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Chapter 437 The money can make a ghost run the mill

Looking at Zhu Houzhao with a bit of anger on his face, even Li Huan couldn't help but feel a little angry at the moment.

As long as it is not a fool who can see that this data is wrong, it goes without saying that some officials must have falsified it.

Unless it is going through the chaos of the dynasty changing, it is possible that the land in the world will be abandoned, so that the data of the land that the court can count is greatly reduced.

Although today's Great Tomorrow does not dare to say that it is a peaceful scene, it cannot be said to be a chaotic world. With a large population, it will inevitably force humans to open up wasteland.

According to the normal situation, not to mention more, Daming needs at least several million mu of land every year to be a normal incremental figure.

As a result, it has been less than ten years since the 15th year of Hongzhi, and the statistics on the number of acres of land have not only increased, but have also decreased greatly.

At this moment, Zhu Houzhao slapped the table suddenly, and said with a bit of anger: "They are so courageous, do they think that reducing the data of the land controlled by the imperial court in this way can resist the imperial court's tax reform? ?”

The purpose of these people's tampering with the field mu data is very simple. Naturally, it is because of Li Huan's policy of distributing the land into the mu, because according to Li Huan's policy, as long as the local fields are counted, they will be expropriated in the future. In terms of taxes, the land tax and Dingkou tax will no longer be collected as in the past.

At that time, taxes were levied entirely according to the number of acres, and no longer according to the number of people.

This tax system is obviously of great benefit to those landless people, who can finally get rid of the exploitation from taxes.

However, this system is extremely unfriendly to those local gentry and tyrants who control a large number of fields. It can even be said that they are bleeding these people with a knife.

With the temperament of the powerful and gentry in those places, it would be a strange thing if they could cooperate honestly.

And with the disposition of the officials above the court, it is not uncommon for them to do something about the data of the fields.

While speaking, Zhu Hou took a look at Li Huan and said, "Li Qing, didn't it mean that Wang Aiqing sent a large number of officials to the place to supervise Tian Mu's investigation, and even Jin Yiwei participated in it. Could it be that these people were all bribed?"

Now Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but feel a little suspicious of those officials and Jinyiwei who were sent to the local area.

Li Huan shook his head slightly when he heard the words, and said to the emperor: "If your majesty said that someone was bought by the local gentry, powerful and even officials, it is indeed possible for a very small number of people, but the majority of people They were all bought, but it’s a bit unrealistic.”

It's not that Li Huan has great trust in these people, but that Li Huan still has some control over Jin Yiwei.

At any rate, Li Huan had been the commander of Jinyiwei for several years, and his control over Jinyiwei was quite deep during these few years.

Under Li Huan's control, the Jinyiwei officials who were originally entrenched in the local area and became like toubobs were transferred or even replaced one by one, which suddenly made these people lose the foundation and ability to deceive others.

Just like what Li Huan said, maybe there are Jinyiwei people who will be bribed, but such people can only be very few.

Is it true that Li Huan is so easy to talk to? Li Huan is in charge of Jinyiwei Nanzhen Fusi himself, and a large number of Jinyiwei supervisors have been placed in the local guards. It can be said that Li Huan's control of Jinyiwei is absolutely perfect.

Zhu Houzhao also reacted when he heard what Li Huan said.

Whether it is the officials who were sent down or Jin Yiwei, it is actually unlikely that they will be bribed, it's just that he is a little too worried.

After thinking about these things clearly, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan, with a flash of brilliance in his eyes, and said: "If the people sent to the place are trustworthy, then with the ability of these people, I dare not say that they can track down all the people in the world. acres, at least it can ensure that the vast majority of the fields are in the ranks of the inventory statistics."

Li Huan nodded slowly, and looked at the emperor. The monarch and his ministers seemed to have a good understanding, and Li Huan said: "Since these people have no problems, the only problem is the account that is responsible for collecting this data at the end." department."

The Ministry of Households is responsible for the statistics of the number of acres of land in the world and the compilation of the population yellow book. This time, the data on the number of acres of fields and small mouths of each province that have been aggregated from the two capitals and the thirteen provinces will eventually pass through the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and then be summarized and submitted to the cabinet. and the Son of Heaven.

