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Chapter 37 Bloodbath on the Royal History Platform!

There is not much grain left in the county storehouse of Longxi County.

There is indeed no food left to help the victims.

The cause of such a predicament is the frenzied annexation of land by the local rich.

There are dozens of powerful families in Qin.

Among them, the four noble families of Lu, Fan, Zhu and Sui were the heads.

They are all rich families with a long history, and these rich families existed before the founding of the Qin State.

The Ying family was also one of many wealthy families.

Hundreds of years ago, it was because of the full support of many wealthy families that the ancestors of the Ying family were able to establish the Great Qin Dynasty.

At that time, the ancestors of the Ying family had an appointment with the noble families.

Qin Nei, the land of the rich and powerful, is not taxed.

When it was built in the early Qin Dynasty.

Although this contract had an impact on Ying's rule, the impact was limited.

After all, the land owned by dozens of wealthy families is less than one-seventh of the total territory of the Great Qin Dynasty.

However, with the passage of time, this contract has become a stubborn disease of Daqin.

Seriously affected Ying's rule.

why?
Because the rich family annexed the land.

They used various means to plunder fertile and fertile land from the people.

As a result, the wealthy family occupied more and more land.

You must know that the wealthy family does not have to pay taxes. The more land they own, the greater the loss for Qin Wangting.

Of course, the royal court has also issued various laws to restrict mergers.

But because the powerful clans can't lose their tails, many times the local officials can only turn a blind eye and close their eyes.

Due to various concerns, the kings of Qin in the past had to give up pursuing the noble family.

How do those people who lost their land live?

They had no choice but to rent the land of the wealthy family to cultivate and became tenants. Not only did they have to bear the heavy land rent, but they also had to pay taxes to the royal court.

This makes the people who lost their land more and more impoverished.

When the times are good, one year of hard work can barely last.

In the event of a famine, if the government does not provide relief, there will only be a dead end.

The secret report sent back by Jin Yiwei showed.

In Longxi County alone, one-half of the fertile land was annexed by the rich.

The local county officials are inextricably linked with the Hao family and facilitated their annexation of land.

But ordinary people own mostly barren fields with limited harvests.

This greatly reduced the grain and taxes handed in by the common people, resulting in the lack of grain and rice in the warehouse of Longxi County for disaster relief.

Usually, when there is no natural disaster, the county treasury can survive with little food.

Once a natural disaster strikes...

The governor of Longxi didn't report the drought to the royal court at the beginning, mainly because he was afraid that the royal court would be held accountable, and secondly, he hoped that the rain would soon fall from the sky to alleviate the drought.

Who would have thought that God has not rained for several months.

……

In Hexi, Shangyuan and other counties, the lands annexed by wealthy families are not as exaggerated as Longxi, but they are not in the minority.

Compared with the beginning of the founding of the country, the total population of Daqin has doubled several times.

However, land resources not only did not increase, but decreased sharply due to the annexation of wealthy families.

If things go on like this, the cultivators will have no land, which will definitely lead to civil strife and destroy the country.

Thinking hard!
Ying Zheng was particularly angry!
Originally, the royal court of Qin had expressly stipulated for each county that the nobles should not arbitrarily annex the common people's land and impose various restrictions.

However, due to the deep relationship between county and county officials and local wealthy families, it became a dead letter.

During Lu Buwei's administration, the law was relaxed, especially the annexation...

At this moment, the eunuch and Ji Gang, who were standing next to Ying Zheng, felt that the temperature in the imperial study had dropped suddenly, and their hairs were standing on end.

They are terrified.

King Qin took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and said, "Go to court!"

……

Woo!
Woo!
Woo!
The solemn and majestic sound of the salute resounded inside and outside Zhangtai Palace.

The gate of the palace is wide open, and hundreds of officials enter the court.

Ying Zheng had a serious expression on his face, sitting on the throne, showing the majesty of the emperor.

