The successful resistance of the Four People's Congress to Yang Qing did not end the struggle caused by the Gongtian Law, but on the contrary opened the prelude to an even more fierce struggle......

After all, the time of those gentry is running out. m.

At this time, it was already July, and according to the system of the Ming Dynasty, the next Four People's Congress would worship the sky on the winter solstice and officially perform its duties.

In fact, at this time, the representatives of the four peoples who had traveled far away had already set off.

For example, Kansai's.

That is, west of Jiayuguan.

Although the total population of Guanxi is only 20,000 or 30,000 in addition to the garrison, there are still two prefectures of Dihua and Dunhuang, and no matter how small their population is, they are also the official administrative regions of the Ming Dynasty, and they also have to send representatives to the new Four People's Congress. Even the least populous county, a total of 2,000 people, these 2,000 people have to elect four, the four people of the Ming Dynasty represent not by population constituencies, but by counties as constituencies.

No matter what the population is.

Shangyuan County, with a population of 2 million, elected four deputies, and Dunhuang County, with a population of 2,000, also elected four deputies.

In this era, in addition to the urgent messenger, ordinary people rode horses at a normal speed from Dihua to the southern capital, it really took three or four months, and fortunately there was a national highway in the second half, otherwise three or four months would not be enough. And in the following time, thousands of representatives of the four people from all sides of this huge empire will rush to the southern capital in various ways one after another, and then elect a standing committee by election, and then the standing committee will represent them in the southern capital.

As for the present......

They don't have much power!

At most, they returned to their hometowns with the title of a retired delegate, and had the right to write directly to the empress, which also meant that the previous gentry's investment in them was nullified. If those gentry still want the Four Peoples Assembly to continue to block Yang Qing for them, then they need to spend money again, and then buy the new Four People's Congress.

It's embarrassing.

If Yang Qing had waited until the Four People's Congress had elected a standing committee before submitting the public land law to the standing committee, then the gentry would have to buy at least the same amount again.

But if Yang Qing submits it directly to the plenum......

They'll have to buy thousands!

The gentry are very poor now, they were cut by Yang Qing and took away tens of millions, and now they really don't have much money.

What's more, the new one can't be bought!

They can buy this session because these people have been in Nandu for five years, they are already familiar with each other, and they have even established contact for a long time, but the new one is completely random, and at this time, the gentry of Nandu may not know who the representatives of the four people in their hometown are! There is no time at all, and the new delegates have not yet become old fritters in the big dye vat of Nandu, and most of them are still full of pure ideals, dare to buy them, and the risk of being reported is extremely high.

What's more, there are several more provinces in this session.

In addition to Guangdong and Guangxi, which are part of the Huangzhuang District, the remaining Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Beizhili are all Huangzhuang.

The same is true for Henan.

Two-thirds of Shandong's Huangzhuang District.

The representatives of Huangzhuang can't be bought, firstly, they are all fanatics, secondly, they have no stakes, they are already public land, and they don't care about the public land law at all......

Huangzhuang adult men are all bound by military law.

In short, the law must be completely resolved in the next few months, otherwise it will inevitably be passed in the next term, and the way to solve it is ......

"A new land law!"

Wang Fuzhi said.

The same pamphlet was spread out on the table in front of him.

Around the table, in addition to the military positions, all the civilian ministers in the cabinet were sitting in a precarious position, their eyes pointing to this booklet, not only the cabinet ministers, but also retired ministers such as Zhang Guowei, Qu Shiyun and other old ministers, including Shi Kefa, the secretary of Dali Temple, who is equivalent to the supreme judge, and the left and right imperial historians who are equivalent to the chief prosecutor, all staring at the booklet with the same expression.

"First, respect the private ownership of land, and the state has no right to deprive private individuals of their land rights!"

Wang Fuzhi said.

The old minister nodded at the same time.

This principle is the most important, in the final analysis, it is wrong for the state to confiscate land, and it is even more wrong to forcibly confiscate land, and the private ownership of land must be respected.

"Second, the existing farmland and forests and waters of the Imperial Village are regarded as the private property of the royal family, and all the land, forests and waters of the clan, and the fiefdom of the vassals are also regarded as their private property, but the other ownerless land is regarded as the property of the state."

