The gentry were not paying and the tax and grain were commonplace in the Ming Dynasty.It is not unique to Zhu Youxiao after he became emperor.Historically, some emperors would also be exempted from taxation under the flickering of civil officials on the grounds of loving the people.Therefore, the gentry did not regard the endowment as a very serious matter.After all, in order to take into account the dignity of the gentry, many local civil officials will not let the officials call for payment.And this time, because Emperor Zhu Youxiao was too ruthless to civil officials, especially Donglin civil officials, after he ascended the throne, the phenomenon of endowment was more serious, and there was even a situation of grain shortage.These civil officials thought that this could be regarded as the emperor showing off his muscles and proving the importance of these people.However, these civil officials did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor would play this trick after the grain was out of luck, and directly formed the West Factory with arrogant soldiers and fierce generals to go to Nanzhili to collect taxes.They thought that the emperor would use a very gentle way, such as a proper compromise in order not to force them to rebel.After all, this method is equivalent to directly drawing a sword, which is equivalent to directly forcing themselves and these civil officials and gentry to rebel.It's like playing cards with each other.The gentry thought that if a few cards were revealed, the emperor would be relented.Because although there are kings and ministers between each other, everyone is a ruler, and there is no need to be tense, to the point of life and death.Only ordinary people who can't survive will use this kind of life-and-death gameplay, and they will directly flip the table.But the gentry didn't expect that the emperor really used the game of flipping the table directly, relying on the power of the emperor, so he directly used troops to rob himself of money.It is equivalent to playing with life directly, forcing others to have to rebel.But when Zhu Youxiao did this, they didn't dare to rebel.After all, the risk of rebellion is too great, and those who are familiar with history books know that the success rate of rebellion is very low, so who dares to play with their lives!
It's not like the common people can't live anymore.It's better to honestly hand over all the endowments, and still be able to live a good life as an official and collect land rent, anyway, the gentry privileges are still there.What's more, if you rebel, you are afraid that you will be killed before you leave the capital, after all, the capital is still the emperor's decision.Therefore, these civil officials simply begged for mercy directly, and only hid their hatred for the emperor in their hearts.......
"I know that they are not begging me so much now, they must hate me in their hearts, but they can only hold it in their hearts!"
But I just want them to hate me, and I can't do anything to me!
”Zhu Youxiao sneered after learning that these civil officials from Nanzhili were kneeling and begging at Zuo Shunmen, muttered a few words to himself, and then stared at the civil officials kneeling outside the palace wall with deep eyes and said: "If you dare to break my luck, I will take their power!"
Passing the decree to these kneeling officials, the West Factory only collects the taxes that should be collected, there is no bullying of the gentry, as long as the gentry pay the taxes well, they will not commit any crimes, let them leave quickly, if you want to blackmail me, to coerce the court to depose the West Factory, then on the grounds of resisting the decree, kill them!
”Zhu Youxiao said with a cold face, and then let the first snow fall on his sleeves."
Slave obeys!"
Wei Zhongxian replied, then went down to the city tower, came to Zuoshun Gate, and shouted loudly at these civil officials.Shen Yongmao and other civil officials were naturally extremely angry and disappointed in their hearts, and they all looked up at the palace wall, they knew that the emperor must be hiding on this palace wall.And the imperial history Li Yingsheng shouted loudly first: "As the saying goes, the Shengming Dynasty is a corporal of etiquette, so I am exempt from the gentry from forced labor in order to preserve their dignity, and the gentry will also follow the law of the country, pay the grain, and set up the west factory is not only to humiliate the gentry, but also Your Majesty does not trust us and other gentry, my gentry and ministers are sorry for the king, sorry for their parents, and they can't make Li Shu respectful, even so, the ministers can only die!"
”When Wei Zhongxian saw Li Yingsheng say this, he had to wave his hand.Suddenly, two teams of brocade guards rushed out with torches and embroidered spring knives.Li Yingsheng's eyes widened when he saw this, and then he ran away.Other civil servants also scattered like birds and beasts.Only a handful of civilian officials were stabbed in the back.Seeing this, the corners of Zhu Youxiao's mouth raised slightly......."
