If you tell a lie, you have to use more lies to round it, saying that Wen Suyun has entered a period that is not suitable for farming, and then the emperor will go to patrol the dates of each palace counted by Huang Jin.

And Yan Song finally arrived in Jiangxi.

went to his hometown in Fenyi County, Yuanzhou Prefecture, located on the west side of Jiangxi, and he went all the way to the east. From Fenyi, take a boat along the front section of the Ganjiang River and go all the way to the east, passing through Linzhou Mansion and Nanchang Mansion, and then change Wuyang water and cross Poyang Lake to Raozhou Mansion, and then trace the Jinjiang River into Guangxin Mansion.

Continuing up the Xinjiang River, he reached the Lead Mountain.

The Wuyi Mountains are just south of the Lead Mountain, and how powerful is the Lead Mountain Fei?

Let's just put it this way: Fei Hong's father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all have exactly the same titles: Doctor Guanglu, Zhu Guo, Young Master and Crown Prince, Hubu Shangshu, and Wuyingdian University Scholar.

It's been four generations, and all of them have been the head of the Ming Dynasty.

Now, Yan Song, the proud protégé of the leader of the new party Yang Tinghe and the chief companion of the first imperial study, has come to the hometown of Fei Hong, the leader of the old party.

Although they still have to go to Shangrao County, where the Guangxin Prefecture is located, the Guangxin Prefect and many local people have come to Leadshan County first.

Who wouldn't want to have more dealings with counselors?

At this moment, many people are waiting there on the dockside of Xinjiang outside Leadshan County.

Yan Song will not go to the county town of Leadshan, which is located on the bank of the Leadshan River, but will make a short stay in the town of Weikou, where the Leadshan River and the Xinjiang River meet.

Known as the "Wharf of the Eight Provinces", this town is a very important land and water transshipment hub.

It is bordered by Zhejiang in the east, Fujian in the south, and Huizhou in the north.

The Fei family was able to make a fortune because they became wealthy because they did business here.

Then after Fei Hong's great-grandfather made great achievements, he really became a giant family, and it has been five generations - although Fei Hong's son Fei Maoxian did not enter the Jinshi this year, Fei Maozhong is the champion of the previous subject, and now he has entered the imperial study.

By this time, the Fei clan of Leadshan had produced five jinshi and seven lifters. Fei Hong's father is five brothers, Fei Hong's generation is ten brothers, and Fei Maozhong's generation is thirty-three brothers.

In Guangxin Mansion and even Jiangxi and the southeast, the Fei family can be called terrifying, and some low-grade officials and officials who have not passed the imperial examination are very numerous. For example, Fei Hong's cousin and others were born in tribute, and the teachings and teachings of Fei Hong's second son were Shang Bao Sicheng, who was born in the shadows.

In the whole of Jiangxi, there have been seven cabinet chiefs, including Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi, and Fei Hong.

Jiangxi's literary style is not inferior to Nanzhili and Zhejiang.

During the Hongwu period, there were a total of 881 Jinshi, of which Jiangxi accounted for 147; One-fifth of the Jinshi in the Jianwen period came from Jiangxi, and in the second year of Jianwen, the first three people were all from Ji'an, Jiangxi; In the second year of Yongle, there were 470 jinshi, and there were 110 people in Jiangxi, covering the top three in the first class and the top four in the second class.

At this moment, there are other noble families in Guangxin Mansion. For example, Wang Jun of the current left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Wei of the right waiter of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials, and Yiyang Wang of the three brothers of the Hanlin Academy, for example...... The first person to be promoted after Zhu Houxi ascended the throne is now Xia Yan, the right capital of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the admiral Caojiang, a native of Guixi County, Guangxin Prefecture.

There are also the late physicists Hu Juren and Lou Liang, all of whom are from Guangxin Mansion.

When Yan Song's boat docked, he saw so many gentry outside the dock, and he felt emotion in his heart.

This is what power brings to him: everywhere he goes, he is treated with respect.

