In early winter, Zhang Cong and Zhang Huai went through the handover procedures for the Shandong Inspectorate.
Nowadays, the two men have the same official rank. Zhang Cong is much older, but Zhang Huai was awarded Jinshi earlier.
When Zhang Huai was supervising schools in Zhejiang, he had contacts with Zhang Cong's disciples, and they could be considered friends.
After the handover was completed, Zhang Huai couldn't help but ask: "Wang Xiang wants to rule King De?"
Zhang Cong said: "Of course."
Zhang Huai was quite dissatisfied: "Both generations of virtuous kings were virtuous kings. They built bridges and paved roads, donated food to relieve the people, published books, loved learning, and diligently cultivated virtues. Such virtuous kings, why did the king not hesitate to replace dozens of officials in Shandong and have to bear the brunt of it?"
The public opinion in the local area is surging to attack him? Is it because he doubts the virtue king's support for his hope? If he cultivates virtue diligently and cultivates his hope, won't he force the feudal kings all over the world to brutally harm the people?"
Zhang Cong asked: "Is the King of Virtue benevolent?"
Zhang Huai said: "Building bridges and paving roads and donating food to help the people are benevolent. In Defu Wangzhuang, the land rent is very low, and the people are happy to live in tenant farming. This is also benevolent!"
Zhang Cong sneered: "Building bridges and paving roads, donating food and relieving people are all good deeds. But doing good deeds can be called benevolence? A bandit kills people without calculation, and in order to accumulate bad virtue, he also builds bridges and paves roads. What kind of benevolence is this? King De hides himself
To surrender to the people and the land is against the national system and is considered rude. The more people who surrender, the more difficult it is to collect local taxes and levies, which is harmful to His Majesty and the court. It is unjust. If the common people do not surrender to the king of virtue,
Then the taxes and servitude will become more and more onerous, and the families will be destroyed and many people will die, which is unkind. How can such an unkind and rude person be considered a wise king?"
Zhang Huai retorted: "This is a strong statement and makes no sense. If you punish the virtuous king, it will definitely cause the vassal kings in the world to defile themselves, and more people will suffer as a result!"
Zhang Cong said: "The feudal kings in the world have been filthy for a long time. Why do they need to deliberately filthy themselves? If there are really good kings, they will not taint themselves and harm the people. Those who taint themselves and harm the people are all unkind and unjust kings."
Also. When a gentleman is alive, he should think of great benevolence and great righteousness, and should not look down on small benevolence and small righteousness, let alone small favors! Let’s just say this, friends, please take care of yourself.”
The words "little favor and small favor" immediately made Zhang Huai embarrassed.
Zhang Huaizhen confiscated a lot of money from King De. Since King De was well-known, there was no need to send money to the inspector. The reason why he spoke for King De was because of the so-called "small favor".
Zhang Huai likes peonies and writes poems.
After King De read Zhang Huai's peony poems, he immediately recommended them to his relatives and friends and took the initiative to transplant peonies into the city. As a result, Zhang Huai's talent and reputation spread in Jinan, and his favorite peonies were also promoted in Jinan. Just these two small things,
Let Zhang Huai be regarded as a confidant.
Immediately afterwards, King De sent someone to deliver the ink stone and Hui ink, and gave Zhang Huai a maid to take care of him.
A few gifts, not particularly valuable. As the envoy of Shandong Province, Zhang Huai wanted more than these. But he was happy in his heart and believed that King De was an elegant and wise king, and they were friends of gentlemen who had never met. Even King De
Zhang Huai turned a blind eye to the private canal checkpoints, and even tried to delay time and help obstruct Gui E's investigation.
The anger in Zhang Huai's heart was not only because Wang Yuan wanted to punish King De, but also because he was demoted in disguise!
The Shandong inspector can also take charge of the judicial affairs of Liaodong, ranking among the top three in the country. Now, Wang Yuan has thrown him into Yunnan to serve as the inspector. His rank remains unchanged, his power is greatly reduced, and he is thousands of miles away from his appointment. How can he not resent it?
Wang Yuan?
Zhang Huai left, and so did a bunch of officials from Shandong.
Gui E served as the political envoy to the left of Shandong Province. Historically, he was promoted from senior official to second assistant, and was added to the crown prince Shaobao.
Shi Dao served as the political envoy to the right of Shandong Province. Historically, he was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War and crown prince Shaobao.
Zhang Cong served as the inspector of Shandong. In history, he rose from official to chief assistant, and was added to the title of crown prince and grand master.
