Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

After offering sacrifices to the Ancestral Temple, the saint awarded the meritorious officials who followed the emperor's expedition to the west, and everything in the court returned to the state before the saint's expedition.The difference is that because of the grain from the south of the Yangtze River brought by sea ships, the aristocratic families in Gyeonggi realized that the imperial court could replace water transport by sea.

The water transportation not only involved the interests of too many people, but it was also the place where more than [-] Cao Ding made a living, together with the wives and children they supported.

It was supposed to be a peaceful court after the victory of the Western Expedition, but in an instant, a great chaos broke out among several factions.The courtiers, no matter how inarticulate they were, were also frothing and joined in by citing scriptures.Each speaks for its own reasons.Those with vested interests refused to make concessions, and those who failed to compete for water transport tried their best to promote sea transport instead of water transport in order to get some profits.

The sage watched the quarrel in the court, and when he was proud, he taught the prince how to check and balance in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"These honorable, civil and military people, if they don't throw away fat and let them fight, these people will deal with us father and son unanimously."

The prince nodded.

"Father, it's about time to let go of the wind of going abroad. It also allows enough time for those who want to sell Zhuangzi."

"Don't worry, wait another half a month to force those people to sell their cultivated land at a low price."

"Father, the encirclement division must be quelled, and it is better to leave more room. Otherwise, these people will not let go of the land, and the land restriction order next year will not be easy to implement after all."

The prince spent all his time talking, and finally persuaded the saint.At the Great Court Meeting on the second day, the sage announced a ban on the sea, and the court will invest in sea-going ships to participate in overseas transactions, allowing everyone to participate in shares.The sage stunned all the courtiers at once.Without waiting for everyone to recall, the sage pushed out the land restriction order that was planned to be implemented after the Ministry of Household Affairs spent two years investigating the number of cultivated fields in the world.

The most severe limitation of personal ownership of arable land is that individuals who own excess land must pay [-]% of the punitive tax on top of [-]% of the tax.If it has been abandoned for two consecutive years or accumulated for two years in five years, the imperial court will take back the land free of charge.

This means that those who own too much land basically have no harvest after renting the land to others for cultivation.

The courtiers who knew the news earlier kept silent.[-]% of the tax is not too much.Those who can stand in the court are not less than [-]%, the key is that the excess cultivated land has to pay [-]% of the punitive tax.

Those who come from rich families and own a lot of land, calculate the amount of land they can hold, and then think about the purpose of the sage's land restriction order.Taking a peek at the sage who was watching the courtiers from the throne, waiting for someone to speak out, they invariably gave others the first chance to speak out.

The saint waited for a while, but no one objected.Then he pointed to the important ministers of the six departments and nine ministers and asked their opinions.

What are you asking, this land restriction order was formulated after two years of planning!

Those courtiers who wanted to put forward different opinions, seeing the attitude of the chiefs of the Six Departments and Nine Ministers, lamented in their hearts, knowing that any objection would be useless.

The courtiers standing in the court all understood that the sage took advantage of the aftermath of the Western Expedition, reduced the privileges of the gentry, and lowered the taxes of the common people.At this time, jumping out to fight against the saint, I am afraid that it would be light to be dismissed on the spot.If it is handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for interrogation, no one is 100% innocent, and it is very likely that they will not be imprisoned in the end, and they will not be able to keep their official positions and fame.

After retiring from the imperial court, the crown prince served the sage tea and beat his shoulders graciously, praising the sage's record in the annals of history, which would surpass Yao and Shun.

The saint is very proud.

"Cheng Xian said, 'Civilian officials are not greedy for money, and military generals are not afraid of death, the world can be settled. It can't be done."

"Father, the most important point is that you are a Mingjun, and you are a Mingjun with force and prestige. When the world is evil, there are many evil people. Are the unborn emperors in the past all foolish people? I don't think so. But they talk about "literature" - they can't control civil and military officials without being greedy for money; they talk about "wu" - they can't lead military commanders to be brave and fearless, unable to resist external dangers, and finally lost the country. Now the father is the eternal Mingjun This move is no different from the Tai/Ancestor who opened up the country. Only when the common people can be stabilized can we have the inheritance of a century-old foundation."

What the crown prince said came from the bottom of his heart. What is a Mingjun is a Mingjun who can make the people live and work in peace and contentment, with enough food and clothing.

While the sage was in high spirits, he did not forget to remind the prince.

"The land in the south of the Yangtze River is mostly owned by aristocratic families. If the lower-level prefectures and county magistrates cannot seriously implement the land restriction order, it will be a joke of the court."

The scriptures are good, but the monk can't help but read them crookedly.

"In the first month of next year, we will send the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Yushitai to take people to various places to inspect. It is necessary to let the people know about the changes in taxes, and anyone who dares to tamper with the land restriction order will be killed as an example."

"Yes."

What the sage said was murderous, but the prince responded firmly.The servants who were listening on the side subconsciously felt a chill run down their spines.

