On August 30th of the first year of Longhe, the forty-day Gengxu Tuduan period came to an end temporarily, but the duties of the Tuduan Division had just begun. Twelve civil servants were temporarily transferred from the Ministry of Personnel and Zuo Min Shangshu. The officials, together with Xie Xuan, Chen Caozhi and others, sorted out the soil documents reported by Liangzhou, Yizhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou Prosecution Office——
On September 12, the documents of the six prefectures were sorted out. At three o'clock in the afternoon of that day, Lu Shi, the Minister of the Fifth Army and the chief of the Territory Division, reported all the affairs of the Tudu to King Sima Yu of Kuaiji in the west hall of the Taiji Hall in Taicheng and listened. Among them are Wang Shu, the minister of official affairs, Wang Biaozhi, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, Lu Na, the minister of Zuomin, Gao Song, the minister of the imperial examination, Zhang Ping, the minister of the imperial examination, Xie Wan, the minister of the Sanqi army, Lang Sunchuo, the minister of the Sanqi army, and Xie An, the minister of the imperial censor. , Shangshu Libu Lang Wang Yun, Zhongshu Shilang Xi Chao, Situ Chief Shi Yuan Dan, and those who came to the West Hall to discuss politics were Xie Xuan and Chen Caozhi, the left and right supervisors of the Tuduan Division. Xie Xuan read out the compiled situation of Tuduan in each state - —
This time Tuduan merged and reorganized the counties and counties in Qiaozhou that were fictitious or had confusing boundaries. A total of 33 counties and 177 counties were abolished. Overseas Chinese were all placed under the jurisdiction of local counties according to their place of residence. Bai nationality was cancelled, and they were merged with Jiangdong. Residents are generally registered as Huang citizens. According to the land occupation order, the tax and corvee service for overseas Chinese whose land is less than 30 acres is halved. There are more than 40,000 households and nearly 200,000 people in this batch of overseas Chinese registered as Huang citizens; this time the household registration review , corrected the false registration notes on the household registration, and re-registered the escaped households who had left the household registration. Together with the hidden households surrendered by the various aristocratic families, a total of 19,720 households were obtained, totaling 77,644 Fourteen mouths——
Sima Yu, the king of Kuaiji who was in charge of internal and external affairs, frowned and said nothing. Such a large-scale tuduan only detected less than 20,000 households, and the performance was not as good as that of Xian and Tuduan. Although the cancellation of Bai nationality in Qiao County was very effective, the country Nearly 40,000 more tax-paying service households can greatly enrich the national treasury even if the tax rate is half. However, this is the result of the cancellation of preferential policies for northerners. The expatriates have great opinions on this. There are less than 20,000 hermit households. The overseas Chinese will think that this civil war is unfair and favors the southerners. The Sima clan's regime in Jiangdong mainly relies on the support of these overseas Chinese. If the overseas Chinese are seriously dissatisfied with this civil war, the consequences will be disastrous!
Sima Yu asked Xie Xuan: "Did Xie Yu report the true situation of Tuduan to Huan Da Sima?"
Xie Xuandao: "We will report to Sima Huan after the discussion in the court."
Sima Yu looked around at everyone in the hall and said, "Everyone, please express your opinions."
Shangshu ordered Wang Shu to say to Xie Xuan: "Please tell Xie Peng in detail about the situation of reported hermit households in these states and counties."
Xie Xuandao: "Chen Zizhong, the left supervisor of Tuduan Division, knows more about this matter. Please tell me in detail."
Chen Caoyi bowed and said: "This time, there are 19,720 hermit households, of which 12,300 are in Yangzhou. Most of the refugees from the north live in Yangzhou. Therefore, the land has always been isolated." They all paid attention to Yangzhou. Among the 12,300 households in Yangzhou, 6,200 were submitted by the common people, and only 6,100 were surrendered by the gentry."
Everyone in the hall was silent when they heard this number. The wealthy nobles occupied far more hermit houses than the common people. However, the current situation is that the common people handed over more hermit houses than the nobles. It can be imagined that they are known to be strict. The Gengxu Tuduan was indeed very intimidating to the common people, but most of the gentry obviously did not strictly abide by the Gengxu regulations. Otherwise, there would be more than 6,000 hermit households!
