That night, Wang Kefan and his entourage abandoned the boat and landed on the shore and went to Lingchuan County to rest.

Gu Yanwu didn't expect to meet acquaintances and relatives here.

"Uncle, why are you here?" A stocky young man of eighteen or nineteen years old knelt down and kowtowed to Gu Yanwu.

"I'm going to ask you more! Yuan Yi (Xu Qian learns words), why did you come to Guangxi again? Is your father and your mother okay? Gu Yanwu helped him up, with a smile on his face, and his eyes were full of love.

This young man's name is Xu Qianxue, Gu Yanwu's nephew, he has been wise since he was a child, he can write at the age of eight, and he is quite famous in the countryside, but because of the turmoil in the country, there has been no imperial examination in Suzhou, and Xu Qianxue is still a white body when he is eighteen years old. (Xu Qianxue, Kangxi nine years of Jinshi, official to Zuodu Yushi, criminal department Shangshu, cabinet bachelor.) ）

"I brought him here." Zhu Maowan took over the conversation and said with a smile: "His father and mother's bodies are healthy, but under the rule of Tatars, it is inevitable to be depressed." When I heard that the imperial court had opened up the branch road, he asked me to bring Yuan Yi to Guilin to see if I could enter the country. ”

Zhu Maowan is also a famous scholar in the south of the Yangtze River, Gu Yanwu's friend, his grandfather Zhu Guozuo is a scholar of the household during the Ming Xizong period, a scholar of Wuyingdian, and lived in seclusion at home after the fall of Nanzhili, but at this moment he appeared in Lingchuan County, and was wearing a Ming five-grade official uniform.

After Gu Yanwu's inquiry, he learned that Zhu Maowan had come to Guilin half a year ago and defected to the Longwu Imperial Court.

"I am hopeful for Zhongxing, and Jiangnan Shilin is rejoicing. But all people with lofty ideals want to try their best to escape from Nanzhili and defect to the Ming Dynasty. Serve the country. With me, there are a few friends you have known for a long time, and you will have the opportunity to see them when you look back......" Zhu Maowan introduced his situation.

Gu Yanwu was a little strange: "Lingchuan County Order, how can it be a five-grade?" ”

"Ah, Tinglin doesn't know, Guilin has just been designated as accompanying Beijing, and Lingchuan County is Guilin's attached Guo County. So the foolish brother is the Wupin county order. ”

"Set Guilin as an escort to Beijing, did the emperor actually allow it?" Gu Yanwu was a little surprised, he had heard Wang Kefan say it in the past two days. Because of the matter of setting up to accompany Beijing, there was a struggle in the imperial court, but because Emperor Longwu did not agree, it was finally settled. I didn't expect it to be just a few months. It became a reality.

"You know that, too. It seems that Tinglin's news is very fast. Zhu Maowan sighed, and his expression became stern: "This matter is a long story, in a word, the imperial court is now in power in the south, Donglin is certainly silent, Chu Xun doesn't care, even the emperor has to give Mr. Xianggang three points." When I made this Lingchuan County Order, I actually roasted it on the fire. It's so uncomfortable......"

Emperor Longwu abolished the New Deal, and the Donglin Party was certainly hit in the face. Chu Xun, who is responsible for implementing the new policy, has also become the target of public criticism. When the new policy was first implemented, the officials of the Chuxun group were the main cadres, and they offended many people in all aspects, and the matter generally stopped, and the pressure they were under was not much smaller than that of the Donglin Party that intended a coup.

Interests, interests are the most important!

Cutting off people's financial routes is like killing parents, the Donglin Party carried out a coup d'état, offended Emperor Longwu alone, at most plus the imperial party loyal to Emperor Longwu, Chu Xun implemented a new policy, reduced rent and interest, offended all the gentry and landlords and princes, investigated the salt administration and the rule of officials, and offended all officials, even including the warlords of Liangguang. At the beginning, with the support of the emperor, these people dared to obstruct the new policy, but now that Emperor Longwu has relented, they have counterattacked all at once, and the huge combined force is almost unbearable for Chu Xun.

In the Ming place, there are constantly impeachment of Chu Xun officials, and some conflicts that occurred during the implementation of the new policy have been regarded as important cases and turned over with ulterior motives, and many Chu Xun officials have become people to be convicted, but under the protection of Emperor Longwu and Fu Guan, they have not been convicted for the time being.

In the shadows, all kinds of public opinion are surging, rumors are flying all over the sky, and the spearhead of slander has shifted from ordinary Chu Xun officials to Fu Guan, Wen An, Zhu Tianlin and even Wang Kefan. Behind this, there are not only the Southern Party that is pursuing the victory, but also the Donglin Party that intends to muddy the waters, and even the Imperial Party is faintly adding fuel to the fire.

Fu Guan, Wen An, Zhu Tianlin and others are all under great pressure now.

Emperor Longwu's life was not easy either. The abolition of the New Deal was just for self-preservation, and Emperor Longwu himself did not benefit from anything.

And the Imperialists. The imperial party also worked hard when it implemented the new policy, and now it is also very sad, in order to divert attention, these people in the imperial party always want to hide behind Chu Xun, such as Ma Jixiang and Pang Tianshou, who have been obviously estranged from Chu Xun recently.

