"The Zhu family in Jiading, the Gu family in Wuxi, and the Mao family in Huzhou come to pay their respects!"
On the second day, Shen Shixing had just finished breakfast and was practicing Baduanjin with Zhu Yijun in Tingzhong Middle School when he heard his family Shen Bing came to report that several wealthy gentry had come to see him.
Shen Shixing frowned slightly after hearing this.
But then, Shen Shixing relaxed his brows again and smiled slightly, thinking that these wealthy gentry who refused to give way to benefit the people were not stupid, and this way, he could better demonstrate his mediation ability.
So Shen Shixing ordered: "Let them wait for me in the study!"
Not long after, Shen Shixing came to meet these people with a smile.
"Yesterday, we thought about it. What Mr. Ge said is not unreasonable. It involves the difference between profit and righteousness. And we, the officials of Nanzhi Township, who passed down our family with Confucianism, how can we value profit and ignore righteousness? What's more, this matter involves Whether Mr. Ge will be able to govern the country in the future, how can we not support Mr. Ge as a countryman?"
Gu Bingren, who came with these wealthy gentry, first laughed at Shen Shixing, and then said: "So, after I went back last night to think about it, I asked my family to go back and contact the people from the agricultural, social, and labor cooperatives, and agreed to reduce the rent and reduce the rent. Interest and processing money!”
"Yes! We have also figured it out. We can ignore Haigang Peak, but we have to listen to Mr. Ge's words. We have to think about it carefully. After thinking about it, we understand what Mr. Ge means."
Zhu Banghe, a prominent member of Jiading family, also smiled and started talking.
Gu Bingren also continued to smile and said: "So we came here early today to inform Mr. Ge and let him understand that our families have no intention of supporting Mr. Ge."
Because the officials and gentry of Hai Rui finally chose to give in and were willing to reduce rent and interest rates, Hai Rui's class conflict was somewhat ameliorated.
"I should have taken the initiative to reduce rent and interest a long time ago. I had to wait for Wang Xijue to come. The villagers complained for so long, and Jiangling and Nanzhi also valued you Xi Songpeng!"
Other wealthy gentry also expressed their opinions in this way.
The light snow stopped on the 8th.
The agricultural and social workers lingered for a while looking at the snow scene in the Jiangnan city, and then took a boat to Suzhou.
"It feels so bad when the years are quiet!"
Everyone could only reply with a weak smile.
As Nan Zhi spoke, he reached out to catch the snowflakes and said with a smile: "With that little snow, the coming year will definitely be a good year!"
"Gu Bingren, do you want to buy some firewood and go back?"
Nanzhi, the tax superintendent who came here on inspection, was standing in a pavilion here with his clothes on and the fire, and looking at the white snowy scene below, Lu Kun came over at that time:
"Gu Bingren, it's hot today, please don't go out."
Wanli four years, seventeenth month.
Lu Kun raised his hand and said yes.
"Yes, it should have been so."
"Yeah yeah!"
As Shenwu County spoke, he looked at the gentry: "Really, gentlemen?"
"For example, for now, we should make a rural agreement that the officials and gentry will pay the grain as one, and the additional taxes and levies on small households before going on duty should be transferred to the tenant farmers and hired workers, so as to avoid creating gaps outside the countryside."
"And the township agreement is for each other. In the past, if the Wu people can solve their own problems, they should try their best to solve them by themselves. Don't disturb the government again. It will waste the court's money and food. It will also waste your own money and food. Don't end up fighting. To the point of feud.”
"It is the right way to benefit the country at the bottom and the villagers at the top!"
As Shenwu County spoke, he asked the noble gentry, "What do you think?"
"Gu Bingren, are you going to enjoy the snow again?"
Therefore, if you persist, it is very likely that your family will be eaten by the prominent families in the same county and the imperial court.
"Besides, there is no need for you to set up gentry collegial societies outside your respective counties, just like farmers' and workers' cooperatives, and make township covenants together with farmers' and workers' cooperatives!"
Xi Songpeng replied.
As a result, Shenwu County successfully mediated the dispute between Xi Song and the people within a short period of time, so that the gentry of Hai Rui finally refused to reduce rents, interest rates, and processing money. They also denied the existence of farm cooperatives and workers' cooperatives, and also established their own Collegial Society of Squire.
"Xi Songpeng is Xi Songpeng after all. I know your Majesty's thoughts."
The peasant social worker smiled and said loudly: "All the evidence of the crimes of the evil gentry in this village have been sent to the Jin Yiwei stationed in Taicang."
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"It was agreed that if any disputes arise in the past, the companies will negotiate with each other, but now we can no longer be at war with each other!"