Gao Song, the servant, said coldly: "In the past, Shanya was the order of Yuyao. Many wealthy families took possession of their household registrations as private attachments. Shanxia used strict methods. When the county was eighty years old, there were more than 10,000 exports. This is just a county, and it is so big. There are more than 100 counties in Yangzhou, and only more than 10,000 households have been inspected. If we don't ask about the responsibilities of counties and counties, it may be difficult to convince the public."
Wang Shudao: "According to the Gengxu system, the owner of a house that has been cleared out on its own before the 30th day of the eighth lunar month will not be held accountable. Those families that still violate the regulations and occupy many shady houses and hide the households after the deadline will be severely punished. All counties will If a county magistrate has a prohibited household in his county but fails to report it to the Secretary, he will be held accountable at least, or dismissed from office at the most serious level - I wonder how many documents the Tuduan Division has received to report prohibited households?"
Although Lu Shi was said to be the chief official of the Tuduan Department, he was very taciturn on this matter, as if he was staying out of the matter, leaving Xie Xuan and Chen Caozhi to answer the questions.
Xie Xuandao: "Before the order to dissuade was issued, many counties and counties reported that the powerful clans were tyrannical, and local officials were unable to inspect the hidden households. However, since the order to dissuade was issued, these documents have disappeared, but the implementation of Tujuan is still ineffective. "
Xi Chao said: "It seems that we have to send envoys to various major counties to review the soil cutting. This matter will be decided after reporting it to Duke Huan of the Ming Dynasty."
The chamberlain sent word that the emperor had arrived.
Emperor Sima Yi came to the west hall of Taiji Hall, accompanied by his courtiers Xianglong and Zhu Lingbao. He was also accompanied by his imperial censor Shi Luqin.
Sima Yu, the king of Kuaiji, reported the matter of cutting off the land to the emperor Sima Yi. Sima Yi had nothing to say and left it all to the king of Kuaiji.
Sima Yu, King of Kuaiji, immediately ordered Chen Caozhi to rush to Gushu to report the results of the Tutu Destruction to Huan Wen. The Gengxu Tutu Destruction was initiated by Huan Wen, so it was natural for Huan Wen to make the decision.
That night, Chen Caozhi went to see Xi Chao. Xi Chao handed him a stack of documents and said: "This is a document secretly submitted by the twenty-six counties of Yangzhou to report to the families who are hiding in hiding in violation of the ban. You can take it and submit it." An overview of Duke Huan."
These documents were not submitted to Tuduansi, but ended up in the hands of Zhongshu Shilang Xi Chao. Naturally, he did not want Lu Shi to know about it.
On the morning of September 13th, Chen Caozhi led Ran Sheng and five sergeants back to Xifu quickly. On the evening of September 15th, they rushed to Gushu. They first returned to their apartment to bathe and change clothes, and then went to the general's mansion to see Huan Wen.
In the room with plain curtains, the maid lit up the lantern. Chen Caozhi sat silently for a while, then he saw Huan Wen coming in from the small door, followed by Li Jingshu. Li Jingshu, Princess Nankang, and Princess Xin'an returned to Gushu at the end of last month.
Huan Wen sat down on the square couch, and Li Jingshu knelt down behind Huan Wen, with her waist straight and looking at Chen Caozhi with dazzling eyes.
After listening to Chen Cao's report on the end of the land, Huan Wen looked at the number of hermit households reported by various states and counties, and said: "Three Wus and eight surnames, the Gu family handed over 900 hermit households, the Lu family handed over 300 hermit households, and the Zhang family eight The Zhu family has three hundred hermit houses, the Yu family has three hundred hermit houses, the Wei family has three hundred hermit houses, the Kong family has seven hundred hermit houses, and the He family has three hundred hermit houses. Except for the Gu family, the Zhang family, and the Kong family, The other five surnames all have three hundred hermit households, which is really neat."
Chen Caozhi then presented the documents secretly submitted by the twenty-six counties of Yangzhou, and Huan Wen said: "Please Chen Peng Nian, please listen to me. My eyesight has been poor recently and I can't bear to read it for long."
Li Jingshu said: "Let me read it to the general."
Huan Wen said "hmm" and said, "That's fine. Chen Yu has been on a hard journey, so let's take a break to drink tea."
