"Your Majesty, Elder Yang Ge, Elder Wang Ge ask to see you."

The emperor was sitting cross-legged on top of a kang and moved to the low table on the bed to watch some music, and when he heard You Ji come in to give a prayer, he bowed down to put on his shoes.

You Ji was quick and ran over to serve, "Your Majesty, let the slave and maid come." ”

"It's okay, you let them in."

These two are important ministers, Zhu Houzhao takes off his shoes is not very polite, it seems disrespectful, not only that, he will not cross Erlang's legs at will, he is a serious sitting.

These things were very important to Confucian scholars, and they were very simple to Zhu Houzhao, so he usually paid attention to them.

Not long after, the two came together, "Minister Yang Yiqing (Wang Wei) respectfully invites Sheng'an." ”

"I'm there."

As soon as the emperor stretched out his hand, the eunuch next to him had already brought two stools.

"Your Majesty."

"I'm watching the performance of Wang Jing, the governor of Shuntian," Zhu Houzhao took it from the low table, "After the division of the fields in the second year of Zhengde, the common people finally had a peaceful birthday. I remember that before the division of the fields, the annual tax grain was only more than 100,000 stones, but since the fourth year of Zhengde, it has more than tripled. But he said that when life is better, it is not conducive to the promotion of sweet potatoes, which is really ...... In the end, blame us for being too diligent in governing the government, isn't it? ”

The Emperor had a smile in his tone, obviously teasing.

Yang Yiqing and Wang Wei are also quite relaxed.

Wang Wei continued: "If you are poor, you will change, and if you are not poor, you will not change." Wang Tingcai's words are not unreasonable, but this cannot be regarded as His Majesty's fault, but should be His Majesty's work. As for sweet potatoes, they are highly productive and drought-tolerant, and many people do not yet know their characteristics, but it will not be difficult to fully understand them in two or three years. ”

"Shuntianfu will plant 100,000 acres of sweet potatoes this year." Yang Yiqing arched his hand, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the old minister will keep an eye on him from time to time." ”

"Well, what about his request? With the exemption of some taxes as bait, people are encouraged to plant more. ”

Wang Wei said: "The minister thought he could give it a try. After the clean-up of the military tun, the membership of the Ming Dynasty has increased significantly, and it also has financial support. Such a reward can not only hide the wealth from the people, but also promote the faster popularization of sweet potatoes, killing two birds with one stone. ”

Zhu Houzhao originally thought it was good, but he thought of what Liu Jian was doing in Shandong.

“…… In principle, I still agree with the meaning of Mr. 's words, what our monarchs and ministers think, in the final analysis, is to make the people's lives better. But isn't it too complicated to cut money and food? How much is the reduction, partial or full? In my opinion, it is better to do this, if each family is willing to try to plant two acres, one person in the family will be exempted from forced labor, and those who are willing to try to plant five acres will be exempted from two people from forced labor.

The advantage of this is that it is easy to implement, whoever tries to plant, when the county official conscripts this year, his name will be crossed out, and the common people are also easy to understand, and they can understand it when they hear it. ”

Yang Yiqing and Wang Wei both nodded after thinking about it, in this way, it is another good governance.

One by one, take your time, and you will be able to govern the country well.

Zhu Hou took care of them and had no opinions, so he put pen to paper.

Since his accession to the throne, Zhu Pi's power has not been ceded to anyone.

After writing it, he blew it, and then handed it to Yang Yiqing, "This opening has been opened to him, and there must be no other excuses." This sentence was brought in private, and I didn't write it in the song. ”

"Yes, Emperor Shengming."

"If there is a shortage of conscription, the cabinet will discuss a way with the household department after returning home, allocate a sum of money, and change the requisition to employment. Liu Xixian has done a good job in Shandong, and the people have responded very well. ”

These are what he saw.

As for whether it is true or false, Zhu Houzhao does not think that Liu Jian still has a reason to lie to him.

Wang Wei was relieved in his heart, "Actually, Weichen thinks these ...... Let's call it a 'loss', and in the future, it will be made up for in the taxes collected by the imperial court after the promotion of sweet potatoes. ”

It is indeed possible that the sweet potato is popularized quickly and the yield is high, and the tax grain received by the imperial court will naturally be high.

