Chapter 441 Officials and gentry receive food from one body
In the eyes of these people, the fact that the British Duke asked this question in front of so many people must have created a problem with Li Huan.
Of course, there are only a handful of people who think this way. After all, not many people who have reached the current status are fools. There are many smart people, and they all stared at Zhang Lun with strange expressions on their faces.
The relationship between Zhang Lun and Li Huan is too close. In addition, because of Li Huan, the Xungui Group has a tendency to regain the right to speak in the court. If Zhang Lun, as the representative of the Xungui Group at this time,
It is simply unrealistic for Lun Lun to fall out with Li Huan, the emperor's favorite minister.
So at this time, Zhang Lun asked Li Huan in front of them what was the reason for his policy of dividing the family into a family.
Thinking about these issues, some people's expressions couldn't help but become solemn.
Li Huan smiled slightly, glanced at Zhang Lun, and then glanced at all the officials present, and then said extremely calmly: "What the British Lord wants to ask is that if the law of the tenant's wife is implemented, what will happen to the world?"
Will the court be able to receive taxes from the acres occupied by the dignitaries and gentry among them?"
Many people raised their brows when they heard this. You must know that they were still thinking about this before. Just by virtue of the privileges they enjoyed, they could ignore the law of dividing a small family into an entire family implemented by Li Huan.
The fields under their names can fully enjoy the privileges of the imperial court, so what can Li Huan do to them?
Now that Zhang Lun has brought this matter out directly, this is nothing but a slap in the face to Li Huan.
Good guy, on the square in front of the Qianqing Palace, hundreds of officials suddenly stood up, eight to nine percent of them, and only a few dozen people remained in place.
Even though they had always been like decorations, the officials representing the clan could not help but bow down along with the other officials and said: "Your Majesty, please kill Li Huan in order to appease the hearts of hundreds of thousands of clan members in the Ming Dynasty."
Among the crowd, Wu Guangyuan, who was still there before, stared at Li Huan Ning and said: "Champion Marquis, can you explain to everyone what it means that the officials and the gentry receive food from one body?"
Another important minister prostrated himself to the ground and said sadly: "I ask your majesty to kill Li Huan, so as to calm the hearts of the officials in the world."
After all, being watched by so many officials is a pressure that ordinary people cannot bear.
If they hadn't upheld their duties as ministers, I'm afraid these supervisory censors and officials of the Sixth Section would have jumped up and pointed at Zhu Houzhao and yelled curses.
It is precisely because of this that when Li Huan said the words "officials and gentry receive food from one body", almost all the officials looked at Li Huan with horrified expressions.
At this moment, the emperor who was sitting there also looked at Li Huan and said solemnly: "What the British Lord said is true. I wonder if Li Qing has a solution?"
It can be said that in an instant, Baiguan had such an idea in his mind.
It can be said that Wu Guangyuan's roar shocked the entire audience and directly woke up all the officials.
Some officials looked at Li Huan and even had a little smile on their faces.
In an instant, Li Huan's voice resounded throughout the entire audience, suppressing the shouts of the officials shouting for beatings and killings.
Even Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting there, couldn't help but frown when he saw the momentum of the officials. Although he had known for a long time that once Li Huan proposed the method of paying grain to officials and gentry together at the court meeting, it would inevitably cause an uproar among the officials.
Heng Heng was mentally prepared to a certain extent, but when this moment arrived, Zhu Houzhao was still a little worried.
But even so, the questioning attitude is clearly evident, and the attitude can be described as extremely bad.
Even among the nobles standing there, some who had not received the news beforehand were looking at Li Huan with complicated expressions.
Spreading a small family into a farm has caused considerable losses to their interests to a certain extent. If they hadn't had the privilege of tax exemption, they would have broken up with Li Huan long ago.
Suddenly, all eyes fell on Li Huan.
One after another, the important ministers prostrated themselves.
Li Huan smiled slightly, looked at Wu Guangyuan and said, "Oh, Mr. Wu is well-read in poetry and books, and he used to be a top three scholar in the high school imperial list. Does it mean that we need Li to explain to Mr. Wu?"
At the end of the sentence, Wu Guangyuan spat out almost every word, with a sharp look in his eyes that was frightening.
Suddenly the whole place was filled with shouts of beating and killing Li Huan. Looking at it, there were only dozens of officials still standing. Compared to the hundreds of officials who prostrated themselves on the ground, they were almost negligible.
Excluding.
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of all the officials present changed drastically.
