Han’s Son is Not a Slave

In an inconspicuous wing of the Xishan Charity Temple, Xu Yuanwen, the champion of the new division, and Ye Fangai, who was on the same list, were sitting around the fireplace with their hands warm. Both of them are from Kunshan, and the Wu Yin of their hometown is quite pleasant to listen to.

Ye Fangai and Xu Yuanwen came to Xishan with the saint yesterday evening. The emperor was listening to the Buddhist interpretation of the Buddhist scriptures in Yulin Tongxiu, and the two of them were called here. I have nothing to do, and I am the new champion and Tanhua Lang, and they are also from the same town. This naturally refers to my hometown.

"The court's use of troops in the southwest cost a lot of money and food, and Guangdong and the two lakes were hit by military disasters. The court proposed to collect more collections in the south of the Yangtze River to solve the insufficient expenditure of the national treasury. I wonder what Duke Zhuangyuan thinks about this?"

Ye Fang Ai suddenly mentioned the imperial decree issued the day before yesterday. The decree requires that all regions in the south of the Yangtze River levy a heavier grain tax than the previous Ming Dynasty on the gentry, to support the war in the southwest and the eight banners of the capital, which is called urging. Ye Fangai and Xu Yuanwen are both children of big families in Kunshan. As soon as the urging decree arrives, it can be imagined that his family will definitely be asked for money and food. It is related to their own interests, so they are naturally concerned.

Xu Yuanwen smiled and shook his head: "Just call me by my name. What is the title of Duke Yuan, do you want me to call you a Tanhua Lang?"

Hearing this, Ye Fangai also laughed, and the title was changed, "Then what is Brother Xu's opinion on the court's urging of Jiangnan?"

"In terms of opinions, there are indeed some." Xu Yuanwen said.

"I would like to hear the details." Ye Fangai bowed his head and listened.

Xu Yuanwen signaled that the other party didn't have to do this, and thought for a moment: "Brother Ye, do you know about "Five People's Tombstones"?"

""Five People's Tombstones"? The one written by Ximing Gong?"

Ye Fangai was stunned for a moment, wondering why Xu Yuanwen suddenly mentioned that Zhang Puzuo, the founder of Fushe, made a fuss. As a scholar in the south of the Yangtze River, Ye Fangai naturally knew about the famous "Five Tombstones" written by Duke Ximing, and the things described in the article are also roughly clear.

In the sixth year of Apocalypse, Jin Yiwei was sent by the capital to read out the edict of arresting Zhou Shunchang, a member of the Donglin Party, at the Suzhou governor's yamen. There were the governor Mao Yilu, the imperial censor Xu Ji, and the horsemen Zhang Yinglong and Wen Zhibing from Beijing. Suddenly, a large number of people gathered at the entrance of the yamen, and then Zhu Sheng Wen Zhenheng, Yang Tingshu, Wang Jie, Liu Yuhan and others demanded to see the Jiangsu Governor Mao Yilu and the censor Xu Ji, saying that they wanted to petition for the people to release Zhou Shunchang. .

The arrest of Zhou Shunchang was carried out by Jinyiwei, who came from the capital, in accordance with the emperor's edict. During the debate, Jin Yiwei, who was running the errand, accused Zhu Sheng of gathering the people to obstruct the handling of the case, while Zhu Sheng and the people scolded Jin Yiwei for falsely spreading imperial edicts and arresting people. As a result, the two sides clashed, and then there was a big fight. The scene suddenly got out of control, and civil unrest broke out. Two Jin Yiwei from the capital were killed and many were injured.

The governor Mao Yilu and the censor Xu Ji, who were on the side of the imperial court, were also hit by the incident. Mao Yilu was spared by hiding in the toilet. The prefect Kou Shen and the county magistrate Chen Wenrui stood on the side of Zhu Sheng and were not affected. After the incident, the emperor was furious, and five soldiers in Suzhou were arrested and executed by the government. Later, Zhang Pu, one of the two Loudong Zhangs who founded the Fushe, personally wrote the inscriptions for the five people, which were widely read for a while.

Of course, this matter can also be understood as the **** Wei Zhongxian, the **** in the Tianqi period, dictating power, snaring all over the world, and suppressing the Donglin party members with brutal means. In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian sent people to Suzhou to arrest Zhou Shunchang, who had served as the head of the Ministry of Personnel and the literary anthologist. In this struggle, five righteous men were killed by the **** party, and Zhang Pu, the leader of the resumption society and a member of the Donglin party, personally made tombstones for the five people.

Things are very clear, but Ye Fangai doesn't understand what this has to do with Jiangnan Cuike.

Xu Yuanwen asked him, "Why did those five people die?"

Ye Fangai said: "The people are so angry that they resisted the eunuch's persecution of Zhongliang and Liangliang."

Hearing this, Xu Yuanwen shook his head and said, "At first, I thought so too, but then my uncle told me that there was another article on this matter. I was puzzled, so I asked my uncle what article he had, but after he said it, he said It's like waking up from a dream, it turns out that this matter is really inhumane."