In other words, the data obtained by Li Huan and the others was calculated by the officials of the household department.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes flashed fiercely and he said: "I have summoned the officials of the household department to the palace to have an audience, and I want to ask them what is going on."

Hearing this, Li Huan shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan subconsciously, which seemed to be a bit out of line with Li Huan's temperament.

Now it is almost certain that the officials of the household department have tampered with it. If Li Huan's temperament is followed, he will definitely ask someone to take the officials of the household department down for interrogation.

As a result, now Li Huan is preventing him from calling the officials of the household department into the palace for an audience.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's surprised look, Li Huan said slowly: "Your Majesty, all of this is just our speculation at the moment, and there is no conclusive evidence. Come on, when these people refuse to admit it, can it be said that His Majesty can still torture these officials in this imperial city?"

Zhu Hou looked at Li Huan and said, "Then what should I do with Yiqing's family?"

Li Huan sneered and said: "The next day will be the Grand Court Meeting. I believe that with these two days, Jin Yiwei will be able to grasp the inside story of it. Wouldn't it be better to kill others at the Great Court Meeting then?"

Hearing what Li Huan said, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up immediately, and he clapped his hands in admiration, "Okay, as Li Qing said, at the court meeting in the future, I will not spare those people."

Li Huan cupped his hands and bowed to the emperor, "Please leave, sir."

Here, when Li Huan and the Son of Heaven noticed that the data on the number of acres collected by the Ministry of Household Affairs was not correct, they were in a quiet courtyard in the capital.

Several figures were gathered in a courtyard, and if the person in charge was seen by a court official, he would definitely be able to recognize this person as Cui Ying, a doctor from the household department.

Not only Cui Ying, who is a doctor of the household department, is here, but almost most of the other people are officials of the household department.

However, it can be seen that these people are faintly headed by Cui Ying. Besides, there is another person who is dressed like a member of the staff. Pulling the fingers, coupled with the brocade clothes, the whole person is full of luxury.

This person is quite well-known in the capital, and he is a well-known nobleman named Lu Yu.

The reason why Lu Yu is famous in the capital is that this person is one of the most famous landowners in the capital, with as many as 10,000+ acres of land under his name.

You must know that this is a fertile field located in Gyeonggi. It is not easy to buy hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Gyeonggi, let alone control 10,000+ acres of fields.

There have been a lot of rumors about this person. Some people say that this person is just a person who was pushed out to talk about it. The one who really stands behind him is the real boss-level existence in Beijing.

Some people said that standing behind it was a certain elder, while others said that standing behind Lu Yu was a royal nobleman.

Anyway, there are so many rumors about Lu Yu, which ones are true and which ones are false, even some interested people can't figure it out.However, this made Lu Yu's origin and background extremely mysterious in the capital.

In addition, Lu Yu is generous, never stingy with money, long-sleeved and good at dancing, and has made friends with many officials and dignitaries in Beijing and China. It can be said that in the capital, he can be regarded as the number one person.

At this time, Lu Yu looked at Cui Ying and other officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs, with a smile on his face full of red light, and said, "Several, the matter of Lu getting rid of you has already been done?"

An official of the household department laughed and said: "That's natural, isn't it just a little change of some data in the fish scale atlas and yellow book of the household department about the fields, which is nothing to us at all."

As he said that, the official looked at Cui Ying and said with a smile: "Cui Yuanwai can rest assured, we have changed the number of fertile land under Cui Yuanwai's name from 15 mu to 15 mu on the Yulin Atlas. According to the new tax collection policy introduced by the imperial court, the [-] mu of fertile land that Cui Yuanwai has, only needs to pay taxes according to the amount of [-] mu."

Lu Yu smiled slightly when he heard the words: "It's hard work for you all, but the most important thing my master asks you to do is the most important thing. Are you sure you have done it?"

At this moment, Cui Ying, who was the leader of several officials, glanced at Lu Yu and said, "Why, do you not believe our methods and capabilities?"

