Chapter 361: Understanding the First Emperors Thoughts!
The woman had a weird face and sneered: "It's strange that you keep asking about such an obvious thing."
"If it weren't for the collusion between the government and the feudal lord, we would be without a male in every household?"
"Judge?"
"Judge what is that?"
"Every recruitment by the government is justified. Who dares to disobey? Anyone who disobeys has been punished as a prisoner. So there is still land for you to cultivate?"
Qin Luoheng was silent.
He had actually guessed it a long time ago, but he just didn't dare to confirm it.
But this is actually quite normal. It is precisely because of the collusion between the government and local powerful people that they can exploit the local leaders so wantonly, forcing them to have no choice but to sell their land and become servants, thus ensuring their own prosperity.
livelihood.
Even worse.
Some families also sell their children.
Gu had been listening on the sidelines. After hearing the woman's words, he finally couldn't stand anymore and stepped forward and asked, "How come the local men are so scarce?"
"The Qin Dynasty has always attached great importance to ensuring the farming season. Even those who live in debt redemption will be given special care during the farming season, allowing them to return home for twenty days to complete farming sowing and tending seedlings. The "Garrison Code" also states that "living together does not occur at the same time"
'Provisions."
"Besides."
"The law clearly states."
"Even if counties and counties need to recruit personnel due to urgent matters, they must give priority to conscripting prisoners. Only when urgent tasks cannot be delayed can ordinary Guizhou heads be requisitioned. Moreover, it is expressly stipulated that 'when the fields are destroyed, we do not want to raise the heads of Guizhou'. How dare the government dare to do so?"
Wantlessly recruiting people?"
"As far as I know, there are three types of corvee collection by the imperial court."
"The highest one is the 'Yuzhong Fa Zheng', which is a corvee assigned by Xianyang, but the imperial court did not issue an edict to recruit people from Zhao at this time."
"Second, there are people who require labor for various civil engineering and transmission projects that are requisitioned by each county, that is, 'Hang Shi'. This type of work basically repairs walls and fences for pastures, builds city walls for each county, and provides defense and maintenance services."
If you have time, you can build palaces."
“This type of taxation is basically not collected during the farming season.”
"The last category is the projects that need to be built by the local county government. This category is called '谳' (yan), but these projects must be approved by the superior government before they can be established. In theory, the imperial court does not advocate the arbitrary collection of corvees. "For
"The Way of Officials" bluntly states, 'Things will happen from time to time, so delay orders and rush for war'!"
"This should not be the case in any way."
The woman glanced at Gu with mocking eyes and said: "The people in the government are all smart, how can they not find an excuse? This year, the roads have been blocked by heavy snow, and the roads in many places have been destroyed. The government is just trying to repair roads."
In the name of our family, we summoned all the men from each family."
"As for the debt redemption you mentioned, how many can one pavilion have? With the increase in market rent in recent years, most of the merchants have left, and the few that remain have basically had some unclear relationship with the government.
relationship."
Speaking of which.
The woman also looked gloomy.
Sighing softly:
"We are living a hard life."
"Our Yuanting is also a large pavilion. Normally, every household does not recruit men. But in recent years, for some reason, we in Yuanting have more and more people who need to serve, and the government has been blocking us.
'To', having a man serve does not count."
"I can finally see that the government just wants us to have no men, and then let us weak and sick women farm the land, and then buy our fields for various reasons. Alas, these days are getting harder and harder.
"
Qin Luoheng said: "Then the 'money people' and 'lords' you mentioned earlier, don't they have to do corvee service?"
The woman said:
"They also have to do corvee service."
"But it's different from what we men do. They basically build the city wall in the county and it's over in ten days. Moreover, they have a relationship with the government, so they don't have to do it themselves. They just tell the government and let their servants do it for them.
Just accept it.”
"They are very good at calculating."
"Those families who sold their fields are better off. After serving themselves, they serve as corvees for the 'money men' and 'lords', and then they basically stay in the fields. For those like us who have not sold their fields, it's terrible.
It's so miserable. All kinds of hard and exhausting labor are basically ours, and our men can't go home for most of the month."
"Without a man in the family, many things cannot be accomplished."
Talking and talking.
The woman also looked miserable.
Obviously he was talking about his sadness.
Qin Luoheng sighed deeply in his heart. He raised his head and looked around. Looking around, he couldn't see many men. They were all white-haired old people and children. Most of them were women, who were already doing hard work in farming.
