prosperous age

Chapter 191
Coming out of the public house in charge of the courtyard, Wei Guangde was thinking about how to write this memorial.

Regardless of Wei Guangde's lack of conferment, as a Jinshi, he also has the right to perform, it's just that no one cares.

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, all Juren could submit letters to the court, but most of the time, no one cared about Juren's petitions.

Sitting in the public room, Wei Guangde didn't start writing memorials right away, but was thinking about how to write to express his thoughts and organize his thoughts.

When he was about to leave just now, Yin Tai told Wei Guangde another important event, which Wei Guangde had heard before, that is, Hu Zongxian, the Governor of the Suppression of Japanese Wolves, asked Jiangnan to levy [-] cent and [-]% of the military salary per mu for Jiangnan to fight against the Japanese. In addition, he was allowed to act cheaply.

Wei Guangde didn't understand what it meant to do things cheaply at first, but it was because Yin Tai saw that he really didn't know, so he realized that his relationship with the Yan family didn't seem to be close, so he made a point.

The additional land tax of one cent and three per cent can only raise part of the army's salary, and it has to wait until the summer tax and autumn grain to get it.

Hu Zongxian proposed the "promotion method" in the memorial, which was actually an increase in the tax system set by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang managed things too leniently, and directly fixed the annual taxes and duties of all prefectures and counties in the world, and ordered that no more taxes be imposed.

What Hu Zongxian said is naturally to break through the prefectural and county taxes and services set by Zhu Yuanzhang, and to send additional taxes and corvees to ensure military supplies, especially the part of corvees, which will be directly converted to the front of the army.

Yin Tai also had good intentions, worrying that he still doesn't know the situation in the court, and when he hears the wind and thinks of the policy theory he wrote in the examination, he will be frightened again.

Yin Tai naturally read Wei Guangde's policy theory at the beginning, but it was very general and not specific. He didn't say how to raise wages at all.

Naturally, Hu Zongxian's memorandum would not be so muddled. He made the tax increase clear and clear.

Wei Guangde felt that this proposal seemed to be similar to his own ideas, but what he thought was to collect taxes from merchants, but he didn’t think about increasing local taxes and servitude. The common people suffered from Japanese disasters and had to be taxed. This is not to force people to death. ?

It has nothing to do with him, Wei Guangde doesn't intend to get involved in this matter, it's better to just focus on his own business.

However, he also learned from Yin Tai's mouth that Hu Zongxian implemented a strict sea ban policy to suppress Japanese foreign goods, which made it impossible for many smugglers along the coast to ship goods. The channel to get goods is completely cut off.

It is no wonder that the Ministry of Industry is so actively striving to change the rice planting and mulberry policy. It is indeed the temptation of gold and silver.

Although there are no famous words, Wei Guangde can also hear the meaning in Yin Tai's words. Now the three officials in the south of the Yangtze River to suppress the Japanese are the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War and the Governor of the Imperial History of the Right Capital of Zhejiang, Hu Zongxian, the Governor of the Japanese Suppression, and the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Industry. Hai Yushi Zhao Wenhua and Fujian governor Ruan E, all three are Yan Song's subordinates.

Wei Guangde knew in his heart that Yin Tai might have guessed what he wanted to do, so he told him the whole thing, the water inside is very deep, it's best not to get involved, otherwise the Yan family will be offended.

Obviously, my fellow Shoufu has basically controlled the official circles in Zhejiang and Fujian. While severely suppressing the Japanese, he is also planning to use the Shibo Department to export silk and other goods to earn money. Some of them will be sent to the imperial court to solve financial problems. It is estimated that the bulk will enter their fanny packs.

At this time, bringing out the set of arguments I thought before is undoubtedly blocking other people's money.

It's just that Shensi is not in the middle, time flies to the afternoon, the paper in front of Wei Guangde is still empty, he didn't write a single word.

Remembering Yin Tai's previous orders, Wei Guangde had no choice but to pack up the table and go out to Wu Qing's public house.

After being notified by the clerk, Wei Guangde easily entered Wu Shidu's public house.

Well, when Wei Guangde went in, he saw that Wu Qing was reading miscellaneous books. As for the "Records of Emperor Xiaozong" that Yin Tai said he was in charge of proofreading and transcribing, he couldn't see it at all.

After seeing the ceremony, Wu Qing asked Wei Guangde to sit down on one of the chairs and said: "Yin Zhangyuan told me that the "Records of Emperor Xiaozong" is still checking the transcripts in the review hall. Send it to your public house first, check it first, and ask me if you don’t understand anything.”

"Yes."

Wei Guangde hurriedly got up and agreed, finally he had some work to do, although it was obvious that the work could not fall on his head in a short time.

He had been to the review hall before, and they only worked for half a day, drinking tea and chatting in the afternoon. If they sent the "Records of Emperor Xiaozong", they would not know that it was a matter of the year of the monkey.

