Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 508
After a while, a team of Jinyiwei captains escorted boxes of luggage into the meeting hall.Looking at it like this, it seems that there are books in it.

When Ma Shiying saw it, he was overjoyed, immediately left his seat, hurried over, stared at the suitcases of luggage and asked, "Could it be a copy of Tian Mu's account book?"

If this is the case, at least he has a legal basis for doing things, so he can start doing things without any scruples.

Wang Dehua and Li Ruolian also crowded around curiously, and even Ruan Dacheng and Chen Yuanyuan, who had never spoken, left their seats.

If there is a backup in the capital, all problems will be solved easily!
But who knows, Liu Fuming, the commander of Jinyiwei who led the team, shook his head and said, "No!"

After finishing speaking, he took out a letter from his bosom, presented it to Ma Shiying with both hands, and said, "This is written by His Majesty himself, let your excellency follow through on it!"

When Ma Shiying heard him say no, he was immediately shocked and a little depressed.But who knows, before his mood changed much, he heard his next sentence, and was immediately pleasantly surprised.

According to the plan, what does that mean, it means that the emperor has an idea, and it should be a good idea!
Thinking of this, Ma Shiying immediately tidied up her clothes, and then respectfully accepted the letter written by the emperor.Not through the imperial decree, but in private letters, so there is no need to use the incense table to receive the decree.

Li Ruolian next to him naturally also heard Liu Fuming's words, and asked with a little curiosity: "Then what's inside?"

When his superior asked questions, Liu Fuming didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly reported: "Return to Commander, here are the tax payment account details of Jiangnan side!"

"???" Li Ruolian was puzzled when he heard this.

In his mind, since it came from the capital, it must be related to the rectification of the place.However, he couldn't figure out, what is the use of the account details for tax payment?

Confused in his heart, he turned his head to look at Wang Dehua, only to see that Wang Dehua also had a puzzled expression on his face.

Thanks to the emperor's arrangement, the two of them didn't blurt out: "What's the use of this!"

The emperor's arrangements, on their side, have to be useful even if they are useless!

So, the two of them looked at Ruan Dacheng and Chen Yuanyuan again, one was a Jiangnan talent, the other was a Jiangnan talent, and wanted to ask them for proof, to see if they knew.

However, when they looked at Ruan Dacheng, they saw Ruan Dacheng shaking his head with a wry smile.

When they looked at Chen Yuanyuan, they saw that Chen Yuanyuan covered her mouth with her hand, and lowered her head in shame.

"Wonderful, wonderful!" At this moment, suddenly, Ma Shiying's pleasantly surprised voice sounded in the lobby. Everyone looked at the sound, but saw Ma Shiying looking up at them, pointing at the letter, and said with a smile, "It's really It's wonderful! Haha..."

Wang Dehua and Li Ruolian, who have worked together for so long, were a little surprised by his ease of mind, which they had never seen before!
Ruan Dacheng and Ma Shiying are good friends, and they know Ma Shiying's temperament well. Seeing his ecstatic appearance, he couldn't help being very curious, and quickly asked: "What strategy is so wonderful?"

"Hahaha..." Ma Shiying still laughed for a while, and then said to Ruan Dacheng, and at the same time to these people in the lobby, "Your Majesty, let us reversely distinguish the ownership of the grain fields according to the local tax payment details!"

These people present are all smart people, there is no need for Ma Shiying to explain in detail, just after saying this, they immediately understood one by one.

According to the regulations of the imperial court, except for the restrictions and exemptions for officials and gentry, the grain fields are all subject to taxation and service; in turn, if the tax is not paid, it is definitely not theirs.

If they still dare to say that it belongs to them, it means that they don't pay taxes, but as local gentry and nobles, they know how to break the law, and the crime is aggravated.Even according to the size of the acre of land that does not pay taxes, the severity of the crime varies. As far as the squires and nobles in the south of the Yangtze River are absolutely serious crimes!

On this point, they have been here for so long, so they naturally know how many grain fields there are in the hands of the gentry and nobles on the Jiangnan side!

Therefore, after Ma Shiying finished speaking, several people in the conference hall looked at me and I looked at you. Suddenly, several people had a sympathetic heart and laughed together.

Similarly, they laughed very freely, and all the more or less aggrieved hearts in their hearts were swept away.I even thought about it, when those country gentry and nobles knew that they had done this and their dumbfounded expressions, they laughed even more happily.

After laughing for a while, it was considered to be a hearty laugh, and Ma Shiying said to Ruan Dacheng: "Your Majesty also explained that he will take back the official land of the imperial court. I think there will be a lot of it, and it will be rented out to the hermits who have been investigated. Farming, the land rent is at least half cheaper than they rent from the local gentry. This matter, when we start measuring the land again and registering it, you, the Secretary of Political Affairs, must publicize it as soon as possible!"

