February of the 267th year of the new calendar of the Ming Dynasty was a little cold, the wind blew from the northwest, and when it arrived at the Baoding Mansion in Gyeonggi, it was slightly less powerful, but it still made people shiver with cold, and constantly wrapped the cotton jacket tighter.

At this time, the school in Baoding Mansion of the Ming Dynasty was full of people, and the talents who could not usually get together gathered together to dispel the cold in winter.

"Look, that's Zhao Wenji, the head of the case last year! He's coming, too! Suddenly, a voice of surprise came from the academy.

"Not only that, but Brother Liu, Brother Gao, and Brother Qi are all here! These are the elites of the school school! ”

"Exactly! Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, it is the time to work hard and live in peace. How can I tolerate the traitorous ministers who have brought disaster to the country in my Baoding Mansion! ”

The talented people in the school talked a lot, and Zhao Wenji, who was the head of the case by Chen Zhiwei of everyone, also came into everyone's sight.

This is a man in a fluttering shirt and extremely stylish. He looks twenty-five or sixteen years old, with a proud face, and between walking, several people behind him follow, all of them are local talents, and he walks all the way, and there are Xiucai masters everywhere who come forward to greet him. Apparently extremely popular.

When he looked around the audience and saw that most of the people in the school had arrived, Zhao Wenji walked to the top of the courtyard and said loudly at a slightly higher place: "Everyone, everyone! In Xia Zhao Wenji, you must already know what is going on here today! The current situation of my Ming Dynasty is ill-fated, and thieves and slaves are wreaking havoc in the township. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, the world has been amnesty, taxes have been slightly reduced, and people's livelihood has been rested for a while. It is the opportunity for me to cultivate after a long absence. But! Wu Yingke of Baoding Mansion acted against the way of heaven, and he was actually re-enforcing at this critical juncture! I want to push my Ming people into the fire of conscription again! ”

Zhao Wenji said a word, and everyone present suddenly became emotional.

"My Ming people are already suffering, agricultural tax and military service apportionment and levy, now the new emperor basically thought that he could take a breath, but I didn't expect this Baoding prefect to still do conscription! It's so deceitful! ”

"At present, there are frequent wars, and the people are struggling, and it is already hard to have a chance to rest. At this moment, instead of recruiting agricultural businessmen, we should build a large number of buildings at this time. What kind of intention is this? ”

"You can't let that traitor unscrupulously plague the township!"

"Brother Li, I see it! Students, fellow villagers! We can't let that traitor continue to be a disaster in the country! ”

"Can't be connived at, can't be let go!"

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In the school, countless scholars shouted one after another, and the atmosphere was extremely noisy for a while.

Seeing this, Zhao Wenji suddenly felt that he had been very hot in his heart: I have a scholar like this in the Ming Dynasty, why can't I recreate the rule of Zhongxing?

The scene in front of Fuxue stemmed from an order issued by the government not long ago. It turned out that the prefect didn't know what kind of wind he was pumping, and he had no head, no brain, no prelude, and wanted to order the construction of the road to Jingshi.

You know, such a large-scale construction project has never been something that can be done with a slogan. When the time comes, officials must be sent to the countryside to collect the people and levy the people's husbands.

However, every time the government levies and distributes money, it destroys the local people's strength.

Sui II died, and Emperor Yang of Sui built the Grand Canal to the end of the empire, which can be said to be known to women and children. Naturally, after learning the news, the gentry of Baoding were angry, so many people sought more detailed information through various channels.

It doesn't matter if you inquire this time, the important thing is that there is another news coming out. Inside the palace, it is said that the person who spread the news also smiled and said: It is indeed true to build the road from Baoding to Jingshi, and not only that, but also let the talents participate in it.

The Xiucai who inquired was Zhao Wenji, as soon as he heard it, he immediately felt like his head was hit by a hammer, and the rest of the people said that they didn't hear a word clearly, and his mind was full of fear that Xiucai would also serve the conscription, and after a few perfunctory words at random, Zhao Wenji went out in a daze.

Then Zhao Wenji quickly sought news from all sides, and gradually knew that there were two things that were already certain.

The first is the question of building a road to Kyoshi. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, wars were frequent, and floods, droughts and locust plagues were frequent, and the construction of natural public facilities was not maintained for several years. Although the surface of Gyeonggi is flat, it cannot withstand several years of unrepaired, so that it is full of potholes and difficult to walk.