It's also because the imperial court didn't care about "Records of Xiaozong" and "Records of Wuzong" at all. After all, everyone knows what happened to Emperor Jiajing. Even if it takes a few years to finish, I'm afraid no one will ask.

Wei Guangde, who returned to his private room, sat down to sit on duty, and didn't even think about whether or not to write the memorial, and how to write the memorial.

Yes, Wei Guangde doesn't want to offend the powerful, he also wants to be an official and enjoy life.

When I left the Imperial Academy on duty, a group of editors and editors from the Imperial Academy saw me and shouted, "Guangde, let's go to eat together."

Well, Wei Guangde had no choice but to follow them to find a nearby restaurant to eat.

At this time, most of the officials who joined the Imperial Academy had only been in the officialdom for a short time, and many of them were alone in the capital, without family concerns.

In fact, Wei Guangde is the same as them, that is, a lonely family, so it has become a daily life to get together to eat and chat after being on duty.

"When Deyan comes back this time, I'm afraid he will be promoted."

Wen Yinglu said that yesterday Chen Jin went to Shanghe, Shandong Province to participate in the canonization of Kangshun King Zhu Zaiyu. He is the son of Zhuang Wang Zhu Houxi, the grandson of Qingzhou's first generation Henggong Wang Zhu Youzhen, and the great-grandson of Xianzong Zhu Jianshen.

This time, Liu Yunzhong, Bo of Guangning, was the main envoy, and Xiuzhuan Chen Jin of the Hanlin Academy was the deputy envoy. In fact, it was a sign of promotion. After all, promotion cannot be done for no reason.

"A bachelor's degree or a part-time job?"

Wei Guangde asked curiously.

"Who knows, maybe entering the Taichang Temple is the number one scholar after all."

Someone else said that the importance of nouns in the imperial examinations is really too important in the officialdom, just like the top three in 32, the promotion often starts with the number one scholar.

This time Chen Jin went to canonize King Kangshun, just to give credit, and it was normal for him to come back and get promoted.

"Have you heard? On the [-]th of last month, Japanese pirates broke through the front line of Zhenjiang in Jiangyin, broke into Zhenjiang, Guazhou, and Yizheng to loot, and burned tens of thousands of stones of grain. It is estimated that the price of grain in the capital will rise soon. I am worried. Grain security."

At this time, Cao Dazhang spoke.

"The Japanese pirates are getting more and more violent. A few days ago, it was said that a group of Japanese pirates came ashore from the Huai'an Mansion in Nanzhili. Fortunately, the Huai'an Guards found it in time and mobilized heavy troops to expel them."

"Is the Japanese pirate attacking the Grand Canal?"

There are two news in a row, one is that the Japanese pirates have arrived in Zhenjiang, which is not far from Nanjing. Last year, the Japanese pirates made a big fuss under the city of Nanjing.

And Huai'an is similar, the place where the Grand Canal must pass, Japanese pirates harass Huai'an, and water transportation will naturally be interrupted.

"Where did the news come from?"

Wei Guangde asked curiously, he hadn't integrated into the officialdom yet, so he was very curious about the source of Cao Dazhang's news, usually they were the same as himself, they came to the Imperial Academy on time to check into the public housing, where did he know the news.

"I heard about drinking with the same year of the Secretary of General Administration last night."

Cao Dazhang said.
Wei Guangde went out of Chongwenmen and returned to Jiujiang Guild Hall before it was getting dark. When he came in, he saw Lao Kan and Xia Kefan sitting in the lobby drinking tea.

Wei Guangde naturally walked over and sat down, "You two are back so early?"

"Yeah, why did you come back today, go and play cards inside."

When Lao Kan saw Wei Guangde coming back, he said with a smile.

"Come on, you are watching the government in the yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Have you heard that Jiangnan will increase taxes to suppress Japanese?"

Wei Guangde asked.

"I've heard from the chief. It is said that there is a dispute, but it has little to do with us. It is a matter for the court officials to consider."

Lao Kan laughed.

At this moment, Zhang Ke came back from the outside, smelling of alcohol all over his body, he should have gone drinking with people from Zhongshu and Sixth Division.

Seeing Zhang Ke, Wei Guangde's eyes lit up. The Sixth Division is the department that knows the imperial court's orders the fastest. Almost all the cabinet's orders must be passed on through the Sixth Division, and they have the right to refute them.

Although Zhang Ke was not in the sixth department, the Zhongshu department was next to the sixth department, and he knew the news the fastest. Wei Guangde naturally blamed Zhang Ke for the source of the news.

"Brother Jinqing, it's just in time for me to come back. I have something to ask."

Wei Guangde saw Zhang Ke hastily beckoning to him.

"Hey, Guangde, you came back early."

Zhang Ke walked over with a smile and sat down, picked up the teapot on the table, poured a glass of water, and drank it down.

After Zhang Ke put down his teacup, Wei Guangde asked, "I heard that Zhenjiang was looted by Japanese pirates? The grain was also burned?"

