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Mid-May, Fuzhou.

The sun rose slowly from the direction of the harbor, and the fishing fleet had already set sail. Accompanied by the shouts of the workers on the docks, in every street, market, square, and construction site of the city, the crowded people had already made the scene lively.

People dressed in simple clothes ate breakfast at roadside stalls and hurried on their way. Children selling newspapers ran through the crowd. The old brothels, teahouses, and taverns had also begun to renovate while operating in recent days. In these semi-new and semi-old buildings, scholars and poets gathered here, and merchants from afar began their day of socializing and negotiation...

The large influx of displaced people and the provisional capital status of the new dynasty brought such prosperity to Fuzhou. A similar situation had lasted for several years in Lin'an more than a decade ago, but compared to the chaos and the large number of deaths of displaced people and frequent cases in Lin'an at that time, there was an implicit guidance of order in this seemingly chaotic prosperity of Fuzhou.

Over the past few months, a large number of court officials had divided the work into several main directions. On the one hand, they encouraged the local residents of Fuzhou to participate in business activities related to people's livelihoods as much as possible, such as renting out houses, selling breakfast with culinary skills, and expanding the operation of shops with capital. With the large influx of people, the demand for various market links related to people's livelihoods increased greatly. Even a small stall vendor selling breakfast on the street could turn over their business several times a day.

While guiding and encouraging local people to expand their business and take charge of people's livelihoods, new wharves began to be built on the east side of Fuzhou, shipbuilding yards were expanded, technical employees were settled, and residential and workshop areas were expanded in the north and west of the city. The imperial court used decrees as resources to encourage merchants who had fled from other places to build new factories and shacks, and absorbed the displaced people who had no belongings to work and provide relief in place of wages, at least ensuring that most of the refugees would not be destitute on the streets and could find something to eat.

At the same time, surplus soldiers were used to patrol, and lower-level officials were cooperated with to deal with security issues strictly and quickly. Almost every day, criminals were escorted to the execution ground to be beheaded, attracting a large number of people to watch. In this way, although more criminals were killed, and innocent people were inevitably wronged at times, it had a deterrent effect on the whole, so that there was not much conflict between the locals and people from other places for a while.

From a macro perspective, the new emperor's ability to handle political details in Fuzhou at this time was countless times higher than that of his father, who governed Lin'an more than a decade ago. From another perspective, Lin'an in those years had half of the Wu Dynasty's territory and the entire Central Plains as nourishment, while the nourishment that Fuzhou could attract now was far less than that of Lin'an in those years.

By May, a huge shock was sweeping through this newly prosperous city.

If as ordinary people not involved in politics, people could see the shock when the imperial court announced the results of the Southwest War on the second day of May, and the spirit and generosity shown by the new emperor behind this shock. During this period, there were indeed people who scolded the Wu Dynasty, but along with it, a lot of new news and new things filled people's eyes.

Li Pin's newspaper began to interpret the concept of Gewu Zhi Xue (Investigation of Things) based on the results of the Southwest Wangyuan Bridge battle. After that, every day, the newspaper extended the concept of Gewu Zhi Xue to the ancient Luban and the Mohist school. Storytellers in restaurants and teahouses began to talk about Luban's wooden kite that could fly for three days without falling, and began to discuss Zhuge Kongming's wooden ox and flowing horse in the Three Kingdoms period... These were things that ordinary people liked to see and hear.

Accompanying Gewu Zhi Xue was Li Pin's discussion of Neo-Confucianism. These ideas were a bit far from ordinary people, but among the middle and lower-level scholars, discussions about the concentration of power and patriotism began to become more and more common. By mid-May, stories about Guan Zhong and the Zhou Tianzi from the "Chunqiu Gongyang Zhuan" (Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals) had frequently appeared in the discussions of the educated, and the core ideas of these stories ultimately came down to four characters:

--Revere the King and Expel the Barbarians.

While the halo of the artifact of Gewu Zhi Xue was constantly expanding, most people had not been able to see the undercurrents hidden beneath it. On the fifth day of May, the Fuzhou court dismissed the old Minister of Works Li Long from his post, and then reorganized the Ministry of Works. It seemed to be just a consistent continuation of the new emperor's emphasis on the thinking of artisans. At the same time, there was also a series of actions such as the Beiwei Army attacking Quanzhou. At the same time, in private, rumors about the new emperor Junwu and Princess Zhou Pei once studying Gewu and arithmetic under the hands of the Southwest Ning Devil spread like wildfire.

