Ming Zuo

Chapter 1056 The King of Mouth Cannons

"Since ancient times, tyrants and treacherous ministers have acted recklessly, and many people have caused the country to fail. However, I have never seen people like you who drive people away from their homes and cry on the road. I also ask Mayor Fu to understand the public opinion and do more good governance so as not to be eternal sinners." .”

Fu Yijian already had enough headaches to be approached by Wang Wuqi to chatter.Now he was pointed at the nose and scolded as a traitor, which made him annoyed all of a sudden.

"Shi Zhongcheng, you are an official of Ming Dynasty, and it is not your turn to comment on the government affairs of Xia Kingdom."

The person who accused Fu Yijian was the scribe.

Hearing his reprimand at this time, there was no fear at all.

"Although you are rebellious officials and thieves, you always claim to be orthodox in China. If this is the case, why do you commit such atrocities?"

Although the Xia Kingdom has become independent from Daming, everyone knows that it wants to replace it.But Xia Guo has always claimed to inherit the orthodoxy of China, so the words of this scribe are not overstepping.

Fu Yijian's head hurt, so he had to temporarily leave Wang Wuqi behind and started arguing with him.

"You keep talking about atrocities, why?"

The scribe pointed his finger in the direction of the pier.

"Thousands of people are not easy to survive. As officials, you don't want to benefit one side and make the people live and work in peace, but drive them into exile. If it's not violence, what is it?"

Only then did Fu Yijian understand.

"Shi Zhongcheng, do you know something about the situation in Lianghuai?"

The scribe who appeared in front of Fu Yijian was Shi Kefa, the newly appointed governor of Fengyang in Ming Dynasty.

He came from the south of the Yangtze River, and he had to go through the canal to go to Fengyang.

Although the canal on the Huaihe River and Huaihe River is within the territory of Xia Kingdom, Xia Kingdom has never stopped Daming's personnel, merchants, and goods from being transported through the canal, so many Ming officials go here.

Zuo Menggeng actually had deep meaning in doing this.

The people of Daming walked up and down the canal, and along the way they would definitely see the changes in Xia Kingdom.

Whether it is an impact on their thoughts, or it is spread by these people's words, it will play a propaganda role in Xia Guo.

In this way, when Xia Guo attacked the world, it would definitely reduce a lot of resistance.

The same is true.

The current state of Xia Kingdom has been discussed in various parts of Ming Dynasty.

Unlike the verbal and written criticisms everywhere at the beginning, many people's attitude towards Xia Guo has become much calmer now.

Especially merchants from all over the world yearn for Xia Guoxin.

After all, businessmen in Xia Kingdom are not the bottom, but have equal rights with other classes.

Doing business in the Xia Kingdom will not be exploited and squeezed, and commercial trade will be protected.

How can they not be envious of those merchants from the Xia Kingdom who are doing business in the world and looking so majestic?

How can you not be moved?

For the officials of Ming Dynasty, the contrast between the war-torn Central Plains and the peaceful Xia Kingdom was even more striking.

Especially in the Shandong area, these officials and gentry are always full of emotion when they see the local prosperity.Many of them have already realized that under the circumstances of ebb and flow, the master of this country will probably change in the future.

Under these strategies, more and more officials and scholars came to Xia Guo to seek refuge, which greatly relieved the pressure on Xia Guo's talents.

Only Shi Kefa, as an official of the Ming Dynasty, didn't think he was lenient when he saw "unjust things" and stepped forward.

But Fu Yijian couldn't treat this person casually.

In terms of fame, Shi Kefa is even higher than Huang Zongxi, and he is a well-known man of integrity in the world.

Regardless of his own talents, if he offends him in terms of etiquette, it will definitely affect Xia Guo's reputation.

The only way is to subdue it through dialectics.

"The land of the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River is plagued by endless disasters. It can be said that there have been nine disasters in ten years. Because of this, an official here must be more cautious and cautious to preserve the power of the people. How can he do evil things that drive people away?"

Fu Yijian didn't like this kind of behavior of commenting wantonly without knowing anything.

"You also know that disasters in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River are still frequent, and it is not easy for the people to survive. Now that our government has found a way for the people to survive, what's wrong?"

Shi Kefa didn't believe it at all.

"Is there a way to survive by immigrating overseas?"

This time Fu Yijian didn't even need to speak, Wang Wuqi would settle the score.

"Lianghuai is a place with a lot of people and little land, and each person gets less than one-third of the land. Even if the weather is good and the weather is good, if you work hard for a year, the rations you harvest will not be enough to survive. If you don't move the excess population out, everyone will die." You must starve to death. Finding new land and resettling the surplus people is obviously good government, but where is the bad government?"

Shi Kefa was a little dazed, obviously in his knowledge, there was no such content at all.

"The land in this world has been fixed for a long time, so how can we talk about the old and the new?"

Fu Yijian sneered, and said with some sarcasm: "There is a world map in Daming's imperial palace. If Shi Zhongcheng has time, you can go and observe it. You can definitely see what this world is like at a glance."

Shi Kefa's fair skin instantly turned into a monkey's butt.

Since he became an official, he has been admired by everyone wherever he goes.Hearing too many compliments and being ridiculed all of a sudden, it's really unbearable to feel different.

But he wanted to refute, but he had nowhere to use his strength.

After all, among his knowledge, Daming is everything.Now being magnified by Fu Yijian to the whole world, there are too many things he doesn't understand.

Of course he knew about the fact that Western missionaries presented maps to Emperor Wanli.But he was about to go to Fengyang to take up his post, so he couldn't go to the capital to check the map.

When he was at a loss, he suddenly caught something out of the corner of his eye.

He pointed to the wall behind Fu Yijian and asked, "Mayor Fu, is this the world map?"

Shi Kefa is not an official who talks empty hands. He has fought against the peasant army, so he has seen what a map looks like.

What hung on the wall behind Fu Yijian was indeed a world map.

This is also the standard equipment for Xia Guo officials.

When training officials, Zuo Menggeng always paid attention to shaping their overall outlook.

Hanging the world map where they can see it will inevitably have an impact on them over time.

Without waiting for Fu Yijian to answer, Shi Kefa rushed forward, greedily looking at the whole picture of the world map.

But after only one glance, his face changed drastically.

I thought that the Ming Dynasty had a vast territory, so it must be particularly conspicuous on such a map.

However, what he saw was that Da Ming only occupied an inconspicuous point on the entire map.Even the territory of Xia Kingdom has surpassed that of Daming.

and many more……

Shi Kefa suddenly noticed something.

"Isn't the land of the extreme north already occupied by the Jurchens? Why did Xia Guo include this place as part of its territory?"

Under the influence of Zuo Menggeng, Xia Guo's map production is very similar to that of later generations, especially the use of different colors to outline different countries.

Originally, it was for the convenience of people in the Xia Kingdom to learn geography, but Shi Kefa suddenly discovered the abnormality.

(End of this chapter)