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Chapter 427 Inspecting the Land
Going to Wenhua Hall early in the morning, Zhu Biao summoned He Qing.

He Qing is now the servant of the household department, and also the agricultural supervisor of Nanzhili. He was also in charge of the land inventory last year.

Zhu Biao arranged for him to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs, which put a heavy burden on his shoulders. Since Hongwu took office for five years, he has been sorting out the books on land and population, and wants to make some achievements in land farming and population. Come.

However, there are difficulties.

Land, for common people and officials, is the lifeblood.

Only the capital officials of Nanzhili are eligible to divide the land of Wa Island. In order to plunder the land, officials in remote areas will use various means to occupy the land of the common people.

Zhu Biao asked: "He Qing, can the land in the Huguang area be investigated clearly this year? Why did you run into trouble when you got to this matter?"

He Qing was a little puzzled. Why did His Royal Highness suddenly ask about the land in the Huguang area? Is it because of the Yangzhou salt merchant incident a few days ago?
I heard that most of the salt merchants secretly sold a lot of private salt to the Three Kingdoms of Ryukyu, and the lesser half were sold to the Huguang area. This investigation led to the investigation of the land instead.

He Qing faltered: "Your Highness, there are many lands, and there are many reasons for the localities. I have no right to investigate them. That's why the land inventory is always dragged along. Some places have a lot of land, but the grain has been decreasing year after year."

He has a heavy burden now, and he has to take time to go to various places in Nanzhili to cultivate grain seeds, and he also has to take charge of the affairs of those people in the Agricultural Pavilion of the National Scholars Academy.

Hubu Shangshu always looked down on him, and many things suppressed him intentionally or unintentionally, and his words were full of dissatisfaction and contempt for the National Academy of Scholars.

It was obvious that they did not dare to fight against the prince, so they secretly put on small shoes for themselves.For the population and account books to be checked, you have to ask the Minister of the Household Department and the principal every time you want to use them.

The bitterness behind him didn't know how to tell His Royal Highness that the land in Huguang was occupied by soldiers for training every year.

The military training was advocated by the crown prince, and it was difficult for him to check the land occupied in the name of military training, so he didn't even have the rights.

He Qing felt that his wife always lost her hair after giving birth, and now a man like him began to lose his hair worryingly.

Zhu Biao waited for a long time, seeing that He Qing didn't say anything, he frowned and said: "In the fifth year of Hongwu, there was no specific booklet of Huguang land, and even the number of acres was registered vaguely.

It has been six years since Hongwu, and it is still in a mess. At the beginning of the founding of the country, it was said that land should not be bought and sold at will, and anyone with more than [-] mu of land would be subject to interrogation and investigation by the court. "

He Qing was embarrassed to explain the reason.It only said that most of the land was confiscated for military training...

"So, you mean you are blaming Gu for training? But Gu remembers clearly that he has never expropriated any common people's land for military training. The army is trained in deep mountains and old forests. Gu does not wear this hat."

In the imperial palace in the capital, I can take the blame for this group of things, and he will not take the blame.

Only then did He Qing know, but he still didn't dare to say too much.If this matter comes out.The Ministry of Household Affairs will definitely be held accountable for doing things badly.

Zhu Biao snorted coldly and said: "It seems that Ligu is too peaceful to you on weekdays. Which general dares to occupy good land for training, no one will believe this word even if it reaches anyone's ears. Because it is ridiculous! What's more annoying Yes, do you still believe it?"

Naturally, He Qing didn't dare to tell him that some of them were actually found out, and they were all lieutenant generals, staff generals, guerrilla generals, brigade generals, and battalion generals who swallowed up the people's land.

But Hubu was afraid of these generals, so they were suppressed.I plan to procrastinate and procrastinate, and I can't procrastinate.

He was also afraid that the prince would be angry.

Even the Huangtian cultivated in the Huangmingwei Pavilion in the Huguang area was sold to those warriors, earning money from the court.

"Is there any abnormality in the land inventory in Nanzhili?"

"Not yet."

