Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Yang Xian has 100% confidence in this reform.

This confidence does not come from other places, but from millions of Ming people.

Yang Xian looked at Zhu Biao and said, "His Royal Highness, did you hear the shouting?"

Zhu Biao: "?"

Zhu Biao glanced left and right, with a puzzled look on his face. There was some sound somewhere.

The next moment, there seemed to be a sound of wind.

"Listen, this is the cry of the people of the entire Ming Dynasty to support change." Yang Xian said as if listening. "This voice resounded in every corner of the Ming Dynasty, and together it resounded throughout the world!"

How many scholars are there in the world?

How many Confucian scholars are there?

Thousands, tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands?

But right now, there are 20 million people in the entire Ming Dynasty!

Are these Confucian scholars loud?

The voice of the 20 million people is louder!

Among these two hundred million people, there are traders and pawns.

There were poor peasants who were tenant farmers.

There are servants of a wealthy family.

There are also restaurant waiters.

Their hometowns come from all over the world, and their accents are also very different from all over the world.

There are the soft and waxy Wu Nong's whispers, the rough and heroic northern accent, and the Bashu dialect that is naive and witty.

They shouted at the same time with different accents, but the same word "reform" was exceptionally clear!

Because wanting a better life is the simplest wish of everyone living in this land.

This wish is common to all people, and it can span time and space.

The voices of 20 million people shouted for reform, and their grief spread throughout the world.

After this period of time, with Yang Xian’s propaganda and guidance, the flame of progress had been completely ignited and began to burn in the land of Ming Dynasty.

At this time, those Confucian scholars, country gentry, and scholar-bureaucrats who were once high in power will suddenly realize how insignificant their power is in front of all the people in the world.

What Yang Xian and the others have to do now is to wait for the wind to come.

Wait for that fire to form a prairie fire with the help of wind (time).

Zhu Biao was completely immersed in the world described by Yang Xian. At this moment, Yang Xian was so dazzling in his eyes, as if his whole body was radiating light.

Like the sun.

At this moment, Zhu Biao vaguely heard someone shouting.

The next moment, a chamberlain quickly walked in from outside, holding the latest information in his hand.

"Your Highness, the latest news about reforms across the country."

"Quick!" Zhu Biao raised his hand, took the information from the chamberlain, and read it carefully.

The first news was about Qian Yanping being cast aside by the people in Yuhang.

The contents of the report detailed the cause and effect of the incident, as well as the various bad deeds of the old scholar Qian Yanping himself.

After Zhu Biao saw it, he couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised it.

He continued to look down, and the next message was similar in content to Yuhang. It was also about the anti-Confucian incident that happened there, but this time the location was changed to Mianyang, Sichuan.

One message after another.

The smile on Zhu Biao's face became brighter and brighter.

At this moment, he seemed to hear the loud shouts of people all over the country just as Yang Xian said.

Zhu Biao finally understood why Yang Xian was so confident about this reform.

In this battle, they stood together with the people of the entire Ming Dynasty, how could they lose.

As for officials in various places, they also know who they are working for.

In the capital, a scholar who smashed a shop in the street and seriously injured a female shop assistant was sentenced to a heavy sentence. The imperial court has given a clear signal.

Some of them, taking advantage of this wave of limelight, also gained a lot of official reputation among the common people.

Although it was Yang Xian's intervention that greatly increased productivity in this era, creating a suitable soil for this reform.

But among all dynasties, only the Ming Dynasty, and only the Hongwu Year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, was most consistent with reform.

When common people rise up, they do not rely on the suspicion of being powerful, they eliminate violence for the people, and they do not have the intention of foreshadowing divine weapons. Since the beginning of the First Emperor, the one who has achieved national justice is Ming!

To put it simply, one must be from a grassroots background and cannot seize the throne by relying on political status and noble family connections; the other is that one must be satisfied with eliminating harm for the people and benefiting the people, rather than thinking about being an emperor from the beginning.

The only one who satisfies these two points, that is, the one who satisfies the conditions for being the most righteous person in the country, is only Zhu Yuanzhang and Ming Dynasty!

In fact, there is nothing to say about being born in a humble background, it is nothing more than poor performance, but we can regard the first point as whether he has received favors from the previous government. Why are the noble families in wrong positions? Because they had all been officials in the previous dynasty, and the previous dynasty was kind to them, they were rebels and ungrateful.

