Chapter 889: Where is the benefit, but not tempted?

The huge place suddenly fell silent, and even the sound of human breathing could be heard clearly.

Even though there are very few civil officials who advocate Legalism nowadays, there are really not many people who have not read the famous "Han Feizi", so after a sentence of Confucianism and literary chaos caused a period of silence, no one jumped out to refute it. Although many of today's nobles are the second generation, after all, there are still Zhang Fu of the first generation, and Zhu Yong, who is deeply favored, and no one dares to say anything like martial arts in front of these super masters. After a long silence, someone finally coughed lightly.

"Xu Shiyu said the wrong thing, in fact, he didn't mean it, it's just that this martial arts fact shouldn't be so bothered!" It was Luo Rujing, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, who spoke, and after he saluted upwards, he waved at the surrounding groups, and then said, "Emperor Taizu set up a yellow book of household registration, and divided the people of the world into military households, civilian households, artisan households, stove households, etc., in order to let the people concentrate on their ambitions without distractions. Now that the military household system is complete, and the military election is also held every year, why is there any need to establish another military move? Also, how many people who have been promoted by martial arts are willing to be registered in the military? This is one of them. ”

Luo Rujing and Li Qi presided over the Tianfu Township Examination together, he was a few years older, and at this time he calmly got up, and continued to say: "Second, the minister also knows that in the past, the British Duke Si conquered Annam, and there were many meritorious people in the middle, but they were all rewarded but not rewarded, but even so, the military position of the imperial court every year is still getting bigger and bigger, and it costs a lot. It's just that hereditary military households can ensure a stable supply of soldiers, while hereditary officers are the best way to reward merit. Third, if the martial arts are like the imperial examination, what is the cost? Every year, the spring will be tested, and the charcoal used by the Gongyuan is as high as tens of thousands of catties, which is not counting the expenditure of the autumn in the provinces, if it is the same for martial arts, it is undoubtedly a huge burden for the provinces. ”

Compared with those who spoke fiercely but empty, Luo Rujing's words naturally made many bigwigs nod their heads, even Zhang Yue. It's just that this is the place to speak to the low-grade officials below, he didn't open his mouth to refute or explain, he just watched Luo Rujing retire, but the next moment, the name reported by Wang Jin who drew lots made him cheer up all of a sudden.

"Hanlin Academy's attendant Gu Bin."

Compared with those officials who were in their early thirties, Gu Bin, who was dressed in a cyan official robe, looked a little thin, and that unusually young face also made many people who were not familiar with him look at him a few more times. However, these notices turned into horror when he opened his mouth to say the first sentence, because this person was actually talking about the determination of the world's acres that almost no one dared to mention before.

"Nowadays, the fish scale books of the provincial capitals are all made during the Hongwu period, although they have been repaired several times since then, but they are all minor repairs and small repairs, and they have not really worked hard to re-investigate. At the time of the founding of the country, the world was full of wasteland, compared with that time, how much more ripe fields are there now than at the beginning, but how much is the regular tax collected by the household department every year? Although the minister does not think that a good official who collects more taxes every year, but the money and grain of the treasury have to build roads and bridges, and military expenses must be spent, and the treasury cannot be left empty, but it enriches those who evade the regular taxes! The minister can tell the truth here, the minister passed the examination, and someone donated 300 acres of fertile land to my house; The minister passed the Jinshi examination and donated no less than 1,000 acres of fertile land; waited until the ministers stayed in the museum to serve as a scholar, and then moved to study, and a large number of people came to contribute. The ministers are rejected one by one, but with such a big benefit, how many people can really not look at it? ”

Zhang Yue used to only feel that Gu Bin was lonely, but now listening to his extremely sharp words, and seeing that many of the officials present were unconsciously avoiding his gaze, he couldn't help but admire in his heart. Sure enough, after Gu Bin finished speaking, he paused for a while, as if he didn't see the complicated eyes looking at him, and his face was still extremely solemn.

