Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 860 Singing
Such a big event happened in Nanjing City, which naturally shocked the government and the public. As the army surrounded the clans, Wang Fuzhi, Chen Bangyan, and even Su Guansheng, Zhang Huangyan and other ministers from the Tang and Lu factions rushed over.

"What are you doing?"

It was not the Chu Party who spoke first, but Su Guansheng who rushed over first. When he saw the scene in front of him, he was furious, rushed forward and said angrily to the clan: "This is an important place for the imperial court. As vassals, do you want to rebel?" ? Not all of them go back."

The suzerain reform was Wang Yan's suggestion to Emperor Gaozong, and it was initiated by Su Guansheng. Although he and Wang Yan did not belong to the same camp, the people in the suzerain who wanted to kill him were no more than those who wanted to kill Wang Yan few.

He is consistent with Wang Yan in dealing with the Zongfan, and what Wang Yan did was for the entire Ming Dynasty. Accumulated disadvantages are the consensus of the entire civil servant group, and he must support them.

The imperial court is about to increase the salaries of officials. Where does the money come from?
Only by taking away the pie of the clan and exchanging the land of the clan to undeveloped Taiwan, so that the imperial court has tens of thousands of hectares of high-quality paddy fields that can be taxed immediately, and then reduce the supply of the clan and tax the clan, so that there is money To improve the salaries of civil and military officials.

If the emperor can speak up, the clan may still be able to keep their rights and interests, but now the king of Chu’s regent and the council have actually replaced the imperial power, and the entire bureaucratic group wants to seize the benefits from the clan, so King Lu and King Tang are very wise. Neither of them came out to support the suzerain.

Thousands of clans were seated, many people listened to the words, looked at the elite soldiers surrounding them, and lowered their heads, but King Xiang didn't give Su Guansheng a good face, "Su Butang doesn't want to spout blood, our clan is just presenting to the queen mother and the emperor. Some people disregard the law of the ancestors and want to rob the clan assets and bully the royal family."

At the time, the Guangjing court was so poor that they were eager to get rid of the big burden of the clan. Su Guansheng not only reduced their salaries, but also reduced their titles. Unlike the Tang and Lu kings, they had the opportunity to make meritorious service and benefit their descendants. As an iron king, after a few generations, their children and grandchildren will definitely decline. Maybe they will become like Liu Bei and become a generation of weaving mats and selling shoes. They hate Su Guansheng even more than they hate Wang Yan.

"So many people are being used to show affection?" Su Guansheng was furious, "You are persecuting the imperial court!"

Seeing that Su Guansheng was excited, Wang Fuzhi was afraid of causing a conflict, so he hurried forward, and cupped his hands at Su Guansheng, "Su Butang, let me speak!"

Even if thousands of ordinary people clashed and died, that would be a big case, not to mention thousands of clans, if a prince or county king died, it would give others an excuse to attack the Chu party, even if Wang Yan was fine, The Chu Party must also have important officials at the ministerial level to step down and take the blame, which will affect the strength of the Chu Party in the court.

Wang Fuzhi always kept the string of political struggle, he didn't know Su Guansheng's sincerity, or wanted to make the situation more confrontational, so he stepped forward and took control of the situation himself.

The sitting King Yi said at this time, "Unless the decree to relocate to Taiwan is canceled today, none of you say it will be of any use. We are sitting here on a hunger strike. We must ask the Queen Mother and the Emperor to be the masters of the clan."

After he finished speaking, the clan members raised their fists and agreed one after another. Needless to say, Wang Fuzhi knew that this group of people couldn't make sense, so he had to pull Su Guansheng to the side first.

Want to go on a hunger strike?Wang Fuzhi was shocked, and said to Chen Bangyan: "Chen Gebu, watch here, don't let any conflict happen, I will notify the king of Chu immediately."

Chen Bangyan is also in charge of the military department, which is the most suitable for controlling the situation. He nodded and took a step forward, "Hurry up, the Wangge department, I will leave this place to me."

