Chapter 326 Great Talent and Confidant, Murder and Good Deeds
The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and Duoduo was nowhere to be found. Jiang Qingzhi went out to look for her for a long time but couldn't find her.
Ma Fang came over before dinner.
"Many people in the army said that the teachers would be too busy to take care of themselves from now on, and some people became lazy."
Jiang Qingzhi was looking at his homework and asked without looking up: "How did Yan Xu do it?"
"The commander took the leaders and punished them in public, and the whole army was in awe."
Jiang Qingzhi looked up and saw that he was hesitant to speak, so he smiled and said, "If you have something to say, just say it."
Ma Fang asked, "Teacher, what does Mohism... do?"
This question made Jiang Qingzhi a little annoyed, but also a little helpless.
The Mohist school disappeared for such a long time that people have forgotten this once influential school.
Now if we want to raise the flag again, we have a long way to go.
"Mohism was one of the schools of thought before the Han Dynasty. Back then, our Mohism was very popular, and the Confucians at that time could only envy and hate from behind..."
After Ma Fang left, Jiang Qingzhi called Hu Zongxian and Xu Wei.
"I don't think there's any need to rush this matter." Hu Zongxian said calmly, "You can send a message saying that the biogas tank was invented by Mohism. Then it gradually became famous..."
"It's stable, but too slow." Xu Wei smelled of alcohol. "I think the best way is to find something to do. It would be best if it could shock the world and get people all over the world talking about it..."
Isn't this just for attracting attention?
Jiang Qingzhi felt that Xu Wei would also be successful in the future.
"Meow!"
Duoduo came out from somewhere and grabbed Jiang Qingzhi's trouser legs and swung on them.
"I'm hungry." Jiang Qingzhi asked someone to get some dried fish, and Duoduo ate happily.
When Tang Shunzhi, who was dressed in cloth, saw Jiang Qing, the first thing he saw was the cat napping on his lap.
"Your Majesty?" Tang Shunzhi asked.
Daoye's love for cats is well-known all over the world. Jiang Qingzhi shook his head and said, "I picked it up."
The two men said something to each other, but there was a hint of sharpness in their words. Xu Wei smiled and whispered to Hu Zongxian, "You're fighting as soon as you meet. You're not here for good!"
Tang Shunzhi used the cat to ask Jiang Qingzhi whether he wanted to follow Yan Song's old path and submit to the emperor.
Jiang Qingzhi replied that he had picked it up, which was to tell him that the Mohist school did not rely on anyone but on their own abilities to succeed.
At this time Sun Bu Tong came and winked at Xu Wei, and Xu Wei got up and went out.
"The assassin is dead." Sun Bu Tong said, "The troops from the Military Affairs Department came to apologize."
Xu Wei sneered, "This is someone who was silenced."
……
Tang Shunzhi sat down and looked at the structure of the living room, and found it to be quite simple.
After a few pleasantries, Tang Shunzhi smiled and said, "The Mohist School disappeared for many years, and its sudden reappearance is shocking. I mentioned this to an old friend I met before, and he said that Chang Wei Bo embarrassed those great scholars at Yinshan Academy today, which was very surprising. I thought the leader of the Mohist School should be majestic and unfathomable, but who knew he was as amiable as the boy next door."
This is still a hint: whether Mohists will attack fiercely or be friendly to their neighbors from now on.
"Mr. Jing Chuan, do you think that the Ming Dynasty can save the crisis by using gentle and tactful means?"
"Crisis?"
"Is Xu Jie a follower of the School of Mind?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
Tang Shunzhi nodded.
"Mr. Jingchuan is in the martial arts world, while Xu Jie and others are in the court. Can't they see the crisis of the Ming Dynasty?" Jiang Qingzhi said indifferently: "If so, I would think that Mr. Jingchuan is deceiving me."
"What if not?" Tang Shunzhi said with a smile.
"Then let's not meet tonight!"
Tang Shunzhi is a leading figure in the School of Mind. If all the leaders of the School of Mind are so stupid, what is the point of Jiang Qingzhi meeting him?
