I am the king of the dead

Chapter 493

"Don't be so panicked." Zhu Qiyu signaled Tiqi to stabilize his figure.

He took the military newspaper and read it for a long time.

A civil uprising occurred in Zhenxiong Mansion, Sichuan. This time, a people named Huang Long and Wei Bao led the uprising.

Huanglong is Han, Wei Bao is Miao, a total of more than [-] Miao people and [-] soldiers captured two camps in Zunyi Mansion, one called Xiping Village and the other called Huangtan Village.

The basis for this civil uprising was naturally the one-cent and eight-cent silver. In the first year of this year, five cents of silver were collected, and there was little silver in Sichuan. The five cents of silver were life-saving money.

The direct cause of the outbreak of the civil uprising was that some tax collection teams in Zhenxiong Mansion in Sichuan had overreached.

After the Hailong Tunguan Fort of the Yang family in Bozhou was razed to the ground, Zunyi Mansion was established, and Zunyi Mansion was under the jurisdiction of Sichuan. Just after the demarcation of the border, Zunyi Mansion was tax-free for one year according to the system, so that the people could settle down. It is imperative.

Under such circumstances, the scribes from Zhenxiong Mansion in Sichuan gathered a "tax collection team" of hundreds of people, and went to Zunyi Mansion to collect taxes as if they were going to the countryside to sweep.

Usually, these tax collection teams dare not cross the border, because there are local snakes in other people's land, but the newly established Zunyi Mansion has not yet formed a tax collection team, so these tax collection teams swaggered over the border.

This is where things go wrong.

The common people were all stupid. They took the emperor's imperial decree and started armed resistance to taxation. This round of tax resistance team won, but the common people couldn't survive, and finally captured Xiping Village and Huangtan Village in Zunyi Mansion. .

After these two fortresses were breached, the people in Sichuan were raging, and for a while, they resisted the power of the head and apportionment, and began to spread all over Sichuan.

The fundamental reason is that the government is dim, corruption is rampant, and the people are overwhelmed, in order to survive.

If the two taxes in summer and autumn this year continue to use the trick of cutting the head, I am afraid that a catastrophe will spread throughout Sichuan, and it will appear.

The bureaucracy is dim, corruption is prevalent, and the upper and lower collusion to protect, complicity, can this be blamed on Zhu Qiyu's head?
Since Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne, he has reprimanded the Metropolitan Procuratorate for the word "government of officials", the Mansion Law, the Beijing Procuratorate, the 95 "Constitutional Outlines and Matters", grand plans, and examination laws that have even led to rebellions across several provinces.

Isn't Zhu Qiyu caring enough about the government?All the means are used, and the multi-pronged approach is adopted, but the administration of officials is still not clear.

This is an old disease. It is not a day's work to freeze three feet, and it is not a day's work to melt the ice.

The administration of officials is advancing steadily, but in the process of promoting, there are still some things that Zhu Qiyu doesn't want to see.

Zhu Qiyu was a little dizzy looking at the military newspaper in his hand.

The disposal of the place is quite appropriate. The two captured camps have been surrounded by layers and are being calmed down in an orderly manner.

Maybe when Zhu Qiyu received this military report, the civil uprising had already been completely quelled. After all, the journey was long, and even if it was urgent, it would take ninety days.

But what about after peace?
If it is not handled properly, the situation in Sichuan, which is like a powder keg, will be completely ignited.

This trick is really too ruthless, eight cents for one cent, and finally accumulated to five cents!

Holding the military newspaper in his hand, Zhu Qiyu thought for a long time and said: "Decree to appease the local people, the chief evil weapon will be sent to the capital to make up for it."

"The [-] rebellious Miao people are persuaded to settle down. If there is any rebellion, they will be severely punished."

Zhu Qiyu's handling of the civil uprising in Sichuan is the same as that of Fujian.

The culprits must be dealt with, and these culprits are not necessarily good people, most of them are careerists who confuse the people in the village.

Such people are not rare.

Fujian civil uprising, divided into Ye Zongliu and Deng Maoqi.

Ye Zongliu clashed with the government army because of the silver mines in Fujian, while Deng Maoqi was the government forced the people to rebel. The specific situation needs to be analyzed in detail.

Xing'an bowed his head and said: "The minister accepts the order."

Zhu Qiyu returned to the lecture hall, took out the military newspaper again, and suddenly remembered Mr. Lu Xun's words:

"If a person is not a person, not only is it not a person, but it is not as good as an ox or a horse; it is nothing;"

"When people envy cattle and horses and sigh that "the chaos is not as good as Taiping dogs", then give him a price slightly equal to that of cattle and horses, just like the law of the Yuan Dynasty. If you kill other people's slaves and pay for a cow, people will be convinced , to celebrate the prosperous age of peace.”

"Why? Because although he is not considered a human being, he is equal to an ox or a horse after all."

"There is a more straightforward statement here: first, the era when you can't be a slave if you want to; second, the era when you are temporarily a slave."

