I am the king of the dead

Chapter 492 The Drum of Den Wen

Zhu Qiyu approved the list of the Ministry of Rites for the examination, and asked the Ministry of Rites to release the list outside Donghuamen.

It is a big day to release the rankings in the general examination. The palace examination is to become a student of the emperor, to determine the ranking, and the general examination represents whether you are selected.

Countless students heard that the rankings had been released, and began to rush towards Donghuamen, as if a sluice had been opened to release water.

And a student from Sichuan originally planned to go outside Donghua Gate to see if he was on the list, but when he reached East Chang'an Avenue, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

The student's clothes are very simple, even the Confucian robe has a few patches.

Ming's Juren has a lot of privileges, even if he is a poor family, if he wins the Juren, he is the nobleman among the nobles, but the official, with his attire, he is out of place among the crowd.

The student looked at the Donghua Gate, which was close at hand, gritted his teeth, took a step forward, then retracted, protruded out, and retracted again. Repeated this several times, the student finally turned eastward, towards Chengtian Gate. and go.

There is Dengwen Drum Court outside Chengtian Gate, which is Zhouli.

There is a lung stone under the Dengwen drum, which is bright red, eight or nine feet long, and shaped like a hanging lung. It is the drumstick used to beat the drum.

According to the instructions of Huangming ancestors, any common people who want to beat the Dengwen drum and lung stone must not stop them, otherwise they will all be convicted.

But Dengwen Drum Courtyard has a courtyard wall, and locks will be locked, so no one usually knocks on it.

But after His Majesty ascended the throne, at the Hongwu Gate outside the Nanjing Imperial Palace, he saw the dilapidated Dengwen Drum Courtyard, which was even locked, so he asked Yousi to open the gate.

The student saw that the door of the Dengwen Drum Institute was open and there was no dust on the lung stones, so he walked over step by step, picked up two lung stones, and smashed them hard on the Dengwen drum.

The Dengwen drum, which had been silent for more than 50 years, sounded.

Jin Yiwei at the top of the city frowned when he first heard this, it's so good that it's not yet the time of the evening drum, where is the sound of the drum coming from?
But Jin Yiwei soon found out that the Dengwen Drum of Dengwen Drum Academy was ringing!

Tiqi moved upon hearing the wind and escorted the person to the side hall inside the Zuoshun gate.

According to the disposal regulations, no one said a word to him.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Dengwen Drum is ringing!" A little Huangmen scrambled into the Wenhua Palace and said in a panic.

Baiguan has just left, and the court has just discussed the dispatch of Ryukyu officials.

Zhu Qiyu asked seriously: "Who complained?"

Xiao Huangmen said out of breath: "Li Sui, a candidate from Caotang County, Sichuan, entered the imperial examination in Beijing this year. After finishing the exam, he ran outside Chengtian Gate and beat the Dengwen Drum!"

Zhu Qiyu flipped through the list of Jinshi in his hands, and found this man named Li Sui, who was a candidate in the first year of Jingtai in Zhenxiong Mansion, Sichuan. .

Originally, after waiting for the palace examination, at least he could get some fame, and a seventh-rank official was in his hands.

But he hammered Dengwen's drum.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Sit up in Fengtian Palace."

The Dengwen Drum is a serious matter, which means that no matter whether it is in Dali Temple or in the Ministry of Punishment, the grievances cannot be redressed, so they have to beat the Dengwen Drum.

Zhu Qiyu really wanted to know what made this new Jinshi, when the list was released, to beat the Dengwen drum.

Now that it was knocked, Zhu Qiyu naturally had to ignore it, and called a group of officials to see what kind of grievance this was.

Zhu Qiyu came to Fengtian Hall and sat down.

After three blows of the clean whip, the Minister of Dali Temple, the Chief Constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and the Commander of Jin Yiwei all attended the scene.

In addition, there are six Minggongs, Yu Qian and Shi Heng.

Completely different from the hundreds of people who went to court in the past, Zhu Qiyu soon came to sit down in Fengtian Hall.

"What's the matter?" Zhu Qiyu asked after taking a sip of water from his water bottle.

Li Sui is obviously not a person who doesn't know the rules. He is going to be a Jinshi. Does he know that Dengwen Guzi is a big deal?

As long as there is a place where he can express his grievances, he will not go to Chengtianmen to knock on Dengwen's drum.

Hu Wei stood up and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, according to the instructions of the Ming ancestors, after the Dengwen drum is sounded, no one is allowed to inquire. Let this Li Sui go to the hall to speak."

This is to prevent someone from threatening the complainant at the last moment.

"That's right, Lord Xuan Sufferer." Zhu Qiyu nodded and said.

Li Sui was waiting outside the door. After he beat the Dengwen drum, he was protected by Jin Yiwei. No one spoke to Li Sui during this period.

