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  Chapter 285 283【Rehabilitation】

  If you only talk about Zhang Pu, I am afraid that everyone will not have much impression.

   "The Tombstone of Five People" is famous, and Zhang Pu is the author of this article.

   This thing is actually very simple.

   It's just partisanship.

  Susong Governor Zhou Qiyuan (Donglin Party), impeached Suhang weaving **** Li Shi (Eunuch Party), accusing Li Shi of excessive expropriation and cruelty to the people.

   Because of this, Wei Zhongxian was offended, and Zhou Qiyuan was dismissed as a civilian, but the **** party still took advantage of the victory to pursue it.

  Li Shi (Eun Party) then impeached Zhou Qiyuan (Donglin Party), accusing Zhou Qiyuan of disobeying the imperial decree, reducing or exempting the number of robes without authorization, casting fake money with robe silver, manipulating the price of robes, filling his own pockets, and causing machine owners to be heavily in debt.

  Impeachment by both parties is true.

  Corrupt officials of the Donglin Party, corrupt officials of the Eunuch Party, staged a dog-eat-dog show.

   During the period, there were still various details, and many officials from both sides were implicated. Zhou Shunchang was one of the Donglin party members implicated.

  Because the **** party had deep grievances among the local people, when Zhou Shunchang was arrested, it caused a riot—it didn’t make a big fuss, not even a civil disturbance.

   Most of the onlookers are here to watch the fun, they belong to the people who eat melons, and the struggle between the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party has nothing to do with them.

   Afterwards, five people were arrested and executed. Except for one who was Zhou Shunchang's domestic slave, the other four were nosy. It is said that these four people belonged to gangsters, which were purely made up by netizens, and the source of historical materials could not be found at all.

   "The Tombstone of Five People" has nothing to do with tax resistance.

  When Zhang Pu wrote this article, he secretly satirized the gentry and merchants. It probably means that even the five righteous people dared to stand up, but those gentry and merchants shrank their eggs.

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  Suzhou, Taicang.

   Zhang Pu received Liu Rushi's letter and threw it aside.

  At this time, his mother is seriously ill, his wife is pregnant, and Fushe is full of bad things. How can he be in the mood to meet a famous prostitute?

  A few days later, the servant reported: "My lord, someone has delivered a letter."

  Zhang Pu opened the letter and saw that it was still Liu Rushi's letter. The content this time is very short, and it can be summed up in one sentence: "There is an invitation from a righteous man, please come to Loujiang to discuss matters."

   Righteous man?

  Zhang Pu immediately understood that Liu Rushi, a famous prostitute, belonged to someone else's broker who entertained him.

   Yangchun March.

   Zhang Pu arrived at the Loujiang Wharf for an appointment, and a maid stepped forward to greet him: "Mr. Ximing, please board the boat."

  It was a passenger ship, which was quite large, and it could carry dozens of people without any problem.

  Zhang Pu walked into the cabin and saw Liu Rushi reading a book and a young scholar drinking tea.

   "Qianshan Huang Ying, I met Mr. Xi Ming!" Xu Ying stood up and cupped her hands.

  Liu Rushi just stood up when Zhang Pu said, "Huang Ying from Datong Society?"

  Xu Ying said with a smile: "It's my luck to be cherished by my husband with a little reputation."

   "Believe it or not, I will report to the police to arrest you?" Zhang Pu sneered.

  Xu Ying laughed and said: "Sir, if you can ban "Da Tong Ji", you can naturally send troops to arrest Wan Sheng. No one knows, no one knows, Susong Changhu's various prefectures are really the world of your husband."

   "Scared words, scare me?" Zhang Pu didn't show any good face, "Your Excellency has asked to see you again and again, since we have really met, let's talk quickly if you have anything to say!"

  Xu Ying sat down slowly: "Why did you ban "Da Tong Ji"?"

  Zhang Pu also entered the cabin and sat down: "The government confiscated anti-thief books, what's the matter with me as a commoner?"

   "Sir, why be modest." Xu Ying smiled.

  Although Zhang Pu did not serve as an official, his influence was terrifying.

  As far away as Beijing, he can control the marking of the examination papers, so that the evaluation criteria of the examination papers are biased towards practical learning and people in the society. When Wen Tiren was the first assistant, in order to offset Zhang Pu's influence, he could only use cheating methods to judge the test papers.

