Chapter 284 The officialdom is too deep, and Brother Yu cannot control it.
Xu Jie looked at this disciple, and Zhang Juzheng said:
"The person in charge of the money and food in Nanjing is the Nanjing Hubu."
Zhang Juzheng did not say the remaining sentence. The person in charge of the Nanjing Hubu now It was Fang Wanghai who had no dealings with Qingliu.
Moreover, Fang Wanghai also has a "record" of cooperating with Hu Zongxian.
When he thought of this, Xu Jie was silent for a moment. He raised his old eyes and said,
"Is Zhao Zhenji still at home and Ding You?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and an official from the Ministry of Personnel stood up and said,
"Mr. Xu Ge, Zhao Zhenji, Mr. Zhao has not recovered yet."
Xu Jie thought for a while and said;
"Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs still needs a right minister. Tomorrow I will recommend Zhao Zhenji to be the right minister of Nanjing Ministry of household affairs, and take the matters of warehousing, money and food out of Fang Wanghai's hands. ."
Everyone's eyes were full of admiration for Xu Jie. Zhao Zhenji, who was persecuted and demoted by Yan Song many times, was also a disciple of Xin Xue and a student of Xu Jie.
Zhao Zhenji had a grudge against Yan Dang. He stayed at home because of his father's death, but it was time for him to retaliate.
Zhao Zhenji's qualifications and academic qualifications are enough to serve as the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing. Normally, there is one Minister and two Ministers in Nanjing.
For example, Lu Dayou, the Nanjing household minister who was arrested before, was the right minister of household affairs who was responsible for warehousing and money and grain.
In fact, the game of thrones is like a game of cards. Whoever has more "one's own people" will have an advantage at the card table.
Zhang Juzheng stroked his beard and said: "Wonderful!"
It's no wonder that Xu Jie can be the leader of Qingliu. The roster in his mind is his most powerful weapon.
Among the people present, only Gao Gong frowned and remained silent.
After everyone left, Gao Gong said to King Yu:
"Zhao Zhenji went to Nanzhili. I'm afraid it is not a good thing for the people in the southeast."
King Yu was silent. No matter how low his political level was, what Qingliu had just discussed He also understood the meaning.
That is to take advantage of Party Yan's mistake in "changing rice to mulberry" and wait until Zhejiang leads to a popular uprising due to lack of food, and use this to trip up Party Yan.
But the bargaining chip in this political struggle is the life and death of Zhejiang people.
King Yu was stunned for a moment and hesitated, but he was speechless.
Gao Gong said with some disappointment: "If that's the case, Su Rulin is right, how is Qingliu different from Yan Dang?"
Gao Gong didn't wait for King Yu to speak, and said goodbye to King Yu directly and went out.
Since the last Yu Dayou incident, there has also been a gap between Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.
Gao Gong no longer went to Zhang Juzheng alone to drink and discuss the current situation, and his interaction with Qingliu became less frequent.
After returning to the mansion, Gao Gong couldn't help but get into the study. He thought for a while, wrote down what happened today in a letter, and then dug out the greeting card that Su Ze had given him.
Then he called the servant and said:
"Give this letter to Su Rulin personally at the address on the post in Nanzhili. Do you understand?"
The servant immediately agreed. After Gao Gong finished writing the letter, he sat on the chair. , eyes full of doubts.
Is it right or wrong to do this?
But Gao Gong also urgently wanted to ask Su Ze, how can we save Daming?
In March of the 40th year of Jiajing reign, there was a heavy rain in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
In the Hangzhou magistrate's yamen, all the officials, big and small, looked solemn, and the Hangzhou magistrate Ma Ningyuan, who was sitting in the chair, looked ugly.
The magistrates, magistrates, and officials of the Hangzhou Prefecture sat at the bottom respectively. In addition, Ma Ningyuan also issued an official document asking the magistrates of various counties in Hangzhou Prefecture to come to the prefecture's Yamen for a meeting.
Hai Rui was wearing a white washed official uniform, which made him stand out among the officials, and he also looked very strange.
Ma Ningyuan looked around, and finally his eyes fell on Hai Rui.
He said sternly: "Why is the conversion of rice to mulberry in Chun'an County advancing so slowly? Only dozens of acres of land have been converted until now? Hai Rui, Magistrate of Chun'an County! Is your order as a child's play?" Everyone's eyes were wide open
. Hai Rui's expression did not change at all because of his boss's anger.
However, Hai Rui was no longer a newcomer to the officialdom. He did not insist directly. Instead, he said:
"There have been heavy rains in Chun'an these days. The lower officials have been inspecting the dams. They have not asked about the matter of converting rice into mulberry. They have left it to the county magistrate Tian." I did it."
"You!" Ma Ningyuan slapped the table and said,
"Since you don't care about politics, why did you stop the people sent by this prefect?"
Hai Rui still said with a look of indifference:
"I just didn't see you. The magistrate's personal order made me suspect that these people were cheating."
Ma Ningyuan could not say the rest.
No matter how well something is done, people will always be needed to do it in the end.
Although Hai Rui is just a county magistrate, it will always fall on him to convert rice into mulberry.
