When the emperor goes on a tour, it is naturally impossible for the emperor to just randomly pick a sunny afternoon, simply wrap up in his most commonly worn clothes, quietly take three or five followers with him, and then leave the palace calmly.
In fact, among the reasons why the courtiers opposed the emperor's leaving the palace, there was no shortage of raising troops and mobilizing crowds.
Just like this time the emperor visited Shuntian Mansion.
Even if the person on the dragon throne is reasonable, diligent and thrifty, he still takes care of his family when he goes on patrol, and spends a lot of money.
The Jinwu Guards, Red Helmet Guards and other ceremonial guards can be omitted, but the Jinyi Guards, Internal Guards, and Attendants must serve at the front.
In addition, Luo Sigong, a general of training and bravery in the Beijing camp, personally led the second battalion of Shenji camp, with 1,500 soldiers, to ensure safety.
Of course, the accompanying civil and military officials are also indispensable.
Hu Zhili, the governor of Shuntian, was led by Yin Wang Zhiyuan of Shuntian Prefecture, and was accompanied by the newly appointed Wang Xijue, Wang Zongyi, Xu Guo, Chen Jingbang, He Luowen and others from the six departments, plus a group of close officials appointed by the emperor, such as Zhongshusheren, followed closely.
back.
A group of nearly three thousand people, embracing the emperor, marched out of the capital.
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"There is no fault in Guo Tingwu's confiscation of his home and imprisonment, but if he goes beyond the ministry and directly uses the imperial guards, I'm afraid it's a recipe for disaster."
Xu Guogui and Xu Jie happened to be next to each other in the team. The former rode astride his horse and came to the edge of Xu Jie, chatting incessantly.
The emperor went to Shuntian Mansion during the day.
The house was searched in the afternoon.
The person was taken to Fusi, Beizhen in the evening.
The charges of corruption, dereliction of duty, cheating, and showing off illegal power were all proven at night.
The evidence in the case was conclusive, and the courtiers had nothing to say.
But always letting Beizhen Fusi handle the case will inevitably make people complain.
Especially Xu Guo, the newly appointed minister of the Ministry of Justice, found it hard not to have objections when he saw that the yamen in charge was overstepped by the secret service.
Xu Jie sat on the chariot and half-squinted his eyes, and replied casually: "Isn't it the ancestral law for the Jin Yiwei to handle cases?"
Poor seventy-seven old man, just because he knew how to buy land and adopt children, the emperor took him out to inspect the palace in this winter on the grounds of his knowledge.
Although a chariot was provided so that Xu Jie would not be tired while traveling, there was no carriage and there was no protection from the wind.
So much so that the old man had a layer wrapped around his head and a layer wrapped around his body, so that his facial features were exposed.
When Xu Guo heard this, he couldn't help but shook his head and retorted: "During the Jiajing period, Taichang Temple participated in the Daxing County magistrate, and the case was handled by the Sanfa Division."
"Shizong sent two Jinyi guardsmen to listen to the contents of the trial and report them."
"Yu Maojian, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment at that time, expelled the Jinyiwei from the Ministry of Punishment on the grounds that 'Jinyiwei can also be used to arrest visitors, but cannot be imposed on the ministry, as it is not a system'."
"Xu Shaoshi's theory of ancestral law is biased."
Anyone with a little common sense in official circles knows that the ancestral law has no practical significance.
Xu Guo could also find ancestral laws that supported his own statement.
Xu Jie glanced at Xu Guo: "So Yu Maojian became an official. Later, the captain of the Zhenfu Division escorted the prisoners to the ministry and also stood in the court to listen."
He paused: "I took care of this matter when I was in the cabinet. Xu Shilang obviously hasn't finished reading the annual book of the Ministry of Punishment."
Xu Guo paused, speechless, and could only pretend not to hear, turning his head and looking around.
Just at this moment, the team in front stopped.
Two chamberlains ran over from the front of the queue.
When Xu Guo saw this, he knew that the emperor had summoned him, so he immediately got off his horse.
Xu Jie also sat up, holding on to the handrails of the carriage.
