After listening to Ning Luoyuan's explanation, Ning Yu smiled, and his smile was a little meaningful.

The Shen family in Jiangnan is difficult to say in other aspects, but it is unique in understanding the emperor's thoughts, because in order to protect themselves, the Shen family has done these things that are in line with Ning Yu's ideas, and they are also things that Ning Yu has always hoped the gentry to do.

First of all, the Shen family sold the land in their hands, which shows that they fully understand what Ning Yu means, and it is also the root cause of this crisis - Ning Yu does not want these big clans to hold the land in their hands at all, if they just have dozens or hundreds of acres, it is fine, even if there are hundreds of acres, it is not a particularly big problem, but if there are thousands or even tens of thousands of acres of land in their hands, don't blame the emperor for turning his face.

You must know that since Ning Yu ascended the throne, he wanted to reward the lord or the clan, and never granted land, and the titles usually granted were themselves empty titles, and their value only depended on the amount of annuities, and it had nothing to do with the land, so some people even felt that Ning Chu's title was not as valuable as the title of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Not only that, even if it is the royal family itself, Ning Yu has no intention of taking more land, but puts all the funds on the royal consortium, and the annual expenses of the royal family are also from the royal consortium, and the actual land owned by the royal family is about 1,000 acres, which is also used as a related industrial park.

Ning Chu is not landless, only the confiscated flag fields and the official land of the Manchu Qing Dynasty already have tens of millions of mu, coupled with the pioneering policy that has been adhered to for a long time, Ning Chu currently has as much as 530 million mu of cultivated land.

A large part of these fields were held by the gentry and landlords of Ningchu, some were held by rich peasants and ordinary peasants, and the remaining part was used as official land in Ningchu, mainly as military merit fields, which were granted to soldiers who enlisted in the army and soldiers who had made military exploits, and a small part was leased to bankrupt homeless people for cultivation.

Therefore, when neither the lords nor the royal family themselves control the land, it is inevitable that Ning Yu will take action against the gentry landlords, it just depends on the time sooner or later, and now the gentry landlords have taken the initiative to brush the tiger's beard, and Ning Yu will naturally not be polite.

In order to protect themselves, the Shen family now directly sells the cultivated land they hold at a flat price, which is an expression of one meaning - they don't want to go against the imperial court, and they also sent people to contact the Chamber of Commerce and ask for the funds from the sale of land to be invested in industry and commerce, which also represents another meaning - to follow the footsteps of the imperial court.

With these two points alone, Ning Yu's perception of the Shen family is much better, and the Shen family's donation of silver dollars to the Chunmiao Fund makes Ning Yu have a better impression of the Shen family - because the Chunmiao Fund is a moral and political project that the queen is currently presiding.

The so-called Spring Sprout Fund refers to the relief fund activities for orphans, but it is different from the purpose of Ningyu to help the 200 children back then, the children rescued by the Spring Sprout Fund are not limited to gender or age, as long as the orphans under the age of 14 can enjoy the help provided by the Spring Sprout Fund.

Through the Spring Sprout Fund, orphans can enter the Camp Eagles affiliate and receive relevant education, but this education is very different from the militarized training of the Eagle Camp, and these orphans will have the opportunity to pass an examination to determine whether they are eligible to enter the Eagle Camp after the age of 14.

In any case, the Chunmiao Fund has been playing a very important role since the beginning of its operation, and more than 10,000 orphans have been rescued in the past two years, and its reputation among the high-level leaders of Ning Chu has been prominent, and many people have donated money to the Chunmiao Fund, and this time the Shen family donated 100,000 silver dollars, which is also a large amount.

"The Shen family is still relatively effective.......

Ning Yu smiled in a low voice, "The gentry at the moment really don't understand my thoughts, if there is a Shen family as an example in front, it seems to be a good thing." ”

Hearing this, Ning Luoyuan nodded slightly, he understood that the Shen family could not continue to move, so he made a favor and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the head of the Shen family also gave a small gift to the minister before, he hopes to get His Majesty's permission to let Shen Weijun, the son of the Shen family, enter Nanjing National University to study, and the minister does not dare to hide anything." ”

"He deliberately gave it to me, otherwise he wouldn't have given it to you, the gatekeeper of the hexagonal tower, it's just a trivial matter, you just have to do it."