  Recently in the south of the Yangtze River, Wen Tiren's younger brother wanted to join Fushe, but was ruthlessly rejected, so he wrote a novel to slander Fushe. With Zhang Pu's order, he actually used the power of the government to ban this novel.

  The "Datong" series of books was popular in Huaiyang, but it was banned in Susongchang Lake.

   "On this matter?" Zhang Pu asked.

  Xu Ying asked back: "Sir, have you read "Da Tong Ji"?"

  Zhang Pu sneered: "What's the benefit of watching against thieves and usurping books."

   "That's why I haven't read it," Xu Ying said, "but I have read the book of my husband in my late life. My husband holds Confucian orthodoxy, advocates active use of the world, abandons empty talk, and advocates practical learning. Or not?"

  Zhang Pu said: "Of course."

  Xu Ying also said: "Mr. advocates serving the king and the people, and putting the people first. He advocates appointing the virtuous and eliminating the evil, promoting the advantages and eliminating the disadvantages. Isn't that so?"

   "Of course." Zhang Pu said.

  Xu Ying said again: "Mr. advocates respecting individuals and promoting equality between men and women. Or not?"

   "Of course." Zhang Pu said.

  Xu Ying continued: "Mr. advocates respecting classics and history, reviving ancient ways, and at the same time advancing with the times. Mr. advocates classification of studies, strengthening the foundation and rooting, and advocating suppression of Buddhism and Taoism. Or not?"

   "Of course." Zhang Pu said.

  Xu Ying said with a smile: "Mr. advocates that texts should be used to carry the Tao, which is in today's world and the words of today. Isn't it?"

   "Of course." Zhang Pu said.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

  Xu Ying laughed suddenly: "These things are also advocated by Zhao Tianwang in Jiangxi."

  Zhang Pu frowned and said, "What does a traitor know?"

  Xu Ying asked: "Do you know what kind of background Mr. Zhao from Jiangxi is?"

   "One is a scholar, the other is a slave." Zhang Pu said.

Xu Ying explained: "Mr. Zhao was originally a child of a Confucian family in Hebei. Natural disasters and famines caused his family to be destroyed. When he was exiled and begging, he was adopted as a servant by a Jiangxi Juren. Contradict everyone. Jiangxi Governor Cai Gong was shocked by his talent and learning, and wanted to accept him as a disciple, but was rejected by Mr. Zhao. Is such a person an ordinary rebel?"

  Zhang Pu knew Cai Maode, and also understood Cai Maode's knowledge.

  Cai Maode, as Jiangxi's envoy, actually took the initiative to accept apprentices, and the other party was a fourteen-year-old domestic slave. If this matter is true, Jiangxi Bandit Zhao is definitely a child prodigy.

   "I heard that Jiangxi forcibly divides the land of the landlords, but is it true?" Zhang Pu asked.

Xu Ying explained in detail: "Jiangxi's land administration uses paddy fields as the benchmark, and each person can be divided into four acres of land. If the name is all barren mountainous land, each person can be divided into twenty acres of land. This is the basic division of land. Great merit, you can also get acres of land, based on paddy fields, each person can have up to 100 acres of land."

  Zhang Puqiu testified: "That is to say, if it is assigned to my Zhang family, I can only keep four acres of paddy fields under my name. If I want to own one hundred acres of paddy fields, I have to do meritorious service to get it?"

   "Landlords can keep 20 acres," Xu Ying said with a smile, "In addition, only those who are over 12 years old are counted, no matter male or female, if there are more than ten people, they must be separated."

  Zhang Pu said angrily: "Forcibly separating the family and tearing up the flesh and blood, this is a waste of human relations!"

Xu Ying asked back: "Do you really disregard human relations? I am afraid that when the land is allocated to the Zhang family, many of the Zhang family's concubine will clap their hands and applaud. Because these concubine sons can not only get 20 mu of land each, but also share Got the property of the Zhang family. Mister is also a concubine, if it is not for the genius of the sky, I am afraid that life will be difficult at this time."

  Zhang Pu is silent.

  He was born to a maidservant, and he was always looked down upon since he was a child, and was nicknamed "Ta Pu Xi'er" (born of a bitch, worthless) by his house slaves.

  The domestic slaves bullied him!