Therefore, the Baoding government and the government offices along the road have spread the news, conclusively saying that the road will be built. Moreover, it is rumored that all kinds of materials have been prepared, and it is still a new type of material that can be built quickly.

When most of the people heard the news, they lamented for a while, but they didn't bully much. After all, life in troubled times is as cheap as a dog, and whoever has the biggest fist will listen to whomever he wants. The government wants to forcibly levy it, but no one can resist. Even if it is lamenting, it is more of a rhythm of despair.

As for the second thing, Xiucai is also going to participate in the matter of conscription.

After this matter was confirmed, all the showmen shouted loudly, and no one was convinced. In just two days, the tandem was carried out rapidly. So much so that even the school officials and teachers of the government did not dare to take care of things after hearing about it. Because, at this moment, there are more than 200 talents in the government, and each of them is surging.

"It's been two years since the school has been giving birth to all the food that should be distributed every year, and you still want me to wait for the scholars to build the road, what is the reason?"

"It's the grain that is folded and folded every year, but more than half of it is old grain and rotten grain, just like that, and let me wait for famous scholars to build roads! It's insulting! ”

"Isn't my Daming preferential treatment for scholars? I have been studying hard for more than 30 years, but I never expected that I would end up like this! ”

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Zhao Wenji looked at the surging classmates, the excitement in his eyes slowly burned, and shouted loudly to everyone: "Students, we can't tolerate this kind of ending!" I have been a monk for a hundred years, and I can't be bad in the hands of that traitor! ”

"It can't be broken in the hands of traitors!" Hundreds of scholars shouted!

"Go to the government office and find the prefect Wu Yingke to understand!"

"Go together, go together!"

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Hundreds of people shouted in unison, and all of them strode towards the mansion with a sad and resolute look in their eyes.

In the Fuxue, when a group of talented people left, the scholars of the Fuxue finally dared to come out, looking at the back, a scholar said faintly: "Are these scholars crazy?" Aren't you afraid that the prefect will play the academic and political revolution and make them famous? ”

"You are also a scholar, how can you speak so badly. My Daming has always treated scholars preferentially, and more than a dozen Xiucai have already dared to spit on a county parent official. The Xiucai of the entire land of Yifu was forced to pose in tandem with this decree, what about the prefect? You have to avoid its edge! Another scholar said leisurely.

"If I really give preferential treatment to scholars, you say, will this kind of thing still happen?" After the first scholar finished speaking, there was a silence: "In the current situation, those rotten soldiers in Nanchengtou may be more powerful than these showmen......

Nanchengtou is the defender of Baoding Prefecture, which is a rout of King Qin's army that was routed when it encountered Jiannu in Gyeonggi. It is said that it was defeated, but in fact, this army of Qinwang, which had 20,000 people from Shanxi, did not run away after a solid battle, so that when they finally ran to Baoding City in groups along the way, there were still three or four thousand people, and most of them were not lacking.

Sun Zhihua, the chief soldier of Baoding, was looking at the scarcity of soldiers and horses, and when he saw that the rout was coming, all the troops were collected. It's just that as long as everyone is not blind, they understand whether this soldier or horse has combat effectiveness. That's right, it's just whether there is combat effectiveness or not. No one doubts at all how much combat power this soldier can have......

But on the contrary, these people did all kinds of evil in the city, but no one dared to clean it up.

Several scholars were talking behind their backs, and the street in front of the house was already lively.

Hundreds of Xiucai were congested together, and they occupied the street in front of the house.

"Preferential treatment for readers!"

"Let the prefect Wu Yingke see us!"

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In the palace, there was a panic. Wu Yingke looked at Shoufu Huang Jingfang, who came in civilian clothes, smiled bitterly, and said, "Lord Shoufu, this matter is ...... It's such an uncontrollable mess. It's true, it's really ......."

Huang Jingfang put his hands behind his back and looked at the angry scholars outside the street in front of the house, and frowned: "In the construction of the road from Baoding to Jingshi and the participation of scholars in the affairs of further study and construction, these two items are to be done by the Holy Lord." For us, the only question is how to do it and how to do it. Lord Wu, I understand your feelings. What support you want, it should be easy to say. But this one...... We must not hide! ”

"Support ......?" Governor Wu looked at the scene in front of him and said with a wry smile: "If you want to say that this support, I would rather hope that there will be a little less constraints." Originally, we were still discussing a tactful way of saying it, thinking of covering up the past a little. But it was good over there, it turned out to be a good thing to be able to participate in the conscription. How do we have to cover it up? ”

"Qin Yun is indeed reckless in doing things this time, Lord Wu Governor's Mansion doesn't care about villains. Let's let it go, our classmates, after all, we still spend all our efforts on official work. In these days, the deployment of materials, the collection of manpower, the organization of construction, and even the mobilization of various counties and townships are all painstaking efforts of the young students. Every day is running day and night, and I didn't expect it to be misunderstood by local students...... "At this time, a man with a handsome face, a calm demeanor, and more importantly, a confident look on the faces of everyone present walked over.

