Chapter 566: The general trend is over (seeking the end of the monthly ticket)
Just when his thoughtful heart was in turmoil, Wang Gen sighed, as if he was scolding his children, and said, "As a person, you must know what to advance and retreat. Some things should be confused when you should be confused, right?"
My thoughtful palm was already sweating, and nodded and said, "Yes, yes..."
"As for this article, I will help you change it, how about it?"
"This..." Zhou Dao was a little anxious, wanted to refuse, but did not dare to say it. Finally, he said dejectedly: "I'm sorry Mr. Wang."
"And......" Wang Gen said without saying a word: "Master Futai is quite concerned about Master Futai. This is also a natural thing. It is natural for the subordinates to care about their superiors. If there is any news in the Governor's Office, can you ask Mr. Zhou to pass it on?"
Wang Gen had pulled out a stack of money from his sleeve and said, "This was specially instructed by Lord Futai. Please ask Mr. Zhou to help run errands. Lord Futai was also very sorry. Take this little money first. If you have any difficulties in the future, even if you come to tell me, I will report it to Lord Futai on your behalf. Also, your in-laws surname is Liu, a drug dealer in Baoding, right? Lord Futai also told me that his Taishan is also a drug dealer. Isn't this a coincidence? The Liu family has asked the merchants from Baoding to say hello to him. If you want to come to Zhejiang to do business, you will try to make it as convenient as possible. Okay, I have to modify the article. I believe Mr. Zhou is also very busy, so let's talk about it here. Yes, if you have any letters in the future, just send them to the newspaper office and find Yang to compile them. He will pass on the newspaper for you.
Zhou Dao felt dizzy and bowed long enough to say goodbye. Just as he turned around, Wang Gen knocked on the table. He was so scared that he quickly turned around, but saw Wang Gen's fingers pointing to the money on the table.
Thoughtful and busy, "No need...no need..."
Wang Gen said unwillingly: "Hold it, this is given by Xu Futai. Xu Futai has never liked the kindness of others' rejection."
After a moment of hesitation, he walked forward, picked up the stack of money and said goodbye.
After coming out of the newspaper office, I counted the money, and they were all 1000 taels of money, and a total of ten pieces of money. One thousand taels of silver was given as soon as I said I was thoughtful and took a deep breath, but I felt that these ten thin money was a little heavier than a thousand pounds of iron.
The article was naturally published, but the public opinion in Jiangnan was not very uproar. After all, everyone had read the article "Governor General, Lord, before, so they didn't think it was different. However, this article caused shocks in the officialdom of Zhili and Zhejiang provinces.
Because the Governor said in his article: Zhejiang's new policy is an example, and Nanzhili and Fujian can also follow it.
A very plain sentence in the article caused an uproar.
In theory, officials in Fujian and Nanzhili dare not take such radical risks. Although many of them are Wang Xuemen, this does not mean that they want to joke about their black hats.
People in the officialdom first seek the word "stability" and will not have any good results if they are greedy for merit and make progress.
Although everyone knows that Zhejiang’s new policy has been implemented well, many people have expressed their approval from the bottom of their hearts. It is one thing to be able to agree, but it is another thing to follow.
Most of these people are focused on being a parent official for a few years, and being transferred to other places in the future, and then handing over the hot potatoes of the new policy to the next job.
But now, it seems that the days of making soy sauce are gone forever.
Although the Governor's Office did not write down the following articles to let the two provinces follow Zhejiang, the two places suddenly became a mess as soon as the Ming Dynasty newspaper was released.
The students who read the newspaper immediately became excited. Originally, these Wang students had wanted to imitate Zhejiang and regarded Zhejiang as a paradise. Everyone said that Zhejiang was good, but after all, everyone thought it was not easy to imitate it. Therefore, although they were just applauding, there would be no substantial action after all.
But now, even the Governor has spoken, what does this mean? It means that the new policies of the two provinces of Nanzhili and Fujian must also be put on the road.
The students immediately danced, and the gentry and gentry were also active, especially the gentry in the two provinces, who were simply radicals in the new policy, which was completely different from Zhejiang, because although the gentry in Zhejiang was exempted from grain tax, the wages of tenants increased, and they did not get much benefit. However, these two provinces were not necessarily the case. Their tragedy was that their grain tax was quite large, and the prices of tenants were still soaring. After all, Nanzhili and Fujian were not far from Zhejiang, and Zhejiang was short of labor. Many merchants recruited people in Nanzhili and Fujian. The tenants were attracted by high salaries and ran away. In order to retain the tenants, the land rent was reduced again and again. Not only did the cost of growing grain greatly increased, but they also had to deal with heavy taxes. This was simply not treating the landlords as humans.
