"I have been here for more than three months. I have seen everything inside and out. I have also discussed with Bi Dongjiao several times, and I have some understanding of your aspirations."
The team inspecting Zhuangzi expanded again.
Li Banghua also joined in and talked about his own situation.
After the battle to defend the capital, he was impeached by Li Shouqi, the uncle of Xiangcheng, and Zhang Daoze, the governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He was ignored by the eunuchs and dismissed from office.
This encounter quite disheartened Li Banghua.
When he first served as the governor of Tianjin, he was heartbroken when he saw that the good Liaodong strategy was ruined due to the sabotage of the eunuch party.
This time he saw Zhongliang being wronged and the government in chaos, and he was completely confused.
What happened to this Ming Dynasty?
Why was the previous emperor like this and the new emperor still like this?
Just when he was about to return to his hometown, Hou Xun found him and asked him to come to Qing to take a look.
Li Banghua didn't understand what he meant, but since he had no official position and was young, he happened to go south along the canal, so he came to Linqing.
When he arrived at Zuozhuang and saw everything here, he was quickly attracted by it.
He found that this place was completely different from other places in the Ming Dynasty.
People here have enough to eat, and they all get something from their work, and the products are abundant.
He once personally investigated the situation of Fuyao Group and was very impressed by the revenue capability of this workshop called the group.
He went to visit Bi Maokang again.
Li Banghua has been famous for this world-famous weapons master for a long time. Through Bi Maokang, he saw the weapons developed and equipped here. When Li Banghua compared them with the Ming army, he immediately understood that the Ming army could not defeat them.
It was during this period that the battle report came.
Zuo Menggeng defeated 5,000 Donglu with one battalion and won a complete victory. He also killed Amin and many other senior generals.
Li Banghua understood that a powerful army rarely seen in the world was being born.
What surprised him the most was that almost all of Linqing's local bureaucrats were Donglin Party members. Even Bi Maokang, who was not from Donglin, was just enjoying himself in the factory.
In discussions with Cao Wenheng, Qu Shishu, Zhang Jimeng, Zhang Zonghuan and others, these people also slightly revealed their dissatisfaction with the imperial court.
Li Banghua has been an official for many years and is extremely shrewd. When he thought about Hou Xun's behavior, he immediately understood it.
When he first discovered that these people were plotting rebellion, he was terrified.
The Confucian ethics he had learned since childhood had become deeply ingrained, which puzzled him very much. Why did these scholars and officials do such disloyal and unjust acts?
Especially these people all belong to Donglin.
Is Li Banghua a member of the Donglin Party?
of course.
His teacher was Zou Yuanbiao.
Thinking back on the past, so many sages sacrificed their lives and blood just to uphold justice and revive the imperial court. Why are they working so hard to overthrow the Ming Dynasty now?
After an in-depth discussion, Li Banghua read Zuo Menggeng's "The Wealth of Nations" and accepted concepts such as class, wealth, productivity, and production relations from other people's mouths.
After incorporating these things into the relationship between the Donglin Party, the Emperor, and the Eunuch Party, Li Banghua suddenly understood.
After years of confusion, I finally realized the reason why the Donglin Party was so sluggish.
He was a great Confucian by nature and had profound knowledge. He also served as an official for many years and was involved in all local, administrative, military and judicial positions, and his knowledge became even broader.
But the more such a person is, the more profound his understanding of today's world is.
The reason why it was not so accurate in the past is because thinking was shackled by Confucianism and could not break through that critical point.
Li Banghua is just like Dongxie, Xidu, Nandi, and Beibei. His martial arts has reached its peak. What he lacks is just a summary and induction of the principles of martial arts.
Once you see the "Nine Yin Manual", you will immediately complete the sublimation and completely enter the realm of a master.
Although he is a latecomer, after understanding everything, his mentality towards overthrowing the Zhu family dynasty is actually more determined than these people now.
As for why this was the case, Zuo Mengeng realized that it was related to Li Banghua's life experience.
Li Banghua is from Ji'an Prefecture, Jiangxi Province.
As we all know in Jiangxi, there are many people in the mountains, but only few in the fields.
People here cannot support themselves by farming alone, so this place has been a center of various commerce and handicraft industries since ancient times.
It can be said that when most people in the Ming Dynasty were tied to the land, the commercial atmosphere in Jiangxi was very strong.
Li Banghua, who was born in Jiangxi, does not discriminate against business, but he does not realize that behind business and industry lies the energy to change society.
Moreover, Li Banghua's family was poor since he was a child. Although his family gradually became rich after he became an official, he understood the hardships of the people's livelihood very well and had a clearer understanding of what the people needed.
