Chapter 823: Let Ning Yuanhou pay him a penny.
Li Chengliang did two things as soon as he returned to Beijing. The first thing was to go to Tonghe Palace to meet the saint, which was the right thing; the second thing was to go to the big teahouse and beat Zhao Nanxing hard.
Zhao Nanxing couldn't meet anyone at all, and he couldn't handle this regular talk. Perhaps no one would listen to it again in the future.
Inside and outside the capital, there was an uproar. How could Li Chengliang, a vulgar martial artist, beat a famous scholar like Zhao Nanxing? It was simply a disgrace to have a gentleman!
After an uproar, I discussed it for a while on the streets and alleys, and it was just like that, without any more follow-ups.
There was no miscellaneous newspaper writing articles criticizing Li Chengliang for his lawlessness; nor did any censor take advantage of the two days before the New Year to report to scold Li Chengliang for beating people. Ning Yuanhou came out of Tonghe Palace and then went into the big teahouse to beat people. Whose meaning of beating people is self-evident.
It is obvious that Zhao Nanxing was beaten up for nothing. Li Chengliang had beaten Jianru before when he returned to Beijing. After beating him a few more times, everyone got used to it.
Zhao Nanxing was unpopular, and even the scholar-official class looked down on him. The king's army aided the Korean rebellion and was upright, but Zhao Nanxing used his martial arts to disgrace the people and abandoned the country in danger and rebuked the king's army to destroy the Japanese. This argument for moving the palace also claimed to be a straight minister, which even the scholar-official officials could not agree with.
After all, from any perspective, the Ming Dynasty is still in the upper country of the Celestial Empire. I am used to kneeling, and there are not so many lowly scholars who have taken root in their knees.
The capital was happily preparing for the New Year, and the Emperor of Ming Dynasty went to Nanhaizi to visit the family members of Duntai Yuanhou and the coastal defense inspection; went to Beidaying to meet the relatives of Shiwangcheng; issued another New Year's silver at Wuying Tower, but each of the sharp soldiers in the Beijing camp was only one silver dollar, which could buy about 100 kilograms of pork; went to Xishan Coal Bureau and Yongsheng Woolen Factory to inspect the fire prevention matters during the New Year, met the craftsmen, and asked about the trade union promoted by Wang Jiaping.
Wang Jiaping believes that the trade union should be based on the entire machinery workshop and the general reading and understanding of craftsmen.
But there is another paradox here, that is, most of the children of craftsmen are unwilling to let their children go to the workshop again after reading, and very few can be left behind. The work in the workshop is very tiring and heavy, and it is not decent enough.
The union still has a long way to go, and the road is difficult, but the union has made practical progress. At least the distribution of excess profits must be announced. Wherever the money is spent, it will be announced, which is another small step.
On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty met foreign officials, elders, and the common people at Huangji Gate. Nearly a thousand randomly selected people from all walks of life were summoned to the Huangji Warehouse and wrote down his most concerned things on the left and right corridors of Huangji Gate.
The people in the Lang Temple were chanting, and the Danqi asked about the political code.
Since the second year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng had to restore his ancestors to form a law and let the emperor meet with foreign officials, this system has been implemented well. As the emperor, Zhu Yijun never missed a day.
Zhu Yijun will review these more than a thousand memorials one by one, and will be sent to the cabinet for disposal on the sixth day of the next year.
Of course, this system inevitably has some formalizations. Most memorials are flattery, or someone teaches them, or they are not very brave to express their opinions. Most memorials are meaningless, but as long as one of them reflects the sufferings of the people, it is the victory of the system.
The Ming Dynasty is developing rapidly, and some problems that were not expected before are plaguing the people. For example, public security issues caused by free migration, some habitual criminals wander around and commit crimes. Because of the regional nature of the sea arrest document, the evil criminals who commit crimes are full of evil crimes, commit crimes here and hide secretly on the other side.
Danji's political questioning is also a continuation of the Han Dynasty's public bus writing system. At least there is a hole that allows the emperor to hear the voices of the people, even if it is only a crack.
It is always so difficult to understand the people's food, clothing, housing and transportation. The people's houses outside Chaoyang Gate do not represent universality. The people's houses outside Chaoyang Gate are already the life of some rural people day and night, even if they are still very difficult. "Your Majesty, sir is here." Zhang Hong walked in from outside the door and said with his head down.
