Chapter 221: Fighting for the First Place (Asking for Monthly Votes)

Under the dim light before dawn, a raging fire lit up the linen clothes...

Li Jincheng, who had been awake for two days and two nights, stood by the fire holding his father's memorial tablet without saying a word, watching with empty eyes as the tombstone slowly fell and sealed the tomb.

Yang Ge, Yang Tiansheng, and Xiang Wudi stood behind Li Jincheng, winking at each other.

In the end, Yang Ge stepped forward, put his arm around Li Jincheng's shoulders, and pushed his body in the direction he came from: "Let's go, you still have a lot of things waiting for you to do at home."

Li Jincheng took one last look at the sealed tomb, took a deep breath of the cool morning air, and joked hoarsely: "You know how to comfort people."

Yang Ge forced him to go back and said with a smile: "I often say nice things, but you can't listen to me."

Yang Tiansheng and Xiang Wudi followed him, one on the left and the other on the other. They also said dry words such as "The deceased is gone, you should look away."

Li Jincheng silently let the three of them pull and push him back. After walking a long way, he suddenly said: "Brothers, I have no father."

The three brothers' steps slowed down and they all sighed deeply.

Just when Yang Ge and Yang Tiansheng were looking at each other, not knowing how to comfort this guy, Xiang Wudi, who was pushing Li Jincheng behind, suddenly said in a low voice: "If you don't give up, you can be a foster father to a certain family!"

Yang Ge and Yang Tiansheng turned around in shock and looked at this fierce general who was doing great things in a low voice.

Xiang Wudi spread his hands with an innocent look on his face: "He said so himself, didn't I want to help him?"

Li Jincheng also laughed at the guy. He turned around and put his arm around Xiang Wudi's neck and shook him vigorously: "It's enough for you to become a foster father in a certain family."

Xiang Wudi let him shake, and then suddenly said: "Your shooting skills are not as good as mine."

Li Jincheng was stunned: "Huh?"

Xiang Wudi: "My marksmanship is as good as your father's."

After saying that, he broke free from Li Jincheng's arms and rushed out in one stride.

Only then did Li Jincheng come to his senses, and a hungry tiger flew after him: "Thief, where are you going!"

Yang Ge watched the two of them fly away quickly, and the corners of his mouth slowly raised involuntarily: "I used to see these two guys fighting each other, and I was always worried that they would fight..."

Yang Tiansheng: "I saw it when I was in Japan. These two guys always have troubles, but they have a tacit understanding on weekdays. One kills people, and the other just stands aside and passes the knife..."

Yang Ge slowly exhaled: "What a good thing!"

The two of them walked back slowly along the way they came from, chatting from time to time: "Are you having good things coming soon?"

Yang Tiansheng: "That's right, I still remember my young master's wedding. Come early then, and I won't send you an invitation!"

"Ok, I know."

Yang Ge: "Jincheng, you and Mr. Xiang should be more considerate and keep an eye on him..."

Yang Tiansheng: "What about you?"

Yang Ge: "The two of them have lost face. He has to get it back with his own hands. If he can't get it back, he will never be able to cross this threshold in his life. It's not appropriate for me to stand here and hold it back."

Yang Tiansheng: "That's true... Okay, don't worry. I and Young Master Xiang are close to each other, and anything can happen very quickly. If there is a master who can't get along with Young Master and Young Master Xiang, I will let you know." It’s not too late to come and support!”

Yang Ge smiled and said: "There aren't many people that you and Mr. Xiang can't defeat together, right?"

Yang Tiansheng pondered for a few breaths and then said: "I think I should be close to the strength of Qixiong now, but I haven't fought against a master of Qixiong's level yet. I don't know whether I can win or not."

Yang Ge thought for a while and said: "Except Li Qing, that guy is not much weaker than an ordinary peerless grandmaster. Even if you and Young Master Xiang can't defeat the other seven-level masters, they should be able to protect themselves."

Yang Tiansheng: "What about the top masters at the peerless master level?"

Yang Ge: "Can't you understand people? You two can't even beat Li Qing at the moment, but you still want to fight against a peerless grandmaster?"

Yang Tiansheng: "You have to know how big the gap is, right?"

Yang Ge thought for a long time, and finally shook his head and said: "I can't explain this clearly. The few peerless masters I have fought against are all at the bottom of the peerless masters. They don't have much reference."

Yang Tiansheng: "You can't even give a rough idea?"

"perhaps……"

Yang Ge thought for a while and replied: "Take the old eunuch Tong Ying on the Bianhe River in Huai'an as an example. If you two fight him, you two will probably have a chance to escape within thirty moves. If you miss ten moves, you’ll have no chance of leaving.”

