eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 452 Eighty thousand acres!

An imperial decree from the emperor promoted Wang Ji and Wang Jizhi to the cabinet, and then he deliberately kept a low profile, and no one was seen for a long time.

In fact, everyone in the outer court was eager to find a way out, so they lined up to look for Wang Jia, and it seemed that fewer people were handing over tickets to enter the palace.

Others don't know about it either, and they only think that the new words "company" and "shareholding" are all thought up by Mui Kee's boss.Originally, Mei Kejia had been in contact with overseas Westerners for several years, maybe he heard about it from those places.

These new words were combined with the traditional "Wanjin account" of Shaanxi merchants, and a new account book was specially formulated for Meiji, which was renamed Daming Nanyang Company.

On the ledger, people are divided into many pieces from the perspective of shares.

An acre of good fertile land in North Zhili costs 25 taels per mu.But that was before, and now the property has become a knife hanging over the head. Once caught, the family may be destroyed.

So now the price is naturally falling again and again, to the point where one price is in the morning and another in the afternoon.

It's not that Zhu Houzhao wants to cut their leeks, but he really wants to be more efficient. How to be efficient?The price of the things you have to sell is reduced, and the price of the things you have to buy is increased. These two things are generally unbearable for ordinary people. Unless the judgment and determination are strong, they will always be fooled.

Mei Kejia also boasted everywhere that in the three years of Zhengde, Haimao can distribute 1000 million taels of silver to all the "shareholders" of the company.

Yes, shareholders.

These are all new words you haven't heard before.

Of course, it doesn't matter, the key is how to get the money.

On March 3, the second year of Zhengde, the first order was traded. The order amounted to 22 mu of land, and the price was 3 taels of silver, in exchange for dry shares with a ratio of [-]/[-].

This 'business' was done by Cui Yuan, Zhu Houzhao's uncle.

Princess Yongkang and Cui Yuan are both well-known people. According to the "conventional practice" at this time, occupying two thousand acres of land in their identities is considered a small amount.

But from the perspective of the common people, two thousand acres of land is a lot of wealth.

Therefore, while presiding over this work, Wang Jia felt that the emperor's record was really wonderful.

Also on March 3, the second year of Zhengde, the second transaction was Min Xiaoren, the official secretary of the Ministry of Rites and Rites. He was from Zhuoxian County.

When Wang Jia entered the account, he directly lowered the price, erased the odds, and only priced 8 taels of silver in exchange for eight thousandths of dry shares.

Min Xiaoren is a short and fat man, he didn't dare to say more after getting this result, and went home after suffering a dull loss.

He really loves to sell so many good fields for less than ten taels of silver.

But what can be done?

Jin Yiwei and Dongchang have already started arresting people in Wanping County.

Shenwuwei was also carried out by Zhu Houzhao. This team of only more than 700 people has been training near the capital for the past few days.They also wandered around inside and outside the capital a few times, not to mention the good guys, the bad guys all shrank their heads at this time.

Probably because the price of land has fallen sharply,
By March 3, the British Duke, the head of the ministers, finally couldn't hold back, but he was in a hurry as soon as he made a move, and took out more than 23 mu of land deeds!

So he can't just go to Wang Jia for this matter.

Got to see the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao met him for the sake of this matter and for the sake of the common people.But the disappointment with the British Duke is written on his face.

"There are no less than a hundred families in Beijing like the British Duke. Although the land they occupy is not as good as that of the British Duke, they accumulate a lot of land. They don't pay a cent of tax on these lands. On the contrary, the common people have no land to cultivate. The imperial court's taxes are all on them, and my throne is really sitting on fire.

If you, the Duke of the country, want to pass it on to several generations, you should also thank me, otherwise, the people without land will kill the officials and rebel, and I will not be able to keep the country. I am afraid that you, the Duke of the country, will have to give up your title to the next dynasty. Those who have made great contributions to the founding of the country. "

Especially thinking that he said to donate [-] mu of land before, Zhu Houzhao has completely denied this person.

"I'm ashamed of my humble minister. I don't have the face to take charge of the Central Military Governor's Mansion any more. Your Majesty, please remove my position as a minister."

The old man knocked to the ground.But Zhu Houzhao no longer believes that these people can really repent.

"How many children and grandchildren do you have?"

"Return to Your Majesty, I have three sons and five grandchildren."

"Choose two people and go to sea with the caravan on the Nanyang Company's ship."

The British prince turned pale instantly, "Your Majesty! Please calm down. Overseas barbarians..."

"My lord, I have become magnanimous." Zhu Houzhao looked a little impatient.

Of course, going to sea is life-threatening, so what should I do?It is an established policy to transfer the interests of honored ministers and clan members overseas.

And he didn't have the idea that ordinary people's children can die, but the Duke's children can't die in his heart.

The British prince dared not say any more,
The emperor has completely disliked him.

The reason why he was not killed was simply because killing him interfered with the overall situation and caused more losses.

And he will never have this opportunity to be in charge of the Central Military Commander's Mansion in the future.

On March 3, the second year of Zhengde, another major event happened in Beijing.

Dongchang didn't go through the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, but directly slammed into the door and arrested Shaoqing Guan Ting of Taichang Temple.

