Chapter 98 I have comrades, my comrades are His Majesty, I am an imperial party!

Is the New Deal good governance?

Shang Zhouzuo's conclusion at this time surprised Tianqi.

Tianqi does understand in his heart that although there are many people who say that the New Deal is not good governance, it does not make them credible just because there are many people.

However, most of the court officials opposed the reform and new policies, so Tianqi had to admit that the resistance to the reform was indeed great, and there were not many civil servants in the Manchu Dynasty who could really use it.

Therefore, Tianqi believes that Zhou Zuo of Shang Dynasty may also choose to oppose the reform like most civil servants.

But Tianqi didn't expect that Shang Zhouzuo didn't make such a choice.

The key is that Zhou Zuo of the Shang Dynasty was a major gentry in Jiangnan, and he was very representative of the gentry class in eastern Zhejiang and even the entire Jiangnan gentry.

Therefore, Shang Zhouzuo said this at this time, which made Tianqi, who was worried that the resistance to the reform would be too great and should not be too tough, completely determined to continue to have an iron fist.

Tianqi knew that Zuoyan's New Deal in Shang and Zhou Dynasty was good governance, which showed that the gentry in Jiangnan were not monolithic, and could even be divided due to different political opinions arising from the reform.

Therefore, Tianqi said to Shang Zhouzuo: "Tell me, how did Shen Yongmao deceive the emperor, how did he slander the uncle of the dynasty and the ministers of the dynasty, and even slander the New Deal?"

"According to the order!"

Zhou Zuo of Shang Dynasty said: "After I returned to my hometown, I saw with my own eyes that the number of refugees in Zhejiang and Zhejiang Provinces was greatly reduced, there were no hungry people in the wild, and there were no cunning officials in the city. The order was in order. Before the implementation of the New Deal, although my hometown was wealthy,

However, due to excessive exploitation by subordinate officials and powerful gentry, the land has already been filled with refugees, and there are frozen bones on the road. It can be seen that the new policy is very effective in making up for the deficiencies. It not only enriches the national treasury, but also benefits the small people, and is not a bad government!"

"Therefore, what Shen Taichang said was deceiving the emperor, and the refugee picture presented may be fabricated evidence!"

"In addition, regarding the uncle of the current dynasty, ministers visited the villagers all over the country. The poor all praised him for his virtue and kindness, and the rich also praised him for making business travel accessible. Although he acted harshly, he was also acting under the emperor's order.

It’s not illegal, nor is it anything outrageous.”

"The only thing that my uncle did not follow the decree was to build Xilin Academy. But in my opinion, Xilin Academy does not mislead the children, because Xilin Academy does not preach, it just does not let them sit back and talk about their nature, but allows them to practice

, to contact the common people, to investigate the sufferings of the people, and to practice the way of the saints."

"In addition, the Xilin Academy built by Uncle Guo has been striving to implement the purpose of running schools to benefit the people, not enclosing people's land, and not serving the people. On the contrary, the famous Donglin Academy arbitrarily kills tenant farmers and uses the people like officials and scholars.

They are often ignorant of the people's sentiments and like to talk about morality, which is of no use."

"I believe that if we really want to demolish Xilin Academy, it would be better to demolish Donglin Academy, which is useless to the country, harmful to the people!"

"As for Governor Zhao Butang, he is not a cruel official, but an official of our Ming Dynasty who is not afraid of the powerful. His Majesty appointed him to be the governor of Zhejiang. Until now, officials and cunning officials dare not go to the countryside at will, and powerful gentry dare not merge fields at will. In those days, the sea

The virtue of the Duke when he was governor of Nanzhi."

"Therefore, everything Shen Taichang said was deceiving the emperor, and he also slandered the uncle and court ministers at the scene. He even fabricated the refugee plan to slander the New Deal!"

Zhou Zuo of Shang Dynasty said: "I would like to ask Shen Taichang, where does the refugee map come from?"

Tianqi nodded and looked at Shen Yongmao: "Shen Yongmao, answer this question!"

"Shang Mingjie!"

Shen Yongmao shouted, veins popped out on his forehead, and he glared at Shang Zhou Zuo.

It was impossible for him not to be angry at Shang Zhou Zuo's behavior.

You must know that the New Deal is a harsh government that disturbs the people, and is politically correct among the civil servants and officials in the capital.

Except for a few policy department officials who supported the reform, almost no one dared to say good things about the New Deal. It can also be said that almost everyone said bad things about the New Deal.

Otherwise, Shen Yongmao would not have done this before. Naturally, he thought that Shang Zhouzuo, a descendant of the eastern Zhejiang gentry who also had his family evicted, would definitely have the same idea as him.

But he didn't expect that Shang Zhouzuo would say good things about the New Deal. This would undoubtedly greatly increase the emperor's determination to support the New Deal, and also make many important ministers who had not expressed neutrality towards the New Deal begin to have a more favorable impression of the New Deal, such as the chief minister.

Han Xu, the great scholar Zhu Guozuo, the newly appointed Minister of Civil Service Sun Chengzong and others.

Originally, the New Deal was a tyranny. It was like the emperor's new clothes. This was the unanimous view of most officials in the capital. They also tried their best to brainwash the emperor into believing that the New Deal was a tyranny.

