At this time, to be honest, Xu He really didn't know what to say.
It stands to reason that we should talk about some random gossip first to let the other party relax, and then slowly understand the other party's power. Finally, whether to hand it over to the court or make another choice will be postponed for later discussion.
But Tan Zili, with his bright eyes and shrewd look on his face, made Xu He feel that no matter what polite and roundabout words he said, he would make the other party feel that he was hypocritical.
After pondering for a moment, Xu He said straight to the point in a warm voice: "Mr. Zili, what is the current situation of the puppet court?"
When Tan Lun heard this, he glanced at Xu He with great interest, and then said: "The organization is complete, from the cabinet ministers to the junior officials, everyone is doing their own thing!"
Xu He didn't expect that the other party would speak so easily.
"Then Sir serves as the head of the Ministry of War. What is his responsibility?"
"It's just trivial matters such as martial arts selection, maps, and armor!"
Xu He shook his head: "Sir, you were sent to Tuqiao River to contact the bandits. Why?"
"To support the Hefei congregation's move south!"
"Who is the pseudo-emperor's surname?"
Before this question, Tan Lun Zhi kept talking about everything and spoke very happily, but when he got here, the other party remained silent, only smiled but stopped talking.
"What about the ministers?"
"..."
"How many troops are there now in Guangxi's selection of vanguard troops? Sir, before going to Tuqiaohe, can the Puppet Dynasty receive a report from General Yu Dayou?"
Tan Lun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, looked at Xu He and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Duke Zhuang Yuan knew so much about us!"
Xu He smiled slightly and said to himself that I had saved your Yu Dayou.
But before deciding how to deal with Tan Lun, he would certainly not reveal anything about Yu Dayou.
Xu He continued to test: "Is there a fellow countryman named Yan Song in the puppet government?"
"have!"
"What is your current position?"
"My mother ran away to the funeral!"
Xu He nodded: "Where are Zhang Juzheng from Huguang, Xu Jie from Nanzhi, and Gao Gong from Henan?"
Tan Lun's face finally changed color and he stared at Xu He with surprise and uncertainty on his face.
Xu He already knew the answer when he saw his face.
He pretended to have everything under control, smiled slightly and waved his hands and said: "Let's not talk about them, Mr. Zili. You are from Yihuang County, Jiangxi Province. I heard that you were born as a scholar. How come... you became a thief?"
Tan Lun didn't seem to want to argue with Xu He about "thief" or "thief", but said: "I can't survive! The heavy snow in Jiangxi Province in the winter last year lasted for more than a month. More than 3,000 people died in Yihuang, and many families died. They are all dead!"
"Our Tan family still has some wealth in Yihuang, but that winter, my father, mother, two brothers, wife, and youngest son all froze and starved to death on the bed."
"In the spring of the next year, there was a funeral at home that wiped out all the money. Creditors came to the door, and the tax collectors from the court also came to the door. They told my family to follow last year's Dingkou, and continue this year. No changes can be made!"
Xu He frowned and said: "Last year was a big plan for officials once every three years. If the tax revenue is less, the Yihuang County Magistrate will not be able to pay! So Panle Township?"
Tan Lun looked at Xu He with some surprise and said: "As a young champion, you are not like those idiots who study hard and study hard. You still know a lot of things!"
Halfway through, he suddenly smiled bitterly and said: "That's right. The Xu family created the coastal defense camp, right? I heard that you also work part-time there?"
The waiter said displeasedly: "The Haiphong camp is run by our young master, and all the rules are set by our young master. This is not the Xu family, huh!"
Xu He stretched out his hand to stop the waiter and said with a smile: "The so-called scholar can know the world's affairs without going out. There are many things. You will know more if you listen more, ask more, think more and see more. It's no big deal!"
"Haha!" Tan Lun stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Unfortunately, most of the officials in your Zhang family's court are indifferent officials who don't want to, don't see, don't listen, and don't ask."
"They can do anything but eat, drink, and be fashionable!"
Xu He nodded without denying: "There are such people!"
Then, he added: "There's a lot more!"
Tan Lun was once again surprised by Xu He's frankness.
"You think so too?"
"Yeah!" Xu He nodded, "Otherwise, even if you want to make trouble, no one will follow you to make trouble. With so many people following you in rebellion, there is something wrong with the court and the government after all!"
Tan Lun praised: "No one is born to be a rebel!"
"But, I think you used the wrong method! At least you shouldn't use Luo Jiao as a cover to rebel!" Xu He said with a smile.
Tan Lun was stunned when he heard this. Xu He was too bold. The meaning behind his words seemed to be that there was nothing wrong with rebellion, but the way of rebellion was wrong.
What's happening here?
Xu He smiled and said: "What is Luo Jiao? It relies on tricks to deceive believers to gather people and money."
"If nothing else, let's talk about the Wenxiang Hall. They use some small favors to buy believers, but in fact they rape the wives and daughters of the believers and extort money and food from the believers' homes."
"What's even more miserable are the waterworkers on both sides of the Cao River. They are already extremely poor, but they can only drink talisman water when they are sick."
"For this reason, how many of these people's family members died in the end because they delayed the doctor's diagnosis and treatment?"
"I won't argue with others about these words. I'm just asking Mr. Zili, you were born as a member of the Communist Party of China, and you temporarily won the people's support through deception. Can you tell me, is this true people's support?"
Tan Lun shook his head: "No, our purpose is good. We want to smash the Wei Dynasty's court. In the future..."
Before he finished speaking, Xu He smiled: "In the future, will the princes, generals, and generals succeed?"
Tan Lun couldn't argue with Xu He, and he was also a little angry. He turned to look aside and said, "What should we do? Are we going to let tragedies like heavy snow and no one to save us happen one after another in our land of China?"
"This is still Jiangnan. If we cross the river, Jiangbei will be even worse!"
Xu He nodded, this era has entered the Little Ice Age.
According to Ming history records from another time and space, during the Zhengde period, Guangxi experienced heavy snowfall for a month.
What is this concept?
Modern people have all kinds of heating equipment. If the temperature in the Jiangnan area is below zero, it will be a big deal.
Guangxi, it’s been snowing heavily for a month!
Horse-drawn carriages can be driven on Tai Lake, Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake.
Moreover, such bad weather would last until the end of the Qing Dynasty!
Qianlong was such a great man, why did his living room only have ten square meters?
It's too cold, keep warm!
Tan Lun's words immediately reminded Xu He.
In the future, extreme weather will be even more severe. If we don’t think about how to deal with it now, we will have to deal with it.
In the future, natural disasters alone will suffocate the entire empire.
Natural disasters - reduction in production - civil unrest - suppression - natural disasters - inability to provide disaster relief - intensification of civil unrest - destruction of the country!
The sling that historically tied the Ming Dynasty's neck was now also tied around the Wei Dynasty's neck.
Moreover, no one in the court noticed it.
