Chronicle of Emperor Jing

If according to Jing Li's true idea, first move Zhao Shi out of Wei Yan's mansion, and then let Wei Yan personally send Zhao Shi far away in the name of experience, it is best to send him to a border area, which is most in line with his wishes .

As long as Zhao Shi leaves the capital and the raw rice is cooked into cooked rice, he can do whatever he wants, not to mention that making meritorious deeds is not so easy, even if Zhao Shi really made meritorious deeds, he can use various For all these reasons, Wei Yan was not allowed to transfer Zhao Shi back.

With Wei Yan's temper, when things happen, he will not immediately feel that others have malicious intentions, but will only think of the good first. At the beginning, he is sure that what he says is what he says, and he will not doubt his intention of refusing to transfer Zhao Shi back to Beijing. He mistakenly thought that he would use Zhao Shi a lot in the future, so he would look for opportunities to suppress him, but after a long time, as the number of his rejections increased, Wei Yan might become suspicious.

But by that time, several years must have passed, and Wei Yan had other caring people around him, even if Zhao Shi came back, he would have to step aside.

He originally arranged these things clearly and clearly, as long as he walked step by step, he would get the result he wanted. As a result, Wei Yan, for some reason, messed up his arrangement when he made a move.

If it wasn't for Wei Yan not coming here to persuade him not to mess around, Jing Li would have suspected that Wei Yan knew his real purpose, and would have taken the initiative to destroy it.

Hmph, actually want to transfer Zhao Shi to Xie Meng's side, this is clearly paving the way for Zhao Shi's promotion in the future.

It is not wrong for Wei Yan to do so. From the perspective of remuneration, it is the most appropriate thing for him to do so.

However, Jing Li said it nicely, and repeatedly yelled for Wei Yan to care about Zhao Shi, but he was rushing to clean up Zhao Shi in his heart. Wei Yan's arrangement was directly contrary to his purpose.

However, he couldn't object to this matter, at least he couldn't express his objection publicly, because Wei Yan didn't make his own claims from the beginning to the end, but always acted according to what he said. If he said more, Wei Yan would now It is suspected that he has ulterior motives for Zhao Shi.

The people he planned to deal with were obviously about to make meritorious service and be promoted soon. Of course Jing Li was very depressed, but he had nothing to do with the ignorant and honest Wei Yan, so he could only suffer from these depressions for life.

However, after being depressed for a moment, he thought about it again.

Forget it, Zhao Shi is not in a hurry, sooner or later he will be dealt with, the most urgent thing is to put some caring people around Wei Yan, first win Wei Yan's heart, and cut off Zhao Shi's retreat.Without Wei Yan's protection, he thought it would be a piece of cake to deal with Zhao Shi, and he would do it easily.

These caring people have to be skilled, versatile in chores, listen to him, and be loyal to Wei Yan. Jing Li pulled the bag and found that there are many capable people, but those who fully meet these conditions, really no.

He had no choice but to pull out the generals from among the dwarfs, pinched his nose and picked out a few who barely met the requirements, and made do with it.

Of course, listening to his words and being loyal to Wei Yan sometimes cannot have both. For example, Zhao Shi was planted on this. Between him and Wei Yan, he chose to face Wei Yan, which made him feel disobedient. Yes, but he definitely doesn't care about such insignificant things.

He has arranged the people, but whether Wei Yan can win over Wei Yan's heart depends on the skills of these people.

Their biggest opponent is not in the capital, and these people can't seize this rare opportunity to please and appreciate others, because they are incompetent.Since he is incompetent, he deserves to be oppressed by Zhao Shi in the future, and he will have no sympathy at all.

Just when His Majesty the Emperor was seriously planning some trivial matters that were not beneficial to the country or to his own pleasure, the biggest event in the early years of Hongqing slowly kicked off in Kangping County, and as time went by, it spread to the Gyeonggi area and to the entire dynasty. It spread within the territory, because the matter first started in Kangping County, which was called "Kangping Litian" in history.

The land rectification lasted more than two years. In addition to clearing the taxation of Zhang Tianmu, the water conservancy facilities and farming equipment in the state capitals of the world have also been greatly improved, laying a solid foundation for the future tax increase and national treasury filling.

These are only benefits on the bright side, and there are some benefits that cannot be seen clearly for a while, and will take effect after a long time.

For example, in the Gyeonggi area alone, there were hundreds of scholars running around for this matter. When Xie Meng completed the Litian in the Gyeonggi area and trained enough skilled manpower to send Litian personnel to other prefectures and counties, the local Many scholars joined this grand event.

