Chapter 235 Can water carry a boat? Stir up this pool of water!
Chapter 235 Can water carry a boat? Stir up this pool of water!
Being targeted by Princess Liao, Zhang Zhen could only cry out in pain.
Fortunately, although Mrs. Mao was very dissatisfied, she was not angry at this obedient guard.
Zhu Zhige is already the prince. If he wants to do something, no one in the palace can stop him, and it is impossible for Mao to arrange directly with the palace officials.
As a result, I found that the palace had already handed over many memorials, begging for favors and asking for land.
Now she could only look at Zhang Zhen and said: "Escort the prince back to his house!"
After saying that, he turned around and stared at the two trembling girls kneeling on the ground in the courtyard, then rolled his sleeves and left.
Zhu Zhige was "caught" in the middle of enjoying himself. At this moment, he felt a little uneasy.
Mao was furious, so he obediently left here and returned to the palace.
In the bedroom, Mrs. Mao had adjusted her mood and was ready to have a good talk with her husband.
Zhu Zhige was okay at first, listening to her talk about the current situation and the stakes of many things.
He was relieved, after all, he didn't talk about what he did in the side courtyard.
This made Zhu Zhige even more aware of the difference after formally attacking the prince. After thinking more and more, he became serious: "Why don't I understand these things? I was over there just now, in front of the servants.
, how can you reprimand me like that? Where is my majesty?"
He had the courage to say these words, but he was still quite uneasy in his heart, wondering if this temptation was considered a suicide attempt.
However, Mao really saluted and said seriously: "I am impatient. Your Majesty, please forgive me."
Zhu Zhige was stunned: She actually admitted her mistake!
Is this the status of a real prince?
So he straightened his chest and was about to say something when Mao said sternly: "Your Majesty cherishes your majesty, and you can't let your subordinates look down upon you. You must behave appropriately! Now the favor and honor of Liao Fan are tied to you. Your Majesty."
Your Majesty will pay attention to how you act! I have often heard that your Majesty is diligent and studious, and your majesty is unpredictable. Just look at how the important ministers in the court are working hard to help your majesty implement the new law, and you will know that your majesty is truly majestic! Your Majesty should set an example for you!
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Zhu Zhige felt a little pain in his head.
After so many years, this princess has always been so serious and always preached to him.
Now taking Zhu Houcong as his role model, Zhu Zhige only thought of one thing: "If I follow your Majesty as an example, will I have to have two concubines and nine concubines?"
Mao was furious: Is there something else in your mind?
However, Mao could not refute: His Majesty the Emperor indeed set a precedent in the Ming Dynasty and selected one queen, two concubines and nine concubines at once.
Despite this fact, Mao's expression suddenly changed: "The emperor has only twelve daughters. If the prince says this outside, it will be a disaster!"
"...The nine daughters of the princes!" Although Zhu Zhige didn't learn well at all, he knew these things.
Faced with her arrogant prince husband, Mrs. Mao just felt tired.
Don’t you know what your body is like?
She burst into tears: "I am not a jealous woman! I have many relatives in the Liao vassal, and I am at the forefront among all the vassals. Jingzhou Prefecture has repeatedly reported that the Liao vassal has a heavy annual salary burden. Previously, I advised the prince to stay away from him.
The reason for the womanizing is firstly for the health of the prince, and secondly because I am worried that the court will feel that the Liao clan is overburdened and will find an excuse to remove the Liao clan. Is it possible that the prince is unaware of all my painstaking efforts?"
"I have been granted the title of king, but I am over thirty and have no heirs. Aren't I anxious?" Zhu Zhige cried when he saw her, and felt panic and a little happy in his heart.
"First there is the ceremony of enthronement, and there are many etiquette and government affairs. The prince spent some time to deal with them, and then he asked the court to invite the second concubine to have an heir. This is in line with etiquette! If you don't stay in the clan's mansion,
Name, even if someone can conceive a child for the prince, he will not be able to ask for a name or a title in the future. Doesn’t the prince know these things?"
Of course Zhu Zhige knows, but now he just wants to fight for "power" for himself!
