Chapter 287 Give up the admonishment complex and respect the fate of the Ming Dynasty (end of volume) In
April of the 40th year of Jiajing, Su Ze finally led the militia to block all the failed embankments in Hangzhou Prefecture.
Su Ze's [Water Conservancy] skill has also increased to Level 10.
When three purple rays of light flashed in front of Su Ze, Su Ze was not happy at all.
The three purple passive skills are:
[Purple Passive - Dayu Flood Control: When controlling floods in the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, water conservancy skills +4, and Charisma +2 when leading management projects.]
[Purple Passive - Sui Yang Kaihe: Control Water transportation and manual excavation of canals. When carrying out canal projects, water conservancy skills +4, and charm +2 when leading water transportation projects.]
[Purple Passive - Hydraulic Workshop: When building hydraulic power facilities, water conservancy skills +3, corresponding engineering skills +3]
Su Ze hesitated for a moment. He already has a Level 5 skill of [Water Conservancy]. This skill is [Blue Passive - Binding the Cang Dragon as a Machine: Build water-driven mechanical equipment, water conservancy skill +2 . ]
Su Ze thought about it and chose the third purple passive, [Hydraulic Workshop] without hesitation.
In other words, when Su Ze builds hydraulic facilities on the river, his [Water Conservancy] skill can reach Lv10+2+3, and the corresponding engineering skill of the workshop he built can also be +3. This means that if Su
Ze If Ze builds a wooden hydraulic workshop, his [Carpentry] skill can also be +3. If he builds a hydraulic workshop with metal mechanical transmission, then his [Mechanical] skill can also be +3.
The reason for choosing the third skill is also very simple. For a person like Su Ze, it is definitely not Su Ze's turn to preside over projects such as regulating the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers and dredging water transportation.
Anyway, his current [Water Conservancy] skill is only at Level 10. He will choose skills related to water control when he reaches Level 15 in the future.
[There are some free attributes left, do you want to distribute them? 】
Su Ze put this attribute above charm.
Su Ze, male, 26 years old.
Intelligence: 13
Strength: 11
Agility: 7
Charm: 14
After adding points, Su Ze looked at the muddy field and felt heavy in his heart.
He organized a militia group to provide disaster relief in Hangzhou Prefecture for a month. Up and down Hangzhou, from prefecture offices to county offices, except for Chun'an County, where Hai Rui was located, who helped with disaster relief, other government offices looked on with cold eyes.
Su Ze asked people to borrow grain from the homes of wealthy families, but the wealthy households in Hangzhou refused. These greedy landlords were hoarding grain, waiting to occupy the people's land when the people could no longer survive.
Even Qingliu, who called for the common people, launched a fierce battle for personnel power in Zhejiang after Ma Ningyuan was sent to the capital.
In the affected areas of Hangzhou, merchants with various accents also appeared.
This includes Hu Zongxian's Huizhou Fuxiang Party, the Xu family's Songjiang Fuxiang Party, and Concubine Li's family in the capital. Like the local big families, they have taken aim at these disaster-stricken lands and are sharpening their knives.
The plot of "The Ming Dynasty 1566" is still a bit magical. You have to know where the disaster-stricken land in Hangzhou Prefecture will be acquired by a businessman like "Shen Yishi". The high officials of the imperial court have long been eyeing these lands, and there is no chance of them being acquired. Businessmen came to buy land.
Su Ze no longer had any good impressions of the Ming Dynasty.
Su Ze also reflected that no matter whether it was to introduce tariff laws or to help Hai Rui fight disasters, they were still of no use to a decadent machine like the Ming Dynasty.
If we want the people to really live a good life, we can only truly overthrow the corrupt machine of the Ming Dynasty.
Give up the admonishment complex and respect the destiny of Ming Dynasty.
Continue to accumulate strength and wait and see what happens.
After understanding this, Su Ze no longer hesitated.