These scholars are all smart people. After going through this incident, they have improved a lot in both their conduct and conduct. Regarding Nongsang, they have also evolved from talking on paper to knowing a little bit, and some people have even reached the proficient level, even if they only know a little bit. One or two, after they were promoted to high school and appointed officials, they also had a lot more practical experience in persuading farmers than others, which is beneficial to the country and the people.

Let’s not talk about these later things, just say that after General Xie Meng stayed in Kangping County for more than a month after this incident, he integrated the People’s Discussion Department, the Household Department, and the scholars around Qi Yuanheng who came to help, and divided them into Several teams were organized for training, and then they practiced separately in Kangping County. After passing the acceptance test, they spread to the counties in the Gyeonggi area.

Around the beginning of May, the Litian in Kangping County came to an end, and the counties in the Gyeonggi area had Litian personnel stationed there, and some places began to hustle and bustle.

As a high-ranking concubine in the palace, Concubine Zhou's family can come to the palace to see her once a month.

On this day, Concubine Zhou's mother came to visit her in the palace as usual, and when she saw her, she cried out: "Your Majesty, you must be the master of the family!"

"Mother, please take a seat. Come and serve tea. Tell me slowly, what happened?" Concubine Zhou gave her a seat, and ordered someone to serve tea in a calm manner before asking why.

"It's not caused by those bastards!" Mother Zhou said bitterly, and hurriedly told the cause and effect one by one.

After listening to her mother's words carefully, Concubine Zhou realized that this matter was related to several of her uncles.

Concubine Zhou's family is the direct branch of the eldest house, and she has several uncles who were concubines. Her grandparents went away that day, and her family was divided according to the rules.As a result, this time Litian started, and several of his uncles went to the county government to file a complaint, saying that the division of the long house was unfair and demanding a redistribution of the family property.

The county magistrate did not dare to take over the case, and finally, the case was referred to the government office.

"Oh, mother, don't pay attention to them, don't say that you just sued the government office, even if you sue the royal court, it's useless. The ancestral home of the nobility belongs to the head of the family, and it's the law to share the property among all the sons. How can it be unfair?" Concubine Zhou said in a very serious tone. It is determined.

"Your Majesty!" Mother Zhou smiled wryly, "There are some things that your Majesty doesn't know about. Those bastards demand an equal share of the family property."

"Family property? The family property is used for sacrifices, how can it be divided equally? The prefect should not be so confused, right?"

The ancestral home of the nobility and the family property are the most valuable things of the Zhou family. These things have always been inherited and controlled by the eldest family's direct branch. The bulk of the family property is the sacrificial land, and the income is used for sacrifices, ethnology and other things, and it must not be equally divided.

The so-called sharing of family property among the sons is the land and floating wealth of the father's generation, and the dowry of the female family members is not included.

"Your Majesty, the governor said that who should inherit the family property and sacrifice land belongs to the category of people not suing the government and not investigating. Once someone sues, the government will decide according to the law."

In the Jing Dynasty, there was no such thing as tax exemption for the fields. All the fields were taxed on an equal basis, and the sacrificed fields were no exception.

Since sacrificial fields cannot be exempted from taxation, why do many families buy a large number of sacrificial fields? After careful deduction, it is related to the Tweeting Order.

It has been a long time since the application of the Tweet Order.

According to legend, in history, in order to weaken the power of the vassal states, an emperor asked the vassals to distribute the fiefs equally to their heirs. In this way, the fiefdoms of the princes will become smaller every generation. In the end, the power of the vassal states will naturally become smaller and smaller up.

This is not a conspiracy, but a majestic conspiracy. Even if the princes know the emperor's intentions, the princes' heirs will support the Tuen Decree for their own benefit. Otherwise, all the fiefdoms will be left to the princes' eldest sons. His power is indeed intact, and the other heirs get very little.

In order for the power of the vassal states to be passed on from generation to generation, they would rather suffer poverty and suffering for themselves and their descendants than to support the Tuen Decree and divide the fiefdoms of their parents equally. There may be people who sacrifice themselves for others like this, but they are rare.

Since people’s hearts are like this, there are naturally many supporters of the Tuen Token. For their own interests, the strong fortress of the princes began to disintegrate from the inside. With the Tuen Token, the emperor finally completed the purpose of weakening the princes and gathering power .

The emperors of later generations also knew the beauty of the Tweeting Order. Even though many dynasties would not enfeoff princes and nobles, the nobles with titles were entrusted with salaries instead of fiefdoms. The emperors still lived more or less Use the Tuen Token to curb the growth of other families except the royal family. Among them, the equal distribution of family property among the sons can be regarded as the application of the Tuen Token.

