Chapter 283: Raiding the Manor (I)
The arrival of his family made Huangfu Wujin overjoyed, and he specially took three days off to accompany his wife, children and grandmothers, enjoying his rare family happiness and comforting his wife's lovesickness.
In the afternoon of this day, Huangfu Wujin came back from Bixian Palace, and the Empress Dowager had already returned to her palace, and Bixian Palace was not damaged by military disasters, and no one dared to violate this palace.
Huangfu Wujin returned to the house and entered the study, here was originally the study of Huangfu Jiang, temporarily used by Huangfu Wujin, in the morning, the household department sent an important document, about the distribution map of Yuzhou manor.
After resting for three days, his mind gradually turned to the land issue, judging from the distribution map in front of him, more than eighty percent of the fertile land in Yuzhou was occupied by the emperor's relatives, and the annual land endowment received by the imperial court in Yuzhou was less than a fraction of that of Chuzhou, and the slightly powerful nobles did not pay taxes.
Most of these encroached lands exist in the form of manors, and in the final analysis, cleaning up these farms is actually cleaning up the royal family and the magnates, which is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed.
The Daning Dynasty has been established for 300 years, derived tens of thousands of royal families and relatives, but forty years ago was cleaned up, when the Yong'an Emperor cleared most of the royal family with an iron fist, deprived of the title, cancelled the imperial title, confiscated the land and property, so that the number of the imperial family dropped from tens of thousands to less than 3,000 people, all of them supported the Yong'an Emperor's royal family, they also got a lot of benefits from the coup, only the son of the Xia King, the king of Dunhuang County, Huang Fu Yibiao alone was allocated to 10,000 hectares of land in Liang County.
After forty years, he is about to start cleaning up the royal family again, but he will not follow the example of Emperor Yong'an and take the land out of his left pocket and put it in his right pocket, he will not be able to make such a mistake again.
The door of the study opened, and his wife Su Han walked in with a cup of tea, after giving birth, she had slowly recovered her former beauty, but she was slightly fatter than before, adding a touch of the charm of a young woman.
"Husband, are you going to start busy tomorrow?" Su Han put the teacup on the table and asked with a smile.
Huangfu Wujin took her hand and pulled her to sit down beside her, Su Han snuggled in her husband's arms, looking at a map in front of her, she asked curiously, "What is this?" ”
"This is the land distribution map of Yuzhou, and in two days, I may have to go to Yingchuan County."
"Are you going to be there for a long time?" Su Han sat up and asked worriedly, they have only been together for a few days, is her husband going out again?
"No, two or three days at most!"
Huangfu Wujin sensed his wife's concern, so he explained to her with a smile, "There are several large manors over there, and I will deal with them myself." ”
Su Han's heart was put down, she remembered something again, and hurriedly asked: "Fulang, I heard many people in Jiangning say that you are going to ascend the throne, right?" ”
Huangfu Wujin put his arms around his wife's waist, leaned on the soft couch, and said with a slight smile: "Are you mentally prepared?" To become the queen of the Daning Dynasty. ”
Su Han's face flushed, and there was a worried look in his eyes, "To be honest, I'm not mentally prepared at all, I don't even know what to do?" ”
"You don't have to worry, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, and you just think that in the future, whether you will move to the palace or move home, there will be no change."
"Well, hopefully! I'll do my best anyway. ”
The two were talking, and the housekeeper's voice came from the door, "Master, Zhang Xiangguo is here, I have something important to see!" ”
"Invite him to my study!"
Seeing that her husband was on business, Su Han hurriedly got up and said, "Husband, I won't bother you." ”
"Go ahead! We'll talk about the queen in the evening. ”
Su Han nodded and went down, for a moment, the old housekeeper walked in quickly with Zhang Jinjie, Zhang Jinjie was in a very good mood in the past two days, not only him, but also the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were in good spirits, celebrating with their foreheads, implementing the administrative hall system, improving the power of the prime minister, suppressing the monarchy, so that the ministers could see the future political clarity, and they were glad that the Daning Dynasty had Zhongxing Mingjun again.
The political hall system of the Daning Dynasty was established by Emperor Taizu, but only the first fifty years of the three emperors were implemented, and later it was replaced by the university scholar system.
Zhang Jinjie entered the house and bowed his hand and smiled: "Congratulations to His Royal Highness on the family reunion!" ”
"Thank you Sangkook, please be seated!"
Zhang Jinjie sat down, and when he saw the land distribution map of Yuzhou on the table, he smiled slightly: "I also came to discuss land matters with His Royal Highness." ”
He took out a copy of the recital and handed it to Huangfu Wujin, "This is the consensus of our political affairs hall after consultation, please take a look at it." ”
According to the political hall system set by Emperor Taizu of the Daning Dynasty, if it is unanimously approved by the political hall, the emperor cannot dismiss it, although Huangfu Wujin is only the regent of the prison state, but this provision is just as suitable for him.
Huangfu Wujin opened the fold and looked at it, it was a little different from his thoughts, he planned to classify them as enemies and friends, Yongjing people were all cut across the board, and all the land was confiscated, his purpose was to take this opportunity to attack the royal family, but the opinion of the political hall was to treat everyone equally, and to do it according to the rules of the imperial court, which made him a little disappointed in his heart.
Although he didn't like this plan, he had to accept it, because it was the system he chose, and he chose the government hall system in order to limit his power, and in this case, he had to follow the rules of the game, and in the future his son would ascend the throne and his grandson would ascend the throne, and he would be an example.
