If we only talk about Zhang Pu, I am afraid that everyone will not have much impression.

"The Story of the Tombstones of Five People" is famous, and Zhang Pu is the author of this article.

Well, this is actually very simple.

It's just party fighting.

Zhou Qiyuan (Donglin Party), the governor of Su Song, impeached Li Shi (Eunuch Party), a weaving eunuch in Suhang, accusing Li Shi of levying excessive taxes and harming the people.

Because of this, Wei Zhongxian was offended, and Zhou Qiyuan was demoted from his post to the people, but the eunuchs still wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue him.

Li Shi (Eunuch Party) then impeached Zhou Qiyuan (Donglin Party), accusing Zhou Qiyuan of disobeying the imperial edict, reducing the number of robes without authorization, using the robe silver to mint fake money, manipulating the price of robes, enriching his own pockets, and causing the machine owners to be heavily in debt.

The impeachments from both sides are all true.

Corrupt officials from the Donglin Party, corrupt officials from the eunuch Party, staged a dog-eat-dog show.

There were various details during this period, which implicated many officials from both sides. Zhou Shunchang was one of the Donglin Party members who was implicated.

Because the Eunuch Party had deep resentment among the local people, when they arrested Zhou Shunchang, it caused a riot - it was not a big cause, and it was not even considered a civil riot.

Most of the people who were watching were here to watch the fun, they were melon-eaters, and the struggle between the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party was none of their business.

Afterwards, five people were arrested and executed. Except for one who was Zhou Shunchang's domestic slave, the other four were nosy. Some people said that these four people were gangsters, but this was purely made up by netizens, and there was no historical source at all.

"Five Tombstones" has nothing to do with tax resistance.

When Zhang Pu wrote this article, he also secretly satirized the gentry and merchants. It probably meant that the five righteous people dared to stand up, but those gentry and merchants had shrunk their eggs.

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Suzhou, Taicang.

Zhang Pu received Liu Rushi's letter and threw it aside.

At this time, his mother is seriously ill, his wife is pregnant, and there are a lot of messy things to do when he returns to society. How can he be in the mood to go to an appointment with a famous prostitute?

A few days later, the servant reported: "Master, someone has sent another letter."

When Zhang Pu opened the letter, he saw that it was still a letter from Liu Rushi. The content this time was very short and could be summed up in one sentence: "A righteous man has invited you to come to Loujiang to discuss matters."

righteous?

Zhang Pu immediately understood that Liu Rushi, a famous prostitute, belonged to someone else's agent who entertained him.

Spring March.

Zhang Pu arrived at the Loujiang Pier for his appointment, and a maid came up to greet him: "Mr. Ximing, please come on board."

It was a passenger ship. It was quite large and could carry dozens of people.

Zhang Pu walked into the cabin and saw Liu Rushi reading a book and a young scholar drinking tea.

"Qianshan Huang Ying, I have met Mr. Ximing!" Xu Ying stood up and held her hands.

As soon as Liu Rushi stood up, she heard Zhang Pu say: "Huang Ying of Datong Society?"

Xu Ying smiled and said: "With a little fame, it is really a blessing to be cared about by my husband."

"Believe it or not, I will report you to the officials?" Zhang Pu sneered.

Xu Ying said with a smile: "Sir, if you can ban the "Datong Collection", you can naturally send troops to arrest Wan Sheng. No one knows, no one knows, Su Song and Changhu prefectures are really the world under Mr. Su."

"Are you frightened by your heart-breaking words?" Zhang Pu said with a sullen expression, "Your Excellency has asked to see you again and again. Now that we have actually met, please tell me what you have to say!"

Xu Ying sat down slowly: "Sir, why did you ban "Datong Collection"?"

Zhang Pu also entered the cabin and sat down: "The government is searching for anti-traitor books. What does it have to do with me, a commoner?"

"Sir, why do you have to be so modest?" Xu Ying said with a smile.

Although Zhang Pu did not hold an official position, his influence was terrifying.

Far away in Beijing, he could control the grading of the examination papers, so that the evaluation criteria of the examination papers would be biased towards practical learning and people in the society. When Wen Tiren was the first assistant, in order to offset Zhang Pu's influence, he could only use cheating methods to judge the examination papers.

Recently in Jiangnan, Wen Tiren's younger brother wanted to join the Fushe, but was ruthlessly rejected, so he wrote a novel to slander the Fushe. Zhang Pu issued an order and used the power of the government to ban the novel.

The "Datong" series of books was popular in Huaiyang, but was banned in Susong and Changhu.

"Just this one thing?" Zhang Pu asked.

Xu Ying asked back: "Sir, have you ever read "The Collection of Datong"?"

Zhang Pu sneered: "What's the use of looking at the anti-thieves and arrogating the book?"

"That's because I haven't read it," Xu Ying said, "but I have read my husband's books in my late life. My husband upholds Confucian orthodoxy, advocates active use of the world, abandons empty talk, and advocates practical learning. Or not?"

Zhang Pu said: "Of course."

