"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers! The implementation of the new policy in Shaoqing, the good days of the big guys are coming! ”

On the streets of Wuchang, when a middle-aged man under the newspaper opened the roller curtain and began to shout, the people waiting to buy the newspaper rushed up and snapped up the newspaper.

Wuchang, which is one of the ten provincial capitals with the best economic development in the Ming Dynasty today, so there are not a few people who like to read newspapers.

Where the economy is good, people often like to pay attention to political and economic news, and according to the behavior of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that every emperor will implement a set of new policies after coming to power.

Now it is the 358th year of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, even after the governance of the four generations of Ming monarchs, Tianqi, Qiansheng, Yongchang and Xianjia, the people of the Ming Dynasty still inevitably have some class contradictions.

Just now, after snapping up the newspaper, the scattered crowd also reveals their identity and class.

Mostly workers and civilians ride bicycles, while those who can drive are local wealthy businessmen, or high-ranking officials and nobles who have returned to their hometowns to retire.

"Woo Rumble......

A Daming brand white car was ignited by one person, and the rumbling engine sound attracted the attention of the people around, and everyone was envious.

Although they all knew that the person driving the car was just a subordinate of the high-ranking official's mansion, they still couldn't stop envious.

The subordinate sitting in the driver's seat felt the gaze, and immediately puffed up his chest proudly.

He fastened his seatbelt and drove the vehicle towards the Harukawa Pavilion in the distance.

On the way, he could see some students on winter vacation, as well as workers rushing to work.

No matter how many people pass by, he can feel the gaze cast at him all around.

Even though he knew that all these eyes were looking at the car, he still felt that he had blended in with the upper class.

A moment later, he stopped at an intersection, and the standing traffic light in the middle of the intersection caught his eye.

He glanced down at his watch and muttered to himself, "There should be twenty seconds left." ”

As he spoke, he looked at the interior of the car.

The solid wood upholstery and leather chairs, as well as the various mechanisms of metal, make his blood flutter.

"Three hundred taels of silver, I don't know if I can afford one in my life."

He muttered, then pouted and drove off just as the red light turned green.

The roadside is full of pedestrians wearing silk, and most of the costumes are trolling and round-necked robes, which are more convenient to exercise.

Due to the rise of the private economy, many people like to tattoo various patterns and embroideries on their clothes, which makes men who drive sneer.

He pulled into a gas station and a man in a short coat approached.

"Fill up."

The man spoke, and then observed the gas station.

There are four refueling piles in the gas station, and the left and right are the entrances and exits, and there are four soldiers with guns standing guard at the entrance, and there is a sentry box next to it where you can rest, and there is a soldier sitting and resting in the kiosk.

"Okay, three, two, five, three!"

A person suddenly appeared in the car window, and the man was startled, and only after a moment of reaction did he take out the money bag, count the money with a toothache and hand it over.

The workers who had taken the notes and coins counted them, and after confirming that they were correct, nodded.

Seeing this, the man drove out of the gas station, and then drove towards the Qingchuan Pavilion in the distance.

Qingchuan Pavilion, this place is located in Hanyang, one of the three towns of Wuchang, is located on the Yugong Rock at the eastern foot of Guishan on the north bank of the Yangtze River, bordering the Hanshui River in the north, the Yangtze River in the east, and the Yellow Crane Tower facing each other, complementing each other.

This building was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, for the Hanyang prefect Fan Zhizhen in the repair of Xue Yuji palace when the addition, has the reputation of "three Chu Shengjing", the world is called "the first floor of Chutian".

The man drove to the Yangtze River Bridge, and when he felt the grandeur of the Yangtze River Bridge, he did not forget to take the time to take a look at the Yangtze River.

The clear water surface of the Yangtze River is full of flower boats and painting boats, and the girls on the boats who are showing flowers and branches are swallowing their saliva when they see the men.

It's just that when he thought of the price of these girls, he subconsciously touched his shriveled money bag, and his face was bitter.

After a short time, he came to Hanyang on the other side of the Yangtze River with bitterness, and drove into the Qingchuan Pavilion.

After parking the car, he got out of the car and walked around the car, and after making sure that there were no scratches, he walked up to the Qingchuan Pavilion with the newspaper.

