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Chapter 228 What a Good Idea!

Huang Qing is a very interesting candidate. His ability to answer His Majesty's questions properly is based on his own practice, not because he knows His Majesty very well. This is the first time Huang Qing has seen His Majesty, and it is also the first time he has guessed what His Majesty is. people.

Before entering the palace to have an audience, Yuan Fu sent a special message to him, say what you think, don't guess the holy will, because you can't guess at all.

If the emperor is a black box and needs to input instructions to analyze, Huang Qing, as an official for 12 years, actually does not know what instructions should be input to analyze the emperor, so he simply does not guess, and how to say what he thinks.

For Huang Qing, or for the vast majority of subjects in the world, the emperor is just a symbol that unites to represent the decision-making of the court, rather than a specific person, representing the legal system established by Zhu Yuanzhang.

As for the emperor himself, what he looks like, what he eats, and what he likes has nothing to do with his subjects. The emperor is too far away from Huang Qing and people below him, so far away that he seems to be standing on the ground, looking at Jiuzhong. The gods in the sky.

Huang Qing didn't guess, and answered the question directly based on his own practice, which happened to be the answer the emperor wanted to hear.

This is a very interesting phenomenon. A lowly Confucian like Sun Jigao is being scolded, while a follower like Huang Qing was praised by His Majesty the Emperor in the Wenhua Palace. If he can do things, he cannot be a lowly Confucian. , it must be impossible.

This is an inevitable law. The lowly Confucianists have always talked about their minds with their hands, and the lowly Confucians talk about their minds. Generally speaking, I think I can do it. The lowly Confucians are not the only gods in the Western world. Where there is light there is light.

Wang Chonggu set up a woolen official factory, and worked hard for Zhou Zhang. Up to now, he has fought himself into a lonely family, but he has basically realized large-scale production, and it is difficult to even copy it. What can you think?
Many decisions made by the Ming Dynasty in the past 150 years have been influenced by this kind of thinking.

Zhu Yijun looked at Huang Qing and continued to ask: "It is said that Huang Aiqing is very good at farming. I am a little puzzled. I have observed a very strange thing, which is very contradictory. Governor Song Yangshan of Yingtian and Governor Wang Daokun of Songjiang told me that there are many landless tenants in the south of the Yangtze River. Servants, even some people, in order to survive, would not hesitate to privately eunuch into a rich family as a slave or servant, and they still have to live."

"On the other hand, Song Yangshan and Wang Daokun told me that there is a lot of barren land in the south of the Yangtze River, and the land is barren and they are unwilling to plant it. Even the fields are overgrown with barren grass, and many acres of fields are barren."

"Why don't these landless tenants farm the land for a living? Because they are lazy?"

"No! Your Majesty is not like this! The people of Ming Dynasty are very industrious. It's not that they don't want to, but they can't, Your Majesty." Huang Qing immediately became anxious when he heard the emperor's question, and his eyes turned from fanaticism to doubt when he looked at Zhang Juzheng.

As the emperor's teacher, is that how you teach the little emperor?
But there seems to be no problem... because in this case, the powerful and powerful who have the right to speak can completely shift the responsibility to the poor coolies. The poor coolies are lazy and don't want to farm. The poor coolies envy luxury, but Unable to work hard to get rich, the poor coolies are foolish and ignorant. This is the image of the common people that the gentry who have the right to speak have tried to shape for a long time.

And it was very successful.

Zhang Juzheng was a little helpless and annoyed, Huang Qing, what eyes do you have!The little emperor is testing you, bastard!
It wasn't that there was a problem with his Zhang Juzheng's education, the little emperor was holding the answer, and he was asking about your ability, not about your majesty's incomprehension, your majesty wanted to know if you understood!

Huang Qing thought for a long time before he said: "Your Majesty, as an official, once edited Ji'an county annals. I went from Jiangxi to Zhejiang, and then from Zhejiang to the capital. Why can't ordinary people cultivate barren fields?"

"Your Majesty, on the Kanyu map, there are countless place names of villages such as Yaojiazhai, Hujiazhuang, Zongjiatun, Majiafen, etc. These village names probably mean that there is a family of clan and gentry here. Words are definitely not kind."

