One night a few days later.

A small village in Chuxiong Mansion in Yunnan Province is when the sky is high and the clouds are thick and the moon is thick.

With the barking of dogs one after another, the battalion soldier Lai Daliang knocked on the door of his house.

"Dad, mother, big brother is back!"

Lai Daliang's younger brother Lai Erliang shouted with a smile.

"How is it, the master of Jinyiwei wants you to do something?"

Lai Daliang's father, Lai Wuwang, asked about Lai Daliang.

Lai Daliang nodded "um".

Lai Wuwang laughed: "Why do you say this? This brocade guard is also strange now, looking for us ordinary people to do things, and he is so generous! The eldest grandson did something for him Jinyiwei, and earned more silver dollars than my grandfather earned in his whole life! ”

"Dad, can this be compared, after all, it is for the emperor."

Lai Erliang said.

Lai Daliang said at this time: "Dad, I thought about it, Xiao Shi's reward plus my military salary, I told the second child that the daughter-in-law is enough, so I might as well let him start a family next." ”

Lai Wuwang nodded.

Lai Erliang laughed happily.

Then, Lai Daliang looked at Lai Erliang: "But, second brother, this money can't be given to you as a daughter-in-law for nothing, you have to find a way out by yourself and earn some money!" ”

"But I don't know how to earn it?"

Lai Erliang said.

Lai Daliang said: "I have been trained by Jinyiwei these days to understand that now the imperial court has abolished the ban on road guidance and allowed its people to go anywhere in the country, but the in-service sergeants need to ask their superiors for permission. ”

"This is a good dare, which means that we don't have to worry about being arrested, and Xiaoshi can also study without herding cattle."

Lai Wuwang said with a smile.

Lai Xiaoshi, who had always kept a calm face, also laughed at this time.

"In addition, the master of Jinyiwei also told me that the people of my country have a high tax exemption amount for selling goods out of the customs, and Jinyiwei has specially developed some small people in various places in order to develop his own eyeliner, so that they can borrow Jinyiwei's money to go to Beijing to order, and then go out of the customs to sell, and also said that if the loss is only the principal, but if the business continues, it needs to be the eyes and ears of Jinyiwei."

Lai Daliang looked at Lai Erliang as he spoke: "So, the second brother, you can go to the Jinyi Wei Chuxiong Mansion to borrow silver, and also go out of the customs to do business,"

Lai Erliang nodded: "I'll try!" ”

Lai Daliang said: "I heard them say, these good things are because the new emperor started the new policy with Zhang Taishi after he ascended the throne, and now there are still people who want to abolish the new policy, back to the past, the poor people can't go to other places to eat, and don't want to eat enough food when they are soldiers, so if we want to live so well, we have to follow Jinyiwei to protect the new policy, including your second child, if you really go to the customs to do business and become the eyes and ears of Jinyiwei, it is also to protect the new policy." ”

Lai Erliang listened attentively.

Lai Daliang said: "When I get home, I will go to Jinyiwei to borrow money." ”

Lai Erliang nodded in agreement with a "hmm", and then said: "It was the new deal that gave me the opportunity to marry a daughter-in-law." ”

……

"It was the New Deal that allowed me to reunite with my childhood and win the Toad Palace, so I am different from you, I don't think the New Deal treats the gentry very harshly now."

In the early winter of the eleventh year of Wanli, it had snowed early in Jingshi, and now another day of white flowers has flown up.

Inside the school building of the Ming Ruling School.

Liu Quxian and Ye Xianggao also went around the fireplace to ward off the cold and talked about state affairs.

As imperial reserve officials, they cared more about the government than before after the Zhongjin Shi, so much so that even if they were around the fireplace to ward off the cold, they still talked about politics.

Because Jinshi Li Tingji was still too harsh on the gentry after mentioning the new policy, he also said this.

Ye Xianggao, who was handpicked by Zhu Yijun as the champion, bowed his head on the side, and then said: "But since you want to do things for the king and make great contributions to the country, you can't just talk about national politics from your own standpoint, otherwise how can you check and fill in the gaps?" ”

After hearing this, Li Tingji got up and bowed his hand to Ye Xianggao: "What Jin Qing said is extremely true. ”

Liu Quxian also got up and bowed his hand to Ye Xianggao: "Please advise." ”

Ye Xianggao replied "Don't dare", and then said: "In this war against Burma, I summarized the situation according to the investigation and report of Jinyiwei, and the proportion of Tongyi's rebels was more than forty percent, and the other three became Haoyou's slaves. ”

"What does that mean?"

