Chapter 423

The headline on the front page of the "Daming Imperial Times" wrote an anonymous vernacular article, which was written about Zhou Yanru of Nanming, because of Cheng Shijie, an otherworldly butterfly, Zhou Yanru occupied a place in Nanming.

It's just that he is very frightened now, and the newspapers revealed that if he had accumulated hundreds of millions of fortunes by evading taxes and living a life of poverty and luxury. The person who wrote this article is really capable, even how much Zhou Yanru makes every month, how much taxes he evades, and then how much money he spends on a certain day in a certain year, month and which concubine he can find out clearly.

The core idea of this article is one sentence: Look, this bastard spends much more than the tax payable for a casual meal, but they just don't want to pay, and they are forcing us little people to pay!

Zhou Yanru rubbed his temples with a headache, and secretly wondered in his heart: "How did the thief find this?" ”

Zhou Yanru is very strange, he is not like someone who is a good man, he only has one time in his life, or because he drank too much, he gave Yang Pu, who was talking with him at night, and gave Yang Pu, a person from Hangzhou, who was drinking and talking, and afterwards, Zhou Yanru was afraid that others would find out and affect his reputation, so he let Yang Pu die, but the problem is that he has all died in this matter, Yang Pu and his scholars, long followers, and servants, all seven people were killed, and a fire was burned into charcoal.

Even the person who personally operated the knife was killed, but what Zhou Yanru didn't know was that Yang Pu, the bitter master of this matter, did not die, but after escaping from death, in order to escape the persecution of Zhou Yanru, Yang Pu assumed the alias Yang Zhongming and became the small banner of Nanjing Jinyiwei.

This time, Cheng Shijie wanted to make all the small courts and gentry in Jiangnan stink, and when he saw Zhou Yanru's name, he pushed the boat down the river and added this old case.

At this time, when the officials of the Nanjing Imperial Court saw this article, they all felt incredible, many of them knew Zhou Yanru, although these things were not secrets, but it was not easy to find out so clearly, but Cheng Shijie did it, and almost effortlessly ripped off their bottoms!

Hell, did he put eyeliner on everyone's house?

If so, that's terrible!

……

Beijing, Dongzhimen, Chengfu.

Although Cheng Shijie became the regent of the state, he did not live in the Forbidden City, at this time the Forbidden City was mostly empty, and the palace and eunuchs of the original Chongzhen Dynasty were no longer alive.

Cheng Shijie likes to live in his own home, so that he can sleep peacefully.

In fact, there are not a few officials who disclose their property in the newspaper, but there are not many who really divide their families, Sun Zhili asked with some puzzlement: "Your Majesty, why do you have to divide the family?" ”

Cheng Shijie did not directly answer Sun Zhixi's question, but asked rhetorically: "Yongyan, have you watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? ”

"Know a little bit about it!"

Cheng Shijie has read the Three Kingdoms, and Cheng Shijie has read a copy of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" countless times, and at different ages, the perception of reading the Three Kingdoms is different.

At the beginning, Cheng Shijie liked Lu Bu, handsome and fierce, hanging and blowing up the sky, killing his father-in-law if he didn't say a word, and later he fell in love with Zhao Zilong with a white horse and a silver gun, and then Zhuge Liang, at that time, Cheng Shijie didn't know what a conspiracy was, what a hero was, what a war was, and what an era was.

It wasn't until he became the chief clerk of the office of Hangang Group that Cheng Shijie's understanding of the Three Kingdoms was different, and he began to like Cao Cao and understand Cao Cao's difficulties and hardships.

Cheng Shijie asked, "Do you know why Cao Cao wanted to kill Bian Rang?" ”

Why did Cao Cao kill Bian Rang? Whether it is the official history or the romance, it will be said that Bian Rang scolded Cao Cao, Cao Cao killed Bian Rang in a fit of rage, and then the whole Yanzhou rebelled, and Cao Cao almost became a rogue with no territory.

Sun Zhili knew that Cheng Shijie's question was definitely not the answer recorded in the history books, and he said insincerely: "Minister, I think Cao Cao is narrow-minded......"

Cheng Shijie shook his head and said, "Yongyan, do you believe that Cao Cao is a narrow-minded person?" ”

"Don't believe ......"

Sun Zhilan faintly understood Cheng Shijie's allusion.

Cheng Shijie said: "Do you think that Cao Cao doesn't know the consequences after killing Bian Rang?" ”

"You should know, right?"

"Since Cao Cao knows the consequences of killing Bian Rang, why did he kill Bian Rang?"

"This ......"

"Because he didn't have a choice!"

Cheng Shijie did not continue to dwell on this issue, but said directly: "Then back then, when the Ning Navy was founded, why did I lead the Ning Navy to cross to southern Liaoning?" ”

"The king was ...... No other way! ”

Cheng Shijie said: "Actually, Cao Cao had no choice at that time, because at that time, the eighteen princes begged Dong, Cao Cao was defeated by Xu Rong under Dong Zhuo, and he was injured, but fortunately he was rescued by Cao Hong, and the soldiers were almost lost, so it can be said that he almost broke his bones. ”

"Nothing in history!"

