Chapter 59: The Jiangnan Rebellion is closed

On the dragon boat, there were not many people around Zhu Qizhen.

On one side is the crown prince, and on the other side is the university scholar Qiu Jun. And Wynne was waiting on the sidelines. There is no one else.

Wang Shu and Chen Yue saluted and didn't say anything.

Zhu Qizhen said lightly: "Sit." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After Wang Shu and Chen Yue sat down. Zhu Qizhen opened his mouth and said: "The reason why I came to Jiangnan is because of the last year, Jiangnan is a big place for money and grain in the Ming Dynasty, and it has always been peaceful, but such a thing happened, who will give me an explanation." ”

Wang Shu immediately saluted and said, "If the minister does not do anything properly, the sin deserves death." It's just that the minister didn't dare to hide the inside story of this matter, and asked His Majesty to listen to the minister's words. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Accurate." ”

Chen Yue opened his mouth to speak, but he could only kneel to the side and not talk.

Wang Shu said: "The rich people in Jiangnan, the complexity of the internal situation, far above other places, in the Jiangnan imperial examination failed to do business, business success and the imperial examination, its advance and retreat as expected, holding the other two ends, almost the integration of scholars and businessmen." The minister didn't know this reason last year, so he didn't handle it properly, so he had this matter. ”

In fact, what Wang Shu said was not right or wrong.

Yes, many of the gentry started to do business, and they were not ashamed to do business. It's not right, that is, Wang Shu didn't see that many small businessmen who have sunk into subordinates are struggling to survive because they have no background. Even the representative of this kind of businessman, Xu Chunshen, represented by the eight-sided exquisite, died in the wrestling between the two sides.

In such a business environment, how can those businessmen who have no background have a bright future?

It is not so much the gentry as the bureaucratic capital.

It's just that many of these bureaucrats are retired gentry, and even if they are not officials, they have special power at the local level.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Is it just that? ”

Wang Shu said: "The minister------" didn't know what to say for a while?

Most of his attention was on commercial taxes, and he always felt that this mess was something that he had wrestled with the local gentry and got rid of.

Zhu Qizhen said: "I have already granted amnesty to the world, exempting the untouchables, as long as they are the people of the Ming Dynasty, they will be free of goodness, even if there are slaves and maids, they can only be a living contract, not a death contract." ”

"How did Jiangnan do it?"

"These chaotic people, the behavior is really hateful, but the heart is pitiful, in the factories, slaves, often to blame, life and death dilemma, and the south of the Yangtze River chaos, the state miners rose again. During the Jiangnan Rebellion, there were also changes in Huizhou and Anqing. Although it has not been reported below, Jinyiwei has reported it. Do they think I'm deaf and blind? ”

When Wang Shu heard this, he could only say: "The sin of the minister deserves death." ”

Wang Shu naturally knew that this was a common phenomenon.

It is impossible not to go because of Zhu Qizhen's edict

Yes, as long as it is profitable, there are definitely people who will do these things. But Wang Shu could not defend himself.

After all, this matter is already officially illegal. There was such a big mess again. If Wang Shu shirks his responsibilities, he will instead pull others over as scapegoats.

This is not what Wang Shu did.

Zhu Qizhen still appreciates Wang Shu's behavior, but Zhu Qizhen is not ready to let Wang Shu bear this crime.

The essence of Zhu Qizhen's visit to Jiangnan is to deter Jiangnan. It is certainly useful to show off the military might. But many gentry in Jiangnan did not think of rebelling either.

Therefore, they did not think about defeating the Ming army.

Zhu Qizhen has another way to deter Jiangnan, that is, to let the people of Jiangnan see blood.

Although there are many changes, it is not just about killing people. If you kill one or two big people, you can change the law, which is nonsense at all. But sometimes, even one or two members refuse to kill, how can it be possible to promote the change of the law.

However, the person Zhu Qizhen wanted to kill was not Wang Shu but Chen Yue.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Wang Qing, you are certainly guilty. But after all, you have only been in Jiangsu for a few months, how can you blame all this matter, do you say yes, Chen Yue. ”

Chen Yue listened to Zhu Qizhen's question, and his head buzzed for a while, he had already guessed Zhu Qizhen's intentions, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with the minister, freezing three feet is not a day's cold." Minister-------"

Zhu Qizhen interrupted Chen Yue's words and said, "Then you have nothing to do with you to teach and receive private gifts from the Jiangnan gentry, even the millions. ”

Chen Yue was speechless for a moment.

