What's more, at this time, all the Huang clan members have already been mobilized, and they are all enthusiastic. Not to mention that Huang Quan wants to stop them. They are probably the Huang clan's biggest support. Huang Wei's appearance at this time may not be possible.
Can stop these people.
"Assaulting the imperial officials with the intention of treason and rebellion, they should be killed!"
He heard a cold snort from Lin Pingzhi's mouth, and then he saw Lin Pingzhi's embroidered spring knife slashing at several ferocious-looking men who rushed in front of him.
At the same time that Lin Pingzhi took action, the surrounding Jinyi guards and county police officers also waved their sharp weapons.
In the blink of an eye, blood flashed, accompanied by a shrill scream.
These people are just relying on the strength of their numbers to run rampant in the countryside. In the past, with Huang Wei, the county captain of a county, as his backer, no one dared to provoke the people of Huangjia Village, so these people were made to act
Unscrupulous.
Perhaps most of these people had human lives on their hands, but for them, they had not really seen any bloody scenes.
Especially a bloody and bloody fighting scene like this, it can be said that this is definitely the first time for common people like them.
When streams of blood flew out and even sprayed on their faces, the people who were originally full of blood were finally blown away by a gust of wind and their minds became clearer.
"Ah, people are dead, people are dead..."
Some people couldn't help but tremble when they saw the bloody corpse of their companion lying in front of them, and couldn't help but scream in terror.
When these people came to their senses, they were immediately frightened by the dozens of corpses in front of them.
Even though they only had a short time to attack Jin Yiwei, no fewer than dozens of them were killed on the spot by Lin Pingzhi's men.
The rich smell of blood spread, and the surrounding Huang clan members looked pale and horrified at the group of royal guards and county police officers who were covered in blood.
Even though they were outnumbered at the moment, each of them was more frightened than the other.
There was a pop, and when everything was silent, the clan leader Huang Quan was suddenly seen sitting on the ground, with a frighteningly pale face. His eyes were blankly looking at the corpses of the clansmen on the ground in front of him, and he murmured: "It's over.
It’s all over.”
At the same time, those watching from a distance also clearly saw the scene where the people from Huangjiacun attacked the Jin Yiwei but were killed by the Jin Yiwei without hesitation.
The bloody scene was absolutely horrifying, and some people were so frightened that they fainted on the spot.
Among the several carriages, some gentry came to watch, with cold sweat on their powerful foreheads. They almost instinctively ordered their servants to drive the carriage away, as if they would be targeted by the royal guards if they stayed for a while longer.
Not to mention these people, even Wang Yuan and other officials who came with Li Huan were also restrained at this time.
Although they had always known that Li Huan had a vicious reputation, this was the first time they encountered such an intuitive and bloody scene.
Just when everyone was in a daze, Li Huan's voice suddenly rang in the ears of Wang Yuan and others: "Wang Yuan, next we will check the population of Huangjia Village and leave the number of acres to you."
Shocked by Li Huan's words, Wang Yuan and other officials almost instinctively turned to Li Huan and said in a trembling voice: "I'll wait for my order."
Li Huan waved his hand lightly, then glanced at Wang Yuan and others, and after a moment of deep thought, he said to Lin Pingzhi: "Pingzhi, I will leave a small flag of Jinyiwei behind to cooperate with Wang Yuan and others, but there is obstruction.
Those who are caught will be shot to death without mercy!"
Lin Pingzhi nodded slightly, glanced at Huang Shen who was slumped on the ground and said, "Sir, how should we deal with this person?"
Li Huan pondered for a moment and said: "If you dare to incite the people to fight against the imperial court, you will be jailed and taken to the capital together with a group of prisoners from Yutian County to be punished according to law!"
In a short period of time, the news that dozens of people in Huangjia Village were massacred by Jin Yiwei spread immediately. Wherever the local powerful and gentry heard the news, they were faced with the task of counting the land and population sent by the county government.
When I was an official, I became extremely honest one by one.
After all, with the precedent of Huangjiacun, no one went back to doubt Li Huan's determination and brutal methods to implement tax reform.
