Sell the hidden property to the court at market price?
It may seem like a fair sale, but land is the most valuable asset in this era. For most Chinese people, the first thought after getting money is to buy land. They will never sell land easily unless they have to. People usually treat it as Selling land is associated with the decline of a prodigal family.
The powerful people have an almost pathological obsession with land, and they would like to take every inch of land they see to their homes.
However, the situation was stronger than the people. He could not defeat King Yan and could not stop Jingjie. Selling the land became the best and wisest choice.
Seeing that the gentry from other places obtained this policy from King Yan, many powerful people in Jiaxing, Pingjiang, who had already lost their fighting spirit, became hopeful and could no longer hold back.
"Your Highness! We are also citizens of the Song Dynasty. Please treat us equally and allow us to sell our fields to the imperial court."
"Yes, yes, why can other places be redeemed by the imperial court, but not Pingjiang and Jiaxing?"
"Your Highness, Xiaomin Zhou Xian swears that he will support His Highness wholeheartedly from now on and support any decision made by His Highness, including the law of economic boundary. I promise to actively cooperate and take the initiative to explain. I beg you to be merciful and redeem the fields in Xiaomin's home. Go ahead."
"Peng Bo, a small citizen, also swears that he will support His Highness and asks His Highness to be generous and redeem my family's land."
"And Xiaomin..."
Not long after, there were hundreds of people begging and pleading, begging King Yan to buy their family's properties that were not listed in the tax rolls.
This strange scene made the gentry in other places feel both funny and heartbroken. King Yan's method of manipulating the world was so terrible.
Zhao Mengqi looked at these people coldly, "Treat everyone equally? Tolerant!? Haha, you are not ashamed to say this!? An hour ago, I gave you a chance, but I didn't cherish it. Who is to blame?"
The gentry were stunned. Yes, King Yan had said several times before that if he took the initiative to report the hidden property, he would be compensated accordingly. But at that time, everyone thought they had a chance to win. Who is willing to accept the inequality of "loss of power and loss of wealth"? treaty?
It was really shameless to think about begging for mercy and peace at this time, and asking King Yan to be magnanimous.
However, for some people, whether they want face or not depends on the situation. A man should be able to bend and stretch, how can he be stubborn and rigid?
As a human being, the most important thing is to be aware of current affairs and adapt to changes. This is not a lack of integrity or shame, but great wisdom!
"Your Highness, I was just bewitched by a female cadre and blinded by lard. Now I have repented. I hope Your Highness will give me another chance to be a new man..."
"Your Highness, Ren Sai, is as high as the sky, and Debi is as deep as the earth. Don't be like fools like us."
"Zuo Chuan said, "No one has ever made a mistake. If he can correct his mistakes, there is no greater good." We all have the intention to correct our mistakes and do good, and please do so, Your Highness. "
"Your Highness, my Su family has been serving in the imperial court for many generations. I can be said to be loyal and loyal, and I have achieved some merit. I beg Your Highness to be extra merciful for the sake of the ancestors of the Su family."
"The old official has been traveling for more than twenty years for the imperial court. Even if he has no merit, he still has some hard work. This time he really made a big mistake. He should not disobey His Highness. He does not dare to ask for too much. I only ask His Highness to show mercy. , keep the net wide open."
A group of people were acting recklessly, making excuses, and pretending to be a vulnerable group in an attempt to seek leniency.
Zhao Mengqi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He wanted to beat these guys to death completely with a stick. However, killing them all without leaving any room was not popular in Confucian culture. As a superior, sometimes you need to consider something more important. It's complicated. After all, no one likes their boss to be a ruthless person.
In desperation, he decided to make some more concessions, "Hey, you guys are unjust, but you can't be unkind. However, the laws of nature are constant, and everyone has to take responsibility for what they do. If you make a mistake, you must admit it, and if you are beaten, you must stand upright." I can redeem your hidden fields, but there are a few conditions, and I don’t know if you can accept them.”
Are there any conditions?
