Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

Just like the last thunderstorm meeting, all the powerful landlords in the Fourteenth Prefecture of South Zhili gathered together again.

But this time it's not a hidden place.

But in Yingtianfu Palace.

The palace inside the palace is magnificent and full of atmosphere.

The stone pillars of the heavy gate are carved with dragons and phoenixes, which are majestic.

The pavilions and pavilions are endless, tall and majestic, majestic and majestic, showing solemnity and magnificence.

There were soldiers wearing silver armor all around. The sun fell and reflected the dazzling light, which made people feel timid in their hearts.

This should be the first and last time for these powerful landowners to enter the palace. After this, they should never have any chance to enter here again.

The powerful landlords sat down one after another. There were many familiar faces here, such as the landlords and family heads whom Li Xiao met when he personally led troops to demolish the buildings.

In their territory, they could still say a few words to Li Xiao, exchange a few pleasantries, and even say a few arrogant words.

But when they arrived at the palace, they realized how ignorant they were before.

The palace, the center of power in the world, they may only be able to see this once in their lives.

The young man in front of him, Li Xiao, was wearing a black imperial uniform with a solemn expression. He stood at the top of the steps, high above the ground, and his energy was as strong as the abyss or the sea.

As for those high officials, ministers, and assistant ministers who were not even seen above them on weekdays, they could only bend down and stand on the left and right sides, standing with their hands down, motionless.

As for the censors, prefects and the like, officials who were already big in their eyes were not even qualified to stand there. Instead, they stood far away among the crowd, like dust, not daring to raise their heads to look up at the imperial preceptor.

Below one person, above tens of thousands! !

Daunting!
Some of them have begun to regret that they entered here, like fish on a sticky board, and were slaughtered by others. They were really obsessed before and came here for the ownership of the fields.

Now, if the Imperial Master is really willing, there will be a bloodbath on the spot. How can these people have any fate? No matter what family, big family, or tycoon, they are all ants. The Imperial Master can crush them to death at will. The accumulation of several generations, this young man in front of him In front of me, it’s not worth mentioning.

"Today is not a good day. Have we fallen into a trap? I think the palace doors are closed. Could this be the Hongmen Banquet?"

"Even if it's a trap, it's the Hongmen Banquet, do you dare not to come? Those relatives of the emperor, even those dignitaries, the Dukes and Marquises who have land in Nanjing, they all had to come after the Imperial Master gave the order."

"Yes, even if it is the Hongmen Banquet, we will come. Previously, those magistrates pretended to be sick and ignored the imperial edict, and killed three people on the spot."

"But it shouldn't be that bad. After the princes and marquis handed over the land, I heard that the prince gave them some shares to make up for it. Do you think we can get those shares?"

"Don't even think about it. Those powerful people can get shares. Let's not even think about it. Alas, now, we can only take one step at a time."

"It seems that no matter what happens today, our land will be vomited out. I just hope that the national master can give us some compensation. If it is really taken away by force, we people are not vegetarians. At worst, we will fight."

"What are you fighting for? The Imperial Master has not reached this level before, and no one dares to fight. Did your family fight, did his family fight? Now you have become meat on the felt board, and you have become more stubborn."

"Okay, okay, Zhang family, don't take fifty steps to laugh at a hundred steps. It seems that you were the quickest to be timid back then. You still have the nerve to say it?"

"It's not even your Li family. I've heard that you secretly gave gifts to the Imperial Master. Don't think that I don't know anything."

"You are simply slanderous and slanderous."

The heads of families from all over the place were talking quietly, and the conflicts gradually escalated, and they started to quarrel quietly.

Obviously, our alliance was just a plastic one before. Everyone had their own evil intentions and couldn't stay together at all.

If we can really unite to fight together, maybe we can negotiate terms with the Imperial Master now, but now it's better, the only one who can negotiate terms with us is us.

Li Xiao coughed slightly on the steps.

Qinglong, the commander of the Jin Yiwei on the side, immediately shouted with a solemn expression: "Quiet! How unbecoming is it to make such noise! ​​I asked you to come here for a meeting, not for tea!"

The voice fell,

The owners of the entire square immediately stopped talking and became quiet.

Don't look at these people in their own territory, just like the Tu Emperor, everyone will look at their faces, but when they came to the palace, they immediately reversed the situation and turned into grandsons.

At this time, Li Xiao waved his hand lightly: "Okay, since everyone is here, the meeting will begin. As for those who are late, there is no need to wait. My national teacher has said it, and the consequences will be at your own risk."

