Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 1058 Difficulties
After Shen Yi finished speaking, all the kings present looked at him inexplicably becoming a little weird, and there was even a faint smile on the corner of their mouths.

This unusual reaction made Shen Yi's heart blare, and he immediately realized that he must have said something wrong just now, but no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't think of it. what is the problem.

Until Zhou Wang who was on the side opened his mouth and said.

"Your Majesty, I have already said that the Household Department has spent a lot of money in the past two years. It is too hasty to rectify the army. Now the land has been returned to the court, but the redemption of the silver has been delayed. , actually damages the majesty of the imperial court.”

"Let's not say anything about the royal family and vassal power, but other gentry and wealthy households. After seeing such scenes, I'm afraid I won't dare to believe in the government's decree from now on."

"Since the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households went to rectify the military settlements, but now they can't deal with them properly, it is dereliction of duty. Your Majesty must be punished and must not be lenient!"

What's happening here?
Shen Yi was puzzled for a while, he thought that Zhou Wang and others came to support Dai Wang, but who would have thought that when Zhou Wang opened his mouth this time, he would not mention the matter of Dai Wang's transfer of the feudal domain, instead he would start talking about the redemption of the army station silver.What is this for?

However, no matter what to do, in the end, he can't afford to take the blame, otherwise, wouldn't he become a traitor who bewitched the emperor?
There was a trace of resentment silently in his heart, and Shen Shangshu couldn't help but slander secretly, this matter was obviously led by the Ministry of War, how could it end up being his fault.

Thinking like this, Shen Yi dared not neglect on the face, said.

"Your Majesty clearly learned that the rectification of the government of the military settlements was decided by the court. It was not the discretion of the ministers and the Ministry of War. Among the land recovered by the court, the sources were complex. However, they are actually sending fraudulent names, some were confiscated after being verified by the court, and some were reported voluntarily..."

"There are so many kinds of things that can't be clarified in a short period of time. Therefore, I don't agree with what Prince Zhou said just now."

"With such a huge and complicated administration, the Ministry of Household Affairs should sort it out slowly before making arrangements. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, the minister will never be able to afford it."

Isn't it just talking clichés? It's not just opening your mouth.

As he said this, Shen Yi was thinking in his heart, straightening out the military settlements was originally a major government policy, and had nothing to do with Zongwu, why did the King of Zhou come up with the idea to intervene in the government affairs?
Isn't he afraid that this move will arouse His Majesty's suspicion?
However, the next moment, King Zhou's words made him even more puzzled. The old prince glanced at him and said.

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, it will be really difficult for Shuchen to help Your Majesty."

???

Shen Shangshu felt more and more that he was being calculated.

What are these masters talking about?

Can anyone tell him what happened?

I don't know if he saw Shen Yi's collapse, but at this moment the Son of Heaven finally explained with a bit of helplessness.

"Shen Shangshu doesn't know something. The time for the Ministry of War to reorganize the army is too short. There are still many places that have not been completed. Zhou Wang's uncle is highly respected. It just so happens that this time he came to the capital to visit the disciples of the Zongxue. Therefore, I So I want to ask Uncle Zhou Wang for help, to persuade the remaining vassal kings and clans to cooperate with the imperial court and take the initiative to report the land..."

"Since it is a major government policy, the uncles did not shirk it. They just said that the court must pay and redeem the silver taels in full as agreed before, and the uncles will handle the rest, but..."

But something happened to him, Shen Yi!

After hearing what the Son of Heaven said, Shen Yi finally understood the current situation.

These clans are indeed extremely cunning.

Everyone felt that Dai Wang went to the Ministry of Households to make troubles, in the name of asking for debts, to force the Ministry of Households to submit, and to stop obstructing the transfer of titles.

But who would have thought that the opponent's feint shot was precisely aimed at the military settlement.

You know, according to past experience, it will take at least three to five years for a major policy like rectifying the army to be implemented.

However, for various reasons, this process has been greatly compressed and the time has been shortened, and there must be adverse consequences.

Not to mention other rights, just talking about the rectification of the army itself has left many problems. One of the problems is that the money and silver of the household department cannot keep up. In addition, there are many other problems, the most serious of which is Yes, what the emperor said just now, there are some places where it is too difficult to implement due to the tight schedule, so it is difficult to make progress.

