In order to cooperate with the nationwide reorganization of the army, so that retired soldiers can smoothly transform from military households to civilian households, the Apocalypse asked the Holy Academy to consider two major relationships, that is, the relationship between the people and the land, and the relationship between the people and the officials. Apocalypse believes that only by clarifying the relationship between the people and the land can we ensure that everyone eats and dresses; Only by straightening out the relationship between the people and the officials can we ensure that the officials are consistent with their words and deeds, so as to ensure the implementation of the decree and the accurate reflection of the government.

These two requirements seem very simple, but if you think about it carefully, you will find it difficult, after more than two hundred years of operation of the Ming Empire, most of the land has been annexed into the hands of a few people, and this trend of land annexation is still intensifying. The peasants who had no land and could only rent land for cultivation had to pay rent in addition to paying taxes, and the imperial court would also build rivers and support officials after collecting taxes, and those parasites who lived by collecting land rent would only eat the fruits of their labor at home without paying a little, causing great harm to the people and the country.

Although there are some people who own their own land, but because of the different status, the treatment is also different, a large number of gentry who annex land do not have to pay taxes, and the peasants who do not have the status of gentry must pay taxes, so it is only a matter of time before the peasants are forced to lose their land and have to rent land to plant, and this kind of lease relationship between the people and the land will certainly not last long. Later, the Apocalypse demanded that everyone pay taxes and that no one with a family of 500 acres of land should be allowed to buy any more land, which could only temporarily stop the pace of land annexation but could not fundamentally solve the problem, and it was imperative to determine a new relationship between the peasants and the land.

In the past, officials were to manage the people on behalf of the emperor, except for a very small number of officials who knew the hardships of the people, the vast majority of people took it for granted on the issue of managing the people, and this kind of arbitrary management made the officials and the people form an antagonism, which was not conducive to the rational and effective use of productive forces. In the fifth year of the Apocalypse, the Apocalypse required every official to make a written handover report when he took office and left office, writing down the specific local situation at that time so that the imperial court could understand and formulate a system, and later further required that every official should be unanimously approved when he was selected, and required officials to let people know what you were going to do in the next few years when they took office.

Apocalypse believes that only when the people know what officials do, will they understand what they should do, and if they find that what officials are going to do will hurt them, the people can ask for an explanation on an equal footing, that is to say, either you correct it or you persuade me, and in order to do this, there must be a new relationship between the people and the officials. In order to avoid an official saying one thing and doing another, Tianqi has established a four-level auxiliary government system, that is, officials do not need to be ingenious when exercising government affairs, nor can they say that they do not do or do things randomly, how to do it, someone assists you and someone supervises you, and when you encounter special affairs, someone comes out to solve it, all you need to do is obedience and fairness.

How to establish the relationship between the people and the land and the relationship between the people and the officials under the new form is a problem and a task, and the Holy Academy immediately took action after receiving this task. They visited many parties for more than two months, conducted a lot of analysis and study of the results of the investigation, and finally came to a conclusion that seemed to be relatively satisfactory; Liu Zongzhou thought that there was no problem, and first communicated with Xinwang, Gao Panlong, Xu Guangqi, and others in the Supervision Yuan, and immediately reported to Tianqi after seeing that everyone nodded in approval.

The weather in Beijing in March has been slowly getting warmer, take off the thick robe and put on the jacket to make people feel light, the bright weather of spring is suitable for playing a few rounds of mahjong in the spring breeze, entertainment can contact feelings and increase friendship ♀ at the same time, Tianqi is playing mahjong with the queen and Chunying, Sanang and others, just played two laps and received the news that Liu Zongzhou asked to see, Tianqi readily agreed after listening, and immediately took Tan Jing and others to prepare to go to the Supervision Yuan. The state affairs are important, everyone didn't say anything, only Sanang lost the money and said that he wanted the apocalypse if he had nothing to do tomorrow and continued to kill a few rounds.

Fortunately, it is not far from Kunning Palace to Ciqing Palace, and after a while, Tianqi came to the supervision courtyard in Ciqing Palace in a sedan chair, and as soon as he entered, he found that there were more people inside, although they were all standing and bowing, but from the looks of each person, it could be seen that everyone was very busy, and Wang Wang and others were also in the courtyard to greet him, and he saw the doubts of the Apocalypse, and the king explained: "These are all newly transferred Zhongshu people, because there are more things in various departments now, and several people here are here to discuss problems, in order not to delay the affairs of the various ministries that each person is responsible for, The younger brother asked these Chinese scholars to run errands and sort out the paperwork. ”

Apocalypse walked inside and asked, "What has King Shin been busy with these days?" ”

