The Jiangning Governor's Yamen in Suzhou has been changed to the Jiangsu Governor's Yamen. As the first Jiangsu Governor, Jiang Guozhu was very dedicated. With the assistance of the Sixth Town stationed in Suzhou, in just a few months, Jiang Guozhu comforted Changji Prefecture, Susong Town, and greatly stabilized the civil order.

After the Lantern Festival, Jiang Guozhu was busy with a major event, which was very important. If he did it well, it would not be difficult to enter the cabinet and become a minister in the future. However, it would be very difficult to start with this matter. After all, he was an enemy of the gentry in Jiangnan. Jiang Guozhu was afraid that he would be bitten by the wolf if he could not beat the wolf. Moreover, there were rumors in the south that the emperor wanted to open the encore. As soon as Encore opened, it was obvious that most of the gentry in Jiangnan would enter the court. At that time, Jiang Guozhu surrendered and faced the oppression of public opinion from all directions and the counterattack of the gentry in Jiangnan. How long would it last?

Jiang Guozhu was really worried that he wanted to do it but didn't dare to do it. On this day, something came from Yan Shaoqing, the governor of Suzhou, which made him even more angry.

Yan Shaoqing was originally a magistrate of Shanghai. When Zhang Mingzhen came, he would rather die than surrender, so he was attracted by Jiang Guozhu and protected him as the prefect of Suzhou from the Qing court. After Jiang Guozhu surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, Yan Shaoqing also surrendered with him and still became the prefect of Suzhou.

The incident Yan Shaoqing said was that under his rule, Ren Weichu, the county magistrate of Wu County, was ordered by the government office to urge the government to entrust the treasury and enrich the national treasury. As a result, there was Weng Shuyuan in the county. His family had accumulated up to a thousand golds for many years. However, when the yamen officials went to urge the jail to urge the jail, the husband and wife of Weng Shuyuan, together with their two daughters and their old mother, so they were so worried that they would not be starved to death. In this way, they could not pay the vacancies. However, the Weng family was a large household in the territory, with hundreds of acres of good land. Although his fame was removed, the yamen runners knew that he was lying, but they did not dare to humiliate him. However, the county magistrate was anxious, and the yamen runners could only go to his house to collect debts every day. Weng Shuyuan was so angry that he wanted to commit suicide. His wife and daughter guarded him every day to prevent him from committing suicide. The yamen runners had no choice but to report to the yamen runners.

When Ren Weichu heard about this, in order to show himself to Shangguan, he asked the yamen runners to give the Weng family some strength. As a result, the Weng family paid a hundred gold coins, but it was much less than the amount owed. Ren Weichu killed the chicken to warn the monkey and killed the Weng family. This made everyone afraid of Wuzhong's family. So scholar Jin Shengtan and others were urged to conquer the gentry because they were sympathetic to the Weng family and Wuzhong. They wrote a note and went to the place where the crying spirits were accused Ren Weichu.

"On the ninth day of the second month of the first year of Dingwu, the student from Jiangnan was Wu Chong and Weichu. He was brave enough to deceive the world and destroy the ancestors. He openly broke the rules of thousands of years, ignored the benevolent policies of the Holy Dynasty, and secretly went to the common people's utmost to be in peace. He colluded with Cao Wu, and stole the rat nest and dogs, and stole the public grain. The crime was out of order, and the people were in full swing. Those who studied should take the four-dimensional and eight virtues as their qualities. Unexpectedly, animals were born, like Ren Weichu, who was ashamed of his students, and the master was dying, so he went to the Confucian Temple to cry..."

After seeing the crying temple culture of Jin Shengtan and others, Jiang Guozhu was furious because this article not only asked the court to punish Ren Weichu, but also pointed the finger at him, Jiang Guozhu, saying that when he was a hawk in the Qing court, he helped the evildoers. Today, he was a ruthless official in the Ming Dynasty. He completely ignored the lives and death of the people in Suzhou and ignored the debts, just for political achievements and the hardships of the people.

Yan Shaoqing talked about another incident, and he said: "Now, the crying temple is becoming more and more prosperous. A gentry named Shao Changheng sold half of the land in his home for more than 800 acres. But it was said to be sold, but it was actually a gift."