Lu Yu heard the displeasure in Cui Ying's words, so he didn't feel annoyed, but smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Cui has misunderstood, but Lu didn't mean to doubt you, it was just something my master told me. I don’t dare to be careless in the slightest, if the adults really do it well, then Cui can also tell my master about it.”

One of the principals chuckled and said, "Accidents happened one after another in the Ministry of Accounting, and the imperial court has not appointed any vacant officials for a while. Master Cui already has a lot of power in the Ministry of Accounting, let alone now, and the statistics and compilation of local data are originally made by I will be responsible, not to mention modifying part of the data, or let us fabricate a new data, that is not difficult."

Speaking of which, the boss showed some confidence on his face and said: "You must know that we handle these things professionally. Although we have changed some of the data, after fabrication, those data will definitely stand the test."

Lu Yu showed some admiration on his face, and he cupped his hands to compliment Cui Ying and the others: "You all have such means and abilities, you are really the pillars of the court."

Stroking his beard, the manager glanced at Lu Yu and said with a smile: "If there is a need for Mr. Lu, we can even help Mr. Lu sort out a account book that can be faked..."

Seeing the smiling face of the principal, Lu Yu couldn't help feeling chills down his back. Is this trying to trick him into using fake accounts to fool the master behind him?
Thinking of his master's means and identity, Lu Yu shuddered almost instinctively, and quickly suppressed the turmoil in his heart.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Yu clapped his hands.

Soon I saw several servants walking over carrying boxes one by one.

When these servants walked over carrying the boxes, they immediately attracted the attention of several officials including Cui Ying.

Cui Ying and the others watched the obviously heavy boxes being carried over and placed in front of them. Even when the boxes fell heavily on the ground, the ground shook slightly, which showed that these boxes were definitely not light.

As if thinking of something, someone looked at the box, and a bit of greed flashed in their eyes.

And Lu Yu saw the expression reaction of Cui Ying and others in his eyes, and a trace of disdain flashed in the depths of his eyes, but on the surface he was calm, but smiled flatteringly and took a step forward, and then Cui Ying slowly opened the box under the watchful eyes of the others.

Immediately, a golden light flashed across the box, and the box was opened, and what appeared to Cui Ying and the others were the fist-sized gold ingots neatly arranged in the box.

That's right, these are real gold ingots, densely packed, in the whole box, there are probably no fewer than dozens of such gold ingots.

Looking at these golden gold ingots, Cui Ying and several other officials couldn't help breathing quickly.

It is said that the household department is in charge of the imperial court's money and property, so as an official of the household department, he should be used to seeing scenes of gold and silver like mountains.

However, the reaction of Cui Ying and others was obviously that they had never seen such a scene, but considering that Cui Ying and others were in the yamen of the Ministry of Households, they were only in charge of the Qingli Division in charge of the imperial court's fields and Dingkou, not They are officials in charge of warehouses such as Taicang and the State Treasury, which store gold and silver property, so it is not surprising that a few people have not seen any scenes of gold and silver.

Some officials watched Lu Yu open them one by one, and the five boxes were full of golden gold ingots, so excited that they couldn't help looking at Lu Yu with red eyes and trembling: "Besides Lu Yu, these... "

Lu Yu smiled slightly, looked at the people and said, "There are five boxes here, and each box contains 5000 taels of gold. Add up to 5000 taels of gold here."

Hearing what Lu Yu said, several people's hearts trembled suddenly, although Yuanwai Lu had already said that as long as things are done properly, the people behind him will definitely not treat them badly.

Now seeing a full 5000 taels of gold in front of them, Cui Ying and others really felt the generosity of the people behind Lu Yu.

This gold ingot worth nearly 30 taels of silver made the worry in Cui Ying and others' hearts completely disappear. Isn't it just to change some data on the data of Tianmu and Dingkou? Even if the Champion Hou sent someone to investigate, they were not afraid.

Not to mention whether Li Huan sent people to find out the data they modified from the vast amount of data, even if they did find out, they can push it to the data statistics error, right? There is no regulation, and they are not allowed to make mistakes when calculating the data.

Even if they miscalculated the data, at most it was a crime of dereliction of duty. With so much gold and silver in their hands, even if they lost their positions due to dereliction of duty, it would not be a loss.

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(End of this chapter)