One armor carries three crossbows, and three armors enter the underworld.
This is a common saying, which refers to privately hiding armor among the people, especially full-body armor. Hiding one armor is equivalent to hiding three crossbows. At least, it will be lost forever and will never return to the country. If you hide three pairs of armor, it will be a capital crime. amnesty.
Wang Zhigao, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, looked at the file for a long time and said: "The Ming Dynasty Law: All civilian private owners such as vests, side cards, fire tubes, artillery, flags, trumpets, and other weapons that should be banned must have a staff of eighty for each piece. Add one level to the list. For those who make private works, add one level to their private crimes. Each crime will be stopped by a hundred rods and flowed three thousand miles."
In the early Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty inherited the Tang Dynasty system, and the Ming Dynasty Law stipulated that those who privately prohibited weapons could only live for one and a half years. One crossbow, plus two. A man with one collar and three crossbows can travel two thousand miles. A three collars and five crossbows, twisted.
In the 22nd year of Hongwu, hanging was abolished, and weapons for hiding were replaced with a hundred sticks, which traveled three thousand miles.
The "Regulations on Punishment" of the Hongzhi period revised this crime again, removing crossbows from the list of privately concealed weapons. Only heavy armor and firearms were prohibited, and stipulated the maximum penalty, which was one hundred rods and three thousand exiles. Li, that is, the border areas of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou, will never return to his hometown.
Times are developing, and crossbows are no longer prohibited.
Tan Lun was full of surprise and said: "Drilling, rough grinding, perforation, wrong holes, cutting strips, wrong edges, fine grinding, the armor pieces are completed, and the helmet needs to be woven with leather strips, and there must be fabric lining inside and outside. , assembled with copper nails, this pair of armor requires at least forty craftsmen and takes a year to build, what does Gu want to do, hide a hundred pairs!"
Wang Zhigao shook his head and said, "Gu's statement is to prevent Japanese pirates."
This reason is very appropriate. When the Japanese pirates were at their worst, they also attacked Songjiang Prefecture. At that time, Luo Gongchen led his army to rush to rescue at night. In order to thank Luo Gongchen, the Jin gentry of Songjiang Prefecture built an archway to commemorate him.
In the 41st year of Jiajing's reign, the Japanese pirates were gradually pacified. Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou wiped out the remnants, and then gradually settled down.
Mrs. Gu said that she prepared armor in order to prevent the Japanese invasion, which was justified and excusable.
This is another metaphysical practice that conflicts with metaphysical cognition. The laws of the Ming Dynasty stipulate that armor and firearms cannot be hidden. However, Japanese pirates are everywhere, and there is smoke thousands of miles southeast. It is also good to prepare some armor and crossbows to prevent them from being robbed by Japanese pirates. should.
Zhang Juzheng said quite seriously: "Now that the Japanese invasion is gradually subsiding, the Ming Dynasty has also established a military town in Songjiang Prefecture, stationing more than 3,000 elite soldiers to prevent Japanese invasion. At that time, the imperial court could not stabilize the sea areas. If it did not allow itself to protect itself, It’s not in line with the Tao.”
"How about this? Strictly order every family and sect to return the armor, crossbows and firearms to the public until the third month. If there is another investigation and seizure, how about being charged with concealing weapons?"
"It should be so." Wang Zhigao agreed with Zhang Juzheng's determination that hiding weapons was indeed a serious crime, but the main contradiction in the Southeast at that time was the various social chaos caused by the Japanese invasion. Hu Zongxian, Tan Lun, Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, etc., in the Southeast During the pacification of Japan, wealthy households also provided armor to recruit soldiers, and the pacification of Japan was finally completed.
This time, the Gu family did hide a lot of armor and powerful crossbows, but it could also be said that they were prepared for Japan.
Hai Rui said with some disapproval: "The Gu family should be punished for hiding the armor. If you ignore the crime and go unpunished, how can you control the people? The law can be lenient, but there are also those who should not be lenient. This is what Yuan Fu said to His Majesty just now. What I said."
