Hearing the old farmer's words, Qin Lin let out a long sigh, feeling depressed and no longer interested in visiting, and pulled Zhang Zixuan's arm: "Let's go." ”

Zhang Zixuan followed Qin Lin and walked back a few steps, she couldn't bear it, and turned around and shouted at the old farmer: "Jiangling Xianggong has a whip law, clearing the acres of fields, unifying the enlistment, suppressing mergers, and collecting silver per mu. The Ding silver contained in the Puzhou fish scale album is only five points per person! The Ming Dynasty has been exhausted and contemptuous, what is the tyrannical expropriation? ! ”

The tax rate of the Ming Dynasty was so low, the average tax rate of thirty taxes and one was simply the highest in the Eastern and Western dynasties, you must know that the Han Dynasty was fifteen taxes and one one, while the West in the Middle Ages was ten taxes and one one, or the lord tax and the church tax were both levied!

At this time, the population was much smaller than that of later generations, and each strong laborer in the north could plant twenty acres of land, and in a normal year harvest twenty-six stones of wheat, and the imperial court levied only six coins of silver, plus five cents of silver, and it was enough to sell one stone of grain, and twenty-five stones of grain could be left.

Even if the field is rented, Jinnan has always been a landlord tenant five or five open, you can also save twelve or three buckets of grain, which is 1,500 catties (one catty in the Ming Dynasty is now 1.2 city catties), in addition to Zhuang Ding himself, it is not a problem to feed three or four old and young, and the family spins and spins, raises a few chickens, feeds the pigs, and the little man is prosperous.

Zhang Zixuan inherited the talent of her father Zhang Juzheng, and was actually the prime minister of the female middle school, and the output of the acreage, the court taxes, and the tenants' land rents blurted out casually.

The old farmer straightened up and squinted his eyes, Qin Lin and Zhang Zixuan were standing on the small earthen hill, and they couldn't see it clearly against the sun, seeing that they were green shirts and cloth clothes, they were just the children of businessmen who came out of the city, so they sneered and spat on the ground: "You city people, what do you know?" I don't know what the princess is, I only know that the landlord Zhou peels the skin and the big bucket goes in and out, and he can leave me ten stones, even if he has a conscience! The tax of the imperial court is not a three-cent silver, it used to be five cents per mu, and then the field investment of Sunjiazhuang next to it was dedicated to the Dasima Mansion, and the government transferred the tax to our heads, and each mu was full of one penny of silver! ”

As he spoke, the old peasant drew a large circle with his hand in front of him, and the large piece was dedicated to the Great Sima Mansion.

The military department Shangshu Ya called the big Sima, the so-called big Sima Mansion, refers to Wang Chonggu's mansion, Zhang Zixuan heard this, her face became more and more ugly, she knew that she and Qin Lin could deal with Zhang Siwei, but it was impossible to pull out Wang Chonggu, Yang Bo, Ma Ziqiang, all the giants in the Three Jin Pass...... The old peasant talked about it, and the surname Suo poured out the depression in his chest, and said: "The government levied silver, although there is less of the previous tricks of drenching and kicking, but the market is so strange, the spring famine is green and yellow, and the price of grain is ridiculously high. ”

Zhang Zixuan's face suddenly burned like fire, and suddenly she was so red that she couldn't stay any longer, said goodbye to the old farmer, and pulled Qin Lin back.

Qin Lin couldn't cry or laugh, there were really policies and countermeasures.

Zhang Juzheng changed the levy of grain to silver, in fact, it was changed from physical levy to monetary levy, this idea is correct, otherwise some places will hand over peppercorns, some places will hand over apples, and some places will hand over cabbage, the value will not be uniform, and the officials will arbitrarily levy more and levy less, and the people will be tired of running for their lives, and it will be difficult for the court to deal with it.

As a result, the silver levied was reduced, and there were fewer problems of drenching and kicking and arbitrarily exploiting, and there were more disadvantages of being indulged in grain prices by wealthy businessmen and magnates, resulting in cheap grains and hurting farmers.

Zhang Zixuan and Qin Lin stepped out, lowered their voices and said angrily: "Wang Chonggu is still known for his kindness, but even so, Zhang Yunling's mansion is only more unbearable, occupying acres of land, sheltering doormen, bullying men and women, all these crimes can't escape!" ”

After that, the eyes of the prime minister's daughter flashed, and she had the intention of taking the young master's mansion to open the knife, so as to deter the wealthy families in Guanzhong, so that the government could effectively promote a whip law, clear the acres of land, and curb the merger of the powerful and powerful.

Qin Lin had a good understanding in his heart, and immediately understood what Zhang Zixuan was referring to, but he shook his head with a smile: "You can't defeat Zhang Siwei with these!" ”

Zhang Zixuan lowered her head and thought about it, her eyebrows that flew obliquely into her temples wrinkled, and her appearance of concentrating on thinking was very cute.

Of course, she understood that what Qin Lin said was right, accepting the donation of land, covering the tax exemption of acres under the name, forcing the local government to transfer the taxes to the common people, the wealthy and powerful people all over the country are engaged in this set, deceiving the court and deceiving the people, in the past, her father Zhang Juzheng's new policy was to deal with them, but now that his father is dead, the new policy is weak, not to mention that with Zhang Siwei's status, it is difficult to bring him down by the crime of encroaching on the fields and running rampant in the township.

"Brother Qin wants to follow the story of Xu Ge's killing of Yan Shifan?" Zhang Zixuan raised her head and looked at Qin Lin, her deep eyes shining with light.

Qin Lin smiled evilly: "Xu Jie, that's a sham, I can't use it this time, Zhang Yunling is not clear with Tumen Khan Dong Fox." ”

"But we don't have any proof!" Zhang Zixuan was a little embarrassed, she designed to lure the snake out of the hole, but Zhang Yunling was caught by the shit luck of walking and killed Ouyang Peng, the commander of Jiangzhou Guard.

