In the evening, Fang Jun was drinking tea in Li Tai's official residence. Pei Huaijie came to visit again... The chamberlain went to usher Pei Huaijie in. Taking advantage of this free time, Li Tai smiled and said: "Erlang's move to drain the salary from the bottom of the cauldron has really screwed up the Henan family."
Now, Pei Huaijie is even more worried because he can't explain it to the Henan family. Now
The Yu family obviously did not want to advance or retreat with other Luoyang aristocratic families, and the alliance opened up, and Pei Huaijie became more and more at a loss." Fang Jun took a sip of tea and said: "This man has a false reputation and insufficient talents. In the eyes of Emperor Taizong,
The group at the bottom of Cefu's family was far behind Xu Jingzong. Without the support of the Henan family behind him, he would not have been able to
Have the strength to govern." However, this is how things are in the world. In an era when aristocratic families are rampant, no matter how capable an official is, if he does not receive the support of aristocratic families, he will not be able to display his ambitions in governing a place. On the contrary,
As long as you are willing to obey,
Even a mediocre person can be a top official.
The family clan is like a mountain range that stands between the center and the people. It isolates the upper and lower parts, so that the wealth cannot be paid, and even withheld from it, resulting in strong branches and weak trunks, and the place overpowers the center. Since ancient times, no matter how stupid the emperor is, he has understood
"Water can carry a boat, water can overturn it." We all know that as long as the people can have enough to eat, the world will be peaceful, and as long as the central government is not blind, most of the policies formulated will benefit the people.
However, the family members of the aristocratic family live among them, isolating the superiors and subordinates, so that government orders cannot be sent to the counties and villages. While controlling the power to coerce the central government, they uphold the righteousness of exploiting fish and meat, and use the blood of the people to nourish the family's inheritance, stealing the foundation of the country.
Watering the prosperity of the aristocratic family. The most important thing is that the aristocratic family members monopolize political resources and completely cut off the channel for class jump. The people at the bottom will never be able to achieve class jump through their own efforts. If things go on like this, resentment will condense, and society will become like
It is a pool of stagnant water, but once it breaks out, it will destroy the world.
Therefore, the harm of the landlord and gentry groups during the Ming and Qing Dynasties was far from being comparable to that of the aristocratic families of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Although both were cancers of the empire... During the conversation, Pei Huaijie quickly walked in under the guidance of the chamberlain. After greeting each other, they sat down and praised each other.
He took a sip of the fragrant tea served by the waiter, then looked at Fang Jun and said straight to the point: "If you measure the land that is not on the account book,
Mu, how should the center deal with it?"
Although no one has ever said the true intention of "measuring the acres of land", the most basic intention is definitely to find out the acres of land that have been invaded by aristocratic families.
Measuring the land itself is of little importance, but what to do with the excess land that is not included in the family account book after the measurement is found is the most important thing.
It is related to the most basic interests of the family.
Fang Jun asked with a smile: "Every family has acres of land that are not in the account books?"
Pei Huaijie could not and did not dare to tell lies with his eyes open, so he could only nod: "Maybe." Land annexation was carried out all the time. Even though the "equal land system" was pursued at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty and land sales were strictly prohibited, over time,
In order to carry out the process, the family members naturally mobilized the power of their blood to destroy the land.
Merger. The most direct damage caused by land annexation is national taxation. The tax collection basis of "renting" is "one husband and one wife". However, this "one husband and one wife" owns land. If the land in the family has been "leased", in fact,
Sold to a family
If the family is rich, then this "one husband and one couple" will naturally not be able to pay taxes.
If the tax arrears are not paid all year round, the subordinate officials in the countryside will naturally pursue the payment. This "one man and one woman" can only take shelter under the aristocratic family, and "cancel" the household registration in the village register. In the end, "no such person can be found" and become a hidden person.
population.
If things go on like this, the land will be annexed by aristocratic families, the population will be hidden by aristocratic families, and the entire country's tax system will completely collapse...
And this is the biggest crime of the family.
But now it is not far from the founding of the country, and everything is in the stage of gradual development, especially during the Zhenguan period when the officials governed the Qingming Dynasty, the country's power was very strong, and it was far from the worst situation. Fang Jun sighed: "Isn't it the king's land in the world?
, Unless the meritorious ones get the fiefdom from your majesty and the permanent fields given by the country, the rest are the land of the country. You are so rich and rich, why are you occupying the country's land?
Do you think that the crime of ‘stealing farming’ is just a decoration?”
As the saying goes, "Everything in the world is not the land of kings." Even land reclamation must follow strict and legal procedures, otherwise it will be regarded as "stealing farming."
"Zhenguan Law" stipulates, "Anyone who occupies more than the limit of land shall be whipped ten times per acre, plus one level for ten acres, sixty canes for more than twenty acres, and one level for twenty acres. The crime will be suspended for one year. If the person is in a free place,
, don’t sit down.”
"Those who illegally cultivate public or private land will be punished with thirty whippings for less than one acre, one level for five acres, one hundred for more than one hundred acres, and one level for ten acres. The punishment for the crime will be one and a half years. For uncultivated land, one level will be reduced."
"Anyone who mistakenly believes that public and private land is stolen and sold will be punished with fifty whippings for less than one acre, one level for five acres, one hundred canes for more than one hundred acres, and one level for ten acres. The crime will be suspended for two years."
