It has been several days since Zhu Qi returned to Beijing from Shandong to quell the chaos.
The report on the process of quelling the chaos was handed over to the Supervisor of Ceremonies the day before yesterday, but Jiajing has not yet summoned it.
Don’t look at Zhu Qi as if he has returned victorious. Things in Shandong still made him unable to eat.
Due to the fixed tax system adopted by the Ming Dynasty, a large number of young people from Shandong now go north to Liaodong or south to Hangzhou. Then the old and the weak who are left to farm in Shandong will have to double their share of the fixed tax.
Fortunately, most of the capable people are gone, and these people are just making trouble. Otherwise, it would have been another Tang Saier rebellion from the Yongle period.
Of course, what is even worse is that after the second half of the year, Hangzhou comprehensively increased taxes on various new items, which led to a sharp increase in the expenses of the six lords of Shandong and the Confucius family.
Tools that can make money are fleeing desperately, while things that cost money are increasing day by day. It would be strange if nothing happened.
It can be said that Xinxue may only be rich in Zhejiang, and the two provinces of South Zhili can only maintain capital and make small profits. However, Shandong, which is closest to Xinxue, has borne the brunt and has become a stepping stone for Xinxue.
If this is all right, the people have been doing this for hundreds of years. The wisdom of their ancestors will convince them that the good times will last three years and the bad times will last three years. Just get through these three years.
If you resist, you will be charged, and you will not be able to enjoy the good life in three years.
The real problem lies in the people of the same ethnic group who returned to Shandong from Hangzhou and Nanjing in the second half of the year.
Not only the country bumpkin members, but also some clan members and even the Confucius family were implicated.
Think about how good the quill business is and how much the chalk blackboard can improve the imperial examination education in Shandong.
Some are thousands of taels, and some are tens of thousands of taels. Naturally, all the investment was in vain.
In particular, Wang Jiaan from Hangzhou only gave him a five-day deadline. These books mean that the deceived people and clans in other provinces will have no choice but to consider themselves unlucky.
The big families such as the vassal king and the Kong family are okay. In the spirit of a cushion, all losses were made up by the small and medium-sized gentlemen below.
Except for the small and medium-sized gentry below, they are all scholars. Therefore, the banditry in Shandong suddenly became serious. It was so serious that officials did not dare to leave the city. In Qufu, they could not even leave the government office.
They would not dare to rebel against the imperial court, the vassal king, and the Confucius family when their family suddenly fell into decline, or even their family was destroyed. If he had dared to do so in the first place, he would not have endured the pain of breaking up his family and losing money. Therefore, although it is blooming everywhere, it is actually the result of restraint.
They just gathered people to rob small counties, carry out robberies, and build copycats. There was an endless stream of people.
Coincidentally, Liangshan Park in Shandong is still there. Water Margin rarely became popular in Shandong. Sixty to seventy thousand people gathered at once.
Whether it is robbing a road or a county town, the main thing they rob is the new objects in Hangzhou. Those are the things that are worth it.After going back and forth like this, most of them also gave themselves the title of robbing the rich and giving to the poor. It's just that the poor are themselves.
As the saying goes, it takes ten years for scholars to rebel. These people had no intention of breaking with the imperial court from the beginning, so naturally there was no immediate threat. However, as the number of tribulations increased, the expenses of wealthy families in Hangzhou increased dramatically, which in turn forced the people to suffer. This resulted in more people being robbed.
Zhu Qi himself had no talent for governance, so breaking Liangshanbo would only eliminate the largest force of horse thieves in Shandong.
And in order to prevent the collapse of Shandong, Zhu Qi left Jinyiwei spies in all counties in Shandong to strengthen the review of the roads leading in and out of the city and the official roads. If there is a problem, it is usually because the laws of the ancestors are neglected and not implemented properly.
Only by ensuring the stability of the number of people in Shandong can the tax source of Shandong be stable, the wealth of the gentry be stable, and then the entire Shandong can be stable in their respective positions.
Zhu Qi also knew that this set of operations was probably to quench thirst by drinking poison, so he reported it as soon as he returned to Beijing. Subsequent governance arrangements were left to the emperor and cabinet.
It’s just that as soon as this thing is reported, everything goes wrong. It made Zhu seven years ago even a little upset when he was shopping. I don't understand why he, a royal guard, was asked to clean up the mess when it was clearly a civil servant who messed up the place. Please remember to collect it, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft