Chapter 424
"Jiandou, I heard that the night before yesterday was the city gate opened by your Tianxiong soldiers in order to escape for their lives. So much so that the people rushed out of the city and caused a stampede, trampling two to death and injuring more than 200 people. If it weren't for the Liao soldiers to maintain order, the casualties would still be large. Zhang Huangyan sat in Lu Xiangsheng's study, which was even longer than sitting in his own study.
Lu Xiangsheng sat in the lower seat and said nothing, he really had nothing to say. Those rabbit cubs under his hands really don't give long faces. No matter how damn big the earthquake is, I've never heard of a city wall collapsing. Just below the castle tower, you are afraid of wool.
"Jiandou, you won't have the idea of letting the court dismiss you, right? It's easy for you to hang up the crown alone, but what about your heavenly soldiers? Guanzhong is now occupied by the Tartars, and they can't go back, you know this better than the old man. ”
"The late life is now in a dilemma, and the seniors are invited to ......!" Lu Xiangsheng really didn't have anything to say, he had this idea several times, but he couldn't do it when he thought of the three thousand heavenly soldiers. Superiors, especially those with a sense of responsibility, are not at all easy.
"Since you call the old man senior, then I will say a few words to you as a senior Hanlin.
This time, the students made trouble, and everyone at both ends of your head rat saw it and understood it. After all, it's an errand that offends people. Few people have the courage to offend the world's readers. You do things and ride the wall, and you want to protect yourself.
But the question is, can you keep it? ”
"Uh......! This one......! ”
"The rebels killed your Tianxiong soldiers, and your soldiers naturally want to retaliate. These days in the streets, your soldiers have beaten up the living and the rioters. Those students are already saying that you Lu Xiang has been promoted to a tiger, and now as long as you hang up the crown and leave, you will find that there is no place for you to stand in the whole world. Think about it, you still have soldiers in your hands. Zhang Huangyan picked up the tea bowl and kept scraping the non-existent tea foam with the lid of the cup.
Lu Xiangsheng had nothing to say, and Liang Pu and Kou Conghua had nothing to say. They can't say it, because what Zhang Huangyan said is true!
Because the rebels killed the Tianxiong soldiers, the Tianxiong soldiers were particularly ruthless these days. Many people have been beaten by these male soldiers. Some even broke their hands and feet!
The Tianxiong soldiers are different from the Liao army in appearance, and the Liao army has short shaved hair. The Tianxiong soldiers all have long hair, and the people of Jinan can easily distinguish who is the Tianxiong soldiers and who is the Liao army.
"Mr. Zhang, but now the imperial court is against the scholars all over the world. Do you think this will last long? Xiao He ruled the law of 3,000 articles, and in the end it was not allowed to be implemented by the official? Scholars have always shared the world with the royal family, and now that the court has offended all the scholars in the world, who will help the court govern the world. Lu Xiangsheng expressed the deepest worries in his heart.
The opponent was too strong, so strong that Lu Xiangsheng could not see any hope of victory.
"Da Ming Zu Xun! The gentry do not pay for food, and the gentry should not be bad. This is to take care of the scholars and encourage them to take the meritorious service to the country. Emperor Hongwu didn't do anything wrong back then!
But look at what the scholars and doctors who have been among the scholars for more than 200 years have done? The party is the same and the party is different, there is a party in the DPRK, there are factions in the party, and there are factions in the faction. Tangled, chaotic, embezzlement, and corruption, how many loyal people have been killed by endless infighting in the past few decades. I am also a scholar, but the old man is not ashamed to be with them.
If the Ming Dynasty lets these people be in charge again, the Ming Kingdom will be destroyed. Millions will die! At that time, what face will we see again the Chinese ancestors in the sky, and the ancestors in the future land. ”
Lu Xiangsheng had nothing to say, there have indeed been continuous party disputes for more than 200 years. In order to fight for the supreme power, everyone launched the ugliest struggle to the death. Some people say that officialdom is like a group of monkeys climbing a tree and dragging down the top one. Tear off the left and right sides, and keep kicking the ones under your feet.
Corruption is rampant, no one is for the sake of the family and the country, everyone is for their own purses and future generations.
It's a bunch of people without faith, or simply animals of power. Once they have the power, they desperately use the power in their hands to benefit themselves. What hope is there for such a country, such a nation.
