The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 126: The Martial Arts Department of a Country Within a Country

Seeing that no foolish relatives rebelled, Zhu Houzhao temporarily withdrew his attention from them.

Next, as long as they all arrive in Beijing, we can start reforming the royal family.

On the second day of July, Zhu Houzhao's attention shifted to the gains from Jin.

After a month of investigation, all the gains from Jin were finally taken into account.

A total of 11,357,682 taels of silver were seized from corrupt officials.

Two million one hundred thousand acres of farmland.

The houses and properties are worth about eight million taels.

From the princes, 12,893,516 taels of silver were obtained.

There are 3.2 million acres of farmland.

The houses and properties are worth about 13 million taels.

A total of 115,749,168 taels of silver were obtained from martial arts forces, bandits, landlords, merchants, gentry, etc.

There are 16.68 million acres of farmland.

The houses and properties are worth about 700 million taels of silver.

When Zhu Houzhao saw the overall statistical results, he was happy at first, but then he frowned and looked very unhappy.

Soon, the cabinet, six ministries and others he summoned all arrived.

Zhu Houzhao showed them the statistics.

Everyone who saw it changed their expression.

Too much!
So much so that even these bigwigs in the imperial court felt terrified.

And from this statistic, they can all see the huge problem.

When their eyes met, they all fell silent, not even daring to congratulate the court for becoming truly wealthy.

Everyone lowered their eyes and dared not say anything more.

At this moment, this wealth that was enough to make all the countries in the world salivate was, in their eyes, a hot potato.

They didn't say anything. Zhu Houzhao looked at them and spoke.

His voice was somewhat depressed, “It’s just a few hundred thousand people, but they occupy so much wealth.

How did the people of Jin survive?

How do all the people of the Ming Dynasty, and most of my children, survive?"

Liu Jian lowered his head one by one, unable to speak.

“The court has become rich, but I don’t feel happy at all.

What about you guys?" Zhu Houzhao looked at the people below and asked seriously.

"We are guilty." Liu Jian and others all knelt down.

"What's the point of me asking you to apologize?" Zhu Houzhao raised his voice and raised his eyebrows. "What I want is to solve the problem. Stand up and tell me what the problem is now."

Everyone stood up and was silent for a few breaths. Under everyone's gaze, Liu Jian had to speak first and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, let's not talk about other issues for now. Now that Jin has accumulated more than a hundred years, I'm afraid that the court has obtained nearly half of it this time.

This wealth must not be transported all back to the capital, otherwise the development of Jin will be in big trouble."

Zhu Houzhao's expression eased a little, and he said, "The fields and properties are all in Jin.

In terms of business, two assistant ministers of the Ministry of Commerce went to Jin more than a month ago to take charge of the overall situation and ensure that the business would not come to a standstill and affect the people.

I left them 20 million taels of silver for their operation.

Other aspects..."

He paused and continued, "After the reorganization of the army, the military pay will be increased, and I will leave a batch of silver in Jin as military pay.

I will also order compensation for the innocent people who were harmed in this operation."

Liu Jian nodded and said thoughtfully: "In this case, plus the salaries of officials, there should be more than 40 million taels of silver in Jin, which is enough."

“Your Majesty, the land of Jin is now a blank slate. We must have a group of capable officials to lead the development of Jin.

There are still many systems that may need to be re-established.

Especially with so much land, it will affect tens of millions of people.

How to rent land to the people for farming? How to collect rent? How to collect taxes?

And so on are all problems." Li Dongyang said.

The thing that has the greatest impact on the people is undoubtedly the land.

These more than 22 million acres of farmland are the biggest factor determining whether the people of Jin can live in peace and stability.

"No one needs to worry about these lands, they are all my imperial estates.

I will rent the land to all the people for cultivation and collect one-tenth of the grain produced as rent.

These people don’t have to pay other taxes either.” Zhu Houzhao said without question.

Everyone looked helpless, wanting to say something but unable to.

Such a huge amount of tax revenue is gone.

But the problem is that these fields were confiscated, and they have no confidence to say anything.

"However, I will pay taxes to the court, 5% of the grain produced." Zhu Houzhao added.

Everyone's expression changed again, with a hint of disbelief and fear in their eyes.

Your Majesty's land is also subject to tax, which is unprecedented in history.

Then whose land is exempt from tax?

As they thought deeply about it, they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Taxation on land and business is the most untouchable taboo in the Ming Dynasty.

Because this concerns the two greatest interests.

But His Majesty seems to be about to touch it.

The only thing that made them feel fortunate was that His Majesty had no intention of continuing to talk about this point.

"Your Majesty, I think it's time to survey the land in Jin, but for now we can only stop at Jin." Xie Qian spoke with a firm tone, still getting to the point.

Everyone was shocked, but after thinking about it, it was nothing now.

Jin is already in such a state, so what can we do by measuring the land? As long as we stop at Jin, it will be fine. We cannot further provoke the various forces in the martial arts world.

