Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1060 Who Sues This Official ([-])

"Don't you want benevolence and righteousness? Do you want to control the people's permanent property, or compete with the people for profit, and maintain the traditional salt law?"

"Okay, I am more benevolent, more ancient, more protective of the common people, more restrictive of the people's property, and a tighter chain than you."

"Lord Lin needs to understand that these Yanhu merchants who are now opposed, they don't want to really control the people's property, prohibit them from leaving their citizenship, and strictly control them."

"What they object to is enclosing those unclaimed lands."

"But Mr. Lin can carry the banner of benevolence and righteousness, and recruit Zao Ding to all those unclaimed lands, and all of them will be destroyed, and they must not be taken privately."

"All Zao people are registered in the register. If they want to leave their registration, take back the Caodang; all merchants, all come in accordance with the salt law, and are not allowed to occupy the Caodang, and are ordered to return or confiscate it; the imperial court takes over the salt industry in an all-round way, and restores the system at the founding of the Ming Dynasty. , to strengthen personal control; check the grassland, the imperial court number is raised, recruit small people to fill the seat, and no one else is allowed to mow the grass..."

"Guess, at this point, will these salt households directly kill those who spoke for them before? Will they burn their houses and kill those who shouted for benevolence and righteousness?"

"Who was in conflict with whom? At this stage, it has become a conflict with whom? Originally, it was the Confucian scholars in Yanhu vindicating their grievances, and the two joined forces. Now?"

After that, Liu Yu laughed and said: "I am responsible for inhumanity and injustice, and Mr. Lin is responsible for benevolence and righteousness. You must know that conservatives hate both progressives and reactionaries. Reaction is reform, and they also want to change the status quo. They It doesn’t matter if they are going forward or backward, as long as they move, they will object.”

"It's just that they are obviously conservatives, but hold high the banner of reactionaries. If that's the case, why don't Mr. Lin hold up the banner of reactionaries?"

Lin Min thought about these words, and wondered, "Then, who are the real reactionaries?"

Liu Yu said with a smile: "Those who are really planning to restore the mine field, respect their status, and determine their craftsman's status, they are the real reactionaries. They are really planning to do this, but those who verbally use Confucian benevolence and righteousness to oppress others, But it’s just a reactionary in lip service, but a conservative in reality.”

"So, when necessary, I can write a letter to Cheng Tingzuo, asking him to summon the radical disciples of the Yan-Li School, with the attitude of 'If you can be well, you can be well, if you can't be well, you can be equal' in Jiangsu. This is called the real system The people have constant property, benevolence, righteousness and propriety."

Lin Min thought about it for a while, and felt that this idea was really too vicious.

After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly said: "According to the classification of the Duke of the State as reactionary, conservative, and progressive, I am actually a conservative?"

Liu Yu laughed loudly and said, "What do you think? Your salt administration reform did not increase salt production, and did not adjust the relationship between salt production and merchants."

"Didn't I say that you changed the quotation into a ticket? It's equalizing the land, merging and then equalizing the land. It's just a matter of changing the group of people to earn the money. According to your change, The ticket dealer ten years later is the hoarder of yesterday. It can be seen that you are not a progressive."

"Then, do you support the all-out revolution, the restoration of Jingtian, the distinction between scholars and merchants, and the restoration of Zhouli? Obviously, you don't support it either."

"So obviously, you're a conservative."

At this time, these words have no special meaning, but conservative is a very good word.

Because progressives have no heart; reactionaries have no brains.

This is almost a recognized evaluation within the imperial court.

Although there is no specific vocabulary, the court must understand the difference between Liu Yu and ancient Confucianism.

Only when we are realistic and conservative can we judge which one is going backwards and which one is going forward. This positioning of reactionary and progressive also changes with the reality of the times.

Lin Min was very satisfied with the conservative label that Liu Yu gave himself. He thought to himself that if you classify me as a so-called progressive like you, I would not be happy. I can't afford to lose that person, and I can't forgive my conscience. .

However, according to Liu Yu's reasoning of counter-practice method, Lin Min also thinks that doing so seems to be able to minimize the turmoil, and in the end, it will not kill people but only punish their hearts.

The two discussed the specific details for a while, and when they had a general charter, they jointly wrote a secret memorial to the emperor.

It can also be considered that Liu Yu asked Lin Min to sign and draw a pledge, so as not to get a half-return.

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A few days later, a group of strange people appeared in the local county town.

They are all old people, and they are the kind of old people who have worked hard all their lives. They are about 50 years old, but they have been tortured like the seventies and eighties of a pampered family.

These elderly people in their 40s were all dressed in the most decent and clean clothes they would wear when they were about to die and be buried.

That is to say, when they were alive, they first put on the shrouds they had prepared.

As soon as he entered the county seat, he began to cry, shouting that he was wronged.

In the crowd, there were four or five scholars following, and the elders headed towards the county government holding the pleadings.

The people in the city, if they were not busy, would follow along to watch the excitement, followed behind with a huff, and headed towards the county government office.

These more than 40 old people walked, cried, and told their grievances in local dialect.

Only then did the people in the county know the grievances of these people, and all of them were filled with anger. Thinking of the oppression and exploitation they received in daily life, they suddenly felt that the world was coming to an end.

The world is clear, there is such a thing that is pressing people to death, so they clamored.

One of the elders, a young man with a reputation, gritted his teeth and spoke loudly about the injustice suffered by these elders and the Zao households they represented.

