Tang Shengzong and Lu Zhongheng, despite their virtues and abilities, were actually interrogated by Zhang Ximeng and Zhu Yuanzhang. This was really a big blessing.
Look at the important civil and military ministers in the court, do you want this blessing?
Everyone looked at each other, who wanted to be the grandson?
Lao Tang and Lao Lu are finished. Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely kill people, and Zhang Ximeng will definitely use this as a model to warn the world. This is probably a perfect story of treating both the symptoms and the symptoms.
But before taking action, there is one more important thing, even more important than cutting off the eucalyptus itself.
Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict, and in addition to the civil and military courtiers, several older princes, including his brother-in-law Li Zhen, who was in charge of Zongzheng Temple, all came to Fengtian Hall.
This Fengtian Palace can be called the symbol of the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty. It is tall, majestic, spacious and majestic, with an imperial atmosphere. Even Zhu Di, that naughty boy, feels a little weak in his legs standing here.
The little guy's eyes kept moving, looking around. The old guy with the deep wrinkles on his face was Li Shan. It looked like he wouldn't live long, and he might be able to eat in a few years.
Then there was Zhu Sheng who participated in politics. I heard that he gave a lot of advice to his father, and even Mr. Zhang respected him. He probably would have abducted the old man when he became a vassal, and if he was still alive.
That was it for the civil servants. Zhu Di was not interested in much. He preferred the military generals.
Needless to say, Xu Da, the leader, has a very good-looking daughter. For this reason, I will give you three thumbs up!
Then there is Chang Yuchun. This guy is tall and big. Standing there, he looks like a tower. He is really a rare warrior in the world. I heard that he is also Lan Yu’s brother-in-law, but his children are not fun.
,Zhu Di is a bit annoying...
This kid was observing civil and military affairs wantonly, without realizing that what happened today might be related to his fate.
Soon Zhang Ximeng walked out of the corner door next to him and stood next to the throne.
Then Lao Zhu came out and the officials paid homage.
This arrangement was very surprising. Zhang Ximeng actually met Zhu Yuanzhang before the court meeting!
All the civil and military officials present were a little dumbfounded. Except for children who are ignorant, who doesn’t know what this means? Is there anything that cannot be said in advance? The emperor and his ministers could not communicate clearly yesterday? Do you have to wait until before the court meeting?
In other words, what happened today was so critical that even Zhang Ximeng and Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated and had to communicate at the last moment, even at the expense of destroying the rules and procedures of the court meeting.
In fact, these people didn't know that there was another person in the side hall, and that was Queen Ma.
Today's matter has almost reached the most critical point, and it almost needs to be written into the ancestral precepts.
"Everyone get up!"
Lao Zhu asked the officials to excuse themselves, and then said: "There are beasts who disobeyed the will, destroyed the equalization of land, annexed tens of thousands of acres of land, and enslaved thousands of families. What they did is unacceptable to heaven and earth!"
Lao Zhu said angrily: "As we all know, the policy of equalizing land is the foundation for us to reach today and unify the world. Whoever destroys equalizing land is going against the Ming Dynasty and destroying my country!"
"No matter how great your achievements are or how noble your status is, if you violate the laws of nature, you will die! No one can save you!"
All the ministers listened silently, and everyone knew it well.
It's over, Tang Shengzong and Lu Zhongheng will definitely die.
It wasn't long after he was granted the title of Marquis. Not to mention resting with the country, he didn't even get over the seven-year itch. This ending is really a bit miserable.
Even if the land system is so important, it would be unkind to do so.
Although everyone dare not say it, they have different thoughts.
In addition to panic, it is inevitable that the rabbit will die and the fox will be sad.
Frankly speaking, if it weren't for Zhang Ximeng's business preparation over the years, Lao Zhu would definitely not have the confidence to deal with the noble military ministers at this time, and it might have been delayed for some time.
What the generals did at that time was countless times more extreme.
If you kill them, you will only get more casualties!
The existence of Zhang Ximeng has indeed changed many things.
But today, he still has more important things to do.
Because just after Zhu Yuanzhang expressed his stance, he stood up from his seat, saluted Zhu Yuanzhang first, then turned to the ministers and said loudly: "Your Majesty has already said that equal land is the foundation of our Ming Dynasty and the rule of heaven of our Ming Dynasty. Indeed.
In this way, our Ming Dynasty is based on the people. The people's basic needs for food, clothing, housing and transportation are the fields and cultivated land. Needless to say, it is not an exaggeration to say that equalizing land is the law of heaven!"
Zhang Ximeng has long said this. The principles of nature and the people are fundamental. The emperor pursues the way of heaven. The most important mission is to maintain equal land and nurture the people.
Before establishing the country, Zhang Ximeng elaborated repeatedly and won unanimous approval from the monarch and his ministers.
But at that time, the country had not yet been established, there was no one named Zhu in the world, and there were so many powerful enemies looking around.
This idea, which is obviously beneficial to the people, is naturally easy to implement.
But now, looking around the world, there is no rival left.
It seems that it is time to enjoy, just like Tang Shengzong and Lu Zhongheng, what does it mean to annex tens of thousands of acres of land? We are here to help you conquer the world!