"Thanks to the support of all the gentlemen, let me do my best! I am extremely grateful."
Since we haven't decided to give in yet, we will naturally continue to persist in this matter. After all, we were indeed frightened by the pro-democracy movement in those days, and we hope to restore peace as soon as possible and not let the government bother us anymore.
Nan Zhi smiled when he heard what Lu Kun said, and sighed deeply and said: "In this way, we have finally accomplished a small task. We have withdrawn all the people sent by the Pro-Military Division to the workers' and farmers' cooperatives. The campaign to reduce rents and interest rates and process money has begun. Let the people actively farm next year. Since rents and interest rates are reduced, we will strive to collect less grain next year and send fewer children to school!"
When the agricultural and social workers went out, they laughed when they saw that order had been restored in the market, factories had resumed work and production, and both the scholars and the people had finished greeting each other.
The hired workers who were working at the farmer's social worker's home were not cheerful and took the initiative to say hello when they saw the farmer's social worker before going out.
Xi Songpeng Finally, someone blocked the door of my house again, so no matter how hot the weather was and how light the snow was, he still chose to go out.
And because I heard the sound of the machine and the shouts again, circulating in the lanes of Taicang, I felt as calm as listening to Sanskrit sounds.
Hangzhou West Lake.
The National Taxation Department also lacks a deed tax refund. Just collecting the deed taxes paid by social groups is a large amount.
Later, the Cotton Merchants Chamber of Commerce, Salt Merchants Chamber of Commerce, etc. were added, making Xiao Ming less social groups in Xisong.
Because Shenwu County had already invited me to visit Huqiu with me, when the agricultural and social workers arrived, Shenwu County was already waiting here. Shenwu County had already asked the servants to cook tea around the stove, and talked to several traders in the area. When the agricultural and social workers appeared, , and immediately greeted him: "I thought Yuan Yu was going to break the appointment."
"The government represents the imperial power, and you have to deny that the sky is Xiao Ming's heaven. All power comes from the imperial power. Even if the people of Wu want to help each other and manage each other, they have to let the government deny it."
Shenwu County also continued: "Before the documents are submitted and the Duzhi Division approves the money, it is time to buy the properties and craftsmen of the evil gentry that will be disposed of, which has ruined the image of Jiangnan Shilin, so as to avoid the following house raids. The increase in the number of employed homeless people will also make up for the benefits lost from rent reduction and interest rate reduction.”
"When making a township contract, we also ask the government to notarize it, and pay a township contract tax to the government. This is to increase the government's revenue and make the government willing to deny the township contract."
"The elder Ge is going back to Beijing tomorrow, how can he break the appointment?"
This means that many young students in Hai Rui, who are unable to pass the imperial exams and become officials at the age of 70 or 70, have fewer job opportunities because the local imperial examination scores in Hai Rui are too high.
"In addition, we also took the initiative to hand over the deed tax, hoping that the government would supervise it and ask the court to establish relevant disciplinary regulations! However, the local government also asked the ministry to ask the court for an edict on whether the deed tax should be collected."
The agricultural and social worker also laughed and said something.
Even when the hired workers and tenant farmers who left the city to sell dry firewood greeted me, I smiled and nodded in response.
After all, I haven’t been out for a long time in those days.
"Before Mr. Shen Ge, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, returned to his hometown to mediate with the order, the gentry in Wu and Yue had basically given in and were willing to reduce rent, interest, and processing money. They promised to cut wages and drive away tenants at will, and abide by the contract."
Shenwu County smiled and nodded before hearing this: "It's bad. From now on, there will be no prosperity and peace in Jiangnan."
Of course, we are also worried that if we make any concessions, we will be caught as an example. After all, the people among the gentry are united.
Xi Songpeng said with a smile and said: "We invite people from the government to come and smuggle out sharecropping together. Do we want to smuggle out sharecropping to evade deed tax like we did in the past, and even collude with subordinates to secretly make a deed? Such behavior is wrong, right?" You are such a moral person! Only if you are not like that, the government has no obligation to ensure that the contract is poorly executed."
And when I was asked if I wanted to buy some firewood to go home, I actually asked my servant to buy it with money. I also watched the ordinary people walking through the winter snow, and suddenly tears filled my eyes, and I said in my heart:
All the wealthy gentry looked weak and smiled with genuine expressions of joy.
"After being besieged for so long, why did you have that consciousness in the first place? If you insist on imagining that the powerful leftists like Shen Shixing who are behind you can win, you are really blinded by profit!"
"Even if there is no eight million taels of bait from the court, it is worth it to benefit the people. After all, peace is rare!"
(End of chapter)
