Yan Qing Sun Piyang said this, and simply helped Sun Piyang take off the black gauze hat on his head: "Young Master, you should save some dignity for yourself. In this book, Hai Gong only asked the public to make up for the shortfall with the proceeds from the search, rather than asking His Majesty to punish him for his crimes. , let alone because of this, I want to peel off the skin of the male, the male should also be content!"
With that said, Yan Qing ordered the official school where he belonged: "Don't put shackles on him, let him go to the prison by himself!"
At this time, Sun Piyang stood up and walked back to the prison.
After Yan Qing sent Sun Piyang to prison and confiscated Sun Piyang's official income and family members, he returned to his study and told his staff: "Immediately prepare a memorial to this court to ask the imperial court to clear the land of the abbot. ! Is it a good strategy to govern the country if we continue to confiscate our homes to make up for the shortfall?"
While Sun Piyang was waiting for his house to be searched, Wei Xuezeng, the censor of Nanjing Youdu, also learned that he had been dismissed from his post and his house was searched.
When Wei Xuezeng saw soldiers from the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate surrounding his small courtyard, Chen Sheng, the left deputy censor of Nanjing, appeared in front of him holding an official letter with chicken feathers on it, informing him that he had been dismissed from his post and his home was ransacked. He froze in place.
"Why didn't I know anything beforehand?"
Wei Xuezeng was surprised.
"Because no one dares to inform the public!"
"The imperial edict states that if the family assets of the public prosecutor are not enough to make up for the shortfall, the family will continue to be traced until the shortfall is made up, so I ask you to be considerate of my colleagues."
Chen Shengdao.
"Then whose idea was this?"
Wei Xuezeng asked after hearing this.
Chen Shengdao: "Why do you need to ask more questions? You should consider yourself unlucky. When you were acting as Zuo Shilang in the Ministry of War, the grain rate for Liaodong was too low. The salary of one stone of grain per month was reduced to two cents by the public." It was five cents of silver, and the price of grain in Liao was as high as two liang and one stone, so it was found that the public float was not very heavy, and there were also officials recruited by the Ministry of War to testify. Now the court wants to strictly pursue the lost silver, so the public compensation is required."
"I asked you whose idea it was?!"
Wei Xuezeng suddenly stood up from his chair and asked angrily: "What kind of rank does he have to expose this hall?!"
"After all, I am also a dignified general constitution! Have you ever thought about the impact of doing this and how it will harm the court's face?!"
"When will the imperial court want to make up for its shortfall and think of confiscating the homes of ministers? Am I just like Yan Fenyi and Feng Baofeng? How can I be so disrespectful of the friendship between scholars!"
"It's Haigong, Mr. Gomine."
Chen Sheng replied.
Wei Xuezeng sat back after hearing this, and then smiled bitterly: "Why didn't I calculate this hexagram? Is it because I didn't learn enough?"
After saying that, Wei Xuezeng took off his black gauze hat, then walked towards Chen Sheng and said, "When I go get a copy of the Book of Changes, I'll ask you to take me to the prison."
Chen Sheng nodded.
So, Wei Xuezeng actually went to his study and brought back a copy of the Book of Changes. He shook his head and said, "I didn't expect that I would be the second person to be impeached after Hai Rui's resurrection."
"Not just Gong, but also Fuping Sun Fuyuan."
Chen Sheng replied.
Wei Xuezeng was stunned when he heard this, and then asked: "Hai Rui is a high-gong disciple and a Xu-level disciple. Is this Jiang Ling's plan?"
Chen Sheng smiled and said: "You are a sensible person, why bother asking more questions."
Wei Xuezeng looked back and said, "It's a pity that half of the income earned by being an official has to go into public funds! Jiang Ling is not in a hurry to clear his father's name, but it makes Hai Rui anxious to continue to raid his house. I have already said that Hai Rui cannot be reused. , but Zhang Jiangling is not Gao Xinzheng, so he will not listen to me."
Then, Wei Xuezeng looked at the "Yi" in his hand again and said, "Let's go to prison and think again. I may still have a chance to recover."
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"I heard that Haigang Peak is here again! And this time it is Hu Ruzhen's authority. I believe my parents and all the gentlemen know it, right?"
Songjiang Huating.
Xu Jie took advantage of his spring outing to discuss matters with a group of bureaucrats and gentry from Nanzhi in a private garden.
The old parents in Xu Jie's mouth mean the county magistrate.
Tian Le, the censor of Nanzhili, nodded and said: "I have seen it in the "Di Bao", and the officialdom in Jiangnan has long been in turmoil."
Wang Yixiu, the prefect of Songjiang, also frowned and said, "Yes, isn't Jiang Ling a disciple of the old man? Why did he let Hai Rui come to the southeast?"
"Because I, as a student, have far-reaching goals!"
Xu Jie said with a smile, and then asked: "You must also know that Duke Wei and Sun had their homes confiscated to make up for the shortfall?"
Everyone nodded.
Xu Jie said: "This is both a house confiscation and sending Hai Rui to the southeast. This means that Jiangling wants to let you know that if the court's deficit is not solved for one day, the house confiscation will not end. At the same time, you must take the exam seriously and you are not allowed to act recklessly. Rigidly urging people to pay taxes in order to pass the exam, pushing the people to death, and arbitrarily dealing with the accumulated jail sentences in order to pass the exam! After all, Hai Rui will come to look at you. Once Hai Rui finds out about you In Hu Lai, you know the consequences."
"Of course we understand, so I would like Mr. Xu to give you some advice on what to do."
Wang Yixiu asked.
Xu Jieyan said: "You don't have to worry. Jiangling's intention is just to make you willing to cooperate with the imperial court in implementing the system of clearing land ownership, so that you can not only complete the examination, but also solve the imperial court's deficit without affecting the common people."
"The lower official thinks so too."
"But if you do this, it will harm the interests of large households, otherwise you can only make false reports, and once you make false reports, it will deceive the emperor and burden the people."
Patrolman Tian Leyan said.
Xu Jie laughed and asked Tian Le: "Is this the reason why my parents and princes suddenly came to see me?"
Tian Le nodded: "Yes, I just want to hear Mr. Xu's intention. If we really want to clear Zhang in the southeast, it will naturally depend on whether Mr. Xu has this wish."
"The most important thing is to solve the imperial court's deficit. As for the damage to the big households, it won't be a problem. If the Qing Dynasty is really the abbot, I, the Xu family, will be the first to cooperate!"
Xu Jie said, waving his hands and forcing a smile.
After hearing this, Tian Le and all the officials were overjoyed, and they all handed over to Xu Jie: "Fortunately, the old gentleman is sensible, otherwise we would be in a dilemma!"
Then, Tian Le added: "In this case, there is no need to worry about Mr. Gangfeng coming to the governor's southeast. It is just that the bureaucrats and gentry in transit will not be able to eat and drink freely."
Xu Jie just smiled. He didn't say anything. He just thought to himself that there was really no need to travel in the next few years.
In addition, Xu Jie had to start writing letters to his other disciples because of the plagiarism of his disciple Sun Piyang, urging them to understand the court's purpose of doing this.
When Gao Gong came to Beijing and learned that his disciple Wei Xuezeng's house had also been ransacked, he understood the court's intention and began to write letters to his disciples, saying: "For the sake of Jiangling, he is willing to let me return to Beijing." , I’d like to help him, so that His Majesty won’t think I’m insignificant.”
In this way, throughout the second year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun found that more and more officials were petitioning to clear land to relieve the people's poverty and increase national funds.