Ning Yu admonished, and then said softly: "The real important thing at the moment is tomorrow's gathering of scholars...... I will let them knock on the drums, but as for the result, I still can't say for sure, but there is only one thing to do well, and that is to find out the rats hidden behind me when the scholars are assembled! ”

"Now that I have a list, it's just a map, and the minister is ready."

"Well, let's go down."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Ning Luoyuan withdrew, Ning Yu sighed softly, the repeated entanglements with the gentry group had lasted for several years, and now he was finally able to get a chance to settle the accounts...... But Ning Yu also knew in his heart that no matter how much he attacked the gentry group, they would still stubbornly continue to survive in the future.

The real reason is that the gentry are dominant, Ning Yu understands that this is not something that can be changed by manpower, whether it is to support the nobles or to support the eunuchs, there is no way to achieve real competition with the gentry, and the capital force supported by the current is still relatively weak, and it is difficult to achieve a head-to-head confrontation, so Ning Yu can only let Ning Yu personally lay out.

It's like Ning Chu's so-called court, although it looks pretty good, more incorruptible, more efficient, more loyal, and simpler than the Qing court, but the interests will not change, and the position will not change, they only care about their own wealth and wealth, and they only care about whether the glory of their lives can continue to be passed on.

For Ning Yu, what he can do is not to directly kick this court apart, but to pull one faction to fight another, and support the new forces, until the power of capital begins to be greater than that of the gentry, or to achieve parity, although the problem will not become simpler at that time, but Ning Yu only needs to adjust in the middle, and it is not as laborious as now.

"When this matter is over, I will be able to live a few years without worry......

Ning Yu muttered, holding a red pen in his hand, and drew a cross on the fold that Ning Luoyuan had just presented, the red handwriting looked bloody, but it looked murderous.

.......

After three years of innovation, on the eighth day of the fifth month, when the sky had just lit up a little light, the shops that opened shops on the main road in Nanjing, that is, near the left side of Suzaku Street, had already packed up everything one by one, removed the door panels and began to prepare to welcome customers to do business, but when they just opened the door, they were startled.

Because they could see in front of their eyes, there were already many people standing on Suzaku Street at this time, about thousands of people, all of them wearing long robes, holding folding fans in their hands, or holding portraits of Sage Kong, huddled together, with serious and indignant expressions, and marched in the direction of the noon gate.

Boy! Which one is this singing?

The shopkeepers quickly realized that something was wrong, and looked at the direction of the scholars, in front of them was the noon gate of the Forbidden City, and there was a Dengwen drum on that side.

In the city of Nanjing, beating the drum itself is a rare thing, because with the reform of today's Dali Temple system, there is basically no so-called grievance, you need to alarm the Son of Heaven, from the preliminary trial to the review, and then to the highest Dali Temple, there will be several processes in the middle, which can be more comprehensive coverage.

However, this time it was different, these scholars did not go to Dali Temple, but directly prepared to beat the Dengwen drum!

Shen Luochuan and Xu Zhai were mixed among the scholars, and in addition to the scholars surnamed Xu, the three of them had a little excitement on their faces, because when such scholars appeared on Zhuque Street, their demands were more and more easily accepted by the emperor.

As soon as he thought that everything could return to its original state, Shen Luochuan felt a little excited in his heart, he looked at the newborn sun in the sky, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Brother Xu, Brother Xu, today is the time for us to soar....... After waiting for the matter, you may be able to find a half-job to do. ”

"Brother Shen, I'll listen to you today, let's go!"

"Brother Shen, the junior brother thinks you are the head of the horse, just to clarify Yuyu and sweep away the haze!"

Under the praise of the two, Shen Luochuan was also a little proud in his heart, he had a literary name when he was young, but before this literary name could be transformed into actual fame and wealth, the Fu Han army had already called, so that Shen Luochuan had never participated in the scientific examination, especially the first scientific examination held by Ning Chu before the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was also because of Shen Luochuan's fear, so he did not go to participate, for fear that it would affect him in the future.