Anyway, the new policy does not have a new policy, and all tenants have to go. The new policy can at least be tax-free. If there is no new policy, I am afraid that many small and medium-sized gentry will have to be rumored. If grain is changed to mulberry, it is impossible to hire such a large amount of manpower and investment to reduce silk production. Therefore, the only way at the moment is the new policy. The new policy is tax exemption, and tax exemption can lead to a way out.
These gentry saw hope, ran around and told each other, colluded with the scholars, and then began to express their feelings in great spirits, demanding that the county government and the prefectural government immediately start a new policy, which is urgent. If autumn is coming, if the new policy is not carried out, I am afraid that once the grain tax is paid, everyone will be finished this year.
The county yamen and the prefectural yamen were naturally still watching, but the fuss was getting worse and worse. Some gentry simply brought their tribe members to the county to make trouble. The scholars were striking while the iron was hot, and the stern comments on the officials above and below were criticized one-sidedly. At this moment, Fujian Governor Zhang Shicheng was completely distracted.
Zhang Shicheng was obviously unwilling to implement the new policy. He was a good governor and took the risk of implementing the new policy. Although he had sympathy for Wang Xue and began to read some Wang Xue's books under his influence, this did not mean that he was willing to use the new policy to bet on his future.
But the riots were too strong. Moreover, the people in Fujian were fierce. A few days ago, the people of Fuqing County even had a conflict with the officials. Some even shouted that they refused to pay the grain tax and would never do the labor service. After hearing the news, the county magistrate did not dare to punish those who made trouble. But if Zhang Futai was replaced, would he dare to punish them?
Still dare not. Now at the forefront of the storm, once punished, it will definitely cause excuses. These scholars are eager to make things bigger, the better, and the gentry's attitude towards the government is getting colder and colder. Needless to say, the people are encouraged by the gentry and scholars, these people are also ready to move without collecting grain or levying.
The entire Fujian has become a big stove. God knows when the stove will explode.
Zhang Shizhen immediately wrote to the General Administration Office to ask about the new policy being feasible. His original intention is very simple. A bastard Governor claims to have a new policy? Well, you are saying it is so happy, so you will clean up this mess. If you talk about the new policy, then there will be chaos in the new policy in the future. This is your responsibility. If you say there is no new policy, and others will make trouble at that time, let everyone go to your Governor's Office to make trouble.
The emergency report reached Hangzhou.
Fang Xianfu was stunned and immediately attracted Jingdao and angrily scolded: "What's going on? I ordered you to write an article. When will you ask you to say anything about Fujian? Nanzhili can also follow it. When you sent this article to me for the purpose of this article, you have never had such words. It's really unreasonable."
Zhou Dao had already made a statement and said, "Don't calm down. When the students sent the article to Ming Pao, the article did not have such a sentence. Perhaps... it may not be possible that Ming Pao's compilation may be revised without authorization."
"Another mess, a bastard!" Fang Xianfu was angry. He suddenly realized that the dignified governor had even deprived of his right to speak. Do these people want to treat themselves as dolls?
But if you think about it carefully, you really can't do anything about Ming Pao. If you go to provoke a military force, now everyone praises him as the pioneer of the new policy, but suddenly comes out to separate the relationship and says that you have not said that Fujian and other places can also imitate the new policy. This does not mean that you are slapping yourself in the face. Wouldn't the so-called pioneer of the new policy become nonsense?
But if you ignore it, it will obviously not work. In short, this is a confusing account. After all, it is without any evidence. If Ming Pao kills the article you sent to death, what can you do? In the end, the whole Jiangnan may laugh at you as the governor for not taking responsibility.
Thinking of this, Fang Xianfu was so depressed that he had to curse: "The person surnamed Xu is really not a thing!"
After scolding, he calmed down. It was useless to curse people. Now he had to reply to Fujian Governor Zhang Shicheng immediately. However, he knew about Zhang Shicheng's thoughts. Zhang Futai obviously wanted to cause trouble and put the blame on himself, the governor.
After thinking about it, the governor was really cowardly. Xu Qian was eaten by this guy. Even the governor of Fujian wanted to take the blame. This was not that Fang Xianfu was not capable enough, but that was really a clever wife. Xu Qian had Mingbao, Royal Academy, New Army, and fame, almost unshakable. Whoever came to Zhejiang was afraid that he would have no choice but to do anything to him.
He was silent for a moment and said, "Return a letter to the Fujian Governor's Office and let them deal with it at their discretion."
The purpose of handling the matter at your discretion is that you can do it yourself, it has nothing to do with me.
Thoughtful, he was very responsible in the past few days. He felt more and more distant from this Dongweng, but nodded: "Students will do it now."
Chapter completed!