We welcome Master Wang, look forward to Master Wang, and suffer even more disasters when Master Wang comes... Well, many people really suffer, and some people are not good or bad. Only a small number of people get better after Master Wang arrives. steps.
In the areas of Hebei Road and Beijing Ji Road that were now recovered by the Wang Division led by Zhao Kai, most people could only shake their heads and sigh at the new arrival of the Wang Division.
Daming Mansion, outside Lujiazhuang, a group of farmers had just finished weeding the wheat fields and gathered at the newly erected notice board at the entrance of Zhuangzi. They were either leaning on farm tools or squatting under the trees, chatting away. He talked about the "Da Song Land Acquisition System Yingtian Zhulu Edition" that had just been announced in Daming Prefecture.
"Master Wang's land system seems to be even worse than the one created by the gold thief! All civilian land must be taken back to the court and then distributed to the military officers. Don't you deserve land if you are not a soldier?"
"It's better to be the old Master Wang. Although it's difficult for us farmers to keep the few acres of thin farmland, we still have some hope. What should we do now? Can we only be customers for the rest of our lives?"
"Just be a customer. The military government doesn't charge much for rent. It only pays three bushels of wheat for one acre of land. It's also divided into acres, and there's no corvee. From now on, just farm in a down-to-earth manner..." ....”
"That's a rent for the military government. If the land is distributed to the soldiers, three measures of wheat will probably refuse it, right? And once this land-acre system is implemented, how will the common people make progress in the future? They can still be the farm servants in the court and ascend in the evening. Tianzitang?"
"You can be a soldier! What kind of fields are you farming? Become a utility! As long as you are promoted to corporal, you will have 100 acres of middle land, and you will get at least 30 shi of wheat a year! Hehehehe..."
People in different situations will of course have different attitudes towards "The Land Acquisition System of the Great Song Dynasty, Yingtian Zhulu Edition".
Several big landowners in Lujiazhuang could not express their attitude now. They were all arrested by Zhenfusi people and imprisoned in the cells of Daming Mansion. No killing, no sentencing...it all depends on performance!
It mainly depends on the performance of their family members!
If you honestly hand over the land to the military government and donate hundreds or even thousands of dan of surplus grain to Master Wang, then as long as the local tyrants and evil gentry have not killed the anti-gold patriots, they can be released and continue to live freely.
So Jia, the wife of the former owner of Lujiazhuang, Li Daguanren, has now decisively remarried to the new owner of the village, Lu Xiaoliu... Oh, she also used her private money to buy a good coffin for her ex-husband Li Daguanren. , it’s so touching.
Of course, there are not many local tyrants and evil gentry as unlucky as Li Daguan. Ordinary local tyrants and evil gentry have filial sons in their families. Even if they lose their entire family, they still have to fish for their biological father!
Among the people gathered at the gate of Lujiazhuang right now, there were no particularly fat landowners, just a few small landowners and rich farmers. In fact, they are the people who were most harmed by the "Da Song Land Acquisition System and Farming Road Edition"... Unlike those wealthy gentry, most of their land was saved little by little through labor, management, and reduction. of.
Of course, there is certainly exploitation, and profiteer behavior is certainly inevitable, but these are only minor evils at best, not serious mistakes. Now, they have been deprived of their hard-won land ownership by a piece of "The Land Acquisition System of the Song Dynasty."
In addition, these small landowners and rich peasants are the mainstream of the so-called "poor landlord class". The path to class advancement provided by the Song Dynasty's imperial examination system was prepared for people like them. If you are really poor and have no money to eat, you will rarely have the opportunity to take the imperial examination. Even if you take the exam, you will not be able to pass it. It seems that you have a better chance of promotion by joining the army and fighting in the war.
Of course, the poor landlord class can also become famous generals. Opening a copy of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", most of the generals who killed people without batting an eyelid came from such "poor" backgrounds. However, in the Song Dynasty, because the imperial examination was a safer and fairer way to rise, the poor landlord class did not like to join the army very much...
One consequence of the poor landlord class's gradual separation from the military is that the Han nation's investment in force has inevitably declined!
The military malaise in the Song Dynasty and the "beggar soldiers" in the late Ming Dynasty were actually manifestations of this lack of investment - the poor landlord class separated from the military, resulting in a sharp decline in private investment in military force, which led to the decline of the nation's overall military force, and at the same time, the overall quality of military officers also declined. Follow the decline (elites no longer join the army). Moreover, civil servants from poor landlord classes would not speak for the military officers after taking power. This resulted in the army being unable to receive sufficient investment from the national finances.
Of course, there is also a good side to the decline in force value.
For example, it is conducive to the implementation of the "Da Song Tian Mu System Ying Tian Zhu Road Edition", a system that deprives poor landlords of land ownership... If Zhao Kai's court now wants to deprive military households in Shaanxi, Jingxi, Hedong and other places land, then his country will probably come to an end!
As for the class below the poor landlords, "The Land Acquisition System of the Song Dynasty and the Roads for Farming" is actually a system that is neither good nor bad.
