One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the entire Ming Dynasty went up to the royal family and nobles, down to the officials and ordinary people, and was stunned by the several holy decrees announced by the Great Dynasty Meeting.

The matter of the imperial court taking down a few corrupt officials and the disposal of Shandong is no longer a topic, and now everyone is discussing it, it is the forced military service system and the policy of integrated payment of grain by officials and gentry.

As for the two new policies, many people remain worried.

The common people don't care about the matter of the gentry paying grain in one piece, and those gentry and landlords who are officials have nothing to do with them whether they pay taxes and grain, and it has no effect on them.

When they thought that these people had paid taxes, the court would not issue them to the people, and if they didn't pay them, the people would still have to pay the same, so among the people, this topic was only mentioned in one mouth.

There are two issues that the people are particularly concerned about.

The first is the system of forced military service, which everyone is concerned about.

His own son was distressed.

As soon as his son became an adult, he was going to serve in the army, and he might even go to the battlefield, and no parent was willing to do it.

If there is a three-long and two-short, how can a large family live.

Of course, some people are sad and some people rejoice.

Ordinary people were dissatisfied with this policy, but military households cheered with joy.

In the past, there was no such system, and in addition to volunteering, the common people fought and died in wars, and they were all military households.

At the end of every war, the locations of various military households are full of white flags, and what makes them even more desperate is that their children and grandchildren will not be able to escape this fate.

The law of the Ming Dynasty stipulates that if a military household wants to change its household registration, it must work to the level of the secretary of the military department.

There are so many military households in the world, and there are a few people who can do it to the secretary of the military department.

In addition, in order to sympathize with the people, Lao Zhu sandwiched part of the tax on the military households, and the taxes paid by the military households were higher than those of ordinary people, and the military households had already complained in their hearts.

It is they who shed blood and sacrifice for the country, and they still pay a high tax, and they can't take the imperial examination, so they can only be soldiers and fight for the rest of their lives, which is too unfair to their military households, and there is no such thing as wool.

They are all raised by their fathers and mothers, and they are all the people of the Ming Dynasty, why do they have to pay so much for their military households, and they have to endure the oppression of hundreds of households and thousands of officials.

Since the end of Hongwu, the contradictions between the military households, the common people and the imperial court have gradually occurred.

But because there was Lao Zhu pressing on it, it didn't break out.

After the old man Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, he was fighting almost every year, and even if the military households had ideas, they didn't have time to talk about them.

Now that the war between the north and the west has ended, and the imperial court has announced that it will recuperate for a few years, many military families have planned to find an opportunity to talk to the imperial grandson about this matter.

They didn't dare to find the old man, and the prince also knew that they couldn't intervene in this matter, only the emperor and grandson they knew had the ability to change all this.

But just when they were just about to plan and find an opportunity to find the imperial grandson, a surprise suddenly fell from the sky.

When the news was received, many people burst into tears.

The court has not forgotten them, the emperor knows their suffering, and now he has finally come up with a way to let their children and grandchildren get rid of this shackle.

As for the fact that their generation is still a military household, many people don't even think about it.

Isn't it true that people live for their children in addition to themselves?

As long as the children can live well, what if they suffer a little.

"Compete with the people for profit, what a people! It's against Taizu's intentions, bastard, I don't know what my dad thinks, I need you to tell me. ”

In the study's room, the old man angrily pushed a large number of pieces to the ground.

Since the end of yesterday's court meeting, the number of recitals in the Shang study room has increased in piles.

These recitals were not to report on the matter, but to oppose the imperial court's proposal for the official gentry to pay food in one piece, as well as the forced military service system.

Among them, the majority of those who oppose the integrated payment of food by the officials and gentry, and the remaining small part is the problem of forced military service.

Zhu Zhangui stepped forward, picked up one casually and opened it to take a look.

Although the article is written in a colorful manner, the overall meaning is one.

The officials and gentry accept grain in one piece, which is against the will of Taizu, and it is also competing with the people for profit, which may shake the country's foundation.

"Let's take a look, take a good look, this is the official of the Ming Dynasty, this is the disciple of the saint."

The old man angrily kicked the piles of music, pointed to the door and cursed.

In the past, the officials were afraid of the old man, and everything would be divided into two waves, either for or against, and then the two sides would be there and muddy.

But this time, everyone was unanimous, whether it was the nobles, the officials, or the vassal kings, all of them stood on the opposite side of the old man and opposed the two systems.

As a result, the old man, who originally thought that he would be unconditionally executed below, felt that his face was being slapped fiercely, felt his majesty, and was seriously provoked.

When the husband was angry, blood was splashed five steps, and the Son of Heaven was angry, and the corpses were all over the field.

The old man was really angry this time.

He originally wanted to solve the troubles of his children and grandchildren before he abdicated, but he didn't expect that the troubles of his children and grandchildren were not solved, and they suddenly became his troubles.

