Infrastructure masters in the red building

The final result of the Hu Family Yintian in Wugong Township is actually not that bad——

That night, all the farmers in the village rushed to the hidden field of the Hu family. You held a boundary stone in your arms, and I held a rope in my hand. You carried a hoe and a sledgehammer, and I led a dog... Big guy Just like this, you and I will divide up all the hidden fields of the Hu family.

In order to guard this piece of land, no one dared to leave, and they all stayed on the land they had encircled, and just passed the night like this.

In the early hours of the morning, Mr. Hu came out of his house and cried and begged one by one along the ridges of the fields. He only said that his family had a great business, and without these fields, it was really impossible to support the whole family.

Other farmers are very proud: They told you to cultivate "hidden fields" and told you to pay less taxes. Now the county lord directly confiscates these "ownerless" fields and distributes them to everyone for cultivation—hey, why is this God’s today? Eyes, are they extra bright?

However, Mr. Hu made up his mind, put his foot down, and begged while crying, saying that for the sake of his daily care of the village, he didn't ask for all the fields to be returned to him, but only half of them.What?If half of it doesn't work, ask for a third...

Probably this Mr. Hu is really a kind person, and he is very popular in the neighborhood. An honest person bursts into tears with his nose and tears.

After one night, he actually taught Mr. Hu to "cry" back one-third of Yintian.

But these "hidden fields" of his are no longer "hidden" fields. All the fields that were reclaimed by the Hu family before but not registered in the Fish Scale Book, are now being robbed by the neighbors or begged back by the Hu family. , and now they have gone to the county magistrate sent by the county to get the title deed.

The county magistrates were quite responsible. They personally went to see the location of the boundary markers, drew a rough picture of the land, and then registered the land deed. They also promised the farmers that they would come again next time, take accurate measurements, and they would definitely be registered in the fish scale book when they turned back. Accurate.

"Congratulations, everyone! I have more fields in my hand." The county officials congratulated all the farmers, including Mr. Hu, as they left.

Poor Mr. Hu, not only has he lost two-thirds of his hidden land, but the remaining one-third will have to pay taxes in the future, and he will also be "congratulated".

Master Hu, who had been crying all night, still had swollen eyes at this moment, but he didn't dare to say "Where did the joy come from" to the congratulations of the county magistrate, and could only bow his hands and send them off with a wry smile.

But the peaceful reaction of Wugong Township is only one of the localities in Wuyuan County; Wugong Township has a relatively peaceful reaction because of Mr. Hu, a "good man", and there are also other townships. In order to snatch Yintian, the county had to send yamen servants Go down and mediate by force.

The final result of these places is mostly the same as that of martial arts. The original owner of Yintian and the farmers in the village tied the knot, and finally sat down to negotiate to divide the Yintian equally—all the land was exchanged for the title deed by the new owner, after all. The county made it clear that if there is no title deed, and someone else goes to the county to "squat" the land first, it will be raped, and the rights of the original owner will not be protected in any way.

About two days have passed since the beginning of the hidden field incident, from the rioting, looting...crying, to the final dust settlement.As a result, Wuyuan County has added thousands of acres of registered land. If the land tax remains the same in the future, the taxes that need to be paid on each account will also be distributed less.

After the dust settled, the anger of these Yintian landlords gradually turned to the Liu family - your Liu family didn't say well at the beginning, as long as your Liu family's appetite is satisfied, the Yintian will still be hidden in the future. Tian?Wuyuan County suddenly made such a move, but there was no news beforehand?

As a result, the Liu family, which used to be crowded, is still crowded now, but when everyone came to the door, they were full of resentment and demanded justice from the Liu family.

Right now, Liu Minghua is still thinking, how dare Jia Fang, how dare he!

Whenever Liu Minghua sees other people, he will complain like a cart wheel: "I only know that the master above will manage the land on the fish scale book, but I don't know that he will even manage the land that is not above..."

After talking so much, the Liu family thinks it's okay, and outsiders will inevitably look sideways after hearing this.

But Liu Minghua still said: "Master Jia's fief is only Taoyuan Village, why can he also nod the land in Wuyuan County?"

——Why can’t Jia Fang nod his head?

