In the face of Shen Yichen's indifferent inquiry, Wang Wen and Wang Yining, who were relatively estranged, naturally didn't want to touch their heads.

So after a moment of silence, Shang Shi could only speak: "Back to Yuanfu, your colleagues have already seen the concert presented by the Henan Political Division, Yang Zhongtang was beaten by a mob and fell into a coma, and this civil unrest extended to several state capitals, and Henan has already deployed troops and horses to stabilize the situation. ”

Three years after entering the Ming Dynasty, the status of the first assistant of Shen Yichen's cabinet is no longer just the nominal "first Bing Guojun" issued by the emperor at the beginning, but through a series of reforms and changes, the dignity of the first assistant has been determined from the point of power.

Even if it is a classmate and friend like Shang Chen, the words on the official cabinet meeting have been changed to the honorific title of Yuanfu, and if this trend evolves, there should soon be a division of the status of "sub-auxiliary" and "group auxiliary".

"Shang Zhongtang, why do you think there is a civil unrest?"

"The wisdom of the people has not been opened, and good governance is regarded as harsh government."

When the merchant saw the piece submitted by the local government, he already had a preliminary analysis, and it was obvious that the people at the bottom did not understand the benefits of the new policy land property tax, and thought that the imperial court had set up a clever name to collect the war tax for the west.

Even local officials can secretly change their concepts and make the act of tax evasion and evasion by attaching to acres of land as a good thing that benefits both peasants and landlords. If the common people fail to clearly understand that the target of the land tax is not them at all, but those gentry who own 10,000 acres of fertile land, it will be logical to have an instinctive resistance under the fanning panic.

After all, in the past few years, the country and the people have been peaceful, and it has finally been a stable life, and the imperial court has blindly tossed and made a land tax, who knows what the idea is behind the scenes?

Although Shang Shi is not from a poor family, he is not a high-ranking family, and he can understand the simple ideas and motivations of the people at the bottom to seek a safe life.

It's just that Shen Yichen was not so satisfied with this answer, and continued to ask coldly: "Is it just that the people's wisdom has not been opened, but the cabinet department thinks that behind the civil unrest, someone is deliberately fanning in a vain attempt to prevent the implementation of the new policy!" ”

After saying this, Shen Yichen took his eyes off Shang Zhen and stared at Wang Wen, the imperial envoy of the capital. He is an old minister of the civil official group, and the target of the new policy is this group of literati and doctors, if Wang Wen doesn't know anything about the civil unrest, Shen Yichen doesn't believe it!

Looking at Shen Yichen's sharp gaze, Wang Wenming confessed that he couldn't hide, so he could only stubbornly reply: "Yuan Fu is reasonable, the literati and doctors in Henan are all opposed to the implementation of the new policy, believing that it has been a practice for thousands of years that the gentry should not pay grain, and the implementation of the land tax is a violation of the ancestral system and shaking the country. ”

"Some of them were bold and reckless, forming a party to distort the original intent of the New Deal, and instigating the people at the bottom to gather and protest, which eventually led to civil unrest."

The outbreak of civil unrest in Henan has nothing to do with Wang Wen or even the civil official clique, and it was only after Yang Hongze was beaten that they learned that the matter had become so big.

However, this does not mean that Wang Wen and the civil official clique were unaware of the resistance of the local gentry, after all, Shilin was a large circle, and the local wealthy families and school leaders were inextricably linked with the ministers of the DPRK and China.

In many cases, the loss of the interests of the local tycoons is equivalent to the loss of the ministers of the DPRK and China, who do not expect the implementation of the land tax in their hearts, and even play a role in fueling the flames of the act of forming a party and colluding with each other.

Now that things have clearly developed in an uncontrollable direction, it is impossible for Wang Wen to continue to cover it up, and he can only shift the responsibility for the outbreak of civil unrest on some bold and reckless people.

"Very good, it seems that Wang Zhongtang understands quite well."

Shen Yichen responded domineeringly, he didn't care whether this matter had anything to do with Wang Wen or not, the other party at least had the problem of not reporting it.

"I've only heard about it."

Wang Wen is not a small role, it is acceptable to avoid his edge, and it is not so easy for Shen Yichen to scare him.

Since Shen Yichen has something to say, he doesn't give himself face as an old minister at all, so he must be stronger, otherwise he will fall to the point of being an old man like Wang Yining.

Knocking and warnings are in place, and under the premise that Shen Yichen has no evidence, it is impossible to really take Wang Wen well. However, he also believed that the other party would not dare to attack Yang Hongze, who was also a minister, and the beating and rioting was more like an accident that went out of control.

"Now, in addition to Yang Zhongtang being injured in the line of duty, Henan Shilin has also collectively united to impeach His Majesty against the Cabinet Department, wanting to prevent the implementation of the new policy."

