amaotonovel Chapter 554 Long Yan's Fury
Chapter 554 Long Yan's Fury
Chapter 554 Long Yan's Fury
Zhang Anshi leaned over to take a look, and actually understood why Hu Guang couldn't understand.
It's strange to understand!
This memorial is densely packed with numbers.
Zhang Anshi knew that for the convenience of counting, the School of Mathematics adopted the famous Arabic numerals of later generations.
Of course, Arabic numerals also have their disadvantages, that is, they are easy to be confused and falsified, so often, after the general account, numbers in Chinese characters are filled in at the same time to prevent tampering.
So in general, this memorial has become full of numbers, and in the eyes of laymen, it is like a ghostly talisman.
It seemed that everyone could see that Zhang Anshi understood the memorial.
Then someone asked, "His Royal Highness King Song, what are the people above?"
Zhang Anshidao: "It's the number, all the money, food, taxes, and income from railway operations of the entire Jiangxi Railway Department."
Everyone was quite excited after hearing this, Xie Jin took the lead and said, "What is the number?"
But Zhang Anshi closed the memorial and said: "The amount is not small, it's just..."
"Just what?" Xie Jin looked suspicious.
Zhang Anshi said: "Just let's talk about it after the face saint."
Hu Guang couldn't help muttering: "What's the point of this...time?"
Zhang Anshi laughed, and said: "Speaking out now, I'm afraid you will frighten the gentlemen, this is for your health."
"..."
Such mysteriousness made everyone even more curious.
Therefore, Zhang Anshi ordered Scherren to report first, and prepare to meet Zhu Di.
On the other hand, he hid in the corner and continued to open the memorial.
In fact, Zhang Anshi was not afraid of frightening them, but that although he could understand the numbers, he was also surprised by the numbers. Embarrassed in front of the imperial court.
The reason why these accounts are complicated even by Zhang Anshi is because there are too many incomes involved.
This is different from the accounts reported in the past. If it is Zhili, it is only responsible for reporting taxes, and if it is Qixia Commercial Bank, it only needs to report revenue and profits.
But this Railway Department, or Jiangxi Railway Department, is essentially a complex of government, railways, and commercial firms, with various incomes mixed together, dazzling.
Seeing Zhang Anshi looking down at Zuo Shu, he was lost in thought.
It's not easy to bother Hu Guang and the others.
Smart people probably won't continue to talk about it in depth at this time, because the result will be announced soon. If they talk too much, they will appear impatient and unstable.
A scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion is regarded as a Zaifu, and a Zaifu must naturally have the bearing of a Zaifu.
Therefore, everyone drank tea and simply talked about some gossip.
"I heard that there's a play outside right now, and it's very hot." Yang Rong said with a smile.
Upon hearing the play, Xie Jin's eyebrows twitched slightly, but he lowered his head to drink tea.
Hu Guang showed a bit of displeasure, and said very displeasedly: "These so-called operas are said to entertain people, but in fact they are evil tricks. Scholars should study with peace of mind, and common people should make a living with peace of mind..."
Yang Rong smiled and said: "Don't be in a hurry, Mr. Hu. The old man just wanted to know the preferences of some soldiers and civilians when he said this play. It is said that this play is popular all over the world. Now all the troupes in the capital are singing it. "
Xie Jin said quickly, "But I don't know what you're talking about?"
Yang Rongdao: "It's about a young master who fell in love with the maid beside the master, and instead of secretly communicating with him, he finally gave birth to a son. After that, the young master had to marry a daughter of a family because of family reasons. However, the maid was sent out. Not long after that, the young lady fell ill and died. The young master remarried and married another wife. adultery……"
Hu Guang showed anger on his face, and cursed: "It's really offensive!"
Seeing that Yang Rong was silent.
Hu Guang couldn't help but said, "Tell me, what happened next?"
"The old man thought that Mr. Hu was not willing to listen." After that, Yang Rong continued: "The maid who was driven away on the other side was living among the people and gave birth to a daughter outside. Who knows, then My daughter...unexpectedly, by mistake, she also entered this young master's mansion as a maid."
