Chapter 242: The people have been waiting for the young master for a long time!
At noon.
Fusu came to Pei County.
As soon as he arrived at Pei County, he summoned Xiao He.
Xiao He did not dare to neglect, and even put on his boots, he hurriedly followed the officials to the lobby behind the county government office.
Enter the lobby.
It seemed unusually empty inside.
There was only one tall man with his back turned.
Xiao He hurriedly saluted and said: "Xiao He, a subordinate of Peixian County, comes to see the eldest son."
Fusu turned around and looked at Xiao He with clear eyes. Xiao He was of medium height and slightly thin, but his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant.
Fusu raised his head slightly and said curiously: "I read the document you submitted, and I would like to ask, I am just a small county official, how dare you register every deed in detail? Are you not afraid of my anger?
Convict you?"
"after all......"
"Nitta Masato is what I advocate!"
Xiao He said sternly: "In his position and in planning his politics, I dare not not do anything."
Fusu glanced at Xiao He, chuckled, and sighed: "If all the good officials in the world were like Master Xiao, how could the Qin Dynasty be in deep trouble?"
"sit down."
Xiao He hesitated for a moment and sat down.
Fusu said: "I have been in Sishui County for some time, but after all, I have a special status and cannot find out the truth in detail. You are the chief official of Pei County and know a lot about local secrets. Can you tell me something?"
Xiao He solemnly raised his hands and said:
"How dare you disobey?"
"Young master should have read the documents I submitted."
Fusu nodded.
Xiao He said: "The documents I submitted are all the outlines of the secret transactions of private property in Pei County in the past. Although they are not detailed, there are 80% proof."
"80% proof?" A look of surprise appeared in Fusu's eyes. He straightened his body and said solemnly: "Please elaborate."
Xiao He said seriously:
"Exactly."
"Before the new land policy was promulgated, such forced buying and selling had actually spread throughout the Chu region."
"Pei County is just one of the counties."
"The sales and purchase deeds I submitted were not visible in the past, and the Xiang family would not take them to the government for justice. However, with the trial implementation of the new land government, these illegal deeds have been made openly.
Legal written deed.”
"Originally I had done the registration secretly, but now it was all in vain."
Xiao He let out a long sigh.
Fusu's expression froze.
He asked: "Since you have collected enough evidence of land annexation and provided it to the chief officials, why don't you directly sue the officials and let the county magistrate order to arrest these powerful people who buy and sell by force?"
Xiao He said: "How can it be so easy?"
"The six counties of Pengcheng in Sishui County were originally the fiefdom of the Xiang family. Xiang Yan was the Chu general who defeated General Li Xin. Xiang Yan was indeed defeated and died in the battle, but his two sons, Xiang Liang and Xiang Bo, are still there.
Thousands of clan members are still there, and the financial foundation is still there."
Fusu said:
"I have heard about the Xiang family."
"But aren't their clan fugitives? Why can they continue to be evil in this place?"
Xiao He said: "The Xiang clan did flee, but precisely because of their escape, the Xiang clan's strength did not suffer much loss. After Chu was defeated, the Great Qin gave the fields of the Xiang clan's fiefdom to nearby Guizhou heads. This was originally to benefit the people.
But not long after, the elders of the Xiang family led some private soldiers, disguised as business travelers, to forcibly purchase land in the old fiefdom."
"In the past few years, all the land allocated by the original government has been purchased back."
"If anyone disobeys or reports to the official, a sharp sword will appear behind him!"
"It's really unreasonable." Fusu slammed his fist on the gum and said angrily: "Where are the officials? Where are the county captains? Where are the county soldiers? They all just sit back and do nothing?"
Xiao He said:
"I can't figure it out."
"The Xiang family are fugitives and their whereabouts are unpredictable. The government has no power to arrest them. Moreover, many officials in Sishui County have secretly made peace with the Xiang family. Once these property abuses are reported, they will soon become apparent and hidden."
"In the past, people were not without tenacity, but it wouldn't be long before corpses were exposed on the city walls. As time went by, people naturally gave up the idea of reporting the crime."
Fusu's face suddenly darkened.
He didn't know much about the Xiang family. He only knew that he was a new aristocrat who had risen in recent decades, so the imperial court did not value the Xiang family. Although the Xiang family was wanted by the government, the intensity was not great.
, Zhao, Jing and other clans are far more influential than the Xiang clan.
But when he suddenly heard what Xiang had done, he couldn't help but become furious.
If the new rich are like this, wouldn't it be even worse for the old clan?
Fusu's body was trembling slightly, and he said in a cold voice: "I, Fusu, have written down Xiang's actions that harmed the people, and I will definitely make him pay with blood in the future!"
He continued: "Now that the land in Guizhou has been lost, how can we make a living in the past?"
Xiao He shook his head and said: "Where is the way to make a living? After the Xiang family took the fields, they only hired a small number of servants. They didn't treat people as human beings. They were all working around as cattle and horses. And this was actually pretty good.
Most people who have lost their land have lost their livelihood, and many have starved to death on the streets."
"Like Zhou Bo."
"All the farmland was forcibly bought, and with no livelihood left, I had to work as a funeral drummer and fan club. After all the land was sold, I couldn't live, so I had to butcher dogs and sell meat. I couldn't make ends meet all day long.
, the whole family is half hungry and half full.”
