The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 30 I See How Charming Aoyama is
Xu Yuangao was really taken aback because Li Yunze called himself Zhen.

There is only one person in the world who claims to be able to say that, and that is the emperor.

Seeing the soldiers pouring in behind Li Yunze, he saluted subconsciously, "Your Majesty?"

"Sir, Zhou Daodeng has an audience with His Majesty! Long live my emperor, long live, long live~~~"

When Xu Yuangao was still a little confused about the situation, Zhou Daodeng, who had met King Xin before becoming an official, was already in a hurry to salute.

"Zhou Daodeng?" Li Yunze turned his head and looked over, his gaze paused for a moment on the extremely handsome maidservant, "I've never heard of it."

"I was the left servant of the Ministry of Rites during the reign of the first emperor, and now I am serving as an official at home. I am blessed by my ancestors today to gain Mu Tianyan, and I am lucky for three lives!" Zhou Daodeng saluted very respectfully, his words flattering, and his eyes staring at Li Yunze were even more fiery.

In history, this old man achieved the pinnacle of being the chief minister of the cabinet through a lottery method, from a retiree who was a retiree at home with great luck.

The heart of fame and wealth is no less than warmth and benevolence.

Now that I have met the emperor, of course I have to seize the opportunity to express myself.

Li Yunze thought about it for a while, and felt that he had some impressions. He had seen this name when he was searching for information on the Chongzhen Dynasty.

But it doesn't matter, this is not what matters now.

He stepped forward and sat directly on Xu Yuangao's previous seat.

"Xu Yuangao."

"The minister is here."

"Huh? Are you famous?"

Xu Yuangao, who bowed his head and saluted, hurriedly responded, "I am ashamed, I am the Juren in the 42nd year of Wanli."

"Then tell me, why does your Xu family have 40 mu of land?"

Xu Yuangao, who was dripping with sweat on his forehead, rolled his tongue when he spoke, "This, this is the land that my ancestors bought with diligence and thrift for generations. Moreover, it is not as much as 40 mu, and the family is only tens of thousands of mu. People with ulterior motives Rumors."

It was Li Yunze who came here specifically to find fault, raised his horsewhip and threw it directly on the table in front of him, "There is no joke before, can you be responsible for what you say?"

At this time, Xu Yuangao was already sweating profusely, and he didn't know how to reply at all.

Yang Ai, who was kneeling in the corner, looked at the master who used to decide the life and death of his family with one word, and then at the famous Xu Huating. At this time, he didn't even dare to lift his head in front of the majesty of the emperor.

Quietly raised her head and secretly looked at Li Yunze, her beautiful eyes sparkled.

"I'm asking you something, just answer yes or no!"

Xu Yuangao, who was forced into a corner, quickly thought in his mind that most of the land in his family was scattered under the names of reliable people.In front of the emperor, it must not be admitted that there are hundreds of thousands of acres of land, because it is impossible to explain how these fields came from.

After making up his mind, he kowtowed vigorously, "Returning to Your Majesty, the minister's family only has tens of thousands of acres of land, which was accumulated by the ancestors of the past generations."

Li Yunze, who sat upright like a Buddha statue, smiled and nodded when he heard the words, "I'm waiting for your words. Bring me up."

Amidst the rustling of footsteps, Jin Yiwei dragged a middle-aged man in official uniforms in.

"This person claims to be the second housekeeper of the Xu family in Huating." Li Yunze nodded slightly, "You can recognize him."

Xu Yuangao's clothes were already drenched, especially when he heard the emperor say, "I'm waiting for you", his heart was struck by lightning. This is why he came to Xu's house!

He looked at the second housekeeper who was in a daze, his eyes dodged and he didn't dare to look at him.

Swallowing his saliva, he nodded with difficulty, "Yes, this person is the second housekeeper of my Xu family."

Li Yunze, who simply crossed his legs, motioned to the housekeeper, "Speak."

"Caomin is the son of Xu's family. Several generations of the family have been slaves and maidservants in Xu's family. Caomin knows everything about Xu's family." Ever since he was captured by Jinyiwei at Chaoguan in Wuqing, the second housekeeper who has been repaired and understood along the way, It was like stabbing Xu's family face to face with a knife.

