The war machine of the Ming Dynasty has been officially launched. Whether it is the old bureaucracy that has to cooperate in order to protect its own interests, or the new public servants who are sincerely fighting to restore the past glory, they are all busy trying to regain Liaodong. Only at this time did Chongzhen really
Knowing how rich the Ming Dynasty was, it would have taken several months to temporarily transfer one million stones of military rations from Jiangnan in the past, but this time the scholars showed their loyalty by completing the collection and setting off in just ten days. And the Zhejiang Party wanted to
To make up for their lack of food, and in order to make the soldiers at the front eat better, they also gave two thousand Yinhuai salt as a gift. It is said that these salts were originally smuggled goods and there is no official record, but who would find fault with this?
Woolen cloth?
On the first day of April in the third year of Chongzhen, bad news came. The canal was blocked! How could the canal be blocked with just a little food? Alas... This was not the case for the poor in previous years. The imperial court was almost out of money.
After being paid, who would have the energy to dredge the river? Moreover, in order to rush for time, the scholars gathered together to deliver goods this time. Can the canal that was not smooth at first be blocked by such a huge fleet of ships? So the water transportation was overwhelmed.
The governor asked, since we have worked so hard, could the court consider letting that evil navy go south to escort the fleet across the sea? Before the words could spread far, Zhang Ruitu, who was in Nanjing, directly framed him with an inexplicable crime.
You're in jail. Do you think that fat guy didn't do enough to let the imperial navy go south? We did this just to stop him from attacking our scholars, but you still helped to find excuses for him to interfere in our territory and not clean it up.
Who do you deal with?
The river cannot be dredged in the short term, but the food must be delivered within the specified time. Otherwise, who knows what trouble the shameless little fat man and his soldiers will cause this time? So the Ministry of Household Affairs proposed,
A team of coolies were escorted from Shanhaiguan into Shandong to help with the transportation. Such a satisfactory opinion was certainly well received. Just when Chongzhen was about to issue the imperial edict, another news came and the problem was solved. The people in the north learned that the imperial court was responsible for transporting grain.
After receiving the news that Liaodong was to be recaptured, they organized themselves spontaneously, and after finishing the work in the fields, they sent people to each village through relays to help carry the goods overnight.
"Old... Master!" A voice broke the tranquility in the backyard of Qingyang Mansion and woke up Yang He who was taking a lunch break.
"Yang An, why are you so panicked?" The older man was not that angry. Although Yang He was dissatisfied with the shameful behavior of having a child in his family, he still walked out of the house calmly.
"The government...the government office is...surrounded!" Yang An gasped out of breath. If the incident in front of him hadn't been too big, he wouldn't have been able to bear the pain of the master who had just gotten a break after being busy all morning.
You have to get up as soon as you lie down.
"What? The Yamen is surrounded?" Yang He felt suddenly, and he no longer cared about maintaining his official authority.
It is difficult to ask where it is to be an official these days. It is neither in the court where people are fighting with others, nor in Nanzhili and Huguang, which are on the edge of Henan and are always wary of that fat guy running south, but just right.
It's in Shaanxi. How difficult is it? You can get the clue from just one rumor. The emperor's edict on sin last year was widely circulated among the people. It was said that officials who forced the people to rebel against the people were not guilty. What kind of unlearned and unskilled cheat was this?
What a thief’s explanation! The most frightening thing is that this seems to be not groundless. Last winter, when his son Yang Sichang took office, there was an unlucky man in Pingliang Mansion. The magistrate of Xihao County who escaped the rebellion did so because he wanted to leave a job for Shangguan.
Good impression, he secretly turned the court's order of amnesty of money and grain into a tax of one or two silver per acre of land, forcing the newly settled people to rebel again. And Shaanxi Governor Wang Zhizhen's response was also very fast, but it was useless
He rushed from Xi'an to Xihao with his army in a few days, but instead of going to quell the rebellion, he arrested and imprisoned the county magistrate in public, and appointed the mud-legged man who led the rebellion as the eighth-level county magistrate! Is this still justified? Rebellion
They are all acting according to the order. Are you going to let us officials live in a bad life? Of course, the court does not tolerate others' rebellion. Last year, there was a wave of rebellion in Xiangle, Qingyang Prefecture.
Wang Zhizhen asked Wang Zhizhen to find out the horse thieves who were actually harming the people. As a result, he directly dispatched troops to suppress and slaughter hundreds of horse thieves and their families!
"What are they here for?" Having learned from the past, Yang He is now most nervous about why the people suddenly surrounded the government office. If they are treasonous, he is not afraid. Just rely on the hundreds of people stationed in Qingyang Mansion.
There will definitely be no problem if the new army guards the government office. But if they come to rebel, he will have to quickly go through the documents he has processed for more than a year to make sure there are no major omissions.
"I heard they came to petition!" Yang An finally calmed down, and his answer did not make Yang He faint on the spot.
"Petition? This year's grain harvest has just been distributed, and I have just sent officials to repair water conservancy. What do they want to ask for?" Yang He is not good at fighting. If he is allowed to lead the army, he will lose a must-win battle.
, but he is a good hand when it comes to dealing with local civil affairs. In the more than a year since he took office, Qingyang Mansion has been kept in order due to the big kitchen knife on his head that could fall off at any time. Emperor Chun has specially commended him.
