Chapter 434 of the text volume: Money can make the world go round. Looking at Zhu Houzhao with a bit of anger on his face, even Li Huan couldn't help but feel a bit angry in his heart at this moment.
Anyone who is not a fool can see that this data is wrong. Needless to say, there must be some official fraud.
Unless there is a period of great chaos during the change of dynasties, it is possible that the world's acres of land will be abandoned, so that the number of acres that the court can count will be greatly reduced.
Although we dare not say that the world is peaceful today, we cannot say that it is a chaotic world. The growth of a large population will inevitably force humans to open up wasteland.
According to normal conditions, not to mention more, the Ming Dynasty must have at least several million acres more farmland every year to be the normal incremental data. As a result, it has been less than ten years since Hongzhi fifteen years, and the statistics on farmland acres are not enough.
Even though it was said to be an increase, it actually decreased significantly.
At this moment, Zhu Houzhao slammed the table and said with a bit of anger:
The purpose of these people's manipulation of the land acres data is very simple. It is naturally because of the policy of dividing the land into acres implemented by Li Huan, because according to Li Huan's policy, as long as the local land acres are counted, they will be collected in the future.
As for taxes, land taxes and Dingkou taxes will no longer be levied as in the past.
At that time, taxes were levied entirely based on the number of acres of land, and no longer based on the number of people.
This tax system is obviously of great benefit to those landless people, who can finally get rid of tax exploitation.
However, this system is extremely unfriendly to the local gentry and powerful people who control large amounts of land. It can even be said to be bleeding these people with a knife.
Given the powerful and powerful gentry in those places, it would be strange if they could cooperate honestly.
And given the nature of those officials above the court, it is not unusual for them to tamper with the data on farmland.
While talking, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan and said:
Now Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be a little suspicious of the officials and Jin Yiwei who were sent to the local areas.
When Li Huan heard this, he shook his head slightly and said to the emperor:
It's not that Li Huan has great trust in these people, but that Li Huan still has some control over Jin Yiwei.
After all, Li Huan had been sitting in the position of commander of the Jin Yiwei for several years. In the past few years, he had quite a deep control over the Jin Yiwei.
The Jinyiwei officials who were originally entrenched in the local area and became like local bullies were transferred or even replaced one by one under Li Huan's manipulation. All of a sudden, these people lost their foundation and ability to deceive superiors and deceive subordinates.
As Li Huan said, people with Jinyiwei may be bribed, but such people can only be very few. Do you really think that Li Huan is so easy to talk to? Jinyiwei Nanzhen Fusi is personally controlled by Li Huan
, a large number of Jinyiwei supervisors were deployed in local health centers. It can be said that Li Huan's control over Jinyiwei is absolutely perfect.
When Zhu Houzhao heard what Li Huan said, he also reacted.
Neither the officials who were sent down nor the Jin Yiwei were actually likely to be bribed, but he was just a little too worried.
After thinking about this clearly, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan, a bright light flashed in his eyes and said:
Li Huan nodded slowly and looked at the emperor. The monarch and his ministers seemed to have a clear understanding of each other, and Li Huan said: "Since there is nothing wrong with these people, then the only problem is
The only one left is the Ministry of Accounts, which is ultimately responsible for summarizing this data.”
The Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for the statistics of the number of acres in the country and the compilation of the population yellow register. This time, the data on acres and Dingkou of each province compiled by the two Beijing and thirteen provinces will eventually be compiled by officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs and then submitted to the cabinet.
And the emperor.
In other words, the data that Li Huan and the others have now are statistics compiled by officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Zhu Houzhao said with a stern look in his eyes:
Li Huan shook his head when he heard this and said:
Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan subconsciously, which seemed to be somewhat inconsistent with Li Huan's character.
Now it is almost certain that the officials of the Ministry of Revenue were involved. If Li Huan had followed his temper, he would have sent someone to arrest the officials of the Ministry of Revenue for interrogation.
As a result, Li Huan now prevented him from summoning officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to the palace for an audience.
Looking at Zhu Houzhao's surprised look, Li Huan said slowly:
Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan and said:
Li Huan sneered and said:
After hearing what Li Huan said, Zhu Houzhao's eyes suddenly lit up, he clapped his hands and praised:
Li Huan bowed his hands and saluted the emperor:
Here, when Emperor Li Huan noticed something was wrong with the farmland data compiled by the Ministry of Revenue, he was in a quiet courtyard in the capital.
Several figures were gathering in a courtyard. If any court officials saw the leader, they would definitely recognize him as Cui Ying, a doctor from the Ministry of Finance.
Not only is Cui Ying, a doctor in the Ministry of Hubu, here, but most of the other people are officials of various sizes in the Ministry of Hubu.
However, it can be seen that these people are vaguely headed by Cui Ying. In addition, there is another person who is dressed like an outsider. He looks kind-hearted, except for the eye-catching jade on his finger.
With his fingertips and the gorgeous clothes, his whole body exuded a sense of luxury.
This man is quite famous in the capital. He is a well-known gentry, and his name is Lu Yu.