Ye Fangai became more and more confused as he listened to it. The people were angry and protested because the eunuchs persecuted Zhongliang. This matter was passed down by the gentry in Jiangnan.

"First of all, why did Wei Zhongxian arrest Zhou Shunchang?"

"What is the reason for Wei Yi's actions? Those who follow me will prosper and those who go against me will perish."

"It's right to say that. The problem is that Wei Zhongxian's arrest of Zhou Shunchang is not the arrest of the people of Suzhou, nor the five righteous men. Why should these people resist with the students? Moreover, the arrest is the imperial decree issued by Emperor Tianqi, come here. What does this have to do with the common people? Are the people really outraged and voluntarily gathered in the yamen to fight against the government?"

"Brother Xu, what do you mean?"

"This is not what I meant, but what my uncle meant. My uncle told me that the people are not outraged because this matter has nothing to do with the interests of the people, and they cannot fight against the government for an unknown official. Yes. And to be able to gather so many people to provoke such a big civil upheaval, there are people behind it, and someone instructs them, otherwise, the people will be full of food and risk beheadings and fight against the government?"

After hearing this, Ye Fangai was stunned, pondering what Xu Yuanwen said, and gradually the product was not right. That's right, if it wasn't for someone's instigation, how could the people gather so many people, and how would they know that a tiqi was coming from the government to arrest Zhou Shunchang.

"I heard it before and found it unbelievable. After I read the article of Duke Xi Ming over and over again, I found that Duke Xi Ming had made the facts clear in the text. Brother Ye can remember that there are pioneers of our society who acted for it. Shengyi, collecting money to send him off, crying that shakes the heavens and the earth?"

"There is such a saying."

"What is our society? It is the predecessor of Yingshe, the predecessor of the Fushe! "Being the first person to act" means that Yang Tingshu and Wen Zhenheng, the backbone of the Yingshe, act as the backbone of this operation. Yang Tingshu is the veteran of the Yingshe, second only in status Yu Zhangpu and Zhang Cai, Wen Zhenheng and his elder brother Wen Zhenmeng were all heroes of the moment and the backbone of the complex. In addition, I wrote a letter requesting a thick burial of five people, because what he did was a member of the Donglin Party; please be in power, and it was Taipu Si Qing Wu Yinzhi who asked for a thick burial, and Hanlin editors Wen Zhenmeng and Yao Ximeng. Wen Zhen Meng and Yao Ximeng are both members of the Donglin Party and Fushe, and they are also high-ranking officials in the imperial court. The two also served as the daily lecturer of Emperor Chongzhen, and Yao Ximeng is Wen Zhenmeng's nephew, you probably don't know about this."

"Little brother really doesn't know the relationship between these people."

Ye Fangai smiled bitterly. Although he was from Kunshan and his family was also a big family, he was really not as good as Xu Yuanwen in relation to those big figures in the former Ming Dynasty. He sighed inwardly. After all, it was the extravasation of the great Confucian Gu Yanwu.

Xu Yuanwen didn't expect Ye Fangai to be ashamed of his own knowledge, so he just said, "Who paid for the construction of the five tombstones on Shanyong Street? The tombstones are clearly engraved, Wu Yinzhi, Wen Zhenmeng, Yao Ximeng, Qian Qianyi, Qu Shisi and others are mostly Donglin party members or people who are pro-Donglin, and the other five writers are Zhang Pu, the founder of Yingshe and Fushe. So this matter is nothing but a story from the beginning to the end. It was the Donglin party people who used the common people to fight against Wei Zhongxian. So brother Ye should be able to guess the origin of this matter. To put it bluntly, the arrested Zhou Shunchang was the backbone of the Donglin party, and it was Donglin who planned the rescue and instructed the people to attack the government. Lin Dang people, their purpose is to deter the imperial court from arresting Dong Lin Dang people by creating turmoil. As Zhang Pu said in the article: "The soldiers were struck by the anger of my county, and they did not dare to govern them again; the great eunuchs He also fearlessly patrols righteousness, and it is very difficult for a sudden attack to occur. "

Speaking of this, Xu Yuanwen suddenly sneered, "Among the five so-called righteous men who took the initiative to die, Zhou Wenyuan was actually Zhou Shunchang's bearer, and the other four were either Yaling, buddies, or dealers, all of which were identities. Humble people, the lives of these people are worthless, the imperial court asks the crime, and the Donglin party members are afraid of death, so they spend money to buy these five people to face the crime, and it is a good plan to promote it afterward."

Ye Fangai sighed and said, "Perhaps, it's really as Brother Xu said, but in the final analysis, what does the matter that Brother Xu and I said have anything to do with Rehike? One thing in the past, the other in the present, seems to be irrelevant. Match?"

"Why do the Donglin party members desperately oppose Wei Zhongxian, and Wei Zhongxian wants to arrest people and kill people indiscriminately?"

Xu Yuanwen said that he put down the warm pot in his hand, and the pot was no longer warm.

