eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 441 That's Yours, Not Mine

The establishment of Huangzhuang in the Ming Dynasty is generally recognized to have started with Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty. He had a decree at that time, that is, "take a piece of land confiscated by the eunuch Cao Jixiang of Banqiao Village, Anleli, Shunyi County, and use it as a farm in the palace."

In fact, it is not far from Zhu Houzhao.It's his grandfather.

But once the hole was opened, the momentum of spreading was very fast.At this juncture, in the land of Gyeonggi, Huangzhuang has 1 hectares, and bureaucrats, ministers, and eunuchs at all levels have [-] hectares of farmland.

It adds up to [-] hectares.

One hundred mu is one hectare.

In other words, this is 450 million mu of fertile land.

It must be fertile land, and officials do not occupy bad land.

"History of Ming Dynasty·Shang Ren Biography" also clearly remembers one thing, that is, the household of the Empress Dowager Renshou at that time competed with the people for land, and the emperor Chenghua's solution was: the emperor wanted to move the people outside the Great Wall.

Therefore, from the last years of Chenghua, many courtiers went to the emperor to beg for the banning of Huangzhuang.

Many people who hate civil servants of the Ming Dynasty always simply interpret this as proof that the minister once again restricted the emperor.Because civil servants themselves are not clean.So naturally there will be a feeling of, 'If the emperor asks the emperor to withdraw the land, why don't you yourself withdraw'.

In fact, from the perspective of ordinary people, this group of people is no different from emperors and ministers, they are all occupying land.

Between the eldest brother and the second brother, who is right and who is wrong?
What's even more hateful is that because of the serious battles in the court, some people rise up and some people fall from the horse, but the fields occupied by criminal officials who have committed crimes will not retreat.

"History of Ming Dynasty Li Min Biography" records: At the end of Xianzong, Zhongguan and Ningxing bestowed Zhuangtian.If you offend, you will return to the official with a resignation. If the crime is serious, you will seize it, but you will not reward the people.

So in fact, Huangzhuang and Guanzhuang are basically one.The emperor can bestow his own Huangzhuang to the "lucky minister", and he can also take back the Zhuangtian of the criminal minister. If he is happy, he can give it to the prince or princess instead.

So the land occupied by the emperor is justice?Is it injustice for officials to occupy land?

There is no such thing, this is a kind of land annexation led by the emperor.

After Zhu Houzhao came to the throne, he handled cases in Zhejiang. He also set up Huangzhuang in Zhejiang, but the tax rate set by Huangzhuang there was very low.This is very different from the large area of ​​Zhuangtian in the North Zhili area.

After all, Gu Renyi was a Jinshi, and she was very emotional, and the memorials she wrote were shocking, as if a painting fell in front of her eyes.

Li Dongyang only took a few glances before his face changed drastically. He understood the matter very well.

In history, there was such a record that Liu Jin was going to measure the acres of land and check the military settlements. Many people opposed it for the sake of opposition, because Liu Jin was an eunuch.

As a result, Li Dongyang said, don't object to this matter, let Liu Jin handle it.

Why stop something that digs its own grave?

It can be seen that the minister at this time actually understands what is relatively easy and what is to lose his head.

Perhaps... this is also one of the reasons why people have repeatedly asked the emperor to return the Huangzhuang. Anyway, they can't offend others... and can earn a wave of fame.

"His Majesty!"

After reading it, the British public Zhang Mao said immediately: "The land obtained by my humble minister is one left by the ancestors, and the other is bought and sold at the market price. The minister did not invade the people's land!"

Zhu Houzhao didn't speak first, he waited for everyone to finish watching.

The meaning of the emperor has become more obvious here.

"Today, there is not enough food for the people. With Your Majesty's benevolence, how can you expect to fight for the benefit of the country?! Xing, the people are suffering, death, the people are suffering. Mr. Li Ge, this is what you said to me a few days ago. I haven’t forgotten it. Now you understand why I said that war is not the root cause. The people have no land, and even if they don’t fight, they can’t survive!”

At the end, Zhu Houzhao thumped the table hard!
I thought this incident would cause some waves,
As a result, after Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, the entire Qianqing Palace fell into a kind of silence.

This made Zhu Houzhao's pupils tremble slightly. At this time...he didn't speak?
This made his heart harden a lot in an instant.

In fact, what could be a big deal, he has Shangzhi personal guards, a 10,000+ army, and for his own safety, he also set up a Shenwu guard.

Moreover, most of Zhuangtian in Beizhili is not an army station, and will not cause mutiny in the army.

