"What do we do now?"
"This King of Hell is not someone to be trifled with. Others become officials because they want money, but he wants to be an official because he wants his life."
Shu Dayun asked at this time.
"Why panic!"
Lu Hao glanced at him: "Even if you, the deputy commander-in-chief of Zhenjiang, were to be held accountable, it would only be for your negligence in the investigation and the loss of the artillery! It would be nothing more than dismissal from office. This result has not been deduced before. "
"Besides, it's not like we won't protect you, it's not like we didn't prepare the money for you, and it's not like we didn't ask the criminals to prepare it in advance."
"What you're saying is that I'm afraid that the higher-ups will label me a rebel. After all, in my territory, the bombardment of the Imperial Envoy's headquarters happened. It's fair to label me as a rebel."
Shu Dayun nodded and said: "So, I'd better avoid it."
"How can you force the deduction? Zhang Jiangling and Hai Gangfeng are not Qin Hui. They dare to ignore the world's opinions and frame you, a deputy commander, at will."
"However, you can avoid it if you want. Just take the initiative and hide yourself first to see the situation. If it's just dismissal, that's it. If you want to be arrested and brought to Beijing, escape in advance."
After Lu Huo said this, his face darkened and he said, "What you should continue to worry about now is that Hai Rui is not dead, and the officials and gentry can't sleep together because they have to pay for their food and work on errands!"
Shu Dayun said, "This is all your concern. I really can't think of how to deal with Hai Rui, other than killing him directly."
"I have already thought of a way, but I'm afraid this Haibi holder might have some tricks up his sleeve."
After Lu Huo said this, he laughed again: "However, no matter what crooked tricks he has, in the end the roots are all on the top. Let's see how much trouble the top wants Hai Rui to cause in Nanzhi."
Shu Dayun nodded, cupped his hands and said, "I'll take my leave first, and you can sing the rest of the play."
Lu Hao nodded.
Shu Dayun turned around and left Admiral Caojiang's Yamen.
After Shu Dayun came back, he immediately asked his staff to write a resignation letter. In the notebook, he stated that he suddenly heard from the official school newspaper that there was an artillery bombardment of the official ship of the National Taxation Department, and then he learned that the artillerymen of the subordinate officers had come out. To solve the problem, he secretly transported the cannon away. He was so ashamed that he asked the court to deal with it and left the general affairs to the guerrillas.
After finishing the book, Shu Dayun left directly by boat, first going to Dinghaiwei for temporary refuge.
But as soon as Shu Dayun went to sea and prepared to go to Dinghaiwei, two Dafu ships worth 2,000 yuan pinched him on the left and right, and both ships were carrying the lanterns of Beizhen Fusi.
Shu Dayun was shocked when he saw this: "Is Beizhen Fusi so wealthy now? He has his own warship!"
At this time, the heads of Shu Dayun's two Ding clans came up to him and said, "Master, please choose one to board."
Shu Dayun and his staff were stunned and looked at each other.
"Zhao Ming, Wang Hu, what are you two doing?"
Shu Dayun asked.
The servant Zhao Ming replied first: "So that the boss will understand that we are already people from Beizhen Fusi, and we are placed next to the boss just to prevent the boss from doing anything to disgrace the court one day, so that we can be arrested in time. "
"That's right, although we don't know whether the sound of cannons on the river has something to do with the boss, and the boss can indeed push himself away in the name of his negligence, but the Jin Yiwei stationed in Zhenjiang are not vegetarians. It's a good thing that I didn't run away, but now this escape is obviously a guilty conscience, so we have no choice but to follow the orders from above, inform the boss of his whereabouts, and let the Zhenfu Division arrest the boss in advance."
Wang Hu replied.
Zhao Ming added: "The reason for arresting the general manager is also ready, and that is the matter of the general master taking free money. Although the higher authorities do not require strict investigation of the military ministers taking free money, it does not mean that they will not investigate, nor will they Representatives will not take people for this reason when necessary.”
"you!"
Shu Dayun breathed heavily and looked at the two of them: "My Shu family treats you well, isn't my kindness to you deep?"
"Of course it's deep, but only the Zhu family owns official shops."
Wang Hu replied.
Zhao Ming also nodded and said: "Yes, what is said above is right. Only by being loyal to the imperial court can you be an official. Loyalty to His Majesty is great loyalty, and loyalty to the Shu family is small kindness. Therefore, when necessary, we can only protect great loyalty and give up small kindness." .”
Shu Dayun felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and then he smiled bitterly: "This slave actually wants to be an official and a master."
Not long after, Shu Dayun boarded Fusi's ship in Beizhen and was taken back to the capital.
