Listening to the emperor's angry cry in the courtroom, Xue Yu could only sigh softly and walked towards the room next to the hall, now he is not qualified to participate in such an argument, there is already a fat father-in-law waiting in the room.

"Father-in-law Cheng, are you always on duty today?" Xue Yu greeted affectionately, and Father-in-law Cheng smiled slightly: "My lord is back, fortunately, the emperor did not summon him." ”

Xue Yu grinned and sat down opposite him: "I went out to ask the emperor for leave, but I don't dare to leave at will." ”

Cheng Gonggong also laughed, the emperor was on duty, who dared to ask for leave easily, the sky and the earth were big, the emperor was the biggest, this Xue Gongzi actually dared to ask for leave, pampered and arrogant.

"What's inside?" Xue Mi asked tentatively, and Cheng's father-in-law sighed: "It's not that the treasury is empty." ”

The little eunuch outside talked for a long time, Xue Mi just understood what he was arguing about, and with a word from Cheng's father-in-law, he understood the essence of the matter.

The treasury of the Great Jin Dynasty was empty, but it encountered a natural disaster, hundreds of thousands of displaced people could not be resettled, and the national funeral cost a lot of money.

If that's all there is to it, the emperor has no choice but to tighten his belt and live, but at this time, Pengzhu sent a piece of music, and the county order of Weishi County, Chenliu County, reported that the Huang family of the county's gate lord clan forcibly occupied the land of the victims.

This piece actually arrived at Shangshutai a few months ago, and was suppressed by Shangshutai, on the grounds that the emperor was seriously ill, and there was no need to trouble him for such a trivial matter, so he sent it to Yanzhou Assassin Shi for processing, and after Yanzhou Assassin Shi investigated, it was reported that this matter was false, and the Huang family did buy some land, and these lands were voluntarily bought and sold by both parties.

It stands to reason that the matter has passed like this, and the upper and lower levels can be explained, but it didn't come to pass, just after the national funeral, Peng Zhu took out this impeachment note, thinking that there must be a hidden secret, and proposed to check the land, according to the law, all the land of the gate lord clan, and all those who occupy more land must be cleared.

This is a big hornet's nest, the emperor asked Shangshutai to discuss it, and all Shangshutai Shangshu objected, but Pengzhu insisted, and the two sides debated several times in front of the emperor, and the emperor did not express his position at first, but now it seems that Pengzhu has been convinced.

There was another argument in the hall, and Xue Mi heard that it was Pengzhu and Qiuyun arguing, and Xue Mi sighed softly.

"Inventory the land of the whole country! Your Majesty, how much land there is in the whole country and how many manpower are needed, there are too many variables in this, Your Majesty think twice!"

"I don't understand, why can't these wealthy clans be investigated and punished for their clever exploitation and blatant violation of the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty?" Peng Zhu roared angrily: "The treasury is empty, and the people are wailing, but on the contrary, these big clans, gentry and wealthy merchants, take the opportunity to plunder the land, they take the land, and do not pay the national tax or the national grain,.。 ”

"Alas!" Cheng Gonggong sighed, the problem of the emptiness of the treasury had broken out several times in the late Taiding Dynasty, and the first emperor did not solve it, and now the new monarch wants to solve it, it is difficult!

"I don't know what to think about this pillar, how to come up with this bad idea. Xue Mi couldn't help muttering, Cheng's father-in-law drank tea by himself as if he hadn't heard it, obviously not wanting to take up the topic.

"If the treasury is empty, can we think of other ways, how long will it take to check the land of the whole country, it will not be possible to complete the investigation in five or six years, besides, the officials below can cooperate? ”

The so-called job division field is actually the salary of the magistrate of the Great Jin Dynasty.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, Taizu set a decision to demarcate fields of different sizes for each official, one for each local official, one for the history of the assassin, the one for the long history, and the county order, according to the size of the official position, these fields were planted by the local people, and when the official left his post, the court took it back and handed it over to the next one.

