The emperor's sudden attack bluntly pointed out the biggest unspoken rule of the dynasty, which shocked the ministers in the palace inexplicably.

The reason why an unspoken rule is an unspoken rule does not mean that the rule is allowed by the law. Rather, the rule is actually stepping on the edge of what the law allows.

Fundamentally, it is not legal and violates the laws of the dynasty.

For example, tax evasion, the operation of the gentry is not poisonous!

At the beginning of the founding of Taizu, although the scholars were exempted from land and servitude, the imperial court only exempted them from miscellaneous labor and not all taxes.

The imperial court also issued preferential exemption rules, and deliberately determined the preferential exemption quota for scholars at all levels: 30 stone of preferential exemption grain for Beijing officials and 30 ding for people, and the following decreases to 6 stone for 9 grades of excellent exemption grain and 6 ding for people; halving of foreign officials; lifting, prison, and student preferential and free food two stones, two people; Seven out of 10 of this product is exempt.

In the fourth year of the Taiping Rejuvenation of the Kingdom, Emperor Taizong also changed and determined the preferential exemption of the gentry class, according to the record of the new preferential exemption regulations, its scale is as follows: the current Jiake Jingguan is exempted from 10,000 acres of land for the first grade, and the following decreases, and the eighth grade is exempted from 2,700 acres; halving of foreign officials; Six-tenths of this product is exempt; The maximum amount of land can reach 3,350 acres, and the field of 1,200 acres can be 1,200 acres; Eighty acres of students and prisoners.

The preferential treatment of scholars by the emperors of the past dynasties was used to attract scholars, and secondly, it was also a policy to persuade students to help them.

By the time of Taizong, the court's preferential treatment of scholars had reached the extreme.

A person can be exempted from 1,200 acres of land, such a large preferential treatment, it is said that it is enough to make him a large gentry, and the family can prepare for the exam or directly serve the court with peace of mind.

However, the preferential treatment of the imperial court not only did not make these people feel at ease to serve the imperial court, but instead became an excuse for them to take advantage of loopholes.

With the passage of time, the policy changes, the scope of application expands, coupled with the corruption of the government and the low enforcement of the system, the gentry secretly use their power to enrich themselves, and successfully turn only the exemption from miscellaneous labor into a "legal" tax evasion.

Until the time of Zhaowu, the gentry could enjoy more and more preferential exemptions, the above regulations were regulations, and the following enforcement was enforcement.

Specifically, a large number of gentry and officials colluded to transfer forced labor and taxes to the common people.

For example, the gentry had a kind of riotous operation, which was to collude with officials and secretly divide their land to ordinary people.

In this way, when the government collects taxes, it naturally goes to the people's homes to collect them, so that many people have to pay a lot of taxes even though they don't have much land, and ordinary people can't resist the officials.

Some gentry even took advantage of loopholes and did not have to pay a penny, did not pay any money, did not pay food, and even their families, including slaves, did not have to pay taxes, did not have to serve forced labor, and did not pay land taxes.

Since the gentry did not have to pay taxes, the taxes were naturally mainly paid by the common people (all those who had no merit).

The burden of taxes is all on them, and the people not only have to pay the regular taxes set by the imperial court, but also the apportionments and miscellaneous taxes of various magistrates, these apportionments and miscellaneous taxes are much more ruthless than the regular taxes!

These emperors are clear, he has been holding back, it does not mean that he is not disgusted with these things, but he has been waiting for an opportunity.

"The imperial court clears the acres of fields, and you obstruct it in every way. The ancestral family law is often used, and the ancestral family law is to let you transfer the land taxes you should have paid to the people? ”

Hiss!

I don't know how many people in the court took a deep breath, it's over, how can this lid be opened?

The ministers in the palace had different expressions, some were pale, some were gloating, and some were full of worry.

Several Shangshu from the six departments glanced at each other and looked at each other.

The bigwigs of the cabinet are all sitting firmly in the chair of the Taishi, closing their eyes and recuperating.

Lord Shoufu even glanced coldly at the people who were scared stupid by the emperor, and his eyes were full of mockery.

Silly, right? The current emperor is not too emperor, and people don't care about what meanness you pass on.

Qingzhang Tianmu has been engaged in three years, what can be hidden from the emperor?

The emperor has not mentioned this matter, not that he does not plan to deal with it, but is waiting for this group of fools to send it to the door by themselves.

"I can't become an official and a man, I can always become a slave of his family. I farm, collect my taxes and let me do labor, right? Then I can't plant the land of the imperial court? Isn't there no tax on the land of the old man? Then I'll just give my family's land to the master, right? I don't even have to pay Ding Yin. ”

Well?

The emperor suddenly said something, and the ministers hissed again.

It's over, it's over, it's a big deal!

