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Chapter 436 Disparate Statistics

With Duan Ming's precedent, at this time, no one in the imperial study room dared to stand up and clearly target Li Huan.

Li Huan is in charge of Jinyiwei, and he has mastered many secrets that people don't know. Even though most of the handles may not have any influence on their existence at this level, no one can guarantee whether some of his secrets have also fallen into Jinyiwei. hands.

It's like Duan Ming's affair with his own protégé, whether it's a big deal or not, if it's on ordinary people, it's at most a loss of personal morality.

But it is fatal to Duan Ming. Once his reputation is lost, he will not be tolerated by scholars. For Duan Ming, an official who relies on his reputation, it is better to kill them directly.

Besides, Li Huan also said that Duan Ming is not as clean and honest as he appears on the surface. It is conceivable that Duan Ming will be sent to prison this time, and the only thing waiting for him is death.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao was sitting there, his eyes swept over the crowd, and he slowly said: "If you have no objection to the proposal of the champion and the British Duke, then I will immediately issue an order to block the nine gates of the capital and call Soldiers from the Beijing battalion entered Beijing to seek out the anti-thief party.”

Yang Ting and the others looked at each other, bowed to the emperor together and said, "Think twice, Your Majesty!"

Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao said impatiently: "That's the deal."

Jingying
As the commander of the first battalion, Zhang Huai was in the school field supervising the training of the soldiers under his command when he suddenly saw a person rushing over.

Not to mention other things, just in the past few days, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang have taken away groups of people like a ghost, which is seen by countless people.

What the emperor said was not unreasonable. The opponent first assassinated Li Huan within a day, and then made the decision to assassinate the emperor without hesitation after receiving the news that the emperor was leaving the palace.

Not to mention that those assassins didn't even have a single survivor, just looking at the behavior of those assassins, we can tell that even if there are really accomplices still staying in Beijing, then the other party must have an identity that can withstand investigation.

And such a force made it clear that they wished Li Huan and the emperor to die. Li Huan himself would not believe that the other party only made one move.

Although Li Huan said that he was in charge of the tax reform, it didn't mean that Li Huan had to deal with it himself. In fact, Li Huan didn't have that ability either.

Putting down the tea in his hand, Li Huan looked up at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, although it is said that the remnants of the assassins' accomplices were not really caught this time, it is not that there is no gain."

From this point alone, it can be seen that the people behind this group of assassins are definitely not ordinary forces.

As for such a big matter of troop deployment, if Li Hu didn't know the inside story, at least Zhang Huai wouldn't believe it.

Looking at Li Huan, Zhu Houzhao put down the ink pen in his hand, motioned for Li Huan to sit down and said, "Li Qing, have all the soldiers in the capital camp returned to the camp?"

"Could it be that these people are the remnants of the Yangzhou case?"

A look of disappointment flashed across Zhu Houzhao's face when he heard the words, and then he smiled lightly and said, "I didn't have any expectations at first, since those people dared to do such things as assassinate Wang Jia and other clans, they would definitely not leave anything behind." clue."

"My lord, Your Majesty has a decree, and the governor of the capital ordered the self-department to go to Beijing immediately."

While speaking, Zhang Huai immediately yelled at the soldiers around him: "Pass down the general's order, immediately beat the drums and gather the troops."

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, with a serious face, and then handed a memorial on the table to Li Huan and said: "Li Qing may as well take a look."

On this day, the nine gates of the capital city were closed with a bang, and the soldiers of the brigade entered the capital very rarely. With the cooperation of the soldiers of the five cities and the bottom officials of the various workshops, the soldiers of the brigade were strictly investigated. All over the city, for a moment, there was a depressing atmosphere over the entire capital.

Without waiting for the emperor to finish his words, Li Huan shook his head slightly at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty may be disappointed."

As the commander of the first battalion, Zhang Huai, who was born in a noble family, knew better than anyone else the importance of the existence of the Jingying to the capital, but Zhang Huai also knew that soldiers and horses of the Jingying could not enter the capital casually.

Li Huan nodded slightly and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have seen with my own eyes that all the soldiers in the capital camp have returned to the camp, and there will be no trouble caused by a single soldier staying in the capital."

