Chapter 262 The emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies
"My family is well-educated, with plenty of food and clothing, a wide house, and good people. My parents are kind and my children are filial. I wouldn't exchange it for any amount of gold or silver! Who knows that God is not in favor of people, and if something bad comes to our door, it's not a big deal at all.
Borrowing debt can help you get through a temporary difficulty, but who would have thought that longevity money may seem like a good thing, but in fact, it is money that kills people! How can this be longevity money or longevity money..."
In the foot shops, main stores, tea houses, tea shops, and even tea sheds on Nanmen Street, people are singing this kind of ditty. Not only is it catchy, but it is also mixed with touching love stories or ethical stories.
This is simple thinking, which is understood by reason and moved by emotion. It is something that the common people can understand at once and "like to hear and see".
Moreover, Ye An also interspersed some anecdotes and strange things into it, which were of course changed based on the rumors in the market, and added some names such as "The Misfortune of the Flower Lady" and "Sung Family Song", and it became popular among the people in Tokyo in the blink of an eye.
Soon, this storm had swept through the entire city of Tokyo. Ye An had read so many books, literary works or various writing techniques. Almost every story was new and eye-catching.
Soon these stories became the best-selling scripts and lyrics in the streets and alleys. The fabricated things combined with reality can attract people, which is similar to the headlines of later generations. The most important thing is that the stories are wonderful!
At this time, a subtle problem solidified in people's hearts. Almost all tragic stories include a "devil", longevity money and longevity money.
Those who have lost their families, lost their wives and children, disappeared, and wandered around the world are all entangled with the money of the Daxiangguo Temple.
The common people are all simple and unsophisticated. Of course, they also have their own preferences in their hearts...
Humans are all individual animals, and of course they are animals with seven emotions and six desires. At this time, sympathy, empathy, and some bad negative emotions will affect people's thoughts.
Public opinion guidance has existed in all dynasties, and the royal family has always been a leading force that cannot be underestimated. However, in the case of Daxiangguo Temple, it was not the Tian family who was doing it, but Ye An who was behind it.
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Ye An, who has mastered the latest and most powerful power to control public opinion, launched a public opinion war against the Daxiangguo Temple in an almost crushing manner.
There was no gunpowder smoke or bloody flesh in this war, but the Daxiangguo Temple was so stimulated by Ye An's methods that even the Tian family in the palace was alarmed.
Ye An is right. The fire of "public opinion is like a fire" has not only burned among the people, but also in the court and the heavenly family. Fire is the most difficult thing to control. Once you are not careful, it will
It will implicate oneself.
A popular joke is a pastime in the mouths of the common people, an admonition in the mouths of officials, and a "flame" of anger in the mouths of emperors and saints.
The Song Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and filial piety has also been inherited by Han civilization for thousands of years. However, these stories and jokes contain countless things that are contrary to human ethics, filial piety, and simple emotions.
Here Ye An secretly changed a concept, blindly emphasizing the role of emotion, and selectively forgetting objective facts. "It is natural to pay back debts."
But even this fact has been ignored by many people. Even some courtiers only saw that Daxiangguo Temple used people's incense money and royal tribute money to make high-priced loans and profits.
In their view, the Daxiangguo Temple already has money and is a place of Buddhism. If you think the people can't survive, shouldn't they borrow money?
Isn’t it unconscionable for you to accept such usury?
Of course, some people have also seen the other side of the problem. No matter where the money from Daxiangguo Temple came from, at least it was not obtained by criminals. Then the monk’s own money was not coerced or maliciously borrowed, so why should it be used?
Can't you come to collect payment?
As for those who died or committed suicide, they had little to do with the Daxiangguo Temple. These courtiers believed that the people did not know what they were doing and insisted on borrowing money from the Daxiangguo Temple, so that they could not pay back the money.
The tragedy caused by being overwhelmed by compound interest rates.
Ye An was very surprised by the appearance of these remarks. He did not expect that many of these courtiers had already touched on the marginal issues of the credit-debit relationship in economics, and the judgment of morality and law.
But it is a pity that the Song Dynasty was not a market economy. They did not know the laws and freedom of the economy at all. There was also no law to regulate interest rates.
