General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 202
"Confucius never said it, neither Mencius nor Yanzi said it..."

What Hai Rui held in his hand were "Biography and Xilu", "Oasis Collection", and "Four Books Chapters and Sentences Collection" that he had regarded as his masterpieces.

"Neither did Zhu Zi, neither Mr. Yangming nor Mr. Ganquan."

Xishan is the pilot of the new law, and Xishan is also at the forefront of the counties and counties in the world.

Hai Rui, the county magistrate of Xishan, saw it most clearly.

The new law has actually made a group of people rich.

At the moment before he learned that the tenant had vacated the land, Hai Rui firmly believed that the new law was a virtuous government that would benefit all but not harm.

"On one side are the common people who managed to catch Bentou, and on the other side are the hungry tenant farmers."

"Is there really no law for both sides in the constitution?"

"The world is safe and secure?"

"Is it possible to... go overseas to find food?" Hai Rui looked at Ning Jue in astonishment.

Ning Jue shook his head.

"It's feasible, but it's not the time. Those businessmen won't just go to sea so happily."

"The world belongs to the people in the world. What's the use of the court changing the flowers if the common people hold the sage's classics unchanged?"

Hai Rui was silent for a long time before speaking.

"This year's autumn harvest is also the autumn of the survival of the new law... Hai is willing to protect the new law with Qianxian."

"it is good."

Ning Jue said so on his lips, but he picked up the seal of the Xishan County Government in his hand and stamped it on an official letter.

"Prince Xingyuan, I will make arrangements, and Ning will leave."

Hai Rui sent Ning Jue all the way to the pier.

During the period when Hai Rui was not in the Xishan County Office, the clerks of the county office also stepped forward to send out all the official documents on Hai Rui's desk.

Among them was the official document Ning Jue issued "on behalf of" Hai Rui to arrest Xiang Yuanbian.

Xiang Yuanbian held half of the savings of the Songjiang gentry.

There is no need for Xiang Yuanbian to take action, and those gentry who bet most of their property on Xiang Yuanbian will not agree.

When the official letter was sent to Huating, Huating County only informed Xiang Yuanbian, and soon another group of people went straight to Nanjing.

A seventh-rank magistrate like Hai Rui didn't even need to alert the Garrison Office.

Soon, a group of subordinate officials with official letters from the Ministry of Officials came to the Xishan County Yamen.

"May I ask if your Excellency is Haixian Zun?"

Hai Rui, who was holding a pen, was immediately stunned in the hall.

"The two are...?"

"There is an official of the Kodao who impeaches Haixian Zun for harming the sages of the village, causing the villagers to hang upside down. The Department of Affairs ordered the county Zun to live in Xishan, pending the investigation, and Xishan County Prime Minister to act as the county's affairs."

After finishing speaking, the scribe handed over the official documents from the Ministry of Officials to Hai Rui.

Seeing the big seal on the official document, Hai Rui stood up abruptly.

"When did Hai Mou issue this order?!"

"You two envoys, I have something to say to the Ministry of Officials, I did not issue this order..."

"Hai Xianzun, the official letter from the Department of Affairs has made it very clear, the county zun will follow the order, and we will investigate the other things in detail one by one."

"Wait until you make a detailed investigation, the court's major affairs have already been missed!"

Hai Rui's face darkened, but the clerk in the official department bowed his hands.

After finishing speaking, the clerk bowed his hands and left, leaving only the team of subordinate officials from Nanjing to guard Hai Rui.

Looking at the words on the official letter, Hai Rui finally realized.

Ning Jue never intended to involve Hai Rui in this matter, at least not this autumn.

This winter in the south of the Yangtze River is destined to be difficult.
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After the imperial court had ample money, the Nanjing garrison horses, which were the two capitals, also began to reorganize. From the original Zhenwu Battalion, the Zhaowu Battalion and Xuanwu Battalion were expanded.

When Ning Jue returned to Nanjing, there was already something wrong with Nanjing.

The gates of the cities originally guarded by the soldiers and horses of the five cities have also been replaced by these three battalions of elites.

The servants in the palace had already been waiting in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

It wasn't until seeing Ning Jue that the little servant was relieved.

"Qian Xian is finally back. If you don't come back again, this servant will find someone to go to Xishan to find you."

As soon as the little servant opened his mouth, he guessed about it, and followed the servant towards the palace.

It is impossible for Jiangnan to have made such a big commotion without the court's eyes and ears.

The Qingning Palace, which was still "sacred and virtuous" a few days ago, has changed its appearance.

Before Ning Jue walked into Qingning Palace, Mai Fu's voice came out.

"Your Highness, His Majesty summoned you back to the north. If you don't leave, you are disloyal and unfilial!"

"What's the matter with the kapok in Xishan, and what's the matter with the soldiers in Yangzhou, you don't even explain these things to Gu, how can Gu go with peace of mind?!"

As soon as Ning Jue entered the palace, he found out that Gao Gong had already arrived in Jinling at some time, and even Yang Shen, a "commoner", had been summoned into the palace.

These days, Gao Gong, who was casting copper coins in Jizhou, had his face blackened by the fire, but this time Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng did not stand by Zhu Zaixun's side, but instead spoke for Mai Fu.

Seeing Ning Jue coming back, Mai Fu seemed to have grasped at straws.

"Ke Zhong! You are finally back. Your Majesty hastily summoned the crown prince to return north. The crown prince has been refusing to get up for a long time. Come and help our family persuade His Highness!"

While saying this, Mai Fu winked at Ning Jue frequently.

As if Ning Jue didn't see this scene, he sat down at the coffee table beside him, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it all in one gulp.

