Wanli 1592

Chapter 977 Toast Strategy

With the deepening and expansion of the land reform in the three southeastern provinces, Jiangxi and Huguang have also begun to be affected.

The land reform working group became more and more courageous as they fought, and the more they used the methods, the more proficient they were. With the cooperation of the army, they were invincible. The rule of the gentry.

They finally realized the vast ocean of the people's war and realized the power of the people that they never understood.

Similarly, let the scholars of the land reform working group refresh their three views over and over again, cleanse their souls, and then devote themselves to the next round of work with extremely full energy, continuing this great change that has not been seen in a thousand years.

The autonomy of the gentry in the richest and most prosperous area in the south of the Yangtze River is gone. The power of the central government completely replaced the gentry and became the real master of the three southeastern provinces.

Half a month after Xiao Ruxun proclaimed himself emperor, the first round of land reform in Yangzhou Prefecture came to an end, announcing the end of the first round of land reform in the three southeastern provinces. Afterwards, Xie He organized a working group to gradually go west and began to march towards Huguang and Jiangxi.

The three southeastern provinces started spring plowing, and the common people received the first wave of benefits from the founding of the Qin Dynasty.

Although the continuation of the whip method, the taxes collected by Daqin were [-]% lower than the taxes collected by Daming in previous years, and in order to avoid some disadvantages exposed before, Xiao Ruxun stipulated that the tax payment should be organized by the peasant association and unified under the leadership of the township head who was transferred from the land reform official. Taxes are collected, and the government sets the price of grain, and grain merchants are not allowed to manipulate it.

The more important point is that Xiao Ruxun ordered the abolition of the collection of fire consumption silver, and only collected tax silver according to a fixed amount, and did not charge more fire consumption silver. He asked Heishui to supervise it.

Whoever dares to tamper with his intentions will be beheaded on the spot without mercy.

Stimulated by such favorable policies, the situation in the three southeastern provinces quickly stabilized, and the people quickly devoted themselves to spring plowing with great enthusiasm. After the land reform came to an end, everyone turned their energy to food production, and everything began to return to daily life.

However, the completion of the land reform work in the three southeastern provinces does not mean that the work in other places has come to an end. To be precise, the work in other places has just begun.

For this reason, Xie He made a special trip to the capital to ask the emperor Xiao Ruxun for instructions on the key points of the next stage of work, and then, by the way, he also wanted to catch up on old feelings and get a better position.

Although he now holds the power of life and death for many people, he has no official position. At this critical point in the beginning of the founding of the Great Qin Dynasty, he wanted to get something that would make him feel at ease.

Although Xiao Ruxun had given him enough houses and land, it was always a bit uncomfortable without an official position.

After all, those land reform officials under him who have excellent work performance have been transferred to township heads or even county magistrates one by one, and have set up government agencies in the three southeastern provinces. Now he is the only leader left without a formal official position. He also feels that A little embarrassing.

He wanted to see if he could get a central official to do it.

Anyway, he is also a person with political achievements and skills who has led many people to do things.

So when Xiao Ruxun called Xiao Ruzhi and Chen Lin back to Beijing to report on their duties, he also came.

What reassured him was that Xiao Ruxun attached great importance to him, and personally met him alone and asked him about the progress of the land reform.

"The land reform in the three southeastern provinces has basically ended, and according to His Majesty's request, those gentry families who survived are strictly monitored. Those who are officials in the court will be organized and sent to the capital for resettlement. Those who are not officials in the court Waiting for His Majesty's arrangement."

Xie He reported this.

"Well, you have done a good job. This kind of people counts as one, and they must be monitored. They must not stay in the place. They must be sent to the capital together. The mausoleum system that was abolished in the early Han Dynasty is a good system. It is a special system. To suppress the powerful system, I want to keep the biggest threat close by and control it nearby, and I cannot let them harm the people."

Xie He quickly said: "Your Majesty's benevolent heart, the world can learn from it, and the people of Daqin are very fortunate! After the decree of Your Majesty's reduction of taxes by [-]% and the abolition of fire consumption and silver spread to the three southeastern provinces, the people in the three southeastern provinces shouted long live my emperor, which shows how much the people are. Support Your Majesty, support me, Da Qin."

Xiao Ruxun smiled.

"This is what an emperor should do. It's not worth talking about. Tell me about Huguang and Jiangxi."

"Yes."

Xie He said: "Huguang and Jiangxi are also places where the gentry is relatively strong, but compared to the fierce resistance of the three southeastern provinces, the resistance in Huguang and Jiangxi is much less. The further west you go, the more villages there are without gentry, but However, there are powerful village tyrants who run rampant in the villages, have no laws, evade taxes and evade taxes, it is extremely hateful!"

"This kind of person is definitely not allowed to stay, and he is not even allowed to contribute land. He has to ransack his home, understand?"

"Yes, I understand!"

Xie He went on to say: "The problems of Huguang and Jiangxi are quite similar to those of the three southeastern provinces. It is not a big problem. It just goes further west. Guizhou and Sichuan, as well as Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan in the south, have a large number of chieftains. We wait How to deal with it?"

"You don't have to worry about this. I have my own way. I have sent a large number of Blackwater agents to Guizhou and Yunnan to infiltrate and learn the local dialect. You also select a group of people. I will let Zhang Wu connect with you. , Arrange this group of people to learn the local dialect, understand the local customs, and after solving the problems in Huguang and Jiangxi, they will start to solve the chieftains in Guizhou and Yunnan."

After hearing Xiao Ruxun's words, Xie He was surprised and said, "Could it be that Your Majesty wants to carry out this in the chieftain's territory..."

"Correct."

Xiao Ruxun nodded: "The chieftain is also the territory of the Great Qin. As long as it is the territory of the Great Qin, I will never allow any forces that do not belong to the central government to exist. The chieftain must be uprooted. The method is the same as the method I taught you. There are also poor people in the chieftain. There will be more, not less."

"But the chieftains are all foreigners. If we do this, they will be very disgusted, and we will be in great danger, and we may not be trusted."

Xiao Ruxun walked to Xie He's side and said in a low voice: "Qingquan, all the poor people in the world are the same, whether they are from the same race or from other races, they are all the same. Grab the part they care about the most and stir up their anger. incite their riots.

Join forces with them and let them kill their own local kings, just like we let our people kill the gentry and powerful. They can be used by me, and then I will teach them the way of kingship and reform the land. It doesn’t take a lot of time, Guizhou And Yunnan are really Guizhou and Yunnan of Daqin. "

Xie He took a deep breath and nodded: "I understand, I understand what His Majesty means, and I will definitely do my best."

"Don't let me down, Qingquan."

Xiao Ruxun said again: "If you can handle this matter well, we can use this method to deal with Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Northern Captives and Jurchen in the future. Many things require the army to deter, but the army does not necessarily have to do it yourself. do you understand?"

Xie He was deeply shocked.

Does His Majesty still want to carry out land reform on the northern captives?
But aren't the northern captives grazing?
They can also reform the land?

Xie He was not sure about this.

(End of this chapter)