The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 581
Those officials who opposed the "land reform" in the court were all taken aback when they heard the words, thinking that when the rulers and courtiers have quarrels, don't they always play riddles first, and try to test it around?Why is the assistant king so straightforward and merciless today?

Yuan Pengnian saw that he was "knocked" head-on before the momentum on his side, and he was very anxious, the whole set of opening remarks he had planned before would not be used, so he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the so-called 'people are competing to do it' "Huangzhuang Zhuanghu" is just forced by eunuchs! Although Huangzhuang has enclosed a large area of ​​land, there are no agricultural tools and seeds, and no one is willing to plant it. As for the people in the north of the Yangtze River, they are all They are coming towards me toward Daming Zhengshuo and Huang En, and they have nothing to do with Huangzhuang."

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Yanguan was the best at telling tales and telling lies, and Yuan Du Yushi, as the second in command of Yanguan, was even more proficient at this.

He first overshadowed the people's support for the Huangzhuang contract system with a few words, and then began to talk about it, "As far as I know, there are a hundred and sixty to seventy memorials for the impeachment of Feng Kang and even Zeng Jianzeng in recent days. Dao, it is enough to see Zhongliang's anger at his misdeeds.

"Feng, Zeng and others not only harmed the people, but also oppressed the local officials a lot. In less than ten days, they removed and replaced eleven officials in Yuanzhou Prefecture, including the four county magistrates. This is simply not true. The imperial court pays attention to it!"

Immediately, a confidant of Yuan Du's censor said: "Your Highness, what Master Yuan said is very true! That Zeng Jian held the blank documents of the late emperor's emergency war, and acted like a dominator in the local area, causing chaos in the Yuanzhou Mansion, officials and even the common people. Everyone is sympathetic. Please discuss Zeng Jian's crimes of arrogating power, selfishness, and domineering!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Linmei signaled to Ma Wensheng, the new chief eunuch who was on duty for the first time behind him, and the latter immediately called several eunuchs beside him to move a large pile of memorials to the front of the hall, three piles as high as his chest.

"These are the impeachment memorials of Chang Caifan of Yizhi County, Lin Min of Wanzai County and others. I haven't counted the specifics, but there should be more than 200." Zhu Linmi looked at Yuan Pengnian and others, and sneered. "You might as well take a look for yourself. Dominating the local area, asserting power, and seeking personal gain? Well, I think these are the people I'm talking about."

These memorials for the impeachment of Chang Caiwen and others were made by Xu Erlu in recent days in contact with officials from Gezhixue and Xinke Scholars who were actually awarded official positions.These people were either not very interested in the land, or Zhu Linmi was newly promoted, so naturally only the assistant king followed suit.

In fact, Zhu Linming also wanted to confirm her "basic position" in the court through this incident.Anyone who impeached Chang Caifan and others following Xu Erlu's proposal can basically be sure to be "one of his own people", and the courtier who impeached Zeng Jian naturally had different ambitions.

As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Yizhi came out of the class and said: "Your Highness, the contracting of Huangzhuang will benefit all people, and it is the only good policy to stabilize the country. Chang Caifan and others disregarded the imperial order and let the gangsters intimidate the farmers. Obstructing Huangzhuang's land exploration, I think it should be considered a crime!"

Immediately afterward, a large number of courtiers stood up, "The local officials in Yuanzhou Mansion are in a bad state, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate didn't notice it. It must be a dereliction of duty."

"Chang Caifan and others are obedient and violating, obstructing government orders, and should be investigated to the end..."

"My minister agrees!"

Although most of these people were officials from the Ministry of Industry with little power, or newly promoted "rookies", the number of them was not inferior to that of Yuan Pengnian.

"You, your Ministry of Industry only know copper, charcoal and wood all day long, what kind of local politics do you know?" Yuan Pengnian said angrily immediately, "What this Huangzhuang is doing is fighting for land with the people. The good land belongs to the royal family, and the people If there is no way to cultivate it, it will really damage the foundation of my Ming Dynasty!"

