When Xiaofuzi led people to raid his family and exterminate the clan, Zhang Lingyang, who was far away in the capital, soon received an urgent compendium jointly submitted by Gao Pei and others.

"These moths dare to think like this!" Zhang Lingyang glanced at the fold, and then issued an order: "Sun Sheng, pass the decree to Gao Pei, Li Guangtai and others, all the officials involved in this matter, all the men over the age of fifteen in the family will be beheaded, and all the men under the age of fifteen will be assigned to the Western Xinjiang, as for the female dependents, all of them will be sent to the Jiaofang Division, there must be no mistake!" ”

"Plus!" Zhang Lingyang thought about it, felt that meritorious people should not be rewarded, and said: "Jinan Wei commander Sun Yi has made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion this time, and he has been promoted to Jinan Wei Commander!" ”

"And!" Zhang Lingyang also said, "Chen Yiming, the secretary of the Ministry of Accountability, issued a document to inform the local government that all the selected backup officials must go to their posts within a month, and if there is any violation or delay in the time, the meritorious name will be removed, and the three generations of children and grandchildren will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination." ”

This was a critical period of preparation for tax reform, and Zhang Lingyang understood that those backup officials were afraid of offending the local gentry and would definitely take the opportunity to resign, so he made this last extremely harsh will.

If Zhao Wuwei, the governor of Shandong, was shocked by the rebellion, then Zhang Lingyang's last holy decree made all the scholars in the world dumbfounded.

Because of the ticket number in Jinzhong, there were not a few ministers in the DPRK and China who fell, and because of this, Zhang Lingyang supported a large number of relatives to occupy the high position of the six ministries and nine secretaries.

Locally, Zhang Lingyang also appointed Sun Dingzong and Ma Jinzhong, who were born in Xungui, to be the governors of Liangjiang and Fujian and Zhejiang.

It can be said that Zhang Lingyang is now in power, and he is even more unscrupulous.

After a major reshuffle, few ministers dared to stand up against Zhang Lingyang's decision.

Locally, the fate of Shandong Governor Zhao Wuwei is still vivid.

Therefore, in the local area, the gentry dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, and they could only hope that the policy of apportioning the land into the mu would come later.

At the same time, some local clans began to secretly connect with each other, not knowing what they were doing......

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In Haining, Zhejiang, Mei Yuanshan, a fifty-year-old former household servant, looked at the holy decree in front of him, and his heart was bitter.

The Mei family has thousands of hectares of fertile land in Haining, and there are no less than ten people who have raised people in the examination, and they are a veritable local noble family.

Seven years ago, Mei Yuanshan's mother died suddenly, and Mei Yuanshan, who was a household servant, had to worry at home.

That's three years.

Three years have passed, and the DPRK and China have long been things and people, and the position of the former household servant has long been replaced by others.

When Mei Yuanshan entered Beijing to report to the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Officials only arranged for him to be the secretary of Guanglu Temple.

Although Guanglu Siqing is the same as the household servant, it is the position of the third product.

But compared with the household servant, the authority is like mud.

How could Mei Yuanshan be satisfied with this position?

However, at that time, Mei Yuanshan had long since lost the holy family of the first emperor, and it was impossible to be a waiter again.

Mei Yuanshan simply stayed at home.

Four years have passed.

Now, seeing this holy decree of transferring himself to be the governor of Shandong, Mei Yuanshan has mixed feelings in his heart.

The governor of a province, but a high-ranking official of the second grade, and an unscrupulous feudal official, is far more beautiful than the household servant of the third grade before Mei Yuanshan.

But Mei Yuanshan understood what meaning was behind this holy decree.

What is the situation in Shandong now, although Mei Yuanshan is far away from the court, he has heard of some of it.

What's more, once Mei Yuanshan receives this holy decree, it means that he will stand on the opposite side of all the gentry in the world.

And the Mei family itself is one of the representatives of the gentry.

Therefore, if Mei Yuanshan receives this holy decree, it means that Mei Yuanshan will not only have to face the hostility of all the gentry in the world.

Even, he had to face the hostility of his clan and even his family.

After all, the Mei family's thousands of acres of fertile land were not blown by the wind.

The little eunuch who can announce the decree has also made it clear that if you Mei Yuanshan is unwilling to accept this holy decree, Long Live Lord will naturally not force you to accept it.

But I'm sorry, all your fame will be stripped away.

Moreover, your sons, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren cannot be admitted to the imperial examination.

In other words, if Mei Yuanshan does not accept this holy decree, then he Mei Yuanshan will completely become a grass citizen in the future.

And once you become a grass farmer, I am afraid that thousands of hectares of fertile land will not be able to be saved.

What's more, I'm afraid that his family wealth will most likely not be saved.

Don't look at his clansmen, who are usually respectful to him, but as long as he is demoted to a commoner, Mei Yuanshan is sure that the first people to attack his family's property are his clansmen.

After thinking about it again and again, Mei Yuanshan finally decided to go to the post.

After all, compared with the face of the same clan, the loss of family wealth is more worrying.

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In Luzhou, Anhui Province, Zhen Shi'an, who was idle at home, faced the same choice.

However, unlike Mei Yuanshan, Zhen Shi'an has an older brother who now serves in the Inspectorate.

is also because of this, Zhen Shi'an is not worried that after he is dismissed, someone will seek to rob his family wealth.

Besides, children and grandchildren cannot participate in the imperial examination.

Zhen Shi'an has already thought about it, it's a big deal to send his children and grandchildren in the name of his eldest brother, so that no one can say anything soon?

Therefore, Zhen Shi'an was very honorable and refused the holy decree to go to Shandong.

Seeing this, the little eunuch who came to announce the decree did not think of it at all, and said with a smile: "Since Lord Zhen has rejected the holy decree of the Lord Long Live, then from today onwards, your Zhen Shi'an will become a commoner." ”

"So what?" Zhen Shi'an didn't see the deep meaning in the little eunuch's smile at all.

"Soon you'll know what to expect!" The little eunuch smiled faintly, turned around and shouted outside: "Someone! ”

Suddenly, more than a dozen people swarmed in.

The little eunuch instructed: "Immediately go and check the land and property of Zhen Shi'an's family, and count how many taxes Zhen Shi'an owes to the court over the years!" ”

"Yes!"

Everyone replied, and went down to check the property of Zhen Shi'an's family.

"What do you mean by that?" Zhen Shi'an looked at the little eunuch coldly and asked.

"What do you mean?" The little eunuch smiled and said, "Since you, Zhen Shi'an, are already a commoner, you naturally have to pay the taxes owed to the court in the past!" ”

"You ......" Zhen Shi'an was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Soon, someone came back and reported to the little eunuch: "Father-in-law, Zhen Shi'an's family has a total of 300 hectares of fertile land, and since Zhen Yuanshan was promoted in the second year of Yongkang, he has not paid field tax for a total of 23 years!" ”

As he spoke, the man picked up the abacus again and lowered his head a few times, raised his head and said: "Zhen Yuanshan owes a total of 328,543 taels of taxes to the imperial court, including fines, a total of 400,000 taels!" ”

The little eunuch looked at Zhen Shi'an and said with a smile: "Zhen Shi'an, don't you pay the taxes in arrears to the imperial court?" ”

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