"Grandpa, in fact, this result is very normal, after all, they have enjoyed so many years of good treatment, and suddenly take it away, they will definitely not do it, this is to take money out of their pockets, who would be willing to send their money out."

Throwing away the piece in his hand, Zhu Zhangui waved his hand to let the eunuchs kneeling on the ground out, stepped forward and poured a cup of tea for the old man, comforting him.

After taking the tea poured by the eldest grandson, the old man exhaled angrily: "I was thinking of helping you and your father solve these two troublesome things before abdicating, thinking that with my prestige, these people would accept it even if they were dissatisfied, but I didn't expect that as soon as I finished talking the day before, I collectively opposed it on the second day, even those generals..."

The more the old man talked, the more angry he became, he looked left and right and wanted to smash something, but there were treasures around, and he was reluctant, and finally threw the tea bowl in his hand out of the door.

"Your Majesty, countless gentry outside the palace gate gathered at the entrance of the palace to meditate, asking the emperor to retract your orders and give up the policy of forced military service and the integrated payment of food by the gentry."

Avoiding the small snot of the tea bowl at the door, he walked in cautiously and reported the situation outside.

Good guy, the little snot report suddenly added fuel to the fire, and the old man, who was already very angry, directly red-eyed and roared loudly.

"Damn, what do they want to do? Do you want to rebel, you really want to rebel, then I will fulfill them, go and tell Ji Gang that whoever dares to sit quietly outside the palace will be arrested, tortured by me, and ask who the mastermind is. ”

But before Little Snot could go out to give orders, another eunuch walked in.

"Your Majesty, hundreds of people gathered after the gentry, and they also shouted and demanded that the court cancel the official gentry's unified payment of grain."

The angry old man was stunned, he stared, plucked his ears in disbelief, and asked the eunuch.

"What did you just say?"

The little eunuch lowered his head and replied quickly.

"There are a lot of people from outside the imperial city, and they are also shouting, let the emperor, you take back the order of the officials and gentry to pay food in one piece."

Zhu Zhangui could clearly see that the old man's eyes were full of confusion.

The policy of the officials and gentry paying grain in one piece is also very beneficial to the people.

For example, the money collected can not only solve the problem of the empty treasury, but the imperial court can also use the extra money to build private roads, so that it is very convenient for the people to travel and ship.

This kind of policy that benefits the country and the people, it stands to reason that even if the people do not applaud, they should be all about themselves, how can they stand up and oppose it?

At first, Zhu Zhangui didn't understand it, but then his mind moved, he thought of something, and asked the eunuch.

"There are scholars in the crowd!"

The little eunuch recalled and nodded hurriedly.

"There are some poor scholars among them, but there are not many of them."

Zhu Zhangui was stunned.

What is the purpose of studying, isn't it just to get a reputation for the entrance examination and become an official, and then enjoy the high power and beautiful life.

These people with meritorious fame, even if they don't have the opportunity to become officials in the middle school examination, some of their ordinary fame, according to Lao Zhu's policy, are also exempted from taxes to a certain extent.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, there were even some scholars with meritorious reputations who relied on this to start a business, helping those fleet caravans to press ships and cars, and making profits from it.

But now that the policy of the official gentry paying grain in one piece has come out, the welfare of these meritorious people has disappeared all of a sudden, and they will definitely not do it.

Zhu Zhangui guessed in his heart that most of these people who stood up to support the gentry were people in their families who were studying or wanted to take the imperial examination.

After all, only these people are direct or indirect beneficiaries, and the policy of the official gentry paying grain in one piece is the one that has the greatest impact on them.

Zhu Zhangui pondered for a while, and said to the old man who was still angry: "Grandpa, it is not appropriate for the court to directly come forward to take people in this matter, with the construction of grandchildren, we should find another group of people to transfer the contradictions between these officials and gentry to the court and become the contradictions of the people, and we can directly take them out and administer justice for the two parties as a notary." ”

Hearing Zhu Zhangui say this, the anger on the old man's face gradually disappeared, and he looked at Zhu Zhangui and said, "Military household!" ”

A smile appeared on Zhu Zhangui's face.

Outside the palace, hundreds of gentry and students sat on the ground, facing the palace with serious expressions.

Behind them, thousands of ordinary people, holding big-character posters in their hands asking the emperor to consider the people, knelt on the ground and sobbed in a low voice.

Such a scene was obviously deliberately arranged, otherwise these people would not have thought of it.

"Brother Li, can we do this, if the emperor gets angry, we will lose our heads."

In the gentry meditation procession, a fat man with a fat head and big ears glanced at the palace guards who were on guard, and when he saw the bright blades, he felt weak in his heart and asked a thin man beside him.

The thin man, a middle-aged man, squinted his eyes and stroked his goatee when he heard the fat man's inquiry.

