The sky in the capital is overcast, and the first spring rain seems to be coming at any moment.

The subscription of treasury bonds ended with the exhaustion, but everyone's life had to go on, and the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty in particular had entered the right track.

The demand for cotton cloth in the Indochina Peninsula, the islands of the South Seas, Korea and Japan has increased unabated, and even the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty have sold the cotton cloth outside Malacca, opening the era of great exploration belonging to China.

Because Daming cotton cloth has been sold to dozens of large and small countries or large tribes, the output of cotton cloth in the capital is still in short supply, so everyone can only put into a tight production state.

Although the Ming Dynasty was now at odds with the Haixi Jurchen Alchukha tribe, the other Haixi Jurchen tribes still maintained a cotton trade with the Ming Dynasty, and Mongolia had always been the largest customer in the north.

After the turmoil of the New Year's Day court, the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty became closer, but for some reason, the Ming Dynasty once again generously presented 3,000 pieces of cotton cloth to the Northern Yuan.

Since it was a decision made by the upper echelons, and because there was a lot of money to be given to cotton farmers, weavers, and dyers, the people of the capital were already engaged in intense production.

"Cantonese pastries, don't miss them when you pass by!"

"The donkey meat in the river is burned, and the emperor of Dazong tasted it himself!"

"Freshly baked Guangxi Guilin rice noodles, this powder should only be in the sky!"

……

Due to the pulling effect of the textile industry, now the capital can be said to be full of all industries, especially the catering industry is very hot, and all kinds of local snacks are emerging in endlessly.

Unconsciously, the textile industry has driven the entire consumer market in Beijing, and more and more people have gained a new livelihood.

After all, the capital is a vanity fair, and under the operation of well-intentioned people, public opinion in the capital pointed to He Qiaoxin, who "didn't take a penny" as scheduled.

"Haven't everyone forgotten that He Shangshu is still in prison?"

"He Shangshu was unjustly imprisoned, and I and other hot-blooded men should fight to rescue him!"

"I have been an official for 36 years, and I have never taken a penny, this is the first Qing official of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Let's repair the Book of All People, and petition the emperor together to ask the Metropolitan Procuratorate to release He Shangshu!"

……

When the new was mentioned again, which was ignored by everyone, after some public opinion guidance, even if there was a person with a heart to propose the Book of the People.

Throughout the ages, public opinion has been controlled by the literati clique.

As long as there is a dynasty that can make them live comfortably, then it is "prosperous" and "zhongxing". If their life is not easy, it is that they have encountered tyrants, so emperors who really want to do things are often discredited.

The Book of the People is nothing more than a trick of the literati, and after some foolish rhetoric, because it is they who write and write, the people often only provide a fingerprint.

Now in the face of the tyrant on top, they adopt the model of "peasants eat the king", so they sacrifice this tried and tested weapon again.

Only two days later, the official Kedao who interceded for He Qiaoxin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, delivered it together with the Book of Wanmin, but he wanted to put pressure on the emperor through the Book of Wanmin.

"Huh...... You go back and pack your things, and when I get out of prison, I'll return to my hometown, and I'm tired of this capital! After He Qiaoxin learned of the movement of the outside world, he said to his son who delivered the news.

He Tu saw that his father was so optimistic, and knew that the result might be eight or nine. Although he felt a little sorry for his shadow official, he thought of the days when he was the emperor of the soil in his hometown, and he went home happily to prepare to leave Beijing.

West Garden, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

Zhu Youzhu only yawned in the face of the Book of All People presented to him.

He now has his own intelligence network, so he naturally knows the origin of this book of the people, and immediately circled the name of Hu Cong in the matter from the criminal department that presented the book of the people.

But I don't know how much benefit this person received, so he immediately handed it over to the officials to deal with. Although he has also repeatedly purged Kedao, it is still inevitable that there are some people's lackeys who are willing to act as mouthpieces.

Zhu Youzhu didn't want to find out who Hu Cong's disciple was, so he casually threw this copy of the Book of the People aside, and then continued to work on his current work.

When I opened a note and was about to review it, I saw that the handwriting proposed by Liu Ji was too different from Wan An's, and I couldn't help but think of the old Shoufu.

The rise and fall of empires is inseparable from talents, and the prosperity of emperors requires talents such as Zhuge Liang.

Although Zhang Sui, Xu Hong, Liu Zhong, Chen Kun, Song Cheng, Li Yu and Wang Yue are all outstanding officials, these people all have certain shortcomings, so they are not ideal talents now.