"The officials and gentry are one to pay for food and one errand, which is the most basic fairness in the world. Don't put taxes on the common people, the scholars are actually very rich. If the imperial court scrapes oil from the people to feed the scholars, the world will be even more unfair.
The destitute will always be destitute, and the reader can always be special. Natural selection is in the high position, and those who are capable naturally live in it. The officials and gentry are all in one and one in one and one in one errand, and this is just the beginning. There are many reforms in the future, such as apportionment to the acreage, such as currency reform. These courts have a plan! Jiandou, your talent and learning ability are among the best.
The old man came here to talk to you so much today, and he didn't want to bury your talent.
If you go to Nanjing, it's not bad to be an official again. But are you really sure that you are willing to stay in the officialdom of Jiangnan and each other? The old man suggested that you stay, for the sake of your Tianxiong soldiers, and also to show your ambitions in life.
Look at this Jinan City, it has become like this in just a few years. Workers have factories to work for wages, and farmers have potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes in their fields. It can be said that there is no hunger in the world! Don't you want to see that the world of the Ming Dynasty has become the appearance of Jinan?
Build a bucket! The old man is your last chance, and it is also the last chance for Tianxiong soldiers. You think about it, don't mislead others and yourself. After Zhang Huangyan finished speaking, the tea cup squatted on the table, and he resigned without waiting for Lu Xiangsheng to speak.
Lu Xiangsheng just sat dumbfounded, not saying a word. Say what? Speechless!
In a room in the official office, Li Yongfang looked at the fat man Li, who was a little obese. He could never have imagined that the think tank that instigated the people's unrest was such a thing. Even the nuns didn't let go, I really don't know what this thing thinks.
"Fat Li, do you know what kind of place this is?" The thug was holding a whip and had a palm-wide heart guard on his chest. Look at the fat man who was skinned like a lamb!
A hero does not suffer immediate losses, and it turns out that Li Fatzi is an out-and-out hero.
"Official! I said, I'll say everything. Whatever you ask, I'll say? ”
The thugs were stunned, and even Li Yongfang was stunned. Under normal circumstances, the person who was executed had to be a tough guy. At least the whip doesn't draw to the body and doesn't know that it hurts, and it's the first time I've seen someone confess so quickly.
"What's that......? Belch......! Where are you from! Li Yongfang was not mentally prepared, and this question was completely based on years of interrogation instinct. I finally asked a question, but I didn't show my timidity.
"The villain's ancestral home is Qinghe County, Shandong, and his family moved to Yanggu County, Shandong when he was a child. My grandfather's generation did some business and bought a large piece of land in Yanggu County. My family has lived by collecting tenants' rents, and now the official family wants the officials and gentry to pay food and work as errands. The villain's family has to pay a lot of taxes, and it is said that he made it in a moment of dizziness...... made such a look. ”
In order to fight for the opportunity to confess and be lenient, Li Fatzi poured beans from a bamboo tube and said that he had made a bottom.
"When you go out into the streets to agitate the people, who is the mastermind?" After listening to Li Fatzi's motive for the crime, Li Yongfang finally remembered what he wanted to ask.
"Xuezheng Wu Changshi! It is said that he got the words of Jinling Zhou Shoufu, which encouraged the students to make trouble. It was he who told me that he wanted me to lead the trouble, and that once the incident happened, he would arrange for me to run away to Jinling. What else do you say, when you get to Jinling, you will do it for the villain.
Official! The villain is telling the truth! Please spare the villain. ”
Li Yongfang's three views were refreshed, I really didn't expect the interrogation to go so smoothly. Originally, I thought that there are hard bones in the reader, and I hope that I don't encounter such a bone. But the one in front of him is a soft egg at all.
Ten out of ten soft eggs!
So much so that Li Yongfang was a little skeptical about whether what this product said was true. Could it be to get out and bite Wu Changshi, a scholar and politician. You must know that Wu Changshi is a scholar and politician in Shandong, and he is the highest official in charge of education in Shandong. It's not so easy to move him.
"What you said is true?"
"Of course it's true, how dare a villain deceive you. The villain is willing to confront that Wu Changshi face to face! If the villain has half a lie, the sky will be split by five thunders. Li Fatzi swore to the sky.
"Hold on!" At this point, the interrogation veteran Li Yongfang didn't know how to interrogate.
Li Xiao strolled through the streets of Jinan, and the turmoil in the past few days and such an earthquake occurred. There has been a lot of depression in the market, and buyers and sellers have closed their doors, and less than 10 percent of them have opened their homes.