As expected.
One of the chamberlains bowed and said, "Master Xu, Minister Xu, Your Majesty is going to inspect the fields. He ordered the team to wait here while we lead you two to the fields to accompany you." Xu Jie and Xu Guo looked at each other and nodded together.
nodded.
The two chamberlains supported Xu Jie and led Xu Guo, who was half a step behind, along the official road and then turned into a rural road.
Shuntian Prefecture has 24 prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction, so there is no reason to visit them all during this tour.
A county like Dacheng, which is more than 300 miles away, will not force it.
As well as prefectures and counties with similar conditions, it is enough to pick one or two to visit. For example, of the four counties under the jurisdiction of Tongzhou Prefecture, only two of them were visited.
As for today, we only have time to patrol Daxing County, which is ninety miles away from Beijing. A group of nobles and old people naturally walk as slowly as they want. It is no different from walking faster, from morning to five in the evening.
After an hour, we entered Daxing County.
After all, Daxing is an authentic Gyeonggi county. The country roads can’t be said to be flat, but they can’t be said to be rugged either.
After walking for a quarter of an hour, the two of them saw a fertile field and a large number of officials accompanying them.
And the emperor squatting on the field ridge with poor manners.
The two looked at each other and walked forward one after the other.
"In the first year of Zhengtong, Emperor Yingzong agreed that for every stone of grain, a total of three coins and four cents of silver would be paid, so the county began to break the silver and receive gold and silver."
"Excluding abandoned land, water-occupied land, land unsuitable for farming, and land used for horse herding, supporting public servants, barracks, roads, rivers and other purposes, the actual expropriated land now totals more than 3,000 hectares."
Xu Guo tilted his head, looking past the tall Wang Xijue, and saw Wei Yunzhen, the magistrate of Daxing County, standing behind the emperor and bowing back.
The field was narrow and it was difficult to stand aside so many people, so Xu Guo had to stand on the outside.
The emperor stood up slowly and continued to ask: "How do you break silver now?"
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but feel a little lost when he looked at the pastoral scenery that he had not seen for many years.
Daxing County is a large county in Gyeonggi Province. Shuntian Prefecture has 100,000 hectares of farmland, and Daxing accounts for 18,000 hectares.
Therefore, the emperor's first stop on this tour was Daxing County.
Wei Yunzhen was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Wanli and was assigned as the grassroots county magistrate of Beizhili.
Wei Yunzhen, the magistrate of Daxing County, prepared for several days and responded fluently to the emperor's questions: "Reporting to your majesty, now every grain of one stone and the summer tax are reduced to four coins of silver, two millimeters of silk, four cents of silver, one micro and five cents of silk."
Zhu Yijun nodded: "How much grain can be harvested per mu?"
Xu Guo blurted out: "The autumn tax is two buckets, three liters, six and four spoons per mu in the upper fields, one bucket, nine liters and two spoons in one mu in the middle fields, and one bucket, six liters and three in four spoons per mu in the lower fields. The average is eight cents of grain per mu and one stone.
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"There is also a repeated summer tax for each stone, which is worth two and a half cents of silver."
Stone, bucket, sheng, he, spoon are all decimal.
The autumn grain and summer taxes are now the official land tax.
Zhu Yijun looked at the hundreds of acres of fertile farmland in front of him, raised his hand and pointed: "Is this farmland an upper field, a middle field, or a lower field?"
Wei Yunzhen thought for a long time before replying: "Your Majesty, the 270 acres of land here should be farmland."
Of course he can't keep all the numbers in the pornographic book in mind, no one has that ability.
However, the emperor's patrol route could never deviate too far.
Zhu Yijun couldn't fault the Daxing magistrate's professional abilities.
He thought for a while, nodded and said: "Go and call the tenants here."
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I have been particularly flustered these past two days, and my productivity has been extremely low. I just felt really uncomfortable. I bought an oximeter and it showed that the pulse interval was shortened and the pulse rate was too fast. I felt like I had to rest today, so I had to post a free chapter to atone for my sins.
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