General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 210 Xie's Orphan
It is true that even with the flying shuttle and water spinning wheel, Songjiang's cotton cloth is shipped overseas for thousands of miles, and there is still no profit margin at this price.

But both Xu Jie and Yan Song knew it well.

The reason why Jiajing was able to acquiesce that Jiangnan has reached the point where it is today is by no means dependent on whether Zhu Zaiyi is in Jiangnan or not.

At the root, it was because the civil uprising originally expected by the court never happened.

This is the fundamental reason why Jiajing can tolerate them.

As for why the civil uprising did not happen, Xu Jie and Yan Song knew better than anyone else.

All the strong laborers were recruited by them to work, and those who starved to death were the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled. Naturally, there was no civil uprising.

Once there was a civil uprising, Jiajing would not hesitate to send the elite from the Nine Frontiers south to set things right. The day the Northern Army set out was the day when the heads of the two of them were sacrificed to the flag.

Daming still has a chance to turn back, but the Yan family, Xu family and most of the officials have no way to turn back.

The two old foxes Yan Song and Xu Jie knew better than Xu Fan and Yan Shifan.

Silver and money cannot save the Yan and Xu families.

Only when all the weaving fields and porcelain kilns in Jiangnan can start working every day, and the monthly wages can be paid in full to keep the weavers and kiln workers alive, can the Yan and Xu families be kept alive.

The essence of feudalism is the feudal lords derived from the high-intensity personal attachment of tenants to the land.

This feudal lord is not necessarily an aristocratic vassal, as long as it is dependent on people and land for rent, it is a feudal lord. It is just that the feudal lords of the Ming Dynasty are more civilized than the feudal era of the West, because they do not rely on people. Blood ties are the bonds that allow for a certain degree of iterative evolution and class mobility.

The essence of all that happened in the Ming Dynasty was that the emerging capital had infiltrated the temple as a force, forming a confrontation with the feudal power represented by the original scholar-bureaucrats and imperial power.

And the forefront of the confrontation between feudalism and capital is the cabinet of Ming Dynasty.

This made the Yan and Xu families have a dual color of feudalism and capitalism. Each of the two families has extremely high leverage, but because of the existence of imperial power, even if these leverages exist, there is no way for the Yan and Xu families.

Feudalism is inside, capital is outside.

In order to protect themselves, Yan Song and Xu Jie had no choice but to turn their blades outward regardless of the cost, and bring disaster to the east.

It's their lowest-cost option to go out of your way.

On the wharf at Wusongkou, Hua Linxiang, who was transporting Xishan cotton cloth here, looked at the tank boats on the river with trepidation.

With such a big move by Wang Zhi, every family in the south of the Yangtze River must more or less follow suit.

But it wasn't until Hua Linxiang arrived at Wusongkou that he discovered that both the Yan family and the Xu family had come to ruin their fortunes!
"Wufeng, when you arrive in Hong Kong this time, every time you move the abacus beads on your boat, you don't know how many small farmers in North Korea and Japan will have their families destroyed and their wives scattered. Is it true that nothing will happen?"

"will not."

"But the rabbit knows how to bite when it's in a hurry."

"Father Jun doesn't care."
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Inside Qingning Palace.

Ce Yan Zhou Liang, who was alone, kowtowed in front of Zhu Zaiyu and said loudly: "Foreign minister Ce Yan Zhou Liang, I thank the Heavenly Prince Long En, but I don't know... how can Li Tian's clan relatives be compared with officials who are familiar with government affairs?" Do you want to call some more people?"

Ce Yan and Zhou Liang's eyeballs were frantically rolling, for fear of missing this opportunity to pluck the wool.

Before Zhu Zaiyu could speak, Mai Fu rebuked angrily, "Presumptuous!"

"The people who cut the fields are all the blood of Emperor Taizu Gao, how can you bargain for it?!"

Ce Yan and Zhou Liang knew that they were wrong, kowtowed twice and said: "The foreign minister is rude, please forgive me, Your Highness."

"The lonely imperial brothers are all well-clothed and well-fed since they were young. This time they went overseas because of the imperial father's decree to spread the kindness of the emperor overseas, but the cost..."

When Ce Yan and Zhou Liang heard the words, he immediately showed embarrassment: "Your Highness, a small country is small and weak..."

As soon as the words fell, a high-arched and rough voice came from the back hall of Qingning Palace.

Then the crying snot and tears rushed out from the apse.

"Your Highness! The clan is the blood of Emperor Taizu Gao. There has been no such system in ancient times. Your Highness acts like this. How can you see the ancestors in Jiuquan after a hundred years!"

"Isn't it just that you committed suicide in Xiaoling? I would rather lose this official position than let the royal relatives go overseas, Your Highness!"

Zhang Juzheng held Gao Gong, Feng Bao also knelt on the ground and tightly hugged Gao Gong's thigh.

"Su Qing, Your Highness must have deep meaning, Su Qing."

"Yes, Gao Shi said, the crown prince has difficulties like the prince, and he will need the help of the servant in the future."

"Let go of me, you bastards!"

Ning Jue reminded in a low voice: "Uncle, turn your head back, the corner of your mouth is almost grinning on me, you are blind."

Only then did Zhang Juzheng turn his head aside.

Kneeling on the ground, Ce Yan and Zhou Liang resolutely said: "Add! Xiaobang will definitely not let you down, and you will do your best for food and clothing. Please rest assured, His Royal Highness, and gentlemen of the Heavenly Dynasty!"

At the end, Zhu Zaiyan also looked at the clan members who were going to Japan with Ce Yan and Zhou Liang, and began to cry with snot and tears.

"You emperor uncles, emperor ancestors, and emperor brothers, you are lonely and unfilial, and you are alone who can't live with you!"

