The autumn wind rusts, and everything withers.

There is no trace of green on the land of Shandong. Unlike the warm winter in later generations, the small glacier period on Earth is beginning in this era, and the weather is very cold, especially when the autumnal equinox is scraped. Of course, what is even colder is the heart of the people.

Qufu, Kong family.

Kong Shangxian sat inside the room, looking at the gloomy sky outside expressionlessly, his heart was filled with resentment and despair. These days he was locked up or banned, and he didn't know if his whole life would be like this.

Seeing someone coming from outside the window, Kong Shangxian immediately saw the face, and then he smiled.

Kong Shangxian has been living a very bad life these days. His skin is pale, his pupils are congested, and his shawl is radiating, which makes his smile very ferocious. When the door was pushed open from outside, Kong Shangxian smiled even more powerfully.

"Are you here to kill me?" Kong Shangxian stared at the visitor and said loudly: "I'm using my life to exchange for your life?"

The person who came was an old man. Looking at Kong Shangxian, his expression remained unchanged. It was Kong Wensheng, the highest-ranking Kong family, and Kong Shangxian's third uncle. Since Kong Shangxian was banned, Kong Wensheng said that it was Kong Wensheng.

"I'm here to tell you three things!" Kong Wensheng said lightly.

"The first thing is that the court deprived the Duke of Yan Sheng of the Confucius family of Qufu. Listen to it, it is the Kong family of Qufu, not our lineage." Speaking of this, Kong Wensheng sighed: "You should know what this means, right?"

Of course, Kong Shangxian knew that this meant that not only did his own lineage lose the title of Yan Shenggong, but the entire Kong family in Qufu lost the title of Yan Shenggong.

"The second thing is that the Kong family in Qufu has been regarded as the legitimate lineage of Kong Shangqi, and the Kong family has the final say."

"The third thing is, for the sake of the saints' descendants, the emperor is so kind that he is not punishing the Kong family." Kong Wensheng looked at Kong Shangqi and said, "The head of the family has already said about your punishment. You will be retired in this yard in the future."

After hearing the first news, Kong Shangxian sat on the ground.

When Kong Wensheng mentioned the head of the family, Kong Shangxian suddenly raised his head: "You are going to call the head of the Kong Shangqi family now?" When he said this, Kong Shangxian suddenly burst into laughter, tears burst out, but in the end he turned into a cry.

Kong Wensheng saw this scene, sighed, turned around and walked out.

From today on, the Kong family is probably going to lie dormant and wait for the opportunity, just like the Kong family in the Southern Sect. In fact, the Kong family has realized that although the emperor has the will to deal with the Kong family, he will not kill the Kong family.

This time the emperor sent Xu De over. It was clearly discussed, but they were all screwed up by Kong Shangxian. Now it's OK.

Outside Qufu City, Wang Xijue sat in the carriage, put down the curtain in his hand, and said, "Let's go!"

The matter in Qufu was completed. After reading the imperial edict, Wang Xijue and his party's mission were completely completed. After successfully completing this matter, Wang Xijue was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

After the matter here is over, you can also return to the capital and go back to handle the matter of opening the vassal ban.

With the extermination of the White Lotus Sect, the officials and gentry of Shandong Prefecture officially opened up in Shandong. The local officials and officials of Shandong Prefecture did not shirk responsibility this time, and they were very polite and the entire collection process went very smoothly.

The imperial envoy.

Although the task of tax collection is very heavy, everything has been very smooth so far. The grain entered the official warehouse and the silver entered the bank treasury of the Taxation Department, and the situation is very good.

In fact, taxation has always been implemented in the previous system, but it only increases the income of officials and gentry.

If the people from the Tax Division were all allowed to do it, they would not have as many people.

"Mr. Wang, I heard you are leaving Jinan Mansion?" Xu De looked at Wang Yongji and asked with a faint smile.

Wang Yongji nodded, put down the teacup in his hand, and then said with a smile: "The matter here in Jinan Prefecture is over. I want to go to Qufu. There are still so many hidden lands there. I can't do it if I don't go!"

After hearing Wang Yongji's words, Xu De nodded: "This is, after completing the Qufu business, Lord Wang will go back to Beijing directly?"

Neither Wang Yongji nor Xu De thought that Qufu was a problem. Now the Kong family is just a tiger without teeth. They don’t have the courage or ability to do some messy things. As long as they go, they will definitely be able to win it.

"No!" Wang Yongji shook his head: "After the matter in Qufu is over, I will go to Nanjing."

Xu De was stunned. Unexpectedly, Wang Yongji was going to Nanjing, but he felt relieved after thinking about it. Shandong has settled, so there will be no problem in Henan and Hebei. But the south is not good, and those people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are not easy to deal with.

As a major province in the imperial examination, there are many officials and gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which is very difficult to deal with!

However, Xu De didn't think it was a problem, and said with a smile: "Then I wish Lord Wang a good journey."

Wang Yongji pondered for a while and said, "Eunuch Xu, I have some things to do if I ask Eunuch Xu for help."