"I'm so anxious, the sky won't fall again."

Hearing the words, Zhu Zaiyu became even more determined to stay in Jiangnan.

Gao Gong moved closer to Ning Jue.

"Kezhong, there will be major changes in the south of the Yangtze River in the near future. If the son of a daughter does not sit in the hall, His Majesty is worried about the safety of the prince."

"A big change?"

Gao Gong hesitated for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "Secret of Jin Yiwei, nearly 2000 hectares of land in the south of the Yangtze River have been replanted with kapok this year, and the grain output per mu is calculated at two stones. This autumn, the grain output in the south of the Yangtze River is at least less than last year's autumn field. Collect [-] million stone grains."

"Even if the imperial court sells iron, it can't gather so much food!"

Zhu Zaiyu said with a sullen face and a little displeasure: "It's nothing more than half the county's grain harvest. It's not like the imperial court has provided disaster relief for so many years."

Only then did Zhang Juzheng speak.

"Your Highness, in previous years, the imperial court had to rely on the gentry to open warehouses for disaster relief. The imperial court only needed to adjust [-]% of the grain and fodder at most. The rest needed by the tenant farmers was either provided by the gentry or lent by the gentry."

"The lack of food this time is not a natural disaster."

This is also one of the reasons why the later the dynasty, the more disaster relief, the less relief.

When a dynasty is first established, many people have often died. If natural disasters come and starve to death, there will be no one to farm for the gentry. Even for their own benefit, the gentry must let the tenants live.

But in the later period of the dynasty, the gentry didn't care so much, because at this time the population was often already large, and some gentry didn't care if they starved to death. Anyway, some people came to farm the land, so there was no need to open warehouses.

For Daming, this was an unprecedented "natural disaster".

Because the price of food will rise again, the farmers' families must have enough food for the coming year.

And the group of people who are destined to starve are all in the city, without any land.

Before the new law, such people had a collective term.

—Refugees.

Regardless of the dynasty or generation, the refugees were an absolute source of instability, and they never hesitated to rebel.

But when they get back together, they can make a comeback at any time.

A person dies against the sky, and will not die for thousands of years.

It's just that Zhu Zaiyi raised the accounts of the Garrison Office.

"Then why are we just allowing the new law to be scrapped halfway?! The imperial court has just had some surplus, has rectified some soldiers and horses, and put an end to chaos in the south of the Yangtze River. All of these are not enough!"

Zhu Zaixun knew that once he left, Daming would not have any new ideas.

Not only will there be no new laws.

Jiangnan will still be devastated.

At this moment, Ning Jue's voice suddenly sounded.

"The prince sees it clearly, and the minister seconded it."

Gao Gong looked at Ning Jue in astonishment.

"Ke Zhong! If this continues, people will starve to death!"

"Then it will be a natural disaster..."

"Is it a natural disaster?!"

Gao Gong's questioning made the originally noisy Qingning Palace quiet down.

Ning Jue pondered for a long time before speaking.

"Then it will be reported as a disaster. As long as the food can be transferred, it can be reported for anything."

Mai Fu immediately said: "Ning Qianxian, before the whipping, Jinling needed only 400 million shi per year for grain, but now Jinling needs at least 500 million shi for grain."

"Jinling alone has an additional 100 million shi of food every year. This is still Jinling, and Songjiang is even worse!"

Ning Jue made a rough calculation, and then said: "Five shi per person per year, a gap of 100 million shi, 20 people... the imperial court can save at least 10,000+."

"Ning Kezhong! After tens of thousands of people are starved to death, there will be no shortage of rebels in this city! The hungry people will not wait for you to starve them to death!"

Ning Jue put down the teacup, walked towards Zhu Zaiyu in a flat tone, and said, "Then use my head to dispel the anger of the people, and then continue to reform."

Mai Fu was startled when he heard that.

As if he didn't hear Ning Jue's words clearly.

Mai Fu knew that the people in Donggong were all "new party", but he didn't expect Ning Jue to be able to treat everything as a dog because of this new law.

"Ning Kezhong, you are crazy, you brought the prince too..." Mai Fu's words stopped abruptly, and then he looked at Lu Bing: "Captain Lu, Hugh is too entangled, you should hurry up and bring the prince Go back north!"

Without waiting for Lu Bing to make a move, Ning Jue threw the tea cover in his hand, and the splashed fragments scattered all over the ground, and then Dang even hijacked Zhu Zaixun.

"Your Highness, if you leave, Jiangnan's new law will be gone."

Everyone in the hall was shocked by Ning Jue's hand.

"Ning Jue! You want to assassinate His Highness?!"

"The court can't save everyone, but once the crown prince leaves and the new law is abolished, can these people live?! It's just another way of dying! Why don't you understand?"

While Ning Jue was arguing with Mai Fu, Ti Wei who was guarding outside the hall also rushed in.

"Ning Kezhong, you let the prince go first."

Lu Bing glared at Ning Jue holding the embroidered spring knife.

Only then did Ning Jue speak silently: "Your Highness, please open your mouth to make an order."

"This is Gu himself who wants to stay in Nanjing. Master Ning can't force Gu to say these words."

Panting heavily, Ning Jue glared at Zhu Zaiyu and asked, "What do you mean, Your Highness?"

"Gu said that the southward movement and the new law were all promoted by Gu alone. Gu will never be the Emperor of Yingzong! There is no Wang Zhen to confuse Yu Gu!"

Hearing these words, the corners of Ning Jue's mouth could not help trembling slightly.

Why can't you eat oil and salt, kid? !
(End of this chapter)