Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 811 King of Shu: This generation has to pay back the less rent paid by the mud-legged ancestors
In the backyard of the Ziyang county government office, the county magistrate of Ziyang was lying on a rocking chair listening to a little song.

There are only so many entertainment measures these days, and it is impossible for a county magistrate to go to any Goulan place, so Ziyang county magistrate prefers to listen to some ditties, read some newspapers and books.

The actor who sings this song is not an ordinary wandering entertainer, but a well-known actor in Ziyang County. It is not easy for ordinary people to hear her sing a play, but for the parents and officials of a county For the county magistrate of Ziyang, in Ziyang, he is heaven, and there is nothing he cannot get.

A small actor, no matter how famous he is, is nothing more than an actor, a low-level role that comes and goes as soon as he is called.

Shaking his head and listening to the famous Ziyang County actor singing, he held a play in his hand and read it. This is the latest edition of Tianqi Weifu Private Interview published by Jinling.

No matter how you watch the scene of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, you can't get tired of watching the scene, and even the magistrate of Ziyang feels itchy after watching it.

But he also knew who a seventh-rank county magistrate would slap in the face. If someone didn't sell his face in this one-third-acre land in Ziyang County, what would he be if he left Ziyang County.

"grown ups."

The magistrate of Ziyang turned his head to look, then waved his hand to signal the actor to stop first: "Master, what's wrong?"

The master had a bitter face: "My lord, those students from Datong Academy are causing trouble again."

As soon as he heard the words of the students from Datong Academy, the county magistrate of Ziyang looked distressed: "Those young people know how to fan the flames and stir up troubles all day long, and they don't care about the overall situation at all. What are they doing?"

The master said: "They are promoting their set of things in various towns. Master Li, Master Wang, and Master Zhang are all unbearably disturbed, and according to our observations, they even organize the unscrupulous people in those villages to chop bamboo. What kind of militia do you need to make bamboo armor and bamboo guns?"

"You said, this, isn't this messing around!"

"Ziyang County is under the jurisdiction of Chengdu Prefecture under the imperial government. Even if Ziyang County wants to train the militia and bravery, it requires you to come and report to Chengdu Prefecture. But look at these people, they are a bit lawless."

The magistrate of Ziyang looked at the master: "Then what do you think I should do, master? Do they listen to the strict order? Take these students to prison, and I will be the one who is unlucky?"

The master is also helpless.

Students are not easy to provoke, whether they are students from Datong Academy or students from other academies, these students have a low status, but they have a lot of influence, especially in their hometown, so they can't be easily touched or the influence will be too great.

Moreover, the students of any academy are easy to provoke, and if the academy can exist, the big boss behind it is indispensable.

Not to mention Datong Academy, Yuan Yingtai, governor of Shandong, Zhou Jinyong, governor of Henan, Yuan Chonghuan, governor of Liaoning, Shi Kefa, governor of Gansu and Shaanxi, Wang Wenyan, governor of Jiangnan, Huang Liji, governor of Hunan, Cao Wenzhao, governor of Mongolia, and Huang Degong, governor of Jiaozhi.
Which of these people did not come from Datong Academy?

Not to mention the six ministries of the court and the cabinet.

Today's Datong Academy is the most important talent cradle of the Ming Dynasty, and officials and generals from the New Party account for more than [-]% of the entire Ming Dynasty. The county magistrate of Ziyang is so stupid that he will throw away his black hat for these few students.

Seeing that the master also looked helpless, the magistrate of Ziyang drank tea leisurely and motioned for the actor to continue singing.

Listening to Qu'er, the county magistrate of Ziyang said, "So, let them make trouble, no matter how much trouble those students make, the god of Ziyang County is still me?"

"Let them make trouble, as long as it doesn't affect me, master. No matter how much they make trouble, it's just the few villages and towns outside the city. Let them make trouble."

"Those gentry want to preserve their family wealth, but they dare not do anything to those students, so they just want to persuade the master to do it. Ge Laozi, am I stupid to be a master? Some people don't like those students, and some people want to clean up They, but no matter who makes a shot, I can't make a shot, sir."

"My lord, sit on the Diaoyutai and watch the scenery."

The master nodded again and again: "Your Excellency is still wise!"

The news of the Ziyang county yamen did not spread, but the landlords and gentry outside the Ziyang county saw that there was no movement in the county yamen, so they knew the result.