"The land reclamation company took those deeds and said that the only grassland that these kitchen households can get deep in is not theirs."

"They want to fill up all the pits without paying any money back, and occupy the land!"

"It also said that they are limited to move out within two months. Not only will the people move out, the house will be demolished, but even the ancestral graves will be moved away!"

Other things are fine, hearing the words that even the ancestral graves will be forced to be moved, all the people who followed were all angry, and their anger went straight to Xiaohan.

The lethality of this sentence is too great.

The first mutiny of the Dashun Navy was caused by whether the dead were buried in the sand in the cabin or thrown directly into the sea.

And the sentence here that forced people to move their ancestors' graves immediately blew up everyone's emotions.

As for whether this is true or not...

The naval regulations formulated by Liu Yu require sea burials. It is because of ocean-going operations that some dead bodies are placed in the cabin. It is because the mortality rate of nearly 10% of long-distance voyages is now low, and they plan to bring back 50%.

The people from the reclamation company are not good birds, but at least they are still Dashun people.

It's not that the people in the reclamation company don't understand the guilt and hatred of touching the ancestral grave.

This is not a discovery of conscience, but that the land reclamation company is profitable from farming.If you really want to force people to move to their ancestral graves, when the cotton is ripe, there will be a fire, and there will be thousands of acres of large-scale farmland planned. When the time comes, you won’t know where to cry.

The contradiction is already big enough, so why don't you find something to add to yourself now?
However, such things as true and false are of little significance.

The most important thing is extreme lies, which are the easiest to detonate everyone's emotions.

People in the county look at these old kitchen households who have worked hard all their lives, but their shrouds are so poor. The merchants and citizens in these counties are all moved.

These old kitchen households also spoke out directly.

If the county magistrate does not handle it impartially and does not give them justice, they will be bumped to death in front of the county government.Anyway, the shroud was already put on.

Anyway, he either died in front of the county yamen, or starved to death after being encircled and occupied by people. Sooner or later, he would die, so it would be better to die earth-shattering.

In fact, many scholars have already prepared to write articles praising the death of these people.Many people were inspired, thinking that when the heroic essay comes out, it will surely be famous in Yangzhou.

In the county government, the local county magistrate did not panic at all after hearing the news.

Because, he knew that something would happen sooner or later, and he had already made sufficient psychological preparations.

Ordinarily speaking, generally speaking, he cannot be found in the matter of Yanhu, and there is a special salt administration to manage it.

But since the reclamation started here, the county magistrate knew that this matter must come to his side.

Besides, something happened once before, and Liu Yu had already greeted him before.

Although Liu Yu didn't say hello this time, the Jiedu envoy did.He knew what to do.

Things will come out sooner or later, and if they come out, that's good, it saves me a lot of worry.

Calmly promoted, calmly took the paper, and then calmly patted the gavel.

"Learn the universe, the sun and the moon are shining, and there is such a shocking thing?"

"Since I know it, how can I ignore it? Don't worry, if this matter is true, I will give you justice!"

"Come on, go to the reclamation company and bring the people from the reclamation company."

"Three days later, in the city, I will judge the case arbitrarily! No matter who is behind this land reclamation company, I only know the law and the court!"

After all, there was thunderous cheers.

"Master Qingtian!"

"Master Qingtian!"

Amidst the cheers, the county magistrate immediately dispatched government servants, and went to the land reclamation company to find the people involved in the case, claiming that they would give these kitchen households some explanation.

The common people know even more who is behind this land reclamation company.

Originally thought that the local county magistrate was just an ordinary person, taking bribes and paying more, but unexpectedly he turned out to be a strong person.

Sure enough, it is the wind that knows the strength of the grass, and the toughness that knows the honest minister!

Everyone thought that if they really dared to deal with the heinous land reclamation company that wanted to dig up people's graves, then the county magistrate would also be worthy of the title of Lord Qingtian.Who is not corrupt when he is an official? Although he may not be very clean on weekdays, when it comes to things, he really dares to stand up and speak for the common people. Corruption is nothing at all.It's the same with someone else.

A few times, "Master Qingtian", he called out sincerely.More people are full of anticipation for the trial three days later.

But, they don't know it.

The reason why the county magistrate dared to be the master of Qingtian was because the Jiedu envoy told him that you can be; Liu Yu also said hello that you can be.

As for how to do it, the county magistrate is not worried.

Now that he has been told that he can be the master of Qingtian, then he should be normal.Over there, they will prepare means so that he can not only be the master of Qingtian, but also get things done.

As for what is called Master Qingtian, there is actually a set of concise procedures, so there is no need for the Jiedu envoy to come and tell him what to do.

Most of the time, the reason for not being the Master of Qingtian is that you don't want to be or dare not be, but you never say you won't be.

There is a very simple way to become the master of Qingtian, which is to grasp that "the people must favor the people when they sue the gentry; the gentry must favor the gentry when they sue the gentry; Short cut, shortcut.

In this era, Master Qingtian must never uphold the law and act in accordance with the law.Because this is the old society of cannibalism, doing things according to the law is equivalent to helping cannibalism most of the time.

However, the latter has a lower priority than the former.

Now that the Jiedu Envoy and Liu Yu have both greeted each other, the county magistrate feels that he has made a lot of money.

If you get an official voice who dares to fight against the powerful, in the future, the common people will send Wanmin Umbrellas.

(End of this chapter)