"If they can tell me about the errands of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Officials, there will not be too many poor people in the world to make my heart chill."
Zhao Zhen pointed to the booklet on the table, "Nearly tens of millions of poor people. If they cause chaos, who can stop it? You don't say where the fields have gone, I will tell you for you.
Those fields went to the hands of official families, aristocratic families, and wealthy families.
One by one lying on the court and drinking blood is not finished, but also lying on the people to drink blood.
Are they drinking the blood of the people
They are not, they are killing the people.
Taizu didn't have many land assets distributed to the people.
Barely enough to allow the people to eat after paying taxes from the imperial court.
But what about them
All the rations of the people were taken away.
They robbed the people of rations.
The people are not desperate with them or with the court
Under the nest, are there any eggs
If the people are desperately fighting with the court
Can they live comfortably? "
Zhao Zhen said angrily: "Everyone said that in the official family, aristocratic family, and the richest family, all of us live in the smartest group of people in the Song Dynasty. I think it is the most stupid group of talents.
The people are the root of their prosperity and wealth. They are all in disregard of the life and death of the people, and they are still dreaming of prosperity and prosperity from generation to generation.
Dreaming? "
Upon hearing this, the three Lu Yijian hesitated with ugly expressions.
After a long time.
Wang Zeng pondered and said, "How about... check it?"
Zhao Zhen sneered and said, "Who will check?"
Wang Zeng closed his mouth and did not speak again.
What Zhao Zhen said was the issue of land annexation.
The people involved included almost all of the upper and middle classes of the Song Dynasty.
Even Kou Ji, who has never embezzled a penny, still holds a huge amount of land in his hands.
Not to mention other people.
Once the issue of land annexation is opened up, all people in the upper and middle classes of the Song Dynasty will have to face.
One can imagine the dangers and difficulties to be faced.
"The most important thing at the moment is the issue of the Road Reform Mansion. The issue of farmland property is not the time to delve into it. You can put it down for the time being, and I will slowly figure it out. Right now, the Hei Khan and the Liao State Allied Forces have already broken Gaochang.
Xizhou Uighurs will soon be destroyed.
Once the Uighurs in Xizhou were destroyed, our Song Dynasty would face the threats from the Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom.
Therefore, it is not appropriate to delve into the issue of land property now. "
When Kou Ji was quiet in Shishitang, he spoke slowly.
Lv Yijian was the first to agree: "Kou Shu's secret point is right, the foreign enemy is the key right now. After dealing with the foreign enemy, it is not too late to deal with the problem of land property."
Zhao Zhen sighed in his heart and stopped mentioning the issue of land property. He said: "When the road was changed to the government system, although there was not much resistance. However, I moved some of the people who could not eat enough to Dali.
Let some big local wealthy owners have no tenants who can be bullied.
They spread rumors behind their backs, bluntly saying that I moved those people to other places and killed them.
This incident has gradually affected the attitude of the people toward the court.
In some places where the road reform government is being implemented, and where the road reform government has not yet been implemented, there have been cases where the common people are fighting against government offices at all levels.
I dispatched people from the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Officials to deter and frighten local tycoons and local officials with ulterior motives.
Wang Aiqing, Zhang Aiqing, then you will also take a trip to the place.
Give me a good deterrent to those local tycoons and officials with ulterior motives.
My attitude is, whoever opposes the court, you will check whoever goes against it.
I have given them enough face without checking all the fields in the world.
If they are shameless, don't blame me for turning their faces. "
Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai looked at each other, got up together and agreed, "Hey..."
"Okay, that's all about it. Go down."
"The ministers retired."
"Fourth brother stay."
"..."
The three of Lu Yijian left Shishitang, leaving Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji, as well as an invisible person, Chen Lin in Shishitang.
Zhao Zhen let out a sigh of relief and said, "I am cold in my mind and body. Nowadays, the civil and military people of the Manchu dynasty say that the Song Dynasty under my rule is unprecedentedly powerful and rich. But such a powerful and rich Song Dynasty still exists. Nearly tens of millions of poor people.
How many mouths are my Da Song now
Counting the Hexi, Xixia, and Dali people who have been attached to my Da Song, the total is less than 80 million.
Nearly 10 million of them are poor people.
This is not counting those Xixia and Dali people who have nothing.
If you count them, I'm afraid there will be more poor people. "
Kou Ji hesitated for a moment, and said, "I'm afraid it's more than ten million..."
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji in a daze.
Kou Ji said frankly: "The poor people defined by the officials are those people who have had a meal but not a meal, and have no land. In fact, those people have already escaped the category of poverty and can be classified as abject poverty.
I have land, but I can't make ends meet.
To be a tenant, barely able to make ends meet.
Except for food, there is no money left to do anything else.
The above three types of people are also poor people.
