Zhang Daojun said indifferently: "Xu Shenzheng seems to have made a mistake, this official didn't say that this will was just sent to us Jinyiwei, Xu Shenzheng wants His Majesty's will, he should ask your Shangguan, not ask this official."

Our Jinyiwei is loyal to the king's affairs, and we will leave Beijing after getting His Majesty's will. As for the messenger of the Pedestrian Division, I'm afraid it's still being chosen.

What I'm doing now is just dealing with the legacy of the religious rebellion, so what kind of interference is it in local political affairs? ”

"Isn't a decree that has not been drafted by the cabinet a central decree? Do you want to use the decree to coerce local officials into obedience? Xu Congzhi said unmoved.

Zhang Daojun glanced at the several officials standing behind Xu Congzhi, and saw that these people were trying to avoid his gaze, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Not long ago, His Majesty once said that the duty of officials is to serve the people of the Ming Dynasty, and Shunyi, Pinggu, Sanhe and other counties did not detect the traitors plotting the rebellion before the rebellion, and after the rebellion subsided, they still intended to obstruct His Majesty's policy of reassuring the people. Then I can't say it, and the official has no choice but to ask you to go to Beijing. ”

Shangguan Xun of Shunyi County glanced at each other with two colleagues, and he didn't care that Xu Congzhi was still by his side, and said in unison: "We are all parents and officials of the people, and this cultivator has his own land is the policy of reassuring the people, so dare to obstruct it." ”

Shuntian Governor Wang Yingzhi was driven away by Zhang Daojun yesterday, which has already made Shangguan Xin and others a little relentless.

The gentry forces of the three counties themselves were almost eliminated by the popular rebellion and the Jinyi Guard, and the reason why the three county commanders could come out was only for the sake of the relationship in the past and the face of the in-laws of these gentry.

Yesterday's departure of the governor of Shuntian suddenly made the three magistrates lose the courage to confront Jinyiwei, after all, the three magistrates made more or less mistakes when the people were in turmoil.

In particular, Shunyi Zhixian was once driven out of the county government by the People's Army. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the magistrate is the official who guards the land, and losing the city is a serious crime.

They haven't been held accountable until now, but Chongzhen deliberately let Jinyiwei connive, which doesn't mean that they are safe.

Xu Congzhi's face was ugly, this Zhang Daojun was just a lie and threatened, and the three county officials behind him had already surrendered, which really made him feel a little embarrassed.

But to deal with these prefects, only the Shuntian Mansion or the Shuntian Governor has this power. He does not have the power to deal with personnel when he participates in politics.

He couldn't get the three county officials to obey his orders and continue to fight against Jinyiwei, so he had to resort to delaying tactics again.

"Since His Majesty's imperial order has not yet been conveyed to the locality, why should Zhang Yishi rush to carry out this matter of cleaning up the local fields. It's better to wait for the official to return to Zunhua and receive the will, and then everyone will discuss this matter. ”

Xu Xianchun said with some surprise: "Xu Shenzheng is not right, didn't Xu Shenzheng force us to clarify the fields as soon as possible, and return the manor and farm house to the local people as soon as possible?"

Now that His Majesty has the will, why should I be asked to wait for a pause? Xu is too free to participate in politics and act as he pleases."

Xu Congzhi suddenly realized that after several local officials gave in to Jinyiwei, he suddenly became a loner.

If they continue to confront Jinyiwei in this way, they will undoubtedly be unable to stop their plan to divide the land in the hands of those local gentry.

Xu Congzhi had no choice but to arch his hand at Zhang Daojun, and whispered: "Zhang Yanshi, why don't we take a step to speak." ”

Seeing that Xu Congzhi actually lowered his figure to himself, Zhang Daojun felt some inexplicable happiness in his heart. However, he quickly dissipated this emotion and said to Xu Congzhi seriously.

"Xu participates in politics, no matter how much you talk to me, what I said just now is the truth, His Majesty personally named Ye Qi as the person in charge of dividing the land, and I can't interfere either."

Xu Congzhi stared at Zhang Daojun's eyes with some annoyance and said, "Zhang Yanshi, is it fun to kill local celebrities?" Today, you have taken away the fields of these local clans, and in the future, in this Shunyi County, who do you plan to let to levy and levy labor, collect land taxes, and quell the disputes and lawsuits in the township?

It is certainly a good thing that 'the cultivator has his land', but in this dynasty, the imperial power is not lower than that of the county, and the security of the township depends on the management of the local clan. With the eradication of these local clans, will the localities be able to settle down? If there is another mess, who will bear the responsibility? ”

After Zhang Daojun returned the salute to Xu Congzhi, he said unceremoniously: "Before I left the capital, His Majesty once sent someone to tell me a word, don't be afraid of chaos, there will be great governance after chaos." Xu participates in politics, and this official will not waste any more time with you to engage in this war of words.

Today, this official is here to discuss how to divide the land, if the political participation and the county magistrates continue to prevaricate and delay, then it is impossible to say, we Jinyiwei have to do it alone. ”

Xu Congzhi was still unable to turn his face with the Jinyi guards in the end, on the one hand, he was unwilling to let the Jinyi Wei completely gain the dominant power over the distribution of fields;

On the other hand, it is also because the civil leaders in the court have no intention of interfacing with the affairs of a few small local counties, and they are busy competing for two vacant places in the cabinet.

