Sun Ming stayed in the Holy Master's Palace for three days, and on the last day, the six ears came again, and then gave Sun Ming everything he had found, and Sun Ming returned to the palace. Now the entire Chaoge range has moved, which makes the surrounding princes a little nervous, but then they don't care, because although Chaoge's army moved, they did not cross the border, but moved the farmers within the Chaoge range.

The redistribution of the population, this is a huge project, but relatively speaking, it is a little smaller, after all, the scope of Chaoge's control is limited, although it is larger than the princes, but it is also large and limited, although the population is large, but it is only just over a million. Most of the peasant households do not need to move, but the work of relocating the population and measuring the land is a bit cumbersome, and the peasant households who drag their families with their families cannot go quickly.

The army is more to help them build houses, and local officials are responsible for redistributing land, but things are not so smooth, because the officials of the DPRK and China also have their own land, and they have a lot of land, which is the problem.

Especially the issue of taxation, whether the official's land should pay grain tax, this kind of thing is troublesome, and Shang Rong came to him as soon as Sun Ming came back.

"Great King, is there any echo from the Holy Master?" Shang Rong hurriedly asked.

"Yes, the Holy Master gave me three spiritual treasures, although I can't use them, but they are just right as a standard for weights and measures. As soon as Sun Ming waved his hand, the servant stepped forward with a wooden plate, on which was a ruler, a scale, and a coin. The three spirit babies were haunted, and they were not ordinary at first glance, and Shang Rong was very happy after seeing them.

"I really want to thank the Holy Master, so that my Dashang can unify the weights and measures, and further control the king over the princes. Shang Rong said happily.

"I can't say, this matter still has to be promoted by the song now, and when the time comes, I will automatically let them in, there is a priority in the matter, now take this Qiankun ruler to the craftsmen, let them depict it, the length is divided into inches, rulers, zhang, this treasure can evolve, anything can be used. ”

"Yes, but ......" Shang Rong hesitated.

Say. As soon as Sun Ming heard it, he knew that something was wrong.

"Yes, now that the land is being re-measured, the peasant households are all willing to say that their land will inevitably increase, and everyone is willing to do this kind of thing, but what about the officials? Their land is more or less different, and at the same time there are a large number of peasant households attached to it, and if the peasant households divide the land, then the land of the officials will be uncultivated. After Shang Rong finished speaking, he looked at Sun Ming quietly.

Sun Ming frowned, he ignored this point, the feudal state is the most headache of this problem, the officials have too much land, and then evade taxes, and then do not pay taxes in the future, the amount of taxes continues to decrease, the peasants bear most of the state taxes, and the officials cannot live without land, because they cannot be officials for generations!

Fortunately, now is not the afterlife, otherwise the land is regarded as the root of life, and everything is possible in this period. Sun Ming thought for a long time, finally gritted his teeth, looked up at Shang Rong and asked, "The prime minister feels sorry for the land?"

"For the sake of big business, the old minister can give up everything. Shang Rong was indeed loyal, Sun Ming nodded.

"Tomorrow, the prime minister will take the lead in donating the land to the state, and all the land within the scope of the song will be owned by the royal family, and the land will no longer belong to individuals, and the farmers will just rent seeds, and the rent is a tax, and the annual tax is set at ten taxes and one tax, and it will never be added. ”

"The king, the stakes are too great at this time, what if the officials don't agree? Isn't it too little to pay ten taxes, the army consumes a lot of grain every year, and it is taboo to never increase it. Shang Rong was shocked when he heard this.

"It doesn't matter, the land that will be cleared this time will be at least twice as much as in the past, and the ten taxes are not a lot, you can calculate it well, and at the same time, the place we control will become larger and larger in the future, and there will be more land at that time, and there will be no shortage of the imperial court. In addition, the commercial tax will be raised a lot, but now is not the time, and the problem of the officials is not a problem, the big deal is to let them resign, but the land must be owned by the royal family, and all land is not allowed to be bought and sold, and it is distributed according to the number of people, which cannot be changed. ”

"Yes, the old minister understands, the king is eloquent, but this matter still needs to be discussed with the Taishi and Uncle Wang. ”

"Well, you go and talk to them, I think they will support Lonely, let the Taishi be ready, once someone is dissatisfied with the rebellion, suppress it immediately, and directly raid the family and exterminate the clan without asking too much. Sun Ming stood up as he spoke, flicked his sleeves, domineering, killing and murderous, and the cold wind gusted in the council hall.

Shang Rong's heart shook when he saw it, and he hurriedly bowed down: "I am willing to follow my king to achieve immortal hegemony." ”

The matter of the discussion between the monarch and the ministers went on quickly, and Wang Shubigan was very worried, but he supported Sun Ming's decision, the Shang Dynasty was not stable now, and this could exacerbate this unstable situation, but he knew that Sun Ming had great ambitions, so he was willing to take risks. And the Taishi doesn't care too much, it's good to be under pressure, and some officials are not princes, so they can't stir up any storms.

