please make me king

Chapter 766 Approving the Kings (Part [-])
Lame Sun and King Xincheng couldn't help being taken aback when they heard this, this is a well-known unspoken rule.The people don't raise officials and don't investigate, you are a thief, why don't you open which pot and carry which pot?

It turned out that after Zhu Yuanzhang established the country, the yellow book was set up to manage household registration, and the fish scale book was compiled every ten years to manage land.

As a result, the local officials tried to save trouble, and the powerful landlords wanted to pay less taxes, so they turned every compilation into copying and dragged it down.

Even so that during the two to three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, the population did not change much, and even experienced negative growth.

In the early years of Hongwu, there were still about [-] million people in the two capitals and thirteen provinces. By the time of Tianqi, there were only about [-] million people left.

As for the arable land, Zhang Juzheng carried out a large-scale re-clearance during the Wanli period, and finally increased the registered arable land of Daming from about [-] million mu over the years to about [-] million mu.

However, there are still "wastelands" that are not included in the statistics, which gives the royal palace and the people who cultivated wasteland a chance to do something.

In particular, Nanyang is mountainous, and there are many wastelands, so it is easier to hide the cultivated land.

Originally, ordinary people deliberately did not report to the Yellow Book in order to evade taxes.Taking advantage of the opportunity that the land reclamation farmers did not have title deeds, the Wangfu went up and down and plundered.

According to past experience, the cripples can only smash their teeth and swallow their blood.Otherwise, if the lawsuit comes to the yamen, how can they beat the princes of Ming Dynasty with no evidence?

Take another [-] steps back, even if you win the lawsuit.If the "tax evasion" and "tax avoidance" incidents are exposed, they will have to be punished, not to mention fines and tax payments.

The lame grandson's original plan was to take advantage of the poor information that "the thief leader doesn't know the details", and wanted to retake the irrigated fields at no cost.

But he and Xinchengwang never expected that Zhang Shun would directly shake out all their private thoughts.

The two couldn't help but looked at each other, but fortunately Xincheng Wang was the quickest to respond, and quickly responded: "How could this be? As the Duke of Daming, I would grab water if I wanted to. A few mu of irrigated land is worth it?"

When Lame Sun heard this, he couldn't help but think about it, and thought, "It's important to get the water to irrigate the field first. Is it okay for a bandit leader to collect my taxes and food?"

He couldn't help but bite to death and said, "The king of Shun knows the truth, the villain is greedy for a momentary profit, so he was robbed by the Xincheng palace."

For a while, the two insisted on their own words and refused to give in to each other.

The legal system of ancient Chinese society was divided according to later generations, which originally belonged to the Chinese legal system.It is characterized by emphasizing confession and ignoring evidence.

As long as I grit my teeth and deny it, I can't easily be charged with this matter.

The Cripple Sun had a good idea. He knew that when the two parties were in a dispute, the general officials and lords would like to fight fifty big boards each, until one party couldn't stand it anymore.

He thinks that his rough skin and thick flesh are more tormented than the fine skin and tender flesh of Xincheng Wang, who was beaten again, so he made up his mind to hold on to the end.

Zeng Yurou couldn't help but frowned when she saw the two sides like this.In fact, according to her mind, why bother so much, she pulled out the official from the palace and gave him a cane, everything became clear.

But after all, it involved the matter of the palace, based on her previous relationship, she was more or less related.

Zeng Yurou reminded Zhang Shun before that he was at his limit, so it's not good to get too involved in this matter.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing the words, Zhang Shun asked Sun Laizi, "Where is your ten mu irrigated field? Can you describe it?"

"Twenty miles northwest of the city, at the foot of Moshan Mountain, there is an old locust tree with crooked neck. To the east of the locust tree is a big rock, which is my irrigated land. There happens to be a spring flowing by it, which can be used Come water the fields!" Lame Sun hastily described in detail.

