Chapter 585: The Zheng family supports
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Those who have won the Central Plains since ancient times have won the world!
When Hexi entered the Central Plains, King Yong's prestige once again climbed to a terrifying height, and no one in the entire north could compete with it.
And Xingyang Zheng took advantage of this shareholder wind to once again establish the status of the first wealthy family in the original.
In the past few days, Zheng Wen, the head of the family, walked with the wind, and the whole person seemed to be stepping on the clouds, dizzy.
On this day, I suddenly saw Cui Hao coming to visit, and Zheng Wen was overjoyed.
At that time, Zheng Wen was studying at home, but he threw the book away and hurriedly came out to greet Cui Hao.
Cui Hao raised his eyes and glanced at Zheng Wen, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I took the liberty to visit and disturb Zheng Xuezheng." ”
"Oh, the servant shot is coming, it can be said that it makes our mansion shine, why bother it?!"
At that moment, Zheng Wen welcomed Cui Hao into the living room, and the two sides sat down separately, and let people serve tea.
Cui Hao didn't talk nonsense, he took out a stack of official documents directly from his arms and put them in front of Cui Hao.
"You take a look at this first!"
Zheng Wen was surprised: "What is this?" ”
Cui Hao smiled: "Just look at it." ”
"To be honest, I think this is a good opportunity for the Zheng family."
Zheng Wen took the letter suspiciously, opened it and scanned it roughly, and suddenly his heart shook slightly, and a voice sounded in his head.
"It's coming, it's still coming after all!"
If it is said that after the rise of King Yong, his greatest impact on the world is the implementation of the Juntian system.
The impact of this major reform of land policy is far-reaching and widespread, and it can be described as the most in history.
Now King Yong finally wants to implement this biggest land reform that offended the family to the counties of the Central Plains.
It turned out that it was written on that official document: From now on, the counties of Siyanyu will re-clear the land and implement the equalization system.
And King Yong also gave a deadline to complete the household grant within three months.
Before joining Hexi, Zheng Wen also spent a lot of effort to understand Hexi.
He is well aware of the specific implementation of the Junda system and its influence.
And he understands that in order to promote this reform, King Yong has killed many people and offended many people.
The Juntian system is undoubtedly the core of Hexi's various policies, and it is also the one that offends the most people.
Since Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty implemented the land occupation system, the wealthy families of the world began to blatantly occupy the land and encircle the people.
Now more than ninety percent of the land in the world has been embezzled by the magnates, families, and officials.
Much of the land that they had embezzled had disappeared from the official household register and the acre register.
Taking their Zheng family as an example, for decades, they have used various means to embezzle other people's land, and the amount of land owned by the family was once as high as tens of thousands of acres.
However, these lands are all private property of the Zheng family, and they do not need to pay taxes to the government, and their income is owned by the Zheng family.
This is the case, from south to north, from east to west, in all states and counties in the world, except Hexi.
Not to mention rare, this can even be said to be a common phenomenon, and even people are accustomed to it and don't care about it.
For the family, it is natural to keep the output of the field as their own without paying taxes to the government.
By this means, they quickly amassed a huge amount of wealth, which was used to provide them with a life of pride and luxury.
But for the government, this move has undoubtedly greatly reduced taxes.
Over time, the family grew richer and richer, while the government became poorer.
Why did the Wei and Jin families repeatedly dare to override the imperial power and the government, not because they were rich and powerful?
To be honest, before Wei Shuo came up with the Juntian system, it was rare that people of insight in the family didn't see this?
Naturally not! Otherwise, why did the Southern Dynasty have land breaks again and again? Isn't it just to ease the contradiction between land and population?
However, what the Southern Dynasties did was far less thorough than Wei Shuo's implementation of the Juntian system.
At present, the main force occupying the fields is mainly the powerful families of the Central Plains.
If you want to implement the uniform field system, you will undoubtedly be the enemy of all the Central Plains families.
As soon as he thought of this, Zheng Wen shuddered and felt weak.
Seeing that Zheng Wen's face turned pale with fright, Cui Hao secretly sighed.
He knew that this matter was difficult, and it also made the Zheng family very embarrassed, and even Hexi was suspected of 'unloading the mill and killing the donkey'.
But King Yong had already made up his mind that there was no room for change in this matter, and he had to implement the Juntian system no matter what.
