When King Xiang Zhu Zhanzhen heard what Zhu Jianshen called him, he quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, you must not address your ministers like that..."
Zhu Jianshen had a smile on his face: "What we just discussed was state affairs, and what we are discussing now is family affairs. Grandpa Prince Xiang does not need to refuse like this."
Although Zhu Jianshen said this, Zhu Zhancheng still felt uneasy in his heart.
During the noon banquet, the Empress Dowager Sun also came in person. Zhu Jianshen also drank three glasses of wine with Zhu Zhanchang, one drink for Grandpa Xiang, which made Zhu Zhanchun even more frightened.
Although he called him grandpa, what Zhu Jianshen was doing was not something that his grandson should do.
Zhu Zhanzhen agreed to go to North Korea and wanted to move back to Xiangyang, but Zhu Jianshen did not allow him and left him in the capital. The matter of moving the palace was left to Zhu Zhanzhen's three sons Zhu Qiyong, Zhu Qixuan and Zhu Qizhen.
After accompanying Zhu Zhanzhen to the banquet, Zhu Jianshen returned to Qianqing Palace to handle state affairs.
The memorial of Shi Heng from Yunnan has arrived.
The troops led by Shi Heng arrived at Kunming City on the second day of the first lunar month of the twelfth year of Chenghua, and started a pre-war inspection and test. If they want to use troops on a large scale against Annan, they must make all the chieftains in Yunnan work together, or use intimidation and coercion. Or use force to suppress others. As for other gentle methods, Shi Heng really couldn't use them.
This process will take a year.
After reading Shi Heng's memorial, before Zhu Jianshen thought about it, he heard Zhang Bao say: "Your Majesty, in the morning, the memorial of Xu Du Yushi was also sent over." With that, Zhang Bao handed Xu Youzhen's memorial He turned it out and handed it to Zhu Jianshen with both hands.
After Zhu Jianshen read it, he sighed.
Xu Youzhen's father died of illness at home on the twelfth day of the first lunar month in the twelfth year of Chenghua. Xu Youzhen had to go home to observe mourning for the third year of Dingyou.
Xu Youzhen is now in charge of Jiangnan's new tax reform. If she leaves for three years, whoever takes over will have to take over the job.
In fact, during the time of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, there was no such thing as seizing love. After the death of an elderly person in the family, they had to observe the 21-month period of filial piety. However, the official positions in the Ming Dynasty were all carrots and holes, and birth, old age, illness and death were all different. It is a common thing in life that some officials go back to observe their filial piety. When they come back, they have to wait for a long time before they can rearrange their work.
Among them, many people thought that the imperial court could seize love and keep it for their own use. However, when Emperor Taizu Gao was the emperor, there was no precedent. However, when Emperor Taizong Wen and Emperor Zhu Di were the emperor, there was only one occasion, and they were all above the third rank. Senior officer.
But when the orthodox emperor Zhu Qizhen came to power, Wang Zhen and others controlled the government, and officials had more channels. The number of people who could be reused was like bamboo shoots after a rain. It didn't matter whether you were a third-grade or a sixth-grade person. Once the relationship is in place, you will receive this will.
Of course, this Ding You has only been a civil servant for three years. For military officers and nobles, there is no such thing as Ding You's filial piety. Not only that, if there is a war somewhere, no one in office, whether a civil servant or a military attache, can leave his job.
There are two types of seizing sentiments and retaining them. One is spontaneous among the people. Most of them are local officials with good official reputations. After Ding You, the people asked for the seizing of sentiments to retain their posts. The other is when the emperor personally issued an order to seize the sentiments and retain them. .
However, Xu Youzhen's reputation among the people and among scholars meant that no one would do this to him, so Zhu Jianshen could only give the order himself.
At that moment, Zhu Jianshen said to Zhang Bao: "Let Xu Youzhen go home to attend to the funeral for ten days, and then use it again. He is ordered not to abandon his official position, not to wear public clothes, to conduct affairs in plain clothes, and not to prepare celebrations, sacrifices, banquets, etc."
