Chapter 286: The Donglin Party deserves to die! "Master Qian, is this crazy?" Sun Xingyao's face turned pale at this moment, and his skin was twitching. To be honest, at this moment he had only one impulse in his heart, which was to immediately sever ties with Qian Jianyi and others. Have these Donglin scholars become stupid from reading too much? This "cross-regional assistance" is a national policy. They are willing to destroy the national policy just to fight a war. Do they think they want to live a long life? Even a seventh-rank county magistrate like him understood very well the current situation in the Ming Dynasty. The purpose of the court's assistance was to speed up the development of the Ming Dynasty's immortal path. At this time, these great scholars in Donglin Academy not only did not think about how to surpass Yan Song in national policy, but were only thinking of some crooked ways and even wanted to hinder him? "Since you understand that the reason why Yan Song is valued by the emperor is because he knows how to get things done, then why don't you think about becoming another Yan Song and surpassing him in ability?" The more he thought about it, the angrier Sun Xingyao became. "Ga, ga, ga." The crow called a few times as it looked at Sun Xingyao pacing back and forth in the yard in worry.
"Get out! I have nothing to feed you!" Sun Xingyao, who was already dissatisfied, shouted angrily. At the same time, he raised his hand and released a burst of spiritual energy. Seeing that the situation was not good, the crow flapped its wings and flew away from the yard immediately. "Alas!" Looking at the feathers scattered in the air, Sun Xingyao sighed helplessly, his expression suddenly solemn, "Actually, if you really count, I am also a member of the Donglin Party." "Even if I don't follow Master Qian's orders and disrupt the assistance to other poor counties belonging to the Yan Party, what about others? That's not certain! In this way, the war between the Donglin Party and the Yan Party has officially begun." "People often say that when blood is flowing out, no snowflake is innocent. As long as the two sides go to war, I will definitely be attacked by the Yan Party..." Sun Xingyao paced back and forth, his brows locked in the shape of the Chinese character "川". "Well, actually, it is very unlikely that we will fail if we go to war with the Yan Party..." Sun Xingyao paused and thought to himself, "Behind the Donglin Academy is the Prince Yu's Mansion." "Prince Yu has not only the military power behind him, but also the entire royal family, plus the development of Donglin scholars in recent years." "If we really talk about the power in the court, I'm afraid even the Yan Party wouldn't dare to fight it head-on." "If it's a do-or-die battle, with the support of Prince Yu's Mansion, we can completely defeat the Yan Party within ten years. During this period, even if the development of some poor counties is really hindered..." "As long as we make compensation afterwards and adjust the total immortal endowment of the area back to normal, I think the emperor will not blame us." "The Yan Party, which has few followers, and the Donglin Party, which is thriving, plus the Prince Yu's Mansion, given their value ratio, I believe the emperor will make the right choice..." The more he thought about it, the more Sun Xingyao loosened his restraint on Donglin Academy's orders. "Knock, knock, knock." Just then, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard, accompanied by the voice of County Magistrate Old Xu, "Your Excellency, there's a letter from Jinjiang County." A letter from Jinjiang County? Hearing this, Sun Xingyao's eyes flashed, and he temporarily suppressed his thoughts. After tidying up his clothes, he put his hands behind his back and said, "Come in and answer the question." "Creaky." The courtyard door opened, and then the county magistrate Xu Lei, who was dressed in a green official uniform, walked in. After seeing Sun Xingyao, he bowed first, and then said, "Jinjiang, I hope that the spiritual resources for next month can be sent half a month in advance." "I have come to ask your Excellency whether..." "Humph!" However, before Xu Lei could finish his words, Sun Xingyao's face suddenly darkened, and he swung his sleeves and said angrily: "This Li Wenhua is simply greedy!" "Huh?" Looking at the suddenly furious hall master, Xu Lei was stunned for a moment. He didn't understand why the hall master suddenly got furious and angrily scolded the magistrate of Jingjiang County. Jinhua County is the most prosperous county in Jinhua Prefecture.
