August, Nanchang.

Wang Yuan and Wang Yangming were dealing with post-war affairs, when suddenly a student came in: "Sir, see Su Gong (Lin Jun) send a Franc cannon." ”

"Seeing that Su Gong is far away in Puyang, three thousand miles away, how can he send me a cannon?" Wang Yangming was surprised.

Wang Yangming went out curiously, and Wang Yuan naturally followed.

I saw that outside the government office, there was a brand-new Franco machine gun, and Lin Jun's two servants were guarding there with a disgraced face.

Seeing Wang Yangming's arrival, a servant immediately stepped forward, handed over a piece of paper and said, "Mr. Yangming, when my lord heard that King Ning had rebelled, he immediately cast a Franco cannon and ordered the two of us to send it by boat day and night. This is a gunpowder formula, and according to the formula, you can make gunpowder for firing guns. ”

Wang Yangming still feels very magical: "Puyang is three thousand miles away from here, and when I heard that Ning Fan rebelled, I cast a cannon and sent it to Nanchang, but it only took less than two months?" ”

The servant explained: "My lord is just copying the Franco cannon, and the tinfan is ready-made. After King Ning's rebellion, Mr. sent an order to the Quartet to call on King Qin, and Fujian soon received the news. It only took my lord two days to cast the cannon, and then he asked me to wait for the ship to be shipped to help. Didn't think about it...... Before the cannon arrived, King Ning had already been defeated. ”

This matter is very troublesome, one fights quickly, and the other builds artillery quickly.

Wang Yangming saw that the two servants were dusty and tired, and knew that they were tired, so he arranged to go to eat and rest.

Stroking the shiny cannon body, Wang Yangming was so moved that he immediately wrote a poem: "Franco, who did it?" Intercepted than the dry intestines, wrapped in the skin of the yi, the blood of Chang Hong is insufficient, and the anger and hatred of Suiyang are left. The old minister's loyalty and indignation were vented, and he was shocked by the courage of the thieves. Ask Shang Fang to sword, empty hearing Lu Yang swing. The section is not ......"

This poem is almost full of allusions, Bigan, Wu Zixu, Chang Hong, Zhang Xun, Lu Yanggong, if Wang Yuan has read less, he really can't understand it.

Wang Yuan couldn't help but pout, the reader really couldn't be provoked, and he scolded people without dirty words.

From a literal point of view alone, this poem is just praising Lin Jun and praising his loyalty to state affairs after his dedication. But in connection with Lin Jun's experience as an official, Wang Yangming counted Zhu Houzhao every sentence, complaining that the emperor forced the upright minister out of the court, and complained that the emperor was absurd and debauched and made the people of the world miserable.

Lin Jun, the word to be used, the number is prime, a native of Putian, Fujian, and the ancestor of Lin Zexu.

Wang Yuan's transformation of the Guanyin statue in Zhejiang is a fart, and Lin Jun directly "destroys the Buddha" in Yunnan!

At that time, Heqing Xuanhua Temple falsely claimed to have a living Buddha and took the opportunity to make a lot of money in Yunnan. Lin Jun led people to scrape the gold skin of the Buddha statue, burned the wooden tire with a fire, and scraped all the gold to pay off the arrears of taxes of the peasants. Lin Jun also thoroughly inspected the local Buddhist temples, and all the temples that did not obtain official approval were demolished, and more than 360 temples were demolished within a year, and all the wood removed was used to build schools.

In the Hongzhi Dynasty, Lin Jun patrolled Xinchang, Jiangxi and other places, where there were many thieves and rebels. Among them, there is a bandit leader named Wang Wu, who has many thieves and is quite chivalrous, Lin Jun rode to Wang Wu's lair alone, directly said that Wang Wu had to take refuge in the imperial court, and also took Wang Wu to exterminate other thieves in Xinchang.

What, you didn't break into the den of thieves alone? Then you are not a qualified civil official!

Lin Jun has done this kind of thing more than once. When he was patrolling Sichuan, he went to the anti-thief camp in a sedan chair, said in one breath that the three thieves would surrender, and ordered them to surrender regularly. It's a pity that when it rains heavily, the anti-thieves missed the deadline, and rebelled in panic, Lin Jun could only lead the troops to defeat the anti-thieves, and the three thieves grabbed two and recruited one.

In the sixth year of Zhengde, Lin Jun almost completely eliminated the thieves in Jiangxi, but after he left Jiangxi, he became the same again.