"really?"

"No way, Guangde, don't make such jokes."

Both Lao Kan and Xia Kefan said with disbelief.

"How do you know? I only found out today. I heard that I just arrived in the capital yesterday afternoon."

Zhang Ke said in surprise.

"Really? There are Japanese pirates in Zhenjiang, so isn't Yingtian Mansion unsafe again?"

When Lao Kan heard what Zhang Ke said, the first thing that came to his mind was the city of Nanjing on the other side of Zhenjiang. The Lao family had business there, so he was naturally nervous.

"The Japanese pirates have retreated. There shouldn't be any danger to Nanjing City. There was enough trouble last year. If the Japanese pirates can still get under the city of Nanjing, Wei Guogong probably won't do it."

Zhang Ke said in a relaxed tone, "It is said that Caoliang has lost tens of thousands of shi, but it has recovered. Nanjing will strengthen the patrols on the front line of Jiangyin to prevent Japanese pirates from breaking through the line of defense."

"That's fine, that's fine."

When Lao Kan heard that the Japanese pirates had retreated, he murmured.

"By the way, why are you so well-informed? Where did the news come from? I only heard the Sixth Division talking about it this morning."

Zhang Ke was curious about Wei Guangde's well-informed information. After all, he was not in the Sixth Division or the General Administration Department, but the Qingshui Yamen Hanlin Academy.

"Cao Dazhang said that he heard the news from the Secretary of General Administration in the same year."

Wei Guangde looked at Zhang Ke, then at Lao Kan and Xia Kefan, and then continued: "In the future, we must pass news frequently between the same year, otherwise we will often be behind the scenes."

"Well, that's right. Let's invite a guest from Guangde tomorrow. I'll invite all the six ministries who observe politics in the same year."

Lao Kan joked with a relaxed mood at the moment.

"Okay, let's talk about it. Let's find a place. Go to the Imperial Academy tomorrow. I'll talk to Zhu Dashou and Tao Dalin. They probably won't refuse to be the host."

After the last trip to the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Dashou and the others organized a feast for the same year, and Wei Guangde knew that they also meant to win over other same years. Now that everyone has started to observe politics, they should get together again.

"You are really weird."

Lao Kan laughed and said, "Do you think you can eat and drink for free?"

"Hehe, I can't ask for it alone, 300 people, I'm not just talking about it, 200 taels of silver is always required."

Wei Guangde laughed.

"Don't you want to get closer to your peers? After all, we are all second-class, and we will stay in Beijing in the future."

Lao Kan asked back with a smile.

"What's the use of thinking, the promotion of Yijia is much faster than mine, do you think that inviting people to eat and drink can bring them together?"

Wei Guangde said with a smile: "There is something that you may not know yet. Chen Jin, the number one scholar in Shangke, was dispatched to Shanghe, where he was canonized as Kangshun King Zhu Zaicheng. It is said that he may be promoted when he comes back." '

"Incomparable."

The four of them were silent for a while, and it took a long time for them to say a word.

"Yeah, there's no comparison. We'll meet each other in the capital for a long time in the future. There's no need to be so extravagant."

Wei Guangde smiled.

The next day, Wei Guangde came to the Hanlin Academy, sat in the public room for a while, then went to the public room of Zhu Dashou with Jin Da and Tao Dalin.

After Wei Guangde explained his reason for coming, the three of them naturally had no objection, but it seemed that the pressure was a bit high for the four of them to be the host.

Wei Guangde didn't know about Zhu Dashou's financial resources, and he only measured them by his own.

Well, a few hundred taels of silver is more than a huge sum of money to ordinary people, and it used to be to Wei Guangde, but it seems that it is not now.

Seeing that the three of them nodded in agreement at first, and then all of them looked distressed, they were very puzzled.

Jin Da was the oldest among them, he was nearly fifty at this time, 20 years older than Zhu Dashou and Tao Dalin, so he naturally understood something.

Only at this time did he speak: "Guangde, you should know that both Yuchen and I came from a family of officials, but we have been in the capital for such a long time, and the money we carry with us is running out, and the family has not sent any money yet. "

When Wei Guangde heard what Jin Da said, he realized that his father was more active. In addition, the big merchants in Jiujiang Prefecture in the capital, including the Lin family of Huitong Commercial Bank, could give him 2 taels of silver. Impossible.

Jin Da and Tao Dalin are both officials' families, so naturally they have no worries about their wealth, but if they don't join hands for a while, the family conditions of the top scholars will be much worse, and it may be embarrassing because of this.

"It doesn't matter, I still have a lot of money with me, so I'll invite you, let's say it's the same year treat from our Hanlin Academy."

Seeing that Zhu Dashou, Jin Da and others were about to speak, Wei Guangde hastily stopped him and said, "That's it, this time I will come out, and next time we have a treat at the Imperial Academy in the same year, you should take turns to be hosts, and it can't be because of my age. Little bully me."

(End of this chapter)