But when he met them, Yun Xi felt their resistance. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When inspecting the school, the students were always naïve, and when they saw the emperor, they were immediately excited, and they forgot about anything else; But when he met with the 'folk representatives', although they were well hidden, Yun Xi had already learned their true attitude through the local Jinyi guards, and when he talked to them on the spot, he could feel their resistance.

Officials from northern Zhejiang have been dealt a blow last year, and recently received a second blow, and there are fewer and fewer officials who are still officials; At the same time, Yunxi did not cut agricultural taxes; Northern Zhejiang is not like the land of southern Jiangsu, at least it belongs to Zhili, at the foot of the Son of Heaven in a broad sense; Therefore, these 'civil representatives' are very resistant to the imperial court, especially Yunxi.

Lian Zining has been in Yijiang for a year, so he naturally knows their thoughts, so he said to Yunxi: "Your Majesty, it's better to be lenient with the officials in northern Zhejiang, otherwise in the long run, the gentry will be decentrifuged and not good for the imperial court." Xia Yuanji and Hu Guang also persuaded Yun Xi.

At this time, Yang Shiqi's letter was received by Yun Xi with the twists and turns of the imperial court, and the content of the letter was also to persuade Yun Xi to be more lenient in northern Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu.

So many people persuaded me to be lenient to them, especially Lian Zining, Xia Yuanji, Hu Guang and others, who were officials in northern Zhejiang and had nothing to do with the local gentry, and it seemed that if they were suppressed here, it would not be a good thing for the imperial court, so they would be a little more lenient and promote a few officials here. ’

Yun Xi then said, "Don't I know about this? I have already decided to personally promote several officials from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Beijing. ”

Yun Xi immediately waved Yang Shiqi's letter in his hand, and then said, "Yang Qing has already recommended one. ”

"Yang Zhu, a native of Wu County, is less lonely and poor, and followed his brother to Wuchang to teach apprentices to support himself, and he is kind in nature. I have decided to summon him to my side as a scholar. ”

In the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, although Yunxi's suppression of officials in southern Jiangsu is lighter now, these prefectures are economically integrated and politically support each other, so Yunxi's reuse of people in southern Jiangsu will also make northern Zhejiang's resistance to the imperial court lighter.

Yun Xi said to Lian Zining and Hu Guang again: "There is another person in Hangzhou City, named Chen Ji, you two should know." ”

"I have heard of this person's reputation, he is extremely intelligent, and he is known as "Chen Wujing"; He also served his mother to filial piety, and before Hangzhou Prefecture and County recommended him, he refused to be recruited on the grounds that his mother was old and supported his mother. ”

"I have decided to recruit him as a member of the Zhongshu House, and the left concubine of the Jiadong Palace; And with his devotion to his mother to filial piety, he sent the prince of Wu Wang to personally invite him out of the mountain, and gave him conditions to support his mother. ”

"Your Majesty!" Lian Zining, Xia Yuanji and Hu Guang, as well as Su Youxue and others, who were also by his side at this time, all exclaimed. Yun Xi's treatment of Chen Ji is no longer an ordinary favor, but it can't be thicker. Just said that Zhu Wenkui, the son of King Wu, personally went to invite him, now is not the time for Emperor Taizu to start his family, the royal people are extremely precious, and the prince's personal invitation can be compared to Liu Bei's three visits to the thatched house.

Even if Chen Ji really doesn't want to be an official, his mother has to force him to be an official. Hu Guang: They were all a little red-eyed.

Yun Xi advocates doing things in one step, Chen Ji is a local in Hangzhou, and he is extremely good, Yun Xi will not put him away because of the view of the door; In this case, it is better to make him have to enter the court as an official with great courtesy.

Yun Xi continued: "When I passed by Changzhou Mansion, I also heard that there was a person named Chen Ji, who never forgot to read. At present, the imperial court is still compiling the "History of the Yuan", and I am determined to recruit it to edit the History Museum. ”

"When I passed by Suzhou Mansion, I heard that there was a person in Suzhou, named Wang Pu, who was well-read and strong, and the local villagers had recommended him. I decided to appoint him as the editor of the History Museum. ”

Yun Xi appointed four people as officials in a row, and said to Lian Zining and them: "You are an official in Hangzhou, do you have any talents to recommend to me?" ”

Lian Zining said: "Your Majesty, Qiantang County teaches Hu Yan, a native of Nanchang, and the minister has had a deep conversation with him, and he is very capable, so please promote Your Majesty." ”

Hu Yan? After Yun Xi heard this name and confirmed his place of origin, he didn't listen to what Lian Zining said afterwards, but thought in his heart: "The ten most important ministers of the Yongle Dynasty recorded in the Ming history, and the last one was finally found by me. ’

After Lian Zining finished speaking, he immediately said: "Since Lian Qing recommended it, then of course it is a great talent." I also recruited him as a scholar of the Middle School. ”

Yun Hee then asked Kim Sun to draft four holy decrees, which he checked and issued. One of them was handed over directly to the local police in Hangzhou, and the other three were sent to Suzhou and Changzhou.

Yun Xi said to Wang Xi again: "You personally go to King Wu's Mansion to call Wen Kui, if King Wu or Princess Wu asks, say that I have something to ask Wen Kui to do." Wang Xi took the order.

Hu Guang suddenly asked again at this time: "Your Majesty, can you be more lenient with the northern Zhejiang provinces in terms of Tianfu?" ”

"No!" Yun Xi said categorically. It is not that he is completely unwilling to reduce the burden on the peasants, but the problem is that with the current level of management of the rural areas by the Ming Dynasty, there is no guarantee that the peasants will benefit from the reduction of agricultural taxes.

Just like in the early Manchu Qing Dynasty, Xuan Ye issued an edict to 'breed people and never increase endowments', canceling the poll tax on the excess population, and later he announced in the year of his sixtieth birthday that he would cancel the one-year tax of all provinces in the country in three years.

But ordinary peasants don't know these two things at all, and how to pay taxes like this, and the extra money is naturally divided among officials at all levels. There was a good official in Guangdong who sent people to beat gongs and drums to the countryside to propagate to the peasants that they did not have to pay taxes, which aroused the resentment of all officials in Guangdong, and he was also impeached and lost his office.

Therefore, for Yun Xi, unless it is a complete abolition of taxes, such as apportionment into mu, or a disaster in a certain land, he will never reduce or temporarily cancel the agricultural tax in a certain place.

"I have other arrangements for the gentry in northern Zhejiang, so that they will be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and do not have to cut agricultural taxes." Yun Xi added.

Although Lian Zining and the others were skeptical of Yun Xi's addition, since the emperor had already said so, they could only listen.

Yun Xi felt that most of the things had been dealt with, and he still had to think about the rest of the items, and he would not do it today or tomorrow, so he decided to relax first. He said to Hu Guang: "Tomorrow, I will clear the corner of the West Lake, and I want to take a look at the world-famous West Lake of Hangzhou." ”

Hu Guang agreed without surprise: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

But Zhang Fu suddenly remembered something, and said to Yun Xi: "Your Majesty, in the city of Hangzhou, there is a place more worth visiting than West Lake. ”

"Oh, what is it?" Yun Xi asked curiously. There is probably no place in Hangzhou more famous than West Lake.

"In fact, this place is also near the West Lake, which is the Yuewang Temple in Hangzhou. In addition, there is the tomb of His Royal Highness the King of E. Zhang Fu said.