Li Jingshu then moved to Chen Caozhi, took the documents from the twenty-six counties, and recited them one by one in her unique low and charming voice. Half of these twenty-six counties belonged to the Sima Kingdom, the King of Donghai, and the King of Pengcheng. King Ruyang, King Zhangwu, etc., these county magistrates, county magistrates or chief registrars secretly reported the situation of the Sima royal family hiding their household registrations. These kingdoms have more or less hidden households, as many as a hundred households, as few as more than ten. Households, this is really nothing compared to the hiding households of the Jiangdong clan reported by the officials of the four counties of Wujun, Wuxing, Dongyang, and Kuaiji and fifteen counties. Only the hidden households of the He family reported by the chief clerk of Yongxing County of Kuaiji County are More than 1,500 households——
Huan Wen said: "In those days, Director Wang indulged Yu Xi and deposed Shan Xia, which made the Jiangdong clan even more arrogant and lawless, making it difficult for the government to implement it today."
Chen Cao's way: "The king's division is in trouble every year, and the number of households is wasted. The powerful men from the north and the south compete to recruit food for tourists, hide the households, and do not tax or serve. This will lead to the country hiding the family's prosperity. If it is not restricted, chaos will inevitably occur in the long run.
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Huan Wen nodded and said: "Tomorrow, together with Wang Changshi and others, we plan to send twenty envoys to the ten counties of Yangzhou to review the judgment and hide them. Those who are stubborn and lawless will be selected and severely punished."
After talking for a while, Chen Caozhi took his leave, and Huan Wen stood up to see him off, saying: "News came from Jingzhou at the beginning of the month. After three months of exploration, it turned out that a large iron mine was discovered at the western foot of Mufu Mountain, only ten meters above the surface.
My brother, Huanhuo, has mobilized 3,000 soldiers and 3,000 craftsmen to go mining. The first batch of iron ore should be mined by the end of the year. The credit for this operation is not small. I will report it when the work is completed.
The imperial court asks for merit for you."
The next day, Huan Wen summoned the military governor Shi, who joined the army, and Sima discussed matters. The military officials were the main ones, and they went to the counties of Yangzhou to review the soil judgment. I don't know whether it was because of Huan Wen's instruction. Chen Caozhi and Zhu Yingtai went there as the chief and deputy envoys.
After the Kuaiji County reexamination, Ran Sheng was promoted to the commander of the camp and followed him with a hundred sergeants.
Kuaiji County is the place where the great families of Jiangdong such as Yu, Wei, Kong and He have been entrenched for hundreds of years. The Beidu gentry also has many estates in Kuaiji. The relationship is the most complicated. The Yu family, the largest family in Kuaiji, has always been tyrannical, and He Zhu, a descendant of the He family, has
Chen Caozhi and Xie Daoyun were at odds with each other. When Chen Caozhi and Xie Daoyun went to Kuaiji County for review, it was a thorny step.
On September 20, Chen Caozhi returned to Jiankang with Wang Tanzhi, the governor of the West Prefecture. On behalf of Huan Wen, Wang Tanzhi paid a visit to Sima Yu, the king of Kuaiji, and Lu Shi, the chief official of the Tuduan Division. Sima Yu agreed to the twenty people proposed by the Xi Prefecture.
envoys, and empower these envoys with the power to arrest offenders—
Lu Shi had no objection to this. He was the chief official of Tuduan Department and could not openly object to the review. What could these envoys do?
After Lu Qin learned about this, he discussed it with He Zhu. Both Lu Qin and He Zhu married girls from the Yu family, and their relationship became even closer. He Zhu was now a seventh-grade housewife.
He Zhu sneered and said: "Chen Caozhi and Zhu Yingtai come to Kuaiji, I will make them go back in disgrace."
Lu Qin said: "We can imitate the strategy that Duke Zhong Ning used to deal with Shan Xia, and let Chen Caozhi and Zhu Yingtai abandon their posts to relieve their hatred."
Duke Zhongning was Yu Xi. Shan Xia found out that Yu Xi had hidden three thousand people in a secret house. According to the law, the market should be abandoned. However, Yu Xi and the three Wu clans went to the capital to accuse Shan Xia of corruption. Wang Dao wanted to appease the Wu people.
, resigned from the post of Shanya Yuyao County Magistrate.
He Zhudao: "Yes, let Chen Cao Zhi lose his official position to relieve his hatred. Chen Cao came from a poor family, took refuge in Huan Wen's military mansion, climbed into the gentry, and became arrogant and rebellious. He even wanted to marry the Lu family. Hehe, let's see Chen Cao.
How can you still dream of marrying a girl from the Lu family after being dismissed from office?"
He Zhu has always been very upset about not being able to marry Lu Weirui.