Of course, Yang Cong knows what this Huangzhuang is, Huangzhuang, as the name suggests, is the emperor's Zhuangtian, that is, the land where the emperor appoints the eunuchs to operate, and the grain and silver of the Huangzhuang's income are generally managed by the eunuchs in charge of the village, and are uniformly controlled by the inner palace supervisors, and the income of the Huangzhuang is also an important source of palace income, that is to say, the income of the Huangzhuang is equivalent to the emperor's private money.

However, most of this private money did not belong to the emperor, but to those eunuchs in the palace.

This seems to be a bit contradictory, since the income of the imperial village is the emperor's private money, why does most of it not belong to the emperor?

It's very simple, more than ninety percent of Huangzhuang's income has been fished out by eunuchs!

In the ninth year of Zhengde, there were statistics that there were more than 30 places in Huangzhuang, with a total of more than 37,000 hectares of fertile land, that is to say, at that time, there were more than 3.7 million mu of fertile land in Huangzhuang, and there were more than 3.7 million taels according to the income of one mu and one tael.

In the later period of Zhengde, the eunuchs in the palace were even more arrogant, and they seized the land everywhere and included it in the Huangzhuang, and it was conservatively estimated that there were at least more than 5 million mu of fertile land in the Huangzhuang at the beginning of Jiajing, that is to say, the income of the Huangzhuang was at least more than 5 million taels.

What is this concept?

It's very simple, just compare the taxes of the Ming Dynasty, before Zhang Juzheng's reform, the total annual tax of the Ming Dynasty was less than four million taels, and these four million taels had to feed tens of thousands of officials, and more than 100,000 border troops, which shows how terrifying the income of the Huangzhuang is, more than five million taels, which is more than the tax income of the Ming Dynasty in a year!

Generally, the emperor doesn't know how much the specific income of the emperor is, but they clearly know how much the Ming Dynasty's taxes are in a year, and the Ming Dynasty's taxes are less than four million taels a year, can the emperor of the dynasty spend more than five million taels a year?

Of course, this is impossible, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are generally poor, except for Zhengde, there is really nothing to be poor and extravagant, other emperors, can use up hundreds of thousands of taels a year, more than five million taels, they can't use it up at all, and they don't know that Huangzhuang has so much income.

This has a strange appearance, many emperors of the Ming Dynasty are very poor, even the border army can not afford to support, and even eat and dress by themselves are buttoned and roped, and many big eunuchs are rich and flowing, not only the capital is full of mansions, maids, housekeepers, guards, etc. are hundreds of thousands, but also wives and concubines.

Including Emperor Jiajing, in the later period of Jiajing, he connived at Yan Song to encroach on people's land for more than one million taels of military expenses, and changed rice to mulberry, making the people miserable.

He also has no way, he must know that the annual income of Huangzhuang is more than five million taels, can he arouse the anger of the people for more than one million taels!

Of course, the Huangzhuang of the Jiajing Dynasty is not necessarily as big as the Huangzhuang of the Zhengde Dynasty, because in the early years of Jiajing, he ordered Xia Yan to clean up the Huangzhuang and return the encroached land to the people, that is to say, it is very likely that the scale of the Huangzhuang has been reduced to the level of the ninth year of Zhengde, almost only more than 3.7 million mu.

However, even if there are only more than 3.7 million mu, that is more than 3 million taels of income, and more than 1 million taels of military spending can still be left more than 2 million taels, he does not take money from the Huangzhuang, but he ordered to change rice to mulberry and compete with the people for profit, which also proves from the side that he did not know that the Huangzhuang had such a large income.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Yang Cong, at least not much to do with them now.

Yang Cong wondered, didn't Xia Yan return the Mintian to these people at the beginning of Jiajing, why did there be eunuchs to forcibly occupy it at this time, did these eunuchs want money and death, Xia Yan hadn't stepped down yet.

