.Yangzhou is slow, it turns out that it is not only slow pace, but also he will be despised by the emperor.
Amid the gentle waves of the Millennium Grand Canal, Lin Run told the story of Yangzhou people treating Jiajing to the silence...
There are many large households in Yangzhou City, and the main ones are big salt merchants. These people have deep roots and are connected to each other and form a piece, which is the real master of Yangzhou City. When they decided to do this, even the prefect of Yangzhou could only do anything.
Therefore, the prosperity ranks among the top five in the country, and the prosperity is one of the best in Yangzhou City, which only welcomes Emperor Jiajing with constant rituals. These unethical guys made the imperial wharf very plain. Any place that seemed too luxurious was moved away, and those that could not be moved away, and those that could be smashed directly could not be seen by the emperor.
So when Jiajing's dragon boat arrived at the Imperial Wharf of Tianning Temple, he saw neither ten miles of colored shed nor wandering gold paper. Even the Yangzhou gentry who came out to welcome him was not even wearing silk clothes. This was far from what I imagined. Jiajing asked strangely: "The ancients said that they had dreams of Yangzhou for ten years. This should be a prosperous and prosperous place. Why does it look less prosperous than the north?"
At that time, Yuan Wei and several other ministers were serving the emperor. When they heard the emperor's question, everyone looked at Yuan Wei. Yuan Wei had to whisper: "Your Majesty, what you are talking about is the old Huangsheng. The current Yangzhou City is different from the past..." At this time, those who talked bad things about Yangzhou City were not because they had a grudge against the people of Yangzhou, but had been bribed by the wealthy people.
In fact, in order to maintain low tax rates, the large households in Yangzhou City are never stingy. In order to prevent the illusion from being exposed, they bribed the emperor at any cost... For example, knowing that Yuan Wei is a person of elegance and does not like the smell of money, they collected the scrolls of Wu Daozi, Yan Liben, Wang Xizhi, and Su Dongpo for him. All of them are valuable, which made Yuan Wei unable to put it down, so he naturally agreed reluctantly.
Not only did he bribe Yuan Wei, but other beloved benefactors around the emperor also gained something, almost without any misunderstandings. He was short of his hands and short-speaking people. At this time, no one would reveal the truth. Instead, he helped Yangzhou people deceive the emperor together.
They told Jiajing that three reasons led to the poverty of Yangzhou City. One was that Japanese pirates harassed Jiangdong. The military expenses and food of nearly 100,000 troops in northern Jiangsu have been raised by Yangzhou Prefecture. This funding has been more than ten years. No matter how strong the foundation is, it cannot withstand such troubles.
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Second, when Prime Minister Yan Maoqing was in charge of his political affairs, he promoted chaos, which made the salt merchants extremely trapped. Jiajing asked: "Hasn't Yan Maoqing's increased salt tax have been exempted?"
Everyone said: "Salt tax is a table, and the salt administration is the foundation. The amount of salt tax will only be related to the skin. Only when the salt administration is corrupted will it hurt the root." In fact, what they said was that Yan Maoqing changed the method of decoding salt. At this time, the salt market was sold in the state. After the merchants in the salt farm produced salt, they could not take it to the market to sell it. That is, the sales must be allowed first by the Chao Dian who is in charge of the salt administration.
The amount of official approval for sales is the amount of salt in the hands of each salt merchant. In fact, because the cost of obtaining salt intake is too high, the profit of legally selling the "solid salt" is very low... Of course, this low is relative to "solute salt". The so-called "solute salt" is the surplus after completing the regular salt. I don't know when it starts. In addition to the salt administration acquiesces the surplus, it will be sold in a certain amount of solute salt... This gray area where no tax is paid has the profits, and because salt merchants distribute it across the country, they cannot verify the specific amount of solute salt, so that the sales of solute salt is far more than that of solute salt, and even if the solute salt is not sold, they are all sold in the name of solute salt!
So there was a situation where salt merchants complained that the tax rate was high, while evading taxes and getting rich.
