If you say the little emperor is young, Hai Rui agrees, but if you say the little emperor is stupid, Hai Rui will disagree ten thousand times.
Hai Rui's greatest pleasure after returning to the court was to watch Nan Ya's return of farmland. It was proceeding in an orderly manner. Twenty thousand hectares had been initially implemented, and there were still 50,000 hectares. The total number of land returned by the emperor in the world exceeded 800,000 hectares. Apart from this pleasure, , his entertainment also included Zhang Juzheng being speechless when asked by the little emperor.
Hai Rui presided over the clearing of land in Nanya, and eventually he returned to his hometown as an official. Zhang Juzheng sent Song Yiwang, Wang Daokun and others to carry out the work in an effective, orderly and step-by-step manner, accelerating the return of land in Nanya bit by bit.
When it came to returning the land, Hai Rui knew that he was not as good as Zhang Juzheng. Everyone would compare him. He couldn't do it, but Zhang Juzheng did it. In terms of ability, Zhang Juzheng was stronger and omnipotent. Zhang Juzheng faced the little emperor's inquiry. , the feeling of powerlessness he often displays is Hai Rui's second source of happiness.
The little emperor issued a tax stamp like this and said he had no backup plan. Who was he trying to fool? !
"Hai Zongxian means that there will be a follow-up to this matter?" Ge Shouli said with a relaxed expression: "That is also a headache for Yuan Fu. Your Majesty, Yuan Fujiao, when the time comes, the courtiers will not dare to say that your father is at fault. We can only scold the treacherous officials in charge of the country and teach the emperor to become like this."
When Hai Rui thought about it, it was true. They were not the ones getting scolded anyway, they were just watching the fun.
Both the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Hanlin Academy are extremely aristocratic departments. The word "noble" means that the yamen of these two government affairs departments have no control over what their department officials will say.
"Why are you, the chief minister of the Jin Party, so clueless? Why are you sailing against the wind? Impeachment of Zhang Xueyan. He has won a big victory. How can he be impeached?" Hai Rui talked about the case discussed by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Zhang Xueyan, the governor of Liaodong, was impeached. Impeached, the reason for impeachment is that Zhang Xueyan's son, a member of Yinjielu, took a concubine some time ago. This concubine came from the Sunshine Department of Yeya River in Jilin, Liaodong. This tribe has another name called Yehenala.
This does not prove Zhang Xueyan's crime of secretly marrying people. This concubine was returned to the people in the south, and Zhang Xueyan's son was in the capital, not in Liaodong. It is somewhat far-fetched. As long as Zhang Xueyan's son handed over this concubine to Beizhen Fu Si, how could Zhang Xueyan fail?
Moreover, impeachment is impeachment, and whether an investigation can be formed depends on the decision-making of the court. Zhang Xueyan is the governor of Liaodong and a third-rank minister of the Ministry of War. Even if he is guilty, his rank will still depend on his rank.
"How do I know what they are thinking? How can his son's concubine be impeached? What if Zhang Xueyan married it himself? It's really strange." Ge Shouli read the memorial in his hand and followed the Ming Dynasty's procedures. , Ge Shouli couldn't stop the memorial. If someone's memorial was stopped and he didn't submit it to the emperor, people would die, and a lot of people would die.
Why did Ming Taizu abolish Zhongshu Province during the Hongwu period? It's not that Hu Weiyong thought that he was the prime minister and intercepted some memorials that were not beneficial to him. This kind of thing would be exposed after a while.
Ge Shouli could not stop the memorial, he could only watch these people being stupid.
"Why do these people always go to Xiasan Road? Are they dirty?" Hai Rui threw aside another memorial, which was sent to Wenyuan Pavilion. He didn't know that Yuan Fu and the emperor were reading these all day long. Memorial, what does it feel like?
Ge Shouli thought for a while and said quite accurately: "If you can't find any other way, just go to the Lower Third Road. It's like Da Sima, a literary scholar who went to the battlefield and personally led the dead soldiers to fight against the Japanese pirates. I suffered from injuries all over my body, and when I arrived in the capital, I was promoted to Grand Sima, but Fang Fengshi used false information to make a false shot. In the end, the root of my illness was revealed, and His Majesty even refused to let Grand Sima go to the governor's military affairs."