The landlords and gentry of these few families got together to drink stuffy wine, each face full of helplessness.

Master Wang sighed, took a sip of his drink, and sighed: "Oh, I really didn't expect that I've been fighting for all these years, and now I'm forced to do this by a few young people!"

Master Zhang looked distressed: "What can we do now? Is it possible that we really want to hand over the land and distribute it to those mud legs?"

Master Li was not happy when he heard that: "Okay, the little family property accumulated by our ancestors will be all in our hands. Will we still have a face to see our ancestors?"

Mr. Zhang's face drooped when he heard Mr. Li's words, and his face was full of displeasure: "Then what do you say? Those Qiubas are allotted the land, and now these mud legs are also going to be allotted! The imperial court forced us to give up the land, and we Can you still rebel?!"

rebel? !
If it was before the Apocalypse Dynasty, the imperial court forced the landlords and gentry to distribute the land to the mud-legged people, and the landlord could directly drive the mud-legged people to rebel and attack the county government.

After all, those who were poorly armed, lacked food and pay, and had almost no training. All the young and old who had become serfs for hundreds of households had weak guard soldiers, which could not stop the servants of the landlords and gentlemen.

but now?
You want to rebel?

Are you stronger and stronger than the barbarians in the whistling mountains and forests in Annan, or are you able to ride horses and shoot arrows better than those Tartars in Liaodong on the grassland?
Annan's strong and strong barbarians fell down in the mountains and jungles, and the Manchu-Mongolian allied forces on the grassland, and the [-] cavalry who could gallop thousands of miles across the mountains and rivers also fell.

Wherever the new army of the imperial court went, any resistance was crushed, and even 4 troops of the imperial court could sweep Dongpu!
The servants of these few families still want to rebel?

It is estimated that the imperial court did not know the news yet, so the magistrate of Ziyang happily suppressed himself and took the heads of various families to ask for rewards.

Rebellion is inevitable, but the students of Datong Academy persecuted them too much. Thinking of the current predicament, these gentry couldn't help sighing, why is this world so difficult?
Great Ming Dynasty, how come these virtuous gentry have no way out?
"Hey, it's not easy for us, but the county magistrate will be fine?" Master Wang said suddenly.

"Brother Wang, what do you say?" Master Zhang and Master Li hurried over.

Master Wang coughed twice, and said, "I'm not afraid to tell you two that it's not just us who are resisting the new government policy. What are we worth in the eyes of those big shots? We're just bedbugs."

"Right now, in the southern provinces, which province is not implementing the new policy openly, but using various methods secretly? Take Sichuan as an example, the old man who has the most land and money in Sichuan is the old man of the king of Shu. There are prefects from all over the country under the king of Shu. The chieftains in Fuyi County and those seedlings entrenched on the mountain."

"If these people don't nod, the New Deal won't be implemented, so just watch."

Seeing Mr. Wang's swearing, Mr. Li and Mr. Zhang, who believed that there were people above Mr. Wang, were relieved: "In that case, let's watch those little bastards go wild and see how many days they can go wild."

The situation in Ziyang County, the big shots in Chengdu Mansion really know about it, but those big shots didn’t take the students from Datong Academy seriously. No matter how much they struggle, they can’t leave Ziyang County, and they can’t even enter the county seat. Go, what big waves can be set off.

There are many things that the big shots in Chengdu Mansion pay attention to.

Chengdu, Shu Palace.

The King of Shu is one of the most important vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, and also the wealthiest vassal king. The Palace of the King of Shu is magnificent and majestic. The Palace of the King of Shu, which was built on the basis of the Yingtianfu Palace, occupies a very large area. It is located in Chengdu. axis core.

Facing north and south, the Palace of the King of Shu is majestic at the main entrance, the main hall of Chengyun is grand and magnificent, and the whole palace of the King of Shu is full of halls and attics, resplendent and resplendent, with magnificent buildings, exquisite and beautiful gardens, small bridges and flowing water, singing birds and fragrant flowers. The reputation is like a fairyland on earth.

The contemporary king of Shu and the No. 13 king of Shu, Zhu Zhishu, is feeding fish in the garden of his palace.

There are nine turns on the corridor bridge above the pond in the Shu Palace. This pond is connected with the running water. It is formed by the Shu Palace diverting water from outside the city into the Shu Palace to form a stream.

