As soon as Sun Chengzong's voice came out, the people below cheered.

Others questioned, "Who are you?" ”

Sun Chengzong made a group and said: "Below is Master Sun next to Taizun, Sun Mou is here to explain to all the fathers and fellow villagers for Taizun." Do you have any difficulties and unclear points, although you can ask Sun? ”

A common man asked: "Master Sun, dare to ask the fifth day of last month, what is the basis?" ”

Sun Chengzong said at the moment: "It is based on the date of the deed, you look at the land deed in your hand, the red deed is not counted, if it is a white deed, as long as the deed is made within the fifth day of the previous month, all of them will be invalidated, and the landlord will lose money to the silver owner for the deed, and you don't have to report to the official." If the silver deed is cleared, and then there is a silver lord to force each other, even if you come to the county office, there is Taizun to make the decision for you. ”

"In addition, from now on, all the land deeds of the county near the Jialu River will be prohibited from buying and selling until the county registers in October."

Hearing what Sun Chengzong said, all the people looked at the deed at hand.

But when I see that some people are happy and some people are sad, of course those who are happy are all sellers, and those who are worried are of course buyers.

One person held the land deed and said loudly: "Dare to ask Master Sun, buying and selling the land deed is the autonomy of the people, and the government has never interfered." There is a statement on the deed that the two companies that bought and sold have no regrets. Now that some people want to repay their debts, the government does not uphold justice, but instead aids in the abuse, dare to ask whose claim is this? If something goes wrong, does Mr. Sun dare to take this responsibility? Or is Taizun in charge? ”

As soon as these words came out, the people were in an uproar.

Everyone saw that the person who spoke was wearing a robe, and some people knew that this person was Lan Zishan, a county student. The Lan family is a local family, not only in business, but also in the local area.

This Lanzishan has been trained by famous teachers since he was a child, and he became a county student three years ago, and this year he was promoted to a student of the province, and I heard that he was very appreciated by the provincial inspectors. Next year's township test is likely to go further, and if you win the promotion, the Lan family's prestige will be even greater.

So it's no wonder that this Lanzishan speaks so arrogantly.

Sun Chengzong glanced at Lan Zishan, and immediately said: "The imperial court decree says that anyone who buys and sells a farm house without a deed will be whipped fifty, but those who cut it will be whipped forty." ”

"When did the government ignore the matter of civil deeds? Sun also said that if it is a red deed, the government will not ask. But if it is a white deed, it is a deed made by the people themselves, and those who have not been bought and sold by the government have not been cut off should be whipped forty! ”

As soon as Sun Chengzong's words came out, Lan Zishan couldn't help but take a step back, and said in his heart, who is this person? So powerful, so familiar with the name of the sentence.

The so-called red deed is the official deed, and the white deed is the civil deed. When people buy and sell acres, they generally first make a civil deed, and then go to the government to hand over when the government makes a register.

In this way, there is no need to go to the yamen twice, and the money is collected twice by the officials of the yamen. The government also turned a blind eye to the matter of the people's first signing of the people's deed, and would not seriously investigate it.

But what about Lanzishan, talking to Sun Chengzong in accordance with the laws of the imperial court, yes, the signing of the land deed is our people's own business, why should the government interfere? If you say it bigger, believe it or not, I will go to the yamen above to sue you?

Therefore, Lanzishan reasoned with Sun Chengzong, so Sun Chengzong also 'reasoned' with you. This is the ten ways of the official decision, whether it is according to your reasoning or my reasoning, you have no reason.

And what about this county, Li Zhi County? Fang Cai eavesdropped behind the door for a long time, and waited to see Sun Chengzong suppressing Lanzi Mountain.

So Li Zhixian came forward. But when Li Zhixian walked to the gate of the yamen, all the people said: "Meet the old parents!" ”

Li Zhixian nodded, and said to the people below: "What you have just said, this county has understood, this matter of damming and silting the land is beneficial to the people, why don't you do it?" ”

"Besides, this prohibition on the sale of land deeds was set by Lord Fuzun, and the county is also acting on orders."

Sun Chengzong glanced at Li Zhixian and thought to himself, this person is still afraid of death, for fear of offending the local squire, so he pushes the responsibility to the top.

But this is also the way to be an official.

After listening to what Li Zhixian said, the people clapped their hands and said: "Lin Qingtian, he is really a good official who is the master of the people!" ”

And Lan Zishan and several other squires secretly said that it was the prefect's idea, so this will not work, we have to go to Fucheng to ask for an explanation.

Early in the morning, it is the time of sunrise.

There are a few cypress trees planted in the back hall of the government of the Guide Mansion.

These cypress trees are said to have been planted by the state officials who returned to Germany during Yongle time, and planting cypress trees is also to take the meaning of evergreen pine and cypress.

However, the state official later offended the state's Haoqiang, caused civil unrest, and was impeached and removed from office. Later officials left these cypress trees in the back hall of the government office, which also meant to take warning.

Now under the cypress trees, the birds chirp crisply.