This time, even the bigwigs of the cabinet and the six ministries can't sit still, and the lid that is lifted this time is even more troublesome than the previous one!

Do you know who said that? This is what Xu Qingteng said to him personally when he was in Nanzhili Qingzhang Tianmu, and the tenant of an adult's family told him personally. ”

The Emperor slapped the dragon chair and stood up angrily.

"Surrender! You are really calculating, and you dare to dig even the foundation of the Great Xia River! ”

What is a contribution? It is said that the land property is entrusted to the name of the gentry to reduce the servitude, which is called dedication!

Seeing that the emperor beckoned to Xia Shouzhong, the great eunuch went to the side hall in person, and walked in with several Han generals after a while.

These Han generals didn't come to cut people, and they didn't have any sharp blades in their hands, but carried a huge box.

Boom~

The box opened, and inside was a box full of dossiers.

The emperor walked down from His Majesty, reached out and rummaged through the box, and finally took out a booklet from it and threw it at Huang Yi, who was sweating profusely.

The booklet is not thick, but it stumbled Huang Yi and almost didn't stand firm.

"Huang Yi, don't you like to talk about the ancestral family law the most? The ancestral family law is to let you take the opportunity of sacrifice to rob the land of your neighbors and force your neighbors to die? Pick it up and read it to me! ”

Huang Yi was almost frightened to death by the emperor's angry shouting, there are many people who know some things, but no one will say it.

He may not have done it himself, but he acquiesced.

Why is he so opposed to Daiyu's policy of going to the countryside today, because his brother is the head of his hometown.

In the emperor's angry shouting, Huang Yi picked up the booklet tremblingly, only glanced at the booklet's bibliography, and knelt on the ground with a flutter.

"Huangyan County, Taizhou Prefecture, Zhejiang", Huang Yi's hometown is in Huangyan County, Taizhou Prefecture, Zhejiang!

Xu Jin and Xu Qingteng were ordered to check the acres of fields in the three provinces south of the Yangtze River two years ago, but on the surface, they were just the acres of fields, but in fact, they were the eyes and ears of the emperor.

Like those things in Huang Yi's family, not to mention the details, at least the big picture, the emperor has long been clear.

He has been leading but not triggering, just waiting for today!

Seeing Huang Yi kneeling on the ground and shivering, the emperor shouted at the door of the main hall: "Jia Cong, let me in!" Since our Lord Huang doesn't dare to read it, then you can read it! Let all the princes of the court listen to it, what did Lord Huang, who is full of ancestral family law and full of holy ways and benevolence, done! ”

……

This is good! This is good!

How angry the emperor is, how happy Jia Cong is in his heart.

He pretended to be dignified, but in fact ran to the hall with joy, bowed down and bowed, and then snatched the booklet in Huang Yi's hand, opened it and planned to read it.

But he only glanced at it, and his eyes widened.

Hiss! Good fellow, no wonder the Emperor is so angry.

Zhejiang is one of the major provinces of the imperial examination of the National Dynasty, and Huangyan County has also produced several Jinshi masters.

It is also a common practice to be a scholar and raise people to make contributions, but if the Huang family is so ruthless, it is definitely a rare existence.

"In the autumn of the thirty-ninth year of Zhaowu, Huang Yi was raised, and the neighbors donated 320 acres of land, and those who abandoned their nationality and joined the Huang family as slaves, one hundred and seven people ......"

"In the spring of the fortieth year of Zhaowu, Huang Yi was the second in high school, and the neighbors of the township donated 600 acres of land.

"Huang Shiren forced the landowner to donate 100 acres of land on the bank of the Yongning River. and if they do not comply, they will send thugs and slaves to destroy their homes and take away their wives and daughters......"

"The people donated the Huang family's field, and within a year, seven or eight out of ten of the original land owners 'died of illness', their fields were seized, and their wives and children were slaves......

"By the autumn of the eighth year of Yuan You, the Huang family had occupied 1,000 acres of fields, 1,000 acres of mountains and forests, and 1,000 acres of rivers......"

As Jia Cong read out one by one, those officials who had a good relationship with Huang Yi in the past did not hide their faces and retreat.

Although we violated the rules of the dynasty, you are so fucking ruthless, this is too shameless!

The people paid you tenant rent and supported you Huang Yi, just to hang the land in your name to avoid the imperial grain and national tax.

Your Huang family is ruthless enough, not satisfied with the nominal landlord, but also wants to kill people to completely occupy other people's land, and even let people's wives and children use you as cattle and horses!

Hiss! This Huang Yi is simply a shame of Shilin!

Boom!

Jia Cong couldn't help it, so he raised his foot and kicked Huang Yi hard, kicked him down, and then rode on him with both fists and feet.

