Moreover, this matter was approved by the emperor and the court, but it has never been implemented.
The Kong family in Qufu was a very wealthy landowner.
Emperors of the past dynasties continued to award rewards, and after they had capital, they could continue to operate and acquire more fields. Today, the Kong family has hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile farmland in Qufu.
These fields can be allocated to hundreds of thousands of people.
Zhang Jian is also a very courageous person, and with Shen Yi's support, he quickly started working on this matter.
However, Shen Yi did not ask him to personally confiscate the fields. Instead, he asked a thousand households from the Chinese Army Guard Camp to lead people to confiscate the Kong family's fields.
Yanzhou is not far from Qufu. About seven or eight days later, this thousand-year-old family returned to Qufu with several carts full of accounts.
After seeing these accounts, Mr. Shen also had a headache. Fortunately, Zhang Fuzun was a good hand in handling chores, and a group of people took care of them for a few days before they got a rough idea of the accounts.
After sorting out the accounts, Zhang Jian came to see Shen Yi with a summary of the accounts. At this moment, the master of the palace could not hide the shock on his face.
"Ziheng, guess how many fields the Kong family has?"
Shen Yi shook his head, feeling a little headache: "I have looked through a lot of accounts in the past few days, but it gives me a headache. Senior brother, don't be too pretentious and just say it."
"More than 1.3 million acres."
Zhang Jian couldn't help but swallowed, and whispered: "This is a veritable half city."
Hearing this number, Shen Yi's eyelids twitched and he was not surprised at all.
Because he has been to the southeast.
At that time, Zhang Jing's protégé, Zhu Gui, the governor of Guangdong, also had 100,000 acres of land in his hometown.
It is not surprising that the Confucius family has reached this scale after being rewarded by emperors for several generations, plus they purchased land privately.
Thinking of this, he smiled at Zhang Jian and said, "Isn't it amazing to see the saint's legacy?"
Zhang Jian sat opposite Shen Yi, frowned slightly and said: "The only problem is that although the Kong family has a lot of fields, it is impossible for their family to cultivate it themselves. They have a quite large group of tenants, and they also raise a lot of farmers. If the stewards of these land tenants confiscate and distribute these fields, then these tenants will have no land to cultivate."
If these fields are returned to public ownership, then these tenants will not have to face difficulties, because there is no need to touch them. At most, they will be allowed to exchange farmland for the Confucius family for farmland for the court.
The imperial court could also reduce or reduce some of their land rent.
But if the fields are divided, it will not be easy to handle.
Shen Yi thought for a while and said: "Then we will temporarily take it back to the imperial court. After I return to Jiankang and win the argument with Zhongshu and the Ministry of Revenue, we will deal with it."
"What's great is that these tenants are treated as refugees, and each person is given two acres of land."
Zhang Jian took the account book and continued: "Then there is the Kong family's industry."
"What kind of shops, businesses, real estate, and bank deposits?"
After talking about it for a while, he concluded: "The scale may not be less than the land."
Hearing this, Shen Yi couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "How many people are there in the Kong family? Why do they need so much property?"
"There are not many people in the Kong family who can live in the main line of the Kong family."
Zhang Jian paused and said, "But if we talk about the Kong family living in Qufu, there are already countless of them."
"Many people make a living by supporting the main channel."
Zhang Jian frowned and said: "What I am worried about now is that if the Kong family's huge property is confiscated, the people in the main line of the Kong family will not be too uncomfortable, and their lives will not even change. After all, the court will leave them a become."
"And those who make a living by supporting the main line, or doing things for the main line, will suffer hardships. If there is any loss of life and trouble occurs in Jiankang, neither you nor I can escape the crime of killing a saint."
Hearing this, Mr. Shen said in a cold voice: "These people with the surname Kong can all be given two acres of land to their families. If they are willing to plow the fields, they will naturally not die of hunger. If they do, they will starve to death."
"That's because they committed suicide on their own and can't blame others."
"After enjoying so many years of happiness, it's time for them to endure hardship!"
"I'm just afraid that this part of the Kong family is of one mind."
Zhang Jian whispered: "Maybe he will flee north and join Yandu."
Shen Yi took a deep breath and said slowly: "Even now, Yandu is not without the Kong family. They know how to bet on both ends and ignore them."
"As for someone who surrenders."
Shen Yi sneered: "They can escape because of their ability."
"If they can't escape, they will have to see what I am capable of, Shen."
Zhang Jian looked at Shen Yi silently, then shook his head and said with a smile: "In this situation, if ten people sit in your current position Ziheng, I am afraid that nine of them will make peace with the Kong family to avoid harming their future future. Du Duzi Heng, you must fight with their family to the end."
Mr. Shen took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "If the saint were alive, I would naturally bow to him, but these Kong family members are not old masters."
"It has been two thousand years and there has not been another saint."
"Now, for the sake of the people of Sri Lanka and for the saints from two thousand years ago, I want to seek justice from the Confucius family. What can't I do?"
"Moreover."
Shen Yi looked around and whispered to Zhang Jian: "I am not perfect now."
Zhang Jian was startled when he heard this, and then suddenly woke up.
Yes, the current Shen Yi is indeed not perfect.
If it's too perfect, some people won't be able to sleep.
The more people in the court scold him, the safer he may be.
Zhang Fuzun was stunned for a long time before he handed over to Shen Yi and said with emotion: "I'll teach you."
"When it comes to being an official, Ziheng is much better than me."
Mr. Shen smiled and said, "Senior brother, you are too modest."
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Time is like water.
Another month has passed.
Time has come to the end of the fourteenth year of Hongde, which is the twelfth lunar month.
Because he was going back to Jiankang, Shen Yi had someone escort Ye Chan in advance and set off first in a carriage.
As for him, he continued to stay in Yanzhou, handling official matters, and was planning to ride back in the late twelfth lunar month.
Because things on the battlefield cannot be delayed.
Now, the war between the two countries has entered the stage of all-out war. It is no longer the same as before, where they stopped fighting in the winter and started fighting again in the next spring.
Now, even in winter, the fighting between the two sides has never stopped.
The bad news is that almost all of the Huai'an army is from the south, and only a small part are Shandong natives recruited temporarily. Their tolerance to the severe cold in Shandong winter is obviously not as good as that of the Qi people.
The good news is that Dongchang Prefecture and Qingzhou Prefecture have fought more than a dozen times in a month and are still in a stalemate.
Laizhou Prefecture, where Xue Wei was located, even won several battles and pushed the front further north.
The summary of this information will make Shen Yi feel more at ease during this trip to Jiankang.
On this day, in the study room of his General Military Mansion, a dusty middle-aged man in his thirties stood in front of Shen Yi, bowing his head respectfully and clasping his fists.
"Liu Mingyuan, the last general, pays homage to Duke Shen!"
Shen Yi asked him to sit down, then asked with a smile: "Do you know why I asked you to come back?"
Liu Mingyuan shook his head slightly: "The general will never know."
Mr. Shen glanced at him and yawned: "I will be leaving Yanzhou for a while, probably half a month to a month."
"After I leave, there will be no backbone for the defense here in Yanzhou. Someone is needed to lead the 10,000 soldiers and horses in Yanzhou to guard Yanzhou."
"Therefore, I will transfer you back to guard Yanzhou City."
Hearing these words, Liu Mingyuan was stunned, then he knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, the last general..."
"The general will be frightened..."
Mr. Shen frowned, helped him up, and said, "I have said before, what happened in the past is in the past."
"I only want to ask you one thing now."
"Can you defend Yanzhou?"
Liu Mingyuan couldn't help but knelt down on the ground again, bowing his head deeply.