In the Nourishing Heart Hall of the Imperial Palace in Jingling City, Lin Jinxiao had just experienced a great victory, but he couldn't be happy at this time.
A few days ago, Beibin Wang Lin Tingyan led 50,000 cavalry around Jeju to prepare for a surprise attack on Kyoto.
Lin Jinxiao thought of the scene when he attacked Yizhou, so he used the fire bull formation again and selected more than 2,000 strong bulls. On the night when the Qinghe cavalry besieged Jingling City, he ordered people to cut through more than a dozen city walls and set the weapons on fire.
The fire bulls rushed into the enemy camp, and he personally led five thousand death squads to follow the bulls all the way to Lin Tingyan's Chinese army tent, and almost captured King Beibin alive.
Lin Tingyan was wounded by a sharp arrow and fled, but he was unable to capture him. Lin Jinxiao always felt frustrated.
And he was thinking about Chang Lao's assassination and the safety of Chu Nanzhi, mother and son, and he couldn't sleep all day and night.
After learning that Li Ce had defeated Bu La and Yan's allied forces in the north, he was preparing to go deep into the hinterland to level the two tribes for himself. Lin Jinxiao was relieved and decided to settle matters in Beijing and go to Langzhou City in person to pick up Chu Nan Zhi's mother and son.
Return to the palace.
The secret order to transfer Lin Jinshu back to the capital had just been sent out of the palace, but the eunuch in the palace came to report that Lin Yanjun had brought Ji Huaishu, and Yin Sinian, two elders of the dynasty, wanted to see him.
These people are not only the most trusted people by the ancestor, but also the core people he can rely on at the moment. Naturally, he cannot neglect them, so he immediately asked the young eunuch to bring them in.
After a few people entered, Lin Jinxiao gave each of them a seat. Thinking of the confusion he encountered when checking the accounts of Nei Kusi a while ago, he asked straight to the point:
"My aunt came just in time. Last month I checked the accounts of the Internal Treasury Department and found that there were some discrepancies in the accounts of Langzhou and Pingningzhou. According to the taxation situation of these two states, excluding the taxes exempted by the royal family, every year
There should be 1.9 million taels of tax money paid to the national treasury, but why is there a shortage of nearly 500,000 taels?"
Looking at Lin Yanjun meaningfully, Lin Jinxiao showed a bitter look on his face: "As early as when I was in Luyan Port, I heard that many aristocratic families handed over their property to the royal family to take care of it, thus obtaining tax exemption status. Shouldn't my aunt
As for joining forces with aristocratic families to collect tax money from the treasury?"
"What did your Majesty say?"
Lin Yanjun smiled and replied calmly: "I have been entrusted by the late emperor and ancestors to take over the treasury department. I should do my best to take charge of the treasury and treasury. I definitely dare not show favoritism. As for the tax revenue reduction in the past two years,
The reason for nearly 30% is naturally related to the drought and the new policy implemented by His Majesty last year."
Yin Sinian has long discovered that there are problems with the taxation of Langzhou and Ningzhou in recent years. Even leaving aside the land equalization policy implemented last year, the court has continuously increased tax burdens in recent years, but the taxes collected from these two states
The tax money that comes in is never satisfactory, so there is something fishy about it.
Pingning Prefecture and Lang Prefecture are both important state capitals for the imperial court to collect taxes. There is a shortfall of 500,000 taels every year. This sounds really shocking.
But Lin Yanjun was the ancestor's darling after all, so he had no choice but to defend him at this time: "What the eldest princess said is very reasonable. Before the implementation of the land equalization policy, the tendency of state enclosure and land consolidation was very serious. This
This situation does not only occur in Pingning and Langzhou, but also in other states."
Although Lin Jinxiao hated the act of abusing power for personal gain, he also understood that no matter how honest a person is as an official, he would not be able to do anything for himself and would always seek some personal gain.
Even though the treasury is empty now, it is more important to maintain the stability of the empire. It is not the time to settle old accounts yet.
What's more, the few people here are all my elders and the most prominent relatives of the emperor. If you directly attack them, it will only cause greater panic.
Looking at the three people smiling indifferently, Lin Jinxiao pretended not to care and replied: "What my aunt and uncle said reminded me that people's livelihood is now difficult and I have to implement the New Deal. However, there are still some wealthy families who ignore the decree and continue to exploit the people.
, I can let things go in the past, but if there are still people who practice this unhealthy behavior in the future, I will investigate to the end."
After a pause, he stared at a few people with deep eyes, and then said: "You are the people most trusted by the imperial grandmother and the late emperor, and now you are also my ministers. I hope that you can strictly implement the land equalization order on my behalf.
Going forward, as for the food and fiefdoms of the royal family members in various places, they must be reported to the court truthfully. If they have forcibly occupied the people's farmland before, as long as they are returned as soon as possible, I will not pursue it."
"Your Majesty is wise and open-minded, and the old ministers must quickly convey His Majesty's decree to all states and counties."
Yin Sinian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He and Ji Huaishu looked at each other, and the nervousness on their faces suddenly relaxed a lot.
Although the Yin and Ji families did not use force to occupy good people's land in recent years, they did buy a lot of good land and shops at low prices.
Just say that after the fall of the Yang family and the Tang family, their clansmen took over a lot of property in various places through various methods. If the new emperor holds them accountable, no one will be able to escape.
Lin Jinxiao's words were both a step up and a warning to everyone. If something like this happens again in the future, even for those who are aunts and uncles, he will naturally not be merciful anymore.
Everyone looked at each other tacitly. Lin Jinxiao stood up slowly and expressed his feelings directly without mincing words:
"Now the war in the north has been decided. The Rongdi people in the west are dealt with by General Rong Heng and Prince Consort Ji. The King of Beibin was wounded and fled back to the land of Qinghe. There will be no trouble in the capital for the time being. However, I am deeply worried about Langzhou.
In order to recall Princess Shu and let her supervise the affairs of the court for me, I have to go to Langzhou in person and ask my two uncles to assist Princess Shu in running the court for me."
When they heard that the new emperor was going to Langzhou, everyone frowned.
Yin Sinian advised with great sadness: "The assassination of the old master and the tragic death of Princess Qian on the border of Langzhou were probably caused by the reform of the official system led by the queen. I am bold and beg your majesty to call the queen back to the palace immediately. It is really not appropriate to reform the official system at the moment.
ah."
Lin Jinxiao then realized that several people had entered the palace to impeach his queen. He forced a smile and said, "Is this what you all mean?"
Ji Huaishu frowned, but did not dare to speak.
But Chang Lao's death shocked him so much that he had to follow him into the palace.
But Lin Yanjun's heart was full of fear. After pondering for a long time, he finally said: "The Queen's temperament is also known to the slave family. It is understandable that she does not want to stay at home like other girls because of her talents and know how to care for her husband and raise her children.
, after all, our dynasty does allow women to enter the officialdom, but reforming the official system is a major matter related to the country, the country, and the country. It is not as good as redressing the grievances of others. The slightest carelessness will overthrow the empire. The death of Chang Lao is heartbreaking and is a warning.
, Your Majesty, please think again."
Although Lin Jinxiao said that he originally entrusted the selection of officials in Langzhou to his wife to protect Tan Qing, she had already seen her policy of reforming the official system. It was indeed a good strategy to suppress the wealthy nobles and allow the poorer children to have the opportunity to join the officialdom.
He wanted to make this happen from the bottom of his heart.
The two uncles and aunts wanted to stop this, and were worried that this order would cause turmoil in the DPRK. More importantly, they were afraid that it would affect the interests of their aristocratic families.