"Large households of the gentry, there is a clear distinction between the villages. Every plant, every tree, and even a sip of water belong to the gentry and belong to the big households. Yes, where the birds don't shit, the homeless people can't even move a shovel."

"In my hometown, Jiangxi and other places, there is a Zhaowang Village. In front of this Zhuangzi, there is a person with a head stick, but anyone who picks up a piece of firewood from the mountain will be decapitated and hung up to show the public. There are such head sticks everywhere. name, but most of them have."

"When I was in Ji'an, I once handled such a case."

Zhu Yijun couldn't help thinking of the rows of flagpoles on the bank of the Tonghui River. The traitors who were beheaded by the Yinjie captives would be displayed on the poles.

When Zhu Yijun did this, he wondered why Zhang Juzheng, who persuaded Renshu, didn't object or persuade Renshu.

Obviously, this kind of headshot is a common phenomenon in Daming, so Zhang Juzheng didn't say much, it's not that the little emperor has learned badly, but it's the powerful people of Daming who flaunted themselves as great benevolent people, who ruined His Majesty.

It's not that His Majesty is cruel, but such a brutal powerful gentry has brought His Majesty down.

It's all the fault of the nobles and gentry!
"What case?" Zhu Yijun asked calmly.

Huang Qing bowed his head and said: "There is a marriage custom in Jiangxi, steam a pan-headed lotus cake and then get married, and the case that I can handle is the case of this pan-headed lotus cake."

"It is said that a first-class citizen from Zhaowangzhuang brought a family of four and wandered to Zhaowangzhuang. He opened up ten acres of wasteland and attracted Zhao Jiaquan to water the wasteland. This refugee was hung on a pole by Zhao Dashan from Zhaowangzhuang. Hanged."

"The two children of this refugee family were thrown into the ditch, and when there was a flood, they were washed away."

"There is only one widow left. This widow was forced to marry Mr. Zhao Dashan. When she got married, she steamed the pan-head lotus cake. They were all poisoned to death, and the case fell into the hands of the minister."

"Your Majesty, every plant and every tree has its owner."

After Zhu Yijun listened to it, he was stunned for a long time before realizing that the story he had heard seemed to be a love story.

This widow must die, twelve murders, according to the law of Ming Dynasty, there is no possibility for widows to forgive, but after thinking about it, this widow's husband and son were killed, and she was forced to marry, so what's the point of living meaning?

Since the widow took her child and wandered around with this refugee, she obviously knew that her man was reliable.

This is a poignant love story.

"So what is the meaning of this Jiangxi Steamed Pantou Lotus Cake?" Zhu Yijun asked suspiciously.

Huang Qing said with certainty: "Beauty is perfect and lasts for a long time."

These days, it is extremely difficult to marry a chicken with a chicken, and a dog with a dog, and it is extremely difficult to remarry after divorce, and this pan-head lotus white cake is actually to let the husband's family not bully their daughter too much. It is a kind of expectation, and it is indeed a beautiful meaning. , beautiful and full, long and long.

Huang Qing continued: "That's why the refugees can't plant their own crops, because they can't open up wasteland at all. If people touch people's land or water, they will all die. Besides, they are just refugees. No one reports the case, and even the local government has to tolerate it. Big things are turned into small things, and small things are turned into small things, anyway, it’s just the refugees who died.”

"If you encounter soft-hearted gentry, although there are not many, there are always some good people who give water to the refugees. As soon as a shovel of soil was dug, a few buckets of rice were paid for high taxes, grain rents, and private demands, so there was no one to reclaim the wasteland, so this land was left uncultivated."

"The only one who can lead the people to reclaim wasteland is the imperial court, because the gentry dare not offend the imperial court official, and the imperial court ordered the official to die for no reason. opponent."

What Huang Qing said was the truth. Yin Zhengmao demolished the door and moved the bed, and Ling Yunyi simply killed people. When facing the court, the gentry was afraid. Now the wealthy gentry in Guangdong and Guangxi are very dissatisfied with Ling Yunyi, and begged to take Yin Zhengmao as the surname of the country. call back.

Yin Zhengmao is greedy, but Yin Zhengmao doesn't kill people.

