Chapter 288 – Zhang Anshi Strikes
Yao Guangxiao glanced at Zhu Di and nodded his head, “Your Majesty, I have already looked around and have some news.”
Zhu nodded, “How?”
Looking at Zhu with quite a bit of urgency.
Yao Guangxiao, however, was calm and relaxed: “Your Majesty …… since the war after the war, war and chaos, these years all over the world suffered disasters, coupled with all around the White Lotus Sect and the Taoist Sect, the Society Sect ……”
Yao Guangxiao paused here, raised his eyelids again, and glanced at Zhu Di before continuing, “The situation of the corv茅e is even more amortized in layers, and the people are already complaining.”
What he said was already considered polite.
Zhu Di heard it, but he had already stood up, and he did not curse angrily or angrily, but listened attentively.
Hearing this, Zhu subconsciously said, “This is all state and county officials who are unlawful.
Jin Zhong even said bluntly, “I also sent people to secretly visit, the people’s complaints, but His Majesty.”
Hearing this, Zhu Di’s body shivered.
In a way, Zhu became alarmed.
In fact, the whole Yongle dynasty, although it is done a lot of great things, but because Zhu Di name is not right, belongs to the usurper of the king, coupled with the people’s livelihood, disaster, the whole world triggered by the people change very quickly.
Just these, Zhu Di does not put on the heart, he felt that he can completely control the situation, the so-called civil unrest, as long as the official army to one, can be suppressed just.
But the White Lotus Sect made Zhu Di awakened something, a Taoist sect, it is impossible to rampant to such a point, there must be some reason.
Yao Guangxiao and Jin Zhong, is Zhu Di’s most trusted people, other people’s words, the ministers may reverse the right and wrong black and white, the crown prince or Zhang Anshi is trustworthy, but they are talking about picking up good words.
Only Yao Guangxiao and Jin Zhong, but can close the door, say some heartfelt words.
This is why, Zhu Di asked Yao Guangxiao and Jin Zhong to secretly visit and investigate.
“Resentment?” Zhu Di brow wrinkled deeper, he coldly said, “I have never not the people’s thoughts, the people resent me for what?”
“Your Majesty, to receive the dirt of the country is to be the lord of the gods of earth and grain; to receive the ominousness of the country is to be the king of the world. The people of the world, do not care about these, what they care about, is whether they live better than before, if they can live in peace and work happily, they will praise your majesty, but if they are dislocated, they will resent your majesty.” Yao Guangxiao said.
Zhu Di took his seat and sighed, “I’m afraid that there are also quite a few chaotic parties that secretly demonize the public.”
Jin Zhong smiled bitterly, “Your Majesty, this is not important, could it be that when Tang Taizong was around, there were no demons? But why is it that for centuries in later generations, countless people, clamored for their praise?”
Zhu Di s face changed slightly, he closed his eyes, “Hey …… I am ultimately far inferior to others. I am just a martial artist.”
Yao Guangxiao and Jin Zhongxi, then both fell silent.
Zhu Di seems to be in a particularly heavy mood: “Although I am brave, but if I know that the world complains about me, even if there are all kinds of martial arts, but also can not help such as awns in the back, the way of the world, after all, not what I am good at.”
He shook his head, moody depressed said: “I ordered the Prince to open the House, is also this intention, he is lenient, patient, not like me in such a hurry, the only …… thing I worry about is …… that he has been wronged by someone! …… Well, Zhang Anshi is both willing to do his best for the Prince, but also decisive people, if not, I really do not feel at ease. Yang Pu this person …… have you heard of?”
Jin Zhong and Yao Guangxiao looked at each other and both shook their heads.
“This person was recommended by Zhang Anshi, for the Zhanzhifu bachelor, just I do not know this person, there are a few skills, wait and see.”
Zhu Di pursed his lips, “Tai Zu high emperor business is not easy, I want to be a filial son, so that my Daming shine for thousands of years, which can afford to Tai Zu high emperor’s nurturing, but now it seems …… that I have some things to do, is able to do. But some things, do very confused, if you can not do a good job, is not a good son or daughter, no face to see Taizu high emperor ah.”
Zhu turned back, “What do the people scold me more for?”
Yao Guangxiao had difficulty speaking and only said Amitabha Buddha.
Jin Zhong is a truthful person, “Mostly filthy words, and some used to make fun of.”
Zhu stiffened his face, he couldn’t imagine that his folk image was this bad.