However, Shen Luochuan didn't expect that due to his previous fear, he couldn't participate in the scientific examination in time, so that when he wanted to participate in the second year of innovation, he was directly brushed down because the number of applicants was too high. After three years of innovation and the reform of the imperial examination system, Shen Luochuan, a person who had never learned a new school, could no longer be admitted.

As soon as he thought that he couldn't pass the exam, Shen Luochuan was a little anxious, so he angrily pulled his classmate friend Xu Zhai and came to Nanjing together, just to ask for an explanation.

Now seeing so many people like him, Shen Luochuan's sense of loss in his heart has faded, but a trace of fantasy has risen, if the imperial court decrees that it will be restored to the past, he will designate someone who can be admitted to a Jinshi, and then enter the Hanlin Academy, and then he can easily become a big official, why struggle for a show like today?

Just when the scholars began to move in the direction of the noon gate, there were three people mixed in the back of the team, namely Shen Weijun, Zhou Weiqing, Wang Yongqi and others, who also came early in the morning, but they deliberately did not squeeze in front, and they kept a low-key posture.

Zhou Weiqing looked at the crowded crowd of scholars in front of him, and a sneer appeared on his face, "Wait for them to make trouble, and if we make enough trouble, we will be able to get rid of it......."

Wang Yongqi looked around cautiously, with a little worry on his face, "What if the army comes?" Isn't this position a little too close at the moment...... Or let's not mess with them. ”

Zhou Weiqing snorted coldly, "You are a king, you usually know that you are timid, but you don't know that you are so small...... If there is really an army coming out, things will get bigger, and the bigger the matter, the safer we will be! ”

Shen Weijun had a faint smile on his face, "There is no need for the two brothers to argue, whether or not the army will be dispatched, it has little to do with us...... In fact, I brought you here today for one thing, and that is to control the development of the situation......"

"That's right, the scholars we contacted are all here, they have taken the money now, dare not do anything?"

Zhou Weiqing had a triumphant look on his face, since he told his father about this plan, he was also praised, and at the same time, he was also valued by these big clans, because this is indeed a good way to pick out the gentry, after all, the law is not responsible........

Shen Weijun on the side just smiled slightly, but he didn't speak anymore, and the three of them quietly watched as the scholars formed a huge team and began to move in the direction of the noon gate.

However, when the scholars had not yet arrived at the noon gate, they were stopped by another group of people, who were the new scholars who had passed the imperial examination, or they could be said to be reserve officials.

Most of these people are the sons of some businessmen, plus some of the original frustrated scholars, who chose to learn a new school in desperation, but they didn't expect to be admitted to Xiucai all of a sudden, and they were about to be conferred an official, which made them overjoyed at the same time, but also attached great importance to their hard-won everything.

Thousands of new scholars had already known about the plans of these rotten scholars, and they were not to be outdone, blocking in front of the group of old scholars, preventing them from going through the noon gate to knock on the drums.

Among the new bachelors, Qin Li and Xue Yan, who were friends with Zhu Yuyan at the beginning, were also in this crowd at this time, and they were confronting the old bachelors.

When the two of them knew that their friend Zhu Yuyan was going to be admitted to the army academy, they were still a little lost, but they said that it would be rare to see them in the future, and then after the two received the new textbooks, they went back to study it well, and vowed to take the exam before coming back.

Of course, someone like Xue Yan who was taught by a famous teacher naturally passed the new subject exam easily, and although Qin Li was not taught by a famous teacher, he was quite smart, and the content of the new exam was superficial, so he also successfully passed the exam.

The two sides were in a stalemate in front of the noon gate, no one refused to give in, and for a while the more they talked, the more angry they became, but some people began to move, although these scholars were usually weak people who were powerless, but they refused to give in to each other in the face of the future, and they waved Wang Baquan one by one and fought into a piece.

"Mother, you're coming!"

"Niang Xipi, come here!"

Although everyone didn't have weapons in their hands, and the fight was not systematic, but they couldn't stand the black hands of someone, just a moment later, there were soldiers who had fallen to the ground with their heads broken and bleeding, but it was strange to say, the patrol police and city guards who were everywhere on weekdays didn't see half a figure at this time, and they were allowed to fight.

Therefore, for a while, the sound of shouting and killing, and the sound of roaring and screaming became one, and the two sides were fighting each other without distinction, which made people feel dizzy when they looked at it.