Therefore, after careful calculation, the number of poor people is probably more than the number of local contractors.
In addition, there are some fugitives and refugees hiding in the mountains. "
Zhao Zhen closed his eyes in pain, and said, "Yes... They should also be counted among the poor people, even if they fled to the mountains and forests, as long as they call me an official, they are the people of the Great Song Dynasty."
Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen slowly opened his eyes, gritted his teeth and said: "I can't wait to cede the land and pay the tribute to the Liao Kingdom, so as to quell the war. Then I will take care of those who have taken the people's food.
They are far more hateful than foreign enemies. "
Kou Ji said frankly: "Even if the officials are willing to cede the land and pay the annual tribute to the Liao Kingdom, the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu will not give up attacking my Song Dynasty. Because he is about to die, all he has to do now is to beat me to Song Dynasty. Get on the ground. So that Song is unable to expedite the Liao Kingdom to the north before his son Yelvzong really grows up."
Zhao Zhen sighed, "I hate those thieves who take rations from the people so much, so I just said casually, why take the fourth brother seriously?"
Kou Ji smiled calmly: "The minister just said casually."
Zhao Zhen glanced at Kou Ji and said, "I'm terrified about this. Fourth brother doesn't seem to be worried at all?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "We are ready to deal with them. We only need to wait until we quell the war and take back the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, and we can take back more territory.
We have time to clean up them slowly, so why should officials be impatient? "
Zhao Zhen said solemnly: "When I think of those people who are digging the foundation of my Da Song and wanting my Da Song's life, I wish I would kill them now."
Kou Ji smiled indifferently and said nothing.
A big boss of a company saw that the middle and upper class of the company were constantly filling their pockets and harming the interests of the company. He also saw the middle and upper class lying on the bottom of the company to eat meat and drink blood.
If he doesn't want to kill, that's weird.
Seeing that Kou Ji was silent, Zhao Zhen asked, "Fourth brother, is there any way to clean them up now?"
Kou Ji pondered for a moment and smiled: "Yes!"
Zhao Zhen was overjoyed and asked, "What is the solution?"
Kou Ji said frankly: "Aristocratic families, wealthy families, and large families have annexed the land, but there are not enough people to grow, so the poor people must be hired as tenant tenants.
We are forbidden to buy or sell.
Therefore, most private tenants are bound by contracts.
Among private tenants, most part-time workers do not sign contracts.
Only long-term workers will sign the contract.
Long-term workers are also the most ruthless part of the people squeezed by aristocratic families and wealthy families.
Officials can negotiate with the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to implement a nationwide long-term labor contract that cannot be changed.
Except for the contracts made by the imperial court, there are no counts of the contracts made by aristocratic families and wealthy families. "
Zhao Zhen frowned, "Are you trying to make me work towards the people in the long-term labor contract? But in this way, aristocratic families and wealthy families will definitely cause trouble to the court.
The court now has to implement the government system and prepare for war, but there is no spare capacity to deal with them. "
Kou Ji grinned, "The officials said nothing. The officials didn't have enough energy to deal with them, it doesn't mean that the court didn't have enough energy to deal with them. The minister remembered that there are still a group of officials in the DPRK to this day, running around for things that cannot treat people as animals.
The officials and people of the ruling and opposition parties also recognized their words.
Royal officials and aristocratic families hired people to carry sedan chairs as animals.
So the local tyrants squeeze the tenants, treat the tenants as old scalpers, and treat people as animals.
Those officials who ran around because they weren’t able to use humans as beasts today cannot understand the imperial court officials and aristocratic families who hire people to carry sedan chairs. Naturally, they can’t understand the local tycoons using tenant tenants as old scalpers.
Even so, just ask them to reason with those places. "
Zhao Zhen hesitated and said: "Many of them are also from local powerful families."
Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "If they think that court officials and aristocratic families hired people to carry sedan chairs as animals, but local tycoons oppress tenants, they are not. It means that they are a generation of fame.
It is enough for the official to give them a sedan chair. "
Zhao Zhen thought about it for a long time, then suddenly laughed and said, "Wonderful! Wonderful!"
Kou Ji also smiled.
Most of the officials who are obsessed with not treating people as animals are old stubborn and rotten scholars who pursue fame.
They care about fame.
They can spare their lives for the sake of fame.
Therefore, even if they came from a wealthy family, they would help Zhao Zhen to implement the long-term labor contract set by the court.
Some of them will probably start from their own homes first.
And after they start their own home, they will find other people righteously and force them to imitate them.
The most important thing is that people like them are not afraid that local power might threaten their lives.
Why
Because once the local power kills them, they make a lot of money.
The reputation they seek will reach an unprecedented peak after the local power kills them.
If Zhao Zhen took the opportunity to express his condolences and help them increase their reputation, then they would become even more crazy.