It's useless to admit your mistakes and kneel and beg, the Son of Heaven refuses to withdraw the West Factory!"
even directly let the brocade guard drive us away with a knife!
”After Shen Yongmao came to the secret meeting place of Qian Qianyi and other Donglin officials, he spoke in disappointment."
Do you really want to sit back and watch the West Factory collect taxes, and we and other gentry will be humiliated by those Qiu Ba of the West Factory?!"
Zhou Qiyuan said excitedly at this time."
Otherwise, do you still want to go back to your hometown to organize the township to enter the palace to admonish the soldiers, or contact the vassal king to raise troops and set up another son of heaven?
We're not illiterate rogues!
You can ignore loyalty and filial piety and betray the society!
You can do whatever it takes, and you can be willing to cut your body!
”Qian Qianyi asked, and then said, "I have already handed over the resignation!"
In this way, the court is bent on taking advantage of the gentry, and in the future, it can only be in the same stream to stand in the court, otherwise it will be difficult to move an inch!
”"Why can't you raise troops to force the palace!
If today's son is violent and unkind, will my gentry be allowed to slaughter it!
Since ancient times, such kings should be punished by everyone!
”Lang Zhongman of the Criminal Department slapped the table, said angrily, and then looked at the officials of Donglin.But no one echoed him.Even Li Yingsheng, who had just escaped death, did not speak.Because not all Donglin officials dared to recommend such radical to the Manchu Dynasty, like this radical official who was ready to bring Huguang troops into Beijing to admonish the Apocalypse soldiers in history.Or other people don't want to make Zhu Youxiao's rebellion, but no one wants to be a bird, they all want to follow the trend in the overall situation."
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What are you talking about, believe it or not, as long as you dare to do this, the old man will not allow you to be the first one!
”Zheng Sanjun even excitedly scolded the Manchu Dynasty because of this, he was very righteous and strict, he was the left servant of the household department, and he wanted to go further to be a scholar, so naturally he didn't want anyone to know that he had an ambiguous attitude on this kind of major issue of right and wrong.Man Chao recommended that he had no choice but to sit back."
Today, we can't deal with it according to the ordinary son of heaven, and we can't deter him by raising troops to force the palace or something, our majesty is extremely determined, and he is even ready to die together!
You should also see that when today's behavior did not think about any reputation, he played with his life at the beginning, it seems that in his eyes, the Ming Dynasty only has twenty or thirty years of national fortune, and the Ming Dynasty will die soon, and he is too lazy to be the Prince of Peace, regulate yin and yang, and appease, but simply govern the country with iron and blood, implement strict government, and promote law and discipline!
Now this is an example of clearing the acres of land and urging the payment of taxes, and I heard that it is necessary to pass the test!
Think about it, such a son of heaven, can we threaten, Your Majesty governs the country with toughness, we can only use softness to overcome the other party, the so-called softness is better than rigidity, so in Qian's opinion, it is better to endure it first, so as to wait for him to change. ”Qian Qianyi said it at this time, and all the Donglin officials listened to it.And Qian Qianyi seemed to have become the think tank or military advisor of these Donglin officials, so he continued: "But since ancient times, it is impossible for the country to be prosperous, the Ming Dynasty has enjoyed the country for more than 200 years, and the world has been difficult to return, not to call for our gentry taxes can be solved, the people are becoming more and more prosperous, but the fields have not been gained, so the number of displaced people has increased, the Ming Dynasty has been in turmoil for a short time, coupled with the increasing number of clans, the burden of the court is becoming heavier and heavier." ”"If the Son of Heaven really wants to be so rigid and carry out drastic reforms, then there will only be more people who will be offended in the future, and it will not stop at my Jiangnan gentry!
At that time, there will naturally be more opponents, and at that time, our opportunity will come, and it will be easy to break, and sooner or later, Your Majesty, a tough king, will break it!
