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Zhao Han immediately laughed, Jiangxi is really a powder keg, when the news of the defeat of the officers and soldiers came out, the peasants in Rao Prefecture immediately rebelled.

In terms of taxation and labor, the whole of Jiangxi should belong to Raozhou Prefecture and Jianchang Prefecture.

The people of Raozhou Prefecture have to support King Huai.

The people of Jianchang Mansion have to support King Yi.

Although these two vassal kings occupy countless fields, the salaries of their clan children (including the vassal king himself) have to be provided by the local government, and the central court will not pay.

There are countless children in the clan, how can the common people afford to support them?

Even when Zhang Juzheng reformed, a whip method could not be implemented here. Until Chongzhen was hanged to death, farmers in the two prefectures still turned in their grain.

In addition to food and taxes, there are also servants.

If the vassal kings want to repair gardens, the people in a radius of tens of miles will suffer, so obediently bring your own dry food and go to the corvee.

It's cool now, the peasants rebelled and captured Fucheng, and I don't know if that Duke Huai has escaped.

It can only be said that Zhao Han's successive victories have given great confidence to those who tried to rebel.

When Zhao Han returned to Ji'an Prefecture, more than a dozen messengers had already gathered there, and even the Tantric Sect in Nanfeng County had sent people.

"Congratulations to the general town for its triumphant return!"

At the southern pier of the city, officials of all sizes yelled in unison, and many common people also yelled.

Perhaps a few months ago, the common people were afraid of the imperial court, but now a huge victory has immediately calmed people's hearts.

Even the gentry and merchants have become more honest.

More than a dozen anti-thief messengers from other places subconsciously wanted to bow down.But halfway through kneeling, he was stunned again. The local officials actually just bowed. They kneeled in the crowd, but they were different.

Zhao Han bowed his hands to Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua and others and said: "I have been fighting outside for more than two months, and it is all up to you to manage the rear."

"Don't dare."

"It's a matter of duty."

"Do your best to serve the general town!"

"..."

Surrounded by officials into the city, Pang Chunlai said as he walked: "More than a dozen rebel envoys have come one after another, saying that they want to elect the general town as the leader of Jiangxi. Especially the rebels in southern Jiangxi were severely beaten by the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and the governor of Fujian. They were defeated, and they asked the town to send troops to rescue them."

"We'll talk about that later."

Of course it was impossible for Zhao Han to send troops. He had just fought a big battle, the food and grass were consumed severely, and the soldiers were a little tired. They had to rest for at least half a year.

Moreover, the weapons store has already been opened, and after all the equipment is changed, the combat power can be greatly improved.

Song Yingxing even encouraged Zhao Han to capture Ningdu County, because Ningdu has sulfur mines, which are necessary for making gunpowder.

Ningdu is just to the east of Jishui County. Zhao Han wrote a letter to directly deny it. He would rather send people to buy it than continue to expand in the short term.

"Let them wait, I'll go home and visit Madam first," Zhao Han winked and said with a smile, "Madam is pregnant."

Pang Chunlai and Li Banghua looked at each other with surprise expressions on their faces.

The benefits brought by this news are no less than the defeat of the official army.The rebel leader has descendants, which can make the interior more stable and reduce many unnecessary troubles.

After entering the General Military Mansion, they went to work immediately, without delaying Zhao Han's return home to visit his wife.

Fei Rulan was standing at the gate of the inner courtyard looking around. She didn't go to the pier to join in the fun. Firstly, she was afraid of getting gas, and secondly, she didn't want to show up too much.

Seeing Zhao Han approaching, Fei Rulan smiled and said, "Congratulations to my husband for his return."

Fei Rulan still wanted to salute, so Zhao Han hurriedly supported her and helped his wife go in and sit down: "Be careful when you're pregnant, can you invite an experienced mother?"

"Please," Xiyue came over with tea, "Master, drink tea."

Zhao Hanniu took a sip, then stroked his wife's lower abdomen, which was already slightly protruding.

The pregnancy was confirmed in early May, and now it is early July. Counting the time before the diagnosis, the child is at least four or five months old.

"Do you still vomit often?" Zhao Han asked.

Fei Rulan smiled and said, "Occasionally I still want to vomit, but it's not as bad as last month."

"Be careful when you walk, and don't bend down casually, be careful of fetal gas." Zhao Han urged.

Fei Rulan's heart was sweet, but at the same time she said with a smile: "Okay, you haven't been pregnant before."

Zhao Han called the old lady over again, and asked some questions about raising the baby, so that Fei Rulan would not eat anything indiscriminately.

He very much does not believe in the ancient level of motherhood!

Zhao Han knew a kind of forceps in the past, but unfortunately he didn't know what it looked like.And even if he could invent it, he would not dare to use it when his wife gave birth, because if it is not operated properly, it may cause brain damage to the baby, and even lead to dementia in the baby. Some countries have banned it.