The more typical ones are Qin Fan, Jin Fan, Zhou Fan, and Lu Fan. Either because the suzerain vassal power is too powerful, or because Yu Qian was recalled too urgently, in short, until now, these vassals have The progress of the land is slow and difficult to advance.

Although I don't know what method the emperor used to make King Zhou and others relax, but obviously, judging from the current situation, King Zhou and others are not willing to cooperate, but it is not easy to refuse directly, so some The farce in front of the household department.

Their purpose is very simple, that is to use the Ministry of Households to block the emperor, and the policy of redemption was decided by the imperial court in order to reduce the resistance to rectify the army.

At this time, the Ministry of Households said that there was no money, which was tantamount to self-defeating, and the kings naturally had a reason not to cooperate with his words.

After all, even your dignified Minister of the Household Department can't implement the government's decrees, so how can you expect them to cooperate?

As soon as he thought of this, Shen Yi thought inwardly that it was not good, rectifying the military settlements had always been a major policy that the emperor valued very much, if it was really because of his bad things, then his life after that would probably not be very easy.

But now that it's over, what to do?You can't be shameless and say that the household department has money, even if he dares to say it, he can't get it out!
For a moment, Shen Yi couldn't help feeling a little anxious, after pondering for a moment, he opened his mouth and said.

"Your Majesty, it is true that the national treasury will not be able to provide so much silver taels for a while, but this matter has long been regulated, and as the progress is made, the silver taels will naturally be paid slowly. I think that all the kings are relatives of the court. If you can understand the difficulties of the court, you will not resist the great government of the court."

After saying this, the eyes of all the kings present fell on Shen Yi, with different expressions, but no one spoke.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the hall couldn't help being a little awkward.

After a while, King Min beside him spoke.

"Then I don't know, how long is the slow progress mentioned by Shen Shangshu? Is it a year or two, or three or five years?"

This……

Shen Yi couldn't help laughing bitterly in his heart, why did this come back again.

How could he decide the time at this time, there was really no other way, Shen Shangshu had no choice but to bite the bullet and look at the emperor above, saying.

"Returning to the prince, this matter is complicated, and I dare not speak rashly. I am afraid that the specific time will still be ordered by His Majesty."

From the perspective of being an official, what he said now is undoubtedly a very stupid approach.

But the matter has come to this point, he really has no other way, he just hopes that His Majesty can continue to give his strength.

You must know that His Majesty is always able to come up with a solution that is the best of both worlds when faced with such a dilemma, and I hope it will be the same this time...

Facts have proved that the Son of Heaven did not disappoint people. Seeing Shen Yi's helpless expression, the Son of Heaven sighed softly and said.

"This matter is indeed complicated. The main thing is that in the past two years, there will be disasters in various places under the monitoring of Qintian. The treasury's silver should not be touched lightly. This matter is not well thought out. However, the matter of rectifying the army is now coming to an end. It would be a pity to stop here.”

"In my opinion, the redemption silver can be compensated with the taxes of the next few years. Regarding the Huangzhuang matter mentioned earlier, the imperial court took [-]% of the taxes to pay for the redemption silver. What do you think?"

Huangzhuang?

What is this?
Shen Shangshu had a question mark on his face, and felt that his heart was full of doubts.

He did know that the emperor had many farms in the suburbs of Beijing, named Huangzhuang, but what did this have to do with the rectification of the army?
However, he was confused on his side, but there was no accident on the vassal king's side. King Zhou pondered for a moment and said.

"But, Your Majesty, in this way, it may take several years or even more than ten years to pay off the redemption of the silver taels. It may be quite difficult for me to convince other clan vassals by myself."

This is clearly a bargain.

So, the emperor asked down the Huatou.

"Then according to my uncle's wishes?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I think that before becoming the king, he was the first one to cooperate with the court among the vassal kings, clear up the land and return the private land. In fact, he has contributed to the court."

"Nowadays, if the imperial court wants the vassals to cooperate, they should treat the meritorious ministers kindly, otherwise the vassals will be chilled to see the meritorious officials like this!"

King Zhou said this to the Son of Heaven, but his eyes fell on Shen Yi intentionally or unintentionally.

Well, now Shen Yi finally understands, these feudal lords want to have both.

