"Chen Kai, do you think of yourself as a minister of the Ming Dynasty?"

Hearing this, Guo Zhiqi was furious. The king and his ministers, father and son, are the words of the sage. The king is the guide for his ministers, the father is the guide for his son, and the husband is the guide for his wife. The three cardinal principles and the five constant principles are the foundation of ethics and political systems.

When Chen Kai opened his mouth, his attitude was that of bargaining with the imperial court, and that of a merchant, without any hint of the consciousness of being a courtier.

If it weren't for the fact that he was here on an important mission, Guo Zhiqi would have walked away after hearing these words, and he would not have continued to say anything. However, as soon as he said these words, he immediately recalled Chen Kai's preface - just like the person he is.

As he said, they did not regard Chen Kai as an orthodox civil servant. Even if Chen Kai said that he was loyal, filial, and upright, they might not believe it. If you put it in the mouth of some superficial guys, they might also take Chen Kai's "white body" as an example.

To ridicule whether he knows what loyalty, filial piety and justice are...

A city with ten houses must be loyal and trustworthy; if the entire Zhejiang Province is dignified, how can it be that there is no talent and courage? This is the original words from Qi Jiguang's letter to the famous minister Hu Zongxian when he proposed to recruit soldiers. It is also applicable to other places in China.

Guo Zhiqi has been in the officialdom for a long time and has seen too many kinds of people and things. He knows most clearly that there is no shortage of people in this world who are full of benevolence, justice and morality, and are full of male thieves and female prostitutes. He will not really believe that he has not read the classics of Confucius and Mencius.

He didn't understand loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, but even so, a figure like Chen Kai, who had been bound by the Ming Dynasty, could still say such words, which still made him very uncomfortable.

Chen Kai saw everything in Chen Kai's eyes. He had already expected this, because his words were really not in line with the habits of this era, but he still chose

So much so.

With a cold smile, Chen Kai then said to Guo Zhiqi, who was full of anger: "In the eyes of you, I, Chen Kai, should be a contemporary Zhao Pu who is loyal to the country and does his best to seek the supreme position for the Zheng family.

?"

At this point, Chen Kai snorted: "I am a cousin-in-law with the surname Guo. It seems that the relationship between a mere staff member and the proprietor is closer than that between Zhao Pu and Song Taizu. And Zhao Pu was known as a ruler with half a book of The Analects of Confucius.

In the world, I also read some carefully when I was in elementary school. If you go in and out like this, it seems to be pretty much the same."

Chen Kai's tone was full of ridicule, and how could Guo Zhiqi not hear it. But before he could react, Chen Kai shouted sternly: "You guys underestimate me too much!"

There was no "yes", no "right", just a resolute statement. Chen Kai's sudden change of tone really stunned Guo Zhiqi, who was still full of resentment. Even the anger that was rising to the sky was cut off.

.

Zhao Pu's statement has not been heard by any of them, at least he has never heard of it. However, for so many years, the Western Guangdong Civil Service Group's defense against Chen Kai ultimately lies in the central government's defense against feudal towns - they are afraid of

The Zheng Group's continuous expansion is afraid of the destruction of the power of the small imperial court by the large feudal town. It is also afraid that once the Zheng Group has the possibility of replacing the Ming Dynasty, they, the Ming ministers, will inevitably have to fight between fame and position.

choices made.

If the power of the Zheng Group had always been limited to the scale controlled by the Ming Court, then there would still be defenses, but they would not be as bad as they are now. However, over the years, the power of the Zheng Group has continued to expand, and the power that the Ming Court can control

, the land and the population are getting smaller and smaller. The same problem is not limited to the Yongli Imperial Court and the Zheng Group. The former Qin Prince's Palace and the current Jin Prince's Palace are actually indispensable to the Yongli Imperial Court.

But forces that must be guarded against - if you want to revive the Ming Dynasty, you must rely on these forces. However, if the Ming Dynasty is revived and the vassal town expands excessively in the process, it may become a wedding dress for others.

ending.

