Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 323 The Land Issue

Lin Cunde listened to Chen Zhao's report and was very satisfied. In fact, everyone knew that the money had been corrupted by officials at different levels before. Now, all the money has entered the national treasury and then been distributed. In this case, the money has entered the national treasury. That’s a lot!

Moreover, officials no longer need to be corrupt, and there is now a lot of money to support integrity!

"Sir, I have a question, that is, now everyone has discovered that the court did not sell the farmland obtained by confiscating the houses before. Even though it was controlled by the court, many people asked if they could sell some?" After Chen Zhao finished his report, Asked.

In Zhejiang Province alone, more than four million acres of fertile farmland have been confiscated, accounting for basically 20% of the entire province. Now those fertile farmlands are not for sale. Some officials want to buy farmland, but they cannot. These farmland, according to the court His order was to distribute it to nearby people for planting, and just collect land taxes. In fact, if these farmland were released and sold, tens of millions of taels of silver could be obtained!

It was also during these years that those officials converted farmland into farmland through corvee labor, labor service, and corruption money. Of course, there were also farmlands that some officials originally owned at home, but they were corrupted and their homes were confiscated. Back to the court!

Therefore, this money is a huge sum of money, but now the court has no intention of selling it. Up to now, the farmland has not been determined whether it will be returned to the court or to internal funds. It is just letting the officials distribute the land to the people. At the same time, the Jinyiwei Will supervise!

The land deeds for these farmlands have all been collected. The local government is not qualified to buy or sell it. It is only qualified to inspect good farmland. Moreover, it is not qualified to deprive the planting rights of the previously cultivated land. If it has been allocated to this farmer for planting, then the government is not qualified to take it back. , Unless the family has no more males and needs to reduce the farmland, as long as there are males, and according to the five acres of land for each male and two acres for women, the land allocated does not exceed the land that the family should have, and it cannot be taken back!

When the people are asked to plant those lands, they will be informed. Once someone takes away the planting rights of those lands, the farmers can go to the government to sue!

When Lin Cunde heard him ask this question, he was silent for a moment, thinking about how to answer their words!

In fact, Zhejiang has confiscated about 25% of the land in Zhejiang Province. If the investigation continues across the country, some Zhejiang officials will also be involved. It is expected that after everything is sorted out, 35% of the fertile land in Zhejiang can be recovered.

Jiangxi has now harvested 30% of its fertile land, Fujian has harvested 20% of its fertile land, and Guangdong has harvested 25% of its land!

If the whole country fights against corruption and rectifies all the land, plus the land previously controlled by Zhu Qiyu, it is estimated that the court will control almost 30% of the country's land. With 30% of the land not allowed to be traded and handed over to the people for cultivation, it will indeed reduce many hidden dangers. , but it’s still not enough!

Lin Cunde's purpose is to control more than 60%, so as to ensure that the people will not rebel easily. After all, the land is planted for you, and they will not starve to death. Why rebel? Of course, if something happens, they are not qualified to sell those lands, and the people don't have the emergency money!

"What your Majesty means is not to sell this land yet. If it is sold, so much land will be released, and the land price will be very cheap, impacting the people's land prices and causing damage to the people. Therefore, the seized land, Don't think about buying it in the past few years. If you have money and want to buy land, you can only buy private land!" Lin Cunde sat there and said to Chen Zhao.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" When the officials heard this, they all stood up and said with their hands raised.

"Well, your Majesty does not want the people to suffer. It is true that the land sold can be exchanged for tens of millions of taels of silver, which is equivalent to two years of taxes from the previous treasury. But your Majesty knows that you cannot let the people suffer, and you cannot let the people suffer. To increase the burden, that is why you are asked to arrange for people to plant crops nearby and distribute them according to population. Your Majesty has the people in mind, so these lands will not be sold for the time being!" Lin Cunde said to the officials.

But you can't say you will never buy it. If you say you will never sell it, it will immediately cause an uproar. Moreover, the price of land will go up soon. Moreover, some people will have the idea to sell the land to officials and then themselves Go plant government land and snatch the planting rights from people who don’t have land!

Now, Lin Cunde and Zhu Qiyu's idea is to boil the frog in warm water and slowly collect the land! By the time they realized it, His Majesty had collected more than 50% of the land. In this case, the Ming Dynasty would be stable! '

The people who have been allocated land now call His Majesty the Holy King, and some even put up longevity plaques for Zhu Qiyu at home!

They prayed that Zhu Qiyu would live a long life. After all, Zhu Qiyu had been very good to the people since he ascended the throne for more than a year. The people now fully recognized Zhu Qiyu.

"Well, your majesty is wise, there are benefits to doing this. Once the country is in trouble, your majesty can also sell some land in exchange for money!" After hearing this, Chen Zhao nodded and said. Other officials also nodded!

