"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare to hide it, the minister only has 100 acres of fertile land in his hometown." Geng Chengdao. Jingguan owns 100 acres of fertile land in his hometown, which is not much at all, and even belongs to the category of relatively few.

"Wow, 100 acres of fertile land is worth the homestead of 200 families." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Your Majesty, Weichen, Weichen......" Geng Cheng seemed to have smelled danger from Zhu Yuanzhang's words, and became incoherent.

"Geng Cheng, you only have 100 acres of fertile land now, which is not much in the court, and even less......" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

When Geng Cheng heard this, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and involuntarily wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead.

"Although your family's land is only 100 acres now, after a long time, will you buy land again, from the original 100 acres to 100 acres, or even 1,000 acres?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "You are now an official of the imperial court, and it is not difficult to buy another field." ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers are honest and honest, how can they get so much money to buy land again?" The cold sweat on Geng Cheng's body broke out again, "Don't say a thousand acres, a hundred acres of land are all the belongings of the ministers." Above the court, the little land of the minister can only be regarded as a meager ancestral business. Besides, with 100 acres of fertile land, the minister is already satisfied and will not buy it again. ”

"You can't afford to buy land because of your incorruptibility, but what about your descendants, can you guarantee that your descendants won't buy it? There are also people who are not honest and honest, and they can afford it. Zhu Yuanzhang said, "They will use their greedy money to buy land, and even use their power to oppress people and forcibly buy it." Today you buy 200 acres, tomorrow he buys 200 acres, and over time, the land in the world is bought by a small number of people. ”

"Your Majesty, is there anything wrong with this?" Geng Chengdao.

In ancient times, land was one of the most important possessions, and its status even surpassed that of gold and silver. Officials, princes, vassal kings, and big families, which one did not own a large amount of fertile land and land?

Some landlords took possession of large tracts of land, so that the poor people could not dig a pit and bury them after the death of their relatives. There are many people who sell their bodies to bury their fathers, because the burial ground also needs money to buy.

"Everyone has just said that the world is the people of the world, and the land is also the people of the world. Mencius said that the imperial court administers the world on behalf of the people of the world, and it can be inferred from this that the imperial court should also replace the people of the world and manage the land of the world? Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"The land is the world, and the fertile land is the foundation of the country. If most of the land and fertile land were occupied by a few people, wouldn't the world be theirs? At that time, how can you say that the world is the world of the people of the world? ”

The ministers were collectively silent when they heard this, and they didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to do when he said these words.

All of a sudden, thousands of people inside and outside the Fengtian Hall were silent, and the needles in the hall could be heard.

Each of them has a lot of land, good land. And now the emperor suddenly said that the imperial court should replace the people of the world and manage the land of the world.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's sentence just now that the whole world is not the king's land, has already given them a clear hint. Coupled with these words now, the intention is already obvious, and he wants to make a big move.

However, the ministers still didn't guess what big moves the emperor was going to make. After all, all the land was collected by the imperial court, which has never been done since ancient times. It seems that only Wang Mang's new dynasty has engaged in the Wang Tian system, but it is only a flash in the pan.

"The Point Guard Is Here"

Wang Mang belonged to the usurper and was despised by all dynasties. The ministers didn't think that Emperor Zhu would learn from a Wang Mang who was criticized by the world.

There are even people who misunderstand, Zhu Yuanzhang said that he wanted to give all the land in the world to his old Zhu family.

Although the ministers had already seen some clues, it was related to their vital interests, so no one stood up to speak.

"Okay! Since you don't want to say it, let's say it for you. Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Except for half an acre of homestead for all households, the rest of the land is owned by the imperial court, and the imperial court helps the people of the world to manage it." ”

Wow!

When the ministers heard this, they suddenly exploded.

"The land is owned by the imperial court, so what should we do with the land we have now, and we have to hand it over?"

"Land can produce food, land can build houses, and the importance of land can be imagined."

One by one, the ministers discussed in the court and whispered.

In ancient times, land was an important symbol of a person's property. is the most important real estate, assets, private property.

Now that the emperor wants to take back the imperial court, isn't this to take their lifeline?

What does the emperor want to do? The crowd froze.

"Let's all say it louder, it's too quiet for us to hear." Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly, "Since we are here to discuss with you, then you can speak loudly and speak openly." ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this method is absolutely impossible." At this time, Song Lian stood up and said, "This move of the emperor is exactly the same as the usurper monarch Wang Mang's Wang Tian system. ”

Wang Mang proposed that land should be owned a long time ago, and its bright light is suspected of crossing.

"The Wang Tian system is based on Wang Mang's Jing Tian system in ancient books." Li Shanchang came out and said, "The well field system is to divide the land into squares, which are shaped like the word "well", so it is called 'well field'. The well field belonged to the king of Zhou and was allocated to the common people. The lord was not allowed to buy, sell or transfer the well fields, and had to pay a certain amount of tribute, and the lords forced the common people to cultivate the well fields collectively. ”

Li Shanchang only said the origin of the Ida system, and did not express any personal opinions, and did not protect himself to the extreme.

"At that time, Wang Mang issued an edict: Now the name of Tianxia Tian is called 'Wang Tian', and the slaves and maids are called 'private belongings', and they are not allowed to be bought and sold. Its male mouth is not full of eight, and the field over a well to divide the rest of the field to the nine ethnic neighborhood township party, so there is no field, now should receive the field, such as the system, dare to have a non-well field holy system, can not confuse the public, cast the four descendants, in order to resist the charm. Gao Qi actually directly recited the edict at that time word for word.

"Therefore, the minister thinks that the public land system must not be effective." Song Lian said.

"Your Majesty, you are frying Wang Mang's cold rice." A royal historian.

"The emperor can't learn from the usurper king recklessly, that's perverse." Gao Qidao. He still dares to speak, in ancient times, civil officials who were not afraid of death and were not afraid of offending the emperor abounded, such as Wei Zheng, "The Wang Tian system was only implemented for four years, and Wang Mang's new dynasty only lasted for fifteen years, so it can be seen that the public land system implemented by Wang Mang is a mistake at all." ”

"Can Wang Mang be compared to us?" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly, "Wang Mang is a relative usurping power, and his name is not right. And we are Fengtian rebelled and overthrew Hu Yuan and restored the Han family. ”

There is also the biggest reason he didn't say, Wang Mang was a new dynasty established in the late Han Dynasty, and the feudal aristocracy at that time had grown into towering trees. Wang Mang would definitely not succeed in moving the feudal aristocracy when they were at their strongest.