Wang Yuan and Wang Yangming were dealing with post-war affairs when a student suddenly came in: "Sir, Mr. Su (Lin Jun) sent a Franco machine gun."
"Seeing that Sugong is far away in Puyang, three thousand miles away, how can he send me cannons?" Wang Yangming said in surprise.
Wang Yangming went out out of curiosity, and Wang Yuan naturally followed.
Outside the government office, I saw a brand-new Franco machine cannon, and two of Lin Jun's servants were guarding there in disgrace.
Seeing Wang Yangming's arrival, a servant immediately stepped forward, handed over a piece of paper and said: "Mr. Yangming, when my master heard about Prince Ning's rebellion, he immediately forged a Franco machine cannon and ordered me and I to sail it day and night.
This is a gunpowder recipe. According to the recipe, you can make gunpowder for cannon."
Wang Yangming still felt it was amazing: "Puyang is three thousand miles away from here. When you heard about the rebellion in Ningbo, it took less than two months to build cannons and send them to Nanchang?"
The servant explained: "My master happened to be imitating Fran cannons, and the tin models were all ready-made. After King Ning rebelled, he sent an order to all parties to call on King Qin, and even Fujian quickly received the news. My master only used
It took two days to cast the cannon, and then I was asked to wait for it to be shipped to help the battle. Unexpectedly... before the cannon arrived, King Ning was already defeated."
This thing is so troublesome that one can fight quickly and the other can build artillery quickly.
Wang Yangming saw that the two servants were tired from work and looked tired. Knowing that they were exhausted, he arranged for them to have a meal and rest.
Stroking the shiny cannon body, Wang Yangming was so moved that he immediately wrote a poem: "Flangji, who did it? Cut off Bigan's intestines and wrap them in the skin of the barbarian. Chang Hong's blood is not enough, but Sui Yang's anger and hatred are left behind."
.The old minister vented his loyalty and anger, and was shocked by the courage of thieves from hundreds of miles away. I just asked Shang Fangjian, but I heard Lu Yang wield it. Duanfenhuban is not here..."
Almost every sentence of this poem contains allusions to Bigan, Wu Zixu, Chang Hong, Zhang Xun, Lu Yanggong, and Wang Yuan. If you don't read enough, you really can't understand it.
Wang Yuan couldn't help but curl his lips. Scholars really shouldn't be provoked. He didn't use any curse words in his words.
Judging from the literal meaning, this poem only praises Lin Jun and eulogizes his loyalty to state affairs after becoming an official. But in relation to Lin Jun's official experience, Wang Yangming criticized Zhu Houzhao in every sentence, complaining that the emperor forced upright ministers to leave the court.
, complaining that the emperor's absurd and debauchery has made the people of the world miserable.
Lin Jun, whose courtesy name is Daiyong and whose nickname is Jiansu, was born in Putian, Fujian Province and is the same ancestor of Lin Zexu.
Wang Yuan's renovation of the Guanyin statue in Zhejiang was nothing, but Lin Jun directly "destroyed the Buddha" in Yunnan!
At that time, the Xuanhua Temple in Heqing falsely claimed to have a living Buddha and took the opportunity to make money in Yunnan. Lin Jun led people to scrape off the gold skin of the Buddha statue, burn the wooden body with fire, and use all the scraped gold to offset the farmers' arrears in taxes.
That's all. Lin Jun conducted a thorough investigation of local Buddhist temples and demolished all temples that had not received official approval. Within a year, more than 360 temples were demolished, and all the dismantled wood was used to build schools.
During the Hongzhi Dynasty, Lin Jun was patrolling Xinchang, Jiangxi and other places. There were many bandits making trouble there. One of the bandit leaders was Wang Wu, who had many thieves and was quite famous. Lin Jun rode to Wang Wu's lair alone and directly persuaded Wang Wu to join him.
The imperial court also led Wang Wu to wipe out other thieves in Xinchang.
What, you haven’t broken into the den of thieves alone? Then you are not a qualified civil servant of the Ming Dynasty!
Lin Jun had done this kind of thing more than once. When he was on patrol in Sichuan, he went to the rebel camp in a sedan chair, told the three rebel leaders to surrender, and ordered them to surrender regularly. Unfortunately, it rained heavily and the rebels missed the deadline.
Frightened and rebellious, Lin Jun could only lead his troops to defeat the rebels. He captured two of the three leaders and recruited one.