As a result, now, Shang Zhouzuo seems to be the first person to expose this lie, causing Shen Yongmao and others who opposed the New Deal to lose face in public.

Shen Yongmao and others, who had planned to unanimously force His Majesty to admit that the New Deal was harsh, suddenly seemed to be stabbed hard in the chrysanthemum by Shang Zhouzuo, causing them to lose their defense.

Therefore, Shen Yongmao was very depressed now. He could no longer count on Shang Zhouzuo to speak for him, so he immediately put a big label on Shang Zhouzuo: "You are indeed a person who flatters the powerful!"

After saying that, Shen Yongmao looked at Tianqi: "Your Majesty, what Shang Mingjie said is not credible!"

Bang!

Tianqi immediately slapped the table and pointed at Shen Yongmao: "You are presumptuous! It was you who said that Shang Aiqing's words can represent the public opinion of Jiangnan. Now it is you who say that his words are not credible. Isn't it your child's play in the court?

!Or, you clearly don’t care about me as the emperor, and you treat me like a monkey?!”

Shen Yongmao was also stimulated by Shang Zhou Zuo and lost his mind just now, so he was eager to label Shang Zhou Zuo and deny Shang Zhou Zuo, but he forgot that the real judge of the Ming Dynasty was the emperor, and he was not qualified to label him.

Shen Yongmao was immediately frightened and fell to the ground: "I, I made a mistake!"

"deliver an imperial order!"

Tianqi looked at Shen Yongmao with a cold face and shouted orders. He had no intention of sparing Shen Yongmao so easily.

"His Majesty!"

But at this time, Yang Lian, the minister of Gu Ming who had been retained by Taichang and the censor of Zuodu, stood up, shouted loudly, and held an elephant wat and played:

"I ask your Majesty to kill the sycophant Zhang Gui and the treacherous minister Yuan Keli, so as to demonstrate your virtue!"

"Before this, I have published a book listing the twenty-four major crimes of Yuan Keli, the censor of the left deputy capital, and all of them should be punished!"

"However, the eunuchs have deceived Your Majesty and kept them in silence. It is obvious that the traitors are magnanimous. Yuan Keli and other officials in the inner court also have comrades. Your Majesty is a wise master. How can you sit back and watch such traitors appear? Can you?

Aren’t you afraid of losing power?! Your Majesty!”

Yang Lian's words were like a bombshell, bringing in his relatives, reformist civil servants, and eunuchs from the inner court. He only didn't explicitly scold the emperor for being a fool, but still gave Tianqi some face, saying that he was just deceived.

Of course, by doing this, Yang Lian was seeking death, and actively seeking death. He now wanted to force Tianqi to kill him, and then use his own blood to abide by the way of governing the country that he insisted on.

In fact, Yang Lian is not a big landowner in Jiangnan. He is from Huguang, and he was born a small landowner in Huguang.

Clearing his father's land and collecting taxes from the gentry did not affect his interests very much.

But why is he so opposed to the New Deal? Still siding with the Donglin Party?

Because he received Confucian education, he always believed that a gentleman should be described as righteousness, not profit.

The same goes for the imperial court, which should be ashamed of its power of words! It should pay attention to its words and etiquette!

From the perspective of Confucianism, the court should not compete with the people for profit, nor should it be for the purpose of amassing wealth. Instead, it should be light on corvee and low on taxes, govern the country with etiquette, and promote the moral governance of benevolent government and caring for the people. Therefore, it should abide by the etiquette system without making any changes.

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The emperor must demand himself like a saint.

Ministers should also demand themselves like saints.

But now, in Yang Lian's view, the imperial court is competing for profits and amassing wealth from the people by clearing land ownership and collecting taxes. It even regards its own people as thieves and does not treat them with courtesy. In order to collect taxes, they often kill them.

Randomly ransack the house.

This is unacceptable to Yang Lian, who believes in Confucian morality.

Therefore, Yang Lian now stood up and risked his life. He wanted to use his own life to force his father to insist on being an emperor in line with Confucian morality! Instead of pursuing and beating up civil servants like Shen Yongmao who opposed the New Deal.

Tianqi knew Yang Lian's purpose and was extremely angry because of it. He didn't want anyone to threaten him like this, even if it meant threatening him with his own life.

Tianqi breathed heavily.

Why did his father leave him such a difficult person? He was like a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard.

Zhang Gui knew that it was time for Tianqi to need people like him, so he stood up decisively and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Yang said that I, a foreign relative, have allies, and I do have allies."

After hearing this, Tianqi looked at Zhang Gui in shock and thought: "What are you talking about?! Do you still think I am not chaotic enough now?"

The ministers present all looked at Zhang Gui, not knowing what Zhang Gui meant by saying this.

Zhang Gui then replied: "My ally is your Majesty!"

"I am an imperialist, not a traitor!"

"I dare not only say this for myself, but also for Yuan Fuxian and others. Yuan Fuxian, Yuan Liqing and others are also imperialists!"

"It is precisely because we are all imperialists that it seems like we are colluding with each other, but in fact, we are just loyal to the king."

"If the imperial party is a traitorous party, then according to Yang Zongxian's opinion, everyone in the world who is loyal to His Majesty but not loyal to Confucianism and Taoism should be killed?"
Chapter completed!