Chapter Ninety-Six: Chongzhen's Intent
Guan Shanyue has a characteristic that he can get along with anyone, and this gift is fine, he knows that Lao Huang's life is not easy, so he hooks up with him every day. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
At the beginning, Lao Huang also took into account the faces of some scholars, but he couldn't resist the temptation of Guan Shanyue every day with such a big fish and meat, and the grilled fish and barbecue made by a group of men from the grassland was called a fragrance, and the fragrance could be smelled from afar.
There is nothing in the world that cannot be solved with one skewer, and if there is, it is two. After finishing official business, it was already sunset, and a group of people were skewering under the shade of a canopy-sized tree in the large courtyard behind the county office.
It didn't take long for Lao Huang to be corroded by Guan Shanyue's sugar-coated cannonballs, completely let go of the reservedness and official arrogance of the scholars, and followed this group of grassland men to drink wine and eat meat in large bowls, and completely reached a piece with the people.
Guan Shanyue ate a mouthful of lamb skewers sprinkled with cumin and sesame seeds, he felt that today's time was finally ripe, he couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart, and his cheeks sobbed and said: "Lao Huang, you said that the emperor removed my command, but the people around me were all official, even my two daughters-in-law were sealed, the eldest daughter-in-law Daning was commanded by the envoy, the upper guard, the younger wife was commanded by Tongzhi, the general of Zhenguo, and all the names of my subordinates were the most inferior were sealed as a military cavalry captain from the sixth grade." The people around me, you let them dance knives and guns, if you let them help analyze things, it will cost them their own lives, you will be tired to help me analyze and analyze. ”
Lao Huang looked distressed, and when he heard that the women were all the commanders of the second grade, he almost didn't choke to death by a mouthful of fatty mutton, "It's messy, it's messy, the woman's house collapses." I think that I have been studying hard for decades, but I am not as good as a woman, which is really unfair fate. ”
Guan Shanyue grinned, "Don't talk about that useless, get to the point." ”
Lao Huang rolled his eyes, "Lao Guan, didn't you notice that the emperor is full of honorable officers?" Based on my many years of experience as an official, I judged that the Holy Lord wanted to re-cultivate the Xungui group, and intended to use it to check and balance the civil official group. ”
To say that Guan Shanyue is still familiar with the official position, but he is a little outsider in this rank, "Honor? Used to check and balance the civilian clique? Now how many nobles are there in the entire Ming Dynasty, and they can't be balanced without it. ”
Lao Huang shook his head, put down the mutton skewers in his hand, and said, "After the change of Tumubao, the Xungui Group of the Ming Dynasty has shrunk. Although I am a civil official, I have always felt that this matter is full of suspicions. Looking at the whole thing in hindsight, it is like the civilian-bureaucratic clique premeditated to entrap the Xungui clique in order to maximize its own interests. At that time, the Ming Dynasty was on the offensive against the Mongol forces, first the eunuch Wang Zhenli persuaded Yingzong to drive the expedition in person, and two days later the army hurriedly set out, and then changed the route of the march on the way back and fell into the trap of the Wara army. But Yang Hong, the chief military officer of Xuanfu, turned a blind eye and did not come to the rescue, and was promoted afterwards. No matter how you look at this matter, the Daming civil official group is also the biggest beneficiary, so it cannot be ruled out that all this is their conspiracy. ”
Guan Shanyue's eyes were about to bulge, isn't this a modern coup, or a strengthened version, "Damn, the civilian clique of the Ming Dynasty is too good." If it's really like what you said, don't they even dare to calculate and sacrifice even the emperor? ”
"Cut!" Lao Huang looked disdainful, "The civilian-bureaucratic clique is divided into various parties because of the different interests it represents, and the party and government continue to work for their own interests. What is the Zhejiang Party, the Qi Party, the Eunuch Party, and the Donglin Party...... In the final analysis, behind them are landlords, maritime merchants, salt merchants, grain merchants, and industrial and commercial owners, and they can't do anything for their own interests. ”
Guan Shanyue had long known that the party at this time was different from the party of later generations, and it stands to reason that the emperor is the highest standard person for these big landlords and other vested interests, but once they cannot represent their interests or endanger their interests, this group of people will not hesitate to get rid of the emperor, which is beyond his imagination.
He saw Lao Huang's words holding back his stomach, "Lao Huang, this Lingbao County Yali is our own people, and the emperor is far away, but you don't have to worry about it." Forehead...... Isn't there still a eunuch party? Wouldn't it be enough to use them as a counterweight to the civilian clique? ”
Huang Daozhou shook his head again and again, with a sad and indignant face, and said bitterly: "This was originally a good chess piece in the hands of the emperor to check and balance civil officials, but Emperor Chongzhen clearly stood on the side of the Donglin Party as soon as he appeared, and then listened to their nonsense, and soon after ascending the throne, he opened the knife on the Wei Party. First of all, the Dongchang and Jinyi guards were abolished, and then the eunuchs who were guarded by the town were withdrawn from everywhere, isn't this a self-cutting arm? Now that the evil consequences are beginning to appear, the tea tax of 200,000 taels in Zhejiang Province during the Apocalypse has absurdly become 12 taels a year, not to mention the sea tax that has entered the pockets of maritime merchants and officials in the name of restoring the maritime ban, the silk tax that has been exempted under the guise of not competing with the people, and various large tax reduction policies. And the Liaodong front line is indeed how to spend money and how to toss, the military generals stretched out their hands to manage the court to ask for money, and the civil officials said that the military generals were incompetent. How could a huge empire run with a deficit in the treasury, and once again, all this money fell on the peasants at the bottom. The oppressed peasants who are breathless, you will die if you have no food, and if you rebel, you will die, and the northwest will press the gourd to float the scoop, saying that the people are "thieves", if the life is good, the fool will let go of the good days and not go to rebel, let me see that this is a natural disaster and a man-made disaster. ”
Guan Shanyue thought about it carefully and felt that what Lao Huang said was not unreasonable, nodded and said: "Lao Huang, you see if this is the case, after Emperor Chongzhen registered, the policy of acting is generally like this, that is, he will oppose what Emperor Tianqi supports, and he will support what Emperor Tianqi opposes." ”
Lao Huang usually holds these words in his stomach and doesn't say anything, but the more he says today, the more excited he becomes, "Hey, to put it bluntly, isn't that it." However, Shengyi is determined to be Yao Shun, and I think he was deceived by the Donglin Party. The most disastrous people for the country and the people are the Donglin Party members, who rely on themselves to control public opinion, but only have their own interests in their eyes, and do not care about the life and death of the people in dire straits. I think they don't know anything but party fighting, they don't do anything practically, and even this major matter of building water conservancy and related to people's livelihood has even been stopped by them, but the money has been divided up by them, and they really can't wait to pick their skin and drink their blood. In their eyes, they dare to scold the court, criticize the emperor as a real celebrity, bullshit, I think they are stinking for thousands of years, and they will definitely be spurned by future generations. ”
Guan Shanyue laughed when she heard the words "real celebrities", took a bite of the tendons handed over by Chen Ergou, and said: "I think they just became bitches and set up an archway, so that the common people went to scold the emperor, and they hid behind the scenes." However, I estimate that if they were replaced by Houjin sitting in this world, they would not dare to point at the emperor's nose and scold, and the ruffian of Huang Taiji would have already drawn a knife and cut them, maybe they would still kneel on the ground and do their best to sing praises. People are good at being bullied and horses are good at being ridden, who makes our emperor of the Ming Dynasty so bullied! ”
Huang Daozhou's eyes lit up with hope, "Although Emperor Chongzhen soberly retained a part of the Wei Party, now the Donglin Party is like a wild horse that has escaped from the reins, and it is becoming more and more difficult to control. Emperor Chongzhen, who has begun to come to his senses, intends to re-cultivate the Xungui group to balance them. And your Daning Dusi is the purest, so it is an honor to be chosen by Emperor Chongzhen to take on this important task. As for why you were demoted to Lingbao County, I believe that the saint must have his deep meaning, I can't understand it, you can slowly comprehend it yourself. However, one thing I can be sure of is that if you pierce a hole in the sky in Henan Mansion, the Holy Lord will also help you make up for it. ”
Guan Shanyue felt a little proud in her heart, if she put on a pair of pants with Chongzhen, her future glory and wealth would be guaranteed. It's just that although Chongzhen's ship is said to be a world-class aircraft carrier, it is a bit full of holes, if he is not careful, he will run into the reef and sink into the sea, and now that the ship is on board, he can't care so much, "Hehe, borrow Lao Huang's good words." Now I have something to discuss with you, you said that the people of Lingbao County, most of the harvest of our Lingbao County has been collected by King Fu for a year, which is a lot of money. Can you think of a way to take back the right to collect taxes? We just don't hand it over to the treasury, and we can't let him go into private pockets? ”
Lao Huang suddenly made a difficulty, picked up a big bowl and drank a sip of the burning knife, feeling like a red-hot iron bar directly from the throat to *** with a wine burp, and said with a sad face: "This is a little difficult, the poor people can say that they can be exempted from taxes by finding a few poor Jinshi in Lingbao County under their names." However, those rich people who hold large tracts of land voluntarily attach themselves to the name of King Fu in order to pay less or not pay wages, and these people are all angry with King Fu, and we cannot persuade them. ”
Guan Shanyue held her chin and thought for a while, rolled her eyes, and said: "My world is a black and white world, either friends or enemies, this thing is easy to do." The day after tomorrow, I will gather all the landlords in Lingbao County to gather at the Fuxing Restaurant in the east of the city to discuss the matter of reducing the rent for the peasants.......
Saying that, he waved his hand and called Chen Ergou, who was grilling skewers, and whispered in his ear: "You go and prepare some explosives first, remember, the more the merrier...... Then prepare a few batches of fast horses for me, and I'm going to Luoyang. ”
After saying that, as if nothing had happened, the people in the courtyard pushed their cups and exchanged glasses and began to eat and drink.