Jiang Guozhu was stunned when he heard this: "Is this man stupid? How could he give his property to others?"

Yan Shaoqing explained: "I don't know that this Shao Changheng gave away the land left by his ancestors to others, not just because he was stupid, but because he avoided taxes. The so-called sale was just a cover-up, and the person who took over had actually colluded with him."

"I see."

Jiang Guozhu nodded, and he already knew in his heart that he had been an official for so many years, but he didn't know anything about the way rich people avoid taxes.

Thinking of the intricate network of relationships between the gentry of Jiangnan, he sighed and knew that he wanted to fulfill the mission assigned by the King of Qi and turn these four prefectures of Jiangnan into the land of the Taiping Army with a long way to go. Even if he was not careful, he would be very likely to trap himself. After all, there were many officials from Jiangnan in the court of the Nandu, and the Taifu Qian Qianyi was the leader of the gentry of Jiangnan. Once he was demoted, his energy was limited.

"These scholars were unhappy and went directly to the yamen to accuse him. Why did they gather people to cry in the temple? As for the matter of levying the accumulated debts in each county, it is not unanimous. They can be cleared over the years, but they should pay the money, grain and taxes in recent years. What is the matter of gathering people together to make trouble? Isn't this embarrassing the government?"

Jiang Guozhu's tone softened. He didn't really want to offend all the gentry in Jiangnan. The King of Qi did not make clear requests for the loss of money and food. As long as the money and food collected could be passed, the King of Qi might not be angry.

"The adults don't know that this "crying temple" is a custom that has been passed down in Suzhou for a long time. The local economy is developed and the humanities are abundant. Before the Chongzhen Dynasty, whenever the government had illegal acts, the scholars would always gather in the Confucian Temple to write "Volume of the Book", cry to the ancestor Confucius, and summon the people to report to the government."

"What is an illegal business? Is it illegal to pay grain to the state? Clearing the owed grain is a major event of the court. If everyone does not pay it, how will the court operate?"

"The officials know this truth, but these people don't know it." Yan Shaoqing was also embarrassed, and he asked: "Sir, will this matter be reported?"

Jiang Guozhu thought for a while and nodded, "Okay, I will report it now, and the King of Qi will decide this matter."

Zhou Shi, who had just decided to send troops to Zhejiang from the Sixth Town, received Jiang Guozhu's report, couldn't help laughing, and then said to the left and right: "Jiang Guozhu is timid and afraid of taking responsibility, so he asked me, the King of Qi, to take the blame for him. First, arrest the scholars who made trouble. As for the accumulated owes, he was very clear. Those who had money and food would hand over it, and those who had no money would clear their land and take it back to the official position."

Later, Zhou Shixiang submitted a letter to Jiang Guozhu's memorial: "Money and grain are urgently needed by the military and the country. All officials in charge of all major and large must be supervised and supervised, and the execution will be completed on time. This is a competent position. I read the report recently and saw that there were a lot of money and grain in Jiangnan, and there were very few money and grains in the past, which were accumulated by the former officials, causing the subsequent officials to be involved in the invasion of the officials and the people were owed. They have always been owed money and grains, and some officials will be punished and suspended. Although the prefect and the superiors have not yet owed money and grains, they still have to be promoted. As a result, the superiors refused to complete the money and grains.

The officials were forced to supervise and urged, and the officials were ruling to complete the resolution. In the future, all officials in charge of money, grain, no matter how big or small, will be punished, and they will all stop their promotion and transfer. They must wait until the money, grain is completed and there is no owed, and the questions will be requested to be transferred again. Then, they will discuss the period of establishment with the temples of each department and order the order to complete the resolution; if the money, grain is not completed within the limit, they may be dismissed or demoted, and the report will be confirmed. If the officials who have not completed money and grain are promoted, the crime of owing cheating will be punished."

Zhou Shixiang's reply was only one key point. Jiangsu must strictly enforce the urging of accumulation and debts. Anyone, whether it is a civil or an official, who has arrears, will be repaid. Otherwise, the least they will be deprived of fame and reputation, and the worst will be imprisoned and punished.
Chapter completed!