Chapter 124 Zhou Yizheng Begins
At the moment when he was called, Zhou Yi thought a lot.
In today's main hall, there are almost three groups of people.
The first team: Emperor Chongzheng.
It is not difficult to see from his previous words satirizing Duke Wei Chi that he wanted to punish Duke Wei Chi severely. As for the reason behind it, there may be a feeling of avenging the wronged people, but never overestimate the feelings of an emperor. They keep saying that the people are the most important and the king is the least, so can they really believe it?
Anyone who thinks this way can only be said to be too naive.
The reason why Emperor Chongzheng wanted to punish Duke Wei Chi was because he realized that land annexation had reached an extremely dangerous level. Most of the land was in the hands of these aristocratic officials, causing the common people to have no permanent property. The most intuitive problem before them That is, the less land in the hands of the people, the less tax revenue the country has. To put it lightly, it has seriously affected the enjoyment of Emperor Chongzheng as an emperor. As an emperor, no matter what he wants to do, he has no money. What's the point? As for those high-ranking officials from aristocratic families, their families are as rich as an enemy. To put it seriously, these dignitaries from aristocratic families are constantly trying to extract money and land from the common people. When the time comes, the common people can no longer survive, and they may rise up at any time and directly kill him.
If the people of the lower class succeed in rebelling, can the new emperor tolerate him, the old emperor? Nonsense! And those high-ranking officials from aristocratic families, if they know how to exploit and win over their new masters, might still be able to continue to live their lives in a prosperous and prosperous way.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzheng has realized that land annexation has reached the point where it has to be changed. Wei Chi Gong can be an introduction.
The second team: Vested interests represented by dignitaries from aristocratic families.
They have the right to be rich and enjoy the most generous treatment from the Dai Viet Dynasty. After accumulation, they have held an unknown amount of land in their hands. The national tax revenue eroded every year may add up to an astronomical figure.
Over the years, they have used all means to occupy the land. The matter of Mr. Wei Chi was revealed, but what didn't? Who knows how many blood and tear-stained facts are hidden behind the backs of these well-dressed guys standing in the hall.
So they were afraid that Emperor Chongzheng would use this as an introduction to continue the investigation, or that their own interests would be violated in the event of some land reform in the end. It is no wonder that these people are so neatly on the side of Duke Wei Chi. What they are protecting is not Wei Chi Gong, but their own interests.
The third team: Qingliu with no rights and no money.
This kind of officials may have the most direct ministers, and most of them admit to death, otherwise they wouldn't be clean after all these years. They may have a righteous heart and want to bring justice to the wronged people, but they don't rule out jealousy. I'm still living a hard life, but you are servants like a cloud, clothed and fed, all for the emperor Those who do poor work are more noble than others! Now that he finally found the sore spot, he naturally beat the dog in the water.
Of course, there are still some who focus on making soy sauce. They don't want to offend these vested interests, and they don't want to speak out against their conscience.
It's a lot to say, but it's only a moment for Zhou Yi to think of these things.
For a moment, all eyes in the hall were focused on Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi stepped out of the team calmly, and said in a loud voice: "Back to the emperor, the reason why I didn't say anything was because I felt that I had little knowledge. All the adults have great insights, so it's natural that I can't fight with others." Emperor Chongzheng's face suddenly turned
cold , staring at Zhou Yi: "If I want you to say it now, you can say it."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The emperor's cold face seemed to have no effect on Zhou Yi. He bowed and stood beside Duke Wei Chi who was lying on the ground Turn around.
"Your Majesty, I think that Wei Chigong should tell the truth."
"Zhou Yi, you should have thought about it." Emperor Chongzheng's face showed no joy or anger.
Zhou Yi bowed and said, "Speak from the bottom of my heart." Of course he knew what Emperor Chongzheng wanted him to say, it was nothing more than Emperor Chongzheng wanted to change the rules of taxation in this land, but someone had to bring up the topic.
