I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 509 The emperor has a good way to make money: eat up the big families into ruin!

Wei Xiang sneered before continuing to ask for a lower price.

"It's easy to be satisfied if you wait. I'm telling you that I will accept the five million dollars today."

After Prime Minister Wei said these words, Wang Hao Chou and others were immediately overjoyed and immediately bowed their heads and thanked Prime Minister Wei for letting them live.

But before their knees could bend, the words that came out from behind made them feel a chill again.

"But this money is not a bribe for me, but stolen money handed over to Captain Shui Heng!"

"You openly bribed the cabinet bachelor. The amount is huge and shocking. Since it is stolen money, it should naturally be confiscated to Captain Shuiheng for disposal. As for you..."

"Every one of them knows they are guilty and keeps complaining, but in fact they don't repent. It seems they want to go to the county jail to eat!"

When Wang Hao Chou and others heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and finally saw the true face of this cruel official, Prime Minister Wei.

They knew they had once again fallen into a trap full of bamboo thorns.

These people did not dare to have any more luck or extravagant hopes. As soon as their bones softened, they immediately knelt down and bowed their heads again.

Those few who were the most timid and cunning were afraid of being caught on the spot and taken to the county jail. In desperation, they used so much force that their foreheads were swollen.

Prime Minister Wei looked at them with cold eyes and showed no mercy at all.

Relying on the money in their hands, they didn't know how many officials like Han Buhai they had bribed, and they didn't know how many dirty things they had done were hidden.

Having money can not only make the mill go round, but sometimes it can even make the mill go round.

After a long time, Prime Minister Wei finally got bored and planned to end today's "farce".

He coldly asked several people to stand up and line up in a row in the hall.

"This five million yuan is not enough, so we nine families pooled together 30 million yuan and donated all of it to Captain Shuiheng to use it as a pension for the disabled soldiers of the Han army!"

"If this can be achieved, I can write a memorial and ask the county magistrate to forgive your sins and allow you and your family to go to Pingling County safely."

"Thirty, thirty million?"

Everyone was shocked and seemed to be a little reluctant.

"If you think thirty million is too much, you can think about it slowly, but after you leave this door today, Changyi Lang will arrive soon. You must know whether your home can be saved."

Compared with the 30 million yuan, these smart and cunning people can naturally understand what is more important than these 30 million yuan. After a while of heartache, they could only nod their heads in the end.

"And your fields and houses, no matter how big or small, are all priced at a hundred dollars an acre, and no changes are allowed to raise the price!"

"This..." Wang Hao Chou wanted to argue again.

But Wei Xiang did not give him a chance to finish. Instead, he turned around and stopped looking at these people with his hands behind his back.

The straight back made the meaning very clear, and there was no room for negotiation on this matter.

"We are willing to obey the order, and I hope that Mr. Wei Ge will speak kindly to the county magistrate..." The heroes looked at each other in confusion, lamented repeatedly, and finally swallowed the loss.

"Well, I am busy with my affairs, so I won't see you off."

"promise……"

The heroes left the main hall of Henan County Sheriff's Mansion in despair. Prime Minister Wei who stayed in the hall was still angry, but he also felt relieved.

At this point, the general trend of relocating people from the three counties has been decided, and there is one less obstacle to the relocation of people from Guandong County.

Next, it depends on what the emperor can do in Chang'an.

……

With this living example from the Lu family, Wang Hao Chou and others have given in.

Moving from a million-dollar home to Chang'an City has become much easier.

Under the watchful eyes of Wuqian Changyilang and Yulinlang, no one dared to openly resist the orders of the immigrants.

In the next period of time, it will become much easier to clean up one's family, appraise and price the land, or sell the land.

In the three counties, there are a total of three to four hundred families with millions of families, and the land they occupy reaches one hundred thousand hectares.

The county government in each county has determined the price of these lands. Regardless of whether they are fat or thin, the prices are between one hundred yuan and three hundred yuan.

Calculated in this way, the price of one acre of the cheapest land is equivalent to the price of a sheep, which is very cheap.

Because the price of this land was so fair and cost-effective, people from the three counties came in droves to buy it.

In order to prevent the emergence of new wealthy families in the process of selling and purchasing land, Prime Minister Wei formulated a series of regulations.

First of all, land purchase must be based on household units. Each person in the household can purchase thirty acres of land, and no more than that is allowed.

Secondly, the purchased land cannot be resold within three years, and cannot be resold within five years, and the price cannot be raised or reduced.

Finally, households with a household value of more than 300,000 are not allowed to purchase land this time.

