Chapter 248: Killing Chickens and Setting an Example for Monkeys
King Jin followed Chen Di to the entrance of Taiyuan Mansion. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the cities of all dynasties, the vegetable market was the most lively. The rulers of the past generations beheaded those who committed the most heinous crimes, and they must choose the entrance of the vegetable market as the place of execution. This is to deter more people.
A temporary legal field has been set up at the entrance of the vegetable market. The gentry of Taiyuan Province were ordered to observe the execution at the execution ground. The crowd of people even surrounded the execution ground.
Chen Di and King Jin sat down.
It was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and Yu Dayou asked Chen Di: "Governor, can you be executed?" β
Chen Di said, "Wait a moment." β
Chen Di got up and said to the onlookers: "Fellow villagers. I'm Metropolitan Governor Chen Di! The reason why we want to behead these more than 100 Datong guards today is because they are fighting against the New Deal! Folks, I want to ask, what is the New Deal? Why the New Deal?
I would like to ask you folks, how much tax do you have to pay to the imperial court every year? You will definitely answer, two percent! The Ming tax system draws one out of five, which is something that children know.
I want to ask you one more question, do you know that there is another rule in the Ming tax system, that is, the royal family and the gentry with meritorious names can not pay taxes, do not pay grain, and do not obey forced labor! Is that fair? It's not fair!
Because of this old system, the imperial court loses tens of millions of taels of tax silver every year? When the common people were affected, the court couldn't come up with money to help!
Folks, you are bound to ask again, what does it have to do with the old tax system?
Let me tell you, because the old tax system and the old military household system are the two biggest malpractices of the government today!
The old military household system was allocated by the imperial court to the military land of the guard. The guards are for the people in peacetime and soldiers in wartime! But the Ming Dynasty has been established for a hundred years, and the military system of the guard has already changed! Because the garrison had been comfortable for too long, they were negligent in their combat preparedness and their combat strength was weak. This gave the Tatars and the Japanese the opportunity to invade my Ming Dynasty repeatedly!
The governor of this capital came to Taiyuan to do only one thing, and that was to implement the new policy! Article 1 of the New Deal, in the future, the royal family, the gentry and the people will pay taxes and grain together! The imperial court has increased its income, and only in the event of a famine can it be relieved in time, so that the people affected by the disaster can survive!
The second article of the new deal, the dismantling of the weak guards! Let those guards who can only eat empty salaries and put on a showcass become ordinary people who farm and pay taxes like you!
These more than 100 soldiers are making trouble in Datongwei to oppose the new policy, and the governor of this city will let them be in a different place!
Those who dare to oppose the new policy are against the imperial court, against the governor of the capital, and against the Flying Tiger Army! No mercy will be given! β
As soon as Chen Di's words fell, a citizen took the lead and shouted: "Okay! β
A crowd of onlookers also shouted: "Good! β
Yu Dayou asked Chen Di again: "Governor Dadu, can you be punished?" β
Chen Di said in a loud voice: "Execution!" β
Yu Dayou said loudly: "The governor of the capital has an order, behead!" β
"Chop" shouted, the knife and axe hands rose and fell, and more than a hundred bloody human heads fell to the ground!
King Jin is pampered, where has he seen such a bloody scene. His heart was pounding!
King Jin is not a stupid person, he naturally knows that Chen Di's sentence just now, "Those who oppose the new policy will be killed without forgiveness" was also said to him. Although he was a vassal king, he had no soldiers and no power. Chen Di, the living king of Yama, even dared to imprison the emperor, so naturally he dared to kill him!