When the voice came out, all the family heads were startled, and they were all glad that they had come, otherwise they would not know what would have happened.

At your own risk
Looking at these words, it's obvious that the end is not good.
At this time, Yu Shi, the Minister of Household Affairs, came out and said loudly: "Everyone, today's field harvest meeting has officially begun. I believe that everyone who came today should know what they are going to do. Yes, the main purpose of today is to let you The head of the family implemented national policy and handed over all the cultivated land under his command to the court.

Nowadays, [-]% of all the land in Nanzhili, whether it is the emperor's relatives, nobles or common people, has belonged to the imperial court. This is the general trend and the most important part of the national division's reform. It is absolutely unshakable! "

The voice fell.

The purpose of this meeting was clearly stated.

That is to ask for all the arable land in their hands.

But what Yu Shi said just now, both inside and outside the words, did not mention money.

This made the family owners very anxious.

"Master of the State, we are taking back the land. We must pay for the people's land and our land."

"Yes, I heard that your Imperial Master is called Li Qingtian by the people in Peiping. He pays great attention to the word 'fairness' in everything he does. You must have a bowl of water to keep it even."

"We don't ask for anything now. You can just compensate according to the price. Besides, our big family can't just sit back and have nothing. You have to arrange business for us. My family has more than 100 people to support."

"National Master, my family's fields are carefully maintained, and the land is spread out. We also spent our own money to build canals. Those canals cost a lot, and they have to be higher than the market price."

All of a sudden, the whole square became bustling with anxiety, wanting to say anything.

Some demanded that the land be compensated according to the price of the land.

Some even demanded that they be given business after losing money.

Some even said that the price should be higher than the market price, because their farmland has indeed been taken care of, the harvested land is all together, and waterways have been built to facilitate irrigation.

This kind of land is far from comparable to the scattered land of the common people.

They looked at Li Xiao who was on the steps, seemed motionless?
Imperial Master, indifferent?
This made everyone even more anxious. Could it really be the Hongmen Banquet? ? ?

Previously, Li Xiao deliberately revealed that all farmland would be compensated at the same price as the common people, and various business compensation had not yet been arranged.

But the rumors were just rumors after all, and it was Li Xiao who deceived them. Otherwise, how could he have called all these people together today and caught them all in one go?

Finally, Li Xiao spoke.

Everyone became nervous, with their hearts in their throats.

They were very worried that as soon as Li Xiao opened his mouth, he would directly veto them and not pay any compensation.

As expected, the Imperial Master seemed to have a bad look on him as well.

Li Xiao smiled, looked at the people below, and said sternly: "Fairness, what a joke, what qualifications do you have to talk about fairness with our own masters?

You people hold a lot of land in your hands, sit back and wait for work, and you can enjoy the fruits without cultivating it.

Once there are locust plagues, floods, etc., you can use the food in your hands to exchange for more land, causing more people to lose their cultivated land, and more people to become your long-term workers and tenants.

The rich get richer and the poor stay poor!
In order not to pay taxes, they also distributed land to people with meritorious status to evade the court's taxes.

If you want people not to know, unless you do it yourself.

Don't think that our national division doesn't know, the situation of your land has been found out one by one.

Of the 8000 million acres of land, only 1000 million acres are taxed!
What about the rest?

Those taxes have fed you bunch of moths and gone into your pockets.

What's the point?The imperial court used taxes from ordinary people to run the country and defend itself against foreign enemies.

And you own the most land, but you evade taxes and only think about your own interests and satisfy your selfish desires, as if the world has nothing to do with you. No matter whether the dynasty rises or falls, you just need to ensure that you live a good life.

This kind of behavior is simply selfish! !
If our master is fair to you, it is unfair to those people! ! "

Some words fell.

The whole square fell silent, so eerily quiet that you could hear a pin drop!

Everyone took a deep breath!
It’s really a Hongmen Banquet!

Li Xiao just kept silent.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he labeled them as unkind and selfish, and labeled them as worms in the country.

Moreover, they cannot refute it.

In fact, they themselves don't know whether such behavior is right or not. It's just that if others do it, they do it too. Anyway, it doesn't violate the Ming Law.

To put it bluntly, it is taking advantage of a loophole in the law.

But today, Li Xiao completely spread the word, peeling off this fig leaf and labeling them as unkind and unjust.

This is Li Xiao's purpose.

Give them the big stick first to make them panic.

Then give a little more benefit, and the land can be collected.

Otherwise, how much would it cost the court to pay compensation according to the price?
Compensation will be based on the price and business will be done for them.

