Chapter 6 No children, no right to speak

The flag slowly descended. Gu Yanwu could see clearly that there was no word like "Stand the Way of Heaven" on it. There was only a simple painting, a bucket of locusts and a bucket of millet.

The painting says it very clearly. Anyone with eyes will understand that this is the meaning of a bucket of locusts for a bucket of millet.

Gu Yanwu was a little stunned. When he understood, it was too late. Peng Guoshu wrote the four big words "大天天" on the side of the painting, and wrote a big word "天天" on the other side of the flag.

This person's writing is strong and powerful, and he deeply appreciates the three flavors of Yan Ti.

"The Yushan Academy in Lantian County is really cultivating you to the direction of clerks."

After seeing Peng Guoshu's methods, Gu Yanwu could not help but retort.

Peng Guoshu smiled and said, "What are the uses of officials? Are there only two uses of showing their identities and showing their parents?

I don't think so.

The gentlemen believe that the ultimate goal of an official is to manage people, and the village chief is the most close official. If you can be a good village chief, you can be a pavilion chief. If you can be a pavilion chief, you can generally serve as a county magistrate.

The officials who have been promoted step by step know the people's hearts best and know the local people's demands best. Then they will be targeted and will not be too biased when governing. They will train their positions as county magistrates for a few more years and continue to be promoted, and understand how the entire government operates. Only in this way can they become a good official and manage the people in the local area well.

Mr. Gu, the purpose of teaching and educating people at Yushan Academy is to teach people how to think, how to act, and the composition of character. Only a small number of people will concentrate on studying science and exploring deeper unknowns.

Peng Guoshu is the last step in Yushan Academy, so he had to concentrate on studying the ways of the government. He was a bit biased in his actions. Please forgive me."

Gu Yanwu laughed and said, "It's really a villain!"

Peng Guoshu chuckled and said, "A gentleman cannot be a good official."

Gu Yanwu and Peng Guoshu sat by the fire and talked about the difference between gentlemen and villain officials all night. Before they knew it, it was dawn.

As Peng Guoshu said, after he beat the banner of heaven and Taoism, Houma had another King Gu.

This King Gu was strong and was recruiting troops. In just three days, King Gu Yanwu had three thousand troops under his command.

The strong men practiced day by day, while the strong men's families worked hard every day to catch locusts, and then used the captured locusts to find the clerks under King Gu's command to exchange for food.

The clerk is vicious. He only needs to dry the dried locusts on his wings and legs, but the millets that are exchanged for the people are mixed with a lot of soil and grassroots.

However, in the eyes of the people, such things are common. If people give them all clean food, it is a strange thing, because the locusts paid by the people have not dried them and their wings and legs are not cleaned.

So, everyone is trading happily with this similar attitude.

When the troops under King Gu Tian gathered tens of thousands of people, the wealthy families near Houma began to flee one after another. Shanxi was full of famine and wars everywhere. The nearby five hundred miles of land was not only safe in Guanzhong, Shaanxi, but it was difficult for them to find a place to settle down.

Some families didn't want to leave after they arrived at Hancheng, separated by a river. They looked back at Guanchuan, and cried endlessly.

Everyone understood that it would be very difficult for them to return to Houma as soon as they left.

The Ming Dynasty's law made it clear that if the land was abandoned in one year, the government will take back 10% of the land, two years will take back 30% of the land, and three years will be abandoned, and the land will be relocated to the victims without land according to the ownerless land.

All the people with a little wealth left Houma... This indicates that all their land was abandoned.

Of course, there are also some deeply rooted wealthy families who are unwilling to leave their homeland. They built tall courtyard walls and recruited desperate people everywhere to protect their homes.

At this time, they often inadvertently violate the "Ming Dynasty Law", such as privately storing soldiers, hiding criminals, possessing bows and arrows, etc.

