Ask The Dao

Quxu City, within the original county government.

"Come on! Drink this cup, everyone!"

Duan Yu held the Jiujue, repeatedly persuading the wine.

The people sitting below were pale and did not dare to neglect, even if it was poison, they would drink it up in one gulp.

It was night at this time, less than half a day from the Zhu Shaxu clan, but a steady stream of news had passed.

Knowing that Xujiawu Fort was broken in half a day, and all the men were beheaded, even Qu Jiang put away all his thoughts and came to the county government to kneel and lick.

They, the heads and officials of the aristocratic family, already know one thing very clearly...this Quxu heaven has changed!

Under the threat of the army, any resistance is futile.

The private soldiers, as well as the county soldiers of Quxu, were incapable of even stuffing their teeth before the opponent's Yun Zhongwei.

Even negative confrontations such as official strikes cannot be achieved.

They brought a large number of bookkeepers, especially Guo Bairen, who was headed by them, who handled government affairs in an orderly manner.

In this case, which dare to move?

Don't be afraid of being beheaded directly, and ransacking your home?

When this Xu family fell, not only was it one of them, but also the closely related subordinates were all unlucky together. Not only were they beheaded, but the family was also checked.

Duan Yu smiled and said: "You all understand the righteousness, I am very pleased!"

Naturally, when the county treasury received it, he found that the situation was still passing without much loss, and he was relieved: "Qu Xuxin returned to the original monarch. It should have been forgotten by the past and should start from the beginning. But the Xu family is really angry and blames itself and cannot live. Also, you should learn from it!"

"I will obey orders!"

Qu Jiang and the others spoke with cold sweat on their foreheads.

Seeing that the intimidation was enough, Duan Yuwen said a few words of relief before letting them go out, and immediately went back one by one, without knowing if they would have nightmares at night.

"It's so boring!"

Duan Yu stretched out, yawned, and asked Guo Bairen, who had come back to life, "Is the county treasury counted?"

"If you return to the Lord, the count has been completed!"

Guo Bairen smiled and said, "You don’t have to worry about bad debts before. At this time, there are still 32,000 stones in the arsenal. In the arsenal, there are 427 swords, guns and halberds, 37 leather armors, and three iron armors. Fifteen bows, three hundred arrows...In the silver vault, there are more than seven thousand gold and silver in total."

"And the county has 83,000 mu of land, and there are 30,000 mu of public land. This is a registered figure. How much has been invaded, I am afraid it is difficult to know without actual land acquisition..."

Zhonggongtian in this county is official land, leased to tenant households for farming, and the government collects taxes.

As for the private land of the Xu family, the tenant tenants above are very miserable, and they have to accept the double taxation of the Xu family and the government.

Of course, the aristocratic family still has hidden fields, and the acres that are not on the official government register or are exempted from tax according to law do not need to collect taxes, but the renters still have to be exploited by the family.

"It doesn't matter..." Duan Yu waved his hand: "If you release the news, don't care about the others. If each family returns to the public field, it will be forgotten, otherwise it will not be said to be unexpected."

"There is a lord's sentence, it is better than a thousand words from a minister!" Guo Bairen smiled.

"Lord!"

At this time, Quanbei Amano also came in: "Yun Zhongwei has taken over the city defense, and the original county soldiers disarmed and guarded them in the barracks."

"The county soldiers are unbearable. They must re-select the strong and dismiss the old and the weak..."

Duan Yu unceremoniously ordered.

"Big Brother!"

At this time, Qin Feiyu also came in: "The Xu family has been put down, killing 157 people, the warehouse and the field prisoners are still being checked, but the field should be no less than 10,000 acres, the grain has tens of thousands of stones, and the silver is thirty thousand taels. Soldier..."

"Haha..."

Duan Yu laughed: "It really is a fat pig. I'm sorry if we don't slaughter it, we are tired all the way."

After a pause, he said: "Guo Bairen, I order you to set up the team of the six rooms for this county and county chief... Qin Feiyu, you go to be the county lieutenant!"

Originally, the county magistrate didn't care about everything, he was the deputy of the county magistrate.

But Duan Yu was used to being a hand-off shopkeeper, but Guo Bairen was required to take responsibility.

As for the county lieutenant, he controls the military of a county.

With this military and political power down, Quxu County is under control.

Duan Yu couldn't help smiling when he saw a few people willing to obey.

...

Summer is a good year in the fragrance of rice flowers, but it is far less than the harvest season in September.

Duan Yu led his soldiers to patrol the county. At this time, it was time to harvest the rice. All the laborers in the ten miles and eight townships were gone, and even women and children came to help.

Seeing Feng Jun and his party from a distance, they knelt down on the side of the road and saluted.

"The Xu family’s land has been counted, totaling 16,300 acres... This is the original hidden fields are counted in. The situation is really shocking. This family actually has only 6,000 acres of land to be paid in the official register. Tax! No wonder it is so wealthy, the grain depot and silver depot are almost comparable to the county treasury..."

Guo Bairen was on the side, holding the scroll, talking in detail.

"How many tenants are there?"

Duan Yu picked a bunch of rice, examined the plump ears carefully, and asked again.

"After investigation, there are nine hundred and twenty-seven tenant households under the original Xu family who did not commit any evil."