"Brother Han, don't worry, so many of us are here, and we just came here to want an explanation, and we didn't storm the palace, although there was a small mistake, but the emperor didn't dare to risk angering the gentry of the world and cut us all."

"After all, if the gentry in the world are separated from the court, then the court will collapse by half, not to mention that we still have the people behind us as the backing, doesn't the royal family always say that they are from the people and want to be the masters of the people, and now the opportunity to give the people the masters."

"If they don't stand up for the people, but kill us, then the world will be completely chaotic."

Hearing the thin man's analysis, the fat man nodded suddenly, then moved his somewhat cold buttocks, and continued to wait.

Time passed slowly, and no one came out of the palace, as if there was such a big movement outside the door, and the people inside didn't know.

In the blink of an eye, the people who were meditating and the people who had asked the king to be the lord continued to repeat the noon action after eating the food brought by some people.

In everyone's mind, the result of their actions is nothing more than two.

The first emperor was angry and killed or drove them all away.

The second emperor compromised and abolished the two policies of forced military service and the integrated payment of food by the officials and gentry.

Either of these two choices would be beneficial to them, of course, this is not just the people holding the big-character posters, but the gentry who sit in the front, and those who give them ideas in the back.

In the blink of an eye, just when everyone thought that today's sit-in had no results and that it would continue tomorrow, there was a sudden rush of footsteps behind them.

Hearing this footstep, many people subconsciously looked back.

At this glance, their hearts instantly burst into joy!

I saw that at the end of the street, thousands of old and young people were densely packed, walking quickly.

These people who meditate, and they thought that these people who came were the new force to join them.

Although it is getting dark now and I am a little late, as the saying goes, it is better to come than not to come.

But as those people approached, the meditators noticed that something was wrong.

These newcomers did not go straight to the palace, but divided into two teams and slowly surrounded them.

By the time these people reacted, the opposing team's ranks had already closed and surrounded them tightly.

"Who are you?"

A gentleman frowned and looked at the old man in front of him, dressed in tattered clothes and smelling strangely.

"Me!"

The old man sneered, reluctantly lifted a small clay pot in his hand, and splashed it at the gentry.

"I'm your uncle!"

"Brothers, beat me, these damn bastards, the court is kind to give our military households a way to live, these bastards dare to object, this is to make our whole family die, give me a hard beating."

The old man finished splashing the urine jar in his hand, picked up the clay pot and smashed it on a gentry.

The reason why there was no head shot was because the above explained that no one was allowed to die, so he could only be beaten according to his body.

"Yes, kill them, my three brothers are dead and disabled, all of them sacrificed for the country, if I recruit again in the spring of next year, it will be my turn, if I go to the battlefield and die again, our family will be extinct."

"Now that the emperor has given me a dog's life, these guys want to object, since you want to force me to death, then I will kill you first."

In an instant, the two sides were scuffled, well, to be precise, it should not be a scuffle, but one side beating the other.

The later batch are all military households, don't look at these people, old and young, but they are all people who have ancestral skills to kill the enemy.

Those who are older, and even some of them have participated in the battle of destroying the Yuan back then, and it can be said that all of them are good at fighting.

And those sit-in gentry, pampered on weekdays, let alone fighting, they may not walk a few times every day, the two sides fight, they didn't even parry a round, they were pressed to the ground and beaten.

As for those scholars and ordinary people, the military households were not polite.

Although the other party's opposition doesn't have much to do with them, this matter can't have a beginning.

If the emperor is forced to compromise, then if someone uses this method to force the emperor to cancel the policy of returning military households to the people, won't the hope they finally send be dashed?

So no matter what, anyone who dares to oppose these policies issued by the emperor is the enemy of their military household.

And more importantly, the above has already explained that this fight and brawl will not be recorded by the imperial court, and it will not affect their juniors, as long as they don't cause death, let them beat them hard.

A tragic brawl broke out at dusk, and this brawl between the people was even heavily written in the annals of history.

The policies that these people oppose or support have a very great impact on the future, and they will be recorded in the history books.

And more importantly, a brawl of thousands of people broke out at the gate of the palace, which can be called unprecedented, and there may be no one to come.

"I'll make you oppose, I'll let you object, I'll make you oppose!"

An old man, riding on the fat gentry who spoke at the beginning, picked up the tickle he usually tickled, and he was a fierce output towards the fat man.

"Ouch, Uncle Ouch, are you mistaken, we are only against the official gentry paying for food, and we are not against the return of military households to the people, what kind of madness are you doing!"

The old man, who was a little tired, was tickling and panting with his hands, and sneered at the fat man with a red and blue face: "Ha, don't think that grandpa I haven't read a good lake, you are against this today, and you will oppose that tomorrow, grandpa beats you What is this called, yes, this is called prevention, watch and fight!" ”