"The government is going to increase taxes because township schools have been established in various places and the court is preparing to levy a 'township tax'."
"Where did you get this news? Didn't it say that from now on there will only be an agricultural tax of 11%, and all other taxes and labor will be cancelled?"
"The grandson of my wife's brother's second uncle's third uncle's family works in the Li family in the city. I heard what the Li family said in private. It's true." A middle-aged man deliberately lowered his voice and looked around as if he was afraid of being discovered by others.
Then he said: "You don't even think about it, why does the government say that it is necessary to open a rural school? There are so many requirements for establishing it, books, and professors. All of this requires money. I really think that a few hundred dollars is enough to open a school."
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"Without taxation, where will the money come from to do this?"
An old farmer carrying a hoe looked a little panicked and said: "This, this, isn't it agreed that the tax will be 1 out of 10 taxes? How can we just change it? This year the land rent has increased to 4 out of 10 taxes. If the court increases taxes,
Then, then, I can’t live this life.”
"Reducing the tax to 1 out of 10 is just to win people's hearts. Now that there is peace, it is natural to raise taxes. This has never been the case. I don't think there will be any increase in taxes in the future."
The above dialogue was almost played out everywhere in Jizhou and even under Liu Bei's rule. The aristocratic family used their influence to reach the most basic level and began to spread similar remarks in every township and every pavilion. For a time, undercurrents surged throughout Liu Bei's rule.
The people's hearts seemed to have turned into a volcano that was about to erupt. It could erupt at any time and blow Liu Bei's entire power into the sky.
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Jizhou, Yecheng.
"Zai Zhi, public opinion at the grassroots level is completely out of control now, what should we do?" Lu Su looked at Wang Xuan seriously, his expression extremely ugly.
"How is the situation in various cities?" Wang Xuan fanned the folding fan in his hand and asked instead of answering directly.
"The situation in various cities is quite stable. Our intelligence department is rooted in the grassroots. It is almost impossible to incite such remarks." Speaking of this, Lu Su breathed a sigh of relief. If the cities were not stable, it would not be a day.
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"It's good if cities are not in chaos. As for local areas, there is nothing wrong with chaos." Wang Xuan closed the folding fan and patted it gently in the palm of his hand and said: "If you don't have chaos, and I won't have chaos, how can we clear away the serious troubles?
This family that is bewitching people behind their backs is like pustules hidden under the skin. Only when they bulge out can we start to treat them, right?"
"You, you are not planning to kill, those are ordinary people!!" Lu Su was startled by Wang Xuan's words, and looked at Wang Xuan with a somewhat expression on his face.
"Are you mentally ill? Am I the kind of person who kills people?" Wang Xuan was so angry that he almost threw the fan out and hit Lu Su to death.
"It's fine if it's not, it's fine if it's not." Lu Su breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and asked with some confusion: "What are Zai Zhi going to do?"
"Immigration!" Wang Xuan chuckled, "Aristocratic families, after all, there are not many people. The reason why they have such great destructive power is to control the local population. If there are no people, I think they can still escape."
By what means?"
Within a few days, information from various places was sent in. In Jizhou alone, more than 30 places were reported to be causing trouble almost at the same time. They were digging roads, blocking imports and exports, and using the banner of tax resistance. It didn't sound like a big deal.
No matter how you look at it, there is no punishment for the crime, and the number of people participating is only a few hundred, but the number is too large and the places are scattered.
At the same time, Wang Xuan's order was sent to the garrison offices in various places. "No matter how big or small the crime is, the army will be stationed directly. All men, women and children will be detained and sent to the designated place, and all the original houses will be demolished."
As the saying goes, military orders fall like mountains. Under Liu Bei, military orders are implemented extremely strictly. Fortunately, military discipline is strict. Although some conflicts are inevitable during the process, they are all controlled within acceptable limits. The migration locations are all in the recent past.
Various factories are being built nearby.
During this period, in order to develop and construct these areas in Hebei, a number of coal mines, iron mines, steel plants, cement plants, etc. were built. Relying on these factories, a number of emerging industrial-based cities will be built, and the newly occupied land will not
Like Qingzhou, almost the entire population is controlled by aristocratic families and is rooted in the land. For this reason, the construction of factories and cities has almost come to a standstill.
I was worried about the reasons for expropriating the population. Now these aristocratic families are instigating local troubles. It just so happened that Wang Xuan used this as an excuse to start a redistribution of the population.
Regardless of the fact that the population under Liu Bei’s rule now is about 13 million, if the level of technology in the Han Dynasty was still the same, there would not be much room for population growth. However, with the advancement of various technologies, according to Wang Xuan’s experience
, it is not a problem at all for the huge north to accommodate a population of 50 million.
Of course, in order to ensure that these people have enough food to feed them, newly opened land and the development of the Liaodong Plain must be put on the agenda. This series of development requires a lot of manpower. Once this incident comes out, it can be regarded as a complete solution to the urgent need.
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"Those soldiers are forcibly relocating the people, what should we do?"
"Seeing that the autumn harvest is approaching, but the people are forcibly relocated, what should we do with the autumn harvest?"
"The autumn harvest is easy to say, but at worst we can hire people to do it, but there won't be enough tenants to farm the land in the back!"
"Your place is not enough. In several villages here, not a single person is gone. They are all gone, do you understand?" (broken voice)
In a manor, a group of people gathered together and made a noise, with panic expressions on their faces. The fat man sitting in the main seat, who usually smiled and now had a gloomy face, looked at the noisy scene with a gloomy face.
Water is dripping from the top.
"Bang!" Fatty Liu slapped the table hard, and the people in the yard were startled, and then gradually became quiet.
"Why are you making such a fuss? You are each one of us. Is there anyone who has suffered greater losses than me?"
When Fatty Liu shouted, everyone remembered that the Liu family was in charge of this matter. The Liu family had the most land and the largest number of people who had been relocated. Speaking of losses, did their group combined have more people than the Liu family?
That's two things.
When Fatty Liu shouted like this, many people felt inexplicably better... Look, there is a fool who has suffered more losses than me!
The most important thing is that the Liu family is the host, and must have been targeted by Liu Bei's people. If they had previously expressed strong hopes of dismissing officials and causing small-scale riots, Liu Bei would be forced to compromise and follow him honestly in the end.
Their family cooperated to expose this matter, but now...
As a large number of people were moved away and filled in other places, according to the information they found out, these people could not fill the gap. Now that damn Wang Xuan is still constantly moving troops to move people around. Anyone who participates in the trouble this time
No matter who they are, they will be forcibly relocated.
Therefore, compromise does not exist at all. Let’s wait to settle the accounts later!