Ming Dynasty: My Brother-in-law is Zhu Youxiao

"Some went to southern Liaoning by boat to reclaim wasteland, some went to the shipyard, and many went to a place called Xilin Academy. Many scholars and children were taken there to study. It was from the factory in the west of Uncle Guo. An academy built in name."

The peddler replied.

"Xilin Academy."

After hearing this, Shang Zhouzuo became even more curious, and asked again, "Where is Xilin Academy?"

"They said that wherever Donglin Academy is, that's where Xilin Academy is."

The peddler replied again.

Shang Zhouzuo felt more and more incredible, how could he say that where Donglin Academy is, Xilin Academy is also there.

Now Shang Zhouzuo had to return to the mansion full of doubts. After learning that his own land had also been cleared, he didn't say anything. Fortunately, his family didn't owe the court any taxes and grains. After listening to his words, he did not default on taxes and grains to the court.

Next, Shang Zhouzuo didn't stay at home for a few days, so he brought his fourth daughter, Shang Jinghui, to Donglin Academy.

He eagerly wanted to know what Xilin Academy opened by his uncle Zhang Gui was, and why even the shopkeepers in Shaoxing knew about it.

But because Shang Zhouzuo only knew where Donglin Academy was now, he came to Donglin Academy first.

"Hit me! Hit me to death!"

When Shang Zhouzuo first arrived outside Donglin Academy, he saw Gao Shitai ordering his slaves to hang several farmers from trees and beat them with wooden sticks.

Seeing this, Shang Zhouzuo hurried over and asked, "Hui Zhan (Gao Shitai's character), why is this?"

When Gao Shitai saw that it was Shang Zhouzuo, an official of the same class as him who had known him for years, he changed his humble attitude and saluted, then changed his expression of disgust, looked at the tenant farmer hanging on the tree and said: "Teach me a lesson!" How many ignorant tenants! How dare you run away from your tenants and sneak off to Xilin Academy to work as a worker, but you forgot that you signed the contract of sale."

After speaking, Gao Shitai ordered again: "Keep beating! Just beating him to death! Let his family come to collect the body, and let all the tenants of Donglin Academy come and see. This is the fate of fleeing tenants!"

"Forget it, the academy is a place of enlightenment after all, why should you be so harsh on the common people."

Shang Zhouzuo persuaded.

"Don't you know that if these treacherous people are not killed, they will only affect the good people. Therefore, this trend will not last, and the way to educate them is to kill them all! !"

Gao Shitai said.

Shang Zhouzuo couldn't persuade him anymore, because he happened to see Xilin Academy opposite, so he crossed the bridge and crossed the stream.

"This is the sky, this is the land, this is the country, this is the family, and this is the clan."

Shang Zhouzuo was coming this way, but he saw a scholar teaching characters to several farmers, and he pointed to the characters on the ground and began to read.

Shang Zhouzuo therefore asked: "You young man, you actually want to teach farmers how to read?"

The scholar stood up and cupped his hands and said: "This old man doesn't know something. The late students are students of Xilin Academy. The academy allows us to choose the homework for the practical class freely. The late students choose the homework for the peasants in their hometown. That's why I came here to teach them how to read. , In order to complete my practical homework, I also gave incentives, whoever knows more than one hundred characters, the late students will give them ten coins."

"It's good for the husbands of Xilin Academy. They not only help us with farm work, but also teach us how to read. We will pay back the money after we know how to read."

"That is, the key point is not to use our fields as schools, but also to open workshops so that we can work and earn money."

"It's better than Donglin Academy next door. We have to pay rent to take care of Donglin Academy, and sometimes people who collude with the government enslave us!"

At this time, these farmers also started talking.

"Don't enclose the people's fields, don't enslave the people, and there are so-called practical classes."

After hearing this, Shang Zhouzuo became more interested in Xilin Academy, so he hurried to Xilin Academy. As soon as he came here, he heard the sound of lectures coming from the courtyard.

"The gentleman's learning is to understand the way and to save the world. It is necessary to learn useful things..."

Shang Zhouzuo listened.

So far, Shang Zhouzuo stayed here for many days before continuing to go north to Beijing by boat.

...

During the time when Shang Zhouzuo went north, Zhang Gui opened Xilin Academy next to Donglin Academy, and Gu Qiyuan and others let many officials in the court who were disgusted with the New Deal know about it by means of private letters.

Many courtiers and civil officials were also deeply shocked by this.

"What an uncle of the country! How dare you think of taking my position in the literary world of Donglin Academy! This kind of method is really vicious. I'm afraid that the public opinion of Jiangnan Shilin has long been out of my Donglin's control!"

Shen Yongmao started talking to a group of colleagues at this time.

"Gu Gong said in his letter that they have organized a lot of poor scholars who have no ambitions. They have publicized some unbearable things about our officials and gentlemen discovered in the process of chasing down taxes and asking for land and acres, and directly organized some people to report to merchants in the market. The common people preached the New Deal, and they actually let the people know about it! We really underestimated this uncle of the country.”

