The golden autumn month is a month when farmers are full of expectations for the future, and farmers under the rule of Yinghua have a stronger sense of expectation.

In a rice field somewhere in Moshan Township, Qujiang County, the straw piled up high exudes the heavy meaning of a bumper harvest, and the farmers are gathered in one place, discussing enthusiastically.

"Yingde's mountain fields, mulberry trees, tea trees, castor beans, blue and safflower and masts, what to plant with money, our mountain fields should also be changed."

"The imperial court specially lowered the production tax of these things, which is lower than that of rice buds, and it is pushing us to plant them."

"You can ask Wang Nong for the seed money to speak for us, and he was persuading us to change planting at the beginning of the year, but we didn't listen. With his guarantee, the people can help us buy seeds on credit, and Wang Nongzheng will also find someone who knows how to teach us. ”

"Director Yang, this is a big matter, you have to join forces with other bureau directors and lords in the township public bureau to argue with the master Bo, and let him ask for more money to support farmers in the county."

Listening to everyone's lively talk, Yang Judong kept his face on the floor and sighed, "Next year, my Yang Lao'er will still not be a bureau director, that's hard to say." Look, Master Zhong is here again, he is bound to win. ”

A fat man wore a simple linen robe, hugged a big basket, and didn't ask the servants behind him to make a move, while laughing, while handing copper coins to the peasants, isn't it the old man Zhong Shangzhong.

"This autumn's harvest, Zhong can not forget the help of the villagers, come, each person 18 Wen happy money, I wish everyone to send it every year, hehe" ,... "

Stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling person, not to mention that the people still give money, and the farmers are honest people who take the money, bow and nod, and stop talking, but the scene is cold.

On the one hand, he was so enveloped in Moshan Township to eliminate the notoriety of the previous Deng Men and Tian Shi, and on the other hand, it was indeed for the position of the director of the Moshan Township Public Bureau, and the Moshan Township Public Bureau now has sixteen bureau directors, all of whom were elected by farmers with land.

Although the director of this bureau has little actual power, he can speak directly with the township officials, and even their opinions directly affect the decision-making of the township officials. Not only that, the directors of the county public bureau are also elected from the bureau directors of various townships, districts and towns, and enter the county public bureau, which is not an official but an official. It will not only supervise the actions of county officials, and it is said that the year-end evaluation of officials is also an important basis for the Ministry of Officials to verify the merits of officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to find fault with judges.

Therefore, although it is not quite the same as the official master in the Manchu Dynasty, there is no way to get actual benefits, but from the perspective of identity, reputation and curbing others from reaching out to him, etc., the position of the director of the bureau is much more valuable than the Xiangkun Shieun in the Manchu Dynasty. The only unpleasant thing is that the director of the bureau has a quota, and he must be robbed by others, and this director of the bureau is recommended by a propertied person, so he has to curry favor with the small households below.

Zhong Shangwei wants to be a director of the authorities, and he has no capital to compare with other bureau directors in the township, and the only chance is this Yang bureau director. This person is just an ordinary small household with twenty or thirty acres of land, and he has become a director of the bureau by virtue of his reputation for helping others. Zhong Shangwei felt that no matter how much he helped people, he couldn't compare to him smashing people with silver, so the position of Director Yang must be his.

At this moment, the peasants were buying people's hearts, but they bumped into their opponents, and Zhong Shangwei was naturally embarrassed. But he is also an experienced person, and the embarrassment flashed, and he generously greeted Yang Judong: "Old Yang, our fellow villagers, don't keep worrying about the past when I was on the throne." Now that I've lowered the rent to fifty percent, don't continue to preach the previous four or six. ”

It seemed that admitting his mistake was actually blaming Director Yang for hurting him, and Old Man Yang was so angry that he turned his head and ignored him.

When he was in the cold field, a rough voice sounded: "Yo ho, I can't find Mr. Zhang everywhere looking for people here, which kid is going to call Mr. Zhang, there is a big matter!" I want him to read the newspaper quickly! ”

Liu Yizheng, who only had one arm, came, still measuring the ground, stepping over with a careful step, the leather bag around his waist bulging and stuffed with paperwork and newspapers.

A few boys answered and galloped away, while others asked what was the big deal.

