The next day, the paper flew like snowflakes.

Hai Rui also kept his promise, and only asked Tian Tongju and others to register the good students on the paper, and did not immediately go to court to ask about the case.

However, he was not idle, and used the past few days to lead Niu Yanshi and other big-ticket subordinate officials, as well as officials from Songjiang Mansion and Huating County to go to the countryside together, and preach the benefits of a whip law and uniform grain in each village. It is important to let the people understand that whether it is a donation or a trick mail, it is no longer counted now.

And the government will give them a chance to make corrections, this time they must truthfully declare the number of their real acres, and wait for the government to register and make a register, and they will be taxed according to this in the future.

This is not just to deal with the Xu family, but the only way to implement the new policy of Yingtian.

There are more than 3.6 million mu of cultivated land in eight townships of Huating County, and the number of acres of land can reach the three counties of Suzhou, and it is also the county with the most land in the entire south of the Yangtze River. The more land, the more landlords, the more troubles, so Hai Rui made up his mind to take Huating as the first stop to implement reforms.

As long as Huating can successfully complete the reform, Songjiang Mansion and Suzhou Mansion will be easily solved. Su Song's problem is solved, and the other eight prefectures and one state are naturally not a problem.

Hai Jui's efforts were not in vain, and under the dedication of the officials, the common people in all the townships of Huating were burned by the fire, and they reported the situation to the government one after another, complaining how they were encroached upon by large households and how they became tenants.

In this regard, Hai Rui ordered the officials to write pleadings on the spot, accept the report of the people, and announced that they would be tried in a unified manner after returning to the government.

~~

Three days later, Hai Rui returned to Fucheng and asked Tian Baiguang to count it, and he had received eight or nine thousand confessions.

At this time, Xu Jie's reply was also delivered.

Hai Rui unfolded the letter in front of Niu Yanshi and others, only to see that the plan given by Xu Ge Lao was: First, all domestic slaves should go by themselves, give documents, and never keep them. Second, all the properties in the name of the Xu family are at the mercy of the original owner, and the Xu family will cooperate with the transfer and will not obstruct it. Third, I am willing to dedicate a total of 40,000 acres of all the fields purchased in the past five years to the government as a school field for the benefit of Sangzi.

After reading it, Hai Rui quietly handed the letter to Niu Yanshi and others to circulate.

Niu Yanshi and the others were very happy to see it, and they felt that the Xu family was still very sincere. In particular, Zhen Zhenji was obviously greatly relieved.

was talking excitedly, but seeing that Hai Rui was still uncertain, the officials hurriedly stopped talking.

"Zhongcheng, what's wrong with the plan?" Niu asked in a whisper.

"The first two are enough, and the third is ......," Hai Jui rummaged through on the table, and after a while, he found a pamphlet, turned one of the pages, and read:

As of October last year, there were 273 households in the Xu family, with a total of 1.37 million mu of land under their names. After deducting the contributions, scheming, and relatives, the four old brothers of Xu Ge have a total of 460,000 mu of land under their names, of which a total of 240,000 mu is in the name of Xu Ge's old father and son. ”

Saying that, he glanced at Zhen Zhenji and said, "Zhen Zhifu, this court is not wrong, right?" ”

"Poor, almost......" Zhenzhenji nodded, secretly wiping his sweat. He once found out that the land under the name of the Xu family is probably this number.

Haigong didn't get the field file of Songjiang Mansion, how did he get this figure?

Niu Yanshi remembered that Hai Rui had been calculating the tax books of various prefectures every day since last year, but he didn't expect to be able to see the mystery from here.

He just wanted to pat the sycophants and praise Haigong for his clever calculation and subtle knowledge. But seeing Hai Rui's face change suddenly, he slapped the booklet on the case, and said in a low voice:

"Even if the first two items are excluded, the Xu family still has 460,000 acres of land! A full 460,000 acres, how can these 40,000 acres be enough?! ”

The more Hai Rui spoke, the more angry he became, and he patted the table and said: "If the squires everywhere follow the same example, only one-tenth or twelve of them will be cleared, not only will the land be returned to the field." Even a whip is going to turn into an evil law! ”

Hai Jui is an experienced and capable official, not a nerd who doesn't know anything, and he knows that any reform will inevitably be out of shape when it comes to implementation.

No matter how much it is reformed, it will be difficult to avoid receiving taxes from the eunuchs. Even if those powerful families did not collude with the government and evade taxes, those who were officials in other families could have been exempted. Moreover, his relatives can also follow suit, and the final tax exemption amount far exceeds the law. But this has been acquiesced by the government for many years, and Hai Jui can't change it for a while.

As a result of the high concentration of land, even a single whip law could not transfer most of the difference to the large landowners. Instead, it will increase the burden on most taxpayers.

The reason is very simple, if you can't collect taxes from the big landlords, you will naturally have to collect it from the small landlords and peasants.

That's why Hai Rui will put the suppression of mergers in a higher position than a whip. Because he has already seen through all land-related reforms, all obstacles are annexations.

~~

After thinking about it, Hai Rui wrote a reply to Xu Jie, and then handed it to Niu Baishi and the others, asking them if they had anything to add?

Niu Shi was stunned and couldn't speak.

"If you don't speak, then you have no opinion?" Hai Rui folded the letter, put it in an envelope, sealed it with paste, and prepared to let the Xu family who delivered the letter take it back.

"Slow!" Niu Shishi finally came back to his senses and stopped: "Zhongcheng think twice! ”

"Yes, Dugong, Elder Xu Ge will definitely not agree." Zhen Zhenji also wiped his sweat and said: "That's a full 460,000 mu of land, and 10 million taels of silver can't buy it, how can the Xu family give up!" ”

"As soon as this letter came out, the two sides completely tore their faces, and there was no room for maneuver!" Committee member Wang and others also advised him to calm down and not to be carried away by anger.

"Did the hospital let them give up all?" Hai Rui looked at the frightened subordinates with a strange look and said, "I obviously agreed with his family to leave 6,000 acres, and it is tax-free land." Isn't it enough to feed his family? ”

"Uh......" the officials said in their hearts, 6,000 acres, just a dime. And the humiliation is too heavy, right?

Moreover, the Xu family still has 20,000 weavers, six mansions, four gardens, and more than 200 shops in North and South Beijing, Suzhou Songjiang and other places. The value of these shops, storefronts, and business residences is more than 10 million taels! I'm afraid I can't afford to study its origins in detail, right? This time, the official did not intend to investigate, isn't it not good enough for the Xu family? ”

"When Xu Ge was old, his family could only be regarded as well-off, and in just over 20 years, he actually saved more than 20 million taels of family business. Can all the blame be placed on his children and grandchildren's families? Saying that, Hai Rui was another burst of fire:

"Yan Ge Lao and Yan Shifan are known as the world's huge greed, but they are only a quarter of the Xu family's business. Don't hurry up to help the Xu family reduce swelling, so that in the future history books, how to evaluate Xu Ge Lao?! ”

Hearing Hai Gong say this, the officials felt that it was quite reasonable. But how could Xu Ge Lao agree?

There is a sentence Hai Rui didn't say clearly, let Xu Ge take 460,000 mu of land in exchange for a safe family and not blame the past, he felt that he was benevolent and righteous, and he was even a little sorry for Lin Run.

If Lin Run hadn't let Zhao Hao bring that sentence, he wouldn't have been able to make up his mind and let go of the Xu family like this.

If someone is not interested, then it is really strange that Hai is ruthless.

ps. The second update, ask for a monthly pass!