I am the king of the dead

Chapter 694 Hate is like a mountain and hatred is like a sea

Chen Zongqing is gradually regaining his senses. In Daming, fame is more important than performing in front of His Majesty.

Chen Zongqing was furious, he punched that Yang Xiaoshan, it was really insulting to the gentlemen, this punch could be regarded as a blow to his reputation.

But Chen Zongqing didn't regret it at all.

"This bastard! Bah!" Chen Zongqing spat viciously. Although he had regained his senses, he was still extremely angry.

To be a good and honest official, you have to be smarter than being an asshole in order to survive in the officialdom.

Zhu Qiyu swung his horsewhip and came to the entrance of the village. He suddenly stopped and pointed at the farm and said, "Actually, there are many villages like this in Daming. Yang Tie's experience is not uncommon."

"What hurts me the most is his smile."

"When Mr. Yang Xiaoshan arrived at the entrance of the village, Yang Tie stepped forward, obsequiously helped him get off the sedan chair, and then showed that kind of honored smile."

"If he suffers and suffers, it is useless for him to resist. Then he is just a slave named tenant."

"If he lived in this kind of life, his father died in labor, and his elder brother and sister were sold by Master Yang's family, and he could still taste the sweetness, he would be an inexhaustible slave!"

"Fortunately, he also knows anger."

In fact, Zhu Qiyu was disappointed when he saw Yang Tie's flattering expression towards Yang Xiaoshan.

In the midst of suffering, chew the sweetness, that is the inexhaustible slave.

Fortunately, in the end Yang Tie picked up the knife and killed Yang Xiaoshan as if he had gone crazy.

At least, he will still be angry.

Zhu Qiyu turned around and looked in Gaochang's direction, which was the direction where Master Yang's house was ransacked.

He stood on the ridge in the field, looked over there, and said loudly: "If Yang Xiaoshan didn't continue to bully Yang Tie, would Yang Tie continue to live like this?"

"If we don't come today, Yang Tie's newlywed daughter-in-law is bullied, what will happen to Yang Tie?"

"Yang Tie borrowed 25 silver coins to marry a wife. The old man in the village told him again, man, it's rare to be confused. Will Yang Tie live in such a muddled life?"

"I think Yang Tie will."

After Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, everyone was silent. They all knew that His Majesty's conjecture was correct, and Yang Tie would live in such a daze.

Finally, when they couldn't pay back the money, the sons were sold again.

Yang Tie couldn't help it.

Zhu Qiyu said as he walked: "Masters, have you ever thought about why Yang Tie's family is in such a miserable state, and Yang Xiaoshan came to bully him, why is he?"

"Yang Xiaoshan is a villain by nature, and he likes to bully people like this?"

"For example, if you broke a bowl, who would care about five cents for this bowl?"

"In the eyes of Master Yang, and in the eyes of Yang Xiaoshan, Yang Tie is that bowl."

"In the eyes of Master Yang and Yang Xiaoshan, Yang Tie is not even a beast, not even a cow or a horse, but at best a bowl! At best an object!"

"Was Yang Xiaoshan born a villain?"

"When this Yang Xiaoshan was 13 years old, he fought with someone. He injured the person and beat the other party into a cripple. Master Yang immediately found a suing stick, asked the suing stick to come to the door, and told the other party to take 20 yuan. Two pieces of silver are reconciled."

"The wounded person refused, so I told the wounded person that it is best to take the money. If I sue the officials, I won't get a penny, and Yang Xiaoshan will be fine."

"Because Yang Xiaoshan also received two punches, this is considered a fight."

"Even if the trouble comes to the yamen, and Chen Qingtian is sitting in the yamen, Yang Xiaoshan cannot be sentenced in this case."

"The wounded took 20 taels of silver, because the wounded knew that the magistrate and Yang had a table for wine, and the wounded may never see the magistrate in his life."

"As for Yang Xiaoshan, he knew at the age of 13 that it was 20 taels if he was beaten like this, and 40 taels if he was beaten like that. Therefore, a tenant like Yang Tie became a bowl and an object among Yang Xiaoshan. .”

"The final result is the collapse of ritual and music."