As long as he had this attitude, it would be difficult for Ma Ningyuan to force him to do anything.
Ma Ningyuan sent his men to Chun'an to forcibly convert rice into mulberry, but they were expelled by the Yamen led by Hai Rui.
But Ma Ningyuan's method was to destroy the fields and promote the conversion of rice to mulberry, which could not be written in black and white.
Just when the discussion reached a deadlock, suddenly a servant from the prefecture's Yamen came in and shouted:
"Masters, the people of Chun'an have changed!"
Ma Ningyuan slapped the table and stood up, with a happy look on his face. He said fiercely He glanced at Hai Rui.
As if the civil uprising was a happy event, he immediately stood up and said to the government officials beside him: "
Hurry up and ask the Hangzhou New Army to dispatch! This government will personally suppress these unruly people!"
Hai Rui and a group of officials also stood He got up and hurriedly followed the prefect into the rain.
Hai Rui's face was full of worry. This civil uprising gave Ma Ningyuan an opportunity to break through, and he had an excuse to violently intervene and change rice into mulberry.
Sure enough, when the group arrived in Chun'an, the rain was still continuing, and the so-called civil uprising was just a village of people standing on the edge of a field, pulling rice seedlings in the field in front of the government officials.
Ma Ningyuan was completely obsessed with promoting the conversion of rice to mulberry. He ordered the government officials and county officials to prevent the people from spring plowing.
Ma Ningyuan knew very well that to get people to change rice into mulberry, it would not be possible to rely on appeals alone.
So Ma Ningyuan simply pulled the plug. As long as the people couldn't grow this season's grain and delayed spring plowing, they could only plant mulberry trees and change rice to mulberries in accordance with the government's requirements.
Ma Ningyuan's abacus was good, but the people were not fools either.
If you can't grow food in the spring, you will be hungry in the fall and winter. Your court only said to change rice to mulberry, but it didn't provide a penny of subsidies.
Without food, people will starve to death. In autumn, people without food have no choice but to sell their fields to survive.
Moreover, the county also forced the purchase of mulberry seedlings that had been converted from rice to mulberry, which caused even more resistance from the people of Hangzhou.
This is a small village on the edge of Chun'an County. When Ma Ningyuan saw this situation, it didn't look like a civil uprising, right?
He frowned and called to the little official who had tipped off the news:
"Where is the civil uprising?"
"These unruly people refused to let the government officials go down to pull out the seedlings, and a conflict broke out. Mr. Futai, this is a rebellion!"
Ma Ningyuan was about to be laughed out of anger. But when he saw the villagers holding farm tools, Hai Rui had already gone forward to negotiate despite the rain.
No, we can't let Hai Rui's negotiation succeed and let him drag it out like this! At this time, Yu Zongyuan, dressed in armor, came to this small village on horseback with a general flag of the Hangzhou New Army.
After seeing Yu Zongyuan coming, Ma Ningyuan breathed a sigh of relief and immediately stepped forward and said,
"General Yu, you are finally here! Please give the order to expel these unruly people as soon as possible. This government must implement the imperial decree!" "
Who? You dare to destroy our fields!"
A strong man in the crowd shouted without retreating when he saw the officers and soldiers coming.
Ma Ningyuan looked at this man in the crowd and said, "Where did this unruly man come from?"
A clever man came out from the clerks and government servants surrounding Tian. He leaned close to Ma Ningyuan and said,
"This guy's name is Qi Da. He is a farmer in the village and also does some pig-killing work. He is the leader of these unruly people."
"Come here! Capture this Qida!"
Ma Ningyuan shouted, and all the government officials looked at him again, seeming to be worried. Asked what the charges were.
Ma Ningyuan said directly: "Tong Japanese!"
His Yamen servants became more motivated. At this time, Hai Rui stood up and said:
"Master Magistrate, this Qida is a citizen of Chun'an County. We in Chun'an County should arrest him first and try him first." ."
"It's related to the Japanese government! I want to personally try it!"
Hai Rui said without giving up: "There is no regulation in the Ming Dynasty law that the government government goes beyond the county to directly sue." "
You!"
Seeing Hai Rui The "Da Ming Law" was brought out again, and Ma Ningyuan became even more furious. At this time, a short, fat official with a mustache hurried to the scene with his people.
Ma Ningyuan knew that this was Tian Xian Cheng of Chun'an County, and he said to Tian Xian Cheng:
"Haizhi County said that it is up to you to convert rice into mulberry?"
Tian Xian Cheng rolled his eyes and knew this. The prefect is not a good person.
He quickly said: "Converting rice to mulberry is a national policy. Naturally, the county magistrate is in charge. Tian is just a clerical worker."
Ma Ningyuan pointed at the people in the village and said,
"There is civil unrest in this village. Isn't it you?" Did he neglect his duty? Do you know that Qi Da? We thought he was a Japanese conspirator, so we quickly had him captured and sent to the magistrate's office for personal trial!"
Hai Rui paused, and he also looked at Tian Xian Cheng.
Ma Ningyuan was able to rise from being a civil servant to a magistrate, so he was naturally capable.
