Chapter 450 Man’s calculation is not as good as God’s calculation
Li Shishi looked at Prince Ning's solemn look and said quickly: "Your Majesty has betrayed me. I am so loved by your Majesty. I dare not swear to die in return!"
King Ning's eyes lit up, and he looked at Li Shishi with great expectation and said: "Please teach me, sir, how can the lonely king win the world?"
In Prince Ning's heart, his only goal in life was to capture the world, and he was willing to pay any price for this.
Li Shishi stroked his beard and slowly said: "If it had been a year earlier, I would never have advised the prince to raise the banner to conquer the world. But since then, Li Huan has become the emperor's favorite, especially Li Huan.
You actually want to learn from the predecessors and make some changes. It can be said that even God is on the side of the prince."
Hearing what Li Shishi said, King Ning felt a bit proud in his heart. He nodded repeatedly and said, "What you said is true. Li Huan is really the lucky star of the lonely king. If he hadn't bewitched the little emperor to do this,
If there is any kind of reform, how can it possibly make that foolish king lose all his people's hearts? If that foolish king doesn't lose all his people, how can I successfully seize the world?"
Li Shishi nodded and said: "Your Majesty, it's good that you understand this. Now, Li Huan's reform has made today's people lose the hearts of the gentry in the world. The big case of knocking on the palace not long ago even made him lose the hearts of the scholars in the world. Your Majesty."
Are you saying this is a God-given opportunity?"
Zhu Chenhao nodded repeatedly and said: "So God is helping me! If the Japanese king can successfully ascend the great treasure, Li Huan will be rewarded heavily."
As he spoke, even Zhu Chenhao couldn't help laughing.
Li Shishi couldn't help but laugh too. Of course he knew that Zhu Chenhao was just joking. After all, if Zhu Chenhao wanted to seize the world, the only people he could rely on were those who hated Li Huan and his emperor.
Gentlemen and scholars.
It can be said that only with the support of these people, Prince Ning, as a clan member of the current royal family, will have the possibility of a successful counterattack.
However, within a few months, the Lin family, which could be regarded as the most powerful person in Qiantang, suffered a huge blow and suffered a disaster.
With nearly a year of preparation, last year, although it was said that the Ming Dynasty had begun to implement reforms, whether it was the sharing of land among farmers or the unified payment of grain by officials and gentry, in fact, they had not really been put into practice.
Calculating the time, if everything goes well, the summer tax collection in many places should have almost come to an end. Even the Gyeonggi area may have completed the summer tax collection. The local summer tax collection situation will naturally be reported to
Account summary.
Stroking his beard, Li Shishi said slowly: "Your Majesty, you must not imitate that foolish king. He actually believed in the traitor Li Huan's deception and destroyed the Great Wall. Doesn't he know that the reason why he can secure the throne is entirely because of the gentry in the world?"
And the recognition and support of scholars? Without the support of these people, how could he have a stable position? It should be noted that since ancient times, this world has been ruled by the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats. The prince must not forget this."
While speaking, Li Huan had already walked up to Wang Yangming and forcibly pulled Wang Yangming to sit down at the tea table. Wang Yangming was pulled out of the suicide note by Li Huan. With a helpless smile on his face, he said: "Champion Marquis.
I wonder if I want to check the tax data reported by the local government?"
It doesn't matter if the journey is short, but if the journey is long, it will take two or three months just to travel.
Hubu Yamen
Historically, the collection of taxes has been presided over by the Ministry of Household Affairs, so this time the collection of summer taxes is naturally done through the Ministry of Household Affairs. Both Li Huan and Wang Yangming are now personally in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
The Ming Dynasty taxes are divided into summer taxes and autumn taxes. Now that the summer harvest is approaching, it also means that the New Deal is about to be implemented. At this juncture, even Wang Yangming, who was appointed by the emperor not long ago as the examiner of Enke, is paying attention.
This time the tax is collected.
Under Li Huan's order, these officials sent to the local areas directly cooperated with the local Jinyiwei, down to the state level, to ensure that the summer tax collection could be implemented in accordance with the new law.
In this way, the only ones who may be in danger of accidents are the gentry and local powerful people, as well as the many officials who implement policies.
After hearing what Li Shishi said, Zhu Chenhao pondered for a moment and said, "I wonder who can go to Jiangnan for me."
After taking a sip of tea, Wang Yangming looked at Li Huan and said, "I can't help you."
