Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 145

"After checking the counties under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture, the imperial court has actual jurisdiction over more than 337 million acres of Huangzhuang land, of which the original amount of Huangzhuang land is more than 4 million acres, and an additional 209 million acres have been added. It is divided according to grade, and paddy fields …”

"After checking the counties under the jurisdiction of Yongping Prefecture, the inner court has actual jurisdiction over more than 203 million acres of Huangzhuang land, of which the original amount of Huangzhuang land is more than 1 million acres, and more than 131 acres have been added, which are divided according to grade. Paddy fields…”

"After checking the counties under the jurisdiction of Baoding Prefecture, the inner court actually has jurisdiction over more than 351 million acres of Huangzhuang land..."

"After checking the counties under the rule of Zhending Prefecture, the inner court actually has jurisdiction over more than 429 acres of Huangzhuang land..."

The atmosphere in Dongnuan Pavilion was extremely depressing.

Sun Guozhen, Lu Guanxiang, Yu Yinggui, Shao Jie and other people, all with solemn expressions, made detailed reports to the emperor one after another. During the imperial edict to inspect Huangzhuanghuangdian and pastures in various places in Northern Zhili, they coordinated and measured the number of people. The actual number of acres and various conditions.

Zhu Youxiao was sitting on the throne, with no expression on his face, listening to the above-mentioned officials' reports, but he could not suppress the anger and murderous intention in his heart.

How fucking shocking!
The comprehensive inventory and measurement conducted this time revealed that more than 800 million acres of various fields were newly added.

This means that over a long period of time in the past, eunuchs and eunuchs sent out by the inner court either privately occupied the original Huangzhuang land, or under the banner of the inner court, they colluded with local officials, gentry and business groups to adopt various means to annex The nature of civilian farmland or farmland may simply be changed, and the property may be temporarily transferred to the name of Huangzhuang farmland, and then opportunities may be available to occupy this part of the farmland.

Executing those scumbags Lingchi was really a big deal for them! !
Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao clenched his fists tightly, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes. He shouldn't have killed them first, he should have put all the torture on these rat scum.

Liu Ruoyu, Han Zanzhou and other powerful eunuchs serving in front of the emperor all lowered their heads at this moment, their heartbeats accelerated a lot, and fear surrounded their hearts.

The Huangzhuang farmland belonging to the inner court, in the counties under the rule of Northern Zhili, should be around [-] million acres. However, after a comprehensive survey and measurement, it turned out that nearly [-] million acres more were found. Shocking news such as this, Everyone who heard this was shocked.

This is right under the emperor’s nose!

If you want to invade Huangzhuang's land, annex civilian land, or seize official and farmland, you must let Huangzhuang gain nominal benefits.

Otherwise, if the emperor hears the news, he will definitely send someone to investigate.

It seems that in Huangzhuang across the Northern Zhili border, the acres of land have increased by more than 200 million acres compared with the past. You should be happy about this, but there are too many tricks in it.

For example, if you replace the high-quality irrigated land or paddy field with the medium-low dry land, the land price and yield per mu will be different.

Not to mention that behind the more than 800 million acres of newly added land, it represents the blood and tears of many people, how many people were forced into prostitution, how many people were forced to sell their children and daughters, and how many families were destroyed! ! ! !
Zhu Youxiao didn't dare to think about it further.

"Ha ha!!!"

There were bursts of laughter in Dongnuan Pavilion, but the eunuchs Liu Ruoyu and Han Zanzhou, and the officials Sun Guozhen and Lu Guanxiang all lowered their heads. Amid the laughter, they could clearly feel the emperor's anger.

"Straight bitch! My eyes have been opened this time!!"

Zhu Youxiao used a rare expletive and looked at Sun Guozhen and the others with a smile, "The Imperial Village's acres of land under the jurisdiction of the inner court alone are more than 2000 million acres in the northern Zhili territory alone. Well, with so much land, I actually own it." Last to know.

In the past, the internal money was often not enough to spend. It turns out that these scumbags have been greedy for most of the money. Under the banner of the royal family, they have done so many evil things that are too numerous to describe. Their calculations are really good! ! "

This investigation and measurement of the Huangzhuanghuangdian and pastures made Zhu Youxiao understand what darkness is. No wonder it was called a bad era. Who the hell could be worse than the Ming Dynasty.

This is only in the northern Zhili territory.

Such as the inner court's industry, more or less all over the Ming Dynasty, the emperor is far away, who can think of what those scum can do?
In addition to royal property, there are royal properties everywhere!
What makes Zhu Youxiao dare not think about it further are the official fields, military villages, civilian villages, official fields, academic fields, border minister Yanglian fields, Taipusi pastures and pastures, and garden tombs and cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty provinces. Wait, how bad are they?

Those privileged groups under the Ming Dynasty, including vassals, nobles, officials, merchants, etc., when they saw the land, they were like hungry wolves seeing meat, and everyone wanted to pounce on it and bite a piece of it.

