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Yingtianfu, Jiangning County.
The old house of the Song family is filled with guests.
News came from the capital that the late emperor had passed away and that the throne was in the hands of King Wu. This shocked everyone.
And the former commander of the Jinyi Guards, the first-class champion of Daqian Hou Jiacong, was the only son of King Wu who had been separated for many years, and the whole country was shocked and silent.
Such legendary stories, which are rarely seen even in story-telling operas, really make ordinary people as happy as the Chinese New Year. They have been discussing it for more than half a month, and the popularity is still unabated.
Song Yan, the former Grand Sikong who single-handedly raised Jia Cong to adulthood, became a popular figure.
Since the day the news came out, the threshold of the Song family¡¯s old house in Jiangning County has almost been broken through by visitors.
Guests, carriages, horses, mules and sedan chairs crowded the originally quiet street in front of the Song family, and the Song family ceremony hall was almost unable to accommodate so many visitors
??The former chief minister of the cabinet and the leader of the old party, Ge Zhicheng, is half blind and half deaf, and he is here today.
In addition, there are also former cabinet ministers and old party giants Chen Xiyan and his grandson Chen Mo, as well as cabinet ministers and old party giants Sun Jingxuan and his grandson Sun Sheng.
Song Yan¡¯s friends Li Ru and Cao Yong came with their grandchildren Li He and Cao Hui.
There are also important figures such as Shi Gongshou, the head of the Shi family in the south of the Yangtze River, Liang Zhengping, the head of the Liang family, and Chu Dongming, the head of the Chu family.
In addition to these great sages in the field, Tang Yan, the governor of Jiangnan, and Zhugetai, the governor of Jiangnan, also came here to visit.
For a time, almost all the most powerful and influential figures in the entire Jiangnan gathered in the ceremony hall of the Song Mansion.
Song Yan¡¯s eldest son Song Xian, second son Song Yuan, third son Song Chong and eldest son Song Hua helped the elderly Song Yan entertain guests.
Song Yan is really old. His face is covered with age spots, and his eyelids seem to be getting heavier and heavier. He usually doesn't open them. Only when it's time to speak, he slowly opens them, takes a look, says a few words, and then lowers his eyes again.
Ge Zhicheng, relying on his seniority, was the first to speak. He said vaguely: "Songchan Gong, we can't let the New Party keep struggling like this. Look, listen, the people in the south of the Yangtze River are wailing like ghosts. Don't talk about scholars, they are just like ghosts. How many high-ranking officials and veteran ministers have barely enough food to eat and no shelter in the cold! The new party extorts excessive taxes, hunts down and persecutes, and the people are in dire straits. We cannot continue like this"
Chen Xiyan, Sun Jingxuan and other core bosses of the old party also nodded in agreement. They were originally the spokespersons of the powerful squire family in Jiangnan.
When they were in power, those squire and wealthy families did not have to pay taxes or food at all. As long as the family supported a member of the family, they could protect the family for decades.
Although the national law stipulates that the preferential and exempted land for one son is 1,200 acres.
But when he reached the position of raising a son, he could already be brothers with the county magistrate. As long as he didn't go too far, no one would supervise him at all.
You can harvest fields and hire servants.
Although no one in the family is engaged in production, everyone from top to bottom can be wealthy and enjoy themselves.
However, as soon as the new law came out, the good thing that once raised a son and donated countless preferential and exempted fields was gone forever. The privileged and exempted land for one son was only a few hundred acres.
The hundreds of acres here are truly stuck, and they are definitely not selling dog meat with sheep's heads.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Although it is still possible to ensure that the whole family shall not starve to death, not be frozen, and may still be able to study, but it is no longer possible to do as before.
No wonder Ge Zhicheng and others say that the New Party is tyrannical
But these words made Tang Yan, the governor of Jiangnan, and Zhugetai, the governor of Jiangnan, both of the new party members, quite dissatisfied.
Tang Yangong was very scheming, but his eloquence was not very good, so he showed Zhuge Tai with his eyes.
Zhugetai spoke slowly and said: "The whole place in the south of the Yangtze River is wailing like ghosts? I really don't know where to start talking about this?"