Zhang Jinjie saw the disappointment in Huangfu Wujin's eyes, and hurriedly explained: "This is mainly due to the stability of the Daning Dynasty, if the blow is too hard, it will involve the interests of too many people, so we will give as much as he should according to the Yongye Tian quota set by Taizu at the beginning?" Guarantee their rightful ownership.
Huangfu Wujin pondered for a moment, and then asked: "What if the ministers of the Luojing Dynasty exceed the standard?" ”
"Your Highness, everyone's opinion is to combine leniency and severity, appropriately relax the standard of Yongye Tian for officials by fifty percent, and admit within the prescribed range, if it exceeds the range, if it is to buy good land, it will be redeemed by the imperial court, and if it is forcible occupation of good land, it will be confiscated from the central court, and the court is ready to deal with this matter in two years."
Huangfu Wujin nodded, closed his fold and said: "Regarding the Yuzhou Liangtian of the imperial family and the imperial relatives, I have no objection to the opinions of the political affairs hall, but in terms of specific methods, I hope the political affairs hall will follow my opinions." ”
Zhang Jinjie knew that it was impossible to really put the emperor in the air, it was because the power of the political hall was too great, so that Ning Wuzong almost became a puppet, and finally led to the abolition of the political hall system after Ning Yingzong ascended the throne, and they also had to learn this lesson.
"Your Highness, please speak!"
Huangfu Wujin said slowly: "We are only talking about the land in Yuzhou now, no one can guarantee that these imperial relatives have no land outside of Yuzhou, for example, Huangfu Zihan, the king of Ruyang County, has 400 hectares of fertile land in Yanshi, so good, he is the king of the county, and he will reserve 60 hectares of Yongye land for him according to the law, but what if he still has land in Yongzhou or Qizhou?" Therefore, my opinion is that it should be confiscated first, and then returned after the accounting is cleared in the future. ”
Zhang Jinjie thought about it, in fact, the principle is the same, but the means are different, he understands that the purpose of Huangfu Wujin is to severely suppress the imperial family, especially these remaining royal families are the imperial families who supported Emperor Yong'an back then, Huangfu Wujin ascended the throne as the grandson of Emperor Jin'an, of course he has to liquidate.
"Alright! I'm going to convince everybody that I think it can be done. ”
The two reached a compromise on this key issue, and their hearts were much more relaxed, and the subsequent arrangements were relatively easy.
"Your Highness, the Political Hall unanimously agreed that Su Hanzhen, who was recommended by His Highness, would be the land inventory envoy, and one hundred and fifty people would be transferred from various counties and counties in Yuzhou to form the Land Inventory Division, and in addition, in terms of the army, I hope Your Highness can send the army to assist."
"There is no problem with the army, I have transferred three thousand elites to assist, and then the first tiger will be personally put into battle by me."
Zhang Jinjie was stunned, "Where is the first tiger that His Highness said?" ”
Huangfu Wujin pointed to Xuchang County on the map, "The manor of Wang Huangfu Mustard of Xingyang County, he is the royal family that occupies the most land, and occupies 10,000 hectares of fertile land in Yuzhou and Jinzhou, and Xuchang County alone has 1,000 hectares. ”
....... Three days later, Huangfu Wujin and Su Hanzhen arrived in Yingchuan County, Su Hanzhen has resigned from the post of Donghai County Assassin History, and will serve as the head of the household department, according to Huangfu Wujin's thinking, the Su family will be the first relative in the future, but he does not want to use Su Hanchang, whether in terms of ability or official morality, Su Hanchang can not be compared with Su Hanzhen, but now out of a transitional period, he still uses Su Hanchang for the time being, and when the conditions are ripe, Su Hanchang will go to the local office, and Su Hanzhen will enter the political hall.
Standing on the bare land that had been harvested, Huangfu Wujin sighed to Su Hanzhen: "Lord Su, this is the last time I talked to a few peasants, and later I investigated the information of the household department, and the peasants in this area have not paid the imperial court taxes for twenty years. ”
"What does Your Highness mean, let them make up for it?" Su Hanzhen smiled slightly.
"Nope! How can it be possible for them to make up for it, they can't afford to pay it either. ”
Huangfu Wujin smiled coldly, "Naturally, I want Huangfu to make up for it, not only that, but I also have to punish him for bankrupting his family." ”
Su Hanzhen sighed secretly in his heart, he knew more about Huangfu Wujin than Zhang Jinjie, Huangfu Wujin obviously wanted to suppress the royal family by confiscating the land, although the political hall later passed a resolution and accepted the method of Huangfu Wujin to conquer first and then return, but they did not see the true intention of Huangfu Wujin, but Su Hanzhen knew.
First confiscate the land and real estate of the royal family, and then consider cutting their titles, and when they return their land in the future, it will not be the same amount as before, it is likely to be returned according to the standard of a commoner, a mere hundred acres of land, which is equivalent to solving the land problem of the royal family in his way.
The political hall still doesn't understand the means of the emperor's injustice!
Although he understands Huangfu Wujin's thoughts, Su Hanzhen does not object, he can understand Huangfu Wujin's distress, the current royal family is the royal family that resolutely opposed Emperor Jin'an back then, if they are not cleaned up, they will endanger Huangfu Wujin's rule in the future.
And if you don't seize the land of these royal families, what reward will the emperor get for military merit?
"Your Highness, the time is almost up, let's get started!"
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(To be continued)