At this level, the emperors of any other dynasty are shorter than Zhu Yuanzhang. Cao Wei can't do it. He has been favored by the Han Dynasty since his ancestors. Not even the Sima family, which was founded entirely through Cao Wei.

Which of the remaining Northern and Southern Dynasties has not enjoyed the gifts of the previous dynasty? Then Yang Jian was the Great Sima of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Li Yuan was the Taiyuan Prefect, and Zhao Kuangyin was the Inspector of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

Only Zhu Yuanzhang, not only did he not receive any favors from the Yuan Dynasty, but the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty destroyed his family, and the Yuan Dynasty took away his family and his relatives. The Yuan Dynasty oppressed the people, divided them into four classes, and caused acute ethnic conflicts. The Mongols can enjoy all the property of the Han people and other ethnic groups without labor. The only price for killing a person is to compensate a donkey; the taxes and servitude are extremely heavy.

From here, we can see that he truly rose up in rebellion and that the people were truly unafraid of death. He is inherently different from all bureaucrats and scholar-officials. Scholar-officials fight for rights and oppose for hegemony.

Secondly, Zhu Yuanzhang "drove out the Tartars and restored China" and regained the Han Dynasty from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. After defeating Chen Youliang, annihilating Zhang Shicheng, and annihilating Fang Guozhen, he unified Jiangnan.

Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the situation and put forward the program of "expelling the Huru, restoring China, establishing a program of discipline, and relieving the people", marched north to the Central Plains, overthrew the Mongol rule in the Central Plains for 98 years, and our country once again returned to the rule of the dynasty established by the Han people. , and at the same time recover the sixteen states of Yanyun that have been lost for four hundred years.

The only thing the Han Dynasty was weaker than the Ming Dynasty was that the people it expelled were not foreigners.

From this point of view, the one who has been in power since ancient times is none other than the Ming Dynasty!

Twenty years ago, the people believed that Zhu Yuanzhang could lead them to drive out the Tartars.

Twenty years later, the people also believed in Zhu Yuanzhang and believed that Ming's reforms could truly allow them to live a carefree life!

This is trust forged in war and fire.

This is why Yang Xianhui said that there was no dynasty more suitable to promote reform than the Ming Dynasty.

Because this dynasty won the hearts of the people.

It is the true aspiration of the people.

This is also the reason why the great men of later generations are great.

The great men of later generations not only drove out foreigners and saved China, but more importantly, he not only stood on the side of the common people, but could be said to be the incarnation of the common people.

At this point, although Lao Zhu also cared about the people, he shouted "I share the world with the people, not with the scholar-bureaucrats!" This deafening voice.

But after all, he was still too attached to his small family, his Zhu family.

In his heart, the Zhu family is still above everything else, which can be seen from his treatment of his several evil-doing sons.

This is why Yang Xian believes that sooner or later he and Zhu Yuanzhang will part ways.

But this is to look at and demand from a perspective that transcends the times.

As a feudal emperor, we, Lao Zhu, are already good enough.

After coming out of Yang Guogong's mansion. Zhu Biao saw countless people in Jinling City gathered here spontaneously.

In fact, ever since the imperial court announced its determination to reform through newspapers, as well as a series of related measures.

This is not the first day.

These people in front of me are no longer the original group of people.

This shows how many people were persecuted by Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism and traditional ethics.

These people obviously knew Yang Xian. When they saw Yang Xian coming out, they all knelt down and loudly said words of gratitude.

"This is His Highness the Crown Prince. This reform is thanks to his strong support." Yang Xian looked at the people and said loudly.

As soon as Yang Xian finished speaking, these people began to express their heartfelt gratitude to Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao looked at these excited people. He looked back at Yang Xian, who gave him an encouraging look.

Zhu Biao took a step forward and said loudly: "Don't worry, this reform will be implemented to the end for the sake of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty!"

"What our court ultimately has to do is to allow our Ming people, all the elderly to be supported, all the children to be raised and educated, all the poor to be relied on, all the people in difficulty to be helped, the widowed, the lonely and the physically disabled. I won’t be abandoned!”

Zhu Biao did not talk to these common people about Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism or corrupt Confucian ethics.

Instead, he used the most straightforward and simple words to express his determination to the people.

This is the first prince of all time, Zhu Biao!

Zhu Biao's words aroused cheers like a torrent and a tsunami from the people.

Zhu Biao looked at this scene and was deeply shocked in his heart.

