Chapter 17 House Slaves
Amid the sound of crying, Zhao Hao hissed and gasped.
What a guy, what a guy, no wonder my father-in-law wants to kill this guy. He Daxia, who should have died in the Wuchang prison seven years ago, has a very strong destructive power.
Now because of his own interference, He Xinyin not only did not die, but also ran to the sky high emperor far away, saying that there was no one to care about overseas territory. Then why don’t he let it go?
After years of experience, we are almost experiencing our party’s unique skill in transforming the Kuomintang army - a complaint meeting is held.
"Who stipulates that the poor should be the servants? Do they stipulate that the poor must accept their fate? Then Mr. Hongwu should also give up the ox for a lifetime, eat for a lifetime, and be a two-legged sheep for a lifetime!" He Xinyin said passionately:
"When Master Hongwu was a child, he was the Tartars. The Tartars looked down on the most. They divided the people into ten levels, nine Confucians and ten beggars, that is, they put scholars and beggars together. Over time, who would listen to the words of the Sour Zi? So he was not poisoned by the Sour Zi, so that he would not accept his fate, not be humble, work hard to achieve the great cause of the emperor!"
"But when he expelled the Tartars, the sour people came up again, began to persuade him to practice Confucianism, and encouraged him to recognize Zhu Paihui as his ancestor. Hongwu is so heroic, so he naturally would not recognize his ancestors in order to enhance himself. But he studied a little, and he was still thinking of an old farmer. He felt that he was starting a business for his descendants and regarded the world as the ten thousand-year-old property of the old Zhu family. So he was still trapped by the sour people, so the cage was again covered by the people."
"I'm not saying that there is something wrong with starting a business for the descendants. Who do you work hard for and who are you busy for? Isn't it all for the next generation?" He Xin paused, gently stroked his long white beard, and said with a sigh: "But ordinary people start their own businesses and create wealth, and some people want to treat us ordinary people as cattle and sheep forever!"
"In order to achieve this goal, they also summarized the five techniques of controlling the people, which are regarded as the criterion for generations. Even if the dynasties change, there will never be any changes!"
"So what are the five techniques?" someone asked in the audience.
"Good question, I will explain it to you today." He Xinyin stretched out his palm-pin fan's big hand and said one by one:
"One, the foolish people - the three pillars, five constants, four dimensions and eight virtues, which lift these cannibalistic ethics and rituals high. Whoever dares to violate them is a great rebellion, and everyone can punish them. In fact, everything else is a foil. What they really emphasize is the three pillars, which is the king as the minister, the father as the son, and the husband as the wife!"
"Gang means to set an example. The original meaning of the Three Gangs is that the king mainly set an example for his ministers, and the father wants to be an example for his sons, and the husband is the same as the husband for his wife! However, for their own selfish interests, they misinterpreted it as the absolute authority of the king to the minister, the father to the son, and the husband to the wife. The old emperor is called the king and father, and is also a husband, so he has absolute authority. If all the ministers want you to die, you have to die! So when you believe in the Three Gangs and Five Constant Virtues, you will automatically become the cattle and sheep of the Tian family. Anyone who has the intention to resist is a great rebellion! Everyone will be punished by the traitors and traitors!"
"Second, weak people. This is easy to understand. If the people become docile and weak chickens, of course it will be easy to rule."
"Three, weary people. We deliberately use heavy labor and heavy taxes to make the people work hard every day, so that they don't have time to think about what went wrong in their lives?"
There were thousands of people in the audience silently, and the audience was all impressed. Although most of them seemed to understand, they clearly felt that what they had encountered in the past was just as Mr. Fushan said...
"The fourth article is to insult the people. Let the people have no self-esteem or confidence, feel that they are cheap and only deserve to be trampled under their feet. Such a group of people, no matter how many people are, they will be like grass, and they cannot pose a threat to them!"
"In the end, the poor should deliberately keep the people extremely poor and deprive them of their wealth. People are poor and have a short ambition, and they cannot practice literature and martial arts. They can only be ignorant of their goals and be confused..."
He Xinyin sighed and said, "You now understand why you have suffered for generations, right?"
"Well..." Everyone in the audience nodded, and someone shouted: "It turns out that it's not that we are not lucky, but that someone has arranged us clearly for generations!"
"Fuck!" More people cursed: "The Zhu family is really not a thing!"
"Oh, this matter is not a big deal. Mr. Hongwu was also determined to restore China and relieve the people." He Xinyin waved his hand and said, "He is the hero He admires the most. Alas, I can only say that anyone who becomes the emperor will do the same thing, and you will be no exception."
"We only sleep with the lady..." The audience burst into laughter, and the atmosphere was a little relaxed.
At this time, the bell rings at the bell tower's time, and it's twelve o'clock noon.
"Okay, that's all about it today." He Xinyin ended his lecture today and made the next preview: "Go back and think about it carefully, what should I do after knowing the truth. If I can't figure it out, I'll listen to the old man here three days later, I'll continue chatting with you!"
"Yes..." The audience responded together, and then bowed to Mr. Fushan on the stage unevenly.
"Go to have a meal now. You have to go to work in the afternoon." He Xinyin waved his hand, and more than 10,000 people quickly scattered like water.
When his disciple packed up the table, chairs, kettle and asked the teacher to go back for dinner, he saw He Xinyin looking at the group of people below the stage with bright eyes.