This question made Ye Fangai unable to answer for a while. He wanted to say that because Wei Zhongxian was a eunuch, and eunuchs were wicked people, it was right for the Donglin party members to oppose him. But these words seem to be untenable. The sage never taught his disciples to discriminate against those with disabilities. If he said this, he was afraid that he would violate the avenue of the sage. There are some things that you can think about in your heart, but it is not appropriate to say it.

Seeing that he was silent, Xu Yuanwen said directly: "The reason is very simple, the court has no money, Jiangnan has money, Wei Zhongxian wanted to get money from Jiangnan, but the Donglin party members stopped him, so he wanted to kill."

"Murder for money?"

"This is not a small number, nor is it a matter of one family or one family, but a matter of a country. Can the court still be called a court if it has no money? If the big-headed soldier has no pay and no food, would he still be willing to work for the court? Serving as a soldier If you don’t give up your life, you are disloyal to the court, isn’t this world going to change?… Not to mention the court, it’s just a small family, the family is extremely poor, and they don’t have a single piece of copper, so don’t think of a way to make money. Does Tongzi support the family? Who won't let him earn money to support the family, you say, will he work hard with that person?"

"That being said, but things can't be blamed on the party members. Wei Zhongxian can do it himself if he wants to get money. Why should he kill the party members?"

Ye Fangai finished speaking, but found that Xu Yuanwen didn't answer, just stared at himself. He was stunned for a moment, and then blushed a little. The party members were party members, and the roots of the party members were not the big gentry in the world. And where in the world has the most gentry? Jiangnan also!

Cutting people's fortunes is like killing one's parents. Wei Zhongxian wants to get money from Jiangnan, which naturally affects the interests of the gentry in Jiangnan. As a result, the party members will naturally oppose him. When the party members turned against him, Wei Zhongxian wanted to kill him. Without killing, without shocking, how could he get money for the court.

Perhaps the party members did not dare to raise the flag to create a rebellion against the imperial court, but there are too many workarounds in private, so Suzhou gathering the people to attack the government is not a disguised method.

This reason is too simple, I couldn't see clearly before, but I really applauded the five righteous people. Now I think about it, it's ridiculous, ridiculous.

Ye Fangai was silent. He thought of himself and his family for him to study for the imperial examinations. Isn't the idea that he could become a court official one day, and he would instead take care of the family and protect the family. Now that the court wants to urge the Jiangnan, how should he, Tanhua Lang, decide whether to persuade the clan to hand over the money and grain to the court, or let them continue to fight taxes in the same way as before.

Talking about a thousand things and ten thousand things, everyone is active when they touch other people's things, but who really wants to touch things in their own bags?

"Don't you think how similar it is now and then? The same court has no money, and the same court needs money from Jiangnan."

What Xu Yuanwen said and what Ye Fangai thought were actually the same thing.

"You and I both know how effective the imperial court's decree has been. The Jiangnan gentry and the local government have been in contact for a long time since the previous dynasty, and the interests are like big trees. It's the transportation government, who bribes and buys books, secretly owes money and grains, and will never hand over the things in their pockets."

"This... this is a new dynasty, do they still want to be the same as before?"

Ye Fangai's words were a little different, because what he thought was the same as before.

"In the face of interests, there is no old dynasty or new dynasty, only my family's or your family's."

"Brother Xu, what are you going to do? Both your family and mine are the targets of urging the family."

"It depends on whether you and I are on their side or on the court's side."

"What's the meaning of this?"

"If you and I stand on the side of the imperial court and know the secret inside, we will definitely report the inside story to the emperor, let the imperial court formulate a more severe punishment than the Ming Dynasty, and send more capable people to do it. Even if Jiangnan has provoked countless so-called people's changes, it should be carried out with drastic measures and never follow personal interests. But if you and I stand on your side and tell the court how to move the money in your pocket, don't you think it's funny? ."

"Ah..." Ye Fangai really didn't know what to say.

"Actually, I'm not worried about my family, but about those people. If the imperial court urges them urgently and ruthlessly, they will think about the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty." Xu Yuanwen felt a little worried.

who are they?

Ye Fang Ai knew ~www.NovelMTL.com~ who else could be except those Jiangnan gentry.

"I'm worried, as soon as the urging decree arrives, people in Jiangnan will become clear again. If it was in the past, it would be fine. Now if something happens to Jiangnan, I'm afraid it will be more difficult in this world."

"People's hearts are still towards the Qing Dynasty, they are not confused."

"What is the human heart, does it have human hearts in front of interests? If they understand human hearts, this Ming Dynasty will not die."

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Ahem, bones are more interested in the history of the Apocalypse period, so I wrote something along the way. Don't think that bones are just a few words. In fact, this matter has a lot to do with the three major cases in Jiangnan, and the three major cases in Jiangnan are related to Jiangnan. The gentry's anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty have a lot to do, it has something to do with the country's surname, and indirectly, it has something to do with Xiu Cai who wants to pick fruits from the southeast. This chapter is a foreshadowing.

Writing a novel is not about fighting and killing all day long. A story needs many plots, many scenes, and many screen transitions. (To be continued.)