"If we were Japanese, how could we understand your husband?"
replied the poor man.
"Are the Japanese living here the same as you?"
Chen Que asked.
"Everything is the same, the Japanese have become evil slaves of those wealthy families. They are well-dressed and well-fed every day, and they look after the homes and courtyards of those wealthy families. If their sisters are attracted by the master, they can become his relatives and become even more domineering! "
"No, those big families have hundreds if not thousands of slaves. They are all Japanese here, and those Japanese have already ridden on top of us because of their strength!"
replied the poor people. ,
Chen Que couldn't help but think to himself that without in-depth investigation, he really wouldn't know this was the case.
Chen Que therefore continued to ask: "Why don't you join the big players?"
"We were called by the emperor to settle here. We remember that the emperor said that Han people cannot be enslaved, so we will not be so mean!"
A veteran replied, gritting his teeth and said: "I can only hate those dog officials who do bad things without telling the emperor, and collude with those big businessmen to bully us!"
"You tell me, it doesn't matter if they eat delicacies from the mountains and seas. All they want is not to cut off our wages and the money the emperor gives us, making it impossible for us to live. But even if this is the case, they will kill us just for asking! You said, we Are we still from the same country as them?!"
Chen Que felt quite ashamed after hearing this, but it was hard to say anything else.
After returning to the county government office, Chen Que still felt quite unhappy.
Especially when he saw that his wife was still weaving without taking a break.
As a thinker in history, he naturally likes to think about some things.
He couldn't help but start to think: "Your Majesty has been working hard for decades, but where did he go wrong? Why do hard-working people fail to get rich, while bureaucrats can already spend tens of thousands in one meal, and even those who advocate excellence and selling things can make hundreds of thousands of dollars a day." Wan, although the Han people are supreme, they can still bully the Han people because the Japanese can be slaves. What is the problem?"
boom!
While Chen Que was thinking, his wife Wang suddenly fell sideways to the ground.
Chen Que hurriedly supported her: "What's wrong with you?"
Wang replied: "I feel a little dizzy."
"As if your energy and blood are low, stop knitting now! Go back to the house and rest."
Chen Que replied.
Mrs. Wang waved her hand: "No, there is no reason for a woman to rest in broad daylight!"
"What are you talking about? We are now also a family of officials!"
Chen Que replied, wanting to say that as the county magistrate, he will now have an extra income of more than 3,000 yuan in silver coins every year. There is no need for his wife to work so hard. With so much money, let alone managing officials, she can support hundreds of children and servants. no problem.
But when the words came to his lips, Chen Que still swallowed them.
He thought to himself that he came here to serve as an official. His original intention was to promote Confucian education and expand Han civilization. How could he end up playing with women and making money?
Chen Que got up and hurried back to the house. Then he wrote down everything he had seen and heard in the past few days, and put it in an envelope. He came to Wang who was already standing outside his door and looked at him: "Come back." Haining, give this letter to the eldest son of the emperor. You are now obliged to do so. There is no way he will not see you. When he sees you, you will give him the letter."
"Okay! Why not just send it back by mail?"
Wang asked in agreement.
"That's not safe. I don't want others to know about it yet. Now it's up to the eldest son whether he wants to take care of it. If he doesn't care, I don't care either! This country belongs to his Zhu family, not mine! If he cares, he and Your Majesty will give me an opportunity to promote Han civilization. If he doesn't care, I will be just like them. I won't let you work so hard anymore! I won't ask about anything else!"
Chen Que said.
Wang was confused after hearing this.
Chen Que continued: "After returning to Haining, don't come back. Take your parents back to your hometown first. You won't be able to stay here for a long time."
"Why, didn't we just come?"
Wang asked.
"Do you know about the Anshi Rebellion? This place is just like before the Anshi Rebellion! The Anshi Rebellion is when barbarians invaded the house. Here is where the Japanese oppressed the Han people by being slaves of wealthy families. Once these Japanese become powerful in the future, they will definitely turn against the foreigners!"
"Those who are not from my race must have different intentions! Now those powerful powerful people who have no national character collude with them to oppress the Han people. When the powerful powerful people are oppressed by these Japanese people in the future, there will be no support from the Han people! How can we wait here to be bullied by those Japanese people in the future? Even kill.”
Chen Que said.
Ms. Wang still seemed to understand what she said, but because Chen Que was serious about what she said, she immediately packed her things and started her journey back to Haining.
Nowadays, there is a mail ship between Kashima and Zhongtu that is responsible for transporting incoming and outgoing travelers and letters.
Therefore, it is not impossible for Wang to go back.
…
"I always feel like that Magistrate Chen doesn't seem to be from the same group as us."
Here, Gao Qianshi said to Deputy Envoy Song.
Deputy envoy Song smiled and said: "When you first enter the officialdom, it is inevitable that you will not understand the world. Don't pay too much attention to it. Even if he is stupid and reports what he saw to the court, his report will also be in our hands. Therefore, he will also If he can't afford to make trouble, the most he can do is inform the emperor's eldest son. Isn't it possible that the emperor's eldest son is unwilling to take over the Ming Dynasty?"
"That's right. There is a lot of money in this! Li Butang has raised tens of millions for the emperor's eldest son, and Xiang Shaoqing has raised millions for the emperor's eldest son. Even if the emperor's eldest son does not fight, they will force the emperor to The eldest son fights for it, otherwise how could he make a fortune in this name?"
Gao Qianshi started laughing as he spoke.
…
"Chen Que, why are you writing to me?"
Zhu Ciwei was quite angry after getting Chen Que's letter. He was worried that Chen Que was forming a clique.
But after Zhu Ciwei read the content of the letter written by Chen Que, he fell into deep thought.
Zhu Ciwei also didn't expect that there would be officials acting so recklessly outside under the guise of supporting him as emperor!
Not only did he misappropriate a large amount of local treasury money, resulting in a serious local deficit, he went so far as to frantically kill retired soldiers who asked for pension money, and even secretly divided up the pension money allocated by the court.
It was only then that Zhu Ciwei discovered that many ministers supported him as emperor in the name of being a direct descendant, with the selfish intention of making money.
Moreover, Chen Que was obviously a very smart official. He did not suggest Zhu Ciwei what to do in his letter subjectively, but objectively recorded what he had seen and heard in Ludao these days and his wife's hard work, hoping that the eldest son of the emperor could see it. The information revealed here.
Zhu Ciwei was not stupid either. He saw from the inside that his supporters were frantically raising funds and amassing wealth in the name of supporting him as emperor. He also saw the crisis lurking in the prosperous age:
For example, how some powerful people with no national character violated the emperor's original intention to improve the status of the Han people, and the wealth growth of producers is far less than that of those in power, and is even worse than those engaged in the sensual industry. They can be regarded as greedy for vanity, shameless, and indolent. The wealth of others increases.
Because of this, Zhu Ciwei was caught in a dilemma. He didn't know whether he should seek justice for the veterans who were massacred, because once he did so, it would be tantamount to abandoning his supporters.
Just like later generations of celebrities abandoning fans who raise funds for themselves, once he does this, it will undoubtedly be equivalent to destroying his own future.
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