Ma Jing is a scholar, so he naturally has many former classmates here, including scholars and scholars. Not only in the county, but also in the government, there are his classmates.
When these people heard that Ma Jing was back, almost all of them came to see him. Most of them have the title of scholar, and many people have been promoted. After all, there is a difference between lifting people and lifting people.
Some people can only pass the imperial examination in their forties or fifties, but some people, such as Ma Jing, are only in their twenties and have passed the imperial examination in high school, and there is a great possibility that they will become imperial examination in high school in the future.
With such a great talent, if these people didn't come to contact Ma Jing quickly while he was still in high school, would they have to wait until the future?
In the future, after Ma Jing becomes a Jinshi in high school, even if they come here, they will probably be inferior to Ma Jing. It would be great if they can not only be submissive in front of Ma Jing, but what kind of relationship can they still have?
In the past few days, Ma Jing's house has been crowded with scholars from all over the country, and it is almost as lively as a banquet.
No, in the eyes of Majiacun people, this is more lively than a banquet held by the whole village. After all, the people who came here were all at least a scholar, and there were even many senior officials. Even the county magistrate came in person. How can we invite so many noble people to hold a banquet in an ordinary village?
Ma Jing always maintained a gentle smile on his face. Regardless of whether the visitor was a former scholar classmate or a senior scholar, Ma Jing could treat everyone equally and warmly. They even took the initiative to mention some interesting things that happened between them when they were students, which instantly made the guests laugh happily.
This communication skill was only developed by Ma Jing in the academy. Although he was successful as a young man in the past, his personality was somewhat introverted, or timid.
After going to the academy, Ma Jing was a little uncomfortable at first. Everything in the academy was very different from what he had imagined. There was no politeness among classmates, and when they met, they always bowed and bowed in greetings.
Instead, they were paving roads, laying down mats, using stumbling blocks, etc. Such a scene made Ma Jing think for a while that he was not coming to some holy land in his mind, but rather to the lair of some deceitful photographer.
After experiencing a series of blows, no matter how hard he tried, his money would always be defrauded by his classmates in various inexplicable ways, and he could not even eat enough, Ma Jing realized it!
What is about being kind to others, what is about living in harmony... Ma Jing discovered that these things are bullshit when he is hungry. What he needs most at this time is to fill his stomach, and all other principles are empty talk that smells bad!
As a result, Ma Jing gradually went astray, or in other words, he took the initiative to get along with his classmates.
Not to mention, Ma Jing is extremely talented in deceiving and abducting, and he soon became a ruthless figure in this school, and countless classmates were deceived by him. Mainly because he was born as a farmer and has an honest and honest face, which naturally makes people think that he will not lie to others. Just with this face, Ma Jing is like a duck in water in the academy.
Later, Ma Jing discovered that although he had deceived many of his classmates, of course these people hated him, but after learning that this was allowed by the college, they were relieved by Ma Jing's move. Some people even became close friends with him.
Such a contrast made Ma Jing begin to doubt his views of the past twenty years.
And because of the need to deceive and deceive, Ma Jing has also developed the ability to make anyone feel like a spring breeze in just a few sentences, no matter who he wants to be.
Now that this kind of ability is used to deal with these former classmates, it is simply killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.
In just a short period of time, Ma Jing made everyone feel very satisfied with him.
Seeing that the atmosphere at the wine table has reached its peak, everyone is now following his lead. Ma Jing stood up holding the wine glass and raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.
When everyone looked at him and the scene calmed down, Ma Jing paused and said, "You are all fellow villagers and classmates of Ma Jing. Ma Jing's return to his hometown has alarmed you, and we are extremely frightened. Especially the company. My old parents (county magistrate) were all alarmed, which really made Ma Jing extremely grateful and felt your deep friendship."
"Ma Jing is not talented. Let's pay a toast to my parents first..." After saying that, Ma Jing held the wine glass in both hands and turned sideways to salute the county magistrate.
The county magistrate is just a scholar. Although he is now a county magistrate, he still has no confidence in front of a promising candidate like Ma Jing.
Seeing Ma Jing's respect, he quickly stood up and kept saying: "I can't do it, I can't do it..."
But Ma Jing didn't hesitate in his actions.
Seeing that he couldn't shirk the situation, the county magistrate had no choice but to speak modestly and return Ma Jing's words half-heartedly.
After a glass of wine, the magistrate seemed to feel that he had never drunk such a delicious wine. Although the drink may be ordinary, this drink was given to him by Ma Jing!
Ma Jing stretched out his hand to ask the county magistrate to sit down, then poured himself a second cup and said: "This second cup, Ma Jing would like to thank you all for remembering Ma Jing and coming here to greet Ma Jing. Let's drink this together." cup!"
"Okay, okay, okay..."
"Drink together, drink together!"
After finishing the drink, Ma Jing asked Shi Ran to pour himself a third glass of wine.
He raised the wine glass and faced everyone, and said: "This third glass of wine is because Ma Jing has something unclear. I hope you can clear up Ma Jing's confusion."
