Chapter 839 The people are not making a living, and they have seen the clues
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It's no wonder that Meng Jiu's sister-in-law is so tactful, as if she is too outward, and wants Princess Jin to "manage every day", but it is just for the marriage of a girl in the family, and the princess of labor Jin made a special trip to repair the book and ask He Zhan to choose a son-in-law for her, which does seem to be "laboring and moving", but the Yuan family can't shirk the request of the sister-in-law, and she does love her cousin niece, and she really hopes that her niece will have a good marriage, so she has to trouble the princess, how can she not know, as long as she opens this mouth, the princess will definitely not refuse to shirk.
Eleven Niang really secretly said: Don't say that the Taiyuan Meng clan strongly supports the new policy, and listening to Brother-in-law Zheng's praise again and again, Feidi Jun's talent is very beneficial to the reconstruction of Yunzhou, just look at Ah Yuan's conscientious work these days, and deal with a lot of difficulties for me, I can never refuse her request, and Meng Liuniang's mother-in-law is indeed really planning for the concubine, otherwise even if Wei Heng'an almost lost his eyes, with the connections of Taiyuan Meng Changzong, can't he find a young man with excellent talent and character? The reason why he was reluctant to seek the near and far and proposed to let Shishilang be the matchmaker was nothing more than looking at next year's spring and wanting to choose a quasi-jinshi for Meng Liuniang.
She can understand Meng Liuniang's mood very well, although she is a big family lady, she is a concubine, not to mention the children who are expected by the same family, they are concubines, as long as their talents and qualifications are recognized by the family and they attach importance to training, they will probably not agree to marry a concubine as a wife, and those who are suitable for Meng Liuniang are either the sons of the side branches or the concubines of the clan, and it is very likely that they are mediocre qualifications, and even the children of the concubines who do not learn and have no skills.
Meng Liuniang is obviously because she doesn't look down on this kind of person, so she tends to be a studious and enterprising scholar, and would rather share weal and woe with like-minded people than sit back and enjoy their success.
But her mother-in-law, if she didn't regard it as a parent, just for the sake of her reputation, she could follow Meng Liuniang's wishes, and choose a husband from a poor family for her casually, whose character and talent are reasonable, and she doesn't have to worry about whether her son-in-law can be named on the gold list in the future, whether the concubine is suffering and tired, where will she plan painstakingly and ask for the princess of Jin?
The girl is really ambitious, and the grandmother is indeed generous.
Although Eleven Niang is not a nosy person, she has always been willing to be an adult, so she agreed to it, and there was no reluctance.
"This is not a thing, seeing that the New Year is approaching, although I am far away in Jinyang, I naturally cannot neglect to congratulate the teacher on the New Year, and then tell the fourteenth brother, and then ask the real person to supervise, presumably even if he is busy with official business, he will not be careless to forget."
Meng Jiu's sister-in-law hurriedly thanked her, and only then did she mention another matter: "Taiyuan Mansion also set up an official kiln, but because the people trusted the princess to announce the promised reward, not only did it not contradict the enlistment of potters, but even many people who had no livelihood could be hired by the official kiln, and the concubine only thought that this was also a good government for the benefit of the country and the people, how could she have thought of it......"
It seems that after considering some words, Meng Jiu's sister-in-law still inevitably said in a cold tone: "The people who come into contact with the concubine are not desperate, those few people have actually been hired by businessmen, and they are all technicians, just because of the original situation, the government forcibly recruited technicians into the kiln, and several hired workers were abused by the magistrate's kiln, if they gave in, not only could they not be paid according to their work, but they could not even guarantee their safety!" How long did it take for the imperial court to issue the order to set up official kilns? Due to the hardships of hard labor, the number of dead and wounded has made the people frightened! After hearing that the government intended to forcibly levy, he secretly helped the technicians to flee and suggested that they come to Taiyuan, saying that although it was inevitable to obey the levy order, the princess of Jin was merciful and would not be cruel. โ
Although Shi Niang had already thought of the evil consequences of the maladministration and guessed the intentions of Meng Jiu's sister-in-law, she still couldn't help but ask: "What about those who can't even afford to flee now?" โ
Meng Jiu's sister-in-law sighed again: "At the beginning of the concubine's body, because of the environment she was in, she still thought that although it was difficult to compare with the rule of the prosperous world at the moment, there was no major trouble, until she received the favor of the princess, it really involved the people's livelihood, and she knew that she was sitting in the well and watching the sky!" How can it be imagined that in Jinyang City, there are so many people struggling with poverty, hunger and cold, not to mention diseases, even if they own a farm house, there will be a matter of suffocating the newborn girl/baby to death? During the reign of the prosperous era, the night did not close the door and the road was not forgotten, and until now...... For decades, a neighborhood can even kill people if it only belongs to a fruit tree! The concubine really thinks that this is not that people are willing to be evil, but forced to be helpless, we seem to be a small profit dispute, and in the eyes of the offender, it may be a matter of life and death! โ
The more Sister-in-law Meng Jiu spoke, the more excited she became, and even stepped forward to block the princess's leisurely and happy steps: "How many local potters are even more difficult and dangerous than joining the army, and it is optimistic to say that nine deaths and a lifetime are optimistic, it is simply a time to enter the official kiln, and there is no life!" People continue to die of illness and starvation, but the official kiln still has to be maintained, so it continues to be requisitioned, forcing more and more people to leave their hometowns, and even die on the way to escape! Princess, don't go on like this for a long time, the concubine thinks that if she is allowed to deteriorate...... The worry of overthrowing the country may be in the blink of an eye! โ
Of course, Eleven Niang understands that Meng Jiu's words are not groundless and exaggerated, and she also believes that these ladies present today are willing to contribute to help the new policy, not to gain personal gain, if you don't have a heart that worries about the country and the people, and the ambition to do your best for the monarchy, how can you work so hard? Even if the people are suffering from hunger and cold, and the country may be destroyed, for the aristocracy, there are naturally more ways to retreat than the poor people, and like Madame Mao and others, is there a sense of distress? Aren't you still greedy for pleasure, poor and extravagant, and manage the life and death of the poor in cloth clothes?
