golden scales

Li Zicheng did not have much time left for Zhu Cihong.

The guard battalion of the East Palace fought a few victories and moved into Ruzhou City with high morale.Although Li Zicheng's army advanced tens of miles, the price paid was a large number of casualties and increasingly low morale.If it weren't for the huge disparity in the numbers of the two sides, Xiao Mo would even have wanted to start a round to expand the results of the battle.

During this time spent with his life, Zhang Shiqi finished the land clearing work two days ahead of schedule. Except for a few wealthy families who proposed fewer land registrations, others expressed that the latest version was "truly correct".

Zhang Shiqi also received the letter of appointment issued by Donggong Mingwen as the "Prefect of Henan Prefecture", as well as the temporary cast copper seal.The reason why it is Henan Prefecture is because in the administrative division of Ming Dynasty, Luoyang is just a county, which is the seat of Henan Prefecture.However, since the establishment of Henan Jiangbei Province in the Yuan Dynasty, Henan has become the name of Henan Province. It is easy to cause misunderstanding if it is called Henan Prefecture again. Henan Prefecture".

"Okay, all the maps of fields in one prefecture and thirteen counties in this prefecture have been drawn." Zhang Shiqi specially found a painter in Luoyang to draw a huge map of Henan Prefecture, marking the mountains, forests and waters, and then submitted it to the scribes, The status of the property approved by the Seiya is filled in one by one.

"Expand!" Zhang Shiqi's arms slowly opened, and someone pulled up the big map.

Hou Fangyu was surprised to find that most of the masterpieces were vacant.

Henan is located in Zhongzhou, and it is the most maturely developed area in the past 3000 years. Many barren hills have been irrigated into fertile fields.At that time, Emperor Wanli established the feudal clan of Fu Wang in Luoyang, because he took a fancy to this place as a prosperous place in the Central Plains.The [-] hectares of fertile land that Concubine Zheng requested for her son could not be obtained at that time, so she still found another place in Huguang and Anhui, and incorporated it into the farmland of Fufan.

And now there is so much open space!It looks almost one-to-one with the owner's field!

Concealing the farmland has reached such a rampant level!

"What is Mingfu's intention?" Hou Fangyu muttered in a low voice.

A student who came from Ruyang beside him smiled and said with a smile: "This is the old method of our lord, selling land."

"Sell the land?" Hou Fangyu was taken aback for a moment, and then came to his senses: "The ones that are not marked on this map are sold as vacant land?"

"Of course." The scribe said with a smile: "Otherwise, how could they let them write in black and white?"

Hou Fangyu couldn't help shivering, and instantly understood what the ancients called "shuddering".Of course, it's really cold right now.

The scribes and the Shijia only thought that the prince came to collect food, but they didn't expect that there was such a cruel old Juren under the prince, who wanted to draw his salary from the bottom of the pot!

"Aren't you afraid that the family will make trouble?" Hou Fangyu asked in a low voice.

"In terms of reason, we are selling unclaimed wasteland; in terms of reason, we also gave them a chance to confess; in terms of law, our Highness is personally conscripting on behalf of the Son of Heaven, with Dragon Festival and Shangfang in hand, what is that called? That is called a seer If you see him! If they dare to tell lies to His Highness, then they are deceiving you! Let alone selling him two pieces of land, even ransacking his home and beheading him will be light!"

Hou Fangyu is a smart man. Hearing the murderous words, he had no choice but to agree: "Indeed, this lawsuit will not be overthrown even in front of the emperor. The government didn't force them to recognize what they themselves recognized. But... just in case the wealthy family They are unwilling to bid, and outsiders are afraid to buy, so what should we do?"

"Hehe, do you think the wealthy clan are all monolithic?" The scribe smiled proudly: "When we were in Ruyang, those people also walked around behind their backs, and we agreed that no one would bid. What happened? The land deeds with black and white letters and red official seals Putting it on the desk, who wouldn’t be jealous? The highest piece of land was raised to 35 taels of silver per mu!”

Hou Fangyu was dumbfounded.He knows that the price of land is related to Feng Shui, soil, and orientation.However, even in Jiangnan, where every inch of land is very expensive, and good fertile land, 30 taels per mu is already a very high price.In Zhongzhou, there are no more than ten taels of high-quality fertile land, and those with poor soil quality may not even be worth three to five taels.

"Exactly! Looking at the land deeds that have been difficult for many generations, even if you want to fight privately, it will be a matter of the future." Zhang Shiqi came over with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile.

Hou Fangyu nodded again and again, saying that he made sense.He only thought of the collusion between the rich and powerful families to fight against the government, but he forgot that these powerful families had all kinds of disputes in the first place.The rich and powerful families living in the same place, even if they marry each other, there will inevitably be disputes over land and water.These disputes can be big or small, the small ones turned their faces, the big ones moved the sticks, and they were all written down in the small notebooks of each family.

If outsiders come in, these powerhouses will inevitably form an alliance.But now the government does not intervene, it simply gives them a chance to legally obtain the fertile land they have dreamed of.What reason do they have for not taking the bait?

"But this time the time is tight, we can no longer use the highest price." Zhang Shiqi said with a smile: "This time we will set the real price, and whoever gives the money will sell it to whomever is willing."

