Fang Yingwu stood in front of the desk, holding a brush in his hand, his eyebrows locked. Wang Yingli was beside him, and he was also holding his breath, waiting for his lord to write.

Is it to write poems that can sell money, or continue to write poems that worry about the country and the people on the streets? Fang Yingwu is uncertain. Now that the guests have learned to be obedient, they must read it before paying, and it is impossible to cheat money with the poems of the victims.

It's not that he has to be greedy for money to hesitate, but because he can't afford to go to the capital, every penny more money will give him a sense of security.

Just when Fang Yingwu was entangled, suddenly Wang Shu's entourage asked outside the door: "Little Master Fang, my master called you over." ”

Fang Yingwu threw down the pen and went to Wang Shu's study. In addition to Wang Shu in the study, there was also an old man, who was about seventy years old, but he looked very tough.

Which celebrity is this? When Fang Yingwu was pondering, the old man introduced himself first, "The old man Dongshan Wang Weidao is also the grandfather of Wang Quan, who is not a weapon." ”

Wang Quan's grandfather, another meaning is the grandfather of Wang Quan, Fang Yingwu stepped forward to salute. I heard that this Wang Weidao is also a legendary figure, and he has been paying close attention to the children of the clan to study for decades, and he has cultivated Wang Wei, a tanhua.

Wang Weidao said to the other party: "The descendants of the unscrupulous outside are wanton and plagiarizing poems, so that my family is disgraced, and the old man is guilty here." ”

"The old gentleman is serious." Fang Ying Dao. After saying a few more words, Wang Weidao left first.

Wang Shu said to the other party's instructions: "Tomorrow, the old man is going to hold a public gathering in the back garden, and he has invited many celebrities in the house to participate in advance, and you accompany the old man to attend." ”

Fang Yingwu was very surprised, it turned out that Wang Shu didn't care about harassing him in the past two days. It turned out that he was busy with this, and this is a big deal!

He guessed, "The old man intends to take advantage of this opportunity. Do you talk to the gentry and celebrities of the government in public about the taxation of the government and the people? ”

"Yes, I'll talk to them tomorrow. Probe the wind. Wang Shu admitted, but his face was worried, "But this matter is not easy, it is estimated that it will be difficult to convince, but you must always try." ”

He instructed the other party again: "Just now, the old man asked Wang Weidao to help, but he agreed, go back and visit Wang's house, resolve the grudge between you and Wang Quan, and give them a step." ”

Fang Yingwu immediately thought. The Dongshan Wang family is a well-known family in the Dongting merchant gang, and the Wang family's livelihood is actually half farming and half business, so they are far less sensitive to the matter of land taxation than other families, and it is understandable that they are willing to agree to help.

But things won't be that simple, and the biggest feature of any wall-riding faction is that it falls with the wind. Fang Yingwu reminded: "After all, the Dongshan Wang family is a local, if the other families desperately oppose it, it is impossible for the Dongshan Wang family to risk the world's disapproval and sing against the villagers." ”

Wang Shu didn't say anything, just waved his hand firmly. Fang Yingwu could see it, even with Wang Shu's tough personality. It's also stressful.

After all, reducing the rent of the official land rented by the poor and raising taxes on the private land owned by the large households, which is mostly owned by large households, is a matter of stealing food from the big households. Although it is good for the majority of the poor and will not be labeled as "competing with the people for profit", it is also extremely resistant.

But Fang Yingwu thought about it. Fortunately, at this time, just 100 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Jiangnan Gang in the political arena had just emerged. The influence has not yet reached the height of the middle and late Ming Dynasty in history.

Otherwise, Fang Yingwu dared to conclude that the ten kings were here. It's also hard to get back. The issue of Jiangnan taxes at the end of the dynasty was a dead knot. No one can figure it out.

But at this time in the fourteenth year of Chenghua, the Ming Dynasty had just passed the restless and enthusiastic youth, and the most promising Wu Kuan and Wang Wei in the Susong area were still raising their hopes in the Hanlin Academy;

Gu Dingchen, Mao Cheng, Xu Jie, Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, these successive bigwigs have not yet appeared in the world's field of vision. The Jiangxi Gang, the Fujian Gang, and the Zhejiang Gang are all more influential than the Jiangnan Gang.

In this era, the greatest impression given to the world by the literati of Suzhou Prefecture was that they were only celebrities and gentlemen, cultural symbols, not political influence. As for the Donglin Party and the Fushe Society, which arose in the south of the Yangtze River and directly affected the national policy, there is not even a shadow of the regionally colorful and energetic social groups.

Some things always need people to do, Fang Yingwu secretly thought, he also wants to be a good boy who worries about the country and the people.

The next day, the alley in front of the governor's line was full of traffic, and celebrities gathered for a while, which can be called a grand event.

After all, after the Xuande Dynasty, the governor's authority became increasingly heavy, and his face was still very large, and those who received invitations would generally come, even if they had to travel for a day from other counties.

Suzhou City is famous for its gardens, and the back garden of the governor is a delicately built garden, and this time Wang Shu's "Gongyu Yaji" used this place.

Excluding the servants, there were about twenty or thirty guests, most of whom were middle-aged or older. Fang Yingwu saw a few familiar faces, such as Zhu Yunming's father-in-law, Mr. Li Yingzhen, Wen Zhengming's father, Mr. Wenlin, and Mr. Wang Weidao, whom he only met yesterday.

The rest were all strangers in Fang Yingwu's eyes, but he had read the list in advance and knew that in addition to Fucheng, there were also representatives of more than a dozen families such as the Taicang Wang family, the Wujiang Shen family and the Ye family, the Kunshan Gui family, the Changshu Weng family, and so on.