Wang Yan had already left the Prince Chu Mansion, and came to a restaurant on Taiping Street outside the Xihua Gate where the clan gathered.

The window near the street was propped open by wooden sticks. Wang Yan and several others stood by the window, watching the distant place where the clansmen gathered to sit quietly.

"Your Highness, based on their status, the clan has concluded that the imperial court dare not use force, so it is really abominable to gather crowds to make trouble in order to arouse the indignation of the court and the public, and force the imperial court to back down!"

The sit-in and persecution of thousands of clans will have a very negative impact on the imperial court, making people who don't know that Wang Yan is unfair to the clan, misunderstand that he is going to attack the Zhu family, and think that he is planning to rebel, which will bring him a lot of pain. Adverse political influence.

Wang Yan really underestimated this group of clans, but they were too naive to think that they could intimidate the court and him in this way.

"Some things, after a long time, they take it for granted, and think that it is reasonable for them to be above the world. If they carry out reforms alone and save the world, they are also saving them. However, they don't appreciate it. Instead, they confront the court. The collapse of the dynasty was due to the accumulation of conflicts, and the Ming Dynasty was riddled with holes, and they still refused to give up part of their interests to ease the conflicts, and they really killed themselves."

Chang Shi Fang Fengnian sighed after hearing Wang Yan's words, "Your Highness said brilliantly, the clan has enjoyed the support of the world for more than two hundred years, and it has long taken everything for granted."

Wang Yan turned around and said to the people behind him: "This is a wake-up call for Gu, we should also pay attention to it, if one day the princes in the court become like this, then the Ming Dynasty should be over. "

At the beginning, the princes of Donglin were like this, so when the Chongzhen Dynasty was over, Wang Yan was giving them a vaccination.

Ordinary people dare not say this, but when everyone heard this, they panicked for a while, and hurriedly saluted and said, "I dare not wait, and I will take the world as my responsibility." Being an official for the sake of being an official, exquisite self-interest, is a bureaucracy, and it does not solve practical problems. , officials still need to have political support and political ideals. As a governor of a place, they should think about managing the place, stabilizing the people, and prospering business, so that the people under the rule can live and work in peace and contentment, and they should be at the top of the court. Link to the world, only then will the country be strong and prosperous, and the four barbarians will be conquered.

Wang Yan waved his hand to let everyone avoid the etiquette, and then said in a deep voice: "The clan did this to stir up public opinion, to make the world misunderstand that they have the intention of usurping, so they took action against the clan, but they can't let them do what they want. Comparing with them, the common people and scholars believe in them, or believe in Gu and the court."

Wang Yan paused for a moment, then turned his gaze to Xia Wanchun, "Xia Futai, let people build a few stages in Taiping Street, find a few teams, and sing all the scandals about the clan, and let the government servants maintain the stage." Keep order and don’t stop the people from watching.”

The king of Chu asked the elite to surround the clan, and then organized the people to come to watch, and asked the theater troupe to give guidance and explanations, so as to control public opinion on the court side and make the clan embarrassing.

Xia Wanchun's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he quickly understood what Wang Yan meant. He came out to salute and said, "I'll arrange it right now, but I don't know what kind of play to sing. Do you want me to make up a play now?"

Wang Yan knew Xia Wanchun's talent, it was easy to make up a play, but he smiled and shook his head, "Reality is more absurd than drama, Gu has already had the case files taken from the Ministry of Punishment and the Clan Mansion, and now the scribes of the Palace, It has already been compiled in the palace with everyone Liu."

Writing plays to swear at people and publishing books to hurt people were already very common things in the Ming Dynasty. The Donglin Party was the best at using this method at the beginning to make Ma Ruan's reputation extremely bad. Wang Yan adapted it based on the real case files of the former clan oppressing the people, plundering private assets, and robbing the women of the people. It is reasonable and legal, and it can arouse the resonance of the people.

The same Taiping Street, King Lu and King Tang got the news, they also found a place, watching outside the Xihua Gate.

(End of this chapter)