The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 450

A cold autumn rain.

It rained for half a month at a time, and the intermittent rain watered the capital thoroughly.

After the rain stopped, there was no longer any feeling of summer.Walking on the street, there was a gust of cool wind, which made people shrink their necks.

In the lobby of the Wanping County Yamen, the county magistrate Han Lian was frowning and sighed from time to time.

Zheng Ran, a staff member and counselor, saw it in his eyes, and he was always worried.

"Xianzun, just sighing is not the answer. Since the order has been issued, the county should still follow it."

"Execute the fart!"

Where Han Lian had nothing to vent, Zheng Ran took the initiative to come over, and of course became a punching bag.

"It's useless for the county magistrate to scold me. This is the cabinet's intention. Can you resist it?"

Hearing this, Han Lian was completely discouraged.

"The cabinet seems to be determined this time. It's not enough for Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture to do a pilot project, and even the capital wants to join in the fun."

In fact, Han Lian was annoyed why the cabinet chose Wanping instead of Daxing County.

You must know that the temples and temples of the capital are concentrated in the Xishan generation, which is precisely the jurisdiction of Wanping County.

The elder Xiaoge also made it clear this time that he wanted to focus on the land under the name of Qingzhang Temple, which was at the mercy of Han Lian.

You must know that the most difficult ones to provoke are not the princes and grandsons, but these monks.

Let's just say that among these large and small temples scattered in Xishan, which name does not have hundreds of acres of land?

A thousand-year-old temple like Tanzhe Temple has thousands of acres of land.

With so many fields, a large part is tax-free.At this time, he rushed over with the yamen servant recklessly to re-clear the land, what is it if he is not courting death?
Most of the temples near the capital were donated and built by eunuchs and eunuchs.Some also have royal backgrounds.

Offending these monks is equivalent to offending the powerful eunuchs and nobles in the palace.

The cabinet is good, and the responsibility is pushed down with just a word, but he, the sixth-rank sesame official, is the unlucky one. (Note 1)

"Dong Weng, it's not impossible."

Zheng Ran twirled his beard and said softly.

Seeing Muyou hesitated to speak, Han Lian rolled his eyes angrily.

I can't wait to see what I can do, but I still have to make up my mind!
"Tell me, is there any good way?"

"Since the cabinet elders named them to carry out the new policy in Wanping, Dong Weng will definitely not be able to push it away. If that's the case, why don't you make up your mind and do a thorough investigation."

Han Lian almost passed out.

"What kind of solution is this? If the county has this determination, why should we lament here."

"There is also a big difference between this temple and the temple. The Emperor Taizu stipulated that the land granted by the emperor can be tax-free. As for the resident land, although corvee is exempted, the tax and grain still have to be paid. It's just that In actual implementation, some monasteries will describe the permanent residence land as land granted by the imperial court. The government servants who collect food taxes are too lazy to argue with these monks, so they all turn a blind eye."

Han Lian was not stupid, he immediately heard the meaning behind Muyou's words.

The number of fields bestowed by imperial officials is very small, only those few ancient temples and famous temples have jurisdiction over them.

Most of the remaining small and medium-sized temples are under the name of resident fields.

However, according to the rules set by Emperor Hongwu, this part of the land would be treated as ordinary civilian land and paid the full amount of grain tax as usual, and the only thing that could be exempted was corvee.

It's just that in recent years, Buddhism has prevailed, and the government servants didn't want to tear themselves apart with the temple when collecting spring and autumn grain taxes, so they acquiesced in the temple's behavior of lying about the type of land.

But that's not to say this behavior is correct.On the contrary, this is an opportunistic act that violates the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

If he cuts in from this angle, there will be no resistance at all to those small and medium-sized temples that lie about the type of fields.

The reason is simple, these temples have a guilty conscience!

However, there are few temples like Tanzhe Temple funded by the royal family, which do not have much impact on the land clearing of the entire Xishan temple group.

The benefits of doing this are obvious. It can not only save the face of the royal family and the great eunuch, but also implement the new policy of the cabinet. No one will be offended!

When the cabinet questioned him, Han Lian could pat his chest and say that he had earnestly completed the task of Qingzhang Temple's fields.As for the royal family, it will also be happy.

Hiss, this Zheng Ran really has an unusual brain, but why didn't he think of it.

At this moment, Han Lian felt more and more that it was the right choice to accept Zheng Ran as a friend.

"Order someone to go and find out how many of these monasteries in the Western Mountains have land granted by the imperial court. This county wants to see how many monks are so bold that they dare to deceive the emperor at the feet of the emperor."

At this moment, Han Lian swept away the depression in his heart and let out a sigh of relief.

If he can handle this matter well, maybe he will usher in a turning point in his official career, and he will skyrocket from then on, and he will be on a steady rise.

"Siming, you are fooling around!"

During the cabinet duty room, Xie Qian, the second assistant, flicked his sleeves in anger and walked a few steps.

"Yu Qiao, what are you doing? If you have something to say, don't be angry!"

Li Dongyang couldn't stand it anymore, he stood up, walked to Xie Qian's side and said, "Siming must have his thoughts, Yu Qiao should listen to it."

"The current Empress Dowager believes in Buddhism, and often summons Master Huikong from Tanzhe Temple to give lectures in the palace. What will the Empress Dowager think if Tanzhe Temple is moved at this time?"

Xie Shen smiled wryly and said: "Grand Mu Zhai misunderstood XX. XX didn't intend to offend the Queen Mother. Is it the king's land in the whole world, and the king's minister on the shore of the land. As long as there is no exception in the territory of my Ming Dynasty. Why does this Can Tanzhe Temple be freed from the laws of the Ming Dynasty?"

After a short pause, Xie Shen continued: "Of course, this refers to the place of permanent residence under the name of Tanzhe Temple. It would be a different matter if it was a place bestowed by the emperor."

Although in Xie Shen's heart, he didn't think that the land bestowed by the emperor should be exempted from grain tax.But after all, he was in the Ming Dynasty, and openly opposing the "ancestral system" established by the Taizu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang is definitely courting death.

In order for his New Deal to be carried out smoothly, Xie Shen should not try to kill himself.

"If that's the case, it's barely plausible."

Xie Qian's anger subsided a little, and he walked to Xie Shen's side and said, "Si Ming, Your Majesty is a filial son. We, as courtiers, must not let His Majesty make things difficult for us."

The Ming Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and sometimes the word filial piety was even above the law.

Although this is very unreasonable, it is true.

Especially for the special status of the emperor, it is unimaginable if he bears the reputation of being unfilial.

Therefore, as long as Queen Mother Zhang makes trouble, Emperor Zhengde will definitely be forced to make concessions.Not to mention Tanzhe Temple, the land of other temples may not be clear anymore.If the situation gets worse, the entire New Deal may be forced to shelve.

Note 1: The county magistrates of Wanping and Daxing in the Ming Dynasty were both of the sixth rank, not the seventh rank.

(End of this chapter)