Chapter 1506: Attention

"Chun'an County Registrar? Wang Yan?"

Prince Yu frowned and looked at Feng Bao kneeling in front of him, asking uncertainly.

Feng Bao in this drama, at the beginning, beat Zhou Yunyi of the Imperial Observatory to death, and crossed over Lu Fang and other eunuchs to rush to report the good news to the Emperor. He couldn't mix in the palace, and was sent to Prince Yu by Lu Fang...

The young Feng Bao said: "Yes, Master, the old ancestor said that Wang Yan has the same idea as Hu Zongxian, afraid that the food price for buying fields is too low, the officials force the people to rebel, and finally cause chaos in the southeast. So Wang Yan lifted this matter just to confiscate the home of the Hangzhou Tongzhi, take away the money and food, and go back to provide disaster relief..."

Prince Yu laughed, turned his head and asked: "How do the masters see this matter?"

"Sleepy and sent a pillow, this Wang Yan is not bad." Gao Gong said, "Since he lifted the lid, we can't waste this opportunity. Just send someone to investigate the case, I don't believe we can't find the Yan Party."

Zhang Juzheng shook his head: "Cabinet Minister, this case is afraid it is not easy to investigate. At this time, Hangzhou Tongzhi is afraid that he has died unexpectedly. If you want to continue to investigate, and want to investigate on the territory of the Yan Party, it is truly difficult."

"Then we must investigate. The Yan Party is not an iron plate. The more chaotic, the more mistakes, and the more opportunities we have." Xu Jie said so, but directly made the decision.

Prince Yu nodded: "I also think we should investigate, investigate strictly. Investigate this case, and then have Hai Rui and others bear the pressure, and we turn around in the capital, so the change of rice to mulberry will not be changed. When the time comes, the deficit cannot be filled, and the Yan Party will suffer." Prince Yu was also in high spirits.

They didn't think about directly killing Yan Song, because they couldn't kill him. They could only let Yan Song make mistakes, fail to do things, and be disliked by the Emperor. Step by step, destroy Yan Song's favor, suppress Yan Song's prestige, eliminate the wings of the Yan Party, and finally dismember the Yan Party.

Even if Yan Song is eighty years old, it is precisely because he is eighty years old and won't live long that they have to do this. The sooner they overthrow Yan, the sooner they can breathe a sigh of relief. Otherwise, let Yan Song pass on power safely, I don't know how much trouble will be added.

But really speaking, Yan Song is not easy. Before, maybe he wanted to advance, wanted to be for the family descendants, but now is he wanting to be the Chief Cabinet Minister? Eyes are dim, energy is insufficient, walking is laborious, speaking is short of breath, he couldn't move long ago.

In the final analysis, it is still the Emperor who wants him to be this Chief Cabinet Minister...

Here Prince Yu and others set the plan, and the next day they began to quarrel with the Yan Party around this matter. Later, both sides unified their opinions that this case should be strictly investigated, and then both sides quarreled about the personnel of the case. The Yan Party didn't want Xu Jie and others to send more people, and Xu Jie and others didn't want the Yan Party to send more people.

It was also when both sides were quarreling that the news of Hangzhou Tongzhi Luo Zhengwen's accidental death in the lake reached the capital. This problem is serious. It is truly difficult to find such a coincidence in the world. Everyone knows what is going on.

So after another three days, a luxury lineup composed of the three judicial departments of the Ministry of Justice, the Dali Temple, and the Censorate, plus the supervisory eunuch sent by the Ceremonial Supervision, was finally established, and they went to Zhejiang in a mighty way...

Wang Yan's trouble is also one wave after another.

Tian Youlu said anxiously: "Third Master, you have really not been appropriate in this move..."

"It's still okay, we finally transported some back. Tighten your stomach, and you can support for another half a month."

"You are not in a hurry? Third Master?"

"What am I in a hurry for? The new County Magistrate must have arrived in Zhejiang territory at this time, maybe he is studying the strategy with the two departments in Hangzhou. The next problem is the new County Magistrate's. I will burn bricks with peace of mind and build houses for the common people, isn't it a perfect merit?"

"Third Master, why did you drop the burden at this time?" Tian Youlu was about to cry, "Those big families destroyed their homes to save the disaster, it's not easy. Now people and money have been detained, and food is not given to us. Third Master, doing things like this is not particular."

Wang Yan played with the mold to make brick blanks, and said with a smile: "Brother, you are wearing the same pair of pants as me, this heart can't be biased."