And Lin Yanchao is under the teaching of Zhanming, playing a set of health skills.

Before Shen Shixing wrote a letter to Lin Yanchao, in addition to daily inquiries, the letter also explained to Lin Yanchao a few words of the reason for the official to abstain from qi and fighting, and to live in harmony with the upper and lower levels.

The last time he returned to his hometown to visit Lin Yan, he also warned Lin Yanchao to act calmly, to quit fighting and quitting qi, and to write a diary to alert himself.

Lin Yanchao read Shen Shixing's letter, and then remembered Lin Yan's words, so he seriously reflected on it.

So I got up early every day and did one more thing, which was to let Zhanming teach himself to practice qigong, first, to cultivate one's self and one's temperament, and second, to strengthen one's body.

The weather is just right today.

Lin Yanchao practiced this set of health exercises, and gradually felt like an old man playing tai chi.

At this moment, he saw Tao Wangling, and Yuan Keli was waiting aside.

Lin Yanchao knew that there was something going on in the government, so he took the credit and stood with his horse for a while.

After Lin Yanchao adjusted his breathing, the next subordinate served fragrant tea and showed his clothes.

After Lin Yanchao took the tea and rinsed his mouth, he spit in the spittoon, gathered his sideburns, walked to the pavilion and sat down, and took the apple from the fruit pot.

At this time, the apples were not pesticides, so they ate them directly, and at this time, Yuan Keli and Tao Wangling walked to the pavilion and performed something to Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao took the official document and read it, and first frowned.

At the beginning of the year, the county was counted to prepare for the enlistment, and the second was to prepare for the late autumn book, and now the counties have counted the population.

When the Yellow Book was made in the ninth year of Wanli, there were a total of 37,633 households in the Guide Mansion

Twenty-one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven mouths.

By the beginning of this year, the number of households in each county was 38,639, an increase of 1,006 over the ninth year of Wanli.

The number of Dingkou was 305,288, an increase of 23,331 compared with the ninth year of Wanli.

You must know that this is the Yellow Book made in the ninth year of Wanli, and the great flood of Defu in the tenth year of Wanli drowned tens of thousands of people, and then there was a great hunger, at this time Lin Yanchao had just come to take office.

And now in the twelfth year of Wanli, the population of Guide has not decreased, but has increased slightly, which is a symbol of political clarity.

The numbers speak for themselves.

But Lin Yanchao asked: "Isn't there nonsense in the following counties?" Or will it be a hidden population? ”

The Ming Dynasty had a serious population hiding, and in order to escape service, the common people either became refugees, or dedicated their land to the famous gentry, and then entrusted themselves to the names of large households.

Therefore, some people estimate the population at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and even give a figure of 60 million to 200 million.

60 million is a registered population, that's for sure, but 200 million is to include the hidden population that the government has not counted.

The hidden population does not have to pay taxes, but they also do not have land and houses, and they cannot be famous. According to Lin Yanchao's estimation that there is no registered population in Guide Prefecture, there are at least 100,000, and this data is not an exaggeration at all.

Of course, as an official, Lin Yanchao will not forcibly count the population, which is very offensive.

Listening to Lin Yanchao's questioning, Yuan Keli replied: "The purpose of counting Dingkou is to recreate the Yellow Book, and if you enter the Yellow Book, you have to pay food and service. ”

"In the counties below, it is really not beneficial to report more than Dingkou. It's not about this to curry favor with the government. ”

Lin Yanchao nodded when he heard this.

"There is another thing, that is, the Caoyun Yamen said that this year, the Cao boat must pass the Huai'an inspection before it is allowed to go north."

When Lin Yanchao heard this, he couldn't help but snort.

Last year, the Jialu River was silted up, and the Cao boats from Guide Province could not be transported, so Lin Yanchao changed his way and let the Cao soldiers of the province go to Linqing by empty boat, and then buy grain from Linqing and go north.

As a result, Li Zihua, the governor of the river, participated in a book, although the chapter was suppressed by Shen Shixing, but the imperial court ordered to Caoyun Yamen this year, so that all grain ships south of the Yellow River must go to Huai'an for inspection, before they were allowed to go north, and they were not allowed to buy grain halfway, so as not to disturb the grain price of Linqing.

Li Zihua is obviously the governor of the river, and he actually takes care of the luck, and this kind of dog takes the rat just to disgust Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but think to himself, Li Zihua sees how long you can be proud of your tenure as the governor of the river.

Immediately, Lin Yanchao thought to himself, he was angry, and it was not in line with Shen Shixing's words to quit qi and fight.