But right now, after all, even Meng Feidi and others don't know the overall plan of the Jin Palace, and of course it is impossible for Eleven Niang to confess to Meng Jiu's sister-in-law and other female relatives, and bluntly denounce the malpractice of setting up official kilns and expose the true face of Empress Dowager Wei.
She could only ask as if perfunctory: "What is Sister-in-law Meng Jiu's opinion?" โ
"The concubine thinks that the princess should go to the queen mother, and it is really a bad government to set up an official kiln, if it is not banned immediately, I am afraid it will cause civil unrest."
Sure enough, there will be such a suggestion, Shi Niang shook her head again and again: "But the establishment of official kilns can indeed greatly alleviate the lack of revenue, if I criticize this decree as a fraud, but can not propose other effective methods, the Queen Mother will not adopt, and those officials who are in favor of advocating the kiln decree must also criticize me for harboring scheming and alarmist, it doesn't matter if I receive a few words of reproach, if I even because of this matter by political enemies to seize the handle, swarm impeachment, I am afraid it will affect the situation in Taiyuan." โ
Although Meng Jiu's sister-in-law is just a woman, she is not familiar with officialdom routines, just because she often listened to her husband's discussion of current politics and so on in the past, she is more knowledgeable than ordinary women, and she can also understand the connotation of the princess's words - after all, the kiln order was issued by the queen mother in the name of the Son of Heaven, and the purpose was to solve the financial difficulties. But without the support of the Jin Palace, it is impossible to confront Mao Wei, don't look at the new law has been promulgated, as long as Taiyuan Mansion falls back into the hands of Mao Wei, the situation that is now conducive to people's livelihood is only afraid that it will be subverted immediately, and many efforts made by the princess have been in vain.
But she still didn't give up: "Didn't the princess think that the implementation of the new tax law to the whole country is the fundamental solution to the lack of revenue and the emptiness of the treasury?" โ
"Don't say that the full implementation of the new law, just in Taiyuan, didn't it also cause resistance from the nobles at first? Meng Jiu's sister-in-law should understand what is the fundamental reason why the new law can be supported by the Taiyuan clan and a few wealthy families, and further the current situation, and accepted by all the nobles. Eleven Niang woke up slightly.
Yuan calmed down and analyzed carefully: the rest was not mentioned, and he said that the relatives of the husband's family, at first glance, heard that Taiyuan would implement a new law, and they would have to pay more taxes than before, although they did not immediately resent, and decided to resist, but they were not as happy and convinced as they are now, but held the idea of waiting and seeing, until later, they gradually understood that it was imperative for the court to implement the new law, and Mao Wei was obviously not the opponent of Princess Jin, so he finally chose Princess Jin to show his sincerity.
Of course, Taiyuan Meng will not resist the rebellion for the benefit of money, but if the princess of Jin can't suppress Mao Wei, the Meng family will definitely look forward to it, because even if she surrenders to the princess of Jin, not only will she not get the slightest benefit, but she will even completely offend Mao Wei, and there will be another enemy for no reason.
The reason why he hesitated from the sidelines to help at this time was actually because the loss of money was small, and Princess Chengjin was able to obtain greater political benefits.
Thinking of this, Yuan suddenly realized.
Since even the Taiyuan clan is not really thinking about the monarch and the people, but obeying the new policy because of their own interests, how can they ask the nobles and nobles in the world to be selfless and willing to bear the burden of the poor people in order to share the burden of the poor people?
Although Taiyuan Prefecture was able to smoothly implement the new policy, it could not be used as a reference for the comprehensive implementation of the law reform and the experience of the process.