Chapter 22: Confronting the Darkness of Our Times
CHAPTER XXII
At the moment when Zhiqin went to find Uncle Zhong, Yang Shangjing picked up the deed of sale on the table and took a closer look.
Cai's contract was written in Xuande three years, the time was in June, and it indicated Cai's name, origin, and the single word "Hui" was still a latecomer, born in a small farmer's family in Shaanxi, and was just a little more than three years old at the time.
As for that Wanyan, the person from Beizhili was four years younger than her, and she was sold a little more than three years old, and there was a flood in Shuntianfu and Yingtianfu in the seventh year of Xuande, and as a result, her family suffered a serious disaster, and she was sold before she could go to the imperial court to exempt the grain tax.
"This is the daily life of feudal farming civilization, it is common for those who sell children and girls to starve to death." Yang Shangjing flicked the two deeds of sale and sighed, whether it was him or the original Yang Jian, he usually did not come into contact with these low-level affairs, so he couldn't see that there was any truth in this deed of sale, but he was still very touched by these things in the feudal years, "What is free of summer grain, free of autumn grain, the policies are good, but it is not necessarily down there, as for the new grain for disaster relief to become old grain, and the old grain becomes bad chaff, it is not too cool to fish, hundreds of years later, the famous Minister of Military Aircraft and Zhongtang and the Lord didn't say it, the victims." , he can't be counted as a man. (Author's note: These two famines are very big, after all, there are records in the Ming history Xuanzong Benji, and the famine that can enter the official history is the same as the official who can enter the official history, very big =.) =)
Shaking his head, Yang Shangjing calculated in his heart, this Cai family is also in the middle of the decade this year, and it is not even a late marriage and late childbearing after more than 500 years, but in this year, it is a model of late marriage and late childbearing, and there is no "boss marrying a businesswoman" at this age, in addition to his own posture level is indeed very high, the driving force behind it is also very tough.
"What's going on with all this on my stall?" Yang Shangjing rubbed his temples, his brain was about to explode, the turmoil in the court, the calculations of the opponents, and even the various reactions of the pig teammates and god teammates had to be calculated, this job was simply not like a human being could do.
Just thinking about it, Uncle Zhong's old voice came from outside the door: "The young master is called an old servant?" ”
Yang Shangjing hurriedly stood up and ran over to open the door for Uncle Zhong, not that the slave bullied the master, the key is that the black cauldron of Mencius in the feudal years was not only disliked by the emperor, but also by the scholars.
"Uncle Zhong came in and sat down, just because he had something to discuss with Uncle Zhong." Yang Shangjing let Uncle Zhong in, and then said, "Just now, the Cai family personally sent himself and his personal maid a deed of sale, and there were a few words of dialogue that were very interesting, and I wanted Uncle Zhong to help with the staff officers." ”
What Yang Shangjing has to do now is to get rid of the turmoil in the court, including Jin Ying's monitoring, which cannot tolerate a little sloppiness, so when repeating that conversation, Yang Shangjing did not miss a single thing, and even Cai's eyes and actions were vividly described.
Uncle Zhong listened to Yang Shangjing's words, frowned slightly, stared at the deed of sale in his hand, and began to think about what was strange in this, unlike Yang Shangjing, a noble literati, Uncle Zhong, a bandit from the green forest, had done all the dirty work, it can be said that all the ugliness of the entire feudal era has not been created with his own hands, and he has also witnessed it with his own eyes, this kind of person hidden in the shadows is the foundation of every big family's longevity.
"This Cai's problem shouldn't be very big, but this maid called Wanyan should be problematic." Uncle Zhong knocked on the table and said in a deep voice.
Yang Shangjing's eyebrows raised: "How can you see it?" ”
There are not many opportunities to increase his knowledge, after all, he was a college student before he crossed over, and he still only stayed on his knowledge of the ugliness of society, and the county order that he went to do immediately was to face enough darkness at the bottom.
Uncle Zhong frowned, and said slowly: "Although it is said that there are also cases of starvation in the harvest year, but it is also necessary to go out of the Zhili to have, otherwise it will be seized by Qingliu who doesn't understand anything, or knows how to pretend not to understand, it is a good opportunity to sell fame and reputation, the flood in the seventh year, the old servant was waiting in Beijing, at that time, Emperor Xuanzong hand-picked, the cabinet was pushed by the fathers-in-law, the six ministries were coerced to dispose of, the Wen Youke Dao, the supervision of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the secret visit of the Wuyou factory guard, and the land of the North Zhili was considered clean. ”
I understand this matter, the capital is important, the first good place, of course, we have to arrange the disaster relief work, you know, the people near the Beijing division are high-spirited, and if you can't keep it, there are seven aunts and eight aunts and the like who can get in touch with the Qingliu officials, and when the time comes, the common people point to God and scold the emperor for being mediocre and incompetent, which can properly reach the emperor's ears, and it doesn't sound good, so at this time, for the face of the imperial court and His Majesty the emperor, we must come up with the best way to deal with bureaucracy.
From top to bottom, whoever dares to stab will be killed.
Seeing that Yang Shangjing's face showed a look of clarity, Uncle Zhong continued: "Therefore, this Wanyan's identity that seems to have no problem is actually problematic, which is also in line with Jinyiwei's style of acting since Taizu, hiding in the shadows, waiting for opportunities, and famous characters, they don't consider it." ”
Yang Shangjing was silent for a moment and nodded, what lurks is this routine, the higher the popularity, the higher the exposure, the higher the danger, if everyone Cai can have that level and that kind of psychological quality, they will not overuse themselves to monitor a seventh-grade petty official, but should face the first- and second-grade civil and military officials.
Because Kim Young is not a character who is easily carried away by hatred.
"What is Uncle Zhong going to do with them?" Yang Shangjing squinted slightly, and his voice was a little solemn, although Uncle Zhong had dealt with this kind of character before, but at that time, Yang Rong was behind him, and there was also the Empress Dowager Zhang in the inner court to contain the eunuchs, which was different from today's decision.
Uncle Zhong was silent for a moment, and then shook his head: "This matter will be handed over to the old servant, the young master has an official position, and he will take over the characters of the Yang family in the future, just order it, these dark ......"
Yang Shangjing shook his head very resolutely, and replied in the firmest voice: "I will soon be the county commander, if I don't have experience in this area, how can I establish my prestige in front of those petty officials who are like oil?" I'm not just going to mess around there! ”