but also has a lot of doubts.

So Xie Jin asked right away, “Your Highness, what you said just now, does it mean that the rebels have been pacified in Fujian Prefecture?”

Zhang Anshi immediately said, “Naturally!”

Natural two words exit, Zhu Di only realized, he carefully scrutinized Zhang Anshi, murmured: “pacified?”

Zhang Anshi also knew the crowd’s thoughts, so he said, “Your Majesty, it has indeed been pacified, tens of thousands of rebels, has been ashes, the stubborn thieves, has also been captured by all. As for the backbone of these rebels, now also have been tied up, at any time escorted to the capital, now the Fujian Buzhengji, has been peaceful.”

Zhu Di’s gaze violently swept through a glint of essence, and then his body shook as he said, “The local guards pacified?”

At these words, Zhu Di felt a bit out of line again.

The Ming in Fujian Buzhengji did arrange a lot of guards, but with the world peace, the guards of the combat effectiveness, the decline is great, not to mention the court’s elite, most of the guards Zhili and Beiping line, Fujian Buzhengji such a place, there is no need to guard against foreign invaders.

This time, the rebels started very suddenly, therefore, under the sudden attack, many of the guards have suffered heavy losses, barely self-preservation is still possible, but it is difficult to hope to pacify the rebellion.

Zhang Anshi then said, “Your Majesty, this is all due to the Postal Service.”

Hu Guang: “……”

Zhu found it even more unbelievable.

Zhang Anshi swept a glance at the crowd, receiving several incredulous gazes at once, so he said, “Your Majesty, I …… had better start from the beginning. Your Majesty, after the news of the rebellion came out from all over the world, inside and outside of this dynasty, people were only talking about the scale of the rebellion, and the number of rebels, and the damage they caused, and the people and the army, worried about whether the rebels had triggered a great chaos in the world. The readers of the scholarly world, on the other hand, cited examples from the previous dynasty and used them as a metaphor for the present. The Hundred Officials have their hands tied, and even the Grand Maestros are only worried about what consequences this rebel army will trigger.”

Zhang Anshi narrated the story, and at this time, the monarchs and ministers had already settled down their excitement for this sudden happy news, and all listened patiently and incomparably attentively.

Zhang Anshi was not wrong in saying this, we all have different minds.

Just ……

Zhu said, “What’s wrong with that?”

Zhang Anshi said, “But the minister was wondering why there was a rebellion.”

Zhu Di thoughtlessly said: “This is not simple, is not precisely to clear the hidden households, so that the powerful dissatisfaction? I have to investigate thoroughly to the end again, they have no back road, since they want to take risks.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty’s understanding, really all of a sudden the source of this rebellion, to find. But …… the powerful and the insubordinate gentry, after all, are a minority, so …… dare to ask your majesty, how can they make such a big mess?”

Zhu Di said, “They are in all parts of the world, operating for hundreds of years, tree roots deep, really want to make a mess, hostage the people, is not it easy?”

Zhang Anshi said, “A group of deliberate rebels, can be wrapped up in many people, make such a big commotion, from this we can see, these people, really is my Ming heart of the trouble.”

“But the minister is thinking …… that it is not their fault.”

At these words, the faces of the monarchs and ministers all changed slightly.

Zhu Di’s face stiffened a bit, revealing a few awkward colors.

While Xie Jin people, but can not help but be shocked at, Zhang Anshi today is bold, really dare to say anything.

At this time, Zhang Anshi is continued: “I am thinking of the question is, why the people will be easily hostage, really just because …… these powerful and underprivileged gentry, a few words, can be said to move them? But as far as I know, these magnates and gentry, precisely in the weekdays, acting as a blessing, although occasionally make a show of posing a few points for the benefit of the township, but in the final analysis, if it is not for the exploitation of the people of the township, how could there be such a family business as theirs?”

Hu Guang was more serious at this time, serious, said, “It may be the reason that the people are ignorant ……”

“Hu Gong, not I Zhang Anshi to you disrespect, but in terms of, Hu Gong’s insight, not as good as your son far, your son can still know the great, recognize right and wrong, but Hu Gong but why so confused.”

Hu Guang was always good-tempered, but when he heard this, he couldn’t help but change his face abruptly.

Hu Guang is a person who has a clear understanding of himself, that is to say, he is not an obstinate person, so very often, if you say that he is not as good as a certain person, he may also just smile slightly and say ah …… right right right.

After all, he’d long ago recognized that laying down and swinging for the fences.

But if you say that he is not even as good as his own son, this is not the same, as a father is not as good as his son, this is not his own words, you Zhang Anshi an outsider said, this does not know the separation of the father and son enmity?

Besides, how can I be a father from now on? Do you want to lose face?

Hu Guang was acute, and immediately widened his eyes, wanting to retort.

On the contrary, Zhu Di’s eyes slanted and had seen Hu Guang’s mind, so he said, “Listen to him, don’t interrupt.”

Hu Guangdon felt aggrieved, but also knew the importance of the matter, so he could only say, “Yes, I obey the decree.”