Hu Guang showed a look of misery: "Needless to say, this is another human tragedy. My God, people's hearts are so bad now."
Yang Rong said: "Hu Gong, can you stop interrupting?"
Hu Guang had no choice but to keep silent.
Yang Rong continued: "Thus, the son born to this maid fell in love with this maid again, so he tried his best to show his courtesy."
Hu Guang: "..."
Although Hu Guang wanted to scold a few more words, he finally endured it.
Yang Rongdao: "At the same time, when Xu Xian's wife saw this, she couldn't help being jealous."
Hu Guang coughed desperately.
Yang Rong glanced at him, and then said: "But who would have thought that just when the maid's daughter and the maid's son, that is, the young master of the mansion, were about to accomplish their good deeds, the maid's daughter was actually killed by the maid now. My master has fallen in love with her, and insists on accepting her as a concubine."
"So, one night, the young master made a big fuss in the mansion and confronted the master, and finally revealed the past step by step. The master found out that his son had an affair with his stepmother. And the young master discovered that the maid at home was actually his half-father. Brothers and sisters from the same mother..."
After all, Hu Guang couldn't take it anymore, and said angrily: "Don't see anything wrong, don't listen to anything wrong, don't say it, don't say it."
Yang Rong really kept silent.
Seeing that he was silent, Hu Guang finally couldn't help but asked: "Are these people in the back punished by heaven?"
"Not really." Yang Rong said with a smile.
Hu Guang said angrily: "It's hateful, the person who sings this opera is hateful, and the person who compiled this opera is also hateful. What happened afterwards?"
Yang Rong held back a smile at the corner of his mouth and said, "Didn't Mr. Hu not want to hear it?"
Hu Guang said sullenly, "I just want to know the result."
Yang Rongdao: "The situation is more complicated than what I just said, because this old man can only give a rough idea, and there are many people who have no time to tell. Before, I had an affair with a certain man..."
Hu Guang showed a painful expression.
But Yang Rong continued: "And this man who had an affair with the maid's daughter, in order to find the maid's daughter, actually entered the mansion and became a groom."
Hu Guang sighed: "It's really a declining world, a declining world!"
Yang Rongdao: "But the groom couldn't get it after asking for it, and saw that the maid's daughter was almost taken over by the young master of the mansion, so in grief, he hid in the storeroom to drink, and one night, he had sex with Xuxian's wife..."
"What..." Hu Guang slapped the table, his eyes were as big as copper bells, and the anger in his eyes seemed to burst out.
Yang Rong pressed his hands to him and said: "No, no, Mr. Hu, don't be angry, you misunderstood, this groom has nothing to do with the wife, just the wife of the continuation, seeing that the young master has moved on, it is natural Sadness comes from my heart, now I heard what happened to the groom, and I couldn't help but sympathize with him, so I introduced the groom into the inner palace..."
Hu Guang said: "So in the inner courtyard, the groom reconnected with the maid's daughter?"
Yang Rong shook his head and said: "No, this groom entered the inner courtyard and won the trust of the master. The master saw that he was fair and handsome, so..."
Hu Guang covered his eyes and shouted, "My God, this troupe deserves to be killed."
Yang Rongdao: "I turned this groom into a book boy."
Hu Guang sighed: "It's so immoral."
"And the groom became a book boy, and after he got the master's favor, he had a heart of revenge, and wanted to put the young master to death, and even the maid's daughter, so he conspired with Xu Xian's wife, and the two became adulterers... ..."
Hu Guang was dumbfounded, he was tired.
Yang Rong continued: "Until that night, the truth came to light. The maid's daughter was heartbroken that her childhood sweetheart's groom had come to this, and immediately jumped into the well and committed suicide. The master never expected that his wife would be like this. She was so angry that she got a heart attack. Unexpectedly, he passed away. Xuxian's wife was so ashamed that she fled overnight. The young master was disheartened and left for another country. The groom also learned that the maid's daughter was still thinking about him, and saw the maid's daughter committing suicide , was also overwhelmed with grief and full of self-blame, so he concealed his identity, and then returned to his hometown, only to find out that there was a catastrophe at home, his parents and brothers all starved to death, and all the fields at home were pawned."
