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Chapter 427 pull the sky

However, all the officials present at the moment lowered their eyebrows and looked calm, as if they had not heard Li Huan's words.

It's just that these people look calm on the surface, but it is impossible to be calm in their hearts.

As central ministers, these data can be said to be related to the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. If these central ministers are not aware of the changes in these data, it is really underestimating these people.

But even if they knew, they knew better than anyone the reasons behind these data changes.

In the final analysis, it is land annexation, and the root cause of all this is these people themselves, or the interest groups they represent.

It was the tyrants, gentry, officials, and nobles of the Ming Dynasty who worked together to force the Ming Dynasty to decline step by step from its heyday.

Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting there, glanced at the officials, and it can be said that he saw all the expressions and reactions of the officials.

With Zhu Houzhao's innate cultivation base, he can even feel the changes in the breath of everyone present clearly.

Originally, I thought that after hearing what Li Huan said, the important ministers present would be more or less emotionally fluctuated.

Just judging from the results of the investigation in Yutian County, it is not a matter of concealing a few percent of the report, but cutting it in half. Moreover, Yutian County is not too far from the capital, so it is not far from the emperor, at least the imperial power is still there. Some influence exists.

While speaking, the emperor's eyes turned to Yang Tinghe, Liu Yu and other officials.

What's more, the tax reform that Li Huan prepared for Daming is just the first step of the tax reform, and there will be a series of reforms such as the return of fire consumption to the public, the integration of officials and gentry, commercial tax reform, and the abolition of the sea ban.

This is not surprising. Looking at history, every well-known reform has not been smooth sailing, especially the data about the field acres and Dingkou of a local county in Yutian County brought back by Li Huan not long ago, which made Zhu Houzhao clearly realize how corrupt the foundation of the Ming Dynasty was. to what extent.

While speaking, Li Huan looked at the emperor and said, "Although killing people is the worst way, I have to admit that sometimes only killing people can solve problems, and only killing people can shock people's hearts."

Now after listening to the emperor's words, he hurriedly stepped forward and respectfully said to the emperor: "Return to your majesty, the last nationwide inventory of Dingkou and Tianmu was in the fourth year of Hongzhi, and it has been nearly 20 years..."

Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Li Huan and said, "How does Li Qing plan to deal with those officials in Yutian County?"

Previously, Li Huan and Wang Yangming only selected a few provinces with Gyeonggi as the center to carry out the tax reform in order to seek stability and discover various problems that would arise during the tax reform.

Immediately afterwards, Li Huanlang said in a loud voice: "The minister inspected Yutian County and personally supervised the population and field mu inventory of Yutian County. Today, it has been found that Yutian County has more than [-] mu of land and more than [-] Dingkou."

If Li Huan really released those officials in Yutian County, it would really make the emperor feel strange.

Now that Li Huan came back, Zhu Houzhao only looked at the box of yellow books that Li Huan brought back, and he had a good understanding with Li Huan. Thorough implementation in thirteen provinces.

It can be said that almost half of the land and population of Daming have been concealed, what a benefit this is.

The reason why Li Huan went to inspect in person, and even presided over a detailed population and field inventory in Yutian County, was to obtain first-hand information.

Li Huan stopped, half a step behind the emperor, looked at the emperor with a bit of firmness in his eyes and said slowly: "No matter what unbearable things will happen in the process of reform, it is related to my country, the country, and I will rule it out." Against all odds, push for reform.”

Obviously, Zhu Houzhao was shocked by the data released by Li Huan. Although Zhu Houzhao was mentally prepared and knew that it was normal for the local government to conceal Dingkou and Tianmu, in Zhu Houzhao's view, those people in the local area even It is good to conceal Dingkou and Tianmu, and it is good to be able to conceal a few percent, but what Li Huan said now makes Zhu Houzhao feel unbelievable.

Nodding his head slightly, Zhu Hou looked at Li Huan and said: "Li Qing just let go and do it, I will block all obstacles in the court for you, as for the place..."

Hearing the emperor's words, Li Huan couldn't help flashing a cold look in his eyes, and said with killing intent: "Kill."

Li Huan can imagine that even if those vested interests do not stand up to make troubles under the reforms that spread to everyone, his series of reforms will inevitably give those vested interests who are unwilling to lose their interests to them. Forced against.

