Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

"The rise and fall, everyone is responsible"

"With great power comes great responsibility!"

The next day, as the Di newspaper published the controversy in the court, the debate about the entry of slaves into the mu was immediately supported by one-sided support.

"Bullshit responsibility! We are not willing to bear it!" In Xiangfu County, a group of wealthy households gathered together, all of them looking embarrassed.

Most of them are wealthy households with between 200 and 500 acres. In the past, neither the labor service law nor the labor service exemption law had much impact on them. However, as soon as the labor service came in, the taxes they borne rose sharply. Naturally, most of them are dissatisfied.

"We don't have anyone in our family who is an official, so the good thing of being exempted from the tax will naturally not be passed on to us." A wealthy family said worriedly.

"Indeed, we are not exempt from service, and the taxes of the landless people are transferred to us. If this happens, we will have to bear all the taxes in the world!" A middle-aged wealthy man said angrily.

"This is just this year's tax that we can still afford. If the tax increases in the future, I'm afraid we will go bankrupt." An old man said angrily.

"As soon as the labor is paid out, the tax borne by each mu of land doubles, and the land price drops by 30%. We and others suffer heavy losses." The middle-aged wealthy family said bitterly. For the wealthy family, land is their most precious thing. Property, especially land near the capital, is even more expensive.

As soon as the farm laborers came in and out, not only did they have to bear a lot of taxes, but they also had to bear the price of falling land prices, which can be said to be a heavy loss.

"The law does not punish the public. Why don't we all ask the government for an explanation? If there is no explanation, we will abandon the land at worst! Why not do it if we can avoid paying taxes?" encouraged the middle-aged wealthy family.

"That's right!"

All the rich people nodded and immediately went to the Xiangfu County Government Office to ask for an explanation.

Xiangfu County Government.

Magistrate Xiangfu was a member of the old party, and he felt dissatisfied when he looked at the newspaper in his hand.

The slaves enter the acres!

He managed to accumulate a thousand acres of fertile land during his life as an official. He was the magistrate of Xiangfu County in Jingxian County. He was a sixth-rank official. According to the preferential and exemption measures promulgated by the government, he could only exempt 400 acres of farmland, and the remaining Six hundred acres of fertile land required heavy taxes, which made him extremely dissatisfied.

"My lord, something is wrong. The rich households in the county are making a fuss. They want the court to give them an explanation. They would rather abandon their land than bear the high taxes!" Suddenly the master ran in with a panic look on his face and reported.

"Seriously?" Magistrate Xiangfu said suddenly.

The master nodded doubtfully and said: "The rich households in the county are making trouble at the Yamen. They are all large taxpayers in the county. If they all abandon their business, I am afraid it will damage the county magistrate's political performance."

The magistrate of Xiangfu County was not worried but happy. He was worried that he would not have the opportunity to attack the slaves and enter the land, so these wealthy households took the opportunity into their hands.

At that time, the magistrate of Xiangfu County immediately met with these wealthy households, and his tone was extremely tactful, which further fueled the arrogance of these wealthy households.

"Don't worry, everyone, I will definitely report your opinions to the court. I believe the court will not sit idly by and ignore it." Magistrate Xiangfu looked weak, and he was already happy in his heart.

Coincidentally, all the counties in the capital city of Kaifeng Prefecture were in this situation, and all of a sudden, all the documents from each county were handed to Su Song.

Su Song did not dare to neglect and quickly asked to see Zhao Xu.

"I would like to report to the officials that the wealthy households in various counties are now very excited. Firstly, they are worried that they will bear the burden of the world's taxes in the future, and they will not be able to bear the increase in taxes in the future. This is a far-reaching worry. Secondly, they are worried that now they have to pay for every acre of land. , the land price in the capital has plummeted, and wealthy households have suffered losses. This is a recent crisis." In the Chui Gong Hall, Su Song said solemnly

Su Song is a fair person. He did not favor or suppress the rich this time, and truthfully told the current situation of Kaifeng Mansion. After all, wealthy households in Kaifeng have actually suffered huge losses.