Zhu Yijun put down the red pen in his hand and said, "Please hurry up."
"I pay homage to Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty," Zhang Juzheng bowed his head to see him. "No gifts, sit down, the country has already rested. Why did the sir come suddenly?" Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Hong to make a cup of good tea and asked strangely.
Zhang Juzheng looked at the memorials sorted out in different categories and felt a little moved. His Majesty was not idle in the New Year.
The court has been resting. Except for the official offices on duty, all of them have rested, but Your Majesty is still dealing with a lot of memorials. Zhang Juzheng started to speak up and said a little solemnly: "Your Majesty has not rested yet, so I dare not slack off."
"The Book of Documents says: The emperor has no relatives, but virtue is the auxiliary. Your Majesty is diligent in his work, criticizing Xuanshuang at night, and the cold year is still endless. This is a blessing for the country's dynasty. However, the national situation is not completed overnight. Please ask Your Majesty to explain the work of the work and rest."
Zhang Juzheng heard about the court with strictness, but looked at His Majesty who refused to rest during the New Year, but he still advised him to pay attention to the combination of work and rest.
Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "I am young and have a strong firepower. Besides, I am idle and idle. I just read a few memorials, it's not a problem."
Zhang Juzhengjian couldn't persuade him and reflected on whether he was a little too hard during the lecture, but now that things have come to this point, it is useless.
Zhang Juzheng put down his thoughts and said, "I came to Zhao for the six memorials. His six strategies for border maintenance are to set regulations and take charge of the clear position. The General Administration of Agricultural Reclamation of Beijing Hall was directly under the Ministry of War and obeyed the dispatch of the Ministry of Revenue. He appointed a member of the Governor-General of the Seal of the Seal. He elected Zhang Xueyan as the Governor-General of the Seal."
"One, Zhang Xueyan entered the court from Liaodong to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and was very familiar with Liaodong affairs; secondly, he entered the court for nine years and had no mistakes in interrogation; thirdly, Wang Situ was old and weak, and he communicated with me in private, intending to retire and support himself."
These are two things. Zhang Xueyan was the Governor-General of the Seal. In addition, it was Zhang Xueyan's entry into the cabinet. "Mr. I mean, the Minister of the Cabinet, the Governor of the Liaodong Military Reclamation?" Zhu Yijun thought for a while and understood Zhang Juzheng's plan.
According to Hou Yuzhao's plan, it was enough to be the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue as the Governor-General of the Seal, but Zhang Juzheng had thought that the official rank was too low before, and he might not be appropriate. The more he thought about it, he felt that it was not impossible, so he brought Xue to Tonghe Palace to present the holy face.
Wang Guoguang is old, and the imperial accountant's grandson finally couldn't hold on and wanted to leave the career he fought for for the whole life.
Fortunately, when I left, I was still full of hope for the Ming Dynasty to rejuvenate. "Your Majesty, Liaodong has 450,000 hectares of land reclamation. According to the six strategies for the border, a large number of people will move to Liaodong next year. In the absence of ten years, Liaodong may have more than one million hectares of land reclamation. Liaodong's land is fertile and produces grain per year. At least one-eighth of the total grain produced in the Ming Dynasty, or even more. It is an absolute granary." "This matter is very important and we have to pay attention to it." Zhang Juzheng explained his reasons. This minister in charge of seals must be a high-ranking official, but it is not enough to be a small official.
There is a general shortage of food in the north. If Liaodong can be fully developed, it will be amazing. The shortage of food in the north can be alleviated a lot, especially the shortage of food in the capital. There is no need to get food from arid areas such as Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Suiyuan, and it can even feed back.
Only by alleviating the general food shortage in the northwest region, the Restoration of the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty was considered to be a foundation and go further. "Mr. I'm thorough in thinking. Indeed, Liaodong is a big deal and I really need the seal of the cabinet ministers." Zhu Yijun recognized Zhang Juzheng's reason. The northeast was more than one million hectares of fertile land, and more than one-eighth of the total output of the Ming Dynasty. If it is really developed, the northeast can produce one-fifth of the grain shortage, which can greatly alleviate the problem of grain shortage in the north.