Hou Fangyu asked: "At that time, if everyone is vying to buy a good land and no one buys a field, what should we do?"

"It was tied up when the plots were divided." Zhang Shiqi laughed and said, "Is this old man really a Mr. Dong Hong? The county annals of the counties have already rotted in my stomach."

The county annals will not state which family’s fields are good, but it will clearly state which family has produced several successful candidates, where the family lives together, and the wind direction and water flow of a county... Based on these clues, Zhang Shiqi can easily judge Wherever you go, you can choose the location of fertile land and good land, and you can mix some middle fields, lower fields, and sandy loam at will, and those wealthy families will not care too much about it.

And the price is indeed outrageously low.

All land plots are sold at the price of three taels of silver per mu, regardless of whether it is good or bad.

Even if you buy sandy loam soil, the price is not a loss.What's more, among the land auctioned this time, Fu Wang's Zhuang Tian accounted for the majority.How many people are jealous of the fat?Once it is thrown now, one can imagine how those hungry wolves will swallow it.

Hou Fangyu saw that Zhang Shiqi had already made up his mind, and his colleagues seemed to be very familiar with the business, so he didn't say more, just watched carefully.There will be no impenetrable walls in this government office. Not long after this big map was hung, there were many rumors on the market. For a while, the side door of the magistrate's office was full of subordinate officials who came to ask for the truth.

Now that the market knows about it, there is no concealment inside the East Palace system.

When Zhang Shiqi was doing this business in Ruyang that day, he was still a little apprehensive. Later, he wrote down the process and the results in an open book and submitted it to the crown prince, and got the crown prince's endorsement.

Wu Zhen is not a Mr. Morality, but he is also a little entangled in this kind of naked occupation of private property.

"If it's Yushi's side..." Wu Zhen asked cautiously.

"The censor will be sensible." Zhu Cihong smiled, believing that Li Banghua could help him calm those ignorant censors.

"The other side of the Zongren Mansion..." Wu Zhen asked again.

"I'd have forgotten that if you didn't mention it." Zhu Cihong said disapprovingly, "Did you pay any attention to this yamen when you were Minister of Rites?"

At the beginning of the Republic of China, Emperor Taizu Gao established the Dazong Zhengyuan, which was ranked first.In the 22nd year of Hongwu, it was changed to the Zongren Mansion, and the prince served as Zong Zhengling, Zuo Zongzheng, and Zuo Zongren.It is mainly responsible for the affairs of the Mu clan's relatives, and later it is to edit the genealogy, and it no longer has the power to mediate the internal affairs of the clan.

Strictly speaking, Zhu Cihong has no right to dispose of the assets of Prince Fu's Mansion.It's just that Fu Shizi has fled to Anhui now, and he doesn't know which prefecture or county he is in.Zhu Cihong led the army, with a supervisor in command beside him, and with Shang Fangjian and Long Jie in hand, who would dare to say no to him?Don't say that Fu Shizi is just a prince, even if he inherits Fu Fan's title and becomes the new Fu King, won't he still have to behave like a king and minister when he sees the East Palace?

Besides, Luoyang is up and down, inside and out, who doesn't want to legally occupy the land occupied by King Fu?

The so-called winner of the same desire is the present!

"Those who dare to buy land are sophisticated." Zhu Cihong couldn't help but snorted, "Knowing that Li Chuang won't attack them, he bought it with peace of mind! Zhang Shiqi's method is quicker, but it's too much It’s cheaper for those rebellious officials and thieves.”

Wu Xuan also felt unwilling.

Since Li Zicheng occupied Xiangyang, the strategic goal has become clearer.Anyone who captures an important place in a big city will divide the people in the city into three piles.One is the clan, the other is the civil and military officials, and the third is the common people.They killed the clan, confiscated their property, and enriched their military expenditures; then recruited civil and military officials to enrich their ruling power; .

This is the simple thought of class struggle!

The imperial court newspaper said that the thieves slaughtered and plundered fiercely, which was recorded from the standpoint of the clan and officials, but it did not affect the general psychology of the people who were willing to follow the thieves.

The rich and powerful families in Luoyang knew that thieves would not embarrass the people, as long as they did not wear the title of "clan" they would be safe and sound, so they naturally dared to take over the property.

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"Master, since we have already received the report from Ruyang, why don't we report more land?"

Looking at the bewildered eyes of his descendants, Master Liao looked up to the sky and said nothing, but his heart was full of worries about his family.He sighed secretly, and scanned the children and grandchildren in the hall.Although not enough to be seven sons and eight sons-in-law, all five sons have grown up, and the three daughters have all married into well-to-do families. The only thing that worries him is that there is no one who can take charge of the family business among his children and grandchildren. .

"Because the knife is in his hands, and if we don't play according to his rules, he won't take us to play." An abrupt voice came from the back row.

Just listening to this tone is vulgar and uneducated, obviously not studying hard.In the last five generations of the Liao family, there were only two juren, and they were always very concerned about the education of their children, but they were very sad in the end.However, at this moment, this rude and almost rude answer brought a touch of light to Master Liao's heart.

Children can be taught!

"Who said that!" Master Liao asked loudly.

"It's me." A throbbing voice came out, and the crowd parted, only to see an unattractive young man standing where he was, bowing to Master Liao: "Grandson Liao Xing kowtows to Grandpa." (To be continued. )