After speaking, Ma Jing drank the wine in one gulp.
There was a drop of crystal hanging on the lips, and it stayed along the corners of the mouth.
Is there something they need to clear up?
Everyone was immediately confused after hearing this. They glanced at each other and didn't know what Ma Jing was talking about. They had no choice but to look at Ma Jing and wait for his next words.
Ma Jing put the empty wine glass on the table, stretched out his hand to pull open the chair behind him, walked out of his seat, and said while pacing: "When we came back, I heard that some people wrote a petition to oppose the Ministry of Household's change of the tax system. I don't know. Have you heard about this?"
There was a big fuss about changing the tax system. Everyone was a scholar who cared about national affairs, so of course they knew about it.
But at this time, no one spoke rashly. Because he didn't know what Ma Jing's plan was when he suddenly mentioned this matter. If it is said well and in line with Ma Jing's plan, then everyone will naturally be happy. But if the words are not good and tit for tat with Ma Jing, wouldn't it be embarrassing? They are soft-spoken, after all, they are still sitting at Ma Jing's banquet.
Seeing that no one spoke, Ma Jing looked back at the county magistrate and asked with a smile: "Have your parents heard of it?"
Seeing that he couldn't escape, the county magistrate had no choice but to nod his head and said: "Of course I have heard of this matter, and I also heard that some people in this county have been admitted to the Book of Ten Thousand People."
"Why do people want to write thousands of books?" Ma Jing continued to ask.
The county magistrate pondered for a moment, then twirled his beard and said: "I heard that the tax system of the Ministry of Household Affairs is not good for the people, so the people signed up for the Wanmin Book. But I don't know what happened. The people signed up for the Wanmin Book. That is the people's own business, and it is not my place to interfere."
The Ming Dynasty is no better than the Yuan Dynasty. Because of Lao Zhu, the people of the Ming Dynasty had a very strong backbone! The people have the power to hold the imperial edict and arrest local officials and take them to the capital.
Lao Zhu passed away not long ago, but the deterrent power of this imperial edict is still there. Therefore, ordinary officials are unwilling to conflict with the people.
The county magistrate's explanation was reasonable and reasonable, but also implicitly expressed his indifferent attitude towards the matter.
Ma Jing smiled and nodded secretly to the county magistrate, then turned and said to everyone: "We just came back and heard some people saying that the changes in the tax system by the Ministry of Household Affairs were harmful to the people. But what we heard in the capital was somewhat different. "
When the others heard this, there was a sudden commotion, and the noise was about to rise.
Ma Jing quickly raised his hand to stop everyone's discussion and said loudly: "Everyone, since we came back, we have heard all kinds of discussions about the tax system of the Ministry of Household Affairs. There are all kinds of things, but It is far different from what we learned in the capital. Some of them are completely made up out of thin air, and some people are confusing the public and talking nonsense!"
"Well, since Ma Juren came from the capital, why not tell us what the tax system of this household department is like?"
"Yes, there are all kinds of rumors these days, which makes everyone panic. Now that Ma Juren is back, why not have a good talk with everyone, which can be regarded as taking away some of our worries and putting things in perspective! "
Ma Jing suddenly burst into laughter, pointed at the person who just spoke and said, "Okay, that's well said. You should listen with a straight face!"
After saying that, Ma Jing paused, raised his hand, and said loudly to everyone: "The Ministry of Household Change of the tax system has four main points: one is to clear the land...the other is to pay taxes uniformly... ...The third is to share the land with the farmers...The fourth is to pay in money..."
Ma Jing started from the four key points of the tax system and explained it to everyone in detail bit by bit. Of course, it doesn't mean that others will believe what he says.
Those who had doubts raised them on the spot, and Ma Jing started the mode of verbal battle with Confucian scholars, answering and explaining each one one by one until everyone was satisfied.
The Ming Dynasty was only thirty-two years after the founding of the People's Republic of China. At this time, the official, gentry and landlord class had not yet been formed. Many people who have passed the examination and gained fame as a scholar were also born as farmers. They knew the hard work of the people and were passionate, so they all agreed with Ma Jing's words.
"Thanks to Ma Juren, I was able to let you know today that the imperial court changed the tax system in order to make taxation fairer and to reduce the suffering of the people from labor..."
"Yes, it turns out that we all misunderstood the court..."
Seeing this, Ma Jing said loudly: "Everyone, this move of the imperial court can be said to be beneficial to the country and the people. But now there are villains at work, trying to confuse the public and deceive the people. We, who are receiving the imperial salary, should share the worries of the imperial court. We should immediately put things right and put things right!"
"Okay, Ma Juren said it well. The Ming Dynasty has been raising scholars for thirty years, and it is today that we speak out for justice. We should set things right and put things right!"
"Change things out of chaos and put things in perspective!"
"Change things out of chaos and put things in perspective..."
Seeing the turbulent crowd, Ma Jing straightened his face, bowed to the people with his hands raised, as if delivering a great trust, and solemnly said: "Ma Jing, please take care of all my classmates!"
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