Xie Sanbin sat on a chair next to him, but only sat on half of his buttocks, looking very respectful.

Qian Qianyi stroked his beard and nodded slightly, secretly saying that his influence in Shilin is still quite large, even if the domineering prince implements a new style of education and attracts a large number of scholars, there are still scholars who do not eat his set.

Xie Sanbin sat for a while, and when he saw that his face was gentle, he said: "Sir, the crown prince is fierce, and he implemented a series of new policies as soon as he arrived in Jiangnan, such as apportioning the land into the mu, the gentry paying grain in one, collecting commercial taxes, etc., these are all aimed at us and other Jiangnan gentry, do we really have to sit still?" ”

Qian Qianyi made no secret of it, and said: "It's really a ridiculous government, this is a move to seize the people's wealth and compete with the people, Qian is absolutely unacceptable!" ”

Seeing his indignant appearance, Xie Sanbin suddenly knew in his heart, he quickly stood up and saluted, and said, "Mr. for the country and the people, the students admire!" ”

Qian Qianyi waved his hand and said, "As scholars, we should follow the example of our sages and dare to say and do." ”

Xie Sanbin secretly despised it in his heart, what this old man said was high-sounding, wasn't it for his own interests?

The surname Qian is attached to the fields of many landlords, not to mention the benefits of all parties over the years, and he also buys land and land, and opens dozens of shops, once the prince's new policy is implemented, he will scrape off a layer of skin, how can this old man bear it? It's no wonder if you don't object!

Xie Sanbin asked tentatively: "Sir, the student was entrusted by several families in Wujiang to come to ask you, I don't know how you want to deal with it?" ”

Qian Qianyi smiled: "It's not how I want to deal with it, but how you want to deal with it." ”

He continued: "These new policies not only caused great damage to everyone's interests, but also cut off the financial routes of countless people, and it was like a ...... of luck."

Xie Sanbin woke up violently and said, "You mean that we are fanning the flames and boycotting the new deal by taking advantage of Zhu Dadian's assassination?" ”

Qian Qianyi nodded and said: "Not only us, but also the Fushe side must take action, didn't Zhang Pu write "The Tombstone of Five" more than ten years ago, it's a big deal to let him write another one, and businessmen, it's time to stand up and protect their rights and interests." ”

Xie Sanbin was a little worried: "Now that a large number of Tianwu troops are stationed in the various prefectures of Nanzhili, if they ......"

Qian Qianyi's face instantly became ugly, thinking that he was thrown out of the city by a general surnamed Li of the Tianwu Army in Nanjing City, he became angry, these martial artists are completely unreasonable, and they are a tricky existence.

After thinking about it for a while, Qian Qianyi eased his mood and continued: "As long as we are loud enough, I don't believe that the prince dares to do anything to us, the gentry of my Suzhou Mansion have resisted taxes not once or twice, and the rioting citizens have killed a lot of officials, Emperor Shenzong DìDū has no way to take us, he is a prince, and he is too tender!" ”

In the twenty-seventh year of Wanli, Sun Long, a weaving eunuch in Suzhou and Hangzhou, was ordered to "levy taxes from Suzhou and Hangzhou", that is, to collect all kinds of commercial taxes from Suzhou and the surrounding counties of Hangzhou.

The weaving eunuch Sun Long was supposed to crack down on tax evasion, but the result inspired a popular uprising, a general strike of industry and commerce in Suzhou, many silk weaving workers in groups killed the tax supervisors, and Sun Long, who was born as a celebrant eunuch, escaped overnight, and hid in anxiety for two days before taking advantage of the night to escape to Hangzhou in a small boat, and no longer dared to go to Suzhou to inspect.

Thinking of the tax resistance in Suzhou, Xie Sanbin was more confident in his heart, and he suggested to Qian Qianyi: "Since the prince has also made a move against Caoyun, should we find those nobles to carry out activities and add a fire to increase the certainty of victory?" ”

Qian Qianyi glanced at him appreciatively, and laughed: "The idea is good, it's time to walk around with them." ”

Xie Sanbin was immediately relieved after hearing this, and the two glanced at each other, both of them sneered.

Landlords, merchants, scholars, nobles, all parties jointly boycotted the new policy, and under the surging pressure and conspiracy, I am afraid that the prince will die in the future.

Subsequently, Xie Sanbin personally went to Nanjing to find Zhang Pu, the helmsman of the Restoration Society, and relayed Qian Qianyi's thoughts.

Zhang Pu couldn't bear it anymore when he heard that the party leader of Donglin couldn't bear it, and readily agreed, this was something he couldn't ask for.

Zhang Pu personally wrote and wrote a long-awaited "Jinling Anti-Tax Public Disclosure".

At the end of the article, the article asked the scholars who were interested in opposing the apportionment of the land to the mu and the commercial tax to hold the Jinling Conference in Qixia City, Nanjing, on the first day of the 14th year of Chongzhen, to put pressure on the imperial court and jointly resist the various evil policies of the crown prince.

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Wuxi County, Changzhou Prefecture, Wuxi north of the Yangtze River, south of Taihu Lake, Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal through it, since ancient times is the land of fish and rice, cloth wharf, money wharf, kiln wharf, silk capital, rice market said.

In the thirty-second year of Wanli, Donglin scholar Gu Xiancheng and others gathered here to give lectures, founded Donglin Academy, which became famous for a while, after the development of recent decades, Donglin Academy has become the main public opinion center of the humanities gathering area and discussing state affairs in the south of the Yangtze River.

There are several streets in Wuxi City, all of which have square tables, and at this time in the mansion of the most prosperous alley in the center of the street, there are many wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River.

The mansion is richly decorated, the hall is spacious and rich, and the merchants sitting inside are all dressed in brocade robes, showing the atmosphere of wealth and nobility, and the rule that merchants are not allowed to wear silk has long been thrown out of the clouds.

A group of businessmen sat on the delicate Huanghuali chairs, leaning or sideways, talking and laughing slowly, casually greeting and talking, and tens of thousands of taels of transactions were reached.

The wine they drink is not a brand wine, but the wine brewed by the wealthy businessmen, the wealthy families in Jiangnan often start their own winemaking, there are more than 30 varieties here in Changzhou alone, and there are hundreds of brands of wine in the entire Jiangnan market.

The rice and wheat consumed by a city in the south of the Yangtze River every year for brewing are millions of stones, so extravagant that the people who have suffered natural disasters and displaced people in other places dare not dream of it.

For them, those homeless people naturally cannot affect their rich and wealthy life, and the only thing that has to do with it is that there are a few more beautiful maids in the house who have escaped from disasters.

The merchants were talking to each other and laughing lightly, when a butler wearing silk walked in and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, my lord has arrived!" ”

"Old Man Wu is here?"

"Come in!"

A group of businessmen hurriedly stood up and looked out of the hall, everyone waiting eagerly and smiling.

After a while, an old man in his fifties slowly walked in with the support of a beautiful maid, he was of medium stature, and at first glance he did not look like a profiteer, and he was a serious man of culture.

The businessmen and gentlemen bowed their hands one after another, saying hello, this old man Wu is the uncle of Wu Weiye, the priest of the country, and he is also the top rich family of Wujiang's eight surnames.

To be able to rank the surname of Wu Jiang, wealth is of course a necessary condition, but in addition to wealth, it must also enjoy considerable prestige in politics or society, the Wu family is a scholarly family, and there are many officials, and there are still many officials in the court.

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