…
While Shu Dayun retreated and fled, Hai Rui and his party braved the bright July sun after the first misty rain, sweating profusely and being steamed all over to a village.
When Hai Rui arrived in the village, he walked to the firewood gate of a house where two big willow trees stood.
Lu Kun and Tang Chuanxun were about to rush in, but Hai Rui stopped him and asked, "If you treat the scholar-officials with courtesy, won't the common people not treat you with courtesy?"
With that said, Hai Rui locked up the firewood door.
Not long after, an old woman came out. As soon as the old woman looked outside the firewood gate, she was overjoyed and knelt on the ground: "Master Hai!"
Hai Rui walked in with a smile: "It's rare that you still remember me."
Not long after, the old woman's son Zhan Dahai came out. When he saw Hai Rui, he knelt down and kowtowed.
Hai Rui helped them up: "How are you always?"
The old woman smiled and replied: "It's better than when you left last time. Because my old man has reached old age, the superiors really exempted him from the land tax. And because my family has a small land area and two old people, the land tax Half of it was also exempted, and the eldest grandson started to study. Even after taking the exam and having a baby, he had not yet become a father-in-law, so he only went to the house to see the world. "
"Presumably this is the result of Su Xiaomin's plight in the Di Bao."
Lu Kun whispered to Tang Chuanxun at this time.
And Hai Rui said here: "It's good if you can study. If you gain fame and become an official in the future, you can also make decisions for the people."
"He has no hope of becoming an official. He just hopes to have a husband-in-law at home who will not be bullied."
The old woman said with a smile.
Hai Rui pointed at Lu Kun at this time: "He is a Jinshi. I can help Lingsun read the article later. It may be of some help."
The old woman was stunned after hearing this, then turned around and knelt down to Lu Kun.
"this!"
Lu Kun was a little at a loss.
It was Hai Rui who helped the old woman up, and then asked Zhan Dahai: "Have you heard about the government and the gentry paying the rations and serving as errands together?"
"I heard from my son that this spring the temple even increased the interest on the young crop loan because of this. My family was short of money to buy grain seeds. I found out when I went to borrow money. The people in the temple said that it was because the exemptions and exemptions were cancelled, and the officials and gentry paid The amount of money donated was less, so the interest was increased, and loans were only given to those who could afford it more.”
After Zhan Dahai said this, he asked: "Master Hai, will those who have achieved fame in the future be exempted from corvee service and land tax?"
Hai Rui nodded and asked proactively, "In this case, do you want your son to stop studying and take the exam?"
"You still have to take the test. If you don't take the test, you will only be bullied."
Zhan Dahai said.
"That's it. If we don't cancel the exemptions, I'm afraid the country will be destroyed in the future. When your grandson comes, he won't be able to take the exam again, and there will be chaos and thieves. People like you will not be able to save their lives."
Hai Rui replied.
"That's the truth. Whether it's preferential or not, it doesn't matter what we the people say, but I just hope it won't make our lives difficult because of this."
Zhan Dahai said.
Hai Rui said: "When I come to Nanzhi, I will naturally let the court know about your difficulties, and I won't make your life difficult!"
"That's good. With Master Hai here, we feel at ease."
Zhan Dahai started talking with a smile and knelt down to Hai Rui again.
Lu Kun and Tang Chuanxun looked at each other.
After the three people sat down in the farmer's house, Lu Kun said first: "Right now, it seems that if we want to prevent the people from being incited by the right-wingers who oppose the New Deal, we have to call on the people to ask the right-wingers to reduce rents and interest rates. .”
Hai Rui nodded: "That's right! You, Lu Xinwu, are a smart man. The implementation of the New Deal cannot only rely on us and the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of Jinwu Guard, nor can it only rely on His Majesty and Yuan Fu, but also on these common people."
Hai Rui said and looked at Tang Chuanxun: "Experience Tang, all the officers and soldiers of Jinwu Guard are literate and can count, right?"
Tang Chuanxun nodded: "Many of them can also speak and write some simple vernacular articles. We have specially organized and trained them to express themselves to the emperor and their colleagues."
Hai Rui laughed after hearing this: "Sure enough, Your Majesty is not allocating tens of thousands of troops to our hall, but tens of thousands of troops can pull up the backbone of a larger team at any time!"
Immediately, Hai Rui told Tang Chuanxun: "Then we must let these heavenly soldiers know that they are in Beijing to express themselves to the emperor. Now that they have come to the people, they must be able to mobilize the people for the emperor. Next, let them collect taxes." Get acquainted with the local people as soon as possible, and each person must know more than twenty young and strong people as friends."
Tang Chuanxun raised his hand and said yes.
(End of chapter)
