"Why shouldn't people be allowed to rebel? If it were me, I would rebel too!"
In the morning of late February, the spring light was bright. Sima Lang was holding a clay pot filled with water and standing outside the side door of the official temple lobby. A big red flower with green leaves was placed on the pot. As far as he knew,
, there should be two tadpoles and a green shrimp in the jar, which Miss Gongsunli, the most beloved lady in the whole temple, had just made by herself, and asked the maid to ask him to send them to the master of the whole temple.
This kind of work is already commonplace for fifteen-year-old Sima Lang.
In the same way, it is a common thing for Sima Lang to stand and wait outside the lobby of the official temple. After all, years of education have forced him to avoid such obviously rebellious words, and the recent rebellious words are also
It's a bit too much.
Of course, it was just avoided, because even Sima Lang would not think of admonishing or reminding... In other words, even Sima Lang, as he gradually learned more and more information, he also had a deep respect for the sacred person in Luoyang.
The emperor felt a hint of anger.
In the past ten days, as the emperor's order to increase wealth was passed down, thieves broke out in Hebei and the Central Plains almost instantly, and people's hearts were in chaos. How many people finally survived the spring plowing and escaped the epidemic, but they threw down the young crops in the fields without hesitation.
, following those tyrannical people who robbed homes and homes, wandering around.
At this time, the hall seemed to be discussing the rise of bandits in Hebei and Huangfu Song's inability to suppress them.
"The Lord is absolutely right!" In the lobby, Lou Zibo continued to openly spread some rebellious remarks following Gongsun Xun's words. "As far as the people of Jizhou are concerned, starting from February last year, there was a war that lasted for seven or eight months.
, the population lost more than half, and the autumn harvest also lost more than half; then came the unbearable winter, and countless people froze to death and starved to death; after finally hearing that money and food were exempted, I worked hard to return home and borrowed seeds to plant the land, but the plague came again
; And the plague has just begun to recede, and here we are going to go back on our word and increase the tax... Why not? Please put yourself in your shoes, if you were a son of a good family in Jizhou, in this situation, would you fight back?!"
"As for Huangfu Song's inability to suppress it?" Xi Zhicai was also talking sarcastically. "Who can suppress it effectively? Can we, the princes, just go? This time, the people really are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death?
Is that the end? Chaos is spreading all over Hebei, and even gods can’t save it!"
Lou Gui and Xi Zhong sang in harmony, and their words were extremely rebellious and rude. However, from Chang Lin and Zhang Cheng down, all the Hanoi scholars looked pale, but no one refuted, let alone the people in the shogunate who had followed Gongsun Xun for a long time.
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"Huangfu Yi is really afraid that he has to leave." In the silence, Gongsun Xun suddenly said thoughtfully. "There were rumors in Luoyang the day before yesterday that Huangfu Song would be transferred to quell the Xiliang rebellion. I thought it was because the Central Committee did not want to see it.
He has controlled the military and political affairs of a state for too long, and now that I think about it, maybe he can’t wait to escape from Jizhou!”
"Yes." Xi Zhong continued to shake his head and laugh. "No matter how good Huangfu Yizhen is, he still has face after all. Last winter, he requested that Jizhou be exempted from money and food. For this reason, there were songs praising him, and now he is asked to issue an order.
Go and collect this extra gift...what will happen if you don’t leave?"
The others became increasingly speechless.
"Don't talk about others." Seeing that the momentum of the local officials in Hanoi was hit to the extreme, Lu Fan suddenly stepped forward and spoke seriously. "The county has completed the calculation. Hanoi needs to pay more than 50 million yuan to Luozhong to build the palace.
...So the plan for now is how should we deal with this matter? Everyone, this matter must always have a conclusion and explanation!"
Hearing Chang Shi's formal inquiry, everyone in the hall, whether they were people from Yuan Cong or local people in Hanoi, all looked increasingly complicated, and most of them looked embarrassed.
Because this question is too difficult to answer.
As far as Hanoi people are concerned, they are of course extremely resistant to such things as tax increases... Because not to mention that this kind of tax increase of ten yuan per mu is very harmful to the people of Hanoi, and even to some children of aristocratic families who run their families with integrity.
