With the descendation of hundreds of officials, the holy decree of abolishing the privilege of never paying taxes and strictly limiting the price of land lease was promulgated, and suddenly, the world was shocked!

Not only the clan of the Shi clan whose interests were damaged was shocked, but even the ordinary people, especially those tenants who rented the landlord's land because they had no land themselves, instantly cheered.

There is no other reason, the land tax rate of the powerful landlords is too high, the landlords who speak best have to pay 50% of the tax, and the greedy landlords have to pay 60% or even 80% of the tax, you know, the tenants lease the land of the powerful landlords, not only to contribute manpower, but also to invest in seeds, etc., and bear the risk of encountering a disaster year, so that even in a good harvest year, they can only be enough for a family to make a living, once they encounter a natural disaster, they have to sell their children and daughters to pay off the tax, and many people are even starved to death, you can imagine how miserable it is. But even if they are brutally exploited, what can they do, after all, their own land has been annexed, and they are not tenants, what can they do to survive.

Now, the imperial court has issued a decree that the price of land lease in the world shall not exceed 20%, and they no longer have to work hard for a year and not enough to make ends meet, even if they encounter a disaster year, they can survive without selling their children and daughters.

"God, you have finally opened your eyes, long live the emperor, long live it!" An old farmer who has been a tenant all his life has tears in his eyes, looking up to the sky and crying sadly, this day is too late for him, in this life, he and his old wife have given birth to a total of three sons and two daughters, and over the years, they have to sell one son and two daughters, what a heartbreaking thing.

Compared with the excitement and joy of ordinary people and hard-working tenants, those powerful people from all over the world, who were mostly composed of scholar clans, were angry!

Liujia, Xiaji County, Jianghuai.

"Smack!" The head of the Liu family angrily smashed a fine jade cup!

"Dusk Jun, this is not for me to wait for a way to live, it is too deceitful!"

Although Xiaji County is not a big county, the Liu family here is a family of scholars who have been inherited for hundreds of years, and there must be someone in every generation, nearly half of the land in Xiaji County is the Liu family, and its thousands of tenants are like the soil emperor of Xiaji County, even if the county order of Xiaji County has to look at the face of the Liu family in Xiaji County.

The Liu family's tax rate on tenant rent is not high among the landlords, 60 out of 5, but nearly 80,000 mu of fertile land has been settled, and there is an annual income of more than 70,000 taels of silver, and the family of several hundred people is quite chic.

It's just that now with these two holy decrees, the Liu family will not only have to pay taxes to the imperial court from this year, but also the rent tax on the fields leased to tenants shall not exceed 20%, it is foreseeable that if the holy decree is really obeyed, the income of the Liu family this year will inevitably be less than one-third of last year, how can they still feed a family of hundreds of people, which makes the head of the Liu family not angry and scolded.

In fact, even if the Liu family is really cut off two-thirds of their income at once, there are still more than 20,000 taels a year, how can they not be able to feed a few hundred people in a family, you know, the living expenses of each tenant household under them are only less than ten taels of silver per year, and they have not been able to live all the time.

However, people are always selfish and only want more, and losing a single point will make them uncomfortable, not to mention the loss of tens of thousands of taels of silver every year, which is even worse than killing them.

It was not only the Liu family who was angry, but all the scholars everywhere were angry and scolded.

They are all powerful people in various places, controlling a large number of local resources, and they are used to being powerful one by one, and they can't stand such anger at all, and they only think of the word resistance, the emperor must withdraw these two holy decrees, and their interests cannot be damaged, otherwise

"If the faint king is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!" After being ruthless, the powerful head of a scholar clan said such a thing calmly, which is also the voice of many other scholars.

Compared with the Shi clan, the children of the clans living in various places were equally angry, and almost all the vassal kings were so angry that they wanted to lift the table at home, King Xiang, King Gui, King Yu, King Chang, King Lu

Petitions from all over the country to retract the holy decree poured into Zhu Cihong's imperial study like a tidal wave, and almost all of them were piled up, some complained and pleaded, some turned around and scolded, some relied on their age to speak out fiercely, and some blatantly scolded.

The fierce reaction of the clans of the scholars in various places was expected by Zhu Cihong, and for the pile of opposition in front of him, which was half a person high, Zhu Cihong only took one of the books and looked at it, and then threw it back.

"No situation can change my mind!" He was so determined that he would not waver no matter what happened, not to mention that those people were merely verbal and disrespectful, and he would not care about these things, just like a swarm of flies screaming.

"Let's burn them all!" Zhu Cihong commanded expressionlessly.

"Yes!" Zhao Dequan immediately took a group of eunuchs to clean up the pile of half-human-high folds.

The next day, Zhu Cihong issued a notice through Daming Daily that the reform measures will be implemented, and any opponents will be regarded as rebellion!

"Let the storm come harder!" Zhu Cihong's cold smile was full of murderous intent.

Since things are doomed, then don't procrastinate, he issued a notice to interrupt everyone's illusions, so that they should compromise the compromise, if they are determined to oppose it, they will make trouble as soon as possible, only when all the disobedient people jump out, he can use thunderous means to sweep it away, strong suppression, he always believes that the ordinary people who account for more than ninety percent of the total population of the Ming Dynasty must support him, with such strong support, victory must belong to him, he is not afraid!

With the release of the proclamation, the clan clans whose interests had been damaged once again set off a monstrous rage, almost burning everything.

"The emperor really plans not to give me a way to live, this is the life he wants me to wait, and we will not obey!"

Fengyang, Luwang Mansion.

"It's also the blood of Taizu, why did he Zhu Cihong do this, he is the emperor, and he enjoys the best in the world, why don't we have a bad time with our clans, aren't we all people! You can't give us a way to live! King Lu scolded, and at the same time, there was a sharp glint in the depths of his eyes, revealing a hidden ambition.

In that year, Li Zicheng broke through the city of Beijing, when Zhu Cihong just fled south from the city of Beijing, due to the concealment of the news, coupled with the blockade of the rogue, the civil and military officials in the south of the Yangtze River led by Ma Shiying Gao Hongtu did not know whether Zhu Cihong was still alive, and respectively elected King Lu and King Fu to inherit the unification, although King Lu failed that year, but he was only one step away from the supreme throne, and it was inevitable to have ambitions, but because Zhu Cihong was too strong, he never dared to make any moves. Now that Zhu Cihong has done such a thing that angers the world's clans and clans, it will inevitably attract the wrath of the whole world, and this is his opportunity.

Because the illusion was broken, in a few days, the contact between the clans of the scholars in various places instantly increased more than ten times, and even many big forces openly gathered together to conspire, blatantly, and did not seem to be afraid of being known by the imperial court, because they were too confident, maybe they were small alone, at most they would only dominate the local area, but if they were all united, they would have most of the resources in the world, and they could dominate the world, and the strength they possessed could make it difficult for those who harmed their interests to sleep and eat!

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