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  Chapter 785 782【The emperor personally taught the prince】

  After Fei Ruhe returned to Beijing, he was summoned into the palace every three days. Either Zhao Han himself summoned him, or the Fei sisters invited him. From the outsiders' perspective, it was extremely gracious.

  On this day, Prince Zhao Kuanghuan was studying in the Wenhua Hall, and Zhao Han brought Fei Ruhe to supervise the school in person.

   Zhao Kuanghuan felt a little strange to this uncle, but he was very famous. Among his classmates, there are also quite a few admirers of Governor Fei.

   Huang Zongxi was speaking on "Three Origins". When all the officials saw the emperor coming, they all wanted to get up and pay respects. Zhao Han raised his hand to stop them, telling them not to move around, and the teaching activities continued.

  Including Huang Zongxi, everyone was a little nervous, and Zhao Kuanghuan couldn't help but look back many times.

   "No distractions!"

   It was Huang Zongxi who calmed down first and tapped the table with a ruler to remind the prince not to be distracted.

  In the middle of the class, a person from Zhongshu She came. He was not allowed to enter, and he could not move around at will, so he had to stand at the door and wait.

  It wasn't until school was over and everyone else was allowed to leave that Zhao Han said, "Come in."

  Zhao Han went to take the main seat, and the crown prince and Fei Ruhe sat on the lower seats on both sides. Huang Zongxi, Hu Mengtai, Li Yong, and Zhang Dai who came over after hearing the news, all sat down one by one in a bewildered manner.

   "Minister Fan Biying, pay homage to Your Majesty!"

  Zhongshu Sheren stepped forward to pay respects, and then bowed to the prince and others.

   Zhao Han pointed to this person and introduced: "This is the 18th grandson of Duke Fan Wenzheng (Fan Zhongyan). His name is Biying, and his courtesy name is Longxian."

   Zhao Kuanghuan and Li Yong bowed their hands towards Fan Biying in awe.

  Zhao Han smiled and said to Zhang Dai: "Does Zhang Qing know him?"

  Zhang Dai replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I am an old friend with my deceased father, and I have visited Fan Yuan many times as a guest."

  Zhao Han asked Fan Biying again: "Do you know why I invited you here?"

  Fan Biying said anxiously: "I really don't know."

Zhao Han glanced at the crowd and said: "Xu Ying, the governor of Jiangsu, ordered the entire province to check the land, and encouraged the people to report acts of undermining the land administration. Recently, Xu Buzheng published another secret report, saying that dozens of Fan's children , jointly reported to the head of the Fan clan, and forcibly confiscated the smuggled land in the name of the Yizhuang. The farmers who divided up the Fan’s Yizhuang, each had to take out an acre of good land, and gathered as little as possible to rebuild the Fan’s Yizhuang."

Fan Biying showed horror, and quickly knelt down to defend: "Your Majesty, Rong Bing, it has been ten years since my late father died. Even when he was alive, he never cared about the affairs of the clan. Although my late father came from the head of the Fan family, his family was already in ruins. As a last resort, he even became a son-in-law, and only restored his original surname Fan after he became an official."

Zhao Han sneered: "This time, your two elder brothers are the ones who occupied the farmland as Fan's Yizhuang. They relied on your father's reputation during his lifetime to organize and advocate everywhere in the countryside. Denounce them as those who have forgotten their ancestors!"

  Fan Biying was so frightened that his whole body went limp, and he almost passed out on the spot.

Zhao Han said with a gloomy face: "Xu Buzheng is waiting to investigate and deal with this matter. As soon as the order was issued to Wu County, the local officials suppressed it and wrote a letter to persuade Xu Buzheng to stop. Those scholars in Wu County gathered hundreds of people Many, jointly put pressure on Xu Buzheng. What are you saying about Fan's Yizhuang, which is the cultural backbone of Wu County, and must not be easily destroyed..."

  Zhao Han then asked Fan Biying: "Xu Buzheng said in his secret report that he intends to punish severely this matter, killing some, imprisoning some, exiling some, and dismissing some. Do you think this is an appropriate way to deal with it?"

