Prince of Chaos

Chapter 237
With Zhu Changluo and Dong Qichang's secret support, the title of Wanli Emperor Qiangu Yidi really came into being.

As for the new title of Emperor Wanli, it also attracted a lot of private ridicule in the civil official group.

Especially the southern scholars, who had a natural advantage in the imperial examination, directly satirized the tyranny of Emperor Wanli's tax collection and harmed the people during their private association poetry meeting.

Although, at present, the tax is only collected in Wanli Street, Xishan, but if things go on like this, the emperor's greed will swell, and the tax will definitely be paid to the peaceful people like them.

Therefore, the views of the southern scholars on this matter are extremely unhappy.

On the contrary, the northern scholars are indifferent to the southern scholars.

Because most of the scholars in the north are from landlord background, they are not particularly good at doing business. food tax.

Therefore, this uproarious incident, fueled by this incident, gradually formed a war of words between two factions.

"Praise the emperor is not what we scholars do. We must remember the teachings of the sages, and then rectify the emperor at the critical moment, rectify the society, and make the great righteousness linger in the world. Now the court is full of lords, they don't think about rectifying the emperor, On the contrary, flattering and touting the emperor as the emperor through the ages is really absurd!"

A scholar in green shirt Gu Tingyun spoke impassionedly what was in his heart.

His words immediately received a burst of approval.

However, since some people approve of it, there will definitely be opposition.

A middle-aged scholar named Sun Chengzong couldn't listen anymore. He sat in the corner and retorted: "This statement is absurd! The emperor is the father of all people and the son of heaven. His benevolent government in Wanli Street in Xishan is, in my opinion, that It is the benevolent government of the past and the present. What were the common people in Xishan in ten years like? Take care!"

Sun Chengzong's words were quite straightforward, and he directly pointed out the problem.

After Gu Tingyun heard Sun Chengzong's words, he immediately stood up and looked for the speaker.

When he saw that it was a tall and strong man who was speaking, disdain appeared in his eyes.

Gu Tingyun said: "Business is cheap. The emperor collects taxes from merchants. Isn't that heavy business? This is simply shaking the country's foundation!"

Sun Chengzong is also used to Gu Tingyun, he said: "Really? Business is cheap, so why do the southern gentry value the way of business? Did you read the sage book wrong?"

After Gu Tingyun heard this, his face turned red, and then he said angrily: "There are many mountains in the south, and I wait for the southerners to practice the art of merchants, just to survive. However, if the emperor collects merchant taxes, wouldn't that be Do you want to compete with the people for profit?"

Sun Chengzong laughed, he had never seen such a brazen person!
Sun Chengzong said: "Emperor Taizu set up one tenth of the business tax. Have you paid it? You haven't, have you? You have never paid taxes to the court. How did you become a victim? Besides, when Emperor Taizu, Taizu The ancestor emperor also saw the root of the prosperity of the south, so he also established the rule that the vassal kings did not seal Jiangsu and Zhejiang. During the 200 years of the dynasty, when did you southerners support a clan? You enjoyed the preferential treatment given by the court, but in the end it was Are you criticizing the emperor? Is this a bit too shameless?"

Gu Tingyun was annoyed by Sun Chengzong's words and said directly: "vulgar! We have a prosperous culture in the south, and there are many talented people, so how can you speak so vulgarly like you, a northerner? Besides, the southern tax accounts for sixty-seven out of ten of Ming Dynasty, and you are so slanderous. What is it? Why do you care!"

Sun Chengzong said: "I admit that you have a prosperous culture in the south, and there are many talented people. However, you also have to think about why you have a prosperous culture and a large number of talented people! Throughout the ages, how many wars have you experienced in the south? Which time did someone fight the Yangtze River? You will surrender. And when did your south experience the invasion of the Mongols outside the Great Wall? When did you support a clan and vassal? And when did you experience the tragedy of thousands of miles of drought and the tragedy of people changing their children? These sufferings, Aren’t we northerners all carrying it for you? Or the taxes you just mentioned, did you touch your conscience and say that your family has paid them? These taxes are not paid by those southern people who live in hardship. You enjoy With the preferential treatment given by the imperial court, he reads leisurely in the study of his own home, and he can also recite poems with friends and enjoy the services provided by the servants. Then, he oppresses the poor and maintains his own An idle life that hurts spring and autumn. What contributions have you made?"

Sun Chengzong's words were quite harsh, and they stopped in Gu Tingyun's ears like a steel needle.

Gu Tingyun finally said: "The reason for this is not because you northerners are too hopeless. If you don't study hard, you only think about these unrealistic illusions. How can you understand the principles of the sages in the book?"

Sun Chengzong snorted, "Then you should study the books of sages carefully. I want to see what you can get out of the exam in two years."

After saying this, Sun Chengzong left this boring poetry meeting.

In fact, it was not Sun Chengzong's original intention to come to this poetry meeting. It was his boss Fang Shoushi who asked him to come.

However, this Fang Shoushi was not from the south either. The reason why he asked Sun Chengzong to participate in this poetry meeting was because he wanted to support the younger generation and let him make some friends.

But he was lucky, he even raised an argument with others at this poetry meeting.If Fang Shoushi knew this, he would definitely be dumbfounded.

This kid is so annoying.He looks like a very honest person, but he just doesn't like to be quiet.I don't read well, I just read some messy military books.He thought that if he won the Juren, he would be able to win the Jinshi, but Chunwei fell into a stumble last year and lost his name to Sun Shan.If it weren't for an old friend who introduced him to be a teacher at home, Fang Shoushi might not have known this failed candidate named Sun Chengzong.

However, it was also because he read and wrote military books that Fang Shoushi took a fancy to him. Fang Shoushi is now in the Yulin Bingbei Road, and he happens to be the official in charge of the defense of the north. Definitely love it.

Not to mention, the young man Sun Chengzong is clever, and he has indeed made a name for himself in Yulin with Fang Shoushi in the past two years. Otherwise, Fang Shoushi would not have come to Sun Chengzong when he returned to Beijing to report on his work.

It's a pity that Sun Chengzong's performance at the poetry meeting again obviously failed Fang Shoushi's painstaking efforts.

However, although he failed Fang Shoushi, his remarks attracted Zhu Changluo's attention.

Although there was no tradition of criminalizing words in the Ming Dynasty, as a time traveler, Zhu Changluo still attached great importance to the importance of public opinion. Therefore, every time there was a gathering of scholars, Zhu Changluo would ask Wei Zhongxian to send someone to listen to the content It is a good time to learn about the public opinion of the scholars towards the imperial court.

This time is good, Zhu Changluo picked up the treasure all of a sudden.

Sun Chengzong is a big treasure. Zhu Changluo has been thinking about him for a long time, and has never had a chance to find him. He only knows that he will be the second place in high school in the 32nd year of Wanli. Unexpectedly, by such a chance, Zhu Changluo met Sun Chengzong in advance. This is really an arrangement of fate.

Therefore, this time, Zhu Changluo has to think of a way to take this known as the first-class strategist of the Ming Dynasty and the future pillar of the Ming Dynasty into his bag for my use.Otherwise, Zhu Changluo felt sorry for this "encounter".

　Ask for a monthly ticket~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)