Who is this person? Emperor Chongzheng took a look around and saw his newly cultivated "confidant" Zhou Yi. In Emperor Chongzheng's heart, he thought that Zhou Yi was very important to him. It's all due to the king's favor, even if he wants his subjects to die, the subjects can't say no, not to mention that he still values Zhou Yi so much, now is the time for Zhou Yi to fight for him! As for whether Zhou Yi will become the target of public criticism, whether he will be ostracized by courtiers, Emperor Chongzheng doesn't care about these. He can promote his courtiers, but whether the courtiers can survive depends on their own abilities. If they can't survive in the officialdom with his promotion, then this pawn does not represent much effect. That being the case, just find another one. "Oh, then you also think that the matter of Mr. Wei Chi is about to be exposed?" Emperor Chongzheng's voice was already chilling. Zhou Yi shook his head; "Your Majesty, even if Mr. Wei Chi is telling the truth, it doesn't mean he is not at fault. On the contrary, Mr. Wei Chi's fault is serious." Mr. Wei Chi who was lying on the ground was almost caught by Zhou Yi 's The rhetoric made the heart stop, can you fucking have a correct sentence, say this for a while, and then do that again for a while. Emperor Chongzheng's face turned slightly warmer. "What are you talking about? Tell me quickly." Zhou Yi bowed to Emperor Chongzheng: "Your Majesty, before I talk about my superficial knowledge, I would like to ask Mr. Tao some questions. " , sure." Emperor Chongzheng said. When Tao Dihua heard Zhou Yi say this, his face turned green. Could it be that the position he was standing in had bad geomantic omen, so what did these crap things have to do with him. Tao Dihua came out with a bitter face, but he was in his early forties, but because he was sitting in the crater-like position of Hubu Shangshu, he had more wrinkles on his forehead, and he looked bitter. "I don't know what Mr. Zhou wants to ask me?" Zhou Yi laughed: "Master Tao, don't be nervous. I just want to ask, how much land is registered and taxed by the Ministry of Households?"
Hearing Zhou Yi's question, Tao Dihua breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he doesn't let him join the team, he is still very proficient in his own business. ten acres).”
“What about two years ago?” Zhou Yi asked again.
"Two years ago..." Tao Dihua frowned and thought for a while and said, "About thirteen million yuan."
"Ten years ago?"
"About fifteen million yuan..."
Just a few numbers reflected But it is a shocking fact.
"Your Majesty, my lords, we all heard what Master Tao said very clearly just now, and according to the records, I, Da Viet, have reclaimed a lot of cultivated land over the years, but why, with more cultivated land, the taxed land has decreased year by year, It has been reduced by four million in ten years. According to statistics, the emperor, when you took the throne, the land paid for taxes was 20 million. It has been reduced by half in just over twenty years. Where did it go? Did someone eat it?"
Emperor Chongzheng slapped the dragon chair hard, and gave the officials in the hall a cold look, where did he go? Did he get swallowed by these moths?
Half of the land is half of the tax, no, it is more than half, and the newly cultivated land is not counted!
Good, really good, he lived a miserable life as an emperor, but it was these moths who ate them up one by one!
"Continue talking." Emperor Chongzheng cast a cold glance at the courtiers all over the hall, and said to Zhou Yi.
"Your Majesty, I would venture to guess that Mr. Yuchi's house may not be less than 10,000 hectares of fertile land." Zhou Yi looked at Yuchi Jing's back and said quietly.
Yu Chi Jing was shocked by Zhou Yi's words.
"Bastard, tell me, is what Zhou Yi said true?" Emperor Chongzheng roared angrily.
"Chen...Chen, all matters in the family are taken care of by the humble, and I don't know much about it." Yuchi Gong trembling for a long time, said this sentence.
Zhou Yi glanced at the Yuchi scriptures, and turned to Emperor Chongzheng: "Your Majesty, it seems that Mr. Yuchi is concerned about important national affairs, and he doesn't know about these common affairs... But, no matter what, Duke Yuchi's family should have quite a lot of land." Then Zhou Yi turned to the officials again: "We all know that the country's tax revenue and the people's livelihood all depend on these lands, and when Duke Yuchi already had enough land at home, he tried every means to buy land. At the beginning, the price was the market price, but it couldn’t cover up the fact that he was stealing the court’s tax revenue and competing with the people for profit, so I said that Mr. Wei Chi was not only wrong, but also very wrong.” “It’s all wrong with Wei
Chi The Duke only cared about his own interests and was too greedy, and even if all these things were done by the people under Duke Wei Chi, but according to the emperor's holy words, if there is no power of Duke Wei Chi, how could his servants do it? Such insane things are coming? Duke Wei Chi was wrong from the beginning to the end when he had the idea of forced buying and failed to restrain his subordinates. Duke Wei Chi should bear the greatest responsibility for this tragedy!" Zhou Yi glanced around The whole hall said firmly. Emperor Chongzheng looked at Zhou Yi gradually with warmer eyes, but this was not enough, what's the use of beating a Duke Yuchi, what he wanted was an introduction that could clean up all the moths in the court. So Emperor Chongzheng didn't say anything, he wanted to see how far Zhou Yi could go. "Then according to Master Zhou's words, is it possible that the world will no longer be able to sell and buy land?" Lin Guogong stood up and said sarcastically. Zhou Yi shook his head: "Mr. Lin misunderstood my words. It is naturally possible to buy and sell land, but I hope that people who already have enough land at home and have tax-free quotas should not do these things. It can be regarded as saving a living for me. " Hearing this sentence, the officials in the Golden Luan Hall secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it didn't talk about reforming the land tax policy, as for Zhou Yi's words of conscience? Hehehe, it really is a yellow-haired child, thinking about things is simple, who would push away the benefits in vain for a conscience. Besides, even if you don't buy it yourself, other people will buy it. In this case, what's the use of restraining yourself? But Emperor Chongzheng looked at Zhou Yi with a cold face: "That's all, Zhou Qing has nothing else to say?
