In the county treasury of Longxi County, there is not much grain left.

Indeed, there is no surplus food to help the victims.

The reason for this predicament is due to the frenzied annexation of land by local wealthy families.

There are dozens of wealthy families in Qin.

Among them, the four wealthy families of Lu, Fan, Zhu and Sui are the leaders.

They are all great clans with a long heritage, and these wealthy clans existed before the founding of the Qin State.

The Win clan was also one of many wealthy families.

Hundreds of years ago, it was precisely because of the strong support of many wealthy families that the ancestors of the Ying clan were able to establish Great Qin.

Back then, the ancestors of the Ying family had an appointment with the wealthy clan.

In Qin, the land of the wealthy and the Ding of the wealthy family, there is no tax.

At the beginning of the Great Qin.

This contract, while having an impact on the reign of the Win clan, had limited influence.

The land owned by dozens of Hao clans was, after all, less than one-seventh of the total territory of Great Qin.

However, as time passed, this contract became a stubborn disease in Great Qin.

Seriously affected the reign of the Win clan.

Why?

Because the wealthy annexed the land.

Through various means, they plundered fertile land from the people.

As a result, the wealthy family occupied more and more land.

You must know that the wealthy family does not have to pay taxes, and the more land they occupy, the greater the loss to the Qin royal court.

Of course, the royal court also issued various laws restricting annexation.

But because the wealthy families can't get rid of their tails, many times the local officials can only turn a blind eye.

The successive Qin kings also had to give up pursuing the wealthy family due to various concerns.

How do those people who have lost their land live?

He had to rent the land of the wealthy family to cultivate, and became a tenant, not only having to bear a very heavy land rent, but also paying taxes to the royal court.

This makes the people who have lost their land more and more impoverished.

When the year is good, after a year of hard work, I can barely continue my life.

In the event of a famine, if the government does not provide relief, there is only one way out.

The secret report sent back by the Jinyi guard shows.

Longxi County alone has one-half of the fertile and fertile land, which was annexed by the Hao family.

The local county officials were inextricably linked to the wealthy clans, facilitating their annexation of land.

Most of the common people have barren fields with limited harvests.

This greatly reduced the amount of grain paid by the people, resulting in no grain and rice in the Longxi County Treasury for disaster relief.

When there are no natural disasters, the county treasury can survive with little grain.

Once a natural disaster strikes......

The drought situation in Longxi County was not reported to the royal court at first, mainly because he was afraid that the royal court would be held responsible, and secondly, he hoped that the rain would soon fall from the sky to alleviate the drought.

Who would have thought that God would not rain for months.

......

Hexi, Shangyuan and other counties, the land annexed by the Hao family, although not as exaggerated as Longxi, is not a few.

The total population of Daqin has increased several times compared with the beginning of the founding of the country.

However, land resources not only did not increase, but decreased sharply due to the annexation of wealthy families.

In the long run, the cultivators will have no land, which will inevitably lead to civil strife and thus the destruction of the country.

It's scary to think about!

Ying Zheng is especially angry!

Originally, the Qin royal court had clear regulations for each county, and the wealthy families were not allowed to arbitrarily annex the land of the common people and impose various constraints.

However, because the county officials had a deep relationship with the local wealthy clans, they were reduced to a dead letter.

During Lü Buwei's reign, the law was lax, especially in the case of annexation......

At this moment, the close attendant eunuch and Ji Gang, who were standing next to Ying Zheng, felt that the temperature in the imperial study had plummeted, and their hairs stood up.

They are genuinely afraid.

King Qin took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and said, "Go to court!"

......

Woo!

Woo!

Woo!

The solemn and majestic sound of the salute horn resounded inside and outside the Zhangtai Palace.

The palace door was wide open, and hundreds of officials entered the court.

Ying Zheng's face was full of coldness, sitting on the throne, showing the majesty of the emperor.

The ministers below knelt down and shouted long live.