Zhu Zhishu picked up a little fish food from the bowl and sprinkled it in the water, watching the fish fight for food, and listening to the housekeeper reporting various matters.

The Shu Palace has a lot of industries, not to mention commercial taxes, fisheries, salt stores and various shops, just talking about Zhuangpu, [-]% of the land in the prefectures and counties near Chengdu is under the name of the Shu Palace, and some of these fields are local gentry Some of the dependents were under the name of the king of Shu who were difficult for poor people to live on.

But in any case, there is no doubt that Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu, has a large amount of land.

All the output of this huge amount of land is naturally owned by the Shu Palace. Now the court wants to divide the land evenly, and the vassals from all over the country are required to distribute their own farms to Mudzuzi. This makes Zhu Zhishu who regards money as his life How can you bear it?

Zhu Zhishu's father, No. 12 King of Shu, Zhu Fengquan, became the King of Shu in Wanli 43. In the sixth year of Tianqi, he died after being the Queen of Shu for 12 years. After passing away, he left Zhu Zhishu The huge family business accumulated by the king from generation to generation.

Zhu Zhishu became the No. 13 king of Shu in the seventh year of Tianqi. The assets of the palace, money and grain, were taken out of a bunch of rat pests in the Shu palace.

These large rat pests eat and drink in the Shu Palace without mentioning it, and use the name of the Shu Palace to steal it by themselves. They took the money, and the bad name of the Shu Palace came to bear. How can such a good thing happen? !
Zhu Zhishu is not a modest gentleman, and the heirs of poetry and etiquette of the Shu kings in the past dynasties, in fact, have not been very effective since the generation of his grandfather Zhu Xuanqi.

In the generation of Zhu Zhishu, there are not many virtuous names left in the Shu Palace.

Don't look at Zhu Zhishu's seemingly capable, but this is to ensure that his property will not be infringed upon by others. After Zhu Zhishu's asset inventory and accounting calculations, the entire Shu Palace has also been convinced, not only the Shu Palace, but also the Shu Palace. Looking at the entire Chengdu Mansion, who doesn't know that this generation of King Shu is a capable man?
Wisdom is first class, so is making money!
Since Tianqi took over the Duke of Shu in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Zhishu has worked hard to raise money. He has implemented many commercial policies introduced by the new government policy, and he has also formed many caravans from the Shu Palace to go to various places to do business, earning a lot of money. A lot of money.

However, he was indifferent to the court's request for an equal distribution of land and a small amount of tax, and purely wanted benefits.

And such a king of Shu naturally don't expect much kindness to the people.

Sichuan is originally a land of abundance, and it is difficult to communicate with the outside world due to the large number of natural moats. Although the people in Tianfu have to pay taxes for their income from farming and labor, they are still sufficient for food and clothing. Therefore, there are many people in Sichuan and a lot of wealth, and most people can live and work in peace and contentment. It is difficult to affect Sichuan, but it is also difficult to affect Sichuan when it is bad.

The entire Tianfu is in a very comfortable state, and the people are very docile, so the officials don't have to work hard to manage it.

And the kings of Shu in the past dynasties were also quite wise, they knew how to love the people, they would not brutally abuse their power, they paid attention to the cultivation of the people, and they would not add any heavy taxes. The awe of the officials and people of the Shu Palace is greatly reduced, because the Shu Palace is too gentle and easy to talk, as if an individual can be bullied.

Because of this, several generations of Shu kings have been blackmailed and oppressed by Sichuan officials, even the guards, and their own guards, which is very rare in the entire Ming Dynasty.

In the generation of Zhu Zhishu's father, Zhu Fengquan, there were still family members who were against the king of Shu, because Zhu Fengquan was also a good man, an honest man, and an honest elder.

Zhu Zhishu has seen all this, so since he took office, he has swept away the ethos of the previous Shu Palace. First, he checked the accounts to clean up the moths inside, and then recruited new staff to build a more reliable Shu Palace. guard.

Then Zhu Zhishu began to do things according to his own will, including raising taxes, seizing land, driving officials and so on.
The power and energy of the King of Shu were finally displayed in Zhu Zhishu's generation, allowing the people of Tianfu to see the majesty of the King of Shu.

