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Opportunity!

Any change of dynasty is always full of opportunities of one kind or another, and it is also full of speculators of one kind or another, and for any new dynasty, such speculators are undoubtedly welcome. To some extent, it is precisely such speculators that make the new dynasty more "legitimate".

Of course, for China in the first year of Hongwu, no one has ever questioned the question of the "legitimacy of the new dynasty", after all, the new dynasty was established on the basis of overthrowing the Manchu enslavement and recovering China. However, this does not mean that the new dynasty does not have such and such problems, such as the implementation of more radical and enterprising reforms, the implementation of new tax systems, the implementation of smoking bans, education and other affairs, and even the canonization of the ministers of the dragon compared to the new policies in the past ten years, such as the implementation of the new tax system, the implementation of the anti-smoking system, education, etc., and even the canonization of the ministers of the dragon, such issues will always attract the attention of the outside world.

However, for ordinary people, they don't care about these, and even together with the braids that have the greatest impact on them, they also accept it naturally, in fact, for the vast majority of ordinary people, there is not much resistance, for them, the change of dynasty is more just a change of tax master,

Even in some remote areas, some people still think that this country is still the Qing Dynasty. However, there are always changes, such as those officials who rode tall horses and wore new official uniforms from the north to the south, most of whom were civil officials from the three eastern provinces, and after the local governors handed over power, tens of thousands of civil officials from the three eastern provinces were transferred south, not just to replace the southern officials, but to assist those people in establishing a new and more modern administrative system.

I haven't ridden a horse for a long time, sitting on this northeast horse with a body height of more than 1.5 meters, this kind of horse is actually a military horse eliminated by the Northeast cavalry, the standard body height of the Northeast cavalry military horse is 1.6 meters, but in the south, this "slightly inferior" Northeast horse looks very tall and godlike, looking at the quiet and sparse wilderness. Yang Du, who was wearing a black tweed coat, suddenly felt a sense of pride in his chest, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and slapped his left hand on the horse's buttocks, and the horse immediately raised its four hooves and galloped, and the bluestone slab made a rapid and crisp sound of horses' hooves. The wind was whistling in his ears, and the farmhouse was flying by in front of him, and since he left Guide Town, Yang Du seemed to have rarely been so comfortable.

Ten years ago, he had just been admitted to Xiucai, and in the face of the great changes of the "Renchen Change", he did not choose to continue the examination, but made another choice - he was admitted to Zhonghua School, and then admitted to Northeastern University.

And now, after the unification of the country in the Northeast, he has been appointed as a judge of the Third Circuit Court in Hunan, and to some extent, this is the so-called "return to the hometown"! Thinking of the envy on his face when his former friend looked at him, Yang Du couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.

A pinnacle appeared in the distance. The walls of the peaks are thousands of miles, as if the gods have split them with an axe, and a few stubborn little pine trees grow in the cracks of the brown rocks, adding a bit of life to the mountain rocks rising from the ground. There is a small river two or three zhang wide under the stone wall, and in autumn, the mountain water is exhausted, and there is only a narrow stream of water in the river. The silvery-white sand at the water's edge sparkles in the sunlight, and a few egrets with slender feet and long necks wander leisurely on the sandy shore.

Looking at the landscape in front of him, Yang Du saw it in his eyes and praised it in his heart: it is really a good place for outstanding people, no wonder there is Tan Sitong here!

The reason why Yang Du came here was only for one reason - this was Tan Sitong's hometown, as a circuit judge in this district, he didn't need to come here, but many years ago, he had a relationship with Tan Sitong, so after Tan Sitong was buried, no matter what, he had to come to pay a visit.

Yang Du was about to get off the horse to ask for directions, when he suddenly heard a conversation between two people from behind the horse:

"I heard that the third sister-in-law came to sacrifice her husband, and she fainted from crying."

"Poor thing, thirteen years! The third son hasn't returned home for thirteen years! ……”

"Hey, now this person is back, but the one who came back is only a corpse......"

"Three Sons...... It's a pity, it's a pity that such heroes are gone! No, it's time to give winter clothes, and I'm also here to pay tribute to the third son......"

