This time, the actions of the Yushitai and the officials of the Criminal Department were very fast, and Li Cunyi, Li You and others were directly arrested.

In less than two days, the entire case was revealed, and all confessions were complete.

"There are a group of civil officials, and the speed of investigating the case is faster than that of Jinyi Weidu. In just a few days, it was found out that Taishi Li Shanchang participated in Hu Weiyong's rebellion, and the evidence was conclusive, so that Taishi was speechless! ”

Hearing the news from Beijing, Zhu Di has changed from anger to shock.

"Guo Qing, Taishi Li Shanchang will really rebel?"

Guo An smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, Li Qi, the son of Taishi Li Shanchang, but he married Princess Lin'an, and he is my Daming concubine.

And that Li You is only the nephew of the Taishi, and he is only Hu Weiyong's niece and son-in-law.

People love their own sons better than their brothers' sons, Taishi and his sons have already enjoyed all the wealth, how can they go to rebel with Hu Weiyong? ”

Zhu Di sneered: "So, Zhan Hui and other civil officials have great powers?" ”

Guo An said, "Your Highness forgives your sins, Weichen is clumsy and talks nonsense, please don't take it seriously!" ”

Zhu Di glanced at Guo An helplessly, and said, "This place is the Yan Palace, so can Zhan Hui harm Guo Qing because of Guo Qing's words?" ”

Guo An sneered, you don't know how terrible this group of people who hold themselves are the embodiment of law and justice!

However, what happened a few days later made Zhu Di unable to calm down anymore.

At the strong invitation of officials such as Zhan Hui and other officials in the left capital, Taishi Li Shanchang hanged himself at home.

More than 70 members of his family were executed.

And military generals such as Ji'an Hou Lu Zhongheng, Yan'an Hou Tang Shengzong, Pingliang Hou Feiju, Xingyang Hou Zheng Yuchun, Yichun Hou Huang Bin, Henan Hou Luju, and even Zhao Yong, the Nanxiong Marquis who returned to his hometown, did not escape, and were all implicated in the Hu Weiyong case to death.

"These traitors!"

Zhu Di was furious, "We are going to write to the emperor, how could Taishi Li Shanchang, Ji'an Hou Lu Zhongheng, and Yan'an Hou Tang Shengzong rebel?" ”

"Your Highness, calm down!"

Guo An and Zhu Fu hurriedly dissuaded him.

Zhu Di said angrily: "We are the King of Ming Yan, we can't watch those traitors in the court behave recklessly and frame Zhongliang!" ”

Guo An said: "Your Highness, Your Majesty is wise and martial, how can you be deceived by traitorous ministers?" Moreover, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the DPRK is here, how can he let traitors run rampant? ”

Zhu Di let out a long breath and asked, "Guo Qing, could it be that Li Shanchang, Lu Zhongheng and others really have the intention of rebelling?" ”

Guo An nodded slightly, "Your Highness, if Your Majesty wants to kill them, presumably they must have a way to die!" ”

Zhu Di: "......"

After a while, he said leisurely, "Guo Qing is really my loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Guo An's face remained unchanged, and he said with sincerity: "Your Highness, Weichen is just a small history, just want to be happy and healthy for a lifetime!" ”

"Heh......"

Zhu Di sneered again.

Then he got up and walked out.

"This king is depressed and wants to go to the farm to have a look, are Guo Qing and Zhu Qing willing to go together?"

Zhu Fu and Guo An hurriedly bowed, "Wechen is willing to go." ”

……

Farm.

200 acres of green and oily, excellent rice;

In the distance, there are nearly 1,000 acres of tender alfalfa;

On the other side, an orchard that has expanded to two hundred acres is full of fruit;

As for the distance, on more than a dozen hills, there are countless herds of pigs and sheep, and the mountains and fields are leisurely grazing grass......

It's very healing!

"Guo Qing, this year my Beiping Mansion must be another bumper year!"

"Your Highness is wise, my Beiping Mansion will definitely have a bumper harvest!"

Zhu Di and Guo An were talking, and Ding Shang trotted over from a distance with a happy face.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, somehow another cow fell to death on the mountain!"

Guo An subconsciously looked at Niu Mountain.

Zhu Di smiled heartily, "Bring back half of this king, this king hasn't eaten beef for a long time!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Ding Shang ran away with a happy face again.

……

With the Han Gong Li Shanchang, Ji'an Hou Lu Zhongheng, Yan'an Hou Tang Shengzong and other Ming nobles were implicated in Hu Weiyong's case and died.

The entire Ming officialdom fell into silence again.

Even, those big and small gentry, during this period of time, have been a lot more honest.

I am afraid that if they say the wrong thing, they will be implicated and their family will be ruined.

this day.

After reading the grain book and the account book of the field and mu of the long history division.

Guo An found Zhu Di with a heavy face.

"Your Highness, Weichen wants to gather all the gentry in Beiping Mansion."

"Oh?"

A glimmer of light flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, "What kind of artifact has Guo Qing studied?" ”

Guo An shook his head slowly, "Back to Your Highness, Weichen is because of the matter of Tian Mu!" ”

"Tian Mu?"

Zhu Di was stunned.

Guo An said slowly: "Your Highness, Weichen has found that in the past few years, under the prefectures and counties of Beiping Prefecture, many gentry's acres of land have been increasing at an extremely fast rate.

Originally, the acres of land in the homes of some peasant households are decreasing, and many peasant households, even rich households, are gradually becoming black households. ”

"Black?"