Up to the current position, more than [-]% of the fields around Chengdu are under the name of the King of Shu. Not to mention those mud legs, even the land owned by the gentry and landlords under the name of the King of Shu has to pay taxes and food to the King of Shu!
In fact, Zhu Zhishu still approves of the abolition of class equality for everyone. He is the king of Shu, the clan, and the royal family. Under him, everyone is naturally equal. Because everyone is equal, everyone has to pay him taxes. For the delivery of food, all the officials in Chengdu, the guards, the gentry and landlords, and the merchants and ordinary people are all his domestic slaves.

Zhu Zhishu thought so, and did the same, so the assets of the Shu Palace began to skyrocket in his generation. With his own power and the driving of local officials, Zhu Zhishu expanded the industry of the Shu Palace, squeezing the People's money, food, blood and sweat, so as to make their assets more and richer.

Now that Zhu Zhishu is a veritable King of Shu, who among the officials in Sichuan doesn't know the name of the King of Shu?

Landlords and gentry were in awe of Zhu Zhishu, let alone ordinary people.

The housekeeper looked at Zhu Zhishu in awe, lowered his head and talked about the situation in the past six months, Zhu Zhishu frowned as he listened: "Slow down!"

The housekeeper thumped in his heart, and quickly stopped: "My lord?"

Zhu Zhishu asked: "Why is the harvest of Zhuangzi so much less? How much was the harvest in the first half of last year, and how much is the harvest in the first half of this year? Why is this [-]% less all of a sudden? It's because the king's record is wrong. Or are you greedy?"

Upon hearing this, the steward said quickly: "My lord, how dare you be greedy? There is a reason for the small harvest this year."

Zhu Zhishu snorted coldly, put down the small bowl: "Say."

The housekeeper hurriedly began to explain: "My lord, isn't the situation in this place suffering from disasters this year? The harvest of those mud legs has decreased too much, and they can't pay the food."

Zhu Zhishu looked at the housekeeper suspiciously: "I can't see it, you are quite kind-hearted. You can actually be the master for this king, and free the rent from the mud legs?"

The housekeeper thumped and knelt on the ground after hearing this: "My lord, how dare this old slave make decisions for you? Those mud-legged people will never give up! They just said that the court has a decree to divide the land. If you can divide the land, you will only have to pay taxes to the court in the future, and don’t need to pay rent to our Shu Palace. And they also said that the rent of our Shu Palace is too heavy, which is cruel treatment of the people, and they will sue you!”

Zhu Zhishu's face turned black when he heard this: "Where did you talk nonsense?!"

"What does the imperial court's policy control my Shu Palace?"

"The land of my Shu Palace, Zhuangzi, was bestowed by the past dynasties. It is the property of my Shu Palace, how to deal with it and what to do with the court?!"

"These mud-legged people were made to farm and work for the palace because the ancient kings saw them as pitiful, and it was because of the kindness of the ancient kings that they exempted them from so much rent."

"Now that their life is better, and the imperial court has implemented various policies, shouldn't they make up for the money and food they owed me to the Shu Palace?"

"The previous kings exempted them so much tax and how much food they exempted, and even subsidized them when they encountered a locust plague! Now I heard that the court is going to divide the land and reduce taxes, and everyone is clamoring to quit. They don't have to pay back the money and food from the palace? How can there be such a good thing!"

As he said that, Zhu Zhishu pointed to the butler and said, "Listen to this king, and tell those mud-legged people that they are farming the land in the Zhuangzi of my Prince Shu's mansion, so they have to work for this king and pay rent to this king!"

"I don't care how much tax the court wants, but I must pay the full share! This is owed by their ancestors for generations, and now I have to pay it back to me. It is only right and proper to pay back the debt. I owe money and food to the Shu Palace. I have to make up for this king!"

The housekeeper looked embarrassed: "My lord, it was easy to handle before, but now those students from Datong Academy came to Sichuan, spreading their theories everywhere, encouraging the mud-legged people to divide the land, boycott the rent of each family, and even Let the mud-legged people train the militia. With those students from Datong Academy, the mud-legged people are hardened!"

After hearing this, Zhu Zhishu snorted coldly and said, "Those clay legs are all signed and painted. Now you want to go back on your word? It's a good idea!"

"Don't worry about those students, tell those mud legs that they are all the tenants of this king, and they signed and pledged. If you don't obey me, you can send them to the prison!"

"Let the mud legs stop thinking about other things, hurry up and make up the rent!"

(End of this chapter)