I'm a bully in troubled times
Chapter 128
This was the first time Qi Ranming kissed Jiang Yu on his own initiative.
It was the first time he had done such a thing in his life, and he was not familiar with it, so he simply posted it, and there was no movement.
Jiang Yu didn't force him anymore, and pressed him for a long time before letting go, then took his hand, pulled him to the side of the bed, pressed it down hard, and continued to kiss.
It's not true for Qi Ranming to push, and it's not true if he doesn't push. He was a little at a loss for a while, but because of the increasingly intense kiss, he soon had no time to think about other things.He even took the initiative to hug Jiang Yu and kiss back.
However, when Jiang Yu's hand slid down his spine to his lower back, Qi Ranming's body froze for a moment.
Jiang Yu's movements stopped, she let go of Qi Ranming's lips, pressed his ear and said, "Just stay with me tonight."
Qi Ranming didn't answer.
Jiang Yu: "Huh?"
Qi Ranming let out a "hmm".
Recently, Jiang Yu is suitable for almost everything, he is proud of his officialdom, and he is also proud of his love life.Good news spread to the central government from various places. Although the implementation of the prefecture and county system encountered great resistance, it was still advancing steadily under the iron and blood methods of the Marquis of Yan and the resolute policies of the reformers.
Jiang Yu himself even set an example at the beginning of the decree, changing his fief Suiyang to Suiyang County, which consists of eight counties and more than a hundred villages and towns.Of course, the same is true of the rest of the reformers.
However, Xun Shu's previous decree on rewarding farming and weaving and land reclamation has received enthusiastic response from the people.
At the same time, another decree followed: Anyone who reclaims wasteland, the reclaimed land shall be owned by the individual.
This decree is completely contrary to the original land system of the Great Zhou Dynasty.After all, the land of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the past was owned by the state, and the emperor distributed it to the princes, and the princes distributed it to the high officials, and the high officials were distributed to the scholars.Therefore, this decree was opposed by many old aristocrats, who accused Jiang Yu of breaking the ancestral rules, being unethical, violating the law, and having no country and no king.
However, after all, although the status of civilians is low, they are numerous and powerful. It is not uncommon for the private ownership of land in Yan State to be privately owned by the people. It has been suppressed by the nobles before, but now it has been recognized by the government. The land area of the country has increased a lot.
In order to re-plan these lands, a matching new taxation policy is also being implemented in full swing. People pay taxes on a household basis, and it is forbidden for fathers, sons, and brothers to live together.
Moreover, the taxation is also matched with the tenth-class military title.Jiang Yu referred to the twentieth-class military merits of the Qin State, and designated the Yan State as the tenth class. From the first to the tenth class, they were respectively the first official, the second superior, the third minor superior, the fourth official, the fifth official, and the fifth official. Six Zuo Geng, Seven Right Geng, Eight Zuo Shu Chang, Nine Right Shu Chang, Ten Che Hou.And Qi Ranming is the second best.
However, the good times didn't last long, and the reforms in full swing finally brought out the basket.
At the beginning of May, a mother and son came from Lizhi in the northeast of Yan Kingdom, entered Jicheng, received by Master Shen, and brought them to the court.
The mother and son were surnamed Zhuo, the mother Zhuo Liang, who claimed to be Lizhi Zhuoyi's wife, and the son Zhuo uncle, Fang.
Zhuo Yi is a declining nobleman, there was a great virtuous official named Zhuo Gengzi in his ancestors, his descendants committed a crime, and his title was reduced to a scholar. By Zhuo Yi's generation, his reputation in Jicheng has faded away.
However, this Zhuo Yi is quite famous in Lizhi and loved by the people.This person has a clean sleeve and is not extravagant. Although he is a scholar-bureaucrat, his family background is poor, and most of the taxes collected are used to help the common people.But Lizhi's terrain is remote and cold, and the land is barren. Once the little tax is sent out, the family has to cut down on food and clothing.
When the system of prefectures and counties was implemented to Lizhi, Zhuo Yi refused in order to protect his ancestral property and title.
And the reformist officials who went down to the local area can almost be said to be smooth sailing now. They hate these old nobles and feel that they are not good things, so their methods are inevitably extreme and aggressive.Forcing Zhuo Yi to cooperate, exchanging seals, and trusting the sheriff to take over his position.
Zhuo Yi had an eighty-year-old mother, and his wife and children. Once he handed it over, the family would have no food and clothing, so he refused to live or die, and was finally forced to hang himself in his room.His mother was very old, and when she heard the bad news, she followed him.