  Fan Biying bit the bullet and replied: "Extremely appropriate, those who undermine the land administration should be severely punished!"

  Zhao Han asked Zhao Kuanghuan again: "What does the crown prince think?"

   Zhao Kuanghuan already understood in his heart that his father chose to handle this matter in the Wenhua Palace because he wanted to personally show him how to govern the country. Immediately said: "Father, my son doesn't know what's going on. You all taught me that you should be cautious in governing the country, and don't make decisions lightly without knowing the cause and effect. So what exactly is Fan's Yizhuang?"

  Zhao Han was very satisfied with his son's answer, and turned his eyes to Zhang Dai: "Zhang Qing, tell the prince, what is Fan's Yizhuang?"

Zhang Dai got up and stated: "When Fan Wenzheng was demoted for the third time, he bought more than 1,000 acres of land in Wu County, his hometown, and set up Fan's Yizhuang to help the poor of the clan. He also set up a righteous school in Yizhuang to teach the poor children of the clan to study. Poor children with different surnames can also study. Fan’s Yizhuang has been established for 500 years, and it has survived through the Song, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties. Before the Datong New Dynasty divided the land, Fan’s Yizhuang had several A thousand acres of land is a model for the world’s Yi Zhuang.”

   Zhao Han asked his son, "What do you think?"

   Zhao Kuanghuan replied: "Father, my son thinks this is a good thing, but it is wrong to destroy Tian Zheng."

"Then let me tell you how this model of Yizhuang in the world, the cultural backbone of Wu County, has been operating for five hundred years." Zhao Han glanced at the crowd, and those who met his eyes lowered their heads to avoid, "Fan Wenzheng, The establishment of the Yizhuang was out of good intentions. But his second son, who was bigger than himself, bought up the people's land and expanded the scale of Fan's Yizhuang. He also got all kinds of praises from the Song Dynasty emperor. Such tax reductions and exemptions, Fan's Yizhuang almost does not pay taxes!"

  Fan's Yizhuang does not pay land taxes?

  Zhao Kuanghuan and Li Yong were quite surprised, and looked at Fan Biying who was kneeling in the hall.

Zhao Han continued: "In the Yuan Dynasty, Fan's Yizhuang was completely exempted from land taxes. There were officials in Suzhou who planned to collect taxes from Fan's Yizhuang, but they were immediately reported to the Yuan Emperor by the Fan clan. Fu, Fan's Yizhuang is no exception, and it has reached the point where it cannot be maintained. After Zhang Juzheng's death, a whip method was completely deformed, and Fan's Yizhuang revived and became more prosperous than before. What Fan's Yizhuang should hand in The land tax is all spread on the heads of the poor people, forcing many peasants to go bankrupt! There is no land left by Feisha, and Fan’s Yizhuang is also concealed, and even a tael of silver is not handed over to the court!"

   "嗙!"

Zhao Han slammed the table and said angrily: "When the Datong Army took over Jiangnan, they had already determined the nature of Fan's Yizhuang. The acres of Fan's Yizhuang were just distributed to surrounding farmers, and most of the land winners were Fan's descendants. I respect Duke Fan Wenzheng, and I don't want to treat his descendants badly. At that time, I only killed a few notorious people. It has only been ten years, and someone from the Fan family has made a comeback. Do you really think that I am dead? I really think the court's blade is not good Huh? There are still so many officials and scholars pleading for mercy for the Fan family who invaded the land! Prince, what is the Fan’s Yizhuang?"

Zhao Kuanghuan thought about it carefully, and straightened his words: "Fan's Yizhuang has gained a great reputation for helping the clan and the village. In fact, it is generous to the court. It used the land tax that should have been taken away by the court to do good deeds and invite it to buy its own reputation. Very bad!"

"More than that," Zhao Han said, "Fan's Yizhuang was scattered in the pre-Ming Dynasty, and many farmers in Wu County were deceived. Thousands of acres of fertile land were not paid to the court, and all were used to help the clan and the village. How much to give out for relief is not up to them themselves! They not only invite to buy their reputation, but also damage public wealth and private interests! How is it different from the Confucius family in Qufu?"