Under Ye Qi's strong assertion, the land in Shunyi County was first demarcated by village, but the land was measured and the population was calculated according to the village.

Some small villages with unclear land were forcibly merged into one administrative village. The land is divided according to the boundaries of the village, and after removing the yeoman farmers who own their own small plots of land, the surplus land is allocated according to the population of the village.

This part is similar to the content of Huangzhuang's reform, and Xu Congzhi and several county officials did not have too many objections.

But then, Ye Qi advocated that the land in the village should be evenly distributed to the landless peasants or former tenants, and 5 percent of the harvest should be paid every year, 3 percent should be used as the land price, and the remaining 2 percent should be distributed according to the county 3 villages 7 after deducting the national tax.

This part of the extra grain obtained in the county is mainly used to subsidize the workers' food and silver of the officials, and to fund local disaster relief, road construction, water conservancy, and education.

The intercepted part of the village is mainly used for the education of the villagers and the support of the lonely and widowed elderly in the village, as well as the cost of building new roads and farmland water conservancy facilities in the village.

Sanhe Zhixian was the first to jump out and object: "What are you kidding, this county has to build roads, water conservancy, and education for disaster relief, but the result is only 30%?" It's pretty much the same way around. ”

Sanhe Zhixian's words immediately aroused the echo of Pinggu County, and Shangguan Xun of Shunyi Zhixian couldn't help but want to nod in agreement.

Xu Congzhi glanced at the few uncompetitive subordinates who started his work, and asked Ye Qi coldly: "Forget about the rebellious fields of the Wenxiang Sect, the land of those people in this village will be collected, and the land of those people will not be collected, what kind of charter are you?" And how many years do you plan to pay this land price silver? ”

Ye Qi replied without hesitation: "With the land limit, each household must hand over more than 50 acres of land, and the annual land price is paid directly by the government, and it has nothing to do with the villagers." He thought that 10 years of payment was enough. ”

Xu Congzhi was suddenly enraged, he patted the handrail and stood up, and angrily accused Ye Qi: "Even if this northern field is corn and wheat rotation, the field is only 2-3 stones a year, and then the shell is taken off is only about 1 stone left, and the ten-year land price is about 3 stone corn."

Isn't this less than two taels of silver? In the past, Ueda had to be at least 5 or 6 taels, don't you think it's too cool to exploit the small people? ”

Shangguan Xun and the others were entangled, and they did not come forward to echo Shangguan, who was righteous, but Zhang Daojun and Xu Xianchun looked ignorant, feeling that what Xu Congzhi said seemed to be quite reasonable.

Ye Qi looked at Xu Congzhi and replied with a little trepidation: "The political sufficiency is probably misunderstood, although the fields in Shunyi are more fertile than the counties near the left, but this county is located between the capital and Miyun, and it is necessary to bear the transportation of military rations in Miyun.

Although the county's land is not heavy, but the forced labor is extremely heavy, because people often abandon the land and go into exile, the price of this field has always been between 1 and 2 taels. And just last year, when there was a drought in Shunyi, the purchase price of the fields given by the big households in the county was one acre of land and one stone millet, and there were even seven buckets of one acre. ”

Xu Xianchun lowered his head and calculated, and couldn't help laughing: "It turns out that we paid three times the price of the land, isn't this too fair." ”

After Xu Congzhi heard this, his momentum suddenly disappeared. As a capable official, of course he knew that these big families took advantage of the famine year to lower the price to harvest land, which undoubtedly ruined the livelihood of these small people.

Speaking of which, the rebellion of the Smelling Fragrance Sect that has just been quelled may not be without reason, and these gentry and wealthy families are really self-inflicted. Xu Congzhi just thought about it secretly, and then forgot about this thought.

Although he did not have a good impression of these Shunyi big families who took advantage of the danger of others, as an official, he valued more to maintain the old order of the Ming Dynasty.

If Jin Yiwei is allowed to forcibly expropriate the land of these innocent gentry and landlords, will the gentry in the world still have a way to survive in the future?

Xu Congzhi's tone softened slightly, and said to Ye Qi: "Even so, but after all, this field belongs to someone else, how can it force someone to buy and sell, and it is not a one-time payment." If this is the case, why should the landlord buy and sell, if he collects the rent himself, wouldn't he be able to get these land rents and not lose the land?

These landlords are either scholarly families or eunuchs, and the pillars of this dynasty may not appear in the family, but now you wait for Jinyiwei to act like this, isn't it chilling? If these local celebrities lose their allegiance to the imperial court, will they take on this responsibility? ”

Ye Qi was suddenly a little stuck, and he really didn't know how to answer this kind of political topic.

Xu Xianchun took the first step and said: "Xu is too worried about participating in politics, before I left Beijing, His Majesty told me. Today's Ming Dynasty is not that there are too many loyal ministers, but that there are too many loyal officials.

These people keep saying that they want to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and serve His Majesty. But for the sake of Da Ming and His Majesty, he didn't even want to pay a penny. When the country is in crisis, these people do not want to work together to share the difficulties, but they want to change their masters and continue to enjoy the life of the common people.

It would be a good thing for such unscrupulous and shameless people to uncover their true colors as soon as possible. If these shameless people have a grudge against Your Majesty because of this, aren't we the Brocade Guards set up for this? ”