Before Li Huan could finish his words, Wu Guangyuan, whose eyes were red and full of endless anger, roared at Li Huan.
I don't know why, but looking at Li Huan's calm appearance, many officials felt a little bad in their hearts.
As he spoke, the expression on Li Huan's face became solemn, and his eyes were full of perseverance as he said coldly: "The meaning of officials and gentry receiving food from one body is very simple. It means that no matter who owns the land in the world, it must be paid according to the imperial court's regulations."
According to the law, taxes must be paid, no matter what status the person is, from royal family members to high-ranking officials to ordinary people, no one can be exempted."
For them, which family does not hold a large number of acres of land in their name? Although most of them do not live off the land, since ancient times, the Chinese people have a special attitude towards the land, so the land they occupy
The number is not small, so the benefits obtained from the land every year are naturally not small.
Immediately, all the officials began to criticize Li Huan, as if they were facing sworn enemies who had killed their father, and roared loudly asking the emperor to kill Li Huan in order to calm the hearts of the people in the world.
The emperor must not be allowed to act recklessly.
On the contrary, Li Huan, who was at the center of the storm, looked calm and composed at the moment, as if the pressure from the officials did not exist. He glanced at the officials lightly and chuckled: "Oh, Li thought you guys
Everyone can understand what it means for officials and gentry to receive food from one body. Since you don't understand, then Li will explain it to you."
Zhang Lun turned his eyes to Li Huan and said to Li Huan: "I wonder if the champion has a solution?"
Speaking of this, Zhang Lun said to the emperor with a serious face: "If such a problem cannot be solved, no matter how good the method is of sharing the land among the people, it will not be able to completely solve the problem of our Ming Dynasty."
But at this moment, after the officials looked at Li Huan, their eyes fell on the emperor.
Li Huan was not friendly to them at all. Now Zhang Lun asked Li Huan if he had any solution to the problem. Who knows if Li Huan would come up with something detrimental to them?
Looking at Li Huan's face that looked a bit childish, he roared in his heart, how dare he be an enemy of the world, how dare he, how dare he.
As he spoke, Li Huan looked at the officials with clear eyes and said, "It's the same for all of you. The fields under your names also have to pay taxes..."
However, some officials did not realize that something was wrong with the atmosphere around them. They just wanted to watch Li Huan's jokes and said to Li Huan with a bit of ridicule: "Oh, I wonder if the champion has any good ideas to solve this problem.
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Li Huan took a step forward and walked under the emperor's imperial steps. Then he turned around suddenly and faced the officials present. A stern look flashed in his eyes and he said slowly: "It is actually very simple to solve this problem. Li here
There is indeed a way."
A slight smile appeared on Li Huan's lips, he glanced at the official lightly, and then said loudly: "This method is to allow the officials and the gentry to receive food from one body."
The literal meaning of "officials and gentry receiving food from one body" could not be more clear. Even ordinary people can understand the meaning just by listening to it, even if they have not read the book.
Many officials even looked at Li Huan as if they were looking at an enemy, giving people the impression that Li Huan dug up their ancestral graves and killed their parents.
In the end, the emperor must nod for such matters, so what the officials are most worried about is that the emperor is bewitched by Li Huan. Even if the officials do not agree, if the emperor nods, it means that Li Huan has a righteous name.
If they are separated, no matter how much they resist, they will lose their righteousness.
If Wu Guangyuan didn't understand, I'm afraid no one here would believe it.
Zhang Lun bowed to the emperor and said: "A considerable part of the land in the world is concentrated in the hands of the powerful and the gentry. However, the court has given certain privileges to the powerful and the gentry. With the privileges given by the court, the court cannot take it from the hands of the powerful and the gentry.
To collect taxes.”
But why did Wu Guangyuan insist on Li Huan explaining to him? It was clear that he wanted to put pressure on Li Huan.
Being questioned almost like scoldings by Chen Fang, Lu He and others, Zhu Houzhao, who had never been questioned in public by his ministers since he came to the throne, could hardly suppress the anger in his heart.
"The bold Li Huan dared to propose such a method that would harm the country and the people, with the intention of bewitching Your Majesty and disrupting our country, the Ming Dynasty. His intentions are to be punished!"
But to Li Huan, Wu Guangyuan's pressure was nothing, it was like a breeze blowing on his face.
Wu Guangyuan just stared at Li Huan and said: "Wu really doesn't understand what it means that officials and gentry receive food from one body. He also asked the champion to explain one or two things to the subordinate officials and one or two things to the hundreds of officials."
