His Majesty did not answer.

Although His Majesty did not answer, Fang Yizhi finally understood what His Majesty meant.

After realizing His Majesty's intention, the first thing Fang Yizhi did was to write a letter home and ask his family to clear away the donated land.

People who are close to the policy may not necessarily be able to profit from the policy every time, but they can definitely avoid risks in the first place.

This does not mean that he is treacherous, but it is the inevitable result of human nature. After all, everyone always puts self-preservation first.

After the family's contributions were cleared here, Fang Yizhi started his "land grabbing" over there.

Regardless of whether they are nobles or civil servants, as long as the land deeds are in their hands, those fields must be taken over. Because this is His Majesty's wish.

The first stop Fang Yizhi went to was Changzhou. Even as soon as the New Year came out, he led dozens of officials to Changzhou. Why did he go to Changzhou Mansion?

It is adjacent to Taihu Lake and is a land of plenty in the traditional sense. When the Ming Dynasty was founded, this was Zhang Shicheng's sphere of influence. Xu Da, the ancestor of the Duke of Wei, and many nobles from the early days of the country had large fields here. Where did those fields come from?

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Of course it was taken from the dead.

The rise of powerful people always rises on the corpses of another group of powerful people.

Of course, a lot of fields were later donated, so Fang Yizhi took this as a breakthrough.

The work of confiscating the house went smoothly, and the heads of the Xu family also cooperated. If they don't cooperate, it won't work. If they don't cooperate, they will be beheaded. If they cooperate, they will be exiled.

At this time, they who have been dominant for many years do not have any choice. These people have no choice, but some people have choices, such as their domestic slaves.

When Fang Yizhi came to Changzhou, thousands of people gathered outside his yamen every day, crying and complaining about how the officials used to oppress them and occupy their fields. They even oppressed common people and forced them to sell themselves into domestic slaves.

In short, these bright people have all been bullied. Sometimes the bullying lasts for generations.

Anyway, they used to be afraid of the power of their master and dare not speak out, but now that the court has stepped forward to take charge of their family, there is nothing else they dare not say. Of course, they have to redress their grievances and avenge their grievances.

Of course, they don't want revenge, they just want to get back what was stolen. And they all believe that Master Qingtian will do justice to them. After all, Master Qingtian is an imperial envoy sent by the emperor.

Fang Yizhi did not turn a deaf ear to everyone's cries. He not only comforted them with a good voice, but also ordered the officials to register the victims. He even specifically told them that those fields must not be left out. After all, these fields belong to those who have served with honors.

As an official, this is evidence that Yang Wei was doing good deeds and oppressing the people. At least that's what he told others.

For a time, everyone inside and outside Changzhou City was talking about how wise the imperial envoy was. Whenever this green vegetable was mentioned, everyone gave a thumbs up and said, this is really the Qingtian Master sent by the emperor.

He is here specifically to make decisions for us.

At the same time, the school, which served as the government office, was bustling and crowded with people every day.

Looking at the fat man wearing coarse clothes in front of him, the scribe asked,

"What's your name? What's your grievance?"

The man immediately cried.

"The villain's name is Zhao Wu, and his real name is Chen Wu. He was originally from a good family. The ancestors in the family have been doing business for generations and earned some family property. Who would have thought that my great-grandfather's generation, the Zhao family of Qicheng, coveted my family's fertile land and took away my great-grandfather's land.

When I got home, I broke his legs, took over my good family, and forced us to change our surname to Zhao and become the "family" of the Zhao family..."

The scribe who was copying looked at the man in front of him crying with runny nose and tears and asked again.

"Then why didn't you report it to the official?"

"Don't dare!"

"Why?"

"Uncle Qicheng's family is powerful and he is afraid of being beaten."

"Why did you come to report to the official today?"

"The emperor is wise and has punished the traitorous officials, so that we ordinary people can have the opportunity to redress our grievances!"

"How many acres of land have the Qicheng uncle's family robbed of your family?"

"A total of six thousand seven hundred and fifty-six acres..."

The small people living in more than 6,700 acres are really small!

There are more than one like this. Some people like him donated their land with their people, changed their names and clothes, and pretended to be the "family members" of the officials. There were also people who signed fake pawn sales contracts and pretended to pawn the land.

