I’m The King

In the hall of Ziyang County, the county magistrate Guo Qingzheng held a banquet to entertain Lu Dafang, the imperial ambassador sent by the imperial court to urge local reforms. Naturally, Liao and Liao are only a few of them, but all of them are the top figures in Ziyang County.

Speaking of this, Lu Dafang and Ziyangyang are also a person very related. He is a native of this county, and he is also the only official in Ziyang County currently serving as an official in the center of the imperial court. It is also very ironic to say that Lu Dafang is Li. After Confucianism reformed the official system of the Qin State, the first batch of pilots became officials, which can be regarded as the earliest supporters of the Li Ru school, but when the Li Ru school fell from power, he was also the first to turn to the other side.

Although Fan Sui, who has re-elected as the first assistant, is not ashamed of this person's morals, he has to pinch his nose to reuse this person. It can be regarded as a golden horse bone, divide, win over, disintegrate the original Li Confucian school, and gather these people. Under one's own banner, no matter whether the person is virtuous or not, he can be useful.

Lu Dafang changed the mountain gate. Not only was he not demoted, but he was promoted to a level. This time he returned to Shu County as an imperial ambassador to supervise the local reforms in Shu County. Your own achievements, otherwise wouldn’t it be like walking at night in Jinyi? Lu Dafang only stopped for a few days in the county, and then set the first stop in Ziyang County.

In fact, in Ziyang County, there is another well-known person, who really can be regarded as the pride of Ziyang County. He is the former commander of the black ice platform who has returned to his hometown, the old lady of Zhongli Zhong in the Guan. But once the emperor and the courtier. Now Mrs. Zhong has gone home for his official duties, but the door is not open, and the second door is not open. Concentrate on being his grandfather in the house. During the Chinese New Year last year, even the county magistrate had a closed door when he came to pay a New Year's greetings, but he would not see any official figures.

However, Mrs. Zhong can afford this face and spectacle, but the rest of the Zhong family can't. It must be on this one-third of the land. The old lady is now paying official duties, no longer the power of the past. If the Zhong family wants to live well, it is natural to have a good relationship with the magistrate elder, so for today’s banquet, Da Lang Zhongkui, head of the Zhong Mansion, was invited by the county magistrate to welcome the Lu Qiang.

The scene in the back hall. Compared with the extremely depressed status of Ziyang County, it is naturally different from the past. Shenggeman dances, delicious delicacies, everything. The so-called Zhumen wine and meat smelly, there are frozen bones in the road, and it is also true.

Guo Qing and Zhong Kui were headed by the two, and they frequently toasted to Lu generously. This time the top-down reforms were coming so fiercely, both of them were anxious. Judging from some information and intelligence obtained in advance, it is extremely bad for a large household like them. They are not afraid of eliminating redundant officials, but a decree for equalization is enough to make them fearful. Regardless of whether it is the Guo family or the Zhong family, they are all big households in the local area, and which family does not have tens of thousands of acres of land under its name.

"Master Lu, what is the court's regulations this time? We are the court's bravery. But Fan Shoufu's doing this has left us without a way to survive?" Zhong Kui was holding a wine glass. Looking at Lu Dafang, he asked because of his drunkenness.

Lu Dafang didn't dare to neglect this young master Zhong. Even if Grandpa Zhong had retreated, he would not be disgraced when he died. Don't look at his old man's door now and the second door is not open, but he really wants to be more honest. I'm afraid I can't see enough.

"Master Zhong, what does the old lady mean about this matter?" He asked Zhong Kui with a smile, "When starting from Xianyang, Fan Shoufu also reminded me that this matter must be discussed with Master Zhong Hou, I'm just I am going to choose a good day to visit the old man!"

"Master Lu is interested, but you, don't bother with this matter. The old man didn't like to show his face before, and now he doesn't see outsiders. You, you can't see you after you go." Zhong Kui kept shaking his head.

Lu Dafang smiled, "Lao Hou Ye is really high-minded, now that all matters of the Zhongzhu Conference are left to Da Lang to take care of?"

"Yes, the old man doesn't care what is going on now." Zhong Kui nodded.

"Dalang is handsome and vigorous, with both talents and virtues. It is no wonder that the old man is letting go. This is a rest assured Dalang, but it is a pity that Dalang will not be an official, otherwise he must be the imperial court!" Lu Dafang continued to smile and compliment the bell. Kui.

When mentioning this, Zhong Kui couldn’t be happy anymore. It’s not that he didn’t want to be an official, but that Zhong Li didn’t allow him to be an official at all. In this case, he has no grievances against the old man, if he allows him. Do you still need to be so respectful and respectful to Lu Dafang if you are an official? There is still an old man in the Zhong family now, so naturally no one dares to provoke him, but once the old man is gone, there is no one to support him, I am afraid that with the current family business of the Zhong family, it will immediately become a delicacy in the eyes of many people.