The lineup of these three people alone is luxurious enough, not to mention that Nie Bao, Qi Xian, Zhan Rong and others are also strong men. Even the magistrates have been changed several times. Wang Yuan created a good environment for them. If he does not completely reform Shandong, there will be no one.
Back to court!
After the change of leadership in Shandong, they first rectified the administration and improved administrative efficiency, and then started to attack the secretarial and administrative staff. They checked some, caught some, scared some, and the rest became honest.
Gui E controlled the officialdom, Shi Dao was in charge of finance, Gui E was responsible for handling cases, and Nie Bao led people to Qingtian.
Wang Yuan has asked the Ministry of Industry to summon craftsmen to make legal tools for measuring acres of land. Local governments are not allowed to use private rulers to measure fields. One is a bow ruler, which is used for short-distance and complex terrain measurements; the other is a rope ruler, which can measure dozens of feet with one pull.
, suitable for long distance measurement.
Nie Bao took the fish scale atlas and asked his subordinates to know the prefectures and counties and measure the private fields. He personally led people to measure the Wangzhuang farmland of Prince De's Mansion. Several million acres were enough for him to measure.
Once the fish scale book does not match the land deed or the yellow book, an investigation will be launched immediately. If the land deed and transfer deed are complete, the official fish scale book will be revised; if the land deed and transfer contract are incomplete, all the land will be confiscated and the fish scale book will be revised to official land.
During this period, even landowners who have completed all the procedures and want to get their land back must conscientiously conduct household registration checks for their entire family to track down the hidden population.
If there is a landowner who cannot obtain a land deed for more than 500 acres of land, the whole family will be exiled to Nanyang or Tianzhu, and the land will be confiscated and turned into official land!
This set of land clearing measures was not only used to deal with King De, but also launched a comprehensive land clearing operation in Jinan Prefecture.
It only took half a month to find out that there was something wrong with King De.
King De was placed under house arrest, the palace officials were investigated, and relevant officials were brought to assist in clearing the land.
Jinan Prefecture was also affected by the Liu Liu and Liu Qi Rebellion. Many people died at that time, and many others were coerced into joining the ranks of bandits. How could it be possible to find land deeds for the land left by these people? Even if land deeds could be found,
It will not be sent to the government for transfer of ownership, because the land purchased by the feudal king himself has to pay taxes!
It must be noted that according to court law, all the land owned by the feudal king is not truly tax-free.
One is Wangzhuang, which is given by the emperor. Although it does not need to pay taxes, it is jointly managed by local officials and officials of the royal palace. If the vassal king is strong, the local officials will get the small head; if the vassal king is weak, the local officials will get the big head, or even only give it to the vassal king.
A little land income.
One is to purchase the land by oneself, and the lord manages it by himself, and must pay taxes according to regulations. But if he doesn’t actually pay, how dare the local officials go to collect taxes?
"You mean, these are all the properties of the Kong family?" Nie Bao asked with a smile.
The palace officials who were brought to assist Qingtian nodded hurriedly and said, "They are all from the Kong family."
Nie Bao was still smiling and ordered his entourage: "Meng Qing will take people to the Licheng County Office to check the relevant tax stamps and make sure to prevent arson. If there is a fire, there is no need to save it, as long as the person is fine. Let the county magistrate announce that if there is a fire dragon
Nowadays, everyone from the county magistrate to the secretary-general and the official are sent to exile in Nanyang!"
When paying taxes in the Ming Dynasty, there were also tax certificates.
One is the official collection voucher, which is kept in the state and county government offices.
One is the tax certificate that people get to prove that they have paid taxes.
King De temporarily transferred the land to the Kong family?
Okay, you can transfer the ownership at will, and I’ll see if you pay taxes!
Nie Bao left a team of people to continue to check the fields; he sent a team of people to check the county government tax receipts; and he led a team to Kong's house to check the tax receipts.
The Kong family admits that the land is their own, so please pay taxes.
If the Kong family does not recognize the land as their own, then the property will be confiscated directly.
As for the Kong family, they also need to be investigated. After the land clearing in Jinan is completed, they will go to Yanzhou to continue clearing the land, and by the way, the Kong family's land in Qufu will also be cleared.
I won't confiscate your land either. As long as your Kong family can produce the land deeds and tax stamps, and pay all the taxes owed in previous years, that will be all.
By the way, King De's legal property, except for the tax-free Yuci Wangzhuang, the rest must be paid with tax payment certificates. If you can't get it, pay the tax honestly to me, and pay it slowly according to the transfer time of the land deed.
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I can’t kill you!
Aren't you a wise king? There is no wise king in the world who evades taxes!