Zheng Haizhu thought to himself: Chongming County Magistrate is an old fox!
Previously, as soon as she received the imperial order as a reward, she asked her nephew Shoukuan to come to Chongming to buy land. Huang Zunsu had greeted Suzhou Prefecture in advance, and Suzhou Prefecture handed over the task. Chongming County showed special concern and recommended Zheng Shoukuan to the south of the island.
This land is said to be abandoned and ownerless Sha Tin, and the South Island is located at the junction of the river and the sea, making it convenient to cook salt.
After arriving on the island today, Zheng Haizhu got the field deed from the county magistrate, and went out of his way to confirm that both "field bottom" and "field surface" were under his name.
It was a common phenomenon in the late Ming Dynasty that the ownership and use rights of private fields were sold separately. In the north, the ownership rights were called "field bones" and the use rights were called "field skins". In the Susong area of Zhili in the south, they were called "field bones".
For "field bottom" and "field surface".
When Zheng Haizhu bought the land in Chongming, Huang Zunsu told her in advance that she must indicate in the contract that "both the bottom and the surface of the field are signed to Zheng Haizhu", and also indicate the amount of autumn grain, which was delivered by Zheng Haizhu. Because of Zheng Haizhu's
The imperial status can only exempt her from the "corvee" on the land, but the land tax still has to be paid. Specifying the specific tax to be paid means that the property rights of these thousands of acres of land and the right to recruit tenants for farming.
They were all handed over to Zheng Haizhu in one piece.
Unexpectedly, it seems that now, when it comes to buying land in Chongming, although I was not deceived in terms of financial benefits, I was clearly used by the county magistrate as a tool to maintain stability.
Zheng Haizhu said with a hint of humility and a hint of helplessness: "Grandma Tang, the younger generation seems to have realized something. You and I have been fooled. I would like to ask, but my grandma went to Suzhou Prefecture to work as a veteran because of the fruitless litigation in Chongming.
Did future generations hand over the petition?"
Grandma Tang nodded and said, "Yes, I went to Suzhou in the twelfth lunar month to hand in the petition, but saw no movement. I went again after the spring started. Yesterday, I was still in front of the Suzhou Mansion, complaining to the children."
This old lady has been litigating for decades and has a much clearer mind and quicker reactions than ordinary people.
She quickly snorted and said with a sneer: "Mrs. Zheng, I've had a few words with you, and I want to understand. It must be the county magistrate who refuses to let me go. I'm afraid that if the imperial censor asks, what's going on in Suzhou?"
After investigation, we will find that neither he nor the thousands of families who invaded the land have anything to gain from it, so I might as well transfer the land to you."
Zheng Haizhu sighed: "Yes, mother-in-law, after you are Zhongliang, the house will definitely provide the ranking of Min Zhonggong. After all, you have status. They don't dare to threaten you like a farmer, so they will fight for it."
The flames of the earth led me here. What's more, if Suzhou or even Yingtianfu asks, they will even think of their excuses. It's just me, Mrs. Anyuan, who is domineering and cheating on the merits of the Ming Dynasty.
, half-buying, half-grabbing the land to occupy the sergeants’ land of origin.”
When she said this, she turned to Wu Bond and sighed: "No wonder these fields are so cheap. I thought it was because Chongming County respects me as the pillar of the country. Well! In fact, it is a trap for us!"
Grandma Tang heard her laugh at herself very frankly, and her affection for this woman increased even more.
After asking about the price on the field deed, Grandma Tang shook her head and said: "Of course the price is too low. Mrs. Zheng and Mr. Wu, this land is near the sea, so they can falsely report it as a salt stove field. Because originally, in order to encourage the people on the island to cook salt,
The imperial court had rules. In Chongming, if the kitchen fields where salt was cooked collapsed underwater, the kitchen households could get twenty-eight acres of tidal flat land as compensation. As soon as this order came out, many powerful people in Chongming changed their ways to destroy their own sand fields.
Falsely reporting it as kitchen farmland. If you have thousands of acres of sandy land by the sea, and those thousands of households collude with the county to allocate a few hundred acres and report it as kitchen farmland, and then use the excuse of flooding and collapse, they can get extra money without any effort.
There are dozens of tidal flats. How can it be sold at such a low price for no reason?"
Zheng Haizhu understood. Isn't this just defrauding financial subsidies? It is indeed the same in ancient and modern times, because the greed of human nature has not changed since ancient times.
Grandma Tang felt a little embarrassed when she saw Zheng Haizhu standing all the time, respecting his elders and acting like a student respectfully asking for advice.
"Mrs. Zheng, the old lady's temper just now was a bit bad. Please be more patient. Those foxes in the county speak only half of what they say and half of what they say. They say that you have backers from south to north, and they lead me astray. I also thought that you
You are one of them, and they used your power to suppress this land invasion case. Alas, I am indeed old and easily confused."
Zheng Haizhu hurriedly gave another blessing, and when he spoke again, he no longer used any false words of comfort, but said bluntly: "Grandma, I understand the cause and effect of the matter, and I also sympathize with the descendants of the military households originally from Chongming. But I, this junior
I can't accompany you to question the county magistrate, let alone go to Suzhou to file a lawsuit. This land is already in my name, so I can't hand it over. Otherwise, it will be tantamount to telling the whole county that I, Zheng Haizhu, am either out of my mind or not.
Either it works well, or the orders on my body are not working well. These Liao tenants of mine will definitely be bullied by thousands of households and county magistrates in the future. Grandma, they are also poor people, aren't they?"
Upon hearing this, Grandma Tang's face was serious, but not filled with anger. She even turned her head and looked at the Liao residents in the dusk, watching them enter each thatched hut like a flock of sheep returning home.
When her gaze fell on the face of the girl Hua Er, Hua Er said nervously: "Mother-in-law, why don't we ask the descendants of the sergeants to farm with us? They eat more, we eat less, they
If he comes from the Ming Dynasty and is close to North Korea, his words should be similar to ours."
(I'm sorry, I'm too busy today. I'm busy with my own and other people's livelihood. I only updated this much)