"But these officials always say that Da Sima took the medicine of tigers and wolves. Why did he raise three hundred prostitutes? Qi Jiguang captured the Persian twin beauties and gave them to Zhang Yuanfu. Tsk tsk. They have noses and eyes. Are they doing this in Da Sima? Could it be possible that I could witness it with my own eyes while working as a servant in Sima and Yuan Fu’s private residence?”
"The more details there are, the less credible it is. Spreading rumors to stir up trouble is the most abhorrent thing."
The accumulation of feathers sinks the boat, the group breaks the shaft lightly, the people's mouth makes gold, the accumulation destroys the bones.
The words spoken in unison by everyone were enough to melt metal. It is a metaphor for the power of public opinion, which can confuse right from wrong and truth from falsehood.
For example, the case of Fang Xiaoru's execution of ten tribes, which has never been recorded in the history of the country, has become a prominent subject, as if Emperor Cheng Zuwen was an out-and-out murderous devil. However, after searching the history of the country, there is no mention of any case of ten tribes. ? Chengzu had just entered Nanjing at that time, and he entered the capital in the name of Qingjun. It was inevitable to kill people. However, the claims of the ten tribes are the same as those of Grand Sima Tan Lun's Tiger Wolf Medicine and Zhang Juzheng's Persian concubine. The more details there are, the less trustworthy they are.
Hai Rui picked up another memorial, opened it, read it a few times, and said with a smile: "We should throw them and their books into the cesspool. There is a memorial to impeach Liang Menglong and Zhao Mengyou."
The public opinion in the court was mainly focused on the matter of seizing love. This thing is a bit strange. The little emperor who usually talks at length suddenly stopped summoning these officials. This is a very strange signal, like a tiger. It was as if he had suddenly dozed off, so the courtiers only came to give advice, instead of going to Tianque and kowtow in front of Huangji Gate.
Yes, Zhu Yijun has sharpened the butcher's knife. He wants to make the love-fighting between Liang Menglong and Zhao Mengyou thorough and to the extreme. If the official of the Department of Science and Technology touches his nose and face, Zhu Yijun will use the imperial staff, a big killer, to end it. After beating more than a dozen officials to death, no one will force him to win love.
Ge Shouli was also happy and said with a smile: "After all, I know that I am afraid. It was Zhao Mengyou who was impeached. Now Zhao Mengyou is Tishuai. They should not impeach Tishuai for stealing love. They should go back to their hometown to observe filial piety. When Tishuai uses his imperial staff, he will really beat him." Kill them, Tiqi's stick, if you hit it well, you can get a hundred sticks, and you can practice it for two or three days, which means that if you hit it unluckily, you can kill someone with just one stick."
When the little emperor and Luo Sigong were fighting, it was a wooden sword that could kill people. It was only a five-foot wooden sword. The killing clubs of the Tiqi were no joke. They could be retracted and released freely. If you didn't want to kill, you could hit them however you wanted. Just the sound of movement won't kill anyone, but if you want to kill someone, a stick will kill you.
This matter is troublesome for Ke Dao Yan Guan. If it was just Liang Menglong, it would be fine. The impeachment would be impeachment. Now that Zhao Mengyou is added to the list, doesn't this Chaotianque mean that he has thrown himself into a trap?
Science and technology officials are bad, not stupid.
"Bullying the weak is afraid of the strong." Hai Rui sneered and continued to deal with the matters of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Hai Rui and Ge Shouli get along quite well, because Hai Rui is not greedy for power, does not engage in cliques, and has the power to oversee the affairs of the Yuan Dynasty. He only recognizes right and wrong. Right is right and wrong is wrong. As the leader of the Jin Party, Ge Shouli There must be some authoritative matters, and Hai Rui occasionally knows how to work around them. Faces are given to each other, so Hai Rui will check whether the popular science and education officials have the integrity and uprightness to be trusted ministers.
