eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 104 A Man of Great Courage
"Punish Qi Kuan, the procurator of Shandong Province, and confiscate the illegally obtained fields of the Qi family and return them to the people. This is the intention of the imperial court! This matter has been heard by the heavens! If these fields are distributed to you, the higher authorities will investigate them in the future, you motherfuckers." Die for me!"

"Hanzhi County, no one told you to die. Since the imperial court meant to take over the land of the Qi family, it naturally did not include the donations from us. Now that Qi Kuan is dead, the imperial court wants to divide this part of the land as well. Where is the reason?"

In the Leshan County Government, Han Ziren, magistrate of the county, is arguing with Zhao, Xie, and Yu, three big families in the county, about the recent seizure of ten thousand hectares of land by the Qi family.

The so-called contribution is essentially similar to reasonable tax avoidance in modern society.

In the Ming Dynasty, the fields of vassal kings and nobles were exempted from taxation, and the level of officials and gentry also had different tax exemptions according to their grades.In this case, as long as Tian is listed under the name of this group, tax can be evaded.

This phenomenon has become more and more serious since the middle of Ming Dynasty.In the last years of Jiajing, Xu Jie, a big landlord, was seized by Hai Rui to occupy 20 mu of fertile land. Part of this figure also came from donations.

The fields under Qi Kuan's name naturally include these.

These big households didn’t know what was the relationship behind it, which caused Han Ziren a headache. The most troublesome thing for him was that the numbers were too dazzling. The lenient case involves only 2000 acres in my Leshan County, and there are so many homeless people outside, not as many as your three families?!"

The owner of the Zhao family with a goatee said: "Then what does Han Zhixian mean? Could it be that we want to divide the fields of our three families together? Let's close the door and say that we should go to our own people. Is it not easy, go further? I’m afraid it’s impossible. In Leshan County in the future, won’t our family cooperate closely with Han Zhi County? You are an official, and I am a citizen, but Han Zhi County will also look down on us Xiaomin is."

"What kind of people are you?! Labor and management are not blind! I'm afraid they are thinking about finding someone and dismissing me!" Han Ziren was in his 20s, with an arrogant expression, and he didn't look like this, "I told You, Xiao Han did not read well, and has always been looked down upon by others. So Han is going to do something worthy of respect! Today's field is the order of Yang Zhifu from the capital! It must be divided ! And I must allocate it in place! As for those who donate or not, I don’t know, grandma, you have fat pockets, but you want to lose the heads of labor and capital? Get out of here!”

"The magistrate Yang even prepared the seeds and farm tools, but when we arrived in Leshan County, we found that not so many people could use them. My neck is also made of meat, and the knife is gone. Go back quickly. If you have a good relationship, if you need to find a backer, it’s best to get rid of me as the county magistrate! Labor and capital return to their hometowns to farm, and they can continue to breathe!"

Han Ziren didn't have the image of a scholar, and sometimes there were swear words in his words, making him look like a local hooligan, which made them very helpless.

In fact, not only Leshan,

Yang Tinghe has already received reports from Linzi, Boxing, Shouguang, Changle and other counties under his rule. The reason why Qi Kuan was able to covet so many fields was that most of them came from donations.

Now that the fields are to be divided, of course the master must be found.

The ruffian magistrate Han Ziren who impressed him deeply has a lot of tricks, but he seems to have no choice but to force it unreasonably.

On the other hand, Zhou Jing, who was assigned to Shandong to handle the case, received a letter from Beijing,
There are only five words on it, cut off Yang Tinghe.

These old fritters don't need to say a lot of things so clearly, he already understands the meaning after speaking like this.

It seems that Donggong forced everyone to have no choice.

Although he is the prince, no one can change this, but as long as there is no one in his hands, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

However, what makes Zhou Jing a little embarrassed is that,

When he first left Beijing, he made a guarantee before the imperial court, if he couldn't handle Qi Kuan's case, he himself would resign from his post.

Together with him came Lu Ye, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and Zhou Huicheng, the head of the criminal department. They were all members of the team, which was Liu Jian's original suggestion that if other cases were involved in the field, they would be tried on the spot.

"...It is said that Yang Tinghe encountered many difficulties in the process of handling the case because a lot of the Qi family's land was donated by various parties. With the support of Donggong, it is not easy to overthrow the boss. As long as Donggong believes in him Yes, but to clearly divide the profits of so many fields and so many families, Donggong can't help much, even a fourth-rank official can hardly handle it."

