Volume 2 A Dream in Huangzhou Chapter 48 Inheritance (Part II)

Rebellion is a big deal at all times.

If such a major event happened in one dynasty, then everyone in the dynasty, whether it was the emperor or the ministers, would have to be recorded in the history books, and no matter what kind of exploits they had made, they would be recorded.

"In the Yuan Dynasty, there were Caohu fishermen who rebelled."

As long as such a stroke is recorded in the history books, then everyone's reputation will be harmed.

When they knew the news, everyone instantly understood, no wonder Emperor Jianyuan was suddenly so nervous, it was naturally because he was afraid that his reputation would be harmed.

But, while everyone can understand it, how can such a thing happen?

Caohu fishermen, those are the lowest people, even the most ordinary peasants, how can such a person rebel?

It can only be said that Emperor Jianyuan is still young in the end, and he will be frightened by this outrageous news, it is really-

Silly cute!

His father, Emperor Yong'an, although he usually doesn't care much, but he actually sticks to the bottom line, if any fool dares to underestimate him, he will definitely not survive the next day!

In fact, when encountering such a Buddhist emperor, how could there be no officials who want to fight for power, or even simply empty the emperor?

However, all of them, without exception, died horribly.

Although Emperor Yong'an has very little control, he has never relaxed the power in his hands, which is why these civil officials can only go to grab land and property with those dead eunuchs, precisely because the power has been held by Emperor Yong'an in his hands and is not willing to let go at all.

This kind of thing, although everyone has been more or less accustomed to it for so many years, but now that we have met such a naïve emperor, then things are another matter.

So, until now, everyone is quite satisfied with this new emperor.

Until recently, the little emperor was a little restless.

In fact, Qin Zi, who was far away in Huangzhou, also knew about this matter, that is, this Jianyuan Emperor began to clear the fields.

Although Taizu first began to establish the Great Departure, the current Tian Zheng played well, but now it is a hundred years since the Great Departure, and no matter how good the policy was, it has begun to change today.

Therefore, Tian Zheng, who has left Dali, is no longer a temporary problem today, and even if there is no Yongan Dynasty court officials to collect the land, Tian Zheng is still a big trouble now.

According to Qin Zi's understanding, the main reason for this kind of thing is that the Tian Zheng of Dali is carried out in the form of a poll tax based on the population.

Although this kind of tax law worked well at the beginning, it has long become one of the burdens of the Great Departure Dynasty.

With the method of poll tax, the tax collection was carried out exclusively by the local officials, and a large amount of tax money flowed into the pockets of the local officials.

In the most outrageous years, there were even cases where rich states such as Huangzhou and Yunzhou could not collect taxes due to severe droughts.

What's going on?

Yunzhou, Huangzhou, such a state, not to mention anything else, at least one point, they are in the Huanglongjiang River Basin, close to the Huanglongjiang River, and they actually told the imperial court that they can't collect taxes in the event of a major drought?

When officials see this kind of thing, they will feel outrageous, but that is the real situation of the big divorce back then.

Qin Zi speculated that at that time, the orders of the imperial court might not even be able to leave the capital.

It can be said that that time was the closest to the end of the Great Distance.

Fortunately, Da Li held on, and even was reborn in such a desperate situation, at least the emperors behind him were not so incompetent and mediocre.

And now, the young Emperor Jianyuan has finally set his sights on Tian Zheng.

To be honest, in fact, if he hadn't experienced the very peaceful situation of the Yong'an Dynasty, where officials wantonly collected land, the resistance that Emperor Jianyuan encountered would probably be much better now.

After all, if an official knows the importance of Tian Zheng, he also knows that Tian Zheng needs to be reformed.

It can even be said that the vast majority of people know the direction of reform, because it was proposed hundreds of years ago, that is, to spread the land into acres.

But who can really make up their minds to do it?

The problem of local land annexation is extremely serious, and the current practice of apportioning land to acres means forcing the peasants to death.

Because these people can now only rely on the big landlords who are constantly exploiting them.

If you want to spread the land into the acre, it must require a lot of effort and a long process.

Of course, there is a simple way to overthrow this dynasty when the land contradictions are completely exposed, and then implement such a policy at the beginning of the next dynasty.

This method is the most convenient, and it is almost impossible to do it normally.

