I'm really not doing business

Chapter 676: If there are six ministries but no emperor, isn’t that just a small court?

"The development of Java is not all smooth sailing. There are some problems that need to be solved." Zhu Yijun reminded the officials of the Ming Dynasty not to be blindly optimistic. He said with certainty: "The biggest problem here is malaria."

Why did the Ming Dynasty continue to rule the vast Indochina Peninsula in the form of three Xuan and six Wei after occupying Yunnan? Because if you go further south, mosquitoes will eat you.

Female mosquitoes infected with malaria parasites will transmit the parasites to humans when they bite people. The parasites will drill into the human liver and reproduce. Only after they have grown and become strong will they invade the blood. By the time the disease breaks out, it is often already terminal and even incurable, because the person has already started to have malaria and a high fever that won't go away.

If the high fever persists, it is because the immune cells are fighting a desperate battle with the malarial parasite, and you can only rely on your personal quality to fight it.

The most important thing is that malaria is a parasitic disease, not a virus. The immune system cannot form antibodies. That is to say, as long as it is not separated from the environment, it will be infected several times. It can be infected dozens of times within a year. This is the most terrifying thing. In this era, there is almost no solution.

If you get smallpox once, you will never get it again in your lifetime, but this is not the case with malaria, which will occur as long as you bite a mosquito.

Artemisia absinthium is indeed a good medicine for the symptoms, but the Artemisia absinthium used is now a rare herb from Yunnan, and the chief medical officers of the Jieku Hospital are also studying how to fight malaria. Simply boiling Artemisia absinthium into a soup has no way of being effective for seriously ill patients, and even for mild cases. Artemisia absinthium also needs to be prepared by medical officers, and the chief medical officers of the Jieku Hospital used white wine, which made it slightly useful.

Wine is an extremely luxurious product, made from fermented grains.

The active ingredients of Artemisia absinthium are very sensitive to temperature. If the temperature is too high, the active ingredients will be destroyed, and if the temperature is too low, the preparation will not be successful. This is a high-tech job in this era. Artemisia absinthium can indeed fight malaria, but this is a medical skill that only a few medical officers can truly master.

In any era, medical care is an expensive and scarce social resource.

"Indeed, we cannot be blindly optimistic." Zhang Juzheng was the first to calm down. If the tropical rainforest was really so easy to conquer, the southwest would have been free of disasters long ago. Surviving in the tropical rainforest is indeed a huge test. How to develop Java needs to be explored slowly in practice.

Java has a unique natural environment and is very suitable for farming rice, corn, cassava, peanuts, cotton, sugarcane, coconut, coffee, tea, oil palm, etc. No matter whether it is staple food or cash crop, as long as it is developed, it will become fertile land.

Now, Ming Dynasty owns thousands of acres of fertile land in Java. As long as Ming Dynasty does not give up its strategy of opening up the sea, developing Java will not be a difficult problem for Ming Dynasty.

Difficulties can be solved little by little in the process of moving forward.

"I think that there is no big problem with the current Ming Dynasty's strategy of opening up the sea. As for the rumors of robbery instigated by those lowly scholars, I still insist that it is better to plant than to rob. How much can you rob? There is no tomorrow. Only those who cannot survive will become bandits." Zhu Yijun talked about a problem. The main idea of ​​the Ming Dynasty's development is still planting, that is, development and management, opening up plantations, reclaiming wasteland and fertile farmland, and mining in rich mineral areas.

It’s a relatively crude way of development, but it’s better than snatching.

Recently, a trend has been spreading in the public opinion field of the two capitals, that is, robbery should be encouraged when the Ming Dynasty opens up the sea, anyway, some English bastards have already issued privateering licenses.

In other words, the news that Philip II used pirates to capture London had not yet reached the Ming Dynasty, otherwise these despicable Confucian scholars would not have said such things.

Pirates are pirates, and whoever feeds you is your mother. If you help England today, you can help Spain tomorrow for the sake of interests. The bond of interests is the most solid relationship, but also the loosest relationship.

The spread of this wind was due to the fact that Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and England made too much money by plundering the sea without any effort. The Ming Dynasty's conservative strategy of opening the sea caused a major loss to its overseas interests.

