Chapter 1162: The Attitude of the Autumn Harvest

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The autumn harvest season is coming soon, and this time the autumn harvest is completely different from the attitude of the two sides.

The imperial court, including Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande and others stationed in Nanzhili, didn't care about this autumn harvest at all, they were full of thoughts about how to deal with Su Tiancheng's attack, or how to attack Shandong, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places after the strength was enough, of course, Zhu Youzhen still had at least sobriety, and he knew that he was asking for trouble by urging the army to attack Su Tiancheng at this time, so he did not urge Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande and others, as for all the deployments and actions of Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande in Nanzhili, Zhu Youzhen is very clear.

For the two of them resolutely killed Zuo Liangyu, Zhu Youzhen expressed a high degree of appreciation, at this time, Zhu Youzhen forgot Mao Wenlong's lesson, he will not know how much Lu Dao, this direct killing, for many military attachés, how much impact should it be, Zuo Liangyu is the same as the right governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, from the military attache of the first product, he was directly killed by Zhu Youxiang, the secretary of the military department who is the second product, and Qin Sande, who supervised the army, although Zuo Liangyu has the mind to preserve his strength, and even has the idea of taking the opportunity to collect money, But which military general doesn't have such thoughts at this time, Zuo Liangyu did something wrong, but the crime is not to death, at most he is imprisoned, and he will have the opportunity to wear the crime and make meritorious contributions in the future.

Moreover, Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande did very much, killing more than 50 senior officers under Zuo Liangyu, all of them, it can be imagined what a tragic scene it was, those officers who fought desperately on the battlefield rose to a high position with their military merits. It's just that because of the difference in thinking, he was ruthlessly killed and ruthlessly abandoned.

Even in the cabinet, there are different opinions, especially the first assistant Zhou Yanru and the second assistant Chen Xinjia of the cabinet, regarding the practices of Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande. Slightly dissatisfied, but unfortunately the emperor's attitude was resolute, they could not express different opinions, as for the new policies in Zhejiang and Fujian, because of the strict blockade of the imperial court, no one dared to discuss, and Jinyiwei and Dongchang were staring at it all the time, who accidentally expressed their opinions, was caught by Jinyiwei. If you go to prison, you will be unjust.

It is precisely because of this atmosphere that the whole court did not notice this autumn harvest, and even ignored it more than usual, but the court still required all localities to pay taxes in full, and fought against Su Tiancheng, which required silver.

In fact, there are still some places that have suffered disasters, such as Shaanxi and Shanxi. encountered a drought, and Shaanxi's original foundation was not bad. If it can survive, Shanxi will be more miserable, it is impossible to have so much grain stock, but the government not only does not help the people, but increases the intensity of tax collection.

It can be seen in advance, shortly after the autumn harvest. There will be displaced people in the north again.

Su Tiancheng attaches great importance to this autumn harvest, just after the occupation of Fujian and Zhejiang, Su Tiancheng attaches great importance to farming, and the first major thing that the local government cares about is to return to the local farmers one after another. There must be land for farming, and Fujian and Zhejiang are not allowed to see abandoned land.

You must know that Huzhou and other places in Zhejiang, last year had suffered a large-scale locust plague, and many places in Zhejiang also suffered from drought, including some places in Fujian, because of the disaster last year, many farmers were displaced to Shandong, and only returned after the beginning of the year, which shows that Zhejiang and Fujian and other places, the people's ability to bear is very fragile, if they can't seize the opportunity of spring plowing and autumn harvest, the grain is insufficient again, and Su Tiancheng is really difficult to come up with so much food relief. After all, there are still a lot of expeditions ahead, and there are still a lot of places that need grain and grass.

In order to relieve many disaster victims, Zhu Xianxuan can be said to have spent too much energy, from Luzon and Southeast Asia and other places, to buy a large amount of grain, although it is said that there is a lot of grain in various parts of Shandong, but the consumption is also large, with the expansion of the Jiangning camp, with the increase of conquest matters, I don't know how much grain and grass is needed in the road, if there is no relief for the victims, the local purchase of grain, can basically be guaranteed.

It is also for this reason that Zhu Xianxuan attaches more importance to spring plowing production and autumn harvest than Su Tiancheng, and when the autumn harvest season is approaching, he even personally goes to Zhejiang and Fujian to inspect it, as for the autumn harvest in Shandong, there is no need to worry about it, and the officials there understand the importance of the autumn harvest.

