The cabinet headed by Liu Yan drew up a proposal to increase the property tax, and Emperor Chongzhen directly approved it, which shocked the government and the opposition, and the civil and military generals inside and outside the Beijing division were all shocked.

At the same time, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Officials jointly issued an official document, ordering the officials of the two capitals and 13 provinces of the Ming Dynasty to report their assets to the imperial court, and at the same time, the inspection teams and the soldiers and horses of the National Defense Forces sent to various places will also inspect the actual situation of the officials in various places.

Of course, it must be because of the problems of traffic and efficiency at this time, it is impossible to find out the property situation of all civil and military generals in the Ming Dynasty, but Liu Yan must also vigorously promote it, as long as he can start this and implement this system, it will be a victory. With the continuous improvement of the efficiency of the Ming Dynasty, with the implementation of the new policy in various places, and with the establishment of garrisons in various places, the collection of property tax will become more and more perfect.

At the same time, Liu Yan also came up with a strategy to exempt the people from harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and also prepared to exempt the people of the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty from their arrears in the past ten years.

Anyway, now that the Ming treasury is full, it will not affect the overall situation to avoid these taxes and arrears that cannot be collected.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen naturally agreed, and with a stroke of the pen, he directly approved the performance.

By the end of October, the Northwest Inspection Group had completed the implementation of Shanxi's new policy and military reform, and under the escort of officers and men of the Ninth Army of the National Defense Force, it had entered Shaanxi and began to verify the implementation of the new policy and military reform in various parts of Shaanxi.

The verification of the southwest inspection team in Henan has basically come to an end, but because the situation in Henan is more serious, it is now a blank field, so the southwest inspection team

For the time being, he has not left Henan, and he needs to continue to appease the people and provide relief to various places in Henan.

The next stop of the southwest inspection team was not Sichuan, because according to the information provided by the Ministry of Military Intelligence, Qin Liangyu, chief officer of the Sichuan army, and Ma Xianglin, deputy chief soldier, have been very effective in implementing the policy of military reform, and tens of thousands of soldiers from the Sichuan guard station have been dismissed, and the results have been remarkable.

After Sichuan Governor Chen Shiqi was reprimanded by Liu Yan, he also changed his previous procrastination and began to do things seriously, and the implementation of the new policy has also made great progress.

Therefore, after Liu Yan learned the news, he changed the next stop of the Southwest Inspection Team to Huguang Road.

As for the southern inspection team, it is still in Nanzhili at this time, after all, Nanzhili has a special status, and it is necessary to implement the new policy and military reform measures of Nanzhili first, and then go to the provinces south of the Yangtze River. And the next stop that Liu Yan set for the southern inspection team was Zhejiang Road.

What reassures Liu Yan the most is that the inspection team that inspected Beizhili and Shandong has now completed its task and returned to Beijing, the military reform in Beizhili and Shandong has been fully implemented, and the new policy has also been fully rolled out, the people in these two places have benefited a lot, and the government offices in the two places have also completed the reform.

The four inspection teams have made progress to varying degrees, and Liu Yan is a lot more at ease in this regard, at least the situation is developing on the good side.

But then Liu Yan received a surprising news.

After the policy of tax reform in the new policy was issued, the imperial court exempted many taxes and reduced the burden on the people of the world.

Liu Yan originally thought that his tax reform would be supported by the people of the world, and at least he could win a wave of popular support.

However, the intelligence collected by the Military Intelligence Department brought by Wu Guojin showed that it was unexpected

However, the common people in many places began to resist the tax reform, and the current situation is that the inspection teams in various places have to face not only the resistance of the gentry and the royal family in various places, but also the resistance of the chaotic people.

"What's going on with such public opinion?"

Liu Yan couldn't understand that the people were exempt from taxes, but the people didn't appreciate it, but started to make trouble? Could it be that the people of the Ming Dynasty are also like those anti-intellectual people in the beautiful country in later generations, and they don't know what to do?

So Liu Yan ordered someone to take all the information collected by the General Intelligence Department, carefully checked and checked, and finally found a clue from it.

Nowadays, the places where tax resistance incidents occur in various places are basically Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huguang, and they are all concentrated in the vicinity of Hangzhou, Taizhou, Jingzhou, Changde and other big cities.

Logically speaking, the people near these big cities will be richer than the people in the outlying areas, so how can they oppose the tax reform policy?

"This is being used by people with ulterior motives!"

Liu Yan's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, and he also figured out the key point at this time.

The so-called common people in these places are not yeoman farmers, but tenants attached to the gentry everywhere, and even under the names of the royal families and officials everywhere!

These tenants do not have their own land, and completely rely on the snort of the wealthy and big, because of this reason, those tenants do not have their own opinions at all, and whatever the family they are attached to says, they blindly follow what they are, and they can't care about right and wrong at all.

"Public opinion? It seems that this is the Ming version of the kidnapping of public opinion! ”

Liu Yan sighed with emotion in his heart, and immediately began to think about countermeasures.

For those tenant people who opposed the tax reform, Liu Yan naturally could not directly send troops to suppress them, so he became

Wu Guojin, the secretary of the Ministry of Military Intelligence, came to him.

"Meet the elder pavilion!"