The officials below knelt down and saluted long live three times.

"Get up!" King Qin said.

Then, he focused his attention on Doctor Yushi: "Doctor Yushi, can you find out why there is no food in Longxi County and the delay in reporting the drought?"

"Your Majesty, I'm about to report on this matter." The doctor Yu Shi stood out of the imperial court holding the wat board.

Ying Zheng said: "Then let's play it quickly."

"promise!"

Doctor Yushi said:
"According to the censor's investigation, there is no grain in the storehouses of Longxi County, because the bad year has caused the people's grain harvest to decrease, which has reduced the tax and grain paid.

As for the governor of Longxi, the delay in reporting the drought was due to the governor's miscalculation of the severity of the drought. "

Snapped!
As soon as the doctor censor finished speaking, Ying Zheng slapped the king's case fiercely.

"Is this the result of your Yushitai's investigation?"

A terrifying majesty of the emperor swept over.

Doctor Yushi trembled all over, as if facing Tianwei.

Pfft!
In the end, he couldn't resist the power of the King of Qin, so he knelt down and bowed down.

"Your Majesty, calm down... Calm down, the investigation results of the Yushitai are all... true." The doctor Yushi stammered.

Ying Zheng said coldly: "Ji Gang, read the investigation results of your Jin Yiwei to Doctor Yu Shi and listen carefully!"

"No, Your Majesty!"

Ji Gang came out and said in a confident manner: "One-half of the fertile and fertile land in Longxi County was annexed by the wealthy Ma family.

However, most of the local people can only cultivate barren land, or rent the land of wealthy families to become tenants, or have no land to cultivate and become refugees.

This is the reason why there is no food in the county treasury.

The governor of Longxi didn't report the drought early because he was afraid that the royal court would be held accountable, and secondly, he hoped that the rain would soon fall from the sky to overcome the drought.

It is worth mentioning that Ma Zhu, the governor of Longxi County, came from the Ma family of the proud family, and provided assistance for the Ma family to annex the people's fertile land. "

After Ji Gang finished speaking, the officials were in an uproar.

Although they knew that it was common for wealthy families to annex common people's fertile land, they did not expect it to be so rampant.

The population of the Ma family, a wealthy family in Longxi, is only a tenth of that of ordinary people, but the amount of fertile land has reached an astonishing half.

In this way, it is no wonder that there is no food in the Longxi County treasury for disaster relief.

However, those ministers from the proud family looked a little ugly.

Is Ying Zheng going to attack the world's powerful families?

Even though King Qin had seen the secret performance long ago and understood the situation, when he heard Ji Gang read again, he was still burning with anger.

These powerful families are really bold, they should be killed with a thousand swords!

They are lying on Da Qin's body, wanting to suck up Da Qin's blood, and want Da Qin to die!
It is not an exaggeration to describe it as knocking the bones and sucking the marrow!

"Doctor Yushi, I ask you, why did the royal court set up the Yushi Terrace?" Ying Zheng stared at Doctor Yushi.

"Report...Report to Your Majesty, the royal court set up the Censor Terrace for the purpose of supervising the officials!"

Doctor Yushi said in panic.

Ying Zheng flicked his sleeves and said majesticly:
"Hmph! You still know the responsibilities of Yushitai?!

Now, you, the imperial censor, colluded with the wealthy Ma family to confuse the public and let Wang En down!
If you don't punish those who bully your superiors and inferiors, how can you be in charge of the court?
Come, send Dr. Yushi to prison! "

"promise!"

Several soldiers rushed into the hall and dragged away the doctor Yushi who kept complaining.

Ying Zheng Road:
"Ji Gang listened to the order: The widow ordered you, Jin Yiwei, to take full charge of interrogating the imperial censor and thoroughly investigate the case of the governor of Longxi County being suspected of helping the Ma family to annex the land."

"No, Your Majesty!"

Ji Gang took the lead and left.

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