The little emperor Zhao Zhen is a good student who doesn't know how to ask questions, and the biggest advantage of the emperor as a student is that his questions must be answered.
"Ye Shidu, do you think Daxiangguo Temple is wrong or right?"
The young emperor Zhao Zhen wanted to know the answer very much. There were all kinds of opinions in the court, and he was confused by the various memorials. There were all kinds of arguments in them to refute each other, but both of them were reasonable.
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Ye An propped up his hands, stretched his waist, and after doing a few strange movements, he smiled and said: "I would like to ask the officials to put this problem aside for a while. After doing a few warm-up exercises, we will start learning archery."
Zhao Zhen looked at the bow and arrow in front of him and frowned slightly: "I have used crossbow arrows before, and they are much more powerful than this. They can penetrate armor from a hundred steps away, but bows and arrows require three stones, and they can only have such power within a hundred steps."
Ye An smiled: "How dare I ask the official, did you wind the crossbow yourself?"
"I fired it myself!"
"Then the soldiers on the battlefield can also have someone to help them fire?"
"Ye Shidu, your words are fallacious and cannot be compared. I am not going to the battlefield!"
So Zhao Zhen saw the extremely strong expression of disdain and ridicule in Ye An's eyes. He even doubted his own eyes. This was the first time he had seen such a look in his life, and he felt strongly that he was humiliated.
But reason controlled him, and he stretched out his hand to stop Lan Jizong, who could no longer stand it and was about to come up to teach Ye An a lesson.
"Am I wrong? I heard that you have the power to fight ferocious beasts and kill dead men with your hands, but you still have to teach me, don't you?"
Ye An smiled and said: "Guan family, I have a question for you. You, me, Senior Officer Lan, and Chen Tong were all locked up in a room. Only one person was given food every day.
Who do you think is the biggest and who can survive to the end?"
"Ye An, you...you...are rebellious!"
Lan Jizong has gone crazy. He found that Ye An, this boy, has been giving lectures to the officials recently, and his explanations of the emperor's ways have become more and more outrageous. He dares to say anything and do anything, but the officials still just eat this.
Yes, the sage even said that he taught his lessons well.
But things are different today. Ye An's words are already a sin of losing one's head. It is a metaphor for treason and taking out the official family.
"Shut up, everyone!"
The little emperor sat down on the bench, staring at his fist without saying a word, and finally stared at Ye An angrily and said: "This is simply impossible!"
Ye An shook his head: "I said, this is a guess. You must bring yourself into this scene."
After struggling for a long time, the little emperor gave up and said with despair: "Then there is no doubt who is the most powerful and who can survive to the end!"
Chen Tong was dissatisfied and said: "Guan family, you must be the one who survives to the end! Ye An dares to touch you? No matter who is more powerful, he can't be your opponent, right? My slave, oh, and Senior Officer Lan will definitely not do it.
You are in trouble. Ye An dares to touch you? That is not a serious crime against the Nine Clan!"
The little emperor angrily threw the stool under his butt at Chen Tong: "What do you know?!"
Then he turned to look at Ye And and said, "I know the result, but what do you mean?"
Ye An smiled, nodded happily and said: "Guan family, you see, without external force, fists between people are the foundation of everything, the foundation of rights, and the foundation of wealth.
Our ancestors have been fighting against foreigners for countless years, and countless people have died before the Han family became what it is today. Where is the Han family today? Do you want to do what I just described, but you have replaced yourself with the Song Dynasty, and replaced Chen Tong with the Song Dynasty?
They have been replaced by Dangxiang from the west, Lan Daguan has been replaced by Dali, and I have been replaced by the Liao Dynasty. At this time, who has the final say and who is the most powerful? Only the "Fist" has the final say!"
After calming down for a long time, the little emperor raised his head and said: "Then what was the meaning of your ridicule before? Isn't what I said the truth? Even though my father personally led the expedition, he didn't fire an arrow!"
Ye An suddenly turned around, his face full of anger, and almost roared: "I'm not talking about the emperor's ability, but what he should do! The emperor should guard the country, and the king should die for the country!!!"