"Oh, ancestor, how can I be biased? I was tied to a pirate ship, life and death are unpredictable, and I can't be biased if I want to." Tian Youlu's tone was urgent and sincere, like a good County Assistant who thinks for the people.

It can be seen how Wang Yan forced people. People who were originally greedy for money and didn't do things started to worry about the common people...

Wang Yan said with a smile: "We must find a way. I remember Big family Xu confessed that the Riverway Office also embezzled money, right? You ask people to take the evidence to threaten the Riverway Office. As long as they are on the road, they will have to release both people and food."

"What if they don't release?"

"Luo Zhengwen is the warning. No one is so stupid. Moreover, our report document has been submitted for half a month. The news of Luo Zhengwen's death must have arrived. The imperial court must express it. When the time comes, we will hand over everything in our hands. I don't believe that those who want to overthrow Yan won't seize the evidence and investigate to the end. If they don't really want to die, they have no choice."

"What about later?" Tian Youlu asked.

"Hand over the evidence later, and let such people die! Damn it, it's okay to earn money on weekdays. Now it's not one or two common people who are harmed, but more than 40,000 people in Chun'an, which is simply insane."

Wang Yan said as a matter of course, waved his hand, and suppressed Tian Youlu's nonsense about following the rules, "Go, the food will arrive in a few days, hurry up."

"Yes."

Tian Youlu nodded in resignation and turned to go to use the evidence to threaten the superior officials...

He has been an official for more than ten years and has been to many places, so he is considered well-informed. But the past experiences added together are not as thrilling as the short month of working with Wang Yan.

Tian Youlu left, and Wang Yan continued to make brick blanks. After several rounds of exploration, he can now burn red bricks. It just needs to be adjusted specifically, from the deployment of soil to some small improvements in the brick kiln, as well as the control of the heat.

It is not far from burning usable red bricks. At the same time, sand, soil, etc. have been burned there, and cement will come out if there is an accident. If there is another accident, glass will come out...

At this time, Qi Dazhu led a group of strong brothers, pushing several people who were tied up, looking ugly, and blocked their mouths, and walked over.

"Third Master, caught a few traitors, they were asking about the situation everywhere, we worked hard to catch them, and several brothers were injured. This is what was searched from them, saying it is Embroidered Uniform Guard?"

"Then your courage is quite big." Wang Yan took the token with a smile, looking at the words of the Northern Town Fusi on it, and the small words on the other side.

Qi Dazhu smiled honestly: "What if it's fake?"

Wang Yan stood up and kicked Qi Dazhu not heavily: "What are you doing? Why don't you hurry up and untie the officials?"

"Ah? Really?" Qi Dazhu hurriedly led the uneasy crowd to untie the four Embroidered Uniform Guard.

"It's really the common people below who don't know Mount Tai, don't blame the officials." Wang Yan arched his hands politely, and then returned the token.

The four Embroidered Uniform Guard were full of bad luck. People who do intelligence, exposed when asking for news, and were captured alive by a group of village braves, this is really losing face. Although it was because they didn't want to kill people and left a lot of room, they were finally captured alive.

But that is the process, no one cares. The result is that they were captured alive by a group of village braves!

It's not to blame them, it's that the current Chun'an County is managed by Wang Yan like an iron bucket, with one heart. Or rather, when the consciousness of firmly supporting Wang Yan became the mainstream, all other ideas were heresy, and they had to be forced to firmly support, otherwise it wouldn't work.

Whoever discovered the problem, didn't report it, and caused any bad influence, would be beaten to death later. Even if not beaten to death, they would be beaten to disability, and they would be full of criticism in the remaining years of their lives, and they would want to die.

So these people came out and asked for news everywhere, and were watched long ago. They quietly told the village brave patrol team, and they were captured alive directly.

"My name is Zhu Qi, ordered to come to Chun'an to understand the details, other things, you don't ask."

"Chun'an Registrar Wang Yan, met Seventh Master." Wang Yan arched his hands politely to call people, and then turned to order, "Go, let the kitchen in the yamen prepare a table of good food, treat the officials well for reason and emotion, and hope that the officials don't care about us."

"Humph, if we care, they would have died long ago." A Embroidered Uniform Guard couldn't hold back his words, and his heart was full of resentment.

Zhu Qi didn't say a word, just looked back, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard who spoke couldn't stand, and was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

After cleaning up his men, Zhu Qi smiled and arched his hands: "It was originally a secret investigation, not wanting to disturb Registrar Wang. Since the skill is not good and was captured alive by the heroes, and can't hide anymore, we will respect it."

