"What the hell is this meeting today?"

"Yes, how do you feel that in addition to the officials of the imperial court, there are also nobles from all over the world."

"Lu Pony, why are you here too?"

"Lord Xu, I'm glad to meet you, I haven't seen you for a long time."

"The old man is sick, this national teacher must still ask someone to arrive, isn't this a trouble?"

Today, there was a crowd of people in front of the Fengtian Palace, all of whom were some court officials and nobles of Nanzhili, who were summoned to the palace of Nanjing City.

Whether they are sick or on official business, they must come, and Jinyiwei is not a vegetarian, so they can't help it.

Even the nobles and horses are not immune, and these people also include great nobles like Li Jinglong.

They all have a few things in common, that is, they eat imperial grain and have a lot of land on them.

Li Xiao just wants to collect the land of these people and become the land of the imperial court, the first step in changing the law is the official, and even the official has been handed over, what excuse do others have to excuse themselves?

Li Xiao has infiltrated the Household Division, and Yu Shi, who is the Household Division, is his confidant, so he can check the records of land changes over the years.

In this era, there were no computers, and all paper archives were used, so it was very laborious to find clues from the mountains and seas of archives to figure out the ownership of these lands.

During this time, Li Xiao has not been idle, mainly to figure out these things.

"When I think back to the founding of the country in the future, although it is a bit immoral to fight local tyrants and divide the land, the advantage is that the land will be directly owned by the state and then redistributed."

"However, I can't do this now, I still have to take it step by step, after all, it's not the founding of the country."

"Taking a step back, even when Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country, he didn't dare to go too far, he also recognized the rationality of the Yuan Dynasty and inherited the system of the Yuan court, of course, including land, so a lot of land was left in the hands of these people from the Yuan Dynasty."

At this time, Li Xiao was sitting on the high place of Fengtian Temple, overlooking the commotion of the crowd below, if he did not appear, these people were the richest people in the Ming Dynasty.

And their wealth is the kind of wealth that makes people desperate, rich that cannot be surpassed, there are no more than three generations of wealth, and the land, as the only means of production, is passed down from generation to generation, and ordinary people cannot turn over the despair.

If in the future, ordinary people can still turn over in various ways, especially in the era of great development, there are many opportunities.

And in this era, ordinary people can't turn over at all, the land is always in the hands of a few, one or two natural and man-made disasters are enough to make an ordinary family disappear forever.

And these landlords can easily survive the famine, because there is more land, and they have more grain, and they will hoard grain, and make a fortune in times of famine, and a pound of grain can be exchanged for a human life, a slave!

This is why, when Li Zicheng rebelled, there was no food at all, but the team he led specialized in fighting the landlords and grabbing grain, and the team got bigger and bigger.

Li Zicheng's level of fighting is not high, but he relied on grabbing the landlords, and only a few people were left after being exterminated by Sun Chuanting several times, and they could make a comeback.

Luoyang Fuwang is the largest landlord in Henan, Li Zicheng killed Fuwang, and the grain he stole was enough for 100,000 soldiers to eat for several months, how exaggerated this is.

Li Xiao doesn't blame the group of people in front of him, this is a problem with the system.

If he hadn't become the son-in-law of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and had not married Zhu Yuanzhang by mistake, and won his appreciation, he would not have such high authority.

Then there is a high probability that they will not dare to take out those things in the system for development, but will stick to it, so there is a high probability that they will be mixed with the landlord class.

If he had become a landlord, Li Xiao would never have the idea of overthrowing himself.

But now I'm not, I'm the national teacher of the Ming Dynasty, the Yongle Gong of the Ming Dynasty, and Li Qingtian of the Ming Dynasty.

The so-called in his position, how much ability to do many things, then he should do what he should do, what he can do!

"Everyone should have arrived at the National Teacher's Level."

Qinglong looked around, and then arched his hand towards Li Xiao.

Li Xiao bowed slightly, "Let's order it, no one is missing." ”

Qinglong took out the roster and began to roll call, from high to low: "Xu Huizu, Duke of Wei." ”

Xu Huizu was invited to Nanjing from Beiping, no matter the size of the official position, the rank was no exception.

Xu Huizu was still a little surprised when he was visited by Jinyi Wei.

However, after all, he was the prince of the country, so he refused on the spot, and then Jinyiwei's attitude was tougher, and Xu Huizu reported the matter to the imperial court, but both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Gaochi ignored the matter.

Xu Huizu was a smart man, and immediately understood his position, and Xingye followed Jinyiwei to Nanjing.

However, Xu Huizu was still unhappy in his heart, the dignified prince was summoned here by someone who traveled thousands of miles, or was summoned by a junior, Li Xiao.