Now of course, there is King Weide who can testify, but Weide is the Baijiao Dharma King canonized by the imperial court, and selling weapons to him and selling them to Tumen Khan Dong Fox who fought with the imperial court are completely different things, and they can be used to fight the imperial lawsuit, which can make Zhang Yunling unable to eat and walk around, but it is a bit not enough to implicate Zhang Siwei, and even behead the former first assistant.

If you want to find real evidence, of course Tumen Khan and Dong Fox have it, but unless Qi Jiguang catches them and forces them to testify, but that will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey? These two guys are outside the border wall of Thistle Town, and they are still jumping and having fun!

Qin Lin smiled slightly: "Since the little sister designed to lure Zhang Yunling into the bait, she naturally knows the ancient town of Xiyao, why don't you start from there?" Yin Binshang should have sent back news. ”

Zhang Zixuan was stunned when she heard this, and then she waved her little fist and slapped Qin Lin twice: "Wow, Mr. Yin is desperate to do things for you, I don't even know me, hum!" ”

Yin Binshang is quite a national man, since Zhang Zixuan introduced him to Qin Lin, from then on he only has Qin Lin as the lord in his eyes, if Qin Lin does not open his mouth in everything, he will not discuss with Zhang Zixuan, and avoid suspicion neatly.

When Zhang Zixuan complained, her pretty face was faintly proud, and her heart was obviously different.

Yin Binshang, a guy with the skill of slaying dragons in troubled times, if he didn't meet the lord who made him serve willingly, he would rather be old than willing to succumb to mediocrity, and only his father Zhang Juzheng could make him fall in love with him, but because he was confident that he could open a prosperous world, the dragon slaying technique was useless, so he hid him to this day.

Purely to repay the kindness of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Yin Binshang will never avoid suspicion like now, he acted like this, but it shows that he sincerely serves Qin Lin, you must know that what he avoids is of course not the suspicion of men and women, but the suspicion of two masters in one thing.

That's right, the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion is becoming more and more proud, like Yin Binshang's heart, which is so wild that there is no boundary, Qin Lin made him happy and convinced so quickly, it is really a good match for my Zhang Zixuan!

Qin Lin's green shirt and cloth clothes, Zhang Zixuan's jinghai cloth skirt, walked back hand in hand in the golden rolling wheat waves, and the nephews and young ladies in the Mali Wang Chonggu Mansion were all dumbfounded, such a romantic and unruly character is unheard of in the Sanjin Pass that can be seen from time to time in the south of the Yangtze River or from time to time, and the style and temperament are simple! A group of girls waiting for the boudoir began to look forward to the future of their husbands like this...... Two days later, Yin Binshang returned to Puzhou from the dusty ancient town of Xiyao, he and the four Xiangfu guards were dressed as merchants, their faces were full of ash, and they couldn't hide the joy between their eyebrows.

Qin Lin and Zhang Zixuan greeted each other in the flower hall, Yin Binshang washed his face and walked up, seeing that Zhang Zixuan did not leave, and Qin Lin had no other meaning, he understood it clearly in his heart.

Qin Lin still expects the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion to give him advice, where does Yin Binshang want to avoid the suspicion of two masters? We are husband and wife, not each other!

Yin Binshang poured a sip of tea, moistened his dry throat, and then threw himself to the ground towards Qin Lin: "Fortunately, the students have really gained something in Xiyao Ancient Town." ”

It turned out that Zhang Zixuan ordered Yin Binshang and You Qi to go to Xiyao Ancient Town to find out whether Zhang Yunling had really loaded the prohibited weapons into a truck.

Later, he mentioned this matter to Qin Lin, and with Qin Lin's keen intuition, he immediately discovered the opportunity to solve the case, and asked Yin Binshang to sneak back to Xiyao Ancient Town, starting with those craftsmen to see if he could find a breakthrough.

"There is a person named Huo Tieshan, who is very likely to help us bring down the Young Master's Mansion!" Yin Binshang paused when he said this, and under the inquiring gazes of Qin Lin and Zhang Zixuan, he sighed: "Speaking of which, this is also a hard-working guy. ”

Huo Tieshan, the most qualified veteran in Xiyao Ancient Town, was hired by the Young Master's Mansion with a lot of money to manage the blacksmith workshop. Taking people's money to do things for others, Huo Tieshan kept the workshop in good order, followed Zhang Yunling with all his heart, and turned a blind eye to the prohibited weapons produced in the factory, in his words, "These things, we don't sell them, but there are people who want to sell them, I was hired by the Young Master's Mansion, and I didn't eat the money and food of the emperor's family, how can I manage a lot!" ”

Huo Tieshan has a son, of course, the children of the blacksmith head family can't go to study and take the Jinshi, but they have the strength to do it, they like to dance with knives and sticks since they were young, and they grew up to be twenty years old when they went to the door of the young master's mansion and sent them to Xuanfu Wanquan Right Guard to make a general.

This son is also angry, and he has the backstage of the Young Master's Mansion, and in a few years, he has been promoted to a guerrilla general, and Huo Tieshan's face is bright when he talks about it.

Who knew that the border pass was ambushed in the first battle, the son of the Huo family died in battle, the brothers of the border army risked their lives to snatch back the corpse, Huo Tieshan and his wife traveled thousands of miles to pick up their son and go home to the ground, but they almost died of anger: the son was hit by arrows all over his body, the arrow shaft was taken down, and the arrows were still stuck in the nail leaves and muscle bones, and the cold light flashed one by one, Huo Tieshan recognized it at a glance, all of them were produced by his own workshop! (To be continued)