As a speech officer, he is really good at speaking. Before Xu Erlu, Fang Yizhi and others could refute, he immediately stared and said loudly: "As a king, you should rule by doing nothing, and spread the cultivated land among the people, so that all the people can recuperate." .

"The royal family should put the world first, but they should not be too selfish. They take the land and acres of the world as the emperor's private property. How can they teach the people how to live?! If you do this, how can you convince the hearts of the world and block the hearts of the people?!

"The Master said, 'From the Son of Heaven to the common people, self-cultivation is the foundation.' How can you be greedy for the fields? Meng Yun said, 'The people are the most important, the community is second, and the king is the least." Now Jiangnan is initially determined. , the unowned land should be distributed to the common people, how can it be taken as the royal property?
"Zeng Jian, Feng Kang and others are ministers, they don't know how to advise, they only know how to flatter them, and the local people are miserable, and the people complain..."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense!" Zhu Linmi was very upset by his nonsense, and interrupted him politely, "You know clearly that although Huangzhuang is under the name of the emperor, the land is given to the common people for cultivation , [-]% of the proceeds went to the national treasury, but what's the point of 'competing for land with the people'?
"Distribute the land to the people? Hmph, our dynasty has been ravaged by captives and bandits for many years, and the people have little savings. The land is in the hands of the people. I'm afraid they will have to sell it to officials, gentry and rich families at a low price before it's warmed up!

"At present, people from all over the country are actively contracting Huangzhuang, and they are all happy to tell each other, but when it comes to your mouth, it becomes 'unspeakable suffering and complaints'? Do you think that I am in Nanjing and know nothing about the local situation, so you can deceive me Is it okay?!"

Yuan Pengnian was startled, his legs softened and he knelt on the ground, "I dare not, it's just, just..."

Seeing this, Yan Qiheng rushed out to rescue the scene, "His Royal Highness, there is no king in the world, so it is reasonable for the land to belong to the Huangzhuang. However, the tax set by the Huangzhuang is extremely low, and it will be the same as the grain rent in the world." Following the decline, this will inevitably lead to a reduction in the tax revenue of the household department."

Yuan Pengnian heard the words as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and immediately continued: "Yes, yes! His Highness also ordered the state capitals that cultivated a lot of Huangzhuang to reduce taxes by [-]%, and even pay additional money. I am facing the Yangtze River with the captives. If the national treasury is empty, you will be defeated! I have no selfish intentions, and all my words are for the court's tax considerations, and I hope your Highness will learn from you!"

"Taxes?" Zhu Linmei sneered, "You don't pay taxes, no matter how high the land rent is, it's the people at the bottom who bear the burden, so you'd be happy to collect more. But you don't have to worry about taxes, I can Let me tell you, no matter how low the Huangzhuang tax is, the money and food collected will definitely be more than in previous years."

As far as he said, the courtiers below all understood that in the past, a large amount of land was attached to the names of officials and gentry, and the court could not receive any tax at all.Now the land has been taken away by Huangzhuang. Although the harvest is only [-] to [-] catties per mu, compared to not being able to collect at all, the national treasury will definitely be much more abundant than before.

Yuan Pengnian saw that the scene was cold again, he couldn't help but panic secretly, if he still can't stop the matter of Huangzhuang after the Chaohui has made such a big battle today, then this matter will be considered a final conclusion, and his prestige will definitely be destroyed. greatly affected.

He thought for a moment, it seemed that he could only resort to the last move, so he cupped his hands and gritted his teeth again: "Your Highness, the matter of Huangzhuang is a new move, and the future will be harmful or beneficial. However, the heavens have made it clear!
"I heard that the river to the north of Yingtian Mansion has been shrouded in dark clouds for several days. I also heard that someone in the upper reaches of the Longjiang River in Yuanzhou Mansion picked up a stone horse without feet, and thousands of birds on Yangshan threw themselves into the fire. All this All kinds of things point to the fact that Yingtian Mansion came out of chaos, but Ying is in Yuanzhou, which is the matter of Huangzhuang.

"This is an omen from the heavens. The matter in Huangzhuang is ominous. If it is forced to do so, it will definitely bring disaster to the world!"