Zhu Di, on the other hand, said to Zhang Anshi: “Zhang Qing, what Hu Qing said, is there anything wrong? Now that we see that the people are being held hostage and are actually following the thieves, is it not foolishness and ignorance?”

Zhang Anshi gently shook his head and said, “The question is why the people are stupid!”

Zhu Di frowned slightly, a bit unresponsive for a moment.

Zhang Anshi then continued: “The exploitation and oppression of the people by the gentry and the powerful, these things have been said by the minister for a long time, and the wickedness of them can even be described as too many to mention, and I can have a hundred thousand things searched for those bad things. What I am afraid of is that, clearly so oppressive, but in the end, the people are still wrapped up in it; if only stupidity is used to explain it, this certainly makes sense, but I think that this is a lazy way of doing things, but it is only a way of entertaining oneself.”

Zhang Anshi paused and then said, “But the reports that I received from the various post stations have something else to say.”

Zhu Di didn’t think that this stagecoach, could also receive all kinds of feedback, so he said, “Play to.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Post side, the report is, the scholar-gentry and the powerful although in the local state and county bullying, but also established order, these orders, for the ordinary people, of course, very bad, can be better than the government and the court to be much better ……”

At these words, Zhu Di was a bit confused.

Zhang Anshi said: “The court is only in the temple, claiming to love the people like a son, but what about the actual situation? The actual situation is that the people in their daily lives, almost do not see any government and the court, His Majesty’s love of the people initiative, has been reduced to a piece of paper, a county, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, the court appointed a district magistrate, a county minister, an oracle and a book only, a few parents of the district, by their hands, not to mention the governance of the people, that is, under the rule of the people how much, I’m afraid it’s also a black eye. How many people are under the rule of the people, I am afraid that it is also a black eye.”

“What is even more terrible is that the people do not know that there is a court and government, and even if they do know, the court and government are held by the local powerful and gentry! On weekdays, when something happens, you can’t see the officials, but the court and the government will only think of them for taxes and levies. What’s even more ridiculous is that even when it comes to taxes and levies, the government asks the gentry and the powerful to do the work for them, and teaches them to use the name of the court and the government to extort money and grain, and to pull in the strong men.”

Zhang Anshi sighed and said, “What the people hate most, the court and the government bear the infamy, but what the people aspire to, the court and the government know nothing about!”

Speaking here, he looked up at Hu Guang, then continued to look at Zhu Di and said: “Just now, Mr. Hu said that the people are stupid, but your majesty, isn’t the stupidity of the people brought about by the court and the government? The court appointed school officials, teaching is the scholar, and the scholar is precisely the group of people who have their own family wealth, can study. And the countless number of people in the world who cannot read and write, and no one cares to educate their children, does the court have any initiatives?”

Zhang Anshi said here, seems to deliberately pause, glanced at the changing faces of the crowd a glance, and then only then said: “Precisely because of this, if we say to compare, then the real situation is that, relative to the gentry and the powerful in the local bad government, the court and the government, and even to the point of non-existence, there is no governance initiatives, let alone what good and bad governance, the temple all about governance and initiatives to benefit the people, in fact, is a piece of paper, for the people, there is no court and the government, with the near future, the court and the government, with the near future. Evil government, the temple all about governance and initiatives to benefit the people, in fact, is a piece of paper, for the people, there is no court and government in the world, compared with the close to the eyes of the scholar-gentry and the powerful, although it is the scholar-gentry and the powerful exploited, but they prefer to trust the latter.”

Zhu Di heard, actually did not rage, but a face, quite a bit pale!

To be honest, he revealed a few disheveled looks and was dumbfounded for a while.

Xie Jin, Yang Rong, etc., who also listened attentively, did not squeak at this time.

A long time, Zhu Di only finally found his voice in general, sighed: “Zhang Qing said, not unreasonable, usually do not hear, indifferent, the state of affairs to this point today, is also considered to be blamed.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Under this sky, everything is afraid of being more serious, any matter, if only to the people’s stupidity to put off the past, indeed can be peace of mind to solve the problem at hand. But if as long as really recognize the key to the problem, the right medicine, even if the sheep mending, is not too late.”

Zhu Di revitalized his spirit, and then said, “Zhang Qing can think of how to prescribe the right medicine?”

Zhang Anshi thought for a moment and said: ”Since the people are stupid, we must teach them the truth and let them know that the court is not indifferent to them. These days, the Postal Department, through the post stations and kiosks, and through the many postmen and clerks, is responsible for both the delivery of the Di Gao and letters, but also through the streets and houses, deep into the townships, and finally has a direct contact with the people.”

After a pause, he went on to say: “In addition, the postmen and clerks, are carefully selected by the Postal Service, most of them are mainly readers, some of them are ordinary readers, some of them are from the various schools in Zhili, they send letters, but the people can’t read and write, they have to write letters for them. They go into the countryside, there will be some young people who are upwardly mobile, thirsty for knowledge, and thus teach some simple literacy skills, low-cost Di Di newspaper, but also gives the opportunity to read and write, open the door of convenience, so that many of the people, for the first time in their lives, can really come into contact with the printed matter.”

