Xu Jin and Jiajing Junchen walked along the imperial road in the direction of Qianqing Palace, the latter was obviously in a good mood, and said with his eyebrows fluttering: "Xu Qing, this year's grain output in the whole country has doubled, which is really much beyond my expectations!" ”

Xu Jin said calmly: "Before the land was re-cleared, the Futian recorded by my Ming Dynasty was only about four million tilts, and after re-measurement in the past two years, as well as the removal of the granges in various places, the recorded fields are now almost seven million tilts, an increase of nearly three million hectares, nearly doubled, and it is normal for the grain output to double!" ”

Jiajing nodded when he heard this: "That's right, those traitors who hide their acres and evade taxes in various ways are really hateful, and over the years, I don't know how many taxes have been lost in the Ming treasury, if it weren't for the fear of causing national turmoil, I would have to severely punish these white-eyed wolves." ”

As the so-called law does not blame the public, and the ability to annex and conceal the land are the local powerful gentry, or the royal family and dignitaries, the combined strength of these people is enough to subvert the Ming regime, the original re-clearing of the land has greatly damaged the interests of this group of people, if it is severely punished, I am afraid that this group of people will really be forced to rebel, so it will only outweigh the losses.

"Your Majesty, the new crops have not yet been promoted nationwide, and it will not be a problem to continue to expand planting next year, and it will not be a problem to double the grain output again!" Xu Jin diverted the topic.

When Jiajing heard this, he was immediately so happy that he couldn't close his mouth again, and sighed: "This is all Xu Qing's credit!" ”

"It should be said that it is the emperor's credit!"

"What's the explanation? The promotion of new crops was proposed by Xu Qing. ”

Xu Jin smiled and said: "It is the duty of the minister to give advice, but the person who administers the government is the emperor, if the emperor is not good at administering the government, no matter how good the strategy proposed by the minister is, it will be in vain."

Whether it is the promotion of new crops, or the clearing of the land of the whole country, or the opening of the sea ban, it is the result of the emperor's adoption and implementation, so the emperor is the most important contributor to the results of these three policies. The emperor is wide-ranging, good at admonishment, and has the posture of a wise king, which is really the blessing of my Ming people. ”

Zhu Houxi laughed when he heard this: "Xu Qing, although I understand that you are making sycophants, I still feel comfortable to listen to!" ”

Xu Jin looked whole and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is not patting on the back, the emperor may wish to think about it, whether it is to clear the Zhuang Tian annexed by the powerful and noble, or to re-clear the land of the whole country, or to open the sea ban, it involves the interests of too many people, including the emperor himself and his interests, and the resistance can be imagined."

Even so, these major events were completed with the full support of the emperor, not to mention anything else, the emperor's ambition and courage in this reform are enough to make the world praise, to say a word of disrespect to the first emperor, in this regard, even Emperor Xiaozong is not as good as the emperor, let alone Emperor Wuzong. ”

Zhu Houxi's face turned red with excitement when he heard this, and when Xu Jin said this, this kid suddenly felt that he was really a little awesome, and he couldn't help but reach out and put his hand on Xu Jin's shoulder: "Xu Qing, let's also compliment each other, this is the common credit of our monarchs and ministers, haha, let's go to the imperial study and sit and chat, I still have a lot to say to you, let's have lunch together after chatting." ”

The accompanying chamberlain watched the emperor and Xu Jin enter the Qianqing Palace side by side, and couldn't help but be secretly speechless, and the eyes looking at Xu Jin's back were also full of awe.

Xu Jin and Jiajing entered the Qianqing Palace and sat in the imperial study, and the latter couldn't wait to spread out a Tatar map on the imperial case, and said regretfully: "I almost caught me last time, but unfortunately I was allowed to escape in the end. ”

Speaking of my answer, Jiajing's eyes couldn't help but show a touch of anger, after all, being besieged by my answer soldiers in the capital was a great shame in his life, and it was also a great shame for the Ming Dynasty.