Zhang Juzheng attached great importance to Hou Yuzhao's memorial. He felt that this memorial could be paralleled with the two most important new policies in the fifteenth year of Wanli. There are many new policies to be implemented in the fifteenth year of Wanli, including the law of official review, the golden story, the Dinghai school system, the world Mingguan, the sunset plan, etc.
The two most important things here are the official rules and the Dinghai academic system, and the Liaodong Agricultural Reclamation Bureau is as important as the previous two.
The return of the Tian Ling and the One Whip Technique are the long-term goal. Zhang Juzheng felt that on the day he passed away, he could die in peace.
The one-whip method is still sleeping because Zhang Juzheng discovered that with the huge size of the Ming Dynasty, the number of metal currencies such as red copper, silver, and gold was too small, and it could not support the operation of the one-whip method. Only when the gold story was told well can the one-whip method have a basis for implementation.
Zhang Juzheng took this matter very importantly. He would rather brave the heavy snow and have a deep conversation with His Majesty during the New Year. He understood His Majesty’s true thoughts and promoted administrative orders. He needed to clearly know whether His Majesty attached so much to Liaodong in order to appease the Marquis of Ningyuan back to Beijing, or did he really attach great importance to Liaodong’s kingdom.
By discussing the "Six Strategies for the Border Security" with Your Majesty, Zhang Juzheng clearly knew that Your Majesty really valued the royalization of Liaodong. "Sir, no matter how many plantations there are overseas, they are still overseas. Liaodong is right at home. If you really reclaim it, it will leave a 50 or even a hundred years of relic for the Ming Dynasty. When you enter the country to destroy Japan, there are many mountains and few lands in Korea, and Japan has nothing but minerals. When you enter the country to fight, it is for the sake of peace in Liaodong." Zhu Yijun said a very realistic question.
The place where the entry of the North Korea to destroy the Japanese was really profitable was not in North Korea or Japan, but in the fertile land of thousands of miles of Liaodong. The current productivity and production relations of the Ming Dynasty had already spared some effort to cultivate Liaodong.
The land at the door of your house is not too small. No matter how much land there is overseas, it actually does not belong to the Ming Dynasty. This is also the reason why Zhu Yijun attaches so much importance to the development of Han townships. Only when the Han townships grow, these Han people in overseas territories can take root. "Your Majesty, this year's annual income is a bit beyond expectations." Zhang Juzheng talked about the second thing about entering the palace this time. The year-end account has ended, and the annual income of the imperial court this year has exceeded expectations.
Zhang Juzheng sat upright and handed the memorial to His Majesty and said, "The land tax was 17 million silver, which was 500,000 silver more than last year, and 500,000 silver less than in the sixth year of Wanli."
"Business tax and official factories, coal, iron and cigarettes, banknotes and tariffs, etc., the commercial tax in the fifteenth year of Wanli had reached 23 million silver, and the proportion of commercial tax exceeded 60%. The most increased among them was tobacco specialty, which increased from 300,000 silver to 1.5 million silver."
It is expected that the annual income of only 38 million silver is only 38 million silver, but after the account, it was found that it was only 20,000 silver, which was 41 million silver.
Maritime trade is expanding and has completely collected tariffs from the DPRK. With the prosperity of maritime trade, it has increased by less than 400,000 silver this year, but the tobacco specialty has increased by 1.2 million silver.
This one million and two million silvers is the big one that exceeded expectations.
In the sixth year of Wanli, the land tax was 18 million taels, which was the highest peak of land tax in the Wanli period. Since then, it has remained between 16 million and 17 million silver. In recent years, the court has not only not increased agricultural tax, but has been continuously reducing and exempting agricultural taxes, especially in the disaster year, which is even more so.
Strict supervision according to the sixth year of Wanli, the current land tax can be about 20 million silver.
If the state has money, it will naturally not be too strict, so there will be no internal conflicts caused by urging. After all, the Ming Dynasty can now squeeze the colonies and reduce internal infighting.
The growth rate of commercial tax is far beyond expectations, especially tobacco income growth.
"This tobacco is used as medicine." Zhang Juzheng was a little helpless. This was a dilemma between morality and finance. He knew that this was a harmful thing, but he was still on sale and it was in the official business.
