Amidst the crying, Zhao Hao gasped with a hissing sound.

What a fellow, what a fellow! No wonder my father-in-law was determined to capture and kill this guy. This hero He, who should have died in Wuchang Prison seven years ago, had too much destructive power.

Now, because of my interference, He Xinyin not only survived, but also fled to an overseas territory where no one cares about him and no one cares about him. So why don't I just let him talk?

After years of experience, we are almost able to comprehend our party’s unique skill in transforming the Kuomintang’s army—holding a meeting of accusation.

"Who stipulated that the poor should be servants? Do they have to accept their fate just because they stipulated this? Then Lord Hongwu should have been herding cattle for his whole life, begging for food for his whole life, and being a two-legged sheep for his whole life!" He Xinyin said passionately:

"When Emperor Hongwu was a child, the Tartars ruled the country. The Tartars looked down on the sour people the most. They divided people into ten categories: nine scholars and ten beggars, which means they put scholars and beggars together. Over time, who would listen to the sour people? So he did not suffer from the sour people's abuse. This is how he refused to accept his fate, did not despise himself, worked hard to become a great emperor!"

"But after he drove out the Tartars, the sour people came up again and began to persuade him to practice Confucianism and even encouraged him to recognize Zhu Bahui as his ancestor. Hongwu was a great hero, so he would not randomly recognize an ancestor just to elevate himself. But he had little education and still had the mindset of an old farmer. He felt that he was starting a business for his descendants and regarded the world as the eternal inheritance of the Zhu family. He fell into the trap of the sour people, and the cage was once again cast over the heads of the common people."

"I'm not saying that starting a business for your descendants is wrong. Who are you working so hard for? Isn't it all for the next generation?" He Xinyin paused, stroked his long white beard, and said with emotion: "But ordinary people start a business to create wealth, but some people want to keep us like cattle and sheep in captivity forever!"

"In order to achieve this goal, they also summed up the five techniques for controlling the people, which were regarded as the guiding principles for generations. Even if dynasties changed, there would never be any changes!"

"So what are the five techniques?" someone asked from the audience.

"Good question. Today I will explain it to you." He Xinyin stretched out his palm-leaf fan-shaped hand and counted his fingers one by one, saying:

"First, to fool the people - that is, the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, the Four Virtues and Eight Virtues. These cannibalistic ethics are held high, and anyone who dares to violate them is considered a traitor and can be killed by everyone. In fact, everything else is just a foil. What they really emphasize is the Three Bonds, which are the ruler as the bond of the ministers, the father as the bond of the sons, and the husband as the bond of the wife!"

"Gang means to set an example. The original meaning of the Three Bonds is that the monarch should set an example for his subjects, the father should set an example for his son, and the husband should set an example for his wife! However, for their own selfish interests, they misinterpreted it as the absolute authority of the monarch over his subjects, the father over his son, and the husband over his wife. The emperor is called the monarch and the father, and he is also a husband, so he has absolute authority. All subjects, if he wants you to die, you have to die! So when you believe in the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, you automatically become the cattle and sheep of the emperor's family. If you have the heart to resist, it is treason! Traitors and traitors, everyone has the right to kill them!"

"Second, weaken the people. This is easy to understand. If you make the people docile and weak, then it will be easier to rule them."

"The third is to tire the people. They deliberately use heavy labor and heavy taxes to make the people work themselves to death every day, so that they have no time to think about what is wrong with their lives."

The audience was completely silent. They were all listening intently. Although most of them seemed to understand, they all clearly felt that what they had experienced in the past was just as Mr. Fushan said...

"The fourth is to humiliate the people. It makes the people lose their self-respect and confidence, and feel that they are lowly and only deserve to be trampled underfoot. Such a group of people, no matter how many there are, are like grass and cannot pose a threat to them!"

"Finally, there are the poor. We must deliberately keep the people in extreme poverty and deprive them of their surplus money and wealth. Poor people have low aspirations and cannot learn literature or martial arts. They can only be illiterate and muddle-headed for generations..."

He Xinyin sighed and said, "Now you understand why you have suffered for generations, right?"

“Hmm…” Everyone in the audience nodded, and someone said loudly: “It turns out that it’s not that we have bad luck, but that someone has arranged our lives clearly!”

"Fuck him!" More people cursed: "The Zhu family is a piece of shit!"

"Hey, you can't blame him for this. Back then, Emperor Hongwu was also dedicated to restoring China and saving the people." He Xinyin waved his hand and said, "He is the hero I admire most. Well, I can only say that anyone who becomes an emperor will do the same thing, and you will be no exception."

"We only sleep with the Empress..." There was a burst of laughter from the audience, and the atmosphere became a little more relaxed.

At this time, the bell in the clock tower rang, and it was twelve o'clock noon.

"Okay, that's all for today." He Xinyin ended today's lecture and gave a preview for the next time: "Go back and think carefully about what to do after you know the truth. If you can't figure it out, come back here in three days and listen to me continue to talk to you!"

"Yes..." The audience responded in unison, and then bowed to Mr. Fushan on the stage in unison.

"Hurry up and eat, we still have to work in the afternoon." He Xinyin waved his hand, and more than ten thousand people quickly dispersed like water.

When his disciples had packed up the tables, chairs and kettles and asked their teacher to go back for lunch, they saw He Xinyin staring at a group of people below the stage with sharp eyes.

