Chapter 91: Brainful Words

The scholars of the Ming Dynasty were the rich people of Hang Jiahu and Su Songchang, who were rich in their families, and the opposing sects, who were called wind and rain in the court. They were a group of wealthy young men playing politics and living in the dreams and deaths. Another type was the most common form of scholars, which was called farming and reading, farming, studying and studying imperial examinations, hoping to achieve fame and fortune on the hopeless right path. Among the scholars of all dynasties, they will always be the most common part.

There is also a kind of scholars who seem to have realized something. They usually have some family background, but these scholars observe the situation and even have intuitions that are much better than the other two types of people. These people are preparing or have already started to act. Well, specific examples, such as Fan Wencheng, a surrender to the Donglu Jurchen...

This Zhou Juren also looks a little different from others. At least he is not the kind of person who is stupid and noble. So Li Meng feels that he has the possibility of communicating with the other party.

To everyone's surprise, the next day, Zhou Yang and Zhou Juren actually came to visit Li Meng on his own initiative. Although he was invited, it really surprised too many people, including Li Meng.

"Sir, Zhou Yang and Zhou Juren are here to visit me, and let the younger one report!"

The person who came in the door was Luo Xi who managed the house. He had an incredible expression on his face at this moment. Although he was from a civilian, he had seen fame and honorary literati treat the children of military households. They were all about slaves and advocated excellence. In this small place in Jiaozhou City, Zhou Yang, who was newly promoted to the imperial examination, was similar to Wenquxing in the eyes of everyone. He didn't know how much higher his identity than Li Meng, but he took the initiative to visit Li Meng.

"Come in now!"

Li Meng did not feel the difference between the noble and the noble of the civil and military officials as much as the people of his contemporaries, so he was calm. If he saw Yan Ding on duty inside and outside the yard, he looked excited on his face, and his waist was much straighter than usual, even Wang Hai and Chen Liu were like this.

The dignified juren, Wen Quxing, who will be the magistrate in the future, actually came to visit my Lord Li, which shows that Li Erlang is really extraordinary and even such a person is coming to visit him.

Seeing Luo Xi and others bring Zhou Yang in fear and fear, Li Meng was also very happy. Looking at Zhou Yang who was stroking, Zhou Yang was about thirty years old and had a few beards. He was not as weak as a common scholar, and he looked quite strong. In Li Meng's eyes, this should be a scholar who had been trained with purpose and knew how to train. With Li Meng's understanding of this era, it was really rare. Zhou Juren had a smile on his face and looked around at the house where the salt administration inspected the house.

As the master, Li Meng went down a step at the door of the main hall, which was considered respect. He saw a little depressedly that the salt dick in the yard looked at the attitude of this juren, and seemed to be more awe-inspiring than seeing him. People in this era have a kind of respect from the heart for scholars, especially those with fame.

Juren Zhou, who was led into the yard, saw Li Meng on the steps with a smile on his face. He walked forward a few steps, and his hands were already clasped and arched to Li Meng.

Anyone who saw Zhou Juren treat Li Meng so respectfully, and Yan Ding felt a little different when he saw this scene, and Li Meng's image in their hearts became taller.

If Zhou Juren became an official, he would have started at least the eighth-rank inspector, which was very different from the military-born military inspector of Li Meng. Such proactive and politeness caught Li Meng off guard. Both sides greeted each other on the steps and then let them into the house.

After entering the house, a salt diced man walked in with a tea tray, and there were a few snacks on the teapot and tea bowl, and walked out on the tea table.

Li Meng stood up and picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Juren Zhou. Although his identities were different, it was a difference between the host and the guest. Zhou Yang began to think that Li Erlang, who was so rich and had a maid, would always have a maid and servant. Who would have thought that the salt ding in the short-padded dress was dressed in a short-clad manner?

When you observe the yard and enter the main hall, you are all relatively simple decorations. Zhou Juren is also a wealthy family in Jiaozhou City. He has seen some of the minor officials in the magistrate's yamen better than this. Li Erlang has a very big reputation and there are many rumors, such as earning tens of thousands of gold a month. However, the food and clothing cost is so simple, and from everyone's natural attitude, it can be seen that it is not pretentious, which is a bit strange.

Compared to these strange things, Li Meng, a military family, did not know the etiquette and poured tea for guests himself, had long heard of Zhou Juren.

"Zhou had expected that Brother Li would invite him this time, but this day was a little later than Zhou thought."

Putting down the tea bowl, the first one was Zhou Juren. Listening to the other party calmly saying this, Li Meng was stunned. He swallowed all the things he wanted to say, and hesitated and asked:

"I don't know what Brother Zhou said?"

