Obviously nothing had been done and the future was obviously bleak, but after Zhang Mingtu read the information from all sides and learned about the recent situation in Jianyi, he felt inexplicably relieved.

In fact, many of the Jinyiwei's intelligence reports were complaints about Ruihai, and the summaries of people's livelihood and corresponding situations in various places were very rough. However, Zhang Mingtu had many years of practice and could infer a lot of real situations from some of the intelligence.

He also has a more comprehensive understanding of Jianyi as a whole.

"My attempts, my changes, are meaningless? Am I doing something wrong?"

"No, it makes sense after all."

"I did nothing wrong, and neither did my future brother."

Whether it was the early stage of Jianyi overthrowing the Wang and Li families, or the later attempts to wipe out the Japanese pirates, destroy their bases, and kill the demons secretly raised by the Japanese pirates.

There is nothing wrong with doing this.

There was nothing wrong with subsequently reporting the situation of the Japanese pirates and their methods of raising demons.

The real mistake was made by the person who decided to use civilians as food and feed the monsters, not Zhang Mingtu.

What should be addressed is the person who makes the decision, not self-guilt.

The same is true for the situation on the northern border. Everything that Zhang Mingtu's future brother does is beneficial to the court and the country, and he exposes the fact that the border is harboring bandits and is self-destructive.

Then find an opportunity to completely solve the huge hidden danger of the northern barbarians in one fell swoop. There is no problem in terms of idea and operation. The real problem lies with Daxia.

Being afraid because of this, not daring to make changes, not daring to try to develop in a better direction, is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Just like a very famous quote that Zhang Mingtu once saw.

"After we leave, they will build schools and hospitals for you and increase your wages. This is not because they have a change of heart or because they have become good people, but because we were here!"

Yes, that's also the case with today's overall environment.

Ordinary people in Jianyi lived better and more dignified lives, were able to eat better, had extra money to trade, buy clothes, and exchange vegetables and fruits for meat and fish.

It was not because people like Wang and Li Erjia had a conscience, but because Ruihai had come, and because Zhang Mingtu had been working silently in secret.

"My efforts, and those of my future brothers, seem meaningless, even failures, leading to even more tragic consequences."

"But nothing has changed, and nothing is certain to get better."

Just like the classic saying goes, there is no revolution without bloodshed and sacrifice.

When Zhang Mingtu first tried to overthrow the county magistrate and the Wang and Li families, his methods and actions looked ridiculous.

Zhang Mingtu simply collected a bunch of evidence of their crimes and then took it to Longxing Prefecture to distribute it publicly, causing many innocent people to be implicated and die. However, it cannot be said that this kind of thing is meaningless.

This endeavor is beneficial to everyone overall.

You cannot hold yourself to the standards of a saint and then hold your enemies to the most lenient standards.

That's neither realistic nor fair.

"Go forward bravely, Zhang Mingtu. I am perhaps the only one who has the ability to minimize the damage."

Zhang Mingtu said to himself.

The tragic experience of his future brother in the last round still brought great mental stimulation to Zhang Mingtu. Now he has done a new round of psychological construction for himself, and his mentality is much calmer than before.

Is what you do meaningful overall?

Zhang Mingtu thinks so. Life in Jianyi seems good now, and many people are very satisfied.

But looking at the entire Daxia, such a life is just a short-lived illusion.

Zhang Mingtu had personally witnessed the tragic scene during the Japanese invasion.

That group of people would never show any mercy when it comes to slaughtering civilians.

Basically no one can survive their attack.

Even if someone actively sides with them, after a brief honeymoon period, they will kill all of them.

Zhang Mingtu had personally witnessed the devastating scene along the southeastern coast, where it was as if there was no crowing of a rooster for a thousand miles.

This group of Japanese pirates not only wants this land, but also the people on this land.

As for the northern barbarians, they are going in another direction. They are looking for a land that can accommodate them.

The environment in the north is too harsh and it is difficult for them to survive.

In order to survive, they had to keep moving south. They wanted to occupy a piece of land in the north of Daxia.

Since their numbers were relatively small, they were willing to accept a certain number of Daxia people as their slaves.

Well, this is the only difference between the coastal pirates and the northern barbarians.

One wants you to be a dog, and the other doesn’t even give you the chance to be a dog.

It is normal for both places to have no crowing of roosters for thousands of miles. The lighting map does not want and will not allow such an environment to occur.

He didn't have to save Tian Qing by himself, but once the overall environment became so bad that it could not be reversed, it would be impossible for the Zhang family to survive in a corner.

When the nest is overturned, how can the eggs remain intact?

"We still need to think about it carefully!"

Zhang Mingtu sighed. Although he decided to try to change, he didn't know where to start for a moment. Fortunately, he was determined.

Whether it is the northern barbarians or the coastal Japanese pirates, it is better for them to die than to live.

"The first problem we need to solve is the problem of the Japanese pirates along the coast, that is, the problem of raising demons."

"We must find out why they raise demons..."

The country has been established for more than 800 years. Zhang Mingtu feels that there are still many people with backbone and conscience, and there are many people like Ruihai.

Perhaps it is difficult for them to be as perfect and saintly as Rui Hai, but there are many people like Xue Cheng who still care about the common people in their hearts.

But they have their own families and family considerations, so they can't be as extreme as Ruihai and can't tolerate any flaws, but we can't say they are completely bad.

If possible, they would still like to stand on the side of the general public. Zhang Mingtu felt that there might be some reasons he didn't know that could make this large group of people remain silent and agree to raise monsters.

Finding the cause and then trying to eliminate it is the real key to solving the problem of Japanese pirates.

"I just don't know what the crux of this problem is. Why is Daxia so invincible, yet it is still madly improving its strength? Could it be that Daxia still has enemies that I don't know about?"

Zhang Mingtu frowned, finding it difficult to understand.

But regardless, this is also a direction for future investigation.

"Let's investigate bit by bit. It will take some time for the situation in Jiujiang County to explode anyway."