At this time, most of the audience had dispersed, and the group that remained stood out. The two middle-aged men in the lead were dressed in ordinary clothes, but they were surrounded by a heavy guard. Those expressionless burly men were very burly even in the north.

"Mr. Fushan, how are you?" The taller man bowed with a smile.

"Thanks to Brother Zhao." He Xinyin also smiled and returned the greeting, "Liang has lived a very comfortable life these years."

This was true. Zhang Juzheng had always regarded He Xinyin and the Taizhou School as thorns in his side. He suspected that they had secretly instigated his disciples Liu Tai, Zou Yuanbiao and others to impeach him, and had single-handedly manipulated the love-stealing storm that had left him with deep trauma.

Therefore, after banning lectures and destroying academies all over the world, he immediately identified He Xinyin as a demon who spread false rumors to mislead the people and ordered his capture across the country.

He Xinyin had to hide for a while, but later when he took refuge in the home of his student Hu Shihe, he could not help but give lectures in the fields, which led to his being discovered by the government. Wang Zhiyuan, the governor of Huguang, sent a group of capable detectives and a battalion of personal soldiers to set up a dragnet to capture him.

Fortunately, the Special Operations Department rescued his master and apprentice in advance, leaving the government empty-handed. Seeing that he could not stay on the mainland, Zhao Hao ordered people to send He Xinyin to Jeonra Island.

He Xinyin was not an ungrateful person. Zhao Hao saved him, and he could not cause trouble for him, so he restored his real name Liang Ruyuan and drew a clear line between himself and the wanted criminal He Xinyin.

In fact, Zhao Hao didn't care. He had done many taboo things overseas, so adding He Xinyin was not a big deal. In addition to not allowing him to return to China, he was allowed to go anywhere in the 18 administrative regions overseas. At his request, his teacher Yan Shannong was also brought to Tamra.

"How is Mr. Shannong's health?" Zhao Hao asked Yan Jun.

"Very well, he can eat and sleep well, write every day, and can also take turns with me to give lectures." He Xinyin walked down from the stage and said, "He often talks about inviting Brother Zhao to dinner to express his gratitude. I think it's better to have a good day, so let's do it today."

"The sincerity of your invitation is a bit sloppy." Zhao Hao laughed jokingly.

"I'm just preparing a banquet, but in the eyes of a wealthy boss like you, it might just be plain food." He Xinyin laughed and said, "It's better to save the money and do something useful."

"Good guy, still so righteous." Zhao Hao also laughed and followed He Xinyin to his carriage.

~~

Three generations of He Xinyin and his disciples lived in the outer city, which was outside the long wall when Xingang was first established.

Even the most imaginative planners at the time could not have predicted that this isolated city overseas would develop to its current size in just over a decade.

When the population reached 350,000, the planned building land in the city had run out, and the City Hall had to ask the Management Committee to expand the city wall.

According to the original plan of the Chaoyang District Management Committee, the original long wall was to be demolished and rebuilt ten miles away. The administrative cadres of the group have all taken courses in urban planning and have realized that the city wall will hinder the development of the city and lead to two worlds inside and outside the wall.

But when the plan was submitted, it was rejected by the board of directors, with Zhao Hao's handwritten instructions attached: "Xingang's situation is special, the original long wall should be retained and a new wall should be built."

Therefore, in the 12th year of the Wanli reign, a new wall was built five kilometers outside the old wall to enclose the Dajing County of the Li Dynasty. The area between the two walls was called the Outer City.

The common people didn't care about the inner city and the outer city. They just knew that they could finally build houses happily. Even He Xinyin and his two disciples were no exception...

The convoy left the inner city from Zhonghua Gate and saw that in just a few years, densely populated neighborhoods had emerged in the outer city, and the end of the main road was as far as the eye could see.

Seeing Zhao Hao looking outside the car with interest, He Xinyin sighed: "Although Xingang City stipulates that every household is eligible to rent a residential plot for a long time at a low price. However, most citizens, especially new immigrants, do not have enough financial resources to build houses."

"As a result, your Xingang Construction Bank actually allows citizens to use their homesteads as collateral to apply for special loans for building houses."

"This is also to allow citizens to settle down as soon as possible." Zhao Hao said with a smile.

"But the loans cannot reach the citizens. Instead, they are directly allocated to the city's urban construction company." He Xinyin sneered and said, "It must be built by the urban construction company."

"Well, firstly, we are worried that some people will take the money and not build houses, but just eat, drink, gamble and have sex." Zhao Hao explained calmly, "Secondly, the city has some rigid requirements for residential houses, such as toilets, water supply and drainage. If citizens build them by themselves, 80% of them will not meet the standards. Besides, the urban construction company is honest, guarantees quality and quantity, and can also ensure the appearance. Why not do it?"

"It's also very cost-effective. The loan can't be repaid in ten or eight years. Citizens must work hard to pay off the mortgage, otherwise the house they built will be taken back by the bank." He Xinyin sighed:

"I have never met Guan Zhong or Fan Li, but I think they would feel inferior to you if they saw your methods."

"Don't admire me too much. I'm just standing on the shoulders of great men." Zhao Hao smiled modestly.

"Am I praising you..." He Xinyin rolled his eyes.