After listening to Li Huan's words, Wang Yangming took a deep breath, looked at Li Huan and said: "Generally speaking, this tax collection is quite smooth. Most of the gentry and powerful people in the world do not dare to directly confront the imperial court.
, no matter how dissatisfied they are in their hearts, unless they want to rebel, they can only cooperate obediently."
After all, whether it is sharing the land or paying grain to the officials and gentry, it is definitely the first time to look at the Ming Dynasty. These policies are definitely beneficial to the people and the Ming Dynasty, but there are advantages and disadvantages. This is true for both Li Huan and the emperor.
Or even Wang Yangming could see it clearly.
The next most important thing is to formally implement taxation and implement the unified payment of grain by officials and gentry.
Everything above is just the foundation, now is the time to really get down to business.
To be honest, Zhu Houzhao was somewhat worried about involving so many classes at once.
In contrast, Li Huan was sitting not far away. However, Li Huan was not as busy as Wang Yangming. Instead, he seemed a little leisurely. He even had time to drink tea there.
Although Wang Yangming was mentioned as being the examiner of Enke, Wang Yangming's attention was not focused on Enke at the moment.
It can be said that if nothing unexpected happens, relying on the connections and reputation Lin Yuan has accumulated over the years, even if Jiangnan does not join the cabinet, Jiuqing will still be watching, and it will definitely not be a problem to protect the Lin family for decades.
Li Shishi said lightly: "Brother Liu is the protégé of Mr. Wang Chao Wang, the former cabinet boss, and he is quite valued by Mr. Wang. If Mr. Wang had not been suppressed in the court, Brother Liu would have been the disciple of Mr. Wang long ago.
People protect the blue clouds and go straight up."
The real drawback is that this reform seriously harmed the ruling class of the Ming Dynasty. Whether they were gentry, local powerful, officials, nobles, or clansmen, these classes that really had the right to speak in the Ming Dynasty were all victims without exception.
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Fortunately, the emperor personally stepped forward to suppress the turmoil in the clan. Li Huan, together with Duke Ying and Duke Cheng, promised to support the Xungui family to return to the court, which was able to appease most of the people in the Xungui group.
In the summer of the fifth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, scholars from all over the world gathered in the capital to prepare for the upcoming Enke. At the same time, the imperial court sent a large number of inspection officials to various parts of the world to personally supervise and inspect the collection of summer taxes.
It is said that the Lin family has great hopes for it. It is expected to be a Jinshi in high school, enter the Hanlin Academy, and even become a cabinet minister one day in the future. Lin Yuan, who will push the Lin family to the top, with the help of the Lin family, plus its own
He is talented and knowledgeable, and has a smooth manner in dealing with people. He has a great reputation among the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River.
After all, no one can guarantee whether any of the gentry and powerful people in Jiangnan will be loyal to the emperor to the death. If such a person is alerted when the time comes to contact him, the person sent to contact him will be in danger.
Worrying.
It is said that if you learn civil and martial arts, you can sell your goods to the emperor's family. In today's era, if you want to enter the court, the only way is to take the imperial examination.
When he felt Zhu Chenhao's eyes looking towards him, Li Shishi said quickly: "Your Majesty, I recommend someone. If this person comes forward, you will have no worries."
Moreover, with hundreds of thousands of elite troops from the Beijing camp at his disposal, even if local unrest did occur, Li Huan would have enough confidence to suppress it.
Even though Wang Yangming had presided over an imperial examination before, and nominally had hundreds of disciples and disciples of new scholars, these people, regardless of their own class, were destined to be unable to become colleagues from Li Huan and Wang Yangming, who could really be used by them.
In fact, it's less than half.
Li Huan smiled and said: "That's because what I said makes sense!"
In the hall, Wang Yangming was looking attentively at the official documents submitted from the local government. Around him were officials, big and small, coming and going, showing their busy appearance.
Enke was scheduled to be held on May 11th in the fifth year of Zhengde. After learning the news, scholars all over the world rushed to the capital almost immediately at night and at night.
Li Huan smiled slightly, poured tea for Wang Yangming and said: "Of course I know, but things have to be done, but humans are not machines, and they have to rest when they should. If Mr. fell down from exhaustion, then this time
Who will be in charge of collecting summer taxes, so the most important thing for you, sir, is to take care of yourself."
This was considered the first step. It took nearly a year to get to this point. It was barely completed under the strong power of Li Huan, who killed a group of officials who had deceived their superiors and concealed their lies.