"Xinchengwang, do you know about the ten acres of irrigated land?" Zhang Shun turned his head and asked again.

"I am a majestic prince, do I still have to learn how to farm with mud legs?" Xincheng Wang quickly retorted, "I think it must be this unscrupulous person who saw the property of my palace and tried to seize my land."

"Hmm!" Zhang Shun nodded and said, "You guys say that the public is right, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is right. How about this, I'll ask someone to take out the fish scale book, and you can find it out!"

"During the Wanli period, when Mr. Zhang Ge surveyed the land, regardless of the property of the government and the people, it was included in the fish scale book."

"If there is a record in this book, everything will be clear. If there is no record, it means that your Xincheng Palace invaded the irrigated fields of Sun Laizi, which is not in the book. What do you think?"

"This..." To be honest, a few acres of irrigated fields is nothing to Xinchengwang, but this "thief chieftain" is not letting go. I don't know what his intentions are?
After thinking about it, it doesn't matter whether he wins or loses, as long as the thief doesn't find fault and beats himself, he will be spared.

Hmph, when the imperial army arrives, we will avenge our grievances and revenge, such as "watering the fields" and "burning the fields", we will have to spit out all the money and profits at that time.

Thinking of this, Xincheng Wang raised his eyebrows and couldn't help laughing: "It's up to the king to decide!"

So, by the way, Zhang gave Wang Jinyi a signal and asked him to go to the government office to fetch the fish scale book that had been sealed up by the rebel army.

Everyone waited for a while before Wang Jinyi led an old official and rushed over with a thick booklet.

That Wang Jinyi replied: "King Shun, the yellow books and fish scale books in the mansion are piled up like a mountain. I am afraid that I will miss King Shun's time, so I dare to come here with this old official and related books, and I ask King Shun to make a decision!"

"Very good!" Zhang Shun nodded in satisfaction, and Wang Jinyi became more and more shrewd and capable.

This time he came in a hurry, and he didn't have time to bring his staff with him. There were a lot of messy things that took his mind off a lot, and he could train a few more people to share his worries in the future.

But now the business is important, so I will not mention this matter for the time being. Zhang asked by the way: "Twenty miles northwest of the city, at the foot of Moshan Mountain, what is the record of the cultivated land near the old crooked neck tree?"

Hearing this, the old official quickly spit on his fingers, opened the pages of the book, and flipped through it for a long time before answering: "Your Majesty, it is recorded in the fish scale book that this place is all barren land, and there has never been any land!"

"Xincheng King!" Zhang Shun patted the gavel and questioned, "What do you have to say?"

"There's nothing to say, give it to him, give it to him!" He had to stand at attention when he was beaten, and he had to give way when he was knocked down. The king of Xincheng was also a bachelor.

"Okay, since you're willing to admit it, that's fine!" Zhang Shun said with a strange smile, "It must be that the fields that are not recorded in the fish scale book are mostly stolen by you. Tomorrow, I will order the soldiers to verify clearly, and they will be taken as public property. You What is there to say?"

Zeng Yurou couldn't help laughing out loud when she heard the words.It's no wonder that he was so preoccupied with watering ten acres of fields for half a day, so he was waiting here!This fellow is indeed a rascal!

"Ah?" Xincheng Wang couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words. Although he didn't care how many vulgar things he had, at least he knew that his family had more than a hundred fields at the foot of Moshan Mountain. Who could bear this?
The king of Xincheng couldn't help protesting: "Under the whole world, is it the land of the king! This is my Zhu family's business, it is really unreasonable, unreasonable!"

Zhang Shun laughed when he heard the words, and directly ordered: "Invite the rest of the kings out together, and follow this example, there must be no mistakes!"

"The way of heaven is good, because China has the principle that it must be extended; people help others, even if everyone will take revenge. Zhu's fish and meat people are rebellious and rude, and they should be judged by the people!"

(End of this chapter)