Chapter 294 The student who lives for the sake of the people
Ming Guogong sat slumped in an armchair and sneered again and again: "I work for you as a knife and as a fish, what else can I do?"
"Wash your neck and wait. I'm going to be slaughtered!"
Mrs. Min Guogong was shocked and felt that her legs were weak.
“How is that possible? They have taken away all the salt mines and they want to kill us?”
Duke Min Guo sneered, his eyes full of sadness: "For those who have made an appointment, let them hurry up and use the nearest days to get married."
This way, if something goes wrong, they can still have a way to survive.
Mrs. Min Guo's eyes were filled with tears: "Why is it like this? Didn't you say that everything is fine..."
Here, Mrs. Min Guo just sent someone to deliver the post. Jiayu was sent back.
Then the imperial edict came.
Jia Yu, the concubine of Duke Min Guo, had ulterior motives and assassinated the prince. Duke Min Guo was not responsible for his lax education...
Duke Min Guo and his subordinates ransacked their homes and sent them into exile...
After reading the imperial edict, Min Guo Everyone in the Duke's mansion burst into tears.
Officers and soldiers filed in, drove everyone out of every yard, gathered in the front yard, and counted and confirmed their identities one by one.
Then the officers and soldiers began to pack up and count their belongings.
The common people never expected that just after a new year, another high-ranking official's house would be confiscated.
It is also the Minguo Mansion in charge of the salt mine that everyone envies.
Everyone is also curious: After so many years of managing the salt mine, how much money does the Minguo government have?
However, as the inventory was being taken, something unexpected occurred.
There is not much property in Duke Min's mansion, and the total amount is only two to three hundred thousand taels of silver.
Compared to Tianwu Kingdom’s unique salt mine, what is this little money?
The people were disappointed because they had not eaten the melon.
But Duke Min suddenly knelt down and kowtowed, and shouted repeatedly.
"Your Majesty, I am dedicated to serving the public good and have never been partial to selfish interests! Please forgive me and exempt me from exile and be demoted to a common people..."
For the first time, everyone was still a little sluggish. , the second time, Mrs. Min Guogong had woken up and started shouting too.
After a few more times, everyone in Duke Min's mansion shouted in unison.
Cries of fear mixed with sadness gave the mansion a sad atmosphere.
Seeing this, some onlookers could not help but raise their arms and shout.
“Gong Min is an incorruptible man. He has devoted himself to serving the country for many years, but it is just a big tree with dead branches. A concubine admires the prince and uses some tricks. How can she end up ransacking her home and being exiled?”
"Is it because the prince is trying to embarrass my daughter from the Tianwu family because of a mere foreign businesswoman?"
"Is the imperial court sure that there are traces of rebellion in Minguo's government? Or does it want to take advantage of the opportunity to join forces and fight against dissidents?"
"Why is this so in a bright and clear world?"
One person stepped forward, ten people responded, and suddenly there was another The students nearby stood up and shouted.
The sound quickly became louder and louder, and gradually gained momentum.
The officers and soldiers were unmoved. After counting the people one by one, they locked up all the people in Minguo's mansion and put them in cells.
When the students saw that this shouting was useless, they became angrier and stood up one after another.
The leader, a young man in brocade robes, only fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a jade crown and leather boots, stood on a rockery and made an impassioned speech.
“To establish a mind for the heaven and earth, to establish a destiny for the people, to carry forward the unique knowledge for the saints, and to create peace for all generations is what we students want in their hearts.”
“Since we see injustice, if we don’t Speak out righteously, we are reading the sage’s book in vain!”
“I, Chen Yangzu, made a vow today. If the emperor does not take back his orders, I will sit in meditation in front of the palace gate and not drink or eat until I die!”
After saying this, he jumped off the exquisite rockery and walked away.
Immediately, gossips followed him curiously, wanting to see if he was really going to meditate.
The other students looked at each other, and some made excuses that they had something to do at home, and turned around and left.