"When it comes to the foundation of the Liao vassal, the most important thing is that I can have an heir as soon as possible. I...I have already learned the secret method, so I need to practice it more!"
Mao pursed his lips and gritted his teeth and looked at him: Why don't you come to practice with me?
Also, I didn’t want to mention this troublesome matter now, so why did I start arguing about it?
She took two hard breaths to calm down, and returned to the topic: "Now that those memorials have been delivered to the capital, the prince needs to give another memorial. This time, we should not beg for favors, but find people who do not accept the prince's discipline as soon as possible.
Clan relatives, I request your Majesty to issue an edict of punishment. If you punish your Majesty for some minor mistakes, the court will be able to follow the trend and refute the previous request. I also understand that the prince handles the affairs of the Liao vassal in a complex and difficult manner, and I also understand that the prince is willing to accept rewards and punishments.
By God’s grace!”
Zhu Zhige shook his head and said stubbornly: "Since I am the leader of the Liao vassal, how can I ignore the kindness of my family members? Those people are really not living a good life."
Mao's head was dizzy and his steps were wobbly: "If your life is not going well, you can still find a pair of beauties to give to the prince?"
"...The dignified general who serves the country can only give me two slaves who have learned the secret method with all his money!"
Mao was exhausted mentally and physically, but he could only endure it and explain the pros and cons to him again.
Unable to appreciate Mao's painstaking efforts in hoping that he would stand up and deal with His Majesty and the court, Zhu Zhige just felt that Mao's attitude towards him was different now.
He did not realize how he should deal with the affairs of the palace, but he realized his supremacy within the Liao vassal.
"I have my own plans. The princess doesn't need to teach me how to do things all the time!"
After Zhu Zhige swelled up, he put down these words, then waved his hands and went to the front hall.
But what Mao said still makes sense. If there are more mistakes to be made by some clan members to report, those people should give themselves more gifts or beauties, right?
Zhu Zhige excitedly prepared to ask Zhang Zhen and the others to go and visit them to see if their relatives had made any mistakes recently and could figure out some of them.
Zhu Zhige, whose limited IQ was mostly in his lower body, began to act nonsense, and the real burden of Liao Fan fell on Mao's shoulders.
But she is a woman. If Zhu Zhige is strong and persistent, can she handle all the affairs in the palace on Zhu Zhige's behalf?
The people sent by the Chu Palace to celebrate did not expect that they did not need to persuade him. The King of Liao was already begging for favors for the clansmen who had given him big gifts and pulling the pigtails of those clansmen who did not give him gifts.
In this case, it is natural to add another fire.
Whatever the King of Liao likes, he will naturally do what he likes.
And some other people sent by the Huguang vassal king were equally unambiguous.
If the emperor really intends to eliminate some vassal kings, then those vassal kings with the most clan relatives are probably the main targets. Naturally, it is impossible to eliminate all vassals. As long as there are "ignorant" ones who come to the fore, the remaining vassal kings will be eliminated.
It should be comfort - just like after the death of King Chu, the court so quickly decided on Zhu Xianrong as the prospective heir.
They did not make it obvious, but gave "aid" to many clan members of the Liao vassal, other than the King of Liao, to show their kinship.
Next, at the request of the King of Liao, many clan members of the Liao vassalage, some in order to avoid disaster, and some in order to get a smooth salary or even more in the future, visited beauties in Jingzhou Mansion for a while. Later, they were either forced or
The purpose of buying it is to give it to Zhu Zhige.
In a blink of an eye, the day came for the grand ceremony of the new King of Liao's conferment. When Zhu Zhige appeared in front of everyone, he looked haggard and in a trance, with four words written all over his face: excessive indulgence.
Zhu Zhichen was in a conflicted mood at the sealing ceremony: This brother Wang was a little over-brained and couldn't work.
It is good to indulge in lust and harm the body.
But it would not be good to cause many clan members to complain and cause many clan members to cause such harm to the village.
What if the imperial censor reported to the court that the emperor not only punished the King of Liao, but used the people's complaints to eliminate the Liao vassal?