Without men, everything will undoubtedly be greatly compromised.
He understood everything now.
The local government has long been involved with the powerful, and it has become a common practice to protect each other. On the surface, the local officials are acting according to the law, but in fact they are taking advantage of all kinds of loopholes, exploiting and squeezing the head of Guizhou in various ways, and forcing the head of Guizhou to be helpless.
To maintain their livelihood, they are eventually forced to sell the land they have cultivated for generations, or even sell their children.
After listening.
Gu angrily said:
"This is really unreasonable."
"The Qin Dynasty established a country based on law, how can we allow these rats to disrupt the law? Qin's law is clear, and I will definitely bring all those who disrupt the law to justice."
Others also looked angry.
They were also shocked by what happened to Yuanting.
In the past, when they were in Xianyang, they never thought that the place would be so dark. But now, when they arrived and heard about such a dark story, how could they dare to remain indifferent? How could they not feel angry? How could they dare to ignore it and just stand by?
but.
Qin Luoheng did not say a word.
He didn't think he could expose this dark secret.
Local officials are different from the head of Guizhou. These people know the law, and from the woman's words, he has not heard that the officials have directly violated the law.
You will be punished by the court, but you will not be severely punished, nor will you be directly sentenced to jail.
They will not stay in Jiexiu for too long. Unless they can directly uproot the local officials, they will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Moreover, once they leave, these officials may come back to intensify their harm to the head of Guizhou.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But Qin Luoheng could not do anything but remain indifferent after hearing such a shady story.
He stood for a long time, thinking about how to break the situation.
After hearing Gu's words, the woman finally realized something. She stood up quickly, took a few steps back in panic, stared at Qin Luoheng and others with a wary look, and asked, "Who are you?"
Gu Gongshou Dao:
"We are all officials of the Qin Dynasty."
"The person in front of you is a minister of the imperial court, and his rank is the same as that of a county magistrate. I am a 'Shangji Li' in the Yushi Mansion, and this is a Langguan..."
Just as Gu was introducing him seriously, Qin Luoheng interrupted: "We came from Xianyang."
"Qin people?" The woman looked wary.
She obviously has a bad impression of Qin people.
And this is actually the most straightforward expression of the people of Zhao against the Qin people. Not to mention the Battle of Changping, which made the people of Zhao live in peace and quiet. After the destruction of Zhao, the First Emperor personally rushed to Handan to kill those who bullied him.
The nobles were all exterminated, and the taxes of the people of Zhao were also increased. Various reasons made the people of Zhao have ill intentions towards the Qin people.
Qin Luoheng cupped his hands and said:
"Sister, please don't be nervous or worried."
"It is true that we are all from Qin. But today, when the world is unified and the four seas are united, there is no longer a distinction between Zhao people and old Qin people. I am an official of Da Qin, and you are now a citizen of Da Qin. Da Qin established a country based on law. You guys
I have encountered all kinds of injustices, so I should speak out for you and others."
"It's just that I am humble and humble, so I may not be able to change too much, but I also hope that the men who were originally supposed to work in the fields will return, so that the cattle that were originally assigned to you can be provided to you again, so that your farming work can be done again.
It can be easier."
"Really? Can you really bring my father back?" Before the woman could speak, the young man beside her turned his attention away from the water bag and looked at Qin Luoheng with burning eyes, his eyes full of expectation.
Qin Luoheng said: "It's absolutely no lie."
The woman pulled the young man behind her and stared at Qin Luoheng and the others with suspicion. After hesitating for a moment, she said, "Can you really make the government release my man back?"
Qin Luoheng raised his head and said: "I dare not say too absolutely, but it is indeed possible. As long as the government recruits people improperly, I can let the men in your pavilion come back, and I will also punish the local people who buy and sell by force."
The money man' and the 'lord'."
"but......"
"I need to ask something clearly now."
"Is there really land sales in your county? Do you have relevant and definite evidence, as well as land deeds that can directly convict people?"
Zhang Xi and others also looked at the woman.
The woman nodded vigorously and said: "My family's fields have not been sold, so naturally I can't get the land deeds. However, our pavilion does buy and sell fields, and basically everyone nearby knows about it. You can find someone to discuss it."
If you ask, you will be able to find out.”
"I know that those people in our pavilion sold their fields, and I can tell you, but you can't tell others that it was me who said it."