"Nuisance the place, even if you don't want to go. Song just returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors and took the road to work. You are so hospitable, Song is not very afraid. ”

Yan Song got off the boat and made a series of moves. He was already a talent, but now he is in his forties, with a calm and polite bearing, and he has no scruple at all.

The local officials were headed by Wen Anyong, the prefect of Guangxin, and the local gentry were mainly Fei Wan, the head of the Fei family and Fei Hong's younger brother. In addition, Gong Cun, the field supervisor of the Lead Mountain Copper Factory, also arrived here.

With so many people gathered together, the Fei family contributed a large courtyard in this Weikou Town, and a banquet had already been prepared.

"In the court, I have asked for confiscation from my son a lot, and I really yearn for the Fei family's way of governing education and educating people." Yan Song looked at Fei Hong's son Fei Maoxian, who had returned to his hometown, and encouraged, "My nephew can't go to high school this time, but I can't have this teacher-student friendship with you." ”

Fei Maoxian didn't even dare to say that he was not good at studying.

Yan Song smiled and said to Fei Wan: "Ling nephew is enough to learn to be a tribute, but this time the answer sheet, after I opened the paper, I read it quite confused, it seems that the virtuous nephew is still disturbed by Brother Zichong's transfer to Sichuan." However, Mao Zhongxian's nephew has just been the top student in high school, and this time Fei will not continue to be in the limelight, which is also beneficial. ”

Everyone was moved when they heard this: said that Fei Maoxian was enough to become a jinshi, could it be said that Fei Maoxian deliberately answered poorly this time?

Was it Fei Hong's guidance, or was it something else?

Now the protégé of the leader of the new party is close to Fei, and Wen Anyong, the prefect of Guangxin, can't help but say: "Futai has the qualifications to participate in policy, and since then, he has a great relationship with Jiangxi Juzi. This time back to his hometown, Jiangxi is not excited. First as the chief of the imperial study, after Zhejiang was appointed and then returned to the court, Jiangxi will have one more university scholar. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Yan Song smiled politely, and then sighed, "I'm really scared to go to Zhejiang to take up my post." The detour from Jiangxi to enter Zhejiang through Guangxin Mansion is also looking forward to Zhejiang's first self-correction. ”

Wen Anyong's heart moved: "Futai is going to Zhejiang, don't you want to make a big move?" ”

Expressing his closeness to the leader of the old party, and pointing out that he was giving Zhejiang time to deal with the tail, Wen Anyong had the courage to ask this sentence.

Yan Song just smiled: "Your Majesty once had a clear decree that five years ago in Jiajing, the new law was only implemented in Guangdong. The rest of the provinces should still be on the safe side. ”

Wen Anyong couldn't help but nodded: "Guangdong is still compiling and reviewing the rules and reforming the government office this year. There are nearly 10,000 officials in a province, and all offices are procured, if it is implemented in all provinces, will the total number of Ming officials increase to more than 200,000 or even 300,000? Even if you can really double the income, I'm afraid it won't be enough. ”

"It's just that now that the people's land is decreasing, the people's burden is getting heavier, and the court is in a dilemma, how can it be done if it is not changed?" Yan Song arched his hand to the north, "Your Majesty has the ambition to enrich the country, and the ministers should share their worries for the king." Yang Ge is old-fashioned, and many new methods are really extraordinary, and look at the results of Guangdong. ”

Fei Wan was silent, and Wen Anyong was thoughtful.

Those of them who were far away from the center of the court were wondering in their hearts what would happen to Jiajing in five years.

If the new law in Guangdong is really effective, then after it is implemented in the provinces, the most difficult change for them to accept is that if the gentry always occupy a large number of fields and people, then they will become the main force to bear taxes.

If you really want to study it carefully, I am afraid that more than half of the taxes in the world will be borne by the gentry from several major imperial examination provinces such as Nanzhili, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang.

Yan Song expressed his closeness to Fei's, could it be that the Imperial Party and the Old Party had any other plans?