The reason why Zhu Qizhen wanted to take Chen Yue was because Chen Yue had a close relationship with the Jiangnan gentry. And the amount of corruption is huge.

Wang Shu didn't intercede for Chen Yue when he heard it.

The relationship between Chen Yue and the Jiangnan gentry, Wang Shu also understands. Otherwise, Wang Shu would not have asked Chen Yue to be the intermediary between the two.

What Zhu Qizhen has to deal with this time is the Jiangnan gentry, Chen Yue's situation is simply stepping on two boats, and it is strange that Zhu Qizhen can tolerate him.

In addition, Zhu Qizhen is ready to conduct another inventory of Ming officials.

After all, in order to change the law before, some people had some outrageous behaviors, and Zhu Qizhen also turned a blind eye, but now it is different.

The law of officials, a whip law is basically completed. Zhu Qizhen's tolerance for them has also come to an end, and Chen Yue, as a jumping up and more cheerful rat, is naturally about to settle the account.

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand, and Huai En presented a stack of papers.

Zhu Qizhen didn't look at it, and slammed it on Chen Yue's head.

Chen Yue only saw a few lines of words on a piece of paper in front of him, but it was who he handed over to on a certain day, a certain year, a certain month, and a certain day, and how many bribes were accepted.

Chen Yue suddenly softened, and immediately got up and said, "Your Majesty spares your life, and the minister does this."

, also for the implementation of the new law, but also for His Majesty. ”

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but be a little amused when he heard it.

To tell the truth, Chen Yue is very effective in implementing the law of officials and a whip. But Zhu Qizhen understands better that his two decrees are essentially in the richer places, the easier it is to implement, and the poorer the places, the more difficult it is to implement.

Chen Yue's smooth implementation is due to his ability and the prosperity of Jiangsu. But I can't say clearly.

But there is one point, although Zhu Qizhen did not write it on paper, Zhu Qizhen's original intention was to limit the power of the local clans step by step through such means.

What Chen Yue did was completely contrary to this purpose, and he dared to say that it was for him.

It's just funny.

Zhu Qizhen didn't bother to say anything at all, and waved his hand and said, "Take it down, and then dispose of it when you get to Suzhou." ”

Huai En immediately agreed, called two brocade guards, stuffed a rag into Chen Yue's mouth, and dragged it down.

Zhu Qizhen immediately looked at Wang Shu and said, "Wang Qing, there is also something wrong, you should be the governor of Jiangsu." ”

Wang Shu was originally promoted from the governor of Huguang, but now he was beaten down again, which is equivalent to a downgrade. This was a huge setback for Wang Shu.

After all, the seven positions in the cabinet are never easy to compete for. Wang Shu took a step back here, but no one else retreated. But compared to Chen Yue's fate, it is much better.

Wang Shu said: "Thank you, Lord Longen. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Sit." ”

Wang Shu then sat down again.

Zhu Qizhen said: "I know that you may not know about the factories in various places making good people slaves, but as an official of the imperial court, how can you ignore the fact that you should ask for the people's lives?" ”

Wang Shu said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, and it is the fault of the minister. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "My amnesty decree has been going on for many years, but I don't want it to be useless. The wind of slavery in the world, with Jiangnan as the priority, Mr. handled commercial taxes, and won the deep satisfaction, and this matter was handed over to Mr. But I don't know what the gentleman should do. ”

Wang Shu pondered for a moment and said, "I can only learn from the customers of the two songs." ”

China's long history is a good or a disadvantage, the disadvantage is that there is a heavy package, but the advantage is that in many cases, when a problem is encountered, the corresponding solution can be found in history.

Of course, the times are different, and the solution at that time must also have some gains and losses. It depends on each ability.

The Song Dynasty did not establish a field system and did not suppress annexation, so naturally there were many people who did not have land and worked for others. The Song Dynasty naturally had a set of solutions.

That's the customer.

This customer is not a business customer, but a relative of the main household who owns production resources, land or shops, that is, a group of people who have no production resources and are dependent on the main household.