Jiajing looked at Xu Jin with burning eyes and said, "Xu Qing, do you think it is appropriate to send troops outside the fortress, and if you don't kill me, it will be difficult to eliminate the anger in your heart." ”

Xu Jin said calmly: "The emperor is a little calm, don't be impatient, don't make decisions when you are angry, because people are often prone to make wrong decisions when they are angry and impulsive." ”

The anger in Jiajing's eyes disappeared, and his emotions obviously calmed down, and he nodded and said: "Xu Qing is right, I do have some revenge, now the Tatar left wing and the Tatar right wing are infighting, it is the time for us to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, we also take this opportunity to prepare well, by the way, I plan to reorganize the Beijing army, what does Xu Qing think?" ”

Xu Jin nodded approvingly and said, "Your Majesty, it's time for the Jingying to be put in order!" ”

The combat effectiveness of the Beijing battalion is really worrisome, and the phenomenon of empty salaries is also very serious, and the battalion soldiers are either old, weak, sick and disabled, or they are handed-in by the sons of powerful people who are gilded in name. Originally, there were a total of 12 regiments and battalions in the Beijing camp, and if it was full, there were almost 70,000 horses, but this time I besieged the city, and less than 40,000 of the 12 regiments and battalions could fight, and almost half of the men and horses were useless.

Jiajing was so angry that he wanted to withdraw all the nobles, but he was forced by the situation and could only choose to swallow his anger.

"Xu Qing, I plan to cut all the twelve regiments and battalions, and restore the three major battalions in the Yongle period, this time the governor of the camp will definitely not be able to use the people of the old Wuxun family, these bastards will only lie on the merits of the ancestors and enjoy them, I want to use the fierce generals who have really been on the battlefield to command the three major battalions." Jiajing said in a deep voice.

Jiajing's thinking is undoubtedly very correct, most of the martial arts children who rely on their ancestors Yu Yin to ascend to the throne are not as good as one generation after another, and some of them are directly straw bales, and the army is in the hands of such a group of nobles, and it is difficult to be strong in combat effectiveness.

Xu Jin nodded and said, "The emperor is wise, but the minister has another suggestion, I don't know whether to talk about it." ”

Jiajing rolled his eyes and said: "I didn't cover your mouth, don't be like those old slippery heads, if you have something to say, let it go!" ”

Xu Jin secretly sweated and said bluntly: "The minister thinks that the system of hereditary titles should be reformed. ”

Jiajing was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "Xu Qing means that all titles are not allowed to be hereditary?" This...... I'm afraid not! ”

Xu Jin shook his head and said: "That's not it, after all, the military exploits are exchanged for the lives of the soldiers, who doesn't want to be crowned a wife and a son?" If the title can't be hereditary, it really can't stand the soldiers who bravely kill the enemy on the battlefield! ”

"Then how else does Xu Qing want to reform?" Jiajing asked suspiciously.

Xu Jin said: "The minister thinks that the title downmotion system can be piloted, that is, each hereditary generation, will be downgraded by one level, of course, if you make new contributions, you can also upgrade." ”

Jiajing's eyes lit up when he heard this, this kid was undoubtedly quite smart, and he instantly understood the mystery of this title promotion system.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty for more than 150 years, the number of royal families has become larger and larger, and more and more titles have been sealed.

If the hereditary demotion system of the title is adopted, it will be different, for example, a national family, the hereditary generation will become a marquis, and the hereditary second generation will become an earl, if you do not make new contributions, within three or four generations will be beaten back to the original shape, become an ordinary ordinary people.

In this way, it can not only fundamentally reduce the burden on the country, but also encourage the descendants of Wuxun to forge ahead, and avoid raising a bunch of rice borers with a vegetarian meal in the corpse, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.

Zhu Houxi looked at Xu Jin with burning eyes, opened his mouth and said, "Xu Qing, you also have a knighthood, aren't you worried that your descendants will become ordinary people in a few generations?" ”

Xu Jin smiled calmly: "It is the eagle that will fly after all, the caterpillar can only climb the ground after all, the children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, after three or four generations, the minister is already a billet of loess, so much can be managed." ”

Zhu Houxi was moved in his heart when he heard this, what is a loyal minister, this is called a loyal minister, for the long-term peace and stability of the country, he would rather damage his own interests, if my Ming officials can be so selfless, why worry about the country is not prosperous.