In the past, Ning Yi usurped the throne and rebelled, which was indeed a great treason, but his ability was so strong that no one in the world today could deny it. After Emperor Jinghan's death, Emperor Jingping Zhou Ji was captured and taken north. At that time, the Jiangnan dignitaries chose the unremarkable Zhou Yong among the many royal families, actually hoping that these siblings, after inheriting Ning Yi's mantle, might be able to turn the tide. Among them, the Chang Princess Mansion and the Consort Kang Xian in Jiangning had also made a lot of efforts, expecting that one day, these siblings would do something...

These half-true and half-false statements caused a strange atmosphere among the people, but they also indirectly dispelled the negative emotions of the people who thought of their own problems because of the Southwest war situation.

On the ninth day of May, the Beiwei Army, with the internal cooperation of spies in the city, captured Quanzhou in just four days. When the news came, the whole city was excited.

These are the movements in Fuzhou that ordinary people can see, but if you go up, you can find that a huge storm has been roaring in the sky of Fuzhou City for a long time.

From a general direction, any change of the imperial court will lead to the phenomenon of a new emperor having his own courtiers, which is not surprising. What is the new emperor's character, what are his ideas, who does he favor, and who does he alienate? These are the things that people have to pay attention to and adapt to in every normal change of the king.

The Wu Jianshuo Dynasty was almost equivalent to existing in name only after Zhou Yong left Lin'an. The Crown Prince Junwu, who followed, had always been in the center of the war and in countless bumps. After he succeeded to the throne and "revitalized" the court, he finally managed to gain a foothold in the midst of tragic killings and escapes. The national power of the Wu Dynasty had declined, but from the perspective of righteousness, he could still be said to be the most legitimate new emperor of the Wu Dynasty. Once he gained a firm foothold and made a call, half of the powerful families in Jiangnan would still choose to support him. This is the power of reputation.

The Wu Dynasty was indeed a broken ship on the whole, but even a broken ship has three nails, not to mention that under the premise that the original volume of this broken ship was extremely large, the basic base of this righteousness was still extremely large on the stage of competing for the world at this time, at least more than Tie and Wu in Lin'an, Liu Guangshi, Dai Mengwei, and even the bandits in Jin. It's much more than that as a whole.

Countless large families were waiting for the new emperor to sort out his thoughts and make a sound to judge how to support him. Among the forces that gathered in Fuzhou from February and March, many were actually representatives or envoys of these local forces that still retained their strength, and some were even the rulers themselves.

In May, the emperor revealed his true colors and officially made a sound, which was a disaster that caught countless families off guard.

Revere the King and Expel the Barbarians!

Since the second half of last year, this new emperor named Zhou Junwu has been fighting in the most tragic environment. In Jiangning, he was surrounded by millions of soldiers, broke the cauldrons and sank the boats, and personally went into battle to slightly kill Zongfu. After killing him, he succeeded to the throne in Jiangning, and soon he was forced to abandon Jiangning and fled in Jiangnan. Behind him, countless people were massacred. He reorganized the army and once chose to concentrate power and organize a monitoring team and military law team composed of grassroots soldiers whose families were destroyed. These actions were all excusable.

People are waiting for him to calm down and look at the overall situation from a higher perspective. In essence, many people are waiting to be given official positions and promises, and many families are waiting to establish meritorious service in the new political framework. These families have resource reserves, strength, and talents - these talents were trained in the past system framework - as long as the new emperor shows his generosity, the entire broken ship of the Wu Dynasty is still one of the best ships in this ocean.

Since February, countless people have submitted outline and suggestions to the Fuzhou court under the overall framework of condescendingness. The Jin people have left, the storm has stopped, and the broken ship has been cleaned up and repaired. In this direction, it is certainly not easy to achieve perfection, but if only a passing grade is required, then ordinary political wisdom can do it.

But high-level people were surprised to find that the stupid emperor seemed to be trying to smash the ship and prepare to rebuild a ridiculous small sampan.

After waiting for three months, the confrontation began almost immediately after getting this result. The power of some large families began to try to flow out. In the court, various obscure or clear suggestions and objections continued to be filed. Some people began to outline the tragic possibilities that would follow for the emperor. Some people had already begun to reveal that certain large families were dissatisfied, and the Fuzhou court was about to lose support from a certain place. The new emperor was not angry. He persuaded and comforted patiently, but he never let go of his promises.

At this time, the emperor's control of the situation in the Fuzhou court was almost absolute. The officials could only threaten and beg, but could not substantially check his actions. Especially after the news that Junwu, Zhou Pei, and Ning Yi had a relationship spread, the court's face was lost, but the emperor's face was picked up in part. Some people petitioned, saying that such rumors would damage the royal reputation and should be stopped. Junwu only replied with "Rumors stop with the wise, I am unwilling to punish the people for their words", and blocked them back.