Yang Du turned his head and saw two people dressed as scholars in their twenties talking as they walked, both carrying a bamboo basket with some money paper incense sticks and moon cakes in it. He knew that they were also going to Tan Sitong's tomb, so he deliberately tightened the reins and let the horse go slowly. After a while, the two scholars walked to the front, and Yang Du followed behind them. After walking for two or three miles, the scholar turned to the right. It was a path overgrown with weeds, which was inconvenient for riding, so he dismounted and led it.

Walking along the path for a short time, a tall and large stone tomb appeared in front of me, this tomb is said to be built at the emperor's expense, anyway, it is not repaired by the Tan family. At the time of "sending winter clothes in October", and the tomb has just been repaired, there are about a dozen people quietly busy there, or burning paper and lighting incense, or loading dishes and bowls, or kneeling and kowtowing, or standing in silence. The two scholars also stopped in front of the cemetery, and Yang Du knew that this must be Tan Sitong's tomb.

He tied his horse to the trunk of a larger pine tree and, with a different kind of reverence, walked slowly to the burial mound. In front of the tomb, there is a very delicately made stone tablet, which is engraved with nine large characters in official script: the tomb of Mr. Tan Gong's heir. There is another stone monument next to the tombstone. This stele is more than one person high, is made of a piece of milky white marble, smooth plane, there are delicate carvings around, the stele is engraved with two lines of regular script: eternal immortality, the stone is vast and stands in the world; The mountains are beautiful, and the mountains are rushing to the waves. There is a line of small characters in the lower left: Liuyang monk Song Jianyuan Jingli.

Standing silently in front of Tan Sitong's tomb, Yang Du's mind was full of thoughts. He remembered the scene when he met Tan Sitong for the first time, watched his looks, listened to his conversation, and after a short meeting, he decided that Tan Gongzi, as the son of an official eunuch, was a righteous martyr who was not equal to the idle.

Sure enough, in a few years, his name shook the whole of China, and his sonorous and powerful oath in Hangzhou set off the earth-shattering "Renchen Change", and his power in Hangzhou has been haunting Yang Du in his heart for ten years, and he seems to have not forgotten for a moment.

But many people forget!

Even his confidant Tang Caichang also accepted the position of a public servant canonized by His Majesty, and was grateful to Dade for his suggestions and suggestions for the new dynasty, and only Tan Sitong was not afraid to face the fact of changing the dynasty, and did not give an inch.

He did not approve of the imperial system, but he had no intention of seeing the division of the country, let alone seeing his former revolutionary comrades kill each other because of their differences, and in the end, he chose to sacrifice himself.

It is precisely because of this that he will be sympathized with by all walks of life as a tragic hero.

Thinking of this, Yang Du reverently bowed to the tomb three. The two scholars beside him were tearing and burning the paper money they brought piece by piece, and they read softly in their mouths:

"Third son, you died for the sake of the country and the people, presumably there is justice in heaven, and now you are a god. Your old man's spirit is immortal, and the heroic spirit is not dispersed, please accept a little bit of heart from the younger generation. Your old man doesn't want to come to the eyes, without your old man's connection, the emperor will not only abolish the imperial examination, but also implement a new tax ......"

"The imperial examination will be abolished, and a new tax will be implemented."

The unintentional words of the two scholars made Yang Du, who was standing aside, frown suddenly, he abolished the imperial examination, this is inevitable, in fact, in the past ten years, the imperial examination has actually been abolished, even if he passes the examination, what can he do? These elected officials are all from the locality, and they can't be officials with their eight-share articles. Now, it's just a matter of what everyone knows has become a fact. As for the so-called new tax, it is actually the implementation of "land price tax", which has been implemented in the Northeast for many years, for the government, this not only simplifies the taxation, but also obtains more taxes, of course, the burden on the people is relatively increased. But correspondingly, it has exempted all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and logically speaking, the burden of the people has not actually increased, at least not to the point of being unbearable.

These fools!

I muttered to myself in my heart, because I wanted to burn three incense sticks for the soul of the hero to express the respect of an old friend and a deceased. But when he came in a hurry, he took nothing with him, and he looked around, and saw a small hut nearby, and a man came out of it, with an incense candle in his hand. There must be offerings for sale there! Yang Du hurriedly came to the thatched hut, there was an old table in the room with some money, paper, incense sticks, and candles, and an old man with white hair sat on the side.

