Under the scorching sun, Zhang Juzheng's eyes were like sword gleams, staring at Gu Xiancheng and other Nanzhi officials: "Is this what you all mean?"
"no!"
Gu Xiancheng hurriedly replied: "At least, I don't want the court to treat all the tenant farmers and hired workers in Nanzhi as rebels and suppress them!"
"My subordinates don't want to either."
"It is indeed inappropriate to exterminate rebels. After all, not everyone is a pro-military guard and values military discipline. The patrol team and government officials who maintain order now are at least from Wu, so they will not go too far. But if we really cut off these unruly people, In order to rebel against the rebels, and asking Jiubian to dispatch troops and horses south to quell the rebellion, it may cause more chaos in the southeast and cause greater military disasters."
Yu Maoxue also started talking at this time.
When Gu Xiancheng and Yu Maoxue said this, Li Zhi hurriedly raised his hands and replied: "My subordinate made a mistake. Please allow me to take back what I just said!"
"There are still people who understand."
Zhang Juzheng said coldly and sat back.
After hearing this, Li Zhi immediately opened his mouth: "But this matter has to be solved, right? Yuanfu really wants to see civil unrest continue to exist, so that scholar-bureaucrats are threatened by the common people? Isn't Yuanfu afraid that the tenants of your mansion will learn from this?" !”
"This matter can be easily solved. The people want to talk to you about rent reduction, interest rate reduction and processing money. You can just talk about it."
"If my tenants come to talk, I will ask my family to talk."
Zhang Juzheng said.
Li Zhi took a deep breath and sneered: "They can choose to neither rent nor loan. What qualifications do these reckless people have to talk to the gentry?!"
"Is this how you learn the teachings of sages?"
"The common people are not even qualified to talk in your eyes."
"In that case, I don't need to talk to you anymore."
Zhang Juzheng stood up as he spoke and looked at Zhang Jing: "Eunuch Zhang, your factory guards should come and talk to them."
Zhang Jing nodded.
Then, Zhang Jing waved.
A group of Jinyi guards appeared around holding boards and spring stools.
When factory guards talk about things, they naturally use a board to talk about things.
"slow!"
Yu Maoxue shouted at this time, glared at Li Zhi fiercely, and then bowed to Zhang Juzheng: "Yuan Fu, please calm down, Ru Pei's words are not what we all agree on! We dare not complain about the complaints of the villagers. Ignore it, and dare not forget the words of the saint, and despise the common people! It's just that, the villagers don't want to farm and work, which not only affects the gentry, but also has a serious impact on the court's taxes. We can't always let the National Tax Department levy new taxes. The money and food will be used to encourage the villagers to exercise."
"Yes, we just want the court to deal with this matter quickly, otherwise it will be useless to the country and the people."
Gu Xiancheng said.
"This is true. In this case, I will ask Your Majesty to know what you are worried about. Please wait for the decree."
Zhang Juzheng said something and left here.
Gu Xiancheng and others also left Huiji Gate, looking at the Jin Yiwei standing around like wolves and tigers, without any entanglement.
"It's really upsetting that Jiang Ling will one day use public opinion as his priority to suppress us!"
After leaving, Li Zhi couldn't help but say something.
"What can I do?"
Gu Xiancheng asked at this time, and said with gritted teeth: "This matter can only be tolerated!"
Then, Gu Xiancheng added: "But no matter what, this matter is not good for the court! Taxes are used to organize tenant farmers and hired workers to threaten the gentry. What is the difference between that and sitting on the mountain? The court cannot not deal with this matter, as long as the country considers it In the name of urging him to Jiangling and blaming Hai Rui for being arrogant, the court has to sit back and do nothing!"
"This is true, but this matter also has losses for us, so it is better to resolve it as soon as possible."
Yu Maoxue replied.
Gu Xiancheng looked serious at this time and said: "Then you can't just admit defeat!"
"We all know that civil unrest is not good for us, nor is it good for the court! And why does the court still do this?"
"It's nothing more than that Jiang Ling deliberately tests our bottom line and wants us to surrender first to achieve his goal of benefiting the country and the people; but if we can endure it until Jiang Ling can't stand it anymore, or the entire court can't stand it, If the grain supply is affected next year, the imperial court will naturally give in first and stop allowing the unruly people to cause trouble, and even the New Deal may be abolished!"
"rational!"