"Get up!" said King Qin.

Then, he focused his gaze on the Imperial Doctor: "Imperial Doctor, the cause of the lack of food and the delay in reporting the drought in Longxi County can be investigated?"

"Your Majesty, the minister is about to play this matter. "The Imperial Doctor stood out of the court with a wat board in his hand.

Ying Zheng said: "That's not a quick play." ”

"No!"

Doctor Yu Shi said:

According to the investigation of the imperial history, there is no grain in the Longxi County Treasury, which is due to the bad year, which has caused the people's grain harvest to decrease, which has reduced the taxes and grains paid.

As for the Longxi county guard, the delay in reporting the drought situation was due to the county guard's misestimation of the severity of the drought. ”

Syllable!

As soon as the words of the imperial doctor fell, Yingzheng slapped the king's case.

"This is the result of your Goshidai's investigation?"

A terrible imperial majesty swept over.

Doctor Yu Shi trembled all over, as if facing Tianwei.

Poof!

In the end, he couldn't resist the might of King Qin and knelt down.

"Your Majesty rests...... Calm the anger, the results of the investigation of the Imperial Historical Observatory, sentence by sentence...... True. Doctor Yu stammered.

Ying Zheng said coldly: "Ji Gang, read the results of your Jinyiwei's investigation to the Imperial Doctor to listen to it!"

"No, Your Majesty!"

Ji Gang came out and said with a full sense of anger: "Half of the fertile and fertile land in Longxi County was annexed by the Hao Ma clan.

Most of the local people can only cultivate barren land, or have no land to plant, and become homeless.

This is the reason why there is no food in the county treasury.

The county guard of Longxi did not report the drought earlier, because he was afraid that the royal court would be held responsible, and secondly, he hoped that the rain would soon fall from the sky and survive the drought.

It is worth mentioning that the Shou Ma Zhu of Longxi County came to the Ma clan to provide assistance for the Ma clan to annex the people's fertile land. ”

After Ji Gang finished speaking, the ministers were in an uproar.

Although they knew that it was common for the wealthy clan to annex the people's fertile land, they didn't expect it to be so rampant.

The population of the Ma clan in Longxi is only one-tenth of that of ordinary people, but the possession of fertile land has reached an astonishing one-half.

In this way, it is no wonder that the Longxi County Treasury has no food for disaster relief.

However, the faces of the ministers who came to the proud clan were a little ugly.

Is Yingzheng going to do something to the world's wealthy families?

Even though King Qin had already watched the secret music and understood the situation, when he heard Ji Gang read it out again, he was still angry.

These wealthy families are really bold, they should kill a thousand knives!

They are lying on Da Qin's body, they want to suck Da Qin's blood dry, and they want Da Qin to die!

It is not an exaggeration to describe it as knocking on the bone and sucking the marrow!

"Imperial Doctor, the widow asked you, why did the royal court set up the Imperial Historical Observatory?" Ying Zheng stared at Imperial Doctor.

"Gift...... Your Majesty, the royal court is to supervise the hundred officials, and set up the Imperial History Terrace!"

Doctor Yu Shi said in a panic.

Ying Zheng shook his sleeves and said majestically:

"Hmph! Do you still know the duties of the Imperial Tower?!

Now, you, the Imperial Doctor, are colluding with the Hao Ma clan to confuse the public and disappoint Wang En!

If the bullying is not punished, how can it be right?

Someone is coming, and the Imperial Doctor will be sent to prison!"

"No!"

Several armor soldiers rushed into the main hall and dragged away the imperial historian who was constantly crying out.

Ying Zheng Road:

"Ji Gang listened to the order: The widow ordered you Jinyiwei to be fully responsible for interrogating the imperial doctor and thoroughly investigating the case of the county guard of Longxi County suspected of helping the Ma clan to annex the land. ”

"No, Your Majesty!"

Ji Gang gave up his hand and left.

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