"Indeed, there is some leniency for Gu's private possession of the armor, but as the Japanese invasion gradually subsided, Gu still hid it privately at home and did not report it to the court. This is not an appropriate leniency."
Hai Rui fired a boomerang and hit Zhang Juzheng based on what Zhang Juzheng had just said. He did not agree with Zhang Juzheng's conciliatory approach.
Ge Shouli also agreed with it and said: "Indeed, if there is no punishment, where are the laws of the court and the rewards and punishments? Seeing that there is no punishment, the Jin gentry of Nanya will naturally hide themselves and will not return the crossbows to the public. They should be punished to serve as a warning to others."
"What does Hai Zongxian think should be done?" Zhang Juzheng looked at Hai Rui and asked.
Hai Ruiyan said concisely and concisely: "Return the fields."
The ministers looked at each other with expressions that showed that this was indeed the case and should be the case. Hai Rui did not hesitate to launch a boomerang to attack the chief assistant and Xini, with the goal of returning the land.
The means of production were confiscated and the land was confiscated.
The main contradiction in the Southeast at the moment is the encroachment of powerful people and the unemployment of the people. As the largest means of production at present, returning farmland is the best way to alleviate the main contradiction.
Hai Rui looked at everyone and explained: "I am the governor of Nanya, and most of the land they annexed was obtained by annexing it when the Japanese pirates were everywhere. There were natural disasters at that time, and the gentry had judicial, imperial examination, taxation, etc. All kinds of preferential treatment were expected to bring peace to the land and herdsmen, but they took the opportunity to annex and go rampant in the countryside."
The most intense period of land annexation in the Fourteenth Prefecture of Nanya was when Japanese invasions broke out.
When the main contradiction changes from fighting against Japanese aggression to checking for encroachment and annexation, these fields must be vomited back as they have been eaten.
"It makes sense." Zhang Juzheng nodded and said, "The Gu family has invaded more than 2,200 acres of land. Let the Gu family return the land."
"Two hundred and twenty thousand acres of land, one big fish." When Hai Rui heard Yuan Fu's agreement, his face immediately became full of smiles and he said with a smile.
"What do you think?" Zhang Juzheng looked at the court officials and asked.
Wan Shihe hesitated to speak, but did not express his attitude in the end. In the first year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty was so poor that people could not survive just drinking from the northwest wind. Nanya invaded and occupied Changtian, and it was no longer available. To the point where annexation is possible and impossible, the imperial tax revenue has completely languished.
After the Jin gentry occupied these permanent fields, they used their own exemptions and the government's appeasement and connivance to evade taxes, which ultimately led to the severe shrinkage of the Ming Dynasty's tax base.
"Since no one objects, that's it." Zhang Juzheng began to put floating notes on the memorial and asked His Majesty to use his seal.
Zhu Yijun looked at it, took out the treasure of Wanli and covered it with the treasure of Wanli. With the 220,000 acres of land in Yu Dayou's hands, he could house a large number of prisoners again.
Zhang Juzheng took out a memorial and said: "Nanjing Jiantai Huguangdao Supervisory Censor Chen Tang impeached Nanjing Guanglu Temple Minister and Yingtianfu Yin Gu Zhangzhi. There were many bandits along the river. In just half of the twelfth lunar month, there were about fifty cases of robberies. There is no peace even if he stays here, and Gu Zhangzhi is impeached for dereliction of duty, bribery and appeasement."
Chen Tang, a direct line official of Zhang Party, in this lengthy impeachment memorial, not only said that Gu Zhangzhi was a vegetarian, did not work well, did not catch thieves and captured and executed them, but also accepted bribes, appeased his own party members, and created a smoky atmosphere in the city of Nanjing. , within a month, dozens of bandits and thieves started fires, and the people were shocked. Gu Zhangzhi turned a blind eye and condoned the thieves because of bribes.
