The feeling of spring gradually became stronger in Xiangjing, the first capital of the Dashun regime. Xiangjing was the original Xiangyang Prefecture. In March of the 16th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng proclaimed himself the "King of Xinshun" in this majestic city on the bank of the Han River, and renamed Xiangyang Xiangjing, officially establishing the Dashun regime.
It has been almost two years since the founding of Xiangjing until now!
In the past two years, the Dashun regime has experienced a lot of ups and downs! "Xinshun King" Li Zicheng set out from Xiangjing, marched eastward and westward, and then ran away again. It was really ups and downs, and then suddenly took a turn for the worse, not to mention how exciting it was.
But for the poor people in Xiangjing Prefecture, peace and prosperity have arrived for two full years!
In the past two years, Xiangjing Prefecture, as one of the two capitals of Dashun, has always been the core territory. With Yuan Zongdi staying behind, the nearby Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers did not dare to even think about it, let alone call them.
The policy of "three-year tax exemption" was implemented in the 16th year of Chongzhen, and it has been almost two years now. Although the three-year exemption is only land tax and not land rent, under the background of the new dynasty of Dashun and the hatred of the rich, few tenants would be foolish enough to pay rent to the landlord. Rent and taxes actually don’t exist anymore, and you don’t even have to pay back the loan sharks you owe!
For two years, the farmers did not pay taxes, rent, or loan sharks, and they were peaceful and happy, far away from the war. The territory of Xiangjing Prefecture is simply like a paradise. As for the poor and lower-middle peasants living here, in the past two years, all of them have been grateful for the benevolence and righteousness of Emperor Yongchang of Dashun, and they all hope that Li Zicheng can dominate the world as soon as possible, drag the faint emperor Chongzhen from the dragon throne, and bring down the hateful Tatars. He was driven away from Beijing.
However, the gratitude of the farmers in Xiangjing Prefecture could not be transformed into the combat effectiveness of Dashun Army. After the Battle of Shanhaiguan, the Dashun Army fell into a cycle of defeat after defeat and escape again.
Xiangjing Mansion, which had been far away from the war, was once again shrouded in the clouds of war after the spring of the second year of Yongchang.
Just after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the second year of Yongchang, tens of thousands of Dashun officers and soldiers marched from Nanyang Prefecture into Xiangjing Prefecture with great vigor and high spirits.
When they saw this group of Dashun soldiers who had been defeated many times but were still energetic, the people of Xiangjing Prefecture felt quite relieved at first - it seemed that the Dashun Dynasty would not collapse for the time being, and they could live another life. It’s a good day to have no food, no rent, no loan sharks. Even after a year, there shouldn’t be any exorbitant taxation, right?
During the Ming Dynasty, Xiangjing Prefecture was the Xiangyang Prefecture of Huguang. Huguang had more than 220 million acres of land, and the regular land tax was only more than 2 million shi, which was only one liter of rice per mu, which was insignificant.
As long as the Dashun court can continue to stand on the side of the farmers and prevent the landowners from pressing for rent and debt, a little land tax will really mean nothing.
However, the farmers in Xiangjing Prefecture were not happy for long. The imperial notices of "Qingtian Farm Dividing" posted at the gates of Xiangjing City and the counties under Xiangjing Prefecture were like a basin of ice water, all poured out on this cold spring day. It's on the heads of these farmers in Xiangjing Prefecture.
Outside the Linhan Gate of Xiangjing Fucheng, a group of farmers who were transporting rice and vegetables to the city for sale were gathering in front of a newly erected notice board outside the city gate, arguing with each other, and their words were filled with inexplicable astonishment. mood.
"What? You want to allocate all the fields in Xiangjing Prefecture to the meritorious soldiers of Dashun Army? How can this be done?"
"Then, then, can the rent be waived?"
"Free rent? Do you think the general of the Mei Dashun Army won't kill you with a single blow?"
"If you don't pay the rent, you will be beheaded? The previous dynasty wasn't so cruel."
"Oh, it's always the people who suffer!"
“The good times are over”
"But my family also has a few acres of land! Should we also give it to the soldiers of Dashun Army?"
"What did the official who read the imperial list say? Regardless of whether it was official land, military land, private land, or hidden land in the past, it is now owned by Emperor Yongchang. Trading is prohibited and it must be used to reward soldiers!"