When asked, he only said that he had something to do with the Zhuangtian case.

The arrest of people in the Zhuangtian case is now authorized by the imperial power.

On that day, more dignitaries and officials at all levels came to Mei Kejia with land deeds.This million-dollar account has one page and one account, and within a few days it is already as thick as three palms.

In fact, there are many words in the world that scare people. Why is the world going to be in chaos?The emperor besieged three and missed one with one move, but didn't they all drive them to this corner.

Some people are timid and rebelled without even thinking about it. The rest of them can't gather strength when people's hearts are unstable, so they have nothing to do. Moreover, the imperial court has already mobilized people from the Academy and the Imperial College to support the states and counties To assist in dividing the fields, people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang come and go in the city and the countryside.

For the first time, the common people are still helping the government. What kind of officials are being killed at this juncture, and what kind of rebellion are they rebelling against?Which one doesn't wait to divide the fields, but still follows you to do that unreliable thing with your head up.

Even so, Zhu Houzhao also devoted more attention to military matters, and announced the commanders of the 24 guards in Shangzhi's personal guards into the palace in three batches.

There are also people who occupy the fields here.Anyway, it's become a custom to be an official these days.

Zhu Houzhao did not treat them differently. Those courtiers in the outer court and the group of honored officials who were like wine bags and rice bags could exchange land for dry shares, and his direct personal guard commander was of course even more so!
Not only is it possible, but the field price has not dropped, so the unit price is 30 yuan.

As an emperor, he can't just praise him without giving money.

This is true for all generals and officers in the personal guards, from the commander down to the top.

This is different from the cabinet side.

In this way, the palace is a scene of joy and harmony.

The emperor took these young commanding envoys to shoot arrows and perform martial arts in the palace, gave them imperial meals, sat down with them and discussed the doctrine, told some stories about Huo Qubing drinking horse Hanhai to express their ambitions, and also inspired their ambitions to make contributions.

Emperor,

In the hearts of many people, it is still a remarkable and untouchable existence.

To gain the emperor's trust and to follow the emperor is such a promising thing.

With these actions, the imperial palace and the imperial city are like iron barrels.

To put it bluntly, if another emperor comes up, whether this group of people can be so valued by the new emperor is another matter.

On the 27th, Jin Gui's memorial came up.

Should those gentry in Wanping County be killed or not?

There is almost no need to doubt it, that is, the cabinet's votes all agree to kill, if they don't kill, this time things won't happen.

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"Jizhi, how's it going?"

Li Dongyang walked over tremblingly.

Wang Jia put the brush on the pen stand, got up and greeted him, and said: "I remember too much, there are more than 80 mu of land, and it is impossible to completely complete all of it before this year's spring plowing."

"Anyway, it's quite effective."

"Yes. Although there may actually be more than 200 million mu that cannot be divided, but not all fields have problems."

Li Dongyang murmured that he had two more age spots recently, which made him look more old. "We must divide it up. If we can't keep up with spring plowing, we must catch up with autumn planting. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and His Majesty has already done the hardest thing."

"Students from the Academy and the Imperial College have already mobilized. I just asked Shuhou (Liang Chuzi) yesterday that the Ministry of Officials has many Jinshi waiting in line to be awarded an official. At the end of the first year of Zhengde, there were dozens of Jinshi who had not yet been awarded an official. , There are about 250 people in total. Including the 600 people from the academy and the Imperial College, I plan to send all of these 800 people."

These people are all literate, and it is not difficult for them to register and compile books, explain imperial policies, and grasp the key points of land distribution.

"Is this going to be reported to His Majesty?"

"I'll deliver the note in a while."

If there are more than 800 people, then each person will have to share 1000 mu of land on average. If each person has 3 mu, then 333 people will have to share the land. If 10 people are divided a day, it will take more than a month.

This does not include the travel time between one piece of land and another piece of land, and the figure of more than 80 mu is not the final figure, which will still increase.In addition, only one Jinshi can't divide the fields, and it needs to be accompanied by various auxiliary personnel.

There will also be various unexpected events during the process, such as rain, etc. The degree of organization is still very low these days...

All in all, there is no four to five months in which this cannot be done.

Therefore, we have to apply for special money and food to pay these more than 800 people.

When Wang Jia arrived at Qianqing Palace, it happened that Han Ziren, the deputy envoy of Jin Yiwei, was also there.

The emperor held a book of memorials in his hand, and he didn't shy away from it, saying: "The Duke of Baoguo Zhu Hui refused to hand over the land. The Jinyiwei Internal Guard found out that he occupied more than 8 mu of land inside and outside the capital. I don’t understand, why do you always ask me to do it?”

"Guo Bao?"

Wang Jia also met several times, but he was not impressed, and this person's involvement in the government was also very shallow.

Then he looked at the deputy envoy of Jin Yiwei standing beside him, and he seemed to understand something, "Your Majesty, do you need me to look for him again?"

With a snap, Zhu Houzhao slammed the memorandum on the imperial case, "No need, sir is already a cabinet minister with a lot of work to do every day, so there is no need to spend time persuading such a person."

Duke Baoguo has no foundation in the imperial court. As a civil servant, military general, and real emperor with confidantes in the capital and border areas, it is more than enough to deal with him.

(End of this chapter)