"When I really entered this circle, I realized that sometimes it was not that the upper court could not give it, nor that the court closed its eyes and ignored the people's suffering, but ......" Jiang Weiqing looked left and right, and only continued after making sure that there was no one around: "Let's put it bluntly, your majesty has already made a will in this situation......

It turned out that Zhang Taoman set up Huangzhuang in the world because he was afraid that there would be too many ownerless places among the people, and if he did not intervene, it would inevitably lead to the remnants of the gentry and the powerful from all walks of life to take it for himself, especially the remnants of the eunuch party such as Zhejiang and Chu who were less affected. Therefore, it has simply become the industry of Huangzhuang, and some displaced people can be resettled, especially Zhang Tao is also familiar with the various benefits of centralized land use.

He also thought about what to do if the original owner of the land fled and returned, and finally he thought of a way, the land that had been confiscated would not be returned, but it could be redeemed with internal funds, or signed a lease agreement, and the original landlord could lease it to the Huangzhuang for use.

The policy was formulated, but until now, I haven't heard of anyone implementing it, and the local people feel that Zhang Tao is just talking about it, since it is already a royal thing, which leopard who eats a bear's heart dares to ask the emperor for something? Even if there is, it has to become nothing! Who would be stupid to really follow the implementation, anyway, the land of those Confucian lords has already been returned.

Emperor Zhang was also aware of this problem, he thought that there would be a lot of feedback that the negotiation with the original landlord failed, and the other party had to get back his right to use, but he didn't expect that not only did he not have these troubles, but he didn't even have a person who asked for land, this abnormal situation attracted his attention, so an organization like Jinyiwei began to operate.

Lin Yi's classmate happens to be one of these secret guards, and the time he took refuge in Zhang Tao can even be traced back to before the Northern Expedition, so that a scholar can give up his fame to do this kind of work without light, which shows how outstanding Emperor Zhang's intelligence ability is.

Jiang Weiqing thought to himself, this time the task did not expect to find a breakthrough so easily, although as a grassroots intelligence officer, he also knows some local things, but he can't report it without real evidence, it just so happens that his classmate will not die, and he also meets all the conditions, he wants to see what the result of this kind of lawsuit will be in the local yamen!

In fact, Jiang Weiqing will become an agent of the intelligence system, and there are deep-seated reasons, he was originally Lin Yi's classmate, but his family background is not as good as Lin Yi. Therefore, he has learned more about the pressure of life than Lin Tongsheng, and he knows the darkness of officialdom better. Although the literary style around the capital is not prosperous, there is no intertwined network of interests like Jiangnan Donglin. However, on the township test, the government test and other checkpoints, there is still a lot of unspoken rules that are affected by a certain background, and he is a victim of this unspoken rule.

So he has long hated the rotten officialdom culture of the former Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, he has been crawling in society for a living, which also makes him different from Lin Yi, who is studying hard, and has long concluded that the Ming Dynasty will die, so after seeing the signs of Zhang Tao's overlord, he decisively defected to the past. But because of his limited personal ability, he failed to make a name for himself in the military, and later because he was not well-known in the local area, which was very in line with the characteristics of the agent's inconspicuousness, he was selected by the intelligence department, and after the success of the Northern Expedition, he was sent to his hometown as a secret pile, and he was infiltrated into the yamen as the small leader of the intelligence network here.

After the education of the revolution @ life @ lord @ righteousness @ army, he actually has a deeper understanding of who he wants to fight for and the true meaning of the revolution, but he also inevitably brings the Confucian idea of loyalty to the monarch. And the latest big move is to provide the Ming Shun Emperor Zhu Cihong's reign, the black materials between local officials, you can imagine that the scribes, masters, family members, and little servants who thought they were their henchmen were actually Zhang Tao's secret agents, so the Donglin Party lost unjustly.

With the hatred of the official @ member @ rot @ defeat @, since he received the new order, he has been guessing what the reaction of the yamen will be if there is really a bitter master who comes to ask for land, but I didn't expect that luck would be unstoppable.

