"That's why, with 175 acres of land, it's enough for a family of four to eat, so that they won't go hungry. What's more, there are more than 3,000 yuan for the old man! Yan Bei was puzzled by Zhen Yao's 'story', "Do you have a field and don't know how to cultivate it?" Yan is not a nobleman who is not diligent, in the early years, Yan also had 200 acres of land in Fanyang County, a family of four, with cattle, horses, and donkeys in the county, and one person cultivated 50 acres of land is more than enough! ”

Yan Bei's words are still a little silent, in fact, a strong man is enough to cultivate fifty acres of land, and he doesn't even need the help of ploughing cattle. How did the same thing come to them, and they could only cultivate seventeen acres of land, could it be that the family had no hands?

"The king need not be angry, for since ancient times the decrees have come from above, and the deeds have been carried out from below. The king said that the state and county wanted to take back the fields, and the Yanzhao warriors rode through the crossbows with swords and swords, and no one dared to disobey, even if the big clans with two thousand hectares of land could only hand over the land, leaving more than a thousand acres of land to be distributed among the clans. But did the king ever think that the masters of the fields you took back were the magistrates of the county and the county government, and it was they who were ultimately in charge of the power of the fields distributed to the people. ”

Zhen Yao said this, looking at Yan Bei's blank and thoughtful expression, he couldn't help but feel a little happy. In the past, Yanbei often told him that he Zhen Yao didn't understand what the world was, what a scholar was, and what a common person was. But now in the end, isn't it my brother-in-law's turn to understand?

"The king can take back their land, but he can't take back their rights, Zhao Guo always needs knowledgeable people to govern the county, and it also needs a well-known elder in the township to serve as the three elders to educate the people. But where does their prestige come from? It's not just the king who appoints individuals and gives him authority. The real authority and prestige is precisely because they have accumulated wealth and prestige in land annexation over the past generations, so they can hold power. ”

Zhen Yao probed his hand and said: "The king said that the county can only have six hectares of land, so good, the six hectares of the most fertile land in this county must be the county's." The king said that the county officials can only have a maximum of three hectares of land, so the most fertile three hectares of land in this county must be the county officials'. Even the kings are not yet completely righteous, and the highest official positions are always conferred on the most loyal and talented subordinates. This is human nature, the sky is irreversible, let alone the king? ”

"As for returning to the 175 acres of land of this family, they are refugees from outside, they have no relatives in our state, and there is no reliance in the county, county and township, because it is really difficult to go north to Julu, and they are worried that Xianbei Kebi can go south to invade the border, so they do not go to Beizhou, so they settle down in Julu. There are many families like him in the state. The fertile land in the county is divided into parts, and the officials who serve in the county, if the king is the county honor, can they not divide the fertile land? This is not allowed, and if it cannot be gracious, it cannot be overpowered. In the past, the wealthy families and scholars had prestige in the county, but they did not divide the fertile fields? The king wants to tart himself in Zhongshan fashion to seek the return of the three elders, not to mention the call of the county officials in a district? In this way, the fertile fields are quietly gone. ”

"There are many brothers in the township, and those who are powerful can not divide the good land? The down-to-earth and honest people in the township, the three elders can be bullied? and also a share of fertile land; Only the idlers, the scoundrels, and share one hundred and ten acres of inferior land, and put them together, and the evil boys of the province will have more trouble. By this time, is there any good land in the township that can be divided? All that remains is barren land and inferior fields. If this is the case, it will be enough, but if it can be divided and eaten, how can there be one hundred and seventy-five acres of land left? Zhen Yao clapped his hands and smiled: "Waiting for the father of the temple under Xuanshui to settle down in Julu, forty-six acres on the south continent of Julu, which is the most piece of land, and the farthest away from his home, there are one hundred and eighty-seven miles of road, how easy is it to go back and forth to farm?" ”

"On the mainland, Yan fought there, and the land was so bad, in the past, the people there did not farm and fished for a living." Yanbei fought with Guo Dian in the mainland, and was ambushed by Guo Dian there in the early years, and the four generals of Montenegro all showed cowardice, and almost wiped out the whole army in a hurry, so the memory is still fresh. "I've heard that there are often groups of bandits on the mainland, are there still any of them?"

Zhen Yao nodded and said: "It can't be broken, the county government can't stop arresting it, catch one and kill the other, but the bandits still can't stop hiding over there." So no one dared to go there to plow the land, and forty-six acres of land were abandoned. The rest are 90 miles, 70 miles, and 130 miles away from home, and only the nearest piece is more than 30 miles away, with 17 acres of land to cultivate. ”

Speaking of this, Zhen Yao pointed at the case with his hand: "The king has an order, and the state capital prohibits the sale of land!" Those fields that cannot be cultivated are barren and cannot be sold. There is no way, they are outsiders, no one cares if they can survive or not, until the last orphans and widows, there is relief from the neighbors, this is still for the sake of the men of their family for the military service in the township. As for the three thousand seven hundred dollars that the king said, it was not enough to pay the taxes! At most, they have to pay a tax of 870 yuan to the county in a year, and 17 mu of inferior land does not produce more than 20 stone of grain, but they have to pay 11 stone of grain tax for 175 mu of inferior land a year. ”

"Brother-in-law, your taxes are light, your decrees are magnanimous, your wealth is abundant, your kindness is sung in the world, and your people weep in the night." Zhen Yao's face was complicated and indescribable, "You are busy fighting in the south, and the young and strong are actively recruiting, not because they like to die on the battlefield, but because joining the army is a better way out; I don't think anyone will tell you this, the officials of Zhao are all real talents, they can ensure that every cent of the tax will not be reduced, and that there are no escapees and no bandits; The soldiers of Zhao are also real brave people, and they sacrificed their lives for the country without regrets. But none of them can change how your people live like pigs and dogs, these things have been bad for a long time, and for most of the people who did not have land in the past, they seem much better than in the past, but the hearts of the people are ...... Brother-in-law, a few days ago, I sent someone to drown an old man in Anping in a pond. ”

Zhen Yao looked at Yan Bei with a frank face, "He compares you to Ji Xuan." I've heard a lot of similar words in Yedu, and I've never thought of killing people because of this, but these words are not good when they spread in the fields of the countryside. ”

"End the war as soon as possible, the king has a lot of time to reorganize the mountains and rivers, so that the people will be rich, everyone will have land to cultivate, and everyone will have clothes to wear, which is something that neither the three emperors nor the five emperors can do. But when my brother-in-law thinks so, my younger brother thinks you can do it. Zhen Yao stood up and took a deep look, and said: "In the past, my brother-in-law was the support of my Zhen family, and now it is the support of tens of millions of people in the world, who can change all this, there will be no second person in the world except Yan Zhongqing!" ”