Only then did Hu Guang heave a long sigh of relief, and said: "It's about the same, at least... there is always a karma, and it will be gone later."
"There are more." Yang Rong said.
Hu Guang: "..."
Hu Guangfang's relaxed face suddenly became tense again.
Xie Jin smiled and looked at Hu Guang.
But Jin Youzi was also fascinated by what he was listening to, and felt that he still had more to say.
But Yang Rong said: "Young master, didn't you go far away? It was by accident that he boarded a merchant ship going overseas. He first lived on the merchant ship as a sailor, and then he arrived in Java. He didn't know He Gu, started a business and made a fortune. His family business was ten or a hundred times better than his ancestral property, so he built bridges and paved roads in Java, practiced virtue and did good deeds, which became a good story for a while.”
Hu Guang: "..."
"There was also the groom, who was about to starve to death, when suddenly the post office recruited workers. He had nowhere to go, so he applied for the job. He got in by luck. Because of his diligence and meticulous work, he became rich and married a My wife has given birth to many children, and the days are getting better and better."
Hu Guang: "..."
Out of the corner of Yang Rong's eye, he glanced at Xie Jin.
Xie Jin said with a smile: "Mr. Yang has always been smart, so I would like to ask you why such an opera is so popular all over the world?"
Yang Rong smiled and said calmly: "Actually, the old man was also confused at first, but after chewing carefully, he also realized that this is not simple. In this play, there are both gentry families and noble mansions. This actor must also be from a scholarly family, so he joked about the affairs of the mansion vividly, taught many soldiers and civilians, and got a glimpse of the life in that noble mansion, satisfying curiosity."
"Secondly, the relationship between the characters in it is complicated, but they are also connected by fate. Some plots such as adultery, love between the maid and the young master, and the change of fate by the groom also teach the soldiers and civilians to listen. Hungry."
"Of course, in the end, there must be the matter of karma, which has become a warning in the prosperous age."
"In the future, even though the young master and the groom made mistakes, they also received retribution. Since then, they have regained a new life, but it may not be impossible to make people dream."
Hu Guang just shook his head, still angry and said: "The person who edited this play has such vicious thoughts, he really deserves to be cut to death."
"..."
But at this time, a eunuch came in a hurry and said: "My lords, Your Majesty has called all the gentlemen to see you."
Immediately, everyone fell silent, put away their thoughts quickly, got up and straightened their clothes.
Zhang Anshi has finally checked the number and is full of confidence.
Immediately, several people went to Chongwen Hall together.
At this time, Zhu Di was listening to the lecture of the Hanlin Academy.
Seeing the audience with all the scholars, he immediately smiled and said, "Masters, I heard that the Jiangxi Railway Department has played?"
Zhang Anshi stepped forward and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, the Jiangxi Railway Department is here to play."
Hanlin's expressions were indifferent.
In fact, their impression of the emperor's grandson is still good, but the emperor's grandson has been a little off track since he followed his uncle.
In everyone's opinion, the emperor's grandson is a malleable talent, but he just went the wrong way.
But this time, the situation in Jiangxi has deteriorated, which has caused many people to slander the emperor and grandson. The situation in Jiangxi is so corrupt, which is not unrelated to the local mischief between the emperor and the railway department.
Jiangxi is a land of fish and rice, and it has always been the focus of taxation. If Jiangxi is like this, then the rest of the world will suffer accordingly.
At this time, Zhu Di became quite nervous, and he naturally knew that rumors about the emperor's grandson messing around in Jiangxi had already begun to appear among the scholars and the market.
Of course Zhu Di knew that these rumors should not be taken seriously, but the problem was that the emergence of such rumors would damage his grandson's prestige.
Zhu Di was a little impatient, and immediately said: "Report."
Zhang Anshidao: "Jiangxi Railway Department, this year's freight income is 1905 million taels."