It can be said that such a scene of hundreds of officials working together may not be encountered once in many years. It must be said that the scene of hundreds of officials working together is quite shocking.
Even if they are the emperor, they are not afraid of harming their own interests. What's more, they have a righteous name in their hands. They don't believe that Zhu Houzhao dared to agree to Li Huan's request when they used the methods of their ancestors.
In the midst of such shouting and killing, anyone with a weak will would probably be frightened by the momentum. However, Li Huan just glanced at the officials indifferently, and then shouted to the emperor in a loud voice.
Said: "I ask your majesty to put the Ming Dynasty's country and the country as the most important thing and all the people as the most important thing, and allow me to implement the method of integrating the government and the gentry to receive food."
Worrying eyes were cast on Li Huan. I only hoped that Li Huan could bear such pressure.
Then they saw more than a dozen officials including Chen Fang, Lu He, Liuke Shizhong Bailang and Du Qing, all of whom kowtowed to the emperor and said righteously: "Your Majesty knows the laws of our ancestors and the kindness of Emperor Taizu.
The gentlemen of the world are extremely kind to the scholars of the world, and even grant them the privilege of tax exemption. This is the law of the ancestors. Is it possible that Your Majesty wants to disobey the emperor Taizu's order and pay attention to the law of the ancestors in vain?"
It was at this time that all the officials raised their heads and looked at Li Huan.
Especially when he saw Chen Fang, Lu He and others showing their awe-inspiring attitude of caring for the people of the world, Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he wanted to kick them all away.
Zhang Lun nodded and said, "That's what I mean."
Even Wang Yangming, Cheng Guogong and others who knew in advance what Li Huan was going to do at today's meeting could not help but sweat for Li Huan.
At this time, everyone had reacted. No matter how slow they were, they could understand what Li Huan meant when he said that officials and gentry should receive food from one body.
After understanding this, almost all the officials stood up and said to Li Huan: "Please also ask the champion to explain to us what it means that the officials and the gentry receive food from one body."
All the officials bowed down in front of the emperor, and an important minister in a purple robe said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Li Huan, this traitor, has evil intentions. He actually wants to destroy the laws of our ancestors of the Ming Dynasty and disrupt the foundation of our country and the country of the Ming Dynasty.
His heart can be killed, and his people can be killed. I ask your majesty to kill Li Huan immediately, so as to calm the hearts of my nobles tomorrow."
In an instant, the breathing of all the officials in the field suddenly became rapid, and they all looked at Li Huan.
It has to be said that as an important minister of the imperial court, Wu Guangyuan's official power was quite strong, especially when he was staring at Li Huan in an almost questioning tone. Most people would never be able to withstand Wu Guangyuan's pressure.
Now Li Huan actually wants to break the privileges of these nobles and collect taxes from their land. If it weren't for the British Duke Zhang Lun, Duke Cheng Zhang Fu, and Duke Ding Xu who are representatives of the nobles,
If Guangzha and the others were standing there with calm expressions, I'm afraid they would have to stand up and follow the officials to ask the emperor to kill Li Huan.
However, Zhu Houzhao suppressed the anger in his heart, looked at the crowd, took a deep breath and said: "I think what Li Qing said is not unreasonable. Three or four out of ten acres of land in the world belong to officials, gentry, powerful and noble people.
In the hands of the royal family, taxes are the foundation of the country. If the court cannot collect taxes, it will definitely endanger the Ming Dynasty. In the past, Emperor Taizu was indeed kind to the gentry and nobles all over the world. However, after a hundred years of circulation, the Ming Dynasty has reached the point where it cannot be reformed.
Even if we are worried about the loss of our country, I also ask you all to think about it for the sake of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Houzhao looked at the officials with an emotional look on his face and said: "You, the Qing family, represent the herdsmen of heaven and are the parents of all the people in the world. Why can't you be considerate of the people, set an example for the people of the world, and pay taxes together?"
After speaking, Zhu Houzhao stood up, bowed to all the officials present and said: "The Ming Dynasty will not forget the merits of your family, let alone treat those who have made meritorious deeds..."
Thinking that Li Huan had previously said that he would launch a strategy to open up the sea and promote maritime trade, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but think of using this to win over the officials to compensate them for their losses in the fields. He was about to say this, but he didn't wait.
When the emperor said the words, Chen Fang, Lu He and other officials kowtowed to the sky and cried bitterly: "I am the Emperor Taizu, please open your eyes. Your Majesty is bewitched by villains and wants to destroy the foundation of our Ming Dynasty. Ming Dynasty will perish.