King Xin said: "I'm not busy with anything, it's just those things in the government council, Lord Zhu, Lord Ye and other old ministers are very powerful, and the younger brother just looks at it and sometimes signs it." Thinking that they were about to retire and leave, the ministers were afraid that the affairs of the Government Council would be affected as soon as they left. ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "Brother Wei also knows that it is easy to use those who are familiar with it, but there is a law that cannot be escaped from birth, old age, sickness and death, and the old minister can continue to serve the country when he retires to the Holy Academy, if the old man dominates the position and does not leave, the young man's ability will not be exercised and improved, and it will be even more troublesome when it is really not available." But now, we need to pay attention to some people who are qualified and capable, let them slowly participate in some affairs, and then make a smooth transition. ”

Entering the hall where the Prison Yuan was meeting, Tianqi asked everyone to sit down and asked Liu Zongzhou: "Lord Liu said that in terms of the relationship between the people and the land and the people and the officials, your Holy Academy has already reached a conclusion, so Lord Liu will talk about some conclusions and let's discuss them." ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "Your Majesty, the reason for the discussion of these two relations at the end of last year was that the emperor wanted to reorganize the army and make a change in the millions of tired and weak brigades in the Ming Dynasty who had no combat effectiveness, and that the problem of retiring soldiers who were unwilling to serve as soldiers or who were unable to fight again was raised. From this point of view, the Holy Academy should consider not two but three relationships, and in addition to the relationship between the people and the land and the people and the officials, it should also consider the relationship between the military and the common people. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said, "It seems that Lord Liu has thought it through, so let's talk about how you think about it." ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "These three kinds of relationships are all related, and each relationship can be analyzed three differences, let the minister slowly say that the emperor can see that it is appropriate to talk about the relationship between the people and the land, for more than a year, the emperor has resolutely demanded that all people, regardless of whether they are scholars and ordinary people, should be taxed according to the acres of land, and strictly stipulate that families with 500 acres of land are not allowed to buy land, and the momentum of land annexation has been curbed. However, there are still many peasants who do not own their own land, and they have to pay both taxes and rent for both private and official land, and some even want to rent but cannot rent it, and this is the biggest reason why the peasants' lives are not satisfactory. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and asked, "Speaking of the limit of five hundred acres, I thought of a question, is there anyone who divides up their families in order to buy more land?" ”

King Xin replied: "Yes, it is said that some people want to buy land after separation, but the Government Council has long been guarding against this hand, and has registered ♀ all the large households with a lot of land, and it has to be said that the original system of the imperial brother requiring all officials to write written reports when they take office and leave office, which large households, how many people, and how much land are clearly written, and whoever wants to use new households to buy more land after splitting up, the original land must be handed over, otherwise he will be punished for the crime of deception." After knowing that everything was under control, many people were honest, but many of them hated Wei Zhongxian, and it was said that Wei Zhongxian's men were very active in investigating everywhere. ”

Tianqi smiled and said: "Wei Zhongxian is still very good at doing these things, and letting him take people to scare those who are disobedient can be regarded as making the best use of his talents." ”

Gao Panlong didn't like Wei Zhongxian, and he didn't even want to hear Wei Zhongxian's name, so he gave Liu Zongzhou a look, Liu Zongzhou nodded knowingly and said to Tianqi: "Your Majesty, in the relationship between peasants and land, the Holy Academy has determined three of these rights, and the establishment of these three rights can be equal in the lowest goal, so that the cultivator can have his land, and in the highest goal, the vast majority of farmers can also feel happiness and freedom. ”

Apocalypse was amazed when he heard this, and asked, "What are the three rights?" ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "First of all, ownership, the ancient saying says that the whole world is not the king's land, that is, the land in the world belongs to the emperor, because the emperor has the ownership of all the land in the world, so you can resolutely demand everyone to pay taxes." People obey the emperor's orders and pay taxes not only because the emperor has supreme authority, nor only because the emperor takes the lead in raising taxes, but the emperor's ownership of all the land in the world is the real biggest reason. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said, "Yes, my ownership of the land under heaven is the most fundamental, no one can say anything unless he wants to rebel, what are the other two rights?" ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "The second right is the right to use, everyone in the country has a different division of labor, it is impossible to have to spend money and time to allow it to make money, before the emergence of other industries that can make money through investment, allowing the free purchase and sale of land is unrestricted ♀, after the act of buying land and collecting rent is allowed by the state, the person who buys the land has the right to use the land, and it is precisely because the landlord has the right to use the land that they can collect rent, otherwise it is a robbery." ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "In the eyes of the landlord, land is just a tool to make money, and if you have the right to use, you have the right to collect rent, and this analysis also makes sense." ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "The third right is the right to live, which is specifically said to the people, the people must have food to survive, and if they want to eat, they must obtain food through farming, that is to say, for the people, the right to survive is the right to cultivate the land." ”

Tianqi frowned and asked, "Where should people who have no land exercise their right to cultivate?" ”