Liu Ji can handle things beautifully, and he is also loyal to himself, the emperor, but he lacks a pioneering spirit, and can only barely be regarded as a qualified first assistant.

However, everything seems to have been predetermined in the dark, just like Wan'an is suddenly gone, and the current empire may not have a good appearance.

Just as the capital is still covered by ice and snow, Jiangxi, which is thousands of miles away, has ushered in spring.

"The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at perfection. Knowing and then deciding; Calm and then be quiet; Quiet and then peaceful; Calm and then be able to think; ......

"Things have a beginning and an end."

"Those who want to be clear and virtuous in the world will rule their country first. Those who want to rule their country must first gather their families. Those who want to gather their families must first cultivate their bodies. Those who want to correct their hearts must first ......"

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In the vast land of Jiangxi, the sound of reading sounded in various schools, and the humanities are flourishing here, and Jiangxi's current literary atmosphere is indeed the best in the country.

In the only palace examination of the Jianwen Dynasty, the top three champions in the imperial examination, Bangyan, and Tanhua were all from Ji'an, Jiangxi, thus giving birth to the allusion of "Jishui Quanbang".

In the first palace examination of the Yongle period, there were 470 Jinshi in the country, and Jiangxi people accounted for as many as 113 people, and in the one-year imperial examination, the champion, the top eye, and Tanhua were still "dumplings" by Jiangxi people, and the top ten in the country, Jiangxi occupied five places.

It is precisely in this way that there is also a good story of "Ji'an Mansion has many champions since ancient times, and Jiangxi Province has many Jinshi since ancient times".

Taihe County, under the jurisdiction of Ji'an Prefecture, is located in the Jitai Plain, so it is suitable for agricultural production, so that many children can seek careers through study.

Yinjia Village is a small village far from the county seat, but it is located on the plain, and the vast fields are full of hard-working people who are busy.

In the pine forest at the entrance of the village, there was a large-scale academy, and there was a plaque of "Qingsong Academy" hanging in front of the academy, and the sound of children reading aloud came from inside.

A fat little old man came in a hurry, with a very anxious look on his face, and got out of the carriage and plunged into the academy.

When he saw his brother-in-law here, he cried and begged for help: "Brother-in-law, please save me!" ”

The students who were reciting were disturbed, and they couldn't help but look at each other, and then they all looked at the gentleman sitting in front of them.

Yin Zhi wore a Confucian scarf on his head, wearing a robe similar to a Taoist robe, with wide robes and large sleeves, and a straight waist, like the most standard teacher in the world.

At the moment, he was supervising the student Wen Shu here, and when he saw his wife and brother who suddenly broke in, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and he didn't like to be disturbed in his teaching.

After explaining that his proud disciple Yan Mo was silent, he took his wife and brother to the duty room next to him: "Why are you so flustered, what's going on?" ”

"Brother-in-law, you must save me!" Serious eyes with tears in their eyes, looking full of pleading.

Yin Zhi looked at his wife and brother seriously, and said very solemnly: "Although I still have a little connection in the officialdom, if it is a traitor, please go back!" ”

He Yin Zhi was a natural prodigy, and he was talented at a young age, and he was full of spirit at that time. After successfully passing high school in Jiangxi Township, he became a genius in Jiangxi.

Jingtai was five years old and ranked second in the entrance examination, when he was only twenty-three years old.

Although the ranking in the next palace examination was not high, with his age and the second ranking in the entrance examination, coupled with his face with the grace of a southerner, he was able to enter the Hanlin Academy with the help of the identity of a Shujishi.

At that time, if he knew that this road to the prime minister, which everyone envied, would be so difficult, he would definitely choose to give up the opportunity to enter the Hanlin Academy, even if he had to be exiled to the local magistrate.

Three years later, he successfully stayed in the Hanlin Academy as a Hanlin editor and became a poor Hanlin official.

After more than ten years of career as a Hanlin official, although he did not get the identity of the emperor, he made meritorious contributions to the revision of the "Records of Yingzong", and was later appreciated by Xianzong.

Just when everyone in the officialdom thought that he was dispensable, and even thought that he was gradually moving away from the political center, but in the spring of the eleventh year of Chenghua, he moved to the right waiter of the Ministry of Rites as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.

This promotion was conferred by the Central Decree, and it was not a lofty court push by the civil official group, and he was over-relocated this time, so he was criticized by the civil official group.

