Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 257

When Zhu Qiyu heard what Lin Cunde said, he didn't understand. He now controls the land, distributes it to the landless people, and prohibits them from trading land!

Although this eased land annexation, Zhu Qiyu didn't know that the people's tax burden was not heavy, but the burden on corvee was indeed very heavy!

Officials in the Ming Dynasty have to go out, but they need a lot of people to work. Not only do they have no income, but they also have to pay for food and drink.

In some families, a man has been serving in the government all year round, causing difficulties at home!

In order to avoid corvee, the people handed over the land to officials in exchange for being exempted from corvee, Ding!

Zhu Qiyu didn't know this.

"Your Majesty, I hope your Majesty can send someone to investigate this matter, that is, to investigate how much harm this corvee has caused to the people. Now that the land of corrupt officials has been confiscated, we have given it to the people, but in fact the people have not The burden has not been reduced much!" Lin Cunde stood there and said to Zhu Qiyu.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Lin Cunde with a frown and asked, "Is there such a thing?"

Lin Cunde cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty sends someone to investigate. It is best for the lower-level Jin Yiwei to investigate, so that they can know the suffering of the people!"

"Well!" Zhu Qiyu trusted Lin Cunde's words, and then asked: "As you said, corvee is more serious than land tax? If so, what should we do?"

"Divide a small family into an entire acre!" Lin Cunde said about the method adopted by Yongzheng in later generations.

Sharing a small share of the labor force actually greatly liberates the labor force, and at the same time allows people to dare to have children!

Ding Yi did great harm to the people, and all these benefits were taken away by local officials, and the court did not get them at all!

In addition, local officials often use their brains to embezzle money!

"Spread a small family into an equal share?" Zhu Qiyu frowned and looked at Lin Cunde and asked.

"Yes, convert the Ding service into money and spread it into the land tax. In this way, officials will avoid requiring the people to perform Ding service or miscellaneous labor. If necessary, the government can pay those people to do the work. This will also allow the people to do the work. The people have an income!" Lin Cunde nodded and said to Zhu Qiyu.

"That's it!" Zhu Qiyu still didn't believe Lin Cunde's words. After all, no one had ever told him about this!

"Your Majesty will find out after you go and investigate. I don't dare to lie!" Lin Cunde said again with his hands in hand.

"Okay, I will send someone to investigate immediately! However, let's not talk about this now. Let's talk about these corrupt officials. How should we deal with them?" Zhu Qiyu nodded. He took Lin Cunde's words seriously!

"Should this be left to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Procuratorate?" Lin Cunde thought about it for a moment. He was a military commander, and he couldn't talk nonsense about dealing with local officials.

After hearing this, Zhu Qiyu stood up with his hands behind his back and said worriedly: "I know that it should be left to them to handle, but who will go? Who can guarantee fair treatment? There are so many corrupt officials, and the officials must be inseparable. Yes, and I am also worried that after dealing with so many officials and pulling out the carrots and bringing out the mud, there will be many officials involved in the court, so there will definitely be a shortage of officials!"

After hearing this, Lin Cunde thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, there is no shortage of officials in the Ming Dynasty. Don't worry about this. When Taizu killed people like this, there were people who were officials. You are still worried about the shortage of officials. Now everyone knows how many people are waiting in line. Waiting for a job!"

"Yes!" Zhu Qiyu nodded after hearing this. It was really like this. Then he stared at Lin Cunde and asked: "Who do you think is suitable to be an imperial envoy?"

"Ah, I don't know about this!" Lin Cunde didn't want to interfere in the affairs of civil servants, let alone let others think that he was a powerful minister.

"How are you doing?" Zhu Qiyu asked Lin Cunde with a smile.

"Ah!" After hearing this, Lin Cunde stood up suddenly and stared at Zhu Qiyu in shock.

"I am going to ask you to be an imperial envoy and ask the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple to send people to assist you! You will lead 15,000 soldiers from the military camp to assess the officials of these two provinces. Of course, the Jin Yiwei will also need to lead Go over!" Zhu Qiyu looked at Lin Cunde and explained.

After hearing this, Lin Cunde was extremely depressed. He decided to become an imperial envoy himself, which was not easy to do. Zhu Ji had long said that this would offend people.

And with so many corrupt officials, are they all going to be arrested? That’s hundreds of people. In addition, if they are arrested, their homes will definitely be ransacked. The worst case will definitely be that the whole family will be arrested. This is a lot of people!

The key is that he is a military commander, not a civil servant!

Lin Cunde immediately raised his hands and said to Zhu Qiyu: "Your Majesty, I am a military general!"

"I know that the reason I asked you to be the imperial envoy is that I hope you can suppress them. If those dishonest civil servants are left to them to deal with, most of the officials in this book will be fine, and they can also Arrange a good reason, so when you go, they don't dare to mess around. I'm not saying that we have to clean it up completely, but at least it has to be almost cleaned up, right?" Zhu Qiyu nodded and explained to Lin Cunde.

"Your Majesty, brother-in-law, why is it me? You can just let Shi Heng and the others go!" Lin Cunde looked at Zhu Qiyu and asked with tears in his eyes.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and said: "They are no good, they have no brains, they can't play with those civil servants, and they may be corrupt, but you can't. You can't spend all the money on soap and soap workshops! In addition, you can't Let the father-in-law do it? The father-in-law doesn't have the brains!" Lin Cunde just looked at Zhu Qiyu stupidly.

