General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 120

No matter what kind of group it is, people at the bottom will always be in the majority.

The same is true for the scholars in the capital.

The vast majority of these low-level scholars are just farming and studying heirs, and each family is an isolated island of information. They may have heard that Ning Jue Tiantan scolded Tao Zhongwen and Ning Jue Fu Que Cheng Tianmen, but they are not even sure about these two Ning Jue Is it the same person.

What's more, knowing that Ning Jue supported the reform, all the soldiers of the Beijing Army camped outside the city. Even if there were sporadic people in the city who knew the truth, they would become insignificant in the face of Tao's propaganda.

After Ning Jue made such a mess, everyone looked at Tao Dalin with a little strange look.

Because they were not sure where the Tao family belonged.

"I heard that Ning Bingxian is a loyal minister, so he probably won't change the family law of his ancestors, right?"

"A loyal minister must be a filial son. It's really hard to say that his father's death has not changed his ambition for three years."

"..."

Sensing that something was wrong, Tao Dalin stood up suddenly, pointed at the cell boss, and reprimanded:
"Nonsense! My father is the minister of loyalty and filial piety!"

Then Tao Dalin suddenly stood up and cupped his hands towards the surrounding "common people" and said, "Ning Ni confuses the public, and please don't trust me."

"My father's bones are not cold, Ning Ni will not get rid of him for a day, and Tao will come to inquire every day!"

Ning Jue's words directly disrupted Tao Dalin's arrangement.

Tao Dalin had no choice but to get up suddenly, and led Wu Shilai towards his family's capital, while the "common people" surrounding the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment also dispersed one after another.

After coming to his own capital, Tao Dalin really felt the vicissitudes of life.

In just a few short days, the Tao family declined first and then rose. As soon as they reached the street gate, the porter stepped forward and opened the street gate.

"My lord, all the distinguished guests are here."

Tao Dalin nodded slightly, imitating his father's appearance, walked into Tao's house and greeted him one by one.

"Duanfu, this is...?"

Zhu Dashou smiled when he heard the words, and then said: "This is Yuan Wei, a scholar in the Eastern Palace who is the successor of Han Situ Yuan Zhaogong."

"Just now when Tao got started, he felt that Mr. Conversation is extraordinary, and he came from a famous family."

Yuan Wei repeatedly said, "I dare not."

"Mr. Wuliu and Zheji are all on the list. How can my Yuan family dare to be called a famous family?"

Yuan Wei's Yuan is the Yuan family in Runan, that is, the family of the fourth generation and the third father.

And Zhu Dashou is the minister of Goujian. After the great official Zhu Jiying, among these famous families, it can be regarded as the oldest famous family. His own daughters are all married to Tao Dalin, Zhu Dashou is only three years older than Tao Dalin.

But it's just bragging each other every day, and everyone doesn't pay much attention to it.

Tao Dalin saw the big "Dian" character in the distance after he had just walked a few steps.

Inside the coffin were Tao Shixian's bones picked up from the back hall, and he barely put together a corpse.

Tao Dalin just opened his mouth.

Zhu Dashou was already crying.

"Wow, what a pity, how painful Tao Gong is! How sad Tao Gong is!"

Watching Zhu Dashou's performance, Tao Dalin hesitated for a moment before joining in.

After all, Tao Dalin knew better than anyone how far Zhu Dashou had been hiding in the past few days, and Zhu Dashou almost severed the father-daughter relationship with his daughter.

While crying, Zhu Dashou patted Yuan Wei's back.

"Yuan Gong, would you like to avenge Tao Gong?"

Yuan Wei also said sadly: "Thinking about it day and night, it's not sweet to eat!"

"Mr. Yuan, can you go to the East Palace and check some news from the palace for us?"

Yuan Wei's crying stopped abruptly.

"Duanfu, it's not that I don't think about Mr. Tao, it's that the crown prince seems suspicious of me!"

Yuan Wei's identity is here, saying that Yuan Wei has nothing to do with Tao Shixian, even if Zhu Zaixun was killed.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Yuan Wei finished speaking, Zhu Dashou burst into tears.

"Tao Gong, the younger generation only hates that they are not good at their studies and have not been able to enter the court!"

Listening to the cries of Zhu Dashou, Yuan Wei always felt that this guy was crying for himself.

All eyes were on Yuan Wei, and Yuan Wei had no choice but to give up.

"Nian Zhai, I'm going into the palace to investigate, gentlemen, please wait for my good news!"

After finishing speaking, Yuan Wei walked out.

"I'm waiting for the good news!"

Everyone watched Yuan Wei walk out of Tao's house. Before getting into the carriage, Yuan Wei's resentment gathered into a mouthful of thick phlegm and spit out of the carriage.

"Mother Xipi, enter the palace!"