In June of the 40th year of Jiajing, after finishing handling some affairs in Zhejiang, Su Ze returned directly to Nanjing.
Just after returning to Nanjing, Su Ze got some more bad news from Fang Wanghai.
The competition between Yan Dang and Qingliu became more intense in Zhejiang. After this fierce competition for personnel appointments, Yan Dang, who controlled the Ministry of Personnel, still had a small victory.
Zheng Michang, a think tank of the Strict Party, served as the chief envoy of Zhejiang and took charge of Zhejiang's civil affairs. He continued to unswervingly implement the court's policy of converting rice into mulberry.
Qingliu was not completely fruitless. At the recommendation of King Yu, Tan Lun, who had fought against the Japanese with Qi Jiguang in Fujian, became the governor of Zhejiang as the minister with the most senior experience and the best knowledge of warfare in Qingliu in Zhejiang.
The position of governor is not superior to that of chief envoy, but his power is no less than that of chief envoy. He is the supervisor of a province and has the power to impeach and remove officials.
The situation in Zhejiang became such that Hu Zongxian, the strict governor of Zhejiang Province, took charge of the fight against the Japanese.
Zheng Michang, the strict Party envoy to Zhejiang Province, was responsible for civil affairs and promoted the conversion of rice into mulberry.
Tan Lun, the Qingliu governor of Zhejiang, was responsible for supervision.
As for the key position of Hangzhou magistrate, a dramatic scene occurred on the strange stage of history.
After Gao Hanwen, an official of the Hanlin Academy, heard about the Hangzhou flood, he wrote to the court, proposing the policy of "replacing relief with reform and resolving the dilemma", allowing large households to pay for the land of the affected people, so that the court could provide relief without having to spend money.
Gao Hanwen also proposed that large households who want to purchase land must plant mulberry trees, and in turn hire the people who sell the land as tenant farmers, so that they can complete the two tasks of converting rice into mulberry trees and providing disaster relief.
Gao Hanwen's memorial quickly gained support from Party Yan, and there were also many supportive voices in Qingliu.
Emperor Jiajing was even more delighted when he saw this memorial. He praised Gao Hanwen as a talented person in the country and ordered him to be appointed as the magistrate of Hangzhou, responsible for the transformation of rice relief into mulberry.
When things got to this point, Su Ze had already seen the future script, but at this time he had lost interest in the party struggle in Zhejiang.
Even a high-ranking official like Hu Zongxian could not change the situation in Zhejiang during the Ming Dynasty. What could he, a high-ranking official, do?
Reforms and tinkering could no longer save the Ming Dynasty. Su Ze had already made up his mind to rebel.
But if you want to rebel, you must have your own base.
Su Ze looked around and found that his hometown of Fujian and Guangzhou were the most suitable for the current situation.
Since last year, the imperial court increased the collection of anti-Japanese silver in Guangzhou, Fujian Province, and coupled with the government's layer-by-layer apportionment, it can be said that the entire Guangzhou, Fujian Province has been experiencing constant uprisings.
On August 6, the 39th year of the Jiajing reign, more than 300 Fujian soldiers rose up in rebellion and set out from Sha County and Jiangle County to capture Taining County. The officers and soldiers died in the battle while guarding the royal site. The mutiny team then marched to Guangchang and Le'an, Jiangxi Province, and then to Yongfeng.
In the 39th year of Jiajing's reign, in Fujian, due to heavy government tax and exploitation, Japanese pirates invaded various states and counties, resulting in extreme poverty. People everywhere rose up in resistance one after another. Among them, there are the Jiao people in Dabu, the boat people in Nanwan, the mountain people in Youxi, the miners in Longyan, and the refugees in Nanjing, Yongding and other places. The uprising of the most vocal Jiao people Zhang Lian and others, the officers and soldiers often fought every battle. defeat.