The annual "Total Tax on Immortality" and "Total Tax on Finance" can be said to account for a quarter of Jinhua Prefecture's income. According to the national policy of assistance, Zhejiang is responsible for assisting Fujian, and Jinhua Prefecture is assigned to assist Quanzhou Prefecture in Fujian. Among all the counties in Quanzhou Prefecture, the one with the worst performance, whether in terms of "development of the immortal way" or "total financial tax", is undoubtedly Jinjiang County. The richest help the poorest, and the upper middle help the lower middle. It seems that this national policy of assistance is very complicated to implement, but under the operation of the Imperial Seal, both the helpers and the helped are very compatible. After these years of assistance, it can be said that Jinjiang County has gradually improved. It can be said that Sun Xingyao was indeed a capable minister. In order to support the development of immortal cultivation in Jinjiang County, he even set up an export subsidy policy for immortal cultivation families. As long as any cultivator or family in this county develops in Jinjiang County for five years and reaches a certain income standard each year, they can receive considerable resources. As a result, independent cultivators who wanted to establish a family, or some local immortal cultivation families, all participated enthusiastically. After decades of development, Jinjiang's total immortal wealth has been increasing year by year. In another three to five years, it will become a wealthy county. Of course, the total tax on immortals has been improved, and the total tax on finance is of course not a problem. After all, in today's Ming Dynasty, with the increase in population and the development of the spiritual industry era. The Xiandao industry can definitely drive economic development. Well, the immortal industry naturally also includes all developments in the era of spiritual industry. Today's Ming Dynasty has already successfully transformed from agriculture driving all industries to Taoism driving all industries. According to the official document issued by the court. The national policy of cross-regional assistance has a unified starting period of five years. Afterwards, the two places will jointly negotiate and decide based on needs. During these five years, with the help of developed areas, the total Xiandao tax in a backward area has been significantly developed. Therefore, all the political achievements gained from the increase in the total Xiandao tax in that area within five years will belong to the assisting area. Afterwards, starting from the sixth year, the assisted region will achieve an increase in the total immortal tax on the original basis, which will be counted as the common political achievement of the two regions. The specific performance settlement ratio can be determined through joint consultation based on the efforts and contributions of both parties. For example, officials in the assisted areas can take a certain percentage of their political achievements, such as 30% or 40%. The remaining part will all belong to the person being helped. Afterwards, with the development year by year, the assistance will be reduced, thereby reducing the commission for political achievements. No further assistance will be provided until the problem of poverty in the immortal path is completely solved within the time limit set at the beginning. The time originally agreed upon by Jinhua County and Jinjiang County was fifty years. Yes, fifty years! Fifty years is an extremely long time for mortals; it can even be said to be a lifetime. If it were an ordinary mortal dynasty, it would naturally not set a fifty-year horizon, but the Ming Dynasty was an immortal cultivation dynasty. Nowadays, as the Great Ming Immortal Dao becomes more and more wealthy, even the lowest-ranking seventh-grade county magistrate's cultivation is constantly improving.
It can be said that as long as a county magistrate is younger when he takes office, he will have the hope of breaking through to the foundation-building stage when the upper limit of 150 years of life of a Qi-refining cultivator is exhausted. Therefore, a mere fifty years of assistance is only one-third of a cultivator's life. Moreover, the lifespan of a cultivator can be said to continue to increase as his cultivation level improves. In this way, fifty years seem increasingly worthless. Of course, for these experienced observers, the longer it takes to implement the assistance policy, the more political achievements they will gain. Of course, this is not so friendly to the officials in the assisted areas. After friendly negotiations between the two sides, the duration of assistance was naturally neither too long nor too short... Fifty years is acceptable to both sides. In Xu Lei's opinion, Jinhua County has been helping Jinjiang for forty years, and it will only take ten years to complete. In the last ten years, if the overall achievements are evenly distributed, he, as a county magistrate, can also gain a lot. This famous place is worth every inch of land. Even in some poor and backward areas, it is only relative. Therefore, if he, as a county magistrate, wanted to move up in rank, he could not do so within the territory of the Ming Dynasty. He could only go to some of the neighboring countries of the Ming Dynasty, which were originally small countries, to serve as an official. But even so, these seventh-rank county magistrates were fought for by fifty people at all costs. Like many overseas provincial governments, such as the French Provincial Government, the British Provincial Government and other once prosperous places. It can be said that if you don’t have a certain background in the Ming Dynasty officialdom, you won’t be able to get in these places at all. The official positions in the overseas countries had long been monopolized by the families that surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. In fact, as far as the officialdom is concerned, the Ming Dynasty has now reached saturation. Many low-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty, who were more discerning, had already set their sights on the stars outside the realm. We are just waiting for the imperial court to announce that the whole dynasty will step into the sea of stars. "My Lord, do you feel there is something wrong?" After all, he is a veteran in the officialdom. Xu Lei was stunned for just a moment before he sensed something unusual in Sun Xingyao's attitude towards Jinjiang County. Generally, the county magistrate is called the second master in a county. If it were in a mortal dynasty, the second master and the eldest master, the magistrate, would have been close confidants. However, after the Ming Dynasty entered the dynasty of cultivating immortals, officials of all ranks could obtain immortal methods and immortal salaries based on their political achievements. The impact was enormous, and at first the competition in a county was extremely cruel. The subordinates always keep an eye on their superiors to see if they make mistakes, and then pull them down to take their place, thereby holding power and developing political achievements. For a time, in the beginning, this phenomenon was at its peak. However, with the passage of time and the constant reshuffle of power among the top leaders of the Ming Dynasty, officials of all ranks were eventually reorganized and divided into various forces. Even if it was just a small seventh-rank county magistrate, if you traced the source, you could find it to a faction in the court. In this way, the administration of officials can be said to be communicated from top to bottom! If the imperial court had any good policies, as long as a few bigwigs in the court nodded, the Ming Dynasty could run perfectly without any mistakes. In this way, even in the lowest county government, from the county magistrate to the petty officials below, they are all trusted confidants.
