Domineering Daming

Zhu Xu said "um", turned around and left without saying a word.

For such a trivial matter, he only needs one sentence.

As soon as Zhu Xu left, the hidden guards beside him naturally followed, and the box was suddenly quite empty.

Wang Zhou stood up from the ground, turned around slowly, wiped the ashes from his head, and looked at Zhou Zanzhi with no expression on his face.

Zhou Zuozhi was flustered, and his mind was blank for a while.

After offending the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, there is no way out!

The six gods of Zhou's troubles looked at Wang Zhou with a cold face, and suddenly said with a sinister expression: "Wang Zhou, don't forget, you took my money, and if I stab it out, you will be sentenced to death, and the whole family will be exiled to Japan! "

Wang Zhou looked at him, with indifference and sneer in his eyes, and said, "You really think you can control me? If you're smart, you'd rot everything about me in your stomach and bring it into the coffin, otherwise I'd be Let your few outer rooms and children wait for you one step ahead of you."

Zhou Zhezhi's eyes were wide open, his chest heaved violently in anger, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! I was blind before and underestimated you! But do you think the emperor really appreciates you? You are just a temporary tool for him It’s just a knife, it’s useless, you will die more miserable than me!”

Wang Zhou said lightly: "I know, so I will show my value to the emperor in the future. The greater my value, the longer I will live. When the day comes, I will be able to choose how to die."

Zhou Zhezhi stared at Wang Zhou with bloodshot eyes, with a ferocious expression, and said: "I really underestimated you before, tell me, what do you want to let me go, I will never come back in this life, disappear from the world, will not If you have any more news from me, you can rest assured!"

Wang Zhou looked at him, sneered, and said, "I thought you were a smart person before, but now it seems that you are nothing more than that! You are my certificate of honor for the emperor. Tell me, may I let you go?"

Zhou Zhezhi hated him deeply, why did he buy such a deep-minded, vicious thing like a scorpion when he was blind at the beginning!

"Do you really want to die?" Zhou Zhezhi said word by word.

Wang Zhou didn't look at him, but his eyes fell on the pale and terrified young servant beside him, and he said indifferently: "There should be quite a few people like you here, I can find out everything about you, I It can also plug my loopholes. You may not have seen the dark prison of the patrol camp. I can be sure that you will not be able to bear the severe torture inside. There will be no word against me in the evidence, and you cannot Live to see who you want to see. If you want to have a good time, do as I say."

Before Zhou Zuozhi could speak, the young man next to him knelt down with a plop, climbed up to Wang Zhou's side, and said anxiously, "Master Wang, I will listen to you, and I will listen to you. I know many things about Zhou Zuozhi. I also know who knows everything, I can tell you everything, please spare my life, spare my life..."

Those few people who were either rich or noble seemed to wake up suddenly, knelt down one after another, climbed to Wang Zhou's feet, and said anxiously: "Master Wang, spare your life, we have nothing to do with Zhou Zongzhi, at most we have some business Contact, we are willing to explain everything, we are willing to pay money, please let us go, let us go..."

Wang Zhou's expression seemed to be so indifferent all the time. Looking at the behavior of these people, he turned to Zhou Zangzhi and said, "Think it over clearly. Should I do it, or will you follow me obediently?"

How could Zhou Zuozhi give up so easily? He thought he was smart. Even in this situation, he thought he had the means to escape.

As long as he goes out to sea, the sea is wide enough to leap from a fish, and no one can do anything to him!Although he lost Daming's wealth, he still has a fortune in the Wa country, which is enough for him to make a comeback, change his name and surname, and continue to enjoy the glory!

Zhou Zhezhi's face was gloomy, and his eyes flickered endlessly.I knew that I had to leave today, but the key was to contact some people and find a way to rescue him at certain special moments.

Fortunately, from Zhu Xu's words just now, it seems that he will deliberately hide it for a while, and this time is just for him to plan!

Zhou Zhezhi forced him to calm down, stepped forward, and snorted coldly full of resentment: "You can't lock me up, wait for me to come out!"

Wang Zhou glanced at him and didn't care at all.

He now has the emperor as his backer, who can touch him?Suffering this week seems smart, but in fact is the most stupid.With so many ups and downs, do you really think the court is blind, really think that the emperor who has not made much movement in the past few years is sleeping in the palace?

After being enthroned for so many years now, of those who jumped out, how many of them fell to pieces and died without a place to bury them!

Wang Zhou escorted Zhou Zhezhi and others into the secret prison of the patrol camp. Zhou Yingqiu had already received a letter from Zhu Xu before that, ordering his aide Chu Yun to go out for a walk, and he met a few more people. It was controlled silently.

Zhou Zhezhi and others are representatives in the matter of pulling the wool of the imperial court, and they are the most prominent people.

As soon as he disappeared suddenly, there was no problem for a short time, but after a long time, all kinds of panic gradually spread, and then a panic atmosphere formed in the entire huge team of "sweeping wool".

I don't know how many pairs of eyes Daming has staring at the imperial court, wanting to know when the imperial court will start the acquisition, more and more goods are in custody in their hands, and the cost is increasing day by day, they are flustered, and some can't bear it.

In mid-April, Fu Changzong had already arrived in Suzhou Mansion and met with a group of officials big and small.

On this day, he and Qin Zhengyi were walking in a field outside Suzhou Mansion.

Qin Zhengyi is the Right Counselor of Nanzhili. He was the prefect of Hangzhou before. He was the first official from the political academy to enter the provincial sequence.