Alas, people are treated like swordsmen and I am treated like fish and meat, so I can only accept it. I just hope that King Yan will not be too harsh.
These gentry nodded in an attitude of resignation.
"Your Highness, tell me."
Zhao Mengqi combed through his thoughts, "First, we must take the initiative to explain all the hidden fields, and there must be no more secrets!"
"Second, make up for the tax for twenty years. As for the tax amount, let's keep it simple, five dou per mu of land per year."
"Third, if there are illegally occupied mountains, rivers and lakes, they must be handed over for free!"
"Fourth, regarding the new grain tax law, I would like to ask the imperial court to formally establish it and promulgate it throughout the world. You must voluntarily sign the petition!"
"Fifth, you must also cooperate and support unconditionally regarding the Jingjie and Bingtian issues!"
After these five conditions were stated, the gentry began to make calculations in their minds.
If the Jingjie is fully implemented, the property will definitely not be hidden. It will be a matter of time or later whether we take the initiative or not.
Paying taxes is really heartbreaking. Fortunately, King Yan didn't ask for an exorbitant price. Five dou per acre was considered a discount. Twenty years would be ten shi, equivalent to half the land price. Alas, it was a bit cruel, but it was better than having nothing.
Once the new tax law becomes a public law in the Song Dynasty, it will be equivalent to cutting off the wealth of many people. You must know that hoarding during times of famine is a common method for powerful people to make a fortune. Signing the petition to support the new tax law will offend. There are a lot of people.
But now that the Clay Bodhisattva cannot save himself when crossing the river, how can he care about the others? As for the other two, it is more reasonable and there is nothing to say.
Immediately, Zhou Xian was the first to agree, "Your Highness, all these common people accept it, but I just want to ask boldly, can common people buy farm rolls or workshop stocks?"
"Yes, yes, the common people have no objection to your highness's conditions. We all accept the punishment. We will not buy any fields in the future. Please ask your highness to allow the common people to buy some land certificates to maintain our lives."
Immediately, hundreds of Pingjiang gentry expressed their willingness to accept the conditions, but nearly two hundred people were still hesitant and silent.
Oh, I really won’t give up until I reach the Yellow River.
Zhao Mengqi glanced at it with a meaningful look in his eyes, then chuckled and said, "You can sell it alone, but do you still have money and food?"
The gentry were stunned. We have no money, but we still have a lot of grain. Even if we pay back the tax arrears, there is still a lot left. Didn't you exchange the land rolls with grain?
At this moment, someone from the out-of-town gentry said quietly, "Don't forget, the money you borrowed from us is due in five days..."
Many people among the powerful people in Pingjiang and Jiaxing were shocked.
They have borrowed more than 10 million yuan in total, and the actual value of the properties and properties used as collateral must be much higher than this amount. If they fail to repay overdue, the losses will be huge.
But where can they find the money to pay back now?
The only thing that can be obtained is food. If it is used to pay off debts, it can only be calculated at the market price, or even lower.
What is the current market price? Two hits, one stone!
But except for their original grain, they spent more than five guan to buy the rest. This is a hard loss!
Mom, it turns out that all this has been planned by King Yan for a long time. No wonder he is not afraid that he and others will not sell food.
No one wants to make a loss-making transaction, but when creditors come to your door, where can you choose?
No, it’s not killing two birds with one stone!
King Yan earned 20 million yuan in grain from selling field rolls today. With so much grain in hand, he can completely lower the price of grain to the normal seasonal price.
In normal seasons, the price of food in Pingjiang is always one stone!
This means that the total of nearly 15 million stone grains in their hands will only be worth 15 million yuan when the time comes, and there will not be much left after paying off the debt.
After careful calculation, 50 million gu bought more than 9 million shi of food. In the end, not only was the food gone, but the original 5 million shi had to be used to repay the debt. This amount of money was equivalent to a net loss of 5 Thousands of dollars!
More than 300 people had put together this money and food, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands to two to three million. No matter how much they paid out, they were all wasted and they lost their pants.
After thinking about this, the gentry in Jiaxing, Pingjiang, felt like the world was spinning and their hearts were twisting.
