Dashun Yongchang

And Li Zicheng finally realized that the enthusiasm of Yangzhou citizens for politics began to rise. After this round of incidents, Yangzhou citizens finally realized that politics is closely related to their own interests, so they put down their work. I came to the rally just to hear what Li Zicheng would say to them.

In order to prevent the crowd stampede, Li Zicheng had to delay the meeting with the citizens, mobilized some Yangzhou volunteers to maintain order in the temple, and limited the number of people entering the temple to 2000. Two sub-venues were set up on the street outside, and special personnel were responsible for spreading and announcing the situation inside.

He Duiji, Li Laiheng and the others led the team to sort it out a little bit before bringing order to the crowd inside and outside. At this time, Li Zicheng walked out of the Sanqing Hall and came to the steps of the high platform outside the hall, and followed him Behind them are Zhu Cihong, Chen Mingxia, Huang Jiarui and representatives of the Yangzhou Council.

Looking at the dark head under the steps, Li Zicheng raised the horn made of copper skin and shouted loudly: "Yangzhou fathers and elders, please calm down, please be quiet..."

Under the shouts of Li Zicheng and the Yangzhou volunteers who maintained order, the thousands of people standing in the vestibule finally turned their attention to Li Zicheng on the high platform, and slowly fell silent.

Li Zicheng then said: "I am here to meet with you today, in fact, it is mainly for one thing: congratulations to you, Yangzhou people. In the past ten days, you have shown your unity, justice and bravery. It is you who brought down those The villains riding on the heads of the people, you are the ones who advocate justice for your neighbors, and you are the ones who saved those innocent children and women..."

Li Zicheng's words aroused the doubts of Yangzhou citizens. Although they were happy to hear Li Zicheng praise themselves, Li Zicheng's remarks seemed to be inconsistent with the gossip they had heard.According to the gossip, Li Zicheng came forward today to officially end the martial law on Yangzhou City, so as to bring Yangzhou back to normal.

Regarding the end of martial law, many citizens actually do not agree with it. Some of them managed to overthrow their immediate superiors or shopkeepers who used to ride on their heads. The government is about to lift the martial law. Isn't this the end of the eradication of evil?Especially those Yangzhou volunteers, their resistance is particularly strong, because these days they are paid double salaries, and bonuses are given for those who catch people. Sometimes their daily income is worth the past half a month. How can such a life be so fast? it's over.

Therefore, many people came to Qionghua Temple today, not to support the lifting of martial law, but to hope that the martial law can be maintained for a few more days.But Li Zicheng's sudden speech made the citizens present a little confused. They doubted whether the news they had received was correct, because if Li Zicheng wanted to lift the martial law, he shouldn't praise them so much.

Li Zicheng remained silent while the crowd in the audience were whispering. After the voice of the crowd died down, he continued: "Although you have done a good job, it is only a short-term effect after all. Catch the pests, but if you don’t pay attention all the time, the pests will not only reproduce more, but also cause more harm to the food.”

The citizens of Yangzhou under the high platform didn't think there was a problem after hearing this, because it was indeed a fact. After the martial law was revoked, everyone would disperse and go home, so they became ordinary people one by one. At this time, corrupt officials The filthy officials have come back, and ordinary people can only bow their heads and endure, so it is no different from before.

So a bold person in the crowd shouted: "Then how can we get rid of the pests? It's really not a solution to enforce martial law every day. The rice and vegetables outside the city can't be transported into the city."

Li Zicheng raised his trumpet and shouted to the young people who spoke out: "Indeed, martial law every day is not the answer, so we should think about how to consolidate our victory.

We managed to defeat those villains, so we can't let them out easily, right?Therefore, I think that we should make an agreement in three chapters to protect our victory in the form of law to prevent those villains from overturning the case after they come back. "

There was a "buzzing" discussion in the crowd, and soon someone raised his hand and shouted: "Your Majesty, we support you, please formulate these three chapters for us."