In order to gain fame, the bandit dens are constantly invading, and they care about the strength of the place
There were many bandits in the Song Dynasty and many celebrities in the Song Dynasty.
Some of these celebrities just risked their deaths and broke into the bandits' den, admonishing the bandits to surrender to the court, and gained fame.
The bandits listened to their opinions and voted in the court. The folks will immediately report such acts as scholars who go deep into the tiger's den and fight against the thieves.
Their reputation will rise instantly.
If the bandits did not listen to their opinions, they would be cut off.
Their reputation will also rise sharply, because local people and local government will define their behavior as a righteous act.
Their descendants will receive preferential treatment from the local people and the court.
Asking them to deal with local tycoons, and running with them to deal with bandits, has the same effect.
Zhao Zhen praised Kou Ji's tricks, and said, "I didn't expect this kind of tricks before. Those old stubborn and rotten scholars in the courtroom are actually so useful.
I used to think they hated them, but now I admire them somewhat.
Hahaha..."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Every type of person has a use for every type of person. Some people are double-edged swords. If they are not used well, they will hurt themselves, but if they are used well, they will kill the enemy."
Zhao Zhen nodded in agreement: "Four brothers are reasonable..."
After a pause, Zhao Zhen said: "It's just that once I implement a standard long-term contract, the local tycoons will no longer sign long-term contracts with the people. The people are likely to become part-time workers.
However, short-term workers are slightly inferior to long-term workers. "
Although local tycoons continue to squeeze long-term workers, they also provide long-term workers with a stable subsistence job.
Once the imperial court implemented the standard long contract.
In order to cope with the long-term contract promoted by the imperial court, local tycoons will definitely turn long-term workers into short-term workers.
As a result, the livelihoods of most long-term workers cannot be guaranteed.
Kou Ji said frankly: "Suffering is certain. After all, there are not many kindhearted people among local powerhouses. Long-term workers have become day-time workers, and they may be further squeezed.
But everything is temporary. "
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and waited for the following.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "The local tycoons have turned long-term workers into day-time workers, which is of great benefit to us. Once we have gained more territory, we don't have to worry about the poor people being tied up in the locality because of their long-time workers.
Since they are part-time workers, they have no contract.
That means that the court can move them to other places at any time.
They do not need to pay any price for this. "
"It kills two birds with one stone!"
Zhao Zhen laughed. After laughing, he seemed to think of something again. He added: "When we moved to the people, the local tycoons had no reason or excuse to oppose us. It can be said to be killing three birds with one stone."
"This is a very clever plan. I will then issue a document to the Criminal Ministry so that the Criminal Ministry will issue a standard long-term labor contract as soon as possible."
"The official should discuss this matter with the three of Lu Yijian, and then make a decision. With the support of the three of them, the official should get things done more smoothly."
"That's right... I don't know what the three of them said, they are going to be nagging in my ears again."
"..."
"correct."
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji and said, "I was chatting with you, and I almost forgot my purpose for leaving you."
Kou Ji stared at Zhao Zhen without saying a word.
Zhao Zhen asked: "Fourth brother remember He Xiangu?"
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment, and said, "The one in the Sanqing Temple? The minister hasn't seen her for a long time, nor heard of what she has done recently, so he almost forgot her. The official mentioned this person, but something has been implicated here. people?"
Zhao Zhen smiled and took a memo from the Long Case, and handed it to Kou Ji, "Fourth brother, look..."
Kou Ji suspiciously took the melodrama, glanced over it slightly, and said suspiciously: "The picking girl chosen from all over the place? Why do the officials show this to the ministers?"
Zhao Zhen didn't answer Kou Ji's question. He pointed to Zou Shu and said, "Look carefully."
Kou Ji thought about it for a moment, and was taken aback for a moment. He had guessed a certain possibility through Zhao Zhen's words, and immediately searched for a familiar name in the memo.
After looking around, I found a familiar name.
"Yongzhou He Qiong? The eldest daughter of Yongzhou County Wei He Yong?"
Kou Ji squinted, "She is actually among the girls, and more importantly, she was selected."
Zhao Zhen nodded with a smile.
Kou Ji stared at Zhao Zhen and asked, "Did the officials send someone to check, is she He Yong's girl?"
Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "I checked it and got an unexpected result."
Kou Ji didn't know why.
Zhao Zhen laughed in a low voice: "Then He Qiong is indeed the eldest daughter of Yongzhou County Lieutenant He Yong. Not only that, she also has a twin sister named He Xiang."
Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen said with emotion: "I don't know what virtue He Yong has accumulated. He has five big and three thick ones. He actually gave birth to a girl who looks like a fairy, and more importantly, it is still two children."
"Maybe it's not his..."
Kou Ji was recalling in his mind that he had met two He Xiangu, so he said casually.