However, what Emperor Jianyuan wants to do now is not the so-called apportionment into the mu, but just clearing the field.

Although Qingtian also consumes a lot of energy, it must be much easier than apportioning it into acres, and it can't cure the root cause of the year, but it can also add a tax to the imperial court.

It's just that the imperial court has increased taxes, what does it have to do with those officials?

If it was before, it was actually a little related, but they have already experienced the land annexation of the Yongan Dynasty, and they have become the beneficiaries of this sick land policy, how can they make up their minds to destroy their own interests?

Therefore, when Zhou Shangwen wanted to start Qingtian, he instantly faced countless pressures.

Fortunately, the image of the foolish emperor he had been creating before took effect, and the minister did not fight him to the end, but let him start the experiment in that part of Yunzhou.

In part, they firmly believe that even if the fields are cleared in Yunzhou, it is impossible to raise taxes much, but it is possible to explode the contradictions of those peasants in advance.

And Zhou Shangwen, the Emperor of Jianyuan, seemed to readily agree to the requests of these officials as usual, as if he didn't notice at all, and these people waited for him to make a mistake, and then there was a reason to oppose Qingtian.

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At this moment, Emperor Jianyuan, who is actually not young, is sitting on the throne boredly, looking at the noisy ministers below.

As mentioned above, although Emperor Yong'an didn't manage much, he never gave up his power, so although the strength of all parties in the DPRK and China is very strong, in fact, there are always people from the imperial party to check and balance it.

Therefore, Zhou Shangwen, who is in his forties, is actually not unavailable now.

On the other hand, although there was very little space in the past few years, because of his ascendancy, the living space of those lonely ministers in the DPRK and China has been reduced a lot.

Shoufu Wang Yuan can barely be regarded as a lonely minister.

Of course, as the first assistant, he naturally has his own henchmen, and they are not even small, but this henchman is still only his political vassal, and has not become the kind of independent party that can continue even without the first assistant.

Then such a person is simply a good partner of the emperor!

It just so happens that Shoufu Wang Yuan himself, although he is not too honest, but he is still good overall, unlike the elders of the previous dynasty, except for accumulating wealth and eliminating different parties, he almost knows nothing, so he is quite relieved to use it now.

Even so, though, he was actually a little tired, and he felt a pang of anger at the thought that he had to spend so much time on this waste.

Although he actually understands that these people are the objects that the former emperor left to him to establish his authority, sometimes he still inevitably complains about the former emperor's excessive mercy.

At this time, the ministers below had already quarreled into a pot of porridge.

Zhang Jin, the imperial history of the right capital, stood up, took out a piece of music and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, the minister impeached Yang Juyun of Yunzhou Mu and took advantage of the Qingtian to make a lot of money, causing the people in Huangzhou to have a poor livelihood and the imperial court to reduce taxes!"

When everyone heard this, they all condensed slightly, they were still arguing with the people below, but now the right and the royal history are all gone, obviously they have entered the climax, and the next thing is the main show.

But after seeing that Emperor Jianyuan Zhou Shangwen heard it, he yawned regardless of etiquette, causing the officials below to frown slightly.

In fact, he can't blame him Zhou Shangwen, after all, this kind of thing, whoever encounters it is uncomfortable.

It was originally a matter of everyone fighting in the ring, but it took so long to get to the point.

At this time, Yang Siyuan, the right attendant of the household department, stood up.

This is a representative of officials who belong to the prime of life, but this so-called prime of life, in fact, is too old in the eyes of Zhou Shangwen, the Jianyuan Emperor, and perhaps it is because of their old age that they will become so rotten.

"Your Majesty, the old minister requests that the Qingtian policy be terminated!"

"Yang Shilang, the matter of clearing the field is a major matter involving agricultural affairs, how can you give up halfway at this moment?"

Li Chengyan, who was much younger than him, suddenly stood up, this is a person who belongs to the Wang Party, and he can also be regarded as a supporter of the Qingtian policy.

But Lang Zhong's grade may not be enough, so his words did not cause too many waves.

Tobe Shangshu Tian Yuan finally stood up.

This guy is an old minister who has stayed from the Yong'an Dynasty, in terms of qualifications, there are few people here who can compare with him, and when he stood there at this time, he was already trembling slightly, as if he was going to faint at any time.