Doesn't that mean all the benefits have been taken up by these people?
Of course, this is a different perspective and a different way of looking at the problem.

From their perspective, this approach is fair.

Because their land was not accumulated by one generation, but was acquired by their ancestors through hard work, careful management, and blood and tears.

This laid the foundation.

They have today's enjoyment, shouldn't they?
If you work hard, you will be rewarded. Isn’t this a natural principle?
Why should studying hard in a cold window be worth the efforts of three generations?

But from the perspective of the common people, it's different.

In this class-solidified environment, it is almost impossible for ordinary people to stand up.

When they were born, their families only had so much land.

It would be fine if the weather was good every year, and I could live with peace of mind.

Be diligent, frugal, and slowly accumulate, and maybe you will be able to turn around.

But in fact, God is moody.

There is a drought year, a flood year, another drought and a flood year.

A little natural or man-made disaster can tear a small family into pieces.

In lean years, land could only be sold to landlords, and after selling, they became tenants.

In times of great famine, they may even change their sons to eat.

As for those landowners, they own a large amount of land. In good harvest years, the harvest in one year is enough to last for decades. In famine and disaster years, it is a good time for them to harvest the land.

Why?

Why is it that when people are born, they have no worries about food and clothing, and they can just sit back and enjoy the fruits of their lives without having to farm, and become richer and richer?
Even if everyone is similar, they are born at the top and will never be able to match them in their lifetime.

Is this fair?

This is not fair!

From whose point of view does Li Xiao look?

Of course I don’t look at the problem from the perspective of those landowners.

The world is composed of common people.

Without thousands of people, this dynasty would be like water without roots or a tree without soil.

What Li Xiao did can be summed up in a thousand words, that is:

Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people,
Inherit the unique knowledge for the past saints, and bring peace to all generations!

The scene was still silent.

No one dared to be the first to refute Li Xiao's words.

Everyone was silent.

They became more and more worried. Could it be that Li Xiao was really going to kill their way of survival?
Is the inheritance of our ancestors really going to be destroyed in one fell swoop?
"but!!"

At this time, Li Xiao changed the topic.

All eyes lit up.

Li Xiao's expression softened a little, and he smiled and said: "But my master is not an unreasonable person. Although you have many immoral behaviors, at least what you did did not violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty. And I, Li Xiao, Xiao pays attention to fairness when doing things, but this fairness is not what you say is fair, but is measured according to the standards of the national master. If you have any opinions, you can put them forward!"

The stick-and-carrot strategy is very effective no matter what era, when and where.

Landowners from all over the world have lowered their expectations a lot after this round of suppression.

If Li Xiao had proposed the compensation standard in the first place, they would have bargained.

However, Li Xiao showed an attitude from the beginning that he would not lose money but only take the land. But now he has softened his attitude. How could they dare to bargain?
In fact, how could these family heads not see this strategy?

But the right to speak is now in the hands of the national master, what can they do?
Seeing that no one was talking around him, the head of the Tang family gathered up his courage and said, "Dear Master, what do you think of the compensation method for the land?"

The head of the Tang family dared to speak because Yu Qian had a connection with his son. No matter what today, he wanted to set an example and gain the most benefits.

Li Xiao smiled and said: "This is a good question. Let me talk about the first standard first. The first one is to compensate five taels of silver for every mu of land. However, you can get some business, and these businesses are good. It’s business, if you miss it, you won’t have a foothold in the future.”

After the words fell, the landlords in the square were in an uproar.

Five taels of silver is like sending a beggar away.

How is this different from a gun?
However, they did not dare to say anything. There were solemn soldiers and guards beside them. Now that they had entered the den of thieves, they had no right to speak. Their lives were in the hands of others, so what qualifications did they have to bargain?
At this time, the head of the Tang family asked: "What about the second method of compensation?"

"Good question." Li Xiao said with a smile: "The second method is to pay ten taels of silver per mu of land and get out of here. In addition, my master also opened the sky to speak out and remind everyone that there is no third method today. choose"

Unspoken.

If you don't choose, you won't be able to leave the palace.

This time, the square became even more silent.

Everyone is still thinking, what kind of medicine is this national master selling in the gourd?

At this time, before the head of the Tang family could say anything, the head of the Zhao family, the father of the Minister of War, had already stood up: "My Zhao family chooses the first option! I will hand over the land first!"

The head of the Tang family saw that he was being overtaken by someone, so he gritted his teeth and shouted, "I, the Tang family, choose the first option, and I will give in too!"

As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar.

This.
What exactly is going on? (End of chapter)