Zhou Yi cupped his hands and said, "I still have something to say. I suggest that all the servants of Mr. Wei Chi who committed the crime be beheaded. Since Mr. Wei Chi caused such a tragedy because of greed, he should donate 80% of his family. Some of the land was used to compensate those people who died unjustly in Qingping County, and the other was directly taken over by the imperial court and leased to people who did not have land in the suburbs of Beijing.
"The humble ministers seconded the proposal..."
"The humble ministers seconded the proposal..."
"The humble ministers seconded the proposal..."
Wow, more than half of the courtiers stood up, and those princes, nobles and high-ranking officials stood the fastest, as long as it does not involve tax policy changes Well, what about Mr. Yuchi is none of their business.
This kid Zhou Yi is quite capable!
Mr. Yuchi breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt a pain in his heart.
Eighty percent, now his hard work these years has been completely in vain, this is too cruel! Also, the title is gone, and he didn't hold any position in the court, so wouldn't he just be Bai Ding from now on?
Such was the general situation, so Emperor Chongzheng had no choice but to pat the dragon chair, yelled back with a cold face, and walked away with a frosty face.
Qi Guogong walked up to Zhou Yi with a smile on his face: "Master Zhou, you have a good idea and a good idea!"
Duke Yuchi stood up, wiped the sweat from his brow, and said with a look of fear: "Master Zhou, the old man took advantage of you. It’s my love! That’s right, it would be great if you said less just now, and the title, it’s the meritorious service of my ancestors...”
Zhou Yi felt nauseated in his heart, his eyes didn’t feel warm at all, and he said with a smile: “ Mr. Yuchi, no matter what, the fact that your mansion has killed so many people, if there are few, what if those innocent souls come to you at night?"
Mr. Yuchi suddenly felt a gloomy feeling all over his body, and his face froze: "Zhou My lord really knows how to joke, hehe, the old man is gone."
After leaving the hall, Duke Wei Chi patted his chest in fear, no matter what, at least his life was saved. When I go back, I must fucking restrain my servants, this time I will make him miserable.
Zhou Yi left the main hall, instead of going back to the Imperial Academy, he walked towards the imperial study.
"Master Zhou, the emperor seems to be very angry!" Eunuch Zhang was still on duty outside the imperial study today, he whispered when he saw Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi twitched the corners of his mouth, of course he knew that if he didn't say what Emperor Chongzheng wanted him to say as he wished, and his chess piece didn't play its fullest role, Emperor Chongzheng would of course be furious.
"Trouble Eunuch, let me know."
"Master Zhou, our family thinks it's better for you to pick a new time. Now the emperor is angry, and you will be implicated if you go in for safekeeping right now!" "It's okay,
Eunuch Zhang, you can go. "I am afraid that a large part of Emperor Chongzheng's anger today is caused by him. If the knot in Emperor Chongzheng's heart does not get rid of, he will not be able to think about it in the future.
Not long after Eunuch Zhang went in, he let Zhou Yi in.
Zhou Yi walked into the imperial study room, buried his head and knelt down, and after a while, Emperor Chongzheng's majestic and cold voice sounded: "Get up." "Thank you, Your Majesty." "Why are you looking for
me
? Do you still have something to say in the hall?" Emperor Chongzheng put the memorial table in his hand, fixed his eyes on Zhou Yi, and said with a touch of sarcasm.
"Your Majesty..." Zhou Yi knelt down again with a plop: "Please forgive me for having unfinished words in the hall, but I can only say these words to you, Your Majesty." It means that no one except Chongzheng Emperor Zhou Yi will believe it. .
Hearing this, Emperor Chongzheng's face became less cold and hard, and his voice warmed up a little: "Oh, why can't we say it in the Golden Temple?
" Who doesn't have fertile fields, but the people have no place to stand, the most direct has already greatly affected the tax revenue of the court. Without tax revenue, we can't train troops and build roads... If things go on like this, when the iron hooves of foreign races step on my big Vietnam At that time, we will have no power to fight back, and what I am more worried about is that water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it..."
Zhou Yi said the last sentence lightly, but Emperor Chongzheng's hand shrank suddenly, as if being scalded by something.
He didn't know what Zhou Yi said, so he wanted to touch the land tax policy, but as expected, he just made an introduction, and the courtiers below gathered together to block his unspoken words.
