Since the Ming Dynasty developed to this day, the imperial examinations have been completely selected and have been controlled by the soldiers and nobles.

Although the imperial examination system is for everyone, it is difficult for poor families to cultivate a scholar. The gentry and wealthy families have excluded poverty from the imperial examination by controlling education resources and increasing education costs.

Ordinary people are able to take the exam and can no longer afford to take the exam. Only the children of the gentry and grand clan have money and relationships, participate in poetry meetings, lectures on scriptures held by everyone, and study in better academies.

It is obviously impossible for these gentry children, or students trained by their families to become officials in the Ming Dynasty, and let them deal with their families and merchants who support their studies. It is obviously impossible to let gentry merchants pay taxes by themselves, and it is even more delusional to let gentry merchants pay taxes by themselves.

Gao Youcai has to admit that what Gao Huan said makes sense. He has evaded taxes a lot over the years. He is not holding a knife around his neck, so how could he pay taxes obediently?

Although when the Qing army went south to occupy Jiangnan, the gentry in Jiangnan finally woke up and destroyed their families to relieve the difficulties and supported the rebel army to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Many people spent all their family wealth and even had their whole family killed, it was too late.

Gao Huan said in a deep voice: "Now the Ming Dynasty is full of illness. If you want to reform, the thieves and Jiannu will not give the Ming Dynasty a chance. This year, the great disaster in Henan is a foregone conclusion, and the imperial court has no money to provide relief, so the bandits will inevitably rise again. At that time, the Central Plains will definitely be decayed, and Jiannu outside the pass will definitely not miss such an opportunity. Under the attack of Jiannu and the bandits, I think the Ming Dynasty will perish for at most three or four years!"

Gao Youcai was speechless for a moment and sighed for a while: "What you said is the truth, but the Ming Dynasty court has been in a more than 270 years of foundation and has a strong foundation, and has not completely lost the people's hearts. The situation in the north is indeed very bad, but the south is still prosperous and has really reached an uncontrollable level. It affects the interests of the gentry and clans in Jiangnan. They will not sit idly by! My opinion is that the court may lose the north, but it will not destroy the country. It is mostly to cross the south to continue the country's destiny."

Gao Huan snorted coldly, "Do you guys in Jiangnan?"

Gao Youcai frowned, Gao Huan's tone made him feel very uncomfortable, he looked down on anyone.

Although Gao Youcai was seized from fame, he has always regarded himself as a gentry and wanted to integrate into the Donglin Party's big family.

Therefore, he felt a little annoyed by Gao Huan's disdain for the gentry and wealthy people in his words.

"The gentry is the foundation of the court. Don't underestimate the strength of the gentry's wealthy family!" Gao Youcai said angrily: "Besides, the thief Xian is now being chased by Yangge's troops, and the thieves are still hiding in a ravine. I only know how to destroy the two thieves, but the Red Eyebrow Huang Chao is difficult to accomplish great things. Although Jiannu outside the pass has won many battles, he is only a corner of Liaodong, with a population of only hundreds of thousands. In recent years, he has entered the pass several times and has only robbed. They left after robbing them, which is not as good as the Wanyan Jin Kingdom in the past."

Gao Youcai was stern and taught Gao Huan a lesson, hoping that young people would not be so arrogant and no one would look down on them.

At this time, Gao Youcai thought about Gao Huan, so he continued to talk, "I saw the court crossing south and giving up the north, and letting the bandits and Jiannu dogs bite the dog, which is not a bad thing. In this way, the court can get rid of the bandits and the outer captives, and the court will accumulate energy in the south, and maybe it will take ten years to unify the world again."

“Haha~”

Gao Youcai was talking about his judgment when he suddenly realized that Gao Huan was laughing contemptuously again, and he couldn't help but be furious, "Why are you laughing at?"

Gao Huan had a cold face, "I didn't laugh!"

"I clearly saw you laugh!" Gao Youcai felt insulted and felt that his dignity as an old man was gone.

Gao Huan laughed because he knew how the amazing operation of the Southeast gentry ruined the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

In history, the demise of the Southern Dynasty was mostly due to the general trend, but the Southern Ming court played a good hand and killed himself.

His techniques made Liu Chan, Sun Hao, Chen Shubao and other kings who had lost their country could only yell at their professionalism.

This also surprised most people at that time and could not understand that it would actually make the Qing Dynasty successful.

Gao Huan knows history. If he doesn’t know it, he will probably make more optimistic judgments like Gao Youcai.

Therefore, Gao Huan thought about it and now tells Gao Youcai that the Ming Dynasty would be destroyed by a group of inexperienced bandits, and then the Qing Dynasty outside the pass would eventually enter the Central Plains to rule the world. It is indeed hard to believe.

"Father! Don't care about these details!" Gao Huan looked at the angry Gao Youcai and said in a deep voice: "Now, the dispute between me and my father is that I think the Ming Dynasty is about to end, and my father thinks that the Ming Dynasty can cross the south and continue the country's destiny. So now we put the disputes aside and find common ground. My father also thinks that the Ming Dynasty may lose the north, right!"

Gao Youcai had a gloomy face and didn't say anything. Gao Huan said he agreed, so he continued: "Since my father was consistent with me and believed that the north would be in chaos, the Ming Dynasty would not be able to quell the bandits, and the Jiannu from other countries would not be able to protect the stability of the north and protect the safety of the gentry and the people!"

Gao Youcai frowned and said, "What do you want to say?"

Gao Huan looked at Gao Huan, then looked at Li Wu and others sitting in the hall, and said in a deep voice: "If the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the north collapses, like our Gao Laozhuang, there are some money and food farms like the bandits and Jiannu, they are all fat in the eyes of the bandits and Jiannu. Since the Ming Dynasty court can no longer protect us, we should strengthen our strength and protect ourselves!"

Gao Youcai was silent again. He had a premonition that the Ming Dynasty was declining in the north, so he was eager to let Gao Jian approach the Hou family.

Hou Xun was the Minister of Revenue in the Ming Dynasty and the boss of Donglin. His son Hou Fangyu was one of the four young masters in Jiangnan and a young general of Donglin.

If he could get involved in the Hou family and be recognized by the Donglin Party members and not care about his identity as an eunuch, then Gao Youcai would be ready to move south and cause trouble.

However, now it seems that it is not easy for the Donglin Party members to exclude dissidents and join them.

Ruan Dacheng, who was the eunuch party with him, lived in Nanjing because the bandits entered Jiangbei. After being found out by Yang Tingshu, Huang Zongxi and others in the Donglin Party, he wrote "Revealing the Reveal of the Duke of the Rebellion", which drove Ruan Dacheng out of Nanjing in a dilemma.

Therefore, Gao Youcai, who is also a eunuch party, wanted to sell his land and go to the Jiangnan flower world to make trouble, but he was afraid of being driven away by the Donglin Party, so he did not dare to do it.

Now that I have no idea about currying over the Hou family, Gao Youcai couldn't help but fall into deep thought after hearing Gao Huan's words, whether to prepare more ways for himself.

At this time, Gao Huan saw that Gao Youcai was hesitant, so he immediately reported the news and said, "Father, if what I expected is good, the thief would have come out of the mountain and entered Henan!"

Gao Youcai stood up, stood up with a crutch, and said in a deep voice: "Say! What do you want?"

Gao Huan was overjoyed when he heard this, "I want money and food, and I also have to mobilize villagers nearby to help me capture Jiulong Village!"

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