Ge Shouli is also very supportive of Hai Rui's appraisal work. These academic officials are used to talking nonsense. If they are not properly appraised, they will cause trouble. When they are struck by lightning, Ge Shouli will also be implicated. .
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Shangyuan Festival, and the Aoshan fireworks begin on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month. The Aoshan fireworks are a giant lantern fireworks landscape set up by the Ming Dynasty royal family in the palace every year during the Shangyuan Festival. They are named because their shape resembles an ao. Aoshan Fireworks, or Aoshan Lantern Festival.
During the Chenghua period, Emperor Xianzong issued an order that his subjects go to the Meridian Gate to view Aoshan Mountain for three days, and moved Aoshan Mountain from the palace to the Meridian Gate. High, all kinds of uniquely designed fireworks are stacked layer by layer on Aoshan Mountain, usually thirteen layers high and several feet high!
There are also more and more projects. From the beginning, it was to watch Aoshan Mountain, and later it gradually became the stage of Taichang Temple and Bell and Drum Division. Various folk arts were also performed on the stage.
This is also the source of rewards. The emperor gives rewards as soon as he opens his mouth. Every year, hundreds of thousands of rewards are given. The palace cannot support it, and neither can the court.
During the Jiajing period, there was a clear distinction between public and private affairs, so Jiajing did not like to organize the Aoshan fireworks. However, during the Longqing period, all rewards came from state funds, and the Ministry of Revenue was not willing to do it. The little emperor said no, and the Ministry of Revenue was the first to agree. , the Ministry of Rites said no reward was needed, but the Ministry of Household agreed to do it.
On the day of the Yuan Shangyuan Festival, colorful lanterns of various shapes flashed on the huge Aoshan Mountain, gorgeous fireworks continued to set off, and the palace maidens danced to the beautiful music of the Bell and Drum Division. It was an audio-visual feast. The Ming Dynasty version of the Spring Festival Gala.
When Tang Bohu came to Beijing, he saw this holy scene and wrote: The deep rock of the Immortal Palace is named Taixia, and the precious lanterns are decorated high and low. The agarwood tree is connected with three pearls, and the branches are decorated with colorful knots and four branches are illuminated by flowers. The water stirs up the Gebei dragon and turns it into a staff, and the moon shines brightly and the phoenix follows the chariot.
The Spring Festival Gala has been suspended for two years. Can the Ministry of Rites not be anxious?
The New Year in the capital is very lively. Amidst the sound of firecrackers, every household has Spring Festival couplets and lanterns hung up. Some people even have flags made of colored paper hanging in their homes, and small flags made of colored paper strung together with threads. Children play together, wear new clothes and light fireworks and firecrackers everywhere on the street, especially throwing firecrackers into the cesspit, which always attracts scolding from their mother.
During the Chinese New Year, children like to steal food very much, because during the Chinese New Year, the most delicious things are cooked. If this child is caught by his father, he will teach the child to be diligent and thrifty with a straight face, but who knows? Chinese food is hard work.
Wufu is prosperous in the city. There are two cities during the Ming Dynasty. The first city starts on the first day of the Lunar New Year and ends with the City God Temple Fair on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. The City God of the capital almost smashed Emperor Yongle to death with a thousand-jin gate in Jinan Prefecture. In Tiexuan, the Chenghuang Temple Fair is unprecedented in scale. From the opening of the market in the morning, various goods stalls are lined up in one row. Every year, the entire street of Xingbu Yamen is occupied.
The second largest market is the Lantern Festival Lantern Market. During the three days of the Lantern Festival, the curfew will be lifted. The Lantern Festival Lantern Market gathers rare goods from all over the country every year, and even imports from Thailand and the West. Western items, such as these three days, the capital will sell cakes from Shouanfang, Hangzhou Prefecture.
There are noisy firecrackers, and there is an endless stream of people paying New Year greetings. When acquaintances meet, they say hello and bow to each other, and there are many of them. A bowl of Shangyuan soup is served to entertain guests, which is a blend of sincerity and warmth.