Just like Hai Rui resisted his life, as long as the county magistrate Tian came forward to take Qi Da and then handed it over to the prefect's Yamen according to the procedures, Hai Rui had no way to interfere.
Since Hai Rui took office, Tianxian County Magistrate had a lot of arguments with him. When he saw Ma Ningyuan's appearance, he gritted his teeth and ordered: "Take down the Qi Da Tongbo!"
Ma Ningyuan said to Yu Zongyuan again :
"General Yu! Please lead the troops to drive away the chaos. This government has to perform official duties!"
Yu Zongyuan asked his adjutant to give the order for all the riders of the Hangzhou New Army to mount their horses and prepare to charge towards the people who were surrounding the fields.
The rain is falling and the people are wailing.
The Yamen officers rushed forward to seize Qi Da, and the new army in Hangzhou was ready to attack.
Hai Rui also blocked the charge route of the Hangzhou New Army, and the whole scene was in chaos.
"Stop!"
A voice sounded like thunder, and everyone looked over, only to see a scholar in a blue scholar's shirt standing in the rain.
The person who came was naturally Su Ze. He walked quickly to Hai Rui and said to Hai Rui:
"Teacher." When
Hai Rui saw Su Ze, he was a little surprised that he suddenly came to Zhejiang, but he was surprised when Su Ze came. Feeling a little more at ease.
As a disciple, I can always think of a way.
Sure enough, Su Ze stood up and said to Yu Zongyuan:
"Brother Yu, Hu Butang only asked you to guard Hangzhou, but he did not ask you to help Magistrate Ma destroy the fields."
When Su Ze stood up, the faces of the Hangzhou recruits present were The cavalrymen reined in their reins one after another.
Since the establishment of the Hangzhou New Army, Su Ze has come to Hangzhou many times to give military lectures. The entire Hangzhou New Army, from the deputy generals to the grassroots soldiers, will shout "Sir" when they see Su Ze.
Su Ze talked to them about the principles of being a general and the sense of honor as a soldier, and often expressed condolences to the members of the New Army in Hangzhou. When he spoke at this time, everyone looked at Yu Zongyuan.
When Yu Zongyuan saw Su Ze coming, he simply took off his helmet and walked to him and said,
"Brother Aze, why are you here."
Su Ze said, "Brother Yu, do you still remember what I told you?"
Yu Zongyuan shook his head, and Su Ze said: "The mission of the new army in Hangzhou is to fight against the Japanese. Things in the officialdom are too deep for you to control. Let the brothers disperse." Yu Zongyuan looked at Ma Ningyuan and said
:
"That Magistrate Ma?"
"Is Magistrate Ma as big as Governor Hu? If Brother Yu doesn't believe it, Governor Hu's order will arrive soon."
Su Ze said coldly, and sure enough, a messenger officer rushed in soon. In the village, the officer came to Yu Zongyuan and said:
"Hu Butang's military order tells the Hangzhou New Army to quickly return to the camp to prepare for the Japanese invasion!"
Yu Zongyuan glanced at Su Ze, and his brother really knew what was going on. !
He quickly said to the adjutant: "Let the soldiers go back to the camp!"
Then Yu Zongyuan pulled Su Ze and said: "When brother Aze returns to Hangzhou later, he must go and sit in my camp!"
After saying this, Yu Zongyuan Yuan immediately led the soldiers and left the village without looking back.
Seeing that the new troops in Hangzhou had withdrawn, Ma Ningyuan also knew that the situation was over. He could not defeat the united villagers with his own government servants.
He looked at Su Ze and asked, "Who are you?"
Su Ze raised his hands and said, "Student of the Imperial College, Su Ze."
Hearing Su Ze's name, Ma Ningyuan was stunned for a moment. Su Ze is quite famous in Zhejiang, especially in Zhejiang. It was the rescue of Yu Dayou in the capital last year that made Su Ze extremely famous among the people.
The common people naturally have a stronghold. Yu Dayou was in Zhejiang, and the soldiers he trained never committed any crimes in the autumn of Zhejiang. They fought against the Japanese with consecutive victories. If such people are framed, doesn't it mean that there are treacherous ministers in the court?
Su Ze, a commoner, went to Beijing alone and saved Yu Dayou with a copy of "The Complete Biography of Yue Shuo", which made him legendary.
Su Ze said to Tian Xian Cheng again: "Master Futai said that Qi Datong was a Japanese, and he has to wait for the county to hear it first before reporting it to the government."
Tian Xian Cheng said quickly: "Yes, that's right."
Fang Wanghai was there Zhejiang has a Chaoguan Hall, which is now the God of Wealth in every county.
Tianxian Cheng naturally knew Su Ze's identity as the son-in-law of Fang Wanghai, Nanjing's minister of household affairs. With him on Hai Rui's side, Tianxian Cheng was no longer willing to continue to flatter Magistrate Ma and quickly fell back on his own. Boss Hai Rui.
Ma Ningyuan knew that he would never have a breakthrough, so he had no choice but to leave with his officials and government servants bitterly.
The people in the village cheered, but Su Ze looked at the gloomy sky and the continuous spring rain with a worried expression.
(End of chapter)