Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 881 0876 [Governor Qingtian and Wang Ming Flag]

Even if the person above farts, the people below will try to figure out the angle, volume, and smell of the fart...

Gong Xiu, the hero of Conglong whose whole family surrendered to the army, can be sentenced however Ju Ming says, but there is no need to convict his sons.

So the emperor's intention is to make the sentence more lenient, but it must be within the legal limits.

So, someone secretly helped Gong Xiu make up his mind.

First let him hand over the gifts he received and the land given by others, actively return the stolen goods and strive for leniency.

Then he was asked to make amends for his crime and confess everything he knew.

After a series of operations, he was finally sentenced to exile, his property in Jiangxi was confiscated, and the Gong family's mines in Yang County were confiscated, and he was deprived of the earl title he had received last year.

Although he was exiled to Hehuang, his second son was serving as a garrison general there, so he was actually sent to his son for retirement.

When investigating his sons, the result must be that they are honest, loyal and courageous.

For generals in the army, one should neither be too indulgent nor too ruthless, and must maintain a certain balance.

"The case in Jiangxi is still under trial." Ju Ming took out a secret notice he had just received. "This is from the new Jiangxi Governor Li Bing. He said that the gentry in Jiangxi are too stubborn and are intertwined with each other. This major case should break up the large clans. Without splitting up the clans and relocating them, it would be difficult to implement even the clearing of land and land in Jiangxi."

The Chief Secretary and the Inspector General were at a loss as to what to do. If they pushed forward the process, the prefectural and county officials would have no choice but to mess around. If they don't push forward the progress, prefecture and county officials will keep delaying it.

In fact, Zhai Ruwen's in-law Xie Dan, as the political envoy to the left of Jiangxi Province, did not embezzle too much money and was relatively an upright official. But he helped local officials fool the court. If civil unrest broke out, he would have to cover it up, otherwise the actual situation in Jiangxi would be exposed.

Across Jiangxi Province, only a handful of local officials have completed their tasks, most of them have fooled themselves, and some officials have even taken advantage of the opportunity to commit corruption and accept bribes.

Because the stallholders in Jiangxi were brought into their own homes, they made a mess!
According to the confession of Jiangxi Governor Xie Dan, he did not engage in corruption for the sake of corruption.

They passed it on one by one and didn’t say anything after reading it.

As he watched, Liu Yao admired Li Bing endlessly. Because Li Bing also suggested that the Zhang family should be split up first.

Afterwards, Ju Ming also gave Gong Xiu's eldest son and second son a promotion in military rank as compensation.

At that time, Ju Ming was raising troops in Jinzhou and could not take care of Yangzhou for the time being. Zhu Guoxiang raised an army in Yangzhou and had only more than 2,000 people under his command. Gong Xiu directly joined several hundred people with him.

The main reason is that the gentry clans in Jiangxi are too stubborn, and many wealthy families have people serving as officials. They didn't know how to resist, but secretly resisted. It was impossible to implement the idea of ​​renting out the land, and even the clearing of the land was a failure.

However, the imperial court also issued a death order, and officials at all levels must deliver orders.

So the grassroots officials fooled the county officials, the county officials fooled the state capital, the state capital fooled the province, and the province fooled the court.

……

Imperial meeting.

This is already considered a shareholder. If the punishment is too ruthless, many veterans will complain.

Gradually, everyone began to act badly and reported to the court that the reform was successfully completed.

As Prime Minister, Liu Yao was the first to receive the secret memorial and read it.

But those civil servants are not treated so well.

No way, this bastard is too special.

The maiden family of the current empress is Zhang Gen, the Zhang family of Zhang Gen, the retired prime minister and Duke of Gan!
Zhao Quan was the second to read the secret memorial. After reading it, he remained silent and handed the secret memorial to Zhang Shuye next to him.

There are too many officials from Jiangxi, who not only marry each other, but also marry with wealthy families from other provinces. Once the province breaks up the big families, it will not only involve the queen's natal family, but also countless officials.