Wearing a tattered Confucian robe, Li Sui walked into the Fengtian Hall, knelt down three times and kowtowed five times, and made a big salute with a shout of long live.

Zhu Qiyu sat up straight and said: "Today is the day when the list is released, don't you go outside Donghua Gate to read the list?"

Li Sui knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "The grass people are afraid that after becoming a Jinshi, they will not dare to speak."

Zhu Qiyu looked at Li Sui, it seemed that this Li Sui was very proud, he felt that he was sure to hit, and he had a precise grasp of his own strength.

"Pingshen, get up and answer."

Li Sui shouted loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty Long En."

"Tell me what it is." Zhu Qiyu put down his water glass and asked quite seriously.

Li Sui took out a thick memorial and said: "The grass people complained for the people of Caotang, Sichuan, for the people of Zhenxiong Mansion, Sichuan, and for the people of Sichuan."

Zhu Qiyu took the memorial from Xing'an and read it for a long time.

Li Sui belongs to the Caotang Appeasement Department and is under the management of Zhenxiong Mansion.

What Li Sui is talking about is a common phenomenon in Sichuan, which is called 戥头.

The difference between the head and the insufficient weight of the sub-scale.

Specifically, when the local government collects taxes, it is common to add a copper nugget to the other side of the balance, and the common people will have to pay more food with the weight of this copper nugget to pay taxes.

This part is called the head. In the Qing Dynasty, this thing was called fire consumption.

Zhu Qiyu passed on Li Sui's melody for everyone to read.

There are really too many names for the head, but Li Sui calculated it based on the price of grain in the capital, and each household is about one cent and eight cents silver, which is 45 catties of rice beams.

The two taxes in summer and autumn are ninety catties of grain.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, three rates were levied. At the highest point, it was nine per mu of land.

If it is calculated on the basis of ten acres of land for a farmer, it is nine cents of silver. If it is calculated on the basis of eight hectares of land for a rich household, the wealthy household pays seven taels of silver.

This is one cent and eight cents per household, which is a huge expense for any lower and middle peasants.

Jin Lian looked at it for a long time, his complexion changed drastically, and he said angrily: "Your Majesty, the national treasury may not have received this part of the high tax. They are using the name of the court to enrich themselves! It must be strictly investigated!"

Dare to use the name of the Ministry of Households to set up a name, and the notoriety belongs to the Ministry of Households, but the money has nothing to do with the Ministry of Households. Jin Lian's first reaction was anger.

The main levy is simply too much.

His Majesty's city shipping department pays [-]% of the tax and pays only [-]% of the silver.

They actually wanted one cent and eight cents per household, much more than what His Majesty charged!
Zhu Qiyu didn't blame Jin Lian. This part of the apportionment has little to do with the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Li Sui continued: "Caomin ran away from the Caotang county government office because of this matter, went to the Zhenxiong government office, and also went to Sichuan to find the chief envoy. Because of this matter, the Caomin lost their fame."

"Wang Shangshu?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Wang Zhi with some doubts.

This Li Sui has already been expelled from fame, how did he take part in the examination?
Wang Zhi bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, Sichuan has indeed handed over the old notice to get rid of Li Sui's fame, in the name of collecting money."

"But I checked for a long time, Li Sui went to Beijing, went bankrupt and traveled five thousand miles, and did not make any money."

Hu Wei hurriedly said: "Imperial examinations, to obtain scholars for the country, naturally can't be trifling. This is still under investigation. Since I went to Beijing for reference, I dare not be private. Five thousand miles away, the journey is far away, so I let him enter the Gongyuan and participate in the exam." Will try."

The removal of Juren’s reputation in the Ming Dynasty also had to go through a process. This process also had to be checked and supplemented. In addition to going through the Ministry of Officials, it was also passed by the Ministry of Rites.

If it is placed in the orthodox year, some means can be used to expedite it, such as giving more filial piety, sending a message to the same teacher from the same hometown.

All in all, it's human.

Obviously, neither the Ministry of Rites nor the Ministry of Officials intends to abolish Li Sui's fame.

So Li Sui's reference is in line with the rules.

How much would it cost to buy a scholar of the Ming Dynasty in silver taels?

Jinhuayin is 1000 taels, and at least 500 taels for cheating in the exam.

Juren is not something money can buy.

"The grassroots found the Sichuan supervisory censor to make a statement, but the Sichuan supervisory censor always shirked it. Today he said something happened; tomorrow he said he didn't hear the details, so he couldn't get involved later; the next day he said that the grassroots took the opportunity to make trouble." Li Sui continued. Said.

He found it layer by layer, and he couldn't solve it in the local area, so he planned to go to Beijing to find a solution.

Dali Temple Minister Xia Heng hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, this matter belongs to the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it is the duty of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to inspect all officials."