This part of the government's bribery and appeasement had a very bad impact on Nanya. Although it is difficult to investigate, the number of people who have been identified is tens of thousands of taels.
Zhang Juzheng continued: "Wan Gong, the minister of the river, impeached Gu Zhangzhi for his corruption. The Jiangnan Canal stretches for more than 800 miles. Every year, when the canal is opened at the beginning of summer, there is no risk of water flooding the canal. The year before last, the gates were opened in December of the previous year. The shallow stagnation, the dams cut off the flow, and the Jingkou was closed, the cost of dredging was tens of thousands, a total of 34 battalions were recruited, and 102,000 people were involved in dredging. It took 480,000 yuan of silver to find out, and the review was only issued 120,000 taels of silver, Gu Zhangzhi was greedy for more than 300,000 taels, and his complaints filled the road."
The two memorials directly pointed out Gu Zhangzhi's crime of bribery and appeasement.
The second memorial was very destructive. On the border, the city wall was built, and in the south, it was dredging the river. Gu Zhangzhi took 480,000 taels from the court to dredge the river, but he ended up embezzling more than 300,000 taels!
When it comes to dredging rivers, everyone will get a little bit of oil and water. If it is not too much, no one will actually impeach this matter. After all, since Jiajing, the wind of bribery and appeasement has spread throughout the world, but Gu Zhangzhi directly took away 300,000 yuan, which was a bit excessive.
He took away 300,000 yuan. In the matter of dredging the river, he couldn't pay for the earth, stone and wood, nor could he give the money for recruiting local governments. The 34th Battalion had 102,000 people, and they didn't even care about food. The government offices where each section of the river is located are under great pressure. In order to appease the poor coolies, landless tenants, and wandering slaves who have to dredge the river channels in order to appease these poor people who have no enough to eat, the government offices in various places are also scratching their bald heads to allow the canal to be built. In the late Sui Dynasty, the whole world turned into a rebellion on the Canal.
After finally calculating the debt, Wan Gong figured out where the water worth 300,000 silver was intercepted, and a memorial reached Tianting directly.
Pointing directly at the Gu family in Kunshan.
Zhang Juzheng thought for a while and said: "Gu Zhangzhi should be dismissed on the spot and taken to the capital. Xu Xing can ask questions."
The evidence for these two charges against Gu Zhangzhi is conclusive. If Gu Zhangzhi is not brought to the capital, who will be responsible for the shortfall of 300,000 taels?
"Let's confiscate the house." Hearing this, Tan Lun frowned and said, "If you do it a little later, the loss of 300,000 yuan will be made up by the imperial court."
I can still get some out of the house now, but if I do it later, I'm afraid the money will have been transferred long ago. The fields can't be moved, but the money can be moved. Gu's actions are faster than the court. For 300,000 taels, even if the household department is sold, it won't be able to make up for it. Such a big hole.
Last year, the imperial court left a total of one hundred thousand taels of silver in balance, which was obtained by drawing points from the galleons.
Ge Shouli's mood was quite subtle. There were holes in the Great Wall in Xuanzhou and Dazhou. The holes made by Wang Chonggu and Zhang Siwei were nearly 2 million taels, but the court still asked Wang Chonggu and Zhang Siwei to block the holes. Nothing happened.
Because Wang Chonggu was holding back the matter of my answer to the tribute, and the capital camp was in a sluggish state, there was no way to pursue it excessively, and it was done in a muddle-headed manner.
But Gu Zhangzhi immediately ransacked his house to repair the holes.
Because the Japanese pirates in the southeast were wiped out, and in the northwest, the Tatars established the Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom. This is the terrible self-respect of the invaders. Ritual, music, and conquests come from the princes, and celebrations, rewards, power, and punishments are not allowed to enter.
