Lu Xiangsheng looked at the indignant Lu Xiangguan and said, "You said Zhao Wen was a thief, and this is true. But have you ever seen such a thief? Today's Xuanzhen, let alone the current capital, is probably not as good as the capital in the Yongle period.

Look at the people here, everyone is wearing new clothes, and there are quite a few silk clothes. Look at their expressions, almost everyone has a smile on their faces and is full of red.

What does this mean? It means that the people here are full, wear warm clothes, and have money in their hands.

Walking from the city gate, almost every street in Xuan Town is covered with vendors and shops, among which the butcher shops have the most people, which shows that the people in Xuan Town have reached a point of prosperity.

There are many vendors and many people, which also represents the prosperity of the people in Xuanzhen. To be honest, such scenes have appeared in a handful of times in history."

"Hmph, no matter what, Zhao Wen is a thief, which is an indisputable fact." Lu Xiangguan snorted coldly and disagreed with Lu Xiangsheng's point of view.

"Okay, stop talking. This is Zhao Wen's territory. If you say that again and are arrested by the people here, what should you do then?" Lu Xiangjin pulled Lu Xiangguan's arm and whispered.

"Catch it? The country has been raising scholars for more than two hundred years, and I am still afraid that Zhao Wen will arrest me? It's a joke. I just want to say that I will go to Zhao's thief's mansion to scold me!" Lu Xiangguan became more angry and excited as he spoke, and finally started shouting loudly. "Zhao Wen is a thief. This person is a thief, and he is a thief."

"Shut!" Lu Xiangsheng looked at Lu Xiangguan like this and hurriedly scolded: "Shut up quickly, this is not the capital, this is Xuanzhen!"

"Brother, I really can't understand why you defended Zhao Wen's rebel so much? What are his advantages? He is just a rebel!" Lu Xiangguan was like a naughty man, keeping shouting.

Their voices were quickly noticed by those around them.

A middle-aged scholar wearing a private outfit and carrying a flat-crowned crown in all corners was leading his family to wander on the street. He suddenly heard the voice of Lu Xiangguan, and then led his family to Lu Xiangguan and others.

When Lu Xiangguan saw someone coming, she not only did not shut up, but instead started shouting louder.

"The country has raised scholars for more than two hundred years, and the birthday of justice is today!" Lu Xiangguan became more and more excited and generous as he spoke.

The eyes of the people around them suddenly became on them.

When Lu Xiangjin saw everyone's eyes, he hurriedly covered Lu Xiangguan's mouth.

"I dare to ask where the people came from? Xue didn't dare to say that he could know all the people in Xuan Town, but Xue, the scholars in Xuan Town, knew a lot. In Xue's memory, he had never seen many people!"

The middle-aged scholar stood in front of Lu Xiangsheng and others, looking at the people with his eyes constantly.

This person is named Xue Zexi, and he is a gentry in Xuan Town. He is about forty years old and has two sons and a daughter.

The eldest son was selected in college and was sent to Shanxi to become an official. The second son has now been admitted to the university.

The New Year is coming soon, so Xue Zexi led his second son and daughter out for a walk.

His eldest son is in Shanxi, and although the railway has been built to Shanxi, he has not come back because he has an official position.

"Dad, what did you say to them? Just capture them and send them to the government. These people and the people are confused and they deserve to die!" The second son pointed at Lu Xiangsheng and others and said coldly.

Xue Zexi looked at her second son, "You can take your sister to take her servants to buy things elsewhere."

"Dad, it's not a good thing for people here at first sight. If you stay here alone, what should you do if these people are not good for you?" The second son looked at Xue Zexi with a worried look on his face.

Xue Zexi shook his head, "This is Xuanzhen, what are you afraid of? You guys go down!"

The second son couldn't argue, so he had to lead his sister and his servants to walk far away.

When the second son left, Xue Zexi looked at Lu Xiangsheng, "I heard from your accent, you should be from the southerners, right?"

"Hmph, what does it have to do with you?" Lu Xiangguan glared at Xue Zexi and said coldly.

Lu Xiangsheng frowned and looked at Lu Xiangguan, "Don't be rude!"

After saying that, Lu Xiangsheng bowed to Xue Zexi, "My younger brother is a bit extreme, please forgive me!"

Xue Zexi replied with a greeting and said, "What is included or not is that. I see that some of you have a lot of prejudice against me, Xuanzhen? Are you interested in talking about it?"

