Chapter 269 Zhang Juzheng betrayed his teacher and ancestors!
When in Beijing.

People were having a heated debate about whether to reform the law or not.

The distant land of Jiangnan.

A fierce debate among the six counties was also taking place in Huizhou Prefecture.

She County has borne the silk tax for 200 years. Should the burden be shared equally by the other five counties?

From She County's perspective, things are now very clear.

We, the people of She County, have been made suckers for two hundred years.

You five counties have enjoyed the benefits for two hundred years, and we in She County have not asked you to settle the past accounts. We are just asking you to take on the responsibilities that you should have taken in the future.

how?

Are you people from the five counties still not happy?
The five counties are another reason.

Since She County has already paid silk for 200 years, there is no reason to change it.

How come something that has been fine for 200 years has gone wrong now?

It must be you people from She County who want to exploit our five counties.

Then the local people fought with each other, the local gentry and wealthy families used all kinds of connections to smooth things over, and the government could only follow the will of the people under its rule.

Things have begun to slowly spread from Huizhou Prefecture to various departments and offices in Nanjing City.

after all.

Nowadays, especially in a place of scholarship like Huizhou Prefecture, there are many scholars. Which family doesn't have a few people in the court?

You, She County, are looking for officials from She County in Nanjing City.

Our five counties are in Nanjing city, and there are more people!
As spring ploughing season arrives, all the people are busy with the farming work.

This already heated debate suddenly became even more intense.

At the junction of She County and other counties.

Fierce battles broke out over water sources, fields, and even the ownership of a tree.

Cases of fighting were reported to She County and Huizhou government offices.

Huang Ningdao, the prefect of Huizhou, was naturally overwhelmed.

This day.

Huang Ningdao was still worrying about how to deal with the fight that broke out yesterday between the people of She County and Xiuning County over the use of Xin'an River water for spring irrigation.

Outside the government office.

Song Ren, the Tongpan of Huizhou Prefecture, rushed in from outside with his men, looking very embarrassed.

"Fu Zun!"

"There's a fuss!"

“Someone is really going to die!”

Song Ren rushed all the way to the front of the Mansion Master Huang Ningdao, his face full of anxiety.

Huang Ningdao's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

He stood up quickly.

"Tell me quickly! What happened again?"

Song Ren waved his hand and pointed outside: "Jixi... It's the people of Jixi. Thousands... thousands of people rushed into She County along the Yangshui River..."

Huang Ning said, and everything went dark before his eyes.

Civil unrest!

In the end, civil unrest broke out in Huizhou Prefecture.

My term as a prefect has come to an end.

After a while, Huang Ningdao's vision gradually recovered.

His face turned pale as he said, "Now...what's the situation outside now? That Hai Rui probably hasn't heard about this yet!"

Once Hai Rui, the Censor-in-Chief, knew about this.

As long as he participates in one of the books.

I really don't even have a chance to turn the situation around.

Song Ren's face was tense and he shook his head.

Huang Ning said with trembling hands, looking around with his eyes lowered.

Finally he stretched out his hands and gripped the gavel tightly.

Then Huang Ningdao held the gavel in both hands and slammed it heavily on the table.

There was a bang.

Huang Ningdao yelled, "Hurry up and tell me!"

Song Ren calmed down and said, "He... Hai... Hai Hai Rui, go... go go. Xin'anwei agreed..."

Bang.

Huang Ningdao's vision suddenly went dark again.

He slowly raised his hands, and the gavel fell with a bang.

And he fell heavily backwards to the ground.

"Fu Zun!"

……

"General!"

"I am the Censor of the Metropolitan Censorate appointed by His Majesty, and I am also the Deputy Magistrate of the Southern Zhili Provincial Governor's Office. I am under the Emperor's grace and am responsible for supervising the region."

"At present, Huizhou Prefecture is about to be in chaos. The people of Jixi are rushing into She County. Nearly 10,000 people from the two counties are about to fight with weapons."

"Xin'anwei is stationed in Huizhou Prefecture and has the responsibility to protect the land and the people. Now that we have heard about this, how can we just ignore it?"

Xin'anwei Camp.