Seeing that a glimmer of hope had recovered in Lin Yi's eyes, he couldn't help but feel a little compassionate: "Actually, His Majesty has already made an edict today......

Lin Yi couldn't help but be surprised when he said this about the long-standing policy: "What the virtuous brother said is true? ”

"It's true!"

"That ......" Lin Yi thought about his words, and hesitated for a moment.

Jiang Weiqing didn't beat around the bush and asked directly: "You wonder why there is no rumor among the people?" ”

Lin Yi nodded: "I thought that this place was occupied by a relative or military leader, but I didn't expect there to be such twists and turns." ”

"How do you know......" Jiang Weiqing could only sigh.

It turned out that after the holy decree was issued, this kind of matter involving the people was to be publicized according to the rules, but it was precisely because many officials had various considerations, some did not post notices at all, and some did not say the specific handling plan although they were publicized, but they did not say the specific treatment plan, how could this not make the original landlords mutter, after all, in some places in the south of the Yangtze River, there are not a few lands that have been embezzled in the name of confiscating the property of criminal officials.

Of course, Zhang Tao could not tolerate the greed of these people, but because of the lack of evidence and the lack of a fuse to detonate the powder keg, he ordered the intelligence department to secretly collect evidence. As for Jiang Weiqing, who was close at hand, his speculation on the holy will could be said to be accurate, so he suppressed his excitement and encouraged Lin Yi.

I saw him looking at the other party sincerely: "Brother Xian, don't hesitate, if the recourse period is over, your ancestral land really has nothing to do with you, and besides, I support you in the yamen, what else are you worried about?" ”

"Brother Xian's kindness and foolish brother understand, but it's just ......" After struggling with his thoughts, he still said: "This has become the royal property, if my brother comes to ask for it, wouldn't it be self-defeating?" ”

Hearing this, Jiang Weiqing groaned for a moment, and then asked solemnly: "Brother, you said that since the day the army was raised, there has been a broken contract?" ”

Lin Yi, who asked this sentence, opened his mouth, and couldn't help but burst into tears, thinking that if he had listened to the golden and jade words of this true dragon emperor, how could he have ended up with a wife and a broken wife? Thinking about it again, anyway, now that he is alone, if he can't get his land back, he will die of despair sooner or later, what is the difference between dying early and dying later?

Thinking of this, he slapped his thigh: "In this case, the foolish brother depends on the virtuous brother!" ”

Originally, things had developed to this point, and a big case comparable to the empty seal case in the Hongwu period was about to be born, because the Tianjin prefect at that time did not intend to award back the land, not because he intended to embezzle, but because he did not dare to anger the imperial power, and thought that the emperor's edict was just talking about it, and really dismantled a piece of land from the imperial village and returned it to others, which was not a smart way to be an official.

At that time, although the prefect of Tianjin Mansion sympathized with Lin Yi, he did not accept his appeal, and only said that he could arrange Lin Yi in the school of the government, so that he could have food and clothing, and secondly, he could prepare for the scientific examination.

The logic of this prefect is actually quite clear, that is, not to offend the royal family, but also to find a way out for Lin Yi to avoid him from causing trouble again, and at the same time to have a reputation for taking care of scholars, not to mention that the population of the north has declined sharply, even if he is a general, Lin Yi should be able to mix up a talent or even raise people.

This was a good idea to kill multiple birds with one stone, but unfortunately he didn't know how many pairs of eyes were staring at this matter around him, let alone how many notebooks had been handed to Emperor Zhang's desk. But at that time, the East China Sea naval battle broke out, and Zhang Tao couldn't set off a national striker campaign for the time being in order to stabilize the rear, but this didn't mean that he would let it go.

So Jiang Weiqing received a secret order from the upline, asking him to reveal this matter to a former Ming background of the imperial history official, who was worried that there was no mouth cannon to fight, and immediately wrote to ask for his life like a chicken blood, saying that the setting of the Huangzhuang is a harsh government with infinite harm, and it should be taken as a warning to abolish the Huangzhuang and return the land to the people......