No matter how unwilling they were, no one would be that stupid to risk their own family's lives against Li Huan.
It has to be said that after a killing, the effect can be said to be immediate. The efficiency of the officials who were sent to check the fields and Dingkou was greatly improved. In a short period of time, the data of the fields and Dingkou in the entire Yutian County were compiled.
Li Huan looked at Wang Yuan standing in front of him with a smile on his face and said: "Wang Yuan, but the results have been obtained for Tianmu and Dingkou in Yutian County?"
Wang Yuan nodded seriously and said: "Back to Lord Marquis, according to our careful investigation, according to statistics, Yutian County now has a population of more than 200,000 and an area of more than 800,000 acres."
After speaking, Wang Yuan hesitated for a moment and said: "Compared with what is recorded in the Yutian County Government's population register, the number of households and acres is obviously much higher."
Thinking of the data about the population and farm acres in Yutian County that Zhang Ke, the magistrate of Yutian County, had previously presented, the population and farm acres they had counted were almost twice as many as those listed in the Yellow Book.
However, Li Huan was not surprised at all after hearing the data reported by Wang Yuan.
Hiding the population and fields is a normal phenomenon in any era. Even the emperor, who is aloof, can compare the population data of private fields collected by the imperial courts of the past dynasties.
In terms of population, it is better. At least the population statistics over the years have maintained a stable growth rate. Even if this growth rate is abnormal at first glance, it is obvious that a considerable part of the new population has been hidden. But at least the population
The data that has been falsified by people below is not that exaggerated, and it has maintained a steady growth.
However, the number of acres of fields according to official statistics is not expected to decrease even if it does not increase significantly.
After all, as long as there is no expansion of territory, the number of acres in the world is a constant value. Even if there are new fields created from wasteland, that number will not fluctuate much.
However, what is surprising and unbelievable is that from the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China to the present, in just about a hundred years, the number of acres of land counted by the imperial court has decreased by hundreds of millions of acres.
You must know that there is still an increase in newly opened fields. According to the data reviewed by Li Huan, the newly opened land in the Ming Dynasty every year is almost two to three million acres. In a hundred years, under normal circumstances,
The number of acres of land in Ming Dynasty's books will increase by at least 200 million acres.
It's a pity that the data compiled by the imperial court have not increased, but have inexplicably dropped by hundreds of millions compared with the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
This calculation alone means that at least two to three hundred million acres of private farmland have mysteriously disappeared from the books.
It was obvious that these disappearing acres had been quietly annexed by local powerful people, gentry, nobles, royal families, officials, etc. and had been concealed.
For example, in Yutian County, an inventory investigation suddenly caused the official data of land acres in Yutian County to skyrocket. If you look at the entire Ming Dynasty, you can imagine how shocking the Ming Dynasty's current underreporting of population and land acres is.
Looking through the account books presented by Wang Yuan that recorded the inventory data, Li Huan nodded slightly, glanced at Wang Yuan with satisfaction and said, "Your Majesty, it's all thanks to you."
Wang Yuan didn't dare to say anything after hearing this.
Beijing
In the Qianqing Palace, above the small court meeting, a royal censor was making a bitter speech to the emperor with a heartbroken look on his face, impeaching Li Huan for condoning the Jin Yiwei massacre of innocent people in Yutian County.
After all, Yutian County is not too far from the capital, and Li Huan's every move is watched by countless people.
Even if they didn't know that Li Huan was taking people to inspect Yutian County at the beginning, it was obvious that Li Huan's whereabouts could not be concealed for too long. Naturally, what happened in Yutian County was noticed by others and spread to the capital immediately.
Suddenly, all the censors and officials jumped out to talk about Li Huan.
As the emperor, Zhu Houzhao was already used to this kind of situation, so after the censor's impassioned and indignant impeachment, Zhu Houzhao just waved his hand lightly. Instead of accepting the censor's words, he He turned his attention to Wang Yangming and said, "Mr. Wang Ge, now that the imperial court is implementing tax reform, is everything going smoothly?"
As the emperor who supported Li Huan and Wang Yangming in their tax reform, Zhu Houzhao was naturally very concerned about the tax reform.