However, after suffering in the Hanlin Academy for so long, he had already seen the faces of the hypocrites in the Qing Dynasty, so he chose to take a shortcut like Wan An.

It's just that he is making people, just when he was about to show his strength, he met Ding Wei, so he had to honestly return to his hometown in Jiangxi to keep filial piety.

From the fifth year of Jingtai to the eleventh year of Chenghua, a full twenty-one years of waiting, I finally made up my mind to embark on the principle of confrontation with the civil official group, but just took a step and planted a big fight.

At the end of the three-year period of filial piety, the court has long been a matter of fact, and he, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites who has not yet shown his strength, seems to have been completely forgotten by Yingzong.

Because he had the imprint of the imperial party, and the position of the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites was obtained by the central decree, he was not liked by Yin Min, the secretary of the Ministry at that time.

In fact, this is the real officialdom, even if it is said that it wants to benefit the people, the result is that the party is the same and different, and the most consideration is always personal interests.

It is precisely because of this that he was naturally squeezed out by the civil official group, and the place of resurrection was arranged in Nanjing, where he served as the right attendant of the ministry without real power.

This is another full eight years.

During this period, he was only promoted from the right attendant of the Nanjing Ministry to the left attendant of the Nanjing Minister's Department.

In the 22nd year of Chenghua, Yu Zijun, the secretary of the Ministry of War, used 1.5 million taels and 2.3 million stones of rice beans to enslave countless people, and was impeached for embezzling property by repairing the border wall.

In fact, this kind of thing is not uncommon, whether it is to control the river, or to pass the water, or to build river embankments and borders, it is the most important means for officials to accumulate money.

Although officials such as Ruan Qin, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, shouted for Yu Zijun, Xianzong still decided to order Yu Zijun, who had just taken up the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of War.

In this battle in the court, he finally got the opportunity through his fellow countryman Li Zi Province, and returned to the capital from Nanjing to serve as the left attendant of the household department and the bachelor of Hanlin, and was later appointed as the secretary of the military department.

In the face of the incident of Gulai, the prince of Champang, he did not listen to the proposal of the Ministry of Rites to send Gulai away, but advocated sending an envoy to escort the prince of Champa Gulai back to China.

As if God was deliberately joking on him, he had only been sitting in the position of the secretary of the military department for less than a year, and he had just gained the trust of Yingzong, and as a result, the palace reported the bad news that Yingzong had died of illness.

Young and ambitious, but fate is uncertain, every time even if he can show his strength, he encounters one after another major changes that determine the direction.

By the time he arrived in the Hongzhi New Dynasty, he was tired of the battles in the Ming officialdom, and he believed that the new monarch had already been deceived by Xu Pu and other civil officials, so he took the initiative to choose to retire.

Because he almost never held real power in his entire career, and he thought about his ambitions in less than a year in the military department, his career still maintained the cleanliness of the Hanlin official period.

After returning to Jiangxi from the capital, he also decided to serve as the head of Qingsong Academy in his village, living a plain and fulfilling life.

Although his career has ended, after all, he has studied hard in the Hanlin Academy for more than ten years, and he has not slackened in Nanjing, so he wants to pass on what he has learned all his life.

Now in the face of his wife's brother's plea for help, although he does not have many connections in the officialdom, and is even excluded by the entire civilian-bureaucratic group, his dictionary has never covered up the word, and he does not intend to do anything to appease adultery.

"Brother-in-law, how could I do such a thing, and how could you look at me like this?" Serious seemed very aggrieved, when even the whole story of the matter said: "I bought a piece of land at a low price in the east of the county at the end of last year, and I only thought I had picked up a big bargain, but I didn't conduct a detailed investigation. Who knew that Gou Zhi County suddenly cleared the land, but after measuring it, he found that the land turned out to be a hidden field, so he threatened to go to the court to compile my Yan family into the Diao Min's book! ”

Yin Zhi's eyes narrowed slightly, and when he saw through the truth of the matter, he said: "If this is the case, then someone deliberately dug a hole for you!" ”

"Yes, I have inquired clearly, the Zeng family is behind this matter! If not, how dare that Gou Zhi County not say hello, so he ran the Qingzhang official of Ji'an Mansion over to Qingzhang Tianmu! A flash of hatred flashed in his serious eyes, and he said angrily.

Yin Zhi looked at the matter more deeply, and his eyes flashed with hatred: "If the Zeng family is operating behind the scenes and does not take the opportunity to extort money from you, then this matter is actually coming at me!" (End of chapter)