"Damn, the master really can't bear it. On weekdays, you old boy always say that my Jia family is extravagant, that my Lao Tzu is absurd, that my Jia family oppresses the good, and that this old boy with you is the beast who really drinks the blood of the common people. ”

Jia Cong smashed Huang Yi in the face with a punch, almost sending him away.

When General Dahan pulled it away, Jia Cong spit directly on Huang Yi's face: "The mouth is full of benevolence and morality, but it is pitch black when the heart, liver and lungs are cut, I have never seen such a brazen person!" ”

Not to mention that Jia Cong couldn't help but beat people, in fact, most of the civil and military ministers in the palace were disgusted by the Huang family's operation.

The style of dedication has been prevalent in the national dynasty for a hundred years, and although it is true that it has dug the corners of the imperial court, everyone basically abides by the rules.

The people contributed, and the gentry helped them avoid taxes, so that the common people could keep more food to feed their families.

Isn't your Huang family breaking the rules by doing this? If the rules are broken, who will want to contribute in the future?

Of course, in today's situation, I'm afraid the donation will end here!

"...... of the Criminal Department"

Cai Quan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, immediately bowed down: "The minister is here!" ”

The emperor looked coldly at Huang Yi, who was paralyzed on the ground: "According to the law, what crime should Huang Yi's family be guilty of?" ”

Cai Quan did not pause at all, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, according to the law, Huang Yi and Huang Shiren will be beheaded, and the accomplice will be hanged." The Huang family, more than fifteen years old, less than seventy, a hundred rods, three thousand miles, no family property! ”

Thump~

Huang Yi immediately endured the severe pain all over his body and knelt on the ground again, kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"Your Majesty spares ......"

Boom~

Before he could finish howling, Jia Cong raised his foot and kicked it again, and directly kicked it out.

"Did your family spare the people who died at the hands of your brute brothers when they begged for mercy?"

Not only did the emperor not blame Jia Cong, but snorted coldly and ordered: "Drag it out, behead!" ”

When the Han general entered the palace and dragged people, Cai Quan opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say a word.

When someone like Huang Yi is killed, he can't care about it.

Because the emperor took out another booklet from the box, and looked coldly at several people with pale faces.

"Jia Cong, keep reading it to all of our adults!"

Wow~

There was an uproar in the hall at first, and then it became silent in the emperor's cold snort.

However, as Jia Cong spoke, the sound of teeth fighting and kneeling sounded in the hall from time to time.

Xia Lingxing looked at the dozen or so officials kneeling down in the hall one after another, and whispered to Lord Shoufu, who was the first on the left: "Zhou Xiang, what should I do?" It seems that Your Majesty is going to settle the ledger today. ”

Zhou Jiong always maintained the appearance of closing his eyes and recuperating, his eyes were not opened, and the big drama in the hall was staged one by one.

When Xu Qingteng came back from Jiangnan, he didn't just bring this box.

When he was in the Qing Dynasty, Xu Jin was targeted by the clans, nobles, and gentry in the entire south of the Yangtze River, and it was almost impossible to move an inch.

Intimidation, assassination, coercion and inducement, it took Xu Jin two and a half years to complete the Qingzhang affairs of the three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.

The landlords in Jiangnan abandoned some of their interests, which can be regarded as making Xu Jin "satisfied" and leaving Jiangnan.

As everyone knows, Xu Jin had already secretly sent someone to collect the situation of the gentry, nobles, and clans in the entire Jiangnan, and wrote them into a dossier in every detail, and sent them to the palace.

The "Jiangnan souvenirs" that Xu Jin sent into the palace from Jiangnan almost didn't make the emperor angry at the beginning.

That is, when he Zhou Jiong saw that it was about to finish, he hurriedly went to Longshou Palace to invite the Emperor Taishang out of the mountain, which did not make the emperor angry and kill......

However, for the sake of the overall situation, this matter can be temporarily suppressed for three or two years, which does not mean that the jealous and hateful emperor can endure it all the time.

Today's evil consequences were actually planted as early as the eighth year of Yuan You.

Zhou Jiong suddenly opened his eyes and said to Xia Lingxing: "Sometimes, the place with abscesses must be cut ruthlessly. Your Majesty is going to kill the empty court today, and the old man will also stand on Your Majesty's side. The so-called overall situation is not something that can be messed up by killing a few brutes. Xia Ge Lao might as well take a look over there......"

Xia Lingxing looked at the opposite side with Zhou Jiong's gaze, headed by the British Duke Zhang Yue, Jia Lian, the prince of Rongguo, and the first-class Bo Niu Jizong of the Zhenguo Mansion, all of whom had solemn faces.

But their eyes are full of excitement!

Yes, the knife in the emperor's hand has long been hungry and thirsty!

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That's all for tonight, continue tomorrow, good night!

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