When someone takes the lead, responders and followers soon follow.Li Zicheng stretched out his hand to make the people below quiet down, and then continued: "I think: this agreement Chapter 1: first of all, everyone is equal before the law, if it is not equal before the law, how can there be any justice in this world?" ?”

Li Zicheng's words immediately won the hearts of the audience. The reason why they support the fight against human trafficking is that they want justice?

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"...Chapter 2 of the Covenant, major national affairs should be put into public discussion, and all matters involving the interests of the people should be discussed and voted on behalf of the people by representatives sent by the local councils.

Chapter 3 of the Covenant Law protects the freedom of speech of the citizens. This country is not ruled by one family, but by the people of the world. People in the world discuss the affairs of the world, so naturally they should not be threatened by others.

I believe that this is a contract concluded between the country and the people. Dashun should be established on the three chapters of the contract. If one day I or the court breaks these three treaties, the people should rise up and overthrow it. A party that cannot protect the interests of the people A country has no value in existence.This is my oath to you and to God..."

The citizens of Yangzhou, who were originally unwilling to end like this, were very excited by the three treaties announced by Li Zicheng in public. Except for the last few speeches, which made it difficult for them to respond, the citizens could only warmly applaud and support Li Zicheng’s other content, and more importantly Enthusiastic applause soon came back from the outside, apparently the citizens outside also received the content of Li Zicheng's speech.

On the contrary, the officials and council representatives standing behind Li Zicheng felt particularly uncomfortable. The three oaths Li Zicheng said today were somewhat beyond their expectations.From a certain point of view, the three chapters of the covenant almost destroyed the dignity of the court, turning the high-ranking parents and officials into servants of the people.

Even the gentry who wanted to strengthen the power of the gentry were not interested in the two principles of public opinion in political affairs and freedom of speech, although these two things were originally advocated by them in the past.After Jiajing, Jiangnan's economy became more and more developed, so the gentry here tried to interfere in state affairs while seeking more economic privileges for themselves.

For example, when Gu Xiancheng was a doctor of the Ministry of Officials, he almost regarded the power of the court to appoint and dismiss officials as his own. Anyone who did not agree with him was not allowed to be promoted, while officials who shared his like-mindedness could be promoted step by step.Because Gu Xiancheng's style annoyed Wanli and was driven home, Gu Xiancheng set up Donglin Academy to discuss political affairs publicly, but he was able to interfere with the formulation of national policies by the court officials in the countryside.

After Gu Xiancheng, the Donglin party members carried forward his style even more. Zuo Guangdou openly declared that "if you are not a comrade, you are an enemy." To commemorate this incident, they even directly sought to establish the chief assistant, trying to control the court as a township official. The style of these people is actually passed down from Gu Xiancheng.

The style of the Donglin party members is not a personal problem of two political careerists, but comes from the ideological values ​​​​of the Jiangnan gentry at that time, because these people oppressed local officials in the countryside in this way, and they often represented the people as representatives of the people. He made a sound out of his face and regarded himself as a good gentleman who resisted the evil government of the court and protected the people.

For example, Kunshan Gu Jiang, who was absorbed into the Marshal's Mansion by Li Zicheng, was one who advocated giving more power to the local gentry.In his cognition, the reason why the world is in such a mess is entirely because the imperial court oppresses the localities too much. For example, in places such as Jiangnan, if there is no heavy tax from the imperial court, then the gentry can spend more resources to repair public buildings. facilities, thereby bringing benefits to the people.The riots of the people in the north were not forced to rebel by the imperial court's violent expropriation?

However, the ideal of the gentry is to ask the court for these powers themselves, instead of letting ordinary people share these powers with themselves.If ordinary people are allowed to join in this game, let alone whether they can still speak out on behalf of the people, it will be difficult for them to accept the demand for rent reduction and abolition of slavery put forward by the people to the gentry.