When the decree was issued, the peasants did not care, in their eyes these lands belonged to the king, and now the king let them cultivate, and ten taxes and one, how cheap, and at the same time never add to it, and at the same time their own land is already a lot, no more more.

The officials were also different, some loyal officials directly contributed the land, and at the same time dismissed the tenant farmers, after all, now that the land is redistributed, these farmers also have their own land, and the servants at home are also partially dismissed, after all, the income is less, and there are too many people who are useless. Sun Ming naturally wouldn't take it in vain, and directly promoted the officials' salaries by three levels to ensure that they could live a prosperous life.

Of course, there are also disagreements, Fei Zhong and You Hun are two of them, they gathered again to discuss, "Today's court meeting will inevitably be full of resentment, what should the two of us do?" Before the court meeting, the two quietly discussed outside the palace gate.

"Depending on the situation, if the majority of officials oppose it, then we will oppose it, and this kind of thing must not be done by the king. If there are few people who oppose it, then we will not oppose it, after all, this bird is not suitable for you and my brother. "The two wall grasses know their own things, although they are unwilling to take out the land, but they dare not come out, after all, the king is still young, they don't know how to pat the sycophants, after all, children have no concept of beauty, and there is no shortage of money, this is the king.

At the beginning of the court meeting, the palace gate opened, and a group of officials entered the palace under the leadership of Shang Rong and Wen Zhong, while Bigan waited in the council hall first. As soon as they entered the palace gate, the ministers were all shocked, a stone road led to the council hall, and on both sides were full of troops, the two sides of the army were neatly lined up, and the number of five thousand people was estimated on one side, Wen Zhong and Shang Rong walked forward unhurriedly, and the ministers who were a little careful in the back began to ponder again.

Fei Zhong's eyes rolled, "You Hun, it seems that the king has made up his mind, let's not say more, we must support the king when the time comes, you know?"

"Understand, I can't see this posture? But if you want to be brilliant, after all, you have to start with the wall. The two then said no more, they already had a heart to heart, after all, they were all the same kind of people.

At the beginning of the court meeting, Fei Zhong and You Hun immediately came out after the front official of the palace announced the start, "King Qi, the minister is willing to donate his land to help the king complete the great cause." "Very suddenly, very suddenly, the two wall-headed grasses suddenly stood up, their mouths were cold, this kind of thing was originally led by Shang Rong and Wen Zhong, but the two of them jumped out.

And to put it bluntly, the decree is just a rumor now, and it hasn't been officially issued yet, so it's a bit inappropriate for you two to say that, right? It directly disrupted Sun Ming's plan, but Sun Ming laughed, and the news was released, but it can't be said on the bright side.

"Okay, the two Aiqing are loyal to the country, and they are very relieved, Fei Zhong was promoted to the upper doctor, and You Hun was promoted to the lower doctor, so the merits of the two of you are commended. "Sun Ming is so good that he doesn't value their first merit, but sets up two targets, so that the prime minister and the prince have less trouble, so it's just right.

Fei Zhong and You Hun were happy, they didn't pay attention to the eyes around them at all, and hurriedly thanked En, enjoying themselves alone in the happiness of their ascension. And the eyes of many officials around were hateful, these were officials who were unwilling to give up their land, and those who were willing to echo them, so that all officials could only follow, and the matter was settled. But the contradiction has been planted, Sun Ming doesn't care about these at all, it's best for these moths to jump out, if he doesn't jump out, how can he clean it up?

"Lone can't treat all the ministers badly, officials at all levels will be promoted to the third level, and the economy will improve in the future, and it will naturally be added, and Lonely's ministers will not have a bad life. "There is a warning in this, only by following me can you have a good life, the ministers understand.

And the matter of Chaoge is not just their own business, the news has spread all over the territory of the princes within a month, and the performance of the princes at this time is also different, everyone has discussed, and some princes can't sit still, and go directly to find the four princes to ask for advice.

The four princes are also confused, the new successor to the throne is only six years old, he can really do such a bold thing, but this matter does not seem to have much to do with them, because the decree was not issued to them, they are still princes, they have the final say in the fief, and they don't believe the statement of twenty acres of land per capita, after all, the time for spring plowing is limited, so much land reclamation is finished?

The performance of the four princes was the same, comforting many small princes, after all, this matter has nothing to do with them, and the decree has not been sent, and in their opinion, even if the king wants to do this, Shang Rong and Wen Zhong will not agree, this is forcing the eight hundred princes to oppose Shang at the same time!