There is no money to redeem when it expires, so as to achieve the effect of donation and take advantage of legal loopholes, just like later generations fake divorce to buy a second house in order to avoid purchase restrictions.

For two whole months, the more I started planning, the more frightened I became because there were so many fields involved.

Fang Yizhi was frightened. Every time he submitted a memorial to report the incident, what he got back was three big words: "I know."

The rest depends on what Fang Yizhi does.

What to do next?

Finally, after completing the boarding plan, and after repeated weighings, Fang Yizhi threw out the big trick of "donating land and confiscating the official at once".

As soon as this big trick was thrown away, the prefect of Changzhou was so frightened that he didn't dare to show his head. However, it was impossible not to show his head. In the end, he had no choice but to send his master to ask the imperial minister about his intentions.

"What happened?"

Shi Mingli asked as soon as the master came back.

Master’s report:

"The imperial envoy only said one sentence, saying that the matter should be dealt with according to national law."

Shi Mingli was stunned for a while and then said to the master:

"With his wisdom, isn't he afraid of provoking a civil uprising? What does he mean? The donated fields are confiscated without official authority. There are thousands of such landowners in the entire Changzhou Prefecture, and the fields involved are millions of acres. If it is true

If you copy it, it will cause big trouble, no, shouldn't it be returned to the owner of the suffering?"

Master said:

"Returning to Dong Weng, I just mentioned to the imperial envoy that "the land that was seized by force should be returned to the owners of the land to avoid causing trouble." However, the imperial envoy said that if it was really a forcible occupation, it should be returned to them, but there are a few people who were forcibly occupied.

?I'm afraid they are all those who donated to the unruly people. When they first donated, they wanted to avoid paying taxes, money, food and servants to the imperial court. Now everyone is saying that it is usurpation, why not say that it is usurping the advantage of the imperial court. Therefore, it must be strict.

check!"

"Check carefully, how can things in this world be so easy?"

Shi Mingli shook his head.

The master smiled and said:

"We might as well cooperate on the surface, at least not to offend the imperial envoy."

Shi Mingli asked:

“How do surfaces fit together?”

Master said:

"You just leave it to him. If he wants the Yamen to send officials, we will send them. If he wants to send people, we will send them too. You must not stop him. After all, he is an imperial envoy."

"Then what if something goes wrong?"

"When trouble occurs, it's the imperial envoy who caused it!"

Shi Mingli said.

"Let me think about it again, think about it again."

…

Think about it, before Shi Mingli could think about it for a few days, Qingtian would start!

The so-called clearing of fields refers to the clearing, confiscation and confiscation of fields that have been transferred to officials.

The chubby, rather rich-looking Zhao Wu, no, Chen Wu, was the first to be raided. He had more than 6,000 acres of fertile land, and it was just outside the city, making it easy to raid.

When the fields were confiscated, Chen Wu looked like he was mourning for his heir.

"I'm wronged! This is the ancestral property of our Chen family!"

"Oh God, just open your eyes and see how these treacherous officials and corrupt officials take away the land of good people!"

"Oh my God! There is still justice!"

Cry, cry.

The children of the Chen family all looked at each other angrily, but no one dared to say anything. After all, this was the minister of the imperial envoy. To surround the imperial envoy was tantamount to conspiracy. Last year, before the emperor ascended the throne, when he was inspecting the fields of the Nanjing Guard Station, he was killed.

Commander, the eyes of thousands of households haven’t closed yet!

"The law of heaven! What is the law of heaven? Is it the law of heaven that makes the country suffer and allows you unscrupulous people to take advantage?"

Facing Chen Wu's cry, Fang Yizhi said loudly.

Facing the eyes that wanted to eat their bones, he turned a blind eye.

"The Imperial Envoy's family is also a family with a long history. Isn't there someone from the Imperial Envoy's family who donated under false names?"

Faced with the doubts of others, Fang spoke with wisdom and justice.

"No! If I have an acre of land dedicated to you, Fang will resign immediately!"

With this statement, all the officials naturally obeyed and expressed their support, at least on the surface. Those who were flexible also wrote letters to their families to sort out the contributions of each family.

The direction of the Ming Dynasty has changed. At least while the situation is unclear, the donated fields should be temporarily returned to each family!

This is the benefit of understanding the policy.
Chapter completed!