Wang Fuzhi said.

Still nodding.

This clearly demarcated or divided the property of the royal family and the courtiers.

It doesn't matter how many of them there are.

It is important to separate them from the State.

"Thirdly, for state-owned land, anyone has the right to buy it as private property."

Everyone nodded.

In fact, this is to clarify the current Ming Dynasty has some chaotic land ownership, before the Ming Dynasty did not have a real land law, if there is a sentence, the whole world, is not the king's land. But this sentence has been overturned, the world is not a family with one surname, and land is certainly not a family with one surname, so there must be a special land law to clarify the fundamental issue of land. Therefore, it is necessary to formulate a land law, and the principle of struggle is only whether it is state-owned or private, Yang Qing's public land law is state-owned, and the purpose of the officials and gentry is private.

Wang Fuzhi went on to explain his land law.

This land law is completely for those gentry, not only to clarify the ownership of various types of land in the current Ming Dynasty, but also to include the exploration and mining of minerals......

This is important.

Although Yang Qing has controlled the mineral exploration and mining rights in many places, the problem is that the Ming Dynasty's territorial expansion is too fast, and there are many more places that have not been controlled, and the free exploration and mining rights in these places must be clarified by law. Even in the land that will be expanded in the future, those mineral exploration and mining rights must also be grabbed by the people in this way, Yang Qing has taken too much of this cake, and the rest should not be robbed by him anymore.

There are also mountains, forests, waters, etc., which must be clarified by law if they are divided in the future.

Now they are indeed national.

But if a private person buys it, it is private, especially if it is cultivated, whoever opens up the wasteland is whoever, and at most the land should be taxed and taxed, but it must not be cleared out of the land to be counted as the state.

"That's the right thing!"

Zhang Guowei sighed with satisfaction.

"In the past, we just ignored this point, and didn't set such a law with him earlier, which gave him the opportunity to mess around again and again, and he is the best at exploiting loopholes!"

Qu Shiyun said angrily.

Obviously, he is still reluctant to fail that year.

"But this does not stop him from overturning our land law, and then continue to let the next Four People's Congress pass his public land law, in the final analysis, we can't control the next Four People's Congress, then this land law is useless no matter how well it is formulated. In the current situation, it is not difficult to get this land law passed, but it only takes a few months for him to be willing to overturn it, and we have to add something to prevent him from repealing this land law. ”

Plug Yinxi said.

"Coupled with the fact that this land law is an iron law, no one can overturn or revise it!"

Chen Zilong said.

"But will Yang Qing comply?"

Gu Jiang said uncertainly.

"As long as the Four People's Congress is really passed, he will not do anything, he has formulated this rule himself, then he will not violate it, if he really runs rampant, he will not make this Four People's Congress, this can still be believed in him. Besides, if he really overthrows him, there is actually nothing we can do, the military power will eventually be in his hands, in the end, we will do our best and be worthy of our hearts! ”

Shi Kefa said.

It is clear that this topic is too heavy.

A group of former and current cabinet members fell silent.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open.

Everyone looked up together and watched as Shi Kefa's son, Stilwell, walked in, who did not salute the elders, but glanced around under his father's puzzled gaze......

"Everyone, let's go to the square of the Great Hall of the Four Peoples!"

He said.

The square of the Great Hall of the Four Peoples.

"I have a dream!"

Li Laiheng said with a horn.

At this moment, he was standing on a parked four-wheeled carriage, and standing next to him was Xu Si, and hundreds of representatives of the four people who had voted for Yang Qing before were also standing around, most of them were representatives of Huangzhuang.

Above his head, there was an open banner with three large letters written on it......

Peasants' and Workers' Party.

And there is also the badge designed by Yang Qing.

Including him and those representatives of the Four Peoples, they also wore this badge on their chests, and he was still wearing a military uniform, although he had retired from active duty, the military uniform could still be worn. As a general, his military uniform is of a very high grade, plus those medals and the marquis's ribbon, although it covers up the badge to a certain extent, it is extremely eye-catching. Thousands of people gathered around, all looking at him with respect, at the Marquis of Ming Dingyuan, an old friend of the Protector of the Kingdom, plus the leader of the Peasants' and Workers' Party, who had just been registered for less than an hour.