Open the sea, open your eyes to see the world, and it is truly eye-opening to discover that there is such primitive accumulation without any moral burden.

The bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty envied the political ecology of the West because it was too free. The powerful and wealthy people and maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty envied these Westerners who could get something for nothing. It was the strong constraints of the imperial court that prevented them from snatching things from overseas.

"Let them suffer so much! They are not motivated and blame the court for everything!" Wang Chonggu said indignantly, "Don't they know what kind of character they are? The Ming merchant ships are unwilling to go to places where the Ming navy cannot reach. When they are bullied outside, they go to the court to cry and complain. Is the court their father or their mother? Now they blame the court for not giving them enough freedom to plunder overseas."

"Give them a chance, can they rob the merchants from Taixi? They are useless."

Shanxi merchants have the confidence to scold the sea merchants.

Shanxi merchants could turn Tatar women into Datong women and sell them all over the country; Shanxi merchants could lend money at high interest rates and break the grassland people's defenses. Sanniangzi ran to the emperor to complain, hoping that the Shanxi merchants would be more restrained; Shanxi merchants entered the customs as merchants and left the customs as bandits. Just these points, none of the coastal merchants of the Ming Dynasty could do it.

Wang Chonggu, who came from a Shanxi merchant family, looked down on the merchants on the southeast coast. In his opinion, the maritime merchants could not rob external forces, so they had to oppress internal forces. It was mainly a struggle for interests. There were huge profits in opening up the sea, and the Shanxi merchants could not get involved. They could only get a piece of the pie by following His Majesty to invest in opening up the sea.

"Calm down, Prime Minister. Calm down. What these despicable Confucian scholars said is not completely unreasonable. At least one thing is very correct. When doing maritime trade business, you must not be too kind." Zhang Juzheng did not think that there was any big problem with this kind of public opinion. When the Ming Dynasty did maritime trade business, it always wanted everyone to be decent. But in fact, in the maritime trade game, kindness means being easy to bully.

Under this kind of public opinion, at least the Ming merchants who went abroad had a basic sense of vigilance towards these overseas barbarians. This was the best outcome.

It is impossible to change the strategy. The main profit of the Ming Dynasty is much higher than that obtained by robbery, and it is more stable. It is difficult for the Ming Dynasty to abandon the business thinking that has lasted for thousands of years and start robbing.

The West has its own national conditions, and the Ming Dynasty has its own national conditions.

"In fact, I have recently noticed a trend of public opinion in the field, which is worthy of attention. This is all my fault. I should not have spoken out about this contradiction." Zhang Juzheng said with great annoyance. He felt a little regretful. He was beaten by the little emperor with a big hammer and a small hammer for a long time, which led to the contradiction.

When Wang Chonggu heard this topic, he immediately chose to shut up and even just lowered his head to drink tea. The court officials of the Ming Dynasty who accompanied His Majesty on the southern tour were drinking tea or taking a nap. Even Qi Jiguang seemed to be thinking about something and avoiding eyes.

Obviously, in everyone's opinion, this is a topic that cannot be touched.

There was a miscellaneous newspaper in the Southern Court, which analyzed the contradiction theory in detail and finally came to a correct conclusion that the contradiction theory was anti-traitor speech and that Zhang Juzheng was disloyal and unfilial and was a traitor to the country.

The key is the completeness of its logic, the precision of its argument, without any flaws at all, and the complete correctness of its conclusion.

Zhang Juzheng was a disloyal and unfilial traitor. He even acknowledged this fact himself and regretted that this contradiction had arisen out of nowhere.

Zhu Yijun said calmly, "I read the article. It makes a lot of sense, but his ability to confuse cause and effect is something I have never seen in my thirteen years on the throne."

As soon as these words were spoken, the ministers looked at the emperor with expressions that were a little bit uncontrollable. The emperor really learned the despicable Confucian's ability to tell lies with open eyes!
This extremely influential editorial criticizing the theory of contradictions was read by court officials, including Qi Jiguang. Even Zhang Juzheng agreed with the article's criticism of himself and admitted in front of the emperor that he was a traitor.