When Yan Maoqing was in office, he actually changed his method of learning salt. He did not distinguish between residual salt and regular salt. As long as the salt exited from the salt field, he had to be taxed. Is this constantly a salt merchant's financial path?
So the two sides quickly had a feud. The salt merchants of Lianghuai, who had always maintained a conservative political attitude, quickly turned to the Xu party. The Shanxi merchants who were in harmony with them also opposed the Yan party, objectively aggravated the destruction of the Yan party.
Of course, it is meaningless to say these things now. Who is right and who is wrong can only be left to future generations to comment. Now Yan Hanqing has stepped down and naturally allows the salt merchants to attack him and cannot defend himself.
With the advice of the people around him, Emperor Jiajing agreed to the report. So all the salt administration changed by Yan Maoqing was discontinued, everything returned to the starting point, and everything in the world was peaceful.
Among the officials, there is a third reason, that is, with the prosperity of foreign trade, Suzhou's mothers rose and huge merchants flocked to the sky. Yangzhou City was no longer as good as before, and even the entertainment industry that relied on to become famous was in a depressed state. Under the constraints of various factors, Yangzhou City, which is now in the eyes of His Majesty, is nothing short of everyone.
After hearing this, Jiajing sympathized with the experience of Yangzhou City, so he no longer blamed them for neglecting the saint. But he had a long-cherished wish, that was to see what Yangzhou Qionghua, which is famous all over the world, looks like? Qionghua is a unique flower, "The flowers are as big as plates and as white as jade. A poem praises: "There are thousands of trees in the east, and this flower is unparalleled in the world, and it is also praised: "The bright moon is divided into two states, and the Qionghua Temple is unparalleled in the world, but it is only blooming by the Qionghua Temple Wushuang Pavilion in Yangzhou, and it is not seen elsewhere.
When the emperor heard that he wanted to appreciate the Qionghua, the officials and gentry in Yangzhou City were frightened because the Qionghua Temple was located in a bustling city, and the romantic sky was unblocked. As long as the emperor went to see it, he would definitely be exposed. He had to look at Yuan Wei, meaning, you will continue to fool him.
Yuan Wei complained in his heart that the money of these salt dealers is really hard to get. But since he got on the pirate ship, he could only support them to the end. He secretly wiped his sweat and said to Jiajing: "Your Majesty, it's better not to watch this Qionghua."
"Why?" Bei Jing said strangely.
"In the past, Emperor Yang of Sui went along the Grand Canal and made a special trip to Yangzhou to see Qionghua, but he lost all his country." Yuan Wei said with a tough forehead: "So later emperors avoided this flower. Not to mention the distance, just talking about Emperor Wuzong of this dynasty, who likes to hunt and play, he did not look at Qionghua when he came to Yangzhou. Are you worried that it would hinder the fate of the country?
"Is there no place worth visiting in the famous Yangzhou City?" Jiajing frowned, obviously having given up the idea of ​​kidney flower. After all, no matter how good Qionghua is, it is not as good as the throne. If he can't mess with this bad luck.
"The emperor," Yuan Wei whispered: "The reason why this place is famous is not because of its scenic scenery, but because... Qin Tower and Chu Pavilion are very numerous, so the ancients said, "After ten years of dreams of Yangzhou, I won the reputation of being a brothel. With this alone, this place is enough to become famous in China. He said in a low voice: "Which celebrity has come to Yangzhou, all
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Of course, Jiajing could hear the profound meaning of his words...'This kind of fireworks place is not the place where the emperor should stay. If you want unscrupulous literati to arrange it, let's leave Koba quickly.
After hearing his words, Jiajing pondered for a moment, and then he was relieved. He only stayed in the palace for one night and ate a "flavorless Huaiyang cuisine". He was finally completely disappointed with it. The next evening he set off south and left the Yangzhou City, which made him feel very disappointed.