"Please speak with Lord Wang!" Xu De put down the teacup in his hand and spoke.

Wang Yongji did not go around the corner and said directly: "This time in Shandong, Eunuch Xu's inner factory's personnel are very capable. I will meet His Majesty Chen at the meeting. When I go to Nanjing, I will also transfer the inner factory's personnel to me."

"I hope Eunuch Xu will not be stingy and support me."

Xu De didn't expect Wang Yongji to think so, but he nodded and said, "Mr. Wang, the inner factory is Your Majesty's inner factory, not ours. If Lord Wang can ask for an imperial edict, our family will naturally allocate people to you."

On this day, the imperial envoy Wang Yongji left Jinan Prefecture and headed towards Qufu.

The entire Jinan Prefecture was also deserted. Xu De was here to thoroughly investigate the case of the White Lotus Sect, but in fact there was nothing to investigate. At this point, Wang Shan was stubborn and could not help but use any torture. He would only have two or three kittens and three dogs.

Qufu.

Kong Family Hall.

Kong Shangxian looked at Wang Yongji in front of him, one head and two big ones. In fact, the Kong family is almost at a loss for civil servants. Although he knows that although the emperor does not punish the Kong family on the surface, it will definitely not be finished in private, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

"The head of the Kong family, this is the account book of hidden land found by the inner factory."

Wang Yongji put a booklet on the table and said with a smile: "According to the investigation of the internal factory, the Kong family has hidden a total of 1.73 million mu of land, including 860,000 mu of upper fields and 870,000 mu of middle fields."

"According to the court's regulations, Ueda's fine forty taels of silver and Nakada's fine for twenty taels of silver. The Kong family needs to pay a fine of 51.8 million taels of silver!" As he said that, Wang Yongji took out another order: "This is a fine notice, please check it out."

"The fine silver needs to be paid within seven days, otherwise the hidden land will be confiscated."

Kong Shangqi was stunned when he heard this and fined more than 50 million taels of silver. What a joke, it wasn't that much that was sold by the Kong family!

The Kong family has a lot of land, but if you sell those lands, you will definitely not be able to sell them for so much money! Once you sell them openly, the land price will inevitably fall sharply in the end, and no one will buy it after the sharp drop.

All these lands were owned by the farmers, and were robbed by the Kong family, and more were devoted.

The Kong family is divided into inner holes and outer holes. The inner holes are the children of the Kong family, and both the direct and side-line lines are included. However, the outer holes are given by the Kong family, which means that they did not originally have the surname Kong, but they were the surname Kong while working in the Kong family.

These people have a lot of relatives and friends, and their land has been devoted to it.

Although the gentry is very rich and has a lot of land, it cannot be cashed out. The court does not talk about this principle now and requires you to cash out the land. If this can be cashed out, there will be a ghost.

Even if you sell antiques in arts, art, and antiques, you can't sell them for so much money. Once there are too many things, the price will fall.

Wang Yongjicai, regardless of what the Kong family was thinking, said directly: "The head of the Kong family, will wait for seven days in Qufu City. If the Kong family cannot pay a fine such as seven days, these fields will become public fields."

After saying these words, Wang Yongji stood up and took the people out of the door.

Wang Yongji left, but the Kong family was in chaos. Kong Shangqi quickly invited Kong Wensheng. Although Kong Shangqi is now the head of the family, it is impossible to suppress the various rooms and veins of the Kong family.

After listening to Kong Shangqi's retelling, Kong Wensheng's face also became very ugly.

"We're in trouble this time!" Kong Wensheng sighed.

"We definitely can't get the money. Let each house get the pulse together, and then pick some good fields to pay the fines. I won't want the remaining fields." Kong Wensheng pondered for a moment and said decisively.

"At this time, you should break it, and you can't hesitate!" Kong Wenxun saw that Kong Shangqi was still hesitating, and couldn't help but say loudly.

Back at the place where he lived in Qufu, Wang Yong sighed, spread a piece of paper on the table, and then began to write the memorial. The name of the memorial: Please divide the fields and dilute!

In fact, Wang Yongji had long wanted to write this memorial, but there were so many things before, and I only had the time to write this memorial. Wang Yongji attached great importance to this memorial and was also very anxious.

The purpose of this memorial is actually very simple, that is, it is for the contribution.

Although many gentry have a lot of land, their land is not bought, but comes from investment.

The wind of offering has been around for a long time. Not to mention others, I just talk about myself. When I passed the exam, the first thing that the elders of the clan and relatives in my family, after congratulating me was to devote all the land to my name.

The poor scholar becomes a landlord overnight, which is a model of the golden house in the book. It is not illusory that thousands of hectares of good land overnight.

You don’t have to pay taxes when you invest the land under your name. You rent the land to your clans for planting it, and charge a lot less land rent than the land tax. There are many benefits in it, and you pay less every year and get more.

Gentlemen can also pass the tax exemption system, from poor to rich overnight.
Chapter completed!