Ma Jing was a scholar, so he naturally had many former classmates here, including scholars and scholars. There were classmates of his not only in the county, but also in the government.
When these people heard that Ma Jing was coming back, almost all of them came to pay their respects. Most of them were scholars and had a lot of achievements. After all, there was a difference between being an official and being an official.
Some people are in their forties or fifties before they can qualify for the imperial examination, but some people, such as Ma Jing, are only in their twenties and are qualified for the imperial examination.
With such a great talent, if these people didn't come to contact Ma Jing quickly while he was still in high school, would they have to wait until the future?
In the future, after Ma Jing becomes a Jinshi in high school, even if they come here, they will probably be inferior to Ma Jing. It would be great if they can not only be submissive in front of Ma Jing, but what kind of relationship can they still have?
In the past few days, Ma Jing's house has been crowded with scholars from all over the country, making it as lively as a banquet.
No, in the eyes of the people of Majia Village, this is more lively than a banquet held by the whole village. After all, these people who come are at least a scholar, and there are even many senior officials. Even the county magistrate came in person. It is unusual.
How can we invite so many noble people to hold a banquet in the village?
Ma Jing always maintained a gentle smile on his face. No matter whether the visitor was a former scholar classmate or a senior scholar, Ma Jing could treat everyone equally and warmly. He would even take the initiative to mention some interesting things that happened between them when they were students.
The guests instantly laughed with joy.
This communication skill was only developed by Ma Jing in the academy. Although he was successful as a young man in the past, his personality was somewhat introverted, or timid.
Ever since he went to the academy, Ma Jing was a little uncomfortable at first. Everything in the academy was far different from what he imagined. There was no politeness among his classmates, and every meeting was a scene of bowing and greetings.
Instead, they were paving roads, laying down mats, making stumbling blocks, etc. Such a scene made Ma Jing once think that he was not coming to some holy place in his mind, but rather to the lair of some deceitful photographer.
After experiencing a series of blows, no matter how hard he tried, his money would always be defrauded by his classmates in various inexplicable ways, and he could not even eat enough, Ma Jing realized it!
What is the need to be kind to others and what is the need to live in harmony? Ma Jing found that when he was hungry, these things were just bullshit. What he needed most at this time was to fill his stomach, and all other principles were disgusting to the smell.
Stinky empty talk!
As a result, Ma Jing gradually went astray, or in other words, he took the initiative to get along with his classmates.
Not to mention, Ma Jing is extremely talented in deception and abduction.
, and soon became a ruthless figure in the school, and countless classmates were deceived by him. Mainly because he was born as a farmer and had an honest and honest face, which naturally made people think that he was not
He knows how to deceive people. With this face, Ma Jing is like a duck to water in the academy.
Later, Ma Jing discovered that although he had deceived many of his classmates, of course these people were gnashing their teeth at him. However, after learning that this was approved by the college, they were relieved by Ma Jing's move. Some people even became friends with him because of this.
Make friends.
Such a contrast made Ma Jing begin to doubt his views of the past twenty years.
And because of the need to deceive and deceive, Ma Jing has also developed the ability to make anyone feel like a spring breeze in just a few words, no matter who he wants to be.
Now that such skills are used to deal with these former classmates, it is simply killing a chicken with a knife.
In just a short period of time, Ma Jing made everyone feel very satisfied with him.
Seeing that the atmosphere at the wine table had reached its peak, everyone was now following his lead. Ma Jing stood up with a wine glass and raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.
When everyone looked at him and the scene calmed down, Ma Jing paused and said, "You are all fellow villagers and classmates of Ma Jing. Ma Jing's return to his hometown has alarmed you. We feel extremely frightened. Especially Mr. Lian
Both his parents (county magistrate) were alarmed, which really made Ma Jing extremely grateful and felt your deep friendship."
"Ma Jing is not talented, let's pay a toast to my parents first." After saying this, Ma Jing held the wine glass in both hands and turned sideways to salute the county magistrate.
The county magistrate is just a scholar. Although he is now a county magistrate, he still has no confidence in front of a promising candidate like Ma Jing.
Seeing how respectful Ma Jing was, he quickly stood up and kept saying, "I can't do it, I can't do it."
But Ma Jing didn't hesitate in his actions.
Seeing that he could not shirk the situation, the county magistrate had no choice but to speak modestly and return Ma Jing's words half-heartedly.
After a glass of wine, the county magistrate seemed to feel that he had never drunk such a delicious wine. Although the wine may be ordinary, this glass was given to him by Ma Jing!
Ma Jing stretched out his hand to ask the county magistrate to sit down, then poured himself a second cup and said, "This second cup, Ma Jing would like to thank you all for remembering Ma Jing and coming here to greet Ma Jing. Let's drink this cup together."
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"Okay, okay, okay"
"Drink together, drink together!"
After finishing the drink, Ma Jing poured himself a third glass of wine.
He picked up the wine glass and faced everyone and said, "This third glass of wine is because Ma Jing has something unclear. I hope you can help Ma Jing clear up his doubts."