"This year's commercial tax will definitely be affected, and Jinan is the capital of Shandong Province. It is also a distribution center for materials, and merchants from all over Shandong and even merchants from other provinces get goods in Jinan. It's been two months now, and I haven't shipped normally. Ai Husheng was by Li Xiao's side and was very worried about this year's entry.
Li Xiao brought him here to help find money. Now that his own work has been greatly hindered, Ai Husheng must complain.
"The impact won't last long, after all, everyone wants to live a good life. The determination of the masses of the people to make a fortune has never been unwavering. As long as you give these citizens the right amount of sunlight and water, they will thrive like saplings. Of course, the premise is to feed their bellies.
At present, the yield of potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes is very high, and the yield of one mu of land is enough for Shandong people to eat for one year. Feeding their bellies, it's just too trifle. ”
As the two men spoke, they walked into a noodle shop that was still open.
"Ma's noodles!" The four big characters on the door of Li Xiao's reader's noodle restaurant.
"This Ma family's noodles are a must in Jinan Mansion, and the taste is very authentic, and my subordinates have come once." Ai Husheng said as he led Li Xiao and Junzi to the seat by the window.
The guards behind him followed, and the originally empty shop was immediately overcrowded. There are two guys who eat noodles in it, and they are a little stunned by this noodle, and they don't understand that they just eat noodles, and they can use such a big battle?
The shopkeeper's hand was quick, and he saw that all the people who came in were short-haired Liao soldiers. The man at the head looked graceful and luxurious, and looking at the appearance of the two people around him, this young man was actually their leader.
"Guest! The small shop operates all kinds of noodle soups, if you don't dislike it, you can eat and drink in this small shop, and all the expenses are paid by me. The shopkeeper looked like a clever man, and he stopped at a distance of about two meters and gave a deep salute to Li Xiao, but Li Xiao didn't let him get up, this guy was actually pouting like this.
"I can't eat this side if you treat you, how can I keep asking for other people's things? Shopkeeper, can the Liao army come to you to eat white food? Seeing the shopkeeper seeing the Liao army like this, Li Xiao wondered if it was his subordinates, and the military discipline was corrupt on weekdays.
"Nope! The things there, the Liao soldiers are the most particular about doing things. Besides, the Liao soldiers had money, and they used cash to eat and buy things. They followed Li Dashuai, which was fragrant and spicy. "Uh......! I went to buy a train ticket. ”
"Boss, a stack of beef in sauce, three bowls of noodles. It's all going to be fine! In addition, there are some seasonal side dishes, too! As soon as Li Xiao finished speaking, Ai Husheng ordered the food to be served.
Not to mention, the attendance rate of the small restaurant is quite high. After a while, the noodle shop was crowded with people who came to eat noodles. The guards sat on the left and right sides of Li Xiao, and Junzi was extremely nervous. If I really see you, I will complain to you.
"Have you heard? Chen An, the host of Jixiang Nunnery, gave birth to a corpse. ”
"How could I not have heard of such a powerful thing! I've heard that! This time, if you clean up the things that you messed around all day in the past few years, there will be people who get paid. You and me, too, eat a bowl of noodles here. Those people can earn all the taxes we pay. can't go on like this anymore, watching them waste the money and food of the official family, the old man feels distressed. It's better to feed these bastards than to raise a dog. ”
"Where are you going, I heard that when the presiding officer of Miaoxiangan died, his body was undressed. The eldest uncle of my uncle's third brother-in-law is a fake, and what he saw with his own eyes when he arrived at the scene was fake? ”
"It's really fake!" Someone exclaimed in disbelief.
"Others don't know, you should know that you set up a stall in front of Jixiangan all day long. Which of those nuns is clean, and if it is true, it must be ugly and virtuous. ”
PS: The Jinan incident has been written, but in fact, the original manuscript is very different from this draft. Lao Long once wanted to portray this story more profoundly and more homely. But for well-known reasons, I can't and don't dare to post what I write on the Internet.
The direct consequence of this is that this time the story is told without any excitement, and there is no use of events to tell the definition of stability maintenance. Lao Long is here to ask all the officials to be more tolerant, after all, Lao Long is just a writer who makes a living by code words. I really don't dare to offend the god of harmony, so if you say that the book is sealed, it will really be sealed, and you will talk about it at all.