   It was also because of this situation that Zhang Pu worked hard to study, and finally passed the Jinshi examination and became the Zhang family's thousand-mile horse.

  Yeah, if I didn’t pass the exam, I’m afraid I’m living in misery now, I wish Thief Zhao would come and help divide the family property.

  Zhang Pu was startled, he could imagine the scene: Bandit Zhao led troops to kill Taicang, countless concubines and offspring of the Zhang family greeted the bandits with joy, and divided up the property of the Zhang family.

   "The reason why the family and fields are forcibly divided is clearly written in "Datong Ji". You can read it yourself."

  Xu Ying suddenly slapped her hands, and a man with a sword on her back came out, holding a set of "Great Harmony" series.

  Zhang Pu took it without reading it.

  Xu Ying asked: "Sir, you know the situation in the world very well. I'm afraid you don't need to repeat it later. Jiangxi soldiers will be able to capture this place in at most two or three years. Do you think so?"

   Zhang Pu had difficulty answering.

"Mr., please make a plan early," Xu Ying said with a smile, "I don't ask for anything else, but please don't ban Datong Collection, and don't obstruct Datong Society from developing members in Jiangnan. If Mr. Zhao is angry, after the summer harvest this year, Just send troops to attack Nanjing!"

  As soon as this remark came out, Zhang Pu was taken aback.

  It is now the spring of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, and the northern provinces are in a mess. If Zhao Han sent troops to attack Nanjing, the imperial court would have no troops at all, and there was a high probability that Nanjing would be captured.

  If Nanjing is lost, Zhang Pu's hometown will also be gone.

  Zhang Pu glanced at the swordsman carrying the book: "Is this a member of my Fushe?"

   "I'm a Datong member now." Xu Ying smiled.

  In Jiangnan and Lianghuai prefectures, most of the passionate scholars have joined Fushe.

  If Xu Ying wants to develop, she has to poach Fushe's corner.

  Small merchants, small landlords, and scholars of self-cultivation farmers account for a high proportion of Fushe, and they can be easily recruited. Because Datong Association is more advanced and more operable than Fushe, and can bring more benefits to these low-level scholars!

  Zhang Pu sighed: "Let me finish reading these books."

  Xu Ying smiled and said: "Sir, please do as you please. But as soon as possible, I am determined to develop in Susong Changhu, and I don't want to have any conflicts with the people in Fushe."

   There was a conflict in Yangzhou, Datong members were beaten by Fushe members.

  At that time, Xu Ying was defeated very badly, so Xu Ying decided to practice and asked Jiangxi merchants to make iron swords. The core members, one of them, train regularly every month, and also invite masters of swordsmanship as teachers.

  After only a month of training, he beat all the scholars invincibly, and since then embarked on the road of persuading people with reason.

   Zhang Pu returned home, spent half a month, and finally finished reading the "Datong" series, and then he was dumbfounded.

   Zhao Han’s theory is very close to Fushe theory.

  However, Zhao Han is more radical than Fushe. Zhao Han is a revolutionary, and Fushe is a reformist, but the general direction is similar.

  Protection of merchants, equality between men and women, advocacy of pragmatism, including the introduction of Western culture, these are the things Fushe advocates.

  The core difference between the two parties is the division of family and land.

  But Zhao Han will come to Jiangnan sooner or later, and even if he is unwilling, he will have to succumb to the sword.

   Moreover, it turns out that the reform from top to bottom is no longer feasible.

  The goal of Fushe in the past few years was to overthrow the traitor Wen Tiren, and then take control of the court to carry out reforms. But after Wen Tiren stepped down, the politics became even more chaotic. Those who restored the society discovered that their biggest enemy was...Emperor Chongzhen.

   Therefore, some scholars in Fushe began to put forward the idea of ​​"lighting the monarch".

  Developed later, even came up with a theory similar to constitutional monarchy, and Fushe began to become a party. Fushe's organizational structure and theoretical slogans far exceed the embryonic form of British political parties!

   Zhang Pu was holding "Datong Collection" in his hand, and after struggling for a long time, he suddenly came up with an idea.

  Since Chongzhen couldn't get up and reform the court, why couldn't Fushe fall to Zhao Han? Join the regime in Jiangxi, then gradually control the court, and then govern the country according to your own ideas!

   (I checked a lot of information in this chapter, and the update is slow, sorry.)

  (end of this chapter)