"It seems that the Mohist school is still following the old path, putting practicality first," said Tang Shunzhi.
"Is it useful to talk nonsense?" Jiang Qingzhi retorted.
"The Ming Dynasty is indeed in crisis right now." Tang Shunzhi knew that the patience of this young man next door was limited. If he didn't come up with some practical advice, his trip tonight would be in vain. "Land annexation is getting worse and worse, and refugees are everywhere. I'm worried that if it continues, sooner or later something unbearable will happen."
This person was so frank that Jiang Qingzhi looked at him with a higher opinion of him.
"The southeast is an important financial center of the Ming Dynasty. Suzhou, Songshan, Ningbo, Taizhou and other places have suffered greatly from the Japanese pirates. Does Lord Changwei have any good solution?" Tang Shunzhi's counterattack came.
Jiang Qingzhi lit the incense and squinted at Tang Shunzhi.
A master of Xinxue, a man of both literary and martial talents, he lived a very simple life... Look at his cloth clothes, they must have been worn for at least two or three years! It is said that Tang Shunzhi only ate meat once a month.
Hu Zongxian was observing Tang Shunzhi. He knew Jiang Qingzhi's intention in meeting this man, which was to make the School of Mind an ally, or at least prevent them from becoming enemies.
This was the first move by the Mohist School after its public appearance.
Invincible!
Jiang Qingzhi shook off the ashes from his cigarette and said, "Mr. Jing Chuan should have made inquiries along the southeastern coast, right?"
Without waiting for Tang Shunzhi's reply, Jiang Qingzhi continued, "There are many Ming people among the Japanese pirates. Why are those Ming people willing to be pirates? How to solve this problem? I think there are only two words."
Tang Shunzhi said, "Shall we write it together?"
Old Tang, you still like to play this game... Jiang Qingzhi smiled and asked someone to get two slips of paper. The two looked at each other and wrote down the solutions in their minds.
Finally the note was handed to Xu Wei, who opened it.
"Open the sea!"
Another note opened, "Open the sea!"
"It's better to block than to open up!"
"That's right. If the maritime ban is lifted, those people will have a way to survive. Who would follow the Japanese pirates to make trouble if they have a way to survive? After all, it's a matter of losing your head and it's a disgrace to our ancestors..." Tang Shunzhi's eyes were bright.
"Wealth comes from the sea, and crisis also comes from the sea." Jiang Qingzhi took a puff of herbal cigarettes, "The sea is a place where crises and opportunities coexist. The Ming Dynasty is currently turning a blind eye to it. But in my opinion, the Ming Dynasty should face the crisis and turn it into an opportunity."
"I'd like to hear the details." Tang Shunzhi said. ...
"This person must have been silenced. There is a spy inside the Military Department. If we can't find this person, the thunder of Xiyuan will come!"
Xu Wei coldly dismissed the troops from the Military Department.
Tang Shunzhi may seem gentle and refined, but he is actually very tough in his heart. Once he has a conflict with Jiang Qingzhi, the School of Mind and the Mohist School will inevitably become opponents.
Xu Wei rushed to the living room in a panic, and saw Tang Shunzhi leaning towards Jiang Qingzhi under the candlelight, listening attentively and nodding from time to time...
"…The ban on sea trade has been lifted. The court has set up several customs offices along the southeast coast. The most important thing is that the court must guide the maritime trade. What kind of goods can be shipped out to sea and how much tax should be levied… Without the guidance of the court, I dare say that the result of opening the sea will do more harm than good to the Ming Dynasty."
"Without the guidance of the court, those merchants will be tempted by money and regard maritime trade as forbidden."
“Furthermore, they will worry that North Korea and China will come in and take a piece of the action.”
"Money can move people's hearts, and they will lobby important officials to speak for them."
"The government is already short of money. When the emperor turns his attention to maritime trade, all the gentlemen in the court will shout that Your Majesty is competing with the people for profits."
