Chapter 805: Impeach
Chapter 805 Impeachment
In the Hall of Mental Cultivation in the Imperial Palace of Jingling City, Lin Jinxiao had just experienced a big victory, but he couldn't be happier at this moment.
A few days ago, Beibin Wang Lin Tingyan led 50,000 cavalry around Jeju to prepare for a surprise attack on Kyoto.
Lin Jinxiao thought of the scene when he attacked Yizhou, so he used the Fire Bull Formation again. He selected more than 2,000 strong cattle. On the night when Qinghe cavalry besieged Jingling City, he ordered people to cut open more than a dozen city walls, and set the sharp weapons on their bodies on fire. The fire ox rushed to the enemy camp, and he personally led a death squad of 5,000 to follow the oxen all the way to Lin Tingyan's Chinese army tent, and almost captured Beibin Wang alive.
Lin Tingyan was wounded by a sharp arrow and fled, but failed to take him down. Lin Jinxiao was always depressed.
And he was thinking about Chang Lao's assassination and the safety of Chu Nanzhi's mother and children, so he couldn't sleep all day and night.
Knowing that Li Ce had already defeated the Bula and Yanzhi allied forces in the north, and was going to go deep into the hinterland to wipe out these two tribes for himself, Lin Jinxiao was relieved and decided to settle the matter in Beijing and go to Langzhou City in person to pick up Chu Nanzhi's mother and child back to the palace.
Just now the secret order to transfer Lin Jinshu back to Beijing was sent out to the palace, but the **** in the palace came to report that Lin Yanjun had brought Ji Huaishu and Yin Sinian to see him.
These people are not only the most trusted people of the ancestors, but also the core people he can rely on at the moment, so they can't be neglected, so the little **** immediately brought them in.
How many people were waiting to enter, Lin Jinxiao gave each of them a seat, thinking about the confusion he encountered when checking Nekusi's accounts a while ago, he asked straight to the point:
"My aunt came just in time. Last month, I checked the accounts of Nekusi and found that there were some irregularities in the accounts of Langzhou and Pingning Prefectures. According to the taxation situation of these two states, except for the tax exempted by the royal family, every year There should be 1.9 million taels of tax money to be handed over to the treasury, but why is there nearly 500,000 taels less?"
Looking meaningfully at Lin Yanjun, Lin Jinxiao showed a bitter expression: "As early as in Luyan Port, I heard that many aristocratic families handed over their land properties to the royal family to take care of them, so as to obtain tax exemption status. As for the joint collection of tax money from the treasury with the aristocratic family?"
"What did His Majesty say?"
Lin Yanjun smiled, and replied calmly: "I was entrusted by the late emperor and ancestors to take over the internal treasury. I should do my best to manage the treasury and silver. I dare not show favoritism. As for the reduction of tax and silver in the past two years Nearly 30% of the reason is naturally inseparable from the drought and the New Deal that His Majesty just implemented last year."
Yin Sinian has long discovered that Langzhou and Ningzhou have problems with tax collection in the past few years. Even if the land equalization policy implemented last year is not mentioned, the imperial court has repeatedly increased tax burdens in recent years, but the revenue from these two states The tax money that comes up is always unsatisfactory, and there are naturally some strange things in it.
Pingning Prefecture and Langzhou are both important state capitals for the imperial court to collect taxes, and the gap of 500,000 taels is missing every year, which sounds really appalling.
But Lin Yanjun is the darling of the ancestors after all, so he had no choice but to help cover up the sentence: "What the eldest princess said is very reasonable. Before the implementation of the land equalization policy, there was a serious trend of enclosing land in various states. This kind of situation does not only happen in Pingning Prefecture and Langzhou, but also in other prefectures.
Although Lin Jinxiao hates the behavior of using power for personal gain the most, he also understands that no matter how honest a person is in their position as an official, there is no such thing as a breeze, and they will more or less seek some personal gain.
Even though the treasury is empty right now, it is more important to maintain the stability of the empire, and it is not the time to settle old accounts.
What's more, the few present here are all his elders, and they are also the most prominent relatives of the emperor. If they are directly attacked, it will only lead to greater panic.
Looking at the three of them with indifferent smiles, Lin Jinxiao pretended not to care and replied: "The words of my aunt and uncle have reminded me that people's livelihood is difficult now, and I have no choice but to implement a new policy, but there are still some aristocratic families who continue to exploit the people regardless of the government order. , I can ignore the past, but if there are people who commit such unhealthy practices in the future, I will investigate to the end."
After a pause, he stared at the few people with deep eyes, and then said: "You are the most trusted people of the emperor's grandmother and the late emperor, and now you are also my ministers, I hope you can strictly implement the Juntian policy for me. Going on, as for the royal clansmen's food towns and fiefs in various places, they must truthfully report to the imperial court, and if anyone has forcibly occupied the people's good land before, as long as they return it as soon as possible, I will not pursue it."
"Your Majesty is wise and open-minded, and the old minister must quickly spread His Majesty's will to all states and counties."
Yin Sinian secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
and Ji Huaishu looked at each other, and the tension on their faces suddenly eased a lot.
Although the Yin and Ji families have not relied on power to occupy the land of good people in recent years, they have indeed bought a lot of good farm shops at a low price.
It is said that after the fall of the Yang family and the Tang family, their families took over a lot of land in various places through various methods. If the new emperor pursues responsibility, no one can escape.
And Lin Jinxiao's words are both a step up and a warning to everyone. If such things happen again in the future, even for these aunts and uncles, he will naturally not be lenient.
Everyone looked at each other tacitly, Lin Jinxiao got up slowly, without beating around the bush, expressing his feelings directly:
"The war in the north has been decided now, and the Rongdi people in the west have General Rong Heng and Concubine Ji to deal with them. The king of Beibin was injured and fled back to the land of Qinghe. There will be no troubles in the capital for the time being, but Langzhou makes me feel deeply worried. I If I want to recall Princess Shu and let her supervise the government affairs for me, I will go to Langzhou myself and ask my two uncles to help Princess Shu take care of the court."
When they heard that the new emperor was going to Langzhou, everyone frowned.
Yin Sinian persuaded heartbrokenly: "The assassination of the old lady Fu and the tragic death of Princess Qian on the border of Langzhou may all be caused by the reform of the official system led by the Queen. The old minister has the courage to implore His Majesty to call the Queen back to the palace immediately. It is really inappropriate to reform the official system right now." ah."
Lin Jinxiao finally realized that the purpose of these people entering the palace was to impeach his own empress. He forced a smile and said, "How many of them mean this?"
Ji Huaishu frowned, but he didn't dare to speak.
But Chang Lao's death shocked him, so he had no choice but to follow him into the palace.
But Lin Yanjun's heart was full of fear, and after pondering for a long time, he finally opened his mouth and said: "If you want to say that the queen's temperament is also clear to the slave family, it's understandable that she doesn't want to stay at home like other girls because of her talents. After all, our dynasty does allow women to become officials, but the reform of the official system is a major issue related to the country and the country. It is no better than redressing wrongs for others. A little carelessness will overthrow the empire. The death of Chang Lao is painful, and it is a warning. , Your Majesty, please think twice."
Although Lin Jinxiao said that she entrusted the selection of officials in Langzhou to the lady in order to keep Tan Qing, but she had already seen her strategy of reforming the official system. He wanted to make this happen from the bottom of his heart.
The two uncles and aunts wanted to stop this matter, worried that this policy would cause turmoil in the court, and more importantly, they might touch the interests of their aristocratic families.
How can I follow their ways.
(end of this chapter)