Zhang Juzheng would pinch a soft persimmon, but wouldn't Zhang Juzheng stop pinching a hard persimmon? Why should we revitalize the military and build another Beijing camp?
"Let's confiscate the house." Ge Shouli was the general responsible for impeaching officials. He didn't hesitate much and agreed with Tan Lun's idea and copied it.
Hai Rui strongly agreed with the confiscation of homes and said with a smile: "Copying."
What are you doing to provoke Zhang Juzheng! Who in the world doesn't know that Zhang Juzheng will be punished?
Hai Rui suggested, Zhang Juzheng took the lead, and the emperor approved the Nanya farmland return case. He returned the farmland obediently, and maybe even got some ship bows from the court. He suddenly changed from a local rich man to a maritime businessman, and he had to go through all the trouble. , splashed some dirty water on Song Yangshan, Wang Daokun and others, which made them angry, and now even their home was ransacked.
Zhang Juzheng was a follow-up official who knew how to adapt. He just wanted to get things done, realize his governing program, and return the world to the little emperor. It would not be a country full of holes or a mess. If the Jiangnan Jin gentry Agreeing to Xu Fan's suggestion, he kept his head down and turned from enclosing land and draining the people's energy into a maritime businessman.
Zhang Juzheng will definitely agree, and will also ask the emperor to issue a commendation, praising the Ming Dynasty gentry for their sensibleness and understanding of righteousness. The country suffered a huge financial loss and the world was trapped in annexation. The Jiangnan gentry took the lead in returning the land and returned the occupied Changtian to the court. , this is a model, this is an example for the Jin gentry in the world. If the Jiangnan Jin gentry wants some privileges in maritime affairs, the court will definitely agree.
Unfortunately, Xu Fan was stripped of his official status and exiled to Jizhou, and now the Gu family has been confiscated.
"Is there anyone else who wants to speak for the Gu family?" Zhang Juzheng looked at Wan Shihe. Whenever this person hurt the interests of the Jin gentry, he would jump out and talk about things with etiquette and ancestral laws. Now this is not cool. Unkind, a serious case of confiscation of the property of the wealthy Jin gentry.
Wan Shihe immediately shook his head and said: "Copy! It must be copied! There is a deficit of 300,000 taels!"
Wan Shihe's memory has also improved. After being scolded so many times, if he doesn't change his mind, the Minister of Rites will not be able to stay in office for a few days, and he will not be able to die a good death.
"Okay." Zhang Juzheng smiled and wrote his opinion on the floating ticket.
When Zhu Yijun placed the seal, he took a special look. Luo Sigong's father, Luo Bingliang, had done things properly. After seizing the armor and the crossbow, he had already teamed up with Nan Bing to surround the Gu family. He did not explain the source of the family's money. Without even taking a bite of rice, I have roughly sorted out Gu's property, which is about 780,000 taels of silver and more than 220,000 acres of land.
In other words, Luo Bingliang has actually captured the Gu family in Kunshan. Whether the person dies or not depends on the court. But don’t even think about taking away a cent of this money and land. Even if you dig three feet into the ground, they will be dug out for you. .
All the officials and gentry in the world were afraid of Tiqi, just because they were afraid of this place. During the Jiajing period, when Lu Bing was the commander of Tiqi, it was the time when Emperor Jiajing's power was at its peak. Everyone was afraid of Tiqi. When Tiqi handled the case, he showed that he was ruthless and unscrupulous.
"What Xu Fan said makes sense. How much small fish can you eat to be full? A big fish can make you burp. This year, the Ministry of Household Affairs can have a little more balance. According to the ancestral law, the income is confiscated, the national money is seven, and the internal money is Three." Zhu Yijun picked up the ink pen and changed the division to seventy-three cents instead of fifty-five cents, and then printed it.
Wang Guoguang, the Minister of Household Affairs, was quite surprised. He confiscated all the proceeds from the confiscation of the house. According to the ancestral law of the Yongle period, all the money was returned to the internal funds. However, at that time, the internal funds were public funds, and all the rewards were given out of the internal funds.
