The next day, in the morning.

Zhao Jun wrote a reply letter to Du Qi, the transit envoy of the Liangzhejiang Road.

In fact, the content of the letter is not much, except for some exhortations and instructions, and there are only a few simple words at the end - salute first and then soldier.

"Give this receipt to Du Qi."

After the letter was written, Zhao Jun read it, and then summoned the officials on duty in the Constitutional Yuan and ordered: "Let the Jinyuan hurry up." ”

"Yes."

The clerk took the letter away.

Yan Shu next to him poked his head and said: "Han Long, Wang Yonggang, the previous transfer envoy, died of illness, and Du Qi just took over and handed over such a difficult task to him, okay." ”

He watched Zhao Jun write a letter from the side, and the content was clear.

Originally, the official documents of the Constitutional Yuan were all for other prime ministers to pass the purpose, and at least five or more prime ministers had to read and sign for the handling of matters at or above the ministry level, and two prime ministers were required to discuss at the state level, and only below the county level could the prime minister make decisions independently.

This is also to prevent the prime minister from abusing his power and privately transferring various departments, thereby triggering changes in the nature of the country.

But Zhao Jun is an exception, he can directly issue enforcement orders as a prefect without going through other prime ministers, from the ministry level to the state capital level and even the county and town level, and even many important official documents must be signed by him.

So sometimes it is often Zhao Jun who is dictatorial, and some major events are directly made by himself, which is even more excessive than the previous Lu Yijian.

But there is nothing the old Deng can do with him.

After all, the imperial power charter.

Don't you see Zhao Zhen was all used by Zhao Jun as an ornament in the Chongzheng Hall every day on the grounds that "you are an emperor who knows how to govern the country with a hammer"?

Therefore, in the face of Zhao Jun's arrogance, King Lu Yi and Jian Zeng also had to endure it.

However, Yan Shu and Zhao Jun have a good relationship and are close to each other, so when Zhao Jun writes his own decrees, Yan Shu often peeks.

It's not for small reports or anything like that, it's just curiosity.

Anyway, Zhao Jun has been familiar with government affairs for so many years, and there has been nothing wrong with the major reform events he has led, and everyone is used to it.

I should be curious and curious, I want to see what arrangements Zhao Jun has made, what his intentions are, and so on.

Zhao Jun is also used to Yan Shu peeking, and said with a smile: "This task is difficult to say, it is not difficult to say that it is not difficult, it depends on personal courage." If Du Qi doesn't have that courage, what do I want him to do? It's time for Liangzhelu to be replaced. ”

"I'm afraid that if this matter is not handled properly, it will be troublesome if it becomes a major national incident."

Yan Shu shook his head.

Several prime ministers who were working around raised their heads, and Lu Yijian asked: "What's the matter, it's not enough to deal with the landlords of the two Zhejiang, and you want to make trouble all over the country?" ”

"That's not it, I'm not so mad as to kill all the landlords in the country."

Zhao Jun shook his head: "This matter still depends on Du Qi's ability, if it drags on for too long, it will cause a nationwide riot." ”

Nationwide riots?

The brushes in everyone's hands suddenly stopped, and the review of the slashers stopped.

It was an official document on the Liangzhejiang Road before, and they originally wanted to suppress it directly, but Zhao Jun wanted to let them go.

They also thought that Zhao Jun was trying to make an example of chickens and monkeys, and took some landlords on Liangzhejiang Road as an example.

didn't expect Zhao Jun to seem to be playing a big game of chess.

The crowd couldn't sit still.

Wang Zeng hurriedly said, "You make things clear first." ”

"Don't be surprised."

Zhao Jun rolled his eyes, why did these people keep staring at themselves.

Lu Yijian glanced at him and said, "There is a nationwide riot, you don't know how big this matter is?" ”

"Yes, if you can press it earlier, why let it go?"

Wang Zeng chimed in.

These two Lao Deng used to fight among themselves, but since Zhao Jun's family became dominant, except for occasional choking with each other, there were few political disagreements.

After all, compared with many of Zhao Jun's policies, the policies they put forward are conservative and not worth mentioning.

