"Major change!" said Gao Shixin, "The court focused on taxes on land, but he did not know that since the Southern Song Dynasty, commercial taxes had actually exceeded agricultural taxes. In fact, the proportion of commercial taxes in the Song Dynasty was higher than agricultural taxes. The Southern Song Dynasty had developed commerce and developed maritime trade, so the people in the Song Dynasty had very few rebellions. Why did this dynasty only focus on farmers? Because the emperor wanted to collect commercial taxes, but the gentry did not allow them to collect them. They fooled the emperor and added heavy taxes to farmers. To change, we must encourage the development of industry and commerce, encourage the development of maritime trade, and immigrate overseas, so that the living problems of the people can be solved. There is also the promotion of high-yield crops and purchase of grain from overseas. In short, it is not something that can be said in one or two sentences."

As Gao Shixin said, dipped his fingers in water from the bowl, drew a map on the table, pointing to the location of the Ming Dynasty on the map and said, "Look, this is the Ming Dynasty, and only a little land is occupied in this world; on the other side of the vast ocean, there is much larger land than our Ming Dynasty, all of which are unparalleled lands, so why don't we occupy them?"

"It's dangerous to cross the sea with such a big ocean? It must be a life-and-death death," Ling'er said, pointing her hand at a large open space north of Mongolia. "There are a lot of land here, why can't we occupy this place?"

"You said that the sea is dangerous, and it is true. This requires us to build larger ships; as for the land in the north, the snowy and bitter and cold land, it cannot even be the crops. If you go there, you either freeze or starve. In today's world, the Thais have vigorously developed the shipbuilding industry, continuously building more and larger ships, sending more people to all parts of the world to seize land. And our Ming Dynasty should also develop shipbuilding industry in the south."

In fact, Ling'er is not Xu Hongru's person, but an apprentice to the southern leader of the White Lotus Sect. Although she is young, her surname is naughty, she is particularly smart and smart. Her understanding of doctrine is even greater than that of the elders in the sect. Therefore, she is deeply loved by the leader and is said to be the saint.

However, every word and sentence of Gao Shixin hit Ling'er's heart like a nail. The White Lotus Sect's things were ultimately illusory and could not be truly implemented. Even if the White Lotus Sect could successfully rebel and control the regime, if the system was not changed, it would still fall into a vicious cycle of prosperity and destruction of the dynasty and then change the dynasty.

Will it really be that one day when the Ming King arrives and Maitreya is born... Ling'er muttered silently in her heart, but she quickly denied herself. Perhaps the middle and lower classes of the White Lotus Sect believed in these things, but the top leaders naturally knew that those were all deceitful.

Seeing Ling'er talking to herself blankly, Gao Shixin couldn't help but grab her soft and tender hands.

Ling'er's face suddenly turned like a ripe persimmon, but she didn't refuse, but just turned her face to the side and asked softly: "I know you have lofty ambitions. I just want to ask you: This time you use our White Lotus Sect. After using it, how will you deal with us? Should you send troops to suppress it or recruit me?"

"Xu Hongru's crimes are extremely evil and bewitching the people, so he can only leave them to the court to deal with. As for Miss Ling'er, I will protect you no matter what," Gao Shixin replied.

"If one day I am caught by the court and beheaded, will you save me?" Ling'er asked.

"Of course, I will definitely save you."

"Then aren't you afraid of being implicated by me, and you lost your official position?"

"There is really a day when I can't help Ling'er. I won't let Ling'er get hurt at all."

Ling'er blushed to her neck and didn't say anything. She just leaned her head gently against Gao Shixin's generous and strong chest. This man was not only a great hero, but also knew astronomy and geography, treated the people well, had lofty ideals, and was very handsome, which made the girl feel heartbeat.

Three days later, early in the morning, Gao Shixin took his two little brothers to the entrance of the village to meet with Ling'er.

After a while, Ling'er came with two girls. Ling'er was dressed as a rich lady today, and the two girls were dressed as a maid. Gao Shixin and his two little brothers changed into a set of clothes. Although they were still coarse cloth clothes, they were neat and clean, looking like slaves of wealthy families. Cai Jiuyi and Wu Liuqi were dressed as servants.

The six people arrived on the avenue. A carriage was parked on the side of the road and waiting for a long time. Ling'er got on the bus, while Gao Shixin was sitting in front of the bus and was responsible for catching the bus. Cai Jiuyi, Wu Liuqi, and the two girls dressed as maids followed the bus and walked along.

This place is more than 200 miles from Qufu, and the group walked for two days before arriving.

When he arrived outside Tingen Gate, Gao Shixin raised his head and observed the city carefully. Although he had been here in his previous life, he knew that this city was as solid as a rock, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but when he truly came to Qufu City of this era, he could feel the majesty of the city. The walls of a small county town were three meters high, each gate had a urn city, and there were raised enemy platforms on the city walls. I am afraid that most of the city walls were not as good as those of Qufu, a small county town?

Originally, the Qufu walls in the early Ming Dynasty were not that strong. Later, during the Zhengde period, bandits attacked Qufu, so during the Jiajing period, the Qufu walls were strengthened to ensure the safety of Yan Shenggong. This is a holy place for scholars all over the world. How could it be broken by bandits? Wouldn’t the scholars in the world be embarrassed?

There were strong guard soldiers standing on the top of the city, which looked much stronger than the guard soldiers in other county towns. However, the people in the city didn't look very good, most of them had a good face.

"The soldiers here are different from those in other places." Ling'er said softly.

"It's different. The soldiers here are not guards, but servants, all of them are servants in Yanshenggong Mansion. Do you know what servants are? They are slaves. The people in the city are also slaves of Yanshenggong Mansion. Even the county magistrates here are slaves, senior slaves, and in fact they are housekeepers in Yanshenggong Mansion. In other words, the soldiers, civilians and people in Qufu City are all slaves of Yanshenggong Mansion. Yanshenggong has the power to kill and kill them." Gao Shixin said.

"Then your false road is also from Qufu, and isn't it also a slave to Yan Shenggong?" Ling'er asked again.

Gao Shixin lowered his voice with a smile and said, "I am not in Qufu City, but a tenant outside the city. But now I am a slave to your family. But to be honest, your White Lotus Sect is not a collusion with gentry? If it weren't for those scholars, could you Xu Hongru be so big?"

Ling'er replied: "That's the northern branch. Not to mention colluding with gentry, even the Tartars can collude! Our southerners will not do these despising things."

"Since you dislike them, why are Xu Hongru rebelling, and you still come to get involved?"

"It is a matter within our Holy Church that we don't like them. Since he wants to rebel, we must of course help them."

"Girl, Xu Hongru is just a mob. They are destined to succeed in their rebellion. Pay attention to yourself. When the situation is not good, you should run away quickly," Gao Shixin said, taking out a tooth card from his waist and handing it to Ling'er, "Girl, this is my tooth card. If the situation is not good, you dress up as a man and bring my tooth card with you. To outsiders, you can say that you are the Jinyiwei, so that you can run away."

This was a wooden sign that a brother under Gao Shixin used to use. Now that brother has changed it to a bronze medal, he has not handed over the wooden sign, so he was taken over by Gao Shixin. Now it just came in handy.

Ling'er took the tooth card and suddenly asked again: "Sir Gao, please ask you a question, do you have a family?"

"I have a fiancée and a concubine at home." Gao Shixin replied truthfully.

Ling'er's eyes, which were shining with bright light, dimmed suddenly, and clenched her teeth, leaning against the car without saying a word.
Chapter completed!