Chen Di said to King Jin: "Lord Wang, I have something I want to ask you. β
King Jin was already stunned, and it took a long time to react: "What is the matter?" β
Chen Di said: "The prince is the bloodline of the great grandfather. The New Deal is beneficial to my Ming court, will the prince support the New Deal? β
King Jin had long been frightened by Chen Di, the living king of Yama: "Naturally, naturally." This king will set an example for the gentry in Shanxi, and will definitely take the lead in paying taxes and grain to the imperial court. β
Chen Di asked again: "Lord Wang, I heard that someone in your mansion forcibly occupied a lot of land for the people of Qingxu Mansion?" I think it must have been the people under the prince who did it without you! Do you look at these fields? β
King Jin hurriedly replied: "Clear, all of them will be cleared to the people of Qingxu Mansion!" These things are all blamed on the king for being too indulgent to his subordinates! How dare they do such a hurtful thing without telling this king! β
Chen Di made the King of Jin suffer a loss, so he naturally reminded him of the sweet dates he gave him: "Although the prince will pay more than 20% of the taxes to the court in the future, he has won the big business of border affairs." I think I will be able to make up for the money I lost. β
King Jin changed his face: "What is the Governor of the Metropolitan Governor?" This king is the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, and the meat is still in the pot when it is rotten! Isn't it the same as giving 20% of the tax to the imperial court as to one's own family? What is losing money? According to this king, there is no loss! This new deal is good! β
Chen Di laughed and said, "The prince is really insightful!" β
Chen Di led the Flying Tiger Army to forcibly implement the new policy in Shanxi, and it was already May of the 26th year of Jiajing.
On this day, Chen Di was listening to Governor Liu Nuomin's report on the affairs of the Shanxi Domain, when Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang rushed in.
"Metropolitan Governor, there is an urgent letter from Lord Tang in the capital for eight hundred miles!" Yu Dayou said.
After speaking, Yu Dayou handed the letter to Chen Di.
Chen Di opened the envelope and saw that there were only two short lines in the letter: "The Yan Party is in private series, I am afraid that there is a plot, please ask the Metropolitan Governor to return to Beijing to control the overall situation!" β
Chen Di said in his heart: It is said that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. Yan Song, the old fox, is finally going to be in trouble!
Chen Di said to Liu Nuomin: "Old governor, Shanxi's new policy is all up to you!" You have already passed the age of ear shun, but you are still running for the court, and the court will never treat you badly! β
Liu Nuomin said: "What is the Metropolitan Governor talking about!" That's it! β
Chen Di instructed Liu Nuomin: "I have already passed the anger of the King of Jin and the Acting King, and these two will definitely support Shanxi's new policy." I would like to tell you that the implementation of extraordinary policies requires extraordinary measures. Don't be soft-hearted sometimes! If you want to kill a group of people, kill a group of people! If you want to lock up a group of people, you can close a group of people! Don't worry, I've got your back! β
Liu Nuomin said: "The lower officials should remember the teachings of the Metropolitan Governor. β
Chen Di motioned for Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang to go down.
After the two withdrew, Chen Di changed his words and asked Liu Nuomin in a heartfelt manner: "Old Governor, you are Yan Shoufu's protΓ©gΓ©." Let me ask you, what would you do if Yan Shoufu opposed the New Deal? β
Liu Nuomin has been with Chen Di for these days and knows that Chen Di is dedicated to the well-being of the court and the people of the Ming Dynasty. He has long had three points of admiration for Chen Di.
Chen Di asked such a sharp question, and he replied in a down-to-earth manner: "Governor, tell the truth." People in officialdom, if they don't have a big tree, they can't get along in officialdom at all! This has been true throughout the ages! Like myself, I cling to Yan Shoufu just to be able to do more for the people. If Yan Ge Lao knows that the New Deal is beneficial but opposes it, then I will definitely stand on the side of the New Deal. In the past, if I offended Yan Ge Lao, I would definitely lose my black yarn hat. But now it's different, there are the governors thereγγγγγ β
Chen Di interrupted Liu Nuomin's words: "With the presence of the Metropolitan Governor, your black yarn will definitely not be lost!" Not only will I not lose the black yarn, but you are a good official who is dedicated to the people, and I will promote it greatly! β
Chen Di and Liu Nuomin had a conversation, and he suddenly figured it out. In the past, he had to cooperate with Yan Song's henchmen all over the world. But among the Yan Party, I don't know how many people are similar to Liu Nuomin's situation. Attachment to the strict party is nothing but a stopgap measure! In order to survive in the officialdom!
Since these people could be attached to Zhai Luan before, Xia Yan later, and Yan Song now, why can't they rely on him Chen Di in the future!
Thinking of this, Chen Di said in his heart: "Yan Song, father-in-law!" The time has finally come for our father and son to tear their faces! β