Li Xiao was the son-in-law of his own sister Xu Miaoyun, so he snorted and arched his hand casually, "The lower official is here." ”

Qinglong ticked the roster and continued to point out a name: "The founding prince is always promoted." ”

The eldest son of the founding hero Chang Yuchun is Chang Mao, and Hongwu was awarded the title of Zheng Guogong in the third year. Hongwu was cut in 20 years, and Hongwu died in 24 years.

And the second son Chang Sheng Hongwu attacked the founding prince in the twenty-first year, and was the descendant of Chang Yuchun.

As soon as these words came out, the whole scene was shocked.

What's going on today, the meeting held by Li Xiao even invited these princes, and this right is too big, what is the matter with this meeting today? So exciting!

Chang Sheng was also treated the same as Xu Zuhui, the Duke of Wei, pretending to be sick, and was framed by Jinyiwei from Beiping to Nanjing, arched his hand, and did not speak, "The lower official is here." ”

After all, he is a national teacher, he doesn't dare to make mistakes, and he knows how to forbear, his eldest brother is an example, Zhu Yuanzhang is still there, and Xungui can't come nonsense, not to mention that he is still a junior and has no achievements.

Qinglong continued: "Cao Guogong Li Jinglong. ”

Li Jinglong bowed his hand very respectfully: "The subordinate Li Jinglong is here." ”

Immediately afterwards, Qinglong kept naming, after the Duke of Guo was the Marquis, fortunately, there were not too many of these founding fathers left, most of them were clicked by Zhu Yuanzhang, these lands were rewarded by Zhu Yuanzhang, and now Li Xiao wants to take it back.

After the marquis, there is the earl, but there is only one earl, that is, Liu Bowen's grandson Liu Di, who is the earl of sincerity. It is worth mentioning that this title of Count of Sincerity continued until the end of the Ming Dynasty

Next up are the horses, which cannot be officials, but can rely on the name of the horses to make money and annex land.

"Horse Fu Zhong." Qinglong shouted.

However, no one answered.

Qinglong continued to shout: "Horse Fu Zhong! ”

Fu Zhong couldn't help but shout angrily: "What are you shouting, don't you have long eyes?" Can't read it? ”

This Fu Zhong's attitude is very arrogant, this person has some background, he is the son of Fu Youde, the founder of the country, Fu Youde asked Zhu Yuanzhang for a thousand acres of fertile land, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that this Fu Youde was insatiable, so he died.

And his son Fu Zhong married Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite daughter, Princess Shouchun.

Zhu Yuanzhang always has a suspicious and cold attitude towards outsiders, but he treats his relatives as much as he loves old farmers.

Zhu Yuanzhang loves this daughter very much, and the dowry he gave was 800 hectares of fertile land alone, that is, 12,000 mu.

Fu Youde, as the founder of the country, was suspected of asking for 1,000 acres of fertile land, and his son married a princess and easily obtained 10,000 acres of fertile land.

However, this Princess Shouchun died a few years after she got married, at the age of eighteen.

These fertile fields naturally fell into Fu Zhong's hands.

As the so-called middle-aged man has three major fortunate things, he is promoted to become rich and dies his wife.

Fu Zhong, who died of his wife, had a group of wives and concubines in private, doing evil, with a rich dowry, over the years, he became a big landlord by virtue of his identity and annexed land, and he already had 28,000 acres of fertile land.

Maybe it's because it's been a little drifting over the years, and he seems to have heard the wind, and this time the national teacher wants to collect his fields, so he is in a bad mood and has a very bad attitude.

"Someone, slap your mouth."

Li Xiao said lightly.

"Yes!" The brocade guards on both sides immediately stepped forward.

Fu Zhong was so frightened that he retreated again and again, shouting, "Li Xiao, do you know who I am? I'm a colt! ”

Li Xiao smiled: "Of course the national division knows. ”

Fu Zhong shouted: "You were just a county horse at first, but now you have become a colt, and I am also a colt, you can't beat me." There is a rule in the imperial court that even if the horse commits a crime, it will be dealt with by the Zongren Mansion, and you can't control me."

Bang Bang Bang –

Before he finished speaking, Fu Zhong was arrested, and he was slapped with a few big mouths in public, so many people watched, he felt hot on his face, and he was embarrassed.

Li Xiao looked over: "No matter how noisy it is, it's not okay to be mouthful." ”

At this moment, Fu Zhong was so frightened that he didn't dare to move.

Others looked at him like fools.

The prince didn't dare to say anything in front of him, it's good that a colt dares to quarrel with the national teacher on this occasion.

People even kill first-class military attachés when they say they want to kill, isn't this self-inflicted humiliation?

Sometimes people just don't cry when they don't see the coffin.

Fu Zhong, who had been slapped a few times, finally understood that the colt in front of him was completely different from his colt.