If there is such a big commotion, if you say that there is no gain, no one will believe it.

In the past few years, the emperor was also murdered by others, and even the rebel army from the capital camp entered the capital. Although the rebellion was quickly put down, it also left a lot of talk for the people in the capital.

Although it was said that the entire city of Dasuo had come to an end, anyone who wasn't a fool would know that this was just the beginning of another storm.

Once the Beijing camp soldiers and horses enter the capital, there must be a major event that endangers the safety of the emperor.

Hearing what Li Huan said, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and said in a deep voice, "Jiangnan?"

At the same time, some officials in the capital were also relieved, and of course some officials were relieved.

It is none other than Wang Yangming and other officials who are really in charge of this matter.

Seeing Li Huan's reaction in his eyes, Zhu Houzhao frowned and said: "In the 15th year of Hongzhi, the emperor ordered an inventory of the world's acres of land. At that time, the official data was more than 620 million hectares, and the number of land was more than [-] million."

Even now, the internal treasury and the national treasury have become extremely full all of a sudden, thanks to this big case.

Li Huan said solemnly: "As the saying goes, people leave their names when they pass by, and geese leave their voices when they pass by. So many people enter the capital and have to eat and use in the capital. It is possible to erase all traces of these people."

Because of this, although the Jingying is near the capital, if no one deliberately communicates what happened in the capital, the whole Jingying will know nothing about it.

When Zhang Huai learned that the emperor and Li Huan were all assassinated in one day, his whole face showed an expression of disbelief, and he immediately reacted and said furiously: "How bold, you dare to assassinate the emperor and the emperor in broad daylight." The minister of the hall, even if he digs the capital three feet, he will also dig out the rebels' accomplices."

Three days later, as a large number of soldiers slowly marched back to the camp, the people in the capital who had been worried for several days finally let go of their hearts.

Li Huan sighed softly, he really wanted to search out those assassins' accomplices, but the reality was extremely difficult.

As for Li Huan's energies, he devoted more of his energy to the control of the Beijing camp, focusing on the Jinyiwei, and supervising those Korean and Chinese officials stationed in the localities to carry out the population and farmland inventory.

Zhang Huai, who was dressed in armor, focused his eyes on Li Hu, and said in a deep voice, "Brother Li Hu, tell me quickly, what happened in Beijing?"

The monarch and his ministers looked at each other, even if Jinyiwei and Dongchang claimed to be omnipotent, they could not be omnipotent. The family was ransacked and the family was wiped out.

In the imperial city
When Li Huan entered the emperor's study room again, there was no one else except the emperor.

Zhang Huai was taken aback when he heard the words, and then respectfully took the troop transfer document from Li Hu.

Hearing what Li Huan said, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he cast a curious look at Li Huan.

Not to mention other things, just those who were taken away, who knows what news Jinyiwei and Dongchang will dig out from these people. You must know that since these people have been taken away, there must be a reason for them to be taken away, especially among them. Many people have unclear connections with many officials in the court.

If there is anything in the capital, even if there are soldiers from the five cities, there is no need to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp into the capital under normal circumstances.

Because of the emperor's assassination case, Li Huan naturally did not pay attention to the progress of the tax reform in the past few days. Hearing what the emperor said at this time, Li Huan couldn't help but asked curiously: "Could it be that the cabinet has already counted my future? Field mu, Dingkou data?"

A bright light flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, staring at Li Huan and said, "I heard that Jinyiwei and Dongchang arrested thousands of people this time, could it be that these people..."

It is clearly stated in the memorial that after this investigation and statistics, the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty have a total of 480 million hectares of land and more than 860 million small populations.

Because the Beijing camp is stationed outside the city, there is such a distance from the capital. In addition, after Admiral Li Huan supervised the Beijing camp, he strictly enforced the military law. It is not that anyone who wants to enter and exit the Beijing camp can enter and exit at will.

The news of the assassination of the emperor and the champion Hou Qiqi spread throughout the capital at an extremely fast speed. The people in the capital, who were already terrified when they saw the soldiers entering the capital, became even more panicked.

As Li Huan's confidant and Li Huan's personal guard, it can be said that what Li Huan knows, Li Hu probably also knows.