As soon as this remark came out, all the officials showed surprise at first, and then inevitably began to whisper.
This number obviously greatly exceeded everyone's expectations.
Before everyone could recover, Zhang Anshi said again: "Among them, the bulk is freight, and the revenue mainly depends on this. Freight alone accounts for [-]% of the revenue."
After hearing this, Zhu Di finally cheered up and said, "There are so many?"
"After the railway was completed, the transportation of merchants has been in an endless stream, which can be described as day and night." Zhang Anshi replied honestly.
In fact, this is also related to the great development of railways. Because of the large-scale construction of railways in Jiangxi, many commercial firms began to pour in, and all kinds of equipment, materials, and commodities had to be transported by railways.
For Zhu Di, this was no different from a pleasant surprise, and he couldn't help but said with great joy: "The railway in Jiangxi has not been fully completed, and even Nanchang, Jiujiang and other places have only been completed for three to two months to half a year. , the revenue of the railway is 95 million, so the whole territory will be connected, wouldn't it require more than 500 million taels?"
Facing Zhu Di's expectant eyes, Zhang Anshi said: "The Railway Department also estimated in this way."
Zhu Di probably did the math, although he didn't know how much net profit was, but this kind of revenue was enough to cover such a huge amount of money he had invested, and he was very happy in his heart.
I saw Zhang Anshi said again: "Of course...the revenue of this railway is only small, Your Majesty...these are actually nothing. Besides, the railway department also reported it..."
The monarchs and ministers fell silent all of a sudden. If the shipping fee was beyond everyone's expectations, Zhang Anshi actually only compared it to a small head. Obviously, Zhu Di began to become more interested in Zhang Anshi's next words.
Zhang Anshidao: "Over the past year, the railway station's stations have increased their population by 110 households..."
110 households...
Everyone was dumbfounded.
In an instant, many people began to panic and looked at each other.
It seems that at this moment, there is an ominous sign gradually appearing.
Sure enough, Zhu Di's expression changed from overjoyed to deep eyes, and then his expression became as cold as frost.
Zhu Di suddenly said coldly: "Is Xia Qing here?"
Xia Yuanji, Minister of the Household Department, also participated in the lecture today, so he couldn't help but stand up bravely at this time, and said: "The minister...is..."
Zhu Di's eyes were like lightning, and then he fell on Xia Yuanji, and said slowly: "Jiangxi chief envoy, what is your household registration?"
"This..." Xia Yuanji's response actually started to hesitate.
He had to say tremblingly: "In the 26th year of Hongwu...the registered permanent residence of Jiangxi chief envoy totaled 89 households..."
After a pause, Xia Yuanji continued: "After that, in the 13th year of Yongle, it is reported that because a large number of people in Jiangxi moved to Huguang and other places, there are... 73 households."
As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was in an uproar.
Zhu Di suddenly became furious: "Since... a few years ago, there were 73 households in Jiangxi, but now the population of the Jiangxi Chief Commissioner and the Railway Division alone has 110 million households, which is more than the entire population. How many registered household registrations are there in Jiangxi?”
And this question is the scariest.
From the Hongwu era to the present, almost two generations have passed. During the two generations, not only did the household registration not increase, but the world is peaceful, and in Jiangxi, a land of fish and rice, the registered population has dropped to 73 households.
In the past, it could be explained by the migration of Jiangxi population to Huguang, but in fact, it cannot be explained. How many people migrated?
Of course, during the Yongle period, the population of Jiangxi's chief envoy decreased slightly, which was relatively light.
What's even more ridiculous is that in the history of the Ming Dynasty, Jiangxi has experienced a full hundred years of development, and the whole of Jiangxi is almost in the time of peace. 58 households have been placed!
After ten generations, there were almost no major natural disasters, no wars, and no large-scale plagues. In more than 100 years, the population plummeted by nearly half.
And this so-called registered population is actually the taxpayer population for the imperial court.
No one expected that a memorial to the emperor's grandson to pay the account would reveal a terrible fact in the blink of an eye!
(End of this chapter)