When all the people left, Li Huan, who was specially stayed by the emperor, accompanied Zhu Houzhao for a walk in the imperial garden.

You don't need to guess, what Li Huan said is not a secret to these people, or these people are well aware of this data in their hearts, and they are not surprised at all.

If you look at the world, Zhu Houzhao suddenly felt a burst of anger spontaneously.

Li Huan and Wang Yangming looked at each other, bowed and bowed and said in a deep voice, "Your servant will take orders!"

Zhu Houzhao frowned, and interrupted Cheng Yuan's words: "I ask you how many Dingkou and Tianmu we have in Daming."

The monarchs and ministers were walking in the imperial garden. At this time, Zhu Houzhao seemed to have put aside the worries in his heart, and he seemed a lot more relaxed.

Even after Zhu Houzhao waited for a while, no one came out to object, so he couldn't help but glance at Yang Tinghe and the others in surprise, seeing Yang Tinghe and the others with a low-browed look, suppressing the surprise in his heart, and slowly said: "My dear family If it's okay, let's go back."

At the same time, Li Huan took out another yellow book from the box. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that it was a newly revised yellow book.

I have to say that the tax reform of Yong Lao Si really continued the national fortune of the Qing Dynasty for hundreds of years. You must know that in the last years of Kangxi, what Yong Lao Si took over from Kangxi was a mess, and the household department was short of millions of taels of silver. Corruption among officials is rampant. If the old man Shiquan came to power, I am afraid that the Qing Dynasty might die directly in his hands and follow in the footsteps of Meng Yuan.

These people also reacted at this moment, only to see that Yang Tinghe also said to the emperor with a serious face: "Your Majesty is far-sighted, and the ministers are far behind. Checking the Tian Mu and Dingkou in the world can let Your Majesty understand the current situation of Daming more clearly. , I have no objection!"

Hearing this, Wang Yangming immediately took a step forward and bowed to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to issue an order to take advantage of this opportunity of tax reform to investigate the land mu and Dingkou in the world."

Taking a deep breath, he forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart, and Zhu Houzhao said to one of the officials in a deep voice: "Cheng Yuan, let me ask you, in the archives of the Ministry of Household Affairs, there are a total of Field mu geometry? Dingkou geometry?"

Since the Qing Dynasty was able to forcibly break the curse of the Hulu without a hundred-year national fortune by relying on tax reforms, it is no problem to rely on tax reforms to continue the life of Ming Dynasty.

However, relying on the tax reform, from the deficit of the treasury in the last years of Kangxi to the succession of the old man Shiquan, Yongzheng, the emperor who was regarded as a tyrant by the world's literati, left the old man Shiquan with a surplus of 6000 to [-] million taels to fill the treasury.

With his hands behind his back, Zhu Houzhao stepped forward, and said to Li Huan as if he was talking homely: "Li Qing has a deep understanding of the place during his inspections. I want to ask Li Qing. This tax reform may go smoothly. Will it be implemented?"

Looking at Zhu Houzhao, Li Huan said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, you can rest assured that if you can use a moment of turmoil to exchange for my great Ming's national fortune for hundreds of years, I think it is feasible."

Even Wang Yangming, who was Li Huan's natural ally, didn't know about Li Huan's next series of changes. Apart from Li Huan himself, in the great Ming Dynasty, only the emperor knew what Li Huan would do next.

When he said this, Zhu Houzhao stopped in his footsteps, with a serious expression on his face. It was obvious that Zhu Houzhao had doubts about whether the tax reform would be successful.

In the final analysis, any reform is a distribution of interests, and interests are not just a show, and if one is not careful, there will be big troubles.

But even under such circumstances, Yutian County still concealed almost half of Dingkou and Tianmu.

Then I heard Zhu Houzhao say: "I ordered the two of you to preside over the tax reform, to carry out the tax reform in the whole country, and to thoroughly check the fields and villages in the world, no matter who is involved or even the royal family. You must clearly know how many acres and how many villages I have in Daming."

The person named was none other than Hubu Zuo Shilang. This person could be regarded as the second-in-command of the Hubu besides the Hubu Shangshu, and he knew the situation of the Hubu very well.

