On the way, Lu You was on the land of the Ming Dynasty and followed the road among the carriages of the Ming Dynasty.
They soon arrived at Xiaoze Township in Miyun County and reached their destination.
This is the place designated by Yu Yunwen. Yu Yunwen is confident that the Ming Dynasty cannot know where he wants to come, and there is no way to make all preparations in advance. If they can really make all preparations in advance, they might as well let these farmers live a better life. The day is over.
If you do a lot of face-saving projects for such an uncertain matter, it will really outweigh the gains.
Therefore, Yu Yunwen felt that what he was seeing now must be the most authentic countryside of the Ming Dynasty.
Whatever Wang Qi had concealed before would be clearly exposed here, and whatever tragedy happened in the countryside of Ming Dynasty would be completely exposed.
And this is also Lu You's redemption.
Some time ago, Yu Yunwen was keenly aware that Lu You seemed to have an inexplicable affection for everything in the Ming Dynasty. .
This was not what he claimed to be [inquiring about Ming Dynasty intelligence], but in order to find out information, there was no need to have the conversation that night, but Lu You still went ahead with it.
Yu Yunwen suspected that Lu You had developed a special sense of some things in the Ming Dynasty after reading Hongwu's political treatises, and that some dangerous changes were taking place in his thoughts.
If this change was limited to some losers, Yu Yunwen wouldn't care.
Yu Yunwen doesn't care what those losers who have weak legs or failed the imperial examination think. They can't control the army anyway. No matter how they think, they will be suppressed by the winners in life who control the army.
But if Lu You, who is also a winner in life, is also bewitched by this kind of thinking, it will be dangerous for the Southern Song Dynasty.
If there is the first Lu You, there will be a second one, and then there will be a third and fourth one, which will be very dangerous, so this possibility must be eliminated at the source.
The way Yu Yunwen came up with was to pierce all the cover-ups of the Ming Dynasty in person and tear away the hypocritical mask of the Ming Dynasty. In this way, Lu You could achieve enlightenment and return to the right path.
How could this kind of country, which has completely abandoned Confucian ideals, be better?
However, Yu Yunwen didn't see what he wanted to see.
In the villages of Ozawa Township, he saw the fertile fields about to harvest in the golden autumn, the golden waves of wheat, and the farmers working hard in the fields.
He saw the smiles on the faces of these farmers when they had a good harvest, and saw the hard work of the farmers wielding their farm tools and sweating.
He saw them sitting in groups beside the fields chatting and laughing during their work breaks, and saw the warmth of women bringing their children to the edge of the farmland to deliver meals to the men at home.
Those farmers all have clothes to wear, and nothing can cover their bodies.
As far as I can see, the farmers' clothes are not gorgeous, and they are even a little dirty. The men are working in the fields with their upper bodies bare, which looks very indecent.
But they were all clearly laughing.
When they stand up after harvesting a big sheaf of wheat, they are laughing when they hold a big sheaf of wheat in their arms.
Wiping the sweat from their faces and wiping their faces with a cloth, they also smiled.
As he gulped down his meal, his face was filled with a satisfied smile.
Many things can be faked, but a smile from the heart cannot be faked.
On this point, Yu Yunwen, who has been in officialdom for decades and has read countless people, can guarantee this with confidence.
Not everyone can smile like the real thing.
At least he would never believe that these ignorant people could master such exquisite acting skills.
They don't have the opportunity to use this kind of acting skills, so there is no need to master acting skills.
So is this true?
The relaxed, non-urgent atmosphere cannot be faked either.
Yu Yunwen served as an official in many places during the Southern Song Dynasty. He saw how many farmers in the countryside of the Southern Song Dynasty struggled to survive. The special atmosphere mixed with resentment, pain, self-pity and despair is the same atmosphere he feels today. completely different.
They are laughing!
Smile!
The scene can be disguised, but how can this kind of smile and atmosphere be disguised?
So this is also true?
If all are true, then...
I was wrong?
Yu Yunwen was stunned, standing motionless on the edge of the golden wheat waves, like a sculpture.
Lu You and Wang Qi did not pay attention to Yu Yunwen, who was standing motionless on the side. Lu You was very happy when they saw the golden wheat waves and the harvest scene.
"Although there were such harvest scenes in the Song Dynasty, there were usually not so many smiling farmers."
"Of course, because in the Southern Dynasties, these harvested grains often did not belong to farmers."
Wang Qi stood next to Lu You and said with a smile: "I have heard that the rent and taxes for tenant farmers in the Southern Dynasties are often very high, and more than half of them do not belong to themselves, but to the owner's family, and the number of tenant farmers in the Southern Dynasties is particularly large. Deputy Ambassador Lu saw The scene is probably about harvesting grain under the supervision of the owner.
Farmers know that the harvested grain will not belong to them. How much they can get depends on whether the owner has a kind heart. If the owner has a kind heart, they can get more according to the contract. If the owner is cruel, the contract will not be good. What is it? "
Lu You was silent for a while, feeling extremely heavy.
"Master Wang, is all this true?"
Wang Qi was also silent for a while.
"If you still don't want to believe it, you will never believe it is true. Deputy Lu, stop asking me if this is true. You know it clearly in your heart."
After Lu You heard this, he lowered his head and remained silent.
Yes, he knows, he knows everything.
The voice in his heart was telling him that it was all true.
But there was another voice in his head telling him not to believe it, even if it was true.
Lu You is 100% sure that everything written in "Hongwu Political Theory" and what the grassroots of the Ming Dynasty saw are true.
The Ming Dynasty's grassroots line and Su Yonglin's heart for the people are both true.
The Ming Dynasty is embarking on a path that is completely different from the Confucian philosophy of governing the country. It is developing rapidly, becoming stronger rapidly, and is surpassing all his cognitions.
There is no doubt about it.
It's just that the kind of education he had received, that very exclusive education, was preventing him from accepting this fact.
Yes, he didn't doubt that all of this was true, but he was still suffering.
A strong ideological defense built by the education he received since childhood is suffering from the pain caused by strong impact.
Whether it is true or false is no longer a problem.
The question is whether it can be accepted.
Lu You took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and let his emotions gradually calm down.
"Master Wang, let's continue walking inside. I want to see how the farmers' association works."
"Can."
Wang Qi nodded and was about to take Lu You into the village to visit the farmers' association.
