The manor where the talented Wanping scholar Zhu Guoshou lived was brightly lit. The hall of the manor was filled with guests. Of course, Zhu Guoshou's guests are all scholar-like figures. Some are dressed in rich and luxurious clothes, and some are shabby. At first glance, they look like poor people... I wonder if they are from Shaanxi, which suffers from drought every year? Or lost the Liaodong Juren wandering in the customs in his hometown?
However, everyone's atmosphere was very lively, and there were several young men who were either elegant, capable, or full of righteousness, all expressing their opinions. Niu Jinxing was also among them, but he was not the one surrounded by all the disciples, but just relatively close to these scholar leaders.
"Brother Zhusheng, Brother Qiandu, and Brother Weidou, fortunately there are three of you who have come forward to stand up for the people of the world!"
"Brothers Zhusheng, Gandu, and Weidou are worthy of being role models for our generation of scholars, and we admire them endlessly!"
"With Brother Zhusheng, Brother Qiandu, and Brother Weidou taking the lead, we can become famous..."
"Yes, to be able to follow Brother Zhusheng, Brother Gandu, and Brother Weidou to do such important things that will leave a name in history is to lose your reputation as a scholar, but you will not live up to this life!"
Everyone was talking about it, and they all looked like they were determined to save the lives of the people. It has been more than 200 years since the Ming Dynasty promoted the nobility and military power and gave preferential treatment to scholars. Although some places did not treat scholars as favorably as in the Song Dynasty - the main reason was that the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were at risk of moving their heads! But the overall preferential treatment actually exceeded that of the Song Dynasty. Because the Song Dynasty did not have the two titles of being a scholar and a scholar.
Scholars who want to go to Beijing to take the exam must first get a recommendation from the county, and then go to the state capital to take the exam. Only after passing the exam can they have a temporary status as a scholar and can take the Jinshi exam once... If you fail the exam, you have to start from scratch.
Because there is no meritorious service or reputation as a scholar, there is no exemption or exemption. Therefore, most of the scholars in the Song Dynasty were ordinary civilian households. Unless they were from official families, they were official households that could be exempted.
However, the number of official families is limited after all. There are tens of thousands of them in the country. Therefore, the scope of exemptions in the Song Dynasty was very small, which is why the Song Dynasty was not afraid of land annexation... The annexation of land through buying and selling and the annexation through privileged appropriation and deception were both efficient and cost-effective. They are all different.
Therefore, in terms of the amount of benefits actually provided, the Ming Dynasty was actually the dynasty that provided the best support for scholars... It is a pity that it did not do well even after more than two hundred years.
But now, Zhu Youjian's efforts to promote the "one-stop grain payment" for the eight prefectures in Beizhili have made scholars all over the world realize that something is wrong.
This is to take away their privileges!
Without the exemption...they would have to pay taxes on the land they occupy! Even if the tax is three to five liters per acre, it is still a tax, and it is cutting off their flesh!
The "Brother Zhusheng" among the three people surrounded by these scholars with cunt tails is Zhu Guoshou, a talented man from Wanping. He is now being cut off... His family owns 600 acres in Wanping County. The land is not that much, but plus the summer and autumn taxes, you still have to pay 30 shi of wheat a year!
30 stones!
His family's 600 acres of land only received less than 200 kilograms of wheat in rent. Now more than ten percent of it will be lost. Can you not feel sad?
Moreover, he recently heard rumors that the commercial tax exemptions in the eight prefectures of Beizhili will also be cancelled. (In fact, the commercial tax exemptions are an unspoken rule.) There are several shops in Wanping County that have his name Zhu Juren In his name, he gets hundreds of taels of silver into his account every year while sitting at home.
Once the "preferential exemption" is cancelled, the hundreds of taels of silver will be lost to zero!
Of course, Zhu Guoshou had good knowledge and background. He was related to many Shilin bosses in Beizhili. Most of his subjects require high school, and once he is in high school, if he goes to a better county and makes a little money, he can earn 2,000 taels a year. It can completely make up for the losses at home... But Zhu Guoshou still has to stand up for Shilin in Beizhili!
It's not that he wants to stand up, but there is an invisible force pushing him out!