At this time, most of the audience dispersed, and the group of people who were still in the same place were particularly conspicuous. The two middle-aged men in the lead were dressed in ordinary clothes, but were tightly guarded around them. Those burly men with expressionless faces were very burly even in the north.
"Mr. Fushan, don't be fine." The slightly longer man bowed with a smile.
"Thank you for Brother Zhao's blessing." He Xinyin also smiled and said politely: "Mr. Liang has been living a very comfortable life over the years."
This statement is not false. Zhang Juzheng has always regarded He Xinyin and the Taizhou School as thorns in his eyes, suspected that they secretly instructed his disciples Liu Tai, Zou Yuanbiao and others to impeach him, and manipulated the love storm that left him profoundly traumatized.
Therefore, after banning lectures and destroying the Tianxia Academy, he immediately designated He Xinyin as a demon who was witchy and confusing the public, and ordered the whole country to arrest him.
He Xinyin had to hide for a while. Later, when he was taking refuge in the student Hu Shihe's home, he couldn't help but teach in Tianlong. As a result, he was found out by the government. Wang Zhiyuan, the governor of Huguang, sent elite constables and a battalion of personal soldiers to set up a net to arrest him.
Fortunately, the people from the Special Corps took a step forward and rescued his master and disciple, leaving the government empty-handed. Seeing that he could no longer stay in the mainland, Zhao Hao ordered people to send He Xinyin to Danluo Island.
He Xinyin is not a ungrateful person. Zhao Hao saved him and could not cause trouble for others, so he restored his real name Liang Ruyuan and drew a clear line with the wanted criminal He Xinyin.
In fact, Zhao Hao doesn't care. He has done too many taboos overseas, and it doesn't matter if he has one more time. In recent years, in addition to not allowing him to return to China, he can just go there and see whatever he wants. At his request, he also brought his teacher Yan Shannong to Tanluo.
"Mr. Shannong is in good health?" Zhao Hao asked Yan Jun.
"It's great. You can eat, sleep and write every day, and you can also take turns to give lectures with me." He Xinyin walked down from the stage and said, "He often said he wanted to invite Brother Zhao to have a meal and express his gratitude. I think it's better to choose a day than a day, so let's do it today."
"Your sincerity in treating you is a bit sloppy." Zhao Hao quipped and smiled.
"I just prepared a banquet carefully. In the eyes of you, a big boss who is rich enough to match the country, I'm afraid it's just a simple meal." He Xinyin laughed and said, "It's better to save money and do some serious things."
"Good guy, he's so righteous." Zhao Hao also laughed and followed He Xinyin to his carriage.
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The three generations of Master and Apprentice He Xinyin lived in the outer city, which was outside the long wall at the beginning of the establishment of the city of Xingang.
The planners who had imagination at the beginning could not have expected that this city that was isolated overseas would have developed to its current scale in just over a decade.
When the population reached 350,000, the planned construction land in the city was already exhausted, and the city hall had to ask the management committee to expand the city wall.
According to the plan of the Asahi Administrative Region Management Committee, it was originally planned to demolish the original long wall and rebuilt ten miles away. The administrative cadres of the group have taken courses in urban planning and have realized that the city wall will hinder the development of the city and lead to two worlds inside and outside the wall.
However, when the plan was reported, it was brought back by the board of directors, and Zhao Hao's personal instructions were attached, "The situation in Xingang is special, and the original long wall should be retained and a new wall should be set up."
So in the 12th year of Wanli, five kilometers away from the old wall, a newly built city wall also included the Li Chao Dajing County Town. This area between the two city walls was called the outer city.
The common people don’t care about the inner and outer cities. They only know that they can finally build a house happily again. Even the three masters and apprentices of He Xinyin are not immune to the vulgarity...
The convoy left the inner city through Zhonghua Gate, and saw that after just a few years, a densely populated block emerged from the outer city, and there was no sight along the main road.
Seeing Zhao Hao looking outside the car with interest, He Xinyin sighed endlessly: "Although Xingang City stipulates that every household is qualified to rent a homestead for a low price. However, the financial resources of most citizens, especially new immigrants, are not enough to build houses."
"As a result, your Newport Construction Bank actually allowed citizens to use homesteads as mortgages to apply for special loans for building houses."
"This is also to allow citizens to live as soon as possible." Zhao Hao said with a smile.
"But the loan cannot reach the citizens, but it is directly assigned to the city's urban construction company." He Xinyin sneered: "It must be undertaken by the urban construction company."
"So, first of all, I am worried that someone will not build a house after taking the money, and just go to eat, drink, gamble." Zhao Hao explained without changing his face: "Secondly, the city has some rigid requirements for residential houses, such as toilets and water supply, which makes citizens make themselves 80% unqualified. Besides, the urban construction company is free to be honest, with quality and quantity guaranteed, and beauty, so why not do it?"
"The cost is also very beautiful. The loan cannot be paid out for ten or eight years. Citizens must work hard to repay the mortgage, otherwise the built house will be taken back by the bank." He Xinyin sighed:
"I have never met Guan Zhong and Fan Li before, but I think they should sigh as if they saw their brother's methods."
"Don't worship too much, I'm just standing on the shoulders of a great man." Zhao Hao said with a modest smile.
Chapter completed!