Zhu Yijun suddenly thought of Hou Yuzhao’s book on wasteland reclamation, Chen Wushu, one is the average field mu, the other is the fixed levy regulations, the third is the strict approval limit, the fourth is the time supervision, and the fifth is the wide reclamation. The average field mu is easy to understand. The significance of the fixed levy is that it determines the share of the harvested acres, but if someone pursues it, the people can fight against the tax with arms.

Zhu Yijun once again affirmed that Hou Yuzhao is really loyal to the monarch and the country.

When Huang Qing said this, the fear of the face-faced saint before was gone, and he cheered up. He had to judge whether this was the only chance in his life to face the holy face. Since His Majesty asked To reclaim wasteland, he must clearly explain the need for reclaiming wasteland.

He cheered up, and said quickly: "If you want to reclaim wasteland, first of all, the imperial court's wind power and public opinion outline the constitution. If it favors the powerful and powerful, it is absolutely impossible; secondly, the imperial court leads the people to reclaim the wasteland, otherwise the people reclaimed Acres of fields are just for making wedding dresses for others; then there are farm tools, the poor coolies are dying, and there is absolutely no possibility of any farm tools. For food relief, the field in the next three to five years will be the normal land, and how to sustain the basic necessities of life in the next three to five years? These are issues that must be considered.”

Huang Qing actually talked about the necessary conditions for land reclamation from four aspects. First, the support and inclination of political policies; The poor coolies produce tools; the fourth is the cost of reclamation must be considered.

As long as you talk about cost, you are talking about the implementation of the policy. If you don't talk about cost, it's just a lowly Confucianism bewitching the emperor.

Government decrees that don't talk about cost are farts. This is Zhu Yijun's summary since he was in charge of the government. He found that it is extremely useful to distinguish whether a decree is fooling him or not.

Ma Yilong, the teacher of Xu Zhenming, the director of Baoqi Division of the Great Ming Dynasty, a pioneer in reclamation, and a great philanthropist among the gentry. All the acres of reclaimed land were usurped by the gentry.

Ma Yilong's failure was that he did not meet the first and second conditions.

Xu Zhenming followed the teacher's footsteps and also cultivated wasteland, but failed because Xu Zhenming lacked the first condition at that time.

And Hou Yuzhao's great success in land reclamation is because he met these four conditions, so he succeeded.

But he can't do anything less.

"What Huang Aiqing said, I think it is very good." Zhu Yijun looked at Huang Qing and said with great satisfaction: "If Huang Aiqing was the head of the local prefectures and counties in the Ming Dynasty, the world would be in great order and the people would live in peace."

Huang Qing was able to get promoted from an official to an official. It was not as simple as having two brushes.

"Look at the reward!" Zhu Yijun clapped his hands and signaled Feng Bao to give him a standard reward. He thought for a while and said, "Give one to Yu Zhao, Marquis of Liaodong, as a reward for his meritorious service in cultivating the land."

Fifty imperial silver coins, five bottles of national cellars, five feet of woolen and other rewards, although not many, are definitely not indiscriminate rewards.

Emperor Longqing likes to reward artists who perform at the Aoshan Lantern Festival, and Zhu Yijun also likes to reward them, but he gives them to loyal officials, to the Beijing army, to officials and craftsmen, and to officials. It's because he hates lowly Confucianism and doesn't give it to artists, because he can't see it.

In order to avoid the reward of his ancestors becoming a law, the emperor didn't even look at it.

The summoning was over, and when Huang Qing left the palace, he still felt a little like a world away. This little emperor seemed to be, maybe, maybe really good. His Majesty could understand what he said, and he could still listen to it. This really surpassed Huang Qing's. out of expectation.

Huang Qing passed by Donghuamen, and saw three lists, the first list, of course, is the Chinese-style list of the examination, the second list, is the Jiaci Enke Jinshi list, and the third list is a list of mathematics. transcript.

Only full and zero scores are posted.

The students with full marks are basically all on the first list, and they can learn mathematics well, which proves that he has spare time to study mathematics, and proves that he can basically be sure that he can pass the Jinshi examination, while those with zero points basically have no Chinese style, and zero points basically represent Without any obedience, how could it be possible to pass the Jinshi exam if it is at odds with the general direction of the court?

"Where's my name! Where's my name?" Gu Xiancheng yelled hysterically in the crowd. He received the good news from Sun Jigao yesterday, saying that he was named on the gold list, but after the list was posted today, he searched all over the list of 315 people. Not his name!

