For a group of Han ministers, Zhenwu is completely planning to coerce under high pressure, this is no way, spread into the mu, the official gentry pay the grain as an errand, which is equivalent to grabbing money from the gentry, even if it can be said that the sky is falling, the gentry are not willing to pay the silver, this is not a donation, but every year to pay, if they want to be willing, unless it is like the Manchurians, in addition, to give compensation, of course, this is impossible, if this is the case, why should he bother to implement a new policy.

However, even if it is high-pressure persecution, it is also a grandiose excuse, pay attention to ways and means, after all, the court is not a robber, even if it is a robbery, there is always a fig leaf, he instigated the Beijing newspaper Ning Bao to carry out a big debate on the reasons for the death of the Ming Dynasty, that is, to build public opinion for the implementation of the new policy, of course, it cannot be so simple, this is just the beginning.

Outside Changchun Garden, a group of Han ministers waited in a complicated mood, but one by one they did not dare to talk about each other, and they were all discussing, because the supervision officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate had already started work, even if Hou was outside Changchun Garden, they were not allowed to make noise, they must not lose their manners, they must be cautious in their words and deeds, if they are recorded by the supervision officials, they will be fined, and they will be in a bad mood to catch up with Zhenwu, and they may lose their officials, and Zhenwu's mood is obviously very bad now, no one wants to bump into the muzzle, and they all follow the rules and wait honestly.

Standing at the front, Zhang Pengxi, the minister of the upper study room and the scholar of the Baohe Palace, was also in a complicated mood, he knew that Zhenwu deliberately summoned the Manchu ministers to discuss in order to increase the pressure on the Han ministers, so as to suppress and weaken the opposition of the Han ministers, but doing so was obviously contrary to the Manchu and Han integration he proposed, I really don't know what he thought in his heart?

Although this master is a little willful and a little arbitrary, but his vision is unmatched, and his courage is quite rare, the only thing that makes people criticize is that he is a little willful and hasty, and the promotion of the new policy of Shanxi is a little too hasty, and he is also a little anxious. Successive dynasties and successive reforms. How can it be achieved overnight?

Just as he was thinking about it, the three eunuchs he saw hurriedly walked out, and after standing at the gate, he raised his voice and said: "The emperor has an order, and all officials will be seen together." ”

After hearing this, the officials who had been waiting for a long time were a little anxious, and they entered the square of the front hall of the Ning Residence. Seeing this situation, Zhang Pengxi couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, Zhenwu handled it like this, but it made the Han ministers feel a little more balanced.

Zhenwu will not sit on the throne and wait, and will be a group of royal clansmen. The prince was noble, and the minister of civil and military affairs sent him to the other courtyard, so he turned back to the front hall of the Ning residence to rest, and when he heard that the ministers were already waiting outside, he went out to ascend to the throne.

After everyone saluted, Zhenwu said directly: "Today, the Manchu and Han ministers will be summoned separately, in order to spread the land into the mu, the officials and gentry will pay grain as an errand, and abolish the 'consumption of envy'." The gentry supervised local and other New Deal matters.

I know. It is also human nature that the ministers and workers are resistant to the new policy. The privileges that have been inherited for hundreds of years are abolished once they are abolished, and it is impossible to be happy, not to mention, these new policies not only cut off the privileges of the gentry, but also cut off the financial routes of the officials. ”

No one expected that Zhenwu would speak so bluntly as soon as he opened his mouth, even Zhang Pengxi was a little at a loss, he didn't know how to reply, and he was hesitating, Zhenwu had already spoken: "Why do you want to implement the new policy?" I will give you an account, the college examination in Daqingzhou County, two examinations in three years, how many students are admitted each time? The average number of people per state and county is fourteen!

How many states and counties are there in Daqing? Fifteen hundred, what does that mean? Every three years, more than 40,000 people are exempted from errands and all miscellaneous errands! This is just a scholar, and there are also officials who are constantly retiring, removing, and worrying.

I am now vigorously expanding the scale of government education in various places, and this number will gradually increase, in the face of such a rapid growth of the gentry, thirty years from now, sixty years from now, what will the imperial court face? Have you thought about it?

What is the situation of the gentry and the family now? You must know better than I do that it is only the gentry and the families who enjoy the legal right to be exempt from miscellaneous errands, but they are not yet satisfied, and they still seek all kinds of illegal privileges, enter and leave the official offices, take up lawsuits, oppress the small people, run rampant in the villages, ignore the laws of the land, resist the payment of money and food, or even hang other people's land in their own names, exempt from miscellaneous servitude and profit from it. It is difficult to list all kinds of despicable things.

They are still bad, they evade the taxes of the imperial court, and pass on the taxes due to the small people, why should I abolish the consumption of envy? Just because most of the gentry passed on the money to the poor, and let the poor bear these additional burdens for them! ”

Speaking of this, Zhenwu stood up, glanced at everyone under the stairs with a sharp look, and his tone became high-pitched, "Within a county, the same field, the burden of the gentry and the people is very different, those who get rich will always be rich, and the poor will always be poor, what will be the consequences in the long run?" Have you thought about it? This will create a confrontation between the common people and the gentry and the imperial court! This will continue to accumulate the dissatisfaction and hostility of the poor people towards the court and the gentry, and over time, it will inspire a popular uprising! Stir up a riot!