So soon, officers and soldiers came to encircle and suppress the swordsmen who were usually arrogant and never wanted to go head-on to the government. As long as they heard that the government was coming, the swordsmen would loot the master's house and scatter.

There are not many such families, but they encounter extremely tragic. When the government in the area completely loses its due function, the world becomes hell.

"Liu Dahu was killed in the whole family...women and children..."

When Gu Yanwu saw such news, his hand holding the document began to shake involuntarily.

"No officers and soldiers are going to deal with their family..."

Peng Guoshu said lightly: "Where did the government come from here? Where did the officers and soldiers come from? They were all those who scared themselves, or those swordsmen deliberately made excuses to rob their masters."

"I went to Liu Dahu myself and talked to him. I also hope that he could mobilize the villagers to burn the land to exterminate insects and grow crops in the coming year. Why didn't he listen to what I said?

It’s really foolish to put all your energy into raising the courtyard wall and building fortresses!”

Peng Guoshu said: "You are the one who does evil and cannot be said to be such a person. Sir, don't be sympathetic. As long as we can unite all the people here by our side, a locust plague is no problem.

Tomorrow, we will start burning wasteland on a large scale, even if we use smoke, we will smoky to death these plague gods.”

The busy official duties made Gu Yanwu have no time to think seriously. He saw clearly that the people of his age did every day to rebuild this land that was eaten by locusts.

Everything he did was to save the people here. He already believed that everything he did here was meaningful and compassionate.

Judging from the letter he wrote to the friend of the Jiangnan teacher, he had a good attitude. Although he was extremely hardworking in Shanxi and lived a very poor life, he saw that the people here gradually emerged from confusion under his leadership and gradually began to fight back against the locust plague. This made his emotions extremely full. Although he was already dark, he had fleas and reptiles on his body, and although he rarely took a bath once in a month, he thought it was all worth it.

"The thing I like most is to meet Taichong and hear the joy. A pot of turbid wine and two wild vegetables can enjoy the fun... I regret the difficulty of the people's livelihood... I hate the corpses of mediocre officials on top... I have few locusts in one month, few locusts in two months, and I don't hear the sound of locusts rectifying in March... Even though it is autumn, I see green grasses thriving..."

After hearing Xu Wu missed a passage of Gu Yanwu's words to the people of Jiangnan Fushe, Yun Zhao nodded and said, "You must be careful to protect their pride for the country and the people."

There is no shortage of people who are dedicated to the country in this world. They are disheartened because of their long-term efforts.

No matter how much you say to people like Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi, no matter how much reason you say, it is better to let them personally participate in the process of social transformation.

These people are the ancestors of reasoning. It is almost impossible for us to defeat them by talking. They have read too many books, listened to too many lessons, and accumulated too much pride. The only thing that can make them bow their heads is the facts!"

Xu Wu wanted to laugh and said, "The talented men in Jiangnan are good at empty talk and do not like to manage civil affairs. If they are allowed to participate in local governance and see the achievements with their own eyes, they will become our most steadfast supporters. It is a very cost-effective thing to make Peng Guoshu and others feel wronged for a while."

Yun Zhao smiled and said, "Since you have already figured out a way out, let's continue. With Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi, I don't believe that those talented men who are above the top in Jiangnan cannot catch them."

Yun Zhao was happy for a while, lowered his head and saw another document marked with red. He opened it and looked at it, "It's all old brothers, are you really going to kill me?"

Xu Wu thought, "It is reasonable to say that he should not be killed for 8,000 taels of silver, but this person had no intention of repentance. In the process of verifying the matter, he even made a desperate move and almost burned the accounting team we sent to check the accounts to death with a torch.

This is unforgivable sin.”

"Does Uncle Bao know about this?"

"I already know that it's the red one that Uncle Bao himself marked."

Yun Zhao sighed and picked up the pen to mark it. After this pen, another old thief who had served Yun for more than 20 years would be in two heads.

Xu Wu wanted to take away the document, so Yun Zhao left the study and went straight to Qian Duoduo's yard.