As the emperor, Zhu Yijun also appeared in the Wufeng Tower above the Huangji Gate, and Aoshan Mountain was at his feet. When the moon rose, the Aoshan Fireworks Festival officially began. Feng Bao was not guarding the emperor, but at the Aoshan Lantern Festival. Standing next to the lamp stand, he stared at the Aoshan lamp stand. If something went wrong, Feng Bao wouldn't be able to save ten thousand heads.
The fireworks on Aoshan Mountain were built by the imperial court this year. Ten thousand taels of silver were spent on the fireworks on Aoshan Mountain.
After Zhu Yijun finished watching the Aoshan fireworks, he got up and left directly. He had no political purpose, just two words: save money.
As an emperor, he doesn't need rewards if he doesn't look at them, which is very logical.
This is not a solution thought up by the Ministry of Rites, it is Zhu Yijun's own decision, and Zhu Yijun is present as the emperor. In fact, the ministers can't let it go. It's like going out for team building. The leaders are always inexplicably embarrassed when they are present. Some strange political gifts, Zhu Yijun It was embarrassing to watch, and the performer was also embarrassed.
When Zhu Yijun returned to Qianqing Palace, even Empress Dowager Chen who was in Qianqing Palace was extremely surprised.
"Emperor, why did you come back if you weren't watching the fun in front?" Empress Dowager Chen frowned and said, "Or did these ministers make some trouble again? Did they make the emperor angry?"
Empress Dowager Chen and Empress Dowager Li both changed their expressions, someone was bullying the emperor.
In the second year of Longqing, the late emperor started the Aoshan fireworks on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, and burned the table when he returned to the palace. This was because a Kedao official contradicted Emperor Longqing, saying that Emperor Longqing was too extravagant and should not waste the country's savings like this.
This Yan Guan was not punished, because what Yan Guan said was very reasonable. At that time, the national money was empty, and the internal money was tight and he went to the outer court to beg for food.
Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "That's not true. It's good if the child doesn't give them the trouble. How can they dare to make the kid suffer? When Zhao Tishuai stole his love, they didn't dare to kowtow in front of the Huangji Gate for fear of being really beaten. died."
"I just don't want to see it."
Queen Mother Li saw that the little emperor was in a low mood. He seemed indifferent to such a lively event and asked with concern: "What's the matter?"
Zhu Yijun hesitated for a moment and then said: "During the Chinese New Year this year, my husband said that he wanted to see foreign officials, the county magistrate, the elders, and the common people."
"I met with Feng Minggong, a right-wing politician in Henan. Feng Minggong was a member of the Jin Party and his teacher was Yang Bo. I asked him if he had any grievances or disasters. Feng Minggong answered that there are only man-made disasters, the anger of God and the resentment of people, and the shared anger of different generations."
"I ask again: What an injustice."
"The Prime Minister of Shaanzhou County, Henan Prefecture in western Henan Province reported that there was a farmer named Wang Xingsan in Jiao Village, Lingbao Town, known as Wang Laosan. Wang Laosan had a daughter, just a daughter, who he loved very much."
"The Wang family has twenty-four acres of permanent farmland. Originally, the family's livelihood was sufficient. However, there was a locust plague the year before last. The court exempted the local tax. However, the local township government's private demands were too heavy, so they had to sell the acres. In the year of the disaster, the land could not be sold at a high price. , so I borrowed the green rice money, and the green rice money was very profitable, but Wang Laosan still couldn’t pay back the money.”
"Last year during the Chinese New Year, Wang Laosan went out to hide from debts and didn't come back until the Chinese New Year. As a result, he was blocked at home by debt collectors."
"The Lu family, a wealthy family in Shaanxi Province, saw the water spirit raised by Wang Laosan's daughter, so she took it to pay off the debt. Wang Laosan refused and beat to death one member of the Lu family, who was called a family member but was actually a slave, just to avoid the Ming Dynasty. There is a prohibition against keeping slaves among the people."
"Wang Laosan killed someone, and the court naturally wanted to pursue him. Wang Laosan had nowhere to go, so he had to surrender, hoping that the court could give his girl a way to survive."