Before he could be attacked by a group of people, Zhugetai continued: "Before the new law, people who were elected could be donated their land. However, a hundred years after the founding of Daqian, the beautiful fields in the south of the Yangtze River had already been divided up by the wealthy gentry and giants in various provinces. How many new imperial examination candidates, their status Although it is expensive, no one devotes the land to it, leaving it suffering from hunger and cold.¡±
¡°For example, in Jia Yucun back then, even though they were recruiting students, not to mention the cost of traveling to Beijing to take the exam, they couldn¡¯t even afford three meals a day in Xunri, so they could only survive by writing letters to others.
It is because of this reason.
Zhuge Tai's voice became louder and he said: "Since the new law eliminated the old disadvantages, the wealthy gentry and giants have been unwilling to pay taxes and grain for the land, so they have to give away a large amount of land under their names, which has benefited a large number of scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. According to the calculations of the governor's Yamen, several Thousands of people were able to obtain farm supplies so that they could continue their studies and no longer have to worry about hunger and cold.
Du Shaoling's poem says: An Deguang has tens of millions of mansions.When Ge Laoshang was the chief minister in the world, the prince did not agree with the old party's government, and I could not force him.
How much more so today? "
Tang Yan, the governor of Jiangnan, suddenly laughed and said: "What Mr. Songchan said is very true. Haven't you heard that before the late emperor's departure, he called the prince in front of the emperor and asked: "Do you think that in the future, the court can still implement the new law? No?' The prince replied: 'The new law is the law of all ages and can never be abolished!' The late emperor was overjoyed and relieved and collapsed. How ridiculous are you, you actually want to revive?"
After saying that, Tang Yan bowed to Song Yan again, then turned and left.
Since Song Yan and the prince are no longer teachers and students, he, the governor of Jiangnan, no longer has to compromise.
Of course he knew that he still had to respect him. After all, the friendship between teacher and student would definitely not be broken by the one in Beijing.
But he would not respect Song Yan¡¯s orders and fear anything.
¡°It was as if a huge boulder had been removed from Tang Yan¡¯s body, making him extremely light.
Seeing him like this, all the old party members scolded him: "arrogant!"
However, looking at Song Yan who slowly closed his eyes, no longer looking at anyone or speaking, they could only sigh helplessly.
They all got up and left, disappointed.
After seeing off the foreign guests, Song Yan's three sons returned one after another and asked impatiently: "Father, what happened?"
Seeing that the Song family was about to soar into the sky and surpass other families in the south of the Yangtze River, who knew that their dream would be shattered within two days.
This sense of loss almost caused the three brothers of the Song family, who had been idle at home for several years, to collapse.
However, Song Yan didn't even have the intention to look at them. After standing up, he was supported by his eldest grandson Song Hua and slowly entered the back hall
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Chongkang fourteenth year, the first day of July.
At three quarters of Yin hour, before dawn, Jia Cong had already stood up.
Ping'er, Qingwen and others specially got up early today and came over to help him put on his bright yellow dragon robe.
In the past few days and nights, Jia Cong was not with them. He stayed by Baochai's side every night.
The girls knew what happened to Baochai and how hard she was feeling, so no one said anything. Instead, they admired Jia Cong for what he had done.
Before going to court, Jia Cong sat on the edge of the couch, looked at Baochai's demure face, leaned over and kissed her gently.
Then Fang Fang stood up and left Yichun Palace surrounded by Ping'er and others. There was already a dragon chariot waiting for him, carrying Jia Cong to Cining Palace and Xian'an Palace to pay his respects to the Queen Mother and King Wu.
Then go to Hanyuan Hall to sit in court and listen to politics.
At the beginning of this day, there will be a large court with hundreds of officials.
After Jia Cong left, Ping'er, Qingwen and others returned to Yiqiu Palace to catch up on their sleep. When only Ying'er and Xiao Wu were accompanying Baochai in Yichun Palace, the attentive Ying'er suddenly discovered that her girl's eyelashes, Suddenly he trembled and slowly opened his mouth
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