184. The imperial power is in the field, not in the court
Not all literati refused to be a hawk for the emperor.
In fact, it was just because the emperor was in the deep palace for a long time and could only contact a group of ministers, who were all scholars and officials. Among the people, scholars may appear to be disregarding the emperor and talking about "the sage emperor and ruled with his pride."
But if they really have the opportunity to show their loyalty to the emperor and gain reuse, they are more active than anyone else.
The strategy of using fireworks to show off one's talents was popular for a while. Several fireworks in Yangzhou City basically had full orders and were short of money, so they wrote fewer words. They were rich and powerful, and they wanted to put the policy directly into the sky.
But fireworks only take a few seconds. If you write hundreds of words, who can see clearly?
The merchants naturally follow the customer's requirements, but those who know the tricks are basically just one sentence, and then make the word bigger, the better. If you are shameless, just put your own name directly, such as "Jiangzuo Shoucai, so-and-so."
Anyway, I tried my best to make myself feel deeply impressed in Jiajing. I hope the emperor will pay attention to this wise man in the wild.
Anyway.
The people's attitude towards the emperor is actually very welcome. The emperor's southern tour was treated as a lively thing. After all, the emperor's southern tour of the Ming Dynasty would not plunder the place.
Not everyone is a deaf old dog. After six trips to Jiangnan, they exploited them six times along the way, and they received tax collection fifty years later.
Of course, the atmosphere in Yangzhou is different from that in Huai'an.
In order to let Jiajing "visit" Yangzhou, no one deliberately slandered Jiajing. In Huai'an, because of the matter of stoves, Jiajing's dragon boat stopped in Huai'an. From time to time, hundreds of literati came to the wharf to petition, asking Jiajing to abolish the "Dengwen" two philosophers and sympathize with the people of the world.
As for those salt officials who just scattered yesterday.
These literati said that Jiajing's methods are cruel and not as good as the master's actions...
Anyway, they were trying their best to smear Jiajing into a tyrant and a foolish monarch. The people of Huai'an were also skeptical. The stove owners were very happy to kill the dog officials yesterday, but they also felt that they would still be exploited in the future. The trust in the emperor began to shake again.
But the deaths of the hundreds of salt officials have already vented some of their emotions.
The aura that would rebel was gone.
According to the journey of Karma Quelli Gyatso, which is our Master Fahai, in fact, it is enough to leave Jiajing in Huai'an for five days. However, Jiajing said that it is easy to invite gods and it is difficult to send gods.
He won't leave yet.
After Lingchi finished the salt officials, two days later, Jiajing actually got ashore.
The officials accompanying the boat were stunned, and the literati on the dock were also stunned. The emperor really received their inspiration and decided to regret reforming himself? They have left their name in history, right?
certainly.
What was even more at a loss was that when the stove owners couldn't see the emperor, they were all worried and angry, but when the emperor really got off the boat and came to them, they were all panicked.
What kind of resentment and anger are gone, but all there is is fear and fear.
Beside Jiajing, the Marquis of Wuding, Guo Xun, and a Taoist priest. In addition, Huang Jin, the eunuch in front of the imperial court, did not even take the guards, so he walked towards the petitioners. What he welcomed was the way the crowd retreated like a tide, and shouted "Long live" in the mountains.
After shouting for several times, my emotions became more and more full.
Finally, some people couldn't help it, just like a wronged child cried to their parents, and people began to shout: "Your Majesty, we are suffering, you!"
"Save us, the emperor."
"Your Majesty, it's useless to kill those salt officials. One group of people is killed and another group of people."
"Your Majesty, please cancel the stove. We don't want to cook salt anymore. We want to farm, and we want to live a full life."
"Your Majesty, look at my hands and feet. The salt I have been cooking for a lifetime is rotten!"
...
The people were never stupid, and they knew who really harmed them, but for survival, they could only ask the emperor to cancel the two guilds of salt. But when the emperor really came to them, they began to tell the truth and demands.
