"it is true!"
"The edict has been issued, and there will be no false starts. Fuyuan has already begun to refund the tax paid this autumn."
"Brother, they in Shenwu County have really accomplished such a major event to benefit the people, and it is not something that we gentlemen have accomplished!"
Gu Yuncheng also replied sadly at this time.
Qian Yiben then said with emotion: "To be honest, even if the current imperial court is in full swing, it cannot do this. After all, our long-cherished wish is only to reduce tea tax, cloth tax and other commercial taxes in the future. By reducing it by 10% or 20%, I have never thought about directly eliminating the world's corvee forever; being able to do this can only show that your Majesty is really aiming to benefit the people, and his purpose is not to benefit the world for his own benefit!"
"Yes, in the future, even if the emperor appoints virtuous ministers and makes all gentlemen in the world serve as officials, I am afraid that he will never be able to surpass Your Majesty in terms of government benefits for the people."
Wen Chun, the former governor of Cangchang Nanjing, the left minister of household affairs, also started to speak with a complex expression.
After Wen Chun said this, he bowed his hands to the north and said, "It is my great fortune to meet a holy king in this life!"
Qian Yiyi and others also followed suit.
Gu Xiancheng felt even more uncomfortable when he saw this scene.
"Uncle Shi, after becoming a monk, can I no longer have a king in my heart?"
Sudden.
Seeing that Gu Xiancheng did not bow, Qian Benben asked him.
"Don't dare!"
Gu Xiancheng replied quickly and had no choice but to follow Wangbei and hold his hands.
It wasn't until his brother Gu Yuncheng was the only one beside him that Gu Yuncheng said to Gu Xiancheng: "Brother, I know why you are lost and I also know what your ambition is."
"But that's the truth."
"Today, if there is God's help, we first know that Jiangling is the protector of the country, then we know that the Japanese country has rich silver reserves, and now we really understand the value of Luzon, and then the New Deal has been successfully carried out through the development of foreign profits."
"It's difficult for you to think that human masters and human saints can coexist!"
As Gu Yuncheng spoke, he added: "Now even people like Mr. Qixin have begun to admit that the emperor is a benevolent and sage who loves the people! The rest of the world has probably already regarded me as a saint!"
"I know."
"Have I not already become a monk?"
Gu Xiancheng smiled bitterly as he spoke.
Afterwards, Gu Xiancheng left here with a lonely look.
Gu Yuncheng looked at his back and said nothing.
After Gu Xiancheng returned to the temple, he looked at the sky and couldn't help but shed tears: "What a great Zhu Yijun, who will never be freed from the world's corvee and forced to be in power only to serve the country, but he has achieved great good governance. In this way." First of all, who dares to say that he is not a holy king?"
"Unfortunately, I met such a powerful emperor in this life."
"The realm of separation between the masters of the Westerners and the Holy Spirit cannot be realized!"
As he spoke, Gu Xiancheng looked up to the sky and sighed, then jumped into a deep pool behind the temple.
When he was discovered, his body was already very swollen, and he was hastily buried by the monks in the temple, wrapped in two rolls of straw mats.
In recent years, the Buddhist temple has been severely punished and has not had much money. The monks who are still practicing are naturally true practitioners and are also thrifty. In addition, the Gu family's family fortune has declined and they have not left much money for the Buddhist temple, so Gu Xiancheng committed suicide and was hastily buried.
It took many days for the Gu family to find out about this.
After knowing this, the Gu family could only accept the reality.
However, Gu Xiancheng's suicide did not cause much reaction in the world.
The main reason is that in this life, Gu Xiancheng's reputation has faded. Even if he has some reputation, it is a bad reputation.
Even Zhu Yijun didn't know about this for a while.
Only those who take the initiative to understand the history of the current government-run Donglin Academy know that the predecessor of Donglin Academy was Donglin Hall founded by Gu Xiancheng, and may be interested in learning more about Gu Xiancheng's ending.
This life.