It's just that in the face of the enthusiastic support of Yangzhou citizens for Li Zicheng's "three chapters of the agreement", no official or gentry dared to stand up and sing the opposite.Today, the officials and gentry in Yangzhou City are divided into three factions, the northern officials and gentry who went south, the southern officials who went south and the southern officials who came to vote for the prince, and the Yangzhou local officials and gentry.

The northern officials and gentry had no way of turning back at this time. After they were forced to move south by the Marshal's Mansion, the land in their homes was divided up. After it was reported, these people knew that they would not be able to return to their hometown in a short time, unless they went north to seek refuge in Jiannu, but this would be tantamount to completely abandoning their family's prestige in Daming and Dashun.

Except for those officials from Henan who had hard-to-resolve hatred with the peasants, other officials from the north hated the establishment of slaves even more, so they would not take this road until there was no other way to go.If they can't return to their hometown for the time being, then they will naturally settle down in the south. Now it seems that Huai'an and Yangzhou are the best places to stay.

Of course, no matter where they settle, the biggest problem is the industry that supports family life and the purchase of a mansion.In this regard, Yangzhou is undoubtedly more suitable than Huai'an, because it is located on the edge of the canal and the Yangtze River. It can not only buy land, but also invest in business, so that these northern officials can gain a foothold.

According to the rural concept of this era, local landlords definitely don't like strong dragons from other places to settle down, because this will greatly hit the power of local landlords.Therefore, the current policy of the Marshal's Mansion to attack Yangzhou's tyrants is supported by these northern officials.

In return, the newly established Lianghuai Salt Industry Company will not only lease the land they bought overseas, but the Marshal's Mansion will also set aside a part of the land for these officials and gentry in the upcoming Yangzhou New City to build their residences.

Compared with allowing the people to gain some political power, these northern officials and gentry care more about the interests they will get, so they will naturally not stand up to oppose it.

As for those southern officials, although they opposed the "three chapters of the contract", they had little power in Yangzhou, and it was impossible to expect them to stand up for the local officials.From the perspective of practical interests, these southern officials already counted the land of Jiangbei as Dashun's territory, and they hoped to use this exchange to allow Zhu Cihong to go to Nanjing to form a situation where Dashun and Dashun ruled across the river.In other words, Yangzhou people were once again betrayed.

The rest of the local officials and gentry, Huang Jiarui, who had just been beaten by Li Zicheng, lay down completely. After accepting Li Zicheng's proposal, he now only wants to leave Yangzhou as soon as possible, so as not to ruin his reputation.He kept silent, and most of the officials in Yangzhou naturally could only choose to be wise and protect themselves.

As for the remaining local officials and gentry, no one dared to stand up and deny Li Zicheng's "Three Chapters of the Covenant" without a leader, because their level was too low and they were not qualified to play the role of pleading for the people.And in the face of continuous applause from the audience, they also knew that public opinion was on Li Zicheng's side, not theirs.

After Li Zicheng finished talking about the "Three Chapters of the Covenant", he stepped aside and asked the representatives of the council to nominate a representative to explain his attitude on a series of cases in the city and give suggestions.

The factions that originally fought for power and profit in the council were extremely humble when faced with the opportunity to speak on behalf of the council. Seeing how they were giving in to each other, Li Zicheng impatiently pointed at one person and asked him to go forward on behalf of the council. speak.

Min Shizhang, who was named by Li Zicheng, was still a little dizzy when he took the microphone from Li Zicheng and stood in front of the high platform. The 37-year-old is one of the salt merchants in Anhui. Although he has good interpersonal relationships in the group of Anhui merchants, his status is not high.Although he had the desire to stand out, he really didn't want to shine on this occasion, especially when facing so many Yangzhou citizens below.

He knew very well in his heart that local people in Yangzhou did not have a good impression of foreign salt merchants, whether they were Western merchants or Huizhou merchants.Because in the eyes of the locals, they took advantage of Yangzhou's wealth, but transported the money back to their hometown.And after the outbreak of the child trafficking case, the local people's perception of the salt merchants became even worse, because most of the abducted girls and women were eventually bought by the salt merchants.