Another point is that according to the records of the Ming Dynasty court, there are only more than 30 million acres of land in Jin today.

The land confiscated this time was about 22 million acres.

Nearly 20 million acres of this are not on record.

The problem here is so big that they simply cannot ignore it.

If they hadn't mentioned it, His Majesty would probably have suspected them.

"It is to survey the land in Jin." Zhu Houzhao nodded, and then he said seriously: "There are some things I understand, and we can't be impatient.

Therefore, I will stop in Jin.

But from now on, Jin will be a country within the Ming Dynasty.

I want to test all good policies in Jin.

Do you understand? "

Liu Jian and others frowned.

I naturally understood what Your Majesty meant.

This is to carry out a thorough reform in Jin as an experiment.

What made them happy was that they stopped in Jin.

Anyway, Jin is already in this state, so further reforms will not cause any serious problems.

It is a good thing that Your Majesty knows that you cannot be too hasty and must take things step by step.

What makes them heavy is that if the reforms in Jin are very effective, His Majesty will probably implement them throughout the Ming Dynasty.

By then, the consequences will be unimaginable.

But they also understand that they can't stop it and can only persuade.

"Your Majesty, what kind of policies will be implemented?" Liu Jian asked.

"Of course it is a policy that benefits the country and the people." Zhu Houzhao said without hesitation.

Liu Jian and others remained silent.

“By the way, most of the officials going to Jin will be newly-qualified Jinshi.

They are new officials and have not yet been corrupt. I believe they can do better. "Zhu Houzhao said firmly.

No one objected.

Although the newly-qualified Jinshi lack experience, they are facing a blank slate in Jin. After observing the government for several months and with the guidance of experienced officials, they should not have any major problems.

"Also, announce to the world that there will be another imperial examination at the end of February next year, focusing mainly on current affairs," Zhu Houzhao added.

"Your Majesty, is this a little too fast?" asked the Minister of Rites Zhang Sheng.

"No, I'm worried that I can't keep up with the speed of the factory guards in catching corrupt officials." Zhu Houzhao said indifferently.

Everyone's heart skipped a beat, and they suddenly realized that the factory guards had gained a huge amount this time.

With so much silver as a foundation, the development of the factory guards will be unprecedentedly fast.

“Okay, fill in the gaps in Jin’s officials as soon as possible.

The left and right governors of Jin must be the best, so please step down." Zhu Houzhao said solemnly.

"Yes, we will take our leave." The ministers withdrew one by one with heavy hearts.

There are so many important things that make them feel tired and under tremendous pressure.

In the Qianqing Palace, all the ministers left, and Zhu Houzhao's orders were passed down to Jin.

In the middle of Jin Dynasty.

After receiving Zhu Houzhao's order, Zhu Ye met with someone.

"Brother Prince, thank you for your help this time." Zhu Ye said solemnly.

The man opposite him was dressed in purple. Although he was middle-aged, he was still elegant, natural and natural, and had the bearing of a noble.

"You're too polite, brother. I've been living a carefree life for so many years. It's my duty to contribute to the Ming Dynasty." The purple-clothed figure said solemnly.

“Okay, the Martial Arts Department is highly expected by His Majesty. It is currently only established in Jin and supervises all the martial arts forces in Jin.

What I can support you with is handing over all the influence of the Qinglong Society in Jin to you." Zhu Ye said seriously.

"Well, don't worry, brother." The purple-clothed figure nodded, looking solemn.

July 5th.

The news was spread by the Embroidered Uniform Guard that the imperial court established the Martial Arts Department in Jin.

From now on, all martial arts forces in Jin must register with the Martial Arts Bureau, including the number of people in the force and individual realms, and nothing must be concealed.

These include escort agencies and martial arts families.

One month later, all martial arts forces that are not registered with the Martial Arts Bureau will be eliminated.

The one who presides over the Martial Arts Department is the renowned Marquis of Purple Robe.

At this time, Marquis Ziyi was already the chief of the Shanxi branch of the Martial Arts Department and a third-rank official of the Ming Dynasty.

As the news spread, the remaining martial arts forces in Jin were shocked.

Does the imperial court not even let go of the righteous forces?

What exactly does the court want to do?
After the news spread to Jin, the martial arts forces in the Ming Dynasty became even more restless.

Including the right path.

But before they could react, a group of righteous martial arts forces led by Wuzheng Villa registered with the Martial Arts Bureau.

There is also a group of righteous martial arts forces that have registered with the Martial Arts Bureau.

At this time, more than a dozen evil martial arts forces that were found not to have oppressed the people were released.

Then these dozen or so evil martial arts forces registered with the Martial Arts Bureau.

Suddenly, the martial arts forces of the Ming Dynasty, especially the righteous forces, were dumbfounded.

The traitor from Wuzheng Villa!

Although they don't say it, many righteous forces think so.

Wu Zheng Villa and other righteous martial arts forces registered so quickly and cooperatively, showing that it was voluntary. Who can say anything more?
(Chapter 2, Thank you.)
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