Chapter 292 The Six Gentlemen's Case (Part 2)
Zhang Yong actually understood in his heart that Kebaba was interested in him. Even if something happened to Wei Zhongxian, Kebaba would work with the little carpenter to protect him. But Eunuch Wei couldn't have an accident at this time. After all, Eunuch Wei was the core of the eunuch party. If something happened, who would deal with the Donglin party? He could deal with the Donglin party, but the blame would be made.
Zhang Yong is not inferior to Eunuch Wei in the level of political struggle, but in terms of personnel allocation and governance of the country, Zhang Yong believes that Eunuch Wei is much better than himself in these aspects. Without Eunuch Wei, the eunuch party would become a mess, especially in terms of control over those eunuch party civil officials, Zhang Yong felt that he was far inferior to his uncle.
In the original history, the incident of the three martyrs of Fan Yang also occurred, but before they could raise the money, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others died in prison. Later, they took the money to find Wei Zhongxian, asked Zuo Guangdou's bones out, and took them home for burial.
However, because the historical process of this time and space changed, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others were taken down by Wei Zhongxian two years earlier than the original time and space and sent to the imperial prison. Therefore, the incident of the three martyrs of Fan Yang also changed, and the speed of donations by the people and gentry was several times faster than the original time and space.
Zhang Yong came up with a plan to kill two birds with one stone, and Wei Zhongxian was overjoyed: "Yongwazi, you go to the imperial prison now and see Yang Lian and Zuo Guang fight against them! I believe you will definitely do this!"
"Sister me!" Zhang Yong bowed.
Wei Zhongxian turned his head to look at Gao Shixin again: "Shixin, you are not young anymore. When Yongwazi finishes this matter, our family will preside over your wedding!"
Gao Shixin smiled and said, "Thank you uncle!"
Zhang Yong walked into the Dongchang Edict Prison. The Dongchang Edict Prison was newly established by Wei Zhongxian. Originally, there was no Edict Prison in the East Factory, and the prisoners caught by the East Factory could only be sent to the Jinyiwei Edict Prison. If the Dongchang and the Jinyiwei were not in harmony and had to work hard to catch a prisoner, the Jinyiwei wanted to shelter him, and the Dongchang could only stare at him. Now that the Dongchang has its own Edict Prison, the Dongchang man can interrogate himself, and there is no need to ask the Jinyiwei for everything.
"Eunuch Zhang!" The Dongchang man who was "serving" Zuo Guangdou saw Zhang Yong coming in, quickly threw down his work and bowed to Zhang Yong, "I have seen Eunuch Zhang! Eunuch Zhang is here in person, and I am very honored!"
"No gift!" Zhang Yong waved his hand, "Let's take a look at how Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou are, the two old stubborn ones."
"Report to Eunuch Zhang, these two old guys' mouths are really hard. We tried every means to pry open his mouth." A Dongchang man said with a sad face.
Another Dongchang man said, "Eunuch Zhang, let's take a scrub for him?"
Zhang Yong smiled and said, "Do you think that if you put on a brush, Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou will speak? How hard the two of them are! You can only leave a good reputation for giving them a big punishment! Do you know that although we have a knife in our hands, the Donglin Party holds a pen in our hand. Our knife can cut off their heads, but there is no way to cut off their writing pens. If we kill them, we can only keep their reputation in history, but we have been infamous for thousands of years!"
Two Dongchang men said: "Eunuch Zhang, we only know that when we are alive, we are loyal to Your Majesty, the court, and you, Eunuch Wei and Eunuch Zhang, will you be loyal to you, as for whether you will be infamous for thousands of years or will be remembered forever after your death, we can't control so much."
Zhang Yong stretched out his hand and patted the two Dongchang actors on the shoulders: "You are all loyal and loyal people. You can be loyal and honest. No matter whether you die for a lifetime or a thousand years, but the Donglin Party cares the most about this! Especially Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others are not afraid of death or greedy for money. All they want is the reputation behind them. And their reputation represents the reputation they want! In the hands of the Donglin Party, they can use this matter to discredit us! Our family and your reputation are discredited by them, and that's fine, but those crazy guys will discredit the emperor's reputation! So what we have to do is not only to ask them to confess what we want, but also to ruin them!"