Hai Rui, escorted by two followers, stood in front of the commander of the Xin'an Guard and spoke sharply.

When the people of Jixi rushed into She County.

He soon got the news.

Hai Rui did not go to the government office either.

Because he knew that Huizhou Prefecture could not do anything.

So he came directly to the Xin'anwei camp and asked the commander of the Xin'anwei to send troops to suppress the people of the two counties and drive the people of Jixi back.

The commander of Xin'an Guard frowned and said, "Censor Hai, we are the soldiers of the guard. We cannot move without authorization. Although Censor Hai is the Censor of the Censorate appointed by His Majesty, he is also the Tongpan of the Southern Zhili Governor's Office. But Censor Hai has no authority over the Huizhou Prefecture. Even if the troops of our guard need to be mobilized, it should be the Huizhou Prefecture that issues the order. Our guard will follow the request of the Huizhou Prefecture and help defend Huizhou Prefecture."

This is the rule.

How could he just let Hai Rui say a few words and move his troops out of the camp?

If something goes wrong, who will take the responsibility?

Hai Rui didn't care about that.

He immediately said, "According to the rules of the imperial court, when guarding a place, it is their responsibility to protect the land and the people. This official is not making trouble without reason and disturbing the army. In fact, nearly 10,000 people in the two counties are in turmoil. If the Xin'an Guards didn't know, it could be forgiven. But now that the Xin'an Guards have known, if they don't do anything, they will be dereliction of duty and disregard the peace of the local people."

The commander of Xin'an Guards only said one sentence: "If the Imperial Censor Hai wants our help, he must ask Huizhou Prefecture to issue a letter. Once I get the letter, I will immediately mobilize the troops and send them under the command of the Imperial Censor Hai!"

Hai Rui was furious for a moment and said coldly: "What if the people died?"

"It is the responsibility of the local government of Huizhou Prefecture and has nothing to do with our Xin'an Guard."

The commander of the Xin'an Guard replied indifferently.

Hai Rui looked around, and finally raised his hands, took off the black hat on his head, and then placed it on the table in front of the new Anwei commander.

Subsequently.

Hai Rui quickly snatched the seal of mobilization from the table into his arms.

"Do you want to rebel?"

Following the shouting of the Xin'anwei commander, the officers and soldiers in the tent drew their swords one after another.

Hai Rui had already dodged and retreated behind his two attendant guards.

He said in a cold voice: "In an emergency, we must act according to the will. I cannot sit idly by and watch innocent people die tragically in such a sudden change!"

"General, you are concerned about the court's rules and dare not mobilize troops without the Huizhou government's order. So I will leave this black gauze hat here. I mobilized the troops and I seized the seal. If the court investigates, please return this black gauze hat to the court on my behalf!"

After saying that.

Hai Rui left the tent under the protection of his two attendant guards.

Inside the tent, the officers and soldiers looked anxious.

"Commander?"

The commander of the Xin'an Guard shook his head and smiled: "Let Hai Rui take his men to suppress the people. Since he was the one who stole the seal and took the soldiers away, if anything goes wrong, he will be held responsible as he said."

After saying this, the commander of Xin'anwei carefully picked up the black gauze hat left by Hai Rui, carefully blew away the dust on it, and then gently placed the black gauze hat on the hat rack.

Outside the account.

Hai Rui had already taken the seal and began to mobilize troops.

The commander of the Xin'an Guards in the tent, listening to the noise outside, suddenly said, "Tell the people below, whoever dares to bring a knife, I will break his legs later!"

It's just suppressing the people who are making trouble.

No need for knife.

The personal soldiers in the tent were immediately driven out.

The commander of the Xin'an Guard sat on a chair, leisurely playing an unknown tune.

And in the capital.

In the Wanshou Palace.

Yan Shaoting shouted in public that Zhang Juzheng was right.

It immediately attracted countless gazes.

Yan Shaoting was actually involved with Zhang Juzheng?
Aren't the two of them already enemies?
There was a strong suspicion in the eyes of Yan Ne and others.

however.

Yan Shaoting said, "Your Majesty, if it weren't for what Prefect Zhang said, I would have never thought that since the Chenghua Dynasty, our dynasty has not conducted a survey of the population that should be registered.

