Sell the land! This is the solution of Chen Yue's book.

The northern provinces had been occupied by the Manchus for more than a year, and much of the land had been left ownerless. In particular, the fields that originally belonged to the clan of the feudal kings were almost slaughtered after the two occupations of the thieves and the Tatars.

You must know that most of the clans of the Ming Dynasty are sealed in the north, taking Henan Province as an example, there are three princes and dozens of county kings, and there are countless generals and lieutenants of Fengguo. Now these clans are gone, but the fields under their names are still there, and the fields belonging to the clans in the entire northern provinces are afraid that there are not millions of acres.

Then there were the fields of the gentry, after the Manchu occupation of Beijing, a large number of fields in the northeast of Henan Mountain were occupied by the Manchu Tartars, and now the lost land was recovered and the Manchus were driven away, and these fields should naturally be returned to the imperial court. In this way, after the recovery of the entire north, there will be at least tens of millions of acres of ownerless fields.

Now that the treasury has no food, it is just right to sell these fields. Whether it is an official gentry, a merchant or a farmer, as long as he can take out the money to buy land, he can buy the ownerless land in several northern provinces!

Tens of millions of acres of land are calculated as seven taels of silver per mu, and at least seventy or eighty million taels of silver can be sold! Not to mention supporting one Northern Expedition, it is enough to do ten or eight more times!

What audacity this is!

Chen Yue's letter immediately caused an uproar in the court. Countless officials, especially those from the north, jumped up and vigorously opposed it! If you enter the court, if you retire, you will be a squire, whether it is an official or a gentry, and his family is the leading figure in the local area and the actual controller of the vast countryside.

Although they have experienced a series of catastrophes due to thieves, these gentry families have their own ways to protect themselves, and now that Manchu has been driven away, the fields that were originally occupied by Manchu should be returned to their hands. Even if there are many ownerless fields, as long as they are operated by the local government, it is not difficult to get into their hands, especially when this kind of chaos of political succession occurs.

Therefore, Chen Yue's book is tantamount to snatching food from the mouths of the gentry, how can they agree?

"The land is the owner's thing, how can it be easily sold, if the court acts like this, how is it different from a robber?" Huke gave the chapter in the matter to dredge up

"According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, the vassal king only enjoys a certain amount of land and taxes, and he does not really own the land, the land is still in the hands of the people, and the king of Qi does not understand the situation at all. If this is really done, wouldn't it be the officials forcing the people to rebel, and if the people are not driven out of the Ming Dynasty, the northern provinces will probably be in chaos again! "Yu Shi Qiao Ke hired to follow the way.

Of course, there are also many officials who support Chen Yue's approach, such as Yuan Kewang, a scholar from Hanlin, who said: "Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, land annexation has been serious, and it has become a trend to donate land, and a large number of people have surrendered their fields to the name of the vassal king to avoid the taxes of the imperial court, and the vassal kings have also relied on their power to forcibly annex the people's fields, saying that it is a joke not to really own the land."

Since those Diao people relied on their contributions to avoid the taxes of the imperial court, how could they say that they were the owners of the fields? Of course, the imperial court had the right to sell these fields.

The imperial court can send a messenger to the northern provinces to cooperate with the king of Qi to check the acres of land, and any field without a title deed that is unclear about its origin is an ownerless thing, and the court can naturally sell it.

Selling these borderless lands to raise the food and salary of the front-line soldiers and supporting the great cause of the Northern Expedition is beneficial to our Ming Dynasty! ”

However, Yuan Kewang's performance was attacked by more officials, and many criticized him for his party attachment to Qi Wang Chen Yue's ill-intentioned intentions.

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"How does Brother Wozi feel about this situation between the DPRK and China?" When they got together again, Zhang Huangyan asked Chen Zilong with a smile. Zhang Huangyan's application to go to the front line in Shandong has been approved, and the next day he will go to Shandong with more than 150 other students of the Armed Forces Academy, and Chen Zilong specially practiced it for him.

"Fighting, fighting, no matter what happens, there are always people jumping up to support it, and some people jumping up to oppose it, I'm really tired of this kind of life!" Chen Zilong was tasteless.

The problem is that some people only care about their own interests and don't care about the people of the world! They did not agree to the imposition of commercial taxes, nor did they agree to the sale of ownerless land in the north, so did they just watch the hundreds of thousands of Northern Expeditionary Army fall into a rout without food and pay to fulfill their wishes?

If you want me to say that such an official might as well not have one! Zhang Huangyan sneered.

Chen Zilong was shocked by the murderous aura in Zhang Huang's words, and couldn't help but say: "Brother Xuan, the imperial historians have the power to discuss matters, and other courtiers naturally have the responsibility to discuss politics in the court. ”

Zhang Huangyan shook his head and said: "If it is a peaceful year, you can discuss politics and discuss politics, and things will be done slowly, but when is it now?" The soldiers in front of him were short of food and salary, and the court could not come up with a countermeasure, so King Qi thought of the fastest way to solve the problem, as long as it could be implemented, there was no problem at all in raising a large sum of silver in a short time.

At this time, even if this method is problematic and flawed, as long as it can solve the current crisis, it can be dealt with slowly in the future. But many courtiers did not hesitate to prevent this matter because they harmed their interests, so how can such an ignorant person be qualified to be in the court? ”

"This ......" Chen Zilong opened his mouth, but he could no longer distinguish between the officials of the DPRK and China.

"The way is a good way, there are few people in the south, as long as the Manchus can be driven away, some people are willing to take silver to buy land in the north, after all, compared to the south, the fields in the north are much cheaper. But there is so much resistance in the court, it is difficult to pass! Chen Zilong sighed.

"Is it hard to pass? Brother Wozi, you underestimate the king too much, and you also underestimate the princess of the prison country! Zhang Huangyan said with a smile.

"Huh?" Chen Zilong was stunned for a moment, "I don't dare to underestimate King Qi, but the princess of the prison country, since she became the prison country, she has always listened to the cabinet in everything, and she has never taken the initiative to take the initiative." Now that the cabinet is vacillating, can she force this matter this time? ”

"Of course you can!" Zhang Huangyan said categorically: "She is a prisoner of the country and a king, as long as she makes up her mind and makes up her mind to force the order, it is useless for anyone to oppose it." And the relationship between the princess of the prison country and the king of Qi, how can she watch the king of Qi fall into trouble? ”

Chen Zilong said: "However, the six branches have the power to refute the holy decree!" ”

Zhang Huangyan sneered: "Refute the holy decree? Don't look at when, whoever dares to refute at this time is looking for death! Brother Wozi, I advise you not to get involved in this matter, don't you want to go to Shandong? I think it will be approved soon. ”

Chen Zilong nodded: "I was originally in favor of selling the land, and of course I would not refute the holy decree with them." Alas, this will soon be another storm in the DPRK, so it is better to leave. ”