Walking around the pavilion, he was extremely careful, just because he knew that the people who could drink tea in this pavilion were the people he could not afford to offend.

Walking up to the top floor, he knocked on the door of a private room, and then the sound of "entering" came from inside.

He pushed the door open, then turned around and closed the door, then walked to the three sofas with his head down, and handed out the newspaper with both hands: "Master, this is today's morning paper." ”

"Hmm...... Step aside. The old man's voice came, and then the newspaper in the man's hand was taken away, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and then slowly withdrew from the private room.

As he walked out of the private room, an old man in a Taoist robe who had taken the newspaper put on his glasses, and then carefully looked at the newspaper in his hand.

Behind him, a young man in a round-necked robe stood in front of the window, holding a book in his hand, and his eyes looked at the people walking outside the Harukawa Pavilion.

"Sure enough, with the support of the feudal clans, Banzai is not afraid of the officials of the two parties at all."

The old man shook his head and sighed as he looked at the newspaper.

Hearing his sigh, the young man in front of the window turned around and sat down in front of the sofa, leaning against the sofa and sneering contemptuously:

"Dad, if you want me to say, Banzai is not afraid at all."

"What's in the armament yard, everyone knows it, why bother making things so stiff."

"Don't mention the vassals, just one Qi country can make them undecided."

"After all, they know very well what is in the Armaments Academy, but what is in the Academy of Sciences, I'm afraid only King Qi knows......"

As soon as the young man's words came out, the old man couldn't help frowning, but he couldn't deny that his son was right.

He closed the newspaper, then rubbed his brow: "The fight between the two parties and Banzai is so serious that even I have to go home to avoid the limelight." ”

"It's just that Tian Wenjing's old fox saw it clearly, and actually asked me to come to Wuchang to work."

"Huguang according to the ...... of the inspector"

"It's not an easy job."

As he spoke, the old man couldn't help but take off his glasses and take a sip of tea.

Compared with his worries, the young man opposite him couldn't help laughing and said: "The affairs of Huguang are difficult to handle, but they are always easier to handle than the affairs of the court." ”

"I've seen it these days, Huguang's geographical conditions and economic environment are good, and what is needed is to set up a special operation to build factories and let the people have a place to make a living."

"It's not that simple...... the old man heard his son say this, so he could only let go of the newspaper and show him the policy of "three rises".

"This three-rise policy is probably the clarion call for long live the declaration of war on the two parties."

"Rising money... Rising military salaries... ......The young man took the newspaper and read the contents, then smiled:

"This is very good, it shows that there are still ordinary people in the bottom of Banzai's heart, as long as there are ordinary people and are good to the people, then we need to support the emperor's policies."

"Not only do we need support, we also have to call on people from all over the world to support us."

"Zesheng...... You think it's simple, right? Seeing that his son was still so optimistic, the old man couldn't help but smile bitterly:

"It's a complicated situation, who knows who's who? It is said that there are people with lofty ideals, but it is also possible that they were stabbed in the back. ”

"Dad, it's not that it's complicated as I think, it's that it's too difficult for you to think." The young man stood up:

"King Wen said back then that whoever wants to fight the people must be prepared that the war will never stop."

"When the war begins, the enemy has the final say."

"When it ends, it's up to us."

"No matter how strong the officials of the two parties are and how many troops there are, I only know that if we stand on the side of the people, we will not lose, and where there is oppression, there will be resistance!"

The young man's spirit infected the old man, but even so, he couldn't help but smile bitterly:

"It's okay for you to say this here, but if you put it outside, I'm afraid you will have to be suppressed before you become an official."

Faced with this, the young man turned around and said with a smile:

"I'm not afraid of their suppression, they suppress me, that proves that I am on the right path!"

"This year's Enko, I want to be admitted to the officialdom."

"No......" Hearing his son's words, the old man shook his head:

"This year's Enko, it is estimated that Banzai will come up with a strategy on how to balance the two factions, you don't want to get involved."

The old man knows very well that this year's Enke is a puddle of muddy water, and whoever wades in this muddy water will get dirty.

Just in the face of his words, the young man smiled and shook his head:

"If I'm afraid of being suppressed, then what else will I do?"

With that, the young man walked out of the private room with a smile, and the old man couldn't stop shaking his head as he looked at his back.

