Chapter 221: Inventory of Xishan
"Elder Ge, do you need to mobilize the border army?" Zhang Xuan hesitated...... Transferring troops into Beijing is by no means a trivial matter, especially in the vicinity of the capital, and I am afraid that there will be trouble with the use of troops to level Xishan.
Yang Yiqing saw that Zhang Xuan was panicked, but laughed at Wang Yue instead.
"Your apprentice is not brave enough, the old man still thinks he dares to do anything!"
These words poked Zhang Xuan's sore spot, and he couldn't help blushing, "The matter of the soldiers, if the ministers can't put their beaks!" "The implication is that this is the authority of the Son of Heaven, and without the support of His Majesty, troops cannot be transferred.
Yang Yiqing smiled and said, "That's why you let your master come over...... The old man taught you, in this temple, it is not ordinary, throughout the ages, there are many Jiangyang thieves, bandits and thieves, they put the butcher knife away, and immediately became the Buddha. Who knows, whether they secretly have a murderous knife. Not only that, but this yamen in Beijing, nobles from all walks of life, who doesn't burn incense and worship Buddha? Your first sneak attack was just a small temple, and you made such a big deal and almost lost your life. This time you don't want to transfer troops into battle, can it work? ”
After Yang Yiqing finished speaking, he leaned on the Taishi chair and drank tea with his head bored, how to decide, come on, anyway, my old man made it clear.
Zhang Xuan thought for a moment, then stood up and said, "Master, let the disciple show His Majesty about this matter, and Master should not ask." ”
After all, such a big action, if something goes wrong, someone needs to be responsible. You can't push Master to the front.
"Not necessarily!"
Wang Yue waved his hand, "This matter has to be me, you are in the cabinet, pretend that you don't know anything, I have my own arrangements." After Wang Yue finished speaking, he prepared to go to the Qianqing Palace to discuss with the little pig.
As a result, as soon as he left the duty room, he saw a figure bowing down.
It's Jia Yong!
When this thing saw Wang Yue, he hurriedly bowed down and whispered: "Little doorman lackey Jia Yong, meet your lord!" ”
Wang Yue snorted, "Why don't you say it out loud?" ”
Jia Yong was stunned, you want to hear it loud, he opened his mouth and was about to shout, but fortunately, Wang Yue's hands were quick and stopped him.
"You don't want the face of a scholar, I still want it!"
Jia Yong grinned, "Thank you for the distress of the adults, the small ones are really loyal, if the adults have any orders, just tell the little ones, the small ones are the dogs of the adults, there are small ones in this cabinet, and the adults just have peace of mind." ”
Wang Yue snorted slightly, now that the cabinet has changed, it is no longer Yang Tinghe's Yiyantang, what else do I have to say, I won't find something myself!
Jia Yong came to offer his courtesy, what is it for, can Wang Yue not know! He was afraid of being abandoned, and the two scholars had just come in, and their relationship with Wang Yue was closer than him.
Today, Wang Yue came to the cabinet, first to see Yang Yiqing, and then to see Zhang Xuan, but he only threw him aside.
As a "little three", isn't the most afraid of being abandoned by the master!
To be honest, a university scholar is really miserable enough to get mixed up today.
"Do your job! Now that the cabinet has been straightened out, the court is full of holes, and you need the big guys to work together, and you are also an important minister in the cabinet, so take out some courage and do things well...... At least when I revise history in the future, I can leave more things for myself. What do you think? ”
Jia Yong looked at Wang Yue stupidly, is this his true words?
Wang Yue smiled helplessly, shook his head and said: "Alas, I don't believe it, in fact, I am the laziest to intrigue, the big guy has nothing to do, and he is worthy of his duties, which is worse than anything!" Straighten your waist, be an upright person, a worthy official, how lucky you are to get to this point, and how much price you have paid, you must be worthy of your sweat! ”
Wang Yue turned around, walked outside, and said casually, his tone was very light and his voice was not high. But every sentence seems to have poked Jia Yong's heart.
He didn't become a lackey after following Wang Yue, in fact, not long after entering the officialdom, he chose to bow his head, these people, there are not a few masters he serves.
Isn't it the norm of officialdom to rely on the powerful and relying on the people above to carry you? Aren't all big guys living like this?