Two Dongchang actors quickly complimented: "Eunuch Zhang is wise!"
"Okay, you can avoid it first and let our family personally interrogate Zuo Guangdou, this tough guy." Zhang Yongdao.
"No! Mr. Zhang please, please avoid it now. But Mr. Zhang, please be careful, this guy scolds and spits." The two men reminded.
Zhang Yong saw Zuo Guangdou, who was covered in bruises. Zuo Guangdou had been tortured to the point of being unhealthy. The white prison uniform on his body had turned into reddish-brown rag strips. The exposed skin was not intact, and his whole body was covered with scars. Zuo Guangdou's hair was disheveled, and his head was covered with blood. The trousers in the prison uniform had no trousers, and there was no good piece of meat on his legs, and even white bones were exposed in some places. They had been tortured to this way, but Zuo Guangdou was still wearing handcuffs and shackles.
"Mr. Zuo, I'm sorry. Although you and I have different political views, I admire Mr. Zuo very much!" Zhang Yong bowed to Zuo Guangdou with some difficulty.
"Bah! Little castrated dog! Shameless, despicable! Don't let me pretend to do this! Mr. Xiu (Li Sancai) was framed by you, the little castrated dog!" Zuo Guangdou roared angrily.
Zhang Yong sighed softly: "Mr. Zuo, you and Mr. Yang are both honest and honest, but you are so corrupt with Li Sancai! The censors impeached Li Sancai, the old dog, and the impeachment of them was true, not groundless. Our factory guards have also investigated the matter clearly! Li Sancai committed suicide for fear of crime, and that is more than death! But Mr. Zuo and Mr. Yang, you are just to impeach my uncle, but they were imprisoned. Why are you doing this? "
"Good and evil are incompatible!" Zuo Guangdou sneered.
Zhang Yong smiled and said, "Well, good and evil are inseparable! In order to prove that he is a good official who is honest and honest, Yang Gong asked for his fate for the people. Dahong knew that his fate was not long. He had already submitted a memorial to thank him at the end of his life and asked me to implement a new policy that is beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood to atone for his sins."
"What new policy?" Zuo Guangdou asked.
"Stack the dime and get into the acres."
"Stacking acres to make acres? What kind of stakes to make acres?" This is the first time Zuo Guangdou has heard such a noun.
Zhang Yong smiled and said, "It's very simple. It's just that the land annexation in the Ming Dynasty is serious. Officials and gentry have tens of millions of fertile land at home, but they don't pay a penny of tax to the state. The common people have no land but have to pay an extremely heavy tax on the tax. Often, their families are destroyed because they can't afford the tax on the tax. In the long run, the country can collect less and less taxes, while the officials and gentry's families have more and more land. Therefore, Yang Lian suggested that the Ming Dynasty promote the implementation of the tax on the tax on the tax, abolish the cap tax, and pay taxes according to the amount of land in their hands! In this way, the burden on the people will be lighter, and the country can collect more taxes."
Zhang Yong paused for a moment and continued, "Of course, those who had fame and fortune in the Ming Dynasty could be exempted from taxes, so Mr. Yang simply suggested that His Majesty, the emperor, implement the system of tax exemption for official and gods, and that would abolish the system of tax exemption for fame and fortune. Only in this way can the system of tax-spending to acres be implemented. However, Mr. Yang also proposed to restrict the land of the vassal kings from tax exemption. Once the specified scope exceeds the prescribed scope, the land illegally occupied by the vassal kings must also be taxed."
Zuo Guangdou was stunned. His family was not the rich families with tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, and his family property was not much. To be honest, this new policy had no effect on him, but the problem was that once this new policy was implemented, it would offend all scholars, and then Yang Lian would become the public enemy of all scholars in the world!
"You are shameless! How could Dahong give such a memorial? It must be your eunuch who uses a knife to kill people!" Zuo Guangdou roared.
Chapter completed!