at the venue.
The royal relatives and nobles began to hand over their fields one after another.
Those consorts and county horses can also obtain equity after they are handed over. For example, the consort can obtain five ten thousandths of the equity.
Of course, this equity is calculated on the head of the princess or the princess. These princes and princes are just attending the meeting on behalf of the princess and the princess. After all, it is not convenient for women in this era to show their faces.
"Wei Guogong, don't hesitate, hand it in quickly. Haven't you understood yet? If the Holy Emperor hadn't acquiesced in this matter, how could the Imperial Master have carried it out like this?"
At this time, Wei Guogong Xu Huizu was still hesitant, and Li Jinglong on the side spoke out to persuade him.
The implication is that if Li Xiao dares to do this, it is actually the intention of the Supreme Emperor and His Majesty. Do you want to disobey the Holy Majesty?
"Why"
Xu Huizu was thinking a lot, but he couldn't bear to part with his family's land. The equity and other things were illusory, but the land was real.
However, thinking that this was a national policy and how could he, as the Duke of the country, block the implementation of the national policy, he still moved his body and went to the workbench.
As soon as they saw the Duke of Wei coming, everyone moved out of the way to let the Duke of Wei go first.
After a while, Xu Huizu's 50,000 acres of fertile land was handed over.
The staff shouted: "Wei Guogong Xu Huizu successfully signed the contract, and the land totaled 58,000 acres, equivalent to 1,160,000 taels of silver. As a duke, he handed over the acres of land and received an additional reward of 10% of the permanent land of Nanjing Fertilizer Factory. Equity!!”
As soon as the last prince had surrendered, the rest of the people also surrendered one after another.
"uncle."
Li Xiao walked to Xu Huizu and shouted softly.
He could ignore the others, but Ningyun had told him not to make the relationship with his uncle too rigid, so he still had to comfort him.
"Don't call me uncle. I'm a humble person and I can't bear it."
Xu Huizu waved his robe, his face full of dissatisfaction.
"Uncle, look at what you said."
Li Xiao smiled apologetically, pulled Xu Huizu aside, and whispered: "Uncle, my nephew is well aware of the situation of your fields. Back then, the emperor rewarded you with the best farmland, and there were tea trees and tea trees planted on the acres. The fruit trees were collected for twenty taels of silver, which is indeed a loss, and my nephew has additional compensation."
Xu Huizu looked sideways at Li Xiao, "Oh?"
Li Xiao rubbed his hands and said: "My nephew will compensate you for a big business, and also give you the general agent of Xiangyun Brand Fertilizer in Nanzhili. You don't have to do anything. You only need to prepare a large warehouse to stock up. And below Sub-agents in various prefectures and towns need to get goods from you. Every time they sell a bag of fertilizer, they will get a commission, which means they can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver a year."
Right now, the business model implemented by Li Xiao is the most traditional business model.
The factory produces, the general agent receives the goods, and there are also government agents, town agents, and distributors below.
The general agent needs someone with strong funds to hold it. Didn't I just get more than one million taels?
Obviously this uncle is the best candidate. His identity and status are enough to suppress this Nanzhili.
This smooth favor can not only save the relationship, but also choose a good candidate, so it is perfect.
"Is there such a good thing?" Xu Huizu was a little tempted.
During his years in Peiping, he also knew the practices of Li Xiao Factory.
The factory does not sell, but there are many agents and dealers below. Generally speaking, the general dealer in Shuntianfu makes the most money.
"We are a family, and this is my nephew's heart."
Li Xiao smiled and said: "Uncle, you have been in Peiping and you should know the value of a general agent. Moreover, this is the general agent of a fertilizer factory. If there is a bidding, many people will break their heads to fight for it."
Xu Huizu nodded immediately: "Yes, it's a bit of friendship, so I'd rather be respectful than obey your orders."
Although Xu Huizu still has a position in Beiping City and has no time to take care of it, this property can be operated by his sons. He has seven or eight sons.
