Zhu Houxi was very satisfied with the disposal of Guo's property, but in addition to being gratified, he felt more and more constrained, and these restraints came from his ancestors.

That's right!

It is the eternal ancestral system set by Zhu Yuanzhang.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang was full of expectations, hoping that his rules could be continued, but unfortunately, after only one hundred and fifty years, everything has changed beyond recognition, and even turned into a maladministration that obstructed the Ming Dynasty.

Take Xungui's land as an example, some of them were indeed given by Lao Zhu at the beginning. How could a later emperor openly go against the wishes of his ancestors?

The Guo family was copied, could it be that to deal with other nobles, and also use this way to copy the house one by one, won't it make people panic and the world will be in chaos?

"Your Majesty, in fact, the minister has recently studied the ancestral system and found some insights. For example, at the beginning of the country, Taizu planned to give them Lu, but the treasury was empty at that time and they couldn't take it out. And there are few people and many lands, so Taizu simply gave Lutian to Xungui and served as a lulu. It's just that Taizu also stipulated that if he wants to take back Lutian in the future, he will still pay Lu......"

When Wang Yue said this, he paused, and there was no need to tell the rest of the story...... People are not fools, when the grain is valuable, give us the field, and when the field is valuable, you want to give us food?

Players don't do that either!

Even if he is as strong as Lao Zhu, he didn't really take back Lutian.

Since Lao Zhu can't do it, let alone others.

Not only did the noble Lu Tian not decrease, but it also expanded wildly, reaching an appalling amount......

"Your Majesty, if according to the ancestral system, take back the Lutian and distribute the Lu, isn't this okay?"

Zhu Houxi gave Wang Yue a big roll of his eyes, "Xiao Fugui, you are a prince and a nobleman, will you agree?" Besides, even if I wanted to push it, the treasury wouldn't be able to come up with so much money now. What do you want me to do? ”

Wang Yue also scratched his head, indeed, many problems are stuck on this money.

Like the noble Lutian, at the beginning of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang's preferential treatment for officials was only miscellaneous labor!

The so-called gentry are exempt from duty, this is a wrong statement, Zhu Yuanzhang only gave the gentry the privilege of exemption from service, and this service is still miscellaneous service, excluding regular service.

After thinking about it a little, you will feel that there was no problem at all when Zhu Yuanzhang did this.

After becoming an official, if he still undertakes miscellaneous work, a Shangshu lord runs to the yamen, beats drums and beats watches, and shouts everywhere in the middle of the night, "The sky is dry and dry, be careful of the fire and candles", think about this picture, it is also weird enough.

So Zhu Yuanzhang exempted officials from miscellaneous labor.

Attention, it's a miscellaneous servant, like a grain chief. Zhu Yuanzhang has not been reduced, and the burden is still a burden.

The problem is that since Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Diye, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty have become weaker and weaker, and the civil officials have become more and more arrogant day by day.

What's the exemption alone, Tian Fu is also exempted!

It's not enough to exempt us, even our seven aunts and eight aunts are exempted.

Even our slaves have been freed.

Things like tax exemption and exemption from military service are like opening a small window, and the embankment of a thousand miles is destroyed in the anthill, and the things that follow cannot be prevented.

Therefore, the rule of the country is strict, and no loopholes can be left, otherwise no matter how good the laws are, they will not be able to achieve the effect. There are many more such examples, such as...... The little ones don't die, and everyone is welcome to play in this chapter......

"Your Majesty, if you don't just exempt the conscription, and fold it all into the acres of land and levy it together. For the gentry, the old system of Taizu was also restored, and only exemption was given, and nothing else was exempted. Wang Yue suggested.

When Zhu Houxi heard this, he couldn't help laughing, "You folded all the forced labor into the fields, and said that you were exempt from forced labor, which is not exempt at all." ”

Wang Yue grinned, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks this is the best way to solve the tax problem." The gentry should be like ordinary people, and they can't give them preferential treatment, otherwise these people will become silverfish of the country and live by taking advantage of the court. ”

Zhu Houxi nodded, Wang Yue's judgment, he agreed with it 10,000 times, but if he really wanted to implement it, it was extremely difficult, or even impossible!