Under the restrictions of these land purchase policies, the land that was originally connected vertically and horizontally was gradually divided into small pieces of land.

The trend of land annexation in the three counties has been greatly alleviated.

The wealthy families were naturally complaining, but the ordinary people were happy.

In addition to the benefits for the people, of course the Central Court also has a lot of benefits.

The first profit was the Lu family's confiscated money, which amounted to 5 to 6 billion yuan. This was simply a windfall.

The second income was Wang Hao's money and food. Nine households in Luoyang County donated 30 million, and dozens of households in three counties donated 500 million.

The third income is the land transaction tax collected by the government when the land is purchased and sold, of which there is at least another 100 million yuan in profit.

The fourth income comes from Shuiheng Bank. In order to purchase land, farmers with no money can only borrow money from Shuiheng Bank. The interest of that penny adds up to another hundred million yuan.

Just these four immediate profits amount to more than one billion.

Beyond that, there's a fifth, even bigger gain.

Because the wealthy families in the three counties sold so much land, supply soon exceeded demand.

When the deadline for disposing of the land and houses came, many fields that could normally be sold for 700 yuan per acre were sold for only more than 100 yuan.

The land that was originally sold for only one or two hundred yuan ended up being sold for fifty or sixty yuan.

This price is unprecedentedly low not only for the three counties, but also for the entire Han Dynasty.

However, the time that Prime Minister Wei gave to the wealthy family was too short.

Even at such low prices, many properties have not been sold, and there are many left.

In order to prevent their own fields and houses from being confiscated, the powerful and cunning people had no choice but to go to the county, temple, and government offices to plead for mercy, hoping that Prime Minister Wei could grant some grace.

When the date was set, there was naturally no grace, but Mr. Wei Xiang had a lot of people, so he still left a way for the cunning and cunning people to survive.

Prime Minister Wei "reluctantly" issued an order to ask the prefectures, counties and monasteries to pay for the unsold land to be purchased as public land.

Of course, the price is extremely low, with the average price of one acre of land being only fifty yuan.

This is almost an order to "take advantage by cleverness and robbery", and it still makes the cunning and cunning people grateful.

As a result, by buying the land of wealthy families at low prices, the Shaofu and Da Si Nong can at least get billions of dollars into their accounts.

This is only the direct benefit brought by the resettlement.

After these hundreds of millionaire families moved to Pingling County, the land and houses awarded by the court would definitely not be enough.

When the time comes, it will be time to buy land and houses in Pingling County. These are public lands and public lands under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu, so the price is naturally high. To build a mansion, you need to purchase bricks, stones, earthworks, hire masons, and add furnishings... As long as there are transactions, there will be consumption, and if there is consumption, there will be taxes.

According to the adult system, these commercial taxes are all collected by the emperor's private treasury, the Shaofu. In other words, they will also become the emperor's income.

This is a higher level of big eaters.

Rich families are like cornucopias, in which a large amount of wealth has been accumulated.

If these wealth were left in one place, it would turn into land, and then become the basis for separatist rule.

The relocation of people can turn these cornucopias of large and small upside down, and the wealth inside and outside the basins can burst out of the sky.

No matter who it is, everyone can get a piece of the pie.

And the one who gets the biggest spoonful is naturally the emperor.

These are just the Million Households in the three counties of Henan. Soon, the Million Households in other counties in Guandong will also start to move.

By then, the wealth released by the wealthy families will be even more astonishing.

This is just a mild social reform: targeting some interest groups and forcing them to give up part of their wealth.

If it is a more violent social revolution or foreign war, more wealth will be released.

Use the collected money to train a new army, and then use the new army to collect more money.

Wouldn't this get better?

……

As time entered the end of May, the immigrants from the three counties finally started to leave one after another.

Although these millionaire families have been "deprived of all their fields and houses," the remaining families are still amazing.

In every household, slaves, maids, relatives, horses and luxury cars formed a mighty convoy of people and horses...

These people, horse-drawn carriages and convoys gathered on the official road and moved slowly westward in groups.

In half a month, they will arrive in Pingling County: there, there will be another "cool official" to help them start a new life.

……

On the west gate tower of Luoyang County, Prime Minister Wei stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the convoys of people and horses heading west on the official road.

The dust was billowing, the horses were whistling, and the people were buzzing. It was so lively.

Prime Minister Wei was silent and his expression was not relaxed.

Behind him was Jian Kou, who was equally silent.

"Elder Ge, the relocation of the people has been completed, why are you still worried?" Jian Kou asked.

