The thugs immediately panicked and no longer dared to stop him.
Hu Jun entered the room and looked at the brown rice scattered on the floor, as well as the injured family. Even the underage woman had a clear palm print on her face.
"Master, we pay taxes. We pay taxes. Even if we sell those ten acres of land, we will still get three more kilos of food. Please, don't rob my Yinger, she is only twelve years old!"
Wang Erniu climbed up to Hu Jun and kowtowed repeatedly.
Hu Jun was touched and looked at the family kneeling in front of him begging, with tears in his eyes!
Land!
But the foundation of their lives, the root of their lives!
Once the land is sold, they will no longer be farmers and can only become tenant farmers of the landlord's family. At that time, all the food brought up will be taken as much as the landlord says, and they will never be able to get ahead in their lives!
Ten acres of land, three stones of grain? !
Three buckets of grain were spread out on one acre of land? !
damned!
Nowadays, the yield per mu of ordinary land is only one or two shi of wheat, and that of fertile land is only three shi.
As far as Changxing is concerned, the rice yield per mu is roughly between two and three stones.
Last year there was little rain and no harvest in Changxing. I heard that the yield per mu was only a little over one stone.
Calculated on a one-stone basis, one stone is ten dou, and the tax of three dou is nearly one tax per three dou!
Such heavy taxes were the tax system of the Taizu period, but this tax system was abolished by Zhu Yunwen in the 31st year of Hongwu!
These disgusting grain chiefs actually dared to deceive the villagers and still enforce heavy taxes, but what was handed over to the court was paid according to Zhu Yunwen's new tax!
Once in and out, everything falls into the pockets of these people!
Hu Jun knelt down under the shocked gazes of Governor Yang Chengxuan and others, supported Wang Erniu with both hands, and shouted: "There is no need to sell the land, and no one will snatch your daughter! It's the court that didn't do a good job, and it's the court that's sorry. You guys! I, Hu Jun, am here to tell you that from now on, no one will rob your land anymore, and you will no longer have to pay heavy taxes!"
After Hu Jun finished speaking, he knelt down and bowed down.
boom!
A dull sound is moving!
Wang Erniu looked at the official in front of him in surprise. He actually knelt down for a poor farmer like himself?
How is this going?
He seemed to be still crying.
Hu Jun picked up Wang Erniu and the Wang family, turned around and said to the people outside: "Your Excellency, Zhou Bunong violated the national laws, exploited them wantonly, humiliated the villagers, forced them to sell their fields, and robbed their daughters. Evil thief, if you don't take action, Hu will report to the court and tell the Holy One that this is the truth of our world! This is the prosperous age in the eyes of His Majesty!"
Yang Chengxuan, the governor, gritted his teeth, waved his hand, and shouted: "Arrest Zhou Bunong, take him to Changxing County Office, and let the magistrate personally interrogate and convict him!"
"Oh, I can't trust Wuzhi County in Changxing! I think it's better for you, Sir, to go there in person!"
Hu Jun suppressed his anger and said.
Yang Chengxuan, the governor, nodded slightly and said: "In that case, I will go there in person, and you should come early! It seems that the wind is going to blow in Changxing."
Hu Jun said solemnly: "I will write a petition to the court and stay in the local area. If the local area is unfair, I will not return to the Imperial College or the capital!"
"Brother Hu?!"
Yang Chengxuan looked at Hu Jun in shock.
He is a top student of the Imperial College, and he is also the main person in the Imperial College who participated in the design of the three national flags, national emblems, and national anthems. This whipping law is related to people's livelihood. It is enough for the Imperial College students to give up the national affairs and actively participate. Yang Chengxuan admires him.
If he gives up returning to the Imperial Academy and stays in the local area, it will mean that it will be difficult for him to join the cabinet! At most, at the local level, if you work hard to gain qualifications and have ups and downs for decades, you might just be a county magistrate!
This sacrifice is too great!