It's just that Zhou Shangwen knows that this old guy looks like he is about to die now, but for silver, it is not too much at all, especially in the past few years when he has been the secretary of the household department, he has benefited the convenience of the user department and made a lot of profits for himself.

"Your Majesty, it is precisely because of the matter of clearing the fields that it involves such a major matter as agriculture, so we must be cautious. If it does not conform to the national conditions of the Great Separation now, it is natural that we cannot force it......"

He spoke in a very soft voice, and the content of his speech was intermittent, but it still showed what he meant, that is, Qingtian did not conform to the national conditions, and if it was forced, it would inevitably lead to changes in the country.

Regarding his statement, Zhou Shangwen sneered in his heart, but showed hesitation on his face.

The people below thought that Emperor Jianyuan was going to hesitate again, in fact, this kind of thing had happened many times in the past, and this time everyone thought the same.

"Tian Shangshu is reasonable, this matter, this matter has to be discussed in the long run!"

Among the ministers, Wang Yuan, who was standing at the front, sighed slightly in his heart.

He actually felt that he was a little untimely, the first emperor was talented and intelligent, and his means were also a must, but after experiencing that incident, he collapsed, although he still firmly held the imperial power, but he had rarely done anything, and only dared to keep everything unchanged.

And the new emperor Jianyuan Emperor is a little incompetent, many times, he has this heart, but he doesn't have this ability, but his ears are still soft, easy to listen to the words of those so-called old people, obviously have the intention to rectify Cao Yun, but it turned out to be a huge profit for a bunch of people to divide Cao Yun, and now, even the part of the court has not been obtained, and the benefits of Cao Yun are now all flowing into the pockets of those old people.

Even, he listened to their words at will, and promoted the new ship of Rauschzi, regardless of the affairs of Caohu, it was very likely to cause a big disaster in the future.

And now, Qingtian's politics, which he finally insisted on, was actually disturbed by a few words from them.

Wang Yuan sighed slightly, then raised his head and gestured to the back with his eyes.

On the side of the official, Yang Connong, the superintendent of the imperial history, stood up, this goods looked like an old farmer, but his personality was not honest at all, because he always offended people, and he was still a supervising imperial historian.

But although this product has a strong temperament, it is not reckless, and until now, it has not been thrown into place, obviously there is someone behind it every time.

At this moment, this middle-aged man who looked like an old farmer raised his head and chested, looked around, and then said in a cold voice:

"Your Majesty, the minister impeached Yan Songran, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, for leaking the imperial examination questions and committing favoritism!"

As soon as these words came out, the scene boiled instantly.

Shangshu Jiangbai of the Ministry of Industry was an anxious person, and he jumped out at the first time and asked loudly:

"The matter of the imperial examination is very important, you little imperial history, don't talk nonsense, you said that Yan Songran cheated for personal gain, but there is evidence?"

This guy was originally born as a military attaché, and he inexplicably entered the Ministry of Industry, and inexplicably became a scholar.

In fact, it's no wonder that he is so anxious now, this guy and Yan Songran, who has just been impeached, belong to the in-laws.

And although Yan Songran is only the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites now, but the old guy of the Ministry of Rites, the old guy who is still in the Ministry of Rites, is now unable to even go to the court, and he has to resign almost every once in a while during this time, and the emperor has not allowed it, but Yan Songran's left waiter of the Ministry of Rites is already in the bag, and at this time, this kind of thing happened.

Facing Jiang Bai's questioning, Yang Minong only sneered:

"I, the Taoist officials, naturally want to look at the wind, if it is based on evidence, then what do we need the three law divisions to do?"

Damn, this guy is really shameless, he looks honest, but others still have no choice but he can't help it, because the official of Kedao is really looking at the wind.

But this method is really disgusting and offensive, and most people will not do it.

Tobe Shangshu Tian Yuan looked at the first assistant Wang Yuan extremely viciously.

Yan Songran and Jiang Bai are both his people, and the household department has long been in his pocket, and he plans to enter the cabinet after a while, when the cabinet has political friends, among the six ministries, the household department, the rite department, and the Ministry of Industry are all his, and he can even directly erect Wang Yuan, the first assistant.

It's a pity that now, his good plan is gone.