Chapter 530: On the Cusp (Medium)
PS: Happy Lantern Festival! Where are the monthly passes and tips?
At night, snowflakes drifted in the sky above Jingshi, and soon, the heavy snow covered the streets and houses with silver. If this snow falls to dawn, the entire capital will be a glass world, like a heavenly palace.
However, this is the idea of a scholar. Those impoverished people drank gruel, but they did not have the elegant interest in appreciating the snow.
Near Chongwenmen Street, there are several sedan chairs parked in the gate of a magnificent mansion in the square, and more than ten cars are parked outside the gate, and the sedan chair drivers and coachmen sit around the fire in the gatehouse and eat salted meat and tofu stewed cabbage with hot burning knives......
Passing through the corridor, which was cleaned by the servants at any time, past the living room, and following a lamp circling around the corridor, you will arrive at the master's study.
In the study, there are a few lights, although it is snowing heavily, but it is still warm like spring here, the new official secretary Zheng Sanjun is sitting silently on his Huanghuali official hat chair, on the chair, with a thick warm mattress.
But in the eyes of Zheng Sanjun, who is commonly known as the heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, he is like sitting on pins and needles, and he feels cold in his heart.
He sat quietly, and on the sandalwood desk in front of him, there was a cup of tea, and he hadn't drunk it for a long time, and the tea in it was already cold.
The fire-sandwiched wall of the study and a few delicate coal-fired copper plates did not seem to drive away his cold. Every time he moved, there seemed to be a bone-piercing cold air hitting him, so that he had to wrap his fox fur tightly around him.
However, every time it is tightly wrapped, it is like a needle prick. It's extremely uncomfortable. The reason is very simple, Zheng Tianguan's Xuanhu Dayu is a charcoal gift from his protΓ©gΓ© disciple. It was purchased for 10,000 silver dollars from the shop that was popular outside Chaoyangmen.
This big piece that he loved for ten minutes made him very disgusted today. Thinking of the things in the court today, and then thinking about the fact that this piece of Dayu was purchased from Li Shouhan's shop, how could this not make him feel bored?
"Today's matter, you Yushitai has really done Meng Lang!"
Zheng Sanjun looked coldly at the imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate sitting opposite. The Metropolitan Inspectorate is what he called the Imperial Historical Tower, and the more elegant name is the so-called Baitai. Set the left and right are the imperial history, and the second product is the second product; Left and right vice-capital imperial history, is the third product; Left and right are all imperial history. Positive four products. There are 13 supervising imperial history, with a total of more than 100 people. He specializes in correcting the impeachment of hundreds of divisions, identifying wrongs, and supervising all provinces, and is the division of discipline for the ears and eyes of the Son of Heaven. All ministers are treacherous, villains form parties, and those who are powerful and disruptive. Impeach. Those who are obscene and greedy for bad official discipline. Impeach. Those who are not academically correct, who write and say that they have become chaotic and constitutional, and who want to use them. Impeach. In case of Hajj and inspection, the same officials and the Ministry of Ministers were deposed. The heavy prisoners of the big prison will be in the outer court, and the punishment department and Dali Temple will be leveled. It is dedicated to the mainland. Follow the field, each in its own way. The thirteen supervising imperial historians are responsible for correcting the official evils of the hundreds of internal and external divisions, or impeachment in the face of the seal, or impeachment in the seal. In the two capitals in the two capitals, inspect the Beijing camp, supervise the township, the examination and the martial arts, inspect the Guanglu, inspect the warehouse, inspect the inner library, the imperial city, the five cities, and take turns to climb the drum and other things.
"Yes! What adults teach is that! It is true that the students and others did not ask for advice from the Lord. β
Although today's incident is only to discard a small pawn and throw away a seventh-rank superintendent of the imperial history, judging from the habit of the civilian clique to control the government and suppress the forces of military generals and noble eunuchs for many years, this is undoubtedly a great shame.
However, what is even more annoying is that at present, this group of nobles in the capital has accelerated the transportation cooperation with their relatives in Nanjing, and the connection is getting closer and closer. There is a vague matter of serving Li Shouhan as the main person to confront the civilian clique and the Jiangnan clique.
That's the worst thing!
Most of these people present were people who were close to Donglin and Jiangnan forces, and many of them had families in Jiangnan giants.