Hu Jun waved his hand and said to Yang Chengxuan: "Don't you want a prosperous age, Your Majesty? But you have to know that poverty is not a prosperous age! I, Mr. Hu, will be here to show the Emperor, when will the prosperous age be truly prosperous and the people can have enough to eat? It’s not too late to go back!”
Yang Chengxuan was in awe, bowed deeply to Hu Jun, stood up and said, "Since Brother Hu has such great ambitions, how about adding me?"
"Brother Yang!"
Hu Jun stepped forward excitedly.
Yang Chengxuan laughed and said: "After understanding things, you will know what you are doing. After knowing what you are doing, you will be sincere in your intentions. If your intentions are sincere, then your heart will be upright. If your heart is upright, you will cultivate your body. If you cultivate your body, you will have a harmonious family. If your family is harmonious, the country will be governed. If the country is governed, then the world will be peaceful."
"We studied things to gain knowledge and cultivated our minds and morals. Now that our family is together, we should serve our country. This place is too poor to be worthy of a prosperous age, so we will stay. As the emperor said, we will work together as one, overcome thorns, and conquer the country. How about changing it to Shengshi?”
Hu Jun held Yang Chengxuan's hand tightly, nodded and said: "I am not alone! I am not alone!"
Capital, Wuying Palace.
Zhu Yunwen looked at the memorials of Hu Jun and Yang Chengxuan in his hands, with a bit of admiration in his eyes, but besides admiration, there was also infinite anger.
The people below really turned a deaf ear to their own orders!
It has been several months since the heavy taxation was abolished, but some people are still openly collecting it!
Force people to sell their fields and girls!
This is still in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, a place very close to the capital. If it were further away, wouldn't you think of yourself as a local emperor?
"Inform the cabinet and go to court tomorrow!"
Zhu Yunwen said angrily.
Shuangxi was a little surprised and hurried to report the news.
Cabinet members Yu Xin, Zhang Yan, and Xie Jin looked at each other and felt the emperor's anger.
Ever since Zhu Yunwen changed the court time, Zhu Yunwen has never held an impromptu court meeting, and this is the first time!
"It seems that the situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has angered the emperor."
Yu Xin sighed.
Zhang Yan picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of hot tea, and said: "You won't know until you check it out. Who would have thought that the squires in the prefecture and county have so many problems. If one of them is not handled properly, the disaster of the Hongwu Dynasty may happen again. The two of them are still Think about how to dispel the wrath of the Holy Thunder."
The disaster of the Hongwu Dynasty was Zhu Yuanzhang's killing methods.
Regarding corrupt officials, Zhu Yuanzhang had only one method:
kill.
Aren't you greedy?
Lose your head, I see how greedy you are.
If violence can't solve the problem, it can't solve you?
Kill one in exchange for another, be greedy and kill again!
The Hongwu era was a bloody one, and the officials who survived by chance could be said to be the result of their ancestral graves being set on fire and being blessed every day.
Although Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen was benevolent, after all, there was a chariot in front of him and a rut in the back. It is not impossible for my grandson to imitate what his grandpa did.
Xie Jin picked up a copy of Hu Jun's memorial, looked at it carefully, and said: "Let me say, it is inevitable for the emperor to raise the butcher's knife. However, this butcher's knife may not be able to kill the grain chief, li chief, and armor chief of the place. , or the butcher’s knife of a county official.”
Zhang Yan raised his brows and asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"
Xie Jin pointed to the memorial and said: "This Hu Jun is quite knowledgeable. Although he was born in the Imperial College, he is not pedantic and adaptable. Look at his sentence: 'The root of bad government lies in the gentry's greed and greed. "Thousands of acres are not enough to satisfy their desires." Look at this sentence again, "The rich have a field of hope, but the poor have no place to stand."
"It can be seen that the life of farmers in prefectures and counties is not easy. The emperor has always advocated solving problems instead of solving people. The incident of King Yan proves this. In my opinion, this knife will probably cut down the land. superior."