People all over the world pay more attention to national heroes like Deng Zilong.
After Hai Rui became an official and returned home, he stopped and walked all the way, but he also learned about the great good governance of the imperial court.
This made him even more happy when he insisted on writing to praise Zhu Yijun's great achievements. He even called our emperor as holy and virtuous as heaven.
After all, Hai Rui is famous for caring about the people of the world.
During the Jiajing Dynasty, he did not hesitate to play tricks on the emperor's reign for the sake of the hungry and cold people in the world, saying bluntly that Jiajing was too aggressive in amassing money.
Later, when he was appointed governor of Nanzhi in the Longqing Dynasty, he did not hesitate to offend Xu Jie for the common people.
It can be said that among the landlords and bureaucrats, Hai Rui really took the people at heart.
Even if his purpose is only to continue the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty, it is not to let the people take charge of their own affairs.
Therefore, one can imagine how Hai Rui felt now that he knew that the emperor was forever exempted from the world's corvee.
This was simply a panacea, and Hai Rui felt very energetic all of a sudden.
For a moment, Hai Rui looked north and kowtowed a few times.
Although, the emperor has long refused to allow ministers to kneel before him.
But Hai Rui was so overcome with emotion now that he no longer knew how to express respect for the emperor for all the people. He could only kowtow.
Boom!
After Hai Rui banged his head on the ship's plank a few times, he stood up and said, "I want to take a bath and burn incense!"
Hai Rui's family naturally had no choice but to comply.
Soon, Hai Rui finished bathing and burning incense. Then, with his silver hair hanging on his head, he sat on Jiang Zhu and started writing on paper.
He continued to write about his personal experiences in officialdom, mainly to praise the kind of holy emperor he had met.
Hai Rui's talent in humanities is quite good.
The "Public Security Shu" he played in the past showed very good literary talent.
Now that Hai Rui is over seventy years old, his writing style is naturally becoming more sophisticated. Even if the poems praising Zhu Yijun are not comparable to those of top literary figures, they should be passed down to generations.
When Hai Rui continued to write the records of his official life, it was the middle of winter and the weather was freezing, so the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait had returned home early.
Before it gets dark, smoke rises from the ruins and goes straight into the blue sky.
While Hai Rui was writing, he also took a look at these villages. He knew that the people returned home early not only because of the cold weather, but also because of the frequent decline in good governance. Nowadays, there is no need to do corvee forever, and the people naturally do not have to brave the cold and toil. , and you can go home early and amuse your children and grandchildren.
When passing through Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, Hai Rui even made a special trip to visit Deng Zilong.
Because Hai Rui knew that Deng Zilong had a lot to do with the fact that the imperial court could be freed from corvee forever and had such great good governance.
Deng Zilong was still hanging on for his life at this time, and his condition continued to worsen.
"You know, the emperor has issued an edict to free the world from corvée forever, and all this is because of his courage to fight against the Western Yi on the sea waves in the past!"
After seeing Deng Zilong, Hai Rui lay in front of Deng Zilong's bed and started talking.
After hearing this, Deng Zilong suddenly sat up and looked at Hai Rui: "What did Mr. Ge say?!"
Hai Rui had no choice but to raise his voice: "I say, because of Luzon's victory, Your Majesty will be freed from corvee forever!"
"The emperor's grace is so great that it brings down the rain!"
Deng Zilong couldn't help but say something, then he fell back on the cave, looked at Hai Rui and said: "Before His Majesty came to the throne, although I often killed thieves for the country, I killed those who had no choice but to rebel and become thieves." Our compatriots, although they have served the country well but have no virtue for the people, now, thanks to Your Majesty, they have the opportunity to kill all the thieves, and they have served the country well and are worthy of the people."
After Deng Zilong said this, he glanced at the newly built archway for himself, then closed his eyes and passed away, with a peaceful expression and no longer breathing.
Deng's family members burst into tears when they saw this.
Du Hairui smiled slightly.
(End of chapter)
