On the first day of December in the first year of Guangde, there were only seven days before the birthday of the Supreme Emperor. Qiao Yiqi, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Lu Xiangsheng, the second assistant of the cabinet, led dozens of officials from the six departments of the cabinet to go to Emperor Guangde and implore him to immediately implement the "Qi Dynasty Land Acquisition" in the southern provinces. system".
Wang Yingxiong, Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, wrote in a memorial to Emperor Guangde: "In the two provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu, the uneven distribution of money and food burdens the small people. We should follow the story of Liaodong, Shandong, and Henan to abolish foot binding, level land rights, abolish private property, and destroy people." The big households copied the Jin gentry and enriched the national treasury..."
Chen Zizhuang, the Minister of Rites, wrote: "The whole world is the land of the king. Regardless of whether the land is divided into north or south, all laws should be followed. National taxation depends on the southeast. Taicang, Suzhou and Hangzhou, the sacred land, should take the lead in setting an example, so that Fujian, Guangdong, Bashu and Shu can follow suit."
In addition, Chen Zizhuang also suggested that in Zhejiang and Jiangsu, not only should land rights be equalized and private property should be abolished, but also those large households that had previously funded Zheng Sen Zuo Liangyu should be held accountable and punished according to the amount of assets of each household... ··
In addition to cabinet ministers, governors and prefects from various places in Shandong and Henan went to court one after another to persuade the young emperor to follow the example of the Supreme Emperor and use thunderous means to kill the rich and relieve the poor, save the people in Jiangnan and consolidate the "Qi Dynasty Land Acquisition System".
A student in Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province even wrote a letter in blood, imploring Liu Kan to restore the former Ming Dynasty skinning system to deal with the big landowners who annexed the country's land. He especially named the Xu Jie family in Songjiang Prefecture. It is said that as of the first year of Guangde, the Xu family occupied There are as many as 200,000 acres of fertile land...
The storm is about to come and the wind is filling the building.
Liu Kan ignored these memorials from all over the country.
However, the young emperor only verbally commended several Liaodong prefects with radical attitudes, and had no other expressions.
On the seventh day of December, the day before the Emperor's Longevity Festival (the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month), the Minister of War blocked Yinxi's expedition and asked Wu Aheng's regiment to go south to block the Yangtze River estuary with naval warships to prevent Zheng Sen's pirates.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see who the navy is trying to guard against when it appears at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
At the same time, the main forces of the corps stationed in Nanjing also showed signs of dispatching troops to Hangzhou, Suzhou, Taicang and other places.
This series of coquettish maneuvers by the monarchs and ministers of Qi State stunned the wealthy gentry in the south who had lived in peace for many years.
It's okay to say that Fujian and Guangxi were beyond the reach of the Qi army. However, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui and other provinces close to Nanjing were completely under the threat of Qi. The wealthy gentry in these places were so frightened that they were at a loss. Some were even scared to death.
There are many aristocratic families in Taicang, Suzhou and Hangzhou, including the Taicang Wang family (Wang Xijue, Wang Shizhen, etc.), the Suzhou Xu family (Xu Yannu's lineage), the Songjiang Xu family (Xu Jie)...
These hairpin families have been passed down for hundreds of years, such as the Taicang Wang family, which is a branch of the Taiyuan Wang family.
For them, let alone Liu Qi and Ming Dynasty, they have never seen any storms, from the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty to the Battle of Yashan in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Changing dynasties is not a big deal in front of these people. It is just a matter of working in another company, with the same high-ranking official and generous salary, and the same dominance of one party.
For example, Wang Xijue, a wealthy family in Taicang Prefecture and the chief minister of the Wanli Dynasty, was squeezed out of Beijing by Zhang Juzheng after the love affair, but he was able to make a comeback.
Wang Xijue was not as talented as Zhang Juzheng. He came to the throne through his daughter Wang Taozhenbo, influenced the local area through his daughter's reputation (Yunyangzi), and then influenced the court's public opinion. Shortly after Zhang Juzheng's death, Wang Xijue returned to the center of power.
In the second year of Wanli, Wang Taozhen ascended to heaven in Zhitang, Taicang (the Taoist passed away), with more than 100,000 people watching. This incident alarmed the court and brought great fame to Wang Xijue, who was idle at home.
One hundred thousand people, such a big scene, it is impossible to say that there is no support from Wang Xijue behind it.
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These aristocratic families, who were previously very majestic and dominated the place, suddenly discovered that they had entered a strange country.
The gang of northern pirates in Nanjing City don't play according to the routine at all.
Instead of following the example of the sages and benevolent kings, and not knowing the truth that the imperial power did not extend to the county, they shouted for beatings and killings when they came up, and they also wanted to bring the land-dividing activities of Liaodong to the south.