The reason why Lu Yu is famous in the capital is that he is one of the most famous landowners in the capital, with as many as hundreds of thousands of acres of land under his name.
You must know that this is fertile land in the capital. It is not easy to buy hundreds or even thousands of acres of farmland in the capital, let alone control hundreds of thousands of acres of land.
There have been many rumors about this person. Some people say that this person is just a talker who was pushed out. The person who really stands behind him is the real boss-level existence in Beijing.
Some people said that the person standing behind him was a certain pavilion elder, while others said that the person standing behind Lu Yu was a royal nobleman.
Anyway, there are a lot of rumors about Lu Yu. Which ones are true and which ones are false, even some interested people can't figure them out. However, this makes Lu Yu's origin and background appear extremely mysterious in the capital.
In addition, Lu Yu is generous with money, never stingy with money, and has made friends with many officials and dignitaries in the capital. It can be said that he is more or less the number one person in the capital.
At this time, Lu Yu looked at Cui Ying and several other officials from the Household Department, with a smile on his red face and said:
An official from the Ministry of Revenue heard this and said with a smile:
As he said that, the official looked at Cui Ying and said with a smile: "Cui Ying is outside."
You can rest assured that we have changed the total number of 150,000 acres of fertile land under Cui Yuanwai's name to 15,000 acres on the Fish Scale Atlas. According to the new tax collection policy introduced by the imperial court, Cui Yuanwai's control of
For 150,000 acres of fertile land, you only need to pay taxes based on the amount of 15,000 acres."
Lu Yu smiled slightly when he heard this and said:
At this moment, Cui Ying, who was the head of several officials, glanced at Lu Yu and said:
Lu Yu could hear the displeasure in Cui Ying's words, but he wasn't upset at all. Instead, he smiled and cupped his hands and said:
One of the principals chuckled and said:
As he spoke, the principal showed a bit of confidence on his face and said:
Lu Yu showed some admiration on his face, raised his hands and complimented Cui Ying and others:
Stroking his beard, the manager glanced at Lu Yu and said with a smile:
Seeing the smiling face of the principal, Lu Yu couldn't help but feel a chill running down his back. Was this trying to trick him into using fake accounts to fool the master behind him?
Thinking of his master's methods and identity, Lu Yu shuddered almost instinctively, and quickly suppressed the waves in his heart.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Yu clapped his hands.
Soon I saw several servants walking over carrying boxes one by one.
When these servants came over carrying the boxes, they immediately attracted the attention of Cui Ying and several other officials.
Cui Ying and others watched the obviously heavy boxes being carried and placed in front of them. Even when the boxes landed heavily on the ground, the ground shook slightly, which showed that these boxes were definitely not light.
As if they had thought of something, someone looked at the box with a bit of greed in their eyes.
Lu Yu saw the expressions of Cui Ying and others in his eyes, and a trace of disdain flashed deep in his eyes, but on the surface he remained calm. Instead, he took a step forward with a flattering smile, and then said
Cui Ying slowly opened the box under the watchful eyes of the others.
Suddenly a flash of golden light flashed, the box was opened, and what immediately appeared in the eyes of Cui Ying and others were the fist-sized gold ingots neatly arranged in the box.
Yes, these are real gold ingots, densely packed. There are probably no less than dozens of such gold ingots in the whole box.
Looking at these golden gold ingots, Cui Ying and several other officials could not help but breathe quickly.
It is said that the Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the court's money and property. As an official of the Ministry of Revenue, you should be used to seeing mountains of gold and silver.
However, the reaction of Cui Ying and others was obviously that they had never seen such a scene. However, considering that Cui Ying and others were in the Hubu Yamen, they were only responsible for managing the Qingli Department regarding the imperial land and Dingkou, not the Qingli Department.
They are officials in charge of Taicang and the treasury, which store gold and silver. It is not surprising that these few people have never seen scenes of mountains of gold and silver.
Some officials looked at the five boxes that were opened one by one by Lu Yu. They were so excited that they could not help but look at Lu Yu with red eyes and trembled:
Lu Yu smiled slightly, looked at the people and said, "There are five boxes here, and each box contains
All of them are five thousand taels of gold, so the total here is twenty-five thousand taels of gold."
Hearing what Lu Yu said, several people's hearts trembled violently, even though Lu Yuanwai had already said before that as long as the matter was done, the people behind him would definitely not treat them badly.
Now looking at a total of 25,000 taels of gold placed in front of them, Cui Ying and others really felt the generosity of the people behind Lu Yu.
This gold ingot worth nearly 300,000 taels of silver completely made Cui Ying and others' worries disappear completely. Isn't it just to change some data on the fields and Dingkou data? Even if someone notices something is wrong by then,
Even if the champion sent people to investigate, they were not afraid.
Not to mention whether Li Huan's people could find out the data they had modified from the vast data, even if they did find it out, they could also blame it on errors in data statistics, right? After all, no one could
There are no regulations prohibiting them from making mistakes when calculating data.
Even if they miscalculated the data, it would only be a crime of dereliction of duty at most. With so much gold and silver in hand, even if they lost their official positions due to dereliction of duty, it would not be a loss.