Chapter 134 133 Mixed in Jiujiang

Wei Guangde became more and more confused at first, but later he thought of what happened after a flash of inspiration.

I have to say that empiricism kills people.

The people who carried out the execution from top to bottom in the Ming Dynasty were all gentry families and were all people with fame and fortune, so they would naturally speak to themselves.

They claimed that the court's preferential exemption regulations were exempted from taxes and services from those who were famous, and passed on the taxes and services they should have undertaken to ordinary people.

Wei Guangde threw the "Ming Dynasty Collection" in his hand on the table, leaned against the back of the chair and closed his eyes and pondered.

I have to admire the person who thinks of this method, who is really clever.

Under the temptation, the entire group of scholars turned to his side, operating from top to bottom in a direction that was beneficial to their own interests.

With fame and fortune, you don’t have to pay taxes or work hard, what else can you be happier than this?

Not only that, they also hyped up the people below and demagogueed people, making the people believe it.

It seems that most people in later generations also thought so.

It's really a trick to deceive the superiors and hide the subordinates.

Wei Guangde can only admire the unknown senior in his heart.

But, does this have anything to do with him?

It has become a consensus among the world that people with fame will not be exempted from taxes and service. Wei Guangde naturally would not do the work of digging his own grave, not to mention that this is not in his interests.

Wei Guangde chose to treat the excuses as exemptions, just like all scholars, as a default.

During the 32nd year of Jiajing, Wei Guangde spent most of his time studying in Jiujiang Prefecture, except for returning to Pengze twice to attend the wedding of his cousin and his elder brother.

At this time, Wei Guangde unconsciously remembered his later generations.

It seems that at that time, people from small cities and rural areas got married early, but the marriage age in large cities was generally late, and the same is true in this era.

Zhang Hongfu is about the same age as his elder brother, and he has not heard of marriage yet.

In Wei Guangde's impression, it seems that he heard that Zhang Hongfu had a wife who had never left the family, but he didn't know why he didn't talk about getting married after so long.

Without the inducement, Wei Guangde naturally would not ask.

However, the lending business that Wei Guangde placed high hopes on has not yet been found.

There is no way, there are just a few types of people who do big business these days.

Salt, tea, cloth and porcelain, etc., and the market interests of these consumer goods in the Ming Dynasty had long been divided up.

A few years ago, private lending business had a golden time. In fact, most of the bosses who borrowed money invested their money in the textile farms in Suzhou Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture. Most of the products were smuggled and sold overseas by maritime merchants to trade, making huge profits.

After the 31st year of Jiajing, the Japanese pirates were in trouble in Zhejiang, and now the coastal prefectures of the Ming Dynasty were full of war, and they were very afraid of attracting Japanese pirates.

Ordinary people don’t know, but for those officials, they are naturally well-informed and are in a state of great deeds and are ravaged by Japanese pirates.

The troops in the garrison were unable to stand the battle, and the Japanese pirates were extremely vicious.

Businessmen, as the type of people who have the most contact with officials, naturally know the situation.

Before, many of them had even hang out with these maritime merchants and called each other brothers, but now they don’t dare to recognize any of them.

Nowadays, wouldn’t it be a death-that you know that you know these people who are seeking life at sea?

In the past, these maritime merchants still did serious business with merchants. Although they violated the laws of the court, they would be fine as long as they were not caught.

But now, they have discovered a way to call for money, which is to take the Japanese pirates to rob and do the business without money.

Wei Guangde was in Jiujiang City, and almost every time he went to a restaurant and tea shop, he could hear news that businessmen complained that business was difficult, that the Japanese pirates along the coast became more and more fierce, and that the imperial government army was unfavorable to encircle and suppress the enemy.

During this year, the government and the military had the fastest channels for information transmission, including post stations across the country and postmen running back and forth on post roads. They raced against time to convey the messages that occurred across the country to places where they needed them.

The wars that were happening in various parts of the Ming Empire were summarized at the first time to the two capitals of the north and south, and then passed from there to the outside.

Zhang Hongfu and Wei Guangde, the children of the garrison station, also heard a lot of information at home.

It can be said that the entire 32nd year of Jiajing has not seemed to have stopped since the first month of the year.

Since the first month of the year, there have been constant warnings from coastal prefectures. From Nanzhili to Fujian, a small group of Japanese pirates have landed. Only Wenzhou genital general Tang Kekuan led his troops to repel the Japanese pirates who invaded Wenzhou Prefecture, and other groups have little record of fighting.

In addition, Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture was burned by invading Japanese pirates, and the loss of property was indefinitely.

When Jiangnan was panicking due to the Japanese pirates, Altan Khan in the north led tens of thousands of cavalry to break the Yansui defense line and went south from Mizhichuan to invade Fuzhou, Ganquan and other places.

The report of the Northern and Southern War was transmitted to Jiujiang Prefecture through various channels and was sent to Jiujiang Guard Commander Office, which made the commanders of Jiujiang Guard even terrified.

The Ming Dynasty, which had been peaceful for a hundred years, seemed to be shaking overnight.

"Guangde, the very powerful general you mentioned, the news I saw yesterday said that I was suspended for being unfavorable to the Japanese defence a few months ago."

On that day, Wei Guangde followed his father to the Zhang Mansion. His father and uncle went to Zhang Tongzhi's study to discuss matters, and he found a room with Zhang Hongfu to have tea and roast the fire.

It was already early December of the 32nd year of Jiajing. Almost all year round, the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang were full of porridge. Before, Wei Guangde had vowed to express his optimism that Taizhou gang general Yu Dayou had been suspended for the unfavorable war, so Zhang Hongfu had this statement.

Wei Guangde had known this news for a long time. To be honest, he was extremely surprised when he saw this information. Who would have thought that Yu Dayou also suffered a defeat and lost badly. Most of the coastal villages and forts in Taizhou under his jurisdiction were captured by Japanese pirates.

In sharp contrast to his poor record, although Wenzhou ginseng general Tang Kekuan, although he had suffered many defeats, he was probably more than capable of being rewarded by the court.

Wei Guangde not only reads books, but also likes military affairs. This is something that Zhang Hongfu discovered long ago, so he also likes to sit with Wei Guangde to discuss the current situation. If he talks about it, he will not be able to chat happily.

"I didn't expect it."

Wei Guangde spread his hands and said, "I thought he had a good record in the fight against thieves in Qiongzhou and Guangxi before, so he took it for granted that he could fight Japanese pirates."

Wei Guangde was actually wondering who Tang Kekuan was and how could he fight so well?

Judging from the current situation, it seems that he is more capable of fighting than Yu Dayou, but it seems that he has never heard of such a person at all. It's really strange.

"Who do you think the southern Japanese and northern Japanese are more powerful?"

Zhang Hongfu asked again.
Chapter completed!