This is not only the tragedy of the land of the East, but also the tragedy of the world.

All sentient beings, what they want is nothing more than an era of slaves and stable slaves.

When the oxen and horses are hungry, the owner also knows to feed the oxen and horses some fodder to prevent them from working hungry, because the oxen and horses will really lay down their hooves.

Now the people who are cattle and horses, the emperor issued an order to exempt the two taxes a year to appease the people, but some people just don't want them to eat some grass in peace and make up for their bodies.

They have to squeeze out the last drop of their people's fat and people's ointment before they are willing to give up.

These people in Guizhou and other places suffered at the hands of various chieftains, and when Wang Ji and others rebelled for their own ambitions, they suffered at the hands of the rebels. Is it your own family?

The Beijing army is indeed their own family, and they don't burn, kill and loot, so they can be called the king's teacher.

But the people of Zunyi Mansion, within a few days of this peaceful life, the tax collection team from Zhenxiong Mansion in Sichuan came.

The people still have to be looted and suffer, and the only rations they have are also taken away.

Even at this point, the common people hope that there will be a master who treats them like cattle, horses, and property. They are hardworking and they can find grass for themselves, and they just ask the master to decide how they run.

The people want too little.

For example, the people of Fujian, they only hope that the imperial court can behead Song Zhang, who is the chief envoy of Fujian, who brought out winter animals and drained the last rations of the people.

The uprising of millions of people, Zhu Qiyu is just a piece of edict, exempt from taxes for one year, they are already grateful.

Zhu Qiyu leaned on the back of the chair, wrote Mr. Lu Xun's "Bi Tan under the Lamp" according to his memory, handed it to Xing'an, asked him to give it to Hu Wei, and sent it to the Di Bao under his pseudonym.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the farm law can be fully implemented in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan and other places." Xing'an made Zhu Qiyu a cup of tea and said in a low voice.

He is the admiral eunuch of the Rites Supervisor, so he naturally has the right to discuss affairs, although he is more like a secretary on weekdays.

He came up with the idea of ​​enlarging the Grange Law.

Zhu Qiyu knocked on the table and said: "The farm method is not a cure-all, nor is it a panacea for all diseases."

Xing'an hurriedly replied: "However, there are voluntary corps training in the farm law, and the township department asks for more privately, so there is always a fear."

"If we encounter this kind of forced expropriation again, it will not lead to a civil uprising."

"Your Majesty, this farm law is indeed not a panacea, but when the Commander goes to the countryside, if Lizheng and Chief Jia have anything to say, they can talk to the Commander and finally report to the Secretary of General Administration."

"At least it won't be as passive as it is now, will it?"

Zhu Qiyu looked at the martial arts lecture hall behind him, and said with a sigh: "You are right."

"There are still not enough officers in charge. I originally hoped that the Juren could help me with this matter, but the Juren didn't look down on this kind of officials at all. They wanted to be officials even more."

There have been five generals and commanding officers in the lecture hall, and there are no more than [-] commanding officers, which is just enough for Beizhili, Shanxi Xingdusi, Jing'an, and Fujian.

Where is there a lot of manpower?
Zhu Qiyu originally hoped that these juren could do something, but people like Shi Luo Bingzhong, the head of Xiangwang's mansion, were in the minority after all.

Sending these juren to the countryside, they incited the people instead, muddied the water, and made things worse.

Officials and officials are two completely different worlds.

Even if you are a ninth-rank official, you are still an official, not an official, and an official is not popular, and a scholar can act as an official.

In the final analysis, a township official is just an official, and he is not popular. People look down on them, even scholars.

The lack of a commander is also one of the difficulties of the farm law at present.

"Expand the enrollment?" Xing'an said tentatively: "Actually, the military students of the Confucian School of the Weisuo have participated in the farm law for a long time, replacing the old people in the past, teaching the common people to read and write, and they can actually serve as township officials."

Commanders have their own jobs, and they have errands in the Beijing camp, so there are always not enough commanders.

But military students are different.

Zhu Qiyu stroked his chin, hesitated and said, "Are you a military student?"

Ke Qian, the No. [-] scholar in the second year of Jingtai, was a military student. He studied in the Confucian School of the Weisuo, passed the Juren examination, and won the No. [-] scholar.

Military students have their own way out.

Xing'an has been observing political affairs for so long, and most of the time, he just watches and seldom puts forward his own opinions.

This time, he came prepared.

He bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, not every military student can be a scholar. After all, it is only a Confucian school in the Weisuo, and the teaching is not a great Confucianism. The imperial examination is stereotyped to select scholars. They can be admitted as a scholar, a scholar, and a Jinshi. number."

Zhu Qiyu said with great interest: "Go on."

Xing'an carefully organized the language and said: "The military students study in the lecture hall for one year, become township officials for three years, and then return to Beijing. Give the military students a new status and enter the Imperial College. This will not be a famous teacher. ?"

