The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 554

When Sun Yan heard Jia Ke's inquiry, he stood up and said: "My lord, the report sent by Jia Yucun, the prefect of Jinling, clearly records it. The Zhen family has a total of more than 300 million mu of land, and there are many donated. This part also has 200 million mu.”

After Jia Ke heard this, her face darkened.It seems that the Zhen family is also a good means, there is so much property in less than a hundred years.

"It is my order that all these lands will be taken into public ownership, and no one will be able to resell them. I will order the prefect of Jinling to lease these lands to farmers with little land and no land for cultivation."

Jia Ke also learned this idea from the modern Taizu.

Jia Ke did not have the boldness or courage of the Taizu to overthrow the landlord class at once, so he could only use such a slow redemption policy to give farmers and the lower class a way out and temporarily ease social conflicts.

After Fan Kang listened to it, he kept nodding below. If Jia Ke followed this policy, then social conflicts would become less and less severe, and the country could be extended for another 200 years.

Seeing that everyone below nodded, Jia Ke continued, "There is also this year's Spring and Autumn Taxes. You must not make mistakes again. Last year, our emperor gave us a difficult problem. This year, you should not repeat it." Give me a problem."

As soon as Jia Ke finished saying this, the people below couldn't help laughing.

It turned out that after Jia Ke imprisoned the emperor, when he checked the inner treasury, he found the Wenyin with the words of the Ministry of household.

Now, the truth about the tax money falling into the water last year became clear. What kind of boat capsized and all the money fell into the canal?

Sun Yan was quite happy to see Jia Ke now, and then asked a more difficult question.

"My lord, what should I do with the donated fields, should they be returned to their original owners, or should they be confiscated?"

After hearing this, Jia Ke was a little silent. He walked back and forth in the lobby a few steps, and he was a little undecided.

"Fan Kang, what do you think of this matter?"

Hearing Jia Ke's question, Fan Kang pondered for a while, "My lord, those who can get in touch with the Zhen family and contribute to their family are not ordinary people, they must be well-connected , They are all landlords in the countryside, if they are offended, with their abilities in the countryside, they may cause some trouble to the imperial court, why not let them go for a while."

After listening to Jia Ke, she was not angry, but after thinking about it, what she wants now is to achieve a smooth transition, not to cause any turmoil in the world, and now is not the time to confront these gentry.

Moreover, Jia Ke has another idea, that is, he is also a member of the landlord class, and there is no need to push the entire landlord class to the opposite of himself.

So Jia Ke turned around and said to Sun Yan: "Let them take out the previous land deeds. If there are any, they will return them in full, and if they don't, they will be nationalized."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, she suddenly paused, and then said, "Let them pay me five years' worth of taxes. If they can't pay them, then there's no need to give them the land."

Sun Yan agreed below, and this matter is considered to be over.

Then there was nothing to do, so everyone dispersed and went to work separately.

Jia Ke was relatively relaxed. He returned to the back hall of the Prime Minister's Office and began to review the memorials.

These memorials all have opinions reviewed by the Military Aircraft Department, and Jia Ke agreed directly as long as he saw that there was no major problem.If Jia Ke sees any problems, he directly dismisses it, or writes an opinion for them to redo.

Jia Ke watched until it was nearly night, and then she felt a little tired, and went back to rest after get off work.

Besides, with Jia Ke's idea, Jiangnan's affairs were handled very quickly, that is, all the properties of the Zhen family were nationalized, and a large part of the donated land was returned to the original owners, which made these landlords He breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, he didn't have any complaints about the court's handling this time, and even began to praise Jia Ke in many places.Although they have to pay a sum of money, which makes them feel distressed, but after all, the foundation is preserved.

As for the members of the Zhen family, almost all those in charge of their family were executed, and all the remaining offshoot males were sent to Yunnan, and some female relatives were also sold.

Jia Yucun took advantage of this opportunity and took several beautiful ladies from the Zhen family into the house.Even Tian Ye took in a beautiful girl.

After this matter was over, Tian Ye returned to Beijing to hand over the order, but when he came back, he was already a different person. When he went, the emperor was sitting on the Golden Luan Hall. Although his power was suppressed, he was still the supreme under heaven, Now it is just a puppet, at the mercy of Jia Ke.

And Jia Ke didn't make things difficult for Tian Ye, he had already found out through the hidden guards that the Zhen family's kindness to Tian Ye was repaid this time, and from then on he could work for himself with peace of mind. Only then did he forgive him and let him continue walking at the military plane.

Time passed quickly, a few months passed in a blink of an eye, and the imperial court examination was just around the corner.

And up to now, Jia Ke has not decided on the chief examiner who will take the exam, which makes many courtiers jealous.

You must know that the chief examiner of the general examination is not an ordinary position. As long as one imperial examination is passed, one or two hundred more students and old officials can be added, which can be regarded as a great expansion of strength, so the chief examiners of each general examination are all important officials. The key to contention.

In fact, it wasn't that Jia Ke didn't want to make a decision so quickly, it was that Jia Ke couldn't make up his mind for a while.