Zhao Xu couldn't help feeling helpless. Only now did he realize how difficult the reform was. When his father implemented the new law, it could be said that there was opposition from both the government and the public.

Now he thinks he has launched a perfect system, but problems arise one after another just after implementation.

Zhang Dun said forcefully: "That's sheer nonsense. It's just a family occupying hundreds of acres of land. They already had enough food and clothing, but now they only have to share some immunity money and dare to gather people to make trouble. I don't think that when they were extremely poor, they had no worries about food and clothing. The household has a small land and a large number of people, and the burden of paying for the exemption is several times that, so why don't we see them aggrieved by the extremely poor households?"

Wang Di, a scholar at the Imperial Academy, even sneered: "In my opinion, these wealthy households must have a hard time grieving. They even blame the imperial court for the drop in land prices. This year, doctors are promoting pesticides to increase grain production by 30%. How can they not be grateful? They really think the imperial court is weak." Can be bullied!"

The New Party's consistent attitude towards those who dare to resist the new law is to be tough. After all, reforms will always hurt the interests of some people. If it is not implemented toughly, it will not work. After all, no one is willing to pay. This was the case for poor officials and poor people back then. The same goes for wealthy households?

"As I suggest, the officials will immediately issue an order. Anyone who dares to obstruct the new law will be severely punished." Zhang Dun said with cold eyes.

In Zhang Dun's view, the wealthy households were just making trouble unreasonably, and the labor share was not beyond their tolerance. It was just that they were used to taking advantage and were not willing to suffer any loss of interests.

Recalling that there was a lot of enthusiasm for the new law at the time, they still implemented it forcefully, not to mention that only some wealthy households opposed it, so they were naturally not polite.

Su Song frowned and said, "What the wealthy family wants is not unreasonable. They are the main ones responsible for paying taxes to the court. Please think twice."

Zhao Xu couldn't help but frown when he saw Su Song and Zhang Dun arguing. One was an important reform official he trusted, and the other was the person in charge of implementing the reform pilot. Naturally, he had to be cautious.

"Fan Taicheng, it's you who works as a servant. I wonder if you have a good plan to deal with this situation." Zhao Xu did not make a decision directly, but asked Fan Zheng.

Zhang Dun and Wang Di frowned and looked at each other secretly. Zhao Xu valued Fan Zheng too much.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "The officials don't need to worry. As long as the cause of everything is found, it will be solved naturally. The wealthy households in Kaifeng can be suppressed, but in the future, the work-sharing system needs to be implemented in the world. Do the officials still have to suppress the wealthy households in the world one by one? "

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, this was exactly what he was worried about.

"And now Kaifeng Prefecture is not only a pilot project, but also the capital city of the world. Once the Kaifeng Prefecture's work is properly settled, the work of other prefectures will be just a matter of smooth sailing, getting twice the result with half the effort." Fan Zheng said again.

Su Song agreed: "What Fan Taicheng said is true. Kaifeng Mansion is a pilot project. Since problems arise, they must be properly resolved."

Zhang Dun sneered and said: "The imperial court wants to collect taxes, and wealthy households want to reduce taxes. How can we properly solve this problem?"

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "One of the worries of the rich is that taxes will continue to rise in the future, and they will bear more taxes. This strategy is the easiest to solve. I dare to ask Mr. Zhang whether the immunity money in Yuanfeng's eight years is enough for the corvee that year. .”

Zhang Dun thought for a while and said: "It is indeed enough, and there is a slight surplus."

Fan Zheng stroked his hand and said: "In this case, we will use the immunity money for eight years of Yuanfeng as the standard. The officials personally order that the number of people who will grow in the future will not be increased. This will not only show the benevolent government of the officials, but also calm the hearts of the people in the world. "

"Grow people, never add talent!"

The entire Chui Gong Hall was suddenly shocked, and everyone looked at Fan Zheng in disbelief.