"My meaning is very simple, the imperial court is not an unreasonable person, so it can be regarded as giving them a space to negotiate and let Du Qi grasp it himself. If it drags on for too long, in the end, the imperial court will still be able to come forward and arrest people and raid their homes, and there will be no turmoil in the whole country. ”

Zhao Jun said casually and wanted to perfunctory.

But Lu Yijian didn't hesitate and said: "What kind of negotiation space is there, you have to explain this matter at the meeting." ”

"Okay."

Zhao Jun scratched his head, in fact, this matter was originally planned to be said at the end of the year, but since it happened, it was just a foreshadowing, he stood up and said, "Then hold a temporary meeting." ”

At that moment, everyone got up, and at this time there were only six prime ministers on duty in the Constitutional Yuan, and the rest were either on patrol or out to work.

With Sheng Du's illness and death, there are now eleven prime ministers left in the Constitutional Yuan, and those currently present are Zhao Jun, Yan Shu, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Zhang Shixun, and Li Di.

Song Shou, Cai Qi, Fan Zhongyan, Jiang Tang, and Jia Changchao need to go to various departments every morning to supervise and inspect to demonstrate the importance of the Constitutional Yuan in the implementation of the supervision of the examination law.

In this way, the Constitutional Yuan supervises the central ministries, and under the supervision of the prime ministers, the ministries have no choice but to supervise the departments below, so that the examination law can be continuously implemented and maintained for several years.

As for why it's been the five of them.

Who made them young?

Zhao Jun, who is always on duty, needs to ask about major matters, and the rest are basically sixty or seventy years old, and their bodies are not very good, and the old Deng has had a lot of illnesses in the past two years.

Unlike Fan Zhongyan and others, who are between fifty or sixty years old, they are still in the prime of life, who are they going to go?

So it's really not possible to assemble the entire Constitutional Yuan meeting at the moment.

However, all the teachers present were highly respected, except for Yan Shu, who were basically the prime ministers of the previous Pingzhang military affairs.

Song Shou, Cai Qi and the others were at most the deputy ministers who participated in political affairs, so they were still able to determine major events.

Everyone entered the conference room and took their seats.

As soon as he sat down, Wang Zeng said, "Let's talk about what's going on." ”

"I'm going to let Du Qi handle it."

Zhao Jun said.

"Soft processing?"

"Hmm."

"How?"

"Negotiation, no matter how many landlords they shout, how things go, negotiate first."

"What's the exact?"

"It's very simple, as long as they agree to the new policy issued by the imperial court and pay the grain honestly, everything will be okay."

"What if you don't?"

"Continue the consultations."

"Or not?"

"Intensify consultations."

"Then it's going to get worse."

"Then go under the knife."

"Isn't that what you want? Just do it early, why do you have to keep grinding? ”

Everyone suddenly didn't understand what Zhao Jun meant.

In fact, Zhao Jun has killed quite a few people over the years.

In sweeping away the underworld and eliminating evil, the underworld forces have killed a lot.

investigated and dealt with the army, and killed a lot of men and nobles.

The officials who killed the least were the officials.

He also killed at least 1,000 people and exiled thousands.

Coupled with the subordinates who sit on the stolen goods, all the total, if not 100,000, there are 6780,000.

So now that Zhao Jun has begun to take the initiative to slash on the ground again, everyone is not surprised.

Everyone does not care about the life or death of the landlord.

Because the landlord class in the Song Dynasty was different from that in the Ming Dynasty.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, both the lifting and the jinshi were tax-free, causing many people to put the fields under their names, a process called "dedication".

Therefore, the officials of the Ming and Qing dynasties were all landlords, and the imperial court wanted to collect taxes from the landlords, so how could the officials of the Ming and Qing dynasties not object?

The Song Dynasty was different, and officials also had to pay taxes, which fundamentally solved this problem.

Therefore, in this matter, the Constitutional Yuan actually did not have much resistance.

That's what they've done before, after all.

It's just that people didn't figure it out.

Since they want to attack the landlords, why don't they just send troops when they make trouble?

Do you have to negotiate with them first?

If it drags on like this, if it spreads ten or ten, and the landlords of the entire Zhejiang Province hear that the imperial court has suddenly become so easy to talk, then it won't turn the sky upside down?

