eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 446
Looking at Wang Jia's back.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly felt that it was time for him, the teacher, to join the cabinet.

The communication between the monarch and his ministers is much better than that with Li Dongyang and Xie Qian.

And it's been two years in Zhengde, and he will only have more and more new ideas in the future. Instead of having a quarrel with Li and Liu in the end and wasting energy, it's better to end the relationship early when the relationship between them is okay. It's also good to keep a sympathy.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what I need to do?"

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while, "I have to invite Mei Qing to brag."

"boast?"

"Last year, Mei Ji Jie sent 240 million taels of silver to the capital, and this year it is 500 million taels. By next year, it should be an increase, right? Only by increasing, with the same ratio, can we get more silver."

"If everything is normal, 800 million taels of silver should be available."

"If you say 800 million taels, say 1000 million taels."

Zhu Houzhao didn't even blink his eyes.

As for the eight prefects, he will still support them.

Two-pronged approach, of course pressing on the other side and luring on the other side, so that it will be effective.

The imperial decree from the palace has been sent out.

Gu Renyi also received the decree in the Sichuan Guild Hall. At such a critical moment, the holy will wants him to be the governor of Shuntian Mansion, so why bother thinking about it?
This capital, there is no one who cares about the Grand Court Assembly anymore, it seems that they are all watching and watching the show around this matter.

"When I brought you to the capital, I knew you wouldn't be able to go back, but I didn't expect it to be the Governor of Shuntian." Fei Hong was in a complicated mood. He naturally hoped that Gu Renyi could do things well.

It's just that this matter is too difficult, and he is afraid that something will happen to Gu Renyi.

But for someone like Gu Renyi, he would not consider so many personal futures and safety.

"The kindness of Zhongcheng's promotion and reuse, the subordinates will always remember it in their hearts. The subordinates are in Shuntian Mansion, waiting for Zhongcheng to return to Beijing."

"I have already become the governor, and it is already a great merit to be able to represent more than three million people in a province. It is not extravagant to return to Beijing or not, and you don't have to think too much. It's a pity that you are in Shuntian Mansion , I am always beyond my reach. I can only say one thing, be careful."

A simple farewell really created a feeling of parting from life and death.

It is because Gu Renyi's presidency is of great responsibility. In fact, the prefect of Shuntian is in charge of many affairs of the Gyeonggi criminal name Qiangu, but right now it is just one thing for him, to divide the land and trace the source.

The rank of Shuntian Fu Yin is actually about two levels higher than that of the prefect on one side, so Gu Renyi's promotion this time is very fast.But he was right in that letter, which is very different from others.

Many civil servants in the Ming Dynasty were like this. Once they were famous, it was very easy to get promoted.

Like Zhang Cong during the Jiajing period, in the 16th year of Zhengde, he went to support the Emperor Jiajing's ceremony. At that time, he had just finished the scientific examination and only got a chance to observe the Ministry of Rites. Qing.

But this kind of promotion is a great responsibility for me.

Shuntian Prefecture governs four prefectures, with a total of 23 counties. The four prefectures are Tongzhou, Zhuozhou, Bazhou, and Jizhou. These four prefectures have 12 counties, and some counties are directly under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture, mainly Wanping County, Daxing County and other 11 counties.

In addition to the capital, Shuntian Prefecture has a population of more than 240 million in the surrounding counties, and there are about 10 hectares of arable land, which is more than 1000 million mu.In other words, [-]% to [-]% of the cultivated land in Shuntian Mansion was set as Huangzhuang.That's why it has been said that the Northern Zhili area is an area with extremely serious land mergers.

However, whether it is more than 10 hectares is actually a muddle.

When Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country, there were more than 800 million hectares of arable land in the country. By the time of Hongzhi, this number had dropped to more than 400 million hectares.

Population growth should be reclaimed land, the result is a sharp drop.It's obviously been concealed.

In fact, even if more than 1000 million mu of land is fully allocated to these more than 200 million people, the average amount of land per person is only four to five mu.

To feed a person, the grain output of four or five mu of land is basically enough.

Therefore, in ancient times, people often said that the people were just full enough in a good year, but in a famine year, they must be hungry and die.

The situation is grim.

Gu Renyi can't bear to say goodbye to Fei Hong here all the time.

In fact, Gu'an County is under the rule of Shuntian Mansion. He doesn't need to take care of the civil unrest there, but he needs to share the Huangzhuang there.

This matter is not so easy, maybe I will be busy for a whole year this year.

First of all, there are people from the Palace Supervisor, and Jin Yiwei. The factory guards are an extension of the emperor's will. The emperor is greedy for money, so they collect money from the emperor. Now the emperor wants to divide the fields of Huangzhuang, so they naturally Follow orders.

However, Gu Renyi had a bad impression of the factory guards, so he had to take care of this matter of dividing the land himself.

Otherwise, the fields distributed to the common people would not be taken by Jin Yiwei and the people in the East Factory themselves.

For this reason, he called a few friends he trusted, who were recommended by him, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, to serve as magistrates below.

Even so, Gu Renyi himself was not lazy, he went to the field ridge in person, framed the area on the spot according to the number of acres of land deeds provided by the supervisor of ceremonies, and then re-registered and compiled the book.

This matter is nothing more than those steps, but from the beginning of preparation to the actual implementation, there are many details that need to be paid attention to, and any negligence can easily fall into the hands of the Fentian people.