"I, Xiao He, have heard of no less than a thousand stories of blood and tears like this."
Fusu looked gloomy.
He sighed: "Now that the new land policy is implemented, they should all be allocated land, and their livelihood should not be a big problem. With the implementation of public toilets, food production will also increase. Compared with before, the people at the bottom should be much better off."
Xiao He stroked his short beard.
He said in a deep voice:
"Young Master still doesn't understand."
"The new land administration can only solve the temporary emergency, but the threat of the Xiang family is always hanging over our heads. Now that the young master is in Sishui County, he can indeed protect the people's stability for a while. If the young master leaves one day, the dark clouds over the people's heads will unexpectedly
And here we come.”
"The people have been waiting for you for a long time."
"What the people look forward to is not that the young master distributes official land and provides them with relief, but that the young master removes the dark clouds that hang over the people."
"If the nobles are not eliminated, the people will be uneasy!"
"Young Master is indeed benevolent and righteous, but..." Xiao He glanced at Fusu and sighed in his heart. After all, he did not dare to say it out loud. He just changed the topic and said: "The new Tianzheng did distribute the land to the head of Guizhou who lost his land.
But each household only has about ten acres at most, which can’t provide enough food and clothing.”
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"This is the basic need of Guizhou."
"At present, their one or two hundred acres of land are still occupied by the Xiang family, but the originally illegal written deed has been recognized by the government, and the government's response to them is only a few dozen acres of land. This is very important to them.
To me, it’s really too perfunctory.”
"I work as an official in Pei County, and I go to the fields from time to time. I see these things very clearly. The people are really grateful at the moment, but as time goes by, the rich have no place to stand in the fields, and the poor have no place to stand, especially when looking at
When the fields that belong to you have a good harvest, but you don't have enough to eat, this strong sense of contrast will only make the people dissatisfied."
"It will continue like this."
"I'm afraid that the new Tianzheng will be counterproductive."
Xiao He didn't say it too seriously.
He knew the harm was far greater than that.
If the Xiang family is not eliminated, it will be difficult to keep the land in the hands of the local Guizhou head. Once Fu Su is gone, the powerful people will collude with the local officials.
Fusu frowned and said solemnly: "What do you think?"
Xiao He said:
"We must eliminate harm for the people."
"Young master's new land policy is really harmful to no one."
"I can only sit back and watch the local tyrants grow bigger, and wait for the tyrants to collude with the officials and bully the fish and meat village at will. I heard that the young master has always had a benevolent heart, but the young master really did something wrong this time. If the young master really wants to relieve the people, he should
Report to the imperial court to strictly investigate local annexations."
"Calculate the interests and dangers, and then deal with them with thunderous means!"
"at the moment......"
Xiao He shook his head helplessly.
Now the deal is done. Under the new Tianzheng, the illegal written deed has become legal. Even if you want to convict Xiang in the future, I'm afraid you won't be able to find the blame.
Xiao He sighed deeply in his heart.
He had traveled all over the place over the years and finally collected these deeds. However, the imperial court issued an order and all his efforts were wasted. Moreover, he dealt with the matter in a sloppy manner. The government did not make decisions for the people, but instead collaborated with the powerful families.
Isn’t this suicidal?
Fusu was silent.
a long time.
Fu Su stood up from his seat, bowed deeply and said, "Thank you very much, Gong Cao, for telling the truth. It's just that Gong Cao didn't know something. When the land policy was discussed, the courtiers did discuss the dangers, and it's not much different from what you said."
, but in the end the imperial court still adopted the new Tianzheng."
"It's true."
"Da Qin is currently in trouble both internally and externally."
"The Xiongnu in northern Xinjiang harassed the border from time to time, and the Baiyue tribe in southern Xinjiang attacked and killed the people of Qin from time to time. After expediency, the court finally decided to resolve the chaos in northern and southern Xinjiang first. Only when the issues in southern and northern Xinjiang were resolved, the court could
We will start to resolve the land annexation matter."
"The new Tianzheng is only to alleviate people's anger and grievances."
"Since the young master only wanted to relieve the people's anger and grievances, why did he vigorously implement the new land policy after coming to Sishui County? Isn't this just causing trouble?" Xiao He flicked his sleeves, with a deep depression in his tone.
Fusu immediately became speechless.
San San said: "It was spring plowing at that time. Seeing how serious the loss of land was in Sishui County, I wanted to push forward the new land policy so that farming would not be missed and the people would have their land so that we could have more harvest this year, at least not to suffer from hunger anymore.
Starving.”
"Did I do something wrong?"
Xiao He sighed:
"Young master, since you know the harm of the new land policy, even if it is to alleviate the people's grievances and anger, you should take measures to implement it slowly. You should not promote it in such a hurry. As a politician, how can you be so short-sighted? The imperial court cannot spare any energy at the moment. That young master is in Surabaya
The county can just delay."
"How did Mr. Ran do it?"
"I have been an official in Peixian County for nearly ten years, and I have never seen the New Deal promoted so quickly. And the people who are more active than the young master are the local powerful people and aristocratic families. In just one month, they have bought each other into power.
The deed of sale was sent to the government."
"In the past, when Peixian County collected rent and taxes, the powerful powerful people and aristocratic families in the county were very slow, but now it is uncharacteristic. Don't you feel strange about this, Master?"