Li Zhi nodded.
Gu Xiancheng said: "The key now is to see if we, the entire Nanzhi gentry, can work together, and to see how the court will solve it. If the court insists on asking us, the Nanzhi gentry, to make concessions, it will definitely not work!"
"That's right! I'm still saying that it's impossible to reduce rents, interest rates and process money! Leasing land and hiring craftsmen are all good deeds done by large households like us. How can anyone not be grateful and blackmail the proprietor? , this is simply bad morals and bad etiquette!"
Li Zhi spoke at this time.
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"Everyone never hesitates to spend money like water in places like Qinhuai River, but they are not even willing to talk about rent reduction, interest rate reduction and processing money."
"It is said that scholars should value righteousness more than profit, but in the end, in the face of pros and cons, scholars will also forget those moral articles they wrote in the examination room."
Zhu Yijun complained to Zhang Juzheng after Zhang Juzheng learned that the result of his reasoning with the Nanzhi officials was that the Nanzhi officials were still unwilling to reduce rents and interest rates.
Zhang Juzheng raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, although human desires are hard to quench, but no matter what, we cannot abandon the foundation of justice in the world. Even if there are few scholars who can actually do it, at least they dare not deny it openly. , many times, as long as those in power insist on taking the world as a just path, they will gradually make things that seem unable to curb human desires become the final obstacle to disorder in the world."
"Sir, what you said is correct. Let the ministers in power discuss this matter in the political hall. In addition, let the Nanzhi officials in this country choose a representative to attend."
"This matter requires a person to break the situation, and the choice of this person is very important."
Zhu Yijun nodded and started talking.
Zhang Juzheng said he obeyed the decree.
Soon, Gu Xiancheng and others received official approval from the imperial court, and the general of the Zhengshi Hall was asked to discuss the matter and asked their local Nanzhi officials to nominate a representative to attend the Zhengshi Hall.
"I told him that Jiangling would not just sit back and let something like this happen and ignore it."
Gu Xiancheng laughed and said to Li Zhi and others: "But at this time, we cannot compromise. To do big things, we must be calm! The court can only dismiss Hai Rui and abolish the patrol team. As for thinking It is absolutely impossible for us gentry to make concessions and reduce rents and interest rates!"
Li Zhi and others nodded.
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"Brother, the civil unrest in Nanzhili cannot continue. Especially this Hai Rui, we cannot let him act like this in Nanzhili again! He is not only cracking down and organizing troublemakers, but also strictly managing all kinds of government affairs. , including the salt policy, he will rectify it; for example, crack down on the adulteration of official salt and improve the quality of official salt. If this is the case, how can we make profits from selling illegal salt?"
"If we don't think of ways to get him to leave Nanzhi, our Zhang family will lose more than half of our profits this year!"
On the day that Gu Xiancheng and others received the imperial edict, Ci Fu's official residence.
Zhang Sijiao spoke to Zhang Siwei eagerly.
Zhang Siwei was unfazed after hearing this. He just stood under the eaves and watched the two cranes strolling in the garden. After watching for a while, he said: "If you hate Haigangfeng, the best way is to promote him. Otherwise, None of the other methods work! Especially if it is best to promote him to the capital for a casual position, even if he is promoted to the first rank, he must stay in the capital and don't let him go anywhere!"
"Is there no other way?"
Zhang Sijiao said with an angry look on his face: "If this person can die a good death, I will not be willing to accept it!"
"There is no other way than to promote him to an official position. This has been done by all the chief ministers in the past. Up to now, the only way to impeach him is to impeach him for being ignorant, ignorant of worldly affairs, and unkind. Can these crimes punish him?"
Zhang Siwei asked Zhang Siwei as he spoke.
"It can't be cured!"
Zhang Siwei then answered by himself: "And if we have to say that he is greedy and a collaborator with the enemy, no one will believe him! Maybe, he will be embarrassed!"
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Zhang Sijiao nodded: "How could this happen?"
"There is no way. Xu Huating and other scholars didn't kill him because he violated the Shini Temple. They did it to reduce the power of the king and strengthen the courage of his ministers, so they gave him the great title of Hai Gang Peak!"
"As for the god you created, you have to hold him down with tears in your eyes. Just don't let this god really come down to earth! Now if you ask the emperor to kill him, wouldn't you slap your own Shilin in the face?"
Zhang Siwei said.
