Red Mansion Jia Lan: Do you want to run away tonight to visit your relatives? Chapter 219: It’s up to the father, but it’s really about people’s hearts
Chapter 219: It’s up to the father, but it’s really about people’s hearts
In the matter of clearing land, what the government lacks the most is actually talents who master surveying technology.
In the past, the matter of clearing the father-in-law mostly relied on the self-determination of the township, allowing the township to report the information of the land on its own. This indeed saved the government a lot of manpower, but it also brought many disadvantages.
The most direct thing is that there is no double check mechanism, which will become a drawback over time.
Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, was the most pragmatic and serious in this regard. He stipulated that the official household registration file data, the yellow book, needed to be updated every ten years.
It's just that later people didn't implement this rule at all.
Sheng Hong knew very well that if the imperial court wanted to clear land, the local officials in various departments whose social skills were greater than their professional skills could not be counted on.
First, he needs a professional team.
Second, he needs to choose a starting point.
Starting from Shenjing was his deliberate choice.
As the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, he was very familiar with the situation around Shenjing. By reading the files, he discovered an interesting phenomenon.
Although there are many Zhuangzi of Lords and officials scattered around Shenjing, the conditions of these Zhuangzi are different, but one thing is strange, the number of acres occupied by these Zhuangzi is not high in proportion to the entire Shuntian Prefecture.
He was a little puzzled by this.
It was Mrs. Sheng who solved his doubts.
When Emperor Gao used to reward his meritorious officials, he mostly gave them gold and silver in order to save land.
Among the four princes and eight princes, the four kings split the earth and became kings, which is the highest reward. The other eight princes and the princes below were also given by the court. Although the court also gave Zhuangzi some, they were mostly outside the Pass or in other remote areas. p>
This was the decision of Emperor Gao, and the Lord took the lead in developing it. The power of the border border was enriched, and the fields within the border could also be distributed to those in need.
Sheng Hong suddenly realized it. Thinking about the various documents he had read, a bold idea came to his mind.
Let’s start from here in Shenjing!
However, before that, I have to go to the palace...
Sheng Hong thought silently.
Back in Beizhuang, Jia Lan was still chatting with Jiao Da about Qing Zhang.
"This man Shanda is really talented. I don't know where he found such a group of people who know Qingzhang well. There are old farmers, apprentices, shopkeepers, and all kinds of people.
In addition to helping measure the fields, the old farmers are also responsible for identifying the quality of the fields; the shopkeepers and apprentices are constantly calculating the size of the fields and drawing them into atlases.
To prevent anyone from causing trouble, palace guards were also sent.
The faces of those big households, tsk tsk..."
Jiao Da sighed, paused and looked at Jia Lan: "Speaking of which, Lan Geer, this Shanda man, seems to be your tutor for the provincial examination?"
Jia Lan nodded: "Exactly."
"It's not simple. I heard that his old lady is the legitimate daughter of the Yongyi Hou family. She really has a family background." Jiao Da was full of praise.
Well, that old lady is also very talented.
Jia Lan secretly said.
The Sheng family has poems and books passed down from generation to generation, but they are not die-hard readers.
Jia Lan has written letters to Sheng Hong's sons Chang Bai and Chang Feng. Chang Feng has a somewhat out-of-the-box temperament and quick and active thinking. Chang Bai looks mature, but the gentleman has dabbled in all six arts and is also quite good at mathematics.
Research and often discuss arithmetic issues with Jia Lan.
Fortunately, Jia Lan hasn't completely lost all he learned in nine years of education, otherwise he almost wouldn't be able to catch it.
It can be seen that the Sheng family are all flexible people.
"Those big families were clamoring to go to the Yamen to complain and write to the court, but the officials sent by the Shangshang people only smiled coldly and directly said that now there is evidence that they have escaped from the court.
According to the law: Anyone who deceives and conceals the grain from the farmland and leaks the official records will be punished with forty whippings for every five acres, plus one level for every five acres, with a penalty of one hundred canes. If the land is brought into the official position, the taxes and grains hidden will be levied according to the number.<
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Almost every one of the people here would be punished at the maximum level, and they were immediately shocked.
Even if they have a backing, these one hundred sticks must first be borne by themselves.
Looking at the killing sticks in the hands of the palace guards behind the Yamen, they were all frightened."
Jiao Da said vividly.
In the end, both parties took a step back. The government did not investigate the taxes concealed in the past and only asked them to pay this year's land tax. The other party recognized the new fish scale album and will pay the land tax based on the new number of acres in the future.
"You, the teacher, are so capable that you can turn your hand into rain. It's amazing."
Jialan agrees very much.
Sheng Hong's hand can be said to have captured human nature.
Mr. Yushan said: "Chinese people always like to compromise. For example, if you say that this room is too dark and a window must be opened here, no one will allow it. But if you advocate removing the roof,
They came to reconcile and were willing to open the window."
Faced with the government's attitude of demolishing the roofs, the big households can only grit their teeth and accept the results of the measurement.
But there is one thing that even Jiao Da did not notice.
While clearing the fields, he was also observing the attitude of the palace all the time.
In the fields around Shenjing, there are many villages like Beizhuang that royal families rewarded to their lords, but not many.
It has been circulating for hundreds of years. For example, the two houses of Ning and Rong have experienced three generations, and the other nobles are similar. Although many Zhuangzi still belong to the noble family in name, many of them have long been distributed to the hands of the side branches.
Just like Shi Xiangyun, the Baoling Marquis Mansion created a Zhongjing Marquis. One family and two marquises seemed noble, but in fact, the family property was reduced. Shi Xiangyun was forced to make some female celebrities and exchange them for money.
These offshoots of noble families are better said to be just ordinary wealthy households.
If that's the case, it's easy to handle.
If you can act like a fox and pretend to be a tiger, so can I.
Looking at the palace guards in military uniforms, these people who used to be harsh and cruel had no choice but to admit defeat. As for whether the noble families behind them will come forward? Go to the Golden Palace to contradict the officials for some land and wealth?
Moreover, Shenghong's purge of the abbot this time was also targeted. The first round of purge only targeted ordinary wealthy households. Most of them turned a blind eye to Zhuangzi purchased by hundreds of officials in Beijing.
It is not easy to live in Shenjing. These bureaucrats bought the farm just because they wanted to use the rice, fruits and vegetables produced on the farm to subsidize their families, so Sheng Hong would not be embarrassed.
Sheng Hong avoided the truly wealthy families, such as the Empress Wu's family and Concubine Rong's Rong family.
He knew that this was an offending task, so he arranged it in advance and asked the officials of Qingzhang Field to clearly inform him that this year's taxes would be collected and all the previous ones would be written off.
He wants to see the attitude of the palace.
Now it seems that Emperor Chunzhi is still quite ambitious.
Not only did he personally issue an edict to praise Sheng Hong, he also affirmed his actions.
Even though Sheng Hong's approach was a bit arrogant and even a bit prudent and self-protective, Emperor Chunzhi didn't mind these details. This was not what he valued.