The newly appointed Jiedushi, the governor, and the Tang county magistrate, in order to bring the refugees who had fled away from home, used both soft and hard measures, asking each family to release a lot of land to accommodate the refugees.
But compared with Luojiang County, the fields they spit out are like squeezing out goat milk. You have to pause for a long time and then squeeze hard to squeeze out a drop.
This time the lawsuit between the Ji family and the Ying family was an accident. When the magistrate of Tang County squeezed out a large bowl of goat's milk, not only the magistrate of Tang County, but also the governor and the governor were shocked.
The two of them have been as quiet as chickens these past few days, silently supporting him under pressure from all sides.
Each family has acquired land, but what is the use of just having land?
Without people, no matter how much land you have, you can't turn it into food or money.
Magistrate Tang, who occasionally went to the countryside to teach farming, had seen how the tenant farmers and servants of the big families cultivated the land. Because there were fewer people and more land, except for the fine fields, which were cultivated carefully, the rest were dug holes.
Throw the seeds away and most of them will lie there.
The big men are not in a hurry, they will also buy or hire people to farm, but only very few.
Magistrate Tang knew what they were waiting for.
When winter comes, the weather gets cold, there is less work, and there are fewer good people willing to donate money and food. Thousands or even tens of thousands of refugees in and around Yizhou City are homeless and have no food to eat. What should we do?
At this time, with just a bowl of rice and a quiet whisper, all these people can become invisible.
Hidden households cannot be called people at all because they have no books and are worse than refugees. They are completely black households.
Therefore, they can pay them according to their mood, and pay land rent according to their mood, without having to pay a small tax on their behalf.
Do you think being a servant is so easy?
Slave status was taxed by the master's family.
As for tenants, there is an upper limit on the land rent they can collect. Although the people do not complain to the officials, if word spreads that your family has collected 60% to 70% of the land rent and only paid 30% to 40% to the tenants, it will definitely give you a mean reputation.
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In our family, who doesn’t cherish reputation?
The hidden house is different, it is not a human being!
The Magistrate of Tang County, who is also a son of a wealthy family, may not have known about these things in the past, but he has been the Magistrate for more than two years. Not to mention the cases he has tried, the refugees he handles every year, what he has heard
It was difficult for him not to know the information that was mixed with true and false, and his father's reminder.
He can't control other places, but as Yang Heshu said, he is in charge of his own affairs. Since he is the parent official of Huayang County, he must take good care of his own three-acre land.
If these tens of thousands of people were to become hermits, thinking of the losses to the court and the people, Magistrate Tang would want to slap his head with the official seal.
This time, Magistrate Tang suddenly acquired so much "wasteland" and spent so much money to organize free clinics. He was about to win over the people's hearts and minds, and everyone could no longer sit still.
Their land can be left deserted for two or three years, or four or five years, but if they really can't find people and it remains deserted for seven or eight years, it will really be a wasteland.
So each family started to take action, either using money to buy people, or luring them into hiding. Anyway, they had to get the people first.
Although Magistrate Tang had chosen to turn a blind eye, it did not mean that he allowed them to be so rampant. He thought for a while and said: "In recent days, we have ordered more people to patrol various places, and there are refugees disappearing for no reason. Carefully check
Ask them, ask them, and warn them not to stretch their hands too far."
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The master paused and then said: "By the way, sir, I also heard a rumor today that some refugees who had taken books but were not assigned to a place were planning to go to Luojiang County together after the free clinic. They said they were from Yang County in Luojiang County.
The order will allocate land to them."
Magistrate Tang was shocked and asked, "Did Yang Heshu rob someone and come to my place?"
The master didn't say anything, but he knew that his master and the man from Luojiang County were not only classmates, but also grew up together. Even when he took office, he found a similar county.
So he'd better not get involved in this kind of conflict.
County Magistrate Tang was shocked for a moment and then shook his head and said: "No, even if he wants to rob someone, he wouldn't dare to be so blatant, right? Have you ever asked where this came from?"
"That's not true," the Master said, "This news was only heard by the people below occasionally. Your Excellency also knows that these refugees are used to avoiding people."
Magistrate Tang touched his chin and began to think deeply. After a while, he shook his head and said: "Yang Heshu is very smart. The situation in Yizhou City is so chaotic now, so he won't have a hand in it. Could it be that someone wants to drive a wedge between us?"
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"Sir, do you want me to send someone to refute the rumors?"
Magistrate Tang thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Forget it, let them pass it on. It would be good if they really go to Luojiang County. It is better than being a hermit for those people. Well, by the way, you send people to every corner
Let’s expand this news and focus on praising Magistrate Yang’s benevolence. It would be a shame not to praise such a good magistrate.”
Not to mention the master, even the attendants on the side wiped tears of sympathy for Magistrate Yang who was far away in Luojiang County.
The more County Magistrate Tang thought about it, the more he thought this was a good idea. He pushed a cup and said: "I'm full. I'll serve you with pen and ink. I'll write a letter to Yang He to give him some fresh air."
It was said that he was trying to vent his anger, but in fact, he was just scolding him one after another. Regardless of whether he did it or not, he was going to act like it was Yang Heshu who did it anyway.
After the incident, he couldn't blame him because he was also plotted.
Man Bao, who had no idea that he had become the source of the scam for Yang County Magistrate, sent Teacher Mo an inquiry email, then exited the system, rolled around in his arms and fell asleep happily.
The next day Man Bao arrived at the wilderness a little later than usual, and happened to arrive with Doctor Ji and the others.
At this time, there were not many people queuing up to see a doctor in the field. There were at most a dozen or twenty people in front of a medical shed. At a glance, most of them had been seen before and seemed to be here for follow-up consultations.
As a result, the doctors were all very refreshed, and they had the time to say hello to each other, and then happily went to see the doctor in their own medical shed.
Dr. Ji walked with Man Bao and took a look at the patients queuing up in front of her medical shed. There were more patients than they did. He smiled and nodded slightly, approvingly saying: "Not bad, the prescription you prescribed has been greatly improved by several doctors in the past two days."
The doctors took the time to look at it, and it’s very good.”
Man Bao narrowed his eyes with a smile and asked, "Did you show them the pulse report I wrote?"
Doctor Ji nodded slightly, "This time, other pharmacies only have one or two doctors, but our Jishi Hall has three. Not to mention, you are a female patient who specializes in seeing you. You are young, so they can't help but have doubts in their minds. You
Showing them the pulse record will just dispel their worries."
Man Bao's pulse record has already filled a volume, so yesterday she sent her own pulse record to Dr. Ji, asking him to check for any omissions and fill in the gaps when he had time.
Now that he and other doctors have praised him, Manbao is particularly happy, even happier than someone who has eaten honey.