"I dream that there is no distinction between rich and poor in the world, there are no corrupt officials, no local tyrants and inferior gentry, no tigers and wolves who oppress the poor, and everyone has land, clothing, and food. You don't have to be beaten up by landlords because you can't pay rent, you don't have to go to jail because you can't afford to pay taxes, you don't have to sell your children and daughters because you can't afford to pay usury.

I had dreams like this when my whole family was starving to death.

But this can only be a dream.

Because no one will rule for us.

Who will call the shots for the poor? Who cares if the tenants live or die? Who will call the shots for the coolies digging the coal, and who will call the shots for the hired hands who carry the work? Emperor? In the three hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, apart from Taizu and the empress, who else has ever cared about the lives and deaths of the poor? Officials? In the three hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, how many Haigang Peaks have been produced? So who else?

Gods and Buddhas?

Townspeople?

No one!

Dreams are dreams after all! ”

Li Laiheng shouted with excitement.

It was clear that he had brought himself into a state, and as a person whose whole family had starved to death, he was the only one left, had seen this matter more thoroughly than anyone else.

And more and more people gathered around him to look at him silently, although Nandu is the best life, but after all, the vast majority of people still have fresh memories of the past. They could indeed hail the arrival of a holy lord like the Empress and the Lord Protector, but they would never really believe that the ruler would always be like this. In fact, they all knew that the empress and the protector were outliers, and those in their memories were the norm.

Lee Rae-hyung was right.

Except for the Empress and the Protector, which are rare in 300 years, the vast majority of rulers will not care whether the poor live or die.

Taizu is useless.

Haigang Peak is also useless.

If they were useful, the Ming Dynasty would not have had the previous decades of trouble.

"Now it is indeed much better, the officials have been slightly restrained, and there is no more bribery, but it is only slightly restrained, the landlords have also reduced the land rent to sixty percent, and the excesses and miscellaneous taxes have also decreased, and the common people are living better than before, they can eat, and they will not be draped in a broken sack in winter.

But did they find it all in their conscience?

Do they know they're wrong?

No!

Officials or those officials!

The landlords are still those landlords!

They are willing to make a little change, willing to make the poor people live better, not because of their conscience, but because of us, because of King Chuang, because of the Duke of Shu, because of those of us who have pinched them out of their brains in the north.

Because they're scared!

They are afraid that someone will rise up again because they can't survive!

They are afraid that the rebellious poor will once again pull them out of their brains!

It's that simple!

Because they have seen the power of the poor when they can't bear it anymore! They were afraid, so they had to compromise a little, they had to put down the whip in their hands, they had to leave more for the poor, they knew that if they took away everything from the poor again, the result of not leaving a way for the poor to live, that is, the poor did not leave them a way to live! ”

Lee Rae-hyung continued to roar.

"It's just a lie!"

Zhang Guowei, who had just arrived, whispered with a gloomy face on crutches.

"But we can only listen here, don't forget that he is the Marquis of Dingyuan, the same as Ban Chao, don't forget that among the 800,000 troops of the imperial court, there are still 100,000 of his people, and don't forget that there are more than 1 million militiamen in Guanzhong who regard him as a young master.

He's their little king.

Shaanxi and Shanxi returned to the imperial court, only because he gave up the secession. ”

Plug Yinxi said.

He was telling the truth, the reason why Li Zicheng and Li Guo chose to surrender was only because Li Laiheng, the only leader of the Shaozhuang faction who could protect Li Guo's son, opposed the continued secession of the Qin Domain. It was Li Laiheng who advocated surrendering to Yang Qing that made Li Zicheng finally make up his mind, and it was also Li Laiheng who did not hesitate to go to the Western Regions to kill Liu Zongmin with poisoned wine in order to prevent Liu Zongmin from seizing the Western Regions. The nearly six million people of Huangzhuang in Guanzhong and Shanxi never thought that they had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, they just gave King Chuang face to accept the rule of Yang Qing, an old friend. And Li Laiheng is their recognized King Xiaochuang, who is regarded by them as the young master, and the personal friendship with Yang Qing is the guarantee of the current relationship between the two provinces and the imperial court.

"Humph!"

Zhang Guowei didn't say anything more, and continued to look at Li Laiheng with a gloomy face. u