novelonline Chapter 441 How many fields does our Daming have!
Chapter 441 How many fields does our Daming have!
Chapter 441 How many fields does our Daming have!
The county government of Jinhua County.
After the county magistrate Zhang Zishan posted the notice, he put the matter behind him.
It wasn't until three days later that a group of people came to visit and said that they had come to check the fields under the order of the emperor's grandson, and he realized that there was still such a thing.
Zhang Zishan was neatly dressed and ran out of the yamen to greet him with light steps. When he saw that there were only five people in this group, he couldn't believe his eyes.
From the very beginning, he felt that there was something wrong with the emperor's grandson's decree. It would be a huge project to check the acres of land across the country, at least a few hundred thousand people would it be?
Even if they thoroughly investigate their Jinhua County, there are 2000 people and it is not enough.
However, the emperor's grandson only sent such five people. Could it be that it was just a formality?
"May I ask who is in charge?"
Lu Qingshu pointed to Huang Wenjing in front of him and said.
"Student Huang is in charge, I'm in charge of recording, Zhang Junhu is in charge of flying the ball, and the other two Jin Yiwei brothers are in charge of protecting our group."
Zhang Zishan, the leader of Jinhua County, heard the words and hurriedly cupped his hands towards Huang Wenjing.
"It turns out to be the grandson of the emperor, who has been admiring him for a long time!"
"What business do you guys have, please follow me into the Yamen to talk."
"it is good!"
Several people followed Zhang Zishan into the yamen, and after the guests and hosts were seated, Zhang Zishan asked them why they came.
"May I ask what business do you guys have?"
"We came here to investigate the Jinhua fields under the order of the emperor's grandson."
"Oh?"
"Just the five of you?"
"of course not!"
"We hope that there will be thousands of students from the school, and this time they will all be sent out by the emperor's grandson."
Zhang Zishan heard that there were 1000 people, and they were all students, so he felt it was reliable.
"Although 1000 people is a little less, if they are all raw workers, it will almost be able to check the number of acres in our county."
Huang Wenjing hurriedly waved her hands when she heard the words.
"Master Zhang misunderstood. Although the emperor's grandson sent more than 1000 people, only five of us were assigned to Jinhua County."
Zhang Zishan stood up in shock when he heard this.
"Only five of you?"
"The grandson of the emperor is too childish, what can you do with just five of you?"
"It's not that I'm complaining to you, nor is it that I'm unwilling to cooperate with you."
"This official eats the imperial salary, and I should be loyal to your majesty and the emperor's grandson. But this official is also appointed by the imperial court, and I am not familiar with the land and acres of Jinhua County. As for the servants and officials in the yamen, they are all natives of Jinhua County. I don't dare to expect them to be diligent in the king's affairs, how dare I send them to you?"
For Zhang Zishan, Jinhua is just an inn in his resume. If he does not get promoted after one full term, he will be transferred to other places as county magistrate.
Therefore, neither in public nor in private, he did not obstruct the original intention of the court to investigate the land, but simply felt that this matter was difficult to handle, not to mention life and money, and it may not be possible to find a result in the end.
Huang Wenjing smiled slightly upon hearing this.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for your reminder, but we are not here to ask for help. We just want Mr. Zhang to send someone to verify it."
"verify?"
"Yes!"
"We have already mapped out the approximate location of the fields in Jinhua County. It is only necessary for Mr. Zhang to take out the fish scale atlas in Guixian County and compare them to find the fields that are not in the atlas."
Zhang Zishan was dumbfounded when he heard this, and his face was full of disbelief.
"Have you finished the investigation?"
"Also draw an atlas of my fields in Jinhua County?"
"When did you start doing it?"
Huang Wenjing smiled proudly.
"To be honest, we have been investigating in Jinhua County for three days."
Zhang Zishan was even more puzzled when he heard the words, what is enough for three days, it is estimated that this group of people didn't even finish Shuanglong Mountain in Jinhua!
"Huang Shengyuan, is this a joke?"
"Are you sure you only took three days to check all of Jinhua County?"
Huang Wenjing smiled confidently.
"Of course!"
"We have redrawn the atlas of the fields in Jinhua County, and every paddy field and mulberry field have not been left behind!"
"This……"
Although 1 of Zhang Zishan did not believe it, he still ordered people to bring the fish scale album from the county.
When the map of the distribution of acres of land in Jinhua County was placed on the table, Zhang Zishan looked at Huang Wenjing provocatively.
"Mr. Huang, it's time to take out the atlas you drew, right?"
"Of course!"
After Huang Wenjing finished speaking, she took out a yellow booklet from her handbag, opened it and spread it on the table.
Zhang Zishan hurriedly stretched his head to look over it, and was overwhelmed by the graphics on the yellow book after just one glance.
"This……"
"Is this really my map of Jinhua County?"
Huang Wenjing replied with a smile.
"more than!"
"This is not only a county map of Jinhua County, but also a map of the distribution of fields, ponds, etc. in Jinhua County."