"This matter has been settled. I will launch an attack in the next few days. In addition, I will also ask some people and have people investigate the matter you mentioned. If it is true, you'd better write a memorial. , I want to take a closer look and understand!" Zhu Qiyu said and sat down on the main seat again!

"Brother-in-law, this, this won't work, this, how many people will I offend?" Lin Cunde said quickly to Zhu Qiyu.

Zhu Qiyu laughed after hearing this and said: "What are you afraid of? You are Wu Xun. As long as you don't rebel, none of them can do anything to you. Besides, will you rebel? Even if you hold the fifth army camp in your hand, you I won’t do such a thing! I still know you!”

"That's definitely not the case!" Lin Cunde shook his head and said, he was sick, and he was plotting rebellion. The Ming Dynasty's rebellion was not easy to plot, and it was meaningless!

"That's enough. Besides, huh, this time, once corrupt officials are discovered, their homes will be ransacked. The men will be sent to important border towns, and the women will be sent to the Jiaofang Bureau or exiled! What are you afraid of?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Lin Cunde. Say it with a smile!

Lin Cunde had a headache. He didn't want to do this. How many people would be killed!

"Your Majesty, why don't you let Yu Qian go?" Lin Cunde thought for a while and decided that it would be better to trick Yu Qian.

"Yu Qian dares? Besides, if Yu Qian goes, those civil servants won't intercede with Yu Qian? Can Yu Qian withstand it?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Lin Cunde with a smile. He knew that Lin Cunde was unwilling to go, and he also understood why he was unwilling to go. Originally, this matter The matter has nothing to do with Lin Cunde, he is a military commander.

But Zhu Qiyu needed him to go, and he also needed Lin Cunde to kill some civil servants. This would be a good thing for Ming Dynasty, Lin Cunde, and himself!

"Okay, okay!" Lin Cunde was helpless. It seemed that not many people dared, but he really dared, but he just didn't want to go!

"That's enough, the matter is settled. By the way, what do you want for your reward?" Zhu Qiyu asked with a smile when he saw Lin Cunde agreeing.

Lin Cunde also discovered that Zhu Qiyu was really mature and knew how to reward a sweet date with a stick!

However, Lin Cunde didn't lack anything, so he shook his head and said, "I don't lack anything!"

"Well, the awards will start from tomorrow. I will make you the Marquis of Luling, Xiang Qing the Jincheng Bo, Yang Xiangzheng the Yongzhou Bo, and Xu Xianyong the Shunde Bo. However, I want to hear your opinion on their transfer!" Zhu Qiyu Looking at Lin Cunde and asking.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lin Cunde stood up and raised his hands to Zhu Qiyu.

Zhu Qiyu had agreed with him in advance, so he naturally had to stand up and thank him. However, Lin Cunde did not dare to get involved in the arrangements between the two of them. He just held his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I dare not get involved in this matter. Your Majesty, you can ask Yu Qian Views!"

"Well, Yu Qian will say that I am going to mobilize Xiang Qing to go to Zhejiang to guard Zhejiang. One is to prepare for the Japanese pirates, and the other is to support you! Yang Xiang is guarding Datong, and Xu Xianyong is guarding Liaodong! You continue to be in the capital and command the fifth military camp! "Zhu Qiyu nodded and told Lin Cunde his thoughts.

"Yes!" Lin Cunde immediately raised his hand and said yes.

"Come, drink tea, and talk about things in the court. Recently, the ministers came to me to report the matters at hand. I also know that they are afraid, but I have never found a suitable reason to deal with them. In fact, I don't want to touch them, but they are too much in the way! They are opposed to whatever I want to do!" Zhu Qiyu asked Lin Cunde to sit down and poured tea for Lin Cunde.

"Here, you can talk to those ministers!" Lin Cunde said quickly. The more mature Zhu Qiyu became, the more he had to say less and not more.

From today's conversation, Lin Cunde could tell that Zhu Qiyu already had his own ideas about many things.

Including where the generals should go after being ennobled, such as cleaning up the officials in Zhejiang and Jiangxi, Zhu Qiyu had actually already thought about it!

If I still get along with him in the same way as before, something big will happen.

"Talk, well, you're right, we need to talk. I have to give them a chance. The people of Ming Dynasty are still so poor. If I don't do anything, the people may be in chaos. I can't let Ming Dynasty... My hands are messed up!" Zhu Qiyu nodded and said in agreement after hearing what Lin Cunde said.

"Yes, they are actually not corrupt officials. In fact, they are all tired of their fame!" Lin Cunde answered with his hands raised.

"Oh, tired of fame? This is a strange thing to say, let's hear it!" Zhu Qiyu looked at Lin Cunde and asked curiously.

"Yes, in fact, none of them are corrupt people, but many of their disciples may be corrupt. In order to protect those disciples, they have to deceive and trade with each other to ensure that their reputation is not damaged. , Your Majesty can use this to talk to them, maybe you can convince them!" Lin Cunde told Zhu Qiyu what he knew about them!

If we say that they are corrupt officials, we certainly cannot say that, but if we say that they are officials who serve the people wholeheartedly, they certainly cannot be considered!

(End of this chapter)