Chengde.

Zhu Xu has been here once. It is built on one-third of the mountainside. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. It is a good place to escape the summer.

Zhu Xu's family was unlimited to leave Beijing this time, but he was already immune to criticism.

On this day, Zhu Xu and his children were fishing. A small river was very clear, with green banks, pleasant environment, fresh air, not that annoying, and a little lighter.

Zhu Ciye and the little guys were only about ten years old. They ran around the mountain with the four-year-old prince Zhu Cihuang, causing countless movements. The internal prisoners, palace maids, and guards were frightened and followed them in an endless manner. They always persuaded and even caught them, for fear that they would make a mistake.

Xiao Shuxian looks like a girl, and she doesn't mess with boys. She falls in love with some weird things. She holds her to watch all day long, and her eyes emit a longing light from time to time.

Women such as Zhang Yun were in the yard and rarely came out. The one who accompanied Zhu Xu was the one who chose Zhao Jing.

Zhao Jing sat next to Zhu Xu, holding the fishing rod, but she had no intention of fishing, and looked at Zhu Xu from time to time.

Zhu Xu sat on the chair, his eyes slightly closed, as if he was pretending to be sleeping.

Zhao Jing finally couldn't help it, and leaned closer and whispered: "Master?"

Zhu Xu didn't move and said, "Say."

Zhao Jing looked at Zhu Xu's face and said carefully: "I heard that someone has made a fortune by using this anti-corruption campaign."

Zhu Xu seemed to have not heard him keeping his eyes closed. The sunshine in the mountains and forests was really warm and could not be enjoyed in the capital.

Seeing that Zhu Xu did not respond, Zhao Jing stopped talking and sat down to look at the river.

Zhu Xu didn't open his eyes. While feeling comfortable, his mind was also wandering around.

Zhu Xu was not surprised by Zhao Jing's words, which was expected. Power often represents corruption. When power is overwhelming, there will always be people taking risks.

The cabinet's big anti-corruption campaign this time is more about the "local" and low-level officials in the local area, as well as merchants who resist the "new policy". The gentry has a strong warning.

I believe that after this operation, officials will work harder and have less resistance, and the cabinet's series of "new policies" plans will be much smoother.

"Liu Shimin!" Suddenly, Zhu Xu said in a deep voice.

Liu Shimin, not far away, walked over quickly, bowed and said, "Your Majesty."

Zhu Xu opened his eyes, looked at the sparkling lake, and said, "After the summer harvest is over, the Royal Trading Group will start the acquisition again. This time, a detailed plan must be formulated, and no scattered, and one region will come. Set up a "acquisition command center" in each province and government to extend it to each government. Regardless of royal relatives, nobles, nobles, wealthy families, or small families, they must accept the imperial decrees, and no one must be exceptions! The imperial decree was sent to the Law Enforcement Bureau, led by Wang Zhou, and cooperated with the Royal Trading Group, and told Wang Zhou that no matter what means he used, the land acquisition cannot be stopped or slow, and within two years, the acquisition target must be completed!"

Liu Shimin was startled and said in a fluctuating tone: "Abide by the order."

Zhao Jing was not the eldest lady who knew nothing in the deep courtyard. She was secretly surprised and looked at the fish mark on the river more seriously, as if she had heard nothing.

The vast majority of the land in the Ming Dynasty was concentrated in the hands of wealthy families with names and surnames.

For example, Xin Jianbo had tens of millions of fertile land at home, including ancestors, rewards from generation to generation, and land on his own. He has a century-old family and is well-known for countless families. How can he lose his family property?

For example, Sun Chuanting, the chief minister of the court, was the Baihu House of Zhenwuwei during the Taizu period, and was hereditary for two hundred years.

For example, Fang Kongzhang, the Minister of Works, was a wealthy family in Jiangnan, with a population of thousands and an incredible land.

If we talk about it, Xu Jie, the chief assistant of the previous dynasty, had 5,000 hectares of fertile land in Nanzhili, even if the descendants were unfilial, there were still as many as 10,000 acres of fertile land in one of them!

These are all inherited, at least for decades, and hundreds of years. If the imperial court comes ruthlessly, it is equivalent to robbing people of the ancestral property, which is even more cruel than killing people!

As July approached, the cabinet issued another "land purchase order", announcing the full collection of land in the Ming Dynasty, and formulated detailed goals and time schedules.