"You have just said a lot of ancestral systems, yes, the Hongwu Dynasty has a system to exempt officials from food and service, but this is all quota, not all fields under the official gentry are exempt from military service and free food! In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, it was determined that the acres of land in the world were 8,577,623 hectares, but how many are there now? As far as the minister knows, it does not increase but decreases, but no matter where it goes in the world, the former wasteland has become a fertile land! I have a low field endowment in the past dynasties are rare, one acre of land three liters three in five spoons, thirty acres of land for one stone, thirty acres of land is only three hundred stones, the people are afraid of forced labor, so the field dedicated to the gentry, but the grain paid is at least three times five times the tax! ”

At the end of the day, he threw down a resounding sentence: "The field system has been corrupted, if it is not treated, the world will be even worse!" Whether it is the way of Confucius and Mencius sages, or the ancestral system of our dynasty, it is said that it is light to pay for small taxes, not to evade taxes. Therefore, the corruption of the Jiangnan Tian system that Yu Shiyu said earlier is an opportunity for a thorough investigation. ”

Zhang Yue has been looking at the faces of the big guys. Except for Yang Shiqi and Du Zhen, who have never been able to see from their faces, the expressions of the rest of the people have changed subtly-Guo Jin is looking at people curiously, and it seems that he is about to be recorded on the employment list of his subordinates; Hu Hui frowned slightly, and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who was acting for the household department, seemed to be a little unimpressed by Gu Bin's sharp words; Although Wu Zhong's face was calm, he should be a little nervous when he looked at the standing appearance, and he thought about it, among the cabinet bosses, this one is famous for his love of money; As for Jin Youzi and Yang Pu, they all had thoughtful expressions.

And Zhu Zhanji was naturally full of attention and attention, and even called Wang Jin over and asked a few words in a low voice, and finally nodded. Seeing the emperor's situation, many of the ministers below were worried, and their expressions were even more embarrassed - although the emperor had just issued an edict to let the officials inspect their own homes, there were not a few people who were lucky, and no one thought that this kind of thing that should be thunder and rain would turn into a real battle.

Do you really want to check it out with such fanfare? If this is the case, then will not their family's property have to be separated again with great difficulty, or will they have to think of other ways?

The nobles also have their own farms, and although their exemption from taxation and exemption from military service is much higher than that of civil officials, they are naturally very different from the real income. But now because most of them occupy the light of the first batch of merchants who went to the sea to travel to the sea, they can still afford that bit of land endowment, but they are quite relieved to see the bitterness of the civil officials. And the British public Zhang Fu, who was ordered to know the scriptures, watched those people speak one by one from beginning to end, and the expression on his face did not move until the copper bell that represented the end rang.

This first time in the Hongwen Pavilion meeting, some people were happy, some people were lost, some people were nervous, and some people lamented...... It turns out that all living beings are different. And the cabinet boss went to the Wenhua Hall with the Son of Heaven, because the generous statements just now had their own special records, although they did not have a bad memory and had to read them again, but at least they had to stay for the Son of Heaven's consultation.

The deliberations of the Wenhua Hall did not say anything about today's discussion, but it was a system that made this matter twice a month, and each time the candidate was reported three days before - either recommended by the ministry, or selected by the celebrant and supervisor, or selected by the Hanlin Academy, or appointed by the emperor himself. Although it cannot be said to be completely fair, at least it opened up an opportunity. Therefore, after the officials withdrew from the Wenhua Palace, Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stopped Zhang Yue, and the two went on the same road.

If you want to talk about Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he is really a legendary figure. After the Jingjing martyrdom, although it was claimed that Emperor Jianwen died by self-immolation, Zhu Di still did not dare to be gullible, so he sent many people to visit all parts of the world, Hu Hu was one of them, and he visited for 14 years, and there were even rumors that this one had even been overseas. When he came back, Hu Hu was almost prosperous all the way, only encountered a little bit of suffering in Hong Xinian, and spent a year or two in Nanjing, even if he was transferred back to the capital, he was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites after Lu Zhen's death, and now he is also the head of the household department. However, this was a staunch Nanking faction, who always believed that the cost of moving the capital to Beijing was too great, and that the income of the world's taxes and the expenditure of officials were all too high.

Therefore, Hu Hu was not very enthusiastic about Du Zhen's words about improving the quality of officials, but for determining the number of acres in the world, he was gradually interested in determining the acres of land in the world, and talked with Zhang Yue all the way, and finally nodded: "This matter is feasible, since Yu Qian has already started there, and then choose some strong points to do, such as today's Gu Huanzhang, that is a suitable candidate." is not only a disciple of Yang Mianren, but also has real talent and learning, and dares to speak out about his strengths, and he can cure those heroes! ”