Yao Guangxiao then comforted Zhu Di and said, “Your Majesty …… has the world by pacifying the world, it is inevitable that some people ……”
Zhu Di shook his head: “I just ascended the throne when the Jiangxi Yongxin civil mutiny, to the Yongle two years, there is Xincheng civil mutiny, to three years, it is Xunzhou, Guizhou, Liuzhou civil mutiny. Just the year before last, there is Henan Nanyang civil unrest, which are larger civil unrest, as for the other civil unrest, it is even more numerous. I used to think that this was just a scabby problem, but now it seems that things are not so.”
Zhu Di said, “Just …… how to appease the hearts of the world ……”
He shook his head and continued to scowl.
Yao Guangxiao and Jin Zhong also frowned.
Three feet of ice is not a day’s cold, and honestly …… it’s …… hard!
Just at this moment, a eunuch arrived outside the hall, and Yiluoha fetched a zhengshi in, saying, “Your Majesty, the Duke of Wei has submitted a report.”
Zhu Di carried his hands behind his back, “What was played?”
Yiluoha opened the zhangshe, looked down for a moment, said, “Wei Guo Gong zhangshe, the White Lotus Sect remnants of the entrenchment of Taipingfu, by its bewitchment of the demonic path and the ignorant people are numerous, I implore your majesty …… in order to prevent in advance, so that this Taipingfu the foot of the son of God of the capital city to be able to return to the calm, please, your majesty . …grant permission for Taipingfu to carry out the harnessing of Taipingfu by military law in order to purge the remnants of the White Lotus Sect.”
Chu: “……”
Zhu Di said, “Military law to harness the people, he dares to think.”
Yiluoha said, “The sangha also said that the situation of the White Lotus Sect in Taipingfu was very bleak and had reached a point of no delay.”
The horizontal flesh on Zhu’s face trembled, “What do Master Yao and Minister Jin think?”
Yao Guangxiao said, “Your Majesty, this Zhang Anshi is not trying to hang a sheep’s head and sell dog meat.”
Chu: “……”
Yao Guangxiao said: “Zhang Anshi this Taiping Province governor, is his own fight to go, why fight this Taiping Province, certainly not he wants to over the addiction of the governor, but he has his own mind just, now but then come up with this ……鑷ｅ€掍互涓�…… . he is trying to do something, favor and dare not go to see, so …… come up with such a bad idea.”
Yao Guangxiao shook his head again, “No.”
“There’s something wrong again.”
“Zhang Anshi, this person …… does work decisively, and the person is also resourceful, but such a stroke is not his style, your majesty, there must be someone behind the scenes to abet him.”
Zhu said, “You’re right, it’s like your style.”
Yao Guangxiao: “……”
Zhu Di said, “In that case, I should find Zhang Anshi to ask for clarification?”
“Actually it is not necessary.” Yao Guangxiao smiled and shook his head, “Why should your majesty need to ask, the matter was brought up by Zhang Anshi, he wants to revitalize himself, so let him do so, if your majesty asks, it will instead become your majesty’s support for him to the best of his ability.”
“Can’t support it either?”
Yao Guangxiao shook his head and said: “Why did the Son of Heaven let his ministers help him to rule the world? Because the lord of the earth and grain, ten million ties are tied up in one body, if you are involved in everything, you will be criticized, so the ministers do the work for you, and if things go wrong, the son of heaven can step in and correct the ministers’ behavior. If the ministers do a good job, the kingdom will be secure and His Majesty will be greatly benefited.”
Zhu Di said, “Hey …… you all have a flowery mind.”
Zhu Di looked to Yiluoha: “Enjoin this one zhang, I permit it.”
Zhu Di also said to Yao Guangxiao, “You send people again, make secret visits all around, and go all over the world.”
Yao Guangxiao said, “Obey the decree.”
Yao Guangxiao and Jin Zhong took their leave and walked out, the two of them walked side by side, Jin Zhong said, “Who was the person who came up with the idea behind Zhang Anshi?”
Yao Guangxiao said, “Amitabha Buddha, don’t look at poor monks, poor monks don’t do these hooks anymore.”
Jin Zhong said, “There is such a poisonous warrior in the world.”
Yao Guangxiao’s face changed, but in the end, he shook his head again to keep his mind calm.
Jin Zhong said, “What do you think Zhang Anshi wants to do?”