According to the ancestral law of the Jiajing period, it was 50-50, so as not to worry about the disparity of resources, each person had half and half, so it was difficult to make ends meet. However, with a swipe of the emperor's little hand, it was 73-50.
His majesty's little hand gestured, something must have happened.
As expected, Zhang Juzheng took out another memorial and said: "Songjiang commander-in-chief Yu Dayou, Chen Lin, Song Yangshan, Wang Daokun and others wrote: It is said that the nine provinces on the thoroughfare of Songjiang Prefecture are deep-water harbors. In the past, during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, I moved from Taicang, Suzhou Liujiagang has sailed southward to the West for seven times. The state, civilian and public sectors are in full supply, so we requested an order to open the sea and set up the Songjiang Shipbuilding Department, with a rate office, three good ports, and three shipyards. After hearing this, Your Majesty sent an edict to Your Excellency Wenyuan. The imperial court will discuss this matter."
The picture is poor and the dagger can be seen.
Wang Guoguang understood immediately! No wonder that before the court meeting, the little emperor talked about the Aoshan fireworks, which was basically to express a position, that is, the court and the palace should increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
In order to save money, even the Aoshan fireworks that started during the Yongle period were stopped. This was to save money.
So opening up the sea means open source.
The reason why the little emperor was willing to change the fine from confiscation to 70-30 was because he was eyeing Kaihai. This could be regarded as bribery, and he used money to silence the court's opposition to Kaihai in advance.
After all, in the Yuegang City Rating Hall, the income from drawing points is divided into 50 and 50 between national and internal funds, which is the bulk.
"The Ministry of Revenue has no objection." Wang Guoguang immediately expressed his position. The Ministry of Revenue is also poor and cannot make ends meet every year. He, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is also in dire straits. Now that the emperor is willing to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, that is great, even if the little emperor does not turn the confiscation into Sanqi Yes, Wang Guoguang will agree.
The finance minister of the empire looks at the empty national funds every day. Anyone who asks for money has to sigh and say that there is no money. This is not a long-term solution.
"The Ministry of Punishment has no objection either." Wang Zhigao made his second statement. Yuegang has been practicing this for a long time. As long as the Hongmao Fan is not given land, the Hongmao Fan will not be able to take root and it will not have a worse impact.
Zhang Han, the Minister of Civil Affairs, thought for a while and said, "Mr. Yuan Fu handled the matter well!"
Tan Lun thought for a while and said: "As everyone knows, I have been proposing to open the sea since I was the governor of Fujian. Even for Yuegang, I would have made a special report, saying that it would be opened only a little bit, not at all. To no avail, the Ministry of War also agrees with Songjiang City Shipping Division. If there is a conflict, Yu Long will be powerful in the southeast, so everything will be fine."
The Japanese pirates had better make a comeback. They were able to kill them cleanly back then, and they can be killed now as well. It is best to kill all the southeastern gentry, wealthy businessmen, and powerful people behind them!
Kill kill kill! Kill him until his blood flows like a river, kill him cleanly.
Tan Lun was born as a Jinshi, but the thing he did most in his life was killing people. Tan Lun did not have the patience of Zhang Juzheng. If he, Tan Lun, were in power, he would not cut the flesh bit by bit with a dull knife like Zhang Juzheng. The way of opening and closing, being disobedient, shouting, and full of contradictions, contradictions? What contradiction?
If you just kill the opponent completely, wouldn't there be no conflict?
Of course, Tan Lun also knew that he couldn't do that. After Song Huizong pacified Fang La, in order to make money, he directly killed one out of ten middle-class families. As a result, the people's hearts were divided. Later, Song Huizong was captured by the Jin people. Went to the cellar.
Tan Lun knew that he was not suitable for running a country.
Four of the six bureaus have no objections. This matter will be considered to have passed the court discussion. As long as the little emperor issues the seal, it will be considered legal.