"Brother Zhang, the matter has come to this, and the anger of the thunder is stopped, see what we should do next, and we must not let the disaster of the martial arts domain reappear in the Ming Dynasty!"
Zheng Sanjun's predecessor, Li Rixuan, the former secretary of the Ministry of Officials, sat next to him across the Huanghuali case,
Li Rixuan spoke slowly, although his tone was flat, but the words in it concealed the anger that could not be concealed.
Zheng Sanjun in front of him, also a veteran of officialdom, a native of Chizhou Jiande, the first year of Chongzhen, was the secretary of the Nanjing household department and the head of the ministry, the first month of the eighth year, for the criminal department of the book, plus the prince Shaobao, Chongzhen eleven years, there is a thief of the cave work department, Sanjun is a classic, the emperor is angry to seize his official, the courtiers are rescued, and he is allowed to redeem.
He is cautious, and he came back again after the special dismissal, but he was in the bureau, and he often couldn't help himself, just like the disaster in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, he had the heart to sentence heavily, but he pleaded for mercy in all aspects, which made him hesitate, and as a result, he brought trouble to himself.
"Between you and me, there are some opinions, different political views, but they are all gentlemen's disputes. No matter who reigns, it is all for the Ming Dynasty. It's just that in the eyes of the students, they must not see the martial artists, the eunuchs and other generations running rampant in the temple! β
With a loud "bang", he slapped heavily on the table in front of him, and the two cups of tea were all beating non-stop.
"What do you think of Uncle Obscurity?"
Zheng Sanjun's expression was quite playful. The martial artist and noble eunuch party in Li Rixuan's mouth undoubtedly refers to Li Shouhan and Uncle Li. Among the heavyweights in the court, he is the only one who happens to have these three identities: leading the general, being named Ning Yuanbo, and having a close relationship with the eunuchs.
If it weren't for the combination of these three identities on Shouhan alone, whoever it was, the Chinese officials of the DPRK would have killed him and ruined him. What about Ning Yuanbo and Li Chengliang back then? Ten times of success, didn't the result be that he had lived in the capital for many years? As for the matter of eunuchs, it is even simpler, the government and the opposition echo together, and with thousands of mouths, tens of thousands of pens of public opinion and saliva, he can also be drowned!
But the tricks that are often used to deal with martial artists, nobles, and eunuchs don't seem to be able to solve the freak of Li Shouhan!
Deduction of wages? Using a trick that has been tried and tested for more than a hundred years to strangle Li Shouhan? This trick doesn't seem to work, it seems that since this guy was born, he has never used a penny of military salary from the Ming court, and he has eaten a grain of military food from the imperial court. Every year, he donates a lot of money and food to the inner court. It's a pity that traitors are rampant, and these money and grain can't go into the treasury, but are allowed to be squandered by the eunuchs!
Mobilize and dismantle his soldiers, horses, and artillery ships? It seems even more impossible! According to the current rules of the Ming Dynasty, Li Shouhan's subordinates are millions of heroes, and if you don't get his nod and consent, you don't want to transfer a single soldier. Those soldiers, horses, ships and cannons are completely his private property and belong to the family! Don't say that the current salaries of the Nanyue Army are all raised by Li Shouhan himself. It is the family of the generals of the military towns in the mainland who used the military salary of the Ming Dynasty. Isn't it also a grand takeaway when you leave office? The number of family members is a reflection of the strength of the generals.
Last time, King Qin, if it weren't for the cabinet headed by Yang Sichang and Wang Chengen and other eunuchs in the inner court who joined forces and gave Li Shouhan the hat of righteousness and loyalty to the country, how could he get a strong force into his hands?
That is, the imperial court does not issue a penny of food. With the financial resources of Li Shouhan and Long. It is not a problem to raise hundreds of thousands of military horses.
Someone had already heard a little bit of news from the mouths of the Long Prevailing guys. It is not a kind of tax donation that is levied and extorted, it is normal trade, and it is easy for Ning Yuanbo to feed the army and officials.
(Zheng Datianguan didn't know.) The Xuanhu fur on his body was exchanged for a large iron pot by the temple street branch that was prevalent in Long. This is not true, it is an iron pot in exchange for leather goods that can be sewn into two robes! οΌ
Zhang Ruoqi, who was in charge of the public opinion of the provinces, the military officials' merits, verification, rewards and punishments, pensions, and military reviews and tests. There is a lot of power.