Because Jiajing was scattered more than 100 salt officials yesterday, the literati hated this.
But the people knew in their hearts that this Majesty was thinking about their common people! I heard that the Emperor was going to worship Taizu. From ancient times to the present, no emperor has been as good to the people as Taizu.
The emperor who can worship Taizu is the Holy Lord and the wise king!
Zhu Yuanzhang has been dead for more than a hundred years, but his Yu Ze still protects the Ming Dynasty and maintains the orthodox nature of the Ming royal family. Not to mention a hundred years, even two hundred years or two thousand years, the people will remember that there was once an emperor who really loved the people as much as his son.
This simple understanding is rooted in the hearts of the people.
Even in the late Ming Dynasty, after Li Zicheng rebelled, he still respected Chongzhen, hoping to be the king of the Ming Dynasty instead of replacing the Ming Dynasty. As for Li Zicheng's attack on the capital and the Jiashen Incident where Chongzhen hanged on the Coal Mountain, there are actually many mysterious historical records and many contradictions.
If you look at the Ming Dynasty Records and the National Details, you will find that things are not that simple.
It depends on the truth.
You have to read... "Dream of Red Mansions". Only by understanding the Dream of Red Mansions can you see the complicated history in the late Ming Dynasty. Only by understanding how much hard work the author has worked hard to preserve the truth and preserve Chinese culture.
Whether Li Zicheng went to the capital to serve the king, met with Chongzhen, or destroyed the Ming Dynasty, was a matter of opinion.
Anyway.
Whether it was Tumubao or Ningwang's rebellion, they did not dare to subvert the Ming Dynasty. They knew how famous the Ming royal family had in the people. Even after more than a hundred years, Lao Zhu was not forgotten by the people.
then.
Jiajing walked into the crowd and among the tens of thousands of stoves. He listened to their complaints. After listening for a long time, when they stopped themselves, he asked them to recommend respected people to represent the real life of stoves.
After hearing this, Jiajing asked someone to invite craftsmen, musicians, farmers, porters, and laborers from Huai'an City...
He invited the people at the bottom of these societies, asked them to send representatives to tell the real life, listen to them complain to themselves, and to the general public.
Jiajing did nothing. He just stayed at the dock for three days and heard the sufferings of the people for three days.
However, whether it was the officials accompanying him or the officials in Huai'an City, they were panicked.
Yan Song stood at the bow of the boat and looked at Jiajing who left the ministers and walked into the crowd. He squinted his eyes and always felt that Jiajing at this time was more like an emperor than sitting on the dragon throne in the imperial palace of the capital.
Leaving the palace and standing among the people.
He is a real emperor, holding imperial power.
Yan Song thought that this was already very powerful, but when Jiajing went to the salt farm to cook salt with the stove and experienced the life of the stove, he realized that he still underestimated Jiajing.
The officials were even more worried when they watched the emperor play unreasonably.
They gathered in front of Xia Yan.
He asked, "Master Xia Ge, what is Your Majesty doing? How can you do the job of cooking salt yourself? In the beginning of spring, Your Majesty went to the village to plow the land. Sometimes the cattle don't need to be used, and he pulled the plow and plow the land himself, and his shoulders were bleeding. Tens of thousands of people followed His Majesty and watched, people ate and horses chewed, and His Majesty also asked us to be responsible for their food."
"This is not a problem, Mr. Xia."
Xia Yan stretched out his hand and felt the drizzle in the sky. What he thought of was poems like "Spring rain is as precious as oil", as if he had not listened to the words of his ministers at all.
I was only asked a lot and replied: "How to stop me? Who will stop me?"
"Those tens of thousands of people have already regarded His Majesty as a saint. Even if His Majesty asks them to clear the monarch, they will pick up their hoes and rush over without hesitation."
"Can you stop me?"
Chapter completed!