Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Although Suna was the Marquis of Xin'an and the highest general of the Taiping Army stationed in Suzhou, he did not care about this matter, and the scholars only went to the school temple to cry in front of the mud statue of Kong Lao Er. Fang Zi is not good at intervening. With this thought in mind, Suna didn't want to watch the excitement, so he led his guards to beat the horse and leave. But after walking for a while, he thought that the matter was so big, Jiang Guozhu couldn't possibly not come out to deal with the matter in the city, don't let him go to the governor's yamen, and Jiang Guozhu ran here. That's why he called back and followed far behind the crowd, so as not to go astray with Jiang Guozhu.

The tradition of crying temples was very prosperous during the Tianqi and Chongzhen years. Especially during the Tianqi years, there were several performances every year to show the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River's hatred for the eunuchs in the DPRK and the country. In Wuxi County, which is not far from Suzhou, there was also the Five Gentlemen incident that year, which really hit the eunuch's arrogance.

A few ordinary people in the market have the courage to fight against the powerful eunuchs, and what about the scholars who have read the book of sages and sages, this matter spread to Suzhou, which naturally triggered another round of public opinion offensive against the eunuchs. . During those few months, scholars from the Confucius Temple came one after another, and their saliva smeared the statue of Confucius.

After decades of evolution, the Crying Temple has become a customary tradition among the Suzhou gentry. Every time it is mentioned, it is talked about with relish and can say countless flowers. The literati's notes are even more records. In their writings, the scholars who participated in the crying temple were all righteous and awe-inspiring, regardless of their own safety, only to seek justice for the common people.

It's a pity that the Qing troops went south in the Jiashen year, and the tradition of crying temples was broken at once. Facing the butcher knives of the Qing Dynasty, the gentry in Suzhou all shrank their necks, and no one dared to gather in a crowd to cry at the temple. It was not until the restoration of the southern capital and the hope of the Ming Dynasty that the resurgence of the temple was staged in Suzhou City again.

After 17 years, the Confucius Temple has finally awakened again!

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Three days ago, the deeds of the scholar Ni Yongbin and others in the Temple of Weeping were spread in Suzhou as early as around the city. Which of the scholars who were unable to participate in the event in person did not sigh and regret that they could not personally participate in this traditional event of the scholars in Suzhou. Today, when Mr. Jin Da stood up and called on everyone to cry in the temple again, hundreds of talented people came out of their homes and embarked on this glorious road full of pride and pursuit of justice and justice.

"Crying in the temple, crying in the temple again!"

Suzhou city is also boiling, men and women, young and old, gather from all directions to the Confucian Temple, just to see the beauty of the scholars, and also to cheer for the scholars. It should be noted that the ministers only entered the Confucian Temple in order to oppose the government's clearing of debts. They are for the benefit of the common people! We do not support who supports! If you don't support it, you deserve to be paid to the government!

Such a major incident has not happened in Suzhou City for many years. Ren Weichu, one of the parties involved, is really frightened now. He is afraid that the prefect Yan Shaoqing and the governor Jiang Guozhu will push him out to be a scapegoat in order to quell the situation. However, Yan Shaoqing's tough attitude after he brought people over made Ren Weichu's mind. Yan Shaoqing actually signaled Ren Weichu and other scholars to enter the school temple, then lead people to surround the school temple, and then take everyone down.

Jiang Guozhu, the governor of Jiangsu, also came, and his face was ugly. After arriving, he scolded Ren Weichu severely, saying that he was ineffective in his work, which made the situation like this.

Ren Weichu didn't dare to argue, but Yan Shaoqing said a few words for him, saying that Jin Shengtan suddenly launched an attack, and there was no news in advance, and Wuzhong County failed to detect it in time, which led to the expansion of the situation.

"There are too many people, so you shouldn't take people directly in front of so many people. This will easily provoke civil unrest."

Jiang Guozhu was old-fashioned and serious, seeing that there were too many people onlookers. If Yan Shaoqing's method was used to close the gate of the Confucian Temple and directly lock the people, I am afraid that it would provoke civil upheaval. If thousands of people really want to chase and beat the county officials and force him, the governor, to hide in the toilet, then everything will be over.

Can't take people directly, how to deal with this matter? Is it really necessary to obey the demands of the scholars, stop paying off debts, and push the culprit Ren Weichu to quell public anger?

Yan Shaoqing was uneasy, while Ren Weichu fell straight into the ice cellar. Fortunately, Jiang Guozhu also knew that he couldn't be soft. King Qi just gave him the approval, which gave him the confidence to strengthen his courage. This crying temple case is an introduction to the dismissal of the case, and it can't be turned back.

After Suna learned that Jiang Guozhu had arrived, he hurriedly brought people over. Jiang Guozhu was very embarrassed to see that the Marquis of Xin'an was also there and witnessed the incident from beginning to end.

Suna chuckled, his Chinese is now fluent, and he understood 80% of what the gang of scholars who passed by shouted, and it can be summed up in one sentence. They refused to ask for money and grain, saying that there was no basis for clearing the debt. Even if they wanted to clear the debt, they should also pay back the money and grain of the Qing court, and it had nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty.

"The Marquis did not know that the wealthy households in the south of the Yangtze River refused to pay grain to the imperial court since the Wanli period. When the government pressed a little, they used various excuses, resulting in almost no taxation in the south of the Yangtze River for decades. During the more than ten years of the Qing court ruling the south of the Yangtze River, these wealthy households have It also pays grain, but the amount of grain is different, all because Jiangnan officials have a deep connection with the local area, concealing and underreporting is almost commonplace..."

Jiang Guozhu knew that although the Marquis of Xin'an was a Manchu general who surrendered, he was very trustworthy to the King of Qi. He had the heart to convey the difficulty of clearing the debt to the King of Qi through Xin'an Hou, so he vomited bitterly there.

Jiang Guozhu did not talk nonsense, but told the truth. According to him, the Qing court in the Jiangnan area was more severe than the Ming Dynasty. However, the tyrants and tyrants in the south of the Yangtze River still rely on their former power to communicate with the government, bribe and buy scribes, and secretly mix and owe money and grain, resulting in the accumulation of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Politically, they have not completely forgotten the Zhu Ming Dynasty. Zheng Jun's performance was the strongest when he entered the river. Jiang Guozhu was the governor of Jiangning at the time. In order to suppress the privileges of the Jin gentry and to persuade the landlords of Jiangnan, he sent an official document to the governor Lang Tingzuo.

This matter, from the perspective of the Qing Dynasty, is fair, reasonable, and it should be, but now that the Ming Dynasty is also doing this, it is a bit nondescript.

In order to raise money and food as soon as possible, Zhou Shixiang only asked Jiang Guozhu to file the sale and find out what he owed. He wanted to get a batch of money and food from Jiangnan as soon as possible, but he did not consider that Jiangnan would not belong to the Ming Dynasty before, and there was no "occupied area" in this world. The principle of paying grain and paying taxes in "national-controlled areas".

King Qi only wanted money and food, nothing else to say, Jiang Guozhu couldn't get to the point, so he used his previous concept of writing down in Wuzhong County. When the wealthy people in Wuzhong County heard that your government asked me to pay this year's food and grain, that's all. Why should I pay the food and grain from a few years ago? If I say no, they say I owe taxes and don't pay. What's the reason?

Does your government belong to the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty? (To be continued.)