Chapter 164: Determining the Wedding Date
“Divide the land into three or five grades according to the degree of fertility, set rents according to different grades, and inform the people. In this way, officials can be prevented from pursuing their own interests. Increase the rent. At the same time, it can also ensure that the land will not be annexed." Zhao Xing expressed his thoughts.
It is unrealistic to nationalize all the land in the world. Let alone the landlords and gentry, even the ordinary people who own the land will not agree.
In your absence, Wang Mang wanted to nationalize the land and implement the well-field system. As a result, he perished not long after.
The defeat of Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty to Zhu Di was also due to his restoration of the well-field system.
The core of the well-field system is that the land is owned by the court, and the people only have the right to cultivate it and not have the right to buy or sell it.
The common people will not understand the profound meaning of the court. Those who do not have land are fine, but the people who have land have no choice but to fight hard when they hear that the court wants to take back their fields.
The official family was thinking about the feasibility of the method mentioned by Zhao Xing, and a chamberlain came in to inform Mr. Han that they had arrived.
"Let them come in!" the official said.
The chamberlain withdrew, and after a while, Han Zhang and others walked in.
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty!" Several people saluted.
"No gifts!" The official waved his hand, gave several people seats, and then asked Eunuch Liu to take the zhaozi brought by Zhao Xing and circulate it to several people.
As the Grand Prime Minister, Han Zhang was the first to take the lead.
After reading it, his expression did not change at all, and he handed the zhazi to Xianggong Yu.
After reading Zha Zi in turn, several husbands looked thoughtful, guessing the official’s intentions.
"Yangwu County alone has hidden more than 200,000 acres of farmland. I don't dare to think about how much has been hidden in the whole world. You are all the ministers of the court and my humerus ministers. Don't you even notice it?" The official said coldly. vocal channel.
"I am terrified!" Han Zhang and others stood up and bowed before you.
"I asked you to come here not to listen to what you are saying. I want to count the acres of land in the world, and you should come up with a charter." The official said.
"Your Majesty!" Han Zhang said: "This matter is of great importance, you need to think twice..."
"Does the Grand Prime Minister mean that he does not agree with the inventory of the world's fields?" The official interrupted directly. He heard what Han Zhang said.
"Your Majesty has misunderstood. I have no intention of objecting. I just feel that the inventory of the world's fields is too involved and I need to think twice before proceeding. Moreover, Yangwu County alone is not very convincing. His Royal Highness is currently inventorying the Kaifeng Mansion. Once all the acres of land in Kaifeng Prefecture are cleared, the resistance will be much smaller," Han Zhang said.
"I second the proposal!"
Shen Xianggong said: "I think it is of certain reference significance for Kaifeng Prefecture to measure the acres of land."
Yu Xianggong did not speak; He will retire in a few months, and what Han Zhang and the others said was pretty much what he thought.
The official was silent for a while, looked at Xianggong Yu, and said, "I intend to let Yu Aiqing preside over this matter."
"Your Majesty, it will take a long time to measure the land in the world, and I will retire in a few months. Your Majesty still..."
"Yu Aiqing looks much tougher than me, and she is not in a hurry to retire. Wait for this matter. Once you're done, let's go back to our hometown to be recuperated." The official waved his hand.
"This..." Mr. Yu hesitated for a moment and could only respond: "I obey the order!"
"Fu'er..."
The official family took Zhao Xing I told several people about the idea of taking the cleared acres of land into state-owned property and leasing them to the people from the government.
"What do you think?"
Han Zhang pondered for a while and said: "Your Highness's move is very wonderful. If the found acres of land are distributed to the people who have no land, the people who have land will definitely feel resentful. Return to the imperial court Therefore, leasing it to landless people by the government is the most appropriate method. "
"Not only that, but this can also inhibit land annexation, and the rent set by the court is lower, and those who are landlords and gentry can be tenants. The common people are also willing to rent government land. As a result, the landlords and gentry have no choice but to lower the rent in order to retain the tenants." Xianggong Shen said.
“The Prime Minister and Prime Minister Shen are right, but I believe that a strict and detailed system needs to be formulated to ensure that these lands can be rented to the people, and to prevent local officials from raising the rent privately.” Mr. Yu said.
Everyone talked about the advantages and disadvantages. Zhao Xing stood aside and listened quietly without interrupting.
He does not feel that he is smarter than the ancients because of his knowledge that is thousands of years ahead.
Which one can become a husband is simple? What Zhao Xing needs to do is to use his identity to open an opening.
With Han Zhang's talents, don't they know the situation of hiding the fields?
Maybe they don’t know the details, but they definitely know something roughly.
However, they made no mention of counting the acres.
Because this matter involves too much, and before there is a good solution, raising it will not only fail to solve the problem, but will also cause trouble.
If Zhao Xing had not been the prince and someone else had ordered a thorough investigation of the fields within his jurisdiction, he would have been impeached and dismissed from office long ago.
What Zhao Xing has to do is to prove that Hidden's situation not only exists, but is also very serious.
This way, when my father orders a thorough investigation of the fields, there will be less resistance.
Zhao Xing never thought that he could find out all the hidden fields in the world. This was not realistic.
But there is the example of Kaifeng Prefecture. Officials from various places have to find out some hidden fields no matter what, so that they can communicate easily.
Even if only a part of it can be found in the end, it will be a good thing for the court.
Now that the goal has been achieved, the next thing can be left to the court ministers to worry about.
After deliberation for a long time, the officials asked Han Zhang and the others to go back and draw up a charter. After the Kaifeng Mansion's land inventory was completed, they would announce an inventory of the entire world's land.
After Han Zhang and others left, the official looked at Zhao Xing and said, "Fu'er, the fields in Kaifeng Mansion have been cleared."
After saying that, the official added with some worry: "But You only need to control the overall situation and leave the specific matters to the people below. Si Tianjian has already chosen the wedding date for you. I will order the etiquette department to prepare the wedding arrangements for you soon, although you are not needed. Why worry, but you still need to worry about some things."
"Father, when is the date set?" Zhao Xing asked.
Having been married for two lifetimes, Zhao Xing felt a little dizzy after hearing the news.
"March 25 next year." The official said.
"Father, my son and I have to manage the affairs of the Kaifeng Mansion, and we also have to approve the son. Now we have to be busy with getting married. There are too many things to do. Why don't we, my father, spare our son and come to attend the morning court?" Zhao said. Xing said.
"When will you change your lazy temper?" the official said with a glare.
Having said that, the officials agreed after thinking about it.
Even after Zhao Xing got married, he did not plan to let Zhao Xing go to court in a short time.
After Zhao Xing gets married, the previously selected concubines can also be included in the palace.
With that time, maybe I can give him another grandchild.
Zhao Xing did not know what his father was thinking, and was very happy to see his father agree.
Finally there is no need to bother people so much.
After chatting with his father for a while, he said goodbye and left.
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The next morning at the court meeting, Zhao Xing did not attend. The officials announced at the meeting that the Ministry of Rites and the Zongren Mansion would be responsible for organizing the day when the prince married his wife.
After the morning court ended and the officials left, all civil and military officials expressed their gratitude to the British.
The British father had to deal with it for a long time before he was freed.
I returned home and told my wife the news.
“My daughter is going to get married so soon?” The British princess was a little reluctant to hear the news.
"After the Chinese New Year, my daughter is seventeen years old. How can it be faster? In an ordinary family, she would have been married a long time ago. Remember to tell your daughter that from today until the wedding, she will not be able to see His Highness." warned.
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