According to common sense, the chief examiner of the examination this time must be Fan Kang, Minister of Rites.

However, Fan Kang was not from a serious imperial examination background. If he was the chief examiner of the general examination, he might be criticized by scholars all over the world.

Then Sun Yan, the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, should be next, but after all, he is Qin Keqing's father, the person left behind by Prince Yizhong, and I have not been completely assured of their side's service until now, so how can I let him be the chief examiner? position to expand their power?

Then there is Meng Ming, Minister of Military Aircraft and the head of the Hanlin Academy, but this person has disobeyed Jia Ke a few times recently, if it wasn't because of his age and the fact that he had done something to him before, he would have been dealt with a long time ago. , where can I entrust him with such a heavy burden now?

In the end, after much deliberation, Jia Ke felt that it would be more reassuring to let her own person be the examiner.

So every two days, news came out from the Prime Minister's Office that this time the examiner was Zhang Chaoxin, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

It should be said that the person Jia Ke is most assured of is Fan Kang, but this Zhang Chaoxin is very capable of coming. During this period of time, he kept running to the Rongguo Mansion and won the favor of Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng mentioned this matter several times in front of Jia Ke. Well, it seems to Jia Ke that Zhang Chaoxin is one of his own. Since Jia Zheng recommended him, let him be the chief examiner.

And this time, Jia Ke already has a candidate for the deputy chief examiner of the examination, and that is his Kaimeng teacher Li Wenbin. Although this Mr. Li has won the Jinshi, but because he is too upright, he doesn't get along well with his colleagues. Now He is still a small official of the sixth grade in the Ministry of Rites.

When Jia Ke first came back, he wanted to promote this teacher many times, but he refused verbally.

But after Jia Ke imprisoned the emperor, the teacher did not refuse Jia Ke's promotion again. This time, Jia Ke appointed him as the deputy examiner of the examination, and he readily agreed.

And Jia Ke had often talked with this Mr. Li because of this matter, but Mr. Li said the following words to him.

"When you just became the foreman of the military aircraft, if you promoted me, people in the world would say that you hired a private person, and that I was flattered without virtue. Besides, at that time, you were so powerful and had such an unpleasant fight with the emperor. If you don't, you will be reprimanded."

"But it's different now. The world's major events have been decided. I'm going out to work for you now. That's going to the Ming Lord to make the world safe."

When Jia Ke heard what he said, his teeth felt sore. Others thought that Mr. Li was a square person, but after being with Mr. Li for a while, Jia Ke knew that Mr. Li was square on the outside and smooth on the inside. He is loyal to the king and the country, that is nonsense.

I'm afraid it was because his situation was not good a while ago, he couldn't judge who would win and who would lose, so he didn't dare to place a bet. Contributing to oneself can be regarded as taking a shortcut.

After this matter was announced, Zhang Chaoxin's mansion was surrounded by people from all walks of life.

All kinds of gifts came out one after another, which annoyed Zhang Chaoxin, so he thanked the guests behind closed doors.

It's not that Zhang Chaoxin doesn't want to accept the gift, but this is his first time as the chief examiner, and Jia Ke has just been in power and is watching closely, so he doesn't dare to be negligent in this matter.

So this time, Zhang Chaoxin can be regarded as the cleanest examiner in the past, and he didn't even charge a penny.

As for Li Wenbin, no one came to give gifts, because these candidates have already inquired clearly. This Li Wenbin is a gentleman of morality. You may still pass the exam if you don’t give him a gift. fall.

For some reason, this incident spread to the outside world, which made many scholars happy. Many people praised Zhang Chaoxin's character and Li Wenbin's integrity, and they all thought that this time he could show his strengths.By the way, it also improved Jia Ke's reputation among scholars. Anyway, he was able to choose two such officials as the chief examiner, which shows that he still prefers those poor scholars.

Five or six days before the test, Zhang Chaoxin and Li Wenbin had to visit Jia Ke.

It turned out that the emperor made the questions for every test, but this year the emperor had been imprisoned in the palace by Jia Ke, so there was no one who made the questions, so Zhang Chaoxin could only come to Jia Ke.

After meeting Jia Ke in the study, Zhang Chaoxin told Jia Ke the ins and outs, which stumped Jia Ke.

And Li Wenbin stood aside and looked at Jia Ke and just wanted to laugh. If others don’t know Jia Ke, because he has read some books anyway, it’s okay to ask a topic, but Li Wenbin knows that this Jia Ke used to read books. It's okay, but I don't know why it's getting worse and worse later.

When Jia Ke looked up and saw the smile on Li Wenbin's face, he knew what he meant.

"Mr. Li, you are my teacher, so please come up with a question for me." Jia Ke was throwing the blame.

Li Wenbin was taken aback for a moment when he heard this, and then quickly refused: "How can there be such a reason? With you, the prime minister, and Mr. Zhang, the chief examiner, how can there be any reason for me to write the question?"

After hearing this, Zhang Chaoxin stroked his beard and felt that he had to do his part. After all, he was also a Jinshi, so his qualifications were much stronger than Li Wenbin's.

(End of this chapter)