"It's not like this has never happened before. After the official payment of grain was changed to the official payment of silver during the Xiaomiao period, the border guards suffered a huge disaster. Even if I want to change it back now, I still can't change it!"
"Because once farmland has been abandoned for many years, it is difficult to restore it, and the same is true for water conservancy."
“If the villagers are lost, it will be difficult to move them back.”
"As a result, merchants became big in the south, and because these merchants were already officials and gentry, they were more able to recover."
After Wang Guoguang said this, he gave examples.
"Everything in this world is unpredictable."
"If the emperor really wants to abolish martial arts, what can you and I do?"
"Look, you don't have to think too far! If the emperor uses you and me, you and I will do the king's job. If you don't need to take care of me, then we will keep to ourselves."
Fang Fengshi followed up and said, "Let's obey the laws of heaven! In fact, if it weren't for Jiangling, I wouldn't have joined the cabinet, and I'm afraid it would be hard for me to be granted the title of Taibao."
"This is probably not the favor of his uncle!"
"Uncle is also born in Qingliu. How could you and I have such an honor so easily?"
Wang Guoguang laughed.
"Even if it wasn't his intention, at least he didn't stop it."
Fang Feng said again at the right time.
"That's right. Your servant should be content."
"When he takes over Puzhou, I will resign."
Wang Guoguang smiled and replied.
…
"Yuanfu, now the imperial edict to strengthen the emperor's troops has finally been issued. Therefore, the matter of officials and gentry paying food and serving as errands together has a solid foundation. It is really a gratifying thing!"
Here at Zhang Siwei, after Wang Guoguang struck up a conversation with Zhang Juzheng, and when Zhang Juzheng got off the sedan chair to go to the cabinet, he was busy talking to Zhang Juzheng. Although he was just talking nonsense, he still had to speak in front of Zhang Juzheng from time to time. Show your face.
However, Zhang Juzheng ignored Zhang Siwei.
Because at this moment, Zhang Juzheng saw Xie Jie, who had been ordered to be promoted to the prefect of Dongfan Island, kneeling here.
When Xie Jie saw Zhang Juzheng appear, he kowtowed to the ground: "Please show your respect to Yuan Fu!"
Zhang Juzheng didn't say much, and just said to Zhang Siwei: "Ziwei, please advise me. The original manuscript sent by Hedao must be drafted in time."
"yes!"
"Don't worry Yuanfu, his subordinates will advise him."
After Zhang Siwei said respectfully to Zhang Juzheng, he turned to look at Xie Jie: "Xie Fuyin, what are you talking about! What do you mean by asking Yuan Fu to show his noble hand and let you be promoted to the prefecture? It is to see that you are loyal and courageous, so I’ll give you a chance to practice.”
"In less than three to five years, you will be able to seal a border, and even become a minister, and you will be a glorious figure from now on!"
"What's wrong?"
"This is your chance!"
"Not only are you ungrateful, but you actually say something arrogant. I don't know why I thought Yuan Fu had tricked you!"
Zhang Siwei continued talking, and then suddenly shouted sharply at Xie Jie: "You should leave here quickly! Otherwise, I will be the first to expose the secret and take part in your hidden plans to murder the ministers. If you want to mess with the imperial court, please ask for an imperial edict." Let the Jin Yiwei take you and punish you for the crime of bullying the emperor without knowing it, and kill you!"
After hearing this, Xie Jie looked up at Zhang Siwei and asked, "Is this what Mr. Ge wants, or what Yuan Fu wants?"
"Of course it's my intention to serve you!"
Zhang Siwei said something.
After hearing this, Xie Jie said: "Why is Mr. Ge so vicious?"
"You disobeyed the order and forced Yuan Fu here. Your heart is more vicious than anyone else's. You actually said that I was vicious, and I was kind enough to persuade you to leave."
"In short, if you don't leave, for Yuan Fu's sake, I will bear this vicious name and ask for an imperial edict to kill you!"
"Otherwise, I will resign and leave first, and I won't stay with you for a day!"
Zhang Siwei glanced at Zhang Juzheng who had returned to Wenyuan Pavilion, and spoke louder.
"Is Mr. Ge a running dog of the Zhang family or a minister of the Zhu family? Why are there only barking sounds here?!"
Frustrated, Xie Jie asked Zhang Siwei, then got up angrily and left the cabinet.
After Xie Jie left the cabinet, as soon as he left the Donghua Gate, an eunuch was waiting here and said to Xie Jie: "There is a handwritten edict, please accept it."
Xie Jie hurriedly took the handwriting.
After Xie Jie unfolded the manuscript and read it, he immediately burst into tears, and then knelt in front of the eunuchs: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will either be buried in the belly of a fish or exposed on an isolated island, or the imperial style will spread throughout the island. All the Yi people understand Chinese, woo woo!”
"Brother Hanfu!"
At this time, Gu Xiancheng and Wei Yunzhong came over and raised their hands towards Xie Jie.