"Definitely not more than 5,000 centaurs!"

Cheng Shijie continued: "How should Cao Cao choose at that time? He has no choice but to set up Qifu, defeat the Yellow Turban, collect more than 300,000, and have a population of more than 1 million, so the question is, what will Cao Cao feed these million Qingzhou Yellow Turbans? He can only find the Yanzhou Shi clan to make a fate, obviously, Bian Rang is not a bird Cao Cao, Cao Cao killed Bian Rang, not all because Bian Rang scolded Cao Cao, but because of food, he wants to live, he will love millions of yellow scarves to live, only by killing Bian Rang and copying Bian Rang's home, can he get food and land! ”

Cheng Shijie only later felt that Cao Cao's difficulty, he hit Xuzhou for food, however, Xuzhou Tao Qian asked Charong to transport the grain away, originally wanted to transport it to Xuzhou Zhizhi Tan County, but Charong transported the grain to Guangling, so Cao Cao could only fight all the way and slaughter the city all the way.

Cao Cao didn't know that killing Bian Rang would cut himself off from Yanzhou? He knew, but he had no choice, at that time, he was not like the Yuan clan of the fourth world and the third duke, he could get the support of the world's corporal clan, and he could only rely on the Yellow Turban Army who was born in mud legs, but if he wanted the Yellow Turban Army to give him his life, he had to feed the Yellow Turban Army, more than one million mouths, how much food did he need?

It can be said that Cao Cao was brought out.

Cheng Shijie sympathized with Cao Cao, because he was forced along the way, Cheng Shijie didn't want to die, so he could only go on step by step.

Sun Zhilan was frightened into a cold sweat.

Cheng Shijie will definitely not tell the story of Cao Cao for no reason, especially when he told Cao Cao to kill Bian Rang, Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou, and Bian Rang was famous and influential, thinking that Cao Cao would not dare to do anything to him, but as a result, Bian Rang was wrong and died of annihilation.

In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty could rely on the scholars to unify the world, and in the last years of Cao Wei, Sima Yan could also rely on the scholars to unify the world, but the problem was that the scholars and gate valves needed too much, and even if they relied on them, they would backfire.

The Eastern Han Dynasty died because of the Shi clan, and the two Jin Dynasty also died because of the Shi clan.

Although the Ming Dynasty did not rely on the scholars to start a family, but the nobles of the Ming Dynasty became the new gate valve, and the gentry became the cancer of the Ming Dynasty, and Cheng Shijie would not allow the existence of the gate valve, although the Sun family maintained a close relationship with Cheng Shijie, but Cheng Shijie was the first to let the Sun family separate.

The conversation between Sun Zhili and Cheng Shijie spread in a small area, and there were more and more ministers and generals who were separated, of course, there was actually no big family in Ning Haijun's lineage, because at most, like Chen Dayong, so far, there are more than 40 children, and others are even less.

It will take a long time for Chen Dayong to establish the Chen family, however, in fact, among Chen Dayong's more than forty children, only one can barely be regarded as a master, and that is Chen Zhong who followed Cheng Jiayue. Companion reading only.

In short, the big families within the Ming Empire are busy dividing their families, because the separation means that they can pay less taxes, and the Ming Dynasty now has no tax-free land except for the 100 acres of tax-free land for the fallen martyrs.

In fact, some people also proposed legislation to pre-impose a time limit on the tax exemption of this piece of land, but Cheng Shijie did not agree, because his goal was to exempt all agricultural taxes.

As long as the industrial revolution is realized, the focus of national tax revenue will shift in the future, and this article can be said to be unnecessary.

Of course, because Cheng Shijie's spring ploughing is not a war order, it is divided into three major parts in the world, other small courts are busy drunk and dreaming of death, and the small court in Jiangnan is busy fighting for power and profit, while Li Zicheng of Western Qin has completed the complete control of Western Qin, and at the same time changed the military system, rested and rested, and prepared for a big war.

Cheng Shijie completed the household registration and land reform for the northern provinces, and more than three months passed unconsciously, and the time soon came to the end of March, and the spring ploughing officially ended.

In fact, the current Ming Royal Army is already a professional army, which is completely different from the original guard system, they don't actually need to farm, but only need to fight.

The real purpose of Cheng Shijie's promulgation of the spring ploughing non-war order is actually to let the people of Jiangnan, Huainan and Guanzhong have a chance to breathe.

Seeing that the war in the south of the Yangtze River was getting closer and closer, Cheng Shijie came to Liaodong lightly, located in the Agricultural College in Xinghai City, where there is an inconspicuous small rural village with a small farm, only a few hundred households.

Although there are only 100 households, these people are very strong and have sharp eyes. Because in this humble peasant lived a big man.