The most important thing is that Zhejiang is an important hub of the canal in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the news will soon spread to the whole country.

If we can't suppress it with thunderous means at the first time, kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys, and if we continue like this, it is really possible to cause nationwide riots.

So everyone didn't figure it out.

Since Zhao Jun wants to let things develop first, then just let it go, the government will ignore it first, and wait for the other party to gather to a certain extent before making a move.

Why go down in person to explain, consult, and negotiate with these landlords?

Where is the majesty of such a court?

"You don't understand."

Zhao Jun shook his head: "I don't want to kill all the landlords across the country, but it is best to hope for benign guidance. ”

"Why did I sweep away the evil and kill so much in the first place? In troubled times, we must use heavy codes, and we must crack down hard to maintain law and order. ”

He spread his hands, looked at the crowd and continued: "Killing corrupt officials and corrupt officials is also to establish the determination and image of the imperial court to rectify the rule of officials among the people, and at the same time, to ensure the smooth implementation of the examination law. Didn't I want to discuss it with them from the beginning? If they don't get on the road themselves, who can blame them? ”

When everyone heard it, it seemed to make sense.

He had given the generals a chance before, but the other party insisted on going his own way, so it was no wonder that the court used the knife.

It's just that Lu Yijian was still puzzled: "Didn't you always want to solve the matter of land annexation before?" Why don't you want to exterminate the landlords now? ”

"Because it does require a certain amount of capital push."

Zhao Jun said calmly: "The size of the Great Song Dynasty is not a bum, we are currently the most populous country in the world, and it seems to be the richest country, but it is also the poorest country. ”

"And the poorest country? Why? ”

Everyone wondered.

"Don't look at the richness of the Great Song Dynasty, but the wealth is not in the people. In recent years, it has only brought the people back to poverty from the brink of life and death, starving to death, but there is no money. ”

Zhao Jun said: "The real wealth of the Great Song Dynasty were big businessmen, big landlords, and big officials, and they had nothing to do with the people. However, big businessmen are often bound to big officials, and many officials are giants in their families, so you should all know it very well. ”

Everyone's eyes look at their noses and noses.

"Capital is all profit-seeking, the iron and steel mills, cement factories, and textile factories of the imperial court are in full swing, and the sharp-eyed businessmen can see at a glance the value of their existence in the next few decades, and there are already many people who want to participate in it."

Zhao Jun continued: "But landlords have their conservative nature, many landlords don't care about businessmen making more money, they only have one thought in their minds - to make money by exploiting farmers, and continue to buy land and continue to exploit farmers after earning money, and continue to exploit farmers, in an infinite cycle, so that they have countless lands in their names." ”

"Because in their view, doing business is extremely risky. And land is a sure-fire business, so the big landlords must have been resistant to the industrial revolution, unwilling to participate, and did not want to use the land for this purpose, they preferred to bury their money in the soil. ”

Zhao Jun said in a deep voice: "If this continues, it will definitely be detrimental to the development of the country and the economy, and we must take back the money in the pockets of the landlords and the land in their hands." In fact, the simplest way is to drastically lower grain prices, which will directly impact the fundamental interests of the landlords and cause the landlords to continue to depreciate the value of their land, but also to lose money. ”

"But that would also hurt the interests of the yeoman farmers and the interests of the imperial court. So don't do it until you have to. What about the other methods? After industrialization, productivity increased again, and maritime trade could be completely returned from transporting grain and grass from Cochin, and agriculture was bound to decline. ”

"But this also creates a paradox, that is, industry cannot develop without subsidizing it with agriculture first. If industry cannot develop, then industry cannot be used to subsidize agriculture. Therefore, before the implementation of industrialization, the interests of the landlords could not be shaken. ”

In this way, what the imperial court hopes most is to know it with affection and reason, and persuade those landlords to let them take out their own money and invest in some undertakings that are conducive to national construction and promote the development of industry. Otherwise, even if they are killed with knives and guns, and their property is nationalized, there will still be a lot less capital. ”

"What's more, many landlords are the patriarchs of large clans, and if they are dealt with, the tribes and tribes will face dispersion. The agricultural system also had the potential to cause great upheaval, which was not a good thing for the Great Song court, which needed to maintain the stability of the country. ”

The current Zhao Jun is no longer the stunned young man who only knows how to spray the Great Song Dynasty.