"Debts will not be paid off after death, and the county magistrate will do everything possible. The Lu family only wants people without money. This year, Zuo Shenzhen came to Beijing to report on his duties, and the county magistrate also came with him."
"I just ask: Where is this daughter?"
"The county magistrate brought this daughter to the capital, hoping to find someone to adopt her. After several searches, she could not be found. I left the daughter in the palace, and Feng Bao sent her to the inner study to study."
The tragedy of Wang Laosan is the epitome of the bankrupt people in the Central Plains. The number of people like this in the Ming Dynasty has increased year by year. An undercurrent hidden under the water is surging, just like the one eye of the Mo Dao Stone Man. One day, this accumulated anger will burn the entire world to ashes.
The inner study room that the Wang family girl went to was a study room under the jurisdiction of the Director of Rites of the Ming Dynasty. The palace maids and Xiao Huangmen were studying there. Feng Bao was so good at studying, and he was able to study in the inner study little by little based on his strength.
The palace maids and Xiaohuangmen who can choose to study inside are also involved and have a very high status. Whenever the palace maids and Xiaohuangmen who study in the inner study pass by, the eunuchs in the palace will stop and bow their hands in greeting, because they point out. I'm not sure who among them will become an ancestor in the future.
The girl from the Wang family is not a lucky girl. She is indeed smart and can understand everything.
Zhang Hong suffered from this disadvantage. He didn't study in the study, so he kept making up for it.
"How does the emperor plan to deal with this case?" Empress Dowager Li was from a humble background, and she couldn't bear to hear the suffering of the people. No wonder the young emperor had been depressed these past few days during the New Year. It turned out that she was pretending to be something and asked the emperor how to deal with it.
Zhu Yijun's face was extremely calm, but his tone was a little cold as he said: "Henan Right Political Councilor Feng Minggong reported that this Lu family in Shaanzhou took advantage of the locust plague, but it shocked many people. Wang Laosan is just a family, and the tragedy of the Wang family's daughter is not a family. , they took advantage of these dignified-looking daughters and sold them to Nanya to be made into horses."
Shouma, a kind of talented singing prostitute who is specially cultivated to entertain people with sex, belongs to the top class of prostitutes. Qian Qianyi, who has such a famous itchy scalp and cold water, his side wife was born as a talented singing prostitute.
Zhu Yijun continued: "I ask sir, is this the Henan Zuo Shenzheng and the county magistrate specially arranged by my husband? The gentleman said: He only found out after the Zuo Shenzheng and the county magistrate returned to Beijing to report on their duties. If an upright person does not behave in an upright manner, please ask the emperor to punish him. God's grace, when the atmosphere is correct and the atmosphere is clear and the oceans and rivers are clear, then there will be no way for evil deeds to escape."
"I asked Commander Ti to punish two people from a thousand households and command fifty cavalrymen to handle this case."
"Mr. Yuanfu asked your majesty to celebrate his power and punishment?" Queen Mother Li looked much more relaxed after hearing the handling. She said with a smile: "Recently, the courtiers have been reporting that Yuanfu is isolated from the inside and outside. My mother has nothing to do with it." It can be seen that Yuan Fu has plans to isolate China and foreign countries."
"Qian'an Bo and Ning Yuanbo won the battle, the emperor wanted to bestow military honors, and Yuan Fu asked the emperor to celebrate the rewards; the courtiers said something wrong, and the emperor wanted to admonish them. Something happened in the west of Henan and Henan, and Yuan Fu also asked the emperor to Intimidation and punishment, these officials are always talking loudly, and they are very sharp-tongued when they describe good people as bad people. If they can speak so well, why don't they go to Yibei and kill An Dahan!"
"It's hard work, Your Majesty. It's so hard at such an age."
"Feng Dajue, go and call that girl Wang. I want to see for myself."
Soon the girl Wang was called over. Queen Mother Li and Queen Mother Chen both looked at each other. They were indeed beautiful women. Their facial features alone were not outstanding, but together they were surprisingly coordinated and consistent.
Empress Dowager Li asked: "What's your name? How old are you? Have you read a book? Are there any relatives at home? The court will deal with it. Since the court knows about your family's injustice, it cannot let this injustice be vindicated."