Once these personal experiences were combined with theories that transcended the times, Li Banghua felt that he had sublimated.
"Our emperor of the Ming Dynasty really regarded the entire world as his own pasture, and regarded all the people as cattle and sheep. He took everything he wanted, but was unwilling to pay even a penny for the people. In the first year of the year, Jizhen was destroyed due to disarmament.
When the mutiny started, I wrote a letter, hoping that the emperor could spend some money to strengthen national defense and reorganize the army. Why worry about the Eastern captives being in trouble? Haha, the emperor actually put my memorial in a high cabinet and turned a deaf ear. "
Li Banghua, who had completely let go, spoke extremely fiercely and even revealed a lot of secrets.
Unlike the Donglin officials who had joined before, Li Banghua was a real boss, and his level of experience was far beyond what this group of juniors could compare to.
Regarding his revelations, the party still couldn't accept it.
"Junior has heard that His Majesty eats and sleeps all day long and is extremely frugal. He is afraid of excessive consumption and does not even change his clothes when they are torn. Is it true that he has no money?"
It was okay not to listen to this, but when he heard this, Li Banghua exploded.
"Among the emperors throughout the ages, the one who is best at acting is none other than today. If he was really frugal for the country, he would hand over the imperial estate. It has more than 27,000 hectares. Haha, I don't know how big the emperor's belly is.
So edible!”
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was extremely shocked.
In the Ming Dynasty, one hectare was equal to one hundred acres, which meant that Emperor Chongzhen's imperial village owned 2.7 million acres of land.
How big is 2.7 million acres of land?
How many people can it feed?
Everyone looked at the thousand acres of farmland in front of them and couldn't imagine it for a moment.
Of course, no one will think that Li Banghua is just trying to impress people. A big boss like him must have had access to on-the-ground information.
When they thought of a man who held 2.7 million acres of land, but ignored the wails of the hungry people and the disintegration of his soldiers, everyone could not help but feel a deep disgust for the Ming Dynasty.
After venting his anger, Li Banghua felt refreshed.
"Zhongheng, look, what can I do?"
What can Li Banghua do?
Zuo Mengeng couldn't help but feel a little confused.
It's not that I'm afraid of this old man's prestige, but that this old lady is very versatile.
Government affairs, military affairs, and culture are all excellent, and they are all done very well.
In addition to being highly respected, it was actually a bit difficult to arrange.
However, Zuo Mengeng was quite quick-witted and suddenly thought of something. He pointed at Li Banghua's fine clothes and said: "If you are determined to do something, please put aside your prosperity and bury your head in reality."
Li Banghua looked at his clothes and didn't know why.
"What does this mean?"
Zuo Mengeng didn't want to leave, so he simply stayed in the fields and said his heartfelt words to the new members and those already in the camp.
"Everyone, we are all gathered here with one heart and one mind, just to seek a new direction for this land of China. As for where this direction is, we have not seen the light yet. But at the very least, we need to fight against the decadent, declining, greedy Zhu
There is a sharp contrast between family dynasties."
He pointed at the busy farmers in the fields and said: "Why did Zhu Ming lose his morality? It was just because of his tyranny and greed that harmed the people. Those high-ranking emperors, vassals, nobles, bureaucrats and landlords didn't care about the people at all.
The life and death of the people. And what we can rely on are these people who are eager for change. How can we make the people believe in us and be willing to follow us?"
Zuo Mengeng became more and more fluent as he spoke. He waved his hand with great momentum.
"There is only one way, and that is to come from the people and go to the people. Don't sit down and talk eloquently, and don't think that you are pitying all living beings by writing two sour poems. If you don't really keep your feet on the ground, don't really get some dirt,
How can we know what the people need? What is the crux of the world?"
Finally, he added: "I sincerely hope that if you really want to change the rise and fall of dynasties and the law of historical reincarnation, then don't look upward and only look at the great achievements and cruelty of emperors, generals and ministers. Instead, take a good look at it.
, do those ordinary people who have been ignored by history books contain the energy to solve this problem?"
The hot sunshine shone down and fell on Zuo Mengeng's body from behind.
At that moment, everyone who looked at him received a baptism that would be remembered for a lifetime.
They don't know yet whether Zuo Mengeng is right or not, but at least they are willing to try for Zuo Mengeng's words.
At the very least, everything that happened in Zuozhuang proved that although Xiaomin is inconspicuous, he really has great energy when he is truly inspired.
This kind of energy would scare emperors and courts, but make people who pursue innovation and change feel excited.