Five days later, a grand court meeting was held in Taichu Palace for the sole purpose of discussing whether land reform was feasible. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Sima Shao is not the King of Yan after all, and the family power he faces far exceeds that of Wei Shuo.

Therefore, even if he used Xi Jian to rectify some of the powerful and powerful, made the people everywhere applaud and gain the upper hand in public opinion, he did not dare to carry out reforms with great fanfare.

In order to persuade the family to support the reform, as soon as the Great Dynasty meeting began, Sima Shao asked Xi Jian to brief the minister on his investigation of the land in the surrounding area of Jianye.

"In October of the first year of Taining, the minister was ordered to investigate the use of land around Jianye, and found that more than half of the land was in the hands of the family, and a large number of people became tenants or even slaves."

This situation led to the fact that most of the imperial court's tax revenue was seized by the powerful and powerful, so that the fiscal revenue fell sharply. In the long run, the imperial court will definitely not be able to make ends meet, not to mention resisting the Yan State in the future, I am afraid that it will not even be able to maintain the status quo. ”

As soon as Xi Jian finished speaking, an official of the family jumped out: "Your Majesty is the destiny of heaven, and he implements benevolent government, and the people of the world are all grateful to Dade, how dare you say that it is not as good as the Yan Kingdom like the tyrannical Qin?" ”

Seeing the family that was dancing happily, Sima Shao sneered: "Since you are so confident, you will lead the troops to the front line tomorrow, and let me see how you defeated the Yan army?" ”

As soon as the Son of Heaven finished speaking, the official of the family suddenly turned pale, and the reason why he had just degraded the Yan Kingdom to worthlessness was just to dispel the idea of the Son of Heaven to follow the Yan State to implement land reform. As for how strong the Yan Kingdom is, as long as he is not a fool, he almost understands that how dare he compete with the powerful Yan army.

Xi Jian received Sima Shao's signal and continued: "There are dozens of cases like the just-concluded Liu family and the Li family's murder of Moutian, and there are still dozens of cases in my hands. If it weren't for His Majesty's repeated words to save some face for you, I'm afraid it would have started to be accepted a long time ago. ”

It seems that Sima Shao is still very sensible, and he did not take the liberty of swinging his knife at all the families, but just picked a few inferior clans to kill chickens and monkeys. If he really regarded all the families as cunning and preemptive, he would inevitably push all the families to the opposite side, and the new policy would never be implemented.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since the founding of Emperor Wu, our dynasty has only worked hard in just a few decades, and the Great Jin Empire, which was originally strong and powerful, has rapidly declined. What is the reason for this? In addition to external factors such as the Rebellion of the Eight Kings and the outbreak of troubles, the wanton oppression of the common people and the exploitation of the common people by the powerful forces in various places may also be the cause of the great chaos in the world that cannot be ignored. ”

"Sometimes I often think deeply, if there was no rebellion of the Eight Kings back then, would the Great Jin Empire still collapse?"

"The answer is yes, because the Great Jin Dynasty has been deformed since the beginning of the country, according to the Northland, there is a serious polarization in the country, and it will not be long before the people will rise up and repeat the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Han Dynasty."

"Now that the Great Jin Dynasty has come to the point of life and death, if we don't make changes, even if we are not annexed by the Yan State, it will be difficult to report that we will not be overthrown by the people in the future."

"I know that the new policy will hurt your interests, but please think about it carefully, are you willing to continue to live a life of drunken dreams and death, and when the Yan army crosses the river in the future, you will take away everything you have now, or will you give it a go with me and fight for a glimmer of life for yourself and your family."

Sima Shao's words made the officials of the family who were originally resistant to the implementation of the new policy from the bottom of their hearts fall into contemplation, as the Son of Heaven said, according to the current situation, if Jiangdong does not make changes, it will definitely not be the opponent of Yan in the future.

While everyone was still pondering, Situ Wang Dao spoke, "Your Majesty is reasonable, Jiangdong has indeed reached the point where it is unchangeable. ”

Sima Shao was shocked when he saw Wang Dao, the leader of the scholar clan, stand up to support the reform, and was about to say a few words of praise, but saw Wang Dao's voice change and said: "However, changing the law is a matter of great importance, especially land reform, which is the most important thing, and you should not act rashly. ”

"What should I think of it?"

