The whole family of villains criticized her wildly, but the princess treated her with medical treatm

Irrelevant?

Mrs. Songyuan County didn't believe it at all, and only regarded it as an excuse for the regent to protect the eldest princess.

Everyone in Yunhuang didn't know that the regent was fascinated by the eldest princess and almost obeyed her words.

"Your Highness, those fields are all..."

"My king has made up his mind!"

Yan Yang interrupted her coldly, with a very strong attitude, "There is no need to say anything."

Cui Xiulian was angry and struck the ground three times with her crutch.

Fifteen thousand acres of fields!

Those untouchables were given the advantage for nothing!

"Old madam, you would like to say something."

Cui Xiulian pinned her last hope on Mrs. Mingguo. She believed that the regent's mother had absolute say in the Yan family's business. Even if the eldest princess married, she would still be a daughter-in-law. How could a daughter-in-law be different? Listen to your mother-in-law.

But who knows——

Mrs. Mingguo just fiddled with the small-leaf red sandalwood beads wrapped around her hand, said Amitabha, and said: "Yang'er has his own reasons for doing this. I heard that last month, the Ministry of Punishment also severely punished a case of encroaching on civilian land. case, he was demoted and exiled to Lingnan. After the Tan family and the Nangong family were confiscated, their fields were also distributed to refugees and serfs. From this, we can also see the policy direction of the cabinet. Madam County, let’s take a longer-term view and follow the cabinet Let’s go with the policy.”

She was not happy at first.

I even argued with my son.

But she was indifferent by nature and had little desire for material things. After thinking about it carefully for two days, she finally thought about it.

Why bother with the policies above?

Only by following the right path can this huge family continue to exist.

"Is it a serious crime to invade people's fields?"

Cui Xiulian, the wife of Songyuan County, suddenly changed her expression, "Will he be demoted and exiled? There seems to be no such provision in Yunhuang's laws before."

broken.

It is not too common for powerful local families to invade people's fields and buy and sell by force.

If this was considered a serious crime, then most of her family members would probably go to jail.

"The land bill just revised by the Ministry of Criminal Justice has been in effect for four months."

Mu Tingxue suddenly spoke, "Don't you know, Mrs. County? In the past four months, the Ministry of Punishment has accepted more than fifty cases of infringement of people's land, and more than a dozen officials, large and small, have been punished, ranging from the highest to fourth-rank officials. , local farmers whose fields have been usurped can also come to Yundu to beat the drum and report to the officials, and there are forty cases where local squires and big landowners have been convicted and their homes confiscated."

Cui Xiulian suddenly broke out in cold sweat and stammered: "Songzhou... is far away... from Yundu. I used to live in another place and don't know anything about the world."

The curvature of Mu Tingxue's lips deepened and she took a step forward: "By the way, for people from all over the country who come to report, the transportation and horse expenses along the way, as well as the accommodation expenses when they come to Yundu, will be reimbursed by the Ministry of Household Affairs."

This policy was proposed by her.

The queen mother approved.

She also specially approved a sum of money from the Taicang silver in the treasury to build a five-story post station to provide food and accommodation for these poor people who had their land occupied.

This is tantamount to encouraging people from all over the country who have lost their land to come to Beijing to report!

Has the family's land been annexed by a wealthy squire family? It doesn't matter. You can come to Yundu to file a complaint. Food and accommodation are included, and round-trip transportation is included. The room at the post station may be the likes of which you have never lived in in your life, and the four dishes and one soup of white steamed buns and meat buns prepared by you are more than you have ever had in a lifetime of digging in the fields. Eaten. As long as you dare to come, as long as you have sufficient evidence, as long as you dare to file a complaint, the Ministry of Punishment will dare to accept the case, and you will be able to take revenge and get back the occupied fields. After the revenge is completed, the eldest princess will send a few soldiers to escort you home properly. , continue farming.

"This...this is also..."

Mrs. Songyuan County was already trembling in horror, her eyes were darkened, and her heart was almost frightened. "How can the words of a group of lowly farmers and refugees be used as evidence in court?"

"Mrs. Jun's words are wrong."

Mu Tingxue sat down next to Yan Yang, picked up the jade porcelain cup, and lazily took a sip of Emei Snow Green, "The power of the people cannot be underestimated. These have become the climate, annexing land, and wantonly encroaching on the country." This powerful family must put the butcher knife into the hands of every common person."

Cui Xiulian's face was as pale as a dead person.

For a moment, she didn't dare to think about how many people's land her family members in Songzhou had bought and occupied in the past forty or fifty years, and how many peasants who had lost their land had been forced into dire straits. There may be hundreds if not thousands.

If one of them comes to Yundu to file a complaint through the reporting channel provided by the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Punishment, her whole family will be destroyed!

Not only her family, it is estimated that more than 90% of the people in the noble circle she belongs to cannot escape the bad luck!

Too bad!

Cui Xiulian couldn't believe how could this seemingly harmless young woman in front of her have such a terrible black heart and come up with such a vicious policy, specifically to make things difficult for a group of wealthy and wealthy families like them?

"Xiulian, instead of being reported, it's better to take the initiative to free the serfs at home and return the fields to let them become farmers again."

Mrs. Mingguo persuaded her good-naturedly, "They will not bother with it anymore after they have accepted the favor of the Yan family. This is a matter of once and for all."

Cui Xiulian's heart felt like it was cut by a knife.

The thought of giving up so much land brought tears to my eyes.

"Then just follow the regent's wishes, hey. But without the fields, the family will lose half of their income. Life is tight again."

The large family has a very large population.

The cost is huge.

They also pay special attention to pomp and circumstance, and you have to pretend to be rich even if you don't have money. Otherwise, others will not be willing to do big business with you, and banks will not lend you large sums of money for turnover.

"If you don't have fields, you can open factories. Soap factories, chalk factories, sugar cane paper factories, liquor factories, and sauce factories. These technical secrets are all shared and open to the public within the Yan clan."

Mu Tingxue knew very well that cutting off the flesh of a noble family and forcing them to return their fields would not kill people.

I have to give them another opening to recover blood.

The dog jumped over the wall when he was anxious.

Taking the Yan family as the first test point, let them transform from a feudal landowner family to a budding national capitalism.

When Cui Xiulian heard the news, the despair in her eyes instantly dissipated, bursting with unparalleled brilliance: "Soap? Baidizhou sells well all over the country, even sold to Dongsang Kingdom, Beiyu Kingdom, Tatar, and Lubo. Soap? Ours, Can we also do this business?”

This is a big piece of fat!

As long as you can get a small piece of it, the whole family will be rich.

Since high-concentration liquor is still being fermented and distilled, it has not yet been put into the market; sweet wheat sauce and spicy bean paste are only famous in Yundu and have not been sold to other places; sugarcane bagasse papermaking needs more than three months, and it will be in January next year Only then can it be put on the shelves; the gross profit margin of chalk is small, and there are many merchants entering the market. Therefore, Mrs. Songyuan County did not mention these items at all. Her biggest interest was in soap.

Nowadays, carved soap has become a daily necessity for everyone in the upper-class aristocratic circle and the middle-class gentry, with prices ranging from five taels to one hundred taels.

As for the old soap that costs ten cents a piece, to be honest, there is no profit. If the journey is too long and transportation costs are taken into account, it may even be a loss.