”Qian Qianyi slapped his hand on the chair as he spoke, gritting his teeth."
That's right, the Son of Heaven is going against the trend, and sooner or later he will fold!
Now the most important thing is that we Shilin are single-minded, this time the grain is out of luck, the reason why it did not threaten the imperial court, and the more important thing is that our Shilin people are not in harmony, such as the governor of Shandong, Wang Zaijin, this person actually prepared three million stone grain and grass first, and solved the urgent need of the grain shortage!
Now he has been promoted to the governor of Jiliao!
In the eyes of these followers, they only have his personal merits, and they do not care about the dignity of Shilin, nominally for the peace of the world, but in fact they are just public servants of Lu beetle, and there is no elegant temperament of my scholar doctor, and what they pursue is to learn literature and martial arts, and the goods are in the emperor's house, emphasizing reality and ignoring morality!
”Zheng Sanjun echoed Qian Qianyi's point of view, and also expounded his personal views on Wang Zaijin, and then said: "Therefore, the key at the moment is to be concentric with scholars, so that the world's scholars can understand that there is a difference between high and low in Shinong and business, and scholars should be treated with courtesy, and not with strict laws, and the gentry are the benchmark of local morality, how can they be the same as the common people, and be bound by the law?"
It is necessary to let the corporal doctors of the world reach a consensus that the imperial court uses the western factory to levy taxes and does not treat the people differently is to cruel the gentry and damage the virtue of the holy court, and to let everyone in the world regard the corporal of Lixian as the right way, as long as the scholars all regard respecting our scholars as the way of heaven, then they will only have to wait for the sky to change!
”"Xia Guan understands, what Qian Gong and Shao Sinong said ordered Xia Guan Daigo to be empowered!"
When the time comes, either the Son of Heaven or the Imperial Court is changed, and the new emperor ascends the throne to learn the way of Corporal Lixian, and the officials he uses also learn the way of Corporal Lixian, then it will still be the time of the Dynasty!"
”Therefore, Qian Moucai decided to resign and return to his hometown, visit Dong Qichang, Chen Jiru, Huang Zunsu, Liu Zongzhou and other celebrities, and then go to Wuxi Donglin Academy to visit Ye Maocai, Gu Xuancheng and other Donglin gentlemen, and develop and expand the right way advocated by Donglin!
So that in the future, all the people in the world will be my Donglin, and they can work together in the future to clear and remove turbidity!
”Qian Qianyi said with a smile, he meant to continue to grow the Donglin Party, and wait for the change of emperor or the change of the court in the future, so that the Donglin Party can take over the power of the government.Other Donglin officials echoed and supported what Qian Qianyi was about to do."
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This Qian Qianyi resigned, I have approved it, but your Dongchang has to closely monitor him, and now the imperial court is strictly chasing after the Fu and Qingzhang acres in Nanzhili, which will inevitably cause great dissatisfaction among the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, and with their courage, it is impossible to rebel directly, but it is not excluded that public opinion will be stirred up by forming associations and opening forums, etc., and making waves, Dongchang must keep an eye on it, and when necessary, I will use your Dongchang to give it thunderous means!"
Zhu Youxiao instructed Wei Zhongxian here, and said to Fang Shihong of Xuanjin Palace: "Chongwen Temple is the same, we have to build momentum through various means, so that the Jiangnan gentry cannot be twisted into a rope, and in public opinion, we must let the people of the world form the consciousness that paying taxes is a must, and even let the world feel that the more active the payment of taxes, the more honorable!"
”"Slave obeys!""
The minister also obeys the order!"
Wei Zhongxian and Fang Shihong both replied.At this time, Fang Shihong handed over Dong Qichang's confession: "Your Majesty!