"Xiao Fugui, if you are exempted from forced labor, then each yamen needs to employ people, what should I do?"

"Naturally, it was hired."

"It costs money to hire people, can the court take it?" Zhu Houxi said very politely: "This thing is just like the noble Lutian, of course I want to do what you said, but the problem is that I really don't have any extra money, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice...... I can't help it! ”

Wang Yue lowered his head slightly, and after thinking for a long time, he raised his head.

"Your Majesty, if the ministers have a way to increase the income of the imperial court, so that the imperial court has the means to bear this part of the expenses, then Your Majesty is willing to reform?"

"Nonsense!" Zhu Houxi slapped Wang Yue's fist with hatred, "I'm not a fool, there are things that are beneficial and harmless, how can I refuse, the key is what are you going to do?" Don't sell it, speak up. ”

Wang Yue scratched his head and said helplessly: "Since Your Majesty asked, then the only way to do this is to increase the commercial tax." ”

"Business tax? Isn't this still exploiting the people? ”

Wang Yue shook his head, "It's different, after readjusting taxes and measuring land, the burden of the people will be reduced, the purchasing power will increase, and commerce will reach unprecedented prosperity. ”

Zhu Houxi was skeptical, "Xiao Fugui, you won't lie to me, right?" ”

Wang Yue shook his head, "Of course the minister won't lie, but the minister also needs a chance to verify the minister's judgment." ”

……

After Zhu Houxi raided the Marquis of Wuding's mansion, he made a decree, which can be regarded as an explanation of this matter.

Guo Xun falsely accused Zhang Xuan and colluded with the gentry to obstruct the measurement of land, which was a major crime. However, the raid of the mansion and the deprivation of acres of land did not violate the care of Emperor Taizu Taizong and the nobles.

At that time, Taizu stipulated that the noble Lutian should be recovered, and the amount of Lulu should be distributed in full, and from now on, it must be handled in this way.

It's good that this will is not done, but it angers everyone.

Guo Xun is unlucky, the big guy has died of a rabbit and a fox, and now His Majesty's meaning is understood, and he dares to expropriate everyone's acres! How can this be true?

Take the Ming Dynasty's Guogong as an example, the annual salary is only 5,000 stones at most.

This bit of food is simply an insult to the personality of the big guy.

In which year, the three major princes did not charge more than 100,000 stone of land rent?

In the Dingguo Mansion alone, there are more than a dozen grain stores under its control.

Deprived of all these granges, and gave them only 5,000 stone of grain, and sent them for food?

The court can't go too far!

If you see what's good, you want to take it, and then take some small profits to send the big guys.

No one is a three-year-old child, and he wants us to swallow the bitter fruit that is not good for us!

Fight!

The nobles were indignant and wanted to settle accounts with the Son of Heaven.

It's just that when they think of Zuo Shunmen's miserable appearance, they are afraid, they can beat civil officials and nobles, and their butts are not made of iron, and they can't carry the big and thick mace!

What to do?

Just when they were worried, Guo Xun, Marquis of Wuding, jumped out again.

"Dad, don't be stupid, you've suffered such a big loss, why don't you have a long memory!" The daughter couldn't help complaining, "If you toss again, you will copy all the floating wealth of our family, and there will be nothing left, so you can only drink the northwest wind." ”

Guo Xun gritted his teeth, "Girl, don't look down on your father!" I impeached Zhang Zhang, not my fault, but Zhang Zhang...... This guy is the best that has only come out in thousands of years! I can't help him, I'm not ashamed. ”

"But this time I thought about it, all the nobles will support me, and those civil officials will not watch the smooth progress of Qingzhang Tianmu, your father and the ancestral training of the Emperor Taizu, the chance of winning is at least eighty percent, if you don't fight, our Wuding Marquis Mansion will be completely finished!"

Guo Xun ignored the opposition of the whole family, and two days later, he appeared in the early dynasty.

He followed everyone into the Fengtian Temple, and after making a great salute.

Guo Xun was the first to jump out.