"However, the fertilizer factory in Nanjing has not been revealed yet." Xu Huizu thought for a moment and said, "You kid, do you have something else to do?"
How could Xu Huizu not see that Li Xiao still had something to say.
"I can't hide anything from you, uncle."
Li Xiao whispered: "The fertilizer plant in Nanjing has indeed not been built yet, and there are still many twists and turns. Yu Qian is currently operating it, you..."
Li Xiao thought that with Xu Huizu helping Yu Qian, things would progress much faster.
Xu Huizu waved his hand and refused: "I'm not free. I'm busy with official duties and I'm going back to Peking today."
Li Xiao: "."
As expected, this person is someone who cannot be controlled by himself.
However, Li Xiao still smiled and said: "It's okay, uncle, the business is still on your head."
Xu Huizu was noncommittal and walked away with his hands behind his back.
Li Xiao: "."
How arrogant!
The time came in the afternoon.
Things went very smoothly. Most people chose to hand over the land, but some officials were still hesitant.
However, with Li Xiao's coercion and inducement, the land was finally taken over.
In this way, the entire southern Zhili officials, nobles, and the emperor's relatives' lands were successfully collected without any setbacks.
The reason is that Li Xiao didn't cheat them much, and still gave them subsidies and benefits.
The money given was not cash, but Ming Dynasty treasure notes.
However, today's Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes are valuable, and they also know that they can be converted into silver at any time in Peiping.
Finally, the meeting ended and Li Xiao asked everyone to leave.
"Master National Preceptor,"
Yu Shihui from the Ministry of Household Affairs reported: "A total of 6.5 million acres of farmland were collected, and a subsidy of 130 million taels was distributed."
At the end of the sentence, Yu Shi was a little stunned. This was too exaggerated. This was the land of the officials and nobles of Southern Zhili, and it cost 130 million taels of silver.
No wonder Yu Shi was frightened. In previous years, the tax revenue of the entire Ming Dynasty was only more than 20 million taels. This time, the land acquisition cost more than 100 million, which is equivalent to five years of national fiscal revenue.
Moreover, this land only occupies a small part of southern Zhili, and the bulk of it has not yet come, and it will be spread all over the country later.
If we continue at this pace, the amount of money spent will be astronomical.
Li Xiao smiled and asked: "Yu Shi, do you think this number is a lot?"
Yu Shi nodded: "It's indeed too many, it's hard to imagine."
Li Xiao laughed and said: "You have to know that these lands will be owned by the imperial court forever. How much tax revenue can this generate? Once and for all, it doesn't feel like much if you think about it like this?"
According to Li Xiao, there are really not many people who think so.
After all, these lands belong to the imperial court and will be rented to others in the future. The money that should be collected will be collected at the moment of leasing.
Later, the imperial court vigorously developed construction, and these lands belonged to the imperial court. When the imperial court transferred a piece of land, it would generate a large amount of financial revenue.
It is also very convenient for road construction, demolition and the like.
In short, it is a good deal once and for all, and it is done in one step.
"If you think about it, there's not much left."
Yu Shi nodded, but in his heart he admired the Imperial Master very much for daring to think and do!
Li Xiao smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Do a good job. You have been working hard during this period. You have to re-measure and draw the entire land in southern Zhili. I want to know how much land is not owned by the imperial court, and how much land there is." The farmland can be used.”
Yu Yong nodded vigorously.
The first step has been taken care of, and the next step is the main event.
In this way, after a large amount of land was taken over, the imperial court finally had its own territory.
This is of great significance.
Because the district chiefs of the district yamen scattered all over the place finally have a place to play.
These lands will be managed by whichever housing area they belong to.
They can lease the land to outsiders, usually every five or ten years, and the rent is actually equivalent to previous taxes.
In other words, the tax is collected the moment the property is rented.