Gao Panlong couldn't help but said at this moment.

"You must join him! Especially this Xilin Academy, it can no longer be allowed to exist. Existence will only confuse people's children. There is no reason for foreign relatives to run an academy. This should be the exclusive work of my civil servants!"

Shen Yongmao said.

"agree!"

Gao Panlong replied, and said: "But now even the memorabilia of Duke Yang impeaching Yuan Keli will be retained, and it may be useless for us to impeach Uncle Guo."

"it works!"

Huang Liji, who secretly colluded with various civil servants in the south of the Yangtze River because of his dissatisfaction with the New Deal, said at this time:

"Although today's emperor is cruel, he is not a fool. He will never really ignore the changes in the court situation. If we impeach Uncle Guo and Yuan Keli and others, it seems that all the memorials will be retained, but in fact, His Majesty is very clear. Who submitted the memorials and what they submitted, as long as we submit enough memorials, we all say that the Reform and New Deal is very bad. We have to abandon the new coup d'état law, or stop continuing reforms, withdraw the establishment of the policy department, and no longer implement new policies such as clearing Zhang Tianmu and recovering taxes."

"This statement is reasonable, but who should present the refugee map?"

Shen Yongmao nodded and said.

"Naturally, you are Shen Gong. You are from Suzhou, and you are the chief assistant of Shen Temple Dynasty. Only your thoughts can represent the opinions of the people in Jiangnan, and your majesty will have to believe it."

Huang Liji said.

Shen Yongmao nodded: "Okay, when the time comes, I will present the pictures of the refugees. Next, I would like to ask you to keep visiting my uncle Zhang Gui!"

"We must do our best!"

At this time, Huang Liji, Gao Panlong, Miao Changqi and others all replied.

So, next, the impeachment of Zhang Guijian Xilin Academy for disturbing people's minds, as well as the memorials of the levies in the south of the Yangtze River flew into the palace like snowflakes.

In the beginning, Tianqi did ignore these memorials and kept them all.

But as Huang Liji expected, Tianqi was not really an emperor who was indifferent to the court. On this night, he suddenly asked Wei Zhongxian to bring these remaining memorials to his bedroom and read them one by one.

"So many impeachment of Zhang Gui!"

Tian Qi couldn't help frowning after seeing it, and then showed a contemptuous smile that was not easy to be noticed by others, and said in his heart: "I am not so easy to scare."

As he said that, Tian Qi said: "Pass the decree, call Da Qi tomorrow!"

Soon, the apocalypse will be called up tomorrow, that is, the will of the great court will be known to all the officials in the capital.

"Sure enough, as Mr. Huang expected, the emperor is really going to meet his officials. He must have been really shocked by the large number of memorials from the Manchu officials saying that the Reform and New Deal is bad, and that Uncle Guo is very unpopular."

Miao Changqi started talking to Shen Yongmao and others at this time.

Shen Yongmao said with a smile: "Not only the emperor, but Han Puzhou's favorite student Shang Zhouzuo will also reject this marriage because of Uncle Guo's behavior in Jiangnan, and he will also oppose the New Deal."

"That's right, the merchant is a noble family in eastern Zhejiang, and he must feel very uncomfortable because his own land has been cleared."

Huang Liji followed suit.

On the next day, at the court meeting, just after Tianqi asked the courtiers to discuss matters, Shen Yongmao stood up, took out the refugee map and the impeachment memorial to Zhang Gui and said:

"Your Majesty, I impeach my uncle Zhang Gui to carry out the New Deal in the south of the Yangtze River, to run amok, open academies without authorization, and mislead the children, causing the people in the south of the Yangtze River to boil and evil spirits to flourish!"

"Another cruel official, Zhao Yan, even colluded with Uncle Guo, making life difficult for the people in the south of the Yangtze River!"

"Therefore, a well-known scholar in the south of the Yangtze River drew a picture of refugees and presented it to His Majesty. The purpose is to let His Majesty know the tragic situation of the people in the south of the Yangtze River, and not to let the cruel officials of the foreign relatives use the so-called new policy to harm the people in the south of the Yangtze River. Your Majesty, please read it!"

Tian Qi pretended to be surprised after hearing this: "There is such a thing?"

Shen Yongmao said: "If your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can ask the Minister of the Ministry of War who just arrived in Beijing. He just came to Beijing from his hometown in Zhejiang, and he can support the words of the witnesses!"

At this time, Shang Zhouzuo suddenly took the initiative to go out of court and said: "Your Majesty! I impeached Shen Yongmao, the minister of Taichang Temple, for deceiving the emperor! In addition, I also impeached him for slandering the uncle and ministers of the dynasty! Ignoring the facts, I tried to To smear the court's good governance in the south of the Yangtze River! It's not a bad idea!"

Shen Yongmao looked at Shang Zhouzuo in astonishment.

Many civil servants also looked at Shang Zhouzuo, their faces full of disbelief: "You actually said that the New Deal is a good one? Could it be that your family's land has not been cleared?!"