Wang Yatou knelt on the ground and listened carefully to the answer: "My little girl's name is Wang Yaozhuo. She is 12 years old. She has read the Three-Character Classic, Hundred Family Surnames, Thousand-Character Classic, and Idiom Examination, and learned some arithmetic. Her mother died of dystocia when giving birth to her little girl." , my father has never remarried and has no family left. The common people thank the emperor for his kindness and will repay the favor by holding a ring of grass in their hands in this life."
Wang Yaozhuo kowtowed heavily, with a cry in his voice.
Queen Mother Li noticed something and asked again: "Don't you have an uncle?"
Although Wang Yaozhuo had shed tears, he still thought clearly and spoke fluently: "After my father died, the family was devastated. The Prime Minister of Zhao County knew that his father was wronged, but the national law was ruthless, so he took good care of his daughter. If Ask your relatives, and probably the only one you have is Zhao County Cheng, your adoptive father."
When people are extremely excited, they are prone to becoming speechless. Some people's thinking becomes more agile and their sentences become more fluent.
Wang Yaozhuo's life had been stable for eleven years. Her father's mountain-like backbone suddenly collapsed, and disasters followed one after another. Her father killed someone to protect her, and then went to jail. The evidence was ironclad and there was no room for sophistry. After the verdict, Zhao Xiancheng had been going around for a long time, and this time it happened that Zuo Shenzhen came to Beijing to resume his duties, so he took the girl to Beijing with the idea of trying it out.
"It is extremely hateful to live in a destitute household." After hearing this, Queen Mother Li sighed heavily and said, "Study well in the inner study, and come to Qianqing Palace every five days, so that I can tell me how well you are reading."
"Yes." Wang Yaozhuo actually didn't quite understand what Empress Dowager Li said about being in the palace. This was soaring into the sky.
Zhu Yijun saw that Queen Mother Li had finished her question and immediately said: "Mother, how can the righteousness of the bones dissipate? Why is the world's atmosphere so turbid?"
"Zhao Xian Cheng was trying to protect Wang's daughter, but the Lu family made things difficult for him in every possible way. He refused to tolerate and connive, and used threats, inducements and coercion. He did everything he could to make the Wang daughter and people like Zhao Xian Cheng bow their heads. Only by beating the backbones of Zhao County Cheng's people can they expropriate and do whatever they want."
"As everyone knows, they have broken the backbones of these people who are taking advantage of the country, and they are hollowing out the pillars of this country little by little. If they can't hold on any longer, the sky will fall apart and the earth will fall apart, and the days will be mourned. For you, The day we all perish!”
"Mr. Xi has always said that power and the New Deal must come from the top down as well as from the bottom up. So top-down means starting from Xu Jie, my teacher, to stop the disadvantages of appeasement, while bottom-up means starting from the grievances of various places. It is from the bottom up that the injustice is redressed, and the government is governed based on the case, and those who correct others are not correct."
"The way to succeed in the exam is to break..."
"Okay!" Empress Dowager Li immediately stretched out her hand to signal the frustrated emperor to stop talking. Empress Dowager Li said helplessly: "Emperor, Your Majesty! Stop it. There are Yuan Fu in the country, and there are also emperors who are wise and wise. It’s not that my mother doesn’t listen to these principles. If you tell her these things, she won’t understand. Why don’t the emperor go to the front to watch the fireworks and various arts? What are you doing to embarrass your mother? Go and embarrass the courtiers!”
Empress Dowager Li is not tired of learning, but the little emperor and Yuan Fu are teaching more and more in-depth, and many ideas are based on opposition but unity. Yang is Yin and Yin is Yang, which is too difficult to understand.
Zhu Yijun realized something was wrong! Queen Mother Li has fallen into a cycle of poor students. If she doesn't understand something, she doesn't want to listen. The less she wants to listen, the more Queen Mother Li doesn't like listening. In this cycle, she can't keep up with the progress of the course.
