Chapter 40: Meet Thou Thou in the Thorns!

The poor prince was rescued and carried away in the middle of the road.

Fortunately, he was already unconscious.

That way, he won't have to face the stares that would break him, and whether his vital organs will be able to function properly in the future......

"Heartbreaking!"

Yang Xin said indignantly.

It's all swollen like a purple eggplant!

Of course, this can't be blamed on him, mainly because of his lack of scientific knowledge, how did he know that there was a rope method to be a eunuch at this time! This is mainly the memoirs of our father-in-law of the Qing Dynasty who misleaded, in short, it was just a small accident, and he definitely never thought of putting Wang Gongzi and Jiuqiansui and others side by side. In fact, at this time, the father-in-law was not necessarily completely cut, the mortality rate was too high, and it was generally the Ming army that captured prisoners of war to do this. But the people solve it themselves, such as the nine thousand years old, they all cut the eggs, and they don't even cut the eggs since they were children, just like he did to Wang Gongzi to find a rope to tie it, or find a veteran to pinch it when he was a child......

This is very dangerous.

For example, the eunuch scourges the people's daughters, and the big eunuch is stuck in the small eunuch and can't get out, such a record is very complete in the Ming Dynasty, it is said that there are eunuchs in the prison army who scourge the wives of officers, and there are special people in the West Courtyard to pick up their guests, and the business is thriving, and even eat overlord chicken and are chased to the palace to ask for debts.

As for something like Nine Thousand Years Old, it's even less rare.

It wasn't until our Qing Dynasty that it was one-size-fits-all.

From this point of view, we still have progress in science and technology.

In the Ming Dynasty, like Shuntianfu, especially in the area of Hejian Mansion, Yang Xin's hometown, there were many people who were as ambitious as nine thousand years old, and they all solved it by themselves, and then went to the palace to serve the emperor, and even many people have solved it themselves, but they can't enter the palace because they don't have a way.

For example, at the age of 9,000, he spent many years outside the palace.

In this case, it is simply impossible to expect them to accept a mortality rate of 30 percent, let alone take the initiative, they are to sell smuggled salt, and being a bandit is also lower than cutting that knife. And what the father-in-law has, how many of them have come out? With such a high mortality rate and such a low rate of return, it is impossible to attract people at all, and they all have the courage to give themselves a knife, so why not do those with lower mortality rates? After all, how many can be produced in 9,000 years old? Only in such a way that the mortality rate can be ignored will really attract those with dreams to join the army of their fathers-in-law......

Uh, what's wrong with my father-in-law?

Father-in-law is also a promising career.

The father-in-law of the Ming Dynasty was an internal official, a kind of official, and there was no essential difference from the courtiers.

"It's mad indeed!"

A voice beside him suddenly said.

Yang Xin turned his head in astonishment and looked at a young man in a green shirt, who was watching Wang Gongzi leave with a sigh on his face, and then he shook the folding fan on his chest......

"Sun Chuanting, the word Boya!"

He turned his head and smiled.

"Yang Xin, the word ......"

Yang Xin suddenly found that he had no words.

Although he dressed like a dog in a mouthful of words every day, he forgot that a scholar was indispensable at this time.

"Words are sincere!"

On the other side, Chen Yujie suddenly appeared, and also shook the folding fan and said.

"Songjiang student Chen Yujie, the word Zhanyi!"

He said with a smile at Sun Chuanting.

Yang Xin was saddened to find that he did not have a folding fan.

"When Wang Gongzi encountered this difficulty, not only did everyone have no pity, but watched like a monkey play, is this the education of sages? Only Brother Shoucheng can treat it with compassion, this sincerity is respectable, we can't build our own joy on the pain of others, straightforward and thought-provoking, this sentence is worth ten thousand words! ”

Sun Chuanting said.

"I've always been!"

Yang Xintian said shamelessly.

Chen Yujie on the other side was speechless.

"Brother Boya, if I remember correctly, Brother Boya is a new science and technology jinshi, right?"

He said.

"I'm ashamed, it's just a tail three!"

Sun Chuanting said modestly.

Chen Yujie's eyes swept Yang Xin profoundly.

He reminded Yang Xin that everyone is not a person all the way, don't say everything with a big mouth.

Although he is also a scholar, he is a student purely for the convenience of walking, as for himself has long stopped reading the Four Books and Five Classics, in essence, he is a new young man who has accepted Western ideas, and he is still reading that Yahweh, even if this book is ruthlessly peeled by Yang Xin. It is precisely because he is different from the scholars of Baguwen that he mingles with Yang Xin and even Cao Wenzhao, but in essence, he is an outlier among scholars, and the corrupt Confucians definitely disdain to be in the company of such peddlers and pawns.

But Sun Chuanting is different, this is a Confucian scholar in the true sense of the Ming Dynasty.

So you're not all the way.

Especially now that people have been admitted to the Jinshi, this is an official, and then be careful to talk nonsense, people will put a demon on you to confuse the public, and send it to the yamen to beat the board first.

"That's worth getting drunk!"

Yang Xin said with a smile.

Chen Yujie immediately had an uneasy look.

With his understanding of Yang Xin, it was obvious that he guessed that this guy had a conspiracy.