Ju Ming smiled and asked: "What is the Prime Minister's opinion?"

Hearing this, Liu Yao almost cried and regretted being such a bad prime minister.

Unless Liu Yao strongly objects to this, regardless of whether he agrees or not, as long as this decree is issued, he will be sprayed to death by countless officials.

Because it is impossible for everyone to scold the emperor, then they can only scold him as the prime minister!
Of course, Li Bing, who initiated this matter, will definitely have a bad reputation.

Liu Yan replied: "This is indeed the best time to deal with the situation in Jiangxi, but we should still act cautiously."

It seemed that something had been said, but it seemed as if nothing had been said.

Absolutely correct nonsense.

Zhu Ming glanced at Li Hanzhang, Qian Chen, Meng Zhao, Bai Chongyan and others. As a result, these old friends did not dare to speak randomly at this moment.

If the queen's natal family was not involved, they could still voice their support.

But now the queen's family is also involved, and what should we do if we offend the queen and the prince?

In the silence, Chen Dong stood up suddenly: "I support the splitting up and relocation of the big families in Jiangxi!"

Ju Ming smiled and praised: "Excellent."

Liu Yao hesitated to speak, struggling repeatedly in his heart, and finally sighed and said: "I also support it."

"I second the proposal." Other important ministers also supported it.

In addition to the cabinet members, there were also top leaders from the Tongzheng Yuan, the Supervisory Yuan and the Six Ministries who came to attend the imperial meeting.

After Zhang Gen and Xiao Chu retired one after another, no officials from Jiangxi could participate in the imperial meeting. On the contrary, there are four ministers from Jiangxi Province in total, including the ministers of the six departments and the ministers of various temples.

As long as they are not afraid of offending the queen, everyone here has no psychological burden on Jiangxi's surgery!

Ju Ming asked again: "Li Bing is a man who dares to take charge. He wrote two secret memoranda, one exposing the civil uprising and the other advocating the dismantling of ethnic groups. He became the left governor of Jiangxi. I am very relieved about what will happen next. But He is too inexperienced and may not be able to control the situation. Which of you is willing to go to Jiangxi to take charge? "

"I would like to go to Jiangxi to supervise this matter." Wei Liangchen, censor of the right capital of the Inspectorate, stood up.

In the last major national corruption case, Wei Liangchen was almost implicated by his younger brother. Since then, he has been more diligent and cautious in his work. Even Wei Liangchen, a classmate and friend of Qin Hui, deliberately kept his distance.

Since I have decided to be a lonely minister, this trip to Jiangxi is an opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

"it is good!"

Zhu Ming expressed great admiration for Wei Liangchen and said: "I will confer Wei Qing the title of Prince's Young Master and immediately go to Jiangxi to serve as the governor of Qingtian."

"I will not fail in your mission." Wei Liangchen bowed solemnly.

He himself is the censor of Youdu, and now he has been awarded the title of Prince's Young Master, and has obtained the qualification to join the cabinet. Even if you are just dawdling from now on, as long as you don't make any mistakes, you can make it into the cabinet within ten years.

Wei Liangchen was probably less than fifty years old when he entered the cabinet!

Qin Hui was extremely envious, but he didn't dare to take on such an errand.

Because it offends people so much, it will definitely become the target of public criticism.

Wei Liangchen dared to stand up because he was doing the right thing and was not afraid of criticism from any official.

If Qin Hui is allowed to do it, someone may find out the reasons and crazily impeach him one day.

Ju Ming warned: "Hunan is vast and sparsely populated, and it is close to Jiangxi. The wealthy families in Jiangxi will keep part of it in their hometowns and move part to Hunan. The freed land in Jiangxi will be sold at a low price to local tenants who have no land and little land." To make a profit, do not divide the land directly. Let the tenants pay an additional land tax every year to offset the debt. It is best to repay it in five to eight years. "

Wei Liangchen asked: "How to deal with the debts of the landlords who moved out and the tenants who redeemed their land?"