Expecting a dynasty to have the consciousness that "if a change of dynasty can make the nation more prosperous, then all the sacrifices will be worth it" is a foolish dream. It can only exist if we look at history from a macro perspective.

Guo Zhiqi does not have this, nor does the Yongli court. As for Chen Kai, even if he can look at it this way, he may not really make such a choice, because from a more macro perspective, there are many things in this world.

A far more effective method than simply changing dynasties.

"Consultative Council!"

"I'll just say that Governor Guo is a smart man, otherwise he wouldn't invite me again and again."

Chen Kai clapped his hands and praised, but Guo Zhiqi seemed to have figured out a lot in an instant: "But, Huangming's ancestral system..."

"Supervisor, if Ming people don't tell secret words, Emperor Mingzu cannot save the current Ming Dynasty!" He interrupted Guo Zhiqi's words unceremoniously, and Chen Kai quickly added: "I, Chen Kai, don't have any fame to support me, but I ask myself

I have read some books. Before the Ming Dynasty, the three dynasties of Han, Jin, and Song Dynasties were almost destroyed, but they were able to achieve resurgence. There is actually one thing in common here, which is exactly what Huang Ming did in the past ten years.

Got the worst."

As soon as Chen Kai said this, Guo Zhiqi was stunned on the spot, with no effort to cultivate his energy. He had been studying for many years, and I dare not say that he had read all the history books, but he had indeed read a lot, so naturally he had some insights.

Here, the three dynasties that Chen Kai refers to are the three times that later generations called the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty. Their predecessors, the Western Han Dynasty, the Western Jin Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty, died due to usurpation by foreign relatives, foreign invasion and pro-vassal civil war. On the surface, this is

, in fact, there are many internal causes for the collapse of dynasty rule. However, after the three resurgences, the Eastern Han Dynasty was almost the same as the Western Han Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty was the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty was twice as big as the Western Jin Dynasty.

many.

Guo Zhiqi had no concept of these numbers in his mind, but when Chen Kai pointed them out today, even a vague impression was enough to make him suddenly realize it.

It was the powerful nobles who helped Emperor Guangwu defeat the heroes and rebuild Yanhan!

It was the joint efforts of the northern clans who moved south and the gentry and landlords in the south of the Yangtze River that could prevent the further annihilation of Han civilization by the Five Husbands!

It was the national policy of the monarch and the scholar-bureaucrats sharing the world that had been established as early as the Northern Song Dynasty that allowed the four famous generals who fled in embarrassment to the south of the Yangtze River to resist the potential power of the Jin army's ambition to completely destroy the Song Dynasty!

It is also precisely that in terms of attracting the scholar-official class, the backbone of the feudal era, to its own use, Nanming did far worse than her opponents. In this way, the dynasty, which had been decayed for more than two hundred years, competed with the newly rising barbarians who were on the rise.

When a political power is inherently disadvantaged in a confrontation, failure is often just a matter of time.

Sitting on the Grand Master's chair, Guo Zhiqi's heart could not be more shocked. He and the civil servant group behind him had not given much thought to the Advisory Bureau, but they were more inclined to use Chen Kai to release some local power to win over powerful people at the grassroots level to strengthen the

His power in Guangdong. Now it seems that they have indeed underestimated Chen Kai. They, a group of elites who have read poetry and books and have been fighting in the officialdom for countless years, are far inferior to a "child student" who has never even passed the exam.

"Illiterates" can see the essence more clearly, and the difference between the two can even be said to be like clouds and mud!

"Listening to your words is better than ten years of reading. It is not a fluke that I have achieved what I have today."

The shock reached its peak, and he let out a heartfelt sigh, and even the title became an epithet. Chen Kaisun thanked him, but he couldn't help but laugh in his heart.

On the surface, the biggest beneficiary of the dynasty's resurgence was the royal family of the previous dynasty, but in fact it was a gluttonous feast for the scholar-bureaucrats. At this moment, it was no longer a bargaining session between different political groups seeking cooperation. Guo Zhiqi, and the civil servant group behind him,
Chapter completed!