Gao Yingxiang was very busy. He was jumping up and down for days and seldom went home. First he went to the south of the city to look for Tian Fugui. After chatting with him for two days, he had more things to do.
Monk Wang watched people constantly coming in and out of the Gao family. A group of tough horse dealers came and went, and many young men in ragged clothes also sneaked in under the cover of night. In his eyes, this
But it’s a good sign that the Gao family has begun to take action. They must be contacting heroes from all over the world to prepare for an uprising. Although Gao Yingxiang did not go to the county government to find him, Monk Wang was helping behind the scenes and sent a lot of silver to the county magistrate.
Master, ask him to tell the officers to stop disturbing the Gao family.
However, what Monk Wang didn't expect was that on the morning of the ninth day after he and Gao Yingxiang discussed it, more than ten members of the Gao family, including Mrs. Gao who was nearly seventy years old, suddenly disappeared. When Wang received the news
When the monk brought Lao Huihui and Nimacha and the two of them arrived at Gao's house, the building was already deserted and the whole yard was a mess. Everything that could be taken away was taken away, even the tables, chairs, and benches.
None were left behind. Judging from the wood residue left on the ground, it must have been chopped up and used as firewood.
"Where are the people?" Nimacha was very angry. The Tatar emperor came to Shaanxi on this trip and had to do his best to win over the thirty-six people on the list, especially the one named Gao Yingxiang and the one he couldn't take care of yet.
Looking for Li Zicheng.
"This..." Monk Wang was also quite depressed. Gao was so insignificant that he didn't even say a word if he wanted to leave! Where did this big family go with an old woman with limited mobility? In the end,
After thinking about it for a long time, Monk Wang Tian kindly believed that Gao Yingxiang was afraid that his family would be affected if the incident happened, so he wanted to find a safe place to settle them first.
"Wealth, we have put all our wealth on this, you can't lie to us!" Gao Yingxiang drove the carriage, and sitting in the carriage were his mother and daughter-in-law. Although he had said this several times
, but he was really worried. If the three men hadn't pressed too hard and what they were planning was too dangerous, he wouldn't have been able to make such a big determination to move his family to Luoyang.
"Uncle Gao, what are you talking about? No matter how heartless I am, I will not lie to you! Don't worry, you will stay at my father's house when you arrive in Luoyang!" Tian Polu has not forgotten that if Gao Yingxiang hadn't given him that gift,
With two big cakes, their whole family may not be able to reach the paradise on earth in Luoyang.
"Sure!" Gao Yingxiang thought about it. What reason did they have to lie to us? There are young, old, women and children in this group. If he wanted to stir up rebellion, he couldn't even ask for these! However, he still had some doubts in his heart and turned his head.
Then he asked Li Zicheng: "Hongji, where is your brother? Why did he disappear as soon as he left the city?"
"Uncle, Brother Li will go ahead and take care of things first, and he also wants to find someone to report to the prince. He said, wait for us at Tongguan!" The people Li Zicheng led were all young and strong, with little burden, and there were relatively few people; Gao Yingxiang and the others were there.
It’s different, they are dragging their families with them. Now the two groups of people are in one place, and there are hundreds of them at least. They have to cross the state and the capital on the way. If you are not careful, you will be regarded as a refugee. The bandits will be dispersed and wiped out.
Really? So, after Li Xin told Li Zicheng and Tian Polu all the precautions, he rushed to the front station.
"Okay!" Scholars are very attentive, but we didn't expect so much.
Just when Gao Yingxiang and his party were marching on the road full of hope and looking forward to their future life, Zhu Youcong was filled with sorrow. This year, there were major disasters in Shaanxi and other places. Since then, disasters have become more frequent, and nationwide famines have begun to appear.
The victims who could not survive the disaster came to vote one after another as soon as they got the news.
"Sister Zu'e, how many people have you admitted now?" Zhu Youcong was particularly satisfied with this title. Zhang Yan's protests were rejected several times. In fact, this shameless little fat man has his own dark side. In his opinion, this big
My wife is sworn to the late emperor, and even the current emperor has to call her sister when he sees her! From now on, when I see Chongzhen, I will call him second cousin when I am in a good mood, but when I am in a bad mood... Humph! He has to
Call me brother-in-law!….
"The current population and those on the way after receiving reports are close to one million." As the future general's wife and current general's secretary, Zhang Yan only gave an approximate number after checking the official documents, because there were many disaster victims who were arriving.
There is no way to count it yet.
"Nearly a million?" Luoyang now is not a big city like the Tang Dynasty. It really can't accommodate such a large population. But you can't just sit back and watch when the people are in trouble? Fortunately, last year, at the urging of old man Gu, I started to
A plan has been made; although this method is not very formal, it is very practical. "Has the memorial from Minister Tao been submitted? What does the emperor say?"
"Steward Tao rushed back from the capital a few days ago to report that the emperor has approved it. I'm afraid it has already been discussed in the court!" Zhang Yan really didn't expect that her young husband would use such an unreliable trick.
Take control of the entire Henan.
"That's good. I'll notify Wang Zhizhen later and ask him to speed up the selection process of the college. Then tell Gu Xichou and ask him to prepare to replace Kang Menghui and secure my position as the governor of Henan!" Zhu Youcong was very confident in his ruse.
