Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1418, Conspiracy

In a garden somewhere in the capital, a group of officials from Jiangnan gathered together to discuss something.

"Feng Gong is a clean and honest official, with a clear style in his sleeves. He is upright and upright. He also has the legacy of ancient sages. He recuperates with the people and opposes excessive expropriation. When he was in Nanzhili, everyone's life was still very good."

"But who knew that he was dismissed and returned home like this, without leaving any fame or anything. It's really infuriating."

An official couldn't help but sighed.

"There is no way, who let the villain be in power now, and the emperor is bewitched by others, he likes to extort money and resort to military force, and has fought against foreign countries for years, resulting in countless deaths."

"At home, I also like to build large-scale construction projects, laboring the people and wasting money. If I don't have money, I will tax the people wantonly, so that the people will have a hard time~"

Someone also said angrily.

"Isn't that right? Our family has worked so hard to start a small business. We have worked hard all year round, and we only earn a few hundred thousand taels of silver, but the tax office wants us to pay fifty thousand taels of silver." Taxes, why should this half of the money be handed over like this?"

"Yes, why~"

"Our family has a textile factory. The business is pretty good. We can earn [-] taels of silver a year, but the tax office calculates that we have to pay [-] taels of silver a year. Send tax agents to seize the factory."

"It really doesn't make sense~"

"Since ancient times, sage kings have lightly paid and paid less, and rested with the people. In contrast, today, they are so extortionate and extortionate. They really don't want us ordinary people to live."

"You can't blame the Son of Heaven. It's Liu Jin, a treacherous villain, who bewitched the Holy Majesty and deceived him. There are so many memorials to impeach Liu Jin's son, but why there is no news so far. It's like nothing."

"If you want to get rid of the source and restore the bright future of our Ming Dynasty, the first thing to do is to get rid of Liu Jin'er. As long as he is still in the court, the Ming Dynasty will never have a peaceful day. We and the people will have to endure excessive expropriation."

"It's not easy to get rid of Liu Jin. He is a celebrity around the emperor, and he is deeply rooted in the court. I don't know how many old officials there are."

"It's the Minister of the Ministry of Officials again, who is in charge of the officials in the world. I don't know how many people have taken refuge in him secretly, and the emperor has always trusted him. Feng Gong was dismissed from office just because he contradicted him a few words."

"I don't believe that this Ming Dynasty has no kingly law, so he, Liu Jin, can really cover the sky with one hand."

"As long as we are united and work together, we will be able to bring him down!"

"Yes, as long as we persist in writing to the Holy Father to impeach Liu Jin, he will fall down sooner or later."

"What did Elder Sange say?"

"Still counting on Elder Sange?"

"The three of them are all clay Bodhisattvas. The emperor can do what he says. Even as a cabinet boss, he often listens to Liu Jin's children. Don't expect them to make a difference."

"But without the support of Sange elders, it will be even more difficult for us to bring down Liu Jin."

"It's all about human effort. He, Liu Jin, is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and at the same time he is the richest person in Ming Dynasty. Who doesn't know how much money he has made by relying on the power in his hands."

"As long as we hold on to this one, we will be able to bring him down."

"I think it takes a long-term plan to bring down Liu Jin Xiaoer. He is deeply entrenched, has a close relationship with nobles in the court and China, and has a close relationship with His Royal Highness. It is very, very difficult to bring him down."

"The most urgent thing at the moment is to find a way to push the position of Nanzhili chief envoy to our people first. If Liu Jin puts their people in the position of Nanzhili chief envoy, we will not know the whole situation by then. What a terrifying storm Jiangnan is about to face."

"With Feng Gong's protection, I still have a hard time waiting. Once Liu Jin is assigned to this position, my good days waiting for the gentlemen in the south of the Yangtze River will really come to an end."

"At that time, we have worked hard for a year to earn some money, and finally paid all the taxes."

"Yes, yes, the top priority is to keep the position of Nanzhili chief envoy."

Hearing the official's words, the others also nodded.

Although there are still many officials from Jiangnan in the court, there are very few who can really stand up as leaders.

After several major cases that year, Emperor Hongzhi severely cracked down on officials from Jiangnan, which greatly weakened the strength of officials from Jiangnan.

At the same time, after Liu Jin became Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he also focused on cracking down on these officials who were born in the south of the Yangtze River. Few people were promoted, but many were demoted or dismissed because of their poor performance.

There is no way, Liu Jin, who came here through time travel, is very aware of these people's peeing nature.

If people like them are allowed to gain power, it is very likely that they will die miserably at that time, and at the same time, the situation they have worked so hard to manage may also be destroyed, and the result is very likely that civil war will break out in a short period of time.