“Even if it is just the stagehands to mention one or two, teach some of the most commonly used words, this Di Di, can barely read a seven or eight. With these, I do not dare to say that make people wise, but at least …… also enough to teach them to know, this world is what it is like, far away in the sky Zhili, and what is the light, these things, in fact, may be just a show of hands, may not even be worth mentioning, but in this world, planted a seed.”

“Therefore, after the rebellion, I immediately ordered the postal department to order, teach the Fujian Buzhengzhi and Guangxi Buzhengzhi each post, affirming the court’s will to pacify the rebels, raise the volunteer soldiers to pacify the rebellion, after the order was issued, really responded to a lot of people ……”

Zhang Anshi said here, laughed, and could not help but derisively glanced at Hu Guang, which then added: “So does Your Majesty think that these people are stupid? I don’t necessarily think so, but as long as you understand the pros and cons, and apply great righteousness, and can win the trust of the people, there are countless righteous people in this world, who will go forward for the king, and follow them to their deaths ……”

“Thus, in just one month, the Fujian Prefecture, the rise of volunteer soldiers, even 100,000 people. Does Your Majesty know who is the most willing to join forces among them?”

During the words spoken by Zhang Anshi, Zhu Di’s face changed several times, and only when Zhang Anshi finally finished speaking did Zhu Di come to a realization.

Although he still felt that all this came too quickly, those stagecoaches, actually have such an effect, really teach him not to imagine. But still subconsciously asked: “Who is it?”

“The boat-dwelling people.” Zhang Anshi spat out these two words, and then said: “precisely the court and the government, the most disgusted and indifferent to the group, and even regarded it as a plague in general, but it happens to be that they, get the stagecoach pawns care about, but the most defiant, and every time in the face of the battle, often in the forefront of the battle, a few times fierce battles, all the death of the battle not to retreat, so that rebels hear the fear of death. ”

Zhu Di was momentarily moved, and the color of appreciation in his eyes was evident.

He really didn’t think that in this matter, the one who played the biggest role was the boat-dwelling people who had never paid much attention before!

Not to mention the other, just based on this blood courage, also enough to let this immediately get the world of Zhu Di, for the side of the eye.

Zhu Di hemmed and hawed his lips, and finally said, “Is it so, is it …… so?”

Zhang Anshi see Zhu Di still full of questions, so patiently said: “The rebels can quickly disintegrate, in addition to the rise of the righteous soldiers, but also because many of the people are hostage, but also gradually infiltrated by the righteous soldiers, know the advantages and disadvantages, especially the dissemination of the new policy, so that they repent, and therefore, the morale is not, and every time the righteous soldiers and the meeting, they are absolutely not willing to fight for their lives, often They often fled in anticipation of the wind. Because of this, the tens of thousands of rebels were wiped out in a matter of moments, and the world was stabilized again.”

Zhu Di nodded his head and sighed with an emotional face, “I understand, no wonder Zhang Qing has been pressing his troops …… before This is not surprising.”

Zhu Di then laughed, before the mood how anxious, then now the mood is how good, said: “good very, without spending a soldier, will be pacified the rebels, these loyal and righteous, I want to heavily reward.”

Zhang Anshi but immediately shook his head, said, “Your Majesty, heavy reward for them, certainly make a part of the people, get the property, and a part of the people, increase the rank, but your majesty …… these people certainly a thousand thanks, but ten years and twenty years later it? If there are people who hold the ignorant people hostage again, what can be done?”

Zhu Di was stunned and couldn’t help but say, “Zhang Qing has something to say, so he may as well speak directly.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Now the righteous soldiers will be demobilized, soon, will be disarmed to return to the field, but they are looking forward to, but not necessarily just a reward, but bathe in His Majesty’s benevolence, I hope that His Majesty, can be treated like the original treatments of the scholar-gentry and the scholarly, to give the people like them, generous treatment …… ”

When Zhu Di heard this, his face was momentarily cloudy, and the whole person was in deep thought.

On the contrary, the Ming dynasty preferential treatment of the readers, but not false, in addition to the exemption of corv茅e service, property exemption, see the official does not worship and so on privileges, but also in the world to set up a large number of county school, government school, state school and so on, in fact, is aimed at the preferential treatment of these specific groups.

But the readers, after all, is only a minority, this …… court preferential treatment, I think this is also the reason why Emperor Taizu Gao is willing to preferential treatment.

It s just that the people of this world, thousands and thousands …… of people have some favorable treatment, but it s just a drop in the bucket.

Zhang Anshi seemed to see Zhu Di’s mind, his face remained calm, then slowly pulled out a charter from his sleeve and said, “I have the courage to do so, but I have drawn up a charter, this charter, on the basis of some of the new policy, some of the initiatives drawn up, but also ask for your majesty’s enlightenment.”

Zhu returned to his senses and let out a soft breath, then instead, he became much more subdued.

This is also what Zhu Di appreciated most about Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi likes to raise problems, but he also always comes up with a charter to solve them.

And most of these charters, tend to be more reliable.

Zhu revitalized himself and said, “Fetch ……”