Chapter four hundred and ninety-fifth, the errand is difficult!
After the news that Fang Yingwu was in charge of the matter came out, the ignorant people murmured a few words about Fang Qingtian's official position getting smaller and smaller, but most people in the officialdom were very envious. Apart from his own power and status, Liu Ke was still just
A fast lane second to Hanlin, changing from being a county magistrate to giving a job is equivalent to changing from turbid to clear.
With Fang Yingwu's popularity and reputation, if he accumulates clear qualifications in the six subjects, he can directly skip the transfer at the same level and step into the middle-level official level. By then, he will at least start as a doctor in the fifth and sixth grades, good luck.
If you are willing to move to another place, it will not be difficult to get a fourth-grade Deputy Inspector or a Shangfu Magistrate.
But Fang Yingwu is twenty-two years old this year... Within a few days, the Fang family suddenly became full of guests. The father and son, who were from the same age, came to congratulate each other. The father and son are both famous, one is Ci Lin and the other is in
Six subjects, compared to the official position, he is still young, and the potential contained in it is simply amazing. How long will it take to heat up the stove now?
After Fang Yingwu dealt with the guests for a few days, the palace edict was issued. He took the edict from the Ministry of War to the Imperial Envoy's Pass. The legendary sword from above and the royal flag were missing.
Then officials from the Pedestrian Department took the initiative to report to the door. The imperial envoy's staff had been selected and organized, and they were only waiting for the imperial envoy Fang's order to set off.
Counting the time, we have to leave. After all, Envoy Fang has two tasks at the same time. First, he has to return to his hometown in fine clothes to express condolences to the former chief minister on behalf of the imperial court. If he misses his birthday, he will be derelict in his duty. Then he has to rush to the Jiangnan area before October to supervise the grain supply.
, because the autumn grain collection starts in October.
When Fang Yingwu said goodbye to his concubine and two sons, his disciple came to send a message and sent a note. Fang Yingwu looked at it and saw that it was all code words. He understood it in his heart - it was Wang, the admiral of Dongchang.
Zhi wants to see himself.
After that, Fang Yingwu followed the messenger out of the house and went to a wine shop south of his house. He entered an elegant room and saw Wang Zhi waiting here.
"It will be difficult to run errands when we go to the south this time." Wang Zhi sighed and said very worriedly.
Of course Fang Yingwu knew his own difficulties. If an errand like going to Jiangnan to supervise grain was easy to handle, there would be no need to send an imperial envoy!
The issue of land and taxation is one of the most important issues at any time. During the Chenghua period, the Ming Dynasty had not yet reached the point where it was difficult to recover. The land conflict was not too prominent. The overall treasury was still sufficient, but various problems had emerged one after another.
There are signs.
The treasury depends on the southeast, but there are too many gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, so Wu should be responsible for the task of supervising grain. It seems simple, but it has twists and turns.
First, it involves the problem of donating land and hiding households that has begun to appear. Although it has not reached the point of being out of control, it has already interfered with the collection of taxes and grains. If you want to supervise grains, you will inevitably have to fight against this phenomenon.
, those who can accept donations are naturally large local households.
The second involves the issue of uneven taxation on public and private land, and this issue has made the people resentful for a long time!
Originally, the former governor of Su Song, Wang Shu, was planning to start the reform of public and private land taxes, but he was transferred to the governor of Zhejiang only halfway through the process. Now he is the minister of Nanjing. Fang Yingwu does not know what the current situation is. How far the tax adjustment has been completed.
So in the final analysis, Fang Yingwu doesn't have much confidence at the moment and can only take one step at a time.
At this moment, he only spoke to comfort him: "Don't worry too much, it's nothing more than killing chickens and scaring monkeys. When the time comes, carefully inquire about the wealthy family with the most misdeeds. You can use other excuses to punish him. Maybe you can also incite people to ransack his home."
.After repairing two or three houses, others will become honest."
Wang Zhi deliberately sneered: "Don't understand me wrong. I'm not worried about your failure to complete the task of supervising food supply, nor am I worried about the fate of those big households. I'm talking about another thing. I just got the news, probably sent
The emperor was inspired by the fact that the imperial envoy went to the south of the Yangtze River to supervise the grain supply. Then...
Fang Yingwu frowned and asked: "Don't lie, what next?" Wang Zhi naturally replied: "Then the emperor will send another eunuch from the palace to carry five thousand salt to the south of the Yangtze River for purchase."
What, they want to send eunuchs to purchase? Fang Yingwu was surprised. Normal people knew that this was called purchasing, but it was actually to collect money for the emperor, and he levied exorbitant amounts of money under the guise of being the emperor.
In the past twenty years, the emperor had never sent eunuchs to the south of the Yangtze River to purchase, but he did not expect that such a thing would happen now, probably because of the tension in the treasury!
Fang Yingwu couldn't help but ask: "I wonder who your Majesty is going to send to Jiangnan to purchase it? What does it have to do with you?" Wang Zhi answered truthfully: "It's the eunuch Wang Jing who is very favored. He doesn't have much close friendship with me."
It turned out to be him! Fang Yingwu had an impression of this name. Wang Jing may not be famous, but his deeds going to Jiangnan have been mentioned in a few words. With the popularity of popular novels, Fang Yingwu really knew something about the situation.
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In history, Wang Jing and his godson Wang Chen ransacked government warehouses and people's property in the south of the Yangtze River, and also raped women of the people and other vile acts, which angered the officials in the south of the Yangtze River and made the people resentful. In the end, the emperor was forced to go to the south to maintain stability in the southeast.
He killed the king's ministers and sent a message to Jiangnan to calm the situation.
It seems that Wang Jing's purchase of eunuchs and Fang Yingwu are two different things, but Wang Zhi reminds Fang Yingwu that he obviously has another purpose.
If the procurement of eunuch Wang Jing goes too far in Jiangnan, but because Wang Jing is an imperial envoy, the local officials have no law enforcement power over the imperial envoy. Apart from impeachment by Shangshu, they can only stare.
The local officials were unable to enforce the law against the imperial envoy, and the only one who could stop the imperial envoy was another imperial envoy... So it is conceivable that once Wang Jing goes too far, a large number of local officials and people will definitely come to the place.
Yingwu accuses Wang Jing here.
For Fang Yingwu, this is definitely a lingering trouble. To put it bluntly, Wang Jing is the emperor's minion extending to Jiangnan. If you want to use Wang Jing to gain your reputation, it is no different from killing the emperor's hand.
"It's not as exaggerated as you said." Fang Yingwu pondered for a moment, "It's not necessarily a bad thing for the emperor to send Wang Jing. It can allow me to stage a plan to drive away tigers and devour wolves. There is no difference without comparison. I must have encountered that Wang Jing
, Only the gentry of Jiangnan will know how good I am!"
Is this okay? Wang Zhi was stunned and speechless. After a long while, he said: "You scholars should be more roundabout. But even if Wang Jing loses his reputation, what will happen?"
"No, I just have to get used to various environments! Once an unavoidable situation arises, I'm afraid I will have to ask you for help!" Fang Yingwu replied.
Then he changed the subject and said: "Don't worry about me now. This time I leave Beijing and go south. If you want to come back, you won't have to wait until the end of the year at the earliest. During this period, don't forget about your studies. When I return to Beijing again, I will pay attention."
Examine you!" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
ps: It’s my fault that the flight was late! Otherwise, I would have updated it earlier, and I could have saved the last bit of my moral integrity.