These words can't be asked clearly, and they are not familiar with Yan Song.

After all, although Yan Song's great-grandfather had been a political envoy in Sichuan, his grandfather and father failed to pass the imperial examination.

The Yan family of Fenyi County, Yuanzhou Prefecture, has almost only been famous for Yan Song in the past one or two decades: if it weren't for the delay of a subject for his father Ding at the age of sixteen, Yan Song, who passed the county examination at the age of ten, may have been able to pass the county examination earlier, and he also entered high school at the age of twenty, instead of winning the second place in the second class to enter the Hanlin Academy at the age of twenty-five.

The Yan family, after all, cannot be compared with the Fei family. He Yan Song is free to advance and retreat, the Yan family has no official status in the previous two generations, how can he buy a lot of land? Yan Song's great-ancestor is also famous for his incorruptibility, because he doesn't eat meat, he is nicknamed Yan Qingcai.

"The rebellion in Chenhao, Jiangxi, the people need to recuperate even more." Yan Song said again, "The gentry of Guangdong have no national law and despise the power of heaven, and Your Majesty is furious, so he slashed Guangdong in Fengtian Palace. If the gentry of the world keep in mind the teachings of the sages, can solve the worries of the monarch at the top, and can take care of the people's livelihood at the bottom, why should Your Majesty make a big move in Guangdong? ”

Fei Wan remembered the letter sent by Fei Maozhong, and immediately said: "Guangdong has always been incivilized, and the mountains are high and the roads are far away, which is becoming more and more rampant. Jiangxi's literary style is at its peak, and the teachings of the sages naturally dare not or forget. Now that the law on the treatment of officials has been implemented, my brother has also advised that it is important to give light to the rest and recuperation, and to avoid the policy of exempting the officials from giving them off, and strictly ordering the officials not to exceed them. If this can be done, it will not be difficult for a rich country to do so. ”

Wen Anyong and the other attentive officials couldn't help but look at him.

Without Fei Hong to speak, Fei Wan dared to say that?

On the one hand, it is necessary to treat officials in the new law, and on the other hand, it still insists on exemption from taxes and exemptions. As for whether the editorial and examination section will be apportioned according to the Ding or according to the right of the field, as long as it is not apportioned according to the right of the field, it will not make the gentry pay a penny more, and it is nothing more than letting the rich bear more.

In the new law, there is naturally also a procurement law that is also beneficial to the official gentry - is the procurement of the government not up to the officials? This money can also end up in the pockets of the gentry.

Even if the commercial law and tax law are adhered to on this basis, it is still the businessmen who come forward to run the business house to bear the commercial tax.

Fei Hong's meaning is to give up part of his interests and realize His Majesty's desire to make the country rich, but don't move the foundation?

If the two are compared, Guangdong bears the grain of nearly 10,000 officials, and in the end, it is actually not comparable to the tax increase of other provinces in the past three years, so why bother to almost tear down and start over like Guangdong?

There is another point: Guangdong has the advantage of the market, and inland provinces such as Jiangxi and Sichuan do not have this additional input. It's like this Weikou Town, known as the place where merchants are transferred, if the commercial law and tax law are really enforced, how many taels of silver can be charged?

Yan Song smiled silently.

Turning around in Jiangxi is to release the intriguing meaning of his position.

Even the old party, in the face of His Majesty's desire to make the country rich, cannot insist on all the old systems without changing the slightest. What seems to be done now is to compare, to squeeze the more radical new party out of power through short-term concessions. As long as the foundation is not moved, decades later, the gentry may reap even greater gains.

Fei Hong has already called on the gentry in Sichuan to abide by the exemption and exemption restrictions, and took the initiative to apply. Although the new law was not fully implemented, the proportion of preferential treatment and exemption for the gentry was a national law that had been set a long time ago, and Fei Hong only called for it and did not impose an order. Yang Ting and the leaders of the New Party, can they Yang family say one thing and do another without responding to the call?