Yu Qian has never advised His Majesty not to restrain the mergers of the powerful and powerful, not to equalize the land and exempt taxes, because from the perspective of the state system, there has never been a fundamental conflict between monarchy and civil rights.

When the people can rush into the palace and kill the emperor, when they can do this, it means that the world has lost its way, and Ming Dynasty is about to perish.

In Yu Qian's view, civil rights are the foundation of monarchy, and monarchy should be in charge of the people by nature.

Where does the world's taxes come from?

Where did the soldiers guarding Tai'an Palace come from?

Where did the 24 troops of the Beijing Camp come from?

Father and father, as a king and a father, should be the master of others.

Yu Qian has seen too many tragedies like Yang Tie's, and this is just a microcosm of the people of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qiyu said worriedly: "So if I, the court, and the local officials don't make decisions for Yang Tie and uphold justice for them, will there still be justice in this world?"

"If we not only fail to uphold justice for them, but also connive and cover them, and even go to exploit the people ourselves."

"The hatred in Yang Tie's heart is just stored up like this."

"Save and save, one day, the whole Daming will be burnt clean."

"I was worried that one day, when I got the farm law, those commanders in charge of the farm would all become Master Yang in the end."

Yu Qian bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I will use the head of the item as a guarantee. The commander of the Ming Dynasty must not be Master Yang."

Zhu Qiyu agreed quite a bit and said: "I sent Tiqi all the way south to hear the rumors. Although the commanding officer also committed crimes, it was not Master Yang."

As for the future?
Zhu Qiyu never thought about this question, and Yu Qian didn't think about it either.

What His Majesty is asking for is not immortality and eternal prosperity, what he is asking for is only the present moment, and what he is asking for is only the day and night.

Yu Qian had such an expression. Although His Majesty entrusted him with the full power of the farm law, he was not indifferent.

Why isn't the commanding officer Master Yang?
Yu Qian has seen many commanders, and these commanders all have one characteristic in common, that is fanaticism.

The commanders' reverence for His Majesty is very similar to the fanatics in Nikolaoz's mouth. If His Majesty gives an order to let the commander point the flintlock pistol at his head and shoot him in the head, they will not hesitate. shot.

If it was just fanaticism, Yu Qian would not be so sure.

But the eyes of those commanders are extraordinarily firm.

They know exactly what they are doing, they know exactly what to do, and they know exactly what they want.

They are closely following His Majesty's footsteps, chasing after the Utopia in His Majesty's heart, chasing after the Great Harmony world in His Majesty's heart.

This is why Yu Qian is so determined.

Selflessness is a state of life. How many people have spent their whole lives in confusion and in a daze?
And the commanding officers who His Majesty personally taught are all similar to selfless people. Their breakthroughs are not their own, but because of His Majesty's teachings, they suddenly enlightened.

"So, the farm law must be implemented, and it must be extended from the northern Yamen to the southern Yamen." Zhu Qiyu got on his horse, took another look at Haichao Village, which had fallen into silence, and rode his horse to gallop.

Chen Zongqing didn't know much about the operation of the Farm Law, but what he saw today and what His Majesty said, he understood the significance of the Farm Law.

Suppress the mergers of the powerful and powerful, equalize the land and exempt taxes, resolve the anger, and dissolve the long-suppressed anger that is hidden in the hearts of those tenants.

That is hatred, that is hatred, hatred is like a mountain, hatred is like a sea!

This anger is so strong, as His Majesty said, once this extremely suppressed anger is aroused, it will burn the whole world to nothing.

The Emperor Daming personally copied the home of Mr. Yang, a gentleman in Gaochang Township. The news spread throughout the Songjiang Mansion as if it had grown wings. It spread to everyone at an incredible speed.

This fact proves a rumor.

His Majesty the licentious emperor, really wants to start a big construction project, really wants to confiscate the homes of all wealthy households in the south of the Yangtze River with more than [-] yuan, and raise money for the construction work!
Panic was like a plague, spreading among all the big gentry. For a while, people panicked, and the wind that was about to flee became stronger.

In the past few days, the restaurant business in Songjiang Mansion has been extremely booming. Rich gentry and wealthy households are running around to tell each other, discussing in secret in the restaurant, how to deal with the unreasonable demands of His Majesty.