Before, I used a "merchant trading" method, but now I openly swore, and for a while, the storm was rolling and the sky was booming.

At this time, eight cabinet ministers and five ministers suddenly stood up and announced that they would sell all the land under their name to the court at half price, and asked their relatives to do so, calling on the gentry across the country not to hinder the purchase of land and sell it to the court at real price, support the court's "new policy" and contribute to the realization of the goal of "cultivators who have their own land" in the Ming Dynasty.

Other officials at all levels are competing to follow suit and strive to set an example.

The court newspapers have written a lot, explaining the court's "land purchase plan", explaining various methods in detail, promising fairness and not robbing, and at the same time saying that it is powerful.

With the strong promotion of the court, the "Land Purchase Order" developed rapidly. In a short period of time, the amount of land purchased by the Royal Trading Group was twice that of last year, and the amount of land available for distribution in the court soared to 400 million mu!

However, there were still violent resistance in rich places such as Su Yanghang in the south of the Yangtze River. Some gentry fought to the death, and even had fierce escorts and murders of land-seizing officials.

Wang Zhou of the Law Enforcement Bureau was furious about this and mobilized more than 500 people from the Nanzhili Security Bureau to severely suppress the illegal gentry, and executed more than 30 people publicly in the fields!

These people have names and surnames, and are famous in a county, but have been openly executed, which has caused a violent shock and an uproar in the government and the country.

Not only gentry, but officials at all levels impeached each other, even the people from the Royal Trading Group that collected land were frightened and complained.

When the Ming Dynasty court was pursuing the benchmark "justice", it was logical that Wang Zhou would definitely be imprisoned and punished.

However, the court seemed to have not realized these voices. Not only did Wang Zhou not lose any damage, but his power was further expanded and he once wanted to ascend to the throne of the director of the Law Enforcement Bureau!

In the month after the end of the summer seed, Nanzhili was filled with the law enforcement bureau's scattered cavalry, and there were countless gentry arrested and the so-called thieves!

These gentry were the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and the upper buildings were all above them. The court's arrogant actions caused huge uproars, and some officials were increasingly dissatisfied.

The imperial court's land purchase action continued, and it began to spread from the two capitals, and almost all provinces had taken action.

After Wang Zhou initially prepared the three prefectures of Su Yanghang and Nanzhili, he began to prosper from north to south, one was Zhejiang and the other was Shandong.

The land purchase action was vigorous, with the increase in the number of gentry arrested and even killed day by day. In less than a month, Wang Zhou's tentacles moved from Zhejiang to Fujian and Shandong to Henan.

Before the autumn harvest, we had already passed through eight provinces. The team of the law enforcement bureau expanded rapidly, and the tiqi was like the wind, arrested and killed countless people, which made many people recall the tiqi during the Apocalypse period and the silence of the sanctuary.

The power of the gentry is huge. Under the heavy pressure of the court, the power of rebound is gradually emerging.

In July, the court resigned from the position of a minister, three doctors and seven ministers. Each province voluntarily resigned from office, including seven senators and eight prefects.

In August, one governor, two political participation, twelve senators, and more than fifty people resigned from the fifth rank and above!

By September, some people seemed to wake up suddenly and wrote to the court, describing the disadvantages of the "land purchase order" and demanding a stop.

The most important point I have repeatedly said: The gentry is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. If the foundation is destroyed, where is the Ming Dynasty?

This is extremely reasonable. The rule of the feudal dynasty relies on the control and management of the people. Without the gentry, the people have no support and have no other way of life except to rebel.

The court severely refuted these and declared the court's land policies, including juntian, light taxes, weak labor service, supporting agricultural development, establishing the minimum income of farmers, etc. Another particularly prominent one is that after the land distribution: any form of transaction, leasing, and transfer are prohibited within ten years!

A considerable number of people can see that the imperial court wanted to be the largest landlord in the Ming Dynasty, protect farmers to the greatest extent, and curb land annexation.

There are many people who can see the imperial court as the landlord, but few people can see that the imperial court is also the largest businessman!

The cabinet, Zhao Han and others were in a state of great slaughter. Bao Liyou came in and held two memorials in his hand and said to Sun Chuanting: "The rest memorials of the Governor of Guangxi and the Governor of Yunnan."

In other words, the governors of these two provinces could not withstand the pressure and chose to resign.
Chapter completed!