However, Li Huan is not too worried about these people. Li Huan firmly believes that these forces are not monolithic. Apart from other things, just look at the number of officials who were originally opposed to him and Wang Yangming's subordinates in recent days.
You know these people never work together.
Zhu Chenhao said with some confusion: "What?"
Li Shishi immediately said: "Now the time has come. The prince can send his confidants to the land south of the Yangtze River and quietly contact the wealthy gentry in the resting place. The prince only needs to reveal a little bit of his thoughts. When the time comes, there will be someone who wants to be the Conglong."
Minister."
With a bang, Zhu Chenhao high-fived after hearing Li Shishi's analysis and said: "Okay, okay, Mr. Gu De, he is like a fish in water! King Gu then asked Mr. Liu to go to the south of the Yangtze River in person and invited Mr. Wang to come out and help.
This king."
Seeing Wang Yangming's extremely busy look, Li Huan looked at the sky outside and couldn't help but said to Wang Yangming: "Sir, you have been busy all morning, you might as well take a rest."
Zhu Chenhao looked at Li Shishi with some hope, and Li Shishi said slowly: "Might the prince have forgotten Brother Liu!"
Zhu Chenhao nodded solemnly and said: "What you said is true, and I know it."
However, many of the officials who were inspected by the imperial court for the New Deal this time were newly promoted officials. These officials dare not say that they support the new law 100%, but at least they can be used by Li Huan, Wang Yangming, and the emperor, right?
As he spoke, Li Shishi said to Zhu Chenhao: "Now Mr. Wang is forced by the traitor Li Huan to resign and go to the south of the Yangtze River. If the prince invites Brother Liu to invite him at this time, he may not be able to invite Mr. Wang to help. If we can get the king
If Mr. Wang comes to help, with Mr. Wang's connections, the prince will definitely be able to respond to his call in the land south of the Yangtze River, and there will be a large number of responders."
Even Zanding Rumu, who has gone through the process of checking the fields and pods, can only barely calculate the approximate number of acres and pods today.
Qiantang County, Suzhou Prefecture, Jiangnan
Everyone in the south of the Yangtze River knows that the Lin family in Qiantang has half the city, which means that the Lin family has great power and wealth in Qiantang, which is comparable to half of Qiantang County.
Zhu Chenhao was stunned for a moment, then reacted and looked at Li Shishi deeply. Li Shishi looked at Zhu Chenhao without hesitation and said, "Your Majesty, you might as well think about it. There are people in Prince Ning's Mansion.
Who is more suitable for this position than Brother Liu? You must know that Brother Liu has quite a wide network of contacts in Jiangnan, especially since no one can compare with Brother Liu."
In the fifth year of Zhengde, the emperor's eldest son came into the world at the beginning of the year, which was a good start. Then the emperor showed great favor, and the scholars all over the world were happy for it.
Zhu Chenhao is not a fool. He knows very well that the person who can contact him must be his confidant. After all, this task is not only a great opportunity, but also contains endless crises.
Of course, if possible, Li Huan even wanted to send inspection personnel to the county level. Unfortunately, in just one or two years, many officials in the court and local areas turned to him and Wang Yangming's group.
But in comparison, there is still a very short supply of manpower they can trust.
While joking, Li Huan looked at Wang Yangming with a straight face and said: "The number of documents submitted to the local government in the past two days has suddenly increased. Could it be that the summer tax collection is not going smoothly?"
The Lin family in Qiantang covers an area of hundreds of thousands of acres, all of which is fertile farmland. You can imagine how powerful the Lin family is in Qiantang County.
Li Huan heard this and Leng Xia said: "Humph, sir, don't speak nice words for them. Isn't it clear to me what kind of virtue these people are? If it weren't for the fact that this time there were people from the Jin Yiwei watching closely, and His Majesty personally issued the order.
Let me tell the world that anyone who does not cooperate with the imperial court's new policies and obstructs them will be punished for treason. I am afraid that this summer tax collection will cause some trouble."
It's a pity that God's calculations are not as good as those of man. A major case of knocking down the palace not only caused the death of Lin Yuan, the dragon and phoenix of the Lin family, but also brought disaster to the Lin family.
With the foundation of the Lin family for so many years, although it is extremely painful to break such a pillar of Linyuan, it is not a catastrophe. It is the emperor who really makes Lin feel despair and even hate Li Huan and even the emperor.
a will.
Anyone in the Lin family who has any merit and fame will be deprived of it, and no descendants within the third generation will be allowed to take scientific examinations.
