Liu Tong glanced at Li Sui and said, "This man's name is Li Sui, and he is a commander of the Jingmen Army."

"He arrested people in the countryside and said they were brought back to serve as corvees. Did you say it was arranged by you?"

Liu Tong was shocked. Damn it, what day is it today? How could such a thing happen to the emperor?

The emperor generally did not leave the palace, let alone come to the south. Even if he came to the south, he would not come to the Jingmen Army.

The probability of this is smaller than being hit by a meteorite, but it happened to happen today.

"I don't quite understand what your Majesty means."

Zhao Ning asked someone to bring a few people up.

"Tell me."

The man said nervously: "Your Majesty, the common people are the fifth-class rural households, so they do not need to perform corvee service."

"And you?"

"I told you, Your Majesty, the common people paid the fee for freeing their husbands, but they still arrested them and said they had to do corvee labor."

"And you."

"Your Majesty, the grassroots have also paid money, and they have also received 50 acres of new land, which is waiting to be reclaimed. If the grassroots are captured and sent to do corvee labor, the new land will definitely not be mined on time."

Zhao Ning's eyes fell on Li Sui, who was sweating on his forehead.

Zhao Ning asked: "Don't you have anything to say?"

Liu Tong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I can handle such a small matter later. Why bother your Majesty to personally ask about it? Your Majesty is tired of traveling and traveling..."

Zhao Ning said coldly: "Shut up first."

As a financial loser who played games with capitalists in his previous life, Zhao Ning was keenly aware of the smell of money behind it.

Behind everything, there are interests.

What's more, at this moment, the Jinghu North Road, where the imperial court strongly supports land reclamation, is a huge profit field.

In the face of sufficiently large interests, human nature is vulnerable.

In order to make money, some people would shock even animals when they see them.

When you see a cockroach in your home, there are probably many cockroaches in your home.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Li Sui could not withstand the pressure and began to explain: "It was Liu Zhijun and Gaodu Yuhou who asked us to arrest people. They said that recently there are a lot of fields to be reclaimed and water conservancy is to be opened, so more people are needed."

Liu Tong immediately said: "Yes, Your Majesty, we have recently opened up wasteland and opened up water conservancy. I am also following the general direction of Jinghu North Road."

Zhao Ning asked: "You have arrested all the people to open up water conservancy, who will farm the fields?"

"Your Majesty's teachings are correct!" Liu Tong immediately replied, "I will let them go now..."

"Shut up, I didn't let you speak. If you say one more thing, I will chop you down."

Liu Tong immediately shut up.

Zhao Ning asked Li Sui: "Who will farm?"

"this……"

Liu Tong and Gao Shunlin broke out in cold sweat.

"The number of people you arrested is by no means a small number. It's just that I encountered these today. Who will farm the fields?"

Li Sui felt as if a huge mountain was weighing on his heart. He trembled and said in shock, "Some people who buy land pay the tenants to open up wasteland."

As soon as he said this, Liu Tong and Gao Shunlin were furious.

Liu Tong's face instantly turned pale with fright, and he said angrily: "That's nonsense!"

"What I said is true!" Li Sui said, "Now many fields of the Jingmen Army have been bought privately by big landowners! Liu Zhijun asked us to arrest people, but they are not allowed to open up wasteland! The government has regulations on clearing up wasteland, and it is busy farming season.

, you must go to the fields every day, and all the fields will be confiscated for violators. Liu Zhijun just wants to use corvee service as an excuse to collect the fields and sell them to big landowners!"

As soon as he said this, Zhao Guanjia's face darkened and he stared at Liu Tong: "Is this serious?"

"He slandered me! Your Majesty! He slandered me!" Liu Tong jumped up in fright, rushed to Li Sui, grabbed Li Sui, and said fiercely, "I will strangle you to death!"

Several imperial guards immediately stepped forward and pulled Liu Tong away.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" At this time, Du Yu Hou Gao Shunlin suddenly knelt down and cried hoarsely, "Your Majesty! Everything Li Sui said is true. I have been forced to be angry and dare not speak!"

Liu Tong did not expect that Gao Shunlin would stand up and bite him at this time. He cursed: "You are talking nonsense! Your Majesty! He is talking nonsense!"

"Your Majesty, there is a big family in the city at this time. He is from Yingtian Mansion. Oh, his name is Lu Qingliu, and he is also a friend of His Highness Prince Kang. He is here to buy land. Liu Zhijun used this method to buy 10,000 acres of land for him! "

Everyone knows that Zhao Guanjia is a person who likes to "confess and be lenient". Now that the matter has been exposed, Gao Shunlin doesn't care what else he does, save his life first.

"You're talking nonsense!"

"Your Majesty, the accounts are in the Yamen!"

Zhao Ning took a deep breath and said calmly: "Enter the city."

Soon, Zhao Guan's family sat in the Zhijun Yamen and began to open the account book handed over by Gao Shunli.

This account book is a real account book, not an official account book used to deal with the Jiangling Prefecture Transportation Department.

It is clearly written on it how many fields those people bought.

These people are not blatantly violating the rules, but are subverting the rules.

That is to say, the newly opened fields as Liu Tong and Lu Qingliu said were old fields. Jinghu North Road did not implement the New Agricultural Policy. As a result, all the new fields were annexed.

If you send the household department to investigate, but don't go to Xintian to check carefully, you won't know that Xintian is there.

Even if you look carefully and don't ask around, it's hard to know that it is Nitta.

Even if I ask around, no one dares to talk nonsense.

Therefore, the land reclamation of Jinghu North Road has basically been divided up by big landowners, rich people and officials.

As for the people at the bottom?

Just go and dig ditches as a corvee, and then be a tenant farmer when you come back, and just take out loans when the business is lean!

Zhao Ning smashed the account book directly into Liu Tong's face: "You are too brave! Someone, drag it out and chop it! Chop it!"

No one expected that the head of the Jingmen military commander would suddenly be hung on the city wall.

The real account books that were found contained many lists, and the scope of these lists was very wide. There were even many wealthy people from Jiangling Prefecture who came here to buy land.

No wonder there are so many private fights in Jiangling Mansion, and everyone has opened their mouths!

At this time, Lu Qingliu knelt in front of Zhao Guan's family.

Zhao Ning asked: "What is your relationship with King Kang?"

Lu Qingliu trembled and said in shock: "The grass people... The grass people met His Highness Prince Kang in Yingtian Mansion, and helped His Highness Prince Kang deal with the fields belonging to the Ying Tian Mansion clan..."

"Oh, I remembered that King Kang mentioned you in front of me."

"Your Majesty, forgive me. The common people did not know that Liu Zhijun was operating in violation of imperial laws."

Zhao Ning picked up the account book and said: "There are many people who come here to buy fields. You are the only one in Yingtian Mansion. But in order to prevent others from Yingtian Mansion from going south to buy fields, I want to borrow something from you. I wonder if you are willing. ?”
Chapter completed!