Of course, Emperor Chongzheng knew how much resistance there would be to changing the land tax policy. What he wanted to move was the interests of most people in the court, and members of the royal family were among them. will agree. Because Emperor Chongzheng was smart, he could see that if he continued to let the land annexation continue, Da Viet would surely fall into the abyss of eternal doom, but at the same time, he was afraid of trouble and extremely lazy, so it was a headache to stand on the opposite side of everyone. He just wants to roll the sheets happily in the harem, live a life without worrying about money, and not afraid of being beaten. Why can't these guys let him live in peace? It would be great if someone could stand up and do this for him at this time, so he turned his eyes to Zhou Yi, hoping that Zhou Yi would be the cannon fodder, but Zhou Yi only scratched the itch and didn't mention the real important thing, Emperor Chongzheng felt that he had been deceived by Zhou Yi, and before Zhou Yi found him, he had already made up his mind to abandon Zhou Yi. But after hearing Zhou Yi's words, Emperor Chongzheng's heart moved slightly: "Oh, then what do you think should be done? " , but Your Majesty, looking at the past and the present, radical reforms will definitely provoke a strong backlash. If there is a slight difference, I'm afraid..." Even if Zhou Yi didn't finish his words, Emperor Chongzheng knew what to be afraid of, afraid that those moths would go crazy Well, if their interests are mobilized, once the aristocratic family unites with all the ministers, even including the imperial family, let alone Zhou Yi, even he, the emperor, will have to be resigned at that time! Re-support a puppet up. Although Emperor Chongzheng was confident that he would not end up in such a miserable situation, once he thought that once this incident started, everyone would make trouble for him, and he immediately retreated, and he was not so angry with Zhou Yi. Forget it, Fortunately, Zhou Yi didn't say anything, otherwise he would have been too busy dealing with the aftermath if he had acted impulsively!
Emperor Chongzheng waved his hand: "Get up, I know your heart, you are a good one."
Zhou Yi's eyes were red because of this sentence: "I am ashamed of my love for the emperor." "
No, I don't blame you, it is I don't think so." Emperor Chongzheng stood up and sighed, he is old, so he should leave this difficult bone to future generations, anyway, he will go to find Taizu at that time, and he doesn't care how big the flood is. It's up!
That's right, Emperor Chongzheng is such a bachelor!
"Your Majesty, I don't recommend such a radical method directly, but there is a more secure method. The idea is a bit immature. After I say it, I ask the emperor to make a decision." Emperor Chongzheng turned around suddenly, his eyes widened
. Shuo: "Oh, there is another way, what is it, tell me quickly."
"Your Majesty, I want to borrow Yumo." Zhou Yi said with some embarrassment.
"What do you mean? Do you want to write? Use it." Emperor Chongzheng waved his hand.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhou Yi stood in front of the table, and a eunuch rushed forward to grind it.
Emperor Chongzheng was curious, so he stood beside Zhou Yi, wanting to see what kind of thing he would write.
I saw that Zhou Yi first drew a small pond, which was densely packed with various fish.
"Look, Your Majesty, our current situation in Da Viet is like this pool of water. The original balance in it is that the big fish eat the small fish, and the small fish eat dried shrimps. As long as we can maintain a balance, this pool will remain so calm forever, but now The problem is, the big fish in this pond grow too fast, they are large and strong, and have seriously eroded the ecology in the pond! What should we do now, should we continue to add bait? No, this will only kill these big fish. The fish are just getting fatter! The only way is to dig the pond bigger and connect it to the ocean..."
Emperor Chongzheng frowned, and said with a sense of understanding: "I understand what you said, but How to make the pond bigger?"
Zhou Yi's eyes were fixed, and he paused every word: "Prosper commerce, open border trade, and focus on sea transportation! Only in this way can we support Da Viet with wealth from all directions!"
"Raise me Da Yue with wealth from all directions?" Emperor Chongzheng murmured these words, his eyes dazed for a while...
Although he was agitated by Zhou Yi's words, Emperor Chongzheng still considered the practical problem: "Where are the barbarians around?" What kind of things have been harassing me at the border of Da Viet every year. Once the border trade is opened, they will be more rampant? There is also shipping, which has not been done before.
Moreover, there are Japanese pirates and pirates constantly harassing us along the coast . Once the sea ban is lifted, how will the people along the coast of our Da Viet survive?" Occasionally, I will raise my side to offend my Dai Viet, and it is also because of their lack of supplies. Where is my Da Viet rich in variety? Take the risk of offending me, Da Viet, and attack me, Da Viet? As for other countries with wolfish ambitions, as long as I, Da Yue, can earn money and increase my military strength, if anyone is disobedient, I will fight!"