Chapter 0366 Added 2.64 million hectares of land, the shock of Zhu Youxiao!
The imperial edict to abolish these hereditary commanders, Thousand Households, and Hundred Households came immediately after the imperial court inspected the land of the guards.
Over the past two hundred years, this group of commanders, thousands or hundreds of households, cannot be said to be all trash, at least except for outstanding generals like Qi Jiguang and Yu Daqiu. However, the proportion that has emerged in the past two hundred years is really too low.
Abolish them all. From now on, you will be exactly the same as ordinary Ming people.
If you want to continue to move up, you must first join Datong College. After strict selection, you will be eligible to enter the army and enjoy military treatment.
Yes, soldiers are the most glorious!
Zhang Haogu proposed this slogan and did the same thing.
However, in this case, these hereditary commanders, thousands or hundreds of households, will inevitably want to make a little noise, so that the court will know how powerful they are.
Then, they were directly suppressed.
Taking the capital, Shandong, and Nanjing as examples, for ordinary military households, I just want to divide the land safely now. You'd better divide the land honestly. As for you, you want to drag us into rebellion.
I'm sorry, but the things you gave us are too little. How can we compare with the things given by the imperial court?
Soon, they discovered that they had no ability to struggle at all. In the end, they had no choice but to hand over the land in their hands honestly, recognizing that they no longer had the status of hereditary privileges.
However, even so, the court still did not exterminate them all, but still allocated land to them and allowed them to participate in the work.
Many farms have appeared throughout the south. Although they are relatively rudimentary and not as mature as those in the north, they allow the land to grow food first and fill their stomachs first.
In addition, Zhang Haogu also arranged for a group of water conservancy experts to go to the south to build river embankments to ensure that the river embankments were not destroyed by floods.
The last few years of the Ming Dynasty were nothing short of a nightmare among nightmares combined with natural and man-made disasters.
"Drought again!"
Zhang Haogu couldn't help but frown when he looked at Sun Chuanting's report in his hand.
As expected this year, Shaanxi is experiencing another severe drought. It is now April. From the sixth year of the Apocalypse until now, there have been three rains in Shaanxi.
It is obvious that there will be another severe drought.
Zhang Haogu urgently arranged for a large number of sweet potato seeds to be planted in Shaanxi.
At the very least, don't starve to death.
However, even so, there were still a lot of riots sporadicly in Shaanxi. The current situation in Shaanxi was not very good. Sun Chuanting was able to suppress it once, twice, three or four times, or five times.
However, when more and more peasant army uprisings occur, sooner or later, Sun Chuanting will be unable to suppress them.
Originally, Zhang Haogu planned to go to Shaanxi as soon as possible. The British Duke suddenly took action against the three major battalions, and also involved Wei Guogong and Ding Guogong joining forces to rebel. Now, hereditary inheritance was abolished in one fell swoop, and things suddenly happened.
There are more.
Zhang Haogu simply can't spare any time. Shandong and the capital must not be messed up. These are his basic bases. As long as this basic base remains, he can continue to inject blood to the new army.
At the same time, there cannot be chaos in Nanjing. The imperial court must ensure its deterrence. Even though the food supply in Shandong and the capital has improved a lot, and even led to a large-scale outbreak, Jiangnan has always been an important source of income for the imperial court.
land.
In addition, Zhang Haogu also had to carry out a simple land survey.
At the very least, we need to know how much land the court can currently collect taxes from, and how much land is still in the hands of these gentry.
For a while, Zhang Haogu was really inseparable. However, even so, Zhang Haogu still arranged for Shi Kefa to go to Shaanxi and start preliminary work, allowing Shi Kefa to solve some land annexation issues.
Until April 12th.
The simple land measurement work is completed.
The capital, Shandong, and Jiangnan, as well as part of the land released by the guards for farming.
A total of 5.64 million hectares!
Zhu Youxiao looked at this number, but couldn't help but frown slightly, and slowly said: "So many lands?"
Previously, Zhu Youxiao also estimated a figure, which should be less than four million hectares.
However, this breath actually increased the area by 2.64 million hectares?
"Part of it belongs to the princes, and part of it belongs to the nobles, hereditary commanders, Qianhu, Baihu and others who have usurped the land of the guards!"
Zhang Haogu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this land measurement result is not the end, it is just the beginning. Of these 2.64 million hectares of land, one million hectares are in the capital and Shandong. This is what Zhu Chunchen dug
However, the situation in the south is even more complicated. Without the support of the New Deal, it will still take a lot of effort to conduct an inventory!"
"If all were counted, it should be between 6.5 million and 7 million hectares!"
Having said this, Zhang Haogu paused and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, at least the income this land can bring is at least slightly comparable to that of Emperor Cheng Zuwen's time!"
Zhu Youxiao fell into deep thought. He glanced at Zhang Haogu and said, "Master, tell me, how much land have these gentry from Jiangnan, including Shaanxi and Shanxi, embezzled in these places?"
"When the Qing Dynasty investigated it, it was 11 million hectares. However, this was also a rough inspection. The real situation should be around 13 million hectares!"
Zhang Haogu grumbled in his heart for a while, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it's hard for me to say, I always have to take a look, and I think that the Ming Dynasty's taxation should not just be collected from the land.
We still need to increase more taxes!”
"It has been two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Logically speaking, the more land the better, the more land should be reclaimed, but now it is getting less and less. These guys are embezzling the country's land, causing me to have no money to attack Liaodong. It is so harmful to me.
I am more embarrassed every day!"
Zhu Youxiao spoke fiercely, and then smiled happily: "Haha, but that's good. When the prince ascends the throne in the future, he won't have to be as embarrassed as me!"
"Your Majesty, we still need to establish a system, otherwise this situation will still happen in the future!" Zhang Haogu said with a smile.
"I will implement the New Deal!" Zhu Youxiao laughed and said slowly: "Whoever goes against the New Deal, I will kill his head!"
Zhu Youxiao was not polite at all. Now that he had tasted the sweetness of the New Deal, he naturally wanted to implement it to the end.