"Peking Mansion, Xi'an Mansion, Taiyuan Mansion, Qingzhou Mansion... Is there anything different about the land in northern prefectures and counties?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, the land in the northern prefectures is not only the same, but this year they newly reclaimed nearly [-] acres of lowland and barren land, and the Huangming Guards in each prefecture, county, township, and township personally took care of the cultivation."

"What about the Huguang area? The people there are also the people of Ming Dynasty. How come their land was taken by someone with clever eyesight? You let Gu down so much?

If something goes wrong, Gu will take care of it for you. Even Gu's brother Zhu Huan can be dealt with according to the law if he made a mistake. Who else would dare to offend these generals and officials? "

The officials and gentry in Ming Dynasty all paid their food, but officials and gentry would always take advantage of various loopholes, and some officials evaded taxes and evaded food.

Officials of the third rank and above in the court have a preferential tax and food payment, which is several percent less than the common people, but now it seems that this preferential exemption has become their umbrella.

"Say it, or go back to your hometown to farm and raise women!" Zhu Biao was really angry that the agricultural officials he brought out succumbed to the power of these officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs.

"It's a privilege to exempt power. If Gu finds out this time, he must go to Huguang to eradicate the root of the disaster."

He Qing immediately knelt down: "Your Highness, there are many things involved in it, it is absolutely impossible..."

Even though the amount of work to check the land is huge, it is necessary to prevent some people from making false reports.must be implemented.

Last time in Shaanxi, those gentry bought prefectural and county officials and forged grain payment receipts.

This is related to the officialdom, and the squires who have nothing to do with the officialdom will avoid paying the grain, and even temporarily transfer and buy poor people and transfer them to them.

The imperial envoys who went to the court were fooled by a few meals of wine and beauties.

It is also because of this that a dynasty did not take strict precautions at the beginning, and accumulated year after year, and at the end of each year, this kind of harm would occur in the form of uprisings and riots.

It is very difficult to check the land, not only need sharp eyes, but also need to analyze clearly one by one.

In the local villages, there are often bloody incidents due to land inspections, and the lives of the leaders are still in great danger.

After all, there are too many forces involved.

Zhu Biao said solemnly, "I'm going to report to my father, and take back the land tax exemption rights of officials above the third rank.

It is no longer divided into excellent and free land according to official rank.A group of shameless things.Do you really think the mountains are high and the emperor is far away? "

"Your Highness, calm down."

"I'm going to see my father right now, and order you to present all the land issues in Huguang in detail tomorrow morning. If anyone dares to stop you, my father will kill him."

Being an emperor and prince, you cannot be a good person.

Be kind to them, use Youmantian to encourage them to serve the court, and now they find out that they are toasting instead of fine wine.

Still have to kill the atmosphere.

"Have you heard, go, and focus on investigating Huguang's military exploits and Youbangtian. Anyone who dares to invade and occupy them will be killed. We can't get used to their bad habits from the beginning."

Zhu Biao's serious voice startled the little Huangmen who was dozing outside.Immediately wiped his halazi and stood up straight.

Then Zhu Biao asked Lu Zhong to take several envoys of the Ming Commercial Bureau, Wei Shouzheng and Du Dongting, to temporarily transfer Daotong and Han Yike to investigate all the land in Huguang, Youmiantian.

Every acre must have a detailed process.

Giving the fields to these corrupt officials is better than giving them to those who do practical things. At least the people who do things are full and will serve the people and the country.

Letting the moths eat their fill will only harm the common people.

He Qing didn't dare to fully nod his head, he could investigate, but Huguang area is full of small Wu bosses, he was afraid that His Royal Highness would suddenly investigate Huguang area, which would cause riots among generals.

In this world, cutting off one's wealth is like killing one's parents and taking away one's wife and children.Not to mention that the generals from Huguang occupied it, they could easily kill a person.

If they had malicious intentions, it is not impossible for the prince to die unexpectedly.

"He Qing, did you hear what Gu said clearly?"

"Your Highness, I have a sincere heart towards Your Highness, and I naturally think of many things for Your Highness, so I will go halfway."

Zhu Biao nodded: "Han Yike and the others will arrive later, you go first."

　Ask for a ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)