It was nothing less than a huge economic pressure. Just talking about the opinions of Shilin Qingyu and the villagers, they would never be able to openly say that Gongsun Xun would do what he wanted.
But on the other hand, shouldn't we encourage General Wei to openly resist the decree?
The things and principles they have learned since childhood do not allow them to do this or say this.
As for Yuancong, it's even more complicated... Some people talk about conscience, some talk about power, and some talk about gains and losses, but no matter what, they must make a detailed and reasonable plan for Gongsun Xun. However, Gongsun Xun is also in trouble here! You
Are you saying that you want to resist the imperial edict and disrespect it, or are you trying to help the emperor do evil?
Sima Lang was silent for a moment and shook his head sadly, then raised his feet and walked into the hall holding the clay pot.
Before the other party could say anything, Gongsun Xun immediately smiled and quickly stood up and waved: "Come on, come on, put it on the case here!"
Sima Lang followed his words and carefully put the pot in the silence and gaze of everyone. He also reminded him by the way: "Junjun, there are still tadpoles in here... Please be careful and don't follow the example of last time."
The little toad climbed onto the official document."
Gongsun Xun nodded repeatedly as he bent over to put away some cases. He didn't know whether he listened or not.
After a lot of twists and turns, Sima Lang retreated to the corner of the hall, and someone in the hall finally stepped forward and made the first statement. As expected, it was Chang Lin Chang Bohuai: "Your Majesty, I have a message."
"Bo Huai, please speak." Gongsun Xun responded simply while lowering his head and playing with the flowers.
Chang Lin didn't pay attention to Gongsun Xun's rudeness, but still stood straight and spoke clearly and unmistakably: "When the imperial edict was delivered a few days ago, Lu Changshi once said that if a monarch accepts money according to the imperial edict, it will be a breach of trust.
In Hanoi, in my opinion, this is absolutely correct!"
Lu Fan couldn't help but glance at Chang Bohuai.
But Chang Lin still didn't take it seriously, and just continued to speak bluntly: "Although the prince did not ask for orders in advance to exempt the people under his rule like General Zuo Chaqi, but since he took office, all the policies adopted by the prince have been to calm down the people.
The two words are the main ones, and the meaning of recuperating and recuperating with the people is self-evident. Besides, it is nominally 50 million yuan, but in fact, when it is collected, the officials work hard and the people are in dire straits, so the real loss is more than 50 million yuan? So,
Even if there was no explicit agreement before, the sudden increase in land tax is enough to make the people of Hanoi turn from being grateful to their rulers to feeling resentful."
"That's good!" Gongsun Xun finally raised his head. "What else is there?"
"Also..." Chang Lin hesitated for a moment, but still tried his best to speak. "For the personal consideration of the monarch, no matter what, you must not use private property to pay taxes. That is a bad policy and will arouse suspicion."
"Then what should I do?" Gongsun Xun sat back on the front seat, his face as usual, and asked curiously. "I can't exploit the people without conscience, let alone use my private property to buy people's hearts... Bo Huai, what the hell do I want?
What should we do? We can’t tear up this official document, right?”
"There are only two ways to plan for today." Chang Lin's voice became increasingly difficult. "One is to gather the powerful people in the county and let them come up with the money..."
"Isn't this a breach of trust?" Gongsun Xun asked calmly. "In order to resettle the refugees and implement official settlements, I have asked them to contribute as soon as possible to free up the land, return the refugees, and the county has lent them
They actually donated the farm tools and seeds, and they had no intention of evading these things. Later, during the Spring Club, I specially invited them to watch the debate on the scriptures. Wasn't it tacitly understood and made an appeasement and agreement? "
Chang Lin pursed his lips: "What the Lord and Marquis said is true. It's my fault... Then there is only one way to go."
"What way?"
"The princes can learn from the generals who are riding on the left, and leave Hanoi to become an official who is not close to the people... enter the court as a minister, and go out to Liangzhou to quell the chaos, roughly like this." Chang Lin replied helplessly, but when he said this, he
Still couldn't help but add one more sentence. "But if this is the case, if it were replaced by another official, Hanoi would still have to impose additional taxes..."
Gongsun Xun laughed dumbly, and Chang Lin retreated in shame.