Speaking of this, Shen Yichen changed his previous cold expression, and replied with a hint of ridicule: "Just because this group of hypocrites is also worthy of talking to the cabinet to shake the country's foundation?" ”

"The treasury was empty, the people were burdened with heavy taxes alone, and in the last years of the orthodox dynasty, they couldn't even get the most basic money for disaster relief, and they still withheld the military merit money of the soldiers who fought bloody battles at the border pass, so they got through the difficulties."

"But what about this group of hypocrites full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, sitting on 10,000 acres of fertile land and living in the Zhumen mansion, who donated silver to help the poor people, and who built a porridge shed for the victims to eat?"

"The cabinet department will put the words here today, the new policy of land property tax has been implemented, and even God can't stop it!"

Since Jingtai Dynasty entered the cabinet, Shen Yichen has been planning a new policy for the gentry to pay for food as an errand boy, and in order to avoid this situation, it took four years to advance step by step.

As a result, the local gentry kicked their noses in the face, and no one in the court dared to oppose it, but they fanned the people to be impeached, and they really thought that they had the final say in controlling the world of Shilin?

There are no secrets in the palace, Shen Yichen's words are not for Wang Wen, he wants to spread them to the whole world, and all the policies of reforming and changing the law must be done!

On the other side, in the yamen of Henan's political secretary, Qian Fanjiang, the political envoy, and Huang Lun, the envoy of the Imperial Inspection, met with Guo Cheng, a great Confucian of the Huozhou School, and Xue Chun, the son of Xue Xuan, the leader of the Hedong School, in a state of uneasy.

After the time of the Yamen beating that day, when Qian Fanjiang and Huang Lun controlled the situation and dispersed the chaotic people, Yang Hongze had been beaten indiscriminately and his head was bleeding, and he fainted and lay unconscious on the ground.

Seeing this kind of scene at that time, Qian Fanjiang and Huang Lun almost didn't scare their souls out, and hurriedly summoned the city's famous doctors for diagnosis and treatment, for fear that Yang Hongze would have something long. But the problem is that the medical conditions in ancient times are far inferior to modern medicine, and there are no instruments and equipment to detect them.

In the face of the unconscious Yang Hongze, the famous doctor in Kaifeng, the provincial capital, was also helpless, so he could only bandage and let the destiny of heaven be.

The situation has come to this point, completely beyond the expectations of Qian Fanjiang and Huang Lun, the accident of the minister of the imperial court is a serious crime to be investigated to the end in all dynasties, unless there is no control at the end of the dynasty.

For example, the famous stinging horse eucalyptus in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the death of the dignified expatriate governor is unknown, and it was also adapted into the movie "Casting Names".

In a panic, the two of them summed up, and simply took the risk to mix up the water and make things completely bigger. So he found the leader of Shilin Confucianism, united the gentry class of the entire Henan political department, and used the power of public opinion to resist the new policy.

At the same time, the boat was pushed along the river, suggesting that all green forests and horses were doing things together, pushing the scale of the civil uprising to a peak. Only by making things out of control can we successfully shift the spearhead and target to Shen Yichen, and the world will think that the promulgation of the new policy is the culprit that caused the turmoil.

Today, Qian Fanjiang and Huang Lun met with Confucianism, in a sense, they wanted to continue to use the power of Shilin to develop the civil unrest from the Henan Provincial Government Department to the Ming Dynasty, Beijing, and 13 provinces. You must know that the gentry class in other state capitals are also complaining about the land tax, which is nothing more than the lack of an opportunity to start an incident.

With the leaders of Shilin forming a party and connecting with each other, then the spark will turn into a prairie fire, and finally reach the point where Shen Yichen can't clean it up!

"Guo Daru, the official of the joint Shangshu has already handed it over, but he is really a little uneasy in his heart. Shen Yuanfu was known for his toughness when he left the town before, and he may not compromise Shilin Shangshu. ”

Qian Fanjiang, the political envoy, asked the great Confucian Guo Cheng respectfully, don't look at one person as a second-class member of the dynasty, and the other person is just an old man in cloth, in fact, the Huozhou school has a strong influence in the northern region of the Ming Dynasty.

The founder of the Huozhou School is Cao Duan, who is known as the "crown of science in the early Ming Dynasty". He was promoted in the sixth year of Yongle and served as Huozhou Xuezheng, which can also be simply understood as an education official in later generations.

Originally, Huozhou was an ordinary state capital in the territory of Shanxi Buzheng Division, but Cao Duan, as a Xuezheng, made an exception and concurrently served as the head of Huoshan Academy, and also accepted disciples. If things only go so far, it's not a big deal, it's nothing more than a good story that has been passed down from generation to generation.