It's just that Zhang Juzheng is also willing to listen to objections. After all, every objection can reduce some detours.
The establishment of the Shibo Department must not circumvent the ancestral laws, especially the ancestral laws that completely banned the sea during the Jiajing period. This matter still needs to be argued. Respecting the heaven and the ancestors is the ancestral motto.
Wan Shihe did not object to opening the sea. He said with emotion: "In the early days of Hongwu, Gui Yanliang said in "The Twelve Essentials of Taiping": The way to control the barbarians is to put defense first, then to conquer, and to open borders. Provocation, greed for small profits, this is the next thing. The barbarians pay tribute, and sometimes they are not obeyed. When they come to cultivate civilization and morality, they should send envoys to explain it. They will be fearful of power and have virtue, and they will all obey them. Why are the hard-working soldiers far away? "
"Taizu followed this and established a country that would not be conquered for fifteen years."
The main reason and goal of establishing a tributary trade system during the Hongwu period was to treat people from far away, make the barbarian guests submissive, and bring all nations to the court. All of this goal was because the main contradiction at that time was different from now.
At that time, the Song Dynasty had been destroyed for a hundred years, and the Ming Dynasty was newly established. All countries needed to come to the dynasty to increase cohesion.
What Wan Shihe said was also the three principles of Ming Dynasty’s foreign relations.
First, for Rouyuan people, trade is a means to achieve diplomatic goals, not an end;
Second, the important thing about emphasizing culture and virtue is to make the barbarians fear power and embrace virtue, and realize the cultural kingship, rather than rule by force;
Third, light conquest is a method of military conquest that will only be used under forced circumstances. It is enough to achieve partial political restraint.
For example, during the Yongle period, when the Annan Kingdom was conquered to establish Jiaozhi, it would not have been possible if the Liyue dynasty in Jiaozhi had not repeatedly provoked them and set up an ambush to ambush the 5,000 soldiers escorting Chen Tianping back home from the Ming Dynasty.
Wan Shihe said with a strange expression: "The contradiction at that time was that the Ming Dynasty was newly established, and it urgently needed the support of all people, and also needed to recuperate and recuperate, so it had the goal of welcoming people from far away, serving foreign guests, and having all nations come to the DPRK."
"The same was true during the Yongle period. At that time, Jing was unable to conquer, the world was unrest, and the countries on the seashore were restless, and they needed to show off their power, so they made seven voyages to the Western Seas, and the Ming army showed its majesty."
"The sky is constantly changing, the earth is constantly changing, people are constantly changing, and the Tao is also constantly changing."
"During the Jiajing and Longqing years, the contradictions changed again during the opening of the sea. This is probably what Tan Sima said: if the imperial guard is lax and strict, the value will be greater and the crowd will become more popular. If adultery is not allowed, it will be seized and followed, and the intention is correct. in this way."
The contradictions are changing, the goals are changing, and the means are also changing.
Contradiction dominates the cyclical development of all things.
The strict maritime ban during the Jiajing period and the opening of the sea during the Longqing period were in line with the characteristics of the development of things. Tan Lun made it very clear in "A Note on Unresolved Matters in the aftermath of the Japanese War in Chenping". The more people shout, the less private trade is allowed, and life will be taken away.
"Ah, Wan Shangshu also read the theory of contradiction?" Feng Baoda asked in surprise: "I thought you regarded it as a heresy and just refused to read it. So, it seems that Wan Shangshu also read it?"
"I am a scholar!" Wan Shihe argued loudly, his face turned red with anger at this strange meal.
Feng Bao said with a smile: "Ah, yes, yes, it looks a bit like it now."
Feng Bao was so angry that he would not pay for his life, and this strange anger really struck a knife into his heart. Wan Shihe even studied and was scolded.
What words, what words are these! What is like! He, Wan Shihe, was born a dignified Jinshi! That is the scholar of the Ming Dynasty who was rolled out by thousands of troops!