"Your Highness! We miss you!"

"Everyone, keep in mind, according to what you can see, I know that Li Yuan, the people of Daming Overseas, are in dire straits. We just wait for you to relieve the people from their upside down. For the sake of the world and the common people, I can only suffer you."

"Your Highness! I don't want to leave! The small country in the East China Sea is a place where no shit is done! I've never heard of it."

In an inseparable cry.

Ce Yan and Zhou Liang had no choice but to agree that each of the royal relatives who went to Japan would add another five liang of silver per month, and the shogunate prepared to resettle them in a hut.

Only then did these clan members stand up contentedly, followed Ce Yan and Zhou Liang, and strode towards Liujiagang Wharf.

It is true that Fanbang may not be a bird, but at least there must be a bird!

If he really returns to the fief, he won't even be able to see the birds!

As soon as Fang left the city, the luggage of those clansmen was brought over by the palace servants. Looking at the large group of clansmen behind him who looked like they were on a spring outing, Ce Yan and Zhou Liang suddenly thought of some classics he had read.

It seems that these clansmen are not all well-clothed and well-fed in Daming!

"Your Highness, the foreign minister just thought about it again, the monthly salary of more than [-] relatives is really..."

"What do you mean?" Zhu Zaixun's expression darkened.

Ce Yan and Zhou Liang hurriedly said: "The ministers heard that the Celestial Dynasty judges relatives by rank and rank, and the vassals of the Min Mansion have no more than four hundred shi in the Celestial Dynasty."

Under Chengtian's sect, the cheerful atmosphere just now was swept away in an instant.

"The relationship between the celestial court is because the emperor is here, and even Xiaobang wants to determine the relationship between my Zhu family?"

Zhu Zaiyu's face darkened, and he didn't wait for Ce Yan and Zhou Liang to continue speaking.

Suddenly a figure in sackcloth and filial piety appeared on Tianjie.

"Your Highness! No way!"

After finishing speaking, the man knocked his head on the ground with a "dong", but this head knocked firmly.

Blood oozes from the scholar's forehead immediately.

"The Japanese pirate wolf's ambition and Wang Ni have colluded for a long time. It is definitely not a kind person. You must investigate!"

Seeing this, Ce Yan and Zhou Liang couldn't care less about establishing a clan relationship, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Highness, Xiaobang really can't afford to increase his salary!"

"Knowing small rituals but not great righteousness, being afraid of power but not being virtuous, being weak will be humble, and being strong will be robbers! Are you worthy to come to my heavenly court to beg for food?"

"There are still loyal and righteous people who dare to die in the Celestial Dynasty, and I dare to kill myself in Xiaoling."

"As long as His Highness withdraws his order, the student will go to Xiaoling to kill himself!"

The scholar didn't give Ce Yan and Zhou Liang time to turn things around.

Zhu Zaiyu kicked Ce Yan and Zhou Liang out and said angrily, "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you hurry up?!"

Ce Yan and Zhou Liang kowtowed on the ground again.

"Foreign minister, get out now, get out now!"

After seeing Ce Yan and Zhou Liang leave, the scholar simply knelt outside the Chengtian Gate, refusing to get up for a long time.

Standing on the side of Tianjie and watching the excitement, Zhang Jia couldn't help giving Gu Kexue a thumbs up.

"Hui Yan, Gao! Did you find this prison student? Just now the Japanese envoy tried to cheat again. Thanks to your trick, tsk tsk, how dangerous it is."

"This prison student looks familiar to me, but I just forgot where I saw him. He is a talented person. Look at how sincere he is. I'm moved."

Gu Kexue whispered cautiously: "Ji Fu, this is Xie Daoyuan, the eldest grandson of Xie Wenzheng, the only child of Xie's family in Simen."

"No wonder, the famous family..." Zhang Jia's voice paused, and then he suddenly realized: "Isn't it just pretending?"

"It's a real hatred between the country and the family, and it can't be stopped. If it weren't for the support of those envoys, this kid would be ready to assassinate directly today."
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Ceyan Zhouliang’s boat had already set sail. Although the North Korean mission’s toss in the capital was much slower than Ceyan Zhouliang and his party, they finally achieved roughly the same result.

The three parties get what they need, and everyone has a bright future.

Only Xie Zhiwang didn't quite understand what happened in Jinling.

On the second day after Ce Yan and Zhou Liang left Jinling, it rained heavily in Jinling. Although the heavy rain poured down day and night, it still did not stop Xie Zhiwang from petitioning.

The heavy rain soaked Xie Zhiwang's towel and clothes.

The scar on Xie Zhiwang's forehead was only slightly bandaged.

"Student Guozi Jiansheng Xie Zhiwang, begging the prince to take it back!"

Ti Wei, who was guarding the palace gate, took a look from a distance and couldn't help but sigh.

It's just that Xie Zhiwang soon felt that the raindrops above his head were no longer falling.

After Xie Zhiwang looked up suspiciously, he found a man in a coir raincoat standing behind him holding an oil-paper umbrella.

"Daoyuan, go back."

It wasn't until the man lowered his body that Xie Zhiwang could clearly see the appearance of the man.

"Nian Zhai?"

"People speak lightly, what you and I say now is useless."

"Then why don't we do anything? National hatred and family hatred!"

"Wait, sooner or later there will be a day when the imperial court's whipping method is nothing more than playing with money and money. What we have to do now is to hide our strength and bide our time."

Tao Dalin helped Xie Zhiwang, who was kneeling on the ground, to his feet, and whispered in Xie Zhiwang's ear, "When Tao and Xie's two families were playing money, they hadn't been born yet. Wait a little longer, they will be soon."

Once capital is born, it will never stop at the cabinet or any yamen.

What it wants is the whole world.

(End of this chapter)