Because of the different parts and time of collecting tobacco leaves, dozens of tobacco, various tobacco tools, pipes, and other utensils with varying prices have been made, which has also made a lot of profits.
The money made in this money was a bit conscientious, but the court did not specialize in it, and some people did this business.
60% of tobacco are taxed. Such heavy taxes still cannot prevent the best-selling of tobacco. "All of them are benefactors of the state." Zhu Yijun knew very well why Zhang Juzheng was helpless. His morality made him feel that this was not good, but the real finance forced him to do so.
Reduce the tax and provide both virtue and power, and open up the profit and profit, and have a full range of ideals and skinny reality. The court has too many places to use money, just the Dinghai school system, I don’t know how much money to fill in. The Ming Dynasty is still cultivating the Tao, so this is all.
Zhang Juzheng is not a sentimental person, nor does he advocate moral nobleness. When he came to Tonghe Palace, he did not lobby for His Majesty to ban tobacco. He would like to give a brief sigh and thank the smokers for their contribution to the finance and taxation of the State. In addition to tobacco making more than expected profits, Java's cinchona cream made more than expected profits.
Even though the output of this thing has more than doubled, it is still equivalent to gold, and the prices in many places are still rising. These days, malaria is extremely common in the south, and it is a life-saving magic medicine.
Speaking of which, the cinchona tree does not grow so well in its origin, Peru, but it grows vigorously in Java, which is also a strange thing.
The seeds of the Jinchona tree were exchanged for seeds by Antonio, the king of Portuguese, and left the relationship with the wife of the governor, and in the fifth year of Wanli (Chapter 745).
The yield of the Jinchona tree plantation in Peru is actually very low, but when it comes to Java, it is like a fish in water. "So, demand is much greater than supply, and it is visible that the price of quinine will remain high." Zhu Yijun has no good idea. Nowadays, all he can do is to make the Governor's Mansion have a variety of trees.
Those who sell laughter can’t sell medicine at all, and selling medicine really makes money.
Zhang Juzhengzhu and His Majesty discussed the change in the tax structure of the Ming Dynasty. In Zhang Juzheng's view, the proportion of commercial tax has further increased to more than 70%, which means that the national finance and taxation have become truly healthy. If it accounts for more than 90%, it can be discussed further reductions and exemptions of agricultural taxes. "The rice in Japan this year has increased by four times compared to last year, and it has been 80 cents per pound." Zhang Juzheng finished his serious business and talked about Japan.
The price of Japanese Milan has risen, and it has once again caused even the Ming Dynasty to hear about it. "What is the price of rice in the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Yijun asked about the price of grain in the Ming Dynasty. Rice prices vary from time to time and region, but the price of grain in the Ming Dynasty generally stabilized.
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Feng Bao took out the memorandum, turned to the price of grain, and handed it to His Majesty and said, "The most expensive one is Songjiang Mansion. A pound of rice costs five cents per kilogram, a little lower than three cents, and a northern yamen costs five cents and two kilograms."
As Your Majesty's inner minister, when Your Majesty has doubts, he must answer for Your Majesty. "Can you buy two kilograms of rice for five cents now?" Zhu Yijun asked as he looked at Feng Bao.
Feng Bao said calmly: "When the palace servants bought it in the morning, I asked specifically. The price of the Chaoyangmen grain market has been lowered now. I have stocked up the New Year's goods for the New Year, but I can't sell them, so I can only reduce it a little."
Feng Bao did not dare to deceive the emperor about food, food production and food prices, because His Majesty really understood, and His Majesty was very concerned about food prices.
Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "This Japanese rice is thirty to forty times that of the Ming Dynasty. There are no maritime merchants who ignore the ban and take risks. Will the goods and grain enter Japan?"
"Of course there is." Zhang Juzheng said with great affirmation: "Money and silk are moving. If these maritime merchants really abide by the law, they are not maritime merchants, but they cannot be sold at a price after they arrive in Japan."
"Your Majesty, Japan is on the sea, and under the warm current of the Pacific Ocean, the climate and precipitation in Japan are pretty good. Grain production is not a problem. It is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster. Some people want to make the price of grain so expensive."
"Ming merchants cannot open grain shops in Japan, and they also sell grain to compradors of Japan."