"Yanwu, you're finally here!" Seeing this, Governor Wu immediately smiled bitterly and said, "Qin Xiaoyou's matter, we naturally don't want to investigate it." But now ...... These things that are making trouble outside have to be solved in a good way! ”

Huang Jingfang also looked at the man in front of him, smiled and didn't speak, but his eyes couldn't help but look at him. He knows a lot more than the prefect of Baoding, for example, this time Huang Jingfang went out of Beijing more as a protective umbrella. As an experienced and high-level veteran, he escorts young people, on the one hand, as a high-level official, he allocates more resources to support them, and on the other hand, in Zhu Cihong's frequent hints, he protects these young people from doing things that are out of line or too radical and difficult to control.

For example, Qin Yun is the most radical one in this group, and he has said more than once in private that he will have a commercial and military revolution in the land, so that the cultivators will have their fields and the dwellers will have their houses. The solution is to redistribute the land.

But everyone understands that if this kind of talk is really driven out, it will be difficult to say that the next day the head is still on his neck.

Naturally, what is the origin of this group of people, Huang Jingfang can no longer understand.

This person is Gu Yanwu, who used to be Zhu Cihong's attendant secretary. As a figure favored by Zhu Cihong, he also served in Nanjing before. This time, Zhu Cihong ascended the throne as the new queen, and Gu Yanwu was transferred by Zhu Cihong to Huang Jingfang to Baoding to preside over the construction matters.

This is the first disaster relief strategy set by Zhu Cihong, and the leader of the presiding over is Huang Jingfang on the surface, but it is Gu Yanwu who really works and is really capable of working. The group that followed him were all new-style officials newly trained under Zhu Cihong.

Some of these people are famous, some have only studied in the past two years, and many of them are newcomers to the former Military Affairs Department and Sheren Division recruited by Guozijian after Zhu Cihong's influence. But without exception, these people are very different from any Ming official Huang Jingfang has ever met.

The first is diligence.

These people are working, and they are even more desperate than the desperate Saburo. The officials of the Ming Dynasty are busy with official business for less than a few days a month. But these people are not busy with official business for a few days a month.

Especially what these people did, Huang Jingfang sighed even more.

Gu Yanwu really went deep into the front line, personally investigated the facts, personally took the lead in the work, from the planning of the whole thing to the implementation of the specific division of labor, and finally to the implementation, applying for resources, overcoming difficulties, all of them have taken the lead in forging ahead.

Such a person impressed Huang Jingfang, and he couldn't believe that this was an official of the Ming Dynasty. So much so that he frequently wanted to know the roots.

One wants to understand what drives them to do it, and the other wants to know...... What can they do?

Huang Jingfang didn't seem to understand the previous question, but he only understood that these people's Yulu were all straight hair from the center of the court, and the reference was not the level of Yulu of the Ming Dynasty, but the level of the former Song Dynasty......

Only by the words Qiansong to describe it, you can understand part of Gu Yanwu and others' enthusiasm for help. The officials of the former Song Dynasty were extremely high, and the annual income of ordinary seven-grade officials was nourishing compared to that of today's first-grade officials, not only that, but also a variety of incomes. And these are all given by the imperial court. Instead of those ice and charcoal respects like Daming, they were given by lower-level officials.

For example, Gu Yanwu has as much as ten taels of basic income per month, and more importantly, he is still in Nanjing, and he came here on a business trip, so he has a business trip allowance of one or two a month. When I went to the countryside, I had a subsidy for working in dangerous areas, and two taels of silver. So much so that Lin Lin finally came down, and it was already higher than his salary as the head of the Ming cabinet.

After the former knew a little bit, Huang Jingfang wanted to know even more about the role of the group that Zhu Cihong had spent so much money to cultivate.

Gu Yanwu stood on top of the main hall, strode out, and looked at the courtyard in front of him, where the gate was closed, and outside the door were hundreds of imposing scholars.

"Open the door!" Gu Yanwu looked at the gate and motioned to the officials: "I will deal with them!" (To be continued.) )