Chapter 428: Recklessness
"We thought they were too lazy to work, but when we asked, we found out that the paddy fields were not the farmers' own fields."
When Murong Lin said this, he suddenly stopped to look at the expression on Murong Yu's face, and seeing that Murong Yu was also very curious and puzzled, Murong Lin and Feng Xiaoyue glanced at each other, and then continued to explain Fang Cai's words.
"We asked a few farmers sitting on the edge of the field on the way, and we learned that this great field did not belong to them in the first place, and almost all of them were in the hands of the landowners of each family, and they were only hired to work."
"But that's all it takes, after all, we also have land bought by Xiaoyuefen and instructed others to work, but to our great surprise, the rent of these lands is very expensive."
After that, Feng Xiaoyue also nodded and helped him explain downward.
"Although there is very little land that can be used for cultivation in our hotel, the rent of one acre of land is only a single dollar at most, but this piece of land near here is as high as two yuan. This does not include the need for tax deductions, and this prosperous spirit is like this. Not to mention the other cities and provinces of the imperial court. ”
With Feng Xiaoyue's help, Murong Lin's explanation also became clearer and clearer. The more Murong Yu listened, the more he frowned, and he couldn't help but think of Murong Si who had been the emperor all these years, and he was afraid that he had left himself with a lot of trouble.
"Almost the same people, all the money and property obtained after the hard work every year have to be handed over to the landlord, and there are very few left in their hands, if there is a famine year again, it will be even more stretched."
When the words landed, Murong Lin couldn't help but sigh, and Murong Yu was thinking about it in his mind, and suddenly remembered something.
"But it shouldn't be like this, since the founding of the country, our dynasty has clearly stipulated that all the landlords occupy a number of fields, how can these people be harmed to such a degree?"
Although what he said made sense, Murong Yu and them were all unable to protect themselves in Yanwu Eleven City before, how could they guess what Murong Si had done during his reign.
Murong Lin shook his head with some resentment. "Who's to say it isn't? But these landlords have learned a clever way to buy the land in the name of their relatives, so that a family can directly unite all the fields. ”
"So that the peasants who were still rich and rich could not occupy their own land, not to mention that now they have to sell themselves to work in the landlord's house, otherwise I am afraid that it will be difficult to even make ends meet."
"You don't just care about chic when you go out, you can think of so many things, it's really a big progress."
Although the things Murong Lin said were very important, they were not difficult to deal with, in addition to being in a hurry to solve the matter at hand, Murong Yu listened to it and became more convinced of his previous plan.
Murong Yu nodded in admiration, but Murong Lin was not proud of this, but lowered his head obediently with Feng Xiaoyue.
"Then according to your opinion, the king ordered someone to re-measure the amount of land liquidation, return all the peasants who should have been returned, and then deal with the landlords who illegally occupied the people's land according to the law, so good?"
"It's supposed to be the case, but if it's just that, it doesn't necessarily solve the real problem." Murong Lin pursed his lips at his proposal, a little disagreeing, but he was embarrassed to say it because of his identity.
Murong Lin also guessed that Murong Yu should know what he was thinking, but now he pretended to be deaf and dumb, which really made him a little confused. And Feng Xiaoyue was beside her, so the situation could be seen clearly.
But seeing the expression on Murong Yu's face, it didn't look like a random joke, so he wanted to remind Murong Lin that maybe Murong Yu had other plans, so that he could calm down for the time being.
But Murong Lin didn't care at all, and said it directly, which made Murong Yu in front of him a little stunned. Murong Yu was stunned for a moment at first, and then suddenly laughed.
"This is not as simple as you seem on the surface, there are a lot of things that need to be involved, if you insist on this, I am afraid that it will delay the interests of many people."
"At that time, the group of people attacking it was no better than what you could have when you were in the domain, but I am afraid that even if this king becomes the king of a country, he may not be able to protect you and retreat."
"My father taught me that I must put the people first, but if I can't fulfill my conscience, I am afraid that even if I am under my father's protection, I will be disturbed to enjoy peace."
After that, Murong Yu's face suddenly became a little incomprehensible, Murong Lin followed his gaze and glanced at Feng Xiaoyue beside him, and couldn't help but be a little worried, he was naturally not afraid of danger, but why bother to involve her.