Suddenly, Fan Biying kowtowed and shouted: "Your Majesty, please investigate this matter thoroughly. Whoever Fan surnamed destroys the land administration must be dealt with completely and will not be forgiven lightly. It is the two elder brothers of the minister, who should be killed and exiled. Seriously." Only by investigating and prosecuting can the source be cleared up, and don't let them ruin the reputation of ancestor Wen Zhenggong's virtue!"

   "Very well, you go and investigate," Zhao Han said, "Don't be a member of Zhongshushe, but become a clean government officer of the Inspectorate, and go to Wu County with your colleagues to conduct a thorough investigation!"

  Fan Biying was stunned when he heard this, he hesitated to speak several times, and finally shouted: "Your Majesty trusts me, and I should repay your kindness by destroying relatives righteously!"

  Fan Biying can only hang out in the Procuratorate. After the case is closed, he will not even dare to return to his hometown in this life. After a generation of famous officials, Fan Zhongyan's direct descendants were forced by the emperor to be "cruel officials" who were not recognized by their relatives.

  Fan Biying has no choice at all. If he dares to be disobedient, he will be implicated by his elder brother. It is estimated that even his son will lose his official qualifications.

  So the more I think about it, the angrier I get. I don't blame the emperor, but my brother and clansmen.

  His father was poor when he was a child, and apart from being able to study for free at the free school, he did not receive much assistance from Fan's Yizhuang. In order to survive, his father even became a son-in-law, and he didn't really stand up until he passed the imperial examination.

  As for Fan's Yizhuang, his father didn't get any benefits. Instead, after becoming an official, he donated land to Yizhuang with the money he got from greed.

  Fan Biying himself did not enjoy the benefits of Yizhuang, and now he was cheated so much that he almost lost his official position. In his heart, he already regarded the tribe and Yizhuang as a scourge, and they must be dealt with no matter what.

  Migrate by clan!

  Fan Biying has already made a decision. When the case is over, he will go to the Shu and request that the Fan family be divided into clans, and a group of them will be moved to Hebei to settle down. Clans have been migrated before, but it is not enough, we need to continue to move. The harder he dealt with the family, the more he would gain the respect of the emperor. Anyway, if he wanted to be stabbed in the back by the clansman, it would be better to kill him.

  Fei Ruhe watched the whole process without saying a word.

  He knew what Zhao Han meant, so he invited himself to watch this good show for no reason. It's nothing more than beating him, Fei Dadu, don't destroy the land administration, and you should restrain yourself from doing business with the clansmen to make money.

  Zhao Han waved his hand to push everyone away, and Fan Biying left in a cold sweat.

  Zhao Han asked Zhao Kuanghuan: "The prince is watching the government today, what do you get?"

Zhao Kuanghuan thought about it carefully: "After Zhongliang, it is not necessarily Zhongliang. After sages, they are not necessarily sages. Whether it is the Fan family in Wu County or the Confucian family in Qufu, they must be dealt with according to the "Law of Great Harmony", and they cannot be given special preferential treatment. These Descendants of celebrities, if they really want to act recklessly and rely on the good reputation left by their ancestors, it will do more harm to the country."

  As soon as this remark was made, there was a drastic change in expression on the spot.

   It's over, the prince has this idea, I'm afraid it's not easy to fool him after he ascends the throne, and it's not easy to persuade him to treat the gentry preferentially.

   "What else?" Zhao Han asked again.

  Zhao Kuanghuan hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said: "Father, the child is stupid, I really can't figure it out."

Zhao Han warned: "No matter how good a person's reputation is, don't look at what he says, but look at what he is doing. Just like this Fan's Yizhuang, which has survived for five hundred years, its reputation is getting bigger and bigger, and the fields are getting bigger and bigger. More and more, it has become a model of charity in the world. What kind of model do they model?"

  (end of this chapter)