"Where is the elder of your village?"
The official boss glanced at the surrounding villagers and asked.
"Here he comes, the old man is here..."
A stooped old man with white beard and hair, with a trembling voice, walked up to the official superior and bowed respectfully.
Unlike those villagers in the village who knew nothing, this village elder had studied for several years and was a Jinshi in his early years. Therefore, he has heard about the status of this chief assistant.
What's more, the chief assistant in the court now is not the best in terms of ability and skills.
But it happened that the guest of such a person was arrested by these officials in strange uniforms today. It can be seen that the identities of these people are definitely extraordinary.
Therefore, in line with the idea of reaching out and not hitting the smiling person, the village elder's attitude was particularly cooperative.
"I dare to ask my father-in-law, how many households are there in our Xiaoyu Village and how is their property?"
As soon as these words were spoken, a bitter smile immediately appeared on the village elder's cheek.
"My lord, let me tell you the truth, there is no self-cultivated land in our Xiaoyu village. Although there is a lot of land around our village, it is all the land owned by Liu Yuan. We are just helping to cultivate it. .”
When the officer's superior heard this, he nodded slightly, and then lightly nodded towards an officer not far away.
"Remember this man, he is the field officer of your village. From now on, you can contact him for anything in your village. Similarly, from now on, he will be responsible for the fields in your village."
As soon as this statement came out, whether it was the village elder or other villagers present, everyone had a look of confusion on their faces.
The official boss didn't seem to want to explain too much.
He looked up at the moon, and then said calmly:
"You are lucky, you have come across a good time. Now His Majesty plans to allocate fields to the people, so you have managed to survive."
After saying that, he got on his horse and galloped away.
After he left, the other villagers all looked at the Si Tianguan who stayed behind, their eyes burning and extremely hot, as if they were seeing a young lady in cool clothes.
"Master, can you tell me how we managed to survive?"
"Yes, yes, there are also those land allocation policies recently issued by His Majesty, but are they true? Doesn't that mean that in the future, every household will have a land?"
Hearing these questions, the young Si Tianguan couldn't help but take a deep breath.
His name is Tian Yu, and he is actually a student of Lanxiang Academy. After knowing that Si Tianguan could improve his resume, he took the initiative to apply for this position.
I didn't expect that I would take office directly this late at night.
This world... is really baffling.
After taking a few deep breaths, Tian Yu's face gradually returned to calm. After his eyes swept over the villagers present, a glint began to shine in his eyes.
"I think you may have a lot of doubts in your mind. Since today is my first day on the job, I will tell you the specific meaning of this policy."
As soon as these words came out, the villagers who were watching subconsciously pricked up their ears one by one.
"Let's put it this way, the fields you have cultivated these days belong to you from now on!"
As soon as these words came out, the villagers present could not help but widen their eyes, and even their breathing began to become rapid.
They all looked at Tian Yu and asked with a bit of disbelief in their tone:
"Master, according to your wishes, from now on, these lands will really belong to us?"
Tian Yu nodded slightly,
"Yes, these lands do belong to you. But..."
Hearing his change of topic, the villagers' mood immediately rose.
Is it possible that... His Majesty also has any requirements when he divides the land?
Do you want money? ? I knew that little emperor had no good intentions at all! We ordinary people don't have any money! ?
Shh...be careful! Didn't you see the official staring at you?
Listening to the villagers talking about it, Tian Yu was not in a hurry. Because he didn't know how the villagers would react to his next words.
"Ahem..."
He coughed lightly, then raised his hand to interrupt the villagers' discussion.
Seeing that the surroundings were quiet, he slowly spoke:
"Actually... you have all guessed wrong. Your Majesty does not need you to pay money when allocating land to you."
Upon hearing this, the villagers suddenly became excited.
For these ordinary people, as long as they don't need money, everything else is easy to negotiate.
So they all looked at Tian Yu again and listened to each other's story.
"From now on, all fields will be allocated by the government. Individual sales are strictly prohibited and will last for ten years."
When the village elder heard this, he couldn't help raising his withered arm, stroking his beard and asked:
"My lord, according to your wishes, your majesty will only allow us to farm for ten years?"
When Tian Yu heard this, he shook his head.
"No, the so-called ten-year period is just a criterion. After ten years, the government will grade the fields based on the yield and harvest of the fields in the past ten years. It is basically divided into three levels: A, B, and C."
"In short, villagers who cultivate their land well and have high yields can be rated as Grade A and can harvest more land when the next land is allocated."
"Your average level is Grade B. When the land is redistributed in this grade, basically the farmland allocated will not change much."
"As for Class C...it's for people who don't farm well and are lazy. The fields of these people will be appropriately reduced until there is nothing left."
When the village elder heard this, his eyes lit up.
Although he is a scholar, he has also been farming over the years. So he knew exactly what this move meant.
In short, if your Majesty's decree can be promoted. The grain output of the entire villages around the capital has increased by at least 20%!
But...as the saying goes, no benefit in the world comes for free.
Your Majesty treats the people with such generous treatment, I think the taxes will be very high!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but asked with a bit of nervousness:
"Master, I already understand what you said. I just don't know how to calculate the tax?"
When Tian Yu heard this, he looked at the village elder's position with some surprise. He didn't expect that these villagers would find the core of the problem right away.
According to the rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the past, agricultural taxes did not vary from place to place.
His Majesty will issue a tax rate, which will basically remain between 30% and 60%.
The tax rate is determined specifically based on the revenue and expenditure of the treasury at that time.
Of course, the ideal is very beautiful, but the reality is very skinny.
Many times, planned agricultural taxes always have changes.