"From the time of Duke Wenzhen, the Xu family has colluded with the government to plunder and seize the property of the common people in Songjiang."

"You're talking nonsense!" Xu Yuangao, with red eyes like a pit bull, suddenly rushed over to pinch the housekeeper's neck, "The Xu family's kindness to you is as high as a mountain, yet you are so slanderous!"

Li Yunze gave a smirk, and kept tapping the case table with the horsewhip in his hand, "Why, you want to kill people to silence your mouth?"

Xu Yuangao, who finally calmed down, released his hand tremblingly.

Looking at the Jin Yiwei who looked at him as if he was looking at the dead, he was terrified, and he rolled his eyes and passed out under various emotional conflicts.

"Wake him up." Li Yunze didn't have the slightest sympathy. Ever since he knew that the Xu family actually occupied 40 mu of land, he had no sympathy for this family.

In the land of the south of the Yangtze River, the top-grade fields can be sold for two or thirty taels, and the middle-grade fields can be sold for more than ten taels.

For a field of 40 mu, even if it is calculated on the basis of ten taels per mu, it would cost 400 million taels!

For the Ming court, the land tax income for one year was just that.

Even if Xu Jie had been the Chief Assistant for 100 years, he would not be able to make up so much money based on his salary.

As for income other than salary, do you dare to say it in front of the emperor?
Jin Yiwei came in with a bucket and poured it directly on Xu Yuangao's head.

Shocked by the cold water, Xu Yuangao, who came to his senses, lay on the ground with his butt up and cried, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! My Xu family has done something to Daming."

To say the credit of the Xu family, that is, Xu Jie moved Yan Song down.

"Let's not mention the water in the Xu family's so-called credit." Li Yunze sighed slightly, and did not knock on the horsewhip in his hand. Beheaded from generation to generation. How many generations is your family?"

What Xu Yuangao said was speechless. Counting from Xu Jie, it is exactly the sixth generation to him.

"Those nobles in Yingtian Mansion, whose ancestors have no credit? Wei Guogong expelled the Tartars and restored General Xu Da of China. If they committed a crime, they will also be dealt with. Your Huating Xu family."

Speaking of this, Li Yunze leaned over and looked over, "How old is it?"

I didn't say anything more later, the most fearful thing about this kind of thing is to investigate.

If you really investigate with your heart, everything can be checked for you.

Feeling a bit bored, Li Yunze looked at Zhou Daodeng next to Yang Ai, "What are you doing here?"

"Long live back."

Zhou Daodeng saluted respectfully, "I have a little friendship with the Xu family. When my friend passed by Huating, I was forcibly pulled here as a guest. I really don't know that the Xu family is so criminal!"

Yang Ai was dumbfounded by what she said.

It was obviously Zhou Daodeng who came to contact the Xu family by himself, and wanted to use his contacts to see if there was a chance of recovery.

When they were drinking before, they still wished they could burn yellow paper and cut off the chicken's head, but they didn't expect to change their faces so quickly.

"I never expected that Zhou Qing's family would have such a sense of justice."

Li Yunze asked with a sarcastic expression, "Does the Qing family intend to recover?"

Zhou Daodeng, who was overjoyed, immediately kowtowed again and again, "The old minister is willing to go through fire and water for long live, and he will do whatever he wants!"

God is sorry, Zhou Daodeng's addiction is bigger than Wen Tiren's, what he lacks is an opportunity.

"In this case, then you should be the governor of Yingtian first." I couldn't help laughing, "I'll give you three days to quickly review the matter of Huating's Xu family. If you do well, you will be rewarded. If you don't do well, then where did you come from?" Where to go back. When the opportunity is given to you, it depends on what you do."

Wang Chengen quickly spread out the blank imperial decree and quickly wrote down the appointment.

Immediately, Fang Zhenghua took out the official supervisor's seal from the package he was carrying and handed it over.

And Xu Xianchun also stepped forward to take out the big cabinet seal from the package and hand it over.