"Your Majesty is merciful!" Ruan Dacheng praised first, and then immediately assured him, "Since the last incident, the affairs of the Department of Political Affairs and Communications have been going smoothly, and the people are very welcome to our methods. no problem!"

There are so few entertainment programs these days.The performance at the Department of Political Affairs and Communications does not charge money, so the performances are full!
Therefore, Ruan Dacheng has this confidence.

After hearing this, Chen Yuanyuan said hastily, "Then I'll make a pop song right away, and spread the word about it!"

As far as the publicity effect is concerned, let alone the popular songs produced by Chen Yuanyuan, they are also used to this name, which has the greatest impact.

Easy to understand, catchy tunes, as long as you listen to it, you can hum a few words, and it will quickly spread among the people.

After being happy, these people in the meeting hall completely lost the unhappiness that slowly appeared before, and began to discuss details with smiles on their faces.

After a long time, the deliberations came to fruition, Ma Shiying issued a military order and began to mobilize the army, mainly to garrison Yingtian Mansion and Zhenjiang Mansion.

Now that there is no Zhang Xianzhong's subordinate, the pressure on his side about the thieves is almost non-existent.Therefore, all the military forces can be mobilized to escort the land measurement this time.

In addition, in the name of the imperial envoy, Ma Shiying ordered the prefects of Yingtian Mansion and Zhenjiang Mansion and all the magistrates below to gather for a meeting.

In addition, all the country gentry and dignitaries in the areas under the jurisdiction of these two prefectures, mainly those with fame, must also be present.

As soon as the news came out, not to mention these two prefectures, but the entire Jiangnan, anyone who heard the news would be shocked.

Everyone knows that according to Ma Shiying's work in Fengyang Mansion, in addition to suppressing thieves, he has also checked out hidden households, re-measured land, and registered them.

Today, Zhang Xianzhong's bandits have been wiped out, at least in the prefectures under the jurisdiction of Nanzhili, there are no major bandits anymore.And the investigation of hidden households has been done before, and a large number of hidden households have been cleared out.

Now that this is going to take action, I am afraid that the third thing is to be done, which is to re-measure the land and register it.

As mentioned earlier, grain fields were the hardest asset for the ancients.All people, whether they are officials, gentry, ordinary people, or nobles, value land property the most.

The cleanup of the hidden households has already severely cut the local gentry and nobles, and it is absolutely impossible for them to spit out the grain fields now.

For this reason, after receiving the notice, they began to ask questions in series one by one to see how to deal with Ma Shiying.

"This goddamn Ma Shiying is going to attack us, but what should we do?"

"It doesn't matter. I heard that the account books of the fields over the years are gone. What does he use as proof?"

"But, he's going to do it, he must have a certificate, right?"

"I heard that it was the factory guard who instigated him to force it! Another theory is that he has forged the account books for the land for such a long time!"

"How can this work? What should we do then?"

"..."

Faced with this kind of situation, some country gentlemen are helpless, and it is useless to worry.However, there are more powerful squires, but there are still countermeasures.

"If you really dare to force it, let the tenants stop it, unless everyone is arrested, and we are all arrested, let's see if they have the guts!"

"Yes, that's right. Also, isn't there someone in the local yamen? At that time, if the dog official Ma Shiying forges the farm account books, let them come out to testify, and then we will all go to the book to impeach him. Look at Ma Shiying, who has no sons and no grandchildren, dare to Don't dare to mess around!"

"Okay, please invite some more respectable people, as well as those from the Metropolitan Procuratorate in Nanjing City, and the six ministers. Although they have no real power, their official positions are real. Let's see if Ma Shiying dares to show the fake Tianmu account book! "

"..."

Compared with them, Xungui was even more convinced that Ma Shiying's side could not have a real farm account book, so the path they took was similar to that of a powerful and powerful squire.

On the one hand, they organize manpower to prevent Ma Shiying from forcing it; on the other hand, they are nobles themselves, and even have iron certificates in Danshu, so they can prevent Ma Shiying from forcing it. They can even expose on the spot.To make matters worse, they also recruited a group of elderly people.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were clear subsidies for the old people who lived a long life, and they were very respectful.And this kind of old man, you can't scare him, and you can't move. If he is not careful, his legs will stretch out and he will die!When such a thing happened, it was the common anger of man and god, and Ma Shiying's official position was probably over.

With such various measures, after emergency preparations, nobles from Nanjing City, local gentry from Yingtian Mansion and Zhenjiang Mansion rushed to the imperial envoy's office to meet Ma Shiying for a while.

It was a coincidence that the weather in the south of the Yangtze River was originally cloudy and rainy, but this day, it turned out to be sunny.

"The weather is good!" Seeing Ma Shiying, she was in a good mood and went to the lobby.

"The weather is good!" Xu Wenjue said to a group of nobles around him on behalf of Wei Guogong, and entered the lobby to wait.

(End of this chapter)