Gao Gong showed a strange smile and said slowly: "Why do you say that? The governor and the inspector have already spoken, but a few county magistrates still dare to stand still?"
"My nephew actually thinks that maybe they really dare!" Gao Pragmatic raised his eyebrows, patted the document on the table, and sneered: "Shuai Jiamo's idea is of course beneficial to She County, but it is not good for the other five counties.
As far as the counties are concerned, that is completely bad news. Think about it, San Bo, once this matter is negotiated, they will have to pay a lot more taxes for "no reason". Therefore, regarding this proposal, no matter who was born in these five counties
Officials, subordinates, and local gentry and common people are definitely opposed to it. To a certain extent, this is also a public opinion. Even if it is supported by heaven, it must be worried."
Gao Gong was silent for a moment and asked: "Is there any more?"
"Yes, of course." Gao Pingshi snorted and added: "It's also hard to say about the position of the Huizhou magistrate. Because from the standpoint of the Huizhou magistrate, no matter whether this 'Ren Ding Silu' is under his rule
How the six counties are distributed does not make any difference to the government. After all, he only needs to collect 8,780 pieces of raw silk every year and hand it over to Nanjing. If this silk silk tax is not changed, the situation will remain calm.
At most, it's just a few complaints from She County, and that's no big deal - you have been paying each other for more than two hundred years. This can be regarded as an ancestral law, so don't change it arbitrarily! But on the other hand, if you support Shuai Jiamo's idea, you should pay taxes
Evenly distributed to six counties, Huizhou Prefecture will not get any benefit, but it will cause commotion in the other five counties, which is completely harmful and no benefit... In this way, it is unclear what Huizhou Prefecture will choose. "
Gao Gong smiled and nodded: "It makes sense. This is why Shuai Jiamo wanted to go to Ying Tianfu and follow the submissions of the two houses instead of directly reporting to the Huizhou government. He was just thinking about the prestige of the sea penholder.
He used force to suppress Huizhou Prefecture and the other five counties, because he knew that he had no support at all in Huizhou."
Gao pragmatic smiled and said, "Fortunately, Hai Rui has a good reputation and a tough temper. As long as he is here, this matter will eventually be settled."
At this time, Gao Gong's face turned a little dark, and he was a little embarrassed at the same time. He coughed dryly and then said: "Then I'm afraid you will be disappointed."
Gao Pragmatic was stunned for a moment, then asked in surprise: "Did Hai Rui change his temper and stop caring about this problem?"
"He didn't say he didn't care, it's just that he couldn't control it anymore." Gao Gong said with a stern face: "The Xu party's backlash was very strong. The General Affairs Department received memorials impeaching Hai Rui every day, and these memorials have become more and more serious recently.
Many people have even hinted in the memorial that they openly and secretly accuse me of pursuing personal grievances against an old minister who has retired to serve. His feelings are hateful and his heart can be punished."
Gao Pingshi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said in surprise: "San Bo, are you going to evacuate Hai Rui?"
"It's not about withdrawing." Gao Gong waved his hand and sighed: "I have to find a place for him... You don't know that although this person has good intentions, his methods are too rough and direct, and he can't listen.
Come in and persuade!”
When he said this, he suddenly became a little angry, snorted coldly, and said: "Ha, when it comes to rectifying the officialdom, I, Gao Suqing, can only be more concerned about it than him, but Haibijia is not a leisure guest in a teahouse. He is a feudal official of the imperial court. I really think that
Just killing a few casually can rectify the government? Childish! Think about those days, when I was still King Yu, in order to give Prince Yu a regular reward from the palace, didn’t I have to praise Yan Shifan’s bad feet? Oh, you said I would rather break it than bend it?
Yes, you folded it, but what happened after you folded it? Was the matter done? No! Since the matter was not done, you just broke out a flower and it is of no use!"
After Gao Gong said this, he may have vented a lot, calmed down a little, exhaled a breath, and said: "So I have officially transferred him to be the governor of water transportation and governor of Yingtian. This matter cannot be left to him anymore."
Just go ahead with it as you like, otherwise... you'll get into trouble."
Gao Pragmatic knew that in history, Hai Rui, the governor of Yingtian, was not able to continue his job. He seemed to have been transferred to the post of Governor of Cao. Unexpectedly, after a full circle in this life, he still ended up at this point.
"It's just that..." Gao Pingshi frowned and did not continue to worry about Hai Rui's matter, but said: "The case of 'Human Ding Silk' in She County will be very difficult to handle. It's such a difficult task.
Only a person like Hai Rui, who insists on being serious about everything, is willing to deal with things that are unflattering, regardless of the pros and cons."
Gao Gong didn't answer, and with a sullen face, he found a document from the desk and handed it to him.
Gao Pingshi took it and took a look, and suddenly there was only a wry smile on his face, because the situation there was really explained by his crow's mouth.
It turned out that Ying Tianxun ordered the six counties to discuss the matter on the 14th of the first lunar month, and Huizhou Prefecture immediately issued a sign to urge them. However, after half a month, there was no response from below, as if they had not heard anything. Not to mention Yi, Xiuning, Wuyuan,
The five counties of Qimen, Jixi, and even She County, which is the master of suffering, are actually silent.
When Shuai Jiamo inquired, he found out that the magistrate of She County, Fang Huan, was just catching up with Ding You at this time, and there was no one to handle county affairs. The magistrates of the other five counties all claimed that they were busy preparing for the Hajj and had suspended their cabinets, so they were no longer in office.
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Here is an explanation: In the Ming Dynasty, starting from the 18th year of Hongwu, it was stipulated that local officials should go to Beijing for pilgrimage once in the year of Chen, Wu, Chou, and Wei years - that is, every three years - to receive official reports and inspections.
The inspection of the academy. This is a major event for officials. It is related to evaluation and future official career.
But there is an obvious problem here, that is, the fourth year of Longqing is the year of Gengwu, and the fifth year of Longqing is the year of Xinwei. In other words, next year is the year of Hajj... Why do you have to go to Hajj next year? You didn't make it in the first month of this year
After that, we stopped working? What do you mean, in order to perform Hajj next year, we have to stop working for a year?
Oh, it’s not you, it’s you—because it wasn’t just one magistrate who said this, but five magistrates who all responded like this.
This is very interesting. It shows that the five counties have already discussed it privately and adopted a passive and non-cooperative attitude towards this collegial meeting. They will try to delay it until they forget it, delay it until it becomes obsolete, and delay it until it ends without any problem. Then the world will naturally be at peace.
What happened in the end was what happened in the beginning. Think about the two appeals made by She County during the Jiajing Dynasty, wasn't this how they were delayed?
Gao Pingshi was so angry that he could only snort, and he couldn't even curse.
"Now do you know that it is difficult to clean up officials? Look at these people, they only have eyes for the area below their buttocks." Gao Gong also smiled, waved his hand and said: "I think you have some thoughts on this matter.
Just now you said...this matter is very representative, but after talking for a long time, you didn't say what it means. Why, you don't want to tell me, Third Uncle?"