"Thank you Seventh Master for your tolerance. Please, Seventh Master!" Wang Yan arched his hands.

"No hurry, no hurry, cooking always takes time, just trouble Registrar Wang to take me to understand the situation." Zhu Qi said very politely, and then asked impolitely, "I don't know what Registrar Wang is doing here?"

"Previously, the subordinate promised the common people of Chun'an to build new houses for them, and is burning cheap and durable new bricks, which has been basically successful. Seventh Master, please move, follow the subordinate to see the new bricks."

Immediately, Wang Yan took Zhu Qi and other Embroidered Uniform Guard to see the brick kiln and red bricks. Zhu Qi and others also split a few pieces on the spot to test the strength. They also took a few pieces, saying they would send them back to the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works to study together, showing a gentle attitude and closeness.

Although the Embroidered Uniform Guard is now declining, its power is not as good as the Eastern Depot, and it is no longer as fierce as before, but that is only for those high officials. For small officials like Wang Yan, whether it is Embroidered Uniform Guard or Eastern Depot, or any other unit, as long as it comes from the capital, it is a superior.

So Wang Yan showed an attitude of following the snake, and no longer called himself a subordinate, but called himself "I," and was much more casual in his words to Zhu Qi and others.

This stroll lasted until dark, and finally returned to the county office to eat.

The food is of course very sumptuous. It is no problem for the power of a county to ensure that Wang Yan eats and drinks well. There is meat, wine, hot and cold, and the cook's craftsmanship is also good, even Zhu Qi praised it, not knowing whether it is sincere or fake.

"I see the Registrar's actions, it seems to be against the national policy of changing rice to mulberry?" Zhu Qi gnawed on the chicken leg, as if asking unintentionally.

"Seventh Master misunderstood me. Since it is a national policy, Wang Yan is just a small Chun'an Registrar, how can there be any talk of agreement or opposition?"

"Then why don't you sell fields?"

Wang Yan said: "By now, although Wang is in the county and has experienced a lot, he has a few points of understanding of this national policy. It is said that this policy of changing rice to mulberry is because overseas trade has added 300,000 pieces of silk, and a total of 500,000 pieces of silk are sold for 7 million taels of silver to supplement the imperial court's deficit. But the imperial court supplemented the deficit this year, will it not be deficit next year?

Next year there will be a deficit, and the common people in Chun'an and Jian'de have no livelihood. They will rebel within two years. Zhejiang is the financial center of our Ming Dynasty. There are Japanese pirates outside and civil rebellion inside. If the stability of Zhejiang is broken and the overall situation in the southeast is stirred up, our Ming Dynasty will have more deficits next year and the year after. What should we do then?"

"Wang Registrar's words... Zhu Qi pondered for a while, still opposing the national policy." Zhu Qi drank a glass of wine, his eyes didn't look at Wang Yan, and he focused on eating meat, his mouth full of oil.

"Not so, the national policy can be implemented, but it cannot be that the big families annexed the land of the two counties with the assets of ten shi and eight shi per mu, cutting off the livelihood of the common people of the two counties."

"Fields always need people to plant, and there are people to reel silk and weave silk, why is there no livelihood?"

"Fields need to collect more rent, do the same work as before, but the harvest is less. Go to spin silk and weave silk, a small manager can decide my stay, and I have to work from morning to night without a moment's rest, and I have to be suppressed by the big families. The labor is doubled, the pain is gradually increasing, the life span is doubled, and after three years, the family is broken and people die. Seventh Master, you are well-informed, how many such things have happened in our Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Qi said: "But big families buy fields at high prices, and they can't take out so much food. If it weren't for this, why buy fields in Chun'an and Jian'de? It is precisely because of the flood, and the field price is cheap."

"Seventh Master,

"I don't know." Zhu Qi shook his head, then turned to ask, "In your opinion, Master Registrar Wang, how should the national policy be implemented?"

"It's simple: the government lends grain to the commoners and lets them plant mulberry seedlings. This way, the commoners earn more, and they have silk; in less than three years, they will earn more and more. It's just a pity that the silk merchants are too greedy. They want to earn every single copper coin and refuse to leave the commoners a way to survive."

Watching Wang Yan hold a pig trotter and gnaw on it while looking so concerned for the country and the people, Zhu Qi was somewhat speechless.

At this moment, a minor official from the county yamen ran over.

"Reporting to the Third Master, a group of people has arrived saying they can sell us grain, and they have already been detained by Qi Dazhu."

"Beat them, and find out clearly where they came from."

Zhu Qi furrowed his brows...

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