Yao Guangxiao said: “military law martial law only, both military law, is the Taiping Province before the law all null and void, he Zhang Anshi said what is the military law, what is the military law.”
Jin Zhong said, “This kid is really a dog’s guts, and he dares to play like this at the foot of the Son of Heaven.”
“This is different.” Yao Guangxiao said, “If someone else is like this, the Emperor and the Crown Prince will have to wonder if this person is trying to cause a rebellion. If he does this, he is thinking of being loyal to the Emperor and the Crown Prince, this is like someone else’s child being naughty, you will be annoyed when you see it. But if your own son or nephew is naughty, but you think this child is smart, you can’t even be happy.”
Jin Zhong said, “Hey, sinning ah, I don t know what this guy …… will get out of it, he is still young after all, people have a small smart is not good, governance of a place, can not rely on a small smart, this is related to the well-being of thousands of people, can not be a joke.”
Yao Guangxiao said, “Just worry less.”
“How can I not worry about it, after all, this kid is a diamond in the rough, and has a great future ahead of him.”
Yao Guangxiao shook his head, “Ai, actually, poor monk is also worried.”
“Monks worry about nothing.”
“With the imposition of military law, is it time to strictly prohibit monks from making money.”
“……”
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Sushumi.
Taiping Prefecture’s co-conspirators, general magistrates, magistrates, governors, and school principals, as well as the county magistrates, county chancellors, chief bookkeepers, and officials from all counties have all arrived.
Hundreds of people, standing obediently at this point.
In fact, …… many more people are absent, as early as the arrest of the White Lotus Sect, two county magistrates were arrested, and an inspector was also involved.
At this point, everyone’s faces were not looking good and jittery.
Zhang Anshi arrived and ascended to his seat, and the people were busy greeting him.
Zhang Anshi only glanced at them, “You know all about the decree, right?”
Tongzhi Gaoxiang stepped forward with trepidation, “It is known.”
Zhang Anshi said, “The White Lotus Sect is heartless, people and gods are furious, not to get rid of these demons, I Zhang Anshi one day uneasy, gentlemen, we eat the emperor’s salary, loyal to the emperor’s affairs, now the counties White Lotus Sect is so rampant, how to report to the state, under the peace of the people it.”
The crowd said yes.
Zhang Anshi said, “Now both the military rule of law, then what is being practiced now is military law, in order to wipe out the White Lotus Sect, the chaotic world should be used with heavy punishment, who is in favor of it, who is against it?”
“Aye.”
Zhang Anshi nodded: “Good, first issue the first military order, in order to prevent the infiltration of the remaining White Lotus Sect, from now on, abolish the road guide, allow the people to move, revoke the township barriers, the road inspectors, shall no longer check the road guide, and non-essential, shall not be searched for merchants and goods at the wharves and city gates.”
Gao Xiang brain confused, timidly said, “Gong …… Gong master …… this road guide and the White Lotus Sect have what to do?”
Zhang Anshi said, “The people are staying in one place, isn’t this an obvious way for the White Lotus Sect to find them and tempt them with demonic words?” Zhang Anshi said, “You don’t even understand such common sense, what kind of official do you work for?”
Gaoxiang: “……”
Zhang Anshi said, “This second military order, re-survey the land, within the Taiping Province, no longer collected by headcount, but amortized into acres, from today onwards, everything is based on the amount of land to pay taxes!”
This was a huge uproar.
Crazy.
Wouldn’t that mean that whoever has more land is at a disadvantage?
Gao Xiang a bit anxious eyes, at this time hardened his head and said, “Gong master …… we …… are not arresting the White Lotus Sect?”
Zhang Anshi looked at him angrily: “White Lotus bandits …… are best at hiding land, now re-measure the land, this hidden land are mastered, so that this White Lotus bandits have nothing to hide. As for this apportionment into the acres, it is even simpler, who has more land, who pays the tax will be more, instead of charging by the head, this is to prevent the displaced people, many people, clearly no land, but also want to collect his head tax, he can not pay, not become a rogue bandit? This roving bandit will not be used by the White Lotus Sect? To combat the White Lotus Sect, we need to cut off their roots, the so-called capture the king first, shoot people first shoot horses, do you understand this reasoning?”
Gaoxiang: “……”
Zhang Anshi said, “This third ……”
Gaoxiang a little anxious, at this time only feel like the back, such a military law to implement out, to have an accident ah, how to explain to the local gentry.
