The next day, a sudden rumor spread among the dignitaries in Daqing's capital city and even in various provincial capital cities.
"The imperial court is about to implement the policy of sharing the land with the peasants and paying the grain to the officials, gentry, monks and the common people!!!"
This news was like a thunderbolt from the blue that exploded above everyone's heads. The government and the public were in an uproar for a while, and the matter was fierce!
All well-informed restaurants, brothels and even teahouses are discussing this matter!
"This is a huge evil government! The country has always treated scholars like us favorably. Scholars of our generation are also loyal and fearless, worrying about the country day and night. How come we and other officials have made so many contributions to the court over the past hundred years?
Now that the country is at peace and the people are at peace, the imperial court is going to cut off its foundation?"
"What Brother Zixuan said is very true. We have to wait for ten years of hard work and thousands of troops to cross a single-plank bridge before we can get the honors. Even if we are promoted to civilized places, we can only be exempted from some taxes. Now the imperial court is so cold? Really?
It’s gentle sweeping!”
"That's right! We, the gentry, are the foundation of our country. Even the Taizu of this dynasty has issued decrees to the world many times, stating that he wants to treat my gentry well. How can the laws of our ancestors be taken lightly?
What kind of evil government was proposed by some unethical beast?"
"..."
As soon as these words came out, the third floor of the Huibin Building suddenly fell into silence. How could a person who is qualified to propose such a big policy be insulted by a mere scholar like them?
This Liu Yinkang is really ignorant. He just follows the crowd and scolds this bad government. Why does he also scold others?
He doesn't even know the difference between right and wrong. This person really can't figure it out. You have to stay away from him in the future, otherwise it won't be pretty if you get splattered with blood...
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Jinling Mansion Office, Yingtian Magistrate Liu Cheng was having a banquet with his master and staff in the backyard.
If we talk about the official position of prefect in Daqing, it is the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture in Shenjing City that is the most difficult to serve. Without him, there are too many uncles above us!
The second most difficult thing to do was the turn of Liu Cheng, the prefect of Yingtian. During the Northern Expedition of Taizu of Daqing, Jinling was briefly used as the capital.
Even today, Jinling City also exists as the capital of the Daqing Dynasty. A large number of princes and noble families in the city have a clan branch here.
Therefore, Liu Cheng, the prefect of Yingtian, was also under great pressure on weekdays. At this time, the news that "the diners went into the valley, and the officials, gentry, monks and laity all received the food together!" suddenly appeared. This national policy was about to be implemented, and Liu Cheng was also a little numb.
Liu Cheng looked around and saw that his master Feng Liangcai and his two staff were all his confidants who had been with him for more than seven or eight years. There was absolutely no risk in terms of trust.
"Have you ever heard of the bad government that suddenly came out in the past two days?"
"There is no need for the Ming government to worry. I believe that these evil policies are just rumors. I am afraid that the imperial court is preparing to make some reforms in taxation, but is worried that there will be too much resistance, so it first released such shocking rumors...
"
This Master Feng did have something in common with a certain literati of later generations. They both understood the psyche of the Chinese people very well.
"Come on! Brother Feng is really smart. Although I also think there is something fishy about this matter, I have never thought so deeply about it."
"Brother Feng really spoke highly! The princes in the court should really want to implement the New Deal, but they will never implement such cruel policies all at once.
This is to first let the most drastic plan out, causing strong opposition from all the gentry, and then the court will implement a much more relaxed new policy, which will naturally be detrimental to all!"
Just like in a large room where several people live together, if someone suddenly proposes to open a window in the wall of the room, he will naturally be opposed and resisted by everyone.
But if this person first proposes to lift the roof, then others will be willing to accept a window in the wall!
Liu Cheng nodded after hearing this, and felt that this was very reasonable, so he continued to ask questions.
"Then, if this is the case, how should I respond?"
Master Feng pondered for a moment, but he still spoke first.
"Mingfu, please don't be careless about this matter. Such rumors suddenly spread all over the country in such a short period of time. The person who took action is not simple. I guess it is the people from the Imperial City Division who are manipulating things!"
"Imperial City Secretary?"
"That's right! Since the people from the Imperial City Department have taken action, the two His Majesties in Shenjing City should both support the upcoming new deal. The Ming government must not ignore it!"
"Next, the Ming government must follow the trend and refute and oppose the evil government, but at the same time leave some room to prevent His Majesty from thinking that the Ming government is on the opposite side of the New Deal."
"Hmm~ That makes sense..."
It’s just that three years to clear the magistrate’s office, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver!
