Zhu Changluo has many ideas about Niutougou Town. Although he has been doing it all the time, he still feels like he is urging him to stay in a hurry.

The Ming Dynasty really can't wait.

But what can I do if such a difficult thing is enough? I can only do it step by step. If I jump up impatiently, not only will I not be able to save Daming, but I will even be trapped in.

Therefore, no matter how anxious it is, Zhu Changluo still has to do it little by little and accumulate it. Only by accumulating a certain level of strength can Zhu Changluo have the opportunity to compete with this decadent old world!

Sun Chengzong returned to Fang Shushi's house.

This house is located in Min Lane in the suburbs of Beijing, and it is not the house of Fang Shushi. This is the house rented by Fang Shushi.

As for why you want to rent a house, the reason is actually very simple. The housing prices in the capital are too high. It is not something that the Yulin soldiers, such as Fang Shu, can afford to be afforded. Therefore, many officials like Fang Shu, who come to Beijing, either live in the inn or rent a house for themselves when they come to the capital.

Fang Shushi, who was chatting with his children in the yard, saw Sun Chengzong coming back.

Fang Shushi smiled and said, "Here you come back? What will happen to today's poetry?"

Sun Chengzong snorted, "A group of hypocritical corrupt scholars!"

Fang Shushi was stunned, then smiled again: "Hahaha, what did they say make you angry?"

Sun Chengzong said: "They are criticizing the emperor's virtue in Wanli Street, Xishan!"

After hearing Sun Chengzong's words, Fang Shushi couldn't help but sigh, "Although the emperor's virtue is good, he is still competing for profit with the people."

After hearing this, Sun Chengzong became angry again, "Why are you competing for profit with the people? Are ordinary people who can be taxed? Can ordinary people make such a big business? It is better to say that they are not willing to contribute to the Ming Dynasty than to compete for profit with the people."

Fang Shushi looked at Sun Chengzong, who was still a little teenager and said, "You can't look at this matter like this. It is precisely because of them that the prosperity and stability of the south can be achieved."

Sun Chengzong said anxiously: "But the prosperity and stability in the south are also abnormal. The rich have to go all over the country, while the poor have no place to stand. The wealth in the south has long been concentrated in their own hands. Countless poor people have become their tenants slaves. The food they have worked hard to plant must be handed over to them, and the raw silk collected can only be sold to them. The only hard-earned money left behind has to cope with the tax collection of the court. Such prosperity and stability is a sin."

Fang Shushi was silent. Sun Chengzong said something was true, but not true. Because such a thing did not happen in the south, and the same was true in the north.

The military households in the north were even worse than the people in the south. As a military officer in Yulin, the guards of the house knew it very well.

However, this situation is not something that the Fang Guard can change. The only thing he can do is to enforce the law impartially and reduce excessive exploitation of military households by the generals of the garrison. However, this method is not a long-term solution.

Because, once he leaves office as a military officer in Yulin, the military households in Yulin will still return to their original state of life, and Fang Shushi has no choice but to do so.

Looking at Fang Shushi who didn't speak, Sun Chengzong knew that he had spoken too much, so he saluted Fang Shushi, "Student Meng Lang, please punish him."

Fang Shushi looked at Sun Chengzong who admitted his mistake, and he smiled, "Get up, what's wrong with you? You can help me educate my two children. I'm grateful that you haven't had time to do it."

Sun Chengzong said: "The students do not make any contributions. They are all the two young masters born with intelligence. The students just taught them a little bit in a simple way."

Fang Shushi smiled, "You are still breathing when you praise you for being humble."

Then, Fang Shushi said to his two children: "Mei Lun, Meihuan, go and prepare some food for your husband. By the way, see if your mother's meal is ready."

The Fang Shushi has three children, named Meilun, Meihuan, Meihuan. However, Meihuan died young, and now Meihuan is left.

These two children are only in their teens now, and they are about the same age as Zhu Changluo. Of course, their future achievements are much worse than those of Fang Shushi.

However, none of these matters.

After hearing Fang Shushi's words, Meihuan left obediently and bowed to Sun Chengzong.

Looking at the two children walking away, Fang Shushi began to ask the main point.

"Why do you think they criticize the emperor's Xishan tax system?"

Sun Chengzong said: "Students speculate that they are afraid that the emperor will promote the Xishan tax system across the country."

Fang Shoushi said, "You guessed it right. However, the matter is of great importance at this time, and it is not the emperor who can decide alone. The Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 200 years, and scholars do not pay taxes or pay grain. This is the ancestral system. It is not something the emperor can change. This year, because of the mining tax, human life has been caused in the south. In the end, the emperor still left nothing. This shows that the emperor has no choice but to do their own things. Just do your own thing with peace of mind."

When Sun Chengzong listened to Fang Shushi's words, he said angrily: "How can the Lord be so pessimistic? The emperor is the emperor and the crown prince has the image of a holy king. The changes in Xishan Huangzhuang over the past ten years are ironclad. In the future, the emperor and the crown prince will definitely change this situation."

Fang Shushi looked at Sun Chengzong and said, "How should we? Who should we rely on? The reason why Xishan Imperial Village can achieve its current achievements is indeed inseparable from the support of the emperor and the management of the prince. But what if we leave the capital? After leaving the capital, can the emperor and the prince still keep an eye on it all the time? You have been with me in Yulin for a while. I don't need to say anything about the situation in Yulin. You should also be very clear. You can see how the people and military households there live. However, do local officials and hereditary military leaders care about it? The great rule of the world requires the unity of the king and the ministers. But the following has become like this. It is impossible to change with the emperor and the prince. We only need to have a clear conscience."

Sun Chengzong knew that Fang Shushi said these words for his own good. After all, Fang Shushi had already suffered from the storm.

In recent years, although Fang Shushi has been doing his best in the officialdom and can even complete tasks in excess, his official position has always been around and rarely has the opportunity to be promoted.

Now he has been in the officialdom for twenty years, and he is only a fourth-rank Yulin military officer. If he were from the south and still so capable, he might have already been ranked third-rank, looking at the lack of second-rank.

Unfortunately, Fang Shushi, who is a northerner, can only do things so hard and rely on political achievements to be promoted. As for the good things such as the boss recommends, it has never happened to Fang Shushi.

Moreover, the reason why he was able to go to Beijing to report his work this time was because Emperor Wanli found out that he had won two battles in Yulin with fewer victory, so he was given the grace of letting him go to Beijing to report his work. If nothing unexpected happens, the Fang Guardian will definitely be promoted this time. As for what position he was promoted, this is not something Fang Guardian can consider.
Chapter completed!