He fell to his knees and wept bitterly, so that the cuckoo cried blood, and the ape wailed. It's worse than the death of my parents.

"Your Majesty, the ancestor of the minister, is the founder of the country, born and died, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, he gave up a life...... The hereditary title was also rewarded by the grandfather, His Majesty confiscated the minister's property and took away the minister's Lutian, and the minister had nothing to say. His Majesty wants to replace Lu Tian with Yu Lu, and the minister also agrees, but the minister has a request! ”

Hearing that he agreed to change Lu Tian and make Lu Lu, Zhu Houxi was still a little relieved.

"If you have any requests, say them!"

Guo Xun raised his head, "Your Majesty, the minister's salary is 1,500 stones, and the minister begs His Majesty to give it down, so that the minister can feed the whole family and not starve to death." ”

Zhu Houxi nodded and said, "Yes, after the next dynasty, you can go to Taicang to withdraw it!" ”

Guo Xun nodded vigorously, happily overjoyed, "Your Majesty is grateful." The minister's family has an annual income of 1,500 stones, a total of six generations, 150 years, and please Your Majesty can give all these fortunes to the minister! ”

"You!"

Zhu Houxi was furious, and the civil and military forces in the hall were also stunned by his words, it really makes sense!

One hundred and fifty years, one thousand five hundred stone a year, how much is that? How dare you!

But after thinking about it, isn't the Son of Heaven depriving Lutian also a scoundrel?

Perhaps, we should fight poison with poison!

No matter what, the big guy must keep Guo Xun and keep such a talent!

These courtiers are all thinking about how to help speak, Zhu Houxi's face is extremely ugly, okay you Guo Xun, you dare to set me up, believe it or not, I destroyed your full door?

Zhu Houxi was thinking about what to do with Guo Xun, when Wang Yue suddenly stood up, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the proposition of Marquis Wuding is quite reasonable. Their family has been loyal and good for generations, if the court treats the heroes badly, it will only make people feel cold, these are not too much, and I ask Your Majesty to agree to Guo Xun's request. ”

Zhu Houxi changed color, Wang Yue, are you brain-dead, or are you demented?

Can't you figure it out, it's an astronomical amount?

Zhu Houxi was about to have a seizure. only to find that Wang Yue was squeezing his eyebrows with him, what kind of bad idea did he seem to have?

"Okay, Wang Yue, you can go to the side hall and calculate for me how much food you want to give to the Marquis of Wuding."

Wang Yue nodded, and hurriedly went to the side hall, and in less than a quarter of an hour, Wang Yue returned.

"Marquis Wuding, according to my calculations, I need to pay you 225,000 stone of grain, and this is not counting the interest, I think you are a little at a loss."

Guo Xun snorted slightly, although it was not too much, but Guo Xun was already satisfied, because other nobles would do the same, and the treasury would definitely not be able to bear it...... In that case, the only way to do this is to take it back!

He Guo Xun can be regarded as a game for the nobles!

But he couldn't be proud, he still said pitifully: "Lord Wang, begging for money is nothing more than to support my family, I don't mean anything else!" ”

Wang Yue laughed, "Marquis Wuding, rest assured, one yard is one yard, and it will not be mixed up." After Wang Yue finished speaking, he gave a note to Guo Xun.

"With this, you can go to Taicang to get food."

Guo Xun was overjoyed, stretched out his hand and took it in his hand, and it was not bad at all. Other nobles and military ministers are all looking at it, can they be like Guo Xun, who wants to manage the court?

Just when these people were thinking about it, Wang Yue handed another document to Guo Xun.

"Marquis Wu Ding, you can sign this too!"

Guo Xun looked over again, and suddenly his face turned pale, and the setting was a little green.

"Wang, Lord Wang, are you kidding?"

Wang Yue's face sank, "What is this called?" If you can ask for a fortune, the imperial court will naturally have to chase the Tian Fu forced labor that has been reduced over the years. Marquis Wuding, when you go to collect the money, hand over these by the way! Otherwise, there will be a late fee, which is not a decimal! Wang Yue smiled happily.