Today in Shilin, Beizhili, the young talents of the generation are generally recognized as Wei Zaode of Tongzhou and Zhu Guoshou of Wanping.
Wei Zaode has already taken the path of military merit and is now a confidant of the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Although he has recently received a parole and is preparing to take the Jinshi exam, he can't stand up... because he will die if he stands up. !
And although Wei Zaode is known as a scholar, he is actually Zhu Youjian's new nobleman... Wei Zaode has been awarded the status of a knight in front of the tent and received 500 acres of knight land. This is to take the path of becoming a marquis for meritorious service, which is equivalent to becoming a shareholder of the Ming Dynasty.
The scholars in the world are not shareholders of the Ming Dynasty. At most, they are just small bosses at the grassroots level. Their identities are different and their positions are different.
Since Wei Zaode cannot stand up, then Zhu Guoshou must and can only stand up and act as the backbone of scholars in Beizhili!
Sitting with Zhu Guoshou, the man called "Brother Qiandu" was named Zhang Pu. He was a great talent in Taicang County, Suzhou Prefecture. He and his fellow countryman Zhang Cai (Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen) were called "Lou Dong Er Zhang". In addition to the name of a talented scholar, Zhang Pu also has another identity. He is the successor of Donglin and the founder of Fushe!
With this level of status, he must stand up and give a shout out to the scholars in the world!
Whether it is Donglin or Fushe, it is ultimately an organization of scholars... and represents the interests of the landlord class intellectuals.
Another scholar known as "Brother Wei Dou" was Zhang Pu's hometown and a native of Changzhou County, Suzhou Prefecture. His name was Yang Tingshu. He ranked first in the Yingtian Township Examination in South Zhili in the third year of Chongzhen! He is also the successor of Donglin and the leader of Fushe.
So he had no choice, either go back home, don't come to this competition, and don't be a leader of the restoration society in the future. Or you have to write a letter to protect the interests of the world's scholars!
Of course, safeguarding the interests of the world's scholars is not a dishonorable thing. You have to fight for your own interests!
To put it bluntly, the current interests of scholars in the Ming Dynasty were won through the Battle of Jianwen... Although this battle ended with the defeat of Emperor Jianwen supported by the scholar-bureaucrats, it also severely damaged the feudal military led by the vassal king. The aristocratic group deprived them of their right to speak.
Now, it is the turn of Zhu Guoshou, Zhang Pu, and Yang Tingshu, the leaders of this generation of scholars, to stand up and organize a public letter drive to fight for the interests of scholars all over the world!
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In the inner city of Beijing, Commander Luo's residence.
In the study of Luo Sigong, who had retired, the father and son, Luo Sigong and Luo Yangxing, were facing each other in silence, speechless for a moment.
Because the two father and son already know that the Jinyiwei they lead is facing the biggest crisis since the temple was reused... It can be said that it has reached the point of survival!
Of course the two father and son knew about the troubles of the young men gathered in Beijing. Not only do they know it, but they also wholeheartedly agree with it.
Because the "Lao Xungui" group that the two father and son belong to is the biggest victim of Zhu Youjian's series of "strategies to compete for profit"!
The vacancies in important towns in the capital such as Jingying, Changping Town, Baozhen Town, and Ji Town, the occupation of dozens of guard posts in the capital, and the Lianghuai Salt Transport, aren't they all the benefits of noble families like them? Now the vacancies in the four towns are gone, and the benefits of the salt industry are gone. Although the land occupied by the guards has not been confiscated, taxes need to be paid... Adding these together, it amounts to several million a year!
The improvement of national finances in the Chongzhen year was mostly due to cutting off the interests of nobles.
So the nobles in Beijing all hate Zhu Youjian... but they don't have the knife in their hands to usurp the throne!
The 30,000 people of the Jin Yiwei are the last force in the hands of the nobles (in fact, there are also some thousands of households in Yanshan and Daning). If they are wiped out again, it will be really over.
So when Luo Yangxing brought his father Luo Sigong a letter about going to Beijing to take the exam and prepared to write a letter on the bus to oppose Zhu Youjian's various reform measures, Luo Sigong knew that a disaster was coming for Jinyiwei and his family... .Should they choose to suppress Juzi, or should they watch them provoke Zhu Youjian?
Neither of these two options seem to be good!
