Chapter 449: Move the Knife
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The heavy rain was half a month, and the intermittent rain watered the Jingshi thoroughly.
After the rain stopped, there was no longer a hint of summer. Walking on the street, the cool breeze blows so that people shrink their necks.
In the hall of Wanping County, the county commander Han Lian frowned and sighed for a long time.
Zheng Ran, a staff member and strategist, saw it in his eyes, and he was very sad.
"County Zun, just sighing is not an option. Since the order has been issued from above, the county lord should still follow it. ”
"Execution fart!"
Han Lian had no place to vent, Zheng Ran took the initiative to come over, and as a matter of course, he became a punching bag.
"It's useless for the county to scold me. This is what the Cabinet means, can you disobey it? ”
Hearing this, Han Lian was completely deflated.
"The cabinet seems to be iron-hearted this time, it is not enough for Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture to be a pilot, and even the Beijing division has to join in the fun."
In fact, Han Lian was annoyed by why the cabinet chose Wanping instead of Daxing County.
You must know that the temples of Jingshi are concentrated in the Xishan generation, which is precisely the jurisdiction of Wanping County.
Xiao Ge Lao also made it clear this time that he would focus on the land under the name of Qingzhang Temple, which was Han Lian's personal life.
You must know that the most difficult to provoke is not the princess Wang Sun, but these monks.
It is said that these large and small temples scattered in the West Mountain, which one does not have hundreds of acres of land under its name?
A thousand-year-old temple like Tanzhe Temple has thousands of acres of land.
With so many fields, a large part of them are exempt from taxation. At this time, he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and rushed over with the servants to re-clear the land, isn't it looking for death?
Most of the temples near Jingshi were built with donations from eunuch eunuchs. Some also have a royal background.
Offending these monks is equivalent to offending the powerful eunuchs and the nobles in the palace.
The cabinet is good, and he pushes the responsibility down with a casual sentence, but the unlucky one is still him, a six-grade sesame official. (Note 1)
"Dong Weng, it's not that there is no way."
Zheng Ran twisted his beard and said softly.
Seeing that the curtain friend wanted to speak and stopped, Han Lian rolled his eyes angrily.
It's all burning eyebrows, and I still have the heart to take care of it!
"Tell me, what's the best way?"
"Since several cabinet elders named Wanping to implement the new policy on a pilot basis, Dong Weng will definitely not be able to push it off. In that case, it's better to take a good look at it. ”
Han Lian almost fainted.
"What kind of solution is this? If this county has this determination, why lament here. ”
"There is also a big difference between this temple and a temple. Emperor Taizu made an example of a paper stipulating that the fields given by Qin could be tax-exempt grain, and although the permanent fields were exempted from forced labor, the tax-exempt grain still had to be paid. However, in the specific implementation, some temples will refer to the permanent residence field as a Qinzhi field. The officials who collected the grain tax didn't bother to talk to these monks, so they all turned a blind eye. ”
Han Lian was not stupid, he immediately heard the meaning from his friends behind the scenes.
The number of fields is very small, and only those ancient temples and temples have jurisdiction.
Most of the remaining small and medium-sized temples are permanent residence fields.
According to the rules set by Emperor Hongwu, this part of the land must be regarded as ordinary people's land and pay the full grain tax as usual, and only one item can be exempted from forced labor.
It's just that over the years, Buddhism has prevailed, and the officials didn't want to tear their faces with the temple when collecting the Spring and Autumn grain tax, so they acquiesced to the temple's behavior of lying about the acres of land.
But that's not to say that this behavior is correct. On the contrary, it is an opportunistic behavior that violates the law of the Ming Dynasty.
If he cut in from this angle and took those small and medium-sized temples that lied about the type of fields, there would be no resistance at all.
The reason is simple, these temples are thieves!
However, there are very few temples like Tanzhe Temple that were built by the royal family, and they did not have much impact on the land of the entire Xishan temple group.
The advantages of this are obvious, it can not only save the face of the royal family and the great eunuchs, but also implement the new policies of the cabinet, and no one will be offended!
When the cabinet asked, Han Lian could pat his chest and say that he had conscientiously completed the task of acreage acres in Qingzhang Temple. As for the royal family, it will also be glad to be happy.
Hey, this Zheng Ran's brain is really not ordinary, but why didn't he think of it.
At this moment, Han Lian felt more and more that it was the right choice to accept Zheng Ran as a friend in the first place.
"Tell someone to go and find out, and there are a few of the temples in the West Mountain that have given land. This county wants to see how many monks are bold enough to dare to do that deceitful thing at the feet of the Son of Heaven. ”
Han Lian swept away the depression in his heart at this moment and let out a sigh of relief.
If he can do this well, maybe he will usher in a turning point in his career, and he will rise to the top from then on.
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"Siming, you're fooling around!"
In the cabinet room, the second assistant Xie Qian flicked his sleeves and took a few steps.
"Yu Qiao, what are you doing. If you have something to say, what to be angry about! ”
Li Dongyang couldn't stand it anymore, he stood up and paced to Xie Qian's side and said, "Siming must have his thoughts, Yu Qiao should listen to it." ”
"Today's Queen Mother believes in Buddhism, and often summons Master Huikong of Tanzhe Temple to give lectures in the palace. At this time, the temple is moving, what will the queen mother think? ”
Xie Shen smiled bitterly: "Mu Zhai Gong misunderstood. XX didn't mean to upset the Queen Mother. The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister. As long as it is in the realm of my Ming Dynasty, there are no exceptions. Why is this Tan Zhe Temple not bound by the laws of the Ming Dynasty? ”
After a pause, Xie Shen continued: "Of course, a certain refers to the permanent residence under the name of Tanzhe Temple. If it is a land of admiration, it is a different matter. ”
Although in Xie Shen's heart, he didn't think that the land should be exempted from grain tax. But after all, he is in the Ming Dynasty, and openly opposing the "ancestral system" set by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang is definitely looking for death.
In order for his new policy to be implemented smoothly, Xie Shen still didn't try to die.
"If that's the case, it's barely plausible."
Xie Qian's anger subsided slightly, and he walked to Xie Shen's side and said, "Siming, Your Majesty is a filial son. We, as courtiers, must not embarrass Your Majesty. ”
The Ming Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and the word filial piety sometimes even overrode the law.
While this is unreasonable, it is true.
Especially the special identity of the emperor, it is simply unimaginable if he has a reputation of unfilial piety.
Therefore, as long as Empress Dowager Zhang makes a fuss, Emperor Zhengde will definitely be forced to make concessions. Not to mention Tanzhe Temple, maybe the land of the rest of the temples can no longer be cleared. If the situation is worse, the whole New Deal will probably be forced to be shelved.
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Note 1: The Wanping and Daxing county orders of the Ming Dynasty are more special, both of which are six products, not seven products.