After the news of Fang Yingwu's appointment came out, the people who didn't know how to do it muttered a few words about how Fang Qingtian was getting smaller and smaller, but most of the people in the officialdom were very envious. In addition to its own power and status, the six branches are still second only to Hanlin in a fast lane, and the transfer from the county to the matter is equivalent to changing from turbidity to clearing.

With Fang Yingwu's popularity and fame, if you accumulate clear qualifications in the six departments, you can directly skip the same level and move to the level of middle-level officials. At that time, at least start from the five products and six divisions, and if you are lucky and willing to go to the place, it is not difficult to get the four products according to the deputy envoy or the prefect of the upper house.

But Fang Yingwu is twenty-two years old this year, and within a few days, the Fang family suddenly had a cloud of guests, and the father and son and various fellow villagers of the same year came to the door to say goodbye. The father and son are both famous, one is Cilin and the other is in the sixth department, and they are young compared to their official positions, and the potential contained in them is simply amazing.

Fang Yingwu coped with the guests for a few days, and the edict in the palace was issued, and he took the edict from the military department to the Qincha Guanfang, and the legendary sword and the royal flag were not available.

Then the officials of the pedestrian department took the initiative to report to the door, and the members of the Qincha were selected and formed, and they could leave just waiting for Fang Qincha's order.

Calculating the time, I can't help but go. After all, Fang Qincha had two tasks, first to return to his hometown and return to his hometown on behalf of the imperial court, and to express his condolences to the former first assistant on behalf of the imperial court, if he couldn't catch up with his birthday, he would be derelict in his duties. Then they had to rush to the Jiangnan area to supervise the grain before October, because the autumn grain collection began in October.

When Fang Yingwu said goodbye to his concubine and two sons, Menzi came to pass the word and sent a note. Fang Yingwu looked at it, and it was all code words. It was clear to him that it was Wang Zhi, the commander of Dongchang, who wanted to see him.

After that, Fang Yingwu followed the messenger out of the door and came to a wine shop in the south of the house. Entered an Accord. I saw Wang Zhi waiting here.

"This time I went to the south, and the errand was not easy to do." Wang Zhi sighed. Very worried.

Of course, Fang Yingwu knew his difficulties, if such an errand as going to Jiangnan to supervise grain was easy to do, there was no need to send Qincha!

The issue of land and taxation is one of the most important issues at all times. During the Chenghua period, the Ming Dynasty had not yet reached the point where it was difficult to return, the land contradiction was not too prominent, and the treasury was still enough overall, but various problems had already emerged.

The treasury depends on the southeast, but there are too many local gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, so Fang Yingwu is an errand of supervising grain. It seems simple, but there are twists and turns.

First, it involves the problems of donating land and concealing households, which have not yet reached the point of being out of control, but they have also interfered with the collection of taxes and grains. If you want to supervise grain, you will inevitably have to fight against this phenomenon, and those who can accept the donation are naturally large local households.

Second, it involves the problem of uneven taxation of public land and private land, and this problem has made the people resentful for a long time!

Originally, Wang Shu, the former governor of Susong, was ready to start reforming the taxation of public and private fields, but he was transferred to the governor of Zhejiang after only half of the process, and now he is still in Nanjing, and Fang Yingwu does not know what the current situation is. How far has the tax adjustment been completed?

So in the final analysis, Fang Yingwu is not much sure at the moment, so he can only take one step at a time.

At this moment, he only opened his mouth to reassure: "Don't worry too much, it's just killing chickens and monkeys." When the time comes, carefully inquire about the big families with the most bad deeds. Punish him under any other pretext, and perhaps at the same time incite the people to raid his home. After repairing two or three houses, others will be honest. ”

Wang Zhi deliberately sneered: "Don't misunderstand. I'm not worried that you won't be able to complete your grain overseeing errands, and I won't worry about the fate of those big households. I'm talking about something else. I just got the news that it was probably the matter of sending Qin to Jiangnan to supervise grain that triggered the inspiration of the Son of Heaven. And then

Fang Yingwu frowned and asked, "Don't sell Guanzi, then what?" Wang Zhi naturally replied: "Then the Son of Heaven will send another eunuch in the palace to carry 5,000 salt to Jiangnan for procurement." ”

What, to send procuring eunuchs? Fang Yingwu was surprised, normal people know that this procurement is actually to collect money for the Son of Heaven, and under the guise of being the Son of Heaven, he is expropriating violently.

In the past 20 years, the Son of Heaven had never sent a procuring eunuch to Jiangnan, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen now, probably because of the tension in the library!

Fang Yingwu couldn't help but ask: "I don't know who His Majesty wants to send to Jiangnan to procure?" What does it have to do with you? Wang Zhi replied truthfully: "Wang Jing, a very favored eunuch, does not have much deep friendship with me." ”

It turned out to be him! Fang Yingwu has an impression of this name, Wang Jing may not be famous, but his deeds in Jiangnan have been beaten in three words, and with the popularization of popular novels, Fang Yingwu really knows a little bit about the situation.

In history, Wang Jing and his godson Wang Chen wantonly looted government warehouses and people's property in Jiangnan, and also robbed people's daughters and other bad behaviors, which aroused the anger of Jiangnan officials and the boiling of public resentment. In the end, in order to maintain the stability of the southeast, the Son of Heaven was forced to kill Wang Chen, and the head of Jiangnan was passed to calm the situation.

It seems that Wang Jing's procurement of eunuchs and Fang Yingwu are two different things about well water not violating river water, but Wang Zhi reminded Fang Yingwu that there was obviously another purpose.

If the procurement of the eunuch Wang Jing went too far in Jiangnan, but because Wang Jing was a Qincha, the magistrate had no law enforcement power over the Qincha, and could only stare at him except for the impeachment.

The magistrate could not enforce the law against the Qincha, and only another Qincha could stop the Qincha, so it is conceivable that once Wang Jing went overboard, there would definitely be a large number of magistrates and people who would come to Fang Yingwu to accuse Wang Jing.

As far as the other party is concerned, this is definitely a lingering trouble, to put it bluntly, Wang Jing is the minions of the Son of Heaven stretched out to Jiangnan. If you want to use Wang Jing to brush your reputation, it is no different from the hand of the Son of Heaven.

"It's not as exaggerated as you say." Fang Yingwu pondered for a moment, "The Son of Heaven sent Wang Jing is not necessarily a bad thing, it can allow me to stage a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf." There is no difference if there is no comparison, presumably when I encounter that Wang Jing, Jiangnan Jinshen will know my goodness! ”

This can also be done? Wang Zhi was stunned and speechless, and only said after a while: "It's better for you scholars to be more twisted and round, but even if Wang Jing loses his reputation, what can he do?" ”

"Everywhere, just have to get used to all kinds of environments! Once there is a forced situation, I am afraid that I will have to ask you for help when the time comes! Fang Yingwu replied.

Then he changed the topic and said: "Don't worry about me first, this time I left Beijing and went south, and if I want to come back, I will have to wait until the end of the year at the earliest." During this period, don't forget your studies, and when I return to Beijing again, I will examine you carefully! (To be continued......)

PS: Blame the plane for being late! Otherwise, it will be changed early, and you can still keep the last trace of the leggings.