Although the Great Song Dynasty did need to cut off the serious problem of land annexation in the country, so as to reduce the number of landlords as much as possible.

But this does not mean that all landlords should be eliminated.

There are many reasons for this.

First of all, the big landlords have a lot of property, don't look at the damage to their interests, but real estate plus stored funds, many big landlords who own tens of thousands of acres of land under their names cannot be said to be rich and rival the country, that can also be called a family wealth.

If the imperial court guides them to take out the money to invest in industrial construction, it is obviously much better than directly killing them and killing chickens and eggs.

Secondly, many landlords, especially those in the south, are often the patriarchs of a large clan, the close relatives of officials, or the spokesmen of a large ethnic group.

Their power can often decide the life and death of a clan member, and although the clan is dross, many things cannot be seen in one place. At least in terms of productivity, the clan is still cohesive. Farm tools are often shared, helping each other, and improving agricultural development.

If all of them are broken at once, and all members of the group become yeoman farmers, then it will be much worse in terms of cohesion and individual subjective initiative.

Moreover, the production tools of ancient peasants were often relatively scarce, and there was no clan to help them after they were dispersed, and it was difficult for the low-level yeoman farmers to borrow farm tools.

This point was troubled in this regard in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, so in the case of learning a lesson, Zhao Jun did not completely deny the meaning of the big clan, but slowly resolved, step by step to the industrial age, and let them die out naturally.

In this way, not only can the situation in front of us be maintained, but also after the productivity rises in the future, there is no need to worry about the clan, a cancer that hinders social progress, still exists.

Therefore, in the face of the resettlement of landlords, he has two main points.

One point is to hope that the landlords will be obedient and obediently give up their profits, and the court will allow them to continue to be big landlords, but the profits will be less than before.

Second, if they did not accept the reduction in profits, the imperial court would also help them to carry out industrialization and support them to set up steel mills, cement factories, spinning mills, and brick factories.

In this way, the two-pronged approach can not only maintain the basic plate of agriculture, but also promote the revitalization of industry, which is a double win.

But if neither of these points is acceptable.

Then it's no wonder he's gone.

The opportunity was given later, and I can only blame those big landlords for not cherishing it.

"Then why is it delaying so long?"

Lu Yijian was puzzled.

"Because the matter itself needs to be gradual, it needs to be explained to the landlords, and at the same time, it is necessary for them to see the effect."

Zhao Jun said: "So the means of the imperial court is to delay and delay, drag it until next year, the new deal is issued, and businessmen from all walks of life will pour into the big cake of industry, so that the landlords can see that someone is robbing and see the huge profits of this piece, they will not hesitate anymore, and when the national capital pours into the industry, the process of the entire industrial system will be greatly accelerated." ”

"No wonder you said before that dragging it out would cause a nationwide riot, you plan to drag it out for a year and a half."

Everyone suddenly came to their senses.

If you just want to catch big fish with a long line, you can actually add fuel to the fire, and a few months will do.

When the news of the landlords on the other side of Liangzhejiang Road spread, seeing that the imperial court did not take much action against their protests, it was easy to trigger large-scale protests from many landlords on Liangzhejiang Road within a few months.

In that case, the imperial court suddenly thundered, and the Imperial City Division, the local army and the local yamen acted together, and they should be killed and exiled.

After the operation, it was quickly like cutting leeks, killing chickens and monkeys to deter the landlords of the whole country.

But Zhao Jun obviously wanted to delay a little longer, hoping to mobilize the landlords of the whole country, let them get rid of the land, invest their wealth in industry, and accelerate the process of industrialization.

However, this is also a tightrope road, if the landlords do not agree, continue to make a big scene, it will really be a national scale.

Although there is not much ground for large-scale starvation due to the increase in productive forces, and there is not much soil for the landlords and the common people to rebel, it is obviously not good for the country and for stable development to continue like that.

So this method is a double-edged sword, and if you do it well, you can solve a lot of things. If it goes wrong, then a lot of people will die all over the country.

Whether it's a big construction or a massacre, it's basically this one.

(End of chapter)