As a result, before they could create public opinion, Emperor Zhang directly issued an order to reprimand and punish the prefect and order him to follow the order. So Lin Yi, under the "guidance" of his classmates, invested in Huangzhuang with the land he belonged to, and in addition to the guaranteed ground rent, there were also some dividends every year.

The Jiangnan Shilin, who were preparing to fight with the emperor shirtless on the land issue, suddenly became dumbfounded. They poked this thing up, but they did not first reach the emperor to deal with it cleanly, and also recognized the ownership of the original land as promised in their holy decree, and pioneered the royal family to become tenants!

As a result, the various rumors concocted were stifled before they spread, and the Confucian Lin in Jiangnan did not mention this case, anyway, the emperor did not plan to do it, and we tacitly did not speak, and resolutely did not let the small and medium-sized landlords in the south know that there is still this way of operation. Otherwise, they all went to Huangzhuang to buy shares, and they would not be able to hide it.

But the development of things is always different from what was expected, and the more some people want to downplay the matter, the faster the information spreads, and within a few months, a bunch of plaintiffs who used to be small landlords have sprung up in the north and south of the country, and there is evidence to point out that a certain imperial village, or the land held by a certain important minister of the imperial court, is illegally occupied by war. For a time, all kinds of lawsuits for property have almost become a hot topic in society.

Let's not care about Zhang Tao's layout, just say that when Lin Yi took over the re-registered title deed from the helpless prefect, the middle-aged uncle, who had already been devastated by reality to the point of numbness, couldn't help but fall to his knees and cry bitterly. He had thought of many endings, but the best thing was nothing more than the emperor symbolically giving him some silver, which was regarded as buying the land. Even when I was dreaming, I never thought that I would be able to get back the title deed from the emperor.

Although it is now equivalent to renting the land to the Huangzhuang, but he is originally a bare-bones commander, even if he wants to return the land, he can't farm, and he still needs to find tenants, but now he saves this trouble, who is renting to is not rent, renting to the emperor not only sounds majestic enough, but also does not have to worry about the income. In particular, the rent guarantee made the northern landlords who had suffered enough of natural disasters feel itchy.

Because of the lack of manpower, Lin Yi could also choose to find an errand in the Huangzhuang, so that he could get another salary every month, but Lao Tongsheng refused, and after his life was relied on, his fame was alive again. It's just that when he got the new scientific examination syllabus from the study, not to mention how wonderful his expression was.

As for how Lin Yi crossed his fingers to learn Arabic numerals, let's not talk about it for the time being, just say that when Jiang Tian represented the Chinese Dynasty and went to Japan for the first time. Zhang Tao, who had finally solved the external troubles, remembered this case again, and he was already eager to promote reform, and he counted the old and new hatreds together, and took advantage of Jiang Tian's absence to be verbose and cut through the mess, and all in-service officials who privately occupied other people's land were investigated for criminal responsibility, and those who failed to enforce the law impartially like the Tianjin prefect were demoted or punished and transferred.

It is precisely because of this that he moved the idea of re-establishing a municipality directly under the central government, choosing a politically competent person by his side, and establishing a new governing system with his own hands, one is to find problems as an experiment, and the other is to show the excellence of the new policy.

It is said that after the new mayor took office, the action of governing is not small, there are scenes of large-scale construction everywhere, and small workshop-style factories have been established on the periphery of the city, and the original ruffians and the like on the market have also put away their minions, and they dare not go wild in front of the mayor with the golden gun. As for Lin Yi, who is now worry-free, in addition to lamenting the new dynasty and new atmosphere, his thoughts about taking a career are even stronger.

This thing is also very funny to say, as the so-called full of warm thoughts**, Lin Tongsheng was not in a hurry to take a concubine and marry a wife, but the new scientific examination topics made it difficult for him, and the weight of the four books and five classics he had learned before plummeted, and even the eight-strand text that he had been practicing was useless. Originally, Jiang Weiqing also planned to introduce him to the yamen as a scribe, but a notice from the new mayor poured a basin of cold water on him.

