In the spring of the 19th year of Jian'an, Badong County entered a busy stage of spring plowing.
After receiving the help of many talented people, Zhang Xi finally has a bit of magnanimity that a county guard should have, and no longer needs to be tired like a dog all day long.
I usually handle official business in the prefect's mansion, and at night, I finally have time to spend time with my wife and children.
Sun Shangxiang's resentment towards Zhang Xi has somewhat lessened.
Although both Zhang Xi and his wife loved Xiao Xuanxuan, from Sun Shangxiang's point of view, they still hoped to give Zhang Xi a son.
Zhang Xi has given up on correcting people's way of thinking these days, and with Zhang Xi's current status, it's not like he can't afford a second child, so Zhang Xi and Sun Shangxiang have been working hard recently.
Some things will bear fruit if you work hard. At the end of March, after Zhang Xi was busy with spring plowing, he also received good news.
Sun Shangxiang is pregnant again.
Then Zhang Xi fell out of favor.
Sun Shangxiang, who had experienced pregnancy once, naturally knew how to raise a fetus, so during this period, Zhang Xi was directly packed up by Sun Shangxiang and sent to Xiaoba's room.
Xiao Ba looked at Zhang Xi with shy and expectant eyes, but was not polite at all and directly ate Zhang Xi alive.
How many years have I been waiting? Two years were promised, and now almost two years have passed.
This time Zhang Xi was not pretentious. After all, Xiaoba had grown up and was becoming more and more mature. He had been with him all these years, and he couldn't live up to this feeling.
During the recent period, when Yang Tai and Li Qiu reported work to Zhang Xi, they could easily find that the county governor was in a really good mood.
The two of them didn't think about Zhang Xi's inner house, they just thought that the county guard was satisfied with their work.
To be honest, the two of them did a very good job.
Yang Tai took full charge of the spring plowing work. He, Yang Xi, and Cheng Qi were divided into three groups. They spent almost the entire spring plowing time on local inspections, supervising the implementation of spring plowing in each county, which was very hard.
As for Li Qiu, he first led troops to eliminate bandits near several larger salt springs in Baoyuan Mountain, and then arranged for salt households to quickly resume production. In March, he escorted the first batch of salt production along the Following the salt water, he arrived at Wu County and handed over the salt and iron order from Chengdu.
Both of them completed their tasks brilliantly and made a mark on their resumes. At the same time, they also attracted the attention of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang in Chengdu.
Yang Tai was better, after all, he just completed his job.
But Li Qiu was able to restore the salt production in Baoyuan Mountain in such a short period of time. It was really impossible for a person without any skills.
Even Zhuge Liang wrote letters to Zhang Xi asking about Li Qiu's experience and his performance in office.
Zhang Xi didn't mind helping Li Qiu with a few compliments, but Zhang Xi also told Zhuge Liang that he should at least let Li Qiu work in Badong County for two years and let the salt affairs in Baoyuan Mountain return to normal before doing other things. Intend.
In Zhang Xi nowadays, it is not easy to find someone who can use it smoothly.
Zhuge Liang wrote back again and expressed his agreement. By the way, he asked Zhang Xi how the fish scale atlas was going? !
This question stopped Zhang Xi.
When Zhang Xi took office in Badong County, he first engaged in road construction. After all, there were no smooth roads. He rushed to create a fish scale atlas. Once there were changes, it would really be difficult to deal with.
Now, after a year of occasional rest, the roads in Badong County have been almost repaired, and it is indeed time to measure the land and draw up a fish scale atlas.
Even on the "unowned wasteland" near Dujiangyan, after Zhuge Liang arranged for people to reclaim it, a fish scale atlas system was implemented to protect the interests of the people who reclaimed the wasteland.
Zhang Xi thought for a while and felt that things were almost on the right track now. The family's strength was almost sorted out, and it was almost time to start the fish scale album system.
Just in case, Zhang Xi immediately said hello to Chen Dao, saying that he might borrow his white soldiers, and then ordered Zhang Yi to strengthen the inspection of the county soldiers during this period, and be ready to mobilize troops at any time to suppress the unrest. .
After making these preparations, Zhang Xi found Li Qiu and Yang Tai and discussed with them about drawing a fish scale atlas.
Li Qiu and Yang Tai fell into deathly silence after hearing Zhang Xi's words.
Both of them came from aristocratic families, and they knew very well that this so-called fish scale album system was aimed at powerful people from aristocratic families.
Even if Zhang Xi said that he was just making drawings and keeping files based on the land deeds in each family's hands, he was not trying to deprive powerful families of their land, but who could trust the government about such a thing? !
Indeed, even after Liu Bei took control of Yizhou, the agricultural tax was not high, only one tax per fifteen. However, the money and food were nothing to the common people, but for a powerful family with so much land, this tax was so painful that it made people feel distressed. .
When Liu Zhang was in power, there was no clear concept at all. Regarding taxation, the aristocratic family said it was as much land as they had. Liu Zhang didn't ask, and the people below followed suit.
But now, once this fish scale atlas is promoted, the land amounts of all aristocratic families will be registered with the government. The government only needs to collect taxes according to this atlas, and even a grain of millet will be indispensable.
