This time, Lu Hanqiang didn't want to beat anyone, nor did he want to smash anyone's job, after all, now is an extraordinary period, it should be unanimous to the outside world, stability, this is overwhelming... lā八一Chinese net

The eyes of the old Shangshu of the household department were red, and his legs and feet immediately stepped forward, "Minister-"

Lu Hanqiang waved the strange lengthened and thickened tooth wat in his hand and interrupted him on the spot: "The minister has something to say." ”

Fighting on the battlefield, training in the military camp, and now Lu Hanqiang's voice is definitely an octave, how can this guy who was hollowed out by wine compare, and he was drunk at that time.

"Lu Hanqiang, speak."

Lu Hanqiang said with a smile: "Please ask the emperor to order the Ministry of Punishment to have a department and publish the list of families I submitted." ”

This criminal department has been prepared for a long time, and without saying a word, the right attendant of the criminal department stepped forward and took out a stack of lists in his sleeve, and then opened his mind with enthusiasm.

Lu Hanqiang frowned, "You make a long story short, I don't have time to listen to you in detail." Then whispered, but absolutely clear, muttered: "Grinding and chirping, not doing business, cleaning up some useless, really." ”

This slapped everyone's face again, including Chongzhen, who felt that Lu Hanqiang was right at this time, so he impatiently ordered: "Say the total." ”

"According to the list made by Lu Hanqiang, the actual collection of gold and silver and other things was converted into more than 5 million silver and 3 million stone of grain." Quietly glancing at Chongzhen's face, the right attendant of the Criminal Department continued: "After deducting various expenses, the actual figure is four and a half million taels of silver and three million stone grains. ”

As soon as this various expenses came out, everyone knew it, and Chongzhen nodded silently.

Chongzhen nodded, so Lu Hanqiang stood up and said: "This is cash silver grain, but in addition to these, there are twenty-seven luxury properties of the eight Jin merchants in various places, fifty-one manors in each place, and a total of 700,000 mu of land. If calculated according to the current price of land in the country, there are few rumors from the outside world, according to seven taels of silver for one mu of land, 700,000 mu of land can be counted as five million. Not to mention the manor and so on? ”

"So much?" Even Chongzhen was surprised by the strength of the eight Jin merchants, thinking of so many family businesses, Chongzhen was a little afraid.

Lu Hanqiang nodded and said: "There are so many, but, luxury properties and various manors are real estate, which cannot be sold for the time being, and no one can buy them, so it can only be valued, which is one of them." Then the tone changed to intimate: "700,000 acres of land, but the minister is ready to suggest that Banzai not sell." ”

"Why is that?" Now Chongzhen's thinking has begun to turn with Lu Hanqiang's thinking, which is a good phenomenon.

"Now in the 300th year of the dynasty, the land annexation is serious, most of the country's land has been annexed into the hands of the big landlords and gentry, and the people who can really pay taxes for the country are getting fewer and fewer."

This point, Chongzhen is deeply touched, but there is nothing to be done, the land annexation is serious, and the annexed land will no longer pay taxes to the state, pay taxes, which is the result, the founding of the country for three hundred years, the population has increased several times, but now the tax is far less than the founding of the country, but what can be done? If you are an emperor, you don't dare to even restrict land annexation, because this will offend the gentry class who cannot be offended the most in the world.

"Therefore, for the long-term plan of the country, the minister means that if these lands are sold, it is not those gentry and landlords who will be purchased?" Then he squinted his eyes at the Tobe Shangshu who was standing on the side: "And according to the national policy set by the ministers, the gentry and the powerful do not pay food, what is this called?" This is called competing with the people for profit. Then with a sneering face, he also asked the initiator Zhou Tingru: "Is it the Zhou Pavilion Department?" ”

This sentence almost choked Zhou Tingru to death.

smiled proudly: "And the money from selling land is not included in the household book?" The east and west are spent indiscriminately, and it can't become any climate. ”

"Then what does Lu Aiqing mean?" As long as the money from the sale of land does not fall into the household, Chongzhen is a little happy in his heart, and now his title has changed back to Aiqing again.

"The minister's meaning is to take these fields under the ownership of the emperor and set up imperial villages in various places, but not to set up royal families to cultivate, but to mobilize the enthusiasm of cultivators and implement joint production contracting."

Chongzhen has Huangzhuang in various places, and the Ming Dynasty royal family directly operated Zhuangtian. Beginning in the Yongle period, Wu Zong's time was dramatically expanded, and within a month after he ascended the throne, he increased the number of Huangzhuang by seven, and then increased to more than 30.

In addition to the emperor's Zhuangtian, there were also the queen mother and the crown prince Zhuangtian. The Emperor's Zhuangtian was a land of "self-management" that was run by eunuchs appointed by the Emperor. The income of the Huangzhuang Zi Grain or Huang Zhuang Zi Grain Silver was directly controlled by the eunuch in charge of the Zhuang Zhuang and was at the disposal of the court itself. The Queen Mother's Zhuangtian is also known as Gongzhuang.

Most of the internal management personnel of the imperial village are directly appointed by the palace to manage the eunuchs, and there are dozens of officials and schools, village heads, family members, etc. The people who are fixed to be called Zhuangke farming, that is, the real big pot of rice, sometimes the output is not much to pay, which has become a piece of chicken ribs in the hands of various emperors at that time, especially in the fifth year of Zhengde, and because of the heavy oppression, the Zhuangke uprising in the Huangzhuang came out.

Now Lu Hanqiang suddenly proposed a contract system for joint production, which immediately aroused Chongzhen's interest, at this time he had forgotten the original intention of this court meeting, and he had been completely led into the ditch by Lu Hanqiang.

Lu Hanqiang smiled slightly: "The so-called contracting, is to turn the land into the imperial village this time, but not directly managed by the royal family, but contracted to the people, and handed over to the internal treasury according to a certain amount every year. ”

Chongzhen tilted his head and thought for a long time, and finally asked suspiciously: "Is this any different from a tenant?" ”

"Of course, there is a difference, the tenants are physically attached to the landlord, they have almost no freedom, but the one who contracts the emperor's land is free to come and go, poll tax, and all kinds of forced labor they don't have to pay anymore, especially, if you lose money this year, you can no longer contract, and the emperor will contract this matter to capable people, let them go, let them do, plant beans, plant wheat, or plant five acres of rape flowers by him." Speaking of this, Lu Hanqiang wanted to sing a song, but this is a serious court, so it is better to say: "They may not plant the dealer and cultivate more profitable mulberry hemp, or simply breed livestock, so that the landless people have income, and the emperor's income is stable, isn't this the difference?" ”

Cao Huachun, who was standing behind Chongzhen, first understood the twists and turns here, and immediately his eyes lit up, he was sincerely thinking about Chongzhen, this change can immediately turn chicken ribs into a cornucopia.

Tilting his head and looking at Cao Huachun's appearance, Chongzhen immediately understood that this was a way to make money, and this must be done, and now, Chongzhen is about to let the money go crazy.