"All rice fields, mulberry fields, ponds, fish ponds, etc. in Jinhua County are marked on the map."
"The first page is a summary map, and the back is the fish scale album of each lifang. Please have a look at it, Mr. Zhang!"
Hearing this, Zhang Zishan immediately flipped through the album, and made a sound of amazement while reading it.
"This……"
"If you didn't see it with your own eyes, even if you beat me to death, I don't believe that you can finish all this in three days!"
"Could it be that the rumors in the market are true, and you really drew pictures in the sky?"
Zhang Zishan was completely shocked by the map drawn by Huang Wenjing and others. Not only was the outline accurate, but information such as mountains and roads was clearly marked, and even the boundaries between the villages and the fields were clearly drawn.
Compared with the Fish Scale Atlas revised in the early years, I don't know how many times stronger it is!
"That's not a rumor!"
"The emperor's grandson built the flying ball. We used the flying ball to observe the terrain, terrain, and landforms in the sky, and that's why we drew such an accurate and detailed atlas!"
"Now, Master Zhang, please send his servants to investigate the newly marked area, find out who these acres belong to, and urge him to come and handle the name change as soon as possible."
"Otherwise, when the time limit expires, according to the latest decree of the imperial court, all these acres of land will be treated as unowned wasteland!"
Zhang Zishan's heart shuddered when he heard this, and he cupped his hands at Huang Wenjing.
"Thank you, brother Huang, for reminding me, I thank you for your kindness on behalf of the people of Jinhua!"
Huang Wenjing smiled and waved her hands when she heard the words.
"That's not what I meant, it was specially ordered by the emperor's grandson before we left."
"The emperor's grandson said that the common people seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and reclaim some wasteland between the mountains and fields. They just want to earn more every year and give them a chance to reform. Only those who involve too many acres and refuse to rectify will be severely punished. "
Hearing the words, Zhang Zishan immediately bowed deeply in the direction of the capital.
"The grandson of the emperor really deserves the name of benevolence and righteousness!"
"I thank the emperor's grandson Gao Yi on behalf of the people of the county!"
After Huang Wenjing finished speaking, she ordered people to call all the scribes and servants in the county to the county government office, and also ordered people to call the people in charge of the grassroots such as Lizheng, township chiefs, and grain chiefs scattered throughout the county to wait for orders. .
Not long after, all the scribes and servants in the county were gathered in the county government office.
Huang Wenjing didn't show politeness to them, and directly put the album drawn by Huang Wenjing and others on the table, and asked them to come and check it out.
After reading the new version of the album, the county magistrates, Dianshi, and clerks of the county government felt sweaty on their foreheads.
In fact, most of these fields that are not in the yellow book of the imperial court are occupied by them or their relatives. They only need to look at the book to know that their hidden property has been exposed!
"grown ups……"
"What is this?"
Zhang Zishan's face darkened when he saw that they were all still stubborn.
"Emperor Taisun Renyi, I will give you one last chance to file and register the acres that are not on the fish scale album as soon as possible!"
"If you don't seize this opportunity, the imperial court will use the Fish Scale Atlas drawn by Hongwu in 24 years as the standard, and classify all the acres that are not on the atlas as public land!"
"This……"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but looked at each other. After looking at each other, they collectively made a decision, that is, to send someone to notify the clansmen and relatives to come and register and file!
Although it is a bit embarrassing to do so, there is still the possibility of being settled by the court.But they can't care so much anymore, they can only register the land under their own names as soon as possible.
After all, they have invested a lot of manpower and material resources in order to reclaim the wasteland!
Zhang Zishan beat his subordinates, and then called Lizheng, Liangchang and other people from each li to come in, and asked them to claim the land that was not in the Yulin Atlas.
A group of village chiefs, food chiefs and others were stunned when they saw such a detailed atlas, and kowtowed to plead guilty, admitting their wrongdoing.
Zhang Zishan did not blame the past, but asked them to claim it, and then mobilized all the scribes to quickly register them with the county government.
While Jinhua County's county government was in full swing, other prefectures and counties in the capital of the Ming Dynasty were also busy with the same thing.
Only the progress in remote areas is relatively slow, but after two months, new fish scale albums have been submitted to Beijing one after another.
In the imperial court, since Zhu Yunxi issued the order to check the land of the whole country, all the officials in the imperial court waited to watch the excitement.
However, when the first batch of checked fish scale albums were delivered to the imperial court, all the sarcastic officials shut up.
Then came the second batch, the third batch, and the fourth batch.
Until the last batch of fish-scale atlases from Yunguichuan were escorted to Beijing, all the officials above the court became taciturn, cherishing words like gold.
Although they don't know the exact difference in the total number of acres inspected by Hongwu in 24 years, but the fish scale atlases sent back from the previous batches have already accounted for more than double the land.
Once the emperor's grandson completes the summary of all the fish-scale atlases and counts the real land quantity of Daming, the entire court will be filled with blood!