When Xue Zexi saw that Lu Xiangsheng and others were all scholars, she wanted to talk to them.

"Yes!" Lu Xiangsheng nodded.

"Let's go, follow me. This is not a place to talk!" Xue Zexi said, and led Lu Xiangsheng and the others along the street toward the front.

Not long after, Xue Zexi led Lu Xiangsheng and the others to a restaurant.

The restaurant is covered with cement bricks and tiles, and is as tall as four floors in total. The shape is similar to the current one, and the windows are all transparent glass.

Because it is not a meal time, there are not many guests in the restaurant.

Xue Zexi walked into the restaurant lobby and came to the counter, "Old rule, the fourth floor pine and bamboo room!"

The shopkeeper looked at Xue Zexi with a smile, "It turns out it's Mr. Xue. I haven't seen you for several days. How are you doing recently?"

"It's been like that recently. Okay, let's make arrangements for me quickly. I'm going to invite guests today and use all your special skills for me!" Xue Zexi pointed to Lu Xiangsheng and others following him.

The shopkeeper looked at Lu Xiangsheng and others, then hurriedly shouted to the child next to the counter: "Take Mr. Xue upstairs quickly, it's the same place as before, the fourth floor Songzhu Room, don't make any mistakes!"

When the child heard the shopkeeper's order, he hurriedly walked to Xue Zexi and saluted Xue Zexi, "Master Xue!"

Xue Zexi nodded, then followed the child toward the fourth floor.

Not long after, Xue Zexi came to the pine and bamboo room on the fourth floor.

Songzhu Room said it was big or small, and there was a round table in the middle of it, which could seat five or six people.

The room is decorated with pine trees and bamboo made of glass. Although it is not big, it looks very delicate.

Now the glass kiln in Zhao Wen’s hands is no longer conservative in producing glass mirrors and glass windows, and some handicrafts have also been produced.

The pine trees in the room are more than one person tall, and are poured in batches in molds and formed into one piece.

It is fixed on a cement round pier. The cement round pier has also been processed and dyed into the color of soil. It is also decorated with some grass on it, which looks like real grass.

The trunk of the pine tree has been dyed brown and the leaves have been dyed green.

Because it is glass, the leaves of the pine tree look very round.

The bamboo is also glassy, ​​and it is more than one person tall, fixed next to the pine tree.

Because it is glass and the fuel is good, it looks very green and warm.

Lu Xiangsheng and others saw these things as soon as they entered the door.

"Hmph, I am extremely luxurious!" Lu Xiang looked at the pine trees and bamboo and snorted coldly.

Xue Zexi smiled, not caring. He pointed to the chair next to the round table and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Please!"

Lu Xiangsheng returned the greeting and then sat on the chair.

Lu Xiangguan and Lu Xiangjin did not refuse either. They sat next to Lu Xiangsheng, and Xue Zexi sat opposite Lu Xiangsheng.

"Is this your first time here in Xuanzhen?" After sitting down, Xue Zexi asked.

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head, "No, I came once before, but it was a long time ago. At that time, the General Xuanzhen had not yet rebelled. This was the first time my two younger brothers came."

"So that's it!" Xue Zexi nodded, and then asked again: "What do you think of Xuanzhen this time?"

Lu Xiangsheng said in a daze: "I am rich. Although I am from the south, even compared with the entire south, it is even better."

"Brother, why are you still talking for Xuanzhen? No matter how good Xuanzhen is, it is still a rebellion!" Lu Xiangguan said with dissatisfaction.

Xue Zexi smiled and looked at Lu Xiangguan, "In your opinion, Xuanzhen is rebellion? It is disloyal, unrighteous, and unkind?"

"Isn't it? As a minister, why should he go against the turmoil? Those who are ministers should behave in a manner and present everything in Xuanzhen to the court!" Lu Xiangguan said with great sarcasm.

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but shake his head when he heard what Lu Xiangguan said.

"Haha!" Xue Zexi sneered and continued, "This little brother is really far-sighted! Give Xuanzhen things to the court? I ask you, should you give them to the court or to the treacherous ministers of the court? I don't tell you what the court is like today, you know that in the second year of Chongzhen, Jiannu broke into the pass from Xifengkou and robbed the capital. If there was no general, would you think Jiannu could retreat so easily?"

"I admit that this is all his credit, but he should not rebel. He should contribute to the court to recover Liaodong and pacify the thieves." Lu Xiangguan said toughly.