"This slave accepts the edict." After saying this, Zhang Bao went down and asked someone to draft the edict.
Zhu Jianshen knew in his heart that this reuse of love would definitely allow many officials to find reasons to attack Xu Youzhen.
There is a dilemma between loyalty and filial piety, and for a large number of officials, when encountering Ding You's incident, they hope that they can seize love and keep it, and bid farewell to their parents. Just be sincere and sincere. Three years of filial piety is a bit pedantic, but if it happens When others, especially those whom they dislike, receive this grace, they will lash out with all their might. This is a typical example of being unable to eat grapes and despising sour grapes.
Of course, it is also a common problem for most people to demand the highest moral standards from others.
In Suzhou and Wu County, Xu's father has been buried, and the sheds on the roadside have been erected. Xu Youzhen also lived in the shed for six days.
Seeing Xu Youzhen faithfully honoring his father's filial piety, many wealthy gentry families in Jiangnan have ignited new hopes. In three years, everything will be back to where it started.
Of course, the local officials in Ningbo Prefecture did not stop all the work they were doing because Xu Youzhen returned to her hometown to honor her father, because as long as they were officials, they knew in their hearts that at such a critical moment when the new tax system was implemented, it was impossible for His Majesty the Emperor to let Xu Youzhen stay at home. I have been observing mourning for three years, and I will be back to work in a month at most.
And Xu Youzhen wore plain clothes and sat in the mourning shed every day without any panic. On the ninth day, the court's decree finally arrived.
Seizing love and reusing it.
After accepting the decree, Xu Youzhen went to her father's grave, knelt down and worshiped, and then rushed directly to Ningbo Mansion without even returning home...
From the proposal to the pilot implementation of the new tax system, Yingtian and other places have made the biggest changes.
After Xu Youzhen returned to the capital a few years ago, she discussed some matters about the new tax system with Zhu Jianshen, Li Xian, Yu Qian and others in the Palace of Qianqing.
It has been piloted for many years. The autumn harvests in the three prefectures of Henan and Shaanxi are going smoothly. Fujian and Guangxi are also very impressive. The autumn harvests of the six prefectures are all carried out in accordance with the new tax system. Yingtian and Shuntian have also been completed. When Xu Youzhen introduced the new tax system in Jiangnan When the work was completed, the entire state capital of Henan and Shaanxi provinces was opened, followed by Huguang and Shandong. The court would take ten years to implement the new tax system nationwide. BIquGe.biz
When it will officially start depends on when the Jiangnan tax center will be completed.
Because of Ying Ning Tiancheng's incident, Jiangnan merchants' trust in the imperial court increased significantly, and when Xu Youzhen implemented commercial tax, it was almost a matter of course.
In the restaurant opposite Yu Ying Ning Tiancheng, people were coming and going, and business was booming.
A group of scholars and young masters from wealthy families were sitting in a private room having a banquet.
"Have you heard that Xu Du's censor's father has passed away? It's up to two people to say whether the new tax system can continue. Those officials are now starting to skimp on their work."
"Sigh, I don't know who the imperial court will let take over as Xu Du's censor."
This group of people are all students of Ningbo Academy, because their teacher is relatively open-minded, which makes his group of students run counter to the mainstream scholarly opinions.
When the new tax system just started, Ningbo Academy started a discussion on current affairs. The result was that it was beneficial to the people but not to the officials and gentry.
So when Xu Youzhen's father passed away and many families rushed to tell each other to celebrate, these scholars began to worry.
The current situation in Ningbo is that the new tax system cannot be questioned regardless of the scholarly style or mainstream thinking. The reason for the formation of a repressive situation is because of what Xu Youzhen did in Yingtian, Hangzhou, Suzhou and other places. , if the court replaces another official, the implementation of the new tax system in a short period of time will definitely be affected, and there is even a risk of losing everything.
"Don't you know, His Majesty has fallen out of love? It is estimated that Xu Du Yushi will return to Ningbo in the next two days. Those people will not be happy for a few days..." A scholar said after drinking. Said with a smile.
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