Give the free money to those mud-legged people, give it to the untouchables! Isn’t this a crime?
What shocked the wealthy family in particular was that the little emperor, who originally looked harmless and benevolent, turned out to be a tyrant, even more cruel than his father!
It was not easy to escape. There were soldiers from Qi on both sides, including the sea.
According to the laws of Daqi, anyone who escapes with property without any reason will be executed.
The only thing that pleased the Jin gentry was that not all of the eight cabinet ministers supported the implementation of the "Qi Dynasty Land Acquisition System." In other words, there is still a chance for things to turn around.
Moreover, the Supreme Emperor never expressed his stance on this matter from the beginning to the end. In other words, there was a rift between the Supreme Emperor and the young emperor.
Although Emperor Guangde has taken charge of the government, everyone with a discerning eye knows that the military and political power of Qi has always been in the hands of Liu Kan's father, Liu Zhaosun.
Among the cabinet, those who did not report to the emperor were Wang Huazhen, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and Jiang Dejing, the Minister of Punishments.
Jin Shen seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw.
At the beginning of December, all the big houses in Suzhou and Hangzhou asked for connections, sent gifts, and wrote letters. They wished they could cross the threshold of the two ministers' families. They only asked the two ministers to "have mercy on Suhang and not to treat cruel officials." Running rampant in the southeast, protecting the traitors, exploiting the wealthy gentry, and causing chaos in the government."
Wang and Jiang neither declined nor accepted these requests, but were vague.
They said that the court would not "compete with the people for profit", nor would it bully wealthy households, and asked everyone to wait with peace of mind.
Although the Holy Emperor is young, he is wise and powerful and is not inferior to the Supreme Emperor. I believe Emperor Guangde will give everyone a satisfactory explanation.
Finally, Wang Huazhen emphasized that Daqi would never wrongly accuse a good person, nor let a bad person go.
The two cabinet ministers' tai chi and mud fights failed to stabilize people's hearts at all. Instead, they made the wealthy southeastern gentry feel even more frightened...
Amidst the uneasy mood, the time came to the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Guangde.
The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the birthday of Emperor Liu Zhaosun, which is also the so-called Tianshou Festival.
During the Jin Dynasty, "the edict was to regard the birthday as the Tianshou Festival." According to "Yuan Shi" records: "When the Emperor's birthday falls in August, it is called the Tianshou Festival."
The birthdays of ethnic minority emperors are no less spectacular and lively than those in the Central Plains.
The ministers of the Yuan Dynasty congratulated him with "hundreds of millions of years of life".
The Supreme Emperor arose from Liaodong, and had bloody alliances with Jianzhou, Haixi Jurchens, and the Mongols on more than one occasion.
He already had a barbarian temperament in his bones. When he was guarding Kaiyuan, many customs in the General Military Mansion were influenced by the Mongolian Jurchens.
Therefore, it is not groundless for the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Dynasties to call Liu Zhaosun the Northern Captive.
On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, lanterns were decorated inside and outside Nanjing. Emperor Guangde led his cabinet ministers to congratulate the Supreme Emperor on his birthday.
Thousands of congratulatory forms were sent to Nanjing from Daqi's territory of more than 10 million square kilometers, and the imperial records were piled high.
The Emperor rejoiced with the people and ordered the city of Nanjing to suspend the curfew for three days and exempt some merchants from commercial taxes for half a year.
The people of Nanjing are grateful, but for the wealthy gentry in Suzhou and Hangzhou, this new year is destined to be difficult.
Starting from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, a strange atmosphere has filled the cities of Suzhou, Hangzhou and Taicang.
The bustling scene of the market in the past has disappeared, and the wealthy and well-to-do families who usually look good seem to have suddenly withered away overnight.
On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Wang Heng (zi Chenyu, son of Wang Xijue) who was unemployed in Taicang Prefecture quickly ordered his servants to paint the red door of his house black. The vermilion door was originally forbidden, but the rules of the Ming Dynasty were relaxed, and the Wang family It is also a prominent family in Loucheng (Taicang), so naturally no one cares about it.
But now, times have changed, and the vermilion door is a real trespass.
More importantly, it is suspected of showing off wealth. During this extraordinary period, it is easy to get into trouble for the Wang family.
The green-skinned turtles who showed off their power on the streets of Suzhou have also disappeared, as if they have disappeared from the world.
According to the "Qi Dynasty Land Acquisition System", these green skins will be sent to Ninggu Pagoda for military conscription. If there is a life in hand, they will be skinned directly...
The most shocking thing is that some officials who usually have a bad reputation either set themselves on fire with their families, or took their family property and ran away overnight to Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.
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