The proclamation clearly pointed out that in the future, public officials who were not previously on the staff, such as officials and officials, will be directly employees recognized by the imperial court in the future, and they will have the opportunity to be promoted to higher positions. However, if you want to enter the "system" in the future, you must first undergo a cultural assessment, and one of the entry conditions is to have a reputation above the talent level.

This is simply Lin Yi's life, if he can be admitted to Xiucai, how can his family decline so quickly, and to get the current Xiucai, it will be even more difficult, but he still does not give up, after experiencing so many things, Lin Tongsheng finally figured out one thing, that is, what Emperor Zhang said, what can be understood must be implemented, and what cannot be understood must be implemented, and deepen understanding in the implementation.

So when he knew that Tianjin Wei had been changed to a municipality directly under the central government, and his hometown was also included in the administrative division of Tianjin, he knew that there would be unprecedented changes here, and after the news of the enrollment of civil servant training classes came out, even if he did not have the fame of showing talent, he still mustered up his spirit and wanted to squeeze into this golden opportunity.

However, it is clear in the enrollment brochure that only the identity of Xiucai or above can be registered, and after passing the examination, you can enter the yamen as a small official, and as for the academic qualifications below Xiucai, it will not be considered for the time being.

This made many children with the same thoughts as Lin Yi scratch their ears and cheeks, and they wanted to enter this door but couldn't find a way, so they gathered in groups of teahouses and other places around the admissions office to inquire about the latest news.

Here I have to talk about the hypocritical side of Confucianism, in the history of the Ming Dynasty, those famous young talents, well-educated Confucians, under the hatred of the country and the family, how many can still defect to the enemy and betray the country, not to mention, and even a few famous cherishing feathers themselves put on a non-cooperative attitude, but urge their children to become officials, for fear that their non-cooperative behavior will affect the interests of reality, Kangxi just knows their true faces, so that they can open an Enke if they have nothing to do, and seduce them to die and can't stop.

Looking at this period of history again, there are only a few Confucian scholars who are truly loyal to the country and the people. As the saying goes, every righteous slaughter of dogs, this is honestly not deceiving.

Is the old boy Lin Yi really alive for personal gain? It can't be said that there is no meaning in this regard, but more importantly, through his own experience, Lin Yi found that the founding of the country recorded in the book was just around the corner. The little bit of caution in the literati's heart is the title of the gold list, but what is this for? At the big end, it is said that it is to stabilize the country and show the ambitions in the chest. To put it mildly, it is the glory of the lintel, fame and fortune. I think his father also spent his whole life pursuing this matter.

But after thinking about it, not having enough academic qualifications is a hard injury, Lin Yi at this time is no longer the nerd who can only study back then, after making up his mind, he went to find his old classmates. Jiang Weiqing saw that he came to find him, so he knew why he came, but he still had to pretend to be stupid when he should pretend to be stupid.

"Brother Tai's family is all settled? Why do you have to come and chat with my little brother today? ”

After Lin Yi was returned to the title deed and paid a year's rent, he returned to his ancestral house, facing the ruins that had already collapsed, and couldn't help but cry when he thought of his relatives. After crying bitterly, he packed up a brick in his old house as a souvenir, returned to the city and bought a small courtyard, which can be regarded as settling down.

Therefore, Jiang Weiqing asked him about his resettlement today, which was not abrupt. But Lin Yi was still in the mood to talk now, so he had to take a deep look: "Don't make fun of the virtuous brother, the foolish brother is sincere to come to ask for advice!" ”

Seeing his earnest words, Jiang Weiqing also became serious: "My brother is so anxious, that little brother has something to ask." ”

"Virtuous brother, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it."

Jiang Weiqing tidied up the sleeves of his robe, and said expressionlessly: "Please tell Brother Tai bluntly, why do you want to give up the scientific expedition and switch to the turbidity current?" ”