After Ming Dynasty

Chapter 45
This letter written in the name of Confucius is considered to be the cooperation between Zhu Yiyuan and Song Lian. He came up with an idea.

Song Lian also readily agreed, without any extra words.

This always proud Fushe celebrity, Zhu Yiyuan, who is ten years younger than himself, obeys what he says. If his father Song Jicheng sees this, he will be amazed.

And all of this stems from an incident that happened just after entering the door.

Song Lian came over to inquire about Zhu Yiyuan's next move, to see how they could cooperate.

Due to the hurry and sweating, Song Lian was thirsty, so he casually said to a little guy in the room, "Go, pour me a cup of tea."

After he ordered, the little guy remained motionless, his eyelids rolled up, as if he hadn't heard.

Song Lian couldn't help laughing, "What a temper? You are a servant like this, so you are not afraid that Mr. Zhu will not want you?" Song Lian said it, but he didn't take it seriously. He got up to pour tea by himself.

At this time, the little guy took a look at him, then took the kettle, poured him a cup of tea, handed it to Song Lian, and said, "Please use it."

Song Lian didn't say anything, just took it and wanted to drink it.

At this moment, the little guy suddenly said: "Although Mr. has studied, he is not polite."

Song Lian found it funny even more, "Boy, why am I not polite? You tell me, I'm all ears."

The little guy just smiled lightly and said, "It's impolite for you to call me that."

Song Lian still wanted to ask, but at this time Zhu Yiyuan came in from the outside, holding a few notices in his hand, and handed them to the little guy.

"Wang Huan, please send it to a few villages, one for each village, it is related to grain harvesting, go and come back quickly, don't delay."

Wang Huan gladly took it, and ran away. After a few steps, he stopped at the door, turned his head and said to Song Lian, "Look, I said that someone is rude!"

After saying this sentence, the little guy ran away.

Song Lian's eyes widened in astonishment, Zhu Yiyuan also frowned slightly, "This is?"

Song Lian was a little embarrassed, so he told what happened just now. After Zhu Yiyuan heard it, he couldn't help laughing, "This kid has a pretty good memory."

Song Lian asked curiously, "Master Zhu, can you tell me how you taught him?"

Zhu Yiyuan nodded and said: "This kid is called Wang Huan, and he made meritorious service a few days ago. I asked him to come over and be a messenger for me. He came from a poor family. I work as a servant girl in the landlord’s house. After he came over, he brought all the ways of serving people, serving tea and pouring water, and stood by the side respectfully, and I said a few words to him.”

Song Lian was startled, this is normal, there are only a bunch of servants in his house, so he asked, "What did you say?"

"I told him that we are soldiers of the younger generation, and we are talking about the unity of officers and soldiers. There is no difference between high and low positions. I let him come over. He is a member of the rebel army, not someone's servant, and no one needs to shout at him. .Speak politely, especially when you meet for the first time. Ask others to do things, please, trouble, and thank you when you get help. Be neither humble nor overbearing, and be polite to everyone. "

After Zhu Yiyuan finished speaking, Song Lian was greatly shocked, speechless for a long time, and said slowly and helplessly: "So, I was really rude, I am really ashamed."

Then he was confused: "Young Master Zhu, can you tell me why you have to do this? Is it really wrong to put these things up and down? Confucianism in the past dynasties is right to pay attention to etiquette, but it is also impossible to punish a doctor or be polite. Common people. What kind of etiquette is there to treat ordinary people?"

Zhu Yiyuan nodded, "That's true. It's just that there is no respect, so how can you expect the people to sincerely support them and fight against the Qing Dynasty together?"

"This?" Song Lian pondered: "It has always been like this in the past dynasties. People are encouraged with loyalty, rewarded with money and silk, and rewards and punishments are clearly defined, that's all."

Zhu Yiyuan laughed loudly, "Now that the Ming Dynasty has lost its two capitals, is it any different from the collapse of the country? How much use can the word loyalty and righteousness be? As for money and silk, rewards and punishments? You must have money to reward, and power to punish!"

Song Lian was very surprised, "Young master Zhu, you said that loyalty doesn't work, and rewards and punishments don't work either. Then how do you fight against the Qing court, how can you restore the unity of the people and restore the country?"

Zhu Yiyuan smiled unabated, and asked: "Mr. Xiao Song has read a lot, so he naturally understands the harmony of the world, right?"

