nanming man

Chapter 130 Compilation Problems
In order to gain a firm foothold in Runing as soon as possible and win the support of the people, just after the third day of the first lunar month, the officials under Brother Gao's curtain began to work on the clearing and distribution of acres, so as to complete the distribution of some acres before spring plowing.

Now that many fields have missed the sowing time of winter wheat, they can no longer miss the sowing of spring wheat.

Food is people's hearts, and fields are homes. Brother Gao can't think of any way to win people's hearts by comparing land.

In front of the notice wall near the city gate of Runing, there were nearly a hundred people who read the notice, and those who could read shook their heads and said: "The mighty general is also the soldier in southern Henan. , causing people to be displaced and the fields to be barren. In order to restore the people's livelihood in Runing, Mr. Gao specially recruited the people to farm the fields. Ordinary households were taxed at [-]% for every [-] mu. After three years, the tax was reduced to [-]%. For one year, the students will be given [-] mu of land, and the tax will be exempted for one year. It is also stipulated that for private land, the land tax is [-]%, and the rent for official land is [-]%. The land, the squire's rent cannot be higher than [-]% of the harvest of the field~"

The news of dividing the land and reducing the tax was spread last year, and it has already been warmed up, but the people are still very happy when they hear it, and they are full of joy.

After hearing this, a burly man slapped his forehead remorsefully, "The stinky bitch is short-sighted, if I knew I would have joined the army, not only would I get an extra ten acres, but I would also be exempted from paying taxes for a year~"

Many men next to him also regretted that they didn't come to apply when they recruited soldiers last year.

This time, Gao Yihuan's tax exemption and tax reduction are not very strong. After all, there will be wars in the future, and there will be too many places to spend money. Decrease, but will increase.

This is because the vassal land that did not pay taxes will have to pay taxes, and the land that the gentry concealed and did not report will also be cleared, re-registered, and start paying taxes.

In fact, the three rates in the Ming Dynasty only accounted for 10% of the total field output of the Ming Dynasty, which increased the land tax to 20% of the total field output. general revolt.

The Ming court naturally calculated the three rates, and ordered the collection only after they felt that the people could bear it.

If it doesn't make sense on the books, aren't the ministers in power idiots? If they dare to levy, they naturally think that there is no problem, at least not a big problem.

It's just that they didn't expect that the 10% of the additional levy was not shared equally among every citizen of Ming Dynasty, but was borne by the vast majority of low-level people and rich peasants who owned very little land. , while hundreds of thousands of clans, vassals, dignitaries, eunuchs, and honorable officials possessed a large amount of land, but escaped the extra tax through the tax exemption policy. In addition, the gentry and landlords annexed land and evaded taxes, and local administrative officials and subordinates engaged in fraud , the burden of tax increases will all be grafted onto ordinary farmers.

In this way, the three salaries that the upper-level officials of the imperial court thought were not very heavy became unbearably onerous in the actual collection process.Coupled with natural disasters at this time, the three rates became the last straw that bent the camel's back.

At this time, for the second brother, tax cuts are not very urgent, after all, wars cost money.Now his taxation policy is mainly to let the vassals pay taxes, and let the gentry who own a large part of the land shoulder the responsibility. They must have the appearance and spirit of aristocrats, and do not evade taxes.

In a remote village ten miles away from Runing City, there are more than ten families living in it.It was still the first month, and every household was busy paying New Year's greetings and entertaining guests.

In a dilapidated yard, an old woman was washing vegetables, a young woman was busy drying clothes, and several old men were sitting in the yard talking.

At this time, a strong man, carrying a bag of things, with a few farm tools in his arms, walked out of the yard. The young woman wiped her hands on her body, and hurriedly greeted her, "His father, these are some what?"

The man smiled and said, "Fucheng has issued a notice that General Gao will divide the land soon. Our family can divide ten acres per person, and I can divide another ten acres by joining the army. This is twenty acres, and there is no need to pay taxes this year."

Several people busy in the yard gathered around, and the man continued, "Tomorrow I have to go to the camp to report, so I bought some seeds and farm tools with my salary. This way, when the field is settled, the family can immediately sow seeds." .”

The man looked at the woman and the old mother, "Mother, Ajuan, this year's harvest, our family's life should get better~"

The eyes of the young woman and the old woman turned red, knowing that this was a man joining the army, and they fought back with their lives.

The relatives and friends in the yard looked at the family with some envy.

The second brother Gao has pulled up 9000 troops in half a year, and his strength has grown astonishingly. At the same time, the rapid expansion of the troops has also brought many problems.

Although the second brother Gao has also studied Qi Jiguang's book of war, but how to use the things in the book is indeed a big problem.

Right now, Second Brother Gao is just a mighty general. According to the establishment of Chuangjun, he should only have more than 1000 people on the list, but his actual number is more than 9000.

The organization Li Zicheng gave him simply couldn't accommodate so many people, so the organization of the second brother's troops was actually very chaotic.

In order to solve this problem, the second brother brought wine and meat to the house where Hu Dawei and Wang Shicong were imprisoned, and wanted to ask for advice and get in touch with him by the way.

In the courtyard, Hu Dawei and Wang Shicong were sitting on a stone table talking. Gao Yihuan walked in with a few catties of cooked meat in his left hand and a jug of wine in his right.

The two people who were talking turned their heads and saw Gao Yihuan, but immediately put on a straight face. Wang Shicong sized up Gao Yihuan, stared at the things in his hands, and said coldly: "Leave the things, you can go back."

This time Gao Yihuan prevented Li Zicheng from coming to Runing to protect the people of the whole government. Wang Shicong heard about it, so his opinion of Gao Yihuan changed somewhat.In addition, apart from his background, this guy seems to have nothing to scold him, so Wang Shicong stopped scolding him, but he still didn't cooperate.

Gao Yihuan couldn't just go back like this, he was thick-skinned, and said with a smile: "Wang Qianshi and Hu Zongbing are drinking, you must ask someone to pour the wine! Today I came here specially to pour the wine for the two of you!"

At this time, Hu Dawei stood up on the stone bench and walked over to take the things in Gao Yihuan's hand. The second brother was overjoyed, but Hu Dawei stared and said, "No need, you can do it yourself!"

After finishing speaking, he pulled hard, Second Brother Gao struggled a bit, but no matter who was Hu Dawei's opponent, the wine and meat were immediately taken away.

Hu Dawei snorted coldly, looked contemptuously at Second Brother Gao, then walked back to the stone table with wine and meat, greeted Wang Shicong to eat and drink, leaving Second Brother Gao with a resentful expression standing behind him~.

(End of this chapter)