Chapter 294: People’s Livelihood under Government
The young man laughed and said, "I heard that this gentleman has a Shanxi accent. You may not know that you have come all the way. Although our Songjiang Prefecture has no taxes, the ration fields allocated to the poor people by the Duke of the country must not be bought and sold privately. It can only be sold to the government. If any private person dares to sell this ration field, both the buyer and the seller will be imprisoned. I heard that they will be forced to build roads for three years. That will be miserable...
But this Xun Tian is different. The acres awarded by Xun Tian are not counted as ration fields, but are distributed according to military merit. Now as long as they are soldiers, everyone is not short of money. They cannot cultivate those fields, and the poor can only sell the fields. Well, so only hontian can be bought and sold privately. Besides, hontian can be a symbol of honor, and the price of buying and selling hontian is much more expensive than ordinary fields. "
"What you said is so good. Why, given your young age, do you have any thoughts of joining the army?"
You Shiwei asked this casually, and the young man smiled proudly: "I'm not old enough. According to regulations, you have to be eighteen years old to join the army. I'm only fourteen. Besides, I'm still studying in the military academy." ..."
Chen Cao heard that this boy was studying in the military academy and asked with a smile: "This young man is still studying in the military school. I heard that all those who can enter the military school are the smartest kids in a hundred. I don't know what this young man's major is." ah?"
The young man saluted Chen Cao respectfully: "Young man, I have seen the principal..."
Emotional Chen Cao had already been recognized, so he simply didn't explain and listened to the young man: "This kid is a student of the third batch of Nanjing Army Military Academy. I was lucky enough to meet the principal when he entered the school the year before last."
"Hey, sir, we have been recognized a long time ago."
Xin Zhao laughed on the sidelines.
Chen Cao nodded with satisfaction: "What's your name? What did you learn?"
"The boy's name is Zhang Lin. My father is the battalion commander of the second division of the Dingwu Army. When the principal came to Shanghai, my father was one of the first batch to join the principal's army and was then added to the Dingwu Army. After entering the school, he followed his senior brother Cao Shiyun and others. Let’s learn turbine technology together.”
"Okay, okay..." Chen Cao patted Zhang Lin on the shoulder: "You have to study hard, but don't let your father down."
While they were talking, a middle-aged man came to the square gate cursing. When Zhang Lin saw this, he said, "Uncle Li, what's going on?"
The man surnamed Li saw Zhang Lin, then looked at Chen Cao and his party beside him, and said: "No need to go, the subsidy has not come down yet. I said Zhang boy, after all you are studying in the military academy and know some officials, why not If you go and reflect on the situation in our village, isn't that bullying?"
Zhang Lin's face turned red and he was about to retort when Chen Cao took over: "Brother, what's going on?"
Li Hanzi looked at Chen Cao again and then said: "Which village are you from? Don't you know about the land tax subsidy?"
Zhang Lin's heart tightened, and Chen Cao said funnyly: "I know, from what I said, the subsidy has not come down, our village has already paid it."
Li Hanzi stepped forward and was about to take action, but when he saw Zhao Xin suddenly stepping forward, he said: "Don't get me wrong, we are just excited. This little brother, which village of yours has received subsidies? We are The village’s subsidy hasn’t been paid for two months.”
When Chen Cao heard this, he immediately frowned. Zhao Xin saw this and said, "That man, didn't the people from the village committee explain it?"
When the man surnamed Li heard this, he cursed loudly and took a long time to answer Zhao Xin: "How can those guys be qualified to be officials? I don't know how they were elected as village directors."
"Where are the party secretaries stationed in the village? They don't care?"
"Who are you?"
Only then did Zhang Lin speak: "Uncle Li, this is Duke Liang..."
When Li Hanzi saw Zhang Lin's obedient look, he was so frightened that he knelt down and said, "My lord, please calm down. I have eyesight but I don't recognize Mount Tai. I'm talking nonsense..."
"I remember that Songjiang Prefecture has implemented the policy of not kneeling before officials since last year. Why, your village has not implemented it?"
You don't kneel when you meet an official, but Li Hanzi just said some stupid things, and if he still remembers these things, he was already frightened to the point of confusion.
"Xin Zhao, go and call all the village directors and party secretaries for questioning."
Not long after, several people from the village committee ran to the gate of the square and immediately bowed and saluted when they saw Chen Cao...
Xin Zhao chuckled: "You two should declare your family status quickly."
"Huang Jue, the director of Huangjia Village, has met the Duke..."
"Student Huangjia Village Party Secretary Zheng Fukuan met the Duke..."
Chen Cao did not pay attention to Huang Jue, but looked at Zheng Fukuan and said: "Which period? Have you joined the party?"
Zheng Fukuan is only twenty years old, very young, but village party secretaries of his age are everywhere at the village level in Shanghai County: "The student graduated from the second phase of liberal arts at the Army Academy and has just become the village secretary of Huangjia Village for half a year. Last month Just joined the party..."
"I want to ask you, why is the land subsidy in Huangjia Village two months late?"
Huang Jue's body trembled. He knew this from beginning to end, so he looked at Li Hanzi beside him. Zhao Xin noticed Huang Jue's eyes and immediately stepped forward and hit him with a big-eared melon seed. Huang Jue felt dizzy.