After listening to Lin Run's story, he couldn't help but shake his head and smiled, "Thinking about it, the emperor is really pitiful. Although he claims to be the only one, the people below don't want him to see what he doesn't want him to see, and he doesn't know what he doesn't want him to know.
Lin Run nodded and smiled, "Although I don't agree with these people's approach, I am happy to see this result. The expenses are too high for the North. I hope Yangzhou will be an example and let the prefectures and counties be smarter."
"Eighty times it will be like this." Silently sipped the tea ceremony: "The literati and officials in the south have always been rebellious and are not as awe of the emperor as northerners. It is not surprising to do such a thing."
"Yes, Lin Run sighed: "I have also been an official in the north, and it has indeed achieved that our Ming Dynasty has a great difference between the north and the south, and there are also many barriers between them. The southerners look down on the northerners, and the northerners look down on the southerners. This barrier has even been brought to the court and has reached the point of influencing national policies... Some people even say that the reason why the Ming Dynasty cannot be cured is because the southerners always hold power in the court, and everything is just for the south, regardless of the life or death of the north,."
Chen Shu shook his head and smiled and said, "This is a bit far away. When you and I are ranked as the ministers, it is not too late to go to Guangxi, the high-ranking village. He said seriously, "You said you were waiting for me specifically, what you did."
"Hey, look at my bad memory." Lin Run couldn't help but smile: "I'm happy and forgot all the important things."
"It's not too late to say it now," Chen Si poured tea for him and said softly: "Speak, what's the matter."
"That's the case, Lin Run lowered his voice and said, "I want to participate in it."
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"Then let's ing." Chen Si couldn't help but smile: "You are the Censor, and you don't want to ing as long as you want?"
"This person is very particular. His status is indecent and his status cannot be shaken. Without your help, I will not be able to fall into it, or even to him. Lin Run said in a deep voice.
"Who is it?" Chen Si was interested and asked.
"King Yi." Lin Run never sells Guan Yu. He speaks like a person, and says with a knife: "To be precise, Zhu Diantao, the sixth generation of Yi Wang!
"Zheng Yi Zhu Dianheng? His silent expression couldn't help but move, because this was not the first time he heard of this name. Just a few days ago, Hai Rui once used this person as an example, criticized the royal family for their misconduct and harm to the Ming Dynasty...
The 26th son of the 26th son Zhu Nan died young, so King Yi became Zhu Yuanzhang, and he became Zhu Yuanzhang's youngest son. He was named King Yi of the 24th son of Hongwu, and was granted the title of King Yi as the Henan Prefecture. In the tenth year of Yongle, he died of illness and was named Li, and was named King Yi.
The Ming Dynasty had a widespread posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous without rebellion or disrespect. The first king of Yi Zhu Yi was definitely a talented person. He did not learn any good things from his father and brother, but he inherited the cruelty in his bloodline, and acted in vassal states and harmed the people... He often used bullets and swords to hunt in the market. When he met people who could not hide, he would slash them at all, causing blood to splatter. He actually liked to wear such blood-splashing clothes. He also ordered men and women to have fun in public. He was definitely the most debaucherous and shameless among the Taizu's sprites. After his death, the Lichen even submitted a petition to strip his title, but Zhu Di did not agree to stabilize the hearts of the people.
Zhu Yi's successors were quite like his ancestors. Until now, the sixth King of Yi, Zhu Dianheng, finally brought this evil tradition to the top. According to Hai Rui, this man was greedy, stubborn, cruel to his subordinates, insulted the gentry, beat court officials, invaded the academy, and occupied the people's residences! The prefect of Luoyang advised him to stop at the right time, so Zhu Dianlan sent someone to capture him in the palace and tear his beard and headless. It is said that he plundered more than 400 other wives, occupied more than 3,000 houses, and voted more than 700 girls over twelve years old. The other wealth was unknown, which made the people of Henan complain.
