However, knowing what to do is one thing, and being able to do it is another.
This time, facing the pressure from Zhu Youxiao, Wei Zhongxian and the others could no longer bear it.
The Emperor asked you two to cooperate, but you're trying to sabotage each other. What's going on? Don't you respect me, the Emperor?
You don't even give the emperor face. Do you think the emperor's face is worthless, or is your own face too valuable?
This is not the way to seek death, so Wei Zhongxian and the other man had such a meeting.
"It's fine if we don't sabotage each other," Chen Hong said, looking at Wei Zhongxian, "but I don't trust you. What if I don't sabotage you, and you sabotage us instead? Wouldn't that mean we'd lose both the wife and the army?"
"You still don't trust us? We're much more reputable than you." Wei Zhongxian snorted coldly, "With the Emperor watching this time, do you think things will be that easy? Let me tell you this, do you want to do it or not?"
"How to do it?" Chen Hong said with a sneer.
"Isn't this simple? You hand over the Jinyiwei personnel in the seven southern provinces to me, and I'll hand over the Dongchang personnel in the six northern provinces to you. We'll temporarily let each other command them. Is that okay? That way, we'll be able to avoid a shortage of manpower."
"I'm afraid this matter has to be decided by the emperor." Chen Hong said with a serious face.
"Of course I have to ask Your Majesty." Wei Zhongxian also said quickly.
Alas, you old eunuch, you actually want to cheat me!
Wei Zhongxian felt like he'd been tricked. This matter wouldn't work without the Emperor's approval. How could this be allowed to happen privately?
"If you agree, let's petition the emperor together." Wei Zhongxian said again.
"Don't you want your men to keep an eye on me, and then if I do something wrong, you want them to file a complaint?" Chen Hong stared at Wei Zhongxian and said.
"This suspicious person is suspicious of everything. Can people still have some trust in each other?" Wei Zhongxian said unhappily.
"Trust you?" Chen Hong curled his lips and said, "But this time, if you lend me your manpower, I will lend you my manpower as well. Let's see who can find the other's fault. That's a good thing. I don't believe that our manpower will lose to you."
"Then we'll wait and see." Wei Zhongxian snorted coldly, flicking his sleeves and saying, "I'll go back and write the petition, and then you can sign it with our family. This matter is settled."
After saying this, Wei Zhongxian flicked his sleeves and walked away with his hands behind his back.
Looking at Wei Zhongxian's expression, Chen Hong snorted coldly and said, "Virtue."
Both of them knew the seriousness of this matter and the significance of this cooperation. Talking about looking for dirt on each other was just talk.
If the two of them dug up dirt on each other during this incident, the emperor would definitely not tolerate it. Anyone who dared to impeach them would die a miserable death.
Who is the emperor? How can you fool him so easily?
If you really think that the emperor is easy to fool and use the emperor's hand to eliminate dissidents, the end result may very well be that you will be destroyed.
Therefore, both Wei Zhongxian and Chen Hong just refused to admit defeat in words.
What happened this morning was earth-shattering, so the news spread very quickly in the capital.
For a time, it caused a huge wave of public opinion, with many people discussing it. Even the newspapers in the capital found the right time to officially announce the news.
Early in the morning, many newsboys were shouting in the city holding newspapers.
"Breaking News! Breaking News! The imperial court is offering scholarships specifically to reward scholars!"
This is pure clickbait, and the tendency is very obvious. You can tell at a glance that it is intended to promote the benefits of officials and gentry paying taxes together, which will benefit the court and scholars.
The main readers of the newspaper are intellectuals. After hearing that it was so good, the newspaper sold out instantly.
The news in the newspapers was, of course, written in a fantastic manner, elaborating on the benefits of officials and gentry paying taxes together from two aspects.
On the one hand, it became easier for the court to collect taxes;
On the other hand, scholars could get silver and money directly, which was more convenient. They didn’t have to farm and didn’t have to worry about being blackmailed. It was perfect.
But anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is not the case at all. Do scholars really need to farm themselves?
Those are all cultivated by others. As long as you take the land and don't pay taxes, you can make money. In this case, the policy is obvious at a glance.
As for the idea of officials and gentry paying taxes together, that's even simpler. Your tax-free privileges will be gone. How could public opinion not boil over once this condition is announced?
Of course, some people also cited the example that the royal family, royal relatives, and nobles all paid taxes, but only scholars did not. So a certain argument came out: why don’t you scholars pay taxes?
On a normal day, they read about poetry, books, rituals, and the Book of Changes, and about sages and loyalty to the emperor. Others pay taxes to support the country, but what about you scholars? Are you not as good as them?
These are all water armies, just trying to stir up trouble.
Anyway, no matter how noisy it was outside, all the government offices in the court were pushing this matter forward quickly without any hesitation, and no one dared to hesitate.
Zhu Youxiao's words were imperial edicts, and what was decided in the court was national policy.
For a while, news from the capital kept flying to various places, and people kept leaving the capital.
Some were officials of the imperial court, while others were not. These people were all sent to the countryside to deliver messages, especially those students whose families owned land. If their families knew about this too late, they would be doomed.
Zhu Youxiao received these news every day, and someone would tell him about them. However, he did not care. If there was no trouble, it was not a big deal.
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