Liu Yizheng took out a newspaper from his purse, looked at the blue and white paper, and knew that it was the official newspaper "Yinghua Newsletter", he glanced at it, saw Zhong Shangwei and Yang Judong, and said with a smile: "This matter, it is good and bad for people with more land, and it is good for people with less land." ”,

Liu Yizheng cleared his throat and said loudly: "Since the second year of the Holy Dao, under my Yinghua rule, Tian Ze has been merged, Tian tax has been leveled, raw field, Putian and ripe field, raw field tax is one cent silver, Putian is three points, and ripe field is five points!" ”

In the rice and grass, there was an instant silence, and even the birds that were stealing food seemed to be startled by the news, and there was no more chirping.

It took a long time for Zhong Shangwei to come to his senses and take the lead in shouting: "Long live Lord Shengming!" ”

Everyone woke up and shouted, long live the Lord why isn't it holy!? Originally, Tian was divided into nine rules, and it was very finely divided. The tax on the top field is as high as nine cents of silver, of course, it is a field that is too ripe to be ripe, and the average of the middle field is four cents. Now in such a tone, the most ripe fields only pay five points, and the middle ones only pay three points, which is a big tax cut.

Unlike the Manchu era, under the rule of Yinghua, reduction is reduction, which means that the burden on the peasants has been reduced by at least more than 20%. As for the farmers in the paddy fields, they are planning to switch to crops with preferential property taxes, and if things go well, the income will not be counted for the time being, and the burden will be almost 30% lower than this year.

Yang Judong smiled brightly, and said in his heart that it was nothing if this bureau director fought or not, and such a day was the real prosperous age.

It was Zhong Shangwei who swept everyone's interest, and he asked: "Yizheng, I'm afraid it's more than this news." ”

He is a caring person, Liu Yizheng reminded him just now, it is estimated that there is news that is not good for people with a lot of land, if it is just a reduction in land tax, it is not compatible with Liu Yizheng's words.

Another voice said: "I'll tell you this news, anyway, it's under my control in the future......."

Everyone hurriedly bowed to this person, this is Wang Nongzheng.

Wang Nongzheng nodded at Liu Yizheng and said loudly: "Your Majesty has just issued the ...... of the "Rent Persuasion Edict".

Hearing the word "rent persuasion", Zhong Shangwei's heart trembled.

"Your Majesty said in the edict that this country is a country of all people, and everyone should live in harmony. Although you can follow the right path to gain benefits, but harmony and wealth are the first. A few days ago, the peasants were suffering from the price of land, and a country was in turmoil, so everyone had to work together to calm the chaos. In the past, tenants cultivated the land, and the five or five was an ancient system, and His Majesty did not want to suppress the public opinion with the authority of the king, so he advised the landed people under Yu's rule to take the four or six as the root and tenant others. This is not a forced order, but His Majesty hopes that everyone will put goodness first and do it voluntarily. ”

Hearing Wang Nongzheng say this, the rent reduction was only voluntary, Zhong Shangwei breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly said that his little fellow townsman still has rules and regulations for doing things. Persuade everyone, just make a gesture. If there is no real benefit, who wants to fall? Five-five is just a three-point profit, no matter how low it is, the tenants who buy land will have nothing to earn, and all the landlords in the world have to jump.

Wang Nongzheng continued: "Your Majesty said that since everyone is working together, the imperial court must also contribute to this matter. Therefore, if the land rent is voluntarily reduced to four or six, and the lease is deed in our Agricultural Department, the raw field tax will be reduced by five cents of silver, and the general field and mature land will be reduced by one cent of silver! ”

"With four or six tenants, the government will issue a plaque to commend them, and at the same time, the county and township public bureaus will also give preferential consideration. Children's schooling, industrial and commercial accumulation, all avenues will be open for them, and those who have land should pay attention to themselves. ”

Hearing the news that the interest rate will be reduced, Zhong Shangwei's mind has already been calculated, and it almost smoked, and when he heard the latter series of benefits, his eyes lit up, and he almost jumped up on the spot, and went to Wang Nongzheng to transfer all the leases under his name. If the interest rate is cut and the tax is reduced, their landlords will still have to lose some after all, but with the benefits of the latter, it is not a pain in the flesh, and it is even a lot of benefits.

But the deed was not something he could solve, so he could only clench his fists and jump and jump in place excitedly.

Seeing another jubilation in the field, Liu Yizheng also smiled, he was a veteran in the army, and he lost an arm because of the Battle of Shaozhou very early, and was arranged to return to his hometown and served as Yizheng. Now this country, benevolent and governmental, for him, the country that sacrificed his life to fight, the emperor who sacrificed his life to serve, he is extremely satisfied, and at the same time extremely proud.