, didn’t think it would fail at all. At the same time, he was also very happy that he could finally kick the stubborn old man away, and no longer had to listen to him coming to him every two days to complain that he didn’t have enough manpower and the territory was too small.
As Zhang Yan said, the Jinluan Palace has exploded, but the cause is not the memorial of Tao Shilang, but a fact stated by the Minister of the Ministry of Finance in the main hall.
The thing is simple, the imperial court has no money! The 4.5 million taels of silver that were supposed to go to Taicang this year only received 3 million taels. The reason is that the people in various places were severely affected by the disaster and the people really couldn't come up with the money. This made the whole court
The important ministers were furious. We have no money. What can the court use to pay us? Although the money is not enough for a drink, it is what the country owes us and must be paid! The failure to collect taxes is because the people below are not careful enough.
!Aren't they just those deadbeats? They say they can't beat a dull fart with three sticks, so you can't beat a tael of silver with ten sticks? Change, you must replace all those mediocre people who are eating nothing.
Replace them with a group of virtuous ministers who are ruthless and can make money!
The emperor, who worked day and night, also came up with a solution, but in the eyes of the courtiers, this solution was simply nonsense! Fundraising? We can’t even pay the wages and you still have to pay for it with our own money? Why! This belongs to your Zhu family
What does the world have to do with us? And it is too undemocratic to force apportionment! Well, I don’t have any objection to the prince of your Zhu family wanting to take it, but isn’t it too little? A family only has one hundred thousand taels, so with us
The requirements of the first-grade officials are the same. Not to mention anything else, the five fat guys in Luoyang only charge them 480,000 taels? How embarrassed are you? His family is not allowed to take out tens of millions from all of our pockets in any year.
Two?
Fortunately, our scholars are not without talents. Just when everyone was at a loss, Tao Shilang jumped out to save everyone. He proposed a brand-new plan, which was also approved by the emperor. Donations must be made.
But instead of us, the important officials of the imperial court, donating, we should collect from the rich in the world!
Tao Shilang's method is to establish a donation system and divide it into regular donations and large donations. To put it bluntly, regular donations mean that people with money but no land can buy a good reputation, and can get a second-grade or something like that at most, but
This is only in name and has no real power. Large donations are different, and you can get a real job. An ordinary white person can donate up to a seventh-grade county magistrate, and must accept the annual review of the court. Those who fail to pass the test will be removed from office on the spot; the court
If there is no objection from the central government officials, they can also donate to the governor or something.
This is a good idea, even if it doesn’t appeal to people like us. But there are so many rubes in the world who are willing to be fooled! And if you donate a second-grade product, someone will call you an adult? That’s just a lie.
You're just a common man in this world, why don't you have to bend down in front of us? Besides, who is the seventh-grade county magistrate? It's just a matter of one word whether he is qualified or not? However, just one magistrate offered five million taels.
, is it too dark? There is a saying: "One year to clear the prefecture, one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver." Since everyone wants to be famous, eating elephants can't be too ugly! It won't last fifty years, so you should
Everyone is full and has nothing to do?….
In order to show his loyalty to the emperor, Tao Shilang decided to donate money to the governor of Henan Province. It should be said that he could take the initiative to vacate the high position of the Ministry of Household Affairs, which should make people happy; but as soon as he finished his words, he was collectively rejected
I want you to be the governor of Henan? You think everyone is an idiot! Who doesn’t know that you are hooking up with those five fat guys in Luoyang? The glassware that we can’t buy is your kid’s general consignment; and we bought it from Jiangnan
Others can only sell their grain to Liaodong; but if you get it, you can take it directly to Luoyang and take a tour, and the profit will be at least 50% higher than ours! If it weren't for the fact that the group of hungry wolves under Sun Chengzong were keeping a close eye on you, you would have
There is no way for the big caravan to enter; you, the boy, are usually well-informed and know how to do something for us, so you have already committed the grave crime of colluding with the feudal lord.
Although Shilang Tao cannot be allowed to go to Henan, this new donation system was passed unanimously in the quarrel. The money problem must be solved, otherwise the court will accept it if it really doesn't have the money to pay us, but those border soldiers
The reckless man is not a vegetarian, why can't he get up and cause trouble if he doesn't have money?
To everyone's surprise, just a few days after this new system was announced to the world, the long-forgotten Gu Xichou appeared again. This time he also came to buy the position of governor of Henan, and by the way, he came to work for an eighth-grade man named Wang Zhizhen.
To get the Luoyang magistrate, what made everyone jealous was that this old guy actually drove several carriages to take the money to the Ministry of Finance! When all the boxes of money were opened, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance couldn't believe his eyes.
, is this really the Gu Xichou who was so poor back then that he had never had a drink of wine? A total of 15 million taels of silver, and he just threw it here without even asking for a piece of white paper?
Miscalculation, miscalculation! If I had known that those five fat guys could be so troublesome, wouldn't it be better for us to go to Luoyang by ourselves? Next year, next year, we will definitely not let that person named Wang pass in the review next year. Even if we don't do this job,
I'm going to work as a county magistrate, and I'm going to be a small county magistrate! Is that stubborn old man a better flatterer than us? He squats in the city every day and creates trouble for others when he has nothing to do, and he even writes memorials every three days to impeach Prince Fu.
, can earn so much. If it were for us to fully cooperate, even if you come back after just one year, you still wouldn’t be able to make a fortune?