Previously, the city's officials and gentry sent representatives to petition the crown prince and Emperor Yongchang, hoping to stop the pursuit of the city's citizens, but in fact they were worried that they would be traced to themselves.In the past, people didn't think it was a problem to buy a few girl singing girls. Even if the origin of these girls and singing girls was unknown, it had nothing to do with them, because they were bought with real money, and they were not abducted by others.

This kind of logic was also acquiesced by ordinary people in the past.But after Li Zicheng handed over the power to the citizens, this logic was of course denied by the victim's family, and the citizens also believed that buying without knowing and knowing and buying were two different things, and the latter was an accomplice.Especially after some students were also involved in the case, the citizens of Yangzhou City's perception of salt merchants and officials and gentry has changed from disgust to hostility, because they believe that officials, gentry, wealthy merchants and gangsters colluded together to make the Those kidnappers can abduct and sell people from good families in and out of the city without any scruples.

Unlike Li Zicheng standing in front of the high platform and swaying freely, Min Shizhang felt extremely stressed standing in this position. He even had an illusion that the eyes of the citizens below looking at him were disgusted, or full of malice.It made him feel that if his statement could not satisfy these citizens, he might not be able to get out of here intact.

Min Shizhang was silent for too long, and was finally urged by the citizens in the audience to give him a position on the council as soon as possible.After thinking for a long time, Min Shizhang decided to think about himself first, so he raised the microphone and said with a long breath: "The council fully supports your majesty's opinion. I personally think that the three chapters of the covenant that your majesty said are the foundation of the country. There is absolutely no room for increase or decrease.

As for the recent series of criminal incidents in Yangzhou City, it is obvious that there is a problem with the system.The council believes that it is necessary to reform the current yamen and subordinate staff system in Yangzhou City, remove and change those yamen and subordinate staff that are outdated and dissatisfied by the people..."

Min Shizhang's words did allow him to pass the test in front of the citizens, but the council representatives and some officials standing behind him stared at his back with wide eyes, completely unable to understand how he could become so bold.Regarding the reform, Li Zicheng only gave a suggestion to the council before he came. The council has not yet discussed and passed it. What right does Min Shizhang have to announce the approval on behalf of the council.

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Although Min Shizhang's speech was not approved by his colleagues in the council, no one dared to stand up against his speech on this occasion. Just listen to the cheers of the citizens in the audience, and you will know that the citizens are satisfied with the speech of the council , Standing up at this time is just to attract the hatred of the citizens to yourself, and I don't know if other people will support me.

While the representatives of the council remained silent, Li Zicheng liked Min Shizhang's speech quite a bit. He didn't actually think that someone would be able to echo him on behalf of the council. I can't express my opinion, it is enough to disappoint the citizens of Yangzhou.

But now, the representative who was pointed at by him was able to boldly make a decision for the council in public. Although it was different from his plan, it made him see that there were finally people in the council that he could win over.

Li Zicheng asked the people around him, "Who is he?"

He Duiji responded immediately: "This representative is Min Shizhang, a native of Shexian County. When he first came to Yangzhou, he worked as an accountant for a fellow villager. Later, he found a way to enter the salt business. He is very popular among merchants in Shexian County..."

After Min Shizhang stepped back, he subconsciously wiped his forehead with his sleeve, and took the opportunity of wiping his sweat to observe Zuojin carefully, and found that several fellow villagers who were standing with him had moved away a few steps.He only had a wry smile in his heart: Sure enough, he followed his brother's love and lost his sister-in-law's mind.

However, his emotion has not passed yet, a person suddenly stood in front of him and said to him: "Representative Min, Your Majesty wants to see you."

With an uneasy mood, Min Shizhang followed He Duiji to the other side of the high platform, while fellow villagers and other representatives behind him pointed at his back. "Min's accountant has hooked up with the Statistics Department. No wonder he dared to talk so nonsense just now." "Old Xu, don't talk nonsense. If these words are not what Lao Min meant, you will offend others..." "Shi If Zhang upholds his ideals, won't he become a celebrity around His Majesty from now on?"