But he is also a member of the Korean Chinese official group. He was also extremely dissatisfied with Chen Xinjia's great Sima's willingness to welcome Ning Yuanbo. Since Ning Yuanbo is an official of the Ming Dynasty, his land, soldiers, horses, money, and grain should all belong to the Ming Dynasty. Unified dispatch by the imperial court.
(Oh, it seems that this Lord Zhang has forgotten jΓ¬, the Ming Dynasty has a rule that people with meritorious names do not have to pay money and food to bear obligations such as forced labor.) What reason should you use to seize Li Shouhan's property? Theoretically, those lands were also his own, not those of the Ming court. οΌ
Zhang Ruoqi got up and walked to the window, and pushed the carved wooden window open, letting the cold air outside blow in.
The fresh air with the snowflakes in his face lifted his spirits and swept away the dull air in the study. In the darkness, there are figures flickering in the courtyard from time to time, it is the servants and maids in the Zheng Mansion who are busy, cleaning the snow in the courtyard, but in fact, they don't know that in the eyes of these literati, the snow is where the royal spirit lies, and it is the scenery that can make people poetic. As for whether it will cause the river to freeze, make the ships unable to move, cause the price of food in the capital to skyrocket, and how many people will freeze to death and starve, I'm sorry, these things are in charge, not for me. But if they see it with their discerning eyes, there will be famous articles flowing out of the pen through the ages, scolding the court and officials for their inaction.
"Brother Zhang, since Li is relying on the money and food of soldiers, horses, and horses, he uses it to run rampant. The Son of Heaven was deceived by this fang with his military exploits, money and food, and if we attack the strength of the other with my weaknesses, it will be difficult to calculate. Li Banghua, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, who entered Beijing to report on his work, held three locks of long beard and sold Guanzi with all the adults present in a subdued and frustrated Jiangxi Jishui official dialect.
"What do you think about Brother Meng?"
"That's it! The lower officials are willing to listen to the dispatch of the big Sima, and all of them are looking forward to the big Sima! β
Li Banghua, who had a square face and a broad forehead, had a righteous face, and his originally slightly red complexion became more and more red because of excitement and excitement, and even the class on the right cheek became more and more clear.
"Although we don't have 100,000 pixiu minions in our hands, we don't have 100,000 green worms in our waists to use. However, we have the righteousness of heaven and earth in our hearts, and the sages in our hands like a rafter. β
The meaning of Li Banghua's words is translated into something that we can understand and understand, "We don't have a hard knife handle like Li Shouhan in our hands, and the money bags in our waists are not so bulging, and the backstage bosses in Jiangnan may not be willing to pay this money to bring down Li Shouhan." But we have our advantages and traditional way of playing, that is, to use the pen in our hands to write articles to create public opinion and make Li Shouhan stink! β
Li Banghua's method belongs to the toad on the top of the feet, not biting and disgusting.
I have no soldiers in my hands, no money in my hands, but I can use the pen in my hand and the tools of public opinion in my hands to attack you. Spread rumors about you, smear your face, and pour dirty water on you.
"Da Sima's method is very clever!"
Lin Kewen, a member of the Ministry of Rites, was quite excited.
Xiaguan also accompanied the Qincha to and from Nanzhong, Guangzhou and other places many times, and he was quite touched during the period. Although Ning Yuanbo has achieved quite a small success under the rule, it is contrary to the way of the sage, not like those shameless literati say, the so-called people have the joy of singing with their stomachs! β
ββ¦β¦ Entering the country, the customs are simple, the vocal music is elegant, and the costumes are plain. Everyone fears the government and obeys it. It has the folk customs of ancient times. Entering the Duyi official mansion, the officials were strict and solemn, and everyone was frugal and respectful, faithful and dutiful. There are no bad habits. Just like the good officials of the ancients. Officials are faithful to their duties. Go out of the private door and enter the public door, go out of the public door and return to the private door, and do not go out of the door because of private affairs. Don't form gangs, don't make friends, do things without knowing and do things, it can be said that it is the style of the ancients. Observing the court of the Qin State, its court discussions are orderly, there is no lingering in all matters after listening to decisions, and it is running in an orderly manner as if it is an anarchic rule, which is really an ancient style of imperial court......"
