The local county magistrate obviously did not expect that the emperor would meet with the tenants, so even after a long time, no one came.

The emperor led a group of central officials and county magistrates to stand crowdedly on the field, looking quite cramped.

Wei Yunzhen, the magistrate of Daxing County, took advantage of the time before the tenants arrived and stayed close behind the emperor, reporting from time to time on the progress of the land clearing and the subsequent arrangements and preparations for the county government.

"...is being verified this month."

"I have already ordered Lijia to imitate the style of the Hongwu and orthodox fish-scale and phoenix flags, and compile an atlas, detailing the fields and grains of the Yuan Dynasty, with the word Wei, the number, the section, the wasteland, and the number of mature steps."

"Then the county government will use the tax officials to re-examine and check, identify the boundaries and sites, inspect and measure the acres, and make corrections and exclusions for reclamation. They will be published in a book, collected and stored in the government, and given to the public for review forever."

Zhu Yijun put his hands behind his hands and looked out, listening very seriously.

Whether it is to work hard or to make progress, in short, Wei Yunzhen's business ability cannot be faulted.

It was also thanks to Zhu Yijun that he tried so hard to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.

For example, this Jinshi in the fifth year of Wanli was also firmly opposed to Zhang Juzheng's seizing love. He even went to court repeatedly, hoping that next year's imperial examination would cancel the preferential treatment for the descendants of official officials. Yin and Yang satirized Zhang Juzheng, Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue and others. I hope a few people will understand.

Don't put the emperor in a dilemma because of his son's imperial examination.

No matter how you look at it, he is a standard villain who uses the theme to play off the topic.

But on the contrary, his official reputation among the people is extremely good. Nowadays, it has only begun to take shape in Daxing County. But in history, when he was patrolling Shaanxi, he even opened up acres of land, exempted miscellaneous taxes, cut government expenditures, and built military and civilian buildings.

Infrastructure construction, so much so that later generations still have literary and artistic works such as "Wei Yunzhen, the Commoner Governor" to sing its name.

Neither party would be happy if such a person was placed in the position of censor. Instead, he should do something practical for the people in his place.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yijun finally turned around and said, "Are the tax officers who have passed the county government exams in the past few years still easy to use?"

The prefectures and counties of Shuntian Prefecture opened two civil service examinations in advance, in order to prepare for this.

Wei Yunzhen's expression was slightly unnatural.

He thought for a while and replied politely: "Your Majesty, apart from being acclimatized to the local environment, tax officials rarely have any flaws in their duties."

Being acclimatized means that I don't get along well with the local officialdom, but I can do my job better than the original group of people.

Zhu Yijun understood clearly after hearing this.

The officials who passed the examination will naturally occupy the quota of local officials, so conflicts between the two sides are inevitable.

In fact, this is actually helpful for the county magistrate to extend his power, so Wei Yunzhen has a positive attitude.

However, this is only temporary. Considering the current population mobility in the Ming Dynasty, these official officials who have passed the examination will be assimilated by local big families sooner or later. It is impossible to write a memorial "Da Xing Officials".

Of course, having a threshold is better than having no threshold. Take one step at a time. This is how the imperial examination was used to overturn a wealthy family bit by bit.

Zhu Yijun looked at Wei Yunzhen: "Are there any difficulties or obstacles in completing the task of clearing out the fields and clearing out households?"

Wei Yunzhen did not answer immediately, but glanced at the emperor's ministers vaguely.

After pondering for a long time, he slowly said: "Your Majesty, during the Jiajing Nine-year New Deal, we have inspected the ancestral relatives, ministers, temples and villages belonging to the six prefectures of Shuntian, Baoding, Hejian, Zhending, Guangping, and Shunde."

There are quotas for tax exemptions for relatives, ministers, and temples, but they are not all exempt.

According to the system, the upper-class land received three cents of silver per mu, the medium-class land received two cents of silver per mu, the middle- and lower-class land received one and a half cents of silver per mu, and the low-class land received one cent of silver per mu.

Wei Yunzhen paused and continued: "At that time, Emperor Shizong once said that after this land transfer, another sealing boundary would be built as a rule and there would be no more disturbances."

"Today, many of the honorary relatives, ministers, and temples in the county still retain the edicts written by Emperor Sejong."

"A few days ago, the officials found Xungui at the gate of the temple, and he was expelled by the people of the village for this reason..."

There are so many things in officialdom, and being constrained by such historical documents left by predecessors is a lesson that every official must learn.

Emperor Sejong was naturally a promising emperor when he granted land to his relatives, ministers, temples, and temples, and making compromises in order to reduce resistance was also a common practice. In fact, Sejong himself may have been prepared to "play tricks with the right talents."

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It just happened that this opportunity to break one's promise and make a fortune fell on the heads of the kings and ministers of the Wanli Dynasty.

Faced with such unreasonable things, what else can we do besides being unreasonable?

Zhu Yijun looked at Wei Yunzhen and asked directly: "Oh? Which relatives, ministers, and temples are so arrogant?"

Although Wei Yunzhen only talked about honors and temples, it was because the ministers had gathered around the field and it was hard to point at their noses.

