This year's agricultural affairs in Yanzhou have always been a matter of great concern to Shen Yi.
Because at the beginning of the year, most of the land in Yanzhou had been divided up.
And the news of the land allocation spread widely, and even just based on the news of these land allocations, many Shandong people have come to invest with their families.
But even so, some Shandong people are still watching.
This is not surprising.
The Northern Qi Dynasty has ruled here for seventy years, which is a long time of three or even four generations!
Most of the people in Shandong today have been under the management of Northern Qi since they were born, and even their parents and grandparents were born.
It has become a matter of course for many people that Master Zhu Li has become a "shang clan".
Today, although the temptation to divide land is great.
It is still difficult for some people to break through their inner shackles.
But... after this year's autumn harvest, this situation will definitely change.
Because after the autumn harvest, the people of Shandong will find that the people who got the land in Yanzhou will have all the grain harvested this year in their pockets, without having to hand over even a morsel of grain to the court!
Not only will it not be used this year, but next year and the year after that, there will be no need to hand over food to the court!
This is unimaginable to the people of Shandong.
Because of Zhu Li's exploitation and the Northern Qi Yamen's taxation, the people of Shandong had a difficult life in the past seventy years.
The ancient poem about planting one grain of millet in spring and harvesting ten thousand grains in autumn may be just a catchy ancient poem in another era, but in this era, it is a real fact!
Some farmers will really starve to death!
Once the farmers in Yanzhou have their grains in their pockets, and the people in Laizhou, Dengzhou, and Qingzhou will continue to do so, the situation on the battlefield in Shandong will undergo some subtle changes.
The two senior brothers sat in the government office and talked for a long time.
Late at night, Zhang Fuzun asked people to serve wine and food, and they sat across the table under the eaves.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Shen Yi took out a document from his arms, handed it to Zhang Jian, and said: "Brother, this is the notice I wrote on the road during this period. After the autumn harvest, I will post it in Shandong Province." The various prefectures.”
"Brother, take a look and see if there is anything that needs to be modified."
Zhang Jian took it with his hand and unfolded it. After just one glance, his eyes widened. The wine glass he was holding in his other hand slipped from his hand and fell to the ground, shattering into pieces!
He suddenly raised his head and looked at Shen Yi: "Ziheng, you are crazy!"
He put the document on the table and said in a voiceless voice: "How can such a thing be announced?"
This document is actually a draft of the announcement, and the title has already been chosen.
The five big characters are particularly eye-catching.
Equalizing land is exempt from tax orders!
With these five words in the title, it actually doesn’t matter whether the content is mentioned or not.
Because the words "equal land and exempted from endowment" have already finished the content of this notice.
The fields of the various prefectures in Shandong will be distributed equally according to the number of people.
Moreover, the newly allocated land will be exempted from taxes starting from next year, that is, from the 16th year of Hongde to the 19th year of Hongde, no taxes will be collected for three years.
From the 20th year of Hongde, taxes began to be collected.
Start collecting taxes according to Dachen's land tax.
Dachen's land tax is still not high so far.
Wealthier places can basically ensure that the people have enough food and clothing. For example, when Shen Yi was still in Jiangdu in the fifth year of Hongde, the price of rice at that time was only two to three cents a pound.
This kind of price shows that people's lives are relatively easy.
As long as they don't have to pay any salary, the people of Dachen can still live a pretty good life in this era.
Therefore, even if taxes are paid as usual after three years, this is still a huge temptation for the people of Shandong.
Mr. Shen took a sip of wine and looked calm: "Why can't you announce your departure?"
"The people of Shandong are exempted from taxes for three years. His Majesty and the imperial court agreed. The imperial court has no objection to the redistribution of the land. Isn't this equalizing the land and exempting from taxes? It can be done, why can't it be said?"
"What you do is what you do, what you say is what you say."
Zhang Jian smiled bitterly and said: "Once this thing is posted, it won't take long before it will spread all over the world."
"Then spread it to the world."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "It just happened to be spread to Yandu, saving me a lot of hard work."