Immediately, someone replied to him: "Is it possible that the whole world is the land of the king? Haven't you heard of this? As Mr. Jia, if the emperor can give him the land of Taoyuan Village, he can also give him the land of Wuyuan County. I will give it to you." Do you need a reason for your son to give you a gift?"

Liu Minghua immediately raised his eyes when he heard this, and looked at the other party with resentful eyes, as if to say: Why don't we have such luck, we can get a prince and grandson, even if it is an illegitimate child!

Liu Shilin then said to Liu Shihan: "Nephew Minghua is tired, it's not too late to let him rest for two days before going to work."

"Those people who came to Liu's house to quarrel, let them all come to see me!"

This middle-aged man who once controlled the power of money and food in Quanwuyuan County appeased the aggrieved visitors as soon as he appeared.

"If it's true Zhang Tian, ​​your family's results are not bad as it is now. The grain that should be paid must not be missing. Where is the loss you mentioned?"

"Now you have only lost half of the Yintian. If the Liu family hadn't eased it back then, and the county would have sent someone to Zhang Tian, ​​now you may not have left any of the Yintian—"

"If you say it's miserable, my Liu family will only be worse than you..."

Just like that, Liu Shilin appeases the angry big grain households by relying on his three-inch tongue. At the same time, he returns the benefits received by the Liu family to the other party, and at the same time rejects all requests for further compensation from the Liu family.

"Please remember, no matter whether the surname is Yuan or Jia, they will not stay in Wuyuan County forever, and my Liu family is the real family that has taken root here and lived here for generations."

What Liu Shilin meant, no matter whether it was Yuan Hua or Jia Fang, they would leave one day when their tenure expired. Wouldn't it still be Wu Yuan of his Liu family?

These remarks really moved many people, so that the loss of the Liu family would not be too tragic.

However, Liu Shilin did not expect that Jia Fang did not stop, but continued to focus on a piece of land that was recorded in the fish scale book but did not need to pay grain: "Sly Ji".

Most of the "deceitful postings" in Wuyuan County are sent under the names of the county's various officials, students, officials, and chiefs. The landlord only needs to pay a small fee to make these properties change hands on the surface, so that there is no need to Pay food.

Unexpectedly, Jia Fang invited many people who had a lot of land under these names but never paid a penny for food to his Jiedu envoy office, first boasted about their titles, and finally said: "It is precisely because The country is sympathetic to all of you, sharing the worries for the country, or busy with teaching and educating people, or busy with local government affairs, and has no time to farm, so you are exempted from the money and grain you have to pay for owning the land—"

The judges in the county did not know who took the lead and shouted: "The emperor is wise, Mr. Jia is wise——"

Such shouts immediately echoed in the government office.Jia Fang listened with his ears open, and it seemed to be very useful.

Unexpectedly, when he spoke again, he smiled and said: "I'm not wise at all, I'm just an ordinary person who is good at counting, and it seems a bit wrong to calculate your land and money. "

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Jia Fang continued: "The country exempts you from your money and food, but it has never said that you can own so much land!"

"It's already bigger than the largest landlord in the county!"

"Can you cultivate so much land?" Jia Fang asked.

The people in the flower hall looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.But it was impossible not to answer. Finally, someone plucked up the courage and reluctantly answered: "Students...students hire people to farm, and they can cultivate..."

When Jia Fang heard this, the smile on his beautiful face became wider, and he said softly: "Then, wouldn't it be against the original intention of the country to exempt you from taxes-the court only said that you have no time to farm, but You people are now... all capable of farming!"

Everyone was dumbfounded again: There is nothing wrong with Jia Fang's logic.

Finally, an elderly veteran asked tremblingly, "Master Jia, what do you mean..."

Jia Fang had been waiting for this sentence, and laughed immediately: "What I mean is that I have always wanted to take care of both sides and have the best of both worlds. Therefore, I will leave a certain amount of land for each of you. Within this limit, you Taxes can be exempted. But beyond this limit, in case you work hard for the country all day long and have no time to cultivate, this official will expropriate all these lands and give them to others to cultivate."

The whole place was shocked.

Some people have already thought that since Jia Fang dealt with "Yintian", he must also find a way to deal with "Suiji".Some people also thought about what kind of means Jia Fang would use when facing scholars and even officials.