So Lin Yanchao said: "I know, let me know about this matter first." ”

Tao Wangling said: "Teacher, it seems that we must dredge the Jialu River before July and let the Cao boat go north, otherwise we will delay the Cao period and will be held accountable by the Ministry of Households." ”

Lin Yanchao nodded and said: "The merit of being an official is greater than governing the river, and the government is more important than Caoyun." What does this mean? Governing the river is a merit, and water transportation is a duty. If you are able to govern the river, it is meritorious, and if the Cao Yun is done well, the court will not reward you, and if you do a bad job, you will lose the black yarn hat. ”

"Now that the division occupies both, it is really a king and a loser. What's more, before becoming a teacher, he also made it clear to the Son of Heaven in the chapter that he wanted to let the Guide Mansion rule within three years, and now there are not many people in the court waiting to see the jokes of the mansion, do you say that I am a cocoon and self-restraint. ”

Listening to Lin Yanchao's words, Tao Wangling and Yuan Keli couldn't help it.

Lin Yanchao looked at the two of them: "Still laughing? ”

Tao and Yuan didn't dare.

Then Lin Yanchao looked at the next official letter. Only halfway through it, Lin Yanchao's brows were already furrowed.

Lin Yanchao asked, "What's going on?" How did these people get together to buy land by the Jialu River? The government has repeatedly ordered that you must not leak the matter of damming and silting the land, why is it still a rumor? ”

Seeing Lin Yanchao's solemn face.

Yuan Keli said: "The students have investigated, and judging from the official documents on the counties, there are indeed some land deeds that were signed before the government decree on damming and silting land, and some of these people wanted to buy it for a long time, but they accidentally picked up the cheap, and some got the news from nowhere, but the remaining seventy percent were signed near the date of the government decree. ”

"Some of them said that the landlord owed them money, and the land rent should be used to pay off the debt, some were ancestral property, and the brothers and concubines were in dispute, and some said that they forgot to register with the government, and some even wanted to rob it openly."

Tao Wangling said: "Teacher, in this lawsuit, a total of more than 28,000 acres of land is involved, and if calculated based on silt fields, a total of more than 100,000 taels of silver are involved. ”

"These people are all local clans, official gentry, and after they learned that the teacher was going to divert yellow water and irrigation, they all tried to embezzle the people's land. In some places, the news is blocked, and some are abused by the elders of the villagers, and even invade the fields for self-fertilization. ”

Yuan Keli sighed: "I now know what the teacher said before, why do you want to open up the wisdom of the people. Most of these ordinary people are illiterate, and then they are deceived or forced by those shameless scholars, and they unknowingly sell their family's land. ”

Tao Wangling said: "Fortunately, they didn't know that the teacher had the trick that all the land deeds would be invalid after the fifth day of the previous month, otherwise they would have changed the date of the deed in advance." ”

"Now that the villagers know that the government is going to dam and silt the land, it is not easy to trick them into rewriting a land deed."

Lin Yanchao said: "But even so, those officials and gentry will not give up, you see that they have all handed over the lawsuit to this mansion." He also said that if the government does not allow it, they will go to the province to appeal, and even go to Beijing to file a complaint! ”

"These people also have family members who are officials, and even those who are officials in Beijing, if they offend them, I am afraid that they will have to join me on the side of the Son of Heaven."

"Teacher." Yuan Keli and Tao Wangling said urgently.

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "I know what you said, and I will definitely give justice to the people." ”

Half an hour later, Lin Yanchao convened the general judgment, pushed the officials, and the officials of the six rooms discussed in the second hall.

Lin Yanchao told the officials about the complaints of the officials and gentry in the palace.

The faces of all the officials were wonderful, and each of them pressed their hands to their knees, as if they were meditating.

Lin Yanchao said: "On weekdays, you can speak well and speak like a river, why are you dumb today?" ”

The officials kept their mouths shut, and their eyes were like silent telegrams, secretly conveying messages.

After half a ring, Wu Tongju was 'promoted', but when he saw him get up, he said: "Futai, the official gentry complained, the matter is serious, once the company is alarmed, we can't afford it, and please be cautious!" ”

After Wu Tong's verdict was finished, all the officials discussed in low voices, although they did not speak, Lin Yanchao saw that many people already agreed with Wu Tong's verdict.

Lin Yanchao said: "Wu Beijia, please speak." ”

Wu Tong judged: "Those who live in the government should be quiet and worry-free. This time, the dredging of the Jialu River and the recruitment of such a large number of people in the people have caused a lot of controversy in the court. ”

"Now the emperor wants us to dredge the river, and Yousi is also staring, we are already riding a tiger. But if you want to succeed, you must cooperate with the local gentry. ”

"It's hard to know how many of these acres have really been encroached upon. However, if we do not obtain the support of the local gentry, once the Jialu River is not dredged, the imperial court will definitely blame us and others, and the lesser of two evils should be taken. ”

After Wu Tong's verdict was finished, all the officials said yes, almost one-sidedly in favor.

Wu Tong judged this and said: "The words of the lower officials from the bottom of their hearts, please forgive me." ”

Lin Yanchao said: "Where does Wu Tong judge, this kind of insight can be said bluntly in the court, and the government wants to thank you." You can rest assured that this government has already advocated that it will not aggrieved the gentry. ”

Listening to Lin Yanchao's words, all the officials were overjoyed and said: "The government is high! ”