He is the son of Fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo, but because he married a princess, he couldn't be an official, he couldn't inherit the title, and he became a lieutenant of a horse, and his merits and power have nothing to do with you.

And Li Xiao's colt is an exception, not only has a title, but also an official position, and it is still the largest official position.

He looked around and saw that countless people were quiet, and then looked at those brocade guards, who were crazy, and even the brocade guards could be sent at will!

He realized it later, and suddenly understood that he seemed to have made a big mistake, and he didn't seem to pay attention to these things in officialdom before, and it turned out that there had been such a big change in officialdom.

This Li Xiao obviously already has the feeling of covering the sky with one hand!

Thinking of this, Fu Zhong was frightened into a cold sweat.

For the rest of the day, the colt didn't dare to say anything anymore, honestly.

After such a roll call, the rest of the people responded respectfully, and they didn't dare to make a mistake.

An hour later, the roll call ended.

"Master Guoshi, the roll call is over, all the nobles, relatives of the emperor, and officials on the roster have arrived, a total of four hundred and eighty people."

Qinglong reported after reading the roster.

This list, despite the fact that there are not many people, owns a lot of land, and there are more than 6 million acres of land in all places.

"Good." Li Xiao said: "Then distribute the land ownership book." ”

Qinglong nodded, then waved.

His subordinates began to take the booklet and deliver it to each of them.

These booklets are not simple, each booklet is for a person, and all their plot information is recorded on it, including the size of the plot, the location, the coordinates of the four solstice, the year the transaction was made, and whose name it is, will be recorded in detail.

In short, there is one thing in common, no matter how hidden, these lands are theirs.

These investigations were very complicated, and in addition to the participation of Jin Yiwei, Li Xiao also sent a large number of subordinates to participate in them, some of whom were transferred from the anti-corruption department of Peiping Province, which took a lot of time.

When everyone got the booklet, they were all amazed.

It felt like their bottoms were lifted and made public.

Some officials with a lot of land, their land is scattered in the hands of many relatives, and they can't figure it out without looking through the accounts, but it is clearly written on it.

"Let's make sure that you have the right land right now." Qinglong shouted: "If there are omissions and vacancies, or if there are problems, bring them up in time." ”

"There's something wrong with this official!"

A five-grade official pointed to the booklet and shouted: "These lands are not owned by the official, and the names of my relatives are also recorded in the fish scale book, how can they be counted on my head?" ”

Qinglong walked over, glanced at this person, and then opened the booklet in his hand, and said: "Nan Shixu, a native of Yangzhou, Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites, is Wupin, responsible for the township examination in many places, in the twenty-first year of Hongwu, a candidate named Zhang Haolin was promoted, and on the second day, your nephew Diao Xu had a hundred acres of fertile land under his name, and all the harvests of these fertile fields over the years went into your pocket."

After saying this, Nan Shixu, who asked the question, was so frightened that his face changed greatly, "This is slander, slander."

Qinglong was unmoved, and then said: "The twenty-second year of Hongwu, August"

Nan Shixu's face changed, how dare he let the other party continue, and hurriedly changed his words: "It's mine, it's my field"

Qinglong smiled: "Very good, since you admit that it is your field, it is to admit your crime of greedy ink, come on, go to prison, investigate in detail, if the evidence is conclusive, the family property will be confiscated!" ”

After the words fell, several brocade guards walked out and immediately held down this Libu Langzhong named Nan Shixu.

"Wronged, you are a good person who has been wronged, the official wants to face the saint, frame him, and the national teacher will frame him."

The voice faded away, and soon Nan Shixu was suppressed.

The first person to refute at the beginning was immediately thrown into prison and made an example of the monkeys, so how can the rest of the people say more?

Those who held the roster swallowed their saliva, and didn't dare to continue talking, not knowing what this national teacher was going to do, why did he turn out this land roster??

Li Xiao knew that they would not be honest if they didn't shake these people, so he arranged this hand.

Not everyone has violated the law, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang's harsh punishment law, coupled with the emergence of various crop seeds, has made everyone richer, and many officials dare not be greedy for ink.

Most of the land annexations are legal and compliant, and most of them come from Zhu Yuanzhang's reward.

And just now so many people wanted to refute, Qinglong also picked someone to answer, so there was the scene just now.

"Very well, who else has a problem?"

Li Xiao looked at everyone.

Hearing this, there were hundreds of people on the field, and no one dared to answer.

"Good, since everyone is okay"

Li Xiao smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Then next, the official land collection conference will officially begin!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the audience changed.

The word "harvest the field" is particularly harsh, everyone understands what Li Xiao is going to do, Li Xiao actually wants to deal with them like those powerful families, and take away the land in their hands!! (End of chapter)