Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 614 Victory
Wenhua Hall.

"Shocking, really shocking."

The voice of Emperor Chongzhen echoed in the hall, Han Yu, Wen Tiren, Bi Ziyan and other cabinet ministers all stood with their heads bowed.

"The Kaifeng Mansion under the jurisdiction of Henan Chengxuan's Political Envoy Division, just one mansion, has as many as one million mu of land, which was invaded by Zhou Fan's lineage.

The number of tricks used is jaw-dropping.

The means of evading land taxes such as offering and flying are all dared to be used on official land, and hundreds of thousands of acres of official land have thus become private property.

It's no wonder that the taxes collected by the state are decreasing year after year, and this is the root cause. If Sun Chuanting hadn't found out these things, I would still be deceived. "

Emperor Chongzhen held the memorial in hand, and looked at Han Yu and Wen Tiren with stern eyes, even though he had already thought in his heart that the invasion of land by the vassals in Henan must be a shocking existence.

But when the truth was found out, it was only in Kaifeng Mansion, and the truth he saw made Emperor Chongzhen feel angry.

The encroachment of millions of acres of land represents how many low-level groups have been ruined and entrapped under the annexation of land for many generations. This is really a cannibal world.

And among the many occupied lands, many official lands were also involved, which involved how many power and money transactions, and the malpractice of using power for personal gain.

Bi Ziyan stepped forward and bowed: "Your Majesty, under the current situation, it is necessary to intensify the investigation of the case involving the land occupation by the feudal clans in Henan.

The minister boldly asks for advice, and asks His Majesty to allow the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Independent Commission Against Corruption to dispatch officials to Henan to supervise the case.

In Kaifeng Prefecture, the Zhou Fan lineage of the Fan Fan invaded such heinous land, especially the official land was invaded, so the situation in other prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Henan Province is also very serious. "

At the beginning, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Henan, secretly obeyed the will of Emperor Chongzhen, and with the help of the Henan Disaster Relief Office, investigated the land occupation in various prefectures and counties in Henan, laying the foundation for the subsequent distribution of land.

The commotion in Henan caused the officials of the Disaster Relief Administration to gather the persecuted people from all over the country to file a lawsuit against the suzerain vassal of the former vassal.

After all, it had never happened before in the Ming Dynasty to have a lawsuit with the vassal of the Ming Dynasty. For the ministers of the court, if the matter involves too many levels, it is difficult to guarantee that it will affect other levels.

"My minister agrees!"

Wen Tiren bowed immediately.

"Your Majesty, we need to thoroughly investigate the land occupation in Henan, and the local governor can no longer interfere." Han Yu thought for a while, then stepped forward and bowed.

"Sun Chuanting, the governor of Henan, is too radical in everything he does in Henan. This is not good for local stability. If we say..."

"Han Qing feels radical?"

Emperor Chongzhen held up the memorial and interrupted what Han Yu said, "I think Sun Chuanting is too conservative, and it is not his fault. The case of land occupation in Henan, can the court find out the truth?
In the past, the taxes collected by the imperial court were obviously not enough, but what did some ministers in the court say?

It is said that the severe disasters in the local area have led to insufficient local taxes. For this reason, I have reduced and exempted a lot of taxes. Looking at it now, the tax reductions and exemptions are all in the pockets of those who care! "

A Henan Cheng announced the political envoy.

A Hu Guangcheng announced the political envoy.

This is the Da Ming suzerain-vassal group, which is the most numerous in Daming. With reference to Sun Chuanting's investigation in Henan, I am afraid that more than [-]% of the land in Henan and Huguang will be occupied by these suzerain-vassal branches. The taxes levied by the Ming Dynasty cannot be collected on this part of the land.

The vassals of the Ming Dynasty had tax-free privileges.

Emperor Chongzhen continued: "At the beginning, the imperial court encountered so many difficulties, a Jianlu rebelled, and a traitor rebelled, so that the imperial court could not pay for the suppression of food, which almost ruined the big event.

Not to mention that during the process, disasters occurred in various places, and the imperial court had to allocate food and salaries for disaster relief. I originally wanted to use this group of suzerain and vassal ethnic groups to help the imperial court solve their problems.

But what did each of them say?

No money.

Cry poor.

I really believed it at the beginning, but now that I think about it, I am really stupid, otherwise how would I believe this nonsense, investigate, the case of land occupation in Henan must be investigated deeply. "

Han Yu, Wen Tiren, and Bi Ziyan all lowered their heads. What Emperor Chongzhen said happened at the beginning of his reign. Facing the complicated national conditions, he wanted to test it in a small area first, so as to reduce the pressure on the court. , but the result in exchange was that none of them had any money.

"Your Majesty, even if you want to investigate this case in depth, you must reduce the corresponding impact."

Zhou Dao stepped forward and bowed: "If something about Henan spreads to other places in the Ming Dynasty, let the vassals of the vassal know. The imperial court is investigating the case of land occupation. If..."

"Why should I reduce my influence?"

Emperor Chongzhen was furious, looked at Zhou Daodeng coldly, and said loudly: "Not only will I not reduce my influence, but I will let the cabinet reveal the world, and let the world know what happened in Henan.

I want to make it clear that the case of land occupation in Henan will be thoroughly investigated. In other prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty, anyone who has a vassal ethnicity and dares to cause civil unrest or rebellion in the ruling land will be confiscated and ransacked.

I was too merciful to the vassals of the Ming Dynasty, so that some people ignored my laws and disciplines of the Ming Dynasty, relaxed themselves, indulged my subordinates, encroached on the interests of the dynasty, and encroached on the land of the people. "

Although it is said that the Daming clan and vassal group is one of the barriers to the consolidation of the Ming Dynasty, the pig raising policy that the Ming Dynasty pursued in the past made the Daming clan and vassal group, including the larger lower-level clan, an existence that dragged down Daming.

For Emperor Chongzhen, this was absolutely not allowed.

As for the Ming Dynasty during the Chongzhen Dynasty, perhaps other groups would rebel frequently, especially the lower-level groups. After all, they could not survive, but only the suzerain and vassal groups would not rebel.

Once the suzerain dared to rebel and was suppressed by the imperial court, it would not be as simple as seizing the title.

After clarifying this core idea, Emperor Chongzhen planned to curb the annexation of land by the Ming Dynasty. In addition to appearing, Emperor Chongzhen would attack the honored relatives, and finally the gentry, big and small landlords, etc.

The primary and secondary contradictions must be clearly distinguished.

Rather than offending a wider group of people during the relatively weak period of Ming Dynasty, it is better to focus on small groups first. Perhaps when solving these small groups, you will encounter many difficult problems, but compared to offending a wide range of officials, gentry, landlords and other groups , the difficulty and trouble are relatively small.

Sun Chuanting's lawsuit against the vassals in Henan was the beginning. Emperor Chongzhen would completely solve the problems of the vassals in the northern provinces in the next few years, and extend it to the southern provinces and southwestern provinces.

(End of this chapter)