This contradiction says that once you read something and understand it carefully, it is like climbing out of a cesspit and washing yourself, and it will be difficult to jump back into the cesspit again.
This is already the second year of Wanli, and the traditional Confucianism of the third generation of Fa is still being practiced. It is really a bit decadent! If you don’t talk about contradictions, I think it’s heresy, even if you just try to unite your knowledge and actions to align your conscience, that’s fine!
"The imperial court only had 100,000 silver left last year, but it was much better than the Jiajing forty years. It lost more than two million silver that year. In the end, Yan Ge came to the temple and took money from internal funds to fill the shortfall." Wang Guoguang talked about the past with emotion.
The Yan Party fell in the 41st year of Jiajing. Emperor Jiajing found out that Yan Shifan asked for bribes from Prince Yu's palace.
In the forty years of Jiajing's reign, the imperial court fought with the Tatars in Datong, Xuanfu, and pacified the Japanese in the southeast. There was no peace in the world. The imperial court's expenses were huge, and taxes could not be collected. It lost nearly two million taels that year. Yan Song Jiajing forty years Nian entered the palace and asked the emperor to withdraw the money from the internal funds.
Emperor Jiajing thought that by killing Yan Shifan and confiscating Yan's family, he could make up for the shortfall in the palace. As a result, Xu Jie confiscated Yan Song's home. Until the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, he gave Emperor Jiajing one hundred thousand taels of silver.
Zhu Yijun heard Wan Shihe's statement and said with a smile: "Yu the Dayu controlled the floods. It was better to block the water than to dredge it. The people of the world lived by the sea and depended on the sea to eat. The imperial court set up the capital and the government to make money. It is not shabby."
The material base determines the superstructure. The Ming Dynasty was poor in one word.
With no money and no food, nothing can be done. If you don’t have rice in your hands, you will be called a chicken and the chicken will not respond.
The matter of the Municipal Shipping Department has passed the court discussion, and the specific handling will be left to Yu Dayou, Wang Daokun, and Zhang Cheng.
Zhang Juzheng's attack came to an end for the time being. He used the Gu family's secret possession of armor and ordered Nanya to return the fields; he used Gu Zhangzhi to bribe the government to appease the government; he ransacked the entire Gu family's homes and killed chickens as a warning; and through Xu Fan's suggestion, he discussed the matter of Songjiang City Shipping Department.
When Zhang Juzheng launched an attack, how should Nanya Jingentry respond?
It took 15 days to get from Bei Ya to Nan Ya. It was a little late because of the snow. However, the imperial decree ordered the powerful families in Nan Ya to hand over their armor and crossbows. It caused an uproar.
At this time, in the Xu family's old house, Luo Bingliang was waiting outside the door with a knife.
Xu Fan was wrongly accused. Luo Bingliang knew and collected a lot of witness, physical evidence, and documentary evidence to prove that Xu Fan did not appear in the prostitute's house that day.
On the day Xu Fan committed the murder, Xu Fan quarreled with Xu Jie in the Xu family's old house and went to bed immediately afterwards. Xu Fan could provide sufficient alibi. Xu Fan had something on his mind, and it involved a matter of life and death for his family. He How can I have the time to look for flowers and willows?
Luo Bingliang escorted a number of witnesses to Beijing for questioning. As for whether Xu Fan would be convicted of the crime, this was not something Luo Bingliang could decide.
This was a major frame-up case, but the court had already dealt with it. It was said that he was exiled to the border military town, but he went to Jizhou, which was meant to protect him. Nanya will inevitably set off a huge wave during the return of the land. If Xu Fan continues to stay in Songjiang Mansion, he will not be able to protect the Xu family, let alone Xu Jie.
Zhang Juzheng sent Xu Fan to the north and placed him in Jizhen, which can be regarded as leaving a trace of incense to the Xu family. Even if the Xu family is overthrown, there will not be no descendants, and it can be regarded as the last friendship between Zhang Juzheng's disciples.