In the mansion of Lu Guogong, Liu Yan saw Wu Guojin in his study, and after a few words of greeting, he said to Wu Guojin: "Has the opposition to tax reform subsided?" ”

Wu Guojin said: "I can't set off any waves for the time being, but those people who resist the tax reform are too annoying, make a fuss today, and make a fuss again in two days, as if they are deliberately stalemate with the government." ”

Liu Yan sneered and said: "That's natural, after all, the people behind the command will never let the tax reform policy land smoothly." ”

Wu Guojin frowned slightly, and immediately understood what Liu Yan was referring to, and said: "My subordinates understand, so I will mobilize people to go to various places to investigate and secretly visit." ”

Liu Yan said: "Well, it's good to understand, things must be done secretly, to find out who is behind it, before the specific list is determined, this matter must not be leaked, except for the father, do not let anyone else in the court know." ”

Wu Guojin clenched his fists and said: "Elder Ge, rest assured, his subordinates have arranged for Yao Guangming, the commander of the Nanzhen Fu Division, to handle it personally." ”

"Okay."

Eight days later, the Jingzhou Mansion of Huguang Road, Jiangling City.

Jiangling City is the capital of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, there have been 34 generations of emperors to build the capital here, it is a veritable ancient capital.

Since the Han Dynasty, Jiangling City has existed as the seat of Jingzhou for a long time, so it is often called Jiangling as "Jingzhou".

Jiangling is also a place of outstanding people, out of Chuzhuang Wang, Qu Yuan, Sun Shuao, Cen Wenwen, Cen Shen, and the famous minister Zhang Juzheng.

At this time, the city of Gangneung was full of people, and there was a four-story wine in the south of the city

Inside the building, in a private room on the fourth floor, two men in strong suits are drinking, through the window, you can see the scenery of Xia Baili Island outside the city in the south, and thanks to the high terrain of this restaurant, you can see such a beautiful scenery while drinking.

"Are the brothers in place?"

Among the two, one of them is extraordinary, he is Yao Guangming, the commander of the Nanzhen Fu Division of the Military Intelligence Department, and the other person is Yao Guangming's cadre, Zhang Haitai, the commander of the Southern Division of the Military Intelligence Department.

"Don't worry, my lord, a total of fifty-eight brothers have been deployed, and six of them are in Gangneung City."

"Hmm!"

Yao Guangming said: "Let the brothers in the city visit more in the past few days, be careful not to expose your whereabouts, and summarize the news found to you as soon as possible, I want to know as soon as possible." ”

"Okay, don't worry, sir."

Zhang Haitai said with a smile: "Those guys, they can't run away!" ”

"In addition, tell the brothers that if you encounter people gathering to make trouble, don't expose your identity to block it, and have your own government cuisine."

Zhang Haitai nodded, and then said: "This kind of secret investigation is not easy to do, if it is official business on the surface, it would be good to press it directly and find out, Jinyi Wei will do things, who the fuck will stop it!" ”

Yao Guangming laughed and said: "Anyone can do the things on the table, it doesn't show the ability of our military intelligence department, or this secret investigation can give credit, just be careful and do it well." ”

"That's what my lord said."

Then Yao Guangming picked up his wine glass, looked at the scenery outside, and said: "Good scenery, good wine and good food, if you don't have official business, this Jiangling City is also a place of leisure." ”

After that,

Yao Guangming drank all the wine in the cup.

Zhang Haitai also took a drink and said, "My lord eats and drinks here, I have already paid for the wine and food, I will go to the city to have a look first, and then go to the adult's residence to meet in the evening, and report the situation to the adult." ”

"Okay."

Zhang Haitai then went downstairs out of the restaurant, walked slowly to the north of the city, and came to the outside of a house, only to see that this house occupies most of the street, behind the high courtyard wall, and even stand on the street to see the pavilion inside, at a glance it is the house of the wealthy family.

Then Zhang Haitai saw a snack stall not far away, there were three or two people eating and drinking, Zhang Haitai also walked over slowly, and spent more than a dozen yuan to buy a few shortbread.

"Yo? This shortbread is not bad, it is very fragrant! ”

"Hehe, this guest officer is so good, and the villain's shortbread is also the number one in Jiangling City."

Then Zhang Haitai and the hawker talked, and the diners also wiped their mouths and left, leaving only Zhang Haitai and the hawker.

"By the way, I don't know who this mansion is, look at this mansion, it must be either rich or expensive."

"Oh, this is the Han family's mansion in Gangneung City."

"The Han family?"

"If you want to say that this Han family is related to the prefect and other adults in the city, it is one of the few big families in the city, and there are many farmlands around Jiangling City, and many people in the suburbs are tenants of the Han family."

Zhang Haitai thought for a moment, then swallowed the shortbread in his hand in two bites, and asked: "Didn't someone make trouble a few days ago and oppose the tax reform policy of the imperial court, there must be many tenants of the Han family, right?" ”

"There must have been quite a few, and the small ones were still seen at the time

Many people came from the Han family's farmland. ”

The peddler spoke, and his men were busy, busy, and happy.

Zhang Haitai nodded, and then said, "Five more shortbreads, I'll take them back to eat and drink." ”

"Okay!"

Zhang Haitai paid the money, and took the shortbread to another place in the city, where two people from the Nanzhen Fusi of the Military Intelligence Department were watching.

Zhang Haitai handed the shortbread in his hand to the two, and then whispered: "The Han family in the city, keep an eye on me!" ”

"Yes!"