The difficulty in raising land is because most of these people will not give up their land.

Speaking of this, Wei Yunzhen did not hide it, and simply replied: "Your Majesty, according to the reports from the officials in the government office, Huairou Bo Shi Guangzu's farm is not allowed to enter."

"In several temples and temples in the county, Shizong's imperial edict politely persuaded them to withdraw, but I did not want to be violent, so I invited several abbots and temple owners to the government office for discussion."

"Yao Zhong, the eunuch of the Xixin Department, ordered his cousin Deng Xun to beat and drive away the county officials with sticks, and even threatened to break the legs of anyone who dared to come to the door again."

Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

He put Wei Yunzhen down for the time being, turned to look at Zhang Hong, and said in surprise: "Zhang Daban, are the people in the palace so crazy outside?"

The actions of Bo Huairou and the monks and Taoists were still within his understanding. After all, it was human nature to be reasonable and see if they could get some preferential treatment.

But is Yao Zhong out of his mind? He dares to resist violently at this juncture!?

Zhang Hong originally stood beside him without saying a word, but when faced with the emperor's questioning words, he immediately knelt down and pressed his forehead against the soil: "I failed to control you! I am guilty!"

"Please, Lord Long Live, be merciful and allow me to go there in person to arrest him and interrogate him!"

Seeing this, Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "By the way, where did you get the courage?"

You don't need to guess to know that there are many twists and turns in the relationship, and in the end it will most likely end up with the queen mothers of the two palaces, or the ministers around the queen concubines.

Just deal with it together.

A group of courtiers separated into a lane, Zhang Hong stood up, bowed, led several eunuchs, turned around and left in a hurry.

Zhu Yijun turned around and continued with Wei Yunzhen: "What's going on with Shi Guangzu? He's not..."

Halfway through his words, his voice suddenly stopped.

Just when Wei Yunzhen was wondering, she heard the movement behind her.

Turning his head to look, he saw that it was the tenant whom the emperor had summoned earlier, led by the royal guards, heading this way.

Zhu Yijun glanced down.

Seeing that the fields here were really cramped, he simply went towards the tenants on the rural road to greet them, followed closely by a group of ministers.

The three tenants had never seen such a scene before.

Seeing Ziweixing and a group of Wenquxing approaching, the three tenants quickly knelt down and said, "The common people pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Then he knelt down and bowed in a solemn manner.

Seeing this, Zhu Yijun suddenly stopped.

He looked at the uniform movements of the tenants in front of him, and felt a familiar sense of déjà vu coming over him.

After a moment, Zhu Yijun suddenly turned his head, smiled at Wang Zongyi, the Minister of Rites, and said: "Wang Qing, the Ministry of Rites has always told me that courtesy should not be extended to common people. It seems to be biased."

"Even though I am a tenant farmer, I am still so polite and courteous. You must have done a good job in educating me."

Wang Zongyi was stunned when he heard this, and then he immediately came to his senses.

After looking up and down at the three tenants, he turned his attention directly to King Yin Zhiyuan of Shuntian Prefecture and Hu Zhili, the governor of Shuntian.

Wang Zhiyuan and Hu Zhili looked at each other and then looked at Wei Yunzhen, the magistrate of Daxing County.

Wei Yunzhen looked a little unnatural and hesitated to speak.

When the eyes of several people crossed each other, Zhu Yijun did not give his minister a chance to reply, but turned around to face the three tenants.

He looked at the three tenants and said bluntly: "Do you know that bullying the emperor is a serious crime?"

"I will send Jin Yiwei to verify later. If you three are not tenants here, I will kill your three clans."

The Three Tribes are better than the Nine Tribes, and they appear more realistic when scaring people.

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, the expressions of the three "tenants" suddenly changed.

The three of them hurriedly bowed again and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, spare your life! We are the head of Daxing County! Magistrate Wei asked us to deal with Your Majesty, I dare not not come!"

His tone was so stern that everyone who heard it was moved. It seemed that he had tried his best to save the three tribes.

Wei Yunzhen sighed when she saw the three of them sold to her in the blink of an eye.

He walked around from behind the emperor to the front, lifted up his hem and knelt down to kowtow: "Your Majesty, I was just afraid that the tenants would be rude and bump into your Majesty, so I made this move."

This was the usual practice for Shangguan, Yushi and Kedao during their inspections, but today the emperor, who had lived in the palace for a long time, saw through it at a glance.

It was really beyond Wei Yunzhen's expectation.

However, what he argued was indeed what he was thinking.

What the emperor wanted to know, it was enough to ask him as the county magistrate - he had traveled all over Daxing County and read through the yamen files, could there be any omissions?

How can we lower ourselves to contact the red people?

However, the emperor had no sense of being cared for. Instead, he stared at Wei Yunzhen expressionlessly and said in a bad tone: "Wei Qing, my ancestors were just beggars. How can you act like an unreachable person on my behalf and look down on the common people?

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As soon as these words came out, Wang Xijue in the crowd couldn't help but look at the emperor one more time.
To be continued...