Chapter 225: The battle for changing rice to mulberry
Zhu Lian and Han Chenchen went to the backyard to enjoy the flowers.
Wait for the minister to come in and finish the ceremony.
Zhao Huan said, "Sun Liangquan, look at this."
Wang Kuian gave the report submitted by Liu Yanzong to Sun Liangquan. The latter looked at it quickly and was shocked: "Your Majesty, I deserve to die!"
The emperor didn't say anything, but Sun Liangquan knelt there with his head buried on the ground.
"What do you have to say?"
Hu Yu said: "Your Majesty, on the way to Tokyo, I learned that some people in Mingzhou had lost their land and had no other livelihoods, so I entered the mountain to become a bandit."
As soon as he said this, all the prime ministers present were shocked.
I didn’t expect that things would come to this point so soon. This is a standard version of officials and civilians forcing them to rebel!
Wasn’t Fang La’s rebellion like this?
It's only been a few years!
Zhao Huan frowned slightly and said sternly: "How many people are there?"
"About 800 people!"
As soon as he said this, everyone present took a breath.
Especially Tang Ke, he was sweating coldly.
He was responsible for this matter. Although the change of Tian to Sang was approved by Zhao Huan, the specific change will be carried out by Tang Ke.
Now that 800 people have been forced to enter the mountains and become enemies, it means that the situation is already very serious.
It can even be seen that the state's public sentiment has reached the verge of collapse.
Hu Yu said again: "Please forgive me for your crime! I have dared to suppress all the fields in Mingzhou, and all sales will be suspended!"
When Tang Ke heard this, he was about to jump.
You are so brave. This is the order of the court. The seals of the Zhengshi Hall have been stamped. You openly violated the order of the Zhengshi Hall. You, the prefect, don’t want to do it anymore, right?
But Tang Ke didn't dare to say it.
First, the emperor is here, and second, Hu Yu has another identity.
What is the identity?
Si Xian of the Liangzhe Road, the position of the Criminal Prison Department is managed by the inspector and Dali Temple.
In other words, Hu Yu is half of Liu Yanzong's person, who is in charge of the judicial supervision power in Liangzhe, and also involves the judicial power of civil cases.
Officials like the prefect report to the Zhengshi Hall, but in the judicial field, the Zhengshi Hall has no right to interfere.
Obviously, Hu Yu is from Xu Churen's face, but in fact, from Liu Yanzong. After all, from the emperor.
Of course, in fact, everyone is the emperor, so here we are divided from the perspective of this matter.
Hu Yu's words calmed down Xu Churen's heart. If the situation really went serious, it was almost time for him, Dazai, to replace him.
Now Xu Churen is not on the same front as Tang Ke at all, and he firmly opposes his current approach.
Zhao Huan remained silent. He admired Hu Yu very much. No wonder Liu Yanzong recommended him to take Liangzhe Road to Si Xian of the Criminal Prison Department.
In the officialdom, there are not many people who can find such people who take the initiative to take responsibility and take responsibility.
However, although this matter is in the officialdom, it is their responsibility to take the initiative to take responsibility, and this matter involves the policy of delaying the change of land into mulberry, so Zhao Huan cannot make a statement casually.
Once you make a statement, this matter is easily led by the emperor.
Should I change it or not?
Now 800 people run into the mountains, with endless troubles, so this matter must be postponed.
How to push it? When will it be? Within three years, can I make my 120 million yuan?
cannot?
Impossible, I have to ask for that money!
This is what the emperor should say.
As for what to do, I just sit next to you as the audience, and you can discuss it first!
Seeing the emperor pretending to be asking you to start your performance, Xu Churen stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think Hu Sixian handled it very well. Although Tian Gaisang wants to execute it, he should not act too hastily, so he should take it slowly."
Tang Ke said: "How to solve the problem with King Kang?"
Zhou Chao also said: "120 million guan in three years is a huge income. If this income is obtained, His Majesty's strategy of expanding the army in the northwest will not have any obstacles."
Xu Churen said, "It is related to the people's livelihood of Mingzhou. Now it is not just Mingzhou to change again. Yuezhou, Wenzhou, Taizhou... are all changing. If such a problem occurs in one Mingzhou, it is difficult to ensure that other prefectures and counties will not appear. If things go big, the people in Zhejiang will change, and Fang La will rebel again in the southeast! Such losses are small, and harming the people and the country is big!"
As soon as Xu Churen said this, everyone was silent.
On one side, there is huge income, but on the other side, it has harmed the interests of many people.
The merchants made a fortune with the court, but the people lost their land and had no land, and the food in Liangzhe could not keep up with it and had no food, so this was a big deal.
But Sun Liangping, who was kneeling there and crawling on the ground, was already falling into an ice cave, which shows that the current situation in the state was caused by him.
Zhao Huan said: "Hu Yu, what do you have to say?"
Hu Yu said: "Your Majesty, I think it is feasible to change rice into mulberry, but this is not the way to change it!"
"So, according to your opinion, how to change it?"
"Now, governments in various places want to sell the fields to merchants to plant mulberry trees, but according to the ministers' opinions, the people can plant mulberry trees themselves. As long as they plant mulberry trees, the people can really sell them at a good price. As for the grain in Liangzhe, they can be transported from Jiangnan East Road and Jiangnan West Road. The imperial court is vigorously developing the plains of Poyang Lake. Dongting Lake on Jinghu Road is also a fertile fish and rice town. Liangzhe is in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and can take more water routes. Transportation is not a problem at all, and it can also lead to the development of Yangtze River canal transportation."
Zhao Huan asked again: "Tang Ke, what do you want to say? You are doing this."
"Your Majesty, there is a reason why I consider that merchants contract mulberry forests, which are convenient for coordination and faster. Even if the court does not conduct merchant contracting plans, merchants will also go to farmers to buy large areas of planting, because based on the cost, the silk produced after contracting is lower than that of farmers. The reason why the court does this is just to be regular."
Zhao Huan also believed that Tang Ke did not dare to do anything here. From his perspective, there was no problem with him doing this.
But often when the good plan goes down, problems arise when multiple parties are involved in the interests of the following parties.
For example, if the government unified the plan, the local officials could collude with wealthy businessmen and carry out land annexation.
Moreover, the imperial court's government orders are suppressed here, selling land to change mulberry, and the wealthy businessman has every reason to lower the price to buy. The farmers do not want to sell, but they have to sell it. After selling it, the harvest in September this year is equivalent to being gone.
A year of hard work is in vain. This is different from office workers in later generations. This is really a death-making person.
After Tang Ke spoke, Hu Yu dared not speak. After all, the prime minister said that if he refuted the prime minister here, the official would be over, and even with Liu Yanzong's protection, it would not work.
Seeing that Hu Yu was afraid to speak, Zhao Huan certainly felt that this was not possible. As a subject, you should speak out directly. If you have any ideas, you should say them out. Don’t be afraid of offending others.
If everyone below thought so, wouldn’t the emperor’s ears be blocked?
Chapter completed!