After the Xu Fan case, if Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jie meet again, they will be real enemies.
Luo Bingliang stood with a knife in his hand, waiting for Xu Fan to say goodbye to his old father.
Xu Fan knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, tears streaming down his face. He didn't know what to do to save the Xu family.
"When you get to the north, just listen to Zhang Juzheng's words. I am a disciple who is ruthless, but in the end, I only care about a piece of incense and love. Even if I say that I am going to be exiled, I will save your life." Xu Jie put down the tea cup and said. : "I know you blame me and hate me. Now that the matter is over, there is no need for you and me, father and son, to say more."
Xu Fan stood up and said with a frown: "Father, do we also have armored crossbows hidden in our house?"
"Yes." Xu Jie sighed, nodded affirmatively and replied, among the wealthy and powerful families on the ground floor of Nanya, who hasn't ordered this thing yet? Otherwise, those landless tenants, wandering slaves, and forest bandits would have taken the wealthy and powerful people away long ago. The house was robbed.
Xu Fan wiped the tears on his face and sighed: "The imperial court issued a strict decree requiring each family to return their armored crossbows. How to deal with it?"
"Don't hand it over? The Gu family will be ransacked immediately, and the chickens will be killed to scare the monkeys. If you don't hand over the armor and crossbow, it will be a death penalty; hand over? The court wants the powerful family to return the land, and if you resist and disobey the order, it will be death. You can't even resist." .”
"The left and right are waiting to die."
Xu Jie looked at Xu Fan with a solemn expression and said, "This is a struggle, life and death."
The nature of the contradiction is extremely combative. It is obvious that the struggle is not a dinner party, it is bloody and requires bloodshed. The imperial court is powerful and the powerful are weak.
Xu Fan raised his hand and said eagerly: "Father, admit it, return the crossbow, and ask the court for a ship guide. I have heard the decree. The court wants to build a shipping department in Songjiang, and Songjiang Prefecture is a thoroughfare to nine provinces. This is a good thing. As long as a place is managed a little bit, it will be hundreds of times more powerful than a city with ten thousand houses. Not to mention that it will last forever, and it will thrive for at least five generations."
Xu Jie stood up, walked to Xu Fan, slapped the dirt on his clothes, took a good look at Xu Fan and said, "You, you still don't understand. I admit that there are many people who won't let me Admit it, I know what you mean, and it’s not that I’m stubborn.”
"After arriving in the north, I no longer have a father to rely on. I have to be patient in everything and don't cause trouble. The friendship between Zhang Juzheng and I has been broken. You can make your own way in the future."
"If I die, remember that your Majesty, Zhang Juzheng, and the imperial court are not your father-killing enemies, do you understand?"
"If I don't kill Boren, Boren will die because of me."
Xu Jie could not express his meaning clearly because he had not read Zhang Juzheng's public and private theory. Once he read it, it would suddenly become clear. He only knew now that he had no way out.
The person who really killed Xu Jie was himself, the powerful man on the ground in Nanya. Regardless of whether Xu Jie did or not, he was bound to be at the forefront of the storm of cleaning up Nanya's annexed land.
"Why? The imperial court wants to set up a shipping department in Songjiang Prefecture. We Nanya Jin gentry can use this to go to the sea. If we don't make money, we have to dig food in the soil. Why? ?" Xu Fan couldn't understand why these gentry couldn't change their minds?
Xu Jie said with a smile: "Occupying acres of land can last for eternity, but hereditary inheritance can be ignored, but it cannot be done in business. There are profits and losses in business. Nothing can make a family prosperous more than land, right?"
Xu Fan said with mixed emotions: "People can't live forever, how can any family be able to live forever and be hereditary?"
"In the old days, the king's swallows flew in front of the hall and flew into the homes of ordinary people."
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