This is just a matter of taxation. There are other aspects as well. For example, with this atlas, there must be a justifiable reason for land annexation. Otherwise, the common people will not be happy and sue the government. If they really encounter something... "Strength Order", that aristocratic family really has nothing to do.
After all, every household’s land is archived and private transactions are no longer allowed.
So for this matter, the two assistant officers who came from aristocratic families really didn't dare to agree easily.
But not agreeing is not a problem. Since the county governor has proposed this method and emphasized that it is being implemented in Jingnan and Nanjun, it is only a matter of time before Yizhou promotes it.
In addition, the power of Liu Bei's group is now at its peak. Unless the entire Bashu family riots together to oppose, they really can't do anything to them.
As for whether the Bashu family will riot collectively? Well, it is more practical to think about what to eat after the shift.
The two aristocratic family members thought about it for a long time, and finally Li Qiu broke the silence and said, "This is good governance, and Qiu has no objection. It's just that, Commander Zhang, I probably shouldn't rush into this matter. We need to do it easily."
What Li Qiu means is that he doesn't object in principle, but he shouldn't be too impatient about this matter to prevent some people from jumping out and causing trouble.
As soon as Yang Tai heard this, he knew that Li Qiu was giving eye drops to the local family again.
Yes, your Li family is a foreign aristocratic family. It has not been long since they entered Bajun, and the amount of land annexation is limited. If you support this policy, you may be able to protect your interests and prevent local aristocratic families from annexing your land.
But what about us local families? !
Can we just say we don’t want the land accumulated over hundreds of years? !
Although Zhang Xi meant that the land would not be cleared, the problem is that the Yangtai family alone has nearly fifty hectares of land, and the entire Yang family's total land in the Badong area is almost 200 hectares.
The Yang family may be considered a big family in Badong, but it is not considered a big family in the whole of Ba County, or even in the whole of Bashu.
If this is reported truthfully, Liu Bei will take a look. Good guy, a small Bashu family occupies so much land. How much land do big families like the Li family and Zhang family have hidden under their hands? !
This is tantamount to putting the Yang family on the fire. They not only have to face the wrath of Liu Bei, but also the wrath of the major families in Shu - won't you repay a little less? !
You, a small second-rate family in Ba County, already have 200 hectares of land in your hands. How much repayment is appropriate for us first-rate families? !
A thousand hectares? !
That’s not asking for death! ! !
So Yang Tai wanted to object to this matter, but it seemed like it would be of no use if he objected.
At this time, Yang Tai was convinced. He stood up directly, bowed to Zhang Xi, and then said sincerely, "This matter cannot be decided by Tai. Please give the county governor a few days of grace. After Tai reports it to the Ming family leader, we can do it again." Reply to the prefect.”
Yang Tai was very down-to-earth and did not use clichés to fool Zhang Xi. Instead, he told Zhang Xi straightforwardly that the Badong County aristocratic families needed to think carefully about this matter.
Although Zhang Xi dislikes Yang Tai's hesitant remarks, Zhang Xi still approves of Yang Tai's attitude.
Zhang Xi was not surprised by Li Qiu's statement. After all, it had been investigated privately. The Li family in Badong County really did not occupy much land in Badong County. It was mainly because of the support of the Li family in Jianning that they could Barely gaining a foothold in Badong County.
On the contrary, it is the Yang family, as well as the Huang family and Yan family behind the Yang family. The attitudes of these people are the biggest obstacle to the promotion of the Badong County fish scale atlas.
Zhang Xi gave Yang Tai time and opportunity, and the Yang family was indeed discussing with the Huang family and the Yan family. The three families finally came to the conclusion that they supported Zhang Xi's decision to a certain extent.
The so-called limited support means that on the surface there is no objection to Zhang Xi's plan to draw a fish scale atlas of the entire county.
But in actual operation, local aristocratic families have their own methods.
No matter how careful Zhang Xi is, he cannot review each family's fish scale album one by one. Therefore, in some key areas, the family can truthfully declare their land, but in some remote areas, the family begins to omit or conceal the report, or simply He bribed local village elders and county magistrates to make false pictures of fish scales on the album.
The so-called virtual painting is to leave some blank pages on the fish scale album. If someone comes to check, they will temporarily draw it. If no one comes to check, the ownership of the land will never be clear, and naturally there will be no tax.
There are even some miscellaneous tricks, including editing pictures and improving fields into mountains. Don’t use too many tricks. As long as you deal with the local village elders and county magistrates, no one will be able to find out what’s wrong.
And when it comes to things like this, the aristocratic family is very knowledgeable.
Originally, there were five counties in Badong County, and the four county magistrates were all members of the family. As long as the operation was done well, there was no way that Governor Zhang would know what was going on.
Although Yang Tai really doesn't recommend that his family head seek death like this, there is no way for these people to let go of their land easily.
Furthermore, Yang Tai is also a bit lucky.
There is really too much land in his family. The fish scale atlas alone would require more than a dozen pieces of silk. Zhang Xi would not be able to look at each one carefully.
Hmm. Probably not.
(End of chapter)