"This is all superficial." After hearing the silent retelling Hai Rui's words, Lin Run shook his head and said, "If it were just debauchery, I wouldn't be so anxious!" As he said, his face was grim: "Actually, I was eyeing Zhu Dianji a few years ago. The legend in the market said that he was arrogant and often had the intention of being disobedient. I have been secretly investigating him and found out that he forced the Fangcheng Palace, the Princess of Tongcheng Palace, the Princess of Tongcheng Palace, the Luoyang County Prison, etc. in the name of repairing the mansion, and his intentions and i-testing can be seen.
"What? Silent was surprised: "You said he wanted to rebel?"
"I dare not say rebellion." Lin Run shook his head and said, "But the unjust intention is certain. His guards are not only seriously organized, but also have many dead soldiers among the people. They also bribed green forest horses and bandits and refugees. According to my observation, there are more or less his shadow behind the bandits in Henan." As he said, he asked silently, "You said he was the prince, but he went to fight with the robbers. What else can he have?
Silently, Zhu Dianshan! He has become a prince, but is still working hard to establish mass relations. It can be seen that he is still not satisfied, but the position of the prince is already above ten thousand people. If he makes any progress, he can only let the emperor move his position.
"He also set up the East Factory, set up a private prison, arrested the people, and persecuted the loyal and kind; and spent huge sums of money to purchase weapons. His guards were equipped with three-eyed muskets from the Qingyi, which is said to be incomparable to the Shenji Camp in Beijing." Lin Run finally concluded: "In short, taking advantage of the external troubles of the imperial court and the civil strife, King Yi has no time to supervise these vassal kings. In the past few years, the motives are absolutely impure." He said with a serious expression: "And the impact of this person is extremely bad, and many vassal kings have followed suit and are ready to move. If they are not punished severely in time, they are afraid that they will cause a disaster at that time!
After hearing Lin Run's words, he asked quietly: "Are all the officials in Henan blind and mute? Why didn't anyone say a word to the court when King Yi made such a big noise?
"Why didn't it? Local officials sued him many times, but every time he was safe and sound. Instead, the people who sued him became more and more bad soon. They were dismissed from office and then died suddenly, making everyone scared and no one dared to meddle in other people's business. Lin Run asked him, "Do you know why?"
Silently nodded and said, "There are people in his court."
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"Yes." Lin Run nodded: "He was following the Yan Shifan route, and he seemed to have bribed the eunuchs in the East Factory. He had a large sum of money to pay filial piety every year, so he naturally showed no worries on the road."—
"But now Yan Shifan has stepped down." Chen Silent said softly.
"So he became even more restless. Lin Run said: "I stepped up recruiting soldiers and horses, plundered people's wealth, and even began to hoard food and grass. His actions were very suspicious." As he said that, he took out a thick booklet from his arms and handed it to silently and said: "This is a special channel that I got from the Yi Palace since the second half of last year. All the funds and expenditures, and almost all the expenses, have been used to purchase food and grass, iron and iron horses. What do you think he wants to do?
Chen Si took it over, read it carefully, and after reading it, he raised his head and said in a deep voice: "You must have some plans for preparing for war!" He said, looking at Lin Run and said: "Have you reported it?"
"No..." Lin Run shook his head in frustration and said, "I heard that the priest came to Yangzhou, so I hurried from Nanjing and asked to see him, but maybe because of my bad reputation, those people didn't report it. I don't know who Yan Shifan's accomplices, for fear of leaking the news and making the matter complicated, so no one told me. He said, "Later, I remembered that you were accompanying you, so I asked about your whereabouts everywhere. I realized that you had taken a leave of absence from the boat halfway through the emperor. I guess you were going to see the prefect of Huai'an, Hai Rui, and you will have to come to Yangzhou sooner or later, so I planned to wait here for you for two days. If I really can't wait, I will go to Shaoxing and wait.
"What's the use of looking for me?" Silent smiled bitterly: "There is no conclusive evidence. Just based on this book of unknown origin, I want to eradicate a prince. I will probably be injured by the tiger if I fail to kill the tiger.
"Anyway, let the emperor wake up." Lin Run whispered: "My top student
Chapter completed!