Chapter 525 Replacing the gentry
After Zhang Cheng decided what to do, there was no delay. Zhang Cheng would never execute the emperor's orders without fail.
He immediately left the eunuchs' yamen and came to the Yangzhou prefect's yamen.
The current Yangzhou prefect is named Yang Daqi, which is a very ordinary name.
But being transferred to Yangzhou at this time is naturally not an ordinary person.
Yang Daqi is not very old and is less than thirty years old. It surprised many people to be able to sit in this position.
But many people don’t know that Yang Daqi is actually very powerful. Unlike many officials in the officialdom today, Yang Daqi is from the imperial village.
From the current origin of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Village, it has almost become a very, very obvious label.
Originating from Huangzhuang, it generally refers to officials who came out of Huangzhuang. It is roughly divided into two parts, one of which is the officials who originally worked in Huangzhuang and were transferred out; the other part is those who have been young, studied at Huangzhuang School, and then passed the imperial examination.
Yang Daqi was the one who was transferred after working in the imperial village.
Those who have served as officials in the imperial village have a strong dissatisfaction with local officials. In their words, most of the local officials are idiots and do not understand anything.
After coming to Yangzhou, Yang Daqi felt this way.
As for the conflict between him and Zhang Cheng, although Yang Daqi knew in his heart that Zhang Cheng was the emperor's order, the two sides should have cooperated sincerely, and he had no prejudice against the eunuchs. However, some things cannot be explained clearly in just one or two sentences.
Since coming to Yangzhou, Yang Daqi has not made many moves. He basically searches for various information every day. When he has nothing to do, he will go out to chat with people everywhere, and sometimes he will chat with the elderly in the yamen.
This makes many people look down on him and think that he does not have the aloofness of being an official. But in fact, smart people know to stay away.
"Master, Eunuch Zhang is here." Yang Chunfeng walked respectfully to Yang Daqi.
As Yang Daqi's housekeeper, he followed him this time.
As officials of the imperial village, they were strongly rejected by local officials. Their characteristics were very distinct, and one of them was disgusted by all officials, that is, they never used the master.
In their words, there are masters who are famous for their Xingming, masters who are rich and grain, and masters who are working with each other on weekdays. What's the use of you officials? Is it okay to just let the master be a master?
Such remarks naturally become aliens in the officialdom.
But from the officials from the Imperial Village, the officials in those places are simply stupid. If you leave everything to the master, aren’t you afraid of being undermined?
When something happens, you are sold and you don’t know. What’s more, if you leave everything to your subordinates, then what are you doing?
Don’t brag about anything, just learn to employ people. If you don’t know anything, how do you formulate policies?
Officials from the Imperial Village are very disgusted with this situation.
Many officials of the Ming Dynasty liked to leave things to their subordinates, traveling around every day, reading and gathering with others, writing poetry and essays. What kind of official do you become?
These officials are about to float to the sky and are out of reality. I am reading books of sages and doing things as gentlemen. How can I let the common things get entangled?
An official from the Imperial Village did not take his master, and there was only one housekeeper by his side. Yang Chunfeng was Yang Daqi's housekeeper. At the earliest, Yang Chunfeng followed Yang Daqi to study with the book boy.
This is also a very interesting system in the imperial village.
Although the people in the imperial village can live well, there is still a gap between the rich and the poor. The earliest gap between the rich and the poor was due to the land.
Some people have land at home, contribute land and occupy shares, so they will naturally have dividends.
Some people have no land at home and can only rent land from the court, so your family will not be paid dividends.
In this case, other things naturally occur, such as poor families give their children to rich children as book children.
They are also studying in the imperial village. Some people can read well, while others cannot read well. People who cannot read well always have to find a way out and become a study boy for those who are good at reading well.
Parents in the imperial village all have an idea, that is, they should not let their children farm in the imperial village, and if they have the opportunity to go out, they should go out.
There are many cases like Yang Chunfeng. In addition to being a book boy and a housekeeper for officials, they will also find ways to do business with the court's caravan.
Jufu Business, Dongfeng Escort Agency, and even the Foreign Affairs Office like to recruit people from royal villages everywhere.
In their opinion, everyone is a family.
In fact, everyone knows that sooner or later there will be a big showdown between the Imperial and Gentlemen.
Whether in the officialdom or in the civil society, fundamental conflicts are almost arisen between the two sides.
Many people in the court expressed concern about this behavior and even advised the emperor.
But the emperor turned a blind eye to such things, as if he had never heard of them, as if he had said, "I haven't ruled yet, and I don't know anything."