He got up and walked to the window, and in his gaze, the young man walked out of the Qingchuan Pavilion and walked to the Enke examination center opposite the Qingchuan Pavilion.

"Hello, I'm here to sign up."

The young man smiled and spoke, and one of the teachers sitting at the registration point also smiled and nodded: "Origin, age, school status, name." ”

"A native of Changsha Mansion, Huguang, twenty-two years old, Huguang studied sociology, Li Ziren, and the word Zesheng ......"

Li Ziren smiled and spoke, and Jiao Xi also nodded, and issued him an admission ticket:

"You are a college student, you don't need to take the provincial examination on the first day of August, wait for the provincial examination on the first day of September in Wuchang Enke Institute, and then go to Nanjing to take the general examination on the first day of October, and then go to Beijing to take the palace examination if you pass."

The teacher handed over an admission ticket to Li Ziren, and when he got the admission ticket, he also raised his hand to thank him, and then turned around and left.

He walked into the crowd with his admission ticket, and the people around him were laughing with newspapers, and in such an atmosphere, he seemed to be infected, and his steps couldn't help but be more determined.

On the first day of the first month of the first year of Shaoqing, the new policy of Shaoqing was officially implemented.

Among the "three increases", the new policy of the Ming Dynasty stipulated that the military salary of soldiers was increased to 2 taels per year, the soldiers and horses were increased to 15 taels, and the government service was increased to 14 taels.

In addition, the largest number of officials increased from nine to eighteen taels, and the rest of the officials increased by 10 percent......

As for the wages, the lowest wage in the country was raised to 40 wen per day, of which the Huangdian took the lead in raising wages, and more than 20 million Huangdian workers all enjoyed this benefit, and the price rose from the original 30 to 100 wen to 40 to 120 wen.

The state-owned factories have raised their wages, and the private factories have to follow suit, but they still step on the red line to give the minimum wage of 40 Wen.

But even so, more than 10 million workers in the private sector couldn't help but celebrate happily.

It's just that their happiness seems to be a kind of torture for themselves in the eyes of many businessmen and nobles behind the scenes.

On the second day of the first lunar month, the ministers impeached the policy of "rising wages", and many officials believed that the rise in wages had caused the profits of most private factories to decline.

However, in this regard, the second assistant Zhang Tingyu took out a piece of paperwork, no matter which one it is, it can prove that the current private factories are unevenly distributed.

In Huangdian, workers' wages account for three-quarters of Huangdian's profits, while in private factories, workers' wages account for only one-half of profits.

If it weren't for Huangdian, perhaps the wages of private workers would have been reduced to one-third or even one-quarter of profits.

There are more than 30 million workers, and behind them are more than 30 million families, which is close to a quarter of the total number of household registrations in the Ming Dynasty.

Daming made this decision after careful consideration and understanding of the market situation.

Over the years, the total amount of currency issued by the Ming Dynasty has reached as high as 1.7 billion, and even though the population of the Ming Dynasty has reached more than 630 million, this currency still makes the prices of the people continue to rise.

Especially after the war in the Xianjia period, the prices within the Ming Dynasty rose by about 10%~20%.

Therefore, this increase in labor prices is more in line with the law and will not have any adverse impact on the market.

The reason why the ministers opposed it was nothing more than that the rise in labor prices had led to a decline in the profits of them and the merchants behind them.

But in this regard, Zhu Bohai did not intend to give in, but started the "five anti and three positive" movement in response to such behavior.

Starting from the third day of the first lunar month, Zhu Bohai ordered the reorganization of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and appointed Li Fu as the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to carry out a three-year Jingcha.

After the reorganization, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was extremely efficient, and once there was a local report from the people, the Metropolitan Procuratorate would all be dispatched to conduct an investigation in the province.

Under such high-pressure investigations, many officials and private businessmen were found to have committed corruption, bribery, bribery, tax evasion, and other illegal acts.

For serious offenders, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will conduct a joint trial with the three divisions and severely punish them in accordance with the law.

Among them, the most typical example is the sentencing of Wang Yingyin, a major embezzler and former Guangdong commander-in-chief, and Jiang Xiangche, the former political envoy of Zhejiang, to the three clans.