"You bastard, as the director of the village committee and an official, have you forgotten the teachings of the Duke? You dare to threaten the people with your eyes, you don't want to live anymore..."
Being scolded by Zhao Xin, Huang Jue was so frightened that he peed his pants and quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Chen Cao to admit his mistake.
"Stand up and roll aside..."
Chen Cao scolded Huang Jue, and then looked at Zheng Fukuan, who had his head lowered in front of him: "Answer what I said."
"Back...back...Master, it's the students who have committed corruption..."
The You brothers are now watching the show with their hands folded. They saw this wonderful show as soon as they came. They are now thinking about how Chen Cao will end.
Zheng Fukuan took the initiative to admit his mistake, so Huang Jue had no chance to refute. When he heard this, his feet immediately went limp.
At this moment, Chen Cao asked Li Hanzi: "Tell me, how did they reply to you?"
"The Duke Mingjian, our twelve families did not have the opportunity to join the army due to various reasons. Therefore, each family only has one mu of grain field. There are five people in the grassroots family and only one twelve-year-old child. According to the government Under the new policy, children over the age of 12 can apply for one mu of ration land, and grassroots families should have five acres of land, and each mu of ration land will begin to be compensated with land subsidies;
The grassroots earn money by working for the road construction team in Shanghai County. The whole family depends on the mother-in-law and her two children. This child who has just turned twelve years old should receive land subsidies starting from this year. My family does not sell grain to the grain station. The monthly land tax subsidy is one silver dollar. When I went home the day before yesterday, my mother-in-law mentioned this again. She said that the subsidy for the second child had not been received. The grassroots went to the village committee to inquire, but Director Huang made things difficult for them. Today, when I went there again, another Tell the poor people that the subsidy for the second child has not come down. "
Chen Cao looked at Zheng Fukuan with a cold face: "How many months has it been?"
"Master, after returning to China, seven months..."
"Brother, have you ever found this branch secretary?"
"Looking for it, Mr. Guo, it's no use. Zheng Zhishu is busy with official duties. Every time he says he understands and gets over with it," Li Hanzi said and said, "Not only my family, there are twelve households in the village with grassroots." If the Duke of the State doesn’t believe this situation, he can send someone to investigate carefully and find out.”
Songjiang coin reform, one silver dollar is equal to one hundred copper coins, and the combined coin is one penny. Ten silver dollars is one thousand coins, and the combined coin is one tael of silver. Songjiang is rich, and even the current price of grain is only thirty penny per catty. Money, pork is only fifteen cents per catty, and one tael of silver can buy an excellent banquet. In this way, corruption becomes an opportunity.
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Zheng Fukuan knelt in front of Chen Cao: "Students are insulting the school's cultivation."
Chen Cao said sternly: "Zhao Xin, immediately send people to the college to remove Zheng Fukuan's academic status, expel him from the party, fire him from public office, and let people from the procuratorate hear the case. In addition, the village director Huang Jue will handle another case and investigate carefully. , see if he has committed any other crimes."
"yes..."
After the person left, Zhang Lin knew that this senior brother would end badly in the future. Li Hanzi looked at the people leaving and asked, "Will they be beheaded?"
"Huang Jue doesn't know, but Secretary Zheng may not be so lucky. The main reason is that he is still a party member, so the crime will be increased..."
"Bah..." Li Hanzi spat on the ground with a thick mouthful of phlegm: "Yeah, who allowed him to be corrupt? All the benefits that the Duke of the country gave to our people have been eaten by these dogs, and no one will sympathize with his decapitation."
Because of the incident in Huangjiacun, the observation was suddenly suspended, but You Shiwei still felt the difference in Shanghai, or in other words, the difference in Songjiang.
After returning to the residence, a guard in golden clothes came to the door. The captain bowed his hands to You Shiwei respectfully: "Master You, your family members have already passed Fengyang. In three days, they can enter Songjiang Huating. My father-in-law specially ordered me to come down and report to your lord."
In order to bribe the You Shiwei brothers, their family members in Yulin must come over. After You Shiwei and his party surrendered in Hangzhou, Chen Cao asked Zhao Xin to arrange this matter, just to make You Shiwei give up.
"Brother, all the family members are here..."
You Shiwei smiled bitterly: "It seems that our name as a traitor has been determined."
You Shigong was in a bad mood. The You family had been eating imperial food from the Zhu family for decades, and now they suddenly changed their banner. It was really hard for them, loyal people like them, to accept it.
Not long after, another official from the sub-district office came to the door: "Sir You, this is the house deed of the three brothers of You, in Pudong, Shanghai. It is located in the Chengnan New District. It is an independent house. The three Yous own it. Please keep it for your family." You can check in separately upon arrival.”
Even the house deed was sent to him. After being in Shanghai for so many days, You Shiwei also knew that the housing prices in Pudong were now higher than those in Beijing. Being able to have an independent house in Shanghai was a symbol of status, and he was either rich or noble.
"I heard that the families of those sergeants can only live in new areas outside the city. Those who can have independent yards are all military officers..."
You Shiwei murmured: "Brother, can we... be worthy of the north?"
