Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1538, Trial

"...I thought that to prevent what happened in Nanjing from happening again, we must establish a strict legal system to protect the fundamental rights of the common people."

"When the economic situation is good, factories and workshops can still get paid wages once a year, but if the economic situation is severe and the factories and workshops are not operating well, it may be difficult for workers to pay their wages in full. Send it out."

"The imperial court should introduce a relevant legal system, stipulating that workers' wages must be paid in full on a monthly basis, and factories, workshops, and commercial firms are not allowed to pay them on an annual or quarterly basis, so as to protect the rights and interests of workers legally, and at the same time prevent the recurrence of Nanjing Such a thing."

In Liu Jin's study, Liu Jin is writing a memorial to Emperor Hongzhi.

The matter of Nanjing and his party has also been dealt with in sevens and eighties, and the rest are trivial matters. The key is how to prevent such things from happening, and at the same time attack the clan forces in Jiangnan and even the whole country from the national level, consolidate the rule of the imperial court, and promote the Ming dynasty. development of.

"The cause of the incident in Nanjing was the collection of commercial taxes by the imperial court. In the south of the Yangtze River, merchants gather and commerce flourishes. They have always been very opposed to the collection of commercial taxes."

"However, taxation is the economic basis for maintaining the country's operation, and it is also a tool for the imperial court to regulate the country's economy. How can it be influenced and restricted by others."

"When Wang Shouren was the governor of taxation in Nanzhili, he made great achievements in tax collection and offended the local gentry, merchants, and big families in Jiangnan. They eagerly hoped to replace Wang Shouren."

"Therefore, they plotted this matter. When Wang Shouren went to Songhu for inspection, he deliberately refused to pay the workers' wages, and even hired local hooligans to beat the workers who asked for wages, which aroused conflicts and led to the emergence of conflicts."

"Fortunately, Wang Shouren returned in time, calmed people's hearts quickly and stabilized the overall situation, and this did not lead to disaster."

"...The foundation of the Jiangnan gentry lies in the clan. To combat the clan power, we need to start from many aspects. One is to reduce the number of Jiangnan scientific examination places and crack down on clan education."

"The second is to vigorously promote the development of urbanization, push the rural population to the cities, abolish many household registration systems that restrict population circulation, introduce policies and systems that are conducive to the development of urbanization, and allow free settlement in various places."

"The third is to promote the balanced development of all parts of Ming Dynasty, and give more policy and financial support to remote and backward areas to support the development of transportation and education..."

Liu Jin, who has always been lazy, is also very rare. He wrote a memorial of thousands of words to Emperor Hongzhi, explaining the Nanjing incident in detail, explaining the cause of the incident, and explaining the reasons behind it. corresponding recommendations and strategies.

Of course, in the memorial, he also said a lot of good things for Wang Shouren, so that Wang Shouren would not be punished too severely.

Such a major event occurred in Nanjing. Although Wang Shouren performed very well in the follow-up, he still cannot escape responsibility. He will definitely be punished. As for whether the punishment is serious or not, it depends on the meaning above.

"It's almost time to go back."

After writing the memorial, Liu Jin looked out the window, overlooking Nanjing. The ancient capital of the Six Dynasties seemed extremely depressed at this moment. The loss of a large number of people caused the rapid shrinkage of all walks of life in Jinling, and encountered an unprecedented cold winter.

This day is sunny and sunny, which is a rare good day.

The Jinling Square in the Nanjing Industrial Zone is crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder, and many ordinary people in Nanjing who have received the news come here one after another, preparing to take a look at this public trial meeting.

In the middle area of ​​Jinling Square, a large number of soldiers were guarding with guns.

Wearing a unified military uniform, standing upright, tall and heroic, the imperial soldiers also made the melon-eating crowd watching the excitement around them secretly applaud.

"Tsk tsk, look, this is my Ming soldier, the patron saint of the empire, really handsome."

"Isn't it? All of them are tall and extremely resolute. It is my great fortune to have such soldiers."

"Haha, my son is also serving in the army, but in the navy. He is assigned to serve in the Black Sea Fleet, and he can retire in two years."

"My son is also serving as a soldier, a cavalry soldier, stationed on the northern grasslands."

"It's good to be a soldier. It's heaven and earth like being a soldier now. In the past, they were dilapidated military households. The poor were dying, and food was a problem. How good it is to be a soldier now, and everyone is treated very well. After retiring , You can also go to be an official messenger, a fast catcher, a government servant, etc., and you can find a good job casually."

"Isn't it? The son of the old Li family next door to me, after retiring last year, is now working as a policeman in the government office, specializing in catching bad guys."

"The son of the old Liu family in my village, before he retired, someone paid him a high salary and invited him to go overseas. He paid twenty taels of silver a month. It is said that he was given hundreds of acres of land overseas, and how many white girls."

