"Response?
How to respond?
Such a matter of the lowly clan, Yuan Gong, Wang Gong and other people of De and Weiren, why didn't they discourage this matter in the court, the officials and gentry paid the grain as an errand and the court also lost the thought of the court, how can this make the villagers actively contribute to our family and the gentry class!
”Hou Ke replied directly.Yang Donglai sighed and persuaded: "What else can I do if I don't respond, is it a crime to resist the decree, that is the crime of killing the head, and in the future, we and other gentry can only honestly pay more money and food in lieu of taxes and servitude, such as today, if you don't love me to study!"
”"The Yuan family is ashamed of all the neighbors, although the dog is a great Sima, he has not stopped such a scourge of the evil government in the township!
However, since this is the case, then when we need to wait for the gentry to be on an errand, I also ask the county to send someone to instruct the old man to have no money to do the errand, so he has to go to serve in person when the time comes!
There is also this year's autumn tax, and the old body can't afford to pay the fire, so he simply transports grain into Beijing by himself, and it's not the old man's face that he loses anyway!
”Yuan Keli's father, Yuan Huai, also said to the other gentry at this time."
You are all local celebrities, please don't do this, otherwise, wouldn't it leave the world with a reputation for the court's disrespectful treatment of scholars?
Especially you, Mrs.
Yuan, Da Sima's father served himself, how can this work, your Yuan family is a local clan, tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, and you can't afford to pay this bit of conscription, so why trap Da Sima in injustice?
”The prefect Zhu Zhongpeng persuaded him."
Humph!
Not only will Mrs.
Yuan personally go to serve, but all the gentry of our Guide Mansion will serve when the time comes!
When the time comes, I will also ask the entire Guidefu to do some hard work like Bai Ding, and see whose face is lost!
”Hou Ke said accordingly."
That's right, we did this, and called on the children of the clan to stop taking exams and books, and go to post stations, embankments, and rivers to serve as conscripts, or to send tax grain!
Let the court lose this face, looking at the annals of history, there is no one who makes the scholars work hard!
”Yang Donglai also echoed and said.So, the gentry of Guide Mansion really did this.They knew that the current emperor was tough and did not dare to confront it directly, so they adopted this way to fight.Some gentry, including Yuan Huai, Hou Ke, and Yang Donglai, really began to take dry food, wear coarse cloth short clothes, and carry poles or something, and went to serve on the official road that was being built in full swing.According to the new conscription system of the Ming Dynasty, it is possible to pay conscription silver to offset conscription, but if you don't want to pay money and want to sell your labor to serve, you only need to have the secretary of the yamen to report, and the government will arrange the construction period that needs to be mortgaged according to the monthly salary standard of some projects.For this reason, the prefect Zhu Zhongpeng arranged for these gentry to build official roads according to the conscription silver that these gentry needed to pay."
Come and see!
The old lady of Sima Yuan, the former left waiter of the Nanjing Criminal Department, Yang Gong, and the former Guozi Priest Wine Marquis have come to serve!
”And when Yuan Huai and others came to serve the conscription, there were still good deeds and scholars shouted because of this, deliberately wanting everyone to know."
The old age is too old, and now I also come here to serve, and I ask you to take care of your neighbors."
Yuan Huai also said a few words with a smile.Zhu Zhongpeng, who came along, looked at this quite a headache, he didn't know if he was doing it right, whether to disobey the order of the imperial court, not to collect taxes from these gentry, and not to make them serve in conscription, but to let Yuan Keli, the secretary of the military department, look good on his face and not hate himself, but he really didn't have the courage to go against the decree of the imperial court, and as an official, he actually hoped that he could limit the power of the gentry in his heart.It was not only this that gave Zhu Zhongpeng a headache, but also the matter of the scholar boycotting the examination because of the official gentry's payment of food."
The great master is angry, and the non-subordinate officials are greedy for the money to advocate learning, but the gentry of the Defu are all dissatisfied because the official gentry pay for the food as an errand, so the scholars do not come to take the examination in the name of serving forced labor, so that the government examination and the government subject examination have not been successfully held until now."