As Li Huan's personal soldier, even Zhang Huai did not dare to underestimate Li Huan.

The tyrants in these places can be said to be intertwined, even if Li Huan has tried his best to kill those who deserved it.

After receiving the memorial from the Son of Heaven, Li Huan slowly opened it, his eyes swept away, and soon Li Huan's expression changed slightly.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan subconsciously. If this group of people came from Jiangnan, the first thing Zhu Houzhao thought of was the big case that Li Huan had handled in Yangzhou Mansion not long ago. , The place was cleaned up.

But even Li Huan himself would not believe that there were no fish that slipped through the net.

It's only been a few years, and the big news about the emperor's assassination broke out again. I don't know how many people subconsciously looked towards the direction of the imperial city. What kind of bad luck is going on with their father? It's rare to see him in hundreds of years What happened, happened repeatedly in several years.

It can be said that if there is no military order now, it would not be wrong for idlers and other trespassers to be killed on the spot.

The mere Yangzhou Mansion is naturally incomparable to the huge Jiangnan. Li Huan's knife standing in Yangzhou Mansion hurts more than those local tyrants and gentry in Yangzhou Mansion. With the connections of these tyrants and gentry, I dare not say The tyrants and gentry in the whole south of the Yangtze River hated Li Huan deeply, and most of them would wish Li Huan to die.

Judging from the data on this memorial, Daming now has a total of nearly 8000 million mu of land and a population of nearly [-] million. This data is indeed not small, but both the emperor and Li Huan have clearly noticed that there is something wrong with this data. place.

The emperor was assassinated. As the people of the capital, they only feel that in the past few years, as the new emperor ascends the throne, frightening news will break out from time to time.

Letting out a breath, Zhu Hou looked at Li Huan and said: "With the opponent's degree of madness, since there is a first time, there must be a second time. If you can't catch the tail of the opponent this time, then wait for the next time. I don't believe these people can bear it."

So when Zhang Huai listened to Li Hu's order and looked at the emperor's seal affixed on the troop transfer document in his hand, Zhang Huai's expression changed involuntarily.

Li Hu and Zhang Huai are also old acquaintances. After all, they fought bloody battles together on the battlefield. In addition, Zhang Huai was born in the British government. With Li Huan's relationship with the British government, he faced Zhang Huai's inquiries. Li Hu told Zhang Huai exactly what happened in Beijing.

Facing the emperor's doubts, Li Huan showed a rare wry smile and said: "The finishing touches of these people are really too clean, I really dare not say where these people come from."

Sighing, Zhu Houzhao calmed down, and then said to Li Huan, "Li Qing, just take a look. These reports are all the summary data about the inventory of land acres and population in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty submitted by the cabinet after sorting out."

Zhang Huai couldn't help but raise his brows when he saw the visitor, he was no stranger to the visitor, it was Li Huan, a personal soldier from the Li clan who had been following Li Huan all the time.

As he said that, a cold and stern look flashed in Li Huan's eyes, and he said: "This time, the Jinyi Guards have seized the entire city, but those who have suspicious origins and have no guarantees from several families in the capital have been taken down at this moment. Outside, the ruffians and rascals on the street were also cleaned up. According to the accounts of these ruffians, there were indeed traces of the existence of such a group of people. Who is involved, but judging from the food purchased by this group of people, it is certain that if nothing happens, this group of people should come from the south of the Yangtze River."

However, Li Huan's heart was full of ups and downs. Zhu Houzhao compared the data of the Hongzhi Dynasty nearly ten years ago, and he could see the huge gap in the data of the field at a glance.

However, Li Huan remembered a general data about the farmland in the Ming Dynasty. He said that Zhang Juzheng's reform and the one-whip method also checked the Tianmu Dingkou in the world. According to records, in the 30th year of Wanli, there were as many as 100 million hectares of farmland. Compared with Hongzhi's 15 years, it has doubled, and compared with the data on the memorial, it has almost doubled.

In the future, Zhang Juzheng's reform will be able to clear up more than 1000 million hectares of land. As a result, the current tax reform implemented by their monarchs and ministers has only cleared less than 500 million hectares. If the local officials did not conceal the report, Li Huan would dare to eat the memorial in front of him. .

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