"First of all, it should be clear which land can be confiscated and which land is still owned by the owner. The minister did not deny that there were harmful sheep in the family, but the court should not beat the family to death with a stick. In punishing families who break the law, it is also necessary to ensure that local families obtain land interests through legal means. ”

"Otherwise, if we do it indiscriminately, it will make all the families who own a lot of land panic."

Xi Jian hurriedly said: "Yes, what Lord Situ said is very reasonable, the reform of the imperial court is to change the unreasonable, but this is not an excuse for us to harm the legitimate rights and interests of others, and nothing can be done in one size fits all." ”

During the investigation, the minister found that although many powerful people forcibly seized land through illegal means, there were also some families who abided by the law and behaved as people. Therefore, the imperial court should make every effort to crack down on lawless tycoons and families, and as for families that abide by the law and pay attention to their reputation, they should protect their interests from being infringed upon. ”

Director Wang looked at Xi Jian with satisfaction and said: "Yes, it is very reasonable to determine whether it should be cracked down or protected based on whether it violates laws and disciplines. Of course, any blow must be based on evidence, and we cannot just take one side of the story. ”

"In addition, the minister thinks that if someone takes the initiative to hand over the land, the court should give leniency."

Although there are still many family officials who are unwilling, seeing that Wang Dao, Yu Liang, Ji Zhan and other family members have expressed their approval of the implementation of land reform, everyone realized that reform is inevitable.

To say that the most excited person at the moment is naturally Sima Shao, the son of heaven, and he has high hopes for the new policy implemented this time. Most of the policies were modeled after the Yan State, and he believed that it would not be long before Jiangdong would become stronger, and then there would be no need to fear the Yan army going south.

After deliberations at the court meeting, Jiangdong's new land policy was freshly released.

Land is the private property of the people, which can be bought and sold, and must be carried out under the witness of the government, otherwise it is illegal. The imperial court would confiscate the illegally acquired land of the Haoqiang family, distribute it to the landless people for cultivation, and protect the lawfully acquired land from infringement.

First of all, he restricted part of the interests of the Haoqiang family, expanded the number of yeoman farmers, and allowed the imperial court to collect more taxes, which objectively increased the financial revenue of the imperial court.

However, because the family was still not listed as a tax collection object, the reforms implemented by Sima Shao only treated the symptoms rather than the root cause. To put it bluntly, it is just that some of the common people who are oppressed by the powerful family are put under the name of the imperial court, which is equivalent to taking away part of the interests from the mouth of the powerful family and nationalizing it.

However, even if it had already made Sima Shao excited, he saw the hope of revitalizing the Jin family.

With the smooth progress of land reform, a large number of powerful people lost everything, even their lives.

However, the local giants will not sit idly by, they are waiting for the opportunity to strike the fatal blow.

……

"Ziwen, Da Lang, you have worked hard these days!"

Looking at Zhu Wen and Zhang Dalang who hurried in, Wei Shuo couldn't help but sigh. Recently, in order to let the newly established Internal Affairs Office run as soon as possible, Zhu Wen and Zhang Dalang met with their subordinates day and night and discussed the details with everyone.

"Hehehe, the lord has won the award, this is what the ministers should do."

"Well, after a while, when the Internal Affairs Office is in order, I will drive back to Luoyang."

"The lord has been coming to Laoshan for almost half a month, and he should go back, otherwise there will be a big mess."

Zhu Wen and Zhang Dalang never thought that Wei Shuo would stay in Laoshan all the time, after all, his identity was placed there, and the entire Yan Kingdom could not do without Wei Shuo at the helm. At present, Wei Shuo has already visited Zhang Laohan, and there is no point in staying any longer.

"By the way, there is something I forgot to report to the lord."

"Oh? What's up? ”

"Today, the city boss came to report, the former Wang Dun commanded Zhou Fu and Deng Yue came to vote, I don't know how the lord will settle them?"

"Huh? Zhou Fu and Deng Yue came to vote? ”

Wei Shuo's face was full of surprise, he didn't expect Deng Yue to come to Yan Guo. If it is included in the command again, then the four famous generals of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in history, namely Liu Yao, Deng Yue, Mao Bao, and Zhu Xu, except for Zhu Xu, who has not yet been born, the other three are all in Yan Kingdom.

Wei Shuo pondered for a moment and said, "Let Zhou Fu and Deng Yue return to Luoyang with me first, and I have my own arrangements as for their whereabouts." (To be continued.) )