Although many officials were angry about this, they had no choice.
Only a few officials who knew the emperor knew that this was not an accident at all, but the emperor did it on purpose, just to make the two sides fight.
As for how much the two sides fought, no one knew. In the emperor's mind, no one could figure out how much the others could figure it out.
However, there are also a very small number of people who understand that the emperor will probably use the imperial family to replace the official family.
However, this part of the group has a smaller number of people who understand it, and they are at a high position in the capital. Even if they guessed it, they dared not say this, and they dared not tell others. They could only press them tightly in their hearts and think about what they should do.
This time, Jiangnan purges officials, actually the curtain of this battle was opened.
Yang Daqi, the prefect of Yangzhou, was actually in the whirlpool of this battle.
The Yangzhou place is really critical. Many people are waiting to see what Yangzhou is doing, wanting to see what Yang Daqi is going to do.
What people didn't expect was that after Yang Daqi arrived in Yangzhou, he did nothing and just wandered around every day.
Many people even tried Yang Daqi and made some small moves in the Yangzhou prefect's yamen, but they were of little use, so Yang Daqi seemed to have not seen it.
Someone disrespects him, and Yang Daqi also laughed and called him over. Instead, he made a fuss with Zhang Cheng, the eunuch who came from the palace.
Everyone can see that the relationship between these two is really bad.
This has made many people wonder, what is going on?
Even Yang Chunfeng didn't understand. Logically speaking, the adults of his family should have come together with that Eunuch Zhang. The two had to work together to do some major events in Yangzhou.
After looking at Yang Chunfeng, Yang Daqi stood up and said, "Then let's go and have a look." After that, he walked out with a step.
Yang Chunfeng naturally did not dare to neglect and quickly stood up and followed.
The two of them soon arrived at the front hall, where Zhang Cheng was already sitting.
After seeing Yang Daqi, Zhang Cheng chuckled and said, "Mr. Yang, are you doing well recently?"
The tone is erratic, the tone is raised, and it is full of sarcasm.
Yang Daqi didn't care, so he found a place to sit down, then chuckled and said, "Of course my life is good."
"I have never been an official in a place like Yangzhou before. I have to say that Yangzhou is a good place. Eunuch Zhang, Yangzhou is good for food, scenery and people. I have been a little lingering these days. I wonder if Eunuch Zhang feels this way?"
"People say that you can only ride a crane to Yangzhou with a wealth of 100,000 yuan. This time we arrived in Yangzhou, we must have a good time and have a good time. We must not miss it, otherwise it will be a waste!"
Looking at Yang Daqi who was chatting endlessly, Zhang Cheng was so angry that he was itchy, and he said angrily: "Mr. Yang, our family is not here to talk about these things to you today, we have a serious business."
"Is that true?" Yang Daqi was stunned, then sat up and said seriously: "Please speak for your father-in-law."
"You should have received the documents from Nanjing, right?" Zhang Cheng said slowly: "Our family has received the imperial edict in the palace."
"In the palace, let our family cooperate with Lord Yang, so naturally there is nothing to say in our family. I wonder what Lord Yang is going to do?"
"So that's what happened."
Yang Daqi smiled and said indifferently: "This matter is easy to deal with. Since Eunuch Zhang is willing to help, it will be even better."
There was a hint of hesitation on Zhang Cheng's face.
Zhang Cheng is becoming more and more worried about whether this person can do this.
He couldn't help but feel some doubt in his heart, but he still dared not question the emperor's employment.
"Let's start with the Yangzhou Prefectural Office." Yang Daqi said with a smile: "I have a list here. Please help me arrest the person and then interrogate it carefully. In this regard, Dongchang should be very good at it, right?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Cheng looked at Yang Daqi with a serious look, and then said, "You are now arresting the people from the Yangzhou Prefectural Office. Are you not afraid of causing trouble?"
"What trouble can there be?" Yang Daqi said disdainfully: "Do they dare to rebel?"
One sentence choked Zhang Cheng on the wall.
Zhang Cheng looked at Yang Daqi with a little resentful look.
Do your family know that you are talking outside now?
Who would come up and mention rebellion?
"As long as they don't rebel, it's not a big deal." Yang Daqi said with a smile: "Besides, what if they rebel? Isn't it just right to ask troops to quell the rebellion?"
"Father-in-law, I tell you that I am very good at martial arts. I have been familiar with military books and strategies for so many years, and that's the same..."
Chapter completed!