"Brother Shi, what do you mean?"

If you talk to a smart person, maybe he can guess 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 with just one clue.

"If you are not in your position, you will not seek to achieve your goals, but you will still have the spirit to cheer up."

"What if one day you and I lead the court?"

"If you can't, what can I do?" Hong Jinglai looked at Zhao Wanyong sincerely, without even the slightest hint of hypocrisy.

All Hong Jinglai's previous goals were to get ahead and make a lot of money. Although he had the idea of ​​trying to do something, he was in a low position and had no resources at all. It can even be said that everything he did at that time was just a kind of dream.

But the sudden name change, to Hong Jinglai, suddenly made him think.

A person who originally planned to act like a fool suddenly tells you that you are the most important leader of the rebel army in the future, and you will launch an uprising and work hard to overthrow the dynasty in which you live.

It's because a person can't figure it out for a while, and he always feels a little confused and at a loss.

"Perhaps I can't answer Brother Shi's doubts. Brother Shi still needs to hire someone else." Zhao Wanyong also stopped and looked at Hong Jinglai.

"Every word of what I have said has been of great benefit to me."

After that, the two of them casually chatted about some scriptures, and they spent a lot of time introducing Zhao Yinyong.

Zhao Wanyong seemed to like this younger brother very much. Moreover, this big brother who would be the number one scholar in the Jinshi department, lead the government, and was extremely popular among ministers, turned out to be very much in line with Hong Jinglai's taste.

He was also a young man who loved Western learning, and he chatted with Hong Jinglai about all kinds of Western knowledge. In addition, his attainments in literature and art were also rare, and he dabbled in collections of classics and history, and antique inscriptions.

As for their political opinions, neither Zhao Wanyong nor Hong Jinglai mentioned it at all. There was no need for such a young man with few sources of information and little experience in the world to pay attention to such an issue.

The few of them talked for a while and got tired. Hong Jinglai said goodbye and went out, and Zhao Wanyong saw him off.

It has to be said that Hong Jinglai's trip was not in vain. At least he could confirm that there were also insightful people like conservative reformers among the ruling class.

Perhaps Hong Jinglai's participation in it can also lead to an Alexander reform similar to that of Lao Maozi next door. It just so happened that the Li Dynasty was also a country with a large number of undocumented tenants and officials who were like slaves, so the serfdom reform also has certain reference significance.

But it is obvious that this kind of reform is a compromise and not thorough. Even Zhao Wanyong knows that even if he personally followed his own ideas and launched a reform in the Li Dynasty, the two groups of scholar-bureaucrats who are obsessed with self-interest will be able to carry out this.

Even he himself was not sure how long the reform would last.

Perhaps the biggest possibility is that the people will die and the government will cease. Even Zhao Wanyong may not have kicked his legs, but just lost power, and all reform measures will completely disappear.

Infinite loop, meaningless!

"Wushi, I'm asking you, no matter what I ask you, just answer as usual."

"Brother Hong, what do you want to ask?"

"Do you think the late king is a good person?" Han Wushi thought for a while, as if he was searching his mind, recalling the name of the late king.

"Life is always hard, and I don't have enough to eat."

A seemingly unrelated answer, but something can be discovered from Han Wushi's thoughts. Their feelings are very simple, and judging the quality of a ruler is purely based on the standard of living.

"How long have you been like this?"

"I can't count them, there are too many." Han Wushi's mood was a little low.

"Then do you think it's the first king's fault?"

Hong Jinglai did not have a preset answer to this question. He just hoped to understand the situation through Han Wushi, the most ordinary small businessman. By the way, he also wanted to see how the Quanzhou Li family, as a royal family, was viewed by the people.

"I feel that the late king is far away in Hanyang, and he doesn't know that the things happening in our countryside are all the fault of those corrupt officials. They are the ones who made the country like this!"

"The administration is indeed rotten and needs to be rectified." Hong Jinglai only answered the next sentence and did not continue to comment on the situation of the Zhengzong King.

Since Han Wushi believed that it was corrupt officials who made mistakes, it means that he still respects Emperor Li. This can also be used as a sample. From this point of view, probably most of the lower class people still think that rulers are born. You should say Li.

"That is, except for the fish and meat village, I will not do any good things! If these corrupt officials are killed one day, the world will be peaceful."

"Then I will be an official soon, and I will be killed too?"

"That's different. Brother Hong, you will definitely be a good official in the future, a good official who can eliminate harm to the people!"

Han Wushi confirmed without hesitation that in his eyes, Hong Jinglai was probably the only person he had ever seen who might be a good official in the future.

Moreover, Han Wushi was surprisingly calm about killing officials and rebelling. He believed that the way to change the world was to kill all corrupt officials and then let good people be officials.

"Then do you think Brother Zhao Xian is a good official?"

"Mr. Zhao? Maybe he is also a good official."

"What's the reason? There must be a reason."

"Because Brother Hong can't see it wrong, I believe in your vision!"

"Hahahahahaha, you are really awesome."

The two of them just chatted all the way, talking about irrelevant things. The person who asked the question was interested and the person who answered was unintentional.

From a side perspective, Li Chao had a common understanding from top to bottom, almost at every level.

Want to change!

Change the law!

As for how to change things, each class has its own method. They are not all the same, and they cannot all be used by Hong Jinglai.

It is simply unrealistic for you to ask Hong Jinglai to abandon everything now and gather his troops to fight guerrillas in Mount Paektu.

People either seek fame or profit, and Hong Jinglai could not easily give up the official position and power at his fingertips.

Let him imitate Hong Jinglai in history, and immediately start preparing for an uprising, contact heroes from all over the world, spend ten years to gather together, and finally embark on the road of seizing power with arms.

Hong Jinglai is not a fool. He has not lived a good life, and now he is wandering in the wilderness?

It’s unreliable even if you think about it

Just as he walked in, the servant at home handed Hong Jinglai a letter. It seemed that it was sent back by Jin Douji. Maybe he arrived surprisingly smoothly and achieved his wish.

This is generally the case when you open the letter. Except for the mention of the new Jeolla Province Observer Kim Dal-soon, there is almost no major disturbance.

The old man he was attracted to was so poor that he had been fishing all his life. He was a double-shifter, rather than a poor man. It was strange for Jin Douji to suddenly come to the door asking for a father, but after the money was moved out, it was no longer strange.

.

The old man's eyes shone brightly, and he accepted Jin Douji without saying a word. As for other expected events, none of them happened.
Chapter completed!