Lin Kewen said: "This is the State of Qin, Xunzi once praised it when he wrote his treatise, how similar is it to Xuanfu Town?" However, Qin II ended up because it was too strict and the steel did not last! The Han learned a lesson, slowed down the people and helped the people, and even deposed the Confucianism of a hundred schools, so that there would be a world for 400 years. Ran Ning Yuanbo blindly imitated the tyrannical Qin, did not cultivate benevolence and righteousness, and only sought money, food, and wealth, which was bad! β
With a sad look, "Those who are good above will be very bad!" The morals of the people have been corrupted. As far as the eye can see, it is all copper smell, and when you hear it, it is all business. Someone someone shipped a batch of overseas goods from somewhere, and sent it again, someone and someone, got the approval to build a sea ship, as long as you can invest a thousand silver dollars, the sea ship can be successfully built in just one year to recover the capital, and then it is just to make money, someone bought hundreds of slaves, went to ten states to reclaim, within a few years, there is already a large grange of tens of miles is really envious! Or, someone went to Fuso and brought back countless gold and silver by ship, and so on! β
"There is nothing wrong with seeking profit." Zheng Sanjun knew that the trade activities with Nanzhong were also an important source of wealth for the wealthy people in Jiangnan today, and he must not delve into this matter. "However, under the Shogunate of Uncle Ningyuan, it is a big deal not to know how to respect scholars! There is a law in the country, and scholars do not pay taxes and do not bear forced labor. However, under the rule of Uncle Ning Yuan, there has never been such a person who has such treatment! β
"In the wilderness of the south and central part of the implementation of the official gentry to pay grain as an errand can be regarded as a temporary expedient measure, forget it, since the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the two wide land also do this, Chongzhen thirteen years Fujian also implemented this way, what is the national law? Where is the saint system? In the long run, I will definitely not be a country! β
Seeing that someone had started, more than a dozen people in the study attacked various social phenomena under the rule of Shouhan.
"Martial arts rule the country, I don't know the teachings of the saints, and I don't know how to defend men and women!"
This person also remembered the scene he saw when he went to Nanzhong that day.
When the workshop was closed at noon, hundreds of workers poured out of the already lively streets, in groups, talking freely, and the strong smell of sweat on his body was so strong that the adult almost vomited.
There are also countless women, not only Han women in the mainland, but also many barbarian women with short hair and tattoos, singing, talking and laughing, all wrapped in scarves, wearing all kinds of flower clothes to swagger through the market, which makes this adult quite dazzled. Seeing that someone couldn't take their eyes off it, the middle of the women's team either scolded or frowned angrily, obviously looking down on this silverfish from outside.
When he learned that most of these women were female workers in various textile factories and garment factories, he immediately had an impression of these workers: these people, both men and women, were uneducated, evil deeds, and mixed good and bad, the source of evil!
"Women's families, show their heads, what kind of system has they become."
When he talked about these women, many of whom earned more money than the men in the family, it caused a unanimous criticism from everyone present: "This is really upside down, Si Chen!" β
When I heard that these textile factories often have thousands of female workers, the houses in the factories are extremely hot, and the women's clothes are soaked with sweat, and their bodies are completely visible. And there are many male workers engaged in handling, mechanical maintenance and other matters, because the factory implements a three-shift work system, often some happy things happen to become the talk of ignorant people after dinner, but also make a group of defenders sad for it.
What's more, I don't know the way of Huairou and distant people. Blindly superstitious about force. The dynasty has a system of rules and regulations, and for the natives everywhere, those who come do not refuse to chase those who go. Whoever comes will be rewarded with wealth, silk, wine and food, but under the rule of Uncle Ning Yuan, the people used in various mines, forest farms, iron smelting, etc., are all natives. It is said that all of them are people who have been captured by foreign expeditions over the years, and they are called official slaves. β
This generation confided in the students with tears, originally the sunrise and sunset. Generations of living between the green mountains and green waters, quite the joy of the king of the south! Ran Ning Yuanbo first called reclamation, attracting hundreds of Fujian and Guangdong refugees, and then used the art of war to strangle this generation, so that the reclamation people and the natives went to war. Then he took the soldiers to capture the natives of this generation as slaves. Failure to complete the so-called quota every day will result in a reduction in meals and whipping and corporal punishment. β
Everyone talked about their understanding of the various situations under Li Shouhan's rule, and there was a lot of dissatisfaction in their words that this Ning Yuanbo did not act according to the way of the sage. (To be continued......)