"But this time, the pressure on the governor's office and the people has increased. She has to raise so many soldiers and horses, and the Yamen also needs to spend money, and she has to recruit refugees. Where does so much money and food come from?" Yu Shiming said: "She
I have offended many high-ranking officials and nobles before, how can a teenage girl have the nerve to beg for peace with them?"
Zhao Ming looked up at him and said, "Why does she need to beg?"
Moreover, who said Zhao Hanzhang doesn't have such a face? She is very thick-skinned. As long as the benefits are big enough, there is nothing she can't do?
But Zhao Hanzhang was so soft, and if she wanted to get the support of those high-ranking officials and nobles, and take money and people from them, the price she would pay would be huge.
The marriage between Zhao and Fu's family may be in trouble.
Yu Shiming also thought of this, but there were some things that Zhao Ming could say, but he couldn't say them, so the words rolled around his mouth and said nothing.
Zhao Ming rushed to Luoyang to meet Zhao Hanzhang.
However, the first person he saw was not Zhao Hanzhang, but Ji Yuan and Ming Yu.
As Zhao Hanzhang's two major staff members, they had a lot to do, and they had to take it one step at a time. Zhao Hanzhang's new tax law was flawed. It was not that they didn't know it, but they just couldn't change it immediately.
As Zhao Ming said, amending the law at this time will do more harm than good.
Ji Yuan asked Zhao Ming to sit down and talk. The lively chatter of Zhao Song and Zhao Hu came from outside the door, "I went into the city today and saw many more people on the street than when I came last time. It can be seen that Luoyang is getting better. It's good.
Why do you want to change taxes?”
Zhao Hu said: "It's great to change it. It's best to change it back to the original. Hanzhang is so stingy. I used to have acres of land in my eldest brother's name that were tax-free. Now she has become the governor and has been granted the title of county official. The land is tax-free."
More, but my tax exemption was taken back."
Zhao Hu wished that Zhao Hanzhang could change more and finally exempt all his fields from tax.
The two old brothers talked lively and went to the backyard. Zhao Ming waited until they could no longer hear them before looking at Ji Yuan and asked: "Mr. Ji, why does Hanzhang want to revise taxes again?"
Ji Yuan said: "Not long ago, two noble families fled Luoyang because the taxes were too heavy and unbearable. The girl felt uncomfortable when she saw it, so she wanted to change some regulations."
Ji Yuan looked at Ming Yu and Ming Yu said: "You still have to pay taxes regardless of your superiority or inferiority, but considering that many noble families are also suffering from disasters, the rule of paying taxes according to the acres of land under the name has been changed to paying taxes according to the actual acres of land cultivated.
, the land under its name will not be changed within five years, but if it is not cultivated for five consecutive years, it will be taken back to the state."
For example, the Chen family had a hundred acres of land under their name before, but they actually cultivated twenty acres. Zhao Hanzhang reduced the tax and only collected one-third of the tax payable.
This year, the refugees in Luoyang who were allocated fields were allocated six acres and cultivated six acres, but they only had to pay taxes on two acres of land;
For people like the Chen family, they charge one-third of a hundred acres of land, which is equivalent to paying thirty-three acres of grain tax. This is a huge burden for nobles like the Chen family.
Zhao Hanzhang's change meant that the Chen family only had to pay one-third of the twenty acres, greatly reducing the pressure.
In Yuzhou and Luoyang, there are still many noble families like the Chen family.
Zhao Ming pursed his lips and asked, "Where is Hanzhang now?"
"She went to see the soldiers stationed in the fields."
Zhao Ming snorted and said: "Soldiers still need to train and fight. Now Zhao Han and Xianbei are eyeing each other in the north. How much food and grass can be collected by soldiers working in the fields alone?"
"Once the expedition goes out, there will be no one to cultivate and take care of the military fields. Then we will have to raise food and grass with the people," Zhao Ming said while rubbing his forehead: "Since she took over Yuzhou, she has been very tough on the noble families, but in a short time
They are the ones who can raise a large amount of money and food. After three years, everyone has become accustomed to her toughness. With me, Mrs. Zhao, mediating on the side, they can only tolerate it no matter how dissatisfied they are."
"If she changes the decree at this time, her prestige will be greatly damaged. How many people will be willing to tolerate her strength?" Zhao Ming asked: "What kind of tax policy does she want, what kind of... world."
Ji Yuan and Ming Yu looked up at him at the same time, with surprise in their eyes. Ji Yuan even raised his eyebrows. He straightened his back slightly and said with a smile, "Zi Nian might be able to ask the girl in person."
Zhao Ming raised his eyes and looked at him, "Do you agree with her revision of the decree?"
Ji Yuan said: "As long as the operation is done properly, the disadvantages caused by the revised government decree can be avoided. It just requires Zinian to suffer some pain and Zhao family to suffer some injustice."
There was no need for Ji Yuan to say anything, Zhao Ming understood his method almost immediately.
Zhao Ming:......
After a long time of turmoil, it turned out that he was the one who was wronged.
Does this count as giving away his life for a hundred miles?
Zhao Ming pursed his lips and said: "Call her back. I want to talk to her face to face. If she can convince me, I can kneel on her for three days, not just for one day."
Ji Yuan immediately agreed, and then sent someone to invite Zhao Hanzhang to come back. At the same time, he quietly called out: "If you go to the workshop to invite Mr. Fu, you must let him come back before sunset."
"yes."
When Zhao Hanzhang heard that Zhao Song and Zhao Ming had come to Luoyang together, he immediately ran back in a hurry and met Fu Tinghan at the gate who had rushed back at the same time.
Two people, one wearing a short coat and trousers, with dirt and dust on his body, looked like a little farm girl;
One is also dressed in the same way, except that his upper body is covered with mud, and his pants are wet down to his knees. He is dressed like a long-term worker in the countryside.
Both of them were busy with work. Fu Tinghan had not seen her for five or six days. When he saw her now, he couldn't help but smile and asked: "Miss Zhao, did you just come back from the fields?"
"Yes, Mr. Fu just came up from the river?"
Fu Tinghan nodded, "I also caught a fish today, but it's a pity that I came back in a hurry and didn't bring it with me. Otherwise, I could treat you to a fish."
Fu An, who was a few steps behind Fu Tinghan, jumped off his horse. Hearing this, he immediately untied something strung from the grass from the other side of the horse and said loudly: "Mr. Lang, I brought it back."
After saying that, he held up the fish in his hand to show them.
Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan looked back together and laughed out loud when they saw the palm-sized fish. They said happily: "Is this fish enough to fit between your teeth? Tomorrow when I go to store military fields, I will go down to the river to catch two for you. The fish I caught is only
Damn, let me tell you..."
While Zhao Hanzhang was talking, he and Fu Tinghan entered the door and walked to the front yard. Fu Tinghan had already suggested: "Next year, people can raise fish in the ditch to enrich the diet and better supplement protein. There is not enough meat in Luoyang now."
Zhao Hanzhang: "Didn't we advocate raising pigs? The skill of castrating pigs has also spread."
Fu Tinghan: "Only places such as the military and workshops raise pigs according to their tasks. There are still few private pig farmers, and more sheep and chickens are raised."
By the time they reached the hall, the two of them were already thinking about promoting ways to raise pigs. Zhao Ming, who was sitting in the room, had his forehead twitching and couldn't help but say: "Mr. Zhao!"
Zhao Hanzhang immediately stopped talking, looked down at his clothes first, then forced out a smile and entered the room, clasping his fists and bowing repeatedly, "Uncle, you have worked hard all the way. Thank you for your hard work."