Although Liu Cheng only served as the magistrate of Yingtian for two years, he had not only moved one hundred thousand taels of silver to his home after serving as the magistrate for two years in such a wealthy place as Daqing.
He had more than three hundred thousand taels, and most of this money was used by him to buy tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in his hometown in southern Jiangxi!
If you really want to divide the family into an acre...
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At the same time, countless letters poured into Shenjing City from all sides of Daqing like snowflakes.
Thanks to the Extraordinary Era, the animals at this time were also extremely powerful. Although horses that can travel thousands of miles are considered good horses, they are not yet rare.
As a result, letters and gifts from different areas of Daqing arrived extremely quickly.
Any official in the capital who could speak at court, especially all the censors, received a large number of letters at almost the same time.
Of course, a large sum of money arrived at the same time as the letter!
Most of these letters came from the gentry and aristocratic families in the hometowns of the officials in the capital. The contents of the letters were also very similar, which was to ask them to write together to resist the bad government of "spreading people into the grain, and the officials, gentry, monks and laity all receive the food!"
As long as you are an official who can speak in court, as long as you are willing to submit a letter, this year's ice and charcoal ceremony and all the annual etiquette will be doubled!
Of course, it was not just the officials in the capital who received such treatment. All local officials above the prefect level who had the authority to deliver memorials directly to the court all received this treatment invariably.
Although it is true that no one was involved in this, this ridiculous and extremely concerted thing did appear in the Daqing Dynasty...
However, the squire landlords and wealthy businessmen who owned a large amount of land did not expect that the quasi-frontier officials and their staffs in those places would also come up with the idea of Liu Cheng, the prefect of Yingtian, after some brainstorming.
Pretty much the same conclusion.
These officials all made the same choice, and the contents of the memorials they submitted were very similar.
It is generally said that the policy of dividing one person into another has a good side, but it is also too extreme. It goes against the ancestral system and looks too ugly.
Some people also reminded that if we really want to divide the family into an equal share, wouldn't it mean that even the clan's own imperial estate would suffer heavy losses?
Subsequently, the content and style of the memorial changed again, and they all implicitly said that the current tax policy of the imperial court was indeed unreasonable. The imperial court had indeed had many difficulties in recent years, and it was time for reform. Regarding this, the minister
In fact, it is so supportive...
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But the officials in the capital who were sitting in the sacred city and suddenly received letters from their hometowns all looked confused.
I’ve never heard of any Prime Minister taking such a dangerous strategy!
Why did the trouble suddenly reach this point? Could it be that there was a mistake somewhere?
However, when the officials from the capital went out to inquire, they found that not only they had received letters from their hometown, but other colleagues also received similar letters on the same day or two.
Suddenly, turmoil began to turmoil within the Divine Office. No matter how useless the Imperial City Division was, it was impossible to turn a blind eye to such a matter and reported it to the two majesties in the palace early.
Today was not the day for a court meeting. After the Supreme Emperor and Emperor Baode looked at each other for a while, they quickly summoned the five cabinet ministers who were already on duty early in the morning.
However, even after Zhang Ju resigned at the beginning of the year, Ye Xin, who was newly promoted to be in charge of the Ministry of Industry, was also confused about this.
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Then Dai Quan hurriedly held a letter of imperial edict, walked out of the palace gate, and came directly to Ningrong Street.
The principal, Jia Lian, then calmly mounted a military horse and led Liu Changgong and Jia Quan straight to the imperial city.
Dai Quan and the two young eunuchs led the way anxiously, while Jia Lian slowly looked around the palace.
The royal gardens are truly stunning!
It was already early summer, and the garden was naturally full of green bamboos, and there were pines and cypresses in the mountains.
There are also fiery red maple forests and golden ginkgo trees.
The ground is covered with red flowers and white willow trees line the slopes.
Looking southeast, there are several pavilions built against the mountains.
Looking across the northwest, there are three pavilions facing the water.
Several white cranes were hovering over the pond not far away, and a group of deer were running on the side of the shallow slope.
Along the way, Jia Lian felt relaxed and happy.
When we arrived in front of Longshou Palace, we happened to look at the sunrise in the east. It seemed that some purple energy was coming from the east, and the spiritual energy was revived!
Finally arriving at the gate of Longshou Palace, he left Jia Lian behind with a pale face and rushed inside to report.
Of course, even if Dai Quan was given two more courages, he would not dare to speak ill of Jia Lian at this time.
As the chief internal officer before Emperor Baode, he knew no less than Liu Jin, who was in charge of the Imperial City Department.