"Then the southeast will inevitably become alienated from the central government, and the emperor and his ministers will become alienated."
"The foreign tribes outside the Great Wall are watching with eager eyes. If they see the internal strife in the Ming Dynasty, they will march south in large numbers."
"The Ming Dynasty is in danger!"
"Mr. Jingchuan!"
"Long Wilbur!"
Two hands clasped together, eyes met...
Tang Shunzhi is a great talent!
Jiang Qingzhi looked at Old Tang with passionate eyes, wishing he could pull this man to his side and spend time with him day and night.
Tang Shunzhi's eyes lit up with surprise. He felt that this boy was the one with the sharpest vision and the one who was most compatible with him among all the people he had met.
"Bring some wine." Jiang Qingzhi felt that he had to celebrate.
The wine was good, but the dish was very simple, just a plate of fried peppers and a plate of beans.
Jiang Qingzhi raised his glass, "I won't go home until I'm drunk tonight!"
Tang Shunzhi lived an extremely simple life, but today he was drinking heartily, which surprised Xu Wei, so he asked Hu Zongxian about it.
"confidant!"
"Who?"
"them."
"Tang Shunzhi may seem gentle and refined, but he is actually aloof and arrogant..." Xu Wei was delighted, "I have learned half of the philosophy of mind."
Jiang Qingzhi got drunk that night.
Tang Shunzhi did the same and rested at Jiang's house.
Shen Lian had been waiting for him. When someone from the Bo Mansion came to say that Tang Shunzhi had drunk too much, after resting at Jiang's house, Shen Lian asked, "He drank too much?"
"Yes." The servant who came to report said, "Mr. Tang and our uncle are holding hands and singing..."
What the hell is this?
……
In the early morning of the next day, Jiang Qingzhi woke up with his head covered. Li Tian first gave him a bowl of sobering soup, and later a bowl of porridge.
"My head hurts so bad!" Jiang Qingzhi felt that it was not easy to be a great leader, and sighed, "It would be great if I could stop drinking."
"Resurrection wine!" Li Tian handed over the wine glass, and Jiang Qingzhi drank it while pinching his nose as if it were poison.
It was still early, and Jiang Qingzhi slowly went to the front yard, where Xu Wei was waiting for him.
"The assassin was killed last night at the Wucheng Bingmasi."
"It's as expected. What do they say?"
"They said they would give an explanation to Master Bo today."
If you say explanation, the explanation will come.
Early in the morning a clerk from the military department arrived.
"The assassin is a desperate criminal from the capital, who makes a living by killing people. Our people raided his house last night, and following the clues, we found the middleman."
The clerk turned around and said, "Bring it in."
The middleman is the intermediary of future generations.
When he saw Jiang Qingzhi, the middleman knelt down and confessed without hesitation.
"Someone came to contact me yesterday, and I followed him quietly after he left..."
Sun Chonglou said disdainfully: "You are violating a taboo."
The middleman smiled bitterly, "I'm doing this business to make money with my head tied to my belt. If I don't find out the details of the employer, there is a risk of being killed whether the job is successful or not. I followed the man all the way and saw that he entered a private school..."
Tang Shunzhi came out and said with a smile, "I was too drunk last night, how is Chang Wei Bo?"
"Dead drunk."
The two smiled at each other.
Jiang Qingzhi waved his hand, and Sun Bu Tong took the middleman to continue questioning.
After breakfast, Tang Shunzhi knew that he had something to do, so he said goodbye.
As soon as Jiang Qingzhi left, he said murderously: "The weather is good today, suitable for killing people. Sun Bu Tong will go to explore the way, Mo Zhan will take a few guards and follow me out."
A maid brought Li Tian's message, "Madam said that last time she went to the temple to draw lots, the monk who interpreted the lots said that having children is God's will, but doing more good deeds can offset the evil deeds done in the previous life. Madam is going to burn incense and pray for blessings today, and asked Uncle if he has anything to do, and if not, we can go together."
"Tell my wife that I am going to do a good deed!"
(End of this chapter)