"This Quxu mainly grows rice, and one acre can receive two to three stones. A family of five, adults need three stones a year for food, women and children decrease, and two stones are also necessary. This is twelve stones. In other words, a family at least It takes five acres of farmland to live." Duan Yu said calculating.

Here it is calculated on the basis of two males, two women, and one child. For Shitongdan, one load is one hundred catties.

In addition, people can’t just eat rice, they have to have some complementary foods, and they have to pay taxes. Normally, if you want to survive, you need about ten acres.

Duan Yu made a plan and said, "After paying taxes, we will release ten acres of land for a family. This is nearly 10,000 acres, and the remaining 6,000 acres will be incorporated into government public fields!"

To say that it is a public land is actually to close the private property of the monarch, and it is also the capital for buying people's hearts and accumulating strength in the future.

"Yes, in this way, the Xu family tenants will receive benefits and they will become the diehard loyalty of the lord. We have a large number of acres of grain and gold and silver into the warehouse, which is really great."

Guo Bai couldn't help licking his lips: "There is also a composer."

"Haha..."

Duan Yu laughed: "Although this kind of method is very effective, it is easily addictive. If we are determined to develop in this county, we will naturally have to subdue or defeat the original local owners. But at this time, our eyes should not be limited to one county. As soon as possible, the place must be calmed down to accumulate strength."

This is the inability to continue to expand, and everyone is at risk.

After a pause, he asked again: "With this new fief, what about the original taxes?"

Guo Bairen wiped his sweat, and said: "Before the official land tax was taken two out of ten, but there were also harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and even the verbal tax was collected on a per capita basis. Generally, it reached the point of three or four from ten. If the landlord exploits too hard, it may reach Fifty percent... In addition, there is corvette."

The so-called corvee is to work for the government for free every year without any remuneration, and the government does not care about everything except food.

"Tsk tsk..."

Duan Yu was speechless: "It's no wonder that along the way, I saw that most of the people have food...this dish is too cruel."

If he had just crossed over, he might be wondering why the people were forced to this point, but they still didn't rise up to rebel?

But now, I understand, it's not that I don't want to rebel, but that I have no strength at all!

The extraordinary world is even more desperate than the ancient times.

In past ancient peasant uprisings, most of them were not opponents of the regular army, let alone Yunlan Continent?

Among other things, Duan Yu's subordinate randomly transferred a Wudu Mo sword soldier, and he could chase after a hundred peasants and soldiers, and he was still unharmed.

Even if the entire county is opposed, it can be easily suppressed with hundreds of people.

It's better to die than to live. The people still understand this.

Besides, if you don't really survive, who would risk the risk of decapitation and revolt?

Not extraordinary, but ants in the end! So if I want to win the world, my **** must sit on the side of the Extraordinary, not for anything else, just because they have power!

Duan Yu sighed secretly, and then ordered: "With these 36,000 acres of public land, if you build a farm on 2,000 acres, you can get twelve villages. I want to publish a list, asking for a warrior and priest. Immediately divide the seal, and all standards will follow the island in the cloud!"

After a pause, he looked at Guo Bairen and the others: "You have come all the way with my lord, you have worked hard, and you will add more titles in the future!"

If he wants to establish an earthly Taoist nation and win over the extraordinary, he must implement a complete enfeoffment, which is determined by his own Tao.

"The minister dare not take credit!"

Guo Bairen leaned quickly, but the eyes of the soldiers behind were bright.

As elite soldiers, they are naturally treated very well. They have divided fields on Yunzhong Island early, but there is not too much land for anyone. Even if it is an enclave, they will not only have one son in the future, they can have their second son and three sons. Here comes the entrustment.

This lord was so kind, and Guo Bairen was secretly grateful in his heart, and thought of another thing: "By the way, lord, although you are Quxu, you still have obligations to King Wu Yue, unlike Yunzhongdao."

"Specifically?"

"Specifically, all fields need to pay 10% tax. When they are called up, they will lead soldiers to fight for King Wu Yue and defend the Kingdom of Chu. Needless to say, at the end of the year, you need to donate money for King Wu Yue... …"

Guo Bairen counted in countless ways.

This obligation ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is much stricter than Yunzhongdao's requirements.

"Golden deacons?"

Duan Yu rubbed his chin playfully, but thought of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

In the early Han dynasty, centralization and enfeoffment were parallel, and the princes also offered gold when the emperor offered sacrifice to the ancestral temple.

The Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty likes to use the gold offered by the princes as an excuse for the lack of fineness, to cut down the town and remove the nobility.

There is a record in historical records: Prince Wang Sui used his household registration scented gold in the Han temple, and the emperor offered gold at the time. , ... To drink alcohol, the government saves money, and there are more than a hundred people who have lost money in Liehou. It is clear that Zhao Zhou committed suicide while sitting in jail for the prime minister. However, you know it is light and do not trouble it.

Of course, the situation here is going to be reversed. The power of the monarchy is strong, and Moyi cannot control it. The gold of 70% to 80% is given to face, and 50% to 60% are also available. King Wu Yue still has no choice. This is lack of authority.

If it's a really tough guy, even if you give two or three pounds of brass, you might have to endure it.