On that day, Zhao Han was restless at home, for fear that Fei Rulan would bump into him.

In the end, he simply hid in his study and began to write some medical knowledge.He is too professional and doesn't know. He only knows that it should be kept clean during delivery, everything must be boiled in boiling water, and the room must be ventilated during confinement.

On the second day after returning home, Zhao Han still didn't go to work, and only asked people to bring all the official business and documents that had to be dealt with to the study in the inner courtyard.

Many things require his signature and seal, but in fact, the officials of the various departments of the General Military Mansion have already dealt with it.He didn't need to worry about small things, but some big things had to be sealed. Zhao Han carved a big seal of "Jiangxi General Soldier" for himself.

On New Year's Eve, enjoy the moon and stars.

Fei Rulan sat beside her, waving a round fan in her hand, looked at Cowherd and Vega and said, "They meet once a year, and I don't know when they will be together forever."

Zhao Han lay on the bamboo chair and said with a smile, "As you know, madam, one day in the sky and one year in the ground."

"There is such a saying." Fei Rulan nodded.

Zhao Han pointed to the starry sky: "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, don't they meet every day?"

Not only Fei Rulan, but even Xiyue next to her was so teased that she covered her mouth and laughed, thinking that Zhao Han's statement was too funny.

But the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet every day, and it seems that it is not so romantic.

"Snapped!"

Fei Rulan slapped the mosquito to death.

Zhao Han quickly said: "There are many mosquitoes in the yard, let's go back to the room and sleep first."

Fei Rulan was about to stand up, but Zhao Han and Xiyue were already holding her left and right, Fei Rulan laughed and said, "It's really not that important, I don't even know how to walk when you're like this."

Back in the bedroom, Xiyue beat her with a fan for a while to make sure there were no mosquitos in the mosquito net, and then helped Fei Rulan to bed.

The couple leaned together, and after Xiyue left, Fei Rulan suddenly said: "Husband, go to Xiyue's room."

"Sleep." Zhao Han pretended not to understand.

Fei Rulan said again: "I am inconvenient, if my husband thinks about it, I can go to Xiyue at night."

Zhao Han had no choice but to make this matter clear: "I've already thought about it. If you want to be an emperor, you must have a concubine. The Sixth House. There can be at most one queen and two concubines, as long as the royal bloodline continues. Before I become emperor, I absolutely cannot take concubines, otherwise, wouldn’t it be the first to break the rules?”

Fei Rulan also began to discuss the matter seriously: "What if a queen and two concubines give birth to daughters? Even if they are sons, what if they die young?"

Zhao Han was speechless for a moment, he forgot the level of pregnancy and childbirth in ancient times, and also forgot the extremely high child mortality rate.

With one empress and two concubines, there is really no guarantee that the prince will grow into a healthy adult.

Zhao Han is definitely going to be the emperor, on the one hand out of selfishness, on the other hand out of public interest.

If he sets up some outrageous political system, let alone implement it, there will be chaos when the news spreads.The situation in China is too complicated, and it cannot be copied and applied by any regime in Europe or the United States.

What's more, are the European and American regimes really so perfect?

Zhao Han thought about it carefully: "One empress, five concubines, it shouldn't be a problem."

"Who knows?" Fei Rulan said.

"Then it's decided, one empress, five concubines, no more, no more concubines!" Zhao Han immediately made a decision.

As for the eunuch, should there be such a thing?

I'm afraid that if Zhao Han said that he wanted to abolish the eunuchs, the civil servants and military officers below would fry the pot.Civil officials hate eunuchs, but only hate eunuchs in power, and if they really want to cancel them one day, they will do everything possible to keep eunuchs.

The superficial reason is to ensure the purity of the royal family's blood and to avoid any old kings, old lis, and old Zhangs in the harem.

The deeper reason is also to maintain the stability of the court.

What if someone with ulterior motives pops up one day and accuses the prince that he is not the emperor's own, or simply questions the emperor's problem, and uses this as an excuse to launch a coup or rebellion?

The emperor's family affairs are no longer family affairs, but a major event of a country.

If there is a slight mistake, there is a possibility that people will die, and blood will flow like a river in a war!

Zhao Han continued to think and decided to reduce the number of eunuchs and only use them in the inner palace.Even within the imperial city, as long as they are not in the inner palace, normal men can be used to work.

The number of palace maids must also be reduced. After working for a certain number of years, palace maids can be released to the people to allow them to marry, and a few old nuns who do not want to leave the palace can also be retained.

Thinking about it left and right, Zhao Han became more and more irritable, so he simply covered his head and fell asleep to deal with it later.

After resting at home for three full days, Zhao Han finally officially went to work.

The first person he met was not those anti-thief envoys, but Wang Diaoding, who specialized in theoretical research.

