Li Dingguo and others immediately began to feel at a loss.

They held tea cups in their hands, looking embarrassed.

It is clear that the teacher gave tea, which made people feel very happy. But in a blink of an eye, it became a shame to taste this tea.

Zhang Jingyi said at this time: "How many years have you been with me?"

Liu Wenxiu said: "My brother Li and I have been studying with our mentor for nine years in Tianqi. So far, it has been ten years."

The others had different answers, but they had been at least five years.

Zhang Jing nodded, but said, "Do you still remember why you came to join me?"

Li Dingguo blushed and said, "At the time when Guanzhong had a severe drought, everyone could not survive. All the relatives starved to death. It was His Majesty's order to move us to the capital. It was also his mentor who took us in and placed us in, and asked us to go to school."

It has to be said that these people have emotions towards Zhang Jingyi. To a certain extent, most of them have lost relatives, and it is not an exaggeration for some people to say that they have no relatives.

When I arrived in the capital, I was always protected by Zhang Jingyi. At least at the beginning, it was not too much to say that Zhang Jingyi was their parents' food and clothing.

Not only that... They were able to receive education, read and write, and even later on, they could have today. It can be said that Zhang Jingyi was their spiritual father.

Seeing them looking at him sincerely, Zhang Jingyi opened up the conversation and said warmly: "It's a bad time to be wandering."

This was said very softly, but everyone was silent.

You know, that was definitely the darkest day in their lives! Looking back on the hungry memories, it was still like a nightmare for those who had already been able to stand alone and had a firm mind.

Looking at their memories of the past, their faces were full of dark faces, Zhang Jing sighed, "You said, if the court had collected less money and grain, the gentry had less force and robbed less land in Guanzhong, the people in Guanzhong would have more self-cultivated land, so that everyone could have some surplus grain, and the local government could also provide all their best relief. If this were the case, although Guanzhong had severe droughts for years,... would there be more people who could survive? Could you have been hungry at the beginning? Will you have been hungry less? Can you have been hungry? Can your parents, wives and children survive more?"

As soon as this statement was spoken, everyone couldn't help but feel regretful. It can be said that most people had lost relatives at that time, and many of them were closest relatives. Sometimes when they mourned, they couldn't help but think that if they were really as their mentor said, there would be less regrets.

One of the disciples who was born as a civil servant, but has now been promoted to the magistrate of Jinzhou. He said sincerely: "Rise, the people suffer, the people suffer, the people suffer."

"fart!"

I guess no one would have thought that Zhang Jingyi would actually spit out these two words.

Zhang Jingyi continued: "If these words are used in poetry, they can certainly be used to express the difficulties of people's livelihood, but when it comes to true, the prosperous times will always be the safest time for most people to live. When it comes to troubled times, human life is like grass, and thousands of miles away from the ground. That is the real suffering. What's the use of putting together the small sufferings in the prosperous times and making a sigh?"

"Because of this, it is not impossible to express such feelings when writing poetry. But if you and me take this statement as true, they will turn black and white into something that is not known. Although most of the scholars of contemporary times are unworthy, many of the words of sages have always been very reasonable. In the study of Confucius and Mencius, there is a saying that establishes a life for the people. In other words, people like me have now obtained high-ranking officials and generous salaries. Even if they do not have high-ranking officials and generous salaries, they are now considered to be among the people. Now you have obtained good educational resources and a place to display your talents. You no longer have to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation, so you should always take responsibility for the rise and fall of the world!"

"What we want to do is not to feel the suffering of the people's rise and fall, that's not what we do. What we want to do is to create a prosperous era, create a prosperous era, make this prosperous era last forever, make the world prosperous, and make the vast majority of people live and work in peace and contentment, and not be as in the Guanzhong situation at that time. What should we do?"

These words were spoken out.

The people of Li Ding immediately understood Zhang Jingyi's original intention.

If Zhang Jingyi's words may not have any great impact on others, they will definitely have a deep feeling for those of them who had been hungry and cold at the beginning.

"My mentor means to prevent the government from harming the people and prevent uncontrolled annexes from gentry? However, there are no gentry in Liaodong..."

Zhang Jingyi said patiently: "In the past, land was the foundation of everything, so whoever possessed the land would have everything. But in Liaodong, this is indeed not the case. Liaodong has land, and the law of equalizing land has been implemented, but land is no longer the foundation of Liaodong. There are gentry who holds land in the world, so are there no other forms of gentry?"