As a result, in the fourth year of Cao Duan's tenure as the mountain chief, in the township test in the first Wu year, eight people including Huozhou Ren Xuan and Guo Cheng were on the same list, which can be described as a sensation in the Ming Dynasty. You must know that the entire Ming Dynasty has a three-year imperial examination, and there are thousands of people, and the education level in the north is far less than that of the developed provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is not too much to call it a miracle that the academy of a state capital is eight people at the same time.

But this miracle is far from the end, three years later, in the Ding Youxiang examination, five people from Huozhou Academy were once again on the list at the same time, and then four people were on the same list for another three years, which completely beat Cao Duan's reputation, and at the same time made him a disciple all over the court.

At this point, even Zhang Zheng, the Shanxi envoy at that time, made a special trip to the academy to meet Cao Duan. The governor of Shaanxi admired Cao Duan's name and invited him to Xi'an several times to teach, basically establishing the identity and status of a great Confucian.

In the ninth year of Xuande, Cao Duan died suddenly, and his disciple Guo Cheng inherited his position as the head of Huozhou Academy, and at the same time became a great Confucian of the current dynasty. This is why the dignified political envoy Qian Fanjiang politely asked, if the Shilin force behind the other party can reach Tianting to impeach Shen Yichen, then he can naturally impeach Qian Fanjiang, the political envoy!

"No matter how tough Shen Yuanfu's methods are, can he fight against the entire Shilin in the north?"

Guo Cheng snorted coldly, and replied with disdain on his face, without putting Shen Yichen in his eyes at all.

"Lao Yu has already discussed with Mr. Xue, "Li Pao" will fully publish Shen Yuanfu's retrograde reform and change, and then the world will set off a hurricane, even the Son of Heaven has to avoid three points, why be afraid!"

In fact, as early as when Shen Yichen was preparing to take the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Shipu, the leaders of the civil Shilin had already created momentum to set off public opinion of "sinking". It's just that at that time, Shen Yichen reached a compromise with the ceremonial department Shangshu Hu Hu, and the Chinese official group of the DPRK chose to back down, and the people naturally died down without the backbone.

However, the concept of "public servant" advocated by Shen Yichen has irreconcilable contradictions of interests with the tradition of scholars and doctors ruling the world together. Even if Qian Fanjiang didn't look for Guo Cheng and Xue Chun, the Northern Shilin School would take this opportunity to make trouble, and the two sides hit it off.

"That's right, I have already discussed this matter with my father, "Li Pao" will not back down this time, we must cancel the malpractice of land tax, and return the world to peace and stability!"

Xue Chun echoed Guo Cheng's sentence, the Hedong School behind him has gained momentum, and it is better than the Huozhou School, which can be called the first school of the Ming Dynasty, and the leader is Xue Xuan, the former secretary of Dali Temple.

Xue Xuan is an upright official, and he admires Shen Yichen very much in terms of personal morality, but the two sides are completely irreconcilable in terms of academic concepts. In particular, Shen Yichen openly belittled Cheng Zhu Lixue, thinking that he would only talk about righteousness and decay and backwardness, which was equivalent to insulting Xue Xuan's lifelong learning.

After Zhishi returned to his hometown, he opened a school to recruit protégés, just to fight against the vigorous development of "Shen Xue". and even later developed to the point that what Shen Yichen wanted to do, the Hedong School would oppose anything.

Including the creation of "Li Pao", in essence, it is also to compete with Shen Yichen for the right of public opinion.

Xue Xuan was too old to work hard to participate in the protests, so he could only be entrusted to his sister-in-law Xue Chun. However, Xue Chun can also be called a master of science in the literati class, and the only thing he lacks is qualifications and prestige, otherwise he can be honored as Xue Daru.

After getting the promise of Guo Cheng and Xue Xuan, the two masters of science, Qian Fanjiang's panicked state of mind calmed down a lot, as long as the entire Shilin class came forward to protest against Shen Yichen, then he could suppress the heat of the Qincha envoy's beating, and the black gauze hat on his head could be saved.

The big stone in his heart fell to the ground, and Qian Fanjiang and Huang Lun hurriedly flattered the two masters of science. Many times literati are not good at money and women, and they often covet fame, especially from the second rank to the third grade of high-ranking officials, which is even more bright.

It's just that the happy scene didn't last long, and the staff in the palace rushed in in a panic with the urgent information from the Jingshi, destroying the happy atmosphere of the guest and host.

Qian Fanjiang was very unhappy about this faux pas of the staff, and reprimanded him on the spot: "When did the mansion become so unruly, didn't you see that the official was meeting guests?" ”

"The proprietor, the little one really has something important to say, and the latest news from Shen Yuanfu came from the Jingshi."

Hearing that it was about Shen Yichen, Qian Fanjiang immediately didn't dare to put on a score, and immediately asked, "Tell me, what's the news?" ”

"Shen Yuanfu announced that he would thoroughly investigate the siege of the yamen, and said that the new policy will be unswervingly implemented!"