But Feng Xiaoyue did not flinch, but instead held Murong Lin's palm with one hand, her eyes were firm, and she expressed her willingness to be on the same front as him, which immediately moved Murong Lin.
"Now that we have all come to this point, even if there are countless borrowings and fears, there is no room for retreat. Even if it wasn't for this incident, Murong Lin would have been silent and just wanted to live a stable life, but how could others let him go because of this? ”
"Dynasties have experienced so many things, shouldn't my father not be incomprehensible, or do you deliberately use this to provoke us?"
When the words landed, Murong Yu was silent with his hands behind his back, and the expression on his face did not change much, until Murong Lin and his wife were a little unable to sit still, he suddenly turned around.
"Let this king think about this matter again, if that day comes, you have not changed your mind, then let you do it."
After that, Murong Yu didn't look at the expressions of the two of them, and walked forward quietly, but when he just walked to the intersection in front of the flower bed, he ran into Wubi who hurriedly came to report, it seemed that Han Yufeng and the others in the domain had already moved over.
After a few days, there was no news from Murong Yu, in fact, the worries he told Murong Lin that day were not all unreasonable. How dare a few landlords, who are only slightly higher than the peasants, do such a thing that flagrantly violates the laws and discipline of the dynasty?
And the reason why they have so much land in their names is that they have been used as guns. It is not obvious to whom all the money looted from the peasants at the bottom will end up in the pocket after layers of exploitation.
Now although Murong Si has been defeated, there are so many officials in the well. It is impossible for Murong Yu to be ready to unload the mill and kill the donkey as soon as he ascends the throne, so it will not provoke the criticism of the world.
And if you want to take it slowly, it is not easy for these people to be proud of it.
Just because of such considerations, some scheming officials in the court had already learned that Murong Yu had heard about the land occupation from Murong Lin.
And they haven't done anything so far, and they also expected that Murong Yu would not dare to fight with such a large group of people as himself so openly, so he would be so arrogant and indulgent, wanting to see what Murong Yu had planned.
And not long after, at the court meeting on the second day after Murong Yu ascended the throne, he issued a decision that surprised many people.
"Now that I have ascended the throne, the new emperors have all enthroned the throne with grace to the whole world, such as amnesty. But I feel that those who have committed crimes have been finally arrested and locked in prison, but they have to use this excuse to release them and face the injustice of those people who keep to themselves, so this matter has to be changed. ”
On the dragon chair, Murong Yu said these words seriously, and before the matter was finished, a group of people led by the Ministry of Shangshu below began to whisper, not knowing what medicine he was selling in this gourd.
Seeing this, Murong Yu coughed lightly and told these people to shut up. Murong Lin stood in the direction of his start, although he didn't understand it a little, but after thinking about it, he seemed to know something again, and suddenly became expectant.
"During these times in the capital, although the capital is prosperous, there are many drawbacks, just like the tax frequency mentioned in the Korean regulations, the high specifications are unbearable, and the capital is rich, let alone other places."
After speaking, Murong Yu raised his hand and asked the five strokes standing under his right hand to take a piece of music in his hand.
Because of Wubi's special identity and the impossibility of being the chief eunuch in the palace, Murong Yu made an exception and asked him to be his personal guard, and approved to bring a knife into the palace.
Wubi held the fold in his hand, and after sending it to Murong Yu, he hurriedly retreated. After all, now Murong Yu has also become the king of a country, and it is not good to do whatever he wants like in the palace before.
Murong Yu was a little uncomfortable at first glance, and it was too much effort to carry things up and down so tediously, but in front of this group of courtiers who were not easy to deal with, he still had to pay attention to it.
"There are new regulations that I have worked hard to draft during this time, and I have asked the household department to read them and implement them in all parts of our court.
Saying that, Wubi was about to come up and bring this thing down, and handed it over to the hands of the Tobe Shangshu, and the Lord of the Tobe Shangshu opened the fold, glanced at the content on it, and suddenly the whole person was a little stunned.
"This, Your Majesty stipulates this, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right?"
This person Murong Yu had heard of before, but he was a rare and fair high-ranking official in the imperial court. Because it's in this department that is not easy to make oil, no one pays attention to the household.