The distribution of land in the Dashun Dynasty was different from that in the Ming Dynasty next door. Prince Zhu of the Ming Dynasty saw far ahead. He knew that the Ming Dynasty, at least the southeastern part of the Ming Dynasty, was already on the threshold of capitalism. What restricted Ming Southeast from crossing this threshold was that the marketization of agriculture was blocked by the contribution system attached to the imperial examination. In these days, there is no such thing as a planned economy. The only way to improve agricultural productivity is marketization. road! The marketization of agriculture, of course, requires a relatively fair competitive environment and the means of production, that is, land circulation must be marketized!
The Ming Dynasty's system of land transfer based on imperial examinations was simply impossible to effectively promote the development of agricultural productivity - the land was not concentrated in the hands of farmers who were good at managing the land, but was taken away by masters of eight-part essays.
Therefore, the ultimate goal of Zhu Cixi's "land reform" was actually to turn land into negotiable private property (by destroying the consignment system and gradually distributing it to soldiers who overcame difficulties). Li Zicheng's version of "land reform" was the feudal land military service route. Land was state-owned and then distributed to Dashun's military nobles in exchange for military service.
For the farmers under Dashun, the land reform really put them in a situation that would be difficult to get over for generations!
"Ah! What should I do?"
"Why has Emperor Yongchang turned evil?"
"The agreed three-year tax exemption"
"No, we have to go to Emperor Yongchang for comment!"
"Your Majesty is not in Xiangjing, and Marquis Bo has the final say here in Xiangjing."
"Then go find Bohou!"
"Yes, let's go to the Imperial City (Prince Xiang's Mansion) to beat drums and complain!"
"Go beat the drum and complain"
Many farmers who had sold rice and vegetables did not bother to go home. They all rushed to the imperial city of Xiangjing to beat drums and complain to Bohou Li Guo and Xiangjing Prefecture Yin Gu Junen.
However, when they came to the main entrance of the original Prince Daming Xiang's Mansion, they found that there was no drum for them to beat, only a large group of old Dashun soldiers in white hats and blue clothes, armed with swords, spears, bows and arrows, guarding there menacingly!
A Dashun general with a Shaanxi accent saw another farmer coming to play the drum, so he waved and shouted to drive them away.
"Let's go, let's go. We don't have any drums to beat here, so don't cry out for injustice. It's all about your damn life! If you don't leave, the swords and spears in your hands will not be angry!"
What? Isn’t there even a place to be reasonable?
The farmers looked at the murderous old soldiers, looked at the sharply sharpened large blades and spear points in their hands, and felt a chill coming from them.
Isn't this too cruel?
Ah, by the way, they are rogue bandits who kill without blinking an eye!
What's your argument with the bandits?
The farmers were afraid and had no recourse to resist. Although the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were bad, most of them had little combat effectiveness, and they could still start a peasant uprising or something.
But this group of Da Shuntian soldiers looked so ruthless, their murderous intent could hardly be restrained! If anyone moves forward, it will be a dead end.
At this moment, on the gate tower of the "Imperial City", Bohou Li Guo looked at another group of people leaving crying, and sighed: "These guys, when fighting the Tatars, they have to be half as vigorous as they are now. How did it end up today?"
"Master Marquis, if Wu Sangui was the enemy who prevented the soldiers from dividing their fields, he would have been defeated in the Shanhaiguan battle before the Tatars entered the battlefield!
The person who took over the topic was Gu Junen. He had repeatedly summarized the lessons of the failure of the Dashun Dynasty in the past few days. The final conclusion he came to was that there was no way to divide the land and the population. Otherwise, with the momentum of the Dashun soldiers sweeping the world, Wu Sangui's tens of thousands of people would be miserable. Guan Ning's lone army cannot be stopped for a while!
Li Guo snorted: "Are they satisfied now? By the way, military advisor, how much land can Xiangjing Mansion and Yunyang Mansion gather? Are there enough 30,000 soldiers to distribute?"
"Enough, enough!" Gu Jun'en said, "Both Xiangjing Prefecture and Yunyang Prefecture are currently inspecting and clearing land. It is estimated that there are 7 million acres, most of which are farmland. If we divide it equally among the soldiers, there will be a total of 200 acres. There are many acres of paddy fields in Xiangjing, and they can be planted for two seasons, which is more laborious, so there are more household registrations. There are 500,000 households on the 7 million acres of farmland. If we divide it evenly, we can get 15 households no matter what!"
Li Guo said: "With more than 200 acres of land, fifteen tenants are enough. It's worthy of our brothers!"