"Zhou is also an indigenous person in Jiaozhou City, and has some relatives and friends in Laizhou Prefecture and Shandong. Since the Year of the Tianqi period, he has seen many people, but he is only seen with ambition like Brother Li."

"Mr. Zhou was joking. Li was a patrol inspector under the Salt Transportation Department. He just investigated and rectified the salt affairs of anti-smuggling salt. It was not a big deal."

"Build two thousand elites, earn ten thousand dollars a month, but are poor and self-reliant. He has the ability to do rampantly but is eager to be righteous, do good things in the countryside, seek great power and good fame, if he is at ease, the past few inspectors were all rich men. If he is not at ease, there were still several of them who were in the past who were either taken or died suddenly, such as inspectors who encountered thieves."

These words really came to Li Meng's heart, and even pointed out some secret things. All Li Meng did was to pick up the tea cup and take a sip of tea. He really didn't know how to answer the other party. Moreover, he was completely unprepared for the topic suddenly starting. However, when Zhou Yang saw his reaction, he immediately became interested. His conversation was opened and he started to speak again:

"The world is declining day by day, and everyone who sees the end of the world looks like. Those who are interested will prepare for it early. Brother Li is also one of these people who are interested!"

Zhou Yang was silent for a long time, and finally said:

"The Holy Emperor is in power, and Brother Zhou is a disciple of the saint. How can he say such a ruthless thing? Li is a warrior in the inspection position. Recruiting more people and making some tricks is also the duty of the people of the Ming Dynasty. Please come today..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the Juren Zhou again. The Master Zhou was already in high spirits and talked:

"The world is already in turmoil. Have you ever seen the chief ministers rotate so frequently in all dynasties? Have you ever seen so many ministers above the third rank have lost their heads, and the rioters in Shaanxi have reached nearly one million people. If the people in the world have a little bit of mind, they can already see that something is wrong."

Li Meng patted his hands on his forehead helplessly. Today, he invited this Zhou Juren to come. It is not to talk about these things. It seems that ancient people were not so-called confused. These scholars who were sober and could see the situation in the world also saw that the chaos in Shaanxi was no longer controlled, and the government was in chaos and natural disasters continued. However, at this time, Li Meng finally felt a little proud of modern people. No matter how high your knowledge is, they are not as good as those who know the result. They are not chaotic in the government or the chaotic in Shaanxi. The one who really destroyed the world was the Donglu Jurchen, the so-called scabies disease.

Wait, strictly speaking, it was Li Zicheng who destroyed the Han legal system. The Qing Dynasty thought of this, Li Meng was also a little distracted and said casually:

"It's out of control."

As soon as Zhou Juren entered, he said something that was ruthless. Li Meng was talking nonsense. He was also a little nervous. He was already grasping the right measure while speaking. After Li Meng answered this sentence, Zhou Juren felt relieved and continued:

"When I was in Jinan, I heard rumors about other people. Even if the governor had a king's order, he would ask the general to sue the general, otherwise he would not be able to command. This was clearly the pattern of the late Yuan Dynasty, the late Song Dynasty, and the late Tang Dynasty..."

Calling Zhou Juren, Li Meng was not trying to talk about the general trend of the world, but after being talked about by the other party, the tension and anxiety that was always there surged in his heart. Li Meng no longer leaned on the back of the chair and said solemnly:

"When I see the chaos, what can I do? The world's trend, these thousands of people seem to be bubbles in the water. The water flow is slightly larger, and it is just broken. What's the use of it? It's just to calm my heart."

"Brother Li, your two thousand salt squats, as far as I can see, are more elite than the border army, even if they are not inferior to those generals and personal soldiers. Now, whose people are not hundreds or dozens of personal soldiers, and they are thousands or tens of thousands of young and strong..."

Zhou Juren's voice gradually became higher, and it was obvious that he was already excited about the general trend of the world. However, Li Meng had also seen this mental state. In modern times, young people talked about military politics like this. They often said that I wanted to and how I could do it. They were all heroes. However, those seemingly profound words were really a bit shallow and ridiculous in the ears of Li Meng, who had experience in joining the army. Looking at Zhou Juren, it was also similar.

However, what military and political enthusiasts who have been a few hundred years different see and understand are naturally different. Li Meng can be said to have been in the small place of Fengmeng Town from the beginning and developed by himself. He didn't know what he had. Maybe the military history enthusiast in the Ming Dynasty in front of him would give him an answer.

At that moment, Li Meng cleared his throat and said in a stern voice:

"Then Mr. Zhou, see if there is anything wrong with Li and his subordinate Yan Ding at the moment, please give me some advice!"
Chapter completed!