Chapter 138: The Wealth of Donglin

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The six departments of the cabinet and the celebrant supervisor of the East Factory are all brightly lit, and in some places the whip is constantly sounding, and in some places the abacus beads are crackling and ringing.

Gu Zhenhua went all the way to the cabinet, and Ma Shiying greeted him in a panic: "Brother, I thought you were so dedicated to accompanying your fiancΓ©e that you didn't have the heart to deal with us!" ”

"Yuanfu said with a smile, I think a martial artist, I'm afraid it won't help much."

"You're polite, if there is no brother, how can we take down the Donglin Party in one fell swoop, you came just in time, my brother is a little troublesome and has to wait for you to give me ideas."

Ma Shiying pulled Gu Zhenhua to the duty room, and after the two sat down, Ma Shiying took the initiative to give Gu Zhenhua a cup of tea.

"Brother, we have arrested a total of one hundred and twenty-five officials at all levels, including five high-ranking officials in the ministry and more than 20 people above the fourth grade, this move is really too big, easy at the beginning, difficult to control!"

"Motosuke, you've just made a start, are you ready to back off?"

"Of course not, I'm already fighting with Donglin, how can I retreat, it's just that I'm afraid of affecting the court, shouldn't I slow down?"

"Can't wait!" Gu Zhenhua said without hesitation: "Killing people does not die but becomes an enemy, the Donglin Party is intertwined, if we can't make a decision and let them fight back, we will have to follow Wei Zhongxian's old path." Besides, the Tartars are not far south, and we have no time to waste. ”

"Hey, my brother is reasonable, but the more you investigate, the more people are involved, if you want to convince the world, you can't cut them all at once, you have to have real evidence. I'm really embarrassed. ”

Gu Zhenhua suddenly smiled: "There is no way to retreat, what we should think about now is how to completely kill Donglin." Remove this cancer cleanly, instead of feeling sorry for yourself! ”

"Brother said so, you must have an idea, please point out brother, I'm anxious!"

"The reason why Donglin has been able to rise again and again is because they have public opinion in their hands, repeatedly build momentum, and package a bunch of rice buckets into a talent for saving the country. To deal with them. We must prescribe the right medicine and shatter the aura of the Donglin Party! ”

As soon as Ma Shiying heard this, he immediately scratched his head and said with a wry smile: "Brother, it's not that I haven't thought about this, it's just that it's not so easy, the Donglin Party is under the banner of sages everywhere." Carrying the banner of the ancestral system. Even if our evidence is conclusive this time and we take down the Donglin Party, there are still many people who say that we are conspiring to harm Zhongliang, which is really indefensible. ”

"Since it is not clear with words, then make it clear with practical actions."

At this time, there was another sound of footsteps, and Ruan Dacheng walked in with a stack of account books. His eyes were red and he was out of breath, and when he saw Gu Zhenhua here, he hurriedly smiled and said, "Ji Guogong, you are here, I happen to have something to look for you!" Check it out. This is the property of Donglin Academy that has just been cleaned up, and it can only be described in four words: shocking! ”

"Oh. Is it really that strict? Ma Shiying couldn't help but ask.

"Motosuke, look at this account!"

Ruan Dacheng sent the accounts over, Ma Shiying and Gu Zhenhua came over together, and after a closer look, both of them gasped.

Donglin Academy, which stretches for decades, has become the center of academic and public opinion in the southeast from the initial frustrated bureaucratic concentration camp, and thousands of scholars have come here to study every year. With so many readers, the cost of entertainment alone is incalculable.

In addition, Donglin also has to subsidize officials and scholars, help them get promoted, and help them take exams, which is extremely staggering.

Since the establishment of the academy, in order to meet the huge financial needs, it has continued to annex land and expand industries, and Donglin Academy has gradually become a big landlord, a big factory owner, and a big capitalist!

