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Chapter 790 Alternative Land Clearing and Merger (Third Change)
"Your Majesty, the preparations for opening the sea have been completed for Governor He, but the news has not yet spread to the provinces, so there are still very few people reporting large foreign trade transactions to the Governor's Office. Governor He thinks that the initial wait-and-see There are so many people, it will be better next year..."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this. The edict to open the sea ban was issued a little later. As far as the current progress is concerned, it is also thanks to He Qiaoyuan's single-minded effort to open the sea ban. It will not be completed until next year.

"... At the beginning of the opening of the sea, Sun Zhongcheng, the governor of Fujian, sent troops, and even personally led troops to wipe out many bandits and bandits. The bandits on land are almost extinct, but pirates are still rampant. There are even rumors that if you go to sea, you will grab a bow If you want the ship to be safe and sound, you have to pay them. The price is as much as three thousand gold per bow, which is why many sea merchants wait and see for the time being. According to local investigations, this is the work of Liu Xiang, a great pirate in Guangdong... ..."

Emperor Chongzhen also knew about this. For this reason, the Fujian Navy is now on its way back to Fujian.After he arrives, it should not be difficult to wipe out the Liu Xiang pirates in one fell swoop, under the overall planning of Fujian governor Sun Chuanting, by land and water.

"...Governor He suggested that after the Fujian navy returned, they would unite with Frangji and Hongyi to suppress the maritime affairs in the shortest possible time! It's just that the fleets of Flangji and Hongyi have already headed to Nanyang. Temporarily unable to contact. And it involves foreign matters, the specifics need to be given by the emperor!"

After Wen Tiren reported here, he stopped talking and looked at Emperor Chongzhen, obviously waiting for the emperor's opinion.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he pondered for a while and said, "This can be done, let Governor He do it. But if these Xiyi raise conditions, they must be reported to me in time, and I will make the decision!"

The implication is that it is okay to let Xi Yi be a free thug, but if you want to take the opportunity to blackmail him, you have to ask him whether he agrees or not!
Wen Tiren could naturally comprehend the holy will, and immediately agreed, which meant that he had finished reporting about Kaihai again.Then, he continued to report the next big event: "The gold, silver and jewelry of the Tang Palace have been paid to the Henan branch of the Daming Construction Bank, and then they only brought the remittance slip to Kunming, Yunnan in secret. Together. As for the land granted by the Tang king, the title deed and other things are already in the hands of the governor of Nanyang, and at the same time supervised by the factory guard..."

At this point, he paused, looked at the emperor's face, and then continued: "These land deeds are not only the land bestowed by the previous emperors, but also the donations of local unscrupulous people, and other lands obtained by the Tang kings in the past dynasties. .And the number of these is so large that it even exceeds the number registered in the gold register!"

The land granted by the emperors of all dynasties must be registered in the golden book of the imperial court.However, under the supervision of the factory guards, the number of land deeds handed over by King Tang far exceeded the number registered in the gold book.Although this matter is known to all, but now it has been brought to the fore, it is considered a major event!

Tang Wang is like this, other vassal kings will definitely not be clean, and the sum of the total number will definitely be more scary.And these often use the power of the vassal to evade taxes.It can be said that the imperial court lost so much tax in this regard, I am afraid it is a bit jaw-dropping.

After Wen Tiren finished speaking, he exchanged glances with Cao Huachun, and then looked at Emperor Chongzhen. Seeing that he was not particularly angry, just like them, when he understood such a thing, he said again: "Your Majesty, I think I , if these fields are to be cleared directly, I am afraid that the vassal princes of various places and officials in similar situations will retaliate, and the resistance will be great, and I am really not sure whether it will be cleared in the end!"

If he was facing the Emperor Chongzhen a year ago, Wen Tiren would never dare to say these words.But in this year's contact, Wen Tiren believes that the emperor is already a mature, or seasoned person, very reasonable, and a wise monarch.That's why he dared to speak so directly.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew that land annexation in the late Ming Dynasty had reached a very serious level due to the contributions of land owners and the encroachment of imperial relatives, dignitaries, civil officials and military generals.If you want to directly clean up these fields and want to positively curb land mergers, you have to touch the cake of many powerful people. It is absolutely difficult. Even if you are an emperor, it is almost impossible to achieve this goal. Task.

However, there is such an opportunity now, it can be considered as a big harvest if it can just solve part of the land annexation.

When the king of Tang wanted to change his title to a foreign country, the land he owned would naturally not be taken away. There was also an agreement in advance that the court would not take it back, and allowed him to auction it to encourage him to respond to overseas feudalism.Therefore, for King Tang, it is in his best interest to have all the fields auctioned off.At this time, no matter whether it is the King of Tang or the court, they will not care about what else is hidden behind the scenes. According to the express law, these lands will be auctioned in the name of the King of Tang.In this way, these fields, from then on, the court can collect taxes again, which has actually achieved the effect of cleaning up.

When Tang Wang's feudal overseas affairs can be successful, and set an example for other vassal kings, then large-scale distribution will be carried out, and the fields that can be taxed by Daming will increase countlessly.This alone is something that no imperial court has done successfully before, and it is enough to leave a mark on history.

Therefore, as far as Shoufu Wen Tiren and the others were concerned, they couldn't be more satisfied if this matter was done.Because of this, he was very nervous about the emperor's reaction.

Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly, and said to Wen Tiren with a smile: "Wen Qing, don't be nervous. I had already thought of this when I made an agreement with King Tang. This matter is fine, but the name of the land is still in the name of King Tang. At the very least, these fields can only be put up for auction when the imperial army captures Dongwu and the king of Tang can entrust it to the past.”

If it weren't for this, King Tang would be under a lot of pressure.After all, he is not alone, and will be blamed by other princes.Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to see this. What he wanted was that all feudal kings should be feudalized overseas and kick them out!
When Wen Tiren heard it, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise, and my minister is not as good as you!"

Although Cao Huachun next to him didn't speak, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief after hearing these conversations, and he also bowed and flattered him.

Women are useless to him.Now that the sage is wise, money is not very useful, and what he is asking for now is also a "name".If he accomplishes this, he has reason to believe that he will be famous in history in the future!

　There are still 17 outstanding balances.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)