"Debts that have been owed for more than three years will be voided. Debts that exceed the legal interest rate will be voided," Zhu Ming said.

How can a landlord not lend money at usury?

Even though the Ming Dynasty had strict control, landlords could circumvent the law when lending money at high interest rates.

Now with the support of the imperial governor, the tenants must collectively accuse the landlords of usury in order to escape their confinement.

All debts can be canceled!

Ju Ming added: "I will give you a king's command flag, and you can mobilize the Jiangxi garrison and Cao army at will."

Wei Liangchen was overjoyed: "With the army in hand, if I can't manage Jiangxi, I will come back to see your majesty."

……

After the meeting, Ju Ming got off work early and went straight to Queen Zhang Jinping's yard.

"The officials came so early?" Zhang Jinping asked in surprise.

Ju Ming was a little embarrassed to say it, so he organized his words and said: "I have something important and I need to ask my wife for help."

Zhang Jinping had a premonition that something big was going on and hurriedly asked: "What is it?"

Zhu Ming elaborated on the situation in Jiangxi and added: "The gentry in Jiangxi are so intertwined that it is extremely difficult to even clear out their land. It has not been completed nearly ten years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. This time, with the major civil uprising, it is time to split up the large migrant families. Zhang As a relative of the emperor, I should set an example. I will write a letter to my father-in-law, and I'd better write one to persuade the Zhang family to split up and move to Hunan."

"The country is bigger than the family, as it should be." Although Zhang Jinping was a little unhappy, she was still willing to listen to her husband's words.

Twenty days later, before Wei Liangchen arrived in Jiangxi, private messages from the emperor and empress had arrived at the Zhang family.

Zhang Gen, the Duke of Gan, was in poor health and had been bedridden from time to time in the past two years.

After reading the letter from his daughter and son-in-law, Zhang Gen sighed: "It's hard to disobey your orders."

He invited all the elders of the clan to come over, and before he could finish speaking, every branch and clan reacted violently.

It was just that he felt that the emperor was cruel and ruthless, and as a relative of the family, he actually suffered losses.

Although according to the number of acres of land in my hometown, if I move to Hunan, I can get the same amount of compensation, or even get some more as compensation. But can land and land be the same? There is mature farmland here in Jiangxi, and if you move to Hunan, you still have to cultivate wasteland. Moreover, the land there is vast and sparsely populated, so it will definitely be difficult to recruit tenants. Maybe the Zhang family will have to farm their own land.

Zhang Gen patiently persuaded with coaxing and intimidation: "In other provinces, people can divide their land into acres, but in Jiangxi it is difficult to even own land. Now there is even a civil uprising, and the emperor is already furious..."

"This time, the censor of Youdu came to Jiangxi to supervise the affairs, and he brought a royal flag that could mobilize the army. The governor Wei Liangchen was driven into a panic. He really wanted to kill people."

"I am very familiar with Wei Liangchen. He was a student of the former Song Dynasty and planned to rescue the current emperor. The emperor was put in charge of Guizhou, and he advocated following him thousands of miles away. He followed the emperor all the way to Guizhou, and then to Jin Dynasty. The state surrendered when the emperor occupied Hanzhong."

"Such a person really dares to attack our Zhang family. If he can't open up the situation in Jiangxi, I'm afraid the Zhang family will be the first to suffer!"

The elders of the Zhang clan looked at each other.

As soon as Wei Liangchen's resume was laid out, they were all frightened.

So what if the Zhang family has a duke and a queen? Wei Liangchen is the true confidant of the emperor!
Zhang Gen said: "The imperial court has decreed that when each tribe splits up and migrates, half of the tribe can be left behind. Let us decide by drawing lots which family will move and which family will stay. I will also participate in the drawing of lots. If I win, I will also raise the family." Go to Hunan.”

(End of this chapter)