In addition, if there is free land to use, we can also set up some village enterprises without having to go to local landowners to buy land and suffer hardship.
at the same time.
Li Xiao announced the new Ming Dynasty laws in the court, which caused a sensation throughout southern Zhili.
Abolish all personal taxes, including poll tax, property tax, and grain rations.
In addition, corvee service and the household registration system were abolished, and only military service was retained.
This means that everyone is free and can do whatever they want. Farmers in the past can now go into business, businessmen in the past can now go into farming, and craftsmen in the past can now go to school.
Even if he was a slave before, he can now leave his master without being punished by the law and protected by the law.
But there is a prerequisite for enjoying this. People who do not have land can enjoy tax exemption and become a completely free person.
After all, a large amount of land is still in the hands of the people, and the land must be taken back from the hands of the people.
As soon as the policy came out, many people began to make small calculations.
The people who only have a few acres of thin farmland pay taxes every year, and after the harvest is harvested, not much is left.
It is better to sell the land to the court, twenty-two acres is not a lot.
The main reason is that you don’t have to pay taxes or do hard labor.
As for military service, everyone is still willing to do it, because the current military system has also been changed, and you will get a lot of money after serving as a soldier for two years.
But the question is, after selling the land, what will we do and what will we eat in the future?
You can't just sit back and have nothing, right?
But this problem was quickly and effectively solved.
Because the recruitment is coming.
That's right, the Peiping Power Plant is recruiting workers in large numbers.
Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui sent people to spread the word and recruit workers. Regardless of their status, as long as they were healthy, with sound limbs, and between the ages of sixteen and forty, both men and women could become power plant workers.
The power plant is a big project. It is no exaggeration to say that it is comparable to a big project like the Grand Canal. In addition to the power plant, it also needs to lay wires and cables.
For example, if a telegraph from Peking wants to reach Nanjing, a cable must be buried in the ground.
Therefore, the labor required is very huge, so it will cost ten million taels of silver. The silver was excavated and paid for from the former Japanese country and the current Donghai Mansion.
The treatment at the power plant is very good, including food and accommodation, four days off a month, and three taels of silver per month.
Of course, this work is quite hard, exposed to wind, sun and rain.
But the problem is that the Chinese people are hard-working. As long as they can have enough to eat, what does the hardship mean?
When the people saw it, they thought, Oh my God!
I farm the land all year round, all year round, and I can't even save five taels of silver, so I have more than thirty taels this year.
If you don't have to pay taxes, food and accommodation are included. Isn't this a pure profit?
As a result, many brave people actually sold their land to apply for jobs, and then followed Zhu Gaosui on the train to Peiping.
In this way, Zhu Gaosui took several trains and thousands of people to Peiping. All these thousands of people sold their land to the court.
Of course, more people are waiting and watching.
After all, they couldn't believe that there were such good things in the world.
But it doesn't matter, Li Xiao has a way to make them change their minds.
That's showing movies.
However, the work of showing movies needs to be implemented by the district yamen.
At present, after the last time Li Xiao put pressure on the prefects and county magistrates in various places, things are indeed competitive. More than 500 yamen in various districts have been built, more than 800 are under construction, and there are more than 300 remaining Still wrangling.
So, the first step is to get the yamen in various places established.
During this time, Li Xiao began to travel around, leading the army to begin demolition work.
That's right, the documents for the forced demolitions some time ago have been sitting on the desk of the Reform Command Department, and they have been piling up for some time.
Many powerful families blocked the district heads and refused to buy land for them.
In such a situation, the only option is to demolish it!
Some time ago, they thought that Li Xiao did not dare to demolish it by force, but Li Xiao did not free his hands.
But now, after Li Xiao's busy schedule, he was about to take action.
Zhenjiang Prefecture, Huxi Town, Xujiazhuang.
Today, Li Xiao led the army and personally came here to carry out forced demolition.
But they encountered fierce resistance from the Xu family.