"These compradors bought cheaply from Ming merchants and then sold at high prices. The profits they made were all bought luxury items from the Ming Dynasty, such as silk, silk, satin, and tea, porcelain, and inkstone seals."
When the food price is high, farmers who farm may not necessarily benefit. When the food price is low, farmers who farm will suffer huge losses.
The grain is expensive and hungry farmers, and the grain is cheap and hurt farmers. This is the wisdom of our ancestors for thousands of years. When food is expensive, it is the farmers who starve to death first.
Ming Ming merchants found that they could not get a lot of profit after transporting grain. In addition, the ban on national laws was high, so they were naturally unwilling to do such a business.
"This price increase is mainly to allow Japanese civilians to bear the price of defeat." Zhang Juzheng said with great affirmation: "The Ming Dynasty has also done it before."
"In the Gengxu Incident, Altan invaded, and the grain prices of the capital rose three times a day. At the highest, it was 200 cents per kilogram of grain. There was still no market for the price. The grain prices of Baoding rose to 130 cents."
"When the Taizhou Prefecture soldiers were in danger, the rice prices in Zhejiang had risen to 40 cents per kilogram, and Taizhou Prefecture rose to 40 cents."
Zhang Juzheng not only criticized Japan, but also criticized the Ming Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty invaded the northern enemy and the Japanese invaded the southeast, the grain prices fluctuated greatly, and the people were suffering.
Rice prices are the barometer of war. Civilians in the rear, due to limited information channels, cannot understand the full picture of the front-line war, and cannot understand the war report front, but prices are the things around them.
What is the situation of the war? It can be reflected in the price of rice. The cost of defeat is always borne by civilians. No such thing as ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad.
"Wait a minute, sir, wait a minute. You said, Taizhou Prefecture is in an emergency, and the grain price in Zhejiang has risen to 40 cents per kilogram. What about when there is no Japanese disaster?" Zhu Yijun frowned and asked for details.
Zhang Juzheng explained: "San Wen 2 kilograms, Qi Shuai was guarding Taizhou. After the Japanese pirates retreated, they recovered to 3 kilograms."
"In other words, the rice price in Songjiang Prefecture is more expensive now than the rice price in Zhejiang, which was in danger in the war in the past!" Zhu Yijun grasped the key point. The price in Songjiang Prefecture is too terrible. A kilogram of rice costs five cents.
The rice price in Zhejiang under the threat of war is not as high as that of Songjiang Mansion.
This person who didn't know thought that Songjiang Prefecture was attacked by Japanese pirates!
"Zhejiang's four-cihundreds per kilogram has been maintained for several months. The price of Songjiang Mansion has been maintained for more than two years, and it is probably going to rise this year." Zhang Juzheng carefully reminded His Majesty that the prices in Songjiang Mansion are very high and stable!
"The grain prices in Songjiang Prefecture must be reduced. At least they cannot rise like this anymore. If they rise again, they will starve to death." Zhu Yijun made a clear instruction. Songjiang Prefecture, as the freest place in the Ming Dynasty, was the bridgehead for the Wanli Reformation, and the invisible big hands had a stronger influence on the market than the tangible big hands.
However, grain cannot be speculated or price increases. If it rises, it will starve the people to death, just like coal from the capital and Liaodong. Others can be speculated to the sky. If coal is not good, the result of the rise of coal prices is that the people will freeze to death.
Water is Japan, and the price of Japanese grain has risen to one tael of silver to buy one pound. Zhu Yijun is too lazy to care about it, so it is best to starve to death to save the reduction of the number of people.
But Zhu Yijun, however, needs to take charge of Songjiang Prefecture, and the court needs to take the initiative to intervene, dispatch grain rationing, and keep prices in a steady upward trend, so as to ensure that the economy is full of vitality and the people will not starve to death.
Zhu Yijun does not intend to take care of so much else. Excessive interference from administrative forces will be detrimental to the stable and orderly development of the market.
The invisible and tangible big hands are like the yin and yang spheres, and are completely handed over to the invisible big hands. It is the court's way of shirking responsibility. It relies entirely on the tangible big hands. Deformities, bloated and rigidity follow one after another, and it cannot last long.
The court should play a leading role, main economy and guide the market.