"Here."
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Inside Qingning Palace, the atmosphere was solemn.

Apart from Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong and others had already been called into the palace.

It is no secret that the list of ministers of the East Palace drawn up by the cabinet before, and Zhu Zaiyu was ordered to reform, these people are already performing their duties.

"Your Highness has already left?"

Zhang Juzheng looked at the people in front of him in astonishment.

"After Jin Yiwei found out, Gu ordered the inner treasury to print a copy and sent it out."

"The results of it?"

Zhu Zailong took a deep breath.

"A mud cow enters the sea."

No matter how many leaflets the imperial court prints, it is useless for any content related to political reform.

Those who could read would never tell ordinary people what was written on the flyer, and even if they said something, it was just perfunctory.

"Shi" has an overwhelming advantage over "people".

However, if a "scholar" is a little angry, ordinary people will not ask in detail.

Gao Gong slapped the desk with a "bang".

"Your Majesty, I would like to send two thousand soldiers. I am willing to take people directly to the overpass to yell. They are blinded by the truth. I don't believe that they can deafen all the people in the capital!"

Zhang Juzheng looked at Gao Gong helplessly and said: "Su Qing, I have two capitals and 13 provinces in the Ming Dynasty, do we still have to shout from state to county? Even if we finish shouting, it's just a gust of wind, they are the bosses."

"Then we can't do this and watch, right?!"

Zhang Juzheng frowned, before Zhang Juzheng could speak, a Tiwei quickly walked into Qingning Palace.

"Your Highness, the people outside the Ministry of Punishment have dispersed."

As soon as these words came out, everyone around couldn't help being startled.

"Scattered? Why are you scattered?"

Na Tiwei took out a note casually.

"Your Highness, it was Ning Bingxian who wrote a letter to Tao Dalin, the transcript is as follows."

Zhu Zaiyu took the note and only glanced at it, his face suddenly changed.

"Stupid! Nonsense! Master Ning is an old party, so is there a new party in this world?!"

Both Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong couldn't help but look sideways.

Only then did Zhu Zaiyu pass the note to the two, and Gao Gong, who was originally angry, lost his temper after just one glance.

"Ning Kezhong, this is to drag the Tao family to die together. This is the real single-minded reform. I am ashamed."

"No, I will make a draft order now, and immediately order someone to bring Master Ning forward. Master Ning cannot be left to fight against the Tao family."

Zhang Juzheng, who was holding the note in his hand, stood aside and did not make a sound, his eyes became brighter and brighter.

"Your Highness, I have an idea."

Zhu Zaiyu raised his head suspiciously.

"What does Mr. Zhang mean?"

"Your Highness, we've made a fool of ourselves. We're not here to destroy the Tao family, nor to save Brother Ning."

Zhu Zaiyu felt a little angry immediately.

"Who said Gu didn't want to save Master Ning?!"

Zhang Juzheng hesitated to speak, and then raised the note in his hand.

"Your Highness, those are trivial details. Our top priority is how to surpass the scholars and let the people know what the new law is. As long as the people know what the new law is, the Tao family will not survive, and Brother Ning will not die."

Gao Gong stood aside impatiently.

"Uncle Zhang, don't make detours, this is imminent, what are you still doing here!"

Zhang Juzheng put the note in his hand on the desk, and then looked at the two people in front of him with some excitement.

"We can say that brother Ning is the new party, or that brother Ning is the old party. The most important thing is to tell the people what is the new party and why is the old party during the discussion."

"Include private information in the article?"

Zhang Juzheng nodded slightly.

"That's pretty much what it means."

Gao Gong smiled wryly and said: "Uncle, you can find someone to write private articles, but this private article can be understood by ordinary people. Do you think the scholars in the world can't understand it? Isn't that true?" Did you come back?"

"No!" Zhang Juzheng directly interrupted Gao Gong's words.

"Zhang never believed that those people would be monolithic. For example, scholars in the mainland resisted the new law mostly because the new law required clearing the land, and scholars in the southeast opposed the new law because the new law would open the sea."

Zhu Zaishun's brows gradually furrowed.

"Mr. Zhang, what do you mean by breaking down one by one, disintegrating and disintegrating?"

"Your Highness is wise! To give a simple example, there are many salt merchants in Xianyifang, Dongcheng City. The reason why they resist the new law is the opening method of the new law. After implementing the new law, they have to go back to Jiubian to farm in exchange for salt! "

"The leaflets in Xianyifang, no matter whether they discuss the new law or the old law, have to bypass the salt law! If the leaflet does not involve the salt law and contains the private interests of other laws, then the people of Xianyifang can actually learn about the salt law. The difference between the old and the new outside the law."

"Of course, most of the salt merchants are Jianghuai landlords, and there must be more than one salt law that needs to be bypassed, but no matter what, as long as they can piece together the entire new law, then they will be gone."