"Who is this guy?" Huang Qing didn't know Gu Xiancheng, and he looked like a disciple of a gentry in silk and satin. He was just a little surprised why this guy was so angry. Huang Qing had never participated in the test, so he didn't understand how Gu Xiancheng's anger came from. Where did he come from? Sun Shan's name should be lost.

Huang Qing asked the students around him. The students around him failed the exam and did not answer, but another Confucian scholar answered the question.

"Gu Xiancheng, apprentice to Sun Jigao, good news spread to Xuanguan yesterday, this person reserved a box on the third floor of Yanxing Building to invite someone to be a guest, all the invitations were sent out, but his name was not there, of course he was crazy. "Zhang Siwen said cheerfully.

"Unexpectedly, I failed the ranking." Jiao Hong also had a smile on his face.

When the imperial examination carp leaped over the dragon gate, they all jumped over it and turned into dragons, while Gu Xiancheng was still a fish.

Gu Xiancheng received the news that he jumped over it, but he didn't jump over it when the list was posted, and he still didn't jump over it.

Logically speaking, the Chinese-style list of the test will never be leaked before the list is published, but there are many things in Daming that cannot be considered reasonable. For example, the list was leaked in advance. The result is already known.

This kind of privilege is common, but Gu Xiancheng booked the banquet in advance, but he can't use it. Those who received the invitation would come to the door one by one and say, I didn't pass the exam, so I don't want to come. This is too shameful.

What Gu Xiancheng invited was not a small family, Gu Xiancheng had to come to the door to explain the situation in person.

Zhang Siwen and Jiao Hong went crazy with joy when they saw Gu Xiancheng's frenzied appearance. The next time they will take the math test, with Gu Xiancheng's sour energy, they will never even think about passing the Jinshi exam in this life.

"It must be Zhang Juzheng! It must be Zhang Juzheng who changed this list!" Gu Xiancheng suddenly roared, rushed to Zhang Siwen, and shouted hysterically: "The only one who can change this list is your father!"

Zhang Siwen took a step forward, and said with great anger on his face: "I will tell my father, if my father did not do it, you must bear the crime of false accusation and sit on the wrong seat! Can you afford it?"

"It's my father, how about you? What can you do?"

Zhang Siwen completely inherited Zhang Juzheng's arrogance. In front of so many students, he directly sprayed Gu Xiancheng's scalp numb.

It was Zhang Juzheng who changed the list, what can Gu Xiancheng do?Not to mention that Sun Jigao didn't dare, who in the Ming Dynasty dared to provoke Zhang Juzheng?

Not to mention that the emperor is partial to the holy family, it is a dog fight among the courtiers, who can beat Zhang Juzheng, the position of Zhang Juzheng, Yuanfu, is not obtained by the holy family, but by fighting!

"Brother, don't blame me for a momentary slip of the tongue." Gu Xiancheng immediately came back to his senses, shivered, and broke out in a cold sweat. If Zhang Siwen really insisted on biting him, he, Gu Xiancheng, would have no choice but to die.

"Are you sober?" Zhang Siwen put away his momentum, shook his sleeves and said, "The list confirmed by the two presidents and the eighteen housemates cannot be changed by the father. There is only one person who can change the list. You don't know yet." Who is offended?"

Jiao Hong sighed and said: "The young man who refuted you in Yanxing Building that day is Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty?" Gu Xiancheng's face turned pale in an instant. The young man in Yanxinglou, who spoke and behaved like a nobleman, was quick in thinking and methodical in speaking. He called himself the Huang family of Penglai, and he was the royal family of Penglai!
All right, all is well.

The last person whom His Majesty did not want to see was Zhang Siwei. A total of 728 people from him and his party were beheaded and hung on the bank of the Tonghui River!

Gu Xiancheng immediately sensed that something was going to happen, and he planned to go home immediately, and he couldn't sway under His Majesty's nose any longer. If he swayed again, something serious would happen. Gu Xiancheng didn't want to leave, he still wanted to enter the Imperial College, and if he failed the exam this time, there would be another time. He can't learn arithmetic, he claims to be a smart person, and he is actually not afraid of the next math test.

But if His Majesty doesn't invite you to see him, this matter will be serious, Gu Xiancheng is sweating anxiously.