Because of his prominence, the entire political academy department has been in the limelight. More than a dozen people have already broken through the invisible barrier and entered a government office, and countless officials from the political academy department have become county magistrates. This is especially common in the north.

Qin Zhengyi did not increase his position this time, but took the title of deputy team leader of the "Suyanghang Agricultural Reform Demonstration Zone". The prefect of the three prefectures of Yanghang and Hangzhou.

As the team leader, Fu Changzong said as he walked: "The annexation of Suzhou Prefecture's land is fierce, concentrated, and large-scale, all of which are the most in my Ming Dynasty, and need to be corrected seriously."

Qin Zhengyi was the magistrate of Hangzhou before, and now that he is appointed as the deputy team leader, he naturally did his homework beforehand and said, "Yes, the tax and food of Suzhou Prefecture account for more than one-third of that of Southern Zhili. Since Wanli ten years later, the tax Grain loss is getting worse, and the current amount of tax and grain is less than [-]% of what it was in the Wanli period. Although it is related to natural disasters, among them, the merger of gentry and evasion of taxes is the most important factor.”

Wanli ten years, that is, the year Zhang Juzheng died.

Fu Changzong did not comment on the history after Zhang Juzheng's death, and said after consideration: "Suzhou is the richest place in my Ming Dynasty, and it is also the place with the biggest problems. We must be prepared. I have been authorized by the cabinet, and the management rights of the three prefectures are temporary. Hand it over to our team, including the two bureaus of commerce and taxation, the Governor's Council, Dali Temple, the Law Enforcement Bureau, the Price Bureau, as well as the liaison with other agencies, the five ministries, the cabinet, and the relationship with all levels of yamen and teams. Self-control, not subject to local control..."

To put it simply, the three prefectures of Su, Yang, and Hangzhou were temporarily placed under the direct control of the cabinet, and the cabinet authorized Fu Changzong's team to manage them.

Qin Zhengyi understood the importance of it, and followed Fu Changzong, saying: "Yes, the officials have already made some plans. The first step is to prohibit all land leases, transfers, transactions, clear all the land in the three prefectures of Zhangzhang, and clarify the land ownership. , and register all households in parallel. At the same time, before the arrival of summer, agricultural canals, etc. will be repaired and planned. The second step is to repurchase the land forcibly and divide the land reasonably to ensure that the acres are fully utilized. It is also possible to accept Part of the disaster victims will enrich the population of the three prefectures. The third step is to conduct a comprehensive rectification of government officials and businesses, and strive to initially complete the requirements of the "New Deal" within three years, and complete and consolidate the "New Deal" within five years to ensure that there will be no rebound... ..."

These are just oral reports, and the specific plan is naturally more complicated than this, and it will be as thick as a big book.

Looking at the lush fields and breathing the fresh air, Fu Changzong felt relieved, and said: "The cabinet will issue a decree in three days to prohibit some land transactions. In addition, the Price Bureau and the Law Enforcement Bureau are already making preparations. There will be some action, we have to prepare in advance, the three mansions of Suyanghang and Hangzhou are the key points, we can't be caught by others, and we will fall to the ground before we start..."

Qin Zhengyi hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I have summoned the prefects of the three prefectures, and put hundreds of people from the government council and other institutions, the government and the opposition, on the consultation list. We must sort out a complete and efficient consultation list." reform plan..."

Fu Changzong raised his eyes and saw endless fields, criss-crossing and stretching to the horizon.

Chapter 1508 Strong push

Fu Changzong was preparing to build the "Suyanghang Agricultural Reform Demonstration Zone" in the south of the Yangtze River. He met people one after another, held meetings, implemented powers and responsibilities, supervised the use of money and grain, and other aspects. Most importantly, they were preparing to draw up a detailed reform plan, which they had to report. Cabinet and Qing Palace.

This is an ambitious and huge plan, involving many things and huge investment. One can imagine the shock it caused in the south of the Yangtze River.

The three northern provinces, Beizhili, Shandong, and Shanxi have 76 Xinzhi counties in place. Most of them are from the political academy. They are disciples of the emperor and staunch supporters of the "New Deal".

The impact on the three northern provinces was like an earthquake. I don't know how many people were panicked and couldn't sleep day and night.

For the Department of Political Science, it is naturally rejoicing, which indicates that they will enter the formal officialdom on a large scale and break through the obstacles.

At the end of April, the cabinet issued a decree prohibiting all land transactions. Transactions prior to the decree must be reviewed at the government level and filed with the general clearing team. It also requires re-registration of all land owners in Daming, specifying the owner, location, and quantity , Those who refuse to register will be returned to the imperial court because they have no owner to confirm.

The purpose of this decree is to find out the land situation and provide support for land measurement.

This decree is different from household registration. Households can hide, but land cannot be hidden.

Especially in the three northern provinces, the impact was so severe that it was like a thunderstorm.

Most of the current land transactions are "private", and the government's filing is also dispensable. With the gradual regulation of various reforms by the imperial court, those things that were taken for granted have gradually become "illegal".

It is about land, as high as more than [-]%, all of which are "illegal". Coupled with the increasingly tough land acquisition by the imperial court, the three provinces are almost boiling.

The reform of Daming is entering a substantive stage, and every move has a major impact on the local area and causes a series of shocks.

For a series of decrees issued by the cabinet, opponents gave speeches in major academies, strongly opposed the "New Deal", and even tried to start another debate in the newspaper.

The reformers were relatively calm, and kept writing letters, calling on the court to control it, not to make a one-size-fits-all approach, and to take it easy.