These people are all extremely smart people, and they can be understood at once. As soon as they say this, everyone immediately understood.

Zhang Jing smiled and said, "It's like this tea. Such expensive tea wastes so much manpower and material resources, and only enjoys the pleasure of one family. Of course, I'm not saying that people cannot enjoy themselves, but they can enjoy themselves alone, but the price cannot be for others to eat braised vegetables."

"If it is in its peak, the people can have no worries about food and clothing, and it is not bad for this family to be extravagant. But if it is like the Western Jin Dynasty, when the people in the world are like pigs and dogs, there is Shi Chong and Wang Kai fighting for wealth like this, this is the way to perish. Everything needs to be moderate. Once you pass the line, it will be difficult to return, and the situation in Guanzhong will appear again."

Li Dingguo and others frowned deeply. In fact, they also felt something vaguely. The mentor discovered the problem, but... how to change it?

Zhang Jingyi said again: "If there is no restraint in Liaodong, ten or twenty years later, there will be Shi Chong everywhere. In the past few years, Liaodong has been thousands of miles a day, and countless ore and land output are used by us. But what is the purpose of our operation and development here? We have implemented the new policy, established so many workshops, and reclaimed so much farmland. Is it just to purely implement the new policy and for more output?"

"Any output is for people, not purely for output. The problem now is, whether it is the implementation of the new policy or output, who are serving? Only in this way, our new policy will be meaningful. If we follow the Ming Dynasty, would there be less output in this area of ​​Huatianbao in the pass? The silk and precious porcelain produced every year are countless, but why can't even solve the problem of a Jiannu? Why are there refugees everywhere? There will be Li, Zhang and others sweeping the world?"

After hearing this, Li Dingguo felt shocked.

The rest of the people couldn't help but look at each other.

Zhang Jingyi said: "So we must have a purpose, a program, and always be clear. What is our purpose today? Especially to clarify whether the new policy is for more output, or whether it is the responsibility of the people of the world to live and work in peace and contentment. We must also determine the people who later come to people. If someone like Shi Chong and Wang Kai appears, you can now teach them how to be a human being with guns."

Li Dingguo and others hurriedly said, "I would like to ask my mentor for advice on how to do it."

Zhang Jing paused and pondered: "Set a class reunion, organize it, draw up a program for this class reunion, set a goal, and then slowly use your experiences over the years to enrich a theory. There is one advantage of military academy, that is, most of the students in the military academy are children from poor families, and a truly rich family, I am afraid I don't want to join the army and fight to the death."

"Of course, this class reunion cannot simply absorb the students of military academy, excellent craftsmen, and other schools. It must be organized, not only in the army, but also in the Jinyiwei, in many workshops, schools, and government offices, etc.... Of course, this is a big deal. I don't have much opinion on how to do it, so I asked you to come and gather ideas. If you have any ideas, you can spread it out and discuss it."

"In addition..." Zhang Jing thought for a while, and then said, "I have accumulated a lot of wealth over the years. There is too much money. If I really talk about it in the future, my Zhang family will be Shi Chong and Wang Kai. So... I will take out a considerable portion of my wealth and act as a student association to produce."

"Today, you are from all over Liaodong. When you are here in Lushun, don't rush to leave immediately. You might as well go around Lushun and take a look more. Let you walk more here and see more. It is not to let you sigh at the rapid development of Lushun, but to think about what problems arise in this process, think more, and see if there is a solution."

These words were undoubtedly a shocking bomb. Li Ding and others never expected that their mentor had such a plan.

They unconsciously looked at their partners around them and immediately realized that mentors had a purpose in choosing people like them.

Li Dingguo said seriously: "Students and others understand that everything is based on the leader of their mentors."

Zhang Jingyi shook his head and said, "I said it was a brainstorming thing. Everyone spoke freely and formulated a preliminary charter, and then discussed the deletion. Now it is indeed a little urgent. Is it feasible to draw up the charter within one month?"

Liu Wenxiu looked at Zhang Jing carefully and said, "If you have any suggestions, will you submit them to your mentor?"

Zhang Jingyi said: "You can set up a charter drafting committee first, first recommend some people, and review all suggestions. Of course, you can make your own decisions if you recommend them."
Chapter completed!