The representatives of the council now hate and envy Min Shizhang. What they hate is that he has been hired by the Statistics Department for a long time and still doesn't say a word. Could it be that they have reported everything they said in private?What I envy is that Min Shizhang's status will obviously increase in the future if he can enter Li Zicheng's sight as a salt merchant.Not to mention ordinary businessmen, even officials will not easily offend people who can talk to their superiors.

Only Min Shizhang, who walked in front of Li Zicheng, knew that he really had nothing to do with the Statistics Department. Li Zicheng just pointed at him as a representative of the council to speak. He really didn't know beforehand. If Li Zicheng gave him a hint, he might be able to do it. more stable.

However, when Li Zicheng called him, he didn't talk about what he just said, but asked him some questions about prices in Yangzhou. Min Shizhang naturally answered these questions fluently. After all, he was born as an accountant. The price on the market is still quite concerned, not the kind of rich man who doesn't eat the fireworks of the world.

After listening to Min Shizhang's answer, Li Zicheng was immediately satisfied and said to Zhu Cihong next to him: "An honest and practical person like Representative Min is very suitable as your consultant for supervising the construction of Yangzhou New City. question him."

Zhu Cihong immediately understood Li Zicheng's meaning, and he bowed his hands to Min Shizhang and asked politely: "I need some assistants who are familiar with the practice when I supervise the construction of Yangzhou New City. I wonder if Representative Min is willing to take up the post?"

"Your Majesty, no, Your Majesty has an order, and the grassroots can only swear allegiance to the death..." Min Shizhang didn't expect such a good thing to happen to him for a while, and his answer was a little incoherent for a while.

Although he is quite capable in calculating accounts, he also knows that it is impossible for him to take the road of imperial examination. Even if he is given a chance to take the exam, it will be difficult for him to pass the imperial examination which covers the Four Books and Five Classics.

As a businessman, especially a salt merchant, if you don't have political supporters, it is actually very difficult to get along in this business.After all, the salt and iron business has always been a monopoly business. Whether you can make a fortune in this business has nothing to do with your business ability, but has a great relationship with the strength of the supporters behind you.

After the Dashun Army entered Beijing, the old pattern of the Lianghuai Salt Industry has become difficult to maintain, because most of the political backers of the General Merchant and Jia Merchants are in the capital, and if the capital is gone, their backers will also fall .The huge theory of continuing to monopolize the Lianghuai salt industry without political backing is nothing but a dream.

The Shun army went south to Huai'an and Yangzhou to reorganize the Lianghuai Salt Industry. In essence, it was a process of reshuffling the old structure of the Lianghuai Salt Industry. Although some general merchants and merchants had resistance, in the new Dashun court, They have not yet found new supporters, so they can only accept the reorganization of the salt industry under Li Zicheng's force.

This is also the reason why Min Shizhang just dared to put aside the dissatisfaction of his colleagues in the meeting and decided to go along with Li Zicheng's proposition without authorization.Because everyone is equal now, and there is no backer behind him. If he can gain Li Zicheng's appreciation through this, he doesn't have to worry about other people in the meeting looking for him. They're in trouble.

However, what Min Shizhang didn't expect was that Li Zicheng's response would be so direct and rude. programs are omitted.

However, Min Shizhang felt ecstasy in his heart. He liked such a straightforward transaction, and Li Zicheng's return was quite practical.The advisor next to the prince means that he stepped into the high-level political circle of Ming Dynasty in one step. No matter how the situation changes later, he has already become an important businessman in Yangzhou.

Seeing Min Shizhang's overly excited expression, Zhu Cihong was still a little uncomfortable, but now he calmed down.To be honest, Min Shizhang's image is not bad, but his identity really made Zhu Cihong look down upon him.