In response to such a huge uprising, the Fujian government was overwhelmed and even sent cattle to the revolting people and bribed the revolting refugees not to attack the government. Wang Daokun wrote a letter saying that Fuzhou could only recruit troops to guard the city and was unable to go out to annihilate the refugees. This year, the 40th year of Jiajing, the refugee uprising in Fujian was finally pacified after Tan Lun and Qi Jiguang entered Fujian, relying on the Qi army. The refugees fled into the mountains and did not dare to attack the cities again, but the whole of Fujian was still in chaos. Make a ball.
Tan Lun and Qi Jiguang were also very worried. Just after Fujian was somewhat calmed down, the Japanese pirates came again.
After Wang Zhi's death, the Japanese pirates who were originally divided into two factions, the trading faction and the plundering faction, quickly merged. The group of Japanese pirates who advocated trade with the Ming Dynasty also began to plunder the Ming Dynasty's maritime territories.
Because they suffered losses in Zhejiang, the Japanese pirates began to focus on invading Fujian after seeing the chaos in Fujian.
This group of Japanese pirates was headed by Xu Hai, the leader of the original plundering faction, and Wang Zhi's men. The Japanese pirate gang formed was called the "New Japanese".
The new Japanese pirates who plundered Zhejiang, Guangdong and other provinces rushed into Fujian one after another, and joined forces with the original Japanese pirates in Fujian to invade various parts of Fujian.
They successively attacked Shaowu, Luoyuan, Lianjiang, Shouning, Zhenghe, Ningde, Fuqing, Changle, Longyan, Songxi, Datian, Gutian, and Putian, so that there was no peace in central Fujian.
According to Lin Mojun's letter, the new Japanese are now gathering forces to attack Xinghua Prefecture in Fujian.
Xinghua Prefecture is one of the most prosperous areas in Fujian. Qi Jiguang now also occupied Xinghua and organized soldiers and civilians to fight against the Japanese.
However, due to the party struggle between Yan Dang and Qingliu, Tan Lun, who supported Qi Jiguang the most, was transferred away. This made Qi Jiguang's anti-Japanese work in Xinghua Prefecture difficult, and he suffered several defeats in a row.
Su Ze found Fang Wanghai and proposed that he would return to Fujian to organize a militia to fight against the Japanese.
Regarding Su Ze's proposal, Fang Wanghai sighed and said:
"I know Ru Lin, you know how to fight against the Japanese. Fujian is your hometown. I feel sad to see Fujian like this. But there is nothing wrong with you returning to Fujian to fight against the Japanese." Use it?"
Fang Wanghai said earnestly: "Rulin, next year will be the Spring Festival. If you are selected as a Jinshi with your talents, you will naturally have the opportunity to serve the country." The 41st year of Jiajing was the year of the imperial examination. Xu Shixing, Xu Guo, and Wang Xijue
all I resigned from my position as a club coach at Su Ze Newspaper and went home to prepare for the exam seriously. I plan to enter Beijing in the second half of this year and prepare for the spring of next year.
Su Ze said, "Father-in-law, Fujian is in trouble. I want to return to my hometown and contribute to the fight against Japan."
Fang Wanghai wanted to persuade him again, but Su Ze's next words shut him up.
"Even if you, father-in-law, are already Jinshi in high school, you can't change much, right?"
Fang Wanghai sighed and shook his head.
This year, Fang Wanghai, the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing, was exhausted mentally and physically, and his gray hair had grown a lot.
As the party struggle between Yan Dang and Qingliu became more intense, factionless officials like Fang Wanghai no longer had a foothold.
The achievements of the banknote tariff law were quickly snatched away by the two parties.
The first was Zhejiang. Hu Zongxian submitted a letter to the imperial court on the grounds that Nanjing's Ministry of Household Affairs was too far away to manage the Zhejiang Cash Office and Customs Office, requesting that the authority of the various Bank Offices be transferred to each province.