In the eyes of these privileged groups, the lower class groups are not human beings, but their means of production. If they die, they will die. Anyway, the most important thing in the Ming Dynasty is population!
"What's the situation of hosting Liao people and refugees in various places in the northern Zhili territory?" Zhu Youxiao suppressed his anger and looked at Sun Guozhen and the others with stern eyes.

"Your Majesty... the matter of accommodating the soldiers, craftsmen and civilians is rather complicated. In the past, my main energy was focused on inventorying and measuring the land."

Facing the emperor's inquiry, Sun Guozhen and the others looked at each other. Finally, Sun Guozhen stepped forward, raised his hands and bowed: "Now, in addition to the Shuntian and Yongping prefectures, there are many military craftsmen and civilians who are accommodated. , the scale is about one million, the situation in other prefectures and counties is now..."

Listening to what Sun Guozhen said, Zhu Youxiao didn't mean to blame them.indeed.

Just counting and measuring the acres of land is an extremely complicated project, and under this situation, it is undoubtedly difficult for them to count the detailed population.

"Then when you were checking and measuring the land, among the officials recruited from various places, did you make separate records for those who performed well?"

"Your Majesty... all prefectures and counties have started to register."

The inventory and measurement of Huangzhuanghuangdian and pastures have come to an end at this stage.

Zhu Youxiao does not intend to change the nature of these acres of land in Beizhili. If such an attractive piece of fat meat is really transferred to the local government, he will feed many hungry wolves.

What's more, Zhu Youxiao never planned to do this. After all, internal funds need to develop stable financial resources. Land of this scale will carry many of Zhu Youxiao's clear ideas, and then help internal funds earn gold and silver.

"Seeing that spring plowing is approaching, the next thing the ministers have to do is to return to the counties of Beizhili as soon as possible and be responsible for organizing the resumption of production and farming. If there is a shortage of various farm tools or livestock during this period, they can submit a memorial to the emperor. At the same time, we must continue to accommodate soldiers, craftsmen, and civilians, and register these accommodated groups."

Zhu Youxiao's eyes were firm and he said: "From today on, all the properties under the jurisdiction of the imperial court in the northern Zhili territory will be transferred to the name of the re-established Shaofu. Those officials selected from various places will be under the direct jurisdiction of the Shaofu. There is a responsible official under the government, and when this matter is clearly implemented, and after inspection by the inner court department, I will clarify it one by one."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone present was shocked.

Eunuchs such as Liu Ruoyu and Han Zanzhou were shocked that the restructured Shaofu would take away some of the powers that originally belonged to the inner court officials, which meant that the rectification of the inner court was not over yet.

Officials such as Sun Guozhen and Lu Guanxiang were shocked that the re-established Shaofu would be different from the official officials in other dynasties. From now on, they may be responsible for palace affairs. Once such news comes out, it will inevitably cause an uproar in the government and the public.

It’s just that none of them would know that the re-establishment of the Shaofu will build a new state-run system for the Ming Dynasty. This is a guarantee to ensure the relatively efficient operation of a certain area in such a chaotic era.

"Your Majesty, I feel that this matter needs to be discussed."

Lu Guanxiang stepped forward, bowed and admonished: "This inventory and measurement..."

"I know what the Qing family means, so there is no need to elaborate here."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and interrupted: "It's not that I haven't thought about transferring the extra acres of land to the officials of various counties in Northern Zhili. It's just that the Qing family feels that so much land must be transferred to local officials. How can we do it?" How much of it falls on local people?
Spring plowing is around the corner, I can’t let this land go to waste!

Take a look at these memorials. They were submitted to me by the Governor of Ji Liao. Under his jurisdiction, many of the soldiers and farms under his jurisdiction were invaded by the guards! "

Lu Guanxiang's mouth was blocked.

Now there are too many rotten places in the Ming Dynasty. What Zhu Youxiao has to do is to gradually eliminate those bad policies and cancers, such as the industries under the jurisdiction of the royal family. Zhu Youxiao must become completely independent. In addition to the civil service system of the outer dynasty, Then establish a civil service system.

The money bag of foreign treasury will not improve in a short time.

The emperor's money bag must be held tightly in his hands.

There are too many things that need to be done and too many problems that need to be solved. If the money bag in hand does not have enough gold and silver, even if Zhu Youxiao is the emperor of tomorrow, it will be difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without straw.

The resettled Shaofu will shoulder heavy responsibilities and heavy burdens in the future. The civil service system established on this basis will face many problems in the future.

The meal should be eaten one bite at a time.

The more we are in this situation, the more we must stay calm.

With a relatively complete system, adjusted welfare benefits, and strict supervision system, we ensure that the new civil service system of the Shaofu will not be contaminated with bad habits.

In the future, the Shaofu will become the exclusive territory of the imperial party for a long time. Until the thorough reforms are implemented one by one, the Shaofu will also take advantage of the trend to carry out new reforms...

(End of this chapter)