For the emperor, a family with a strong cohesion and influence will always need to be vigilant, but when it is dispersed into many small forces, the threat is naturally reduced.

As long as the family property is equally divided among the sons, the big family can naturally be divided into many small families. If there are too many people who are the masters of the family, and everyone has their own ideas, the hearts of the people will not be unified.

The benefits of the Tweeting Decree and similar laws for the equal distribution of family property among the sons are self-evident, so that the emperor who implemented the Tweeting Decree for the first time is still being praised by later generations after thousands of years , For other people in the big family, there are many benefits. All sons have the same inheritance rights to the family property, which is undoubtedly very fair, but it is not good for the inheritance of the big family.

However, there are policies above and countermeasures below.

In order to prevent big families from being divided by this law from generation to generation, the land controlled by the eldest family's direct branch is divided less and less, and the control over the family is weakened from generation to generation. Come to master the sacrificial fields, these sacrificial fields are the most important family property.

Logically speaking, since it is called family property, then the income from these family properties should be used for all the people of the clan, and it is reasonable to share the benefits equally. Whoever holds the right to distribute the family property has the right to control the family, and through various distributions of property, he naturally obtains the right to control the clan.

These truths may seem complicated, but they are simple to put it bluntly.

As big as the king of a country, as small as the head of a family, they all control power in this way. As long as they have the right to distribute benefits, they will naturally have the right to dominate people.

As a family with good strategies, the Zhou family, under the name of Concubine Zhou's grandfather, did not have much land, only a few hundred acres of land, so when Concubine Zhou's uncles divided the family, each of them divided more than a hundred acres of land. A three-entry house, plus some extra money.

Even in the generation of Concubine Zhou's father, the family's land is not too much, and the number is about the same as that of the ancestors.

However, the Zhou family's family property has accumulated hundreds of hectares of land after several generations, and the benefits in it are naturally considerable.

The family of Zhou's family holds the income distribution of such a large amount of family property. Naturally, what they say, the clan members should do. After all, other members of the Zhou family want to study, take exams, and choose officials. They all need the support of the clan. In other words, it is the support of the long room.

If you make good friends with the long room, and listen to the long room, the support of the long room will be strong. If you are not obedient, you will definitely stay where it is cool.

Now, several of her uncles want to divide the family property, not only to dig the corner of the long house, but also to dig the roots of their Zhou family.

Concubine Zhou Gui wanted to understand the reason behind this, and anger could not help but appear on her face.

The interests of the eldest house are her interests, and the interests of the emperor. There is still one biggest thing that has not been done, and the amount of money that will be needed in the future is countless. These people are doing this now, obviously to hold her back , to ruin her business.

"Heh, you really are an asshole, take my name card..." She paused for a moment before she spoke again, "Mother, don't worry, I'll send someone to the government office right away. Our family is also surnamed Zhou, so we should give him some face."

Concubine Zhou originally wanted someone to use her famous post to spread the word, but after thinking about it, she gave up.

Although this is her family matter, when the case passes through the government, it becomes a political matter.

The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. This is often just talk.

If the emperor is willing, the harem can do politics, and even the memorials can be reviewed by the emperor.Don't think that reviewing memorials is a hard job, the emperor's power to follow what he says is contained in each memorial.Instructions with a few thin pages and a few words often mean countless changes in interests. An emperor who cannot make decisions on memorial instructions is a so-called puppet and can only play the role of a rubber stamp.

If the emperor doesn't like it, the harem is not allowed to do politics. Once someone has too many hands and takes care of things that shouldn't be meddled, the emperor will have the best reason to deal with people in a legitimate way.

Concubine Zhou didn't dare to stroke the emperor's beard, and tried to see if the emperor could tolerate her meddling in politics. Once she took the name card, she would leave tangible evidence. It would be more appropriate to send a servant to spread the word. It can be inferred that the little servant made her own decision and was able to pick her out.

Of course, Concubine Zhou also knows that Fu Yin is loyal to the emperor, but her Zhou family is not the top family of the dynasty. Even if the emperor cannot tolerate the power of the aristocratic family, there are many families in front of her family. The emperor will not be the first to take her family. surgery.

Since Concubine Zhou thinks that this is just an internal dispute within the family, not that the emperor is taking advantage of others, she is naturally not afraid that the governor will not give her this face. She is currently No. 1 in the harem. Her harem has become a decoration, but she is still the mother concubine of the third prince. Even if the governor does not give her face, she has to weigh whether such a ruthless face will offend the third prince.

With this level of consideration, Concubine Zhou naturally thought that as long as her intentions were reached, the matter should be settled.