Zhao Zhen pondered and said, "You mean, sisters of the He family, are Mrs. He born to outsiders?"
Hearing this, Kou Ji slowly returned to his senses, saying: "It shouldn't be. The minister thinks that Sister He should have specially found a cheap old man for herself to enter the palace."
Zhao Zhen raised his brows, "You mean, that He Qiong is here for me."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "It's obvious."
Zhao Zhen groaned: "I thought the monks were all gone, but I didn't expect to make a demon. I want to see if she can make moths after she enters the palace."
Kou Ji was taken aback, and asked: "The official wants her to enter the palace?"
Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Since she has been selected and sent up, she must enter the palace. As for whether she will be a maid or a concubine after entering the palace, it is up to me."
Kou Ji bluntly said: "The minister thought it was better for the officials not to provoke her."
Zhao Zhen questioned: "Does she still dare to attack me in the palace?"
Kou Ji shook his head, "That won't... But she must have a plan when she enters the palace."
Zhao Zhen solemnly said: "I will send Chen Lin to stare at her."
Kou Ji stared straight at Zhao Zhen, and asked quietly: "Have you missed her a long time ago? Have you been to Sanqingguan secretly?"
Kou Ji can be regarded as watching Zhao Zhen grow up, and understands a little bit about Zhao Zhen's temperament.
Zhao Zhen is definitely not the kind of person who loves people who have never met before.
Now he knew that He Qiong had other plans to enter the palace, but he still doubted that if He Qiong entered the palace, he must have seen He Qiong and his face.
But anyone who has seen He Qiong's appearance is hard to miss her.
Even if Kou Ji has no greed for He Qiong, when someone mentions He Qiong, He Qiong's face can clearly appear in Kou Ji's mind.
Facing Kou Ji's question, Zhao Zhen didn't hide anything, and said very frankly: "I have been out of the palace once and met He Qiong."
Kou Ji sighed and said nothing more.
Zhao Zhen may be playing with fire, but Kou Ji does not intend to stop it.
Although Kou Ji could not guess the specific purpose of He Qiong's entry into the palace, he could roughly guess one direction.
He Qiong entered the palace because he wanted to pass Zhao Zhen and revive the Dao Sect.
So she won't hurt Zhao Zhen, let alone hurt other people in the palace.
Because she is a smart person, she knows that she enters the palace with the identity of a Taoist disciple, and many people will pay attention to it.
So she will never act rashly in the palace.
Since the lives of other people in the palace would not be threatened, Kou Ji didn't bother to pay attention to her.
Anyway, if she enters the palace, Zhao Zhen will not suffer.
Kou Ji's position will not be shaken in the slightest.
"The officials like it..."
Kou Ji said perfunctorily.
Seeing that Kou Ji did not stop He Qiong from entering the palace, Zhao Zhen showed a smile on his face, and said: "When He Qiong enters the palace, I will tell her that she will give her a sister who looks similar to her. Give you."
Kou Ji's mouth twitched, and asked dryly, "Is this a blessing to share?"
Zhao Zhen smiled brightly and said, "You are right to think so."
Kou Ji shook his head decisively when he thought of that Xiangu He who couldn't speak to others and wanted to do something with them immediately, said: "The minister can't bear it."
Kou Ji had probably guessed it, and it was his sister He Qiong who first entered Bianjing to meet him.
The last one who met him in Sanqingguan was his sister He Xiang.
My sister is quiet and elegant. After entering the palace, as long as she doesn't take the initiative to cause trouble, she should live longer.
There is a little bit of violence in my sister's character, and after entering the palace, she will not live for a month.
So if you have to choose someone to enter the palace, it must be your sister.
Kou Ji does not covet the beauty of their sisters, nor does he want to raise a little violent girl in the house.
So decisively rejected the matter.
Seeing Kou Ji's refusal, Zhao Zhen raised his face slightly and shouted: "I have given you a beautiful woman three times and five times, but you have declined it again and again. Are you dissatisfied with me?"
Kou Ji couldn't help rolling his eyes, and said: "Officials, don't deliberately scare the minister. Think about it carefully, if you see the minister holding He Xiang, what will you feel in your heart."
Zhao Zhen was taken aback, blurted out, "There can be..."
After only saying two words, Zhao Zhen couldn't continue.
Because he suddenly realized that the two sisters are the same.
Kou Ji is holding He Xiang, if he sees it, he will definitely not feel it in his heart.
"Ahem..."
Zhao Zhen coughed dryly, concealed his embarrassment, and said faintly: "I will make an order later and let He Qiong's sister be included in the palace. If she is unwilling, then I will give her a condolence."
If Zhao Zhen personally gave He Xiangdu Duan as Zhao Zhen, then He Xiang was destined to be a monk for the rest of his life.
Don't return to the vulgar, let alone marry.
Kou Ji resolutely said: "Official Shengming!"