Yu Shiyue's face became more relaxed. Today, the Dengwen Drum rang suddenly. It was an appeal for grievances. Can he escape from the criminal department?
The result was not an unjust case of punishment and prison, he secretly called it a fluke.

When the Dengwen drum rang, Yu Shiyue's heart almost jumped into her throat. Who is this? If you have a grievance, just say, why are you beating that drum?

This has been said for a long time, and it has nothing to do with their criminal department.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Chen Yi, the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Chen Yi didn't know about this at all!

No one mentioned it to him at all. This involved a major event in Sichuan Province. He didn't even know it before the sound of Dengwen's drum.

He said helplessly: "Your Majesty, I don't know the details, and I have committed the crime of negligence. Your Majesty, release me as an official!"

The position of the chief constitution cannot be sat down any longer, and if you sit down again, your life will be gone.

Wang Wen held back his laughter, and after sitting for a few days in the position of Chief Procuratorate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he took Chen Xun's place as a scholar in Wenyuan Pavilion.

Although this work is hard, it is much more stable than the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Zhu Qiyu knew exactly what the Metropolitan Procuratorate looked like. He issued an order to not violate the curfew, but three people refused to obey the order. They drank with Uncle Huichang until late at night, and even pushed and insulted the curfew soldiers of Wucheng Bingmasi pawn.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand to signal Chen Yi to return to work, and said to Li Sui, "Go on."

Li Sui said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, this one-household-two-collection, plus apportionment level by level, is not worth eight cents, and at least five cents a year on the heads of the common people."

"Five coins of silver, Your Majesty's people work for only twenty or thirty copper coins a day, how long will it take to collect the five coins?"

"The bureaucrats at all levels use your majesty's reputation and power to plunder the common people. The superiors get half of the things they plunder, and the prefectures and counties take half into their pockets."

"When I first started doing these things, I still had some scruples. After working for a year or two, it became an old practice. After another term, I started to follow the rules. After ten or 20 years, it became more legitimate and smoother."

Zhu Qiyu said with a full smile: "I already know about this matter, you go to Donghua Gate to read the list first, it's okay if you don't read it, I tell you, you will pass the test."

"Okay, let's get back and prepare for the imperial examination."

"Your Majesty..." Li Sui still wanted to argue, but Hu Min kept winking at Li Sui, motioning him to go first.

Li Sui didn't know His Majesty's disposition, how could Hu Wei not know?

His Majesty speaks calmly now, smiling and talking to Li Sui, because he is afraid of chilling the heart of Li Sui, a newly promoted Jinshi, and he is protecting Li Sui.

Since His Majesty knows about this matter, there is no reason to ignore it.

Although Li Sui didn't understand, he bowed his head and retreated.

Fengtian Hall was very quiet, only the sound of the wind blowing against Luo Mu.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Li Sui's leaving back and fell into thinking.

How did the civil uprising come about?
Aren't they all like Li Sui, who didn't understand the troubles in the local area, made troubles in the capital, made troubles in the capital, and ended up in the capital, but also made troubles and didn't understand.

How did the Sichuan supervisory censor react?One push four five six, nothing to do with oneself hang on high.

After a long time, the people knew that there was no way to complain about this kind of thing, so they silently suffered from this and stopped trying to find a way to complain.

At the beginning, bureaucrats at all levels were still scruples. Later, they were Xiao Gui Cao Sui, and finally they became righteous. In the final analysis, the bureaucrats found that the people can't do anything to them, isn't it justified?
The people are so angry, just like a pressure cooker, when they can't stand it, isn't it a civil change?

It is better to block than to scatter, and to prevent the mouth of the people is worse than to prevent Sichuan. These truths are said by scholar-officials who have just finished their elementary studies, but how do they do it?

Layers of containment.

After being silent for a long time in Fengtian Hall, Zhu Qiyu said: "I'm very glad that at least there are still people who are willing to say it, but no one is willing to say it when it comes to it. Our Daming is almost dead."

After saying this, the courtiers were all in a cold sweat. Why is His Majesty's association ability so rich?
This private apportionment can be said to be one of the unspoken rules, and it exists everywhere, but the degree is different.

The purge of officials is already underway.

"Lian Gang has done a good job in Nanya, let him go to Sichuan. At the end of next year, I will send Tiqi to visit secretly." Zhu Qiyu stood up, took two steps and said: "That Sichuan supervisory censor, get rid of it. "

"Corpse meal."

Zhu Qiyu walked out of Fengtian Hall and looked at the sun shining brightly. These are all chronic illnesses of more than 20 years and need to be changed a little bit.

At the same time, he is also a little lucky. He always has a way to generate income, and he is always cautious about raising taxes.

Before the overall governance of officials is clear and improving, tax increases will put shackles on the people's heads.

These people are so cruel.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty Sichuan Emergency Report!" A Ti Qi rushed over like the wind, shouting loudly.

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