Of course, Shen Congdao was not the only gentry in Shandong who lost their homes due to hoarding grain this time. The evil gentry played in the play may not necessarily be Shen Congdao.
However, Shen Congdao was still shocked and broke into a cold sweat. He regretted buying a seat to watch the show. At this time, he was surrounded by indignant people, which was really very dangerous. If a person in the county recognized him, he might really be arrested. These people got into a group fight.
Next to Shen Congdao, a wealthy businessman wearing silk and satin looked at Shen Congdao and said, "Mr. Sir, it's a good thing that I didn't hoard food to go against the Duke of Jin. Otherwise, I would have lost both my life and wealth and my reputation."
Shen Congdao subconsciously said loudly: "I didn't hoard food to fight against the Duke of Jin. I didn't buy 7,800 shi!"
Shen Congdao was nervous and subconsciously told the figures of the food he had hoarded. The wealthy businessman next to him looked at Shen Congdao in surprise and said nothing.
Only then did Shen Congdao realize that he had spilled the beans and really had the urge to slap himself.
The drama on the stage was still being played, and it was said that the price of rice had plummeted, and the Duke of Jin took advantage of the situation to buy rice, so that the people would have enough to eat and have the strength to carry out autumn sowing and develop water conservancy. The people saw that it was already the 12th day of the Duke of Jin. They all admired him greatly and applauded the Duke of Jin.
Shen Congdao secretly said, "Xindao, this opera academy is so awesome. In this era, people like to watch operas. Even the poorest farmers will watch a big opera every year during the temple fair. But the new opera repertoire of this era There are not many, and there are even fewer well-written new plays. Jin Guogong's drama academy recruits talents to compile high-quality plays, which can greatly affect the emotions of the people.
If "Shandong Daily" can influence people's rational thinking, then the operas continuously compiled by this drama academy are inciting people's emotional emotions.
Shen Congdao sighed and secretly thought that Li Zhi was very clever. If the Shandong gentry goes against Li Zhi, they may not have a good life in the future. Sooner or later, the equalizing land tax will be imposed on the Shandong gentry. When the time comes, Shen Congdao sighs. I don’t know how much of my family’s more than 6,000 acres of farmland I can keep.
Shen Congdao shook his head and was about to look on the stage when he saw a small vendor from Tianliu Town glaring at him among the standing audience. The small vendor didn't know why he came into the county town, but he was here. I met Shen Congdao in a teahouse where he was watching a play. At this time, the vendor was aroused by the drama "Relief to Shandong" and looked at Shen Congdao as if he were looking at his enemy.
Shen Congdao secretly thought that something was wrong. If this vendor told others his identity, there was a real possibility that he would be beaten by a group of people.
Shen Congdao was worried there, when a cappella voice suddenly came from the stage: "I want to build a dam in this crucian carp ditch, irrigate 270,000 acres of fertile land, and make the people rich!"
Hearing this acapella, the people in the audience became excited again. It seemed that the people saw the increasingly prosperous future of Shandong under the rule of Jin Guogong, and they cheered loudly. The small vendor who glared at Shen Congdao was also infected by the excited crowd. He stopped staring at Shen Congdao and looked towards the stage.
Shen Congdao secretly thought that this was the moment, and he couldn't leave if he didn't slip away. He jumped up from the chair, dragged his servant and walked outside. Squeezing out a path among the audience who were watching the show attentively, Shen Congdao As if being hunted by someone, Cong Dao fled the teahouse in a panic.
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On October 10th, Li Zhi sat in the Huaide Palace of Jinguo Palace and summoned Cui Wenxin, who served as the Supreme Court Justice in the court.
This Cui Wenxin is Cui He's uncle and Cui Wending's brother. Speaking of which, he is Li Huan's uncle and grandfather. Cui Wenxin is five years younger than Cui Wending. He is only forty years old now, so he is in the prime of life.
This Cui Wenxin has a somewhat rigid personality, not as lively as his brother Cui Wending. Li Zhi asked him to be a judge in the court before, but he is selfless and very competent. As the saying goes, talents are rare, Li Zhi wants to find such a rigid person among his relatives and friends.
It was not easy either. Li Zhi observed it for a while and decided to let him hold a more important official position.
Li Zhi decided to appoint Cui Wenxin as the ambassador of the shogunate's Independent Commission Against Corruption, which specializes in examining officials who commit corruption and fraud.
Nowadays, Li Zhi's career is getting bigger and bigger, but he has always relied on Li Zhi's personal ability to manage the bureaucracy and has not established an internal supervision system. However, there are all kinds of birds in the forest. Although Li Zhi pays attention to the observation of personal qualities when promoting officials,
But it is inevitable that a harmful person will become corrupt after becoming an official.
Li Zhi now manages Tianjin and Shandong provinces. If the bureaucratic team is corrupt, then Li Zhi's career will become a tree without soil and will eventually collapse.
Li Zhi smiled and said to Cui Wenxin: "Cui Wenxin, from now on you will be responsible for accepting reports from the masses and investigating problematic bureaucrats in detail. Even if there are no reports from the masses, as long as you think an official has a problem, you can take the initiative to review it after asking me for instructions. You must do it
Catch the pests out of the ranks of officials.”
Cui Wenxin had a straight face and was about to speak when he saw Han Jinxin running in panting.
Seeing Han Jinxin's anxious look, Li Zhi knew something big was going on. He turned around and asked, "Han Jinxin, why are you so anxious?"
Han Jinxin knelt down in front of Li Zhi and bowed, then stood up and said: "Master Guo, the Japanese shogunate seems to be intending to ban the import of our Li family's fine cloth. This trend of thought is very turbulent. The latest news: Several relatives have already
The feudal lord made a suggestion to the shogun of Japan to ban cloth, and I am afraid it won’t be long before Japan will actually ban our fine cloth trade.”
Li Zhi frowned when he heard the news.
Today, the fine cloth trade with Japan is the highlight of Li Zhi's industry and trade. Ever since Li Zhi paid tribute to Tianjin in the 14th year of Chongzhen's reign, scholars and gentry in the north and south of the Yangtze River have rejected Li Zhi's products intentionally or unintentionally.
Since then, Li Zhijing cloth has been basically sold to Japan.
Li Zhi's textile factory now has 20,000 workers and produces 350,000 pieces of cloth per month. Calculated at an ex-factory price of one tael of silver per piece, this year's profit will be 1.1 million taels. Including sales
Going to Japan has trade price differences and higher profits.
If this trade is suddenly interrupted, it will not only cause Li Zhi's income to drop sharply, but also cause 20,000 people in Fanjiazhuang to lose their jobs, and the wealth of Fanjiazhuang will disappear in one fell swoop.
Han Jinxin said: "My lord, Japan's textile factories have been defeated by our cheap fine cloth, which has led to the collapse of the entire industry. Several pro-Japanese feudal lords have said that if fine cloth is not banned, the economy in various parts of Japan will continue to be depressed."
"I'm afraid it won't be long before the Japanese shogunate will completely ban the import of Li family fine cloth."
Li Zhi looked at the scenery at the entrance of Huaide Hall, took a breath, and said slowly: "If Japan bans our Li family's fine cloth trade, it will declare war on me!"