He couldn't help but ask: "It seems that Lord Xia Yan Xia once took care of this matter, why don't you go to Lord Xia?" ”

When Xu Da heard this, he said hesitantly: "This, Lord Xia was a Qincha at that time, and he was specifically responsible for cleaning up the Huangzhuang, but at this time he was no longer Qincha, and this matter was originally under the management of Shuntianfu Yin." ”

Xia Yan was indeed at the behest of Jiajing at that time to clean up the Huangzhuang, otherwise he would not have anything to do with the Huangzhuang in the matter, and Xia Yan would not seem to have anything to do with the Huangzhuang even if he was a cabinet scholar at this time.

But why did someone come to me when someone was in charge?

Yang Cong was a little curious: "Since you know that it is the Yin Guan of the Shuntian Mansion, then go to the Shuntian Prefect, why did you find this official here?" This official is just a Hanlin Academy, but he can't manage the affairs of the Huangzhuang. ”

Xu Da hurriedly said: "We have already looked for Liu Fuyin for this matter, Liu Fuyin is also a good person, he has already awarded the land to us, but two days ago he told us that for this matter, he may not be able to keep his official position, and people will not let us go, we are also forced to have no choice, so we came to you." ”

Shuntian Mansion Yin Liu Shuxiang is almost unable to keep his official position because of this matter, it's unlikely, right?

You must know that Shuntian Mansion is not an ordinary state capital, but the location of the capital, and the Mansion Yin is a high-ranking official of the third grade, and his power is similar to that of the six servants, who can take him down?

Eunuchs in the palace?

It is unlikely, at this time, the eunuchs in the palace do not have as much power as the Zhengde Dynasty, Jiajing learned the lessons of the Zhengde Dynasty and restricted the power of the eunuchs.

What's going on here?

Yang Cong thought for a while, and then asked, "What did Master Liu say?" ”

Xu Da said honestly: "Lord Xu said, he really can't do anything about this, and everyone above is ready to clean him up for this matter, he asked us to find another way to seek justice for ourselves, and at the same time help him, see if we can help him escape this catastrophe." ”

Fainting, so severe.

It stands to reason that he shouldn't be involved in this kind of thing, but because Xia Yan had dealt with this matter, he became interested instead.

It's only been a few years since you Xia Yan dealt with it, and the eunuchs in the palace began to encroach on the people's land again, which proves that you didn't deal with it thoroughly enough.

The people above Shuntianfu Yin and Liu Shuxiang, he is also very interested, the ability to suppress Shuntianfu Yin is at least the level of the six Shangshu, who is it?

Thinking of this, he asked expressionlessly, "Who is going to clean up Lord Liu, do you know?" ”

When Xu Da heard this, he plucked up his courage and said, "It's Lord Xia Yanxia." ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

What's going on, Xia Yan had obviously been ordered to clean up the Huangzhuang and the great eunuch Zhao Ling, why did he have to help the eunuchs in the palace to clean up the Shuntian Mansion Yin Liu Shuxiang?

This matter is getting more and more complicated, and Yang Cong is becoming more and more interested.

He thought for a moment, and then asked solemnly, "Lord Liu asked you to come to this official, right?" ”

This one!

Xu Da shrank back in fright, and Xu Er's face even changed.

However, Xu Da finally gritted his teeth and said: "Yes, Lord Yang, Lord Liu said, you are the only one who can save him in this capital." The villain doesn't want Lord Liu to be dismissed because of our business, so the villain can only come to you hard. ”

Sure enough, it seems that this Liu Shuxiang intends to take refuge in himself to keep his official position.

Is this a matter of help or not?

Yang Cong thought for a while, then nodded slightly and said, "Well, the official knows, you go and talk to Lord Liu, if he is free, it is best to come in person." ”

He decided that it was better to look at the situation first, he didn't know Liu Shuxiang, and he didn't want to help a corrupt official in a daze.

Rich son of the Ming Dynasty

Rich son of the Ming Dynasty