Within a few days, large tracts of cultivated land and farms began to be sold in Gyeonggi.Buyers are almost nonexistent.People who want to buy fields don't have the silver taels.Those who have that silver have to calculate whether the amount of their own land has exceeded the standard.Originally ten taels of silver per acre of top-grade fields quickly dropped to eight taels of silver.When it was reduced to six taels of silver, the Ministry of Internal Affairs came forward to accept as much as it had.

The source of funds, after the sage's western expedition, almost wiped out all the salt merchants in Lianghuai.

The charge was selling illegal salt.

Selling salt according to Yanyin, the wealth of any salt merchant does not match the amount of Yanyin it gets.It is a common practice in the salt merchant industry to mix private salt with official salt in order to make huge profits.

Now all the salt merchants have fallen on this practice.

Along with the Lianghuai salt merchants, there were also officials, large and small, in the Lianghuai Salt Administration Office.The crime is ready-made: taking bribes.

——Confiscation of homes, exile, and beheading, the national treasury was filled, new faces were recruited in Jiaoshifang, and another batch of land returned to the imperial court.

When the Ministry of Officials selected officials to fill the Lianghuai Salt Administration, Yang Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment respected the crown prince and ordered Wang Shilang to take these officials who were about to take office to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment to let them have a deep understanding of the original officials of the Lianghuai Salt Administration. end.

The sage clapped his hands and laughed at Jia Daishan after he heard that the crown prince had sacked the official.

"Old Jia, I was worried that the prince's ignorance of people's heart and the cunning of corrupt officials would be deceived by those officials who pretended to be clean. You don't know how happy I am when the prince arrests these officials with a huge amount of wealth unknown. The prince is like this Doing it backwards to determine whether an official has accepted bribes is even simpler and clearer than the previous impeachment by Yushitai and the investigation by the three divisions. If this can make the administration of officials clear and clear, it will eventually make the world peaceful and stable.”

Jia Dai kindly said that even the sage, you still think the prince is still a good boy.How many officials has the prince cheated in the past three or four years?In his heart, he can only make eye contact with his in-law Zhang Taifu, and he can't say a word with anyone.

Today, Jia Daishan says to the sage: "Sage, people in the world do things in the world, and all people have ten thousand ways. There are smart people, who hit it with one hit, and they are talking about the prince."

Zhang Taifu originally wanted to retire as soon as possible, counting his three sons, the eldest son is a five-rank censor, the second son is only a famous scholar, and the youngest son has not yet entered school, and seventy-eight out of ten of his own land will be thrown away immediately.With a sigh, the only way to continue working is to hope that the eldest son will be promoted smoothly in his official career, and the second son will be named on the gold list in next year's Chunwei.

Ever since the prince detained the officials of the Lianghuai Salt Administration with a huge amount of property of unknown origin, and finally the Ministry of Criminal Justice sentenced these officials for accepting bribes, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has been busy.

——Officials are constantly being reported that their consumption exceeds their income.

With the cooperation of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple, a large number of officials were sacked year after year.So much so that the standing position in the court hall became more spacious.

The more people fell off the horse, the more vacant positions became available.

Zhang Taifu's first wish was fulfilled-his eldest son Zhang Zan went to the Ministry of Punishments to be a servant, crossed the fourth rank, and directly became a third-rank senior official.

"Father, why did you choose Zhang Zan to go to the Ministry of Punishment?" Regarding the appointment and transfer of such a large number of officials, the crown prince followed the sage every day and asked without shame, no, if he didn't understand, he had to ask clearly.

The sage embraced Ai Sun with another arm, and said to the crown prince: "The first is that Zhang Zan has this talent, and his character is also suitable for the Ministry of Punishment, or the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Yushitai. The second is to reward the Taifu. Zhang Ying does things Serious, without selfishness, such a subject, if his son does not live up to expectations, I will reward him with a vain position of kindness, which fully fulfills the righteousness of a monarch and minister. Now that Zhang Zan is talented, if I promote his son, we can leave a good story about the monarch and his ministers , so that he has no worries about his future, and can also prepare a useful talent for you."

Tu Gen listened carefully to his father and grandfather's conversation, watching the prince nod, and from time to time he followed his father's nod.

"Father, both father and son are high-ranking officials in the court, aren't they..."

The sage understood the prince's unspoken worry, he laughed, laughing that the prince was too careful.

"My father's generation is one of the six ministers, and Jia Daishan and his son are also like this. The old lady Fu is almost 70 years old, and it will be within two or three years before he becomes an official. After he becomes an official, the Zhang family will be a third-rank servant It’s Jia Amnesty, do you want him to take over the Beijing camp?”

"Father, Rong Guogong is about the same age as you. Even if Jia Amnesty takes over the Beijing camp, it will have to be 20 years later."

The saint nodded.

"However, it's time for Jia Amnesty to go to the capital camp first. There is nothing wrong with the son of the Wang family, but the Wang family is too ambitious and ambitious."

The prince knew that the son of the Wang family was Wang Ziteng.He smiled, because the saint's concubines were mixed in, so he didn't comment on the best things about the Wang family.

"Father, Taifu Zhishi, do you want to bestow him with a nobleman?"

"Look, if things go well in the past two or three years, it is also feasible to reward him with a Lord when he retires."