Daming: I help my wife be the empress

In the first year of Zhaowu, starting from December [-], the land tax reform was carried out rapidly in all counties of Yingtianfu.

In the first two days, some things happened in the farms under the names of some nobles and big landlords.But on the third day, there were very few accidents in this kind of farm, and they even became quite cooperative with the land tax reform.

The emergence of this situation has made the implementation of the land tax reform faster in some places.

But neither the cabinet, the ministers of the household department, nor Xia Yunyi, Xiong Rulin and others who were in charge of specific affairs in Ying Tianfu dared not take it lightly.

"This seems to be the calm before the storm." Looking at the somewhat gloomy sky outside the government office, Xia Yunyi said more than that when thinking about the implementation of the land tax reform in various counties in the past few days.

Chen Zilong said: "Maybe those people are planning something, but we can't stop just because the expected situation doesn't happen."

Xia Yunyi nodded, "You're right - not only can't we stop, but we have to take this opportunity to speed up the land tax reform.

However, the imperial court has spent so much manpower and material resources in a single state, if there is no result for a long time, it will be ridiculed. "

Chen Zilong said: "In fact, compared to those nobles and landlords, I think some clan villages that have not been occupied by nobles and landlords are more difficult to deal with.

Among the tax-exempt people in this generation, there may be a lack of juren, but there must be no shortage of talents.Duty-free fields, Zongtian, and hidden fields are mixed together, and the situation is complicated.

In addition, the people in places where clans live together are often more united and xenophobic. It is very difficult for the Qingzhang Commissioner to work in such places. "

Xia Yunyi just nodded and didn't answer.

As far as he knows, there are not only these two types of local problems, but all kinds of problems.

Therefore, if we want to push forward the land tax reform, it will be a test of the ability of those Qingzhang commissioners.

Once again, it is their mid-level officials' ability to deal with temporary incidents.

However, with the court's determination, no matter what difficulties they encountered, Ying Tianfu's land tax reform would not stop.

Any obstacles on the road to reform will be swept away.

"By the way, I have checked the population data reported in various places in the countryside in the past few days, and found that the Lijia system is indeed not applicable." Chen Zilong mentioned another matter, "Therefore, I am going to take this opportunity to investigate the land tax reform. After knowing the exact situation of the counties in Yingtian Prefecture, please Your Majesty to abolish the Lijia system."

"Abolish the lijia system?" Xia Yunyi frowned slightly.

The Jia system in the Ming Dynasty was established by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. It is one of the foundations of the Yellow Book system in the Ming Dynasty and the key to controlling the vast rural areas of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the grain chief system, which was closely related to the Lijia system, was largely abolished during Zhang Juzheng's reform, the reform was not thorough enough, and many of Zhang Juzheng's reform measures were abolished after Emperor Wanli took office, resulting in a small number of areas. The food length system is being implemented.

This also makes the situation related to the Lijia system more complicated.

Moreover, the situation of Lijia system in various places is often very different.

As far as Xia Yunyi knows, when he was in Renzhi County, Fujian Province, he found that the Lijia system had basically been replaced by the local clan system, and often the Lichang and Jiacapitals were the elders of the local big clans.

In Songjiang Prefecture, his hometown, the Lijia system existed in name only, and sometimes became a means for landlords and evil gentry to exploit and oppress the people. …

Thinking of this, he said to Chen Zilong earnestly: "The Lijia system is very complicated. If you want to abolish it in one fell swoop, it may not be so easy. If it is actually implemented, it may be more difficult than Qingzhang Tianmu."

Chen Zilong heard the words but said firmly: "I believe that as long as it is beneficial to my Ming Dynasty, no matter how difficult it is, His Majesty will support it."

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Forbidden City, Hall of Martial Arts.

On this day, Auntie Zhu was discussing with the cabinet ministers another matter that seemed big but was actually not very important.

"According to the information obtained by Jinyiwei Beizhen Fusi before, Yuanyan Sheng Gong Kong Yinzhi played the "Chu Jin Wen Biao" to the puppet Qing in September last year, expressing his willingness to lead the Confucius family in Qufu to submit to the puppet Qing.

Here is a copy of the "Court Entry Form", you can take it and have a look. "

After Aimee Zhu finished speaking, Lian Qiao, the maid in the hall, distributed the prepared copies of the "First Entry Wen Biao".

All the ministers looked through, although Huang Daozhou, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, was not the first to read it, he was the first to speak out.

I saw his beard, which was half white, turned up, his face turned red with anger, and he said angrily: "Kong Yinzhi really has no loyalty, he is in vain for Yan Shenggong, and he is ashamed of the most holy teacher! He should be killed! It should be killed!"

The rest of the cabinet ministers also looked ugly, even the courtiers like Ma Shiying and Zhang Youyu who like to flatter Aimee Zhu on weekdays are no exception.

Yuan Jixian, the chief assistant, said: "The Qing prisoner entered the capital in June, and Kong Yinzhi entered this memorial on September [-]st. At that time, Yanzhou Mansion was not in the hands of the Qing prisoner, right? And the Nanjing court had been established at that time. He Behavior like this is like collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country!"

Lu Zhenfei was also so angry that his beard and hair swelled, and he continued: "What do you mean by similarity? He is collaborating with the enemy and traitorous! He is a traitor! He has completely embarrassed the scholars of the world!"

Xie Xuelong was relatively calm, and asked a practical question, "Your Majesty, since Kong Yinzhi led the Qufu Kong family to submit to the Qing captives, did the Qing captives not bring them with them when they retreated in Shandong?"

Auntie Zhu had already sentenced Kong Yinzhi to death, and said with a sneer, "When the Qing captives retreated, they couldn't take into account all the Eight Banners troops, so how could they consider the Kong family?
Knowing that there was no hope of escape, Kong Yinzhi first hid at home and acted like a turtle.Nearly half a month after our army regained Qufu, he went to the memorial to plead guilty to me, and resigned himself to the post of Shenggong, seeking forgiveness. "

After hearing what Auntie Zhu said, Huang Daozhou immediately said: "Your Majesty, such a big traitor and the shame of the world's scholars must not be lightly forgiven. I think that at least he should be punished with a death penalty!"

"My minister agrees!"

"The minister also agrees!"

"Kong Yinzhi's immortality is not enough to explain to the world's scholars!"

"···"

For a while, seven cabinet ministers expressed their views one after another, all wanting to make Kong Yinzhi a capital offence.

Aimee Zhu said with a cold face: "Why, when something like this happens, Zhu Qing thinks that Kong Yinzhi alone is enough for the death penalty?
If this is the case, if foreign enemies invade in the future, and the contemporary Yan Shenggong of the Confucius family goes to join the enemy again, will he only need to pay the price of one life? ! "

At the end, Aimee Zhu showed anger.

The courtiers were taken aback for a moment, and then realized that Zhu Wei not only wanted Kong Yinzhi to die, but also wanted to punish the Kong family in Qufu even more.

Ma Shiying's thoughts turned quickly, thinking about the new policy that is currently being implemented, he said: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Kong family in Qufu owns more than half of the land in Qufu, and the Kong family not only bullies the people in the village, but even many people with this surname have been bullied oppressive.

The minister thought that the crimes of the Confucian family members should be thoroughly investigated and punished severely.In addition, the sacrifice land was reduced, and the title of Yan Shenggong was cut as much as possible. "

Speaking of this, Ma Shiying secretly looked at Aimee Zhu and thought to herself: This should satisfy His Majesty, right?