Zhu Yijun came back to study the agricultural books written by Xu Zhenming and the arithmetic learned by the emperor's uncle Zhu Zaiyu. The arithmetic of the emperor's uncle was the same as the heavenly book. Mainly some places that needed to be simplified were in Chinese characters, and they were orthographic. It was too troublesome to do. Arithmetic is already difficult, but doing it like this makes it even harder.
Regarding the emperor's arithmetic, Zhu Yijun planned to simplify it. The simpler something is, the easier it is to promote it.
"Feng Daban, let me tell you, sir, he knows that this tax bureau has committed a lot of crimes and will definitely be notorious. Why did he agree to it? I will tell you the reasons in detail." Zhu Yijun returned to the dormitory and wanted to break this. Pull it.
"Your Majesty, there are Huangzhuang stalls in the Lantern Festival. If I don't go and keep an eye on them, I'm afraid they will be lazy again. I'll leave." Feng Baoyong ran away after something happened.
Zhang Hong said without changing his expression: "Your Majesty, I am stupid and poorly educated."
Sincerity is indeed the greatest nirvana. Zhang Hong directly admitted his stupidity to prevent the emperor from chanting sutras to him.
"Hey." Zhu Yijun picked up the arithmetic and began to study it seriously.
At this time, the lantern market was indeed very lively, and Feng Bao did not deceive the emperor. He really came to stare at Huangzhuang’s stall in the lantern market. This was also the first time that Huangzhuang set up a stall in the lantern market. In front of the stall, there were many people. There is an endless stream of people coming and going.
The best-selling items are books. Three hundred copies of each of the Four Books Annotated by Yuan Fu were prepared, but not a single one was left. All of them were sold out. Although the Taishi Chair from Tai Hospital has a weird shape, it was snapped up as soon as it was in stock. Once it was empty, the things that Yuanfu and Sima of the Ming Dynasty personally brought were naturally looted.
The third best-selling item is colored glaze. The plasticity of colored glaze can be used to shape it into various shapes, each with its own theme.
For example, there is a tiger lying on a stone, ready to hunt at any time. The theme is the hidden tiger hidden in the dark stone; for example, the most popular elephant, lion, tiger, leopard and wolf fighting beast chess and card, made of glass, crystal clear; for example, Nanshan, which means longevity Evergreen pine, etc.;
These are indeed works of art, but they are all blown out of the mold. The bellows blows hot air to fill the glass, then reheats it and refines it again. There are no technical difficulties. This is all for grinding the lenses for His Majesty, and the remaining scraps are recycled. Reuse.
When Franji's special envoy Li Yashi saw these crystal-clear glass products, he couldn't walk at all. He almost covered all the glass products in Huangzhuang. These things were too exquisitely made.
"How much is this?" Legas asked, pointing to a strange shape he had never seen before.
The eunuch of the Imperial Palace looked at the object pointed by Li Ya and said with a smile: "When you touch the Pixiu, your fortune will be prosperous. If you touch the Pixiu again, your wealth will roll off. If you touch the Pixiu three times, your fortune will be smooth. This is the Pixiu that attracts wealth and brings treasures to the businessman." The most suitable one is five taels of silver and the tax is three cents of silver."
Legaz asked in surprise: "More taxes?"
"Yes." The eunuch shook his head when he heard this. This is His Majesty's will, and the Imperial Mansion must also pay taxes!
Moreover, Huangzhuang has to write the tax invoices himself and send them to the Household Department Yamen to file the taxes temporarily. The commercial tax will be drawn at 6%, and he will fill in the amount of the sales.
This Huangzhuang has been around since the Yongle period and became very popular during the Chenghua period. The Huangzhuang has been around for so many years. Which Yamen with no foresight would dare to come to the Huangzhuang to collect taxes? Are you tired of living?
However, His Majesty has made it clear that he will file his own taxes. If the foreign court detects any leakage, he will keep it himself.
"Oh." Li Yashi took out five taels of silver, and then took out five taels of broken silver, and asked the eunuch to cut off three taels of silver to pay the tax.