"Old man, I'll buy a bunch of incense sticks and four candles." Yang Du said to the old man while taking money out of his pocket.

"Young master, listening to your accent, it doesn't look like a northerner."

The old man squinted his eyes at Yang Du and looked at the tweed coat on his body, which was extremely rare here. Then he looked at the tall horse in the distance, and his face suddenly turned pale, showing some defensive meaning.

"I'm not from the north, I'm from Xiangtan."

"Who are you from the third prince, who came so far to pay homage to his tomb?"

Hearing that it was a native of Hunan, the old man's face looked better, and he took out a bunch of incense sticks as he spoke.

"I had a relationship with the third prince back then, no, I happened to pass by here, and I came to give the third son a pillar of incense!"

Yang Du took the incense stick handed by the old man, and when he spoke, inadvertently, there was some official tone in his words.

"Oh, you're from the Northeast?"

The old man looked the man in front of him up and down again.

"Is it an official of the Imperial Court?"

"It's barely an official below, and it's a circuit court judge below......"

"Oh, since you are from Hunan, why are you willing to harm the people of Hunan for the court?"

The old man's words immediately became cold, and his previous enthusiasm was also revealed. Hurriedly stood up and gave up his seat.

"Harm the people...... This, where does this begin? ”

For a while, Yang Du's brain was all wood, what did this person's words mean?

"Judge! Quick, let's go! ”

Yang Du was thinking wildly, when he saw the servant who came with him suddenly burst in, looking a little panicked. Didn't you leave him in town? Why did he run over again now, looking at the appearance of dirt and stains all over his body, Yang Du immediately had a bad guess.

"Is something wrong?"

Yang Du quickly stood up, there would be other thoughts.

"Let's go, the people have changed, the people of this town have buried the land surveyor alive......"

What the!

His eyes widened, Yang Du could hardly believe his ears, the people buried the land surveyor alive? In contrast to the fact that the Northeast almost immediately carried out this work when the province was established, the ownership of the land was first determined, so that the land transaction was guaranteed by the legal system and the commercialization of the land was promoted. At the same time, due to the measurement of a large number of hidden fields, the area of cultivated land has increased significantly, and with the clarification of ownership and tax obligations, the government can obtain a huge amount of land tax revenue, thereby improving its financial situation and increasing tax revenue, of course, this is also the reason why Kannai promotes this work.

However, although this work has been carried out for many years, the corresponding tax reform has not been carried out, and the reason is very simple -- the intricate relationship of interests has made the local governors very jealous of the tax reform, and it is precisely for this reason that although the land survey work has been completed in places such as Beiyang, Huguang, and Liangjiang, they have not carried out the tax reform, but have only spent millions of dollars to complete the land survey.

However, for Nanjing, naturally there is no intention to continue to use the old tax system and tax amount, and it is inevitable to implement the new tax to unify the national agricultural tax, therefore, in order to ensure the implementation of the new tax system, the Nanjing Cabinet first set up a national land survey bureau, using the original information to verify the land, in the view of the Nanjing court, this will be the most important work of the new dynasty, and even overwhelmed the household registration, the original household registration was also carried out.

"Why?"

Yang Du shouted in surprise.

"Let's go quickly, master, I'll tell you slowly on the way, if you don't leave, you want to go......"

If you want to go, I'm afraid you can't go!

Yang Du hurriedly asked the old man to burn three incense sticks for Tan Sitong on his behalf, lit four candles, and then said goodbye to the thatched hut. Dakong also rode a horse, but this horse was an ordinary pony, so the two turned over and left Niu Shiling.

Along the way, Dakong told Yang Du that when he was having dinner at noon, the town was full of people, and many people gathered outside the restaurant where the land surveyor lived.

"They shouted that it was the imperial court that spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver on the war, and now the imperial court has built a state treasury at the beginning of the country, and this land survey is to add a dollar of tax to an acre of land, and they don't listen to the investigator's explanation at all, and then they directly buried the investigators alive, and some people shouted that they want to kill all the officials sent from the north, master, let's quickly flee to the city......" (To be continued.) )