In this case, Fei Hong's hometown Jiangxi should naturally be the same.

When Yan Song went to Zhejiang, Zhang Fujing's hometown Zhejiang should naturally do the same.

Otherwise, we will wait for the new party to raise the power of the Ming Dynasty and bring the convenience of the city to create taxes, and implement the new law in Guangdong on the grounds that it has become a success, and cut out everyone's roots.

At this moment, the officials and gentry of Guangxin Mansion have a bottom in their hearts, and the atmosphere is very harmonious.

Yang Tinghe proposed so many new laws in one breath, let's do some and not work. Just like Wang Anshi's change of law, after his downfall, the new law was not completely abolished, but some of it was retained.

The most important thing is the detailed rules, how to facilitate the operation of officials, how to ensure greater long-term and greater interests.

Yan Song came to Xianxia Pass under the farewell of some people in Guangxin Mansion.

This location, located in Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang Province three provinces of the boundary, is "the key to the two Zhejiang, into the throat of Fujian", has always been a place for soldiers to fight, and Jianmen Pass, Hangu Pass, Yanmen Pass and called China's four ancient passes.

Yan Song looked back at Jiangxi and then at Fujian.

Because of the three principles of heaven, matter, and man, His Majesty has now set up the Ten Thousand Law Pavilion to study physics. If there is physical success, according to His Majesty, the production and transshipment of goods can be greatly improved. If the burden on the people is smaller, the demand for goods will be huge in the future.

Therefore, in addition to the gentry in the future, merchants will inevitably become a group that bears the burden of taxation. In order for the Ming Dynasty to operate smoothly in this new set of laws, the status of businessmen must be respected.

As long as the gentry have taken the step of applying for and paying taxes according to the law, they will never be able to turn back. If you evade it at that time, the newly revised "Daming Law" will not spare anyone. Want to pressure businessmen to pass on costs for their own benefit? Don't look at who is behind Huang Mingji.

He finally looked at Zhejiang, and in front of him was Quzhou Mansion.

From Xianxia Pass to Jiangshan County, he was able to go all the way south from Qujiang, the upper reaches of the Fuchun River, through Jinhua Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion to Hangzhou Mansion.

Yan Song put away the easy-going attitude he had in Jiangxi, and ordered calmly: "Let's go." ”

After entering Zhejiang, he was the head official of the 75 counties in 11 prefectures.

When they first arrived in Jiangshan County, the people who had been waiting here for a long time were led by two people: Shao Xi, the political envoy of Zhejiang's right cloth, who came to greet him with civil officials, and Yu Yunzhong, an officer in the camp of the governor's pro-military battalion Fubiao.

"See Futai under the mark!" Yu Yunzhong, who is himself a Hangzhou Wei Qianhu, is now promoted to a general, and Yu Yunzhong is sincerely grateful to Yan Song, who took the lead in inviting Yu Qian to enter the Taimiao.

Yan Song looked at the team of governor's personal soldiers he was carrying, this was not all. Yang Tinghe, in order to show solemnity, allocated 5,000 people to his Fubiao battalion, which was Yan Song's direct family soldiers who could be easily mobilized without cumbersome procedures.

The governor has the power to control the army, although it is not as good as the governor.

He just smiled, and after saluting Shao Xi again, he looked at the other person who had tied him up.

"Zhang Qin, the deputy envoy of Zhejiang Haiphong Province, is not well prepared, and the pursuit has not been successful, please Futai is down!"

Yan Song narrowed his eyes slightly.

Left for Zhejiang for such a long time, is this who they pushed out?

made such a drama, but I am afraid that his guilt is also very shallow: after all, the source of this incident is still in the city, and it lies in the prefects and local health offices of Ningbo and Shaoxing.

"There's no need to bear the guilt, let's untie the rope first." Yan Song stepped forward with a smile to help him untie the rope, and then said to Shao Xi, "Right Envoy Shao, what is the situation in Zhejiang now, I still have to ask you for advice, please." ”

(End of chapter)