Zhou Jing was worried, "Next year, the land tax of Qingzhou Prefecture will be indispensable. At this time, move Yang Tinghe, in what name?"

In fact, it wasn't a matter of name. Lu and Tuesday could tell that it was because Da Situ was worried that he would be unlucky with him.

Zhou Huicheng smiled: "Da Situ promised that the land tax in Qingzhou Prefecture would increase, but he didn't say how much. No matter what, this time the East Palace will handle the Qi Kuan case, and many people will still be able to share the land."

That's interesting.
As long as a little is distributed and some landless people have land, it is not difficult for Da Situ to complete the "Military Order".

However, Zhou Jing is somewhat upright and has a big temper. He said arrogantly: "Pretend to be smart! Topple a fourth-rank official and sacrifice the people? Doesn't it mean that my household secretary is incompetent?! You also Don't come up with blind ideas. At the beginning, I said before the imperial court that I, Zhou Jing, have never opposed punishing corrupt officials! I am not opposed to making profits for the people!"

Lu and Zhou were a little helpless because of the large number of people, "Da Situ, the overall situation in Beijing is the most important thing!"

"I know it! But being a man and an official requires a bottom line, isn't he just Yang Tinghe? Just deal with him, it won't ruin the overall situation!"

After finishing speaking, he tore up the letter, "I have been an official for many years, and I only know that I am loyal to the emperor and father, and I am not ashamed to calculate behind the scenes! Take a pen and refer to Yang Tinghe's memorial, The official will write!"

The people in the capital struggled for a long time, and finally let a little-known Qian Gui come to the school, which really made him look down on him extremely.

Yang Tinghe is not right everywhere, so what are you afraid of if you see his mistakes?
Lu and Tuesday asked again: "Then how will Da Situ plan to explain to Yang Tinghe about the donated land? If Yang Tinghe insists on not returning the donated land, once there is chaos in the local area, Da Situ, as the imperial envoy in charge, can escape the responsibility." Well?"

"So what?! As long as you have a clear conscience! Why are you afraid of death?"

Master Zhou was the one who dared to hate his beloved son in front of Emperor Hongzhi. To be honest, he didn't even think about surviving that day!He even looked down on these people, calculating and calculating, but still remember who he is?
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Han Ziren also rushed from Leshan County to the magistrate's office in a hurry, and saluted in front of Yang Tinghe. He was in good order here because he knew that there were people in the prefect's mansion, "Prefect Yang, you said a few days ago that you wanted to ask for the order of the superior, and now the superior What exactly?! If you don’t come down, the county government will be demolished by them.”

"Why are you impatient? Who dares to demolish the county government office?" Yang Tinghe raised his eyebrows and took out a piece of paper from his cuff.

Han Ziren stood on tiptoe and saw that the magistrate had taken out something, his eyes immediately lit up, "Master magistrate, but you already have a decree?"

"See for yourself."

Han Zhixian Monkey was anxious like a man who had been away from home for a long time, and when he took a closer look, he immediately patted his legs and applauded: "I said that His Royal Highness is coming, and we are going to produce a saint in the Ming Dynasty!"

And the letter was written with a few simple lines, which were crooked and unattractive, but Han Ziren was very happy to read it: since it was a donation, they were deliberately evading the court's taxes.According to the "Law of the Great Ming Dynasty", if a nobleman deliberately conceals his servants and taxes, he will be punished with a staff of one hundred.Those who are concealed by officials are guilty of the same crime.For those who receive money, it is important to count the stolen goods in order to pervert the law.Those who follow will be exempted from crime.But remember, dividing the land is important.

"In this way, it's hard to guarantee that there will be no changes." Yang Tinghe was a little worried about this part.

Han Ziren laughed loudly, "Master Zhifu, I, Han Ziren, dare to do this. Those people tell them to bully the common people. They dare. When they encounter desperate situations, they have to be like me! I don't believe it. They still dare to rebel!" ?”

Yang Tinghe did not expect that Han Ziren, who usually looks unreliable, would have great courage.

"How dare you?"

"Master Zhifu, don't look down on people, why don't you dare?!" Han Zhixian became angry, "These bastards, in my county government, arrogantly told me, a dignified county magistrate, that I am just a juren! Grandma! Yes, they are not even juren!"

Yang Tinghe: "..."

(End of this chapter)