It stands to reason that this division of land is not the private property of officials, and officials do not need to make a fuss about it, but in fact, it is not the case, and the officials below use various reasons to expand the field of their posts, such as forage money and footman money, raw land for cooked land, and so on, to expand the field in disguise.

The imperial court has also been in charge, but the following officials complained bitterly, Taizu set the job field, at that time the price was low, the output of the job field was enough, now the price is high, the output of the job field is not enough to live, and asked the court to raise wages, the court can not stop this wave, so it increased the post field twice, but the post field increased, and the people below still increased the post field for various reasons.

At present, the duties of officials at all levels are more than twice as large as those stipulated by the imperial court.

"It is better to check the fields than to check the salt and iron. Xue Yu said, Cheng Gonggong smiled bitterly in his heart, this salt and iron is another major item of the financial revenue of the Great Jin Dynasty, these years the salt fields in the south of the Yangtze River have frequently reported disasters, and the salt tax revenue has plummeted, and last year's salt tax revenue was only three million taels of silver.

During the Taizu period, after years of war, the salt tax revenue was 13 million taels of silver, far exceeding the current amount.

Gonggong Cheng sighed softly again, still did not speak, Xue Yu said well, but no matter what he did, the court would fall into chaos for a period of time.

The land is in the hands of the clansmen, and the salt tax is no different, and the clearing of the land will arouse the opposition of the officials of the whole country, and the liquidation of the salt tax will also arouse the opposition of the officials.

The sound of the argument in the hall became louder and louder, Cheng Gonggong couldn't help frowning, walked to the door and looked into the hall, the two royal forest langs stood straight at the door of the main hall, the brocade robes on their bodies did not move at all.

Gonggong Cheng nodded slightly, although he had not controlled the inner guard and the imperial forest, but the inner guard and the imperial forest were the emperor's eyes and guards, and these two must not have problems.

However, think about it, there shouldn't be a problem, after Pan Ji became a captain, he sorted out the Imperial Forest Army, many officers were transferred, and many officers were transferred from the Tiger Benwei and foreign armies, and the commander of the Royal Forest Army was also changed, replaced by Xia Yun, the doorman of the Pan family, this person is Pan Ji's cronies, Pan Ji once saved his life on the battlefield, and he was loyal to Pan Ji.

"Where did all the money from this Great Jin go?" Xue Yu still shook his head and muttered.

Gonggong Cheng glanced at him and said lukewarmly: "You can still go there, it's all here." ”

"Where is it?" Xue Mi asked puzzled, Cheng Gonggong smiled, and then shook his head again, without explanation, Xue Mi was puzzled.

After a while, Xue Yu still didn't understand, looking at Grandpa Cheng, he rolled his eyes and sat next to Grandpa Cheng.

first smiled flatteringly, and then said: "Father-in-law, you know me, drink and cultivate, I'm doing it, but I really don't understand this national politics, you say that I am rich all over the world, why don't the treasury have any money? ”

Father-in-law Cheng shook his head lightly and smiled bitterly: "Our family has that knowledge, there are many learned ministers in this court, just say your uncle, you are knowledgeable, you say, I want to know where the money is, I won't just report it to the emperor, and I need you to ask." ”

Xue Mi scolded in his heart, this old thing is really getting older and more refined, and he doesn't leave any truth.

Cheng Gonggong closed his eyes, like a statue, and sat there without moving.

The controversy in the temple continued, and it tended to become more and more intense.

The emperor's expression was very bad, he thought that there would be resistance, but he didn't expect that the resistance would be so great.

Taizu once warned the sons to learn the lessons of the previous dynasty, the land and the people are the lifeblood of the imperial court, and the previous dynasty lost the land and the people, and lost the world, so the land and the people must not be lost at any time.

