Chapter 259: An Unexpected Opportunity
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It's already the beginning of October, and there is no news from the capital for a long time, Su Tiancheng is also a little anxious, could it be that this time, the emperor Zhu Youzhen is not ready to summon himself, when he used to think about staying in Jiangning County, he just wanted to go out to do things, and every time the time was very long, this time, he wanted to go to the capital, but he didn't have a chance.
Qu Qingze's excerpt played again has been sent, it is said that Zhu Youzhen should have seen it, discovered the situation here, and after carefully experiencing it, there is no reason not to summon him.
The situation in Nanjing City is already a little delicate, Donglin Academy and the Restoration Society are ready to move, ready to launch a large-scale public opinion liquidation activities, many scholars, have come to Nanjing, according to the situation that Qu Qingze has mastered, the Restoration Society is ready to convene the third general meeting, the topic of this meeting, is very concentrated, that is, the protection of the interests of the gentry and wealthy families and scholars. It can be expected that this conference, under the manipulation of Zhang Pu, Qian Qianyi and others, will be what kind of situation will become.
After discovering the situation, Zhang Pu and the members of the Fushe began to lobby in Jiangning County, demanding that those gentry and wealthy households not sell grain and not obey the government, and their tentacles also extended to the city shipping department to protest against the city's taxation measures, believing that some goods and ships could not be taxed.
Qu Qingze has repeatedly suggested that it is possible to request that Yingtianfu, or the Sixth Department of Nanjing, take some measures to warn Donglin Academy and the Restoration Society, the government has come forward, and things are easier to handle, including the convening of the Restoration Society's conference, can it be forcibly requested, and the conference will not be held for the time being. Anyway, Fan Jingwen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, did not support Donglin Academy and the Restoration Society.
Put it before. Su Tiancheng would not consider such a suggestion, the mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan, this is the most stupid measure, but at this point, he has to think. If it is said that Donglin Academy and Fushe are united again, have a high degree of unanimity, and even control public opinion, it is definitely not a good thing.
It is conceivable that there must be people in the imperial court who echo and support the initiatives of Donglin Academy and the Restoration Society, if they really intervene in the government affairs. You will be in a very passive situation.
Judging from the actual situation in Jiangning County, Su Tiancheng urgently needed to see Zhu Youzhen, and I am afraid that some problems and contradictions could only be fundamentally resolved through measures such as establishing a society and grasping public opinion.
Su Tiancheng knew better that there was nothing peculiar about the measures he had taken and the measures he was preparing to implement. It is nothing more than the practice of a market economy.
In just one year, Jiangning County has undergone tremendous changes. Su Tiancheng has realized that the set of policies he has implemented must be adhered to, and he cannot give up halfway. Nowadays, the market transactions of silk, tea, porcelain and other markets in Jiangning County are getting bigger and bigger. Some businessmen are ready to follow the model of Suzhou and Yangzhou to open factories and handicraft workshops.
It can be said that the textile industry, the sugar industry, and other industries have gradually begun to break away from agriculture. It became an independent department.
This is the typical germ of capitalist thought.
In this, the attitude of the government is very important, if the government does not allow it, the businessmen do not dare to mess around, after all, the status of the businessmen is the lowest, all along, the land of China, is the implementation of the rural natural economy, officials at all levels, but also received this education.
The emperors of the Ming Dynasty, who had accepted thousands of years of ideological inheritance, rejected the capitalist economy in their bones, identified with big agriculture, regarded all the germinations of capitalism as the ancillary products of agriculture, and allowed them to operate within a certain range, but they would not see the development and growth of the capital economy.
The germ of capitalism will burst out with a huge amount of force, which will definitely affect the development of feudal society, and the guiding role in this is very important.
The task is arduous, the development of society has its own laws, Su Tiancheng, who has experienced all this, must think of a better way to come out of a completely different path.
Ying Tianfu Governor Zheng Keyou hurried to Jiangning County.
"Lord Su, Lord Fu Yin, please go for a visit."
"Lord Zheng is a rare guest, is there something wrong with Lord Fu Yin?"
Zheng Keyou shook his head, indicating that he didn't know what to say.
When he got on the horse, Su Tiancheng was still thinking about it, Wang Daozhi rarely summoned him, which may also be that Jiangning County has received special attention from the imperial court, especially after the establishment of the Jiangning camp, what is the matter this time, does it mean that the emperor's holy decree is coming, then it shouldn't be, the holy decree is coming, just go directly to the county government of Jiangning County to pass the decree.
Entering the mansion and coming to the second hall, I saw Wang Daozhi and Su Tiancheng saluted.
"Your Excellency."
Wang Daozhi's face was not very good, and he looked a little sad, and Su Tiancheng was even more strange.
"Master Su, Elder Xu Ge has passed away."
Su Tiancheng's body shook a little.