Zhang Yue thought about Gu Bin's eloquent talk today, and compared with this usual cold speech, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, but he still said: "I know that person Huanzhang, it is naturally good to be honest and outspoken, but he is a little lonely, and he has never paid attention to civil affairs, so it may not be appropriate to do such a big thing at first glance." By the way, Hu Shangshu is now in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and I have something I want to mention. Nowadays, the provinces do not have special inspectors, but there are inspectors such as patrolling the imperial history, and there are special examiners sent by the imperial court to take the township test, but it has always been like this, which is inevitably inefficient, and it is not conducive to the private learning of officials in various provinces. ”

Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and the Ministry of Industry are complicated, and they have always been the last two, while the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War are in power, and they have always been the most popular, and the Ministry of Rites is known as the Qing Gui, but to say that the real power is only in the palace examination once every three years, but these are often a cabinet minister in the cabinet, and the Ministry of Rites is only co-organized, so Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, will be very interested in the Ministry of Households. He had heard the rumors of Zhang Yue's mention before, but after all, his friendship with Zhang Yue was extremely ordinary, and at this time, Zhang Yue opened his mouth, he was naturally anxious, so he asked carefully.

If we can really take back the power of the imperial examination from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Hanlin Academy, it will be of great benefit to the Ministry of Rites!

For a while, Hu Hu, who was greatly moved, looked at Zhang Yue, and suddenly said with a smile: "Zhang Shilang is concerned about the world, but this matter is deeply related, if you rashly bring it up......"

"I just mentioned it to the emperor, but if it is really appropriate, it is naturally Hu Shangshu, after all, this is a matter of the Ministry of Rites." Speaking of this, Zhang Yue naturally paused, and when he saw Hu Hu smiling slightly, he knew that this person wanted to take this matter into account, so he continued, "There are only some things, I have to ask Hu Shangshu to understand each other's difficulties." ”

There are some things that don't need to be brought up. Hu Hui was in charge of the household department when Xia Yuanji was ill, and at that time, he drastically cut expenditures, and even used his brains on the official Lu color, so he had a conflict with Du Zhen, who wanted to set the ratio of Lu rice to banknotes higher. But now, if the world's acres are redetermined, the income of the household department will be greatly increased, and the money and material affairs of the three major cities will be greatly increased now, and his insistence in this regard will be somewhat loosened. So, he nodded reservedly, and made an exchange.

However, when the two of them walked all the way to the left gate of Chang'an and saw Hu Hu leave, Zhang Yue smiled slightly, thinking that he still had a proposal that he had never said, otherwise Hu Hu would definitely not be able to maintain that calm and breezy expression. This is a staunch Jiangnan faction, always felt that Nanjing should be the capital, and the barren north to maintain a large number of garrisons and population is a waste of national strength, I heard that in recent years, Hu Hu more than once tried to relocate the capital. And he has already prepared another inscription, which is to add a city division in Tianjin!

After the Ming Dynasty moved the capital, not only did not change the situation of the poor in the north and the rich in the south, but because the north is more and more dependent on rice and grain in the south, which led to the abnormal prosperity of the Caohe economy, so the discussion of shipping has been repeatedly raised, and the root of it is that the interest chain has been too huge. It has not yet been a few years since Yongle moved the capital to the eighteenth year, and it is also the era of the most likely change. If it were not for the twilight of the so-called peaceful and prosperous era now, even in the face of the Xiaoice River period at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it would not have been taken advantage of.

Returning to the Yamen of the Ministry of War, Zhang Yue found that the turmoil of the previous Hongwen Pavilion debate seemed to have continued here, and all the divisions were discussing, and some were even very oblivious, and the three sentences were not far from the three important issues this time. When he entered the third door and came to the door of the house where he was doing business, he even heard Chen Yong's familiar voice inside.

"It's really strange to say, King Wei is young, and it is natural for him to stay in Beijing, but why would King Yue stay and not be a vassal domain? Even if the Queen Mother wants to keep her parents and children to serve in front of her, it should be King Xiang's ......"

Zhang Yue had the same doubts before, but Hu Qi's clues were also limited, plus it was the Lantern Festival holiday recently, and it was the preparation of Hongwen Pavilion later, he didn't ask any more, and when he heard Chen Yong say the same thing, the strangeness in his heart was even deeper. At this moment, he heard Shi An sigh inside.

"Speaking of this, I've heard the rumors, didn't it say that the Queen Mother was sick? It is said that the doctor who was summoned to the palace was recommended by Cheng Guogong, and the reason why Cheng Guogong recommended him seemed to be the person recommended by King Yue to Chengguo Duchess at the beginning. ”