Is it really impossible to enjoy it?
Zhang Ximeng changed the topic and started talking about the core content of today's meeting.
"In order to truly safeguard this land and safeguard the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, we must take corresponding measures and stand at a corresponding height to re-plan the equalization of land and plug the holes that appear! First of all, is the policy of equalizing land?
It applies everywhere, but I don’t think it is inevitable. The reason for equalizing land is because the people of the Central Plains are farming-oriented, with dense population and scarce land. In order to ensure everyone’s basic life, we will not have refugees everywhere and wars. So we
A category of equal land can be delineated. This category is roughly the land of the Central Plains, extending to the sea in the east, Yanshan Mountain in the north, Lingnan in the south, and the Western Regions in the west."
"After we have demarcated this range, we must clearly stipulate that within this range, the land belongs to all people equally. How many acres of land need to be included in the Yellow Book of the Ministry of Households and owned by the Ming Dynasty! In other words, these lands must be
As the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Revenue is in charge of this property for the people of the world, and will never allow arbitrary annexation. Any change of land use must follow strict procedures."
When Zhang Ximeng mentioned this, the officials could no longer calm down, especially Luo Furen, the Minister of Revenue, who stared at Zhang Ximeng in disbelief.
Because this sentence reveals a very fatal thing... Is it the king's land in the whole world, and the king's ministers are on the shore of the land. Although the Ministry of Households is in charge of the taxes and taxes on the land, it cannot make the final decision.
But this time Zhang Ximeng said directly that the Ministry of Husbandry was in charge for the people of the world, which was equivalent to expanding the power of the Ministry of Husbandry to unlimited extent.
Can your Majesty agree to do this?
"We aim to equalize land and care for the people. It is natural for the Ministry of Households to defend the equalization of land. If we do not do a good job and dare to destroy the land system, everyone from top to bottom in the Ministry of Households will be cut into pieces!"
When Luo Furen heard this, he knelt down in excitement.
"In reply to Your Majesty, the Ministry of Finance does not dare to betray the emperor's favor. Please rest assured, Your Majesty! The equalization of fields is based on the laws of nature and people's hearts. I will uphold the laws of heaven and comply with the people's hearts. I will move forward without any regrets!"
Good guy, no one expected that the first person to benefit from this case was the Ministry of Revenue, and now they have great power.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang added: "Those who have always destroyed the land system have always been powerful and powerful men. Honorable military ministers, gentry and civil servants, naturally including... royal family members, noble princes!"
When Lao Zhu said this, his eyes naturally fell on the princes.
Zhu Di seemed to feel his father's gaze and couldn't help but raise his head. Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him again, and Zhu Di squeezed out a smile in response to Lao Zhu.
This small gesture made Lao Zhu feel a lot better.
"We will show no mercy to the civil servants and gentry who occupy the land, and we will not be polite to the noble military officers. But what should we do when we get to the clan princes? But we need a way." Lao Zhu turned his attention to Zhang Ximeng.
Only then did everyone realize that no wonder this matter was so important. It turned out that the prince was involved!
Zhang Ximeng said slowly: "In the future, when the prince becomes a vassal, if the fiefdom is within the newly demarcated area, there will be a palace and a farm of 500 acres, where fruits and vegetables can be grown to supply the daily use of the palace. In addition, no additional acre is allowed to be annexed.
Land! If it is verified that the exceeded acres will be confiscated immediately and severe punishment will be imposed. If the land exceeds one hundred acres, the royal title will be cut off and handed over to the Zongzheng Temple for confinement!"
When everyone heard this, they were not only stunned, but their jaws dropped in shock.
This knife cuts hard enough!
Everyone knows that when a prince commits a crime, he can't really kill him just like the common people. After all, I am still the emperor!
As long as the princes can be properly restrained and not allowed to act recklessly, that's all.
But no one expected that the upper limit of the land of a royal palace was 500 acres. If the land exceeded 100 acres, the title would be revoked.
This alone makes people understand Zhu Yuanzhang's determination!
Everyone was also puzzled. How did Zhang Ximeng persuade Lao Zhu? How did His Majesty the Emperor agree?
There seems to be more of a story behind this!
Zhang Ximeng continued: "In addition to land, the prince becomes a vassal, and there are other industrial distributions that need to be allocated from the royal property. This will be announced accordingly in the future. In addition, regarding the land item, if it exceeds the designated scope,
In other words, after the territory is expanded, the amount of land the prince enjoys will not be restricted. However, as a prince, he needs to pay a certain proportion of income to the palace. This detail will be announced later. "
The ministers understood now that the prince was still a prince, and the land was limited, but there were other preferential treatment. It was similar to dividing a vassal, and the palace had to contribute money and property.
However, as long as it is not a land enfeoffment and a reward of tens of thousands of acres of land, everything else is acceptable.
This result was naturally inseparable from Queen Ma's help. After all, she controlled the royal family's property.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his sons and asked, "Do you understand what Mr. Zhang said?"
"I understand!" Zhu Di rushed to say: "Father, don't worry, I will pay you a lot of money so that you and your mother can take care of yourself in peace!"