A few days ago, the demolition was going smoothly. Li Jinglong and his generals each led a thousand cavalry to perform tasks.
Li Xiao also personally led a thousand cavalry to carry out forced demolitions in various places.
No matter where they went, those powerful men immediately became intimidated. Even if they had guns in their hands, they did not dare to take them out and gave in obediently.
Including the Zhao family, who was the Minister of War and refused to give in, when Li Xiao really brought the army, the Zhao family immediately gave in. Li Xiao said whatever he said.
But today we encountered some trouble.
More than 2,000 people from all over Xujiazhuang blocked the way into the village, holding hoes and other farm tools in their hands to resist.
"The robbers are coming. Fight the robbers away!"
"Get out of here, robber!"
"Get out, get out of our territory!"
Thousands of people shouted loudly, including people from the Xu family, and the others were all villagers, and they were obviously led into the rhythm.
"Master National Preceptor, the villagers here are very tough and it will be difficult to deal with them."
The district chief here saw this scene and whispered to Li Xiao.
Chang Yingwu on the side whispered: "Master, it's difficult to handle this. I'm afraid of hurting the villagers."
That's right, Chang Yingwu's troops have been dispatched from Peiping because Li Xiao felt that something big was about to happen.
Li Xiao nodded: "It is indeed very tough, even the army dares to stop him."
Li Xiao shouted loudly: "Folks, be sensible, I, Li Xiao, have brought you a good life!"
The villagers didn't believe it and kept saying dirty words.
However, Li Xiao was also very patient, so he led his cavalry and stood at the entrance of the village, neither going in nor leaving.
Just when the situation was at a stalemate, the Xu family opened the situation themselves.
The head of the Xu family rushed out with about fifty people, flintlock guns in hand, stood in a row, formed a spear pair, and aimed their guns at Li Xiao's cavalry.
"Leave quickly, otherwise don't blame us for being rude!"
The head of the Xu family yelled loudly.
"How brave, do you know what you are holding in your hands?"
Looking at the row of flintlock guns, Li Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly. If you don't take the path provided by God, there will be no way to break in from hell.
I was worried that I had no reason to deal with them, but they had prepared a reason for themselves.
Li Xiao waved his hand, and in an instant, the cavalrymen showed their guns and pointed them at the Xu family's group of people holding flintlock guns.
The guns in the hands of these cavalrymen are automatic rifles from the arsenal. They have a longer range, are more accurate, and have more bullets.
"Be careful later, don't hurt innocent people, aim at the Xu family member." Li Xiao ordered.
The cavalry all nodded. They practiced their marksmanship very well in Peiping.
"What kind of guns are they holding?"
The head of the Xu family was sweating profusely when he saw this. Although he didn't know what they were holding, it obviously felt more powerful than a flintlock gun.
However, his question was not answered. After all, this automatic rifle had just appeared in Ming Dynasty.
"Don't shoot. I'll negotiate with the National Preceptor."
The head of the Xu family confessed.
He had no intention of really fighting against the national master, he just showed his tough attitude and forced the opponent to retreat.
Unexpectedly, the Imperial Master did not panic at all, so the head of the Xu family panicked.
However, as soon as he finished explaining, someone pulled the trigger.
Bang! !
There was a gunshot, and among the cavalry on Li Xiao's side, a horse fell to the ground in a pool of blood. Fortunately, it didn't hit anyone, only the horse.
"Who fired the shot!" The head of the Xu family was furious.
He would never have imagined that the so-called 'Mr. Liang' Lan Bin's men had tried so hard to prepare for this conflict.
Without a fight, their plan would not be implemented.
Finally got a chance.
The person who fired the shot was naturally Lan Bin's man.
And the other side.
Li Xiao also showed anger and waved his hand: "The Xu family violently resists the law, destroy it!"
In an instant, the cavalry came out in full force.
Gunshots rang out. (End of chapter)