"I'm not talking about this." Zhong Kui was a little dejected, "Master Lu, let's talk about this now! Master Lu is his own, and the Lu family is also a big Ziyang household. I don't have to go around. Doesn’t this Jun Tian Ling act like this to make us all poor? Fan Shoufu’s reform of internal affairs, we support, but we don’t approve of this kind of act.”

"Is that what the old lady meant?" Lu asked generously, turning his glass, staring at Zhong Kui.

Zhong Kui hesitated for a moment, and shook his head, "No, the old man doesn't care about it, that's what I meant."

The county magistrate Guo Qing continued: "Master Lu, if we follow the land equalization order, a large household like us will definitely lose a lot. In Ziyang, the current market price per mu of land is about twenty taels of silver, but the court is only willing to buy it. Twelve taels, which lost half of it in vain, and then sold them to civilians at a price of eight taels of silver per acre. The imperial court paid 20% of the deficit, and the county subsidized 30%, and the local government had to raise the remaining 50%. , Let’s not say that we have made a big loss, it is this loss that we can’t get out.

Lu smiled generously and said nothing. Ziyang’s land price would not exceed ten taels of silver now that it had broken through the sky. It had to be a fertile land. The county magistrate Guo doubled his breath in one breath, but he was not afraid of flashing his tongue, of course. I won't say it is broken, but I am also a big Ziyang household.

"It's this reason. We can't control the imperial court to supplement those mud legs, but why should we pay? Isn't this going to ruin us?" Zhong Kui said dissatisfiedly.

"Although the official document of the imperial court says ten taels of silver, there is one more item, which can be increased or decreased according to local actual conditions!" Lu said with a generous smile, "but the price of twenty taels of silver mentioned by the county magistrate Guo That’s definitely not acceptable. Fourteen, five, and two are still acceptable."

After hearing this, Guo Qing calculated in his heart that there are about 10,000 acres of land in his home. When the difference of four to five liang comes out, it is four to fifty thousand tals, which is considered to be sent to the imperial minister, and then to the top. The cost of going through the door, earning another ten to twenty thousand taels, is a certainty.

"Master Lu, this field is our lifeblood. Let’s say nothing else. This time Ziyang’s rebellion, if it weren’t for our Lu and Zhong’s organization of local soldiers to come out to resist, Ziyang would have been beaten down by those mud legs. But in this way, the mud-legs will have their own land in the future. Whatever happens, can we still be able to summon people? Can we still afford Zhuang Ding?" Zhong Kui didn't put the money in it. In his eyes, he thought a little further, "Furthermore, Tian is in our hands. That is a matter for generations to come. Now that Tian has been collected by the court, these money is a matter of sitting and eating the sky. How can it be regarded as a big loss. Master Lu, haven't you considered this matter?"

Lu Dafang coughed a few times. He had already felt the bottom of the two. Originally, he was most worried about that the old lady who lives in the house would be a ghost, so he was going to sit on the wax. Now it seems that the old lady doesn't care. , This Zhong Dalang, his mind is almost the same as his own.

"Well, it's not difficult to say that it's not difficult." He glanced at the dancing tricks in the hall, Guo Qing immediately understood, waved his hand, and made these people retreat, inside the lobby. Suddenly fell silent.

"Guo Master, Zhong Gongzi, we are all local old people in our hometown, so I don't want to go around. This time Fan Shoufu's reform is also a good opportunity for us to make a fortune!" He laughed happily, " Haven't the two of you understood the mystery here?"

The two of Guo Zhong looked at each other, "I would also like to ask your enlightenment."

"Guo County Order, the number of acres you report to the county every year is a certain amount? I don't need to ask, I know that there is a lot of water here, I'm afraid there is too much land that has not been reported, right?" Lu Dafang Smiled.

Guo Qinggan laughed a few times, but said nothing.

"The court's focus is on these reported acres, but where is the land, whether it is good or poor, is it not your county magistrate that has the final say?" Lu Dafang said.

Guo Qing’s eyes lit up~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Lu's generous meaning is obvious. Poor and barren fields can be used as good fields. These fields can be sold at a price of only one or two taels per acre. The lowest price is ten taels of silver, which can make a lot of money.

"As for the farmland order!" Lu Dafang lowered his voice, "You have a large amount of land, but from now on, the court will no longer allow large-scale mergers of land, but this is not impossible. Each of you has a lot of land. There are a large number of tenants who put these lands under their names, it's not enough!"

"This trick is wonderful! Anyway, it's just to deal with it. Since Master Lu has set the plate, what are we afraid of?" Zhong Kui was also overjoyed.

"I heard that in Ziyang County, thousands of people died because of rebellion last year, and many fertile fields were deserted, and there is still no owner?" Lu Dafang asked.

"This..." Guo Qing glanced at Lu generously with some embarrassment. Thousands of people died, but those fertile fields are now in charge, of course, they are concentrated in the hands of some people.

"Those who have died, don't eliminate their tenants, put some fields under their names, two, then your family's fields are not reduced, but increased." Lu said with a generous smile. (To be continued)