"Are you then punished for false charges?" Xue Zexi asked back: "Just like Yue Fei in the Song Dynasty, he died in Fengbo Pavilion, or was his troops seized, and imprisoned in the name of great achievements and shocking the Lord?"

"The court cannot do it!" Lu Xiangguan said unconvincedly.

"No? Why can't it? The general had just made great achievements back then. The court should have rewarded him with great rewards, but what was the result? The court rewarded his subordinates and forgot about him.

What do you say the court wants to do? Also, before the General Recruiting the army, the court asked the General Recruiting the capital to attend the Wanbao Festival. Before the General Recruiting the army, the court mobilized the Guanning Iron Cavalry, Datong, and Jingying troops, and the surrounding capital was blocked. What do you think this is for?

From the beginning to now, the General has never received a penny of military salary from the imperial court, and there is not even a man.

Everything was saved up bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit. Later, the court saw that the general was rich and had great military achievements, so he wanted to kill the donkey. Do you think this could work?

The officials in the court were corrupt. The general made great achievements in military affairs back then. It would be fine if he didn't have any rewards. He wanted to repeat the storm. Can this make people convinced?" Xue Zexi looked at Lu Xiangguan with a sarcastic look on his face.

"No, the court will not do this. And even if the court wants to deal with him, he cannot resist, and he cannot rebel. You must know that the ruler lets his ministers die, but the ministers cannot die. Otherwise, where is there human relations in the world?" Lu Xiangguan, the duck, was stubborn, and had a flushed face and thick neck, and argued with Xue Zexi.

"Haha!" Xue Zexi was directly angry at Lu Xiangguan's words.

"It's really ridiculous, ridiculous! I really don't know what to say about you. If the king asks the minister to die, the minister has to die. Then one day, if you make great achievements and the court wants to kill you, will you kill me?" After Xue Zexi said that, his eyes stared at Lu Xiangguan.

Lu Xiang looked at Xue Zexi, her face turned red and she couldn't speak for a long time.

"You said that the General is rebelling. Let me ask you again, who belongs to this world? Who do you think this world belongs to?" Xue Zexi asked back.

"Of course it is the world of the Ming Dynasty, the world of the court!" Lu Xiangguan refuted loudly.

"What about the people in the world? Isn't this world the world of the people in the world? You are also a scholar, and you should also know that the people are the most important, and the country is the next, and the king is the least concerned.

However, how many emperors could listen to this sentence? If they could really follow this sentence, how could there be the rise of thieves like Li Zicheng? How could there be a thieves in the world who can wipe out impurity?

You said that the world is the world of the Ming Dynasty, but what before the Ming Dynasty? Is it the world of the former Yuan Dynasty? In this way, did Emperor Taizu rebel?

Or, before the Yuan Dynasty, this world was the world of the former Song Dynasty. Should Emperor Taizu Gao let Zhao Song’s descendants become emperors after conquering the world?" Xue Zexi kept saying.

Lu Xiangguan slapped the table and shouted: "You are trying to make sense, you are trying to make sense, you are trying to make sense, you are......"

Lu Xiangguan wanted to refute, but he didn't know how to refute.

The education he received since childhood was to be loyal to the emperor and patriotism, and he had never heard of Xue Zexi's remarks.

"Don't slap the table, don't be angry. If there were no General, Jiannu would go south sooner or later, and then the shame of Jingkang will be in front of you.

Even if Jiannu did not go south, thieves like Li Zicheng would rise, and the world would also die.

I don’t tell you what kind of people are Jiannu and the thief. Do you think that by that time, there is still a safe place in the world?

The thief does not know how to produce, just like a locust, only knows how to destroy it. If the thief sits down, it will be the greatest suffering for the people in the world.

Needless to say, Jiannu, if they sit in the world, they will definitely be even more than thieves. By then, the world will be bleeding and corpses will be everywhere."

Xue Zexi stood up from the chair and walked to the window. He looked at the view outside the window, "The court was corrupt, and the cabinet chief Wen Tiren was even more like a lump of wood. The people in the world lived in dire straits. Even if the general eliminated Jiannu and the thief, other crises would arise in the future.

The treacherous ministers in the court are in power, and the people in the world live in poverty. This is the world today. This world is not only the world of the Ming Dynasty, but also the world of the people of the world. The king has no virtue, and the capable will replace him. The court has no virtue, and the capable will replace him. This is a principle that has not changed since ancient times!”
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