Scholars are divided into three classes, and the best one is called Zhisheng. The imperial court pays Mi Liudou to make a living and take part in the Juren examination.

The second class of enlarging students is Zengguang Shengyuan, who has neither endowment nor responsibilities.Zengsheng can also enter the Guozijian, or take the Qiuwei Township Examination and pass the Juren examination.

Xing'an means that military students who are willing to go to the countryside to be officials will be given the status of scholar, and they will study in the Imperial College.

"Zhengsheng is good, but you have to give money and rice. It's not easy to live in Beijing Normal University." Zhu Qiyu thought for a while, and added his own thoughts.

Xing'an thought about it seriously and said: "Just give silver and rice according to the commander's treatment, build an official house, and the township officials can live in the official house as a gift. It also solves part of the livelihood problem, and can participate in the autumn and spring with peace of mind."

"Your Majesty, Xingwenwuwu is very important."

"I've been thinking about it for a few years, and I've come up with some flavors. In the past 24 years, there has been a general trend in the promotion of civil and military affairs, but isn't it because the number of military students who can pass the examinations and the number of Jinshi is too small?"

"There are no great Confucianists in the Confucian School of the Weisuo, and there are very few who can pass the examination, let alone Jinshi."

"Isn't this the prosperity of Wen and the decline of martial arts?"

The military is always an extension of politics. This point has basically been formed since the end of the underworld politics of the five dynasties and ten countries and the establishment of Zhao and Song Dynasties.

However, in the political game, soldiers from the army have never had many channels to participate in and discuss state affairs, and even the minister of the Ministry of War is always a Wen Jinshi.

The honored ministers were also limited by their own identities, which eventually led to Xingwen and Wu always happening.

It's like there is no highway to Cambridge University because the Ministry of Transport has not had a permanent secretary from Cambridge for a long time.

Without Jinshi from the Confucian School of the Weisuo, Chao Zhongxing Wen and Wu naturally had no opposition.

Even if the emperor wanted to stop it, there was no one to help him do things.

During the Zhao and Song Dynasties, many emperors did not know the importance of the army, but who would do it?
No one is available.

Xing'an's remonstrance is roughly equivalent to a means of check and balance, to maintain a certain number of Jinshi with military background, not to mention the construction of a new highway leading to the military camp, at least when the road is demolished, there will be fierce opposition from some people.

"Da Dang, you don't say a word or breathe on weekdays, and you came up with this idea. It's good, very good." Zhu Qiyu highly agreed with Xing'an's idea, nodded and continued: "You can communicate with the Ministry of Rites to see how to increase the number of village officials. , will it be difficult?"

Xing'an bowed his head and said: "The minister and Hu Shangshu passed the air, and Hu Shangshu put forward a few supplementary suggestions, and he did not object."

"Let the Ministry of Rites make a memorial. Your remonstrance is good, at least the historian will outline it for you when writing the record." Zhu Qiyu was very pleased.

He does have a way, but Zhu Qiyu still understands the reason why everyone gathers firewood and flames are high.

Xing'an continued to study ink for His Majesty, and said with a smile: "It is the duty of a minister to share your Majesty's worries."

Hu Wei quickly handed over the memorial that he had prepared long ago to Wenyuan Pavilion. After Zhu Qiyu and Zhu approved it, he finally started to implement it in the court discussion.

The Lecture Hall was officially split from the Lecture Hall, and the scope of enrollment expanded from commanders among soldiers to military students in the Confucian School of the Guard.

The commander's own [-] students will remain unchanged, and another [-] military students will be added.

After graduating from the lecture hall, you can go down to the countryside to serve as a township official after the three-year term expires, and then return to Beijing to be a recruiter, and enter the Imperial College Examination to obtain fame.You can also serve as a commander in the army and fight in all directions.

This expansion of enrollment has solved the problem of weak teachers in some guards, and also solved the problem of too few suitable township officials, and it has also partially solved the imbalance between civil and military affairs in the court.

There are many discussions about this matter in the court, but when the lecture hall and the lecture hall were established, it was set up by His Majesty to control the military power, and this is a place where you can't reach out.

You can't reach out to the Tai'an Palace, and you can't reach out to the army. These are the two iron laws after His Majesty ascended the throne. If you make a mistake, you must seek death, otherwise you will not reach out indiscriminately.

Ten days later, Zhu Qiyu received a memorial from King Xiang, and Huang Long and Wei Bao were persuaded to surrender. After all, the [-] Beijing troops were still in Guizhou.

The people were appeased, but King Xiang didn't know what to do with the [-] soldiers who had joined the rebellion, so he temporarily threw the [-] soldiers into Liuzhi Factory, Dian Copper Factory, Tung Oil Factory, and Tongyuan to do hard labor.

"Prince Xiang made a statement for these soldiers in the memorial. I hope that I can do hard labor for five years to atone for the crime as I forgive the rebels in Nanya." Zhu Qiyu took the memorial from King Xiang and thought for a while, and Zhu approved King Xiang's memorial. .

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