The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

On the roadside, Wang Wenlong, who was wearing official uniform, was holding a writing brush and holding the "Collection of Errors Book" taken from the Prison Hall of the Imperial College in his other hand. He pretended to remember whoever made a mistake, with a serious expression.

Naturally, Wang Wenlong couldn't recognize so many prison students, so there was a cook from the Imperial College standing next to him to help him identify them.

There was no other way. The staff and envoys of the Imperial College had been allocated, so Wang Wenlong could only take the kitchen servants out to stand on duty.

In fact, Wang Wenlong was already pretty good, because on the corner of a street away from him stood the county magistrate of Liuhe County.

There are not enough officials in Liuhe County, so the county magistrate can only guard there with his own book boys. An old man and an underage child have no deterrent effect. If these scholars are really annoyed, The two of them couldn't stand a few pushes before they had to take a break.

The cook at Wang Wenlong's Imperial College is still an adult after all. The cook is dressed like an official, has a fat head and big ears, and looks quite intimidating.

The cook listened to the slogans of the scholars and asked strangely: "Aren't these students talking about driving away the tax collectors? Why are they talking about taking away the boat pilots?"

"How did I know?" Wang Wenlong was quite depressed.

After waiting for a while, Wang Wenlong stopped a scholar and asked: "What do you mean by saying 'change to boat guidance'?"

The scholar said: "The imperial court should not use the method of tax collectors to exploit the common people when collecting taxes. It should collect taxes from big businessmen who go abroad and collect taxes from ships!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a more luxuriously dressed scholar next to him objected: "Taxation on ships is also a bad policy. If we rely on ships to collect taxes, wouldn't it encourage those profiteers to go to the sea to make profits, and it will become more and more unmanageable."

When he finished his words, another scholar shook his head and said: "This is wrong. If we don't collect the shipping tax, then there will be no merchants floating around to make profits? Rather than letting them make profits without collecting taxes, it's better to collect taxes and let them It’s legal, but it can be controlled.”

At this time, someone else shook his head and said: "If you take away the ship's guide and let it go overseas indiscriminately, the water transportation will inevitably be ruined. It must be..."

Most of those who agreed with the collection of shipping and taxation were the children of small landowners and merchants, while those who opposed it were the children of big businessmen or Confucian scholars from Weisuo.

This group of people started to quarrel on their own. No wonder the number of Confucian scholars who shouted the slogan "Change to boats as a guide" was far less than those who shouted other slogans.

Wang Wenlong knew in his heart that the slogan for closing ships was probably copied from his "Changzhou Shangshu".

Although the policies proposed in the "Changzhou Shangshu" that year were deliberately obliterated by the Donglin Party, they presumably still affected some officials and merchants.

However, the influence is still limited for the time being.

Of course, Wang Wenlong will not take the credit for himself. It is really politically risky to step forward at this time. His own strength is limited, so it is better to be a silent bystander.

The Confucian scholars quarreled for a while, but the quarrel was not serious. The Shangshu parade continued to move forward, and Wang Wenlong and others followed the procession slowly.

Li Sancai's timing was very accurate. In the 32nd year of Wanli, the people became increasingly intolerable to Emperor Wanli's tax supervisor.

Wanli's three major conquests have been completed. What on earth did Emperor Wanli want to collect this money for? It is impossible to explain to the people.

Regardless of the motivation behind this Shangshu movement that swept through half of the Ming Dynasty, it did reflect the aspirations of many ordinary people and attracted a large number of people's support.

Although the Donglin Party, Zhejiang Party and other North Korean and Chinese parties fought with each other in the court, they were unanimous in fighting against the tax supervisors. This is why officials from various places did not too much stop the students from marching to the city. .

Naturally, big southern newspapers such as "Suzhou Xunbao", Fuzhou "Xunbao", "Xihu Xinbao" and "Business Daily" also fully supported it. Although some newspapers did not dare to criticize the tax supervision system outright, they might use a positive perspective. Narrating this incident, or talking about the recent problems caused by the tax supervision system, I always find an angle to join in the fun.

All the spearheads in the parade were directed at Emperor Wanli, who still pretended to be dead.

The more Emperor Wanli pretended to be dead, the less attention he paid to his affairs.

The more no one cares about it, the more citizens dare to cause trouble.

The widespread citizen movement in the late Wanli period took place against this background. However, the citizens' movement was loud but not concentrated. Not to mention changing the situation of the government, even Wanli's unreasonable tax supervision system could not be changed. After the limelight passed, eunuchs from all over the country came out with their minions to continue collecting taxes.

But it made officials everywhere nervous and busy for a while.

The turmoil in Nanjing lasted for seven days and finally subsided.

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In the Guozi Prison Prison Hall, Wang Wenlong returned the collection of crimes to the Prime Minister.

The rules and regulations of the Imperial College have very strict requirements for the supervisors. If they really abide by the system, Wang Wenlong will be penalized if the supervisor wears his turban crookedly during the parade, or utters curse words, but Wang Wenlong is obviously not that boring.

He also memorized the names of two really innocent supervisors. One took advantage of the chaos to cause trouble and harassed the merchants, and the other used fake power to attack the people.

The punishment was very strict. The two of them were directly dropped out of school and were demoted directly in the Imperial College. The prison students could pay to become minor officials, but the prison students who were sitting out of school were considered to have not completed the prison education by default, and they had to wait several years to pass the exam before they could become officials. Qualification directly reduces the value of their supervisory status.

When Wang Wenlong walked out of the Rope Hall, he met Bai Yu coming towards him with an excited face.

Wang Wenlong thought it was Bai Yu who came to the Imperial Academy to listen to the meeting, so he greeted with a smile: "Xia Zhong, why are you here?"

Bai Yu saluted and said, "I came here specifically to see Mr. Jianyang."

"What's the matter?" Wang Wenlong was a little surprised.

"The discussion has ended, sir, and you just happen to be able to speak."

Yes, it turned out to be to urge people to start classes.

Wang Wenlong said with some embarrassment: "I have been busy supervising students since I returned to Nanjing, and I haven't prepared any lessons yet."

"Sir, do you need help? I will try my best." Bai Yu was really persistent.

"There is no shortage of manpower. Xia Zhong will go back first and wait." Wang Wenlong could only refuse with a wry smile.

However, Wang Wenlong underestimated Bai Yu's persistence. In the next few days, Bai Yu went to the Imperial College every day to block him. During the meeting, he first asked about some trivial matters, and then turned to the content of exegesis.

No wonder Bai Yu was able to teach his disciple Fang Yizhi, who opened a new chapter in exegesis in the late Ming Dynasty. This man really loved exegesis.

A few days later, when Wang Wenlong walked out of the small courtyard in Jilongshan, he saw Bai Yu standing outside the door, holding some gifts in his hand.

"I'm here to pay a visit to Mr. Jianyang." Bai Yu said sincerely.

Wang Wenlong took a deep breath and pointed to the person next to him to introduce to Bai Yu: "This is my assistant, Pan Xiu Pan Bofeng, a scholar from Fujian."

"Hello, friend Pan." Bai Yu bowed his hands in greeting, and Pan Xiu quickly returned the greeting.

Wang Wenlong continued: "He came to Nanjing specifically to help me organize the manuscripts and lecture notes. After organizing the manuscripts, I will give lectures in the Imperial College."

"Really? I can finally hear Mr.'s lecture. I am determined to go back to recharge my batteries, prepare well, and listen attentively." Bai Yu looked excited.

Wang Wenlong also breathed a sigh of relief. This guy finally said he wanted to go back. He had been stuck in the past few days and the debt collection was not so urgent. (End of chapter)