After the Lantern Festival, the Imperial Palace in the capital sorted out the tax receipts for these days and sent them to the Hubu Yamen. The two sums of money were put into the account separately. Feng Bao, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, was an ancestor in the palace and was not a big shot to be trifled with. The eunuchs had come to pay taxes for the first time. If the Ministry of Husbandry continued to look for trouble, they re-decorated the Yamen of the Ministry of Husbandry and replaced the Hubu Yamen. The door panels were dismantled and carried into the palace.
It was Feng Bao's confidant Xu Jue who went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to pay taxes.
"What kind of wind brought Xu Dajue here?" When Wang Guoguang heard that Xu Jue had come to pay taxes, everyone was confused. What kind of tax did he have to pay? He had never heard of the saying that eunuchs paid taxes!
When Xu Jue said this, he became very angry. He patted the table and said, "I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup you ministers in the outer court have poured into your majesty! I persuaded your majesty to let the imperial village pay taxes, okay? In the 209th year of the Ming Dynasty, it was the first time I heard that the palace paid taxes to the outer court. It was an eye-opener for our family. Our Wanli Dynasty was so bold that we even dared to collect taxes from the palace!"
"This is the tax stamp from the Imperial Mansion of the Capital in the first month of the third year of Wanli. Take it, Master Situ. If you use the national funds to beg for food from the internal funds in the future, we will not entertain you!"
"Open a ticket with us!"
Wang Guoguang, who originally felt that something was wrong, finally figured out that a storm was coming. The little emperor's tax invoice was not a child's play, let alone a joke. Even the imperial village was included in the tax bill. Within the range, what signal is this? What kind of resolute determination does this represent?
The little emperor is definitely holding something back!
Wang Guoguang, a worried and independent person, made a rare visit to the Quanchu Guild Hall and handed a greeting card at the side door, asking to see Zhang Juzheng.
Led by the pioneer Ge Shouli, the Quanchu Guild Hall also began to open in all directions. The hall was indeed repaired and divided into two, including Wenchang Pavilion, which was divided into private residences. The rest were all public areas. Zhang Juzheng A family school was also built and Zhang Dang was banned from kneeling down.
"Yuanfu, this is a tax stamp from Huangzhuang. I paid a total of six hundred taels." Wang Guoguang looked at the tax stamp, swallowed his throat and said in horror: "If Yuanfu doesn't make it clear, this tax stamp is a reminder." Fu, what exactly is Your Majesty going to do?”
"I must make it clear! Otherwise, I will feel so upset that I won't even be able to sleep well. For five thousand years in the Central Plains, how can any court ask the emperor to collect taxes? If Yuan Fu doesn't like me, I can become an official. How can it be like this? A method to kill the nine tribes? How can I, Wang Guoguang, afford Yuan Fu to deal with him like this?"
Zhang Juzheng looked at the Ming Dynasty's first tax stamp and said in a daze: "At first, His Majesty had his own opinion on whether to use a bull's knife to kill a chicken, and I didn't care; later, His Majesty asked Yang Dazai whether he was a gentleman or a villain. I thought His Majesty gradually became wiser; later, when Your Majesty asked what is public and what is private, I didn't even care."
"What is your Majesty going to do? Your Majesty is going to revive the Ming Dynasty and build its glory amidst all the difficulties."
"What is your Majesty going to do? Your Majesty must unswervingly implement the New Deal, no matter what the cost."
"What does Your Majesty want to do? Your Majesty wants to put an end to the evil of appeasement in the world, starting with Your Majesty himself."
"Da Situ, my methods are ruthless, but since I came to the country, have I ever wronged anyone? You have to worry about your nine tribes, and I also have to worry about my nine tribes."
The little emperor really gave Zhang Juzheng a big job!
When writing this, I suddenly thought of Tan Sitong's words: Reforms in various countries are all caused by bloodshed. Today, China has not heard of anyone bleeding because of reforms. This is why this country is not prosperous; if there is, please start from the same heir. Thank you to "Little Flying Carpet" for the 10,000 point reward, thank you to "Yi Shi Gong" for the 1,500 point reward, thank you for your support, thank you for your recognition, spread the flowers, please vote for me, oooh! ! ! ! ! ! !
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