In the third year of Chongzhen's reign, just after the autumnal equinox, an explosive news came from Liaodong. General Zhenguo of the Ming Dynasty captured Shenyang and regained Liaodong. The Tatars who had harmed the frontier in the past officially announced their unconditional surrender. Escort the captive chieftain Huang Taiji and a group of people to the capital to prepare for the Ming Emperor to perform a colorful dress and feather dance!
"Uncle Han! Uncle Han?" Since the officers and soldiers put down the Shaanxi rebellion last year, Chao Zhang, who was dismissed by Luo Rucai, followed the government's arrangements and settled down in the countryside of Chaoyi. He originally thought that planting two acres of land and getting a wife would be enough. I lived a life like a fairy, but I never imagined that there were even greater good things waiting for me now.
"Brother Chao, are you here to see Mr. Han too?" A strong man came out of the ruined temple, but he was obviously not the person Chao Zhang was looking for.
"Hey, isn't that right? This old man went out early in the morning again?" Chao Zhang regretted it. If we had been born later in life, wouldn't we have been able to attend a school and learn Braille like the children in the village after a few decades? It's better now. , I just can’t understand the official proclamation that I spent a lot of effort to grab! You can’t ask the teacher in the official school for advice on this matter, otherwise if the news is leaked, won’t you have to fight for a place with others?
"Anyway, I've been here since E Cong Mao, and I haven't seen him yet!" The strong man took off the felt hat on his head, blew it away, and said anxiously: "You said this is a strange old man. The government asked him to be a teacher. He doesn’t want to go, but he wants to stay in this ruined temple and be a beggar! It’s a good idea to be a beggar, who else can give him food this early in the morning?”
"Tietou, why did you come to Uncle Han so early?" The person he was looking for was not there, so Chao Zhang chatted with the guy who had rebelled together in the past, and inquired about his intentions.
"This..." Tietou scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Well, isn't there something in your stomach? Well, I'm here to ask for help." Chapter "Mr. Han wants to give the baby a name!"
"Nonsense! How many months have you been married?"
"How capable are you?" Tietou was angry after his conspiracy was exposed. Although this was not the purpose of coming to see the old beggar today, the woman who had just married into the family three months ago was killed a month ago. The doctor was overjoyed after the diagnosis. "I'm telling you, I'm still waiting for my children to join the army when they grow up!"
"You are so cowardly that you still want your child to join the army?" Chao Zhang said with a look of disdain, "Who was so frightened when he heard the officers and soldiers calling him that he peed his pants and ran away with his head in his hands? He wasn't afraid that your child would be killed. We Ming soldiers are in disgrace!"
Tietou, who had been exposed, blushed and shouted: "What's the matter with running back? The person we faced back then was the general of Zhenguo. Aren't you so scared that you even cried and howled and begged for mercy? I don't know. Who then secretly ran to the river to wash those tattered pants!"
"You two, what are you doing here to see me?" The old figure appeared in time, preventing a scandal that was about to break out.
"Uncle Han, are you back..." Chao Zhang opened the iron head of more than 100 kilograms of stupid meat, dragged the old beggar and walked towards the ruined temple. "Uncle, please help me take a look. It says What does it mean?"
"Your kid also entered the city yesterday?" Tietou, who was following closely, saw the notice in Chao Zhang's hand, and quickly took out a similar thing from his arms, and said hurriedly: "Old man, help me quickly. Well, let’s take a look!”
"Look. I'll show you now!" The old beggar was used to the reckless behavior of these rough and rude people. He didn't blame them for carrying him into the ruined temple without etiquette, and even closed the door without authorization. He looked out at the sun.
After looking at it carefully for a while, the two people were so anxious that they said: "The first half of this official announcement has nothing to do with you..."
"What about the back, what about the back?" Chao Zhang heard someone say in the city that this was an imperial edict to recruit people from all villages to go to Liaodong. How could it have nothing to do with him?
"The following article says..." The old beggar found a big blue stone and sat down, then said: "In order not to affect the livelihood of the people of Ming Dynasty, only one out of twenty-five households is allowed to go north, but those who go can get fertile land.
10% tax within 50 years for 100 acres..."
"A hundred acres of fertile land? Oh my God. How are you going to plant it?" They are very envious of the ultra-low tax man, but for people like them who have just settled down and started a new family after the rebellion, they have to
It would be too tiring for two people to farm hundreds of acres of land.
"Isn't there more to this? Can't you wait for Uncle Han to finish reading it?" Chao Zhang was also anxious. But he believed that since the court had made arrangements, it must have been carefully considered.
"Give me fifty slaves..." The old beggar did not disappoint the two men and continued to explain: "What this means is that when you arrive in Liaodong, you are no longer common people, but superiors! There is no need for that land at all.
You can take care of it yourself. The imperial court has prepared fifty strong laborers for each of your households. You just need to keep an eye on them and report anything to the government!"
"According to this, if you go to Liaodong, you will be considered a master?" Chao Zhang's eyes lit up. No wonder the people in the city almost broke out of the county government office for this matter. They have hundreds of acres of fertile land and don't have to work.
, what’s the difference from the rich gentry in my hometown a few years ago? Well, this is rented to us by the imperial court, but if we hadn’t met our great emperor, how dare we, ordinary people, think about it? As for those Tatar laborers, they wouldn’t be there at all.
Within the scope of consideration, we ourselves have made objections and are more familiar with the method of communicating privately than they are. As long as we find some signs and report them, our emperor and the general will give them good results?
"The Ming Fu King Chapter 182: The Beggar in the City" "I am a master, but this master is not easy to be!"
"Uncle Han, what do you mean by this?"
"Look, it's clearly written on the notice..." Pointing to the terms on it, the old beggar explained them to the two of them one by one.