Once the popular uprising is triggered and a riot breaks out, the first to suffer are the local gentry and wealthy households! Such examples abound, and they are not uncommon in this dynasty, is it possible that we really have to wait until the mob rises up and then come to make amends? ”

Speaking of the back, Zhenwu was already full of voice, and his voice was getting higher and higher, and the last few words were almost roaring, and even the officials standing in the back row of the square could hear it clearly.

All the officials were pale when they listened, they didn't know what Zhenwu said, but no one thought about it, if it is peaceful today and the national strength is at its peak, who is full of food and support, and has nothing to worry about?

Zhang Pengxi listened to it but secretly applauded, Zhenwu's words are realistic, the data is detailed, and it is completely from the position of the official gentry to explain the necessity of implementing the new policy, as soon as Zhenwu's voice fell, he took the lead in kneeling down and kowtowed: "The emperor's holy thoughts are far-reaching, far-sighted, and penetrating, which is really a blessing of the Qing Dynasty." ”

A group of officials saw Zhang Pengxi take the lead in expressing his praise, and their hearts were quite unpleasant, opposing that was the most unwise, without the support of the Minister of Manchu, without the support of the Minister of the Upper Study, they spoke out against it, purely because they were self-defeating, but they bowed their heads and gave up, but they were quite unwilling, and the privilege of reading for hundreds of years was gone, which really made them very unwilling.

Just when the officials hesitated, Zhao Shenqiao, the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, came out and said: "Your Majesty, for the new policy, Weichen has something to disagree with. ”

As soon as they saw the 'official slaughter' Zhao Shenqiao openly speaking out against it, all the ministers immediately became excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they immediately waited for his next step.

Zhenwu had expected that someone would oppose it, but he didn't expect it to be Zhao Shenqiao, he couldn't help but be slightly surprised, Zhao Shenqiao opposed the new deal? Guangdong's trial of apportionment into mu, Jiangnan's implementation of apportionment into mu, all have his share, and his son Zhao Fengzhao's bribery case is now under thorough investigation, how dare he come forward at this time?

Zhenwu glanced at him, quite puzzled by this strange and stubborn temperament, but honest and self-disciplined old minister, groaned slightly, and he said lightly: "What are you dissatisfied with?" Say. ”

"Back to the emperor." Zhao Shenqiao said loudly: "The local gentry enter and leave the official office, take over lawsuits, oppress the small people, run rampant in the township, and ignore the national law, how can they be given the right to supervise local officials?" Wouldn't this further encourage the arrogance of the gentry? For this point, Weichen did not dare to agree. ”

Zhenwu couldn't help but scold secretly when he heard it, Zhao Shenqiao actually sent his words of scolding the gentry back intact to refute the gentry's supervision of local officials, how can this be refuted?

was groaning, and the left deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Yu Shi Tian Congdian, also followed and said: "Your Majesty, for the new policy, Weichen also disagrees. ”

It's from the Metropolitan Procuratorate again? Zhenwu glanced at him and said quietly, "Say." ”

Tian Congdian calmly played: "Back to the emperor, the micro-ministers have been in the place for a long time, although the collection of envy has many drawbacks, but it is not useless, hastily abolished, the micro-ministers really dare not agree, the local officials are low, not enough to save dignity, not enough to support their families, sometimes because of military needs and stopped, abolish the envy, officials will inevitably find another way to exploit the people, it is not beneficial to the people."

On the other hand, the local public expense retention, although it is seven dollars of silver and three, in fact, the retention is not enough at all, once there is not enough to use, it is also to make up for the consumption of envy, and the minister earnestly prays the emperor to think twice. ”

Seeing that Tian Congdian actually pointed out that it was inappropriate to abolish the consumption of envy, a group of officials were overjoyed, and the abolition of consumption of envy was what they hated the most, and the officials and gentry could not pay much silver a year when they paid the grain in one piece, and the consumption of envy was where their interests were! They dare not say much about the lowliness of officials, but the lack of local public funds is tantamount to pointing them in the direction of opposing the abolition of envy.

Immediately, an official came out and followed closely: "Wechen seconded the proposal, and the retention of local public funds in various places is less than 20%, and more is less than 30%, which can only maintain the minimum expenses, so that local officials are often overstretched, and they rely on envy to subsidize, and Weichen prays that the emperor will understand the local difficulties." ”

At the beginning of this period, a group of officials with experience in local posts came out to support the proposal and made a big noise, although a group of officials did not dare to be overjoyed, but they were all secretly happy, and the local public expenses can be said to be a bottomless pit, large or small, and it can be said to be an excellent excuse to resist the abolition of envy.

Looking at the officials coming and going, a generous statement of selflessness and concern for the country and the people, Zhenwu couldn't help frowning slightly, he really didn't take into account the retention of local public funds, he was not familiar with the expenditure situation of this area, and he was also quite short of money now, so he didn't dare to take care of it. (To be continued.) )