Wei Yunzhong first advised: "Brother Hanfu, please don't be too sad. The power of God is unpredictable. I thought that the most I could do was to be exiled with a imperial stick. Who would have thought that Jiangling was so evil that he would use this method, which was clearly a light punishment, but actually he wanted to let the justice go." die!"
"Yes, this is indeed unexpected."
Gu Xian became enlightened.
Xie Jie also shed tears and said: "Yes, who would have thought that, at best, he would be temporarily cut off from his official career, and he would be able to be re-employed by the emperor in the future. But who knows, it will be a step that is truly unpredictable."
After saying that, Xie Jie asked Gu Xiancheng: "Where is Xiuwu? Why didn't he come?"
Gu Xiancheng said with a smile: "He is ill and can't come. Please ask me to bring you a message. God will not let a loyal and upright person die in a foreign country."
Xie Jie laughed after hearing this.
Wei Yunzhong sighed at this time and said: "Although I know that it is useless for Hanfu to refute the imperial edict and it is impossible to stop Jiangling from letting the emperor strengthen his troops and horses, but at this time, I am still a little disappointed, and I don't know what will happen if we do this. Useful or not.”
"Of course it is useful!"
Gu Xiancheng replied at this time and said: "I will die in peace, but I will live in silence!"
"We just want Jiang Ling to know that not everyone supports what he does."
"And he should also understand that although Brother Hanfu is the only one who refutes the edict, behind the scenes, it is not just Brother Hanfu who wants to refute this matter? It is the majority of virtuous gentlemen in the entire Shilin! He is the leader of Jiangling Know the consequences of doing so!”
"Yes, as my uncle said, that's why I decided to refute this edict, but I didn't expect it would end up like this."
Xie Jie started talking at this time, and after talking, he took out the emperor Zhu Yijun's handwriting and said: "However, the emperor gave me a handwriting and asked me to go to Dongfan Island to practice."
"Is this because you can't bear it or is it just a pretense?"
"In other words, was Hanfu sent to Dongfan, was it the emperor's original intention, or was it Jiangling's intention?"
Wei Yunzhong was stunned after hearing this and asked.
Xie Jie said: "No matter what it is, it must be understood that the emperor cannot bear it, and he must blame Jiang Ling for this matter."
"That's right! If Jiangling doesn't fall and Zhang Dang isn't eliminated, it will be useless even if a new emperor is replaced."
"If there is no Zhang Dang, even if the emperor is as smart as the temple, there is no need to be afraid."
Gu Xiancheng nodded and whispered.
Wei Yunzhong nodded.
Xie Jie surrendered to Wei Yuncheng and Gu Xiancheng: "In any case, please ask the second prince to speak for my brother in the future so that I can come back as soon as possible. Even if I am just dismissed and returned to the interior, it will be good."
"Don't worry, that's for sure."
The two nodded and replied.
However, Gu Xiancheng and Wei Yunzhong never spoke up for Xie Jie's Shangshu.
"Your Majesty, this is a report from Jin Yiwei about Xie Jie's performance after receiving the order today, as well as the performance of the officials who came into contact with him."
Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Yijun was reading at night, when Zhang Jing came over and handed a memorial to Zhu Yijun.
Zhu Yijun took it and after looking at it, he laughed and said to himself: "They all look loyal!"
"It's just that I'm afraid I want to get rid of Zhang Dang. If I don't be honest and obedient, I will let myself fall into the water, right?"
"If you don't let yourself fall into the water now, maybe it's just because you have fallen into the water. As long as Zhang Dang still exists, he can change the emperor again and continue to be in power. He can also use this to launch a large-scale prison and further crack down on dissidents."
"What are the Xu family doing recently?"
After Zhu Yijun thought this, he asked.
Zhang Jing hurriedly replied: "Xu Ying has arrived in Guide!"
"Xu Jie must have known that it has been decided that the officials and gentry will pay for the work together."
"In addition, according to Songjiang's Jinyi Guardian, the Xu family's cotton fields have had a bumper harvest this year, and half of Songjiang's cotton industry has been fully owned by them. However, the profits from Songjiang's cotton exports remain high, and the cotton produced by the Xu family's cotton fields is still insufficient for its trade needs. , but the price of Songjiang fields is getting higher and higher, making it difficult to purchase new fields.”
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun ordered: "Ask Jin Yiwei to send more people to Songjiang Mansion to keep an eye on the Xu family, including the local wealthy businessmen!"
Zhang Jing raised his hands and said yes.
At this time, Zhu Yijun secretly thought to himself: "I hope there won't be a serious phenomenon of cotton eating people!"
Then, Zhu Yijun told Zhang Jing: "Let the few orphans who graduated from Xingming Academy and are good at calculation and statistics who are assigned to Jinyiwei first go and investigate how many landless refugees and employees there are in various places. Be sure to find out. We should know clearly the current scale of employment in various cities and towns in various places, as well as the number of employment incidents that occur every year.”
(End of chapter)