However, after Chang Lin retreated, no one came forward to say anything for a long time... After all, no matter what, Chang Boyai still analyzed the matter extremely well. The current situation is that the emperor is messing with his orders, and if he follows them, he will be helping the tyranny.
, if you don’t obey, you will be disobeying the emperor and you will have to bear huge political risks.
This matter is destined to not have a good outcome.
"Is there anyone else who wants to talk?" Gongsun Xun sat at the head of the lobby, looking at the crowd of talented people with a half-smile, but he also knew it well. "I understand, this kind of thing is destined to have no two-way solution, or maybe there is
Damage your reputation, or bear the emperor's wrath. Bo Huai has already said it very well... If it doesn't work and you want to collect money, go to a wealthy and powerful person to collect it; if it doesn't work and you want to resist the decree, then change your official position as soon as possible... This is already the most extreme situation.
Those are two good ways, right?"
The whole hall was silent.
"Why do you have to be so pretentious?" Gongsun Xun suddenly stopped smiling and sighed slightly. "This is a matter of choosing between two options. I am the only one who really needs to make the decision... As a staff member, you have done your best to do this.
Okay, everyone should go about their own business, I will take care of it."
From Lu Fan on down, everyone left one after another.
Then, within a day, everyone came to see him privately, either to persuade Gongsun Xun to confiscate the property of the powerful family, or to persuade him to withdraw as soon as possible. This was a pure statement. Because expropriating the property of the powerful family would benefit Hanoi but not Gongsun Xun;
But withdrawing as soon as possible would be beneficial to Gongsun Xun but not beneficial to Hanoi.
Of course, regardless of what Gongsun Xun said to Chang Lin, in fact, after the initial anger, he had calmed down. Now, he just wants to show his embarrassment through this analysis
Just come out to create public opinion, further demonstrate your spirit of sacrifice, and weaken the negative impact...
That's right, in the past few days since the official documents from the imperial court arrived, Gongsun Xun himself and a few of his confidants finally made a decision, that is, to find local powerful people to attack, so-called attacking the local tyrants and taking advantage of the big ones.
There is no other way, this is the only way!
However, just when Gongsun Xun was procrastinating for two days and was about to give in half-heartedly and pinch his nose to attack the local big business, a new page of official documents flew lightly from Luoyang to Hanoi across the river, and was placed in the lobby of the Hanoi Junsi.
There was a jar of dead branches and leaves on the table.
"I have made up my mind, no more money!" Gongsun Xun immediately sneered after reading the new official document. "I don't want to ask for orders either..."
Before everyone could react, they saw Gongsun Xun suddenly stand up and became angry: "I'm just here in Hanoi doing nothing! I want to see if Beigong wants to kill me for this or if he wants to get me into a car."
Enter Luo?"
Having said this, Gongsun Xun suddenly stood up, kicked several cases in front of him away, and walked away.
Clay pots were smashed, sewage was splashed, and it was a mess.
Everyone didn't know why, but Wang Xiu ignored the dirt on the ground, leaned over and pinched off a small frog with a tail, and then took out the wet official document from the water stains.
Wang Shuzhi only glanced at it and couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and then explained to the still confused people in front of him: "The central government issued an order to let all states and counties send wood and aragonite to the capital... At this time, I don't know how many merchants and wealthy households.
My family will also be destroyed."
Everyone looked pale, but Lu Fan didn't say a word and went straight in to chase Gongsun Xun.
On the same day, south of the river, in Luoyang City, in the evening, the former Taiwei Liu Kuan, who was ill in bed, suddenly asked his son Liu Song and two students who had been waiting for him recently, namely Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Fan.
He shouted to the front.
————I am the dividing line between disrespect————
"Zhang Rang, the constant servant, Zhao Zhong said that the emperor collected ten coins from the fields of the world to build the palace... Lu Kang, the prefect of Le'an, admonished him and said: "In the past, Lu declared taxes and the plague of locusts came about. Ai Gong increased the tax, but Confucius was not
How could it be possible to seize the people's property for a useless camp, give up the holy precepts, and follow the rules of the fallen king! "It was a great disrespect for Zhen Kang to quote the ruined country as an example of a holy Ming, so he drove a chariot to conquer the court." - "Book of the Later Han Dynasty"