The minister did not dare to live up to your entrustment, after letting Nanjing Chongwen Temple Cheng Ruan Dacheng patiently preach and preach to Dong Qichang, Dong Qichang has deeply realized his previous mistakes, and is very remorseful, so he wrote a proclamation advocating that the gentry of the world actively pay all taxes, and wrote a book of repentance, and asked Chongwen Temple to present the Son of Heaven, and please look at it. ”Zhu Youxiao nodded, he naturally knew that Dong Qichang must have had to repent under the joint threat of Xichang and Chongwen Temple.But Zhu Youxiao naturally wouldn't break it down, but Dong Qichang's confession was neglected."
The criminal minister Dong Qichang believes that paying all taxes is the first thing to practice the teachings of the saints, and if the gentry do not actively pay the full taxes, they will become scholars in vain, and they will betray the king and abandon the country!
Disloyalty and unfilial piety!
Punish severely!
The head can be broken, the blood can be shed, but the endowment cannot be broken!
”Zhu Youxiao looked at these contents and laughed, and ordered: "Very good, in the end, it is a bachelor Dong from Hanlin, this enlightenment is indeed good, Chongwen Temple immediately wrote and published his remarks in Chongming Daily, Wei Zhongxian, the Ministry of Rites, engraved Dong Qichang's remarks in his original calligraphy, and set up a prison in the palaces of various prefectures and counties and the two capitals, so that the world's scholars know that paying all taxes is the first priority of the saint's teachings, and preach the world's scholars!"
”"Yes!"
Wei Zhongxian and Fang Shihong replied again.…… And because of this.Dong Qichang's remarks were soon known to civilian officials inside and outside the government and the opposition."
How could this Dong Huating write such remarks that rebelled against the teachings of the saints, it is in line with the way of the saints to pay the sage's taxes lightly, when will the taxes be paid!
Heavy and harsh government should be banned immediately!
”"Unbelievable!
Fantastic!
When did Dong Huating have no discipline like this, how can I have Shilin's integrity!
”"Even Dong Huating holds a fallacy, sure enough, the world is declining, and the people's hearts are not ancient!"
Some such rhetoric began to emerge among civil servants.But also because of Dong Qichang's softness, the Jiangnan gentry all became more and more discouraged, and completely softened in front of the West Factory, which broke down and collected taxes without saying a word, and began to consciously come to the official office to check whether they had any endowments and took the initiative to pay them.Especially after learning that His Majesty the Emperor had removed all the gentry who did not make up their endowments.The strong combat effectiveness of the West Factory and the cowardly class attributes of the Jiangnan gentry, therefore, the Jiangnan gentry did not dare to owe taxes anymore.However, many of the gentry in Jiangnan who considered themselves to be hard-hearted still expressed their dissatisfaction with the imperial court's treatment of the gentry like commoners in taxation in other ways.Take Gu Qiyuan, who was the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Shangshu in the first year of Taichang, as an example.At this time, he said angrily: "Since the imperial court insists on forcibly levying taxes and being mean to the gentry, the old man will personally send tax grain to Beijing to ask for a meeting with Your Majesty, let the world know, let Fang Congzhe and these traitorous ministers see, do you want the face of the imperial court!"
”"Since they want the old man to pay taxes and grain, then the old man will personally send the grain to the capital, so as not to trouble the Cao army, the old man wants to see if the court is ashamed!
Let the people of the world see, this is how the imperial court treats the old ministers!
”Zhu Wubi, a Zhishi official who used to be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, also said so.According to the Ming Cao Yun system, the grain could indeed be transported to the capital by the people themselves, but later in order to reduce the burden of the people, it was reformed to be transported by the officials and soldiers along the canal, but the people needed to bear a certain amount of freight.However, if the people want to bring their own grain to Beijing, it is also possible.Therefore, now Gu Qiyuan and Zhu Wubi, the ministers of the Zhishi Ministers, chose to personally charge taxes and grain into Beijing because Nan Zhili pursued the levies, and refused to spend more money to hand them over to the officials and soldiers.And the purpose of these high-ranking officials is naturally very simple, that is, they feel that doing so can make the court lose face, and it can be regarded as a matter of will.