He was even given an award for integrity and public service, which made him really happy after he had not received any salary for a whole year because he had received the fat man's five thousand taels of silver.
"They asked to go north to deliver supplies to the imperial army. Sir, you'd better go and have a look!" Speaking of this petition, Yang An had already read it during the autumn harvest last year. He really didn't expect that someone would force the government to accept the forgiven land tax.
The scene this spring was even more magical. The common people insisted that their masters cancel the rule that the peasants must pay wages. They would rather be so tired that they could not stand up and let the strong laborers at home repair the canals for the government for free. No money or food.
Yes, what do you think these people are trying to do?
"Silence, silence! Yang Qingtian is out!" Because of the turmoil last year, most of the government offices across Shaanxi were smashed to pieces. In order to save money, the emperor did not bother to build a wall during the reconstruction, but only used wooden stakes to build a fence.
Now, except for the residences of officials, every move in the lobby can be seen. Anyway, there is a rule that as long as you don't make loud noises that affect the work inside, no one will pay attention. Now the brave people dare to go to the opposite side of the Yamen to hold a pot of tea and stare at you.
Watch to see which adult is dozing off.
"Fellow folks..." Yang He was very indignant about the current setup of the yamen. If the fence was gone, what else could be used to maintain the dignity of the government? Several remaining officials were trapped on that deceptive fence, here.
Just after we invited the litigants in according to the old rules and closed the door, before we could collect the money, the person called the inspector over there came and arrested someone. Don't you want to collect it in the Yamen? That's fine, as long as someone finds out that you are working during office hours
If they didn't stay inside, they would come to verify the situation and then search the whole city within two-quarters of an hour at most. Many former officials couldn't stand this perverted rule that exposed their every move in handling official duties to the eyes of the people.
Willing to lose face as a scholar and resign.
"Young man, Yang Qingtian, must make the decision for us!" Many local people in Qingyang Mansion had seen Yang He. When they saw him coming out, they hurriedly knelt on the ground with snot and tears and kowtowed.
"Folks, get up quickly! If you have any grievances, I will definitely make the decision for you!" Yang He helped the old man who led the team, cursing in his heart, why did he do this again? If I hadn't seen the situation earlier last year, I would have collected what you turned in.
The land tax collector will definitely not get a commendation order from the emperor, but a dismissal decision and stay in jail. They say that the sky is high and the emperor is far away. This Qingyang Mansion is far enough from the capital, but it is precisely because of this
The emperor was not restrained by the scholars and became more arrogant. No one dared to disobey his orders here!
"Master Qingtian, I am wronged!" The leader, an old man named Tie, felt that his performance last time was very unreal. This time he simply lay on the ground and could not get up. He cried: "I am going to the Winter Palace to recruit soldiers, and my son is going to apply for the army.
As a result, the eldest son was not allowed to join the army unless he said that he was a strong laborer of our family. This time, our village organized many young people to carry supplies for the army that went out to conquer Liaodong. However, the Yamen said that they had not received an order from the court and refused to approve it! My family
Wazi once made trouble with the rebels, but didn't the court say that they would not be held accountable and gave them fields? Why are they still guarding us and not letting us contribute to the court?"
Yang He is not stupid, and he is also very good at evading. "Old man, it's not that I am trying to make things difficult for you. General Zhenguo's five-part collection is placed there, and I don't dare to violate it. And this time the court did indeed
There is no order to recruit civilian husbands, and this government does not dare to make the decision privately..."
"Master, please take a look!" The old man surnamed Tie took out a wild vegetable pancake from his pocket and said, "We have even prepared food rations for our children on the road, and the village has also raised more than 2,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes.
We don’t want to eat or drink from the imperial court, so why can’t we be allowed to go north?”
"That's right, Mr. Qingtian, we are not rebels who are going to cause chaos to the imperial army..." The first two petitions of the people were unsuccessful. The field taxes paid were refunded, and the result was that the work was free.
The government officials put their wages at the door of their house at night, so this time they gathered thousands of people and ran together to block the streets outside the Qingyang government office, and they were determined not to give up until they agreed.
"The imperial edict has arrived -" a faint shout came from far away, and the people seemed to see the hope of success and hurriedly stood up to make way for the angel who announced the edict.
"The emperor's edict..." was very informal. The angel who announced the edict did not even let Yang He bathe, change clothes, burn incense and kneel to greet him. He just read it in the street. But this time the edict was for officials to see, and the content was very similar to the fifth and sixth verses.
Round the tongue.
"Your Majesty Yang He, the prefect of Qingyang, accepts the imperial edict. Thank you!" After being bullied for so long, apart from the last commendation, Yang He happily accepted the imperial edict for the second time. It came so timely. If it had been a little later, I would have been
If the government office wants to avoid being demolished, it will have to pack up and go to jail. "Fellow folks, you have all heard it! This time it is really not that the government does not agree, but that the emperor has expressly prohibited the recruitment of civilian husbands! The imperial edict also states very clearly.
Understand, if you live a good life, this is the greatest reward to the court, and it will not be in vain for the hard work of the generals and armies of Zhenguo..."
Yang He had no leisure for a whole month. He persuaded more than ten groups of people who came to petition to go north. It is said that in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan, the people in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan Province refused to recruit civilian husbands in compliance with the order. The people sued the governor's Yamen officials.
There were dozens of people, including him and Yang Sichang.