"Well, this is also one of your Majesty's considerations. If you sell those lands, the price of land will definitely drop. Moreover, if the people are in an emergency and want to sell the land, they will definitely suffer losses!" Lin Cunde nodded and thought to himself. However, Zhu Qiyu has no intention of selling these lands. In fact, in the capital, Zhu Qiyu has received many such memorials, hoping that Zhu Qiyu can release the land that was confiscated and sell it in exchange for money to enrich the national treasury, but Zhu Qiyu just disagrees!

He would rather plant that land for free to the people, just to pay the land tax. If it is sold, the people will have to pay more for the land rent, which increases the people's burden!

For this reason, many people who were allocated land are grateful to Zhu Qiyu. Therefore, Zhu Qiyu's prestige among the people is very high now, especially in the four southern provinces!

Lin Cunde listened to their report at the Zhejiang Chief Envoy's Office, and soon it was noon. Lin Cunde and the officials went to the restaurant to have dinner. After dinner, Lin Cunde was about to board the ship, and all the officials came to see them off. Lin Cunde faced They wave!

After boarding the ship, Lin Cunde and the others went straight to the capital!

Lin Cunde was wearing a cloak and stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the scenery outside. It was already winter. Many of the trees on both sides of the canal had fallen leaves and looked very depressed. However, Lin Cunde knew that next year, people in the four provinces of Jiangnan would... With the good times ahead, the average citizen will see an increase in income of at least three to five taels of silver!

Officials also increased their income, and so did the court!

"Sir, Tianliang, why are you out here?" Lin Cunde heard Wang Zhi's voice, turned to look at Wang Zhi, and found that Wang Zhi was also walking over wearing a cloak!

"I'm going back, look at the scenery on both sides, why are you out too?" Lin Cunde said to Wang Zhi with a smile.

"It's time to go back to Beijing, and I feel a little bit reluctant to leave. In the past few months, I have been able to live a new life for a while, and I can finally understand it! Ha, what a great place, they are all the great rivers and mountains of my Ming Dynasty!" Wang Zhi said He was also standing next to Lin Cunde, looking into the distance.

"Good rivers and mountains also need good officials to govern. If they are corrupt officials, good rivers and mountains will be ruined by them. This time the four provinces raided such officials, and the grain alone exceeded 1200 million tons! It is enough for me to live in the Ming Dynasty. The land tax for the year has been paid, the cash in silver exceeds million taels, the value of the shop exceeds million taels, and the value of jewelry and other calligraphy and paintings also exceeds million taels! The national treasury is now full, and it is time to do something. You can’t hold it Put this money in the treasury and let the officials slowly disappear!" Lin Cunde said to Wang Zhi.

This much money is equivalent to the taxes of the Ming Dynasty for five or six years!

With so much money, things need to be done!

"In your opinion, what should be done with this money?" Upon hearing this, Wang Zhi moved in his heart and asked Lin Cunde.

"Build water conservancy projects, repair rivers, repair roads, and repair border cities!" Lin Cunde said looking into the distance.

After hearing this, Wang Zhi nodded and said: "These are the things we need to do. There has been no water conservancy project in the court for many years, and the roads have not been repaired for many years. I know these things. When Wang Zhen was here, he had money. I won’t do such a thing!”

"Take it from the people, use it for the people, build water conservancy projects, let the people participate, earn a salary, improve their lives, it is also very good. Moreover, once the water conservancy projects are repaired, it will also be beneficial to farming, and the river embankments will be repaired." , and the floods have reduced. These are major things that benefit the country and the people. However, His Majesty has too few people at his disposal now. There are still many officials in the court. They are still as busy as before, and they don’t want to think about it. It’s not okay to work and think about fighting for power!

It is estimated that those officials who have been promoted now will take several years to grow up. Your Majesty needs to give them time to grow up! Therefore, it is really difficult to deal with so much money! "Lin Cunde said worriedly, there are not many officials in the capital that Zhu Qiyu can trust!

As for local officials, they are currently not capable enough and have insufficient qualifications. It is not a good thing to promote them. It is better to let them grow more locally.

"Well, why don't you preside over this matter? If you do it, no one will dare to mess around!" Wang Zhi thought for a while and said to Lin Cunde.

After hearing this, Lin Cunde shook his head with a smile and said nothing!

In fact, Lin Cunde doesn't want to continue managing things, and he needs to settle down for a few years!

Lin Cunde knows how many people have been resented by this inspection!

Moreover, the officials in the four provinces were all promoted by themselves. Although Zhu Qiyu agreed in the end, they were promoted by himself. Therefore, if he remains active, he will eventually become a force in the court. When the time comes, he must Something big is not going to happen!

Therefore, Lin Cunde now wants to retire. Not only does he not care about the affairs of civil servants, but also the affairs of military generals. Lin Cunde does not want to deal with it. He hides at home and studies for a few years. He even said that he can travel around the mountains and rivers, but he does not want to continue to be in power. Got it!

(End of this chapter)