Xu Ying added: "Mr. advocates that the king should serve the people and put the people first. He advocates appointing the virtuous and eliminating the evil, promoting the good and eliminating the bad. Isn't this right?"

"Of course." Zhang Pu said.

Xu Ying said again: "Mr. advocates respecting individuals and advocating equality between men and women. Or not?"

"Of course." Zhang Pu said.

Xu Ying continued: "The teacher advocates respecting the classics and history, reviving the ancient Taoism, and at the same time advancing with the times. The teacher advocates classifying scholarship, strengthening the fundamentals, and suppressing Buddhism and Taoism. Or not?"

"Of course." Zhang Pu said.

Xu Ying said with a smile: "Sir, I advocate that writing should be used to convey Tao, to live in today's world, and to be the speech of today. Is this true?"

"Of course." Zhang Pu said.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Xu Ying suddenly laughed: "These things were also advocated by King Zhao Tianwang of Jiangxi."

Zhang Pu frowned and said, "What does a rebel know?"

Xu Ying asked: "Do you know what kind of background Mr. Zhao from Jiangxi is like?"

"One talks about scholars, and the other talks about domestic slaves." Zhang Pu said.

Xu Ying explained: "Mr. Zhao was originally a child of a Confucian family in Hebei Province. His family was destroyed by natural disasters and famine. When he was living and begging, he was taken in as a servant boy by a member of the Jiangxi Province. At the age of fourteen, he proposed the theory of status and presented it to Hanzhu Academy.

To refute everyone. Mr. Cai Gong, the governor of Jiangxi Province, was amazed by his talents and wanted to accept him as a disciple, but was rejected by Mr. Zhao. Is such a person an ordinary rebel?"

Zhang Pu knew Cai Maode and also understood Cai Maode's knowledge.

Cai Maode, as Jiangxi's academic envoy, actually took the initiative to recruit a disciple, and the latter was a fourteen-year-old domestic slave. If this is true, then Jiangxi Zhao Thief can definitely be called a child prodigy.

"I heard that Jiangxi forcibly divided the land of landlords, is it true?" Zhang Pu asked.

Xu Ying explained in detail: "Jiangxi's land administration is based on paddy fields. Each person can be allocated four acres of land. If the name is all barren mountainous land, each person can be allocated twenty acres of land. This is the basic land allocation. If the land is allocated

For great merit, you can also get acres of land. Based on paddy fields, each person can have up to 100 acres of land."

Zhang Pu asked for proof: "In other words, if I are assigned to my Zhang family, I can only keep four acres of paddy fields in my name. If I own one hundred acres of paddy fields, do I have to perform meritorious service to get it?"

"Of course," Xu Ying said with a smile, "only children over the age of twelve are included. Regardless of gender, if there are more than ten people, their families must be separated."

Zhang Pu said angrily: "Forcibly dividing families and tearing apart flesh and blood is a waste of human relations!"

Xu Ying asked back: "Are you really ignoring human relations? I'm afraid that when the land is divided into the Zhang family, many Zhang family concubines will have children, and they will clap their hands and cheer. Because these concubine children will not only be allocated four acres of land each, but also

The property of the Zhang family. Mr. Zhang is also a concubine. If he were not a genius, he would probably have a hard time at this time."

Zhang Pu was silent.

He was the daughter of a maid, and he had been looked down upon since childhood. He was also nicknamed "Tapu Yi'er" (born of a bitch, with no future) by his domestic slaves.

All the domestic slaves bullied him!

It was also because of this situation that Zhang Pu worked hard to study, and finally passed the Jinshi examination and became a great talent of the Zhang family.

Yes, if I hadn't been admitted to the imperial examination, I'd be living in misery and poverty, and I wished that the traitor Zhao would come over to help divide the family property.

Zhang Pu was horrified. He could imagine the scene: Zhao thieves led troops to attack Taicang. Countless Zhang family concubines and side clans cheered to welcome the thieves and divided up the Zhang family's property.

"The reason why families are forcibly divided and fields are forcibly divided is clearly stated in "Datong Collection". Sir, you can read it yourself."

Xu Ying suddenly clapped her hands, and a man with a sword on his back came out and brought a set of "Datong" series of books.

Zhang Pu took it without reading it.

Xu Ying asked: "Sir, I know the situation in the world very well. I don't think I need to elaborate on it. Jiangxi soldiers can capture this place in two or three years at most. Do you think so?"

Zhang Pu found it difficult to answer.

"Sir, please make plans early," Xu Ying said with a smile, "I don't ask for anything else. I just ask you not to ban "Datong Collection" and not to hinder the development of Datong Club members in Jiangnan. If you anger Mr. Zhao, after this summer harvest,

Just send troops to attack Nanjing!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Pu was shocked.

It is now the spring of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, and the northern provinces are in a mess. If Zhao Han sends troops to attack Nanjing, the imperial court will have no troops to dispatch, and Nanjing will have a high probability of being captured.

If Nanjing is lost, Zhang Pu’s hometown will also be lost.

Zhang Pu glanced at the sword-carrying scholar delivering the book: "Is this a member of my Fushe?"

"Now I am a member of Datong." Xu Ying said with a smile.
To be continued...