Zhu Di's expression suddenly became solemn, "But in our Beiping Mansion, there are inferior gentry who are oppressing the people?" ”

Guo An sighed lightly, "Your Highness, it shouldn't be oppression. Otherwise, there were so many caravans in our Yan Wangfu running in various villages all day long, and Weichen would have received the news a long time ago. ”

"And why is that?"

Zhu Di looked puzzled.

"Surrender!"

Guo An said lightly.

"Surrender?"

Zhu Di's brows furrowed, and he looked puzzled.

Guo An explained: "Your Highness, the contribution is that some farmers sell their fields to those gentry who have meritorious names at a low price.

Even, some people directly donated their fields without a penny, and all of them were put into the names of the gentry.

Not only do you not need money, but you will also give rent to those gentry every year! ”

"How is this possible?"

Zhu Di's face was full of disbelief, "Guo Qing, those people are not stupid, they have worked hard to reclaim the acres of land, and they give them to those meritorious gentry at a low price or even without money, and then pay back the land rent to those gentry every year, do they have hysteria?" ”

"Guo Qing, weren't you deceived by those people below?"

Guo An said: "Your Highness, I will give preferential treatment to scholars and officials with meritorious reputations. There is no land tax on their fields.

Even some gentry and officials colluded with each other, and after operating with each other, they could be exempted from all taxes and servitude! ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Di's expression couldn't help but become solemn.

Guo An continued: "After those rich families surrendered their fields to the gentry, they did not have to pay taxes and forced labor, nor did they have to pay Ding Yin, let alone miscellaneous labor! ”

"A bunch of traitors!"

Zhu Di hated and said, "I gave them the land, for them, suppressed the martial arts, suppressed the gentry, and in the end, in order not to pay taxes to the imperial court and serve labor, they actually sold their fields to those gentry with meritorious reputation." ”

Guo An sighed slightly, "Your Highness, don't worry, now there is just a sign, Weichen goes to talk to those gentry, let those gentry understand the reason, and then he will curb this matter." ”

Zhu Di asked, "Why don't you punish those traitors?" ”

Guo An explained: "Your Highness, all people will be driven by profit.

Farming for the imperial court not only has to pay taxes, but also Ding Yin, labor, and it is a lot of money.

And if they were to farm the gentry of great merit, they would have saved a great deal of money by paying a very low rent.

No one can withstand such a temptation!

What's more, there are too many farmers, and they can't be punished even if they are punished! “

"These traitors!"

Zhu Di was furious, and then looked at Guo An: "Then I don't know if there are people in Guo Qing's family who donate land?" ”

Guo An hurriedly explained: "Your Highness, rest assured, there is no merit in the Weichen family. In addition, there are a lot of acres of land handed down by the ancestors of Weichen's family, and the family property is also quite rich. ”

"That's great!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, Guo An never lied to him.

……

Day 2.

Guo An invited all the gentry under the Beiping Mansion to the Yanwang Palace, especially the ten gentry who had just obtained the Jinshi last year.

Since the son of the family has achieved the fame of Jinshi, Huang Bi, Zheng Jun and others have become more and more comfortable.

In the past, in front of some small officials, they had to bow their heads and bow. And now, they are often invited as guests by some officials of Beiping City.

As for those gentry who have no fame, they have a high status.

And in the tribe, the people of those tribes rushed to give to them, and gave them the fields that were subject to taxation, and even all their fields.

They are happy to accept this.

In this way, not only did he help the people in the clan, but he also earned a lot of food in vain, which is the benefit brought by fame.

Now, Guo Changshi is looking for them again, and there will definitely be good things again!

As for Guo An, he waited until these gentry arrived before he walked in.

Seeing Guo An, all the gentry hurriedly got up and saluted with a courteous face.

"See Guo Changshi!"

"All the old squires hurry up."

Guo An also had a gentle face, and directly greeted the gentry for a while.

Then, he asked: "Your Highness heard that since the children of your family have achieved fame, the township where you are located will successively lose thousands of acres, or even tens of thousands of acres of fertile land?"

And then these acres will appear in your name? ”

As soon as these words came out, all the gentry looked stiff.

Huang Bi, Zheng Jun and the others couldn't help but glance at each other, and then hurriedly sneered: "Guo Changshi, it must be His Royal Highness who misunderstood, the villain and the others are all good gentry, how can they occupy the acres of land of the villagers?" ”

"Your character, we and Your Highness all know."

Guo An nodded slightly, "Otherwise, I wouldn't let the children of your family enter the academy, or even a small class!" ”

"Exactly, exactly!"

Huang Bi and Zheng Jun and other gentry connected with each other.

Guo An continued: "It's just that those rare and few good fields in the register are real, I don't know if you can explain it?" ”

The gentry couldn't help but laugh all over their faces.

Guo An said leisurely: "Yes, everyone is a clan, the same ancestor, a family rises, and the rest of the clan should be helped."

They gave their land to you, and they were exempt from land taxes, silver and servitude......

In this way, they did not pay taxes and silver, and after they did not perform labor, these were to be distributed among the other people. ”

The faces of all the gentry could not help but change slightly.

Guo An continued: "We know that according to your ability, half of the people in the entire Beiping Mansion can vote.

In this way, you will definitely be able to lay a foundation for future generations and benefit the entire family with your own surname. ”

But the rest of the people who did not pay will have their taxes and servitude doubled.

In the long run, they will have no way to live.

They will also dedicate all the acres of land in their homes to the gentry who have made great achievements in their families. ”

……

(End of chapter)