When Chen Guo inspected, he was shocked by the land annexation of Chen State, Peng Zhu estimated that seventy percent of Chen State's land was concentrated in the hands of the Shi clan gate lords, which led to serious problems, Peng Zhu checked the court archives, after the war, during the Taizu Dynasty, Chen Guo's field tax was 300,000 taels, and when Taizong Dynasty, there were 400,000 taels, but when it came to the Taiding Dynasty, Chen Guo County had a population of more than 700,000 taels, but the field tax was only 80,000 taels, and the 320,000 taels went there?

In addition to the field tax, Chen Guojun also has mountains and rivers, rich in products, when the Taizu Dynasty, these taxes have more than 100,000 taels, but when it comes to the Taiding Dynasty, there are only 30,000 taels, where did the others go?

The same thing is silk, tea, salt iron, cotton, and so on.

How the treasury is not empty!

"You're right. Qiuyun tried his best to stay calm, but he was very frightened in his heart, this hornet's nest can't be poked, even if he wants to poke, he can't poke like this, which will inevitably cause turmoil in the world.

Inventory the land, I am afraid that as soon as the news spreads, the scholars will be ready to start.

"The treasury of the imperial court is empty, and now even the military salary of the border army can't be paid, General Qiu, when you were in Liangzhou, the military salary was a day late and it was an eight-hundred-mile express, but now, the imperial court has no military salary, if there is another natural disaster, what should I do?" Peng Zhu was very excited, and the spit star almost flew to Qiu Yun's face.

"You can't do that anyway. Qiuyun looked at Pengzhu's young face, and felt very helpless, he was still too young and energetic, but this was really not good, it was too dangerous to do this, not only to himself, but also to endanger the country.

"General Qiu, don't worry. Pan Lian was in a bitter mood, the emperor's expression was already very helpless, only he knew this, the emperor had been planning this for a long time, and Peng Zhu only proposed it on behalf of the emperor, so he couldn't resist, he had to find another way.

"What is the Emperor's idea?" the Emperor asked.

Inventory of the country's land is a huge project, there must be someone in front of the charge, and someone in the back must control the overall situation, if Shang Shutai and him are sloppy, I am afraid that this matter will be difficult to advance, and it will be difficult to advance if he is forced to order, so he must persuade Shang Shutai's ministers to support him.

"It's too difficult to immediately check the land of the whole country, Your Majesty, the minister suggests choosing a county or a county first," Pan Ji said, Qiu Yun shook his head again and again, these scholars may be ignorant in other aspects, but they are all like ghosts in this, how can they hide from them.

The emperor thought for a moment and felt that he could reluctantly accept this: "Then which county do you say?" ”

Pan Lian thought for a moment and said, "I think it's arranged in Nanyang County." ”

Qiuyun knew the purpose of Pan Lian at once, Nanyang County is a county with fewer ministers in the court, and more importantly, the feudal state of the King of Nanyang, who had offended Pan Lian, is in Nanyang, isn't it a stake for you Pengzhu, just go and touch this nail, disgusting the king of Nanyang, and give Pengzhu a lesson.

"Nanyang?" the emperor muttered, but his eyes looked at Peng Zhu, who shook his head resolutely: "If you want to choose, choose Chen Guojun." ”

Pan Lian smiled slightly, and the emperor asked, "What do you think Aiqing thinks?"

"The minister thinks it is appropriate, and the minister recommends Pengzhu to be fully responsible. Pan Lian immediately agreed.

Gan Tang sighed and agreed, Qiu Yun shook his head resolutely: "The ministers are still opposed, the inventory of the land must be cautious, and the important ministers should be convened to discuss, and it cannot be decided by a few of us." ”

"Qiu Qing is too steady," the emperor waved his hand: "That's it, Peng Aiqing, this matter will be handed over to you, pay attention, today's matter cannot be passed on, those snakes, snakes, scorpions and scorpions below should know, hum, I'm afraid there is no need to investigate." ”

"The minister's decree," Peng Zhu did not refuse, on the contrary, he was still a little excited, he had been planning this for a long time, and now he could finally start, check the land, and take back all the land occupied by the gate valve, only in this way can the people of Li live a good life.

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