When Ni Yuanlu, the envoy of the school, came to Guide to hold the college examination, he also questioned Zhu Zhongpeng because he saw that there were no students taking the examination, and asked if there was anything wrong with the government, and ordered the students to boycott the examination, so Zhu Zhongpeng explained it truthfully.Ni Yuanlu also felt embarrassed after hearing this, and said: "Report to the imperial court according to the truth, but to make it clear, the scholars did not boycott the examination because they were dissatisfied with the new policy, but because they actively implemented the official gentry to pay food and errands, so as not to provoke Long Yan's anger!"
”"The lower officials have reported this matter to Futai Li Zhongcheng, presumably Li Zhongcheng has reported this matter."
Zhu Zhongpeng replied.After Emperor Zhu Youxiao learned that many of the gentry and scholars were serving in conscription, he was not furious, and even laughed.Zhu Youxiao immediately instructed the ministers of the Political Affairs Hall: "Very good!
It is rare that the gentlemen of the Guide Mansion are so active in implementing the policy of the official gentry paying food as an errand and errand this time, the morale of the Guide Mansion is good, in addition, I don't think that the scholars will lose the face of the court when they serve as errands!
Labor is a very glorious thing, especially the four bodies are not diligent scholars, more need physical labor, need to serve in the service and other things to know more truly the hardships of the people, my Ming scholars can be as active in the implementation of the new policy as the scholars of the German Mansion, take the initiative to participate in labor, I will be happy to open Enke again, because this shows that my Ming scholars are very conscious, are worth using!
”Some of the ministers were surprised by this, and they did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor would be very willing to see the gentry of the Guide Mansion serve without worrying about the bad reputation of being a mean scholar.Fang Congzhe, the first assistant of the cabinet, was not surprised by this, he knew that his majesty the emperor did not care about the impression in the hearts of scholars, so he said: "Not only that, but many gentry in Guide Mansion are also willing to take the initiative to transport grain to Tianjin because the imperial court has canceled the preferential exemption, so as to save some grain loss, including the old lady Yuan, the father of the great Sima Yuan Gong, who said that he would transport grain to Beijing. ”"Your Majesty, the minister will write a letter to persuade my father."
Yuan Keli glanced at Fang Congzhe, and then said to Zhu Youxiao with a little blush.Zhu Youxiao waved his hand: "No need to persuade!"
Taking the initiative to serve forced labor and actively paying taxes is something worth advocating, especially for a local squire like Old Lady Yuan, who takes the initiative to transport grain and pay taxes, which is even more commendable!
Where do you want to persuade, do you want to persuade Lingzun to resist the new policy of the imperial court?
Therefore, in my opinion, Ling Zun's behavior should be rewarded, and the decree should be passed on, and he should be rewarded as a doctor of Guanglu, and the honorable taxpayer and model household should be awarded to the Yuan family, so that Henan Yousi should use public funds to build the corresponding archway in front of his mansion to show his glory. ”"Yes!
His Majesty Longen, the father of the courtier. ”Yuan Keli replied.Fang Congzhe's smile gradually stopped, and gradually piled up again: "Your Majesty Shengming!"
If the gentry of the world can take the initiative to pay food and work errands like the gentry of Guide Mansion, why bother to go to great lengths, it is commendable. ”"What, Your Majesty said that it was good for us to take the initiative to serve as an errand and to serve as a servant, and we were promoted to an old lady?!
No, doesn't Your Majesty think that these scholars and gentry serve as conscripts, and like the common people, they ram earth and chisel stones every day, which is very embarrassing for the court?!
”Yuan Huai asked puzzled."
Your Majesty said that this is a very glorious thing, and gave you two plaques for the Yuan family, one is a glorious taxpayer, and the other is a model household, and these two archways will be set up in front of your mansion!
For glory!
”Zhu Zhongpeng replied.