In the end, it was beyond her expectation. After she sent someone to spread the word, Zhou Fu Yin only said that he knew about it, but he didn't tell the truth. After a few days, several of her uncles also joined in the farce of fighting for family property .The incident became more and more troublesome, and more and more people joined the farce. Soon, Zhou Fuyin couldn't stand it anymore. He directly reported the matter to the emperor at the court meeting, asking the emperor to rule, and the emperor ordered The courtiers discussed.

During the court discussion, it is natural for the public to say that the public is right, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is right. It sounds like either side is reasonable.

According to the custom, those who ask for the division of family property must be big prodigal sons, and they will be sprayed with blood by honest gentlemen, but the law does not stipulate that family property cannot be divided. Family property is an agreement within the family, not a seal of the government. According to the law endorsed, if any clansmen request to divide according to family property, the government should help them divide it.

The courtiers discussed and discussed, and then began to discuss again. According to the law of sharing the family property among all the sons, the fathers put the land they bought into the family property instead of keeping it in their own names. Other heirs are suspected of injustice.

How to say this matter, if no one mentions it in public, everyone is doing the same thing, and there are reasons for doing so, no one will object.But when it was mentioned at the court meeting, even if most people wanted to support it in their hearts, they couldn't say that.

Now is the time when the Ming emperor is in the court and the virtuous ministers are in power. There is no place for treacherous ministers and thieves in the court. Since everyone is a "loyal minister", they can only say what loyal ministers should say.

Therefore, the emperor's "loyal ministers" discussed for a long time, and finally reached a consensus, agreeing with Zhou Fuyin's opinion is indeed an old-fashioned statement.

People don't sue officials for this kind of thing, but if someone sues, the government should help them.

Of course, when this consensus was reached, they all made up their minds that they must beat and beat the family members well after returning home, so as not to let the same moths grow in their own family.

When Concubine Zhou Guifei received this news, her throat was so angry that it was sweet, and she almost vomited blood.

She took several deep breaths and drank a cup of herbal tea, before she managed to suppress the churning emotions in her heart.

Her power comes from the emperor, from the third prince, but if someone really doesn't give her this face, even if she has the right opportunity, she can settle the score after the fall, but she will definitely suffer from the current loss.

She hated her teeth so much, but she had nothing to do with the governor. Even if she wanted to give some eye drops to the emperor, so that people would know what would happen if they offended her, but the emperor had disappeared from the harem for a long time, and there was no emperor. According to the decree, she has no way to see the emperor at all, and she has no chance to slander others if she wants to say a small word, unless she blocks the emperor in the empress dowager's palace every day, so that she can meet the emperor when he comes to greet the empress dowager.

But every time she went to the Empress Dowager's Palace, she saw the second prince who was raised by the Empress Dowager, even if she had a decent smile on her face, she felt an indescribable feeling of sickness in her heart.

The second prince is both a heir and an elder, and now he is being raised under the empress dowager's knees. Even if there is no support from the mother's family behind him, the emperor is in his prime, so as long as the emperor wants to, it is not too late to help the second prince.

Moreover, people's hearts are full of flesh and blood. The second prince was raised by the queen mother and got along with him for a long time. In the end, the queen mother might help the second prince to make plans.

Compared with family matters, or Marquis Yongning, this incident made it more difficult for Concubine Zhou to sleep.

But the emperor and the empress dowager are elders, and no one can comment on their arrangements, and no one will ask Concubine Zhou for her opinion, so even if she objected, it would be useless, and she didn't even dare to express her objection.

The second prince is the eldest son, logically speaking, he has no other people's expectations.

But the royal family is the most unreasonable place in the world. All the rules and laws in this world are set up to regulate others. The emperor himself will not be bound by these rules. As long as the emperor is willing, this matter is not uncommon A little hope.

Fortunately, the emperor still loves the third prince, but the emperor is the father of the emperor, and no one can tell how much of his love is sincere and how much is just acting. Can't count on it all.

These things are the big things that Concubine Zhou is really worried about, other things are trivial, even the things of Marquis Yongning, compared to them, they are completely worthless.

Start planning now, and when the dust settles and the winner is decided, it will be at least ten years later. At that time, it is unknown where the Marquis of Yongning will be.

Her family's matter, I'm afraid someone is playing tricks, and the person behind it...

Concubine Zhou turned around in her mind, and her eyes fell on the concubine who also had children, maybe the queen mother had to be added, because this matter clearly hit the power of Zhou's family, that is, the power of the third prince, and benefited Naturally the other princes.

Since her family can't live in peace, it's better to be happy alone than to be happy with others, and other people don't want to live in peace either.

Concubine Zhou gently stroked the teacup and slowly laughed.