At this time, Qian Duoduo's old cat was curled up on a brocade couch. When he saw Yun Zhao coming in, he said shyly: "I'm pregnant."

Yun Zhao bent down, looked at the half peach on the short table, and gently pressed his ear to Qian Duoduo's belly and listened for a moment: "You are not pregnant, you just accidentally swallowed a peach pit."

Qian Duoduo pushed Yun Zhao's head away and said, "You are just swallowing the peach pits."

Yun Zhao picked up the remaining half of Qian Duoduo and took a bite and said, "We'll go to accompany Uncle Bao in the afternoon."

Qian Duoduo scratched his belly heavily and said, "Why aren't you pregnant? Tell me, are you using all your strength to Feng Ying?"

Yun Zhao said disdainfully: "It's a piece of cake to deal with you two."

Qian Duoduo reached out to Yun Zhao's neck and said, "Then try again?"

Yun Zhao happily obeyed Qian Duoduo's request.

So, a long time passed, and I had to postpone it until the evening when I originally planned to comfort the poor Uncle Leopard in the afternoon.

When Yun Zhao and his wife went to see Yun Bao, they found that there were many people sitting in his yard, including Yun Fu, Yun Hu, Yun Bao, Yun Jiao, Yun Xiao, and the five were drinking, but none of them spoke.

When Yun Zhao entered, Yun Hu naturally gave Yun Zhao a seat, so six people sat around the table. As for Qian Duoduo and Feng Ying were busy redesigning the wine and food.

"Eight thousand taels of silver cost a hero's life. When we were fighting with the Qinling bandits for the valley, Hu Bazi was desperate..."

Yunbao paused the wine glass on the table in depressed manner.

"The silver is white, the eyes are red, and the white silver cannot be pulled out when it reaches the red eyes. What's so strange about it?"

Yun Hu glanced at Yun Zhao and put the wine glass on the table.

Yun Zhao drank a glass of wine and said, "Do you want me to forgive him?"

Yun Fu spewed out a thick smoke; "I am the great cause of Yun's family for thousands of years, and he will not be kept."

Yunxiao also spat out a breath of smoke and said, "My Yun family is no longer a bandit. We have no chance to share gold with a big scale and eat meat with a big bowl.

The rules set must be followed. Hu Bazi dares to kill the tent for 8,000 taels today, and maybe he dares to kill us for more money tomorrow.

Today's Hubazi is no longer the hero who fought with us in the past. It's better to kill him, so he will be a warning for those who come later."

Yun Zhao looked around at his uncles, drank another glass of wine and said, "Do you need to kill or keep it? Give me a correct letter. The document will be sent tomorrow. Even if you want him to live, you will have no chance."

Yun Bao looked at Yun Zhao and said in surprise: "Will you save his life?"

Yun Zhao said: "No, but if Uncle Bao asks me, I will not be able to force this."

Yunbao waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it, let's make your orders change every day, kill it, kill it."

Yun Zhao smiled and said, "I knew Uncle Bao loved me, Feng Ying, Duoduo, pour wine for Uncle Bao."

Seeing that they had made a decision, Feng Ying and the others smiled and poured wine and dish for their elders.

Yun Fu glanced at Feng Ying and Qian Duoduo's slim waist and frowned and said, "It's been almost three months since we got married, and there is no movement at all?"

Yun Zhao spread his hands and said, "It's not time."

Yun Hu glared at Yun Zhao and said, "That sow is so old and has given birth to three little piglets this year, it's useless."

Yun Hu's words made Feng Ying shy and Qian Duoduo furious. He bowed his head and said nothing, but Qian Duoduo stamped his feet and said that Yun Hu couldn't speak.

Yun Hu snorted coldly and said, "If you give birth to three cubs for me at one time, your uncle Hu will give you sweet words every day.

A woman, if you don’t have a cub, it’s useless!
To be continued...