But when he met them, Yunxi felt their resistance.
When inspecting the school, it was fine. The students were always childish. They were immediately excited when they saw the emperor and forgot about other things. However, when meeting the "civilian representatives", although they hid it well, Yunxi had already passed the local Jinyi Guard.
Once you know their true attitude and talk to them on the spot, you can feel their resistance.
Officials from northern Zhejiang were hit once in the twelfth lunar month of last year, and recently received a second blow, and fewer and fewer are still serving as officials; at the same time, Yunxi did not cut agricultural taxes; northern Zhejiang is not like southern Jiangsu, at least it belongs to Zhili
, at the feet of the emperor in a broad sense; so these "civilian representatives" were very resistant to the imperial court, especially to Yunxi.
Lian Zining, who had been in Caojiang for a year, naturally knew their thoughts, so he advised Yunxi: "Your Majesty, it is better to be more lenient with the officials in northern Zhejiang, otherwise if things continue like this, the alienation of the gentry will be detrimental to the court." Xia Yuanji and Hu
Guangye persuaded Yunxi.
It happened that at this time, a letter from Yang Shiqi was received by Yunxi along with the imperial memorial. The content of the letter also persuaded Yunxi to be more lenient in the area of northern Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu.
'So many people have persuaded me to be more lenient to them, especially Lian Zining, Xia Yuanji, Hu Guang and others who are officials in northern Zhejiang and have nothing to do with the local gentry.
Suppression may not be a good thing for the court, so we should be a little more lenient and promote a few officials here.'
Yunxi then said: "Don't I know this? I have decided to personally promote several officials from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Beijing."
Yunxi then waved his hand and received Yang Shiqi's letter, and then said: "Yang Qing has recommended someone."
"Yang Zhu, a native of Wuxian County, was an orphan and a poor boy. He followed his brother to Wuchang to teach as a disciple and support himself. He has a kind nature. I have decided to call him to be a disciple of Zhongshushe."
In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, although Yunxi's suppression of officials in southern Jiangsu is now lighter, these governments are integrated economically and support each other politically, so Yuanxi's emphasis on people from southern Jiangsu will also make northern Zhejiang more influential to the imperial court.
The resistance is lighter.
Yunxi confronted Lian Zining again, and Hu Guang said: "There is another person in Hangzhou City named Chen Ji. You two should know about it."
"I have heard of this man's reputation. He is extremely intelligent and is known as "Chen Wu Jing". He is also extremely filial to his mother. He was recommended by the Hangzhou Prefecture and County before, but he refused to be recruited on the grounds that his mother was old and supported."
"I have decided to recruit him as a member of Zhongshushe and the concubine of Jiadong Palace Zuo. In order to serve his mother with utmost filial piety, I sent Prince Wu to personally invite him to come out of the mountain and give him conditions to support his mother."
"Your Majesty!" Lian Zining, Xia Yuanji and Hu Guang, as well as Su Youxue and others who were also beside him at this time, all exclaimed. Yunxi's treatment of Chen Ji was no longer ordinary, but could not be more generous.
. Just talking about the personal invitation of Zhu Wenkui, the Prince of Wu, this is not the time when Emperor Taizu has just started his career. Royal people are extremely precious, and personally inviting the Prince and Crown Prince can be compared to Liu Bei's three visits to the thatched cottage back then.
Even if Chen Jizhen really didn't want to be an official, his mother would have to force him to become an official. Hu Guang and the others were a little jealous.
Yunxi believed that if he could do things well, he should do it in one step. Chen Ji was a native of Hangzhou and was extremely outstanding. Yunxi would not have shelved him because of his family views; in this case, it would be better to treat him with utmost courtesy and make him have to
Entered the court and became an official.
Yunxi continued: "When I passed by Changzhou Prefecture, I also heard that there was a man named Chen Ji who had a photographic memory of his studies. The imperial court is still compiling the "History of the Yuan Dynasty", and I decided to recruit him to edit it for the History Museum."
"When I passed by Suzhou Prefecture, I heard that there was a man in Suzhou named Wang Zhen, who was well known and well remembered. The local elders had recommended him. I decided to appoint him as the editor of the history museum."
Yunxi appointed four officials in succession, and said to Lian Zining and others: "You are serving as officials in Hangzhou. Do you have any talents you would like to recommend to me?"
Lian Zining said: "Your Majesty, Qiantang County Jiaoyu Hu Yan is from Nanchang. I have had an in-depth conversation with him and found that he is very capable. Please promote him."
After Hu Yan? Yunxi heard this name and confirmed his place of origin, he didn't listen to what Lian Zining said after that. He just thought in his heart: 'The ten most important ministers of the Yongle Dynasty in Ming history records'
,The last one was finally found by me.'
After Lian Zining finished speaking, he immediately said: "Since Lian Qing recommended him, of course he is a great talent. I will also recruit him to be a member of Zhongshushe."
Yunxi immediately asked Jin Shan to draft four imperial edicts, which he issued after checking that they were correct. One of them was given directly to the local police in Hangzhou, and the other three were sent to Suzhou and Changzhou respectively.
Yunxi then said to Wang Xi: "Go to Prince Wu's Mansion in person and call Wenkui here. If King Wu or Princess Wu asks, tell him that I have something for Wenkui to do." Wang Xi followed the order.
At this time, Hu Guang suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, can you be more lenient to the governments in northern Zhejiang in terms of land tax?"
"No!" Yunxi said categorically. It was not that he was completely unwilling to reduce the burden on farmers, but the problem was that with the current level of rural management in the Ming Dynasty, there was no guarantee that reducing agricultural taxes would benefit farmers.
Just like in the history of the early Manchu Qing Dynasty, Xuanye issued an edict to "grow more people and never increase taxes" and canceled the head tax on excess population. Later, in the year of his 60th birthday, he announced that it would be abolished in all provinces in the country in three years.
One year's taxes.
But ordinary farmers don't know these two things at all. How can they pay taxes when they should pay taxes like this? The extra money they pay is naturally divided up by officials at all levels. There is a good official in Guangdong who sends people to play gongs and drums to the countryside to publicize that it is not necessary to pay taxes.
Paying taxes aroused the resentment of all officials in Guangdong, and he was impeached and lost his official position.
Therefore, for Yunxi, he will never reduce or temporarily cancel the agricultural tax in a certain place unless it is a tax that is completely abolished, such as a small land is divided into acres, or a certain land is hit by a disaster.
"I have other arrangements for the gentry in northern Zhejiang so that they will be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and do not have to cut agricultural taxes." Yunxi added.
Although Lian Zining and others were dubious about what Yun Xi added, since the emperor had already said so, they had no choice but to obey.
Yunxi felt that most of the things had been dealt with, and he still had to consider the remaining items. He would not do it today or tomorrow, so he decided to relax first. He said to Hu Guang: "I want to clear out a corner of the West Lake tomorrow.
Take a look at the world-famous West Lake in Hangzhou."
Hu Guang agreed without any surprise: "Yes, Your Majesty."
But Zhang Fu suddenly remembered something and said to Yunxi: "Your Majesty, there is a place in Hangzhou that is more worth visiting than the West Lake."
"Oh, what place is it?" Yunxi asked curiously. There should be no place in Hangzhou more famous than the West Lake.
"Actually, this place is also near the West Lake, which is the Yuewang Temple in Hangzhou. In addition, there is the tomb of His Royal Highness King E at Qixialing." Zhang Fu said.