Although the royal family also needs some imperial merchants to collect various food, drink and play items for the palace, the emperor will not contact these imperial merchants, at most, let the eunuchs deal with them.After all, under the Confucian education, businessmen are villains who don’t even care about family affection in pursuit of profit, so they are the end of the four peoples, and gentlemen should not have too much contact with them at all.

Even though the power of merchants in the south of the Yangtze River rose greatly after Jiajing, in the eyes of traditional scholar-officials in the north, merchants were still villains who could not stand on the stage after all, and only reading was the right way.And wealthy businessmen cultivate scholars in their families one after another, not to protect their own business, but to change the family into a scholarly family and gain a promotion in status.

Therefore, it was impossible for a businessman like Min Shizhang to appear in front of Zhu Cihong in the past. As for serving as his consultant, it was a dream that was never even imagined.If such a thing happened, don't let Zhu Cihong make a sound, those officials of the Eastern Palace around him will jump out and remonstrate to death.

But now, after the capital was captured by the Shun army, the officials in the East Palace were scattered, and the court ministers lost their integrity and surrendered to Li Zicheng. Naturally, no one dared to give Li Zicheng a lesson on being a gentleman and a villain.Since Li Zicheng intends to hire Min Shizhang as Zhu Cihong's adviser, the officials around him can only ignore it.

Now that Zhu Cihong was used to Li Zicheng's arrangements, he would naturally not refuse Li Zicheng's hints, but in terms of psychological habits, he was still somewhat dissatisfied with Min Shizhang.But seeing that Min Shizhang was so excited after hearing his invitation, he almost knelt down to thank him. If He Duiji hadn't stopped him, Zhu Cihong suddenly felt that Min Shizhang was actually pretty good.

If those scholars won such an invitation, I am afraid that they would not be so excited. They would only feel that their talent and learning have won such an opportunity, or they would be more grateful to the recommender.Zhu Cihong looked at the tributes paid by the citizens in the audience to Li Zicheng, and he suddenly felt that the favors that Guochao had given to the scholars in the past seemed to be too much.But the other three people, as long as they give a little favor, they will be full of gratitude.

After Li Zicheng paid back to Min Shizhang, he didn't pay attention here, and he turned his attention back to the citizens.After Min Shizhang expressed his position on behalf of the council, Yangzhou officials came forward to give a brief explanation of the search results and the case resolution in the past few days. Criminals to be interrogated are divided into three classes for processing.

With the tone set by Li Zicheng at the beginning, the mood of the citizens has also changed from venting their anger to defending the fruits of victory. Therefore, they are not too dissatisfied with the quick identification and punishment of criminals. They didn't dare to say anything, and they honestly finished their speeches according to Li Zicheng's proposition.

Under Li Zicheng's nod, He Duiji walked up to the citizens and announced loudly to the citizens: "According to your Majesty's request, the Yangzhou Council will hold a special meeting to discuss the formulation of civil laws to put an end to those who cannot abide by. disputes in the gray area of ​​the city, and listen to the opinions of representatives on the current reform of the subordinate staff system in Yangzhou City.

The participants of this special meeting, in addition to the original representatives of the council, the Marshal's Mansion will select citizens who performed well in this city-wide search as representatives to attend the meeting.In addition, the current level of martial law will be changed to three levels, with level one being the highest and level three being the lowest. Each block in Yangzhou city will set up levels according to the search situation some time ago, so as to ensure that the lives of citizens and the safety of citizens will not conflict... "

Under He Duiji's announcement, Yangzhou City was divided into 23 blocks in four urban areas. Street committees were set up in the blocks, and city committees were set up in the urban areas. The citizens of the mansion are also quite prestigious people in this block. Most of them are from wealthy families. They are far away from the gentry and wealthy merchants, and have a close relationship with the common people.

Hearing the cheers from the audience and the citizens outside, Li Zicheng smiled and said to the people around him in a low voice: "Now, we can say that this is our Yangzhou City."