Everyone looked at the imperial soldiers who maintained order and stood upright all the time, talking and discussing non-stop.

But soon, everyone's attention was also attracted by the four-wheeled carriages crushing the prisoners.

In one of the four-wheeled carriages, Zhang Yuanting was wearing prison clothes and looked around with disheveled hair. He finally saw the sun outside, but he was about to face a trial. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, he would definitely die.

Looking around again, he soon found the prison car where his family was detained, his elderly mother, his wife and children, and almost everyone in the Zhang family was arrested.

"Mother, mother~"

Zhang Yuanting couldn't help shouting.

"My son, my son~"

Hearing Zhang Yuanting's shout, his mother also hurriedly shouted out excitedly, but there were only two tears and a thousand lines across the prison car.

"Kill them, kill them~"

"It was they who killed our Jinling, and they made our Jinling what it is now."

"No one comes to our Jinling, no one is willing to do things for us, not even willing to sell goods on credit~"

I don't know who was the first to yell, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

The melon-eating crowd who were watching the excitement took out rotten radishes, rotten eggs, shoes, stones, etc. and threw them at Zhang Yuanting, Zeng Qing, Jiang Cheng and others.

"Yes, kill them, kill them~"

"My newly bought house has only been bought for a few months, and it suddenly fell by more than one hundred taels of silver, and I can't sell it at a loss~"

"You're fine. The house I bought hasn't been handed over yet. Now I've stopped working because I can't recruit workers. I don't know that I will be able to get my new house in the year of the monkey."

"Oh, don't mention it, everything is useless now, my shop is going to close down, no one comes here at all, I just bought it, I just renovated it, and I owe some foreign debts for it."

"Isn't it because of them that they deliberately owed the workers money and refused to pay them, and even hired hooligans to beat the workers, and even maimed them, which ruined the reputation of our Jinling people."

"Now everyone says that we Jinling people are really bad, that we have no conscience, that we don't have a conscience, that we don't want to do business with us, and that we can't hire people to do things for us even if we have money."

"It's all them, it's all these people, spending time on the boat every day, everyone working hard for them, not even paying wages, forgetting if you don't pay, and beating people, completely ruining our reputation. "

"Kill them, kill them~"

The angry Jinling people kept throwing rotten eggs and rotten leaves at Zhang Yuanting and the others, and all of them suddenly became extremely embarrassed, their whole bodies were smelly, and their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen.

"You ignorant people, how can you know that what we do is not for the benefit of us Jiangnan people, or for the good of everyone."

"The taxation of the imperial court is heavy, and we and the people are miserable. If we don't resist, we will never have a bright future. Isn't what we do for everyone?"

Zhang Yuanting's face was ferocious and he was in a state of embarrassment, but his mouth was still stubborn, and he kept yelling at the angry crowd around him.

"Fuck you, today's people love the people like a son, never increase taxes, exempt the population tax, exempt corvee, and return the market tax reduction, I will benefit endlessly, but you are here talking nonsense, I will not kill you You bastard."

"You keep saying people, people, are you people?"

"You people, all of you are rich and rich, and you are on the flower boat all year round, so what if you pay more taxes?"

"The imperial court doesn't collect taxes from you, does it collect taxes from poor people like us?"

"In the final analysis, it's not for the benefit of you big businessmen, gentry, and big families, but it's for the reputation of our entire Jinling people~"

"Kill them, kill them~"

The angry crowd was furious, and the Ming Dynasty Morning Post had already reported everything clearly, separating them from the general public, and they could not represent the common people in Jiangnan.

Among the crowd, Ouyang Yuan watched all this silently, lamented in his heart, and extremely irritable. The big factory invested millions of dollars in his family has not yet recruited enough workers to maintain normal operation, and the investment needs to fetch water drifted.

He also hated Zhang Yuanting and others very much. Even the gentry, big businessmen, and big families like them were implicated.

Soon, Liu Jin, Wang Shouren and other officials came to the trial scene. Wang Shouren represented the court, and Wang Shouren represented Nanzhili to try many people involved in the Nanjing case.

"Criminals Zhang Yuanting, Zeng Qing, Jiang Cheng, etc., because they were dissatisfied with the court's tax policy, jointly conspired to oppose the court's government, ignored the royal law, ignored the court's order, deliberately defaulted on paying wages to the workers, and beat the workers wantonly, arousing public indignation and causing Nanjing Hundreds of thousands of workers rioted, resulting in the death of more than [-] people, the disability of thousands, and the injury of tens of thousands. This crime is unforgivable, and I have sentenced you to death! The three clans have been exiled for thousands of miles!"

Wang Shouren looked at the many criminals in the audience, and announced the result coldly.

(End of this chapter)