Originally, Cui Hao had proposed that the time limit for Qingzhang land to the Central Plains family was half a year, but King Yong shortened it to three months.
He knew why King Yong was in such a hurry, just for fear of delaying the Northern Expedition to Southern Yan.
In this official letter issued in the name of King Yong, the wording is quite harsh, saying that it must be completed before July, and anyone who obstructs the land will be killed.
To be honest, Wei Shuo's move was indeed a bit of a rush, but the situation forced him to do it as a last resort.
The Central Plains has always been the most eye-catching, and if it can be successful, it will have the best effect and the greatest impact.
After all, the Central Plains is not only fertile land, but also represents the location of Huaxia Zhengshuo in a sense.
If the Central Plains can be tackled in one fell swoop, it will not only add millions of acres of land out of thin air, but also allow the government to increase a lot of taxes.
At the same time, it will have a major deterrent effect on the rest of the local families, and no one will be able to stop the implementation of the Junda system in the future.
It took a long time for Zheng Wen to come back to his senses, and he smiled bitterly: "Master Cui, you are forcing the Zheng family to a dead end." ”
"This errand is really unflattering!"
"If you do a good job, you will be hated by families all over the world; If you don't do it well, you will be blamed by King Yong. ”
Cui Hao squinted at him and said softly: "However, if you don't do this, the consequences will ......."
Zheng Wen's heart sank, and Nuo Nuo said: "Your Majesty understands." ”
Cui Hao said in a deep voice: "This official knows that doing this will definitely offend many people, but Juntian teaching the people is a good thing that is of great benefit to the country and the people. ”
"Even if you offend everyone because of this, the official will continue to implement the uniform field system."
"Lord Zheng, this official knows that the Zheng family has a huge influence in the Central Plains, and I hope you can take the lead in supporting Juntian Zhumin."
Zheng Wen took a deep breath, his face was cloudy, and finally said categorically: "Lord Cui, please rest assured, I know." ”
"Good!"
Cui Hao laughed: "Lord Zheng, King Yong really didn't mistake you. ”
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Early in the morning of the second day, Cui Hao gathered the head of the powerful family and announced to everyone in public that he would implement the Juntian system in the Central Plains.
After hearing the news, the faces of the heads of the families were different, and most of them did not look so good anyway.
For them, the news came like a bolt from the blue, and it came so suddenly.
Originally, everyone thought that King Yong would look at their dedication to the Central Plains and would open the net.
After all, in the eyes of many people, without the support of the Central Plains family, King Yong may not be able to take the Central Plains without blood.
But now that King Yong has just come to Luoyang, he wants to turn his face and deny people, which is inevitably too vicious.
They are all vested interests, and their families have hidden land.
And there is no doubt that they will be affected by this time to clear the land.
Once the family's property is cleared, their interests will inevitably be damaged.
However, King Yong issued a death order, and Cui Hao, an important minister in Hexi, personally supervised the battle, who dared to say a word?
Everyone was silent for a long time, and their eyes looked at Zheng Wen, hoping that he would stand up and take the lead in opposition.
But Zheng Wen knows his own affairs, he has already promised Cui Hao, and he will not stand up and speak against him at all.
In front of everyone's eyes, Zheng Wen felt like he was roasted on a fire, very uncomfortable and tormented.
He knew that what he said next would offend people, and those who offended were all big families.
Zheng Wen can probably guess what everyone thinks, but he can't get off the Hexi thief ship right now.
Taking a deep breath and expelling the distracting thoughts in his mind, Zheng Wen did not hesitate at all.
From the moment he promised Cui Hao, he had already made up his mind to make the Zheng family completely surrender to Hexi.
"Qingzhang land and Juntian are the policies for the benefit of the country and the people, and my Zheng family is willing to support King Yong's decision-making."
As soon as these words came out, Zheng Wen suddenly figured it out.
Anyway, you have to offend people, in this case, isn't it better to offend the family than to offend King Yong?
Besides, in the future, my Zheng family has the support of King Yong, so what if you are offended?
Sometimes, you have to have some choices, and you can't always look ahead and look backwards.
"Good! The righteous decision of the Zheng family is really a model for my generation! ”
"When the dust settles in the future, Cui will personally ask King Yong for credit for your Zheng family."
"Oh, Lord Cui is polite, this is the duty of the minister, how dare you say credit?!"