No wonder the Dai Wang, who had been keeping a distance from other feudal kings, suddenly came together with these feudal kings this time.

But it turns out that they each get what they want!

The vassal king benefits, and the acting king borrows his strength to complete the transfer of titles, which is the best of both worlds.

Quickly going through everything today in his mind, Shen Yi finally had a rough guess about the current situation.

The matter has come to this point, it is certain that they have been calculated, but the people behind this are probably not just these vassal kings...

After pondering for a moment, Shen Yi raised his head and said.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what did you just say about Huangzhuang, I don't seem to have heard anything about it?"

Up to now, Shen Yi has understood the whole matter, except for the so-called Huangzhuang, he is still at a loss.

Therefore, Shen Yi had a premonition that the crux of everything might lie in this, as long as this matter was clarified, then everything would be clear.

At the present level, there is no need to hide it, so Zhu Qiyu thought for a while, then took out a memorial from the side, ordered Wynn to hand it over, and said.

"I have neglected this matter."

"The system of Huangzhuang is about how to arrange the military and official fields taken back by the imperial court. I accidentally talked about it with several uncles. Later, after the matter was perfected, the uncle of Min Wang jointly played with several uncles. Please, I just submitted it two days ago, and I haven't approved it yet, so Shen Shangshu naturally doesn't know that this matter involves the Ministry of Household Affairs, so you can take a look."

Sure enough, there is something strange!
Although the emperor spoke casually, after spending so long with the emperor, Shen Yi knew a little bit about the emperor's character.

Sure enough, he guessed right, the emperor was behind this matter, even if it wasn't his old man's own idea, at least he acquiesced.

No wonder, he is still wondering, this generation of princes, who have always been cowardly, dare to take people to block the door of the dignified household department, isn't he afraid of being impeached by officials all over the court?

But it turned out that there was such a great god behind him!
Turning the thoughts in his mind, Shen Yi's gaze landed on the memorial in front of him.

The memorial is written in the name of the clan's mansion, written by King Min himself, and later accompanied by King Zhou and others.

However, according to Shen Shangshu's experience, there is a high possibility that Prince Min took the knife to write for him.

After making such a big circle, I'm afraid it's not a good thing.

With such a mood, Shen Yi opened the memorial and read it carefully, but the more he looked down, the more frowning he became.

Sure enough, as long as the emperor finds him, nothing good will happen!

Isn't the so-called Huangzhuang actually returning the income from these fields to the vassal king?

With Shen Yi's eyesight, he could naturally see the reason why the Son of Heaven wanted to do this.

The first thing to bear the brunt is the issue of buying silver. It is indeed difficult for the imperial court to afford such a large amount of money. This is a fact.

To solve this problem, there is no other way but to save a little bit in the next few years.

But the problem came back again. The imperial court had a lot of money to spend, and no one could say for sure when it would be repaid.

If it is delayed for too long, it will easily lead to many new problems, and many of the court's long-standing abuses are caused by this.

This method of Huangzhuang was obviously formulated to solve the problem of buying silver.

To put it bluntly, this method is that the imperial court buys back the land first, but does not pay for it, and then recruits the vassal king to repurchase farm cattle, improved seeds, iron plows, etc. Return it to the vassal in the form of land rent.

This move can be regarded as a model of an empty-handed white wolf, but for the vassal king, the benefits are also obvious, that is, all management matters of the farm will be taken care of by the imperial court. You just have to wait for the money to be collected.

Moreover, there is no need to worry that the imperial court will use this matter to make a fuss, which is equivalent to transferring these untitled acres that may be fined and confiscated at any time to the public.

For the imperial court, it is also beneficial, that is, it can greatly relieve the financial pressure. At the same time, because the land submitted by these vassal kings is directly reorganized into Huangzhuang, it will not bring new financial pressure to the local area.

At the same time, it can also alleviate the refugee problem, which can be said to serve multiple purposes.

but……

Everything is afraid of but!
With Shen Yi's eyesight, he could see the biggest problem at a glance. He could imagine that if this memorial reached the court, it would definitely cause an uproar.

No wonder, the Son of Heaven made such a big detour to lure him over, with a wry smile, Shen Yi opened his mouth and said.

"Your Majesty, you are really a minister, and you have encountered a big problem!"

(End of this chapter)