Zhang Juzheng talked about taxes and then about grain prices, mainly about the issue of negotiations with Japan on mining rights. Gao Qiyu wanted to leave the Ming Dynasty to serve as a mission to Japan after the New Year. How much more does it take to get? It takes a line for reference. The worse the situation in Japan, the more things the Ming Dynasty could get. "That Your Majesty, Marquis Ningyuan beat Zhao Nanxing." Zhang Juzheng finished his serious matters and talked about Li Chengliang.
Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "Just just beat me. I asked Marquis Ningyuan to beat me and deceive me into the court stick. He didn't even think about it! What's wrong? What's Zhao Nanxing doing?"
Many scholars deliberately made some remarks that were against the will of heaven, but they were not really not aware of the real situation, they were deliberately cheating the court stick, or cheating the imperial court's power and punishment.
As long as the court is restricted, he will immediately take pride in his appearance as a victim and shout, "I'm right, I've poked the pained feet of the court." Instead, he will gather some people who don't know the truth and make a fuss, causing chaos and uneasiness.
Zhu Yijun doesn't hit the court stick, and if he wants to hit, he will hit him to death, except for Li Kaifang, who is a scarce talent.
Li Chengliang, as a martial artist, did this kind of thing just right.
"He went to the Shuntian Prefecture Office to report the case." Zhang Juzheng said helplessly: "This Ningyuan Hou is a military honor. He wants to leave Bapi. Shuntian Prefecture Office will not handle it. He asked Zhao Nanxing to report the case to the Beizhen Fushi Office. This matter is not under their jurisdiction."
The clans, civil officials and generals who want to leave Bapi are all handled by Beizhen Fushi, so it is useless to go to the Shuntian Prefecture Office to report the case and complain about injustice. "Let's do this, let Ning Yuanhou pay him a penny of medicine." Zhu Yijun's eyes rolled and came up with a good idea.
Humiliation, great humiliation.
Using a penny to humiliate Zhao Nanxing, Zhao Nanxing was originally seeking justice and didn't care about money. Scholars care too much about the smell of money and would be ridiculed for moral decline.
In the value system of traditional Confucianism, the moral requirement for scholars is to value righteousness over profit. The amount of money per penny is to humiliate Zhao Nanxing twice.
Zhang Juzheng's forehead leaped a little. He didn't remember that he had taught this way of breaking people during the lecture. This was not what he taught, but it must have been taught by Feng Bao.
It must be true, eunuchs always have a good time to mess with people!
"If he can't bear the humiliation, he can hang himself. I admire him as a man, and then bury him for official burial!" Zhu Yijun said with great confidence: "I am willing to sacrifice myself and can pull the emperor off! He will hang himself if he has the courage, learn from the governor of Zhejiang Zhu Wan and commit suicide to show his ambitions. I admire his lofty ambitions, and I will bow my head to admit his mistakes."
"Do he dare?"
Noble is the epitaph of the noble, and despicable is the pass to the despicable.
Despicable people always rely on their own despicableness, take advantage of them everywhere, and even gain the high point of public opinion, pointing fingers at others. However, noble people can only write nobleness on their tombstones because of their nobleness.
Zhu Yijun cares very much about Zhu Wan's affairs. If he seeks honor and disgrace in this way, who in the world will still live and die for him, the emperor? "He doesn't dare. If he has this courage, he will not be a slut." Zhang Juzheng said very accurately. If he dared, he would not have fallen into this.
The Ming Dynasty also had critics. Lin Fucheng even angered the emperor and was exiled to Nanyang to inspect the plantation economy. As a critic, Li Zhi had a meaningful content of the criticism. The Ming Dynasty emperor would even copy a few articles and post them to the residence newspapers to let officials all over the world take it as a warning;
But Zhao Nanxing is not. He dare not analyze the problem too clearly and understand too clearly, because he will offend people he dare not offend or those who give him money.
He didn't even dare to make a fuss. He knew that it was the emperor who asked Li Chengliang, the black glove, to take action, but Zhao Nanxing did not dare to go to Huangji Gate, because he knew that he would definitely die if he went there.
Zhang Juzheng's judgment was correct. Zhao Nanxing didn't even dare to report the case to the Beizhen Fushi. He knew that it would only bring greater humiliation.
Zhao Nanxing chose to swallow his anger and return to Jiangnan after the New Year to continue teaching.
(This chapter ends)