The three of them got together like this, and then walked forward with the crowd of people, and soon went to a restaurant and found a table on the second floor by the window to sit down, and chatted while drinking. Sun Chuanting is a junior high school jinshi this year, but he didn't receive an appointment until yesterday, and he will go to Renzhi County, Yongcheng, Henan. In fact, his ancestral home is Guangshan, Henan, but he is from Wei, so he moved to Daizhou, Shanxi. Of course, the Sun family has been in Zhenwuwei in Daizhou for more than 200 years, so it can almost be regarded as a native of Shanxi, just like the ancestral home of the Fang family in Zhejiang, but now it can be said that it is the same as a Daxing native.

Hongwu Yongle used countless southern immigrants for two generations to wash away the dust in the north in this way.

"Yongcheng, Ding family!"

Chen Yujie said.

"Brother St. Ru's high school is second."

Sun Chuanting said.

Yang Xin looked at them with a pure face.

"Yongcheng Ding family, Ding Kuichu is a jinshi in the previous subject, and his nephew Ding Qirui is a second-class jinshi in this subject, a two-class jinshi."

Chen Yujie explained to him.

"Successful people!"

Yang Xin said with a smile.

"What do you mean!"

Chen Yujie said.

"Don't get me wrong, you're a successful person too!

Although you are a showman, you didn't even get in, but your family is rich! There are many problems that can be solved with silver, our Ming Dynasty is the first, and the silver is second, all of which are useful, not to mention that your uncle is still an official, although it is only a six-grade Zuo Zanshan, but it is still expected to come to Feihuang Tengda. And Brother Sun is also a successful person, although you are only a prefect now, but then you will be a prefect, a scholar, and even a first assistant, so you are all successful people.

So please answer a little question to each of the two successful people.

The right ones come first! ”

Yang Xin said.

"Brother Yang, please!"

Sun Chuanting said with interest.

"Excuse me, whose interests do you represent?"

Yang Xin asked.

"Sun didn't understand."

Sun Chuanting said with a little embarrassment.

Apparently he didn't really get it.

"Then I'll be more direct, if you go to Yongcheng to be the magistrate of the county, your fellow scholar hides the land, we all know how many acres of land there are as officials who don't need to pay taxes, if the Ding family has 10,000 acres of fertile land but in fact he is the only one in the government who doesn't need to pay taxes, then what will you do?

Please don't shy away from this question, it's a given!

In fact, we all know that everyone does this, as long as there is a condition, they will hide their land, otherwise what is the purpose of being an official? Is it just for the imperial court? Which official would support his family by earning a fortune? Didn't the Ming Dynasty have a Haigang Peak for more than two hundred years? So as the magistrate, will you re-measure his family's land and collect taxes according to the law? This is your duty, theoretically you have to do this, if we assume again, Ding Qirui is also appointed to Daizhou to be the governor, then will you clean up the Ding family's land? We all know that the finances of the Ming Dynasty are always insufficient, will you use this method to help Your Majesty make the finances sufficient?

Answer, according to your conscience! ”

Yang Xin said.

"Brother Yang, this ......"

Sun Chuanting smiled but did not speak.

Chen Yujie looked at Yang Xin in horror.

"Do you want me to answer for you?"

Yang Xin said.

"Brother Yang, I won't, but I will ......!"

Sun Chuanting said very frankly.

"No but, you know very well, what is the root cause? You also know very well that everything is in vain without starting at the roots! But you don't dare to attack at the root, because you are also among them, you are an official, you represent the interests of the gentry, you belong to the gentry class, if you dare to betray your own class, you will become a traitor, countless impeachments will come to you, and all the officials and gentry will regard you as an enemy. Soon you will no longer be able to gain a foothold, and then you will be driven out of the officialdom, and even the gentry in your hometown will unite against you, so you are a smart person, you know how to be an official, you don't even dare to do it in Haigangfeng, you will only continue to sit back and watch the officials and gentry hide their land and property and not pay taxes.

But it costs money for the imperial court to deal with Jiannu!

Since the officials and gentry do not pay taxes, if they want to increase taxes, they can only continue to collect from the common people.

But as a common citizen, I want to ask a question for all ordinary people.

Why?

Why don't you pay taxes?

In the same way, as a commoner, I also want to ask, why should I be bullied like this? ”

Yang Xin said.

"That, Brother Shoucheng, you've drunk too much!"

Chen Yujie hurriedly said.

"Brother Chen doesn't need to be like this, Sun is not a villain, and the magistrate of Yongcheng can't manage the Jingshi, let's just have a private chat between friends, and it can't get into the ears of the fourth person, but Brother Yang's open-mindedness makes Sun quite admired."

Sun Chuanting said with a smile.

"Brother Sun, you haven't answered yet."

Yang Xin said.

"Sun can't answer this question!"

Sun Chuanting said very frankly.

"You are indeed a gentleman, but a gentleman is useless, Daming doesn't need any gentleman, all Daming needs is fairness, and you, as the defender of the gentry class, can only maintain this unfairness, so Daming will continue to erode until one day ......"

Yang Xin stood up and looked at the magnificent city tower outside.

"Meet you in the middle of the thorns!"

He pointed to the tower and shouted

(Thanks to the book friend 20181114202159380, I am Cao Nima, a little wind and rain and other people's rewards).