Originally, the seal of the cabinet was with Wen Tiren, but now he is staying in Yangzhou City to busy himself, so he simply handed it over to follow Li Yunze around.

Use the seal and send it to Li Yunze.

When Li Yunze uses the jade seal, it will be a formal imperial decree that has been certified by the emperor, the cabinet, and the ceremonial supervisor.

What is a righteous name, this is a righteous name.

The imperial decree was handed over to Zhou Daodeng, and the old man burst into tears on the spot.

The opportunity he had been waiting for for years finally came.

When I kowtowed again to thank you, I was surprised to see Li Yunze's eyes fall on Yang Ai, the maidservant behind him.

With the cooperation of Jin Yiwei, Zhou Daodeng, who was full of energy, quickly found out what happened to the Xu family in Huating.

The crimes mentioned above include but are not limited to "Wei Ni remnants, blood alliance remnants, selling private salt, guarding and stealing, perverting the law by taking money, intimidating and taking money, fighting and wounding others, threatening people to death, false accusations, abetting lawsuits, entrusting official affairs, knowingly Hiding, buying into slavery, etc'.

Zhou Daodeng's actions were extremely ruthless, he didn't care about the previous friendship at all, and even scuttled the boat of friendship with his own hands.

The disposal suggestion he wrote was "violating the ten evils, not the eight."Those below Xu Yuangao shall be sentenced to five punishments.Confiscated property and destroyed ancestral halls. '

The so-called ten evils are treason, treason, disrespect and filial piety.

Those who are contaminated with these crimes belong to the category of "changing amnesty", that is, they cannot be forgiven and cannot be forgiven.

The so-called Eight Discussions are discussing the past, discussing the merits, discussing the worthy, discussing the nobles and so on.

In essence, it is to open a back door for powerful people to reduce crimes.

The so-called five punishments are flogging, rod, imprisonment, death, and death.

The more detailed ones are executions by the time of death, beheading, exile in remote areas, fighting for responsibility, relocation, tattooing and other punishments.

Needless to say, the confiscation of family property is not allowed, even the ancestors' tablets are not allowed to continue to be enshrined.

For this memorial, Li Yunze only crossed out the Qu Ancestral Hall because it was unnecessary.

All other dispositions are allowed.

The famous Xu Huating disappeared with the wind almost overnight.

All the fields and acres in their family were taken back to the Imperial Mansion, and distributed to the original Xu family's tenants.

Previously, these acres of land in the Xu family did not pay taxes, but they did not benefit the tenants much, at most they barely survived starvation.

Now that Li Yunze collects taxes, he leaves enough balance for the tenants so that they can live better.

Daming's Tian Fu is actually not that high.

The reason why the world died because of the land tax is purely because most of the land did not pay taxes, and they also forced those who paid the land tax to ruin their families.

When Chongzhen went to Meishan with his belt in his hands, he didn't even think about why he just added such a little bit of land tax, and made troubles to the point where the whole world turned against him.

Because he increased according to the total number, but after increasing the income ten times and a hundred times below, it all fell on the heads of the people with only a small number of acres.

Chongzhen couldn't understand it, but Li Yunze understood it very well.

To deal with these big landlords, any gentle means are nonsense, and the only way out is to sweep with iron and blood.

Zhou Daodeng, who was full of hope, waited for two days but did not receive the reward that Li Yunze promised.

After thinking about it for a while, he immediately took Yang Ai to ask for an audience.

"What are you looking for me for?"

"Long live." Zhou Daodeng saluted respectfully, "Long live has worked tirelessly for the people of the country, and there is no one around to serve you."

He motioned to Yang Ai, who bowed his head in salute, "There is a servant girl named Yang Ai in my house, and she is willing to follow Long Live to serve the saint."

"Yang Ai."

After returning to the modern world in the past few days, Li Yunze, who specifically looked up Zhou Daodeng's information, asked with a smile, "Have you ever heard of Xin Jiaxuan's 'I see Qingshan is so charming, and I think Qingshan should be like this'."

(End of this chapter)