Your Majesty actually said that others are confusing cause and effect? ​​Who is confusing cause and effect? ​​!
This editorial mainly has one point of view: the theory of contradiction completely undermines the theory of destiny, the theory of contradiction can solve social contradictions, killing the powerful and the tyrants is very effective, killing you, the emperor, is even more effective! Emperor, don't forget that you are the biggest powerful and the tyrant in the world!

According to Zhu Yuanzhang, Kublai Khan was a true man of the grassland, and the Ming Dynasty was the destiny that brought order and stability, and thus his acquisition of political power was extremely legitimate. This was the legitimate source of the Zhu family's throne, and the relationship between rulers, ministers, fathers, and sons continued under such ethical principles.

But a contradiction has emerged. Everything has two sides. On the other side, destiny is the destiny. Since you have brought order and stability, it is reasonable for you to rule the world. If your Zhu family can no longer bring order and stability to the Ming Dynasty, does that mean that the world must be destroyed? To those who can bring order and stability?

The contradiction theory has only one point about the legitimacy of a regime: the one who can bring peace to the world should be the ruler.

Obviously, the hereditary emperor system cannot keep the world peaceful forever. Just look at Zhu Yijun and Zhu Yiliu, two biological brothers, completely two different types of people. The hereditary emperor is doomed to lose the world because it is impossible for all members of the emperor's family to be wise and holy rulers, and it is impossible for the world to be peaceful forever.

The throne should be occupied by a virtuous person, not by someone with the surname Zhu.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Confucian scholar who wrote this editorial, the theory of contradiction is a theory that reverses the moral principles between the monarch and his subjects. It is really incredible that the emperor even supports such a theory.

"You guys still haven't learned the essence of the theory of contradiction." Zhu Yijun looked disappointed and said with certainty: "The theory of contradiction has always been just a way of thinking about problems. To put it simply, it is what Confucius said, think twice before doing anything. You should see the advantages and disadvantages, and then look at it comprehensively, weigh the pros and cons, and then decide whether to do it or not."

"The theory of contradictions is not the speech of the anti-traitors, it is just a tool. It is only when the anti-traitors look at the theory of contradictions that they see it as a conspiracy to rebel."

"According to what he said, then Mencius also said: The grace of a gentleman will be cut off after five generations. The grace of a gentleman will be exhausted after a few generations, then it is time to change the ruler. Is Mencius also a traitor?"

Wan Shihe whispered, "Your Majesty, Emperor Taizu Gao removed 85 articles from Mencius and issued an edict in the third year of Hongwu, stating that from now on, the examinations would not be based on questions or candidates would be selected based on the 85 articles. Only 174 articles remain. The sentence Your Majesty mentioned was also removed."

In the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang edited Mencius's works and deleted all the anti-Japanese remarks such as "If the ruler regards his subjects as grass, then the subjects will regard the ruler as an enemy", "People are the most important, the country is second, and the ruler is the least important", "If the ruler makes a serious mistake, you should advise him. If he still does not listen after repeated advice, you should replace him", etc.

Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "Lord Wan, it was indeed deleted, but the Mencius I read is still there. The teacher also talked about it during the lecture. It's just not about the imperial examination, but it's not completely deleted. You can't read it anymore. Have you not read it? Who among all the people here hasn't read it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the deletion of those 85 articles. Could they really have deleted them? The Mencius published during the Wanli period was the complete version. At most, when teaching, students were told that it would not be included in the imperial examination. Zhu Yijun could not even find an abridged version, and he read the complete version.

"Let's go back to the content of this article. He said that the one who can pacify the world should be the king. There is nothing wrong with this. The Ming Dynasty will perish sooner or later. There is no doubt about it. Which of the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Jin, Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties could escape it? Since you can't pacify the world and protect it, you will perish, just like it is impossible for people to live forever. There is no such thing as eternal life." Zhu Yijun answered this question very positively and clearly.

The ministers looked at the Emperor in stunned silence.

Only then did Zhang Juzheng realize a serious problem: the emperor was a traitor at heart!
After the first volume of "Theory of Class" on class and the second volume on distribution were completed, the emperor had been urging the publication of the third and fourth volumes. Zhang Juzheng did not write it because he had already understood the four natural inferences and stopped at distribution, but His Majesty kept urging him.