Worried officials then colluded in private, preparing to launch a large-scale protest later, but the news of the Beiwei Army's capture of Quanzhou soon came, and in coordination with the public opinion in the city, they eliminated the complaints of the officials. By May 15th, a long-awaited message quietly spread:

In order to change the phenomenon of the weakness of the Wu Dynasty's army in the past two hundred years, the emperor will, led by Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and others, build the "Jiangnan Military Academy" to train military generals and officials. The military academy will focus on loyalist education to replace the past self-emasculating literary officials supervising the army system. Now, they are already selecting personnel.

This news spread in the court. Although it has not been implemented for a while, people are increasingly able to determine that the new emperor's belief in "Revere the King and Expel the Barbarians" is almost a foregone conclusion.

When the country is stable, the power of the military should be weakened, and the power of the monarch also needs to be checked; when the country is in danger, power should be concentrated and the army should be revitalized. This idea seems simple, but in essence, it is a sudden change in the national policy of the past two hundred years. To "Revere the King and Expel the Barbarians" is impossible to "govern the world with the scholar-officials", and to "govern the world with the scholar-officials" will directly conflict with "Revere the King and Expel the Barbarians".

As for the end of May, the emperor's entire reform will began to become clear. Countless admonitions and persuasions continued to appear in Fuzhou City. These admonitions were sometimes submitted to Junwu, sometimes to Princess Zhou Pei. Some old ministers with intense personalities agreed with the new emperor's innovation. Among the middle and lower-level scholars, there were also many people who expressed their approval of the new emperor's courage, but in a larger place, the dilapidated ship began to collapse...

At the end of May, Ning Yi was in Jiange and probably knew a series of messages about the Fuzhou court launching reforms in Lin'an. On this day, the envoy team of the Zuo family passed by Jiange. At this time, Zuo Xiuquan, the second figure of the Zuo family, who was the leader of the envoys, requested to see Ning Yi.

After Zuo Duanyou's death, the current head of the Zuo family is Zuo Jiyun, but Zuo Jiyun's ability is limited to maintaining the status quo. Over the years, Zuo Xiuquan, as a collateral of the Zuo family, has been in charge of most of the Zuo family's affairs and can be regarded as the successor who has substantially inherited Zuo Duanyou's will. He is a traditional scholar in his fifties, with a dignified and handsome appearance and a gentle and refined temperament. After seeing Ning Yi, he exchanged information about Lin'an with him.

The places are separated by more than two thousand miles. Although the information channels at the high level have begun to be smooth after the Jin people withdrew, much of the first-hand information is often false. Only by cross-comparison can we see a relatively clear outline.

"...The little emperor's set of eliminating and fighting is a bit unexpected." The information in hand only goes to the release of rumors about the Jiangnan Military Academy. After a general comparison, Ning Yi said so, quite a bit of emotion, "Previously, Yue Fei forced Quanzhou with soldiers, surrounded but did not attack, and privately he should be colluding with people in the city, contacting traitors, and persuading internal responses... Who would have thought that his attack on Quanzhou was to prepare for the public opinion in Fuzhou, interesting, fortunately he captured it in time..."

Zuo Xiuquan smiled and said: "I heard that Mr. Ning used to be in Jiangning and had a teacher-student relationship with the new emperor. I wonder if you are a little gratified to know this news today?"

"Over the years, it hasn't been easy for him and Zhou Pei." Ning Yi said, "When the Jin people went south, I tied up Liu Yu and threw the blame on the Wu Dynasty, and he threw the question back through Xuzhou, which was actually very good. To the battle of breaking the cauldrons and sinking the boats in Jiangning, he has really grown into a stalwart man... In fact, his sister was stronger in character back then, and Junwu was weaker in character. It's not easy, it's been hard..."

For a long time, due to Zuo Duanyou's reasons, the Zuo family has always maintained good relations with both the Huaxia Army and the Wu Dynasty. In the past discussions with the old man, Ning Yi also knew that although Zuo Duanyou strongly supported the Huaxia Army's resistance to the Jin, his essence and bones were still Confucian scholars who cared about the Wu Dynasty and the Taoist tradition. His arrangement for the Zuo family before his death was probably inclined towards the Wu Dynasty. But Ning Yi didn't mind this.

He also knew that what he said here might soon enter the ears of the little emperor thousands of miles away through Zuo Xiuquan's mouth, so he didn't hesitate to say a few words of encouragement to the child back then.

--It was really hard to get to this point.

Zuo Xiuquan nodded.

"Then what does Mr. Ning think of the new emperor's decision?"

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