Wanli Youming

Chapter 212

Chapter 212

Sun Guangyou and Tian Le looked at each other.

At this time, Tian Le raised his hand and said to Hai Rui, "Please enlighten me."

"I don't dare to teach you!"

Hai Rui waved his hand: "Everyone has served as local parents' officials. You should know that although the New Deal does not benefit the people, as long as the New Deal is implemented, it will hurt the people!"

"Actually, what opponents of the New Deal often say about seizing benefits for the people is also true."

"After all, if the court wants to get more money from Haoyou, the Haoyou will get it back from the people. As much as the court can impose on Haoyou, Haoyou can impose on the people as much as possible!"

"Advocating thrift and governing the country is often not a pedantic view, and it is indeed a reasonable and helpless view."

Hai Rui said, "Because the wealth of the world is not in the officials, but in the people."

"According to Butang, you don't agree with the New Deal?"

"Then why did the ministry not hesitate to punish those rebels who broke into the governor's office with severe punishment?"

Sun Guangyou couldn't help asking curiously at this moment.

"No!"

"This person is in a different position, has a different vision, and has a different opinion."

"The officials in the local area see that it is not appropriate for the scholars and the people to increase taxes, which makes it difficult to be an official and make life difficult for the people; therefore, I can understand that you are not active in the New Deal;"

"However, the officials in the capital see that the court's expenditures are insufficient, they are living without food, and there are too many things to spend money on, but a lot of money has not yet been settled. Even if they don't make plans quickly, in the future, no one will know that our Ming Dynasty has experienced two years. A high-rise building with a hundred years of vicissitudes will collapse at any time! Therefore, Yuanfu and the others are implementing the New Deal, and this church can understand."

"And this church has served as the magistrate and county governor in the local area. In the capital, it has also served as the head of the Ministry and the court official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and has participated in the central decision-making."

Hai Rui waved his hands and said, "It's just because this hall has served as a local official and a Beijing official, so I know that although the implementation of this new policy is beneficial to the country, if it just doesn't increase the burden on the people, it will still increase the burden on the people. civil."

Having said this, Hai Rui sighed, "It's hard for the common people!"

Then, Hai Rui added: "Regular taxes and various miscellaneous taxes, as well as corvee servants, petty servants and official errands, and the need to borrow money to buy seeds and repay the interest every early spring. If you have a few taels of silver left over a year, you can count as a wealthy family." But in times of famine, we still have to use wild vegetables, grass roots and bark to survive. If the burden of the New Deal is really passed on to them again, then although my Ming Dynasty is stable above, it will be even more empty below! After all, it will still be a castle in the air. It’s inevitable that the sun will still set.”

Both of them nodded.

"Fortunately, Yuanfu Gaoming, in terms of the goal of implementing the New Deal, not only to enrich the country and strengthen the army, but also added the principle of 'benefiting the people', which means that the collected money should be released in other ways to let the money Flow between the common people and the treasury, so that the bottom can only lose money but not increase income."

"So, this hall must also follow Yuanfu's philosophy and increase income for the common people!"

Hai Rui said.

Tian Le asked: "Dare to ask how to increase the income of the people?"

Hai Rui said with a smile: "This hall has asked the imperial court to allow the mobilization of the people, so that the people, under the supervision and guidance of the government, carry out a campaign to demand rent reduction, interest rate reduction, and processed money to give them a rest. They are sympathetic to the sufferings of the court and the people, and cut rents and interest rates instead of increasing rents and interest rates! In addition, they are required to increase their salaries and give them rest; and ask them to agree to it by stopping rent payment and going on strike!"

Sun Guangyou and Tian Le looked at each other and smiled at this moment.

Tian Le also took the initiative to say to Hai Rui: "This will indeed increase the income of the common people, at least it will not reduce it. It is better for the Ministry to consider it comprehensively."

"If you can think about it comprehensively, you can be an official and reach the position of this hall."

Hai Rui continued talking.

Both Sun Guangyou and Tian Le nodded.

Then, Sun Guangyou also asked at this time: "I don't know what the department wants us to do?"

"Naturally, we must earnestly perform our duties. Don't let the movement turn into a riot, and don't let the powerful and right wantonly bully the people and slaves."

"In addition, take this opportunity to intensify efforts to rectify the local government, and take advantage of the fact that the crackdown in Wu in the name of suppressing rebels has not yet ended, to be the backer of the common people, and to strictly follow the "Law of the Ming Dynasty" to make Haoyou's life even more difficult. And until it is agreed to reduce rent and interest rates and process money for employment."

Hai Rui said.