In the sixth year of Zhengde's reign, Lin Jun almost completely eliminated Jiangxi thieves, but after he left Jiangxi, he became the same as before.
By the way, Lin Jun seems to dislike monks very much. He destroyed countless temples in Yunnan and also destroyed temples in Jiangxi, forcing monks to return to secular life and farm. Many monks had no land to farm and even became thieves.
The court could not retain such a minister and was forced to resign and return home.
Wang Yuan took the poem newly written by his teacher and asked with a smile: "Sir, aren't you afraid that your majesty will see it?"
Wang Yangming said: "If he could see it and find his way back, I would have done a great service."
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Your Majesty is indeed absurd, and he knows that he is absurd, but he will never correct himself."
Wang Yangming was silent.
Wang Yuan added: "In the sixth year of Zhengde, the thieves who have been ravaging Jiangxi for decades have been wiped out by Lord Jian Su. Why did the number of thieves increase in just a few years, so that I asked you to come and suppress them again? Mr.
After leaving Jiangxi, will it be like after Jian Sugong left, where robbers and thieves started to appear again in Jiangxi within a few years?"
Wang Yangming sighed: "People's livelihood is difficult, and thieves will naturally arise. After I leave, I am afraid that it will not take a few years, but only a year or two, and thieves will appear. There are too many officials in Jiangxi, and there are also many nobles in Jiangxi. There are also official camps."
There are countless mines, and these are forcing good people to become thieves."
There were too many civil servants and nobles, and land annexation was serious, making it difficult for the people to make a living.
As for the mines in Jiangxi, it is the eunuchs who are doing the evil.
In those government-run mines, the eunuchs exploited the miners to death, and many miners escaped and became thieves. Moreover, some government-run mines had been hollowed out for a long time, but the court never abolished the establishment. The eunuchs had no money to make money, so they simply
Forcing miners to become thieves and rob.
Wang Yuan asked: "Sir, is there a way to solve this problem once and for all?"
Wang Yangming smiled and said: "The methods are all in your palace examination article. Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, who has the ability to implement them? I have used some tinkering methods, and I guess they can last a few years."
When people all over the world evaluate Wang Yangming, they only see him suppressing bandits in Jiangxi and only seeing him quelling Prince Ning's rebellion.
But few people noticed that when Wang Yangming was wiping out the bandits in southern Jiangxi, he used the excuse of preventing the bandits from resurrecting to redefine the territory of states and counties. He took the opportunity to inventory and measure the official fields, and also inventory the land with different skins and bones.
Forced distribution to landless farmers.
Wang Yangming offended countless gentry and nobles in southern Gansu. It was only because of his high reputation as a scholar and among the people in Jiangxi that those gentry and nobles did not dare to jump out and cause trouble.
After Wang Yuan understood what Wang Yangming did, he immediately smiled happily and said, "Sir, why don't you take advantage of King Ning's rebellion to do it in central and northern Jiangxi?"
Wang Yangming reminded: "In order to clear the land in southern Jiangxi, I was already trembling with fear as a teacher. The noble gentry in central and northern Jiangxi are more powerful than those in southern Jiangxi. Aren't you afraid of material criticism?"
Wang Yuan said: "If we don't do this, Jiangxi's bandits will never be cut off. If we do this, Jiangxi will be stable for at least twenty years! I have already found a good candidate, and Guizhou Zuobuzhengchen Chen Yong can be used."
Wang Yangming said: "Chen Xiran is a real person, so don't harm him and let me do it."
Wang Yuan shook his head and said: "Sir, if you do this, you will never be able to join the cabinet in this life. Even if you become a minister, the whole court will oppose it."
Wang Yangming smiled and said: "Minister, it is not my intention to be the Minister. If I can get Jiangxi stability for twenty years, it is worth doing. If I don't do it half the time, I will offend too many officials and have countless impeachments and transfer me from Jiangxi."
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Wang Yuan said: "What if Your Majesty supports it?"
Wang Yangming asked: "How can your Majesty support this?"
Wang Yuan blinked and said: "Your Majesty wants to regain the city of Daning, but he is suffering from insufficient food and grass. I told him that the land annexation in Jiangxi is serious and the food tax cannot be collected at all. He can take advantage of King Ning's rebellion to clear the land. The increase in tax revenue in a province
, you can help him fight a big battle."
Wang Yangming was dumbfounded and joked: "You are indeed a sycophant!"