"The Han Dynasty has hundreds of counties. Although we have settled the matter in three counties, there will be more twists and turns later." Wei Xiang said with a sigh.

"Governing a big country is like cooking small dishes, and some mistakes are inevitable." Jian Kou said respectfully.

"The general trend is in Chang'an. Only when the county magistrate subdues the courtiers in Chang'an who are connected with the wealthy families can the outcome be stable." Wei Xiang nodded and said.

"The county magistrate Shengming is kind and decisive. He will definitely be able to control the situation in Chang'an City." Jian Kou said sincerely.

"As ministers, we can only do this for the county magistrate. The overall situation of the world still depends on your majesty." Wei Xiang said.

"Wei Ge is a wise old man."

"Jian Kou, the aristocratic family suddenly emigrated, leaving a lot of emptiness. There is no restraint in the countryside, and there is a fear of thieves causing chaos..."

"You and Han De have to work harder. Take Chang Yi Lang and Yu Lin Lang around to collect the money to avoid civil unrest."

"The last general takes command!"

Prime Minister Wei didn't speak any more. He once again cast his gaze on the convoy of people and horses that was wandering eastward like a giant python.

The people in these carriages and carriages were all well-known figures in the three counties, but at the moment they were dragging their families with them far away from their homeland, and they looked a bit desolate.

Good and evil depend on each other, and no one knows what the future holds.

Take Prime Minister Wei as an example. He can give orders among these three counties, but when he goes to Weiyang Palace and Qingliang Palace, doesn't he have to be cautious?

And even if he is the emperor, he can't do whatever he wants.

Therefore, Prime Minister Wei's line was cast to the edge of the wilderness further away. In that direction was the invisible city of Chang'an.

I don’t know what kind of turmoil is happening in Chang’an City at this moment.

……

On May 25th, the weather in Chang'an City was extremely hot. Under the double gates of Weiyang Palace, thirty or forty people were kneeling neatly.

The four leaders were Zhang Anshi, Bingji, Liu De and Wei Xian.

As for those people behind them, they were either courtiers from aristocratic families or heads of aristocratic families in Chang'an City.

Yang Zhong, Jin Jian, Du Yannian, Dou Ding, Feng Fengshi, Geng Feng, Shi Tao...

Many people's names may seem ordinary, and there are not many records in history books, but in fact they represent huge families.

These powerful families are already very prominent now, but in the original history, they would have expanded even more.

Eventually it became a local separatist force, which then influenced the change of dynasties.

The Zhang family, whose head is Zhang Anshi, is the best example.

In the original history, Zhang Anshi and his elder brother Zhang He were both granted the title of marquis, and their three sons also served as courtiers with two thousand stones.

Zhang Bo, Zhang Lin, Zhang Fang, Zhang Chun, Zhang Fen, Zhang Fu... these Zhang family's children will all achieve success in the future and become pillars and pillars of the court.

Not only does the Zhang family have power, but their family status is also much higher than that of ordinary families.

According to historical records, Zhang Anshi's wife personally spun, and the family's weaving workshop supported 700 domestic slaves who specialized in weaving.

At this scale, it is no longer a small family workshop, but a large-scale workshop second to none. It is very possible to make hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

One can imagine the wealth of the Zhang family.

Zhang Anshi was naturally cautious in the court, but how could he really be trembling when facing ordinary people?

When the imperial power fell away, didn't Zhang think of separatist rule and self-preservation?

Not only Zhang Anshi, but everyone kneeling here has the lintel of aristocratic families as their backing.

The father of Anping Hou Yang Zhong was the former prime minister Yang Chang, who represented the Hongnong Yang family.

The great-grandfather of Marquis Jin Jian was Jin Rixi, the Xiongnu prince who defected to the Han Dynasty. He represented the Jin family of the third auxiliary and was even an old member of the Xiongnu.

The father of Jianping Hou Dou Ding was Dou Guangguo, the younger brother of Queen Dou, who represented the Dou family in Qinghe.

Although Shi Tao has no official title, he is a giant businessman of the Sanfu generation. His family fortune is hard to estimate, and is said to be as much as one billion.

There are also Wei Xian, Liu De, Bingji... they are all important ministers in two or three dynasties, and they all deserve the title of aristocratic families.

When Huo was defeated, they had common interests with the emperor, so they could naturally come together and even share the same hatred.

However, with the implementation of the New Deal, conflicts and differences between them and the emperor emerged.

The forced relocation of millions of homes in three counties to fill Pingling became the focus of conflicts.

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