The old Xu Ge that Wang Dao said directly is the prince Shaobao Xu Guangqi.
Xu Guangqi is old, he is in his seventies, his health has not been very good, he has not approved many resignations, Zhu Youzhen has not approved it, and he is very dependent on political affairs, it should be said that Xu Guangqi has not made much achievements in political affairs, but he has made great contributions to the development of natural science.
Su Tiancheng also knew that Xu Guangqi had always supported him.
Xu Guangqi's death is a big blow to Zhu Youzhen, the party struggle within the court is in full swing, Zhu Youzhen sees it in his eyes, and it is false to say that he is not in a hurry, Xu Guangqi is a figure generally admired by the ministers of the court, no matter which faction it is, they all respect him, and Xu Guangqi has made contributions to quelling the party dispute.
Now, the death of this important minister indicates that the struggle within the court will become more intense.
There is one thing, Su Tiancheng knows the truth, after Wen Tiren became the first assistant of the cabinet, he was ready to start cleaning up the bureaucracy, including Chen Yutai, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, Wu Weiye and others, but Xu Guangqi was opposed, so Wen Tiren was slow to act, and with the death of Xu Guangqi, Chen Yutai and Wu Weiye and others may be excluded.
Seeing Su Tiancheng's bad look, Wang Daozhi spoke again.
"Master Su, I have already played the imperial court, and I have made a special trip to the capital to see off Xu Ge Lao, I don't know if you have this idea, follow me to the capital and pay homage to Xu Ge Lao."
"Xiaguan followed the adults and went to the capital, Xiaguan and Xu Ge Lao had a relationship, although they did not listen to Xu Ge Lao's teachings, but they admired Xu Ge Lao very much, this is the jealousy of talents."
"Well, the imperial court's palace report is here, I estimate that there are a lot of colleagues who are going to the capital this time, Xu Ge is highly respected, and there are many colleagues who respect him, you go back and make preparations."
The palace newspaper of the imperial court has arrived at the county office.
Lu Tianming, Qu Qingze, Liu Zhongji and others are all in the county office, waiting for Su Tiancheng.
Xu Guangqi's death is a little far away for Jiangning County, and almost none of the officials of the county government have ever seen Xu Guangqi, so everyone has no special performance, and the reason why they are concentrated in the county government is mainly because they think that there is something big about Lord Yin summoning Su Tiancheng.
Su Tiancheng said a few words simply, to the effect that he might accompany Lord Fu Yin to the capital to condolence Xu Ge Lao.
Qu Qingze stayed.
"My lord, I didn't expect that Elder Xu Ge had passed away."
"Well, I didn't expect that going to the capital this time might not be just to mourn Xu Ge's elder."
Qu Qingze nodded.
"My lord has always wanted to go to the capital, and the lower officials think that going to the capital this time is probably also the meaning of the above."
"Oh, why do you think like that?"
"The lower officials have already inquired, there are not many officials who went to the capital to mourn this time, Ying Tianfu is Lord Yin, and the magistrates of the other counties will not go to the capital."
Su Tiancheng blinked, this seemingly ordinary news, the meaning contained in it is not simple.
After Qu Qingze left, Su Tiancheng stood up and paced in the room alone.
Wang Daozhi took him to the capital, it was by no means a whim, it should be the emperor's intention, otherwise he was a small magistrate, and it was unlikely that he would go to the capital to mourn, about the Donglin Academy and the Fushe, Qu Qingze had already made two twists and turns, for so long, there has been no news in the capital, and he can only explain one meaning, that is, the emperor is not necessarily ready to summon himself.
It is said that such a thing should not happen, and the emperor can understand the importance of this matter.
Could it be that there are people in the court who do not agree to do this?
Su Tiancheng was a little vigilant, thinking that it was not a simple matter to slowly shake the interests of the gentry and wealthy households, and it would suffer from a lot of resistance, some would come from the people, and some would come from the imperial court, after all, behind the gentry and wealthy households, it was these officials of the imperial court, but the current rigid situation must be changed, otherwise, the Ming Dynasty will still fall in the wind and rain.
A Jiangning County cannot change the general trend, and a Jiangning battalion is even more impossible to deal with the huge Liukou and Houjin teams, only from the system, try to make some changes, so that more Jiangning County appears, it is possible to gradually revitalize the Ming Dynasty.
As long as you do things, it means being constrained, and behind the success, there are countless heartaches and painstaking efforts.
The establishment of the society is very important, and the officials who will influence the development of the Ming Dynasty in the future will be born from this society, and without a strong bureaucratic team, it will be difficult to become a great weapon alone.
Su Tiancheng didn't expect such an opportunity to enter Beijing, but as long as he could go to the capital and meet the emperor, no matter what kind of opportunity it was, he would do his best to grasp it. (To be continued.) )