It is indeed an elegant gathering event, this is the big scene where celebrities gather in Suzhou, in comparison, the gathering in Wangyuan Tower can only be regarded as children's nonsense.

Fang Yingwu came in after Wang Shu, and when Wang Lao entered the garden, he bowed his hand to everyone, and sat on the main seat under the shade of a tree.

After everyone returned the salute, they sat loosely around, and a small artificial river meandered by, enclosing this place into a quiet little world.

And Fang Yingwu himself can only stand behind Wang Shu and act as a servant boy. He swept his gaze and saw that many of the guests were standing behind them young men about his age, and even younger children.

Fang Yingwu immediately speculated, these young people are the future stars in the family, and they were specially brought out to see the world? Maybe one of them will be the big celebrity in the future.

For example, the teenage boy next to Wen Lin, Fang Yingwu estimated that he had a ninety percent chance of being Wen Zhengming, one of the four great talents in Jiangnan in the future.

When Fang Yingwu was idle and speculating, Wang Shu, as the master, opened his mouth first, "Since this official arrived in Suzhou, there have been many things, and he has never been idle. All the gentlemen are famous sages in the south of the Yangtze River, and the officials have admired the name for a long time, but they can't recognize Jing. Today, I finally stole half a day of leisure, and I was fortunate to invite you to meet and enjoy the spring here, which is also the luck of the rest of my official's life. ”

The guests are old, they are all old scenes, and they immediately have a tacit understanding and said loudly: "Thank you for your hospitality." ”

Wang Shu turned his head and said, "The old man is old, and he can't help but be sluggish, you make a poem on behalf of the old man to welcome the guests." ”

Fang Yingwu walked around to Wang Shu and said, "Obey the order." ”

When everyone arrived in Fucheng, they would inevitably visit each other, and they had heard of the young man who suddenly became popular in the governor's line. It is known as two sentences of residual poetry to press Gusu, and the one-handed poetry kung fu is exquisite, especially respected and sought after by female generations.

Today, when they saw that this person was going to write a poem in public, everyone couldn't help but be interested, but they saw him ponder for a moment, and then chanted in public:

"The water has passed through Wusong County and cried, and the most bitter this spring is the farmer. The cottage is taxed, and the pastoral sand is gravel, and the ancient river canal. Microwave race to urge the renter, the rain is difficult to control the car. There is a lot of smoke in the north of the house, and Zhumen dares to sigh that there is no fish. ”

There are all the learned people here, and they can't understand the meaning of this poem, which is about the recent flood in the northern part of the province. Zuihou also habitually ridiculed the sentence "Zhumen dares to sigh that there is no fish", which is a typical poet Qiu Fu's fault.

With their cultivation, they will not curse the scenery like a pawn who spends money to vassal and elegant. But when they heard this poem, they all knew very well in their hearts that the Governor Wang had summoned them today, and he must have preached tax persuasion.

They had heard the rumors that Governor Wang wanted to increase the land tax, but they were not sure. Today, the kid next to him came up and lamented the hardships of the victims, which was tantamount to officially starting to blow the wind to them.

Wang Shu didn't seem to move, but he swept everyone's demeanor out of their eyes. After a while, seeing that no one spoke, he spoke again: "This official inspected the disaster area, and everywhere he went, most of the people who broke their homes were poor people who rented official land, and the situation was really pitiful. In the long run, there will probably be more such people, and if they can't be satisfied with their work, they will naturally be full of hidden dangers, and the official is very worried about this.

In the final analysis, the tax on official land is too high, and often half of the income is paid official rent, and the rest is not enough to make ends meet. However, the southeast is the source of the state's use, and the tax amount cannot be less, so the official intends to reconcile the taxes, increase the tax on the people's land, and make up for the poor people in the official land. ”

Wang Shugang explained his thoughts, and most of the people bowed their heads and responded in silence.

But an old man in the distance said angrily: "I heard that Taizu was angry with Su Min and attached Zhang Shicheng, so he punished him heavily." In this way, the country is indebted to the people of Jiangnan, not the people of Jiangnan are indebted to the country! Even if it is a private land, the tax is already higher than that of other countries, and the governor still wants to continue to rip it off? ”

Fang Yingwu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the times are really different, and he dares to say this kind of thing publicly. If it was placed in the Hongwu and Yongle years, he would not dare to speak like this if he was given ten dares, it would really cost people's lives.

Wang Shu was about to say something, but when he saw Fang Yingwu take a step forward, he stood up and shouted to the old man first: "The old gentleman is ridiculous, the rumors of the ignorant people in the market, does the old gentleman dare to take it as a basis?"

What do you think this place is? This is not a tea shop or restaurant, nor is it a street or alley, and the people here are not peddlers and pawns, but village sages and gentlemen! If you don't go on stage, don't open your mouth, otherwise it will only disgrace your fellow attendees! ”

Wang Shu, whose sight was blocked, couldn't help but be a little stunned, he never thought that this party should be so bold and dare to stand here and scold others. Although the old man spoke very poorly, he was always an old-timer.

Among the other young people who came to see the world, who was not trembling and cautious? In contrast, Fang Yingwu is really special.

It's still the reason why Boss Wang Shu is not familiar with Fang Yingwu, otherwise if he took Fang Yingwu to attend this kind of big gathering, he would have been mentally prepared to be robbed of the limelight.

Not to mention that Fang Yingwu was detained and suppressed by his grandfather for more than ten days, and he had long been holding back his thoughts. (To be continued.) )