In terms of history, the Daqing Dynasty has actually shown a bit of decline in the last years of Kangxi, that is, the fourth boss of Yonglao, who forcibly implemented the law that all the stalls should be allocated to the mu, the fire consumption should be returned to the public, and the officials and gentry should pay the grain together. Pull the carriage of Taqing, which fell into the abyss at high speed, back on track, and change the past of the Hulu without a century of national luck.

After hearing Cheng Yuan's words, a stern look flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, and finally he looked at the officials present with a half-smile and said, "I never thought that the last inspection of Tianmu and Dingkou in Daming was during the reign of Emperor Father. It has been 20 years, and 20 years have passed, whether it is the number of his fields or the number of small populations, there must have been changes."

Seeing Li Huan's resolute expression, Zhu Houzhao suddenly took a deep breath, and said with a smile on his face: "What Aiqing said is true, for the people of the world to have a way of life, for my Daming Jiangshan Sheji, even if If the whole world is against me, I will stand with Aiqing and support Aiqing in carrying out the reform."

It is precisely because he knows that Li Huan's next series of changes will go straight to those local tyrants, gentry, officials, and even royal clansmen and nobles. It can be said that Li Huan will offend the vested interests in the world. Looked so worried.

Li Huan is very clear that Daming is already in decline. If it weren't for Zhang Juzheng who turned the tide in the future and saved Daming's life for nearly a hundred years, Daming would be like the dynasties in history in less than a few decades. replace.

Li Huan said without hesitation: "The minister seconded the proposal!"

Li Huan didn't know if there would be turmoil in this world because of the tax reform, but Li Huan knew that if the tax reform was not implemented, the great Ming country would collapse within a hundred years.

Officials such as Yang Tinghe, Cheng Yuan, Liu Yu, etc. looked at this scene without the slightest intention of standing up to object, but instead looked on coldly.

But now Zhu Houzhao sent Gao Feng and others far away, let these people hang behind him more than ten feet away, and only walked forward slowly with Li Huan.

Li Huan laughed loudly and said: "Your Majesty is in the court as the minister's backing, and there are some clowns in the district, just leave it to the minister to deal with it."

Li Huan and Wang Yangming immediately looked solemn when they heard the words, and bowed to stand.

As if hearing the anger in the emperor's words, Cheng Yuan hurriedly said: "Hongzhi's four-year investigation shows that our Daming has a total of more than 380 million mu of land and more than 340 million Dingkou."

After the words fell, Zhu Houzhao stood up directly, staring at Li Huan, and said in a trembling voice: "Li Qing, how many Dingkou and Tianmu did you say Yutian County has found out?"

A turmoil affecting Daming was almost predictable, but he didn't know when those people would jump out to resist under his step-by-step persecution.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Houzhao, who is the emperor, shows a bit of worry. Looking at Li Huan, it seems that he wants Li Huan to give him some confidence.

What disappointed Zhu Houzhao was that, except for a very few officials, most of the dozen or so people present did not have the slightest disturbance.

In the past, Zhu Houzhao would bring Gao Feng, Qiu Ju and others with him. One was for everyone to serve him, and the other was for Gao Feng and others to protect his safety.

Zhu Houzhao said slowly: "Tianmu and Dingkou are the foundation of the country. We live at the height of the temple. If you don't even know how many Tianmu and Dingkou Daming owns, wouldn't the emperor be too dereliction of duty? gone."

Zhu Houzhao didn't feel any surprise or strangeness at Li Huan's killing words.

Immediately afterwards, I saw a group of people bowing in unison and saying: "The minister waits for a second opinion!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, his eyes fell on Li Huan and Wang Yangming, and he said firmly: "Li Qing, Wang Qing listen to the order!"

Having said that, how does Zhu Houzhao not know that the open swords and dark arrows above the court are relatively the best to deal with, and the real troubles and dangers come from the place.

Just thinking of the changes that Li Huan prepared for the local tyrants, gentry, officials and other vested interest groups, Zhu Houzhao could imagine how those people would react when their own interests were passive.

With a soft sigh, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan solemnly and said slowly: "The Qing family said that they would create a prosperous Ming Dynasty with me, and their fame will last forever. I am waiting for that day, and the Qing family should be careful in everything!"

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