And the other student, looking at the list, exhaled foully, looked at Jiao Hong with extremely complicated eyes, walked up to Jiao Hong and said, "You won."

This person's name is Feng Mengzhen, and he is the second in the exam. Jiao Hong, not Feng Mengzhen, is the first in the exam. Everyone is a student of Nanya. Feng Mengzhen actually knows Gu Xiancheng's strength, but in such things as exams, there are losers. If you win, the first is the first, and the club is the club.

Feng Mengzhen thought for a while, then showed a relieved smile and said: "It should be you, but I heard that you can't take the test, so I thought I could get away with it."

Feng Mengzhen and Jiao Hong were on the ground of Nanya, and they fought several times, but they were always at a disadvantage. It is not a shame to fail Jiao Hong.

The level of Jiao Hong's cursing and writing articles has been admonished, and his mouth has offended many people.

When the students were setting up their rankings, a memorandum caused a stir in the court. Led by the Ministry of household affairs, Zhong Guangmao, twelve censors jointly signed the memorandum, opposing a whip method, and with good reasons, after several years After the daily observation, major miscellaneous newspapers began to discuss the pros and cons of a whipping method.

There is only one miscellaneous newspaper exception, and that is Minbao.

The half-monthly issue of the People’s Daily did not report a whip method at all, but focused on the working principle of the pressurized water machine, and arranged more than a dozen pressurized water machines in Beijing, and started to discharge water, so that the people of the capital can use convenient water, and also reported The following is about the application of Zhu Zaiyu's steam turbine in the woolen factory.

The steam turbine was not firstly used to lift water, but was placed in the woolen factory, mainly for the convenience of degree bypass and improvement of the steam turbine.

The Minbao report described the difficulties of landing the first steam turbine in an extremely regrettable tone, and it exploded on the first day.

Zhu Zaiyu’s first steam turbine exploded. It was a boiler. The safety valve of one of the boilers was overweight. It was not found during the installation. As a result, an explosion occurred, which made the entire steam turbine unable to work. It will not be repaired until mid-March up.

Minbao holds a pessimistic attitude towards steam turbines. It is not a problem with steam turbines, but a problem with Ming Dynasty. The current materials are difficult to make it run at high speed and stably. If you want to use steam turbines, you need a high-pressure, high-temperature, and high-speed steam environment. All parts, is a huge challenge.

Boiler fried is only the first step.

The steam turbine is good, but the materials in Daming are not enough to make it operate stably and for a long time. Another kind of water is sprinkled into the cylinder, the steam in the cylinder is cooled to create a vacuum, and then the crank reciprocating structure is realized, which appeared in the newspapers of Minbao .

What Min Pao posted was just an imagination, because Min Pao did not have so much iron material to make this thing.

Daming was short of coal and iron, so if it wanted to do it, it could only be done by the imperial court.

Zhu Yijun asked Zhu Zaiyu to see if the reciprocating steam engine was feasible, and he himself went to Yilun Hall to prepare for the next debate, or he wanted to announce to many officials led by Guangmao who opposed the New Deal.

This wave of wind and public opinion was so great that Zhu Yijun had no choice but to respond positively. For this reason, Zhu Yijun specially summoned the pens of the major miscellaneous newspapers in Beijing to read together.

But if these pens are cutting the head and tail, and taking meaning out of context, Zhu Yijun is not powerless, so he will take the head of a lowly Confucian and tell him that misinterpreting the emperor's words is prophecy and a serious crime of treason.

Zhu Yijun took out the Zheng Wang watch and looked at the time. According to the hour, it is now nine o'clock in the morning, and the debate competition is about to start.

"Your Majesty, I have prepared some documents for Your Majesty to use." Feng Bao and Zhang Hong held two volumes of books, which were based on the opinions of miscellaneous newspapers collected in the inner study, and according to the new law. A cheat sheet compiled from the archives. After all, this time, His Majesty the Emperor met his courtiers outside the palace. This must not be messed with.

"No need." Zhu Yijun said no, but still copied the two volumes in his hand.

If I have a wrong memory, wouldn't I make a fool of myself in public?

If the emperor makes a fool of himself in public, it's not the emperor's fault, it's the fault of his courtiers. If a courtier makes His Majesty make a fool of himself, he must use his own life to atone for the sin.