"After so many years, I think that the registered population of about 65 million during the Chenghua period may have already reached 80 million or even 90 million.

As long as we have an extra 20 to 30 million to check out the registered population, the court can immediately increase its tax revenue by half!"

After finishing speaking, Yan Shaoting's eyes turned silently.

He and Zhang Juzheng were enemies and disliked each other.

This is a personal relationship that must be maintained over the long term.

And what I am talking about now is just my own business.

At least in the eyes of the people present, it is his forte.

Make money!

Make money for the emperor.

This is my specialty.

really.

After hearing what Yan Shaoting said, Yan Ne, Paine and others couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

but.

I can't agree with what Yan Shaoting said!

This time, Yan Ne didn't wait for Xu Jie to force him again.

Xu Jie said immediately: "The court is now rectifying the administration of officials. The southeast will start a silk trade this year. The five provinces are sending troops to quell the Japanese invasion along the coast. The court has so many things to do. If we check the registered population of each province at this time, I am afraid that the affairs will be complicated and the local areas will inevitably be in chaos. I think that even if we want to do this, it is better to wait until all the current affairs are completed, and then slowly plan and implement it."

According to what Xu Jie said.

The court is currently dealing with several major issues.

With the addition of a population census, the court would not have to do anything else.

We must also prevent chaos from occurring locally due to too many things happening.

But Zhang Juzheng immediately responded with a counter-attack.

"Your Majesty! Three years from now, it will be the year of the imperial examination for the government. If we want to check the population of each province, it will take about three years to complete. If we don't do it now, how many more years will the court have to wait?"

"The imperial court's preferential selection of officials is not fair, let alone an extra year. If there are really 90 million people, the court will lose a million taels of tax silver and tens of millions of shi of rice and wheat in vain every year!"

Yan Shaoting provided him with a good idea for advising the emperor.

As long as it has something to do with money.

It is impossible for the emperor not to pay attention to it.

As long as the emperor pays attention to it, he will realize that the silver that should belong to the court and the treasury is now waiting for the emperor's order and can be collected.

But he was so confrontational.

Xu Jie was already burning with anger, but he could not vent his anger because he was in the presence of the emperor.

But Xu Jie was already so angry that his teeth were itching.

The anger in my heart was burning.

Xu Jie couldn't help but look back at Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng, are you really going to betray your teacher and destroy your ancestors?
Did Zhang Juzheng betray his teacher and ancestors?

The emperor won’t care.

In Jiajing's mind, he was quickly calculating what Yan Shaoting and Zhang Juzheng had said, if an investigation were to be conducted on the registered population of the country.

If we can really compare with the Chenghua Dynasty, there will be 20 to 30 million more people.

Then how much more tax silver would the imperial court's Ministry of Revenue and the treasury have as a result?

These are all real sources of financial and tax revenue!

Jiajing's gaze automatically avoided Xu Jie, bypassed Zhang Juzheng, and looked at Yan Shaoting.

after all.

This guy is the God of Wealth that I have brought with me!
Jiajing looked at Yan Shaoting and said slowly, "Yan Qing."

The emperor is calling Yan Shaoting.

But Xu Jie raised his eyebrows, and suddenly felt gloomy in his heart.

The emperor's call may have already prompted him to conduct a thorough investigation of all the people registered in the country.

Yan Shaoting bowed and said, "I am here."

Jiajing smiled and said, "Mr. Yan has always been good at economics. Mr. Yan, can you please calculate with me how much the population of each province in the world has increased compared to the Chenghua period?"

Yan Shaoting smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I find it difficult to answer this question."

Ok?
Jiajing's brows suddenly frowned.

Yan Shaoting actually didn't know how to answer this question.

He immediately asked, "Why?"

Yan Shaoting said in a deep voice: "If Your Majesty asks how many people there are in the world, I can answer you now. It must be that since the Chenghua Dynasty, the number has increased by countless.

But if you are asking about the number of people who should be registered, then I have to ask Your Majesty a few questions before I can answer Your Majesty’s previous question.”

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