He felt that when the ceremony was over, he would have to persuade Brother Wang: he had already received quite a few beauties.
In addition, should we come forward to talk to some clan members and ask them to calm down a little? Then send people to the Jingzhou Prefecture to pay some money to the Yamen Palace, and ask the Jingzhou Prefecture to appease some villagers on their behalf, so that they can gain more reputation as a virtuous person?
This is what Zhu Zhichen thought and did.
After the Jingzhou magistrate received the two hundred taels of silver, he sneered and asked his master: "To date, how many cases have been reported in various counties against the Liao clan clan for harming the people?"
"Fu Zun, there are fourteen pieces in total."
"Okay!" said the prefect of Jingzhou, "help me send this letter to the Wang Inspector's Office."
As he spoke, he put down his pen and checked the memorial he had just written again.
How much of the annual grain reserves of Jingzhou Prefecture needs to be paid to Liao Fan?
Now, the new King of Liao is so debauched and immoral, Jingzhou Prefecture is here to relieve his father's worries! As for the problems that His Majesty will cause if he attacks Liao Fan, it cannot be said that Jingzhou Prefecture does not understand the general situation.
After checking the memorial, he asked again: "Has the official document from the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs also been signed?"
"We clarified the errors in the tax code, arranged for each county to instruct the officials to clean up the land, and prepare for the creation of the yellow book, and all of them were signed and issued."
The magistrate of Jingzhou nodded: "Then I will urge you one or two more!"
The Jingzhou Prefecture was just following orders. Since the Chief Envoy of Huguang had no objections, who can say that the Jingzhou Prefecture did not do what it did?
In Yangzhou Prefecture, a few days after Liu Zhenyuan took down many important officials such as Meng Chun and the Minister of Household Affairs of Nanjing, and a few days after Jiang Mian initially summoned a circle of officials from Southern Zhili related to water transportation, salt law, water conservancy and other duties,
He only learned about the official document that was sent to all the prefectures in southern Zhili and the three provinces of Huguang, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang from Hu Zan, the former Censor of Caojiang who had just taken over as the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing.
He was furious and immediately wrote to Yan Song, the governor of Zhejiang, Sun Jiao, the governor of Huguang, and Wang Shouren, who had already accepted the order and was about to take up his post in Jiangxi after Ding You.
Afterwards, Hu Zan also quickly issued another official document in the name of the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs to stop this matter.
However, the exchange of official documents takes time, and officials and gentry in many places are keenly aware that the previous official document may be the last chance.
In the tacit understanding of many places in the four provinces, officials worked harder than ever before, and all of them looked like pioneers of the new law, mobilizing in advance to support the imminent implementation of the new law.
Many prefectures and counties have posted notices: If there is a person who has escaped from his household, he should report to the county government as soon as possible, otherwise disaster will be imminent.
Huizhou Prefecture, which Meng Chun had missed, is located at the junction of South Zhili, Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces.
Huizhou Prefecture initially belonged to the Zhongshu Province established by Zhu Yuanzhang, and later came under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang. During the Yongle period, it was changed to Nanzhili.
In addition to She County attached to Huizhou Prefecture, there are also Xiuning County, Wuyuan County, Qimen County, Yi County, and Jixi County.
Throughout the Ming Dynasty, Huizhou Prefecture had a great reputation.
First of all, this is the "authentic" place of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. The two brothers Zhu Xi and Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao were both originally from Huizhou.
Later, Huizhou's literary style flourished, and after years of accumulation, there were many famous families. Except for the eight surnames of Cheng, Wang, Wu, Huang, Hu, Wang, Li, and Fang, all other large families had a strong clan concept.
Thirdly, Huizhou is not ashamed of doing business, and the name of Huizhou's "Confucian businessmen" is also spread throughout the world. Salt industry, Qimen tea, Jixi ham... Huizhou businessmen not only do business, they also attach great importance to culture and education, and have close contacts with literati. Rich people
Nowadays, the establishment of social studies and academies is also a trend in Huizhou. In Huizhou, there is such a pragmatic saying as "If you study well, do business well, and do well, you will be good." Huizhou merchants have never been stingy in subsidizing students for the imperial examination.