"Xing, the people suffer, death, the people suffer. This is what Ge Lao said just now, forgot?!"

Li Dongyang had no choice, "Chen, of course I haven't forgotten!"

"Then talk back! What about these people?!"

"If it is possible, I naturally hope that the common people can have farmland. However, the sale and purchase of private land is extremely complicated. It is not easy to distinguish which ones are encroachment and which ones are sales. However, for the sake of the people, this has to be done. , but the veteran thinks that it is necessary to take a long-term plan."

"Qi Zou Your Majesty." Lin Hanjin, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, said, "As Mr. Li Ge said, the sale and purchase of farmland is complicated. But food is the most important thing for the people, and this matter is extremely urgent, and it cannot be delayed every day. Therefore , I think that the land of Huangzhuang can be returned to the people first, so as to relieve the urgent need."

"My minister seconded the proposal. Easy before difficult, this is also the connotation of pragmatism advocated by Your Majesty. Moreover, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, rich in the world, and there are still millions of silver left in the treasury and internal funds. Why do you need the land of Huangzhuang?"

Zhu Houzhao blinked, he is not a monarch who can be easily fooled, and he will not admit defeat.

During the conversation, the voice suddenly increased, "Since it is difficult to distinguish between buying and selling and embezzling one by one, what should we do in the long run?"

Li Dongyang said: "We can only check the land deeds of the big households, investigate the market price of each transaction, and how to complete the transaction."

"What if there is a problem?"

"Naturally, the government ordered it to be returned."

"Which government? Is it the cabinet or the governor's office in Shuntian and Baoding? Order to return it, how to order it, and what if you don't return it?" Zhu Houzhao continued to ask, his tone was very pressing.

Fortunately, Li Dongyang is also an old bureaucrat. He returned: "The government of the world is for one family, that is, the imperial court, Your Majesty. If the order is not returned, the land will be forcibly confiscated. In the whole world, is it the land of the king, the shore of the land, Could it be that the king's subjects never dared to disobey His Majesty's imperial decree!"

"Okay. Mr. Li Ge thinks clearly. Since this is the case, I will issue an order to the cabinet and let the cabinet supervise the matter. And don't think about it in the long run. You have clearly thought about it. What is there to think about in the long run?"

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were stunned for a moment, Your Majesty... Your Majesty...

"Mr. Li Ge, Mr. Xie Ge, will you obey this order?"

What Zhu Houzhao said was to issue an order to the cabinet,
So, here's the order.

In fact, Li Dongyang didn't want to obey the order, but felt that this matter was too difficult, and it would easily cause confusion if it was not done well.

搭！
Take a ride!

The quietness of the Qianqing Palace was broken by a rush of running. It was Jin Gui, who trotted with his official robe, and when he arrived in the palace, he knelt down and shouted loudly, "Your Majesty! There is civil disturbance in Gu'an County, Shuntian Prefecture! There are more than two thousand rebels. The people seized weapons and attacked the county government! This is the memorial written by Wei Ningbo and the county magistrate of Gu'an, and I submit it to Your Majesty."

what? !

Everyone was shocked!
How could there be civil unrest?

clang!
Zhu Houzhao knocked on the imperial case with his fist, "Mr. Li Ge, Mr. Xie Ge, let me ask you again, do you obey this order or not?!"

"Your Majesty, civil unrest is imminent. At this time, it may be time..." Li Dongyang was a little flustered, but when he looked up, he glanced at the emperor's eyes, his heart skipped a beat, and he stopped talking abruptly. He could only kowtow and say, "Old minister, obey the order." !"

"Bring me the memorial." Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand, and glanced at the head of the honored officials beside him, "Mr. British."

The old man trembled, "The old minister is here."

"Everyone in the world knows that the noble family shares the glory and wealth with the emperor. In vulgar words, it means that there are blessings and hardships. The beginning of the civil turmoil shows that the people are overwhelmed. Now the water of the people is about to overwhelm me. The boat that the Zhu family boy was on. Did you know?... After reading the memorial, I immediately thought about how to stabilize the boat, and you, what were you thinking when you saw it?"

The emperor's tone was faint, but extremely scary.

"...Remember to keep all your land deeds when you go back. You are right, it is yours, not mine."

The British duke was horrified, what do you mean it is yours, not mine.You can talk like this in your daily life, but if you really want to talk about it, in the discourse environment of imperial power, there is no such thing as yours or mine, it is all the emperor's.Even your life belongs to the emperor, let alone Tian Qi? !
(End of this chapter)