In mid-July, merchants from Huguang, Fengyang, Liangzhe, and Lianghuai gathered together in Zuixianju, Songjiang.

The wine in Zuixianju is Gujing tribute wine. During the Jian'an period, Cao Cao brought Jiuyunchun wine produced in his hometown Bozhou into the palace. It has become a tribute wine of all dynasties because of its clear color like crystal, pure fragrance like orchid, sweet and mellow taste, and long-lasting aftertaste. liquor.

The wine is good wine, and the food is also available from heaven to sea.

However, everyone at the wine table had serious expressions on their faces. The delicious food was right in front of them, and no one wanted to enjoy it.

There was only one person, who seemed to be in a very good mood, Ye Zhongxing, the newly appointed head of the Liangzhe Maritime Merchants, was feasting.

"Eat, eat, let's eat together. This fish dish is extremely tender. Come and try it." Ye Zhongxing greeted everyone cheerfully.

"Mr. Ye Shang, do you really have a way to send us out to sea? You know, the noses of the hawks and dogs in the inspection department are smarter than dogs. Last month, the Wu family's boat in Haining brought some Luma, and it was caught. The inspection department's gang of Qiu Ba was raided, and even the workshop was checked to the bottom." Liu Cen, who is the general manager of Huguang Commerce, asked worriedly.

The Wu family in Haining is a family of maritime merchants. Wu Bingjian of the Wu family in Haining was the previous head of the two Zhejiang merchants. His Majesty went south in person, and Wu Bingjian stole coal and hit the gun.

The Wu family in Haining suffered a big setback in coal storage, but they managed to maintain it. In the past three to five years, they have recovered a lot of vitality. As soon as they took shape, they were again inspected by the imperial court's inspection department. Check it out.

Ye Zhongxing sneered and said, "What business can't you touch?"

"The gang of hawks and dogs turned a blind eye to the gunpowder, firearms, long and short soldiers, and bows and crossbows on the merchant ships. Only the Three Treasures of Fortune were extremely strict."

"I don't even have any points. Isn't it enough to earn enough spices? If you have to dump Luma, that's one point? Seven boats dumped [-] catties of Luma! Three thousand catties is enough to lose [-] heads!"

Ye Zhongxing wiped his mouth, and said with disdain in his eyes: "As for whether you can be sent out safely, if you don't know my relationship with Governor Li and Chen Fu Yin, can you invite me to dinner?"

Ye Zhongxing's expression was extraordinarily arrogant, highlighting a fearless person.

Everyone knows that Ye Zhongxing messed up the dredging project that Songjiang Mansion bought. Not only did nothing happen, but he was finally found by the navy. The total business.

Everyone present looked at Ye Zhongxing with envy and resentment, and couldn't help muttering in their hearts, Li Binyan didn't know how Ye Zhongxing got through the relationship.

Ye Zhongxing sat up straight, straightened his clothes, and said seriously, "Are you all thinking about leaving?"

"Da Ming's five major city ship divisions, and the three major overseas ship divisions, are exempting merchants from the Ming Dynasty. If they have sold off Daming's assets and insisted on going to sea, but they can't get a shipping certificate, they won't be able to enjoy this kind of exemption."

"The Department of Maritime Ships draws [-] out of [-] points for Ming merchant ships, and [-]% off for the banker, and only [-] points."

"If you can't get Daming's boat certificate, and when your boat arrives at Daming, then it's not one out of ten, it's three out of ten."

"Even if a merchant ship with a shipping certificate is handed over overseas, it will be scraped away, at least [-]% of it. This is a pure profit. If you go away, you will not be able to enjoy it. The loss will be huge. went!"

Ye Zhongxing is persuading, persuading these people to think clearly, to understand whether they should leave or not.

After going to sea, they are no longer merchants of the Ming Dynasty, and it is as difficult as going to heaven to obtain a ship certificate.

This ship certificate is only a few points a year, and every year for this ship certificate, the major merchants are always intriguing and doing everything they can.

Everyone is in this circle. If you find a broker-comprador agent to get a certificate, you will be reported immediately and lose the qualification to get a certificate.