The people in Lizhi originally supported Zhuo Yi very much, but after Zhuo Yi's death, under the instigation of people with good intentions, the officials in Lizhi almost became rats in the street.I didn't expect that the more you kill, the worse things will be.
So the matter quickly spread to Jicheng, Jiang Yu didn't have time to react, so Master Shen and the others took the mother and son to Beijing to settle down.
Hence the present scene.
Jiang Yu knelt at the bottom of the steps, the mother and child beside her were crying, and Master Shen was also crying beside her.
Marquis Yan rubbed his temples, closed his eyes, and suffered from a terrible headache.
The weather was already hot in May, and the servant next to him carefully fanned the wind for Marquis Yan, and comforted him in a low voice: "Your Highness, don't get angry, it's important to take care of your health."
"Your Highness, Your Highness!" Seeing that the Marquis of Yan hadn't spoken for a long time, Master Shen was a little anxious, and wailed, "When Zhuo Gengzi was alive in the past, how many contributions he made to the Kingdom of Yan, who would not praise him in the Kingdom of Yan? Even the Son of Heaven Praise him. Now, now..."
"Zhuo Gengzi's descendants were forced to come here, leaving orphans and widowed mothers. What can we do in the future, Your Highness! Do you want to see Zhuo Gengzi's descendants fall to this point?"
The Great Zhou Dynasty respected sages the most. Zhuo Gengzi had the same status as Jiang Yu's ancestor Jiang Wuzi at the beginning. If any country treated the descendants of such a sage harshly, it would definitely be criticized by the people of the world.And now that Zhuo Yi was even forced to death, it was no longer a matter of harsh treatment.
Even Yan Hou finds it difficult to deal with.
Hearing Master Shen's cry, Marquis Yan felt even more disturbed, his temples throbbing.
He slowly opened his eyes and scanned the group of officials below. Those old nobles were all crying, as if the ones who died were their descendants.And the mother and son who had traveled a long distance and died as the head of the family, looked in much distress.
The woman is 36 and seven years old, wearing a white cloth on her head. Although she has given birth to several children, she is still slender. Her face has no makeup, and there are already some wrinkles. There are bloodshot eyes, and her eyes are black and blue.Wearing filial piety.The child, Uncle Zhuo, has thick eyebrows and big eyes, his eyes are swollen from crying, and he is also dressed in filial piety.It's unbearable to watch.
"Jiang Yu." Marquis Yan spoke in a low voice, with fatigue in his voice, "What do you say?"
"I know I was wrong." Jiang Yu bowed/body towards Marquis Yan, knocking his forehead on the ground, "I was too aggressive and caused the death of future generations in vain. Please punish me, Your Highness."
"Bang!", Hou Yan casually copied something from the desk, and threw it at Jiang Yu. The thing was impartial and hit Jiang Yu's forehead.
"Punishment?" Marquis Yan said angrily, "Just by punishing, can Zhuo Yi be brought back to life, Zhuo's mother and son can rely on them, can calm down the public's grievances, and convince the world?"
Jiang Yu felt a pain on his forehead, and even though he felt warm blood flowing down, he didn't dare to raise his hand to wipe it, and let the blood flow out of his eyes, which was a bit painful.
He knew that he would pay the price for this road. The smooth sailing in the past two months made him prepared in his heart, and now he really came.
He was very calm.
It is impossible for Marquis Yan to execute him now.
It's just that his forehead hurts badly. Jiang Yu has been in this court for so many years, and he has never been beaten like this by Yanhou in front of all civil and military officials.
He lowered his head, looked in Qi Ranming's direction, and reassured Qi Ranming that he was fine.
Qi Ranming still had worry in his eyes.
When the Marquis of Yan got angry, all the officials fell silent.The few officials who made mistakes also knelt beside him, and one of them took a step forward with trembling knees: "Your Highness, this matter is the fault of the ministers and others, and has nothing to do with Suiyang Lord! Your Highness, please punish the ministers and others, and don't take your anger out on me." Lord Suiyang."
Dong Xiong was imprisoned in his home, now Master Shen is the leader, with a hint of complacency on his face, he interjected: "Mr Jia's words are wrong, after all this matter happened through Lord Suiyang, how can you blame it? After all, you are just obeying orders. What's more, punishing you? Can you bear this responsibility?"
Mr. Shen is a veteran of the three dynasties, and he has a high status in the court. The Marquis of Yan generally respects him and will not provoke him easily.As soon as Master Shen opened his mouth, the official surnamed Jia felt ashamed. Indeed, they couldn't bear the responsibility.
Marquis Yan looked at Lord Shen with deep eyes, wondering what he was thinking.