Jia Lian's current strength makes even the Supreme Emperor and Emperor Baode extremely fearful. Ever since the master of the Jia family got married, Emperor Baode has received decrees of favors and praises almost every month!
Even the Queen and the Queen Mother invited Princess Yongji from time to time to come into the palace to talk with her. Even the other concubines of Emperor Baode had to be careful in front of Qin Keqing.
Of course Dai Quan understood that Princess Yongji received this kind of courtesy, which even Emperor Baode's own princess would never receive!
In his early years, when he stayed with Emperor Baode in his residence, he was indeed indirectly angry with Jia She and the late prince Yang Jun, so he was secretly unhappy with the Jia family.
But Jia Lian has become so prominent now, and Dai Quan is not a fool. Even if he wanted to get some eye drops, he would never choose this time.
After a while, Dai Quan came out of Longshou Palace again and respectfully asked Jia Lian to come in.
Jia Lian walked into the main hall of Longshou Palace and found that the Supreme Emperor, Emperor Baode and five cabinet ministers were all present, waiting for him.
This made him a little embarrassed, and he quickly stepped forward and bowed. It was indeed a bit bad to have so many elderly people waiting for him as a young man.
Just after the ceremony, Zhang Ju's successor Liu Yiping-Liu Ge, who was in charge of the household department, spoke first.
"General Jia, there have been rumors everywhere in Daqing recently that the imperial court is about to implement a policy of spreading grain into the valley and bringing grain to the officials, gentry, monks and laity. What do you think of this?"
Jia Lian was a little surprised on his face, but he said in his heart that it was really because of this!
"Everyone is divided into acres, and the officials, gentry, monks and laity all pay for it? This should be a good thing. Although the Jia family also has one or two million acres of farmland, if the imperial court wants to implement this national policy, I will definitely support it!"
"..."
"Haha~ Liu Qing, don't be deceived by this cunning boy Jia. The news spread all over the country in just a few days, and it was not done by the imperial court. Apart from this boy, I really can't think of anyone else.
!”
When Liu Yiping heard this, he looked at Jia Lian again. Seeing that this guy didn't defend himself anymore, he couldn't help but give this guy a hard look.
Jia Lian smiled sarcastically at Liu Yiping. With all conscience, he was really not targeting Mr. Liu. Unless the two emperors asked questions just now, no matter who spoke, he would have to give the same answer.
"The Supreme Emperor has indeed seen thousands of miles, that's right! This news was indeed spread by the boy. As for the purpose, it is naturally for the sake of our country and the country of Daqing."
Liu Yiping looked at this innocent and somewhat cute General Wuwei. When Dai Quan went to invite Jia Lian, everyone present had roughly concluded that he must be the one who did this.
As for the purpose, it is naturally to put pressure on and force those people to actively join Jia Xiaozi’s sea-opening plan!
It's just that it doesn't matter whether the sea can be opened or not, but the temptation to work as a farmer and pay food to the officials, gods, monks and laypeople is really great for him, the cabinet minister in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs!
Even the Supreme Emperor and Emperor Baode were moved, otherwise they would not have this attitude at the moment!
"Jia Lian, please tell me in detail the strategy of bringing grain into the land, so that the officials, gods, monks and lay people can all receive the food!"
Jia Lian glanced at Shoufu Wen Renti, who was suddenly talking to him inexplicably, "Are I familiar with you?"
"Master Chief Assistant, I am just a distinguished military general. I have never even been in charge of actual military affairs. These are government affairs that fall within the scope of civilian responsibilities. You want to ask me?"
Wen Renti couldn't help but froze when he heard this. Fortunately, his old face had been tempered for a long time, and it would not lose its precision just because of this little irony.
"General Jia, since you spread that rumor, we are just asking you for advice and have no other intention."
"Oh, it turns out that you are asking for advice from me. Just now, I almost thought that I had become an official of the Chief Assistant."
"..."
Being attacked again, Wen Tiren could only act helpless, glanced at the Supreme Emperor and Emperor Baode, and remained silent.
"Okay, Mr. Jia. Mr. Wen was just a little impatient. Besides, he is so old, so you can't let him go?"
"My lord, not all old people are worthy of the respect of all people like you. As the saying goes, if people respect me one foot, I will respect others one foot.
I, a first-class military mighty general, am also of the same rank, no matter what, the affair between the noble and the military must not start from me!"
"..."
The Supreme Emperor was also a little confused by Jia Lian's weird ideas.
"..."
In the past two days, I have been a bit depressed by the AI of Qidian. I promised to make up for the update before, so I can take a break.