Yang Tiansheng's face collapsed and he said in disbelief: "Isn't it right? I thought that my current strength is almost the same as yours at that time!"

Yang Ge looked at him deeply.

Just as Yang Tiansheng was about to speak, he suddenly felt a violent heart palpitation. Fortunately, this feeling came and went away quickly.

Yang Ge looked away, nodded and said: "In terms of skill alone, you are indeed not much different from me at that time."

Yang Tiansheng: "What's the difference?"

Yang Ge: "You have no sword in your heart!"

Yang Tiansheng: "What the hell?"

Yang Ge shook his head: "Don't ask me. If you understand, you will understand. If you don't understand, no matter how detailed I explain, you won't understand!"

Yang Tiansheng opened his mouth and closed it again.

He has touched the threshold of the true meaning of martial arts, so he knows that there are some things that you can understand as long as you understand them.

To be precise, listening and understanding is a natural process based on a large amount of thinking, perception and experience.

And if you don't understand, it means that you lack those thoughts, perceptions and experiences.

Just like his move of eight swords flying together, he broke it apart and crushed it to pieces and told his father no less than ten times.

But even though their martial arts came from the same lineage, his father still listened to his martial arts essence as if he were listening to a book from heaven. Not to mention the eight swords, none of them could fly.

"Don't just focus on practicing martial arts on weekdays. Martial arts are just those things that are over and over again. Even if you practice a hundred thousand or a million times, you won't be able to practice it well!"

Yang Ge thought for a while and then said: "Read more books when you have time. You can read more books, hundreds of schools of thought, history books and biographies. To the end of martial arts training, what you practice is not just simple fighting techniques, but As a person, as a person becomes stronger, his martial arts will naturally become stronger as well. On the contrary, if a person cannot stand up, no matter how skilled he is in martial arts, he will eventually be vulnerable..."

"Think about it from another angle. Which one, Emperor Qin, Emperor Gaozu, or Laozi Confucius, will last forever because of his unparalleled personal force?"

Yang Tiansheng understood the first half of the sentence, but Yang Tiansheng was a little confused in the second half: "Can this be the same thing?"

Yang Ge smiled and said: "When you understand that this is actually the same thing, your martial arts will almost be complete!"

Yang Tiansheng: "Is this... so mysterious?"

Yang Ge smiled and said nothing.

…

After noon, Yang Ge said goodbye to Li Jincheng, Yang Tiansheng and Xiang Wudi and set off back to Luting.

In the Yuelai Inn, there were already people waiting for him.

"Master Yang!"

As Yang Ge stepped into the inn, a familiar dark face came up to him and he clasped his hands in a salute.

Yang Ge stared at the person for two seconds before suddenly remembering this person. He put the Lengyue sword wrapped in gray cloth behind the counter and said with a smile: "It's you, why didn't you come back during the New Year this year?" Home?"

The visitor was none other than Xie Yu, whose pseudonym was Wang Dashi.

Wang Dashi clasped his hands again: "This year, the court is busy with affairs and I haven't had time to reunite with my sister-in-law. Thank you, Mr. Yang, for taking care of my sister-in-law."

“It’s not about fuzhao, which is how neighbors take care of each other.”

Yang Ge helped Wang Dashi up with one hand and finally asked: "Is something wrong?"

Wang Dashi nodded: "There are some official matters that I need to discuss with Mr. Yang."

Yang Ge looked at Zhao Yu who came out with a smile and asked: "Are there any guests upstairs?"

Zhao Yu shook his head vigorously, and the ponytail on the back of his head swayed from side to side: "No one."

Yang Ge stretched out his hand to hold her little head and said with a smile: "Make me a pot of tea. I've been dying of thirst all the way!"

Zhao Yuan responded, turned around and ran towards the backyard like a gust of wind.

Yang Ge reached out and made an inviting gesture toward the stairs: "Let's go, let's talk upstairs!"

Wang Dashi: "Master Yang, please go first!"

The two of them went upstairs one after the other. As soon as they sat down, Wang Dashi got straight to the point: "Master Yang, I am here for taxation purposes in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

When Yang Ge heard this, he immediately thought of it: "Is it about the government and the people paying taxes and grain together?"

Wang Dashi clasped his hands: "Master Yang has a good memory."

Yang Ge slowly frowned: "Years ago, I asked Shen Fa to bring a few words to Wang Zhongtang. Didn't that guy bring my words?"

