Chapter 330: The King of Routines

Nancheng District, vegetable market.

At a small vegetable stall in the corner, several vendors selling vegetables were whispering about the emperor's intention to increase taxes on the people. Their expressions looked very angry and helpless, and their eyes showed despair.

They work hard from dawn to dusk, and their income is so pitiful that they can barely sustain two meals of gruel a day. The emperor also wants to increase taxes. Doesn't this push them to a dead end?

"Hey, how come what I heard is different from what you said?" A passerby squatting down to buy groceries spoke with a surprised expression on his face.

"What's different?" someone asked curiously.

"The news I heard is that the emperor knows that the lives of our people are very difficult. In the past two years, he has proposed in the court to reduce the taxes of the people and levy taxes on the merchants. As a result..."

"Hey, brother, what's going on, you have to tell us in detail."

Several vendors were stunned for a moment. Is there such a thing?

They were stunned for a long time before they came to their senses and hurriedly pulled passerby A to ask for details. As for who the passerby heard the story from, no one really paid attention because the news was too shocking to them.

"In the past two years, the emperor wanted to reduce the taxes of the people so that the people could live a good life and solicit business from those businessmen who had too much money to spend. However, the officials of the Donglin Party were all opposed to it, and the matter ended in nothing. Now, the emperor mentioned this matter again, but the officials of the Donglin Party still collectively opposed it..."

"Ah, aren't the Donglin Party good and upright officials working for our people?"

The amount of information was so overwhelming that several vendors were immediately confused. They were stunned for a long time before anyone spoke up.

"I oppose the emperor's tax reduction and exemption for the people. Is this a good official who works for the people? Have you ever seen an upright official with vast hectares of fertile land, hordes of lovely wives and concubines, and a horde of serving maids?"

"Well……"

Several small traders all shook their heads. The people were simple and simple. They believed that officials who served the people and did not take bribes and bend the law must be good officials and were also known as honest officials.

The official whose family has vast hectares of fertile land, darling wives and concubines, and a large group of maids waiting on him is definitely not an upright official. Not only is he not an upright official, he is also a corrupt official and deserves to be killed.

"If you don't believe it, just wait patiently for a few more days. The emperor will definitely issue an edict to the world. Don't make trouble with those who have ulterior motives. Be careful about going to jail. Your life will be ruined..."

Well-informed people like Passerby A can be found everywhere. They appear in streets, alleys, vegetable markets, taverns, teahouses, and some even appear in villages and among the fields, working hard to promote the trails they have "heard". information.

The contrast between the two kinds of news is so great that it is like heaven and hell, which makes all the people confused. Which news is true?

The people are becoming more and more uneasy and don't know which news to listen to? However, he kept one thing in mind. If he didn't make trouble with others, if he was caught by an official and thrown into jail, he would really be doomed.

Does this routine sound familiar?

Zhu Youjian smiled. In terms of tricks, the Donglin Party was still far behind. He was the number one trick king in the Ming Dynasty.

Whether it was the underground forces controlled by Shen Baichuan or the Jin Yiwei controlled by Tian Boguang, in the past few days, they had continuously sent news to the palace, allowing him to understand and grasp the happenings among the people at the first time.

Under his instruction, royalist officials also published signed articles in the "Da Ming Pao", officially launching a counterattack against the Donglin Party.

"Wouldn't it be better to reduce or reduce people's taxes so that they can live a good life?" ”, “Why can’t we tax the businessmen who are extremely wealthy, but we must tax the people who are too poor to take the blame? ”, “Why do they oppose reducing or reducing taxes on the people? ”, “Anyone who opposes tax reduction or exemption for the people is the enemy of the people of Ming Dynasty? 》

Signed articles one after another revealed the dark truths to the common people and to the scholars who only read the books of sages and ignored what was going on outside the window.

People are illiterate and cannot read these articles?

Don't worry, there will be dedicated scholars who will patiently interpret word for word until the people understand it.

These scholars are all very poor, and they are also on the verge of getting out of trouble. They only need to spend a lot of money to earn wages that they could not earn in ten days, not to mention working for the emperor, so they are very motivated.

It was impossible for the Donglin Party to just watch these scholars ruin their plans and start taking action.