He immediately said, “Your Excellency ……”
Zhang Anshi listened to him interrupt himself, immediately burst into a rage, almost pointing to his nose, cursing: “into your mother, how do you everywhere in the White Lotus bandits speak, how, could it be that you and the White Lotus Church also have collusion. This is no wonder, no wonder the internal thousand households reported, said many local officials, and White Lotus collusion, plotting mischief …… no wonder I first look at you, look at and look at that White Lotus bandits in general.”
Gao Xiang was so scared that the person was going to be paralyzed, and immediately said, “No …… not, Your Excellency Mingjian ah.”
When the others saw it, they had long been too frightened to utter a single breath.
A county oracle, being old, had two black eyes and almost fainted.
Zhang Anshi said, “Don’t be sophomoric, the chaotic world uses heavy punishment, what’s being practiced now is military law, you have great guts to open your eyes for the White Lotus Sect, and at this point in time, you’re still speaking up for them everywhere, so it’s obvious that you’re not an ordinary White Lotus Sect rebel, but a bold and courageous leader of the White Lotus Sect’s thieves!”
“Injustice ……” shouted Gaoxiang.
Zhang Anshi said, “The court treats you well and feeds so many of your concubines and children, if you do such a thing, are you worthy of the court and worthy of me?”
Gaoxiang: “……”
He has been so scared that he can not speak, shivering, it is not fun to get involved in the White Lotus sect those chaotic parties.
He was busy saying: “The next official is not this meaning, the next official means …….Master …… you …… you at this time of national crisis, come forward, really ……. …really …… teach my admiration, the next official to the White Lotus bandits, hate to the bone, very can not eat its flesh, now at this time of crisis, the master is willing to join forces to kill thieves, the next official since the work of the dog and horse.”
Zhang Anshi said, “Is that so?”
Gao Xiang said, “Yes, yes, yes, the next official …… to the head as a guarantee, just said, every sentence from the heart.”
Zhang Anshi said, “These words, you can say in private, now in the meeting, do not nag, always interrupt me, teach me to suspect your intentions.”
“Yes, yes, yes.” Gao Xiang was sweating profusely, only feeling that he had gone to the gates of hell for a long time, he had already planned to go back this time and resign from his post.
Zhang Anshi said: “But you are willing to serve, it would be better, I am now using people at the time, I am afraid that some people have two ends, collusion with the White Lotus Church. Let’s say just now, I heard an oracle said to resign to go back to his hometown to sue for old age, hum …… I see that this oracle is afraid of having ghosts in his heart, could it be that he has condoned the White Lotus bandits on weekdays, and at this time, he is a thief who is weak. I want to run? He resigned, can run where to go? The ends of the earth, I can also find him, where there is collusion with the White Lotus Church, will not share the same heaven with me, I will kill him.”
Gaoxiang: “……”
Zhang Anshi swept through the crowd, “None of you would want to resign as well, would you?”
Everyone laughed: “Haha, haha …… don’t dare, don’t dare.”
“Don’t dare?”
The crowd laughed again, “No, no, no, no, the court has been raising soldiers for dozens of years, and now that the White Lotus Sect is a scourge, it is the time for the court to use people, so I would not dare to hang up my crown and leave.”
Zhang Anshi said: “said good, this is my Daming’s pillar, into his mother, those weekdays to eat the people’s fat and wealth of the people, encountered the matter will want to run, who does he think he is, accounted for the advantage accounted for the court …… also accounted for my Zhang Anshi head to the head of his court and I as a fool to look at it? ”
“Right, right, right.” The crowd laughed again.
Gao Xiang was also happy: “Local officials, guarding the land has the responsibility, who dares to escape, I Taipingfu all under the mountain to discuss it.”
Zhang Anshi said, “Gao Tongzhi said good, this is very good, write it down, to open the list out, teach the clerical officials of this counties to learn well.”
Gaoxiang smiled, “Your Excellency …… I think this would be unnecessary ……”
Zhang Anshi said, “You don’t want to be modest, well, that’s it, next. The third military order, the abolition of artisan households, medical households, and civilian households …… This is of course also to guard against the White Lotus Sect, well …… everyone understands.”
At this time, Gaoxiang and others are numb, at this time, there is a kind of destruction, love it or hate it emotion in the heart.
