Chapter 254: The Deaf and the Blind
Under Wei Zheng's gaze, an embarrassed smile appeared directly on the face of the fat King of Jin.
He replied with an embarrassed face: "Let Lord Wei smile....although there are more than a thousand guards under the command of this king, most of these guards are responsible for the safety of this king's palace." Therefore, for the Zhuangzi outside the city of Taiyuan, this king can be said to be beyond the reach of the whip. Only at the specified time every year, send housekeepers to various farms to collect grain....usually, basically these farms take the initiative to come to Taiyuan City to contact the royal government, and few royal mansions take the initiative to find them. ”
Hearing this, Wei Zheng's eyes quickly shot out two rays of light.
Then, he pretended to be casual and continued to ask: "Lord Wang, if the royal palace does not contact these farms, you are not worried that these farms will not be able to harvest grain......
King Jin shook his head confidently and returned: "Of course I'm not afraid....This king has set the amount of grain that should be handed over to each farm, and if it doesn't reach this amount, the entire farm will be punished... Don't forget, in addition to the stewards sent out by the king, there are hundreds of guards who go to these places to collect grain..."
"This king believes that in the territory of Taiyuan Mansion, no one dares to oppose this king......"
After getting the answer he wanted, Wei Zheng no longer stayed in the Jin Palace, which made him embarrassed, even a minute longer.
After some compliments, he directly took Wang Yang and Wang Zhongyu and left the splendid Jin Palace.
As soon as he walked out of the Jin King's Mansion, Wang Yang, who had a solemn face, asked: "My lord, hasn't the King of Jin not agreed to sell the land to us, why did he come out so quickly, don't we plan to buy the land from the King of Jin..."
This time. Wang Zhongyu also showed a puzzled expression. Look at Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng shook his head and replied, "The situation in the Jin Palace" just now. You should all have seen it....do you think that with the greedy character of King Jin, he will sell us the land in his hands? “
Under Wei Zheng's questioning, whether it was Wang Zhongyu or Wang Yang, both of them shook their heads helplessly to express their denial.
At this time, Wang Yang, as the direct person in charge of Tuntian next, had to be full of worries. He continued to ask: "But, my lord, if we can't buy these lands from King Jin, we can't go on in Tuntian in Taiyuan Mansion..."
Wei Zheng nodded, and replied under the shocked gaze of the two: "Don't worry, this official has already thought of a solution....let's go back to the General Military Mansion first, and then tell you after we arrive at the General Military Mansion..."
In the study room of the heavily guarded General Soldier's Mansion, under the expectant gaze of Wang Yang and Wang Zhongyu. Wei Zheng unexpectedly opened his mouth and asked, "Lord Wang, you were in charge of the local criminal law before. Some of my statutes should be the clearest. In my Ming statutes, what are the specific provisions for the kings of various places who were divided in the early years of the founding of the country..."
Wang Yang replied almost without thinking: "My lord, among all the laws, the strictest one is that the princes who are divided into various places must not leave the fiefdom without the emperor's holy decree." Otherwise, the imperial court will cancel all the titles and fiefs of this prince in the name of rebellion......"
"For the King of Jin in Taiyuan Mansion, from the day he was born, he was destined to stay in Taiyuan City and not leave Taiyuan Mansion..."
"Because, no one dares to guarantee that these eunuchs and subordinates around the prince are not secret agents sent by Jinyiwei and Dongchang, who will report their every move to the court at any time..."
At this time, Wei Zheng directly raised his right hand and said to the two: "What I want is this result..."
"According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the King of Jin cannot leave Taiyuan City, which means that his knowledge of the farms outside Taiyuan City can only be reported by Guò's subordinates and the annual grain harvest..."
"When he was in the palace of the king of Jin just now, the king of Jin also said that the farms he was in outside the city would only be visited once a year when the grain was harvested. Unless there is any unexpected circumstance, the stewards of these farms will return to Taiyuan City to ask for help from the Jin Palace. ”
At this time, Wang Yang and Wang Zhongyu in front of them still did not understand the purpose of Wei Zheng's words.
And Wei Zheng, who was excited, asked Wang Yang again: "Lord Wang, are there farms in the land outside the city where the Jin Wangfu is located......
Wang Yang shook his head and replied, "As far as the lower officials know, most of the fields in the Jin Palace's mansion have been abandoned due to drought... Because these lands can't produce any grain, the Jin Wangfu didn't send people to manage it..."
"As for the farms under the Jin Palace, almost all of them are on both sides of the river, and they can be irrigated by the river."
Under the gaze of two pairs of eyes full of incomprehension, Wei Zheng continued to ask: "That is to say, those lands in Taiyuan Mansion ostensibly belong to the Jin Prince's Mansion, and the title deeds of the land are all in the hands of the Jin Prince's Mansion... But in reality, it's all borderless land that is left unattended and uncultivated..."
Wang Yang nodded and affirmed: "My lord, so to speak..."
At this time, the smile on Wei Zheng's face became even stronger, and he shouted loudly: "Since these lands are actually ownerless wasteland that no one cares after, then why do we have to go the extra mile to buy the title deeds of these lands from the King of Jin, directly bypass the Jin Wangfu, and grow food on these wastelands..."
Hearing this, Wang Yang's face directly showed a shocked expression.
Under Wei Zheng's gaze, he loudly refused: "My lord....how can this be...... Let's not talk about whether the Jin Wangfu will allow us to farm on these lands after getting the news. Even if the Jin King's Mansion doesn't speak, with the greed of the King of Jin, he will definitely take the title deed directly and take back these lands from us when the grain is about to be harvested..."
"When the time comes, the Tuntian that we have worked hard for a year will not all be cheaper than the Jin Wangfu......"
Facing Wang Yang, whose head was shaking like a rattle, Wei Zheng continued in an unchanged tone: "As the official said just now, this King of Jin not only has no way to leave Taiyuan City, but also rarely takes the initiative to understand the situation outside the city. To put it more bluntly, that is, they do not listen to things outside the window, and are only responsible for collecting money and grain every year. Since this is the case, then we will find a way to turn the King of Jin into a completely deaf and blind man, and never know the situation outside the city of Taiyuan. ”
Wang Yang, who still had a worried expression, continued to ask: "What about a year later... A year later, when the Jin Wangfu sent people out of the city to collect grain, not all of our actions outside the city were exposed to the Jin King. ”
"When the time comes, the king of Jin will take the land deed to collect the land, and we can't help but pay it back........."