Subsequently, Ye Xianggao asked the Zhuguan Zhengjin in the classmate's hall.

Ye Xianggao then asked and replied to himself: "It shows that the drawbacks caused by the new policy of the official gentry to pay food and work as errands are getting worse and worse!" ”

"The biggest problem of the official gentry in one payment of grain is not the loss of profits, but the breaking of the convention of distinguishing between the high and the low; After the founding of Taizu in that year, he also wanted to distinguish between high and low, and the gentry in the world not only needed to lose taxes but also served in conscription, but because of this, the scholars were reluctant to go out, and even missed the former Yuan. ”

"Although Shilin didn't dare to openly confront the imperial court, with the accumulation of resentment, many things were difficult to contain!"

"Later, Taizu had to issue an edict because of this: the family of Shilu and the common people are equal to the noble and low, and the gentleman and savage are indistinguishable from the way of persuading the scholars to treat the virtuous, so they are exempted from forced labor except for the loss of rent and tax, so that the scholars return to their hearts and begin to go out of the dynasty."

"Now the new policy of the official gentry to pay grain and work as an errand is tantamount to no longer recognizing the difference between the noble and the low, although it is in line with the original intention of Taizu, but it does make many beings resentful because of the feeling that there is no one to be honored after studying to gain fame;"

"After all, I have been studying for many years, and I have no other skills, but I still have to serve and pay for silver after the middle rank, which will breed the feeling of reading in vain, and even the clan family behind it will be dissatisfied.

"In this way, it is inevitable that there will be people who are reluctant to run for the imperial court anymore, preach the benefits of the imperial court, and help the government maintain stability in the countryside, and at worst, they are afraid of being overwhelmed and have the idea of changing the dynasty."

"In this way, does Jin Qing agree with the official gentry to pay grain and errands?"

Liu Quxian asked with a calm face.

Ye Chengxin smiled: "If I don't agree, I won't be admitted to the office." ”

Liu Quxian nodded after hearing this, and smiled: "It's too!" ”

Then, Liu Quxian bowed to Ye Chengxin: "What Jin Qing said is to the point, thought-provoking, and can be my friend!" ”

Ye Xianggao returned a salute.

Liu Quxian continued: "In the past, when I was in the Imperial Prison, I heard Mr. Defushan propose that everyone be a friend, and some Confucians greatly disagreed with this, saying that it was not the true intention of the sage. Now that I have listened to Jinqing's words, I understand it better; The common people of the world can accept that the reader is expensive, but what they can't accept is that they can't become a reader; ”

"Just like in the past, when I was a commoner, the most resentful thing in my heart was that I didn't have the opportunity to have my own piece of land so that I could cultivate and study as a business, rather than that the scholars were more valuable than themselves. Now presumably the imperial court advocates new rites, in my opinion, the new rites should not really be distinguished from the noble and the low, but now it is not as good as the beginning of the country, and the powerful gentry are far more than the beginning of the country. ”

"That's right!"

"Conscription can no longer be exempted, but the imperial court should give some preferential treatment to those who have meritorious names in other aspects, especially the vast number of hyperplasia and epiphysia, who have no food, and now they want to eat silver, so what is the difference between them and the common people in their studies?"

Ye Xianggao nodded and said, "Therefore, I have already decided to go up after the exam, for the sake of the long-term peace and stability of the country, please ask the imperial court to take a different plan to raise Shilin, and the new ceremony discussed cannot ignore the order of respect and humility." ”

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"The Son of Heaven loves the people like a son, so he emphasizes that benefiting the people is as important as being rich and strong.

Li Tingji said at this time.

Ye Xianggao said with a smile: "You can't dare to admonish because of the current loss of power, not to mention that the Son of Heaven is not a faint king, and if you don't admonish, you will be suspected of not doing your best for the king." ”

Not long after Ye Xianggao, he really got such a sparse.

"That's bold!"

The celebrant Zhang Hong said a word after seeing Ye Xianggao's recital.