Thus all pile on the smiles, “Yes, yes, yes ……”
Some people are even shaking their heads, “Abolish this …… in the suppression of banditry greatly favorable, White Lotus sect villains, sinister and cunning, always borrowing the identity of doctors and craftsmen to walk the streets, and now it is good …… everyone can walk the streets …… This can not be …… can not be ……”
Speaking here, this smiling man a bit can not make up, because according to this, not even the White Lotus Sect do not have to pretend to disguise their identity, more convenient to string the people?
Zhang Anshi’s face pulled down, and he suspected that this person must be here to cause trouble.
The man said hurriedly, “In short, wonderful, this strategy is very wonderful, really wonderful, Master God’s clever calculation, always a step ahead of the White Lotus Sect bandits, teach them nothing to hide.”
Zhang Anshi said, “Is that so?”
His eyes balked.
Wherever their eyes swept, everyone nodded with a smile, “Yeah, yeah.”
There are those who can’t stand it, but they have to make do with what they have.
Zhang Anshi said: “temporarily these three, but next, there are some details, when the time to open the list out, so as to teach the counties and townships to convey, not only so, you and others have the responsibility to guard the land, in the local area, especially according to the military law to act, all the military orders I issued, if there is disobedience, or disobedience, don’t ever let me catch, and now the line of the military law, do not respect the military order, kill without pardon. ”
Gaoxiang: “……”
Zhang Anshi looked at Gao Xiang, “Tongzhi Gao, I see that you are not too happy.”
Gao Xiang said, “Where are the words, my humble servant can’t even wait to be happy.”
“Good.” Zhang Anshi said, “Both so, then according to this, everyone will eat a meal here at noon, after the meal, I want to call you one by one to have a private talk, all of you have any ideas to fight the bandits, all can speak freely to me, no need to be afraid.”
Zhang Anshi waved his hand, and the people were arranged to go eat as if they had been pardoned.
……
“Gao Tongzhi, Gao Tongzhi ……”
The magistrate of Dangtu County jogged to catch up with Gao Xiang.
Dangtu County is the original Taiping prefecture of the government, because the governor’s office and the governor’s office in the same city, so this magistrate and high relations with the governor are more familiar. The county magistrate and Gao Tongzhi were more familiar with each other,
This Dangtu County magistrate Deng Tong carefully looked around and whispered, “Gao Tongzhi, how do I look …… at it.”
“No need to look.” Gao Xiang whispered, “What else is there to see ……”
“No, what do we do.”
“What do you want to do?”
“Following this Zhang Anshi is going to leave a bad taste in the mouth.”
“You want to resign?”
Deng Tong face green a piece of red a piece, the old half day before mumbling: “May not dare, may not dare, the next official means …… always have to think of a way to be good.”
“I thought about it.” Gaoxiang sighed.
Deng Tong’s eyes lit up, “What a way.”
Gaoxiang spread his hands, “There’s no way!”
Dunton: “……”
Gao Xiang sighed: “Hey …… we are not a Beijing official, nor a noble Hanlin, and now that a great difficulty is approaching, what else can we do except to beg for help?”
Deng Tong Tong: “I’m afraid that when we return to the county, those squires in the county, they’re going to poke us in the backbone. ”
Gao Xiang wanted to cry: “They are just poking the spine, this side is to cut off your head, military law to harness the people do you know what it means? People are really daring to kill.”
Deng Pass: “My humble servant understands.”
In the afternoon, Zhang Anshi summoned someone for a private conversation.
The first to come, naturally, was Tongzhi Gaoxiang.
Gao Xiang saluted Zhang Anshi in the small hall, Zhang Anshi pressed his hand and smiled, “Gao Tongzhi, you and I are colleagues, head up but no head down, there is no need to be polite, how is the situation of your family, your father is still in the hall? Body can be good?”
Gaoxiang answered one by one.
Zhang Anshi said, “Your father such a long life, really teach people to envy, unlike Qin Zhengxue his father ……”
Gaoxiang: “……”
Zhang Anshi said, “You have the magistrate of Dangtu County well acquainted?”
Gaoxiang hurriedly said, “It’s still quite familiar.”
“That’s no wonder.” Zhang Anshi sipped tea, smiled, “No wonder he and you say everything, even follow me to do to be left behind for ten thousand years are willing to say, such a friend you must cherish, now people go out and make friends, not many people are willing to say sincere words with you. Ya …… Gao Tongzhi …… how good end, you kneel down to do what.”