Wang Dashi raised the corner of his lips, and then quickly suppressed it: "But what are you asking the master of the middle hall to do?"

Yang Ge nodded: "Since that guy brought my words to you, why did Wang Zhongtang bring up the old matter so quickly?"

Wang Dashi said seriously: "Back to Mr. Yang, since Mr. Yang mentioned the tax reform in the middle of last year, Mr. Zhongtang began to lay out the matter. It has been more than half a year. Although the time is still not mature... But you also know that, How can everything be ready for this kind of thing? People who don’t want to pay taxes will never want to pay taxes. You have to go and explore on the ground to know how deep the water is.”

After hearing this, Yang Ge felt that what he said made sense, but he still felt uneasy.

As Shen Fa said, the current momentum of the Wei Dynasty is great!

The world is peaceful and the country is peaceful and the people are safe. Although there are still many things that are not as satisfactory as expected, on the whole it is getting better after all, and the people's lives have hope...

He was also afraid that his rampage would disrupt Wei's current momentum!

But if you don't dare to take action on those serious ills in order not to disrupt the current momentum, it feels like giving up eating because of choking.

Yang Ge thought about it for a long time. It wasn't until Zhao Yu brought two bowls of hot tea and left that he spoke again: "Has this matter been tested?"

Wang Dashi: "I hope Mr. Yang knows that Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the richest in the world, and the tax revenue of one province is comparable to that of several provinces. However, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the provinces with the most serious tax resistance among the 14 provinces. When it comes to tax reform, all provinces focus on Jiangsu and Zhejiang." , If the tax reform in Jiangsu and Zhejiang cannot be implemented, even if the other provinces can implement it, public dissatisfaction will inevitably boil... It will be half the result with twice the effort!"

Yang Ge stirred the teacup and pondered for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "I can help you with this matter, but you must say the ugly things first... If you borrow my sign, you must be fair and just!"

"1. If the government and the people pay taxes and grain together, then the government and the people must pay taxes and grain together. If you are using my name to deceive the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, stop it as soon as possible. You cannot afford the consequences."

"Second, I have no objection to starting tax reform with Jiangsu and Zhejiang as a pilot, but you must keep the same level of balance. Don't raise the taxes of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and then turn around and follow the old method to impose taxes in other provinces, I will not agree. "

"3. Although this is a pilot project of tax reform, I hope you can think deeply and think twice before acting. You will never introduce taxes to eat people again. If I hear you forcing people to die or forcing people to sell their children or daughters, I will also Let’s settle the score with you.”

"Four. Taxation should be taken from the people and used for the people. If you want to borrow my name, I have to know what you have done with the tax money. At least the general whereabouts. I need to know the ups and downs of other money collected." If you break it up and show your hands to the common people when something happens, wouldn’t I become an accomplice?”

"If you can do it, I will accept it."

"If you can't do it, please don't talk."

After speaking, he lowered his head and sipped the tea, still thinking about whether there was anything to add.

Wang Dashi pondered for a long time after hearing this, and then he clasped his hands seriously and said: "This time I personally went south to supervise the taxation of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. I am willing to guarantee with my head that the government and the people will be treated equally, fairly and justly, and there will never be any tax deprivation." People, but there is something wrong, Mr. Yang can take the lower level and give an explanation to the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang!"

"After the pilot program in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, whether the other provinces will implement the tax reform in accordance with it, Mr. Yang, please believe in the determination of Mr. Zhongtang and the court. Even the most difficult provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang have implemented it. There is no reason why the other provinces should not implement it!"

"As for the whereabouts of the tax, I can only try to ask Master Zhongtang. Based on my understanding of Master Zhongtang, Master Zhongtang should not refuse this matter."

After hearing his promise, Yang Ge gently exhaled a breath of hot air and said: "It's difficult for you to do this, but I still have to remind you to think carefully before answering. If this matter happens Oh no, your head alone may not be enough, and the head of your great master may not be able to help."

Wang Dashi lowered his eyelids and was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said: "Master Yang, why do you think I have to hide my name and work under Master Zhongtang to work for him? It can't be because I have the same surname as Master Zhongtang, right?"

He spoke vaguely, but Yang Ge understood it clearly. He immediately put the tea bowl in his hand on the table: "Since you have this determination, then I will help you this time. Please don't let me down, and don't Disappoint the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang!”

Wang Dashi excitedly clasped his hands and saluted: "Mr. Yang is willing to reward me, even if I am cut into pieces with thousands of knives and my bones are shattered, I will never tarnish Mr. Yang's golden name!"

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