Chapter 32: Distributing fields is a technical task
"Chongba, what's going on?"
A dark and burly man shook his head and said to Zhu Chongba: "Didn't you say that we came here to eat well and drink spicy food... Why do you want to be your Zhu family's slave? Are you looking for a servant?"
When questioned, Lao Zhu's face turned red. No need to ask, this must be Zhang Ximeng's fault.
Zhu Chongba came over angrily, and happened to see Ma. He glared, "Why don't you care? It's not embarrassing!" With his current status, this is not a power at all, so he is so high and mighty.
, Zhu Chongba felt that he would collapse soon and might not survive tomorrow.
Ma also sighed softly, "Don't yell at me. This is all arranged by the young gentleman. You let others make the decision."
Zhu Chongba rolled his eyes in anger. He took big steps, rushed in, and went directly to Zhang Ximeng's study... When he came in, he found Zhang Ximeng writing furiously, with manuscripts from both young and old piled up next to him.
Zhu Chongba paused for a moment. It turned out that Zhang Ximeng was not easy either. He suppressed his anger, came to Zhang Ximeng's side, and whispered: "Sir, are you busy?"
Zhang Ximeng put down his pen, stood up and said with a smile: "My lord is recruiting heroes to return, and great achievements can be expected!"
Zhu Chongba did not answer, but pulled a chair over, sat opposite Zhang Ximeng, and said to him: "Let's go home and divide the hundred pieces of silk and satin among the most respected people, and that
We gave Mrs. Wang thirty bolts of silk and satin to ask us to go to Huangjue Temple to survive. We also gave Liu Jizu thirty bolts of silk and satin and ten gold cakes to Liu Jizu who gave us a cemetery."
The Yuan Dynasty forced the people to use treasure banknotes. Gold and silver were not something ordinary people could use. Although Liu Jizu was a landlord, he had little inventory.
I was overjoyed to receive Lao Zhu's generous gift. I immediately held a banquet and invited relatives and friends from all over the country.
It can be regarded as a promising person. In front of the banquet, Lao Zhu also talked about how to defend the city, how to kill the enemy, how many things were captured, how much gold and silver were piled up, and how much food was in the mountains.
In a word, Zhu Chongba has become rich and has returned to his hometown in fine clothes. If the folks want to get promoted and make a fortune, just follow us!
I have to say, this trick of his really works.
Especially in this world, it is difficult to survive. If you want to join the army, you don't have the courage.
At this time Zhu Chongba jumped out, and everyone was naturally willing to follow him.
In this way, Zhu Chongba brought back more than 200 people, and many people said they would come to seek refuge after returning home and settling down.
Zhu Chongba also told everyone a lot about starting a business together and achieving prosperity and wealth. Anyway, we just painted a big pie!
It's just that Zhu Chongba didn't expect that he would be hit hard when he came back.
"What we talked about with the big guys was to share the glory and wealth, but now they are eating from us and working as our servants. I can't afford to support these people!"
Zhang Ximeng didn't panic, he knew exactly what was going on.
Even after the founding of the country, there were so many of Zhu Chongba's fellow villagers who were unruly and did not take the emperor seriously, let alone now.
They are all from different places, so no one knows who they are!
We all go down the river with our butts naked and go up the trees to dig out bird eggs. Why should we kowtow and kneel down to you?
Zhang Ximeng is willing to kowtow because Lao Zhu saved his life, and secondly because Zhu Chongba will become emperor in the future.
Even Zhu Chongba felt that he couldn't bear it now, and his face turned red, so he came to Zhang Ximeng angrily.
"My lord, what you said makes sense, but I have another point here. My lord, please think about why the heroes of Haozhou fell apart? How did Marshal Guo end up alone and helpless?"
Zhu Chongba was stunned. Of course he knew that there was a problem with Guo Zixing, but there were warning signs from the beginning. Guo Zixing, Sun Deya and other five people joined forces and after they invaded Haozhou, they were all called marshals.
Everyone has a group of brothers. To put it bluntly, Guo Zixing is the leader of the alliance. In any alliance, whether it is the Jujube Alliance to fight against Dong Zhuo or the Five Sacred Mountains Alliance to deal with the Demon Cult, infighting is inevitable. From history to martial arts, from reality
Even fantasy, abide by this rule. After all, there is no unbreakable alliance in the world...
Zhu Chongba lowered his head with heavy thoughts. Just winning over a group of brothers was like being the king of the mountain, not conquering the world.
Zhang Ximeng continued: "My lord, a man cannot leave without a head, and a bird cannot fly without a head. Especially for such a big thing as starting a rebellion and fighting for territory, if there is no core and no one has the final say, I'm afraid we will also
You will end up like Marshal Guo!"
These words were definitely heartfelt and hit the mark. Zhu Chongba was shocked and had to admit that what Zhang Ximeng said made sense, but now there was a fatal problem.