Punishment without teaching is abuse.

Li Binyan has repeatedly confessed that if he persuades people to be kind, he can persuade one to persuade the other.

Nikolaoz's observation of Da Ming is very good. Da Ming does have his own high moral disadvantages, and he has reached this point, so he still needs to persuade him.

Liu Tianhe slapped the table to his feet, and said angrily, "Do we want to leave? Then Mr. Yang in Gaochang is just an ordinary gentry, collecting rent. What evil did he do? His house was ransacked all of a sudden!"

"It's just that His Majesty saw a mud-legged man being bullied by Master Yang's son? Isn't it always like this?"

"Why did you come to His Majesty's place, and you can't do it?"

Liu Tianhe is the general manager of the salt merchants in Lianghuai, so naturally he also does this sea trade, and the business is very good. The Shibo Department of Daming offers great discounts to Daming Merchant Ships, but if you find a reliable boat master, it will be a waste of money. Anything can make money.

"That's right!" Another boss of the business said full of complaints: "Now the imperial court is using us as pigs and killing us, just thinking about fattening us up and slaughtering us. If we don't think about it, next year we will all be in chickens." Cage Island logging."

Panic is contagious. The two business leaders took the lead in the charge, and the others talked loudly as you said.

"President Liu Shang is right. I respect you!"

"Your Majesty is too ruthless. In the past, the house was raided and bought, and the court collected the money. Now that King Xiang has made some kind of arguing, the court ransacked the house and turned it into an official factory. You can't even get it back."

"Isn't it? How many years has the Huating Cai family been, and how many prefects have they changed? Isn't it always like that? It's almost enough. If you have to ransack the family and exile the whole family."

"The imperial court can talk about lack of money. It can increase taxes, and we can pay for it. At most, we can find compensation from other places, but the imperial court just doesn't increase it, so it just steals the house."

"that is!"

……

Get it from somewhere else?
Peel off the people.

Ye Zhongxing looked at this group of people and frowned. These business executives asked a very important question.

Has it always been this way?

The Great Wall of China is still here today, and I don’t see the first Emperor Qin.

Ye Zhongxing filled himself a glass of wine, coughed and said, "I only need some money to go to sea, but it will be difficult to come back. Your Majesty will know after all. After knowing, if the children and grandchildren want to take the imperial examination, they will definitely not be able to take the imperial examination." possible."

"You guys have to think about it, this is not a trivial matter."

Ye Zhongxing said another price, the selection of officials through the imperial examination.

The imperial examination is a major event in the selection of talents for the country. Even the son of Chen Xun, who is a university scholar, took the imperial examination and was found out.

The imperial examination is much more complicated than the shipping certificate.

As soon as Ye Zhongxing said this, all the merchants were silent.

Liu Tianhe looked at Ye Zhongxing and asked, "Mr. Ye Shang doesn't intend to leave?"

Ye Zhongxing said as a matter of course: "Why should I go?"

"Right now, Governor Li is covering the sky with one hand in Songjiang Mansion. Ever since His Majesty arrived in Songjiang Mansion, so many things have happened. Isn't Governor Li still wearing the Yongle Sword? Wherever Your Majesty goes, Governor Li will follow."

"Governor Li is Jane in the heart of the emperor, why should I leave?"

Liu Tianhe didn't catch his breath, coughed a few times and said, "It's useless to talk more, Mr. Ye Shang can really send us out, how can we collect money?"

Ye Zhongxing stretched out a hand, with five fingers shining brightly.

"5 taels of silver?" Liu Tianhe asked tentatively.

The corner of Ye Zhongxing's mouth twitched, and he said quite calmly: "No, no, it's [-]%. I'll check before boarding the ship. I'll take [-]% of the amount I take away. Everyone knows Governor Li. It's difficult."

"That's too much!" Liu Cen said angrily.

Ye Zhongxing smiled and said nothing. He hasn't told these people that he will charge another [-]% when he disembarks. He said with a smile, "Isn't it always the case that businessmen seek profit?"

"Small business, cash only."

"Silver coins, silver taels, and Baoyuan bureau exchange are all recognized."

　Ask for a monthly ticket, woo! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
　　
　
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