The method of apportioning the land into the mu was proposed in front of the Fengtian Gate, and the ministers present had different thoughts, and some people were thinking about the impact of this tax law reform on themselves or their relatives.

It is the year of celebration, and the people can't save any food for a year, just barely survive.

In these so-called good years, there were often cases of the gentry annexing land.

Every disaster year is the peak period for the annexation of land and property, and in such years, there will be a large number of people in the world who cannot survive. And if you can't survive, you can only sell your house and land, and when your house and land are sold, you will sell your children and daughters and sell yourself, just to find a way to live for yourself and your family.

No one can say exactly how many fields and properties have been annexed by the landlords of the world.

If the poll tax is abolished and the tax is collected according to the amount of acres of land, then the more land that the powerful landlords annex, the more this tax will be paid.

The left and right are just a matter of the landlords, and it seems that they have nothing to do with them, and they have nothing to do with them, the ministers of the DPRK and China, after all, they are officials, and they do not need to pay taxes at all.

But after becoming an official, few relatives in the family have to be stained and become a landlord.

And some people looked at the emperor under the Fengtian Gate, and then looked at Xia Yuan standing in the field, and finally thought of the hundreds of crazy people in the prison of the Criminal Department.

It is another new policy, and it is because of the opposition to the new policy that hundreds of scholars have today's disaster, and now another new policy is proposed, and it is proposed at this juncture, is there any connection between this?

Emperor Hongzhi sat on the golden dragon chair, and after a period of silence, he was the first to say: "If this kind of tax law reform is definitely a benevolent and good government for the people of the world. ”

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After a little silence, Liu Jian stood up and praised: "Your Majesty is like the benevolence of heaven, and the ministers also think that this law is great and good, which is beneficial to the country and the people, and this new policy should be widely implemented!" ”

When it comes to the word New Deal, I don't know whether it is intentional or unintentional, he bites the sound very hard.

And the rest of the ministers followed up one after another, "Such a law that benefits the country and the people should be implemented!" ”

For a while, there was a voice of answer, but no one objected to it, not even the slightest whisper.

The case of the mastermind behind the scenes is now being arraigned, and it is widely agreed that the mastermind behind the scenes is an opponent of the New Deal.

Everyone avoided the four words of the mastermind behind the scenes, lest they be contaminated with the slightest relationship.

In these extraordinary times, the slightest hint of opposition to this new policy to reform the tax law is tantamount to putting the hat of the mastermind behind the scenes on one's own head.

Therefore, there was no objection, and a decree to divide the land into acres did not even make waves in the DPRK and China, and it was passed immediately.

Faced with such a situation, Xia Yuan even wanted to take the opportunity to bring up the gentry's food, but he still resisted this impulse.

The fact that the apportionment was able to pass was that this decree did not touch the vital interests of officials, and at most it touched some margins and affected their relatives.

But the officials and gentry accept the grain in one piece, which is to cut the meat on them.

Even in such an extraordinary period, these people will definitely stand up and desperately oppose it, and this decree will never be passed.

Take it when you see it.

At this time, Liu Jian raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, although the matter of apportioning the land into the mu is beneficial to the country and the people, but the minister is worried, if this matter is to be implemented, the world will be shaken, and the landlords in various places will definitely be menacing, and the minister is more worried that the local officials and the local landlords are in collusion, I am afraid that this law will be difficult to implement in the world." ”

Emperor Hongzhi pondered slightly, and then threw the question to Xia Yuan, "Xia Qingjia, this method was proposed by you, what do you think should be done?" ”

"The minister thinks that Liu Ge Lao is very right, and Liu Ge Lao's worry is also what the minister is worried about."

After supporting a wave of old men and tying the cabinet chief assistant to the boat, Xia Yuancai continued: "As Liu Ge Lao said, the gentry are busy annexing land, the petty officials are busy oppressing the good people, and the local officials are busy drilling camps and promotions, colluding up and down, and colluding with each other, no matter how wise the move is, it will inevitably be absurd and unorthodox when conveyed to the locality, which is consistent with the original intention, or even contrary to the original intention. ”

Liu Jian's face turned green, this dog knocked over all the local officials with one shot, and this is not counting, he also added a sentence in front of him as Liu Ge Lao said.

What does it mean, as Liu Ge Lao said?

When did the old man say such things?

Xia Yuan's voice continued, "The minister thinks that if this law is to be implemented, the first thing is to have a tough attitude, and it must be implemented with the momentum of thunder, and for those who dare to disobey, they will be severely punished and severely punished, so that everyone in the world can see the determination of the imperial court on this matter." In particular, this measurement of land is the most important thing, if this matter is not done well, everything behind it will be impossible to talk about. ”

"The minister advised, measure the acres of land in the world, use the army to carry out, if there is any disobedience, it will be strictly dealt with according to the heavy law, and if it should be killed, it will be killed, and if it should be beheaded, it will be beheaded!"

Speaking of the last eight words, Xia Yuan's voice seemed to have a murderous aura, and in his ears, someone's heart and liver seemed to tremble.

"Moreover, if you want to measure the acres of land in the world, then you will also check the acres of land in the names of the gentry and the vassal kings."

Hearing this, the hundred officials on the field immediately became in a commotion, and someone said directly: "Xia Zhan matter, the vassal kings and gentry were exempted from taxes by the grace of the dynasty, which was set by Emperor Taizu Gao when the founding of the country, and now even their acres of land have to be checked?" There's no need for that, is it? ”

"Why isn't that necessary?" Xia Yuan asked rhetorically, "We must not only investigate, but of course we must investigate everything, and this move is to prevent some landlords from colluding with officials, hearing about the implementation of this law, and putting the land and property in the name of officials." ”

"Of course, I don't mean the lords who are there, but the unscrupulous officials in the localities. After all, if you can rank in the court class and live in the temple to assist the monarch's father, your character will inevitably be first-class, and you will never do anything to collude with the gentry. ”

This plan was killed, and when he arrived, he blocked back what many people wanted to say, and Liu Jian bowed down in the direction of Emperor Hongzhi.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Xia Zhan's matter is extremely reasonable, but if it is investigated in this way, I am afraid that the vassal king and many officials will oppose this new policy.

This was true, and only the vassal kings, as well as some officials, knew for themselves how much land they had annexed under their names.

It is a number that ordinary people can't imagine, Xia Yuan once saw a data in later generations, some vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty actually had millions of acres of land under their names, which is definitely a terrifying amount.

At this time, during the Hongzhi period, the land annexed by the royal imperial village was only hundreds of thousands of acres, while the feudal king was sitting on millions of acres.

There is also Xu Jie, the first assistant of the Jiajing Dynasty, and the family has also annexed hundreds of thousands of acres of land.

In this year, the land annexed by these bureaucrats may not be as exaggerated as that of the Jiajing Dynasty, but there are tens of thousands of acres, hundreds of thousands of acres, and those vassal kings, millions of acres.

Even they themselves knew that there were too many of these fields, so much that they were enough to make the emperor angry and make the emperor lose his mind, so they didn't dare to let them find out.

But even so, Xia Yuan still did not give up the investigation.

He said: "It is true that you can't be in a hurry, the minister thinks that we should first select a state and county to carry out a pilot project to see how the effect is, and then promote it to the whole world with points and areas." ”

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