"Your Highness," Lord Shen turned his head to look at Marquis Yan after finishing speaking, and said, "Your Highness, please uphold justice for the Zhuo family! The old minister really can't bear it, Zhuo Yi is such an upright official, but he ended up like this!"
Marquis Yan was cornered by him, and he had to express his opinion. After all, Zhuo Yi was indeed dead, and it was a fact that the reforms were too aggressive.
"Jiang Yu," Yanhou asked again, "tell yourself, how should I punish you?"
Seeing Marquis Yan's statement, Lord Shen looked at Jiang Yu proudly, while the reformers, including Lord Jia, were all worried.
At this time, Jiang Yu's face remained unchanged, and he said calmly, "I am willing to pay my life for my life."
Yanhou: "..."
Baiguan: "..."
Jiang Yu said: "Master Zhuo is the successor of Gengzi Zhuo, and a good official who is loved by the people of Lizhi. Because of the negligence of the minister, Master Zhuo died in vain. Jiang Yu felt ashamed and dared not live. In exchange for understanding from the people of Lizhi and the Zhuo family."
Master Shen probably also understood that Jiang Yu was advancing by retreating.The more he is like this, the people in Lizhi and Zhuo's mother and son will not be able to be too harsh.After all, Jiang Yu himself was also the descendant of Jiang Wuzi, so he was no worse than Zhuo Yi in fighting his ancestors, and Zhuo Yi was not directly forced to death by him. If Jiang Yu was really executed, it would be a big joke.
Lord Shen said in a strange way: "Mr. Sui Yang really understands righteousness."
Jiang Yu said: "Don't dare. It can't compare to Master Shen's righteousness in bringing Zhuo's mother and son into Jicheng."
Master Shen laughed ambiguously.If Jiang Yu argued that he was right, or that the punishment was too light, he would be able to speak, but now he doesn't know how to speak.
Master Jia and the others were really afraid that Marquis Yan would execute him as Jiang Yu said, and those reformers also knelt down on the ground, pleading: "We will pay for our lives on behalf of Lord Suiyang."
Hearing this sound, Jiang Yu suddenly felt that everything he had done was worth it.At least there is such a group of people who are sincerely willing to follow him, sincerely willing to do things for the people, and sincerely want to strengthen the country of Yan. No one is greedy for life and afraid of death.
It was the first time he had done such a thing in his life, and he was not familiar with it, so he simply posted it, and there was no movement.
Jiang Yu didn't force him anymore, and pressed him for a long time before letting go, then took his hand, pulled him to the side of the bed, pressed it down hard, and continued to kiss.
It's not true for Qi Ranming to push, and it's not true if he doesn't push. He was a little at a loss for a while, but because of the increasingly intense kiss, he soon had no time to think about other things.He even took the initiative to hug Jiang Yu and kiss back.
However, when Jiang Yu's hand slid down his spine to his lower back, Qi Ranming's body froze for a moment.
Jiang Yu's movements stopped, she let go of Qi Ranming's lips, pressed his ear and said, "Just stay with me tonight."
Qi Ranming didn't answer.
Jiang Yu: "Huh?"
Qi Ranming let out a "hmm".
Recently, Jiang Yu is suitable for almost everything, he is proud of his officialdom, and he is also proud of his love life.Good news spread to the central government from various places. Although the implementation of the prefecture and county system encountered great resistance, it was still advancing steadily under the iron and blood methods of the Marquis of Yan and the resolute policies of the reformers.
Jiang Yu himself even set an example at the beginning of the decree, changing his fief Suiyang to Suiyang County, which consists of eight counties and more than a hundred villages and towns.Of course, the same is true of the rest of the reformers.
However, Xun Shu's previous decree on rewarding farming and weaving and land reclamation has received enthusiastic response from the people.
At the same time, another decree followed: Anyone who reclaims wasteland, the reclaimed land shall be owned by the individual.
This decree is completely contrary to the original land system of the Great Zhou Dynasty.After all, the land of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the past was owned by the state, and the emperor distributed it to the princes, and the princes distributed it to the high officials, and the high officials were distributed to the scholars.Therefore, this decree was opposed by many old aristocrats, who accused Jiang Yu of breaking the ancestral rules, being unethical, violating the law, and having no country and no king.
However, after all, although the status of civilians is low, they are numerous and powerful. It is not uncommon for the private ownership of land in Yan State to be privately owned by the people. It has been suppressed by the nobles before, but now it has been recognized by the government. The land area of the country has increased a lot.