"This one……"

Sun Guangyou and Tian Le couldn't help but look at each other.

Hai Rui suddenly asked: "Sun Fuyuan and Tian Xunyan must have received the imperial decree to confiscate their salary and incentive money?"

Both of them nodded.

Hai Rui looked at Sun Guangyou first: "The careers of the two of you will definitely be affected by this!"

The two couldn't help but look sad again.

"However, if the two of you truly make decisions for the people, if the hall is promoted back to Beijing to serve as a department hall in the future, and after you become an official, you will recommend Sun Fuyuan to take over the position of the hall!"

"As for the Tian Xun Press, the church will naturally recommend it."

"If you want to come to the imperial court, you won't lose some face to this hall."

"You know, this church has always been non-party, and there will be no people who follow it, but today, in order to achieve the goal of the New Deal to benefit the people, this church is willing to make an exception!"

After hearing this, Sun Guangyou and Tian Le couldn't help straightening their chests, and their hearts were pounding.

These days, it is still very difficult to be an official of Shangshu Shilang and the capital censor and deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Most of the governors will stop their careers at the first step of the governor.

Needless to say, there are only a few who can be a governor. If Hai Rui is really there to help them, the two will naturally have less worries about Zhang Juzheng starting to hate them and making their official careers difficult.

Therefore, Sun Guangyou laughed and said: "The official is only as big as he is. In fact, the lower official has long thought of retiring to the countryside, but after the ministry just mentioned, he also believes that the new policy needs to take into account the purpose of benefiting the people. If you resign if the New Deal does not achieve this goal, you will naturally feel sorry for the people of Wu, and you will also owe Your Majesty's favor and Yuanfu's trust!"

After saying that, Sun Guangyou stood up and cupped his hands to Hai Rui, "Your Majesty, follow what the ministry said, maintain the movement well, take the initiative to file complaints against all the people, including the servants of the master's family, and clear up the grievances!"

Tian Le followed and said: "The same goes for the lower officials!"

Hai Rui nodded, "Very good!"

Then, Hai Rui cupped his hands and said, "Please, both of you, our government must work together to ensure the success of this campaign!"

After Hai Rui communicated well with Sun Guangyou and other bureaucrats, he asked Lu Kun and Tang Chuanxun to let the organized people go to the big officials and gentry to ask for rent reduction, interest rate reduction and processing money.

So, not long after, a large number of people holding various slogans and flags appeared in many prefectures and counties.

These people are all shouting the slogans of "reducing rent and interest rate" and "processing money".

At this time, in Nandu City, a large number of people came to Gu Bingren's private garden in Nanjing in groups and very orderly. It didn't take long for Gu Bingren's private garden to be surrounded and shouted like thunder.

The government soldiers didn't drive them away either, they were ordered to rush over ahead of time, and stopped between the gate of the garden and these people.

It didn't take long for Gu Bingren to learn about this time from his concierge, and he trembled in fright: "Didn't they let them make trouble?"

Gu Bingren's concierge replied: "Master, we don't know, but there are indeed many people outside who say they are our tenants and want to reduce rent and interest."

"Rent reduction and interest rate reduction?"

Gu Bingren asked in astonishment, and then slammed the case: "It's so presumptuous! Why didn't you call it out?"

"Master, there are so many of them, we dare not go forward, and the people from the government are also there, and the patrol team is also watching, how dare we use violence."

returned the porter.

Gu Bingren himself also heard the shouts outside at this time, and followed the sound, and then took a look through the crack of the door, and sat back after seeing it: "Why are there so many troublemakers suddenly!"

At this time, not only Gu Bingren's house, but also many tenant farmers and hired workers surrounded the houses of other high officials and gentry.

Even Wei Guogong and other Nanjing dignitaries were not spared.

Nanjing, Suzhou and other cities were suddenly turned into lone boats floating in the sea after being flooded by a large number of people who were suddenly organized, and it seemed that the boat would be destroyed in an instant.

Because Ma Weiming was not at home, he was able to come out and came directly to Sun Guangyou: "Fuyuan, there are so many rioters, why don't you suppress them?"

Sun Guangyou asked, "Are these rioters? Did they smash, loot and burn?"

"It's not the rioters, it's also the troublemakers. Don't you just sit back and watch these troublemakers mess around with the officials and gentry, and humiliate the gentleman?"

Ma Weiming asked.

Sun Guangyou said: "This court has rushed to Beijing to inform the imperial court about this matter, but to say that they are unreasonable people is a bit too much, they didn't cause trouble, they just stood together and shouted, it's nothing. "

With that said, Sun Guangyou issued an order to evict the guest.

(End of this chapter)