In addition, more than 40,000 officials who formed a party with him for personal gain were beheaded, and his three tribes were exiled to the three Persian provinces, implicating more than 500,000 people.

Because there were too many corrupt and bribe-paying officials, in order to avoid shortages, the county, prefectural, provincial, meeting, and palace examinations, which were originally scheduled for early July, August, September, and October, had to be brought forward to April, May, June, and July.

In July, the title of "How to Calm the Hearts of the People in the World" was the title of "How to Calm the People's Hearts of the World", and the champion was Li Ziren from Changsha Mansion.

The plan of the Ministry of Officials was originally to keep Li Ziren in the Hanlin Academy, but Li Ziren asked to join the Metropolitan Inspection Academy.

Therefore, after soliciting his personal ideas, the Ministry of Officials sent him to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to serve as the Imperial Inspector of Zhengqipin Lake.

Such an official position is a bit low for a champion, but Li Ziren is very energetic.

On the first day of getting the official certificate, he packed his bags and left the bustling city of Beijing at the official shop in the capital, and returned to Huguang alone.

When he arrived in Huguang, it was the climax of the implementation of the "New Deal", and because his father served as the envoy of Huguang, he was inquired about his temperament early.

After learning that Li Ziren was a stubborn and selfless person with a clear distinction between love and hate, many corrupt officials took the initiative to return to their hometowns after illness.

The remaining stubborn corrupt officials thought that Li Ziren could not do anything about them, so they continued to occupy their positions, constantly colluding with businessmen in the yamen and accepting bribes.

As the inspector of the imperial history, Li Ziren had the right to inspect the bus, but he felt that driving was too ostentatious, so he bought a few horses with the people of Huguang officialdom and rode them to start his patrol journey.

At the same time, Zhu Yiming, the son of Qi, and Zhu Bomu, the grandson of Qi, returned to Qi.

In August, Li Ziren arrived in Changsha and received a report from the local people that the local roads were always repaired and repaired, so Li Ziren pretended to be a worker to work in the local area and experienced a handful of them.

After three months of hard work, he collected a lot of evidence and reported it to the yamen of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate through a telegram with his real name, and at the same time listed a lot of evidence from local officials.

On the fifth day of the lunar month, Wang Jingyao, the prefect of Changsha, and more than 30 officials in Changsha Prefecture were reported and arrested, and Li Ziren was awarded by the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate.

On the twentieth day of the lunar month, Li Ziren was invited to the Beijing Metropolitan Court to meet Li Fu, the imperial history of the left capital, and was received by Emperor Shaoqing.

In his meeting with the emperor, in front of many officials, he boldly put forward the view that "what the emperor should do is to supervise the Imperial Procuratorate and hundreds of officials, and the ministers should be allowed to govern the country".

For his bold statement, Emperor Shaoqing just smiled, and did not hit him and suppressed him.

In the first month of the second year of Shaoqing, the king of Qi Zhu and Zhu died in the first month, and the Shaoqing Emperor sent the crown prince Zhu Zhongshan and the military department Shangshu Bo Ce Ling to the Qi country to mourn, and posthumously named the king of Qi Zhu and the king of Qi as "King Qi Zhao".

It is worth mentioning that the military department Shangshu Bo Celeng is the descendant of the Khalkha Mongols who naturalized the Central Plains during the Great Ming Qi period.

At the same time, he is also the highest-ranking official among the naturalized Mongols.

This is also the first time that the Ming Dynasty sent naturalized Mongolian officials to participate in the condolences of the vassals, and the Mongols at this time were not much different from the Ming people.

Even in Mongolia, which is far away in Eastern Europe, nearly one-third of its citizens are Han Chinese at this time, and high-level Mongolian nobles are proud to marry Han women and Han children.

Not only Mongolia, but also foreign vassal countries basically maintained this custom.

In March, King Qi Zhao was buried, and the son Zhu Yiming became the throne of Qi, and canonized Zhu Bomu as the son.

On 30 March, when officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were conducting a Beijing inspection in Nanhai Prefecture in the old port, the gunners of the "Wang Yue" of the South China Sea Fleet mistakenly fired shells and hit the cruise ship "Nanhai" full of officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, killing 76 officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, none of whom were spared.

History calls the "Nanhai Incident" ......