So there is a reason why Hou Yuzhao was scolded every day. It wasn't for Hou Yuzhao's memorial to enter the court, and Zhang Juzheng would not have established the system of the third and third permanent courts.

"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live." When the eunuchs heard the eunuchs shouting for His Majesty to come, they began to kneel down and salute.

Zhu Yijun looked at the courtiers, courtiers, many pens and some students of Daming, smiled and waved his hands and said, "Ping, sit down."

This time it was not a court meeting, the atmosphere was more relaxed, everyone had a seat, and Zhu Yijun sat on the throne, and there was a table with a baffle in front of the throne. Zhu Yijun put two volumes of books on the table. This is his public cheat sheet.

"For the matter Zhong Guangmao, Er's memorial entered the court, and various miscellaneous newspapers discussed it. I read your memorial and also read the discussion in the miscellaneous newspapers, and I deeply agree." Zhu Yijun first affirmed that Guangmao's memorial was not a lowly Confucianist. The Ancient Tomb Sect is a memorial based on the theory of contradiction.

This memorial is very valuable and valuable, which is why Zhu Yijun responded so aggressively in person.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your praise." Guangmao thanked you again, and His Majesty's affirmation made him heave a sigh of relief. To criticize a whip method is equivalent to criticizing the Ming Dynasty's New Deal, and it is equivalent to criticizing the Grand Tutor Zhang Juzheng. I have to go to this memorial.

"Let me start with the first thing. I am poor in the Ming Dynasty, and the core of a whip method is silver taels. Therefore, the starting point of Guangmao's memorial is to talk about the poor in the Ming Dynasty. This starting point is excellent. This is what Mr. It's because of the promotion of the one-whip method." Zhu Yijun admired Guangmao's attitude very much.

What the lowly Confucians like to say most is that there is everything in the Great Ming Dynasty, Huatianbao, and you don’t need to get it from others to be self-sufficient. A lowly Confucian would say this.

But Guangmao's memoir, at the beginning, said that Daming had no silver and had to get it from outsiders, which led to an inevitable, relying on the inflow of silver and being controlled by others.

"Guangmao, instead of silver, use precious banknotes?" Zhu Yijun asked with a smile: "The precious banknotes are dirty even if you rub your buttocks. You don't use silver and copper, and you don't use banknotes. Is it possible that I don't need money?"

"Of course it costs money." Guangmao said with a sigh.

"Well, that's it, it needs money, but Daming has neither copper nor silver, so it uses iron money and banknotes, and it also says that the court is harsh on the common people and amassing profits." Zhu Yijun seemed to be asking Guangmao, but in fact he was Said these words to all the pens.

Daming needs money. Daming is in a state of general money shortage. Even Yanyin can be used as money. This is the current situation of Daming.

If Daming wants to use money, he can only resort to overseas.

Zhu Yijun and Guangmao reached the first consensus that Daming needed money, and it could only be silver or copper coins. That's why Wang Xiyuan went to Yunnan to mine copper for the matter.

He smiled and asked: "So, Guangmao thinks, what should be done? Guangmao's worry is very reasonable. The Ming Dynasty is poor and must be controlled by others. What should we do?"

After thinking for a while, Guangmao frowned, and finally said tentatively: "Waguo has a lot of silver, if we take down Waguo, then there will be no shortage of silver."

Guangmao was a little confused by His Majesty's combination of punches. Baiyin is controlled by others, and taking down the Wa Kingdom will not solve the problem of being controlled by others?
This logic is so reasonable.

Guangmao is not a lowly Confucianist. His opposition to a whip law is justified and well-founded. He is worried about the country and the court. In summary, he is loyal to the monarch and the country.

"Hmm! Good idea!" Tan Lun clapped his hands immediately after hearing this and said, "Okay, okay, I think it's okay, Daming Navy Master, who has been sharpening his sword for several years, and the Japanese country can't take it right now, so this Ryukyu is also possible."

"What a great idea!"

　In the Ming Dynasty, there were many people who opposed the one-whip law. Zhang Juzheng himself was one of the opponents. There was no best decree, only one that was suitable for the current environment and more applicable.Want and want, that is, lose and lose and lose.Ask for a monthly ticket, woo! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

　　
　
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