"Hey, that's it?" To say that these officials are really thoughtful, shouldn't they just take the land from the imperial court and not be too lazy to do it? They should do their best to train the children to study, join the army and continue to serve our Ming Dynasty? If we go there, we will be able to eat
It's nice to wear warm clothes. If you don't do this, what else are you doing? Are you still raising yourself like a pig, waiting for the court to send someone to take back the land and collect 90% of the income during the lease period? Now go home and clean up.
You have to go to the Yamen to sign up before the government sends someone to announce the news!
"The purpose of luring them is to drive away the people... I was defeated unjustly, not unjustly!" The old beggar looked at the two people who had ran out of the door and suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed: "So closely linked, a piece of New Deal will destroy the Tatars."
The people of the Ming Dynasty are now using the hands of the people to continue to exert high pressure, and they are even more kind and powerful so that the people do not dare to relax at all when they are proud of the people of the Ming Dynasty and live a good life. This is what the evil Zhu Youcong can do
It is conceivable that if this continues, the Ming Dynasty and ZTE will not be far away!"
"Since Mr. Han has seen through this, why not continue to contribute to the court?" I don't know when, another group of people appeared at the gate of the ruined temple. Different from the two people who left just now, although these people were dressed in common clothes, they looked ordinary.
Countless readers knew at a glance that he was a court official.
"Who are you?" The old beggar is Han Xu, the former chief minister who was demoted to a commoner. He looks much older now. In just a few months, he was abandoned by his former colleagues and had no way to turn to him.
Those so-called disciples regarded him as a plague and were afraid to avoid him. Then his wife and children also drew a clear line with him in order to avoid being implicated. Although the old wife of the "Fu Wang of Ming Dynasty" still guarded the dilapidated ancestral home and looked forward to it.
However, he did not dare to return to his hometown in Puzhou and could only stay here and look across the river at Chaoyi.
"Wang Zhizhen, who was born late, has met Mr. Han!" Wang Zhizhen did not rely on his high position to be arrogant, but sincerely saluted Han Xu as a junior.
"Are you the new governor of Shaanxi?" Han Xu looked Wang Zhizhen up and down before nodding and saying: "Yes, yes! I have long heard that you have pride in your body and aloes in your heart. Today, when I see you, you are the best among people!"
"I am just a late-born scholar who was lucky enough to reach a prosperous age. How dare I receive such ridiculous praise from Lord Han!"
"Although the old man is old, he is not confused. In the short period of one year in which the governor has been serving the people, there is no sign that there has been a rebellion in this place in Shaanxi. The people live and work in peace and contentment. Even the poor ravine where the old man lives has set up an official school.
..." Although Han Xu no longer works as an official and has become a beggar, he still knows a little about the major events happening around him through the mouths of the villagers. "I heard that your Excellency issued an official document to denounce the barbarians some time ago.
During the Ming Dynasty's military campaign in Liaodong, I was stationed at Zhenyuan Pass and responded to Mao Zhisheng from a distance. The troops overwhelmed the Tatars and forced them not to dare to cross the Leichi."
"Young people follow the instructions of the Holy One, rectify the government and educate the people, and show the majesty of our Ming Dynasty according to the general's instructions. How dare you take credit for it?" Wang Zhizhen still followed the etiquette of being a young person and bowed down respectfully: "On the contrary, Mr. Han enforced the law impartially back then and was not guilty of the Hongwan case.
But he was angry at Fang Congzhe, the then chief assistant, who presided over the investigation and arrest of the eunuchs without any bias. His righteousness was indeed a model for us and others who would be less advanced!"
"A role model?" Han Xu said with a sad smile: "When I was an official, I also boasted that I could do things fairly and live in harmony with my ministers, but now I am still not judged by everyone and become a beggar on the street? Is it official business for the governor?
I'm so busy, how can I still have the leisure to laugh at the old man?"
"No. Wan Sheng came here under the emperor's order to ask you to come out to help the saint to rectify the government..."
"Old man, you are of no use!" Han Xu shook his head, with no hope in his eyes. "If Shenzong was in power decades ago, the old man might have been Zhang Wenzhong's pawn. Together with him, he promoted that whip method.
I am accumulating strength in the Ming Dynasty. If the old man and Yang Wenru could help Yang Wenru wholeheartedly when he came to the throne instead of being busy with party disputes, there is still hope of becoming a minister of ZTE and leaving his name in history! But now..." Pointing to Wang Zhizhen beside him, Han Xu said with a smile
: "In front of you young talents, there are generals who are responsible for the country's charge and clear the obstacles. Later, you have the current saints who support you in promotion and promotion in an eclectic way. What do you want me, an old beggar, to do?"
"Your Majesty Han's words are ridiculous. Our predecessors have said that Lao Ji has great ambitions. Now that the Ming Dynasty's external troubles have been eliminated and reform is imminent, we need mature and prudent people like you to make suggestions for the court!" Wang Zhizhen was not afraid of hurting other people's nerves and continued: "
Although your Excellency participated in the party struggle for your own selfish reasons, you still dared to speak up and speak out for Liaodong Manager Xiong Tingbi to redress the injustice, which shows that your conscience has not been lost and your righteousness has not been lost..."
"Conscience? Righteousness? Does anyone still remember these today?" Han Xu looked up to the sky and laughed: "When I was in power, I never did anything for myself, and I always left others a way to survive. But what is the result? In the past, my colleagues regarded me as an enemy.
In order to clear up the relationship, instead of helping, they only added insult to injury! And the Zhejiang Party, just to please the general of the country, even risked death..."
"Mencius said that heaven will confer great responsibilities to people..." After Han Xu had vented enough, Wang Zhizhen suddenly asked: "Have you never thought about why the general chose you as his target and allowed Zhou Yizhai to lend you his youngest son?