That is Emperor Chongzhen, at this time Emperor Chongzhen was dressed in a short shirt, barefoot against the scorching sun to pick up a hoe, digging in the field is planting potatoes, probably in the past few months, his lean and thin face has a little more meat, it seems a lot more energetic.

Seeing Cheng Shizhuo appear in front of him, he was stunned, as if he couldn't believe his eyes.

Emperor Chongzhen's hand holding the hoe was a little tight, and the people around him came over one after another, forming a big circle, they were all good hands under Chen Guodong, responsible for protecting Emperor Chongzhen.

Of course, it's called protection, but it's actually surveillance.

Cheng Shijie was the first to break the silence: "Why, I haven't seen you for a few months, and I don't know each other?" Here's a few people to help unload the things, hurry! ”

Cheng Shijie gave an order, and the people around him unloaded things with all their hands and feet, a whole cart, dried fruits, fresh fruits, vegetables, beef and so on, not anything valuable, but absolutely delicious.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the large number of things, pointed at Cheng Shijie and said with a smile: "You...... It's still the same, it hasn't changed at all! ”

Cheng Shijie shrugged: "I think I'm fine now, there's no need to change anything." How's it going, how are you doing here? ”

Emperor Chongzhen threw down the hoe and patted off the soil on his hands: "It's okay, food and clothing are worry-free, and you don't need to worry about a lot of things, I obviously don't know how to deal with it, but I have to deal with it, those things are too troublesome, and too nerve-wracking, it's better now, all day long, if you want to drink tea, just drink tea, think about riding a horse, fishing and fishing, and you can farm when you are really idle, and you can be at ease, very comfortable." ”

Is this the Chongzhen version of this in the fun?

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen did not hate Cheng Shijie on the surface, Cheng Shijie raised his vigilance instead, Emperor Chongzhen has progressed and learned not to show joy and anger.

Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "You are at ease, leaving me a super mess, almost didn't exhaust me to death, or else, let's change?" ”

"Change?"

Chongzhen's expression darkened, he was silent, for a long time, and sighed deeply: "Do you want to send me on the road?" ”

"Aren't you afraid of death?"

"What is the fear of death? What's the joy of life? ”

The two fell silent again.

Cheng Shijie waved his hand and said, "What are you doing in a daze, work!" ”

A group of chefs barbecued meat, sheep slaughtered sheep, and soon, the yard was filled with a rich aroma of food, which made people salivate. After tossing for a long time, the table was full of delicious delicacies with all the colors and flavors.

At this time, Queen Zhou and Concubine Tian Guifei also came out to participate in the banquet with several little princes and princesses, gobbling them up one by one, eating with a mouthful of oil.

As for Concubine Yuan, she had disappeared so far, and Emperor Chongzhen asked suspiciously, "What about Concubine Yuan?" ”

"Concubine Yuan is gone!"

Emperor Chongzhen's expression darkened again, he thought that if he left, he would die, but the problem was that Concubine Yuan was really gone, but she was no longer Concubine Yuan, but became Mrs. Shen.

Shen Mingyu's movements were quite fast, and Mrs. Shen was already pregnant.

Cheng Shijie is no different from before, he should eat and drink.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Empress Zhou and several princes and princesses, acting as if they were going to a dead end, Cheng Shijie poured him wine, no matter how much he poured, he was dry, but he looked a little arrogant.

After being full of wine and food, the prince and the princesses followed Queen Zhou to clean up the house, and in the courtyard warm pavilion, Cheng Shijie and Chongzhen were staring at each other lying on the chaise longue.

"What do you regret?"

Emperor Chongzhen sighed and said, "I want to see, see how you do it, how you are stronger than me!" ”

Cheng Shijie did not hide it, the current situation, 1510 to Emperor Chongzhen one by one, after learning the content of Cheng Shijie's new policy, Emperor Chongzhen was stunned, and simply admitted that he did not have the courage to make such a reform, but Cheng Shijie vigorously pushed the reform on the right track, which shows that he is destined to be this emperor.

"I also thought about taking drastic measures like him and getting rid of all malpractices, but I couldn't do it, and the more I tried to do it, the worse things became."

Chongzhen's expression was a little bitter, "It's too difficult to be an emperor, if you can suppress the ministers, you are the Son of Heaven, and if you can't suppress the ministers, you are a puppet, and I don't want to talk about the Son of Heaven, I don't even have the qualifications to be a puppet, and I let the ministers lead the way from beginning to end, obviously I have made a big mistake and think that my choice is right...... If it weren't for you and Lu Qing's family, I'm afraid that the surname Nurhachi would have been in the world at this time, I ...... Ashamed of you, loyal ministers, and ashamed of thousands of loyal and brave soldiers! ”

"I have to correct you a little, this world will never have the surname Nurhachi?"

"How is that possible?"

"Huang Taiji's surname is Aixin Jueluo!"

“(⊙o⊙)……”

"Do you regret it?"

(End of chapter)