A group of civil officials went out of the noon gate, but they did not leave in a hurry, but stood together and discussed countermeasures.

Zhang Pu looked at Li Banghua and asked, "Lord Li, looking at this scene, the crown prince is determined to collect business taxes, what should we do?" ”

Li Banghua groaned: "Now that the dynasty is in difficulty, what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said also has some truth, why don't we take it for a year first?" Or ask His Royal Highness to reduce the tax rate, and use the thirty taxes set by Emperor Taizu? ”

Zhang Pu was stunned, looked at Li Banghua with wide eyes, and said, "Master Li, you are the pillar of Jiangnan Donglin, how can you say such a thing?" ”

Li Banghua was a little dissatisfied, and said: "Donglin's purpose is also to save the country, how can you be unreasonable and shirk when you encounter something involving your own interests?" ”

After saying that, he took his hands and went straight to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Zhang Pu was so angry that he looked at Xiong Mingyu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and said, "Xiong Ministry, you see that he is ......."

Xiong Mingyu sighed and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has the right to fight, and it is not easy for us to fight." ”

Zhang Pu frowned and said: "The Lord of the Ministry can't say that, the crown prince collects commercial taxes and is the enemy of the world's Shilin, as the leader of Shilin, we naturally can't stand idly by, even if we are broken, we should be duty-bound!" ”

Xiong Mingyu thought for a while and said, "We might as well go to the Holy Lord first, it is Your Majesty's will to abolish the commercial tax today, and I believe that Your Majesty will stop it for the sake of your own face." ”

Xiong Mingyu also recognized it a little, after all, his own ass is not clean, if he blindly continues to be positive, he is afraid that he will be worried in his old age.

Zhang Pu didn't care, the prince unscrupulously cut down the nobles and killed the ministers in Beijing, and also supported the army to respect himself, if the emperor could control it and act early, why let the prince come to Nanjing to supervise the country? I'm afraid that the emperor can't help the crown prince......

The more Zhang Pu thought about it, the more unpleasant it became, and he couldn't protect the interests of the landlords and businessmen in Jiangnan, and his prestige as the leader of the Restoration Society was only afraid that it would be greatly reduced.

"Something must be done to stop the New Deal!"

Zhang Pu muttered to himself in his heart, bowed his hand to the people around him, and left......

On the second day, Zhu Cihong, accompanied by Zhang Guowei, Li Yan, Huang Zongxi, Mao Xiang, Wang Fuzhi and others, went to Xuanwu Lake.

Along the way, Zhu Cihong found a group of people gathered in front of some government offices from time to time, and a middle-aged man who looked like a scholar led a child in the middle, and the child also held several volumes of poetry, calligraphy and painting in his hands.

Zhu Cihong was curious: "What are you doing over there?" ”

Zhang Guowei replied: "In the words of His Royal Highness, it is a show!" ”

He explained that the "prodigies" were worshipped in the Jiangnan area, and some famous teachers visited various places to select children who looked smart and clever, and spent years teaching children calligraphy, painting, and memorizing poems.

As long as the child wins the applause of the government with his solid level of poetry, calligraphy and painting, then an officially certified prodigy is born.

The child and the gentleman have gained fame and fortune, and the value of the child who has become a prodigy has skyrocketed, and the gentleman who teaches the prodigy has quickly become popular, and he can teach the children of dignitaries at a high price, and he will make a steady profit without losing money.

Zhu Cihong was slightly surprised, isn't this the model of packaging artists in later brokerage companies? God fucking Ming Dynasty people will play!

Li Yan said: "I have many famous ministers in the Ming Dynasty who showed amazing talent when they were seven or eight years old, and they became the first in their twenties, such as Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the cabinet of the Zhengde Dynasty, the middle of the 12-year-old, the 19-year-old Zhongjinshi, the first assistant Li Dongyang and Zhang Juzheng at the age of 15. ”

Huang Zongxi on the side was quite annoyed, and scolded angrily: "To teach the method of monkeys, birds, and insects, teach their children, make them fake, and make mockery without hypocrisy, the child really can't learn at all, and he has learned to cheat since he was a child, what can he become when he grows up?" These self-proclaimed gentlemen are simply ruining people's lives! ”

One of the four sons of Jinling, Mao Xiang, was unwilling to be lonely, and also said: "This is simply tarnishing the title of 'prodigy', such as today, the only one worthy of being called a 'prodigy' is His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Zhu Cihong looked at him approvingly, and secretly said that this sycophant was slightly comfortable.

Zhu Cihong suddenly asked Xiang Maoxiang and said, "What do you think about the apportionment of land into mu and the collection of commercial taxes?" ”

Mao Xiang was one of the second-generation leaders of the Fusha, and Zhu Cihong arranged him in the Ministry of Education, mainly to borrow his name as a talented man and his status in the Fusha, but he did not know what he thought of the new policy.

I heard that during the second examination, this kid also waved his flag and shouted for the Jiangnan scholars who opposed the new policy, and then saw that the Tianwu army entered and ran quickly, and since then he has been making a fuss and eulogizing himself as the crown prince.

Mao Xiang heard the prince's inquiry, and hurriedly said: "The policy of spreading the land into the mu is good!" According to the number of acres of land, the number of taxes is set, those with more land will be paid, those with less land will be less, and those without land will not be paid, which is harsh for the gentry and landlords, but for the poor people, it is undoubtedly a heavy shackle, and the ministers raise their hands to support! ”

Mao Xiang said again: "His Royal Highness collects the business tax of the merchants with forty taels of income as the line, and it is also for the sake of the common people, His Royal Highness is benevolent, and the ministers are very admired!" ”

After speaking, Mao Xiang bowed deeply, his expression was also in place, and the surrounding officials also said yes again and again, expressing their support for the new deal.

Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "I didn't expect you to see it thoroughly, if the people who have regained the society are as caring for the people of the country as you venture to open up the territory, it will be good!" ”

Mao Xiang couldn't hear the meaning, and hurriedly said: "The ministers, Chen Zhenhui, Gu Yanwu and others have reached a consensus and are willing to follow His Highness, and half of the scholars in the Restoration Society are willing to support the new policy, and the rest of the people, ministers and others try to mediate and win over as much as possible!" ”

Zhu Cihong stroked his palms and smiled, and said, "You are just a six-grade master, too condescending!" ”

I am secretly happy under my eyebrows, I can be promoted again! It seems that taking the big boat of the crown prince is really the wisest choice for more than 20 years!

Huang Zongxi and the others were directly dumbfounded, remembering that the attitude of the surname Mao when he was in Meixianglou was not like this, what kind of behavior of the crown prince was digging the roots of the gentry......

Why has it changed so much all of a sudden? The sycophants are still beating one after another, are you going to sell Zhang Pu, the boss of the Restoration Society?

Curiosity is curiosity, knowing that Mao Xiang is going to be promoted, Huang Zongxi is not to be outdone, and immediately said that he has also attracted a batch of scholars to take refuge, and Zhu Cihong did not hesitate to praise another praise.

Zhang Guowei, the head of the household, twitched slightly, and secretly said that the young people now are really lucky, they caught up with the big ship of the crown prince, thinking about the tragic situation when they were in the officialdom, and they wanted to cry!

But it's okay now, I'm now a second-rank official, and if I follow the crown prince for a few more years, as long as I do a good job, I should have no problem getting a first-rank rank......