"At the mention of this, you two have something on mind." Zhu Houzhao slowly frowned, "The taxes collected by the imperial court in the past were all in their true colors, rice, wheat, cloth, and now they add a sweet potato, but sweet potatoes are actually not easy to store, but the main reason is not because of this." In fact, I have been thinking about whether I can change the tax law slightly, and it is better to collect the discount uniformly.

If you think about transportation again, which is more economical to transport 500,000 taels of silver or 5 million stone of grain? These are all areas that can be improved in the government, but it is not appropriate to change the law at present, and it is necessary to wait for the annual import of silver taels from the sea trade to accumulate more. I'll mention it today, and you can consider it during this time. ”

Yang Yiqing and Wang Wei were slightly surprised when they heard this.

"Your Majesty, please obey Your Majesty's will."

"Hmm." Zhu Houzhao patted his head, "Look at me, it's obvious that you came to find me." Tell me, what's the matter? ”

"Let's talk about Yang Ge Lao."

Yang Yiqing took something out of his cuffs, "It's a matter of Baoding Mansion." Your Majesty just said that the tax grain of Shuntianfu has more than tripled after the fourth year of Zhengde. However, Baoding Mansion grew sharply the year before last, but it fell slightly last year. ”

"I remember this. Wasn't it because of the flood of the Salt River that I exempted two counties from paying taxes? ”

"It's just two counties, and if you add it up, it wasn't much more last year. It stands to reason that Baoding Mansion has also divided the fields, and last year was a complete spring and autumn season, and it should grow more. Originally, it was just the old minister's doubts, but Chen Tai's matter reminded the old minister. So the old minister sent people to carefully check the figures reported by the six prefectures of Baoding, Zhending, Hejian, Shunde, Daming, and Guangping with previous years, and also sent people to make secret visits. ”

Zhu Houzhao had a bad premonition, "Something is wrong?" Is it a false report? ”

"Whether it is a false report or not, the old minister is not sure. However, in Shunde and Baoding, some officials colluded with local wealthy families and began to encroach on land again. ”

The emperor's tone immediately changed, "Is there any conclusive evidence?" ”

"Two of them are the most typical, and the minister has written them truthfully. However, the specific collection of evidence still needs to be instructed by His Majesty Jinyiwei. ”

"Don't remember to eat!" Zhu Houzhao slammed the thing on the table, "You Di, go and call someone." ”

"Yes!"

Then, when he really started to look at the things that Yang Yiqing gave him, he felt that something was wrong in his heart. Lu Shiyu and Xu Zili of Baoding Prefecture, and Mu Fuyang of Shunde Prefecture......

These names seem to ......

Doubts rose in Zhu Houzhao's heart, so he raised his eyes and looked at Yang Yiqing, but the old guy didn't have any expression at all.

As for Wang Wei, his head was also bowed.

No one spoke, but the atmosphere was noticeably different.

There was one less person today, but all three people in the room thought of the man.

"Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao heard Wang Wei suddenly speak, and asked as if he had no intention: "Mr. has something to say?" ”

"Yes, the old minister is wondering if the cabinet will send another edict to all provinces, governments, and counties across the country in the tone of His Majesty, taking Chen Tai's case as a lesson, and ordering none of them to falsely report the figures, and at the same time, the imperial court does not take the amount of taxes and grain as the only performance evaluation criterion."

"Oh, this is no problem, sir, you two see no problem, I agree to send it." But I'm afraid that it will have little effect, for this little field, I have killed so many people, but looking at Yang Ge's old performance, there are still people who are bold and reckless. ”

"Then what Your Majesty means, these people ......"

Zhu Houzhao nodded, "I don't care what their reason is, it involves national politics and people's livelihood, and if you can't do it, you can't do it." ”

Yang Yiqing arched his hand, "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

"Okay, Yang Ge's old things are left, you go back first, and I will explain the rest to Jinyiwei."

……

……

Outside the Qianqing Palace,

Wang Wei caught up with Yang Yiqing, who was walking a little faster, and said, "Do you think Your Majesty can see it?" ”

"I should, I can see it."

"But Your Majesty didn't say anything."

Yang Yiqing said meaningfully: "Didn't you say it? Think again. ”

"Ge Lao, let's not sell it."

"Okay. The old man actually heard His Majesty saying, who cares how you fight? ”

(End of chapter)