Song Lian smiled and said, "I can recite this at the age of five, why don't I know?"

Zhu Yiyuan smiled and said: "I thought that the Great Harmony of the World was just a yearning for a better life... The literati of all dynasties have discussed it, and Mr. Xiao Song understands it better than me. We win the hearts of the people with a better life and a more fair and reasonable family and country. , isn't that enough?"

Zhu Yiyuan sighed: "Since the late Wanli period, the government has collapsed, party disputes have arisen, natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the people are in dire straits. As a result, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others have rebelled, and the Central Plains has been reduced to Shura Hell. There are also Eight Banners. ...All kinds of suffering fall on the people, the people's livelihood is difficult, it is difficult to survive. To live, to survive, to be fed, to be clothed, isn't this the voice of billions of people in the world?"

"Since ancient times, those who pay attention to winning the hearts of the people win the world. Is this the wrong way?"

Zhu Yiyuan asked with a smile.

Song Lian was dumbfounded. After arriving, although he had a few conversations with Zhu Yiyuan, there was no doubt that this time was the most in-depth and shocking.

In this worst world, the best pursuit emerges.

All the world is evil, but I am only kind.

Everyone in the world wants to kill people, and I live alone.

How can the common people not support this step?

Song Lian seemed to be stunned, no wonder Zhu Yiyuan would spend so much effort to persuade Grandma Han, would teach Wang Huan not to be humble, and would look down on the Kong family...

"Young Master Zhu, what you said is correct, and it's hard for me to say anything. It's just that those who start well become complicated, and those who restrain the end become widowed!"

Zhu Yiyuan nodded and said: "Mr. Xiao Song is right, but I don't know if Mr. Song is willing to be a witness?"

Song Lian hesitated for a while, clenched his fists tightly and said, "I want what I want, I dare not ask for it!"

As promised, Song Lian didn't ask how his father was, anyway, he was responsible for Zhu Yiyuan's clerical work, and he participated in the drafting of the letter propaganda for the Kong family.

It is said that scholars rebelled and failed in three years.

But without the rebellion of the scholars, the same would not be possible.

Just like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, they just didn't get the assistance of outstanding scholars and couldn't establish their own bases. Like duckweed, they could only scurry around and act as rogues.

Ultimately lost.

Zhu Yiyuan also dealt with these few people before he really realized the energy of these scholars. One of their articles, scholastic eulogies, and one point of view can quickly spread everywhere.

Zhao Shizhe wrote a letter to the Confucian government, asking them to cherish the people and not to collect too much land tax, and Shandong scholars all agreed.

At least on the surface, he agrees, and the Kong family pays less, and the common people don't necessarily pay less.

The content written by Song Lian is even more pungent and satirical, and spread faster than Zhao Shizhe. Especially in all parts of Yanzhou, scholars who could not stand the squeeze of the Confucian family used it as evidence to encourage the people to resist the land rent of the Confucian family.

The storm that Zhu Yiyuan wanted finally rose.

"Young Master Zhu, I just received the news that the Confucian Mansion sent servants to Xintai." Song Lian hurriedly told Zhu Yiyuan.

"Xintai?" Zhu Yiyuan frowned, "Xintai is next to Laiwu, and it is also the place where the resistance to land rent is the strongest. The Kong family will definitely take Xintai. They stretched out their claws and they must be cut off. But our soldiers Ma Caochuang, if he wants to go hundreds of miles away to conquer the city, I'm afraid it's still a bit difficult."

Song Lian smiled slightly, "Young Master Zhu, what if the county magistrate of Xintai can take the initiative to open the city?"

Zhu Yiyuan was taken aback, "Could it be?"

Song Lian said happily: "Now the county magistrate of Xintai is called Zhu Guang. He was originally the magistrate of Jining. He originally wanted His Majesty Hongguang to send troops north to Shandong, but no reinforcements came. He was isolated and helpless, so he had to surrender to the governor Fang Dayou. Fang Dayou recruited Jining and others. land, and threw Zhu Guang to Xintai as the county magistrate."

Hearing this, Zhu Yiyuan was overjoyed, "So, I'm going to ask Mr. Xiao Song to contact Zhu Guang."

Song Lian said: "No need, Lao Song has already gone."

(End of this chapter)