Under the strict control of the Party, the Zhejiang Customs Department was separated from the Nanjing Household Department and placed under the management of the Zhejiang Chief Envoy Yamen.
After the Zhejiang Customs Department was stripped away, the new Zhejiang Chief Minister Zheng Michang immediately installed private individuals in the Zhejiang Customs Department, forcing many well-run bank officials to resign.
These officials and anti-smuggling officers were all professionals trained by Fang Wanghai with great difficulty, and they were all forced to resign by Zheng Michang.
However, Zheng Michang didn't spend much effort. These officials and government officials resigned very readily. After resigning, they immediately left Zhejiang without a trace.
On the contrary, this fulfilled Zheng Michang's wish. His cronies took over the Chaoguan Hall, and the entire Chaoguan Hall in Zhejiang immediately became a mess.
Immediately afterwards, the Zhejiang government began to issue anti-Japanese coupons again. The number of anti-Japanese coupons issued this time far exceeded last year's total and was more than twice the banknote tariff collected last year.
Many large households have refused to buy, but they have all been forced to buy by people sent by Zheng Michang. All prefectures and counties have received the subscription amount. If these anti-Japanese coupons cannot be sold, this year's examination results will be judged. inferior.
Hai Rui's letter to Fang Wanghai denounced Zheng Michang's behavior, but Fang Wanghai was helpless.
The banknote tariff law that he had implemented in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for two years and devoted countless efforts was completely destroyed by the strict party in less than a few months, and it even became a tool for these officials to exploit the local area.
Zhejiang's banknote tariff law was almost destroyed, and Jiangnan's banknote tariff was not very good either.
Since Zhao Zhenji took office as the right minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing, he has continued to usurp the rights of the Customs Department.
Zhao Zhenji had a good official reputation. He was a great scholar of Xinxue and a disciple of Xu Jie. He was very famous in Jiangnan.
He also managed water transportation, and naturally reached out to the banknote hall.
Compared to a technocrat like Fang Wanghai who doesn't take sides, no matter how smart he is, he still can't defeat the professional bureaucrat Zhao Zhenji.
First of all, Qingliu from Nanjing Kedao said that the tax on banknotes in South Zhili was too heavy, and asked the court to reduce taxes in the name of the Japanese rebellion in recent years.
Emperor Jiajing naturally couldn't let the fat in his mouth spit out, and then there was a tax resistance in Songjiang Mansion.
Zhao Zhenji dealt with it quickly, negotiated with merchants who resisted the tax, and finally proposed to lower the tax rate on cotton and cotton cloth.
Before Fang Wanghai could react, the capital cabinet approved Zhao Zhenji's proposal to lower the tax rates on banknote duties on Jiangnan bulk commodities such as cotton, cotton cloth, raw silk, and silk. After this battle, Fang Wanghai further lost control of the Jiangnan Banknote Customs Department. .
Many veteran officials of the Bank of China resigned in protest, and Zhao Zhenji took the opportunity to replace them with his disciples.
Su Ze's question made Fang Wanghai fall into deep thought. How could the Bank Customs Hall, which he had worked hard for two years to prepare, become like this?
They say that when people die, government will cease, but I haven't died yet. How come the Chaoguan Office has become like this?
At this time, Fang Wanghai even considered resigning. Nanjing's officialdom was too difficult for him to grasp.
However, Fang Wanghai still said: "Rulin, as long as the two parties fight for the result, things will get better."
Su Ze shook his head and said: "Father-in-law, if the Yan Party and Qingliu fight for the result, there will be a new party in the court. This I don’t want to quit my job in a few years. I just want to return to Zhejiang and do something for my hometown.”
Fang Wanghai was finally persuaded by Su Ze. He said, “Lan’er and the child should stay in Nanjing first, and then wait until the situation in Fujian stabilizes. They go back."
"Of course, during this period, Lan'er and the child will be entrusted to my father-in-law."
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