As Zhu Yijun's teacher, Zhang Juzheng knew the emperor too well. The emperor was very smart. He could see the four inferences. How could His Majesty not see them? If he didn't write it, the emperor would have finished it under his name!

As long as I am left enough, everyone else will seem right; as long as I am a rebel enough, everyone else will seem loyal.

Therefore, in your Majesty's opinion, it is wrong to deduce the result that Zhang Juzheng is a traitor from the cause of the contradiction theory. It is Zhang Juzheng, the emperor himself, who is a traitor, that leads to the result of the contradiction theory.

The theory of contradiction was a joint work of the emperor and Zhang Juzheng, which was made clear at the beginning of its publication. "Your Majesty, I think it is better to leave this issue at that. It is just a Confucian scholar's chattering. There is no need to delve into it too much." As a general, Qi Jiguang opposed further analysis of this issue.

That's enough! What's the point of being a rebel or not? Your Majesty is a wise and holy ruler. The one who brings peace to the world should be the ruler. Isn't Your Majesty bringing peace to the world?

As for the affairs of future generations? Let the future generations decide. If they lose the world because they are not ambitious, can they blame their ancestors for being too ambitious? That doesn't make sense.

Even if we take a step back, the contradiction theory is also raising the lower limit of the ruling class. It is obvious that it is a progress for the country and the Central Plains, and we should think twice before promoting it.

"What is the name of this Confucian scholar?" Wang Chonggu asked Wan Shihe curiously. The signature was a pen name, Xuanhu Shanren, but those who could publish articles publicly in miscellaneous newspapers had to report to the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of Rites knew exactly who this person was.

The reason why Wang Chonggu asked this person about his true identity in front of everyone was actually to protect him, because everyone knew who was criticizing Zhang Juzheng. Once this person got into trouble, it would mean that Zhang Juzheng was bullying the weak and taking advantage of his power.

Wang Chonggu was very happy to cause trouble to others, especially to Zhang Juzheng.

"He is from Fahuahui, Shanghai County, and his name is Xu Guangqi. He is a disciple of Jiao Hong, the top scholar in the second year of the Wanli reign and a disciple of Geng Dingxiang. He is a disciple of the Taizhou School." Wan Shihe thought for a while and finally explained the background of this man. He hurriedly said, "Xu Guangqi is only 23 years old this year. Young people are full of energy."

"The Taizhou School is a basket of opinions." Wang Chonggu was a little gloating. Zhang Juzheng didn't suffer many setbacks. It was clear that a young man was very talented for him to be able to debate with Zhang Juzheng to the point where he admitted that he was also a traitor.

If Zhang Juzheng wanted to embarrass Xu Guangqi, the Jin Party must protect him. If nothing else, it would be great to disgust Zhang Juzheng! It was a rare scene for Zhang Juzheng, who had been invincible all his life, to be defeated.

The Ming Emperor's southern tour did bring about some tangible changes. For example, the opium dens that had flowed from Tianjin to Shandong were confiscated by the Ming Emperor's imperial guards. Shandong was also wary of this and further cleaned up the officials in Shandong. When it came to Xuzhou, the four prefects of Xuzhou dug four large pits, and the emperor also dealt with them to a certain extent. Soon, honeycomb coal was sold in Xuzhou.

The coal from Xuzhou was transported to Suzhou, Hangzhou and Songjiang Prefecture, but it would not stay in Xuzhou. The reason was actually very simple. Before, there were kilns in Xuzhou for mining coal, and these miners were all merchants from Suzhou and Hangzhou. They hired local people from Xuzhou to dig coal and transport it back. This was a kind of route dependence. After the Ming Dynasty court monopolized coal and steel, the ground officials in Xuzhou still followed the same rules and continued to transport coal to Suzhou and Hangzhou out of inertia.

It’s a deep-seated bureaucratic instinct: to resist change as long as things just work.

What surprised Zhu Yijun was that the resistance of the Southern Court to the new policy was so intense that it far exceeded the imagination of the Ming Dynasty's rulers and ministers, and this resistance was reflected in everything.

For example, in the case of Xuzhou coal, since the coal and steel monopoly in the Ming Dynasty, the local governments took over all the coal mines. However, the general practice of the Southern Yamen was to obey the orders of the court and take over the coal mines in various ways. The most common practice was to redeem them with a certain amount of currency. After all, it takes money to open a kiln. However, after Xuzhou redeemed them with currency, these government-owned coal mines were still handed over to the original merchants to operate.

