Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 855
Emperor Taizu took good care of the descendants of the Zhu family, and the punishment for crimes committed by the clan was quite generous. There was a special prison in Fengyang "high wall" to detain clan prisoners, and the treatment was mostly resettlement in idle houses and guarding ancestral graves, which was equivalent to Clan crimes almost bypassed the country's judiciary.

Zhu Cunshu (the book friend reminded Zhu Changchao that he had already written it to death before, and the author burst into tears, so he changed it to the last Qin king supported by Sun Shoufa in Shaanxi). After hearing Wang Yan's words, his face turned pale. Once the clan mansion is expelled, once this rule is opened, the clan's future judicial privileges will be gone.

What's more, apart from Wang Yan saying that he wants to move the vassal, he also needs to collect taxes from the vassal clan. If he agrees, he might be drowned in the clan's saliva.

Zhu Cunshu was also from the clan, so he was naturally dissatisfied with Wang Yan's policy, so he said with a sullen face, "His Royal Highness Chu, this action is not in line with the law of the ancestors."

Clan crimes in the Ming Dynasty were also a big problem. Just like the foreigners who enjoyed extraterritoriality in the late Qing Dynasty, tens of thousands of people were superior to others.

It is impossible to imagine how many evil things a group of people who have no restraint and no education can do.

And every evil thing they do will turn the people against the court and damage the image of the government.

After the fall of Nanjing, the confrontation between the North and the South became successful, the external ethnic conflicts eased slightly, and the internal conflicts gradually emerged.

In addition to attacking the Qing Dynasty, Wang Yan also faces a greater threat, which is the corruption of the bureaucratic group and the relationship between the people and the court.

There are more than [-] clans, and Wang Yan must be brought under the court's law. After committing a crime, local officials can try it, so that these clans and vassals can be controlled.

On this matter, Wang Yan was not prepared to give in, his face darkened, and he said angrily: "The changes of the sky are not to be feared, and the laws of the ancestors are not enough to abide by. If you really want the ancestors, you must go back to the origin and follow the law of the Three Emperors." Five Emperors."

Wang Yan paused, looked at Zhu Cunshu with sharp eyes, narrowed his eyes and said: "Is it the law of the ancestors that cannot be changed, or is it a small calculation for your own interests? You know me, and the whole world understands. The imperial court has not been changed until today. Should we reflect? Now we still use the fig leaf of the law of our ancestors to open our eyes and talk nonsense, claiming to be upright and high-sounding, disregarding the world, and only thinking about the selfish desires of the clan. Is the clan trying to destroy the Ming Dynasty? King Qin, are you a leftist? Zongzheng, don't you know how many registered clan members there are now, and how many land deeds the clan holds? If there is no reform, who can afford it? How much land can the imperial court still have?"

To put it bluntly, the clan's request is to imagine the same as before, eating and drinking for free, not paying taxes, and letting the world support them. The ancestor's law is indeed just a thin transparent fig leaf for them.

Zhu Cunshu didn't expect Wang Yan to get angry suddenly, he was a little flustered immediately, because as long as he could settle accounts, he knew that the clan issue must be corrected, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would perish sooner or later.

The sober clan can also see this, but the ass determines the head, how can more than [-] low-quality vested interests easily compromise.

There are more than [-] clans, and there will always be some talents. Apart from Tang and Lu, Zhu Cunshu has fought against the Qing in Shaanxi, and he can be regarded as a relatively capable clan. The person with the surname, he was naturally very unhappy.

"Your Highness, the issue of the clan needs to be corrected, but the clan is a royal family after all, and your Highness should also consider the emotions of the clan." Zhu Cunshu stood up and bowed to Wang Yan. The Zhu family has the dignity of the Zhu family, so he was willing to go all out, "Besides The clan cannot be entirely blamed for the affairs of the Ming Dynasty. The imperial court has reduced the clan's salary, and now it has to relocate the vassals and collect taxes. Why don’t you relocate their fields, don’t collect their taxes, and just focus on the clan?”

Zhu Cunshu was originally the concubine son of King Su of Qin. He was supported by Sun Shoufa and He Zhen to fight against the Qing Dynasty before. You should be much higher than him, so you should receive a gift from him.

When he said this, it was equivalent to offending a lot of people at once, and the faces of several ministers in the inner hall sank, but it was only because of the other party's title that it was not easy to attack.

Wang Yan understood what he meant. The clan felt unbalanced. The imperial court helped the gentry to take back the land, but ignored the clan's fiefdom. This made the clan feel uneasy. Now the imperial court wants to move them to Taiwan and accept them. The tax is naturally unacceptable and full of resentment in the clan's heart.

In fact, Wang Yan's ass decides his head. It is better to force this group of clans that have no benefit or contribution to the world than to force against the common people. However, Zhu Cunshu's news is not well-informed, he is not at the core of power, and he does not know that Wang Yan is actually forcing Gentleman.

Sun Kewang's reforms in Yunnan touched him a lot. Sun Kewang restored Yunnan in a very short period of time, and his training was called [-].He achieved this by suppressing the gentry and quickly obtaining money and food.

It is impossible for Wang Yan to be cruel to the gentry like him, but he must also start to suppress the gentry, especially severely punish the lawbreakers, so as to maintain the integrity and self-discipline of the bureaucracy.

Jiangnan is a good place, people tend to breed pleasure and extravagance, and the court is now emphasizing business, officials will inevitably be corrupted, these cannot be reversed by manpower, but the court must control and take measures, and cannot let the situation develop.

First of all, it is necessary to increase the salaries of officials. Otherwise, with the salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty, how can you keep them clean?

The increase in salary is not only to imitate the high salary of the Song Dynasty to maintain integrity, but also a strategy for Wang Yan to compromise in other aspects in exchange for officials and gentry.

Wang Yan asked Zhu Cunshu to sit down, and then said: "There is no need for the clan to have any grievances. This time, the government took the opportunity of changing the land deeds to re-measure the land in Zhejiang and Nanzhi, and check the acres. Except for the exempted land, the merged land must be taxed per mu. The same is true for the clan. In addition to the tax-free fiefdom enjoyed by the title, the land purchased through mergers also needs to pay taxes. For the common people, the gentry will be expelled from their fame and reputation, and will never be hired."

Hearing what Wang Yan said, Zhu Cunshu understood Wang Yan's determination to rectify the bureaucracy and get rid of the malpractices, which made him very helpless, "But Taiwan is barren, and the clan moved to the island. How to live, even if there is a land of ten thousand hectares, there is no Useful!"

"The imperial court will move millions of refugees to Taiwan Island. After three to five years of suffering, Taiwan Island can be developed. As long as the clan is good at managing the island, life will not be worse than that in the Central Plains." Wang Yan slowed down his tone. After all, Zhu Cunshu is The clan close to him needed Zhu Cunshu to persuade other clans, so he called him to discuss the matter, "Of course, if a clan doesn't want to go to Taiwan, they can sublease or sell the land to gentry or common people, and the court will not stop it. "

Hearing what Wang Yan said, Zhu Cunshu could only nod his head, but he had no idea in his heart. If he wanted to persuade Zongfan to go to Taiwan Island, even if he had a good tongue, it would be difficult to persuade him.

(End of this chapter)