Some of them flicked their sleeves and raised their chins high: "Brother Chen and I have the same ambition and are willing to advance and retreat together! I will go..."
Looking impassioned.
By the time Fu Zhonghai received the news, a dozen students were already sitting at the gate of the palace.
"Chen Yangzu and other students were invited by the prince of Minguo to enjoy the flowers and wine today. They happened to see the whole process, so they jumped out..." In human words: They have set a trap, Chen Yangzu The others jumped in happily.
In front of the palace gate.
The students all had thick futons under their buttocks, thick quilted cloaks around their bodies, and Tang Pozi in their arms. They sat on the side of the palace gate, silent.
Not far away, servants of the Chen family were silently heating hot water on the carriage with charcoal fire.
When the water boils, I drink a soup potion to replace the cold soup potion in the arms of my young master and other students.
This posture is weird and eye-catching.
But anyone who sees it can understand: As a long-established family in the capital, the Chen family tacitly approves and even encourages the young master's behavior.
If the head of the Chen family had disagreed with such an act of blatant opposition to the imperial court, a few servants would have knocked him out and carried him home.
The Chen family is taking advantage of this incident to force the court to give in and express its stance.
Lu Daban bowed slightly and waited for the emperor's decision: "Your Majesty, what should we do with these students who are meditating?"
Emperor Tianwu was not in a hurry: "Let them sit for one night first. Let’s talk about it.”
These young children always think that if they are passionate, they are really setting up their minds for the world and their lives.
It is better to let their experience be more profound, and they will know more clearly how stupid they are afterwards.
Emperor Tianwu's silence was seen as a "tangle and embarrassment" in the eyes of the major families.
Being able to push a generation of emperors to the point of entanglement and embarrassment, the major families are inevitably proud of themselves.
Do you think that if you, the pig butcher, take over the world, you can make everyone obey you?
You can do whatever you want?
If you dare to touch our cake, we won’t allow it!
Significantly reducing taxes on the common people may at first glance bring convenience to wealthy families, but in reality this is not the case.
Many aristocratic families’ lands have been concealed for a long time.
For those whose families have hundreds of hectares of fertile land, they only pay for 50 hectares at most.
Some established aristocratic families go too far and only quote 40% or even 30%.
When paying taxes, they also pay 30% of the reported amount.
Fortunately, many tenant farmers no longer have land on their farms.
They applied to the court to open up wasteland and left to make a living on their own.
The tenants have run away a lot, and many of their fields have been left uncultivated. It is about to start plowing in the spring, but no one is cultivating a large number of their tax-free fields!
The major families are anxious!
This is forcing them to lower rents for tenants too!
Otherwise, no one would want to come to Tsukuda again!
The aristocratic family was not happy, and the balance in their hearts gradually tilted towards the two kings.
Only by restoring the old system can they continue to exploit the people...
If they do not want the major families to lean towards the two kings, Emperor Tianwu must give in.
The Hongwen Academy in the capital is the most highly regarded by the established aristocratic families. The great Confucians there are all recognized by each family, and their young masters often go to Hongwen Academy.
Every year in the imperial examination, students from Hongwen College also have the largest proportion of candidates.
Chen Yangzu was a student of Hongwen College.
He is close to the young master of Duke Min, and he is at a passionate age.
Yingchun Academy recruits a large number of ordinary people and women to learn skills, which he despises very much.
Studying is an extremely noble thing, how can it become a place for these people to embroider and saw wood? !
A butcher is a butcher! What you do will never be on the table!
The dissatisfaction with Emperor Tianwu and his son has accumulated so much that it is not surprising that they would jump out to sing the opposite tune at this time.
Especially when he was sitting at the gate of the palace, his family not only did not reprimand him, but also asked his servants to bring Tang Pozi and cotton cloaks to everyone.
Chen Yangzu understood instantly: His family was very supportive of his approach.
Thinking of his father's majesty and wisdom, Chen Yangzu instantly felt confident.
This time, he must let the court show an attitude!
We cannot allow Duke Min to suffer unjust injustice!
(End of this chapter)