In order to re-plan these lands, a matching new taxation policy is also being implemented in full swing. People pay taxes on a household basis, and it is forbidden for fathers, sons, and brothers to live together.
Moreover, the taxation is also matched with the tenth-class military title.Jiang Yu referred to the twentieth-class military merits of the Qin State, and designated the Yan State as the tenth class. From the first to the tenth class, they were respectively the first official, the second superior, the third minor superior, the fourth official, the fifth official, and the fifth official. Six Zuo Geng, Seven Right Geng, Eight Zuo Shu Chang, Nine Right Shu Chang, Ten Che Hou.And Qi Ranming is the second best.
However, the good times didn't last long, and the reforms in full swing finally brought out the basket.
At the beginning of May, a mother and son came from Lizhi in the northeast of Yan Kingdom, entered Jicheng, received by Master Shen, and brought them to the court.
The mother and son were surnamed Zhuo, the mother Zhuo Liang, who claimed to be Lizhi Zhuoyi's wife, and the son Zhuo uncle, Fang.
Zhuo Yi is a declining nobleman, there was a great virtuous official named Zhuo Gengzi in his ancestors, his descendants committed a crime, and his title was reduced to a scholar. By Zhuo Yi's generation, his reputation in Jicheng has faded away.
However, this Zhuo Yi is quite famous in Lizhi and loved by the people.This person has a clean sleeve and is not extravagant. Although he is a scholar-bureaucrat, his family background is poor, and most of the taxes collected are used to help the common people.But Lizhi's terrain is remote and cold, and the land is barren. Once the little tax is sent out, the family has to cut down on food and clothing.
When the system of prefectures and counties was implemented to Lizhi, Zhuo Yi refused in order to protect his ancestral property and title.
And the reformist officials who went down to the local area can almost be said to be smooth sailing now. They hate these old nobles and feel that they are not good things, so their methods are inevitably extreme and aggressive.Forcing Zhuo Yi to cooperate, exchanging seals, and trusting the sheriff to take over his position.
Zhuo Yi had an eighty-year-old mother, and his wife and children. Once he handed it over, the family would have no food and clothing, so he refused to live or die, and was finally forced to hang himself in his room.His mother was very old, and when she heard the bad news, she followed him.
The people in Lizhi originally supported Zhuo Yi very much, but after Zhuo Yi's death, under the instigation of people with good intentions, the officials in Lizhi almost became rats in the street.I didn't expect that the more you kill, the worse things will be.
So the matter quickly spread to Jicheng, Jiang Yu didn't have time to react, so Master Shen and the others took the mother and son to Beijing to settle down.
Hence the present scene.
Jiang Yu knelt at the bottom of the steps, the mother and child beside her were crying, and Master Shen was also crying beside her.
Marquis Yan rubbed his temples, closed his eyes, and suffered from a terrible headache.
The weather was already hot in May, and the servant next to him carefully fanned the wind for Marquis Yan, and comforted him in a low voice: "Your Highness, don't get angry, it's important to take care of your health."
"Your Highness, Your Highness!" Seeing that the Marquis of Yan hadn't spoken for a long time, Master Shen was a little anxious, and wailed, "When Zhuo Gengzi was alive in the past, how many contributions he made to the Kingdom of Yan, who would not praise him in the Kingdom of Yan? Even the Son of Heaven Praise him. Now, now..."
"Zhuo Gengzi's descendants were forced to come here, leaving orphans and widowed mothers. What can we do in the future, Your Highness! Do you want to see Zhuo Gengzi's descendants fall to this point?"
The Great Zhou Dynasty respected sages the most. Zhuo Gengzi had the same status as Jiang Yu's ancestor Jiang Wuzi at the beginning. If any country treated the descendants of such a sage harshly, it would definitely be criticized by the people of the world.And now that Zhuo Yi was even forced to death, it was no longer a matter of harsh treatment.
Even Yan Hou finds it difficult to deal with.
Hearing Master Shen's cry, Marquis Yan felt even more disturbed, his temples throbbing.
He slowly opened his eyes and scanned the group of officials below. Those old nobles were all crying, as if the ones who died were their descendants.And the mother and son who had traveled a long distance and died as the head of the family, looked in much distress.
The woman is 36 and seven years old, wearing a white cloth on her head. Although she has given birth to several children, she is still slender. Her face has no makeup, and there are already some wrinkles. There are bloodshot eyes, and her eyes are black and blue.Wearing filial piety.The child, Uncle Zhuo, has thick eyebrows and big eyes, his eyes are swollen from crying, and he is also dressed in filial piety.It's unbearable to watch.