In Changzhou, Donglin Academy's paddy fields have reached about 30%, and there are more than half of the mulberry fields, a large number of mines, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhenjiang, Songjiang and other places near Changzhou, all have Donglin's field production, the total number is calculated, the paddy field is 2.35 million mu, and the mulberry field is 3.1 million mu! It can be called the largest landlord in the south of the Yangtze River.

In addition to the fields, the Donglin Party also controlled more than 4,000 looms, more than 1,500 ships, and a large number of cargo stations and shops in various places. There are domestic and overseas, it's simply an octopus!

"All these things are counted, I'm afraid there are fifty or sixty million taels, right?" Ma Shiying looked at it for a long time before saying slowly.

"It's just a lot, it's just immovable, if you count all the gold and silver antiques in their hands, then it's called a real rich country!" Ruan Dacheng said unceremoniously: "This is only Donglin Academy, as well as the Fushe, other academies, how much wealth these so-called righteous men and gentlemen control, I'm afraid no one can say clearly, what is a moth, this is the real moth!" ”

Seeing this, Ma Shiying also sighed: "It seems that the tumor of the Donglin Party can't be investigated without investigation, and with so much wealth, we can't let go!" ”

Gu Zhenhua looked at the accounts, and he was also surprised, he had long known that the southeast was rich, but only after real contact did he understand that Jiangsu and Zhejiang had already left the Beijing division far away. However, the richer they are, the more greedy they are, these people of the Donglin Party actually instigated Chongzhen to abolish the commercial tax, if they can keep a little, the Ming Dynasty will not lose the country!

No matter how amazing the wealth is, you have to learn to use it, Gu Zhenhua smiled: "Yuanfu, what are you going to do with these things?" ”

"Then it doesn't need to be said, it will naturally be collected from the treasury, Brother Gu, don't you always tell me about the lack of military salaries, now that you have money, my brother will give you double salaries."

"Thank you Yuan Fu first, but I don't think it's so sloppy, how to deal with these things, the knowledge is not small, most of them are field shops, and there are many houses, and they sell tens of millions of taels of things at once, and someone has to pick them up."

"That's right, I'm also poor and afraid, as soon as I see the money, my eyes are red, and I forget about the problem of cashing out."

Gu Zhenhua said with a smile: "Yuanfu, we just mentioned that we want to attack the prestige of the Donglin Party and undermine their control of public opinion. I think that's what I should start with. ”

Ruan Dacheng was dissatisfied, and hurriedly smiled: "Ji Guogong wants to announce all these properties. Let everyone know the positive side of the Donglin Party's greed? ”

Ma Shiying also smiled: "Last time my brother killed Qian Qianyi, he announced his property, I think this method is good, and I will start to do it immediately." ”

"That's right, but this is only the first step, I will divide these fields and give them to the common people, so that they will know. Who is competing with the people for profit, and who is really thinking about the people. ”

Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng glanced at each other, and then said with a smile: "Brother, are you going to implement Tuntian in Jiangsu and Zhejiang?" ”

"There is such a meaning, but the tuntian in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is different from the front line, the front line is for the combination of farming and warfare, and here it is to stabilize the social order."

"Dude. Tell us about it, and let us open our eyes too. ”

"No one can eat one bite of these farmlands and mulberry fields, so we might as well set a deadline, which can be ten or twenty years, so that the people can redeem them in installments. Of course, other gentlemen can also join in and hand over the money. Hold the field in one hand. If no one buys it, build a grange. There is a shortage of land in the south of the Yangtze River, and after we release these lands, whether it is a gentleman or a common man. In order to keep their land, they will not say good things about the Donglin Party. Draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle to limit the influence of the Donglin Party in public opinion. ”

"Wonderful!" Ruan Dacheng slapped his thigh and said with a smile: "Ji Guogong's method is too good, we can't compete with the Donglin Party ourselves, so we will pull some more allies, anyway, we didn't swallow it in one bite, and it is not impossible to share the profits!" ”