But no one expected that Jia Fang still adopted such a simple and crude method: requisitioning, and then directly leasing it to others to cultivate, one kind of cultivation for many years without paying rent money.

"Master Jia..." A group of scholars and officials murmured, not knowing how to plead with Jia Fang.

After a long while, someone finally asked: "Lord Jia, is there any way for you to exalt your hand and avoid expropriation?"

Jia Fang smiled with a good attitude: "Of course, if you want to avoid expropriation, just pay the food and taxes on time!"

Everyone was taken aback by Jia Fang, thinking that all the land would be expropriated by Jia Fang, but now they heard Jia Fang say that as long as they pay the grain tax every year, they can be exempted from being expropriated - these lands are not theirs anyway , So these people decided to go back and discuss with the actual owners of those "sly posts".

"Master Jia, the student asks you to allow two or three days to let the student... discuss with his wife."

Jia Fang really couldn't hold back his laughter, and really wanted to ask: How many wives do you have, is three days enough?

But it seems that these scholars are also thin-skinned, and it doesn't seem like they can take a joke.Now that the other party has softened, there is no need for him to be aggressive anymore.

So he allowed these people to have two days to negotiate slowly. After two days, everyone went to Wuyuan County to declare whether they would like the land to be requisitioned or agree to pay taxes later—pay taxes, What are the fields that have been confiscated.

After explaining all these clearly, these juzi, students, officials, and village chiefs will re-obtain special marked land deeds, indicating the land within the quota that they are exempt from taxation, and the others are the same as ordinary land deeds to show Need to pay food tax.

Two days later, most of these people came to see Jia Fang with their families - each of them brought a lot of "relatives", most of them came to ask for the land that was originally recorded in the names of the students to be restored. Take it back to your own name.Since you have to pay the grain if you send the land in someone else's name, it's better to write your own name when writing the land deed, don't worry.

When Jia Fang saw these candidates and students, he had to give a few words of encouragement, commending them for their dedication to the country, not to let a piece of land go to waste, and not to let the country lose a little bit of money and food.

After sending these people away, Jia Fang felt that the muscles on his face were stiff from laughing, and he had to pull them to restore his normal expression.

To be honest, Jia Fang doesn't like this kind of work very much, he doesn't like it, and he's not good at it——

If he is to live in this environment for a long time, he will become a fake smile boy sooner or later.

Therefore, Jia Fang instinctively felt that the person who competed with him would definitely do better than him in his position, must be familiar with it, and lift the weight as if it were light...

However, if these changes in Wuyuan County are successful, then Wuyuan can also become a new model like Taoyuanzhai. There are countless successful experiences that can be pushed forward. Except for Wuyuan, the entire Yongan Prefecture will soon be able to solve it like this The root of the disease is that officials are overstaffed to seek personal gain, and the chronic disease of land ownership is fixed.

In the blink of an eye, the Liu family changed from the Liu family that was in the limelight to the Liu family that everyone shouted and beat.

Whether it's "Feisa", "Yintian" or "Gujiji", after the Liu family took charge of Zhangtian this time, there was nothing to hide, and everything came back to the paper one by one. Still have to pay food.

The Liu family took people's money to be loyal to others. If the matter is not accomplished, they will lose their money to avoid disaster.They returned all the benefits received from each family.

But those who begged Liu's family at the beginning still felt that they had suffered a loss.Gradually, rumors spread: This time the Liu family is actually the government's "caretaker", deliberately making an appearance that they are willing to discuss with various large grain households, but in fact they have found out the fields of each family in private. The truth of the situation, and all the news to the government, it is the situation today.

Once these rumors spread, the Liu family immediately became the target of backlash.The large grain households from all over the country felt that it was not enough after claiming the benefits they had given at the beginning.Naturally, they didn't dare to make a fuss with the county government, but they could still fight the Liu family if they got entangled.

The Liu family has controlled the money and food in Wuyuan County for generations, and most of the children are good at common affairs and calculations, and they are not good at fighting with others.So outsiders attacked the Liu family, and the Liu family suffered a lot.

