Not only could the construction of the new city make money, but it could also let the nobles 'land be seen?
Lan Yu's words shocked all the dignitaries!
At this moment, they even threw the joy from before to the back of their minds. Everyone wanted to know how to operate it.
In the hands of these nobles, there was a large amount of fertile land that had been illegally seized.
These lands could not be placed on the table. As long as Zhu Yuanzhang investigated, he would definitely be able to find them!
The crime of occupying fertile land and embezzling cultivated land could not be escaped!
However, staking a horse for land was a very fast way to accumulate wealth.
Almost no one could resist this temptation!
The nobles greedily occupied the land, but at the same time, they were worried that Zhu Yuanzhang would behead them if they were exposed.
Generally speaking, people who did illegal activities had the same psychological pressure!
He was unable to give up on his interests, but he still had the mentality of getting lucky.
Of course, the Huaixi nobles were lucky because of their contributions to the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Yuanzhang.
They thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would not kill them on account of their past relationship.
Not only that, there was no lack of people who held the gold medal of exemption from death!
This became the reason why they could occupy the land without fear.
The law does not punish the masses. If Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to punish the dignitaries, it was impossible to kill them all at once.
A river of blood was only bad for Da Ming who had just stabilized.
And the red letter and iron certificate were personally given by Zhu Yuanzhang. As an emperor, he would not go back on his word, right?
If Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to punish them, these people would show them the death exemption medallion.
At that time, he would definitely be able to escape!
It had to be said that some of Xun Gui's calculations were not bad.
When Su Yang saw this history back then, he kept mocking these nobles for their lack of knowledge.
They didn't understand the saying that the final right to explain belonged to Zhu Yuanzhang!
The death-exemption medallion was given by Zhu Yuanzhang. If he said it was effective, then it was effective. If he said it was ineffective, then what you were holding was a piece of scrap metal!
It was a pity that some people didn't realize this even before they died.
Did he think that he could live forever with a lousy token?
Of course, most of the people in Hu Weiyong's residence didn't have the red letter and iron certificate.
Therefore, when Lan Yu said that there was a way to turn their land into legal income, she immediately grabbed their hearts.
Some people's voices were trembling!
"General Lan, is what you said true?”
"Yeah, Brother Lan, this big brother has been worried about this for a long time. If you have a way, you have to help!”
"Brother Lan, you're the Crown Prince's uncle, could it be that you've heard some new news?”
Everyone surrounded Blue Jade and talked non-stop. Blue Jade also had a headache from the noise.
He pushed the crowd aside and stood up, signaling for everyone to be quiet.
"Everyone, stop quarreling. I'm getting too noisy here!”
"Actually, this matter is very simple. We have to rely on the construction of the new city this time. As long as we seize the opportunity, not only can we make a huge profit, but these hot fields will no longer be a problem in the future.”
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Lan Yu used the word 'hot' to describe the fields in the hands of the dignitaries. It was very accurate!
This was because the fields of Great Ming were strictly divided into official fields and civilian fields.
There were many types of official fields.
There are ancient official fields, returned official fields, no official fields, Tuntian, Huangzhuang, Xuetian, Gongye fields and so on.
The name was different, the origin was different, and the use was different!
For example, most of the ancient official fields were official fields left behind by the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Most of the official fields were land that the owners had violated the law and committed crimes and were taken back. Most of the official fields were land returned by the officials!
Among them, the private fields were private and could be bought and sold, while the official fields were state-owned and could not be bought and sold!
Therefore, the fields occupied by the dignitaries were basically civilian fields.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the land was distributed to the farmers by the court after the population was calculated.
Because these farmers had their own fields, they became self-cultivators.
The farmers had adapted to the farming tradition of China that had existed for thousands of years and were basically self-sufficient.
They only needed to pay the land tax to the country!
However, there were many ways for dignitaries to envelop land. The most common method was to make the farmers who owned the land owe debts or unable to pay the land tax in full.
At this moment, they could purchase these fields at a low price!
Farmers without land had very miserable fates. They either became refugees or could only rent official fields to cultivate.
Official fields were still fields, and they needed people to cultivate them. Officials themselves did not work. The common method was to rent out official fields and hire people to cultivate them. The people who cultivated had to hand over food to the owner every year. This was land rent!
All the fields in the Ming Dynasty had to pay taxes to the country, and official fields were no exception. Therefore, those who rented official fields had to pay land taxes.
In other words, the people who cultivated the official fields had to pay rent and taxes. The burden was extremely heavy!
Many farmers did not even have enough rations for the next year!
Farmers were the foundation of a dynasty. If farmers did not have enough to eat, society would inevitably be in turmoil.
This was also the reason why the rulers of the past hated land enclosure!
Currently, the fields in the hands of the dignitaries were basically all forcefully occupied civilian fields.
As long as Zhu Yuanzhang had the heart to check the population of the fields, the matter of land enclosure would definitely be exposed!
The dignitaries only cared about occupying land and could not think of a way to clear the land.
Blue Jade coming out at this time was simply like a timely rain!
Hu Weiyong's hands were naturally clean now. As the Left Prime Minister and the head of all officials, he had no need to get involved in this mess.
There were many officials and dignitaries who fawned over him!
Hu Weiyong did not need to rely on land to make money.
However, he was also very curious at this moment. What method did Lan Yu have to solve this huge problem?
"General Lan, don't keep me in suspense. To be honest, I think I'm smart, but I can't think of any good ideas.”
"So, are you really curious about General Lan's marvelous method?”
Lan Yu was very pleased to hear Hu Weiyong's compliment.
"Prime Minister Hu, don't belittle yourself. Your intelligence is not in this aspect.”
"To put it bluntly, the method is very simple.”
Reverse?
Everyone understood this phrase, but what was the point of switching hands?
Besides, who should I give it to?
Could it be that his left hand had turned against his right hand?
It was no wonder that this group of people could not figure out how to operate the land.
Because in this day and age, there was no concept of money laundering!
How to clean up their assets was still a blind spot for the nobles.
"General Lan, how do we do it?"
"Should I let my relatives buy these lands and trade them back and forth?”
"If it's just a trade to relatives or subordinates, the ownership of these fields is still on our heads. If the Emperor wants to investigate, he can definitely find out, but it will take some effort.”
"Yes, General Lan, your method of switching hands shouldn't be that simple, right?”
When Blue Jade heard everyone's questions, she sneered in her heart.
Of course, the method to reverse it was not that simple!
If it was just his left hand switching to his right hand, would he need to waste his breath?
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