The new capitalists and colonists will never want to return to the previous situation, and these stubborn old forces represented by the Jiangnan gentry, what they most desire is to return to the previous situation.

The Son of Heaven ruled from the top down, and everything was handed over to them, these lords and princes, who valued culture and military power, and the court gave the people a rest, and despised corvee and tax. It is best to let them continue to monopolize many profiteering industries.

This kind of day is what they are looking for. All the power and interests in the world are in their hands. As for the prosperity of the country and the life and death of the common people, they are not their concern.

Anyway, even if foreign enemies invaded, they would just come here every year to plunder, and they would naturally go back when they robbed enough, not to mention that the place to rob was a border land, separated by thousands of miles from Jiangnan.

What's more, the common people cannot be regarded as the people, only the gentry and gentry can be regarded as the people, and their life and death are of no importance.

Naturally, Liu Jin could not allow these people to gain power, because Liu Jin knew that if this continued, it would not only ruin the Ming Dynasty, but also the backbone and confidence of the Chinese nation standing on top of the world.

For these conservative officials from the south of the Yangtze River, it is natural to crack down on them. The court needs hard-working officials like Wang Shouren and Zhong Fan to really do something for the country and the people.

What is needed is someone who has a long-term vision, who can see the great changes of the times, and who can fight for Ming Dynasty and the long-term interests of the Chinese nation, not those who only think about the little power and interests at hand.

"I heard that a few days ago, little Liu Jin and Wang Shouren walked together."

"I'm afraid Liu Jin Xiaoer deliberately pushed Wang Shouren to the position of Nanzhili chief envoy."

"what?"

When someone mentioned Wang Shouren, everyone immediately exclaimed.

Wang Shouren is quite a person. He was the tax governor in Nanzhili, but he made these big businessmen and gentry in the Jiangnan area suffer a lot, and had to send a lot of money to the tax office.

They tried all kinds of ways, but they still couldn't do anything about Wang Shouren.

Now that they heard that Wang Shouren was very likely to be promoted to the position of chief envoy of Nanzhili, these people immediately became even more frightened.

If Wang Shouren were to become the chief envoy of Nanzhili, then the gentry in the Jiangnan area would really be doomed.

"Wang Shouren must not be allowed to be the chief envoy of Nanzhili!"

Someone said firmly.

"Yes, he must not be allowed to be the chief envoy of Southern Zhili, otherwise there will be no peace in the south of the Yangtze River!"

"It's best to transfer him from Jiangnan to other places. If he stays in Jiangnan for a day, the blood of our Jiangnan people will be sucked clean."

The others immediately followed suit. Many people gritted their teeth with hatred for Wang Shouren.

Without it, Wang Shouren, as the tax governor, collected their taxes and mobilized their interests. Naturally, he wished to drive Wang Shouren away completely.

"The chief envoy of Nanzhili is a great official in the imperial court, and Liu Jin's children don't count. He has to discuss it with the cabinet before submitting it to the emperor."

"I'll contact Li Gong and Xie Gong immediately. Xie Gong must support me, Li Gong is hard to say."

"No matter what, I still need to get in touch. In addition, I will impeach Wang Shouren and Liu Jin more during this time. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and the embankment of a thousand miles collapses in an ant's nest. As long as we persevere, there will always be success." Topple Liu Jin one day."

"Yes, yes~"

"In addition, you can also contact those factories, commercial firms, workshops, etc. in the Beijing-Tianjin area. Let's put pressure on the imperial court. The current taxation is too heavy, which makes us and the people miserable."

"People from our Jiangnan area are easy to talk to, but these Yankees in Beizhili are stubborn and don't want to be with us. What's more, many of them are inextricably linked with those honorable groups in the court. , In addition, many important factories, commercial firms, and industries are jointly run by Liu Jin Xiaoer, the emperor, the prince, and nobles from the court."

"This is Liu Jin's brilliance. He tied himself with many people, bewitched the sage, and competed with the people for profit, making the people of the world miserable."

"It would be great if the Holy Majesty could be withdrawn from these industries."

Someone said with red eyes.

Thinking of the many industries that Emperor Hongzhi and the Crown Prince participated in, if you just take one out, at least it will earn millions of taels a year, and there are many who earn thousands of taels of silver a year. The industries under the command of Emperor Hongzhi and the Crown Prince And assets are just too huge.

In the past, the Ming royal family was poor, and Emperor Hongzhi managed to save some money in his pocket, and was often watched by officials, but now, the Ming royal family is definitely synonymous with incomparable wealth, and it is easy to feed millions of elite troops. Too much to spend.

"These can only be realized after Liu Jin Xiaoer and other treacherous villains are driven out of the court. The most urgent task is to discuss who will be pushed down to be the chief envoy of Nanzhili."

"Yes~Yes~"

(End of this chapter)