After saying that, Ma Jing drank the wine in one gulp.
There was a drop of crystal hanging on the lip, and it stayed along the corner of the mouth.
Is there something they need to clear up?
Everyone was immediately confused when they heard this. They glanced at each other and didn't know what Ma Jing was talking about. They had no choice but to look at Ma Jing and wait for his next words.
Ma Jing put the empty wine glass on the table, stretched out his hand to pull open the chair behind him, walked out of his seat, walked around and said, "When we came back, I heard that people wrote thousands of people's petitions to oppose the Ministry of Household's change of the tax system. I don't know.
Have you heard about this?"
There was a big fuss about changing the tax system. Everyone was a scholar who cared about national affairs, so of course they knew about it.
But at this time, no one spoke rashly. Because he didn't know what Ma Jing's plan was when he suddenly mentioned this matter. If what he said was good and it was in line with Ma Jing's plan, then everyone would be happy. But if it was not true,
Well, wouldn't it be embarrassing to go tit-for-tat with Ma Jing? He is soft-spoken, after all, they are still sitting at Ma Jing's banquet.
Seeing that no one spoke, Ma Jing turned back to the county magistrate and asked with a smile, "Have your parents heard of it?"
Seeing that he could not escape, the county magistrate had no choice but to nod his head and said, "Of course I have heard of this matter, and I also heard that some people in this county have been admitted to the Book of Ten Thousand People."
"Why do people want to write thousands of books?" Ma Jing continued to ask.
The county magistrate pondered for a moment, then twirled his beard and said, "I heard that the tax system of the Ministry of Household Affairs is not good for the people, so the people signed up for the Wanmin Book. But I don't know exactly what happened.
It's the people's own business, and it's not for me to interfere."
The Ming Dynasty was no different than the Yuan Dynasty. The people of the Ming Dynasty had a very strong backbone because of Lao Zhu! The people had the power to hold up imperial edicts and arrest local officials and take them to the capital.
Lao Zhu had just passed away, but the deterrent effect of the imperial edict was still there. Therefore, most officials were unwilling to conflict with the people.
The county magistrate's explanation was reasonable and reasonable, but also implicitly expressed his indifferent attitude towards the matter.
Ma Jing smiled and nodded secretly to the county magistrate, then turned around and said to everyone, "We just came back and heard some people saying that the changes in the tax system by the Ministry of Household Affairs were harmful to the people. But what we heard in the capital was somewhat different.
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When the others heard this, there was a sudden commotion, and the noise was about to rise.
Ma Jing quickly raised his hand to stop everyone's discussion and said loudly, "Everyone, since we came back, we have heard all kinds of discussions about the tax system of the Ministry of Household Affairs. There are many things, but with
What we learned in the capital is far from the truth. Some of them are completely made up out of thin air. Some people are confusing the public and talking nonsense!"
"Well, since Ma Juren came from the capital, why not tell us what the tax system of this Ministry of Household Affairs is like?"
"Yes, there are all kinds of rumors these days, which makes everyone panic. Now that Ma Juren is back, why not have a good talk with everyone, which can be regarded as taking away some of our worries and putting things in perspective!
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Ma Jing suddenly burst into laughter, pointed at the person who just spoke and said, "Okay, that's well said. You should listen with a straight face!"
After speaking, Ma Jing paused, raised his hand, and said loudly to everyone, "The Ministry of Household Affairs has changed the tax system this time. There are four main points: first, clearing the land, second, paying taxes uniformly, third, dividing the land into acres, and fourth, paying in silver."
Ma Jing started from the four key points of the tax system and explained it to everyone in detail bit by bit. Of course, others will not believe what he says.
Those who had doubts raised them on the spot, and Ma Jing started the mode of verbal battle among scholars, answering and explaining each one one by one until everyone was satisfied.
The Ming Dynasty was only thirty-two years after the founding of the People's Republic of China. At this time, the official, gentry and landlord class had not yet been formed. Many people who were awarded the title of scholar and civil servant were also farmers. They knew the hard work of the people and were passionate about it, so they all agreed with Ma Jing
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"Thanks to Ma Juren, I was able to let you know today that the imperial court changed the tax system in order to make taxation fairer and to reduce the suffering of the people from labor."
"Yes, it turns out that we all misunderstood the court."
Seeing this, Ma Jing said loudly, "Everyone, this move of the imperial court can be said to be beneficial to the country and the people. But now there are villains at work, trying to confuse the public and deceive the people. We, who are paid by the imperial court, should share the worries of the imperial court. We should
Immediately bring order to the chaos and put things in perspective!"
"Okay, Ma Juren said it well. The Ming Dynasty has been raising scholars for thirty years, and it is today that we speak out for justice. We should set things right and put things right!"
"Change things out of chaos and put things in perspective!"
"Changing things out of chaos to put things in perspective"
Seeing the turbulent crowd, Ma Jing straightened his face, bowed his hands and bowed to the people, as if delivering a great trust, and solemnly said, "Ma Jing, please take care of me, classmates!"