Qin Luoheng nodded and said: "You can rest assured, I know the seriousness of the matter and will not tell you rashly."
Hear the words.
The woman nodded this time.
She leaned down and told Qin Luoheng about the person in the pavilion who had sold the field, and quietly pointed the direction with her hand. After speaking, as if she was afraid of implicating herself, she took the iron ladle and led the young man in her hand, and left in a hurry.
The fields.
Stand still.
Qin Luoheng looked a little solemn.
Zhang Xi stepped forward and said: "The imperial court has never allowed land sales. The officials in Jiexiu actually turned a deaf ear to the law. When I was in Xianyang, I was a little strange. How could there be so-called land annexation in Shandong? It turns out that this is how it happens.
of."
"These officials are so audacious!"
Hua Yao said: "Don't get angry in a hurry. Although we now know that there is land annexation in Yuanting, it may not be easy to hold officials accountable. The top priority now is to get the land deed that the woman said. As long as we get
When we go to the government office to deed the land and land, the officials in Jiexiu can only argue."
Others also nodded.
See the situation.
Qin Luoheng said: "You have all heard what the lady just said, so you go your own way and ask the head of Guizhou at Yuanting if you are willing to hand over your respective sales deeds to us so that we can advocate for it, but you can't force it.
Nor can it be taken by force."
"also."
"Don't be too ostentatious, so as not to attract the attention of county officials, which will affect our collection of evidence. In addition, try to find out as much as possible the 'money people' and 'owners' who buy and sell fields in Yuanting and Jiexiu counties. Our target is not officials, but
These are people who are already breaking the law!”
Zhang Xi and others frowned.
Qin Luoheng did not explain too much, just said: "We will not stay in Jiexiu for too long. We have no right to hold officials accountable. It is the function of the censor to hold officials accountable. The officials involved in Jiexiu this time will not be too
It will be difficult to eliminate them in a short time. What we have to do is to collect evidence and report it to the court."
"It is up to the court to decide how these officials will be dealt with."
"We are only solving the most practical people's livelihood issues at the moment, that is, solving the local cattle problem and the lack of men. Other matters are outside our scope of competence."
Hear the words.
Zhang Xi, Gu and others looked at each other and could only nod.
A group of people walked towards the surrounding villagers farming, trying to collect evidence of Yuanting's land annexation. Qin Luoheng was also among them, but he was a little absent-minded. When no one was paying attention, he stood still, raised his head,
He looked in the direction he came from, with a look of boredom in his eyes.
Only then did he finally understand the meaning of the First Emperor's words.
As long as it is not written into memorials or mentioned in temples, bento will never be heard of. But is the First Emperor really unaware of the actual situation in the place?
I'm afraid not.
But it's about being helpless.
The court has many things to solve.
Sometimes you just have to make a choice.
The matter of land annexation in Jiexiu can actually be easily uprooted if the court takes serious action. However, at the same time, it will cause uneasiness among officials in other counties and counties. Moreover, the court's current focus is not on solving the land annexation, but on resolving the land annexation.
It aims to calm the unrest in the six lands.
Once a strict investigation is carried out, the six places in Shandong may become even more turbulent.
Qin Luoheng whispered:
"I'm afraid that the First Emperor had already known the current situation in the local area, so he told me what he said in advance, and also specifically informed me that although I had the power to act expediently, he did not have the authority to make decisions in the local area, just to prevent me from making things worse and eventually
It’s hard to end.”
"It's just a local suffering. If we keep turning a blind eye, what's the solution?"
"Although our trip can alleviate some dissatisfaction, after all, we only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. If the officials are not strict, sooner or later, it will still come back to bite us. Even then, the local people have completely lost confidence in the court."
"Everything has its own priorities."
"It's just that the imperial court regarded the remnants of the Six Kingdoms as its primary target, which may have been a mistake. But the current situation is such that I can only do my best."
Qin Luoheng shook his head.
He recovered his mind and strode towards the fields.
At dusk, everyone gathered in Jiexiu County. However, they did not stay overnight at the county government office. Instead, they found a restaurant in the county. The group sat around and placed the field deeds and land deeds collected today on the
On the case.
At a glance, there are hundreds of bamboo shards.
Looking at the clearly written deed, everyone looked particularly solemn.
Because this was a deed collected by one pavilion, and there were dozens of pavilions in Jiexiu County, they could already imagine the evil of land annexation in Jiexiu County.