By the way, Lin Jun seems to dislike monks very much. He destroyed countless temples in Yunnan, and also destroyed temples in Jiangxi, forcing monks to return to the lay people to farm, and many monks had no land to cultivate or even became thieves.

Such a minister, but the court could not keep it, and was forced to take the initiative to resign and return to his hometown.

Wang Yuan took the teacher's newly written poem and asked with a smile: "Sir, aren't you afraid that Your Majesty will see it?" ”

Wang Yangming said: "If he can see it and know his way back, I will make a great merit." ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "Your Majesty is indeed ridiculous, and he knows that he is ridiculous, but he will never correct it." ”

Wang Yangming was silent.

Wang Yuan also said: "In the sixth year of Zhengde, the thieves who have ravaged Jiangxi for decades have been cleared up by the Duke of Jiansu. Why is it that in just a few years, there are more and more thieves, so that Mr. will come to kill him again? After Mr. leaves Jiangxi, will it be like after seeing Su Gong leave, and Jiangxi will be a group of thieves in a few years? ”

Wang Yangming sighed: "People's livelihood is difficult, and it is natural to be a thief. After I'm gone, I'm afraid it won't be a few years, just a year or two, and there will be a lot of thieves. There are too many officials in Jiangxi, there are many nobles in Jiangxi, and there are countless government-run mines, all of which are forcing good people to be thieves. ”

There are too many civil officials and nobles, and land annexation is serious, so it is naturally difficult for the people to make a living.

And the mines in Jiangxi are eunuchs who are creating evil.

In those government-run mines, the eunuchs exploited excessively, and called the miners to death, and there were not a few miners who escaped and became thieves. Moreover, some government-run mines have long been hollowed out, but the imperial court has not revoked the establishment, and the eunuchs have no oil and water to fish, so they simply force the miners to be thieves to rob.

Wang Yuan asked, "Sir, is there a way to do it once and for all?" ”

Wang Yangming said with a smile: "The methods are all in your palace test article, looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, who has the ability to implement it?" I have used some of the tinkering methods, and I guess they can last for a few years. ”

People all over the world evaluate Wang Yangming, and they only look at him to suppress bandits in Jiangxi, and only look at him to quell King Ning's rebellion.

However, few people paid attention to the fact that when Wang Yangming exterminated the bandits in southern Jiangnan, he redefined the territory of various prefectures and counties under the pretext of preventing the resurgence of bandits. He seized the opportunity to take stock of the official land, as well as the land with different skins and bones, and forcibly distributed it to the peasants who had no land to cultivate.

Wang Yangming offended countless gentry and nobles in southern Jiangnan, only because he had a very high reputation in Shilin and a very high prestige among the people in Jiangxi, so those gentry and nobles did not dare to jump out and make trouble.

After Wang Yuan understood Wang Yangming's approach, he immediately smiled happily and said, "Sir, why don't you take advantage of King Ning's rebellion and come to Jiangzhong and northern Jiangxi?" ”

Wang Yangming reminded: "In the land of Qingzhang in southern Jiangxi, I am already trembling for the division. The gentry and nobles in central and northern Jiangxi are stronger than those in southern Jiangxi, so you are not afraid of turbulent discussions? ”

Wang Yuan said: "If you don't act like this, the Jiangxi bandits will never be cut off." If you do this, you can settle down in Jiangxi for at least twenty years! I have already looked for a good candidate, and Chen Yong, the political envoy of Guizhou Zuobu, is available. ”

Wang Yangming said: "Chen Xiran is a real person, don't harm him, let the teacher do it." ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and said: "If Mr. does this, it is impossible for him to enter the cabinet in this life, even if he is a scholar, he will be opposed by the Manchu Dynasty." ”

Wang Yangming said with a smile: "The ministers and the book are not my plans, if they can be exchanged for 20 years of stability in Jiangxi, then it is worth doing." I am afraid that if I do it halfway, I will offend too many officials, impeach me countless times, and transfer me from Jiangxi. ”

Wang Yuan said: "What if Your Majesty supports it? ”

Wang Yangming asked, "How can Your Majesty support it?" ”

Wang Yuan blinked and said, "Your Majesty wants to recover Daning City, but there is not enough food and grass. I told him that Jiangxi's land annexation was serious, and the grain tax could not be collected at all, so he could take advantage of King Ning's rebellion against Qingzhang's land. The increased tax revenue of a province can provide him with a big battle. ”

Wang Yangming suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, and quipped: "You, it's really a minister!" ”