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When the sun rose to mid-heaven, the meeting between Li Zicheng and the citizens of Yangzhou finally came to an end.This meeting basically met the needs of three aspects. The Marshal's Mansion took advantage of the opportunity to launch a reform plan. The citizens of Yangzhou kept some of the revolutionary achievements they had just obtained, and the officials and gentry finally put the brakes on the revolutionary enthusiasm of the citizens of Yangzhou.

After achieving his goal, Li Zicheng left the specific affairs to the Statistics Department, citizen representatives, council representatives and Yangzhou officials to discuss and deal with, while he took Zhu Cihong and others to Shouzhiyuan for lunch.

Zhu Cihuang, who accompanied Li Zicheng on horseback, recalled Li Zicheng's speech to the citizens of Yangzhou today, and asked Li Zicheng sincerely: "Why does your majesty put everyone equal before the law in Chapter 1 of the three chapters of the agreement? Speaking of it, it is a major national event. Isn't the chapter on making it public a little more important?

In addition, the Book of Rites says: Courtesy is not inferior to ordinary people, and punishment is not superior to senior officials.Ma Rongjie's Analects of Confucianism. For the political chapter, Yin Yin explained the theory of the three cardinal guides and five constant principles in the sentence of Xia Li.Women have three obediences and four virtues... In the truths spoken by the ancients, it seems that no one is equal.Can everyone be equal before the law? "

Enjoying the warmth of the sun shining on his body at noon, the sun in this season is really as comfortable as soaking in a hot spring, so Li Zicheng riding on horseback is very relaxed, and he is also very happy to chat with Zhu Cihuang in this environment Two sentences.

"Instead of asking whether everyone is equal before the law, it is better to ask why we insist on equality before the law. Who do you think made the law?"

Zhu Cilang hesitated for a moment and then said: "Of course the law is made by the monarch, but your majesty said that the state affairs are put into public opinion, so the law may also come from public opinion?"

Li Zicheng squinted his eyes and looked at the pedestrians on the streets and canals. This time there were too many of them, so Yangzhou officials sent yamen guards and strong men to clean up the streets. Yield to the side of the road and turn your back on the marching team.This is already a very civilized approach. In the past, civilians would kneel by the side of the road.

Therefore, although it was almost noon, the anger on the street was not as good as when he entered the city in the morning without his identity.Sighing slightly in his heart, he replied to Zhu Cihong: "It is a public opinion, but in fact, all we can hear are the voices of powerful people in the local area. Therefore, it is only the powerful people in this country who make laws, and the will of the people is It is difficult to form a law.

After clarifying this point, we can understand that the law is nothing but the expression of the will of the ruling class in this country, and it is the written instruction used by the ruling class to rule the ruled class.We tell the ruled class how much tax to pay, how to respect the ruling class, obey the ruling class and so on.Simply put, the laws of a country essentially stipulate the obligations of the ruled class and the powers of the ruling class.

So, of course, as rulers of this country, we have to cry out that all are equal before the law, because there was already inequality when those laws were made.If everyone in this country obeyed the law, then the rule of the ruling class would be unshakable.

Everyone is equal before the law, but in the final analysis it is only to maintain our dominance.For a ruling class, is there a more important agreement than this?As for the hierarchical system that the ancients advocated, it was essentially to maintain the ruling status of the ruler, but the hierarchical system they formulated was more naked and undisguised.

Why should we cast aside the hierarchy that the ancients admired?Because this kind of hierarchy is no longer suitable for contemporary times.Why hierarchy is not suitable for contemporary times, because hierarchy denies the social essence of labor creating wealth.

In a hierarchical society, everyone wants to improve their social rank, and then use power to oppress the bottom to contribute the fruits of labor.Therefore, no one wants to produce, because the producer is the most despicable.Think about it, if the people are not engaged in production, what will the upper class eat and use?

Therefore, we need to abandon the hierarchical system, at least recognize that people are equal, everyone has the possibility of relying on labor to get rich, let them work hard, and the ruling class can obtain enough materials to survive.