"Brother Ning can be said to be the new party, or brother Ning can be said to be the old party. The key is what is the new law and what is the old law."

Both Gao Gong and Zhu Zaiyu pondered for a long time.

After a long time, Gao Gong raised his head.

"Uncle, I just have one question."

Gao Gong and Zhu Zaiyu looked at each other, and then said: "What if the common people can't spell it?"

Zhang Juzheng held up Ning Jue's letter again.

"With this letter, I'm not afraid that I won't be able to put it together."

"Your Highness, the Beijing camp has won such a big victory, should we let the soldiers go home to rest?"

Gao Gong was startled when he heard this.

"What does Uncle mean... let the soldiers of the capital go back?"

"That's right, the common people don't know whether Brother Ning is a new party or an old party, but the soldiers in the Beijing camp know it all."

"Let them go back, what will happen?"

Gao Gong slapped the table excitedly.

"Of course it's a direct quarrel with the family members! That's a major event that almost caused rebellion!"

"What we want is to quarrel. The more violent the quarrel, the faster the new law will be put together. The more quarreling, the more people will care about it!"

"It doesn't matter whether Brother Ning is a new party or an old party, because this is just an excuse to muddy the water. What is the new law is the fish I am waiting for!"

After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, Gao Gong immediately cupped his hands towards Zhu Zaiyu.

"His Royal Highness, the minister seconded the proposal!"

"allow!"

Before Zhu Zaiyu could finish his sentence, the servants outside the palace rushed in.

"His Royal Highness Qizuo, Yuan Shi is here."

As soon as the words fell, the expressions of the three became subtle.

"Minister Yuan Wei pays homage to Your Highness."

"Mr. Yuan came just in time."

Yuan Wei raised his head when he heard the words.

"Your Highness, would you like to surrender a high position to a minister?"

"Of course." Zhu Zaiyan took Yuan Wei's hand solemnly, walked towards the outside of Qingning Palace, and said as he walked, "Mr. Yuan rode out of the city immediately."

"Oh, out of town, and then what?"

"Go to Gong Hua!"

Yuan Wei's nerves immediately tensed up.

"Why go to Gonghua?"

"Tell the Qiling Guards that they are on vacation in rotation!"

Yuan Wei nodded thoughtfully.

"Holiday... huh?! The minister himself?!"

"For such a big task, you must not leak the news in advance, Mr. Gu Xin."

When Yuan Wei turned his head around, Zhu Zaishun had already returned to Qingning Palace.

"Mr. Yuan, hurry up, I'm still waiting for Mr. to come back and talk about Shangshu."

The corner of Yuan Wei's mouth twitched slightly.

He cursed secretly in his heart.

Niang Xipi!
Seven hills!
Just after Yuan Wei left the city, horse-drawn carriages once again appeared on the streets of the capital, and leaflets were scattered in broad daylight, but the leaflets received by each market were different, and the contents of the leaflets were also different. , some say that Ning Jue supports the new law, and some say that Ning Jue supports the old law, whether it is saying that Ning Jue supports the new law or that Ning Jue supports the old law.You can't escape that question.

That is what is new and what is old.

"Have you seen it clearly? There is only one sentence written on this list! Ning Bingxian is an old party member, a soldier in the world, and an official who benefits from the imperial court.

"Listen up! Ningni is a new party, abolishing the central government and accepting money, avoiding the hardships of the common people in business and villages, and providing convenience for the government and the people. It is actually the virtuous government of Emperor Xiaozong!" ——Wu Xiucai of Nancheng.

And all of this happened after the soldiers of the Beijing camp went home to visit their relatives, and almost every household fell into endless disputes.

However, the focus of public attention is still on whether Ning Jue is a new party or an old party.

Until a big illiterate man came to the restaurant named Bianyiju in Mishi Hutong at Caishikou. Hearing the customers at the other table arguing, he muttered in a muffled voice.

"I don't care that Ning Bingxian is a new party and an old party, but I don't think the new law is that bad."

The voice of this sentence was not loud, but it spread into the ears of shopkeeper Wang Shaofu like thunder.

That night, Wang Shaofu appeared in front of Tang Sheng, the shopkeeper of Shidetang Bookstore.

"... Shopkeeper Tang, apart from these old and new disputes, I have to add a sentence at the end of the list."

"Treasurer Wang made it clear."

"If you want to know about the old and new reforms, go to the cheap rice market."

"Huh? This, this doesn't rhyme either."

"Why do you want to rhyme, I don't take the number one exam."

Tang Sheng who accepted the money did not make a sound, but the smile on his face became brighter and brighter.

"What Ning Bingxian said is true. The peaceful and prosperous age of our bookstores is coming..."

(End of this chapter)