"I heard, what article did you write?" Zhao Han asked.

Wang Tiaoding presented a few pages of manuscript paper: "I haven't announced it to the public, and I don't know whether it should be announced to the public."

Zhao Han took a look, frowned and said, "Chuan Guoyi's surname?"

"It comes from the Confucian Gongyang School's theory of Chuan Guo Yi's surname, but it has been changed. The destiny is unchanging, and only virtue is the auxiliary," Wang Tiaoding explained in detail, fearing that Zhao Han would not understand, "These two sentences come from " The Book of Songs and the Book of History are not apostasy, but serious Confucian speeches. The fate of heaven is impermanent and cannot be permanent. The Son of Heaven was born in response to the fate of heaven, and his virtue is to promote benevolent government and nurture the people. Today's great son of heaven cannot practice benevolent government. It is impossible to caress the people. This is called losing virtue, which means losing the destiny. If a virtuous person climbs up and shouts, conducts benevolent government, and caress the people, then he will gain his virtue and the destiny will return!"

Chapter 167 [Thieves]

Zhao Han read the article carefully again, and said with a smile, "You can find things from the pile of old papers."

Wang Diaoding's identity at this time is very strange. He not only conducts theoretical research for Zhao Han's rebellion, but also refuses to completely rely on Zhao Han.He said: "In the beginning, I turned to the theory of Emperor Taizu's Dian Xing Blessing from the "Yu Zhi Da Gao". But compared with the actions of the general town, this theory is completely useless."

Zhu Yuanzhang's Dianxing Blessing Theory can be described in four words: when you stand again!

Moreover, the logic is confusing. He first explained that all the land in the whole country belongs to the emperor.As long as you have eaten in this country, then the emperor is kind to you, and you cannot oppose the emperor.

Including Zhu Yuanzhang's own family, although several died of starvation, they were also beholden to the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.

Then he said that the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty had no way, so some foolish people rebelled.

Moreover, rebellion is wrong. Even if you are starving to death, rebellion is ungrateful, and such behavior must be condemned by God.

As for Zhu Yuanzhang himself, he was forced to rebel and entered the Red Turban Army by mistake, and directly called the Red Turban Army "violent soldiers".At that time, thieves and thieves rose together, and the world no longer belonged to the Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang was not rebelling, but was trying to calm down the world as soon as possible so that the common people could live a stable life.

Through this theory, Zhu Yuanzhang does not admit that he rebelled, but he is the one who helps the world!

And Zhao Han's theory of family, country and world is clearly about rebellion, which is completely incompatible with Zhu Yuanzhang's theory of prosperity and blessings.

Zhao Han continued to read and ponder, and asked, "Don't the Gongyang School of Confucianism advocate great unification?"

"It was the Gongyang faction in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty," Wang Tiaoding explained in detail, "During the period of Emperor Zhao and Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, the Gongyang faction proposed the theory of passing on the name of the country. The Yang faction believes that the emperor has no way, and a wise man must be replaced as the emperor. Moreover, they begged the emperor to abdicate in person."

"What's the end?" Zhao Han asked again.

Wang Tiaoding replied: "The one who asked for the abdication of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty was killed, and the one who asked for the abdication of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty committed suicide."

Zhao Han couldn't help laughing and said, "Haha, they really dare."

Wang Tiaoding said: "Although these two people died, the theory of passing on the Guoyi surname has spread widely, and even became the consensus of Confucian scholars all over the world. Therefore, Wang Mang usurped the throne, and no one opposed it. The whole world is waiting for him to pass on the Guoyi surname. "

"The country's long-standing evils are deep, and changing the emperor will make it better." Zhao Han shook his head and sighed.

Wang Tiaoding argued: "The Great Qin was unified, and the second emperor died. There are many things that the Confucian scholars in the Han Dynasty couldn't figure out."

This is crossing the river by feeling the stones. For the first time, the Western Han Dynasty faced many problems of the unified dynasty, and could not learn from history. It could only explore various solutions that seemed naive to later generations.

Wang Tiaoding continued: "The next article on the theory of the country changing surnames is different from that of the Han Dynasty, but it combines the theory of family, country and world of the general town."

Wang Tiaoding’s article expounds in this way——

The destiny is impermanent, and the virtuous live in it.

If you lose your morality, you will lose your destiny.

How do you count as immoral?

Quoting Mencius: "Jie and Zhou lost the world and lost their people; those who lost their people lost their hearts. There is a way to win the world: if you win the people, you win the world. There is a way to get the people. There is a way to get their hearts: get together with them as you want, and don't do evil to them, so do you."

Those who are virtuous can make the common people happy, bring all the people to their hearts, and rule the world.

The will of the people is the destiny.

The process of obtaining the Mandate of Heaven is the process of obtaining the hearts of the people.