Wang Nongzheng patted Liu Yizheng's shoulder, and his voice was also a little excited: "We will not be lonely and widowed outcasts in the future, we also have a boss, haha......"

Thinking of this, Liu Yizheng also grinned. In the past, post affairs were under the management of the Ministry of War, and agricultural affairs were under the management of the Ministry of Households. However, with the recent adjustment of government affairs in the court, the post department and the ministry of agriculture have been set up in Shangshu Province, and they have a direct department, rather than a marginal role that was managed by people in the past. Of course, the salary treatment, because it is self-contained, will naturally have a special design, and there is no need to eat a big pot of rice with the military department and the household department. ,

Liu Yizheng said: "Mr. Zhang is also a wine worm, when he comes over to read the newspaper carefully, let's pull him up and drink it happily!" ”

Just as he was saying this, he went to find Mr. Zhang's kid and came back, shouting as he ran: "Mr. Zhang is drunk!" is still full of talking about what is in the prosperous world, and the wine talk of the Son of Heaven is ......".

The two of them were stunned for a moment, only to realize that Mr. Zhang had already read the newspaper, and Yang Judong scolded: "Phew! Childlike words, what kind of wine talk is this! ”

On the paddy field, there was another wave of laughter.

Back in his own house, Zhong Shang's excitement gradually subsided, and he patted his forehead in annoyance, cutting taxes and interest rates, although it is good for himself, but in general, the benefits of land tenants are thinner than before. Now the land price is falling, and the landlord who has a little brain has to sell the land, and the land price will fall. I bought the land at a high position, which is a big loss, why should I be happy with those mud legs? It's amazing...

Thinking about it, the situation is so turbulent, and the matter of the bureau director, it is estimated that it is difficult for him to count on it anymore, and Zhong Shangwei began to be sad again, wondering if he should find another way to make money.

Remembering Wang Nongzheng's words that he could enter the industrial and commercial circle by cutting interest rates and passing the contract, Zhong Shangwei hurriedly went to the township office.

Wang Nongzheng looked at Zhong Shangwei with a strange gaze for a while, and then said: "Jiaozhi is in one place, the business opportunities are unlimited, and there are great benefits from mining and landing, Master Zhong, why don't you know this news?" ”

Zhong Shangwei was stunned, Jiaozhi? Does he need to know? What is there to be gained in that poor place?

Shang Zheng in the public office shook his head and regretted: "Master Zhong, you are really lonely, Jiaozhi has been beaten down by Admiral Jia, and the king of Jiaozhi originally wanted to sacrifice the soil to attach it, but was politely declined by the emperor." But the emperor thought of making profits for our industry and commerce, so he asked the king of Jiaozhi to give permission, and we, Yinghua industry and commerce, can buy industries in Jiaozhi by themselves, of course, only rice, minerals and other things. ”

Shang Zheng's words made Zhong Shangwei's heart skip a beat: "As long as you invest a few thousand taels, you can hang it in the name of various expansion companies and buy land and mines in Jiaozhi." For example, in a coal mine, you can hire locals to dig coal by paying a small amount of money every year, and you can dig as much as you want, and the customs duties are all free! Even the emperor will help you repair the roads and ports for transporting coal, and it will never be a problem to earn ten times a year! ”

In the matter of mining, Zhong Shangwei was good at it, and he was about to touch more of the situation when he was about to touch more, but unexpectedly another person shouted: "Zhong Shangwei, you can't run away!" ”

The two bailiffs pounced on Zhong Shangwei and grabbed him, and the man breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I sent you three summonses, and you ignored them, this is a contempt for national law!" ”

Seeing that it was Fazheng, Zhong Shang's legs and stomach were weak. It's over, I did receive a summons before, asking him to serve as a witness to assist in the investigation of Deng Xiaotian's case.

Following the old practice of the Manchu era, he didn't want to get involved in the criminal case, so he only stuffed three letters of silver to deal with it, but he didn't expect that the law department still wouldn't let him go......

Fa Zheng continued: "You not only flouted the law of the country, but also bribed your own officials, Zhong is in charge, you are in big trouble!" ”

Cochin! Silver! Board...... Knife.......

Zhong Shangwei's eyes rolled and he fainted...... ）