"Any official who invades and seizes private land will be punished with a rod of sixty for less than one acre, one level for three acres, one hundred for more than one acre, and one level for five acres, and the crime will be punished for two and a half years."...
Occupying land beyond the limit, “stealing” public and private land, mistaking public and private land for trade and selling, and seizing private land by officials are all serious illegal acts.
The culpability of the crime has been established, and no matter whether the officials or the people are punished together, it will never be in vain and can only be "punished and redeemed".
Now that the "penalty and redemption" system has been abolished, as long as the "Three Law Divisions" are convicted, it will be enough to completely overthrow the Henan family.
Pei Huaijie was almost speechless and could only say: "The law is not strict, the supervision is not strong, and there is insufficient greed... There are many reasons at the same time. Does the court intend to pursue it to the end?"
Even if the law is clear, which aristocratic family in the world would not invade and annex land?
Without land, how can we inherit the family?
He hoped that the imperial court would measure all the land under the sun, then take back all the land that had been occupied by all the aristocratic families, and hold those responsible for the occupation accountable.
But this is obviously impossible.
Taking the Hedong Family as an example, there is still room for discussion on the forced takeover of its salt ponds. But if all the land occupied by its clans were taken back in one fell swoop and held accountable, do you believe that the Hedong Family would immediately dare to raise a flag to rebel?
All the aristocratic families in the world will be allies of the Hedong aristocratic family! Sure enough, Fang Jun shook his head and said: "The law does not punish everyone, how can the court pursue the case despite the chaos in the world? However, these fields are indeed illegally occupied by the aristocratic families, there must be some
One way to put it, in my opinion, Your Majesty is probably
Each family is allowed to purchase the occupied acres of land with gold."
Pei Huaijie said: "In this case, the official will use this statement to communicate with the Henan aristocratic family. After the land measurement is completed, the occupied fields will be registered, and then we will discuss how the court will deal with it." Is this right? It bothers the aristocratic family.
The long-standing mystery of the family was finally revealed. Fang Jun encouraged His Majesty to measure the acres of land across the country, just to find out the land that had been occupied by the family and then sell it.
To the family members, they can obtain huge wealth. For the family members, this money is heartbreaking, but it is not unacceptable. At least the occupied land has been changed from illegal to legal, and it is recorded in the county government's land account books openly.
From now on, all descendants will
It can be passed down. "That's right!" Li Tai, who didn't speak much, said happily: "Everything requires timely and effective communication. As long as you know the will of the central government to implement the order, why do you need to resist and obstruct it? After all, those
The land is illegally occupied. If you can buy it for yourself with money, you will not only get the land, but also give His Majesty a step, why not do it." Pei Huaijie said: "What His Highness said is true, but Xu Shangshu's attack was menacing earlier.
Not saying anything clearly will inevitably lead to misunderstandings. Now that it has been said, both Luoyang aristocratic families and Henan sects will naturally cooperate fully
Implementation of central government orders."
Li Tai did not want to pretend to be confused and waved his hand: "Go and communicate with the Luoyang family and make a decision quickly. Don't delay the implementation of the central government order."
He actually issued an eviction order.
Pei Huaijie stood up with a wry smile, knowing that he would become an "evil guest" in front of the King of Wei, but he had no choice but to bow and apologize before exiting, and hurried to various Luoyang family mansions.
We didn't know the real intention behind the "measurement of acres" decree before, so every family was extremely panicked and had no choice but to take measures to resist.
Now that we know that the center plans to make money from this, there is no need to worry too much.
Although this must be a huge sum of money, compared with the legalization of the occupied land recognized by the court, it is not unacceptable...
…
In the official residence, Li Tai watched Pei Huaijie walk out and then asked in a low voice: "Is the central government really just trying to collect a sum of money by going to war and even sending you out of the capital to take charge personally?"
As far as he knew, there was no shortage of money either in the Ministry of Civil Affairs' treasury or in the emperor's internal funds. Why would he go to such great lengths for money and risk angering the world's elites and causing instability in the country?
Fang Jun put down the tea cup and glanced at Li Tai: "Your Highness is very curious about this? Then I will explain it in detail to Your Highness, which involves His Majesty's long-term plan..."
"Ahem!"
Li Tai coughed twice and poured tea for Fang Jun from the pot: "Well, this tea is good. I will send you a few more kilograms someday." He was just a little curious, but he was crazy enough to go and find out about His Majesty.
A conspiracy? Although he didn’t know the details, he guessed that there must be an unknown plan behind this move, and this kind of thing was the last thing a prince should do.
It should be explored to the end.
Violating a taboo... Fang Jun smiled and said: "So Your Highness doesn't need to think too much, just stay here in Luoyang. The palaces and palaces left over from the former Sui Dynasty will be well repaired, and the Luoshui River and Cao River will be dredged to be ready to welcome His Majesty."
Preparation for coming from the east, so
It's a great achievement, and the prince's position is secure. Don't get too involved in anything." Li Tai sighed, poured tea from the pot again, and then raised the cup: "If it hadn't been for Erlang's advice, I might have gone astray now.
Not only can I not be able to sit in that position, but I have even harmed others and myself, bringing disaster to my family and children. Without further ado, I will give you a toast to Erlang with tea instead of wine today."