"We, we don't have that status!"
Strictly speaking, Zhu Chongba was still the ninth captain under Guo Zixing.
Of course, he can call himself Marshal, or even Prince, Emperor... whatever you like, but the question is how many people can recognize you?
"Lord, I don't think this is a problem. Even if Marshal Guo gives the lord a high official position and lets the lord recruit troops, it is just relying on Marshal Guo's reputation, not the lord's own. In my opinion, the lord should win the support of everyone
, let everyone sincerely support the lord, and by then, it won’t matter what official position you have.”
Zhu Chongba nodded, but then shook his head, "That's the truth, but, what should we do?"
Finally reaching the key point, Zhang Ximeng smiled and handed a stack of manuscripts to Zhu Chongba, which was the land granting strategy he had written.
Regarding the land, Zhang Ximeng told Jia Lu twice, which scared the old man.
However, these two discussions were still about general principles, and the specific implementation has not yet been discussed. However, this time the land granting strategy is too detailed.
It really comes down to implementation.
First of all, any law must be concise, direct, fair and reasonable, and easy to implement... Those that are so complicated that no one knows how to operate them almost encourage everyone to exploit loopholes in the law.
Similarly, if we can't treat them differently and cut them all off with one knife, it won't work.
Equalizing land, even though it is about equalization, it is impossible for everyone in the country to cultivate the same amount of land, that is unrealistic.
Therefore, this average is limited to the category of natural villages.
This is also the same as the land policy of later generations.
"Within a village, land is equally distributed to everyone. Among these lands, a line for grain fields is determined... For example, in Linhuai Town, the land here yields one stone, five to two stones per mu, and a person has a grain ration of five dollars a year.
Stone, it is necessary to divide three acres of grain fields... Everyone in the village will first be equally divided into three acres of land. This is the share that does not require tax. After the three acres of land, the remaining land will be divided equally. If everyone returns
If you can get two acres, the surplus grain will be three to four shi. According to the annual output per mu, you will be taxed at 10%. If the surplus grain exceeds ten shi, you will be taxed at 20%. If it is more than ten shi, you will be taxed at 30%!"
"If there are some big landlords in the village, and they have indeed done no wrong, and the source of their land is considered innocent, then after ensuring that the whole village is allocated grain fields, the land tax must be collected at a rate of 45%!"
Zhang Ximeng explained his strategy to Zhu Chongba, and Lao Zhu listened patiently. When he reached this point, Lao Zhu seemed to have understood something.
"Sir, if the big households still retain a lot of land, they will have to pay 45% of the land tax. But if they hand over the land, wouldn't it mean that they will lose a lot of land tax?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "Lord Shengming, we must first ensure that ordinary farmers can survive, and secondly suppress the ordinary wealthy households, but also give them a way to survive, and then we can concentrate our efforts to eliminate those powerful and evil tyrants who serve as lackeys for the Yuan Dynasty.
The eagle dog slave!"
Zhu Chongba stared at Fang Lue and looked at it several times. He suddenly let out a long breath, and his eyes became more confident.
Is Zhang Ximeng’s strategy considered complicated?
In fact, it is not complicated. The land tax in the Yuan Dynasty also divided official land and private land. According to the grade of the land, it was also divided into upper field, middle field and lower field. In addition, because of the powerful temples, powerful and wealthy households, various tax exemptions and evasion, the tax system was messed up.
The chaos was overwhelming, and it was often the poor tenant farmers who suffered the consequences.
Zhu Chongba knew this best. His family had been renting land since his great-grandfather. As a result, he was forced to move around because of the heavy burden. He first lived in Peixian County, then moved to Jurong, and later to Sizhou. When Zhu Chongba arrived,
Eighth father's generation only lived in Fengyang, but after a disaster, he could no longer run away and his family was destroyed.
The most eye-catching aspect of Zhang Ximeng's land granting strategy is the design of the grain fields, which provides a foundation for all the people and there will be no more refugees.
Secondly, the more fields there are and the more surplus grain there is, the higher the land tax paid. In this way, the impulse to annex is restrained and the wealthy households are prevented from oppressing the poor people.
"My benefactor, if we can follow this method and let the people in Linhuai be allocated fields and live and work in peace and contentment, wouldn't they be eating the Zhu family's rice and using the Zhu family's money?"
Zhu Chongba was shaken all over, and woke up as if from a dream. He grabbed the strategy, held it firmly in his hand, and walked out... When he came in, Zhu Chongba felt guilty and fearful, but when he went out, he was full of confidence.
"Mr. Zhang, come with us and give them a good talk!" Zhu Chongba's voice was rich and resonant.
Zhang Ximeng quickly agreed, saying that he would have to face the nobles of Huaixi, and he was quite nervous.