At this time, the Zhao family in the county acted for the Liu family.The children of the Zhao family had always served as government servants in Wuyuan County, and they were all extremely brave.After suffering the loss of being uneducated, the Zhao family has been dormant all along without making much noise, but at this moment they are willing to stand up for the Liu family and protect the Liu family for a while.

Zhao Siqiang, the patriarch of the Zhao family, came forward to act as a peacemaker for the Liu family and the big grain households in the county, and forcibly suppressed the conflicts between the two parties.Seeing that they couldn't beat the Zhao family, and seeing that the matter had come to an end, the big grain households had no choice but to suffer dumb losses, and went back to wonder how they could get the debt back.

In front of the Liu family's ancestral house, Zhao Siqiang met Liu Shihan, the head of the Liu family, and they smiled at each other. They were about to enter the gate of the Liu family hand in hand, but saw a sneaky figure standing outside the Liu family's gate.

"Hey!" Zhao Siqiang, the patriarch of the Zhao family, has always been fierce and never forgiving.He pointed at the figure and shouted, immediately several Zhao family children jumped out, held him down and were about to beat him.

"Wait a minute!" Liu Shihan's forehead was sweating, and he thought that he couldn't just beat him without asking for nothing!He hurriedly asked: "Who is your Excellency, and what is your business here?"

The detained person barely raised his head from the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Master Liu, I, I am Hu from Wugong Township..."

Liu Shihan immediately remembered: This is Mr. Hu from the martial arts town who was tricked by his Liu family.Mr. Hu is a kind person, so even if Yintian was expropriated, the folks in the village returned a share to him.This is the only one in the entire Wuyuan County.The other party didn't look aggressive to settle accounts and find fault, so Liu Shihan asked Zhao Siqiang to let him go.

"Master Liu, I...I don't have anything to ask, just want to ask if the autumn tax I paid on behalf of me before is enough for the food tax to be paid this time?" Master Hu asked tremblingly.

The Wugong Hu family, together with the Liu family, had replaced the autumn Fu of the entire Wuyuan County.The Liu family originally planned to wait until Zhang Tian's work was completed, and then each family would collect the food and taxes and fill them back in the Liu family's own warehouse, and at the same time, the Hu family could also pay some.Who would have thought that Yintian's affairs would cause such a commotion, and no one could tell how much food and taxes should be paid now.

Mr. Hu was very afraid that he would have to post back, so he rushed to the county town to ask.Who knew that this reminded Liu Shihan: "The Liu family paid in advance for the county's autumn Fu this year?"

Liu Shihan just remembered this incident, so he hurried to find Liu Minghua, Liu Minghua nodded and said, "Departure on September [-]th, and send it to Yong'an Prefecture."

Liu Shihan counted the days: "Today is only sixteen - hurry up!"

He hurriedly called the head of the Zhao family and the children of the two families, and said loudly: "Quick, let's rush to the county treasury. Detain those autumn Fu!"

As long as the autumn tax can be deducted, the Liu and Zhao families will have the capital to negotiate with the county magistrate and ask the county magistrate to change those unreasonable new policies.The county magistrate absolutely cannot bear the responsibility of delaying Qiu Fu.

Liu Shihan slapped his head: Why didn't his Liu family think of it earlier?

For a while, the two children rushed into the county treasury at the back of the county office familiarly, just in time to see two clerks sweeping the scattered millet on the ground with brooms.

The door of the county storehouse was wide open, and Liu Shihan rushed in, and when he came out after looking around, he asked in astonishment, "Where's the food?"

What about the autumn grain that the Liu family paid in advance in the county?

The two Kufus said boredly: "Sent to Yong'an Prefecture!"

"What?" Liu Shihan jumped up immediately, "Didn't it be agreed to send it off at eighteen?"

The two Kufus looked at each other and said, "Master Jia said that they will be given away when they are collected. There is no need to engage in those clichés of auspicious days, so these autumn grains were sent out yesterday."

The patriarch of the Liu family heard that it was only a day away, and he froze in place for a moment, stroking his chest and almost fainting. Looking back, there was a gloating smile on the corner of Zhao Siqiang's mouth.

Most of the Zhao family's children were unlearned and incompetent, so they were kicked out early in the "cleaning" of the county officials and yamen servants, but the losses did not stop there.

As for the Liu family, the Liu family has simply become the laughing stock of the entire county.