Naturally, the situation where subordinates hope their superiors die will no longer occur. For example, the magistrate of Jinhua County, Sun Xingyao, and the county magistrate Xu Lei, if you trace them all the way back to the imperial court, they are descendants of Prince Yu. Sun Xingyao and Xu Lei were both from Donglin Academy. Although they had different statuses and different teachers, they were ultimately from the same lineage. A thought flashed through his mind, and Sun Xingyao turned to look at Xu Lei who was looking at him eagerly, and said: "After that, please stop supporting Jinjiang County." "What? Stop?" Hearing Sun Xingyao's words, Xu Lei almost thought he had misheard, and immediately said: "Your Excellency, Jinjiang County has been holding back for the past five years and wants to carry out a major project." "Moreover, if this project is successful, Jinjiang County may be able to become a first-tier county in the entire Ming Dynasty." "Even compared to a prefecture, it's not much less!" "It can be said that in order to support this project in Jinjiang County, they put all their human, material and financial resources into it, and not only that, they also borrowed a lot of resources from other counties." "Once this project is completed in Jinjiang, we will also get a lot of benefits from the political achievements." Xu Lei took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Don't forget, my Lord, this is the 140th year of the Jiajing reign, and the Emperor and his men have been in seclusion for ten years!" "That is to say, including the previous forty years and the next ten years, it will be fifty years!" "That's fifty years of political achievements and year-end bonuses!" "When the political achievements are settled, think about how much we can get. Perhaps it is not impossible for you to go further in your position as county magistrate!" "How smooth are the paths to officialdom and immortality?" Xu Lei said, his eyes welling up. Well, what he was thinking more about was that we are of the same bloodline, and if the hall master goes to the throne, wouldn’t this seat be mine? At this time, the Master is actually going to cause trouble? Isn't this ruining his official career, his immortal career, and even his own life? Is it possible that the Master has become senile and confused? "Fifty years of political achievements, fifty years of year-end bonus settlement..." After hearing what Xu Lei said, Sun Xingyao's mind buzzed and his face turned pale. Yes, ten years later, when the emperor and his men come out of seclusion, they will most likely settle the year-end bonuses for the past fifty years. Just as Xu Lei said, it is unknown whether he could go one step further, but he also knew how much changes would take place in the Ming Dynasty in just ten years. The Nine Dragons fight for the throne, the Donglin rises, and the parties fight! The past ten years, which were ignored by all the monks, have now become a heavy burden on everyone's mind. Because of his origins in the Donglin Party, he was destined to be targeted once the Yan Party came to its senses. How could a mere seventh-rank county magistrate survive in such a turbulent storm if he didn't just rely on his backers? Even if he had thousands or tens of thousands of objections in his heart, what could he do? After all, we have no control over our lives! Thinking of this, Sun Xingyao, who felt that he was being swept away by the general trend, became more and more resentful of the people in Donglin Academy. The Donglin Party really deserves to die. They are not enjoying a good life, but they have to stir up trouble, right?
He hated himself for being born into a Donglin scholar family! Seeing that the face of the Hall Master Sun Xingyao was uncertain and he was not going to give up his previous decision, Xu Lei's heart sank and he immediately said: "Tang Zun, you have to understand that if we are cut off from resources and the project is delayed, we will also suffer! All the assistance we have provided to Jinjiang in the past forty years will have gone to waste." "In fact, we will become the only one in the entire Ming Dynasty that has not made any progress in the past fifty years, but has even regressed!" "That would be a crime! Don't forget that the head of the Inspectorate is Hai Rui, Master Hai!" "No one can escape from what he wants to do to someone!" "Huh," Hearing this, Sun Xingyao took a deep breath and said, "We won't be the only ones. All officials of the Donglin lineage will fail in supporting the national policy." "What, what?" Hearing this, Xu Lei, who thought he had misheard, was stunned for a moment, took a step forward, and asked for confirmation: "Tang Zun, what did you just say?" This time, Sun Xingyao's face was calm. He turned around and said quietly, "I say, everyone in the Donglin lineage will fail!" Then, he did not keep anyone in suspense and told him everything about Qian Qianyi sending him a message through the crow. "Hiss!" After hearing this, Xu Lei, who had been stunned for a long time, couldn't help but gasp, and then said with a sullen face: "Are those great scholars in the academy crazy?" After saying that, Xu Lei stamped his feet and cursed, "You bastard, you bastard, you bastard..." "They usually talk about morality and justice, and they work for the country and the people, but in fact, they are all thieves and whores!" "You are such a shameless person, you deserve to die!" "..." (End of this chapter)