Except for him, the other seven prefects are almost like this.

Also because the government pushed this matter seriously, the civil unrest in Gu'an County did not cause any disturbances in the end. To be honest, in a cannibalistic society, it is normal for any county to make trouble.

Now the land division order has destroyed their foundation, so these people are being arrested less and less.It will certainly not be like the late Ming Dynasty, when the ranks of refugees got bigger and bigger.

23 counties, come one by one...

After a few days,

Gu Renyi first led his people to Daxing County. There are eight Huangzhuang in Daxing County, which together have more than 6000 mu of land.It is a troublesome matter to whom to give this share-how to identify poor students?How to prevent counterfeiting?

When Gu Renyi arrived, she adopted a simple and rude method: those who died of starvation at home were divided first.

It's not easy to hide this matter, people from the village can be easily exposed.

And it is divided according to the number of people, three mu of land per person.

Divide it first, and if there is any surplus, then each family will divide another half acre of land or something.

Under the personal leadership of Gu Renyi, the people from the government rushed to Zhangji Village in Daxing County.

The northern plains and countryside have a foggy feeling in the spring morning, and there is still dew on the heads of some weeds on the roadside that have not had time to disperse.

Walking into the village, many houses looked dilapidated. Looking up, they were either built with a few broken tiles, or the windows were broken and not repaired.

Several almost houses fell together, and the walls were upside down, without any vitality.

And even if it is still early, you can see some thin old people carrying hoes in front of and behind the house to hoe the ground.

There was a family that made Gu Renyi emotional. It was a child lying on a big round rock dipping in water to write, and a woman, probably her mother, was washing rice.

Very few handfuls of rice.

It can't fit in the palm of an adult.

If it is cooked into a pot of porridge for three people to drink, it is not much different from water.

The suffering of the people's livelihood is unspeakable.

As for the third person in the fenced yard, it should be the child's father who is binding firewood, probably preparing to carry it to the market to sell for money.

All three of them had pale faces, and the woman was even thinner with protruding cheekbones and dry lips.

Seeing the people in the government, they were all quite nervous.The woman hurried over and helped the child to hide in the house.

"Don't be afraid, this is a senior official from Shuntian Prefecture." Li Zheng of the village introduced, "He's here to divide the fields."

On the way here, Lizheng told Gu Renyi about this family. Years ago, the head of the family, the grandfather of the child, passed away. He didn't really starve to death, but he was so hungry that he ate a lot. Tree leaves, the result is not healthy and fell ill, and there is no money to buy medicine, so I can only wait to die.

And the family of three had a hard time.

In such a situation, Gu Renyi also made up her mind: it can be divided.

As for the man, he was quite frightened, trembling and said: "Whose family's field will be divided?!"

Gu Renyi knew that he would have misunderstood, "Divide the emperor's field, there are three people in your family, and there are two acres of four-point fields left, this time I will give you six acres of six-point fields. There are nine acres of fields, and the days can be better."

After saying this, the honest farmer didn't react immediately.

"The emperor's field...how can it be distributed to us?"

In fact, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture is not considered a petty official anymore, how could he fall into the point of having a direct dialogue with the farmers?It was really the same tragic situation before, Gu Renyi felt uncomfortable seeing it.If he did something for them in an unscrupulous way, it would be a crime for him to sit in the yamen.

Looking at it now, he felt that this matter was not careless.

The emperor promoted him so vigorously, and the common people in the world finally waited for such an opportunity, how dare he, Gu Renyi, be sloppy!One sloppy is the price of human life!

A big man, seeing the appearance of the common people at this moment, couldn't help crying.They couldn't believe that the emperor wanted to divide the land for them.

"...Is it really distributed? Is it distributed to us? Do you want money?" The woman in the room came out and asked.

"Why do you care so much for a woman? Go back!"

"It's okay." Gu Renyi opened his eyes hard, held back tears, and said, "These lands don't require money, they are all allocated to you directly, and the land deeds will be re-established. The government will sign and pledge with you, and it must be done quickly. , so that this year's spring plowing will still be in time for you, and after these few months, the fields will have a harvest, and the second half of the year will not be so bitter."

The man was still on guard, so he simply came down, "Dare to ask the official... the Son of Heaven, why do you want to divide the land for us?"

"The Son of Heaven is the father of all the people. He couldn't bear to see his children suffer, so he sent us here to share the land with you."

I don't know if the man understands these words, but he is still in a daze anyway.

Gu Renyi couldn't see his skinny face anymore, "It's better to explain it a hundred times than to explain it once. Let's divide the land. When you get the land deed, the people should believe it."

At this time, a person beside him came over,
"Only one of the eight Huangzhuang in Daxing County is here, and it is only 1200 mu, which is quite large. If such a family is divided into six or seven mu of land, I am afraid that it will not be enough in the future."

Gu Renyi showed no expression, "It's okay, let's divide it first. If there is not enough, let's check other farmlands and do the same."

In this matter, he can be ordered to achieve [-]% of the [-]%, [-]% of the [-]%, and he can't control that much.Even if it is only [-]%, it is the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, and Beizhili can more or less recover a little population.

"... But the imperial decree did not mention the other Zhuangtian."

"I have my own idea. Let's not talk about it first, it's important to divide the land."

(End of this chapter)