Nanming: I can build wonders

Winter of 1692, December [-]th.

After Zhu Kezang learned that the gentry and scholars in Xi'an were all serving corvee, he was not as angry as Long Yan, and laughed directly.

These readers are really interesting.

Passive resistance, right? If you don’t give the court face, then don’t let it go!

Of course, Zhu Kezang is not an unreasonable person. If you don't face any objections, then I won't arrest you, but I can fight magic with magic.

Zhu Kezang immediately issued instructions to the ministers of the National Council: "Great! It is rare that the gentlemen and gentlemen in Xi'an Prefecture are so active in carrying out the policy of combining officials and gentry with food and errands. This Xi'an Prefecture has a good scholarly and academic style and should be encouraged. !"

"Everyone, you may feel that the court has lost face, but I don't think that scholars who serve as corvees will not lose face to the court!"

"Working is a very honorable thing, especially for scholars who do not work hard, they need more physical labor, and need to know more clearly the hardships of the people through corvee service and other things. My scholars in the Ming Dynasty can all actively participate in labor like the scholars in Xi'an Prefecture , This is coming from the people, going to the people!"

"I made an exception to open Enke once, because the incident in Xi'an Mansion shows that I am a scholar of the Ming Dynasty who is very enlightened and worthy of dedicating myself to many positions in the Ming Dynasty!"

Some ministers were surprised by this, and they didn't expect that His Majesty would not follow the routine at all. Instead, he was very willing to see the gentry of Xi'an Prefecture serve in the military, and he was not worried about getting a bad reputation as a mean scholar.

Prime Minister Chen Yonghua was not surprised by this at all. He knew that his son-in-law didn't care about the public opinion among scholars, anyway, he had already controlled the power of public opinion.

There was also a disciple of Li Nianci in the Senate, and he blushed and said to Zhu Kezang: "Your Majesty, I will write a letter to persuade the teacher."

Zhu Kezang waved his hand: "There is no need to persuade! It is worth advocating to take the initiative to serve corvee and pay taxes actively. It is especially commendable for a local gentry like Li Nianci to take the initiative to participate in national construction!"

"Could it be possible that you want to persuade your teacher to resist the new policy of the imperial court? Therefore, in my opinion, Li Nianci's behavior should be rewarded, and the decree was given to Li Nianci as the professor of Confucianism in Xi'an Prefecture. The yamen in Xi’an used public funds to build corresponding archways in front of their mansions to show their honor, and also told the officials in Shaanxi that scholars can participate in corvee service, and it’s okay to take the exam after the exam.”

Confucianism professors at the provincial level are officials of the seventh rank.

"Yes! On behalf of the teacher, I thank Your Majesty Long En."

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"What, Your Majesty said that it is very good for us to take the initiative to serve in corvée, and you still give it to the old man? No, Your Majesty doesn't think this... These scholars, high officials and gentry are in corvée, just like ordinary people, ramming earth and digging stones every day, and building railways. , and build the river again, don’t you think it’s embarrassing for the court?!”

Li Nianci asked puzzledly, did the emperor want to praise and kill him?
"Your Majesty said that this is a very honorable thing, and gave the Li family two plaques, one is 'Glorious Taxpayer Household', and the other is 'Model Household Household', and these two memorial archways will be erected in front of your mansion! To show the honor!"

Wang Xinjing replied.

After hearing this, Li Nianci opened his mouth to speak but stopped, because he didn't dare to scold Zhu Kezang in front of Wang Xinjing, so he had to slam his crutches on the bluestone board in frustration!

He really didn't dare to imagine what it would be like for him to be a dignified Shaanxi Confucian, but to have two "strange" archways erected by the government in front of his house.

He had already predicted that his Li family would soon lose their head in front of the Shaanxi gentry.

Will someone call him the inner ghost of the gentry?
Moreover, the emperor asked Enke to appease them, so it was not easy for them to oppose the integration of officials and gentry. On the contrary, his Li family could easily become a punching bag.

After thinking it over, Li Nianci didn't go to serve the corvee, but went back to the mansion.

As soon as he quit, many people who thought like him also quit.

Because they just wanted to make the emperor compromise by taking the initiative to serve corvee, but the emperor didn't play his cards according to the routine, so what did they obey, it was pure loneliness.

In addition, it is indeed tiring to serve in corvée, especially for those scholars who do not work hard and have to take a carriage when they go out.

Most of the students did not take the initiative to serve the corvee, paid the corvee money, and continued to refer honestly, but they really did not have the courage to stop the exam.

Of course, there are also some Ming scholars who have experienced Zhu Kezang's good intentions during the process of serving corvee. Only when they go deep into the front line can they deeply appreciate the hardships of the common people.

They did not rush to prepare to participate in Enke, but continued to experience the hardships of the common people, and recorded their own experience and the living environment of migrant workers in Daming bit by bit.

And not long after, because of Zhu Kezang's imperial decree, the memorial archways of "honorable taxpayers" and "model households" in front of Li Nianci's house were completed overtime!
Li Nianci felt very uncomfortable looking at the archway, and kept moaning.

"The gentry's preferential treatment started in the reign of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, but now they have to pay for food and do errands together. It is really unexpected. They even advocate forced labor for gentry. How can it be so reasonable!"

"Not even inheriting the strategy of the great ancestor, what kind of Ming Dynasty is this?"

"Everything is inferior, but reading is high. When will the things that peasants do are worthy of praise, and they even want to erect a memorial archway. Li Gong, in my opinion, this is humiliating your house. I don't know who gave it to your majesty." This idea is so vicious!?"

Some gentry also came over at this time, glanced at the big archway in front of Li Nianci's house, and kept talking to fight for him.

"Ugh!"

Li Nianci sighed, and didn't want to say anything more. The most annoying thing is to let him go to work as an official?

He is already very old, what is the future of being a seventh-rank official?
What did Zhu Kezang do in the early years, and now he can be appointed as an official.

Of course, it’s good to have an official addiction, and the professor of Xi’an Fuxue is not a very tiring position.

It's just that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop. Li Nianci wants to keep a low profile, but this is Guanzhong, and many scholars are martial arts practitioners.

Moreover, since the popularity of Confucianism, the martial arts of Guanzhong scholars have become more prosperous.

As a result, some scholars raised a hammer and made trouble at the door of his house.

"This is against the ancestral system! This is a tyrannical government! How can the gentry be one with the common people, how can the Confucian scholars be disrespectful, is this still a dynasty of sages and benevolence!"

The radical Guanzhong scholars raised their arms, shouted and questioned.

After speaking, they wanted to use a big hammer to tear down the two archways in front of Li Nianci's house.

This frightened Li Nianci, the two archways could be struck by lightning and blown down by strong winds, but they couldn't be demolished under his nose!

Otherwise, his Li family will be finished!
The servants sent by the magistrate's yamen, as well as the Jin Yiwei who rushed over after hearing the news, took them down quickly,

The matter has come to this point, Wang Xinjing has only one solution, let Jin Yiwei come forward to solve it.

What about Jin Yiwei?

"People will take down those who slander the government and destroy the archway bestowed by His Majesty! Get rid of their reputations and shoot them!" (End of this chapter)