"Wang Shouyuan?"
Song Gongwen heard this name.
I almost fell off the chair.
Because this person is indeed quite famous.
This person is extremely talented and is well-known throughout the Jiangnan area.
However, because he was not good at the imperial examination, he passed the exam when he was nearly 30 years old and ranked second in the class of Jinshi.
Moreover, Wang Shouyuan was very arrogant and was keen on writing letters to the emperor, cursing this and that.
He even did not let the late emperor go. Finally, the late emperor could not stand it anymore and directly banished him to the local area.
Now he is over forty years old and still serves as a seventh-rank county magistrate.
I stayed there for five whole years.
Of course, this person's fame does not come entirely from this, but from all aspects.
First of all, Wang Shouyuan’s grandfather served as the chief minister of the cabinet during the reign of Emperor Gaozong Zhao and was an outstanding person.
But he strongly advised Emperor Gaozong not to continue to be obsessed with elixirs.
Then he angered Emperor Gaozong.
He was eventually dismissed from all his posts and returned home.
Secondly, this person's father was also very powerful. In the later years of Emperor Gaozong, he was promoted to the second assistant of the cabinet. However, he got drunk one time and made irresponsible remarks about the crown prince. He was then demoted several levels within three years and finally resigned.
Originally, the Wang family had several generations of important officials, almost all of whom had reached the highest level of the court, so their prestige was very high.
In addition, his ancestral home is Longyang, so he is a representative figure of the gentry in Jiangnan and even the entire Wei Dynasty.
It can be said that this is the Wang family of three generations.
Regardless of the others, they are all loyal and honest ministers.
And another point is that Wang Shouyuan is one of the few students in the world who is recognized by Zhang Zhengming.
Logically speaking.
Song Gongwen would be very happy if this person could help him.
But at this moment, after being shocked, he frowned and couldn't help but say, "Teacher, would it be a bad idea to let him help promote my land tax system?"
The reason why Song Gongwen spoke this way was that he knew what kind of person Wang Shouyuan was.
Because the three generations of the Wang family completely offended the two emperors.
As a result, the family's financial situation became worse and worse.
It was Wang Shouyuan's generation.
They are almost no different from ordinary people, except that they are called nobles.
Therefore, this person wanted to restore the former glory of the Wang family and spoke for the gentry almost every day.
Letting such a person help you is not a wise choice at all.
After all, the land-based tax is aimed at people like this.
otherwise.
He would never question the teacher.
Next to him, Zhang Zhengming sighed when he heard this.
He slowly said, "Actually, this is all a scheme set up by the late emperor and I."
Bureau?
Song Gongwen was confused and didn't understand what it meant.
Zhang Zhengming did not speak immediately, but raised his head, and his thoughts seemed to be recalling the past.
Finally, he turned around and began to explain, "Gong Wen, you don't know that when the late emperor was on the throne, he had already anticipated the overwhelming power of the aristocracy and wanted to deal with it. However, this matter was difficult. The late emperor and I discussed it for a long time, but we couldn't find a good solution."
"Later, Wang Shouyuan appeared in our sight. He was a man of strong mind, upright character, and a heart that cared about the world."
"I knew he was a talented person, so I started to get to know him and discovered that he had long hated the aristocracy."
Did Wang Shouyuan hate the gentry?
Hear this.
Song Gongwen's eyes suddenly widened.
Everyone in the court knew that Wang Shouyuan was a staunch member of the aristocratic faction.
In order to restore the Wang family's former glory, after he became the magistrate of Longyang County, he would write an article praising the merits of the gentry every day.
But now, the teacher actually said that this person hates the gentry?
This...this...is too unbelievable, right?
However, he did not speak, but just sat beside and listened quietly.
Zhang Zhengming naturally knew what the other party was thinking and continued, "It was precisely because of Wang Shouyuan's attitude that the late emperor and I later came up with a strategy to deal with the gentry. As everyone knows, when the interests of the gentry are violated, they will band together for warmth."
"If you want to deal with these people, you have to use a different approach, which is to disintegrate them from within."
"So, Wang Shouyuan is the hidden agent planted by the teacher and the late emperor within the aristocratic group?"
At this moment, Song Gongwen understood everything completely.
The so-called collapse from within.
Isn't it just to infiltrate the aristocratic group and encourage these people to kill each other?
He also knew clearly why his teacher and the late emperor chose Wang Shouyuan.
Because this person himself came from a noble family.
Moreover, three generations of a family have considerable prestige among them.
Even though they are now in decline, the stigma of the Wang family can never be erased.
In this way, Wang Shouyuan could easily infiltrate without being suspected, and it would be more convenient for him to act.
"That's right." Zhang Zhengming nodded at this point and continued, "So five years ago, Wang Shouyuan followed the plan and wrote a letter to denounce the late emperor. The late emperor then used the charge of disrespect to banish him to Longyang Prefecture as magistrate."
"Wang Shouyuan, under the pretext of exile, went to Longyang Prefecture and complained bitterly to the gentry, while also doing his best to curry their favor."
"Everything went as expected. Unfortunately, fate did not allow the late emperor to survive..."
"So the plan was temporarily put on hold, but at my suggestion, he still persisted."
Speaking of this, tears welled up in Zhang Zhengming's eyes.
After all, the late emperor was very kind to him.
Five years ago?
That’s right.
This was the beginning of Wang Shouyuan's attempt to curry favor with the gentry...
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