The investigation of the Green Crops Law trial area in Yin County, Jingdong Road and Shaanxi Road should be almost completed.
Because this investigation is related to the implementation of the Youth Law, the composition of the investigators is quite complicated.
Starting from Sinong Temple, all parties have had fierce arguments over the selection of investigators.
In the end, it was Zhao Xi who made the decision: Anyone recommended by the Prime Minister can be an investigator and each will bear their own responsibilities.
The imperial court does not need to waste the small amount of travel expenses, but it is afraid that nothing will happen.
In the end, even Gongfang City and Imperial City Division also participated.
With such a large investigation team, each with their own opinions, the time will definitely not be short.
It is absolutely possible to remove the entire place where the Green Seedlings Law is implemented.
Three or four months have passed, and judging from the reports sent through the Imperial City Department, the investigation should be almost over.
There will be chaos again. Zhao Xi hopes that before the investigation is completed, that is, before the chaos in the court, it is best to discuss the clan affairs first and resolve them.
It's not that he can't delay, but now he has a reason. He also wants to know who is behind the instigation, or who is behind waiting for him to make a mistake.
"The ancestors once said: A gentleman's fortune will be cut off in five generations. Perhaps this sentence is not appropriate in this place, so I just used it as a starting point. From the beginning of the Taizu Dynasty to my generation, the Zhao family has been in the fourth generation.
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"The purpose of convening a meeting today is for everyone to discuss together whether the imperial clan policy of the country needs to be adjusted? If so, how to adjust it appropriately?"
Let's get straight to the point. Zhao Xi is becoming more and more rude now. Without a word of nonsense, he directly explains the topic of the meeting.
Are we going to take action against the clan members again? Will the implementation of the farmland water conservancy law be hindered just because of the impeachment of Prince Dongping?
This is the unanimous opinion of all of you.
"The clan system has its own ancestral laws. The management of clans by officials and dynasties is a good strategy to avoid civil strife. There is no need to adjust."
It is also the law of the ancestors. They are given generous salaries and have no other professions; the establishment of vassal status is limited to serving court invitations; crimes committed by the clan are subject to the same laws as ordinary people.
To put it bluntly, the imperial court raised a group of idlers, who had food, drink, and fun, and had positions, titles, but no power.
Such a management system can indeed effectively prevent clan rebellions... After all, in this era, one has to be orthodox and have a good reputation.
As a sincere ruler, Sima Guang's statement is not wrong.
Zhao Xi wants to change, so naturally he won't say it casually. To convince the husband-in-law that he wants to change, he must have a reason to convince them.
"Here is a set of data. You can take a look at it first. As for whether to change it or adjust it, let's discuss it after you have finished reading it."
"Let me give you a rough idea. Counting the number of people registered in Zongzheng Temple in our Zhaosong clan, there are now more than 150 surviving members of the three generations, most of whom are princes."
"The fourth generation, that is, those of my generation, there are more than 1,000 people, who are the Dukes of the country and the main ones are County Dukes. The fifth generation, there are more than 3,000 people so far. According to the laws of our ancestors, they should be named County Dukes.
County officials, etc."
"As for the sixth generation, there are currently nearly 300 people. They should be named county princes and country marquises."
Literati in this era were not sensitive to numbers and liked to use words such as a little, a lot, etc. instead.
Just like the number of clan members, none of the husbands present had a specific idea. It was very large, but they just felt that the money and food allocated by the court to the clan members every year was too much.
If the imperial court's finances were tight, perhaps someone would have noticed it. In recent years, the imperial court's finances have been abundant. Although the expenses of the clan have increased, the clan, which is like a sheep, has not been noticed by anyone.
"The regulations of the country... are also the laws of the ancestors. Those who have a title must have a settlement. It ranges from 10,000 households to 200 households."
"Naturally, if there is a title, there will be a real title. From a thousand households to a hundred households. The rules of the country are seven levels."
"Let's take the middle number, taking the fourth grade as an example. The number of households that can be granted to 500 households will be calculated. The number of clan titles will be calculated based on the number of people."
"If you seal a household, you will be given twenty-five cash per month, three hundred cash per year, and one hundred and fifty cash for 500 households. Is there anything wrong?"
The data Zhao Xi gave you are accurate calculations, as well as charts and explanations of the imperial court's increasing expenditure year by year.
But now, he is just making a rough estimate to let these gentlemen have an impression first.
"Take care of the beginning and end, let's not count the third generation, and leave aside the sixth generation, and calculate based on the fourth and fifth generations of clans. Four thousand... Let's calculate it as four thousand."
"Each clan member actually consumes 150 guan of money and food every year, and four thousand households have to pay 600,000 guan for clan expenses every year!"
Civil servants, in their minds, among all classes in the country, no one can enjoy it except themselves.
The clan members are all good children. In the early years, there was the Runan Wang family, but now they have been ignored and will not attract anyone's attention.
Therefore, no one pays special attention to their usage.
Zhao Xi didn't believe that under these data, Zhengshitang could still tolerate it.
This is just an approximation, but the actual summary of data shows that the annual cost of supporting the clan is approximately close to one million guan.
Moreover, at the end of the memorial, there is a vague calculation. The oldest of the four and five generations is more than forty years old, and the youngest is three to five years old. In another twenty years, the total number of clan members will exceed tens of thousands, and those who support the clan will
The cost will also be doubled...
Even Zhao Xi felt a sense of fear when he saw this number.
Redundant soldiers and redundant officials are often mentioned and are well known.
After unremitting efforts over the years, redundant soldiers have made slight improvements, but redundant officers... are too sensitive and have not been moved yet.
Only then did I realize that the clan would also become redundant.
Perhaps in another hundred years, the Song Dynasty will be the first dynasty to be defeated by clan members.
Another inexplicable meeting.
Sigh...can't you just calm down for a while?
Han Qi didn't understand why he hadn't calmed down for a moment since he took charge of the government? Things happened one after another.
In previous years, the court was chaotic, but the chaos was caused by fighting over nonsense. Everyone was very passionate about that kind of thing, and they could handle it easily.
But what about now? None of it is easy, all of it affects interests.
Yan Guo! How about you steal my love? Han Qi has had enough.
One Wang Jiefu is stubborn, one Sima Guang is upright, one Ouyang Xiu wastes the sun and the moon, and one Wen Yanbo hides his power and bides his time. They are two spokespersons for the official family. In the entire political hall, I can't find anyone who shares the same mind.
Let's just say that this clan... really should have a charter. But being called around by officials like this really made Han Qi unhappy.
But so what?
Except for Sima Guang's words at the beginning, when the officials finished speaking one number after another, no one said anything anymore.
From the bottom of his heart, Han Qi didn't want to say anything, but even though the officials had been controlling the political affairs hall like this, he was worried that the authority that the civil servants had finally obtained in the past hundred years would be taken back bit by bit by the officials.
In the end, the political hall became a decoration, a decoration used to speak for the officials.
The last thing that can be done is to obtain the imperial edict, receive the imperial edict, and obtain the imperial edict.
Although on the surface, the government has not been leading the meetings, and people from the Political Affairs Hall have always been arguing, but after a few things, Han Qi felt that the Political Affairs Hall was cooperating with the officials, and everything was done by the officials.