The local government spent money to purchase the ownership of the coal mine, but its management was still in the hands of these merchants. The merchants suddenly became miscellaneous officials of the local government. In other words, they spent money but did nothing. The money used to redeem the coal mine actually fell into the pockets of individuals in the process of implementing this policy, and all management methods of the coal mine remained unchanged.

However, the most terrifying thing about the whole process is that it was completely legal. It not only obeyed the imperial court's decrees, but also did not disturb the local people or cause any conflicts. It was good for everyone except the people and the craftsmen.

There was not a single official residence, three-level school, artisan school, or people's pharmacy.

This was the Wanli New Deal implemented by the Southern Court. When the imperial guards found out what had happened in the coal mine, even Wang Chonggu, who had been a rebel, was surprised.

This is just lip service. On the surface, the government orders are followed, but in reality nothing has changed.

But everyone gained huge benefits in the process of reform, especially the merchants, who were very willing to cooperate because after the implementation of the new policy, these merchants were no longer merchants, but official merchants. This was a status that was previously unattainable, but now they have obtained it with the support of the new policy, and with the endorsement from the government, they have been unimpeded from then on.

This was Zhu Yijun’s first feeling when he arrived at the Southern Court Xuzhou Prefecture.

"This is very contradictory." Zhu Yijun said to Queen Wang who was accompanying him with a little helplessness: "My lady, you said that our reform seemed to be successful, but it also seemed to be a failure. The information we sent out from the Northern Court to Shandong and the information we got from the imperial guards all told us that the Wanli Reform was a huge success! The endless official residences of the craftsmen and the children going to school happily."

"When we got to Xuzhou, we were slapped in the face."

"This slap really hurts."

Zhu Yijun could only say these slightly irritable words from his heart and childish words to the empress. He was twenty-three years old and not a child. He could not show weakness in front of anyone, but in front of his wife, he did not have to live with a strong mask.

He is also a living person, with happiness, unhappiness and disappointment. Wang Yaozhuo is his safe haven.

Wang Yaozhuo thought for a moment and said with a smile, "I think it's normal. The Southern Court just lacks a reckless killer like Ling Yunyi. If there is such a person, we should clean up inside and outside. They would never dare to do so. The thirteen prefectures of the Southern Court are still too large as the capital. It is imperative to split them up. If there are six ministries without an emperor, isn't it just a small court? Who do you think you are, the emperor?"

When reason doesn't make sense, physical destruction is usually the only solution.

Your court in the Northern Court is the court, but my six ministries in the Southern Court are not the court? One dynasty, two courts, isn't this a strange thing that happens?

Wang Yaozhuo continued, "Moreover, the Southern Court is generally disrespectful. The governor of Yizhou, Lei Shizhen, is such a jerk that he condones opium dens. However, when Lei Shizhen knew that Your Majesty was coming, he still cleaned the entire city inside and out and even washed the tiles on the roofs. What about Xuzhou? The governor of Xuzhou, Qian Zhiyi, did not even clean the place, saying that he was following the king's orders and did not disturb the people."

"I saw it." Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "So, we still have to deal with it severely. Otherwise, how will others know that I am the emperor? In the future, wherever I go, they will neglect me, and my orders will be nothing but empty words."

"Let General Hai take action."

The sword of the Ming Dynasty has never been sheathed. Hai Rui was very professional in investigating this kind of corruption case.

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was very angry and the consequences would be very serious. Zhu Yijun did not start a massacre, but chose to focus on one issue, which was the Xuzhou coal mine incident.

Chen Wuyin, the prefect of Xuzhou who took office in the fourth year of Wanli and left office in the eighth year of Wanli, and now the Censor-in-Chief of the Southern Court, is Zhu Yijun's target.

Corruption, tolerance and abuse of power immediately met Hai Rui's killing line. Before Hai Rui even arrived at the Southern Court, he had already started to clean up the corrupt officials in the Southern Metropolis Censorate.