A group of officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate saw that Mr. Yuan had found a "breakthrough", and they all followed suit, "I also heard that there are black fish drawing water in Yuanzhou's mansion, and the people are not peaceful..."

"Your Highness, there is an ominous omen in the sky, there is no more to do..."

"I believe that God's will cannot be violated, and it will be the final act of Huangzhuang!"

"I also thought..."

Messing around is useless, is this playing feudal superstition?Zhu Linmi was almost amused, and Yuan Pengnian and others, who rolled their eyes and looked "sorrowful and angry", waved and said, "Scatter the court."

"The court cannot be dispersed!" Yuan Du Yushi opened his arms and shouted, "If you go against the sky, the country is in danger! The emperor's village will not stop, and the world will not be peaceful!"

Zhu Jizuo had just seen that the assistant king was acting resolutely and did not talk to the courtiers at all, and was ready to give up resistance. Seeing that Yuan Pengnian was still insisting, he immediately winked at the courtiers, and the courtiers who were just about to turn around immediately turned around again. stopped.

"Your Majesty knows that you will offend His Highness if you do so, but for my sake, I will not hesitate to fight with the court!" Yuan Pengnian said at the top of his voice, "If the matter of Huangzhuang is not settled today, everyone should not leave!"

Seeing his sneering expression, Zhu Linmei couldn't help but angrily said: "I originally wanted to save you some face, but why do you have to make me say the truth?
"You're still 'thinking about it', huh?! Who doesn't know your little thoughts? Huangzhuang's rent and tax are low, and the large amount of land you bought will have to be reduced along with the rent, otherwise it will be difficult to recruit tenants to cultivate. It is estimated that one year of dumping land can cost nearly a hundred taels of silver. In addition, the idle land has been brought into the Huangzhuang, and the land available for you to accumulate will be greatly reduced. If you want to buy land, you will have to spend more.

"For this little self-interest, you can disregard the imperial court's plans, and would rather millions or tens of millions of displaced households continue to farm without land, but also secretly join forces to force each other in the court and disrupt the government!

"I also tell you that the Huangzhuang public land is the basis for the stability of food and clothing for ordinary people in Ming Dynasty. There is absolutely no room for half-way! Let them go!"

When he said this, Yuan Pengnian couldn't let it go, otherwise it would not mean admitting that he was "disregarding the righteousness of the country for self-interest".

"Your minister is absolutely selfless!" Yuan Pengnian still stretched out his hand to stop the courtiers around him, "Everyone come with me to persuade His Highness to be loyal to you!"

Zhu Linming looked at him coldly, "I'll give you one last chance, step back quickly!"

Yuan Pengnian pretended he didn't hear it, and still pouted his neck and said: "I invite Your Highness to end the move of Huangzhuang!"

"Spoofing, isn't it?" Zhu Linmi then turned her head to Ma Wensheng and said, "Chuan Tingzhang!"

Hearing this, Ma Wensheng hurriedly said in a low voice: "Your Highness, this Yuan Pengnian is probably looking forward to Tingzhang, you can't 'fulfill' him."

Zhu Linming knew that these "shaking" civil officials in the Ming Dynasty regarded bearing the imperial staff as a glorious symbol of "daring to violate the face and directly admonish" and "defying power".Usually, people who have been spanked by the imperial staff will become famous and respected by the courtiers.There was a time when Zhao Yongxian, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials in the Wanli Dynasty, after eating the imperial stick, dried up the smashed meat on his buttocks as an offering, and often used it to show off to the visiting people in the house.

He sneered and shook his head and said: "Just do it, just wait and see, since Yuan Pengnian, everyone will be ashamed of the imperial staff!"

Ma Wensheng didn't expect to encounter such an "exciting" scene when he was on duty for the first time, he hurriedly answered "Yes", recalled the process of the court staff in his mind, hurriedly entered the back hall to draw up a court order, and handed it to Zhu Linming to sign and seal .Then the eunuch took the imperial decree to the Ministry of Punishment to seal it.

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