Is there any other way?
Being a good person, being a good official - easier said than done!
When Yang Tinghe was in the court, the party was the same and different, and the first emperor only believed in the eunuchs, and it was more difficult to straighten his spine than to ascend to the sky.
Maybe the times are really different, and the time has come to straighten the back.
In this case, I Jia Yong is not a waste!
In this old Jia Ge's body, there is a strong drive, he can really do something, do something to make himself famous in history.
After Yang Yiqing and Zhang Xuan, the two elders of the pavilion, entered the cabinet, everyone expected that the scene of dragons fighting and chickens flying and dogs jumping did not appear.
On the contrary, this is perhaps the most harmonious moment since the establishment of the Cabinet.
Yang Yiqing is experienced and focuses on the overall situation, Zhang Xuan is responsible for charging into battle, and Jia Yong is picking up the missing and filling in the gaps, and the three of them form a strong iron triangle.
No matter how big or small it is, the cabinet is decisive and does not have the slightest stagnation.
The change in the cabinet was quickly noticed by the courtiers.
Especially those old ministers, they were even more dumbfounded, for decades, when have these court civil officials been so united? Even when Yang Tinghe monopolized power, there were many people who secretly opposed it, and even the cabinet had figures like Liang Chu.
But now it's all changed!
The three elders really did their duty and cooperated together, and there was no suspicion. If the top is single-minded, the officials below will not dare to be clever.
The big guy can only do things honestly and dare not slack off.
The overall administrative efficiency has reached an unprecedented level.
Maybe Daming is really expected to be ZTE?
Just after the hope was kindled, an even bigger news suddenly came out!
Two teams of border troops, totaling more than 10,000 people, were ordered to garrison Jingxi and block all the West Mountains!
What's going on?
Where did the people come from, what are you doing to blockade Xishan?
"Don't panic, do things honestly...... This is His Majesty's deployment, isn't Xishan the world of the Ming Dynasty? Yang Yiqing scolded unceremoniously.
These Wenchen were so frightened that they didn't dare to say much, so they could only leave one after another and return to their respective yamen.
It's easy to say, work honestly, who can be honest!
The officials and yamen of the entire capital all sent out "Bao to inquire" to inquire around and see where this fire in Xishan would burn!
Finally, in the afternoon, the news came one after another.
This time, it was the Jinyi Guards who led the team, led by the commander Lu Bing, and three hundred Jinyi Guards, in the name of the Queen Mother, went to Xishan to make incense, and then the border army blocked it outside.
Immediately after that, the inventory began.
Every temple is not spared, and under the temple, how many tenant farmers and how many manor properties are checked, one by one.
It's definitely not okay just to look at the temple, at this time a big fat man, Wanping Zhixian Zhu Yunming, a macho man descended from the sky.
He held in his hand a list of tax exemptions for the past years in Wanping.
The so-called hidden fields and people are just hidden from the court, and the local area is still clear, especially those officials, how many people are under his rule, can he still not know?
Who pays taxes, who doesn't, and who relies on whom is exempt...... These are all clear.
In the past, no one dared to touch it, and no one wanted to touch it...... This time it was different.
The cabinet is single-minded, the Son of Heaven is supportive, there are border troops to help, and there are a group of new science and technology scholars in the local area...... All the strengths, all in one place.
The lid of Xishan was lifted in an instant! No one can stop you!
After ten days, under the Xishan Temple, the hidden household registration was initially clarified.
There are 130,000 households in total, with a population of 470,000.
In addition to Wanping County, it also includes the surrounding Xingzhou, Zhuolu, Baoding, and Hejian Mansions, with a total of more than one million acres of land inventoried!
That's a staggering number.
These temples have stolen land, evaded taxes, and are all fattened and flowing...... No wonder monks have always been fat-headed and big-eared, and if they weren't fat, it would be strange.
In response to the results of the inventory, the cabinet immediately issued an order that all land and tenants should be reorganized into households and people, and in accordance with the tax regulations, pay grain to the imperial court for service.
There are more than 100,000 households in Wanping County at once, and the big fat man Zhu Yunming is even fatter...... It's just that people can ignore one thing, the temple is not only the land, but also so many gold, silver and jade, where did they go?