Although Xu Wenjue didn't know what was going on, he was not completely clueless. After hearing Xu Changfu's words, he couldn't help but said: "Isn't this still against the court? How can the court let me go if it finds an excuse in the future?"

"My father-in-law," Xu Changfu was really anxious, "you only need to send a message, and the people below will naturally do these things for you. At most, they can invite some nobles to come to the house to have a banquet as a cover to relax.

,How can the imperial court know that you are the one behind this?

Besides, if you do nothing, are you going to let the court investigate the land and use it as an excuse to punish people?"

Xu Wenjue was finally persuaded and gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. Remember, don't tell the people below that it was my order."

"Don't worry, sir, I will take care of it," Xu Changfu replied.

But I was thinking in my heart: Who wouldn’t know that I got your permission to do this?

Therefore, if you want to take out the Wei Guogong Mansion openly, you have to plan carefully.

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The first year of Zhaowu, December 1st.

On the first day after the three-day "Land Tax Reform" imperial meeting, thousands of "Qingzhang Tianmu Commissioners" trained by the Ministry of Household Affairs were dispatched to the eight counties under the jurisdiction of Yingtian Prefecture to provide guidance and assist.

The work of clearing the land of the father-in-law.

Such a fast movement exceeded many people's expectations.

In the past, when the Ming Dynasty wanted to implement any new policies, not to mention how long the monarchs and ministers had to argue with each other in the court, even if it was agreed upon, it would take ten and a half days to prepare for its implementation.

After Zhu Yuyao ascended the throne, although the Zhaowu Dynasty implemented the policy much faster, it can be seen that in the implementation process of the previous New Deal, there would be a gap of three to five days after the news was revealed.

Now there is not even a day between them, which really caught many people off guard.

Yingtianfu Yamenwai.

Just after eight o'clock in the morning, Xia Yunyi, a fellow villager, led the household officials to post an announcement on the bulletin board to "clear the land for all the landowners."

Xia Yunyi was born in 1596 and is now fifty years old. He was a Jinshi in the tenth year of Chongzhen.

After that, he served as the county magistrate in Changle, Fujian Province for five years. He was considerate of the people's sentiments and eliminated bad customs. He became one of the seven outstanding county magistrates with outstanding political achievements in the country at that time, and was summoned by Chongzhen.

He was supposed to be promoted to serve in the central government later, or as an assistant official at the level of a local state capital, but because his mother died of illness, he had no choice but to return to his hometown Dingyou.

Three months ago, Xia Yunyi and Ding You finished their duties and reported to the Nanjing Ministry of Civil Affairs. Soon they were summoned by Zhu Ayao to serve as the general magistrate of Yingtian Mansion.

Yingtianfu is where the capital of the Ming Dynasty is now located, and has two Tongzhi and Tongfan.

Zhu Yu'ao knew that Xia Yunyi had done a good job in eradicating bad customs when he was a county magistrate in Fujian, so he asked him to take charge of matters related to the New Deal.

Xia Yunyi lived up to Zhu Yuluo's expectations and performed very well in implementing the New Deal. Therefore, he was promoted to Tongzhi and was still in charge of the implementation of the New Deal.

"Deputy Yin, the notice has been posted." An official came over to report.

Xia Yunyi glanced at the people watching around him and said, "Then read it to the people."

"yes."

Although eight o'clock is a little early in winter, Nanjing now has a population of one million, and there are many people who get up in the morning to do things.

Passing by the government office, they saw a new announcement posted. Those who were not in a hurry to go to work stopped to watch, or waited for someone to read the announcement.

After all, Fuzhou and counties are local governments, and any policies issued are closely related to the people.

Among these people there are many nobles, gentry, purchasing stewards and servants of landlords' families.

After listening to the announcement, some stewards directly handed over the purchasing matters to the servants below, and rushed back to report the matter to their master——

"What? The land clearing will begin today? Wasn't the matter still being discussed between the DPRK and the Central Government yesterday? Why is it being implemented so soon?"

"Those who obstruct the clearing of land and acres will be punished by being beheaded, having their homes confiscated and exiled, or being deprived of their homes and fields, and moving to the north? How dare the imperial court impose such heavy penalties? Are they not afraid of provoking a civil uprising?!"

"Well, yesterday I was going to discuss with the Zhao family how to deal with this matter, but I didn't expect it to start today. And the attack was so powerful that the court simply didn't give us a way to survive."

"I'm going to see if Manager Liu from Duke Wei's mansion is at home today. Sir, I'm going to visit him..."

As soon as the announcement of Ying Tianfu's land clearing came out, the undercurrent inside and outside Nanjing suddenly became more turbulent. On the government side, things started step by step.

For example, Xia Yunyi did not go in after posting the announcement, but made preparations to welcome him outside the government office.

A house official couldn't help but ask: "Deputy Yin, I'm waiting for you like this. Could it be that the imperial court wants to send an imperial envoy down?"

Xia Yunyi knew that this newly-recruited scholar in the Dianli household was only in his early thirties - in the past, this kind of people would have been very knowledgeable in order to win the election, and very few would have chosen to be officials.

However, since the implementation of the New Deal, there is no longer a gap between officials and a large number of officials have been promoted to officials. Some scholars who have no hope of being promoted have chosen to apply for office officials in local government offices.

Although Xia Yunyi was not familiar with this scholar, he still said patiently: "This clearing of the land is unusual, so the imperial court sent a clearing commissioner to the local government to provide guidance and assist in the implementation of the clearing."

"Commissioner Qingzhang?" The official looked confused.

As far as he knew, there seemed to be no such official position before the Ming Dynasty.

Xia Yunyi smiled and said: "They are the full-time officials of Qingzhang Tianmu... Look, they are here."

When the official looked at it, his face was filled with shock.

I saw a team of thousands of people approaching from the front.

These people were all wearing indigo blue shorts with a somewhat weird style - not suitable for shorts. The sleeves on their upper body only reached their wrists, and the cuffs were much smaller than ordinary clothes.

It has a stand-up collar and a double lapel, and the hem only reaches half of the thighs. It is tied with a wide black belt, revealing the indigo blue trousers underneath.

The crotch of these long trousers is slightly higher, the legs are tighter than ordinary trousers, and there are leggings on the calves.

Underfoot is a pair of ordinary cotton shoes.

Their heads are all tied in a single bun and tied with a red forehead protector.

These people, five in a row, were like a long blue dragon walking from the street in front. Their steps were quite orderly and their momentum was astonishing.

When the people saw it, they subconsciously ran to both sides.

If these people hadn't just carried bags, wooden sticks on their waists, and no weapons, and were accompanied by patrolmen on both sides, the people would probably have panicked and fled.

When these people walked to the square in front of the government office, Xia Yunyi and others saw clearly what words were written on the red forehead protectors of those people - Commissioner Qingzhang!

However, these people were led by more than a dozen officials wearing green robes.

These officials, like the clerks, all looked quite young, and the oldest was probably no more than forty years old.

What surprised all the government officials even more was that there were actually two women among the green-robed officials.

These people stood in front of the government office, flags flying, and they were as organized as an army. Many officials in the government office began to wonder: Could it be that these people are not going to clear their land, but to go to war?
Chapter completed!