Taking a deep breath, Wang Yangming stepped forward and said to the emperor with a look of hesitation and shame on his face: "Your Majesty, I am incompetent, so that the tax reform is progressing slowly. Please punish me."
Although Zhu Houzhao was a little disappointed with Wang Yangming's reply, all this was actually expected.
If the tax reform was really smooth sailing without any obstacles or setbacks, then Zhu Houzhao would find it strange.
The current situation is the most normal situation. Reforms have never been that simple in the past, and there may even be bloodshed.
Just like the censor just now impeached Li Huan for allowing the Jin Yiwei to massacre people in Yutian County, the detailed information was actually reported to the emperor through the Jin Yiwei channels after the incident occurred.
Zhu Houzhao naturally knew everything about this matter. As for Li Huan's killing spree in Yutian County, Zhu Houzhao only felt that there was nothing wrong with what Li Huan did. Let alone Li Huan, if it had been him, he would have done it. He will be like Li Huan.
With a gentle look in his eyes, Zhu Houzhao looked at Wang Yangming and chuckled: "Wang Qing's family does not need to blame themselves. Tax reform is not easy. It is natural to have difficulties. But if you have difficulties, just tell me. As long as Whatever I can do, I will definitely support you."
Wang Yangming looked grateful and said to the Emperor: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty. I will do my best to live up to His Majesty's expectations."
Wang Yangming said with a look of hope on his face: "This time the champion will personally lead people to inspect the place, he will definitely be able to grasp many problems that have arisen in the reform. When the champion returns, I will discuss with him, and I will definitely be able to
Discuss a more effective way to implement reforms."
Seeing Wang Yangming's confident look, Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Okay, I will wait for the good news from the Qing family."
The king and his ministers were right, but there was a trace of disdain in the eyes of many important civil and military officials standing nearby.
It's not that they looked down on Li Huan, although it was said that Li Huan caused the Huangjiacun murder case in Yutian County, it was indeed able to shock people's hearts and greatly reduce the resistance to the imperial court's implementation of tax reform.
But that doesn't mean they don't have ways to deal with it.
There was a sound of footsteps, and a young chamberlain appeared at the door of the imperial study and said respectfully to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the champion is here to see you."
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said: "You are really talking about Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here, announce it quickly!"
Soon, under the attention of everyone, Li Huan walked into the imperial study and saluted the emperor: "I pay my respects to your majesty."
Zhu Houzhao waved to Li Huan to stand up and said with a smile: "Did Li Qing gain anything from this inspection?"
When Li Huan heard this, he just said to the outside of the hall: "Bring the things in."
Many people couldn't help but express curiosity when they saw this. What did Li Huan bring back to Beijing this time?
Their eyes couldn't help but cast towards the door of the royal study, and they saw two chamberlains walking in carrying a medium-sized box.
With a soft sound, the box was placed on the ground. Li Huan opened it and immediately saw a stack of yellow books appearing in everyone's sight.
Many people couldn't help showing doubts when they saw this, but Li Huan stepped forward and opened one of the yellow books, glanced at everyone present and slowly said: "In the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, Yutian County had 43 acres of land.
Eighteen thousand and sixty-five acres, with a population of more than 134,800 people."
Zhu Houzhao listened to the data about Yutian County's population and land acres that Li Huan read out, and nodded slightly: "This is the official population and land acres data of Yutian County in the 17th year of Hongzhi. If I remember correctly,
Since I came to the throne, there has been no unified local population and land statistics, and the court has always followed this data when collecting money and grain, and distributing labor."
Li Huan nodded slightly, then took out a yellow book that was obviously older, opened it and said slowly: "In the seventh year of Hongzhi, Yutian County had 453,870 acres of farmland.
The population is more than 128,400 people.”
Zhu Houzhao was just stunned for a moment, and then raised his eyebrows. Anyone who is not stupid can clearly tell that in the past ten years, the number of acres in Yutian County has decreased by more than 15,000 acres. It does not seem like much, but compared to the entire Yutian County
The number of acres of land was almost 10% less.
It seems a bit scary when you look at it this way.
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