"Ziheng, you think too little."
Zhang Jian lowered his voice and continued: "Once this thing is announced, it will definitely spread to Yandu, and it will even cause an uproar in Yandu. But at the same time, this thing will also spread to the south."
"Reached to the ears of the people in the south!"
"The King of Chen went north, and wherever he went, the land in the north was equalized and exempted from taxes. Then why can't the people of Chen's country have equalized land and exempted from taxes?"
"Will someone use this to cause trouble? How big of a trouble will it cause?"
Speaking of this, Zhang Jian looked dimly: "Zi Heng, don't forget who are the people who control a lot of land in the south now."
Shen Yi was silent.
Of course he knows.
He was in Guangdong, and Zhu Gui, the governor of Guangdong, was known as Bancheng in his hometown and had tens of thousands of acres of land under his name.
Back then, Yang Jingzong and his son occupied more land.
And... Zhang Jing and Mr. Zhang are cool, but in their hometown...
There seems to be a lot of land as well.
Zhang Fuzun pointed to his nose and said unceremoniously: "These are the people in my family."
"Will they be afraid when they hear the words "Jun Tian Fu"? Will they be angry with you, Zi Heng?"
He exhaled a long breath: "If it's just anger, that's all."
"Anyway, they are in the court, so they can't help Ziheng."
"But the people in the south are also short of land and have a lot of grievances. If some of the scholar-bureaucrats are secretly working, they take the opportunity to cause trouble and provoke a civil uprising..."
He looked at Shen Yi quietly: "Ziheng, are you responsible?"
"Who should be responsible?"
"Should we stop equalizing land in the north and exempting them from taxes, or should we go back to the south and equalize land in the south and exempt them from taxes?"
Hearing this, Mr. Shen said nothing. He raised his head and took a sip of wine. He exhaled the smell of wine and was a little angry: "Why, you can't offend them anymore?"
"Is the south more difficult to deal with than the north?!"
"Ziheng wants to do something, but he can't offend them for the time being."
Zhang Jian saw that something was wrong with Shen Yi's expression, so he quickly ordered a glass of wine and whispered: "Zi Heng, don't be upset, things have to be done step by step."
"When the affairs in the north are over and you return to the court and pay homage to the prime minister, it won't be too late to start slowly dealing with these issues."
After saying something, he looked at the documents on the table and said with a wry smile: "What's more, your title..."
"When many rebels rebel, they will raise these four words as a flag."
"It's too eye-catching."
Mr. Shen narrowed his eyes: "Rebels are also used, which shows that these four words have appeal."
Zhang Jian shook his head and said: "Zi Heng, be very careful about this matter."
Shen Yi nodded silently. He looked at the paperwork on the table, put his hand back, and whispered: "I'll think about this when I get back."
The two senior brothers continued to drink.
They said they were drinking, but in fact they spent most of the time discussing business. After all, the two of them hadn't seen each other for a while and there were many things to discuss.
At midnight, Mr. Shen was able to return to the governor's office. After he returned to the governor's office, he did not go back to the bedroom. Instead, he went to the study and lit a candle.
After staring at the document stained with alcohol for a while, Mr. Shen suddenly picked up his brush and added two words to the title.
Following the imperial edict.
According to the imperial edict, the land was equalized and the tax was exempted.
After writing these two words, he picked up the brush, picked up the blank paper beside him, and began to write a short composition for His Majesty the Emperor.
With the help of alcohol, Mr. Shen's thoughts surged, and he quickly finished writing a secret letter. After checking that there were no mistakes or taboos, he dried the ink and sealed the envelope.
After writing his name on the envelope, Mr. Shen did not rush to send it, but looked back to the south.
"Whether the Shandong war can be broken quickly depends on how you make a decision."
If there are problems that cannot be solved, just leave them to the leaders to solve.
If the leader can't solve it, Shen Qi has nothing to do with him.
"His Majesty…"
Under the candlelight, Master Shen's eyes flickered.