Everyone is equal before the law, in the final analysis, it is for the interests of the rulers, not for the interests of the common people.However, even so, everyone is equal before the law, which is an improvement compared to the hierarchical system, at least the common people can get protection in name, without having to worry about being oppressed and bullied by the rich and powerful at will..."

The only ones who could hear Li Zicheng's words were Zhu Cihong and Li Laiheng. The other guards could only hear a few words from the wind, but they couldn't understand what Li Zicheng said.

At the same time, the fleet led by Xu Dingguo and Gao You finally arrived at Chongmingsha. Wang Zhiren, the commander-in-chief of the island, and Chen Anguo, the guard on the island, received them. However, Chongmingsha did not have a good port, so most of the soldiers did not disembark. I just replenished water and vegetables with a boat here.

The Zheng family fleet stationed outside the Yangtze River Estuary sent personnel to make contact when they heard that the Shun Army fleet had arrived at Chongmingsha. So on October 10, Xu Dingguo and Gao You took 17 ships of all sizes out of the Yangtze River Estuary. The open sea joins the fleet of the Zheng family.

Although Gao You was also a sailor, he was quite shocked when he saw the Zheng family's big bird boat, because this kind of big bird boat was one deck higher than their big boat, and it was almost no different from a castle on the sea.Moreover, there are at least 14-16 Flang cannons on the upper deck of Zheng's big bird ship, and 6-8 Hongyi cannons on the lower deck.

Although the Zheng family's fleet only had nine ships, there were three of these big bird ships. Both Gao You and Xu Dingguo felt their scalps tingle when they saw it.Xu Er'an, the eldest son of Xu Dingguo, looked at the big boat of the Zheng family and said nervously: "If the Dutch's plywood boat is as big as this, wouldn't we have to be bombarded by them from above? How can we fight this battle?"

Xu Dingguo gave the eldest son a hard look, saying such discouraging words at this time, is this bastard trying to stimulate the soldiers to mutiny?Under his father's gaze, Xu Er'an also knew that he had said something wrong, so he quickly lowered his head and pretended to be dead.

Here Xu Dingguo said to his subordinates on the deck: "We don't need to fight the Dutch at sea. That's the business of the Zheng family. When we get to Taiwan, that's where we can use our skills..."

Although Xu Dingguo tried his best to boost morale, the subordinates still looked depressed. Obviously, after seeing the Zheng family's big ship, they began to have doubts about the future of conquering Taiwan.Fortunately, the Zheng family's fleet was their own, so although Xu Dingguo's subordinates were frustrated, they did not cause any bigger problems.

After the two armies converged, the Zheng family's fleet took over the responsibilities of leadership and escort, and sailed towards Taiwan with the Shun army's fleet sandwiched between them.At this time, the typhoon season has passed, and the monsoon at sea is also beneficial to the fleet, so the fleet sailed smoothly.It's just that in order to ensure that the ships in the fleet do not fall behind, the fleet is not advancing at full sail, but this speed is very suitable for Xu Dingguo's army who is going to sea for the first time.

After surviving the turbulent sea for the first three days, some soldiers of Xu Jun finally recovered. At this time, the spectacular scene at sea attracted them deeply, making them feel that sailing is not so scary.

On October 10, the fleet saw several small islands. According to the navigator of the Zheng family, these are small islands such as Diaoyu Island and Chiwei Island. The voyage arrived at the chicken coop in northern Taiwan.

Shi Xian, who led the Zheng family's fleet, decided to stop here for one night, and then set off southward early in the morning.So Xu Dingguo took a few subordinates to the Diaoyu Island in a small boat, wanting to go to the island to relax, after all, the living quarters on this boat are too small.

Xu Dingguo also wanted to hunt some wild animals on the island for a change of taste, but after searching for a long time, he didn't see any other animals except seabirds that could not be eaten. Instead, the soldiers caught a lot of sea turtles by the sea, so he planned to get some sea turtle meat Try it out.