Ma Shiying frowned and waved his hand: "It's not so simple, so many fields, how to divide them, how to redeem them, all of them have detailed regulations, if there are omissions, it will not be possible to benefit the people, but it will become harmful to the people, and at that time, I am afraid that the scolding will be even greater!" ”

Ruan Dacheng's head was also a little cooler: "That's right, the key at the moment is talent, there are not enough officials in the imperial court, and the Donglin Party has been taken down, and there are even fewer people who do things, if you want to finish such a big thing, I'm afraid it will be delayed for a few years!" ”

"Hahaha, that's the next step!" Gu Zhenhua said with a smile: "The reason why Donglin Academy can have such a great charm, in short, is that they provide a way for readers. As long as he is recognized by Donglin Shizi and has a reputation, in the imperial examination, the chance of passing the examination will be greatly increased. Since we need the people to manage the Grange, why don't we open a special department. ”

Ma Shiying couldn't help frowning: "Brother, is this okay, the imperial examination is a national talent ceremony, once every three years, if you take the exam casually, I'm afraid it will attract opposition." ”

"Yuanfu, we are not an official examination of the imperial examination, but a temporary special subject, and we are not ranked second, and there is no champion list after admission. Everyone starts from the Jiupin Tuntian official, who is specifically responsible for the grange, as long as they have worked for three years, they are willing to take the imperial examination, and they can be promoted to the county magistrate and other positions if they have made achievements in these three years. Isn't the Donglin Party able to control the scholars, and we can also do it for the scholars, just to see who can fight whom! ”

Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng's eyes suddenly lit up, this idea may be really good!

Ma Shiying said with a smile: "Brother, you told me last time that you would build a academy and fight poison with poison, but you were entangled in political affairs and did not implement it. However, if you follow this opportunity and recruit a large number of scholars, this is a very good means to win people's hearts. My brother really has a delicate heart! ”

"Grandpa Guo, Yuanfu, isn't the Jiupin official too young, I'm afraid that the scholars won't want to?"

"Not small, not small at all! And small has small benefits, small means more quantity, more opportunities, no matter how small it is, isn't it an official! ”

In fact, many people who study the imperial examination ignore one problem, that is, the acceptance rate! The population at the end of the Ming Dynasty was about twice as large as that at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and there were many scholars, but the number of people admitted to the imperial examination was almost the same, which caused a large number of scholars to study hard all their lives, but they failed to succeed repeatedly.

Under the banner of sharpening knowledge and exchanging eight experiences, the Donglin Party is a bit like a strengthened version of the exam tutorial class in later generations, so it can attract so many readers to join.

And even if you pass the Jinshi exam, it is not a step to the sky, you have to endure hardships and wait for opportunities. Gu Zhenhua's idea gave all readers a chance.

Although Jiupin Guan is smaller than sesame, it is the establishment of civil servants! And there is also a chance for promotion, and without delaying the normal imperial examination, no matter how it is counted, it will make a lot of money.

After Ma Shiying thought through the key, she took Gu Zhenhua's hand and smiled.

"Brother, you really have Zhuge talent, this idea is too high, not only to solve these fields, but also to dig the ancestral grave of the Donglin Party! As long as the scholars want to rely on us to get promoted, they will not support the Donglin Party in public opinion! ”

Ruan Dacheng also smiled: "Without the support of public opinion, the Donglin Party is a hairless pheasant, which is not terrible at all!" ”

Gu Zhenhua came up with such an idea, not only to deal with the Donglin Party, but also for his own Tuntian Grange, he has seen a large number of talents enter his account, enriching the strength of An **!

After two days of cleaning up, outside the Hongwu Gate, the property confiscated from the Donglin Academy, the Restoration Society, and various high-ranking officials of Donglin was all written into notices and posted.

"Bastard, these grandsons are so rich, what kind of clean officials are they pretending to be!" Immediately, the crowd boiled, scolding mercilessly.