Because of the great attention of the government, and because of the supervision of Su Tiancheng and Zhu Xianxuan, Zhejiang and Fujian have achieved bumper harvests of grain, and the common people have basically been able to be self-sufficient, and because of the implementation of the new policy, the land has begun to tilt towards the hands of the common people, and the price of grain has shown a downward trend for the first time, which is not simple.

Governments in Fujian and Zhejiang have also set up Yicang as required to provide relief to farmers who have suffered from disasters.

Most areas in Zhejiang and Fujian are double-cropping rice, and after the autumn harvest, rice will be sown again, so this autumn harvest is not only about harvesting rice, but also about sowing again.

According to the yield of rice, each stone of grain needs to pay a tax of about one bucket, and the grain output of Zhejiang and Fujian, on average, is more than two stones per mu, so when converted, the tax has reached about 15 percent, but apart from these taxes, there is no longer any burden.

This is Su Tiancheng's helpless move, it will take a certain amount of time to develop commerce, but the officials' fortunes have already been raised, and these burdens also need to be borne by farmers.

If you don't know how to make rice, oil and salt are expensive.

However, on the other hand, the government has also done a lot of things in urging the people to cultivate and adjust the cultivated land, especially after the abolition of many health posts, a large number of official fields have been recovered, and some gentry and wealthy households have fled from the local area after the arrival of the Jiangning camp, and the cultivated land has naturally been recovered by the government, so there is a lot of official land in the hands of the government.

According to Su Tiancheng's opinion on the disposal of cultivated land, all cultivated land recovered by the government is all official land, and the government is responsible for leasing it to peasant households for cultivation, and the government will also find ways to recover the cultivated land year by year, and all cultivated land and dry land in the future, including mountains and forests, will belong to the government and will no longer belong to private ownership.

In this regard, Su Tiancheng also made a special explanation that the ownership and use rights of land need to be separated, the ownership belongs to the government, and the right to use belongs to the individual.

How to stop the act of annexing land, even after hundreds of years, there is no good solution, the gap between the rich and the poor always exists, Su Tiancheng can only according to his own understanding, try to prevent the emergence of land annexation, land is owned by the government, is what he thinks is a good solution.

Because of the hard work of the government and the recognition of the people, there is basically no problem in paying taxes, and the people who have really encountered a famine, after verifying the situation, the government will not only not collect taxes, but also give relief, which is very good for stabilizing the peasants.

The grain harvest means an increase in taxes, this year's taxes, mainly used to pay the officials' money, Su Tiancheng also once thought, the court and the local economic needs are separated, can not be everything is the court to manage, for a long time, the following officials must have no enthusiasm, only let the local development, rich local officials, can get more money, that will be greater to stimulate the enthusiasm of officials to work hard, economic stimulation is always the best means.

However, the New Deal has just begun, these are all things to consider later, and at present, it is still necessary to focus on conquest, at such a critical moment, stability is the first, and spending money to buy stability is a necessary thing.

Fortunately, there is still a lot of silver, especially in Fujian, to exterminate those rich people who collude inside and outside, and obtain a large amount of gold and silver, Zhu Xianxuan, who has a large number, is a little unbelievable, he feels that those rich people along the coast of Fujian, and even Emperor Bi is even richer, and he often says tens of millions of taels of silver, with the support of these silvers, within a few years, Zhu Xianxuan does not worry about the lack of silver, not to mention that there are only Shandong, Zhejiang, Fujian and Taiwan and other places, and the territory is not very large.

The implementation of the new policy, not necessarily all officials can agree from the heart, but what we need to see is the actual effect, once starved to the ground in Huzhou, Zhejiang and other places, only a year has passed, the people have basically recovered their vitality, the market transactions have increased, began to prosper, and all localities have begun to build water conservancy facilities, to ensure that the impact of natural disasters is minimized, from the current situation, as long as the grain can be harvested, the market can prosper.

Of course, many officials came from Shandong, and the situation in Zhejiang and Fujian is far from being able to be compared with Shandong.

The attitude towards the autumn harvest is completely different, and the impact is not the same, many scholars, originally thought that Su Tiancheng was a rebel, it was a big rebellion, but after many readers saw the situation on the spot, after really understanding the lives of the people, their views quickly changed, and some scholars even stayed directly in Shandong, Zhejiang and Fujian and other places, they also heard that once Su Tiancheng won the Nanzhili, he would start the imperial examination, and the imperial court needed a large number of talents, These scholars thought that it would be a glorious thing to be able to display their talents and be able to participate in the first imperial examination held by the new dynasty, and besides, they recognized the new policy in their hearts.

Of course, there are also some officials who are ready to move, especially officials in Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi and other places, thinking that they can directly defect to Su Tiancheng. (To be continued......)