"It's hard to be a foreigner like me, caught in the middle." Zhu Maowan said: "There is a miasma in the court now, every time there is a court meeting, the foolish brother has long wanted to be released, it is always good to do some practical things, this time I can come to Lingchuan County, it can be regarded as hiding and quiet." ”

Guilin is now similar to the capital, and there are more opportunities for promotion as a Beijing official, and a figure like Zhu Maowan has been in the imperial court for a few years, and he is likely to become a high-grade official in the future, and he will come out as a county commander, but his promotion is slow.

"Officialdom is blessed and disgraced, often in the middle of nowhere, and the elder brother retreats to protect himself, which is the great wisdom of investigating the world, which is gratifying!" Gu Yanwu said: "Guarding the pastoral side and benefiting the people, this is the right way for officials, those people sharpen their heads and climb up, ignore political affairs, but are delayed in party disputes, how can my generation be with them?" "Gu Yanwu is not good at political struggle, it is due to his temper and character, not because he is incompatible.

If Zhu Maowan stays in the imperial court, he must clearly stand in line. As a famous person in the south of the Yangtze River, he is inextricably linked with the Donglin Party, and it is definitely not appropriate to defect to the South Party and Chu Xun, but the Donglin Party is now in turmoil, and I don't know if I can pass this hurdle, so the best choice for Zhu Maowan is that the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall

"Guarding the pastoral side and benefiting the people is easier said than done." Zhu Maowan sighed: "Alas, after the abolition of the New Deal, although the gentry and the strong are high-spirited, the poor people are even more difficult. When the new policy was introduced, a lot of land rent was reduced for the tenants, but now it has been re-recovered, and the loan contracts of the previous year are now no longer counted. ”

There is also a cost for farmers to farm the land. If the family is not well-off, there is no money to buy seeds and fertilizers or anything when farming, and there is no money to buy and repair farm tools, so you can only borrow money from everywhere. The New Deal was a policy of interest rate reduction, and the interest rate on loans was limited to between 20% and 30%, which farmers could bear, but now that the New Deal has been repealed, those low-interest loan contracts have also been torn up, and the burden borne by farmers has suddenly increased.

"Alas, this is all an old trick, and what is planned is nothing more than a field." Gu Yanwu's face was grim.

Ordinary peasants farm the land to survive, and they can save money, and the amount of borrowing is not large, and it is possible to borrow one or two halves of silver, or even 100 cents, even if it is 100 percent usury, even if it is 200 percent or 300 percent, it is not much money for the landlord Haoqiang.

The reason why usury must be restored is to increase the burden on the peasants and force them to the point of running out of grain, so that they have no choice but to sell their own farmland...... One qiē is for land annexation!

Land is the most important wealth of the agricultural society, and the landlords do everything to achieve land annexation.

"The abolition of the new policy, although the emperor is forced to do it, there are actually many criticisms in the officialdom, but whoever wants to do something practical, who wants to see the current situation? Although the foolish brother hid in Lingchuan County, he still didn't escape from the party struggle......" Zhu Maowan sighed.

"What would happen if the new deal was reopened?" Gu Yanwu asked.

"No! It is a foregone conclusion that this matter is overturned, and if it is forcibly reversed, it will immediately be a big mess, and I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to clean up at that time! ”

Zhu Maowan shook his head again and again, and paused for a moment before saying: "The current situation is like this, it is all overkill of the new policy, as long as the emperor and Chu Xun can regain control of the situation, those people will not dare to make too much trouble." Speaking of which, this matter still has to be resolved by party struggle, and the only way to do so is to find another way and think of it from somewhere else. ”

Like an initiation, Gu Yanwu suddenly opened.

"Emulating feudalism" is actually not wrong, but the court must be arranged first. Wang Kefan's biggest problem is how to solve this turmoil in the court, and if this matter is solved, Wang Kefan has no worries, so he can naturally let go of his hands and feet and do a job in Huguang.

The so-called alternative way is to bypass the rent and interest reduction and the investigation of the salt policy, check the administration of officials, and start from other places to continue to implement the new policy. As long as Emperor Longwu and Chu Xun fought back and regained control of the situation, the gentry, landlords and princes would not dare to be so arrogant.

Another way, this is an adjustment of national policy!

Gu Yanwu felt that this was his strength.

The Ming Dynasty is riddled with problems, and there are too many places that can be reformed, where is the best place to start?

He suddenly fell into deep thought, frowning and thinking non-stop, Zhu Maowan

Wait a minute, the bottom paragraph is good, it's almost 12 o'clock, I'll copy and paste first, wait for the modification, it's about full attendance, forgive me!

Another way, this is an adjustment of national policy!

Gu Yanwu felt that this was his strength.

The Ming Dynasty is riddled with problems, and there are too many places that can be reformed, where is the best place to start?

He suddenly fell into deep thought, frowning and thinking non-stop, Zhu Maowan

Wait a minute, the bottom paragraph is good, it's almost 12 o'clock, I'll copy and paste first, wait for the modification, it's about full attendance, forgive me!

The Ming Dynasty is riddled with problems, and there are too many places that can be reformed, where is the best place to start?

He suddenly fell into deep thought, frowning and thinking non-stop, Zhu Maowan

Wait a minute, the bottom paragraph is good, it's almost 12 o'clock, I'll copy and paste first, wait for the modification, it's about full attendance, forgive me! (To be continued......)