A total of three bushels of wheat were paid for one acre of middle field, which was already the same amount as after the acre was divided. For the poor and lower-middle peasants who originally had no land or insufficient land, the burden was actually reduced a lot.
However, "The Land Acquisition System of the Song Dynasty, Yingtian Zhulu Edition" also clearly stated that the rent for three bushels of wheat was the standard when the land was returned to the military government for management (not awarded), and was not the rent collection standard for military households in the government. Usually, after the land is privately owned, the exploitation of customers will definitely increase!
Therefore, we cannot expect that warrior landlords will collect less rent than literati landlords... Therefore, it is difficult for poor and lower-middle peasants to benefit from the "Da Song Land Acquisition System Yingtian Zhulu Edition".
Of course, people who find it difficult to gain or suffer losses are those who are unable or unwilling to apply for utility services.
Just when everyone was sighing, two riders came over, and the first rider was Lu Xiaoliu, who was the first to stand up and "betray" Li Daguan's people that day.
He has now taken over the job from Li Daguan and became the "knowledge officer" of Lujiazhuang. Now he has also joined the military mansion, been awarded the rank of corporal, and has become a "knowledge officer" under the second Zhe Chong Mansion.
And following Lu Xiaoliu was Xue... a woman who had changed her master three times, but she was still an old lady, and her charm was still there.
Today she went with Lu Xiaoliu to visit Li Daguan in the prison of Daming Mansion - today is the day when the verdict of Li Daguan's case will be announced!
Thirteen "fake officials" were sentenced together with Li Daguan, eight of whom were "heinous" and sentenced to various death crimes. The remaining five, including Li Daguan, did not commit serious crimes and were allowed to pay grain to atone for their sins. Those four were redeemed, and the filial sons of the family handed over the grain, and were released on the spot and went home to sleep.
Officer Li's life was miserable and no one redeemed him, so he was sentenced to beheaded three days later at noon!
This made Madam Xue so sad that she was still crying!
But Lu Xiaoliu was very happy. Once Li Daguan was killed, Lu Daguan's revenge would be avenged (actually Lu Daguan was not killed by Li Daguan, he was captured by the gold thief. He refused to pay the ransom, so he was killed)... He could then take over Lu Daguan's wife and property with peace of mind.
Of course, the land is gone!
Lu Xiaoliu himself is a "corporal" and can be assigned 100 acres of land, nothing more. However, Lu Daguan's real estate, shops, and trading houses in Damingfu City all belonged to Lu Xiaoliu... Mrs. Xue was usually responsible for these businesses, and that Lu Daguan and later Li Daguan Everyone is a hands-off shopkeeper, but now Lu Xiaoliu continues to "eat ready-made food", and his happy life begins!
Probably because he feels that life now is hard-earned and must be cherished, Lu Xiaoliu is now focusing on work wholeheartedly. I just came back from Damingfu City and saw a large group of people gathered at the notice board outside Zhuangzi. I knew that they had already read the "Da Song Dynasty Land Acquisition System Yingtian Zhulu Edition" posted there - that was what he had posted yesterday afternoon. Up.
So he reined in the horse and started to publicize it to the villagers on horseback. He heard him shout loudly: "The traitor Li Jian has been sentenced to death today... He will be beheaded in three days! Wang The master's knife is very fast. I don't think anyone wants to give it a try, right? Hehe, if you really are not afraid of death, just come and find Xiaoliu later. Xiaoliu will lead you to surrender to the army to increase your usefulness!
If you are selected, you will have food and drink, and if you make some merit, you will be promoted to a corporal and given a hundred acres of fertile land, and maybe you will have the opportunity to become an official! "
Master Wang's sword is sharp, and those who rebel will be beheaded!
If anyone is not afraid of Master Wang's sword... then why not become Master Wang?
Now Master Wang has collected so much land just to distribute it to the warriors!
The few strong-looking farmers outside the gate of Lujiazhuang all showed eager expressions. It seemed that they were ready to join the imperial court and become the king's master!
The strong men embraced Lu Xiaoliu and entered Zhuangzi. They all went to ask about becoming the king's master. The rest were all those who could not become the king's master. Looking at the backs of Lu Xiaoliu and the others, they couldn't help but sigh.
When the golden thief comes, evil people are in power. When the gold thief is gone and Master Wang comes, why are evil people still in power?
After sighing, most of the people dispersed. Let the evil be in their own way. They just need to live on.
Those who did not disperse were all scholars who had gone to school, some old and some younger.
They gathered together and discussed quietly.
"Have you heard? There is another Da Song Dynasty on Jingdong Road...it seems different from ours!"
"What difference can there be? The world is as black as crows!"
"It's different, it's different. The Song Dynasty seems to want to share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats. It is also planning to open a course to obtain scholars next spring... and said that all scholars from all over the world can take the exam."
"Open a subject to get a scholar? Doesn't the Daming Mansion also have an imperial examination? It's said to recruit some kind of magic officer... How about we try our luck? If we pass the exam, we can get a hundred points My mother’s land!”
"Then go and give it a try... If you don't pass the exam, then go to Jingdong Road and you won't waste anything."
"Okay, that's it!"