Therefore, in the end, Huizhou has a high number of candidates who have passed the imperial examination and have been ranked among the top three among the prefectures in southern Zhili for a long time. On average, more than ten people have passed the examination in each subject. Today, in Huizhou Prefecture, both of them are still alive.
Tang Gao, the number one scholar, and Wang Biao, who has already become an official and served as deputy envoy to Yunnan. Wang Biao's son Wang Qin was also a Jinshi in the 12th year of Zhengde and currently serves as the head of the Ministry of War.
These are just a few of the strengths of Huizhou Prefecture’s government and opposition parties.
But now, a storm is brewing in Huizhou Mansion.
This storm was not a big one. After all, it was just an old problem left over from the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China. It was just a tax of more than 3,000 taels per year on human ding silk silk. With the wealth of She County, which had to bear this tax on human ding silk silk,
This amount of money accounts for less than 5% of all taxes in She County in a year.
If it were to be shared equally among the other five counties, each county would have a maximum of 4,500 taels and a minimum of 2,300 taels.
In fact, the six counties in Huizhou are all rich. In terms of the amount of silver, it is light for any county.
But after all, the new law has not yet been implemented throughout the Ming Dynasty. Many of these local laws and regulations are only undertaken by ordinary people.
Now, in the Huizhou government's work of "according to orders" to investigate the fallacies in the tax code, the fallacy of the human silk silk tax has been exposed.
"Since the silk tax is for the entire Huizhou Prefecture, why should it only be borne by our She County?"
"Fu Zun has done a great thing! Have the people from the other five counties arrived? They must make this matter clear this time!"
In Shexian County, where Huizhou's government is located, there are people from Shexian County as well as people from other counties.
The prefect sent a letter to all counties to discuss the matter, and the gentry and common people in each county were also discussing the matter.
At this moment, in Wang Biao's mansion, Wang Biao, who had only been enthusiastic about cultural and educational matters in his hometown after returning to his hometown, was receiving other gentry from his hometown.
"According to the wishes of the prefect, the six counties will naturally bear the responsibility." A local Huizhou official who served as a master in the Huizhou magistrate's yamen said this.
Wang Biao nodded: "Since this person's silk silk tax is assigned to Huizhou Prefecture, it should be like this. Although the people in other counties are unwilling, the general outline of the new law of the imperial court is to unify disciplines and principles, and the rich and poor should share the burden."
"Mr. Baishi, there is something inside of this guy Ding Sijuan Tax!"
"Oh? If there is an inside story, we should definitely tell it clearly." Wang Biao smiled slightly and looked at them.
Wang Biao already knew about the arrest of Meng Chun, Fang Dingchang and others.
But this time, it was just about doing things seriously.
The world has a lot of evils accumulated over a hundred years, right and wrong.
The content of the imperial edict transmitted from Yangzhou Prefecture stated that water can carry a boat and capsize it. The deep water of the common people is actually easier to stir up.
Now, Jiang Mian's secret message is heading north at top speed.
After Zhu Houcong sent seven advisers and ordered the capital camp to select 30,000 frontmen, many places in Nanzhili, Huguang, and Jiangxi provinces, which accounted for nearly half of the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue, began to stir up the common people's water in a tacit understanding, borrowing some original
It's insignificant, and you say something that seems to reflect your thoughts, but actually inspires people's hearts.
Yan Song was the governor of Zhejiang, and he clearly saw the intention of this official document, and Sun Xiu did not dare to act rashly.
But he knew that was not the case elsewhere.
So he rushed to Wang Shouren's house: "Bo'an, you have to make preparations early!"
"...There are still seventeen days left."
"Then I have to go to Jiangxi to send some letters first!"
Wang Shouren smiled: "It's not a big deal if you're not in a hurry."
Then he stopped smiling: "If someone really provokes a civil uprising and harms the people, this time he will have the power of thunder!"
After more than twenty-six months of Dingyou, Wang Shouren finally came out of the mountain again.