Such a moment.

Zhu Biao realized how insignificant the Ming court, which he thought was indestructible, was in front of all the people in the world.

I finally understood the true meaning of the sentence in the textbook, "Water can carry a boat or capsize it."

Zhu Biao originally thought that his father was the man to whom he was destined.

But now I can't help but think that maybe this destiny has never been for one person, but for all the people in the world.

It is the people of the world who need someone to stand up at this time and lead them to expel the brutal Tartars.

This was also a seed planted by Yang Xian in Zhu Biao's heart.

When all the people in the world need him, Lao Zhu, he, Lao Zhu, is the incarnation of destiny. But one day, the voice of all the people will no longer be their Lao Zhu family.

So how to choose?

Of course, Zhu Biao had not thought of this level at this time.

After returning to the palace from Duke Yang's mansion, Zhu Biao's whole body was full of inexhaustible energy.

For him, it is a blessing to be able to benefit all people.

the other side.

After parting ways with Zhu Biao, Yang Xian went to Prince Jing's Mansion in Zhongshan.

Because in his view, allowing women in the Ming Dynasty to have the right to work and no longer be bound by Cheng-Zhu ethics is only the first step.

If you want to have more progressive power, these women must also have the right to education.

Otherwise, the jobs that women can do in their lifetime will be limited to a few types of work such as textiles and breeding.

This will greatly affect Yang Xian's future plans.

Therefore, what Yang Xian had to do was to establish a girls' school.

If you take too big a step, it is easy to get stuck. Co-ed schools will have to wait a few years before the time is right before they can be implemented. Girls' schools are currently the best choice.

Although the rural gentry clan now allows girls from the same clan to attend private schools within their own clan.

But what Yang Xian wants to do is fundamentally different from those.

Although his Yangzhou primary school also recruits girls, they are only children after all, and the scope is limited.

What Yang Xian wants to do now is to let women throughout the Ming Dynasty enjoy the same educational opportunities as men.

Therefore, we need a female advocate and reformer.

In Yang Xian's opinion, this person, Xu Miaoyun of the Xu Mansion, was the most suitable.

First of all, Xu Miaoyun's status is here. Xu Da becomes the queen of Zhongshan County, so she is naturally the princess.

Furthermore, there is another identity of hers, a female student.

In the eyes of outsiders, Xu Miaoyun is a representative figure of talented women.

When Yang Xian came to visit, Xu Da was out on business, and several brothers and sisters of the Xu family happened to be there.

Yang Xian didn't hesitate at all, and went straight to the point, directly explaining to Xu Miaoyun his purpose of coming and his plan to establish a girls' school.

Several brothers and sisters of the Xu family were shocked when they heard this.

Although they knew about the debate in front of Yang Guogong's palace, they had also read various Daming Daily and Jiangnan Daily these days, and knew that the court wanted to reform, but they did not expect that Yang Xian would do so as soon as he opened his mouth.

This is simply an unprecedented change.

With a self-deprecating look on her face, Xu Miaojin asked: "What can women do even if they receive education? Can they go to the battlefield and make contributions like men in the future, can they pass the scientific examination and enter the government and become officials? If these cannot be solved, then How different is it from now?"

"Miaojin!" Xu Miaoyun said.

Faced with her sister's scolding, Xu Miaojin didn't give in at all and just looked at Yang Xian.

Xu Miaojin obviously blamed Yang Xian for the fact that her sister had been locked in the study for several days.

He thought Yang Xian had failed his sister.

Therefore, since Yang Xian married Wang Yuemin, Xu Miaojin's attitude towards him has undergone a 180-degree turn.

Yang Xian had already noticed this when he visited Xu Mansion last time.

He knew that this was Xu Miaojin's habitual retort.

But these words also exactly asked the true feelings of all the women in the Ming Dynasty today.

Xu Miaoyun and Xu Miaoqing also involuntarily looked up at Yang Xian, waiting for Yang Xian's answer.

Yang Xian raised the corners of his mouth slightly and replied almost without hesitation.

"can!"

As soon as these words came out, the scene immediately became quiet, and you could even hear the sound of a pin dropping.

Xu Miaoyun was just having an instinctive reaction and subconsciously wanted to embarrass Yang Xian.

But she didn't expect that Yang Xian would react like this.

Xu Miaojin opened her mouth wide and her eyes were full of shock.

Obviously this answer was also beyond everyone's expectations. (End of chapter)