"Jiang Yu." Marquis Yan spoke in a low voice, with fatigue in his voice, "What do you say?"
"I know I was wrong." Jiang Yu bowed/body towards Marquis Yan, knocking his forehead on the ground, "I was too aggressive and caused the death of future generations in vain. Please punish me, Your Highness."
"Bang!", Hou Yan casually copied something from the desk, and threw it at Jiang Yu. The thing was impartial and hit Jiang Yu's forehead.
"Punishment?" Marquis Yan said angrily, "Just by punishing, can Zhuo Yi be brought back to life, Zhuo's mother and son can rely on them, can calm down the public's grievances, and convince the world?"
Jiang Yu felt a pain on his forehead, and even though he felt warm blood flowing down, he didn't dare to raise his hand to wipe it, and let the blood flow out of his eyes, which was a bit painful.
He knew that he would pay the price for this road. The smooth sailing in the past two months made him prepared in his heart, and now he really came.
He was very calm.
It is impossible for Marquis Yan to execute him now.
It's just that his forehead hurts badly. Jiang Yu has been in this court for so many years, and he has never been beaten like this by Yanhou in front of all civil and military officials.
He lowered his head, looked in Qi Ranming's direction, and reassured Qi Ranming that he was fine.
Qi Ranming still had worry in his eyes.
When the Marquis of Yan got angry, all the officials fell silent.The few officials who made mistakes also knelt beside him, and one of them took a step forward with trembling knees: "Your Highness, this matter is the fault of the ministers and others, and has nothing to do with Suiyang Lord! Your Highness, please punish the ministers and others, and don't take your anger out on me." Lord Suiyang."
Dong Xiong was imprisoned in his home, now Master Shen is the leader, with a hint of complacency on his face, he interjected: "Mr Jia's words are wrong, after all this matter happened through Lord Suiyang, how can you blame it? After all, you are just obeying orders. What's more, punishing you? Can you bear this responsibility?"
Mr. Shen is a veteran of the three dynasties, and he has a high status in the court. The Marquis of Yan generally respects him and will not provoke him easily.As soon as Master Shen opened his mouth, the official surnamed Jia felt ashamed. Indeed, they couldn't bear the responsibility.
Marquis Yan looked at Lord Shen with deep eyes, wondering what he was thinking.
"Your Highness," Lord Shen turned his head to look at Marquis Yan after finishing speaking, and said, "Your Highness, please uphold justice for the Zhuo family! The old minister really can't bear it, Zhuo Yi is such an upright official, but he ended up like this!"
Marquis Yan was cornered by him, and he had to express his opinion. After all, Zhuo Yi was indeed dead, and it was a fact that the reforms were too aggressive.
"Jiang Yu," Yanhou asked again, "tell yourself, how should I punish you?"
Seeing Marquis Yan's statement, Lord Shen looked at Jiang Yu proudly, while the reformers, including Lord Jia, were all worried.
At this time, Jiang Yu's face remained unchanged, and he said calmly, "I am willing to pay my life for my life."
Yanhou: "..."
Baiguan: "..."
Jiang Yu said: "Master Zhuo is the successor of Gengzi Zhuo, and a good official who is loved by the people of Lizhi. Because of the negligence of the minister, Master Zhuo died in vain. Jiang Yu felt ashamed and dared not live. In exchange for understanding from the people of Lizhi and the Zhuo family."
Master Shen probably also understood that Jiang Yu was advancing by retreating.The more he is like this, the people in Lizhi and Zhuo's mother and son will not be able to be too harsh.After all, Jiang Yu himself was also the descendant of Jiang Wuzi, so he was no worse than Zhuo Yi in fighting his ancestors, and Zhuo Yi was not directly forced to death by him. If Jiang Yu was really executed, it would be a big joke.
Lord Shen said in a strange way: "Mr. Sui Yang really understands righteousness."
Jiang Yu said: "Don't dare. It can't compare to Master Shen's righteousness in bringing Zhuo's mother and son into Jicheng."
Master Shen laughed ambiguously.If Jiang Yu argued that he was right, or that the punishment was too light, he would be able to speak, but now he doesn't know how to speak.
Master Jia and the others were really afraid that Marquis Yan would execute him as Jiang Yu said, and those reformers also knelt down on the ground, pleading: "We will pay for our lives on behalf of Lord Suiyang."
Hearing this sound, Jiang Yu suddenly felt that everything he had done was worth it.At least there is such a group of people who are sincerely willing to follow him, sincerely willing to do things for the people, and sincerely want to strengthen the country of Yan. No one is greedy for life and afraid of death.
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