The root of all the troubles was actually the relocation of the capital. During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Crown Prince Zhu Biao to Luoyang and Chang'an to see with his own eyes whether it was suitable to relocate the capital. However, after Zhu Biao returned to Yingtian Prefecture, he fell ill and died, and the matter of relocating the capital was shelved, becoming Zhu Yuanzhang's unfinished business.

Zhu Di moved the capital in the 19th year of Yongle. The struggle surrounding the move of the capital lasted until the 13th year of Zhengtong. After Ming Baozong went to study in Wala, the capital finally came to an end. If the capital was really moved back to Nan Ya, all the land north of the Yellow River would be lost. This was an inevitable result. In the end, no one talked about moving back to Nan Ya anymore.

The promotion of officials in the fourteen prefectures of the Southern Court was not in the hands of the Northern Court, nor in the hands of the emperor. As a result, the performance evaluation system of the Southern Court was implemented reluctantly, and the new policy was carried out in a bumpy and superficial manner.

"I'm a woman, how would I understand these things? I just feel that they don't dare to rebel, but they are daring enough to make money under the guise of rebellion, and they are lawless." Wang Yaozhuo didn't understand politics, nor did he know how to compromise, so she felt that the number of people killed was too small.

In the "Great Edict" there is a case that happened in the 18th year of Hongwu, called the Case of Wrongly Giving Away a Wife.

It is said that Yao Xiaowu from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province has a wife named Shi Lingzhi. They have been married for many years and have three children. But after many years of marriage, Shi Lingzhi was suddenly sued.

In the early years, Shi Lingzhi was engaged to the eldest son of the Tang family. Later, due to the chaos of war, the eldest son died before the marriage took place. Then Shi Lingzhi married Yao Xiaowu.

However, Tang Yinshan, the second son of the Tang family, believed that Shi Lingzhi should be his, because according to the old custom of the Yuan Dynasty, the "levirate marriage system", Tang Runshan, as the younger brother, had the right to receive all the property of his elder brother, of course including his nominal sister-in-law Shi Lingzhi.

The outrageous thing about this matter is that from the magistrate of Hongdong County to the Minister of Justice, everyone thought there was no problem and felt that Tang Yinshan's request was very reasonable, so they awarded Shi Lingzhi to Tang Yinshan.

Yao Xiaowu was so angry that he took his wife to the capital and beat the drum to report the incident. When Zhu Yuanzhang found out, he was furious and issued an edict saying: This is the moral code of human relations and the primary responsibility of the officials. If anyone violates it, they should be executed.

He chopped everyone off from top to bottom to enforce the law and support education.

The most outrageous thing about this matter is that Tang Yinshan’s request was illegal even in the Yuan Dynasty, because Kublai Khan issued an order when he entered the Central Plains that Han people were not allowed to inherit, as this was the custom of the Hu people.

In the first year of Zhishun, the Yuan Dynasty law made it clear that from now on, if a Han or southerner took a stepmother or step-sister-in-law, he would be punished with eighty-seven strokes of the cane for both men and women, fifty-seven strokes for the matchmaker, and forty-seven strokes for the matchmaker. Half of the betrothal money would be confiscated by the government, and the other half would be given to the informant as a reward. Even if they were pardoned, they would still be exiled.

That is to say, if anyone dares to accept levirate marriage, half of all the property will be given to the reporter to encourage reporting.

It became even more illegal during the Ming Dynasty. In the sixth year of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty law clearly stipulated: If a brother marries his sister-in-law after his brother's death, or if a younger brother marries his younger brother's wife after his brother's death, they shall be strangled or executed.

The fact that all Ming officials from top to bottom could make such a judgment, and no one corrected their mistake, was actually the biggest problem in the early years of Hongwu. It was the disapproval of the Ming regime and the approval of the loose rule of the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang was too involved and controlled too many things. As the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, he didn't care about anything.

This was a kind of confrontational sentiment at work. Of course, the resistance from both the upper and lower officials failed because it was not legal even according to the laws of the Yuan Dynasty.

The evil custom of levirate marriage, which originated from the grassland, was completely abolished after the 18th year of Hongwu because it resulted in many murders.

When a problem cannot be solved, you can look to the "Great Edict" which is the law passed down by our ancestors. It contains many rough but direct ways to solve the problem.

Wherever the emperor passed, there was blood and gore.

(End of this chapter)