Now they only pay attention to one thing, that is how many people His Majesty will be implicated this time...
winter day.
Before the last big court meeting of the New Year, His Majesty the Emperor summoned all civil and military officials in Beijing to attend training in the palace.
Every official who received the order wrote a suicide note in advance, and cried with his wife and children as a final farewell.
Therefore, when they stood outside the palace gate waiting to be interviewed, almost everyone had swollen eyes, avoiding the eyes of others.
When Lao Zhu walked into Fengtian Hall sitting on his shoulders, his gaze coldly swept over the officials on both sides of Danchi, and he let out a cold snort of disdain.
Because according to what his grandson said, the exact number of fields in Daqing will be officially announced in the court today!
After Lao Zhu sat down, civil and military officials kowtowed three times and worshiped nine times, and the morning court officially began.
However, unlike in the past, none of the officials in the early court took the initiative to stand up and play a role.
Even Zhan Wei, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who was always looking for trouble, became extremely calm today, without the slightest intention of standing out and being the first bird.
Everyone is waiting, waiting for the owner of the seat in front of the emperor.
This seat is reserved for the emperor's grandson, but the emperor's grandson rarely comes here, so most of the time it is vacant.
The civil and military officials hope that this seat will be vacant today, but the heavens seem to have not heard their prayers, and the emperor's grandson is rare to attend today's morning court.
"Grandson pays respects to Grandpa Huang!"
"Be flat!"
"Thank you, grandpa!"
"Zhu Yunxi, you said earlier that there was an important event to be announced today. I don't know what it is?"
Zhu Yunxi rolled his eyes when he heard this.
"Grandfather, why don't you retreat from the court today, let them go home and have a good year, let's talk about what's going on in the next year..."
When the officials heard this, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.However, they had just breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the old emperor let out a dragon roar.
"Fart your grandma!"
"We let you toss around for so long, if you say you won't give us a certain number today, believe it or not, we will order someone to hang you up and beat you on the spot!"
Zhu Yunxi secretly stuck out his tongue when he heard the words, and then took out a memorial from his sleeve.
"Grandpa, calm down, I said it's not okay..."
"According to calculations by grandson's disciples, the total number of acres of land in Daming is..."
When Zhu Yunxi said this, he paused on purpose, it didn't matter that he paused, the hearts of all the officials in the court hall and the old Zhutou sitting on the dragon chair were lifted, even his breathing stopped.
After half a minute, Zhu Yunxi finally said a series of numbers.
"The total number of acres in Daming is 360 hectares!"
After Zhu Yunxi uttered this number, the entire hall was filled with the sound of exhaling, followed by a series of gasping sounds.
Old Zhu stood up from the chair in shock, and circled around the dragon chair and the screen behind the dragon chair. After several circles, he looked at Zhu Yunxi with disbelief.
"Say it to us again!"
"Grandpa Huihuang, the total number of acres in Ming Dynasty is 360 million hectares!"
"Grandfather, if you have nothing to do today, you can retire from the court and let them go home to have a safe New Year!"
Hearing this, Lao Zhu stretched out his hand tremblingly, pointed at the officials under the court hall and shouted.
"Who will tell us!"
"What is the total number of acres in Hongwu's 24 years?"
When all the officials heard this, they all bowed their heads in shame.
Only Zhu Yunxi looked up at Lao Zhu and said a number that made everyone tremble.
"Grandpa Huihuang, the last time you counted the total number of acres of land in the country was 380 million hectares..."
When a group of officials heard Zhu Yunxi say this string of numbers, they all knelt on the ground and kowtowed to apologize.
"The minister waits for capital punishment!"
"The minister waits for capital punishment!"
"My lord...the death penalty..."
When Lao Zhu heard this number, his eyes went dark, and he quickly reached out and grabbed the armrest of the dragon chair, and it took him a while to recover.
"380 hectares!"
"Only in the past two and a half years, our Daming has gained more than 1000 million hectares of land!"
"We have really raised a group of good officials!"
"Hahaha!"
Lao Zhu's laughter was shrill and miserable. Although he had never respected the officials under his command, he believed that he was just and strict in dealing with matters, and he also entrusted him with great responsibility and trust in his subordinates.
Not many civil and military ministers in the Manchu Dynasty had a Jinshi background.
Many officials are the children of poor families who have been promoted step by step from the students of the Imperial College.
However, he gave so much trust and gave them such a high official position, so they repay themselves like this?
"it is good!"
"very good!"
"You guys are really nice!"
"Come here, all the officials who checked the fields last time..."
"Clan Execution!"
Ps:
The number of acres here is fabricated. In fact, the number of acres in the 24th year of Hongwu and the 26th year of Hongwu were more than 300 million and 800 million respectively.
Although it's not as scary as I made it up, Daming's fields have nearly tripled in just two years, which is indeed a bit scary.I just added a little bit on top of that.
After all, with Daming's investigation methods at that time, it was impossible to clean up, even if a knife was placed on the neck, it was useless.
(End of this chapter)