They all turned their heads, none of them
Bi stared angrily at Xie Tang and the culprits, wishing to tear them apart right away.
Although it was the collective will of more than 300 powerful people to fight against the King of Yan to prevent the implementation of the Economic Circle, it did not affect them from throwing the blame and resentment at the head of the leading organizer after the failure.
Niang Xipi, it’s all your fault. If you hadn’t lost your mind and insisted on instigating me to join, how could I have fallen into such a miserable state? At this time, you still don’t want to admit defeat. What’s the use? ?
King Yan doesn't care at all whether we admit defeat or not. He has already planned everything and put us into a deep pit without anyone noticing. Now we just have to fill it with soil.
Just now, there were nearly two hundred people who still had extravagant hopes, thinking that if they persisted, miracles would happen. Now they gradually realized that in the eyes of King Yan, they were just bones in the grave, with no chance of fighting back.
Among the gentry in other places, except for those who participated in the loan, who had vague knowledge of King Yan's plan before, most of them only figured out the general scheme of King Yan at this time.
You want to monopolize food, right? You like to buy food, right? Let you buy it, buy it hard, and you have no money? I'll lend you money to buy it!
When you spend all your money, use more food to push the price down to the bottom, leaving you with nothing but money and food!
There was no flash of sword, no use of power to overwhelm others, within the accepted rules, all using commercial means, and in the end, they won like a crushing victory.
So damn cruel!
A gust of wind blew into the deadly silent hall, and many gentry couldn't help but shudder.
The wind is not cold, but my heart is cold.
There are also people who wake up after a shock.
Zhu Gui tried his best to push through the crowd, squeezed in front of An Zaixu, and bowed repeatedly, "My father-in-law, I admit my mistake to you. You must not take the divorce seriously. Our Zhu An family has known each other for generations, and we are married. Dear Qin and Jin, for the sake of the children, please forgive me for once."
"Huh!? Aren't you very stubborn just now? You even said that you wanted to reconcile in front of all the wise gentlemen. Haha, don't I want to lose face?" An Zaixu was showing off to Qiao.
Zhu Gui completely put down his posture and kept apologizing, "Father-in-law, it's my younger brother's fault. Don't you really like the Qiu Mountain Picture? I will send it to you later. Also, from now on, the third child will take over the control of my Zhu family." , do you think you’d like Lei Niang to take charge of this house?”
The daughter has been married to the Zhu family for five or six years, and the young couple is considered happy. If they really reconcile and divorce, they will be complained to death by their daughter. Now that the Zhu family has withdrawn its intention to reconcile and let their daughter be the head of the family, it is not a bad thing. .
An Zaixu had gained back all his face, so he stopped being aggressive, "Okay then, I will reluctantly accept your sincerity."
Zhu Gui was overjoyed and did not care about the ugliness. He hurriedly asked, "Father-in-law, can the loan be postponed for a while, or can I pay you back in advance at today's food price? I will use it from you." The 50,000 dan of grain I bought is still in your granary anyway, which saves you a lot of trouble. I bought it for 50,000 dan for 5 guan and 1 dan, so you made a lot of money."
Because of Xie Tang's previous strategy, in order to prevent the King of Yan from forcing conquest, even the grain in Pingjiang City was transported out of the country. Therefore, the grain they bought in Anjizhou, Changzhou, basically stayed in the local area. Anyway, their purpose was to control the grain. Just let King Yan buy it.
"Other things are easier to talk about, but this matter..."
An Zaixu looked embarrassed and couldn't help but look at King Yan. King Yan shrugged and made an indifferent expression before he continued to speak.
"I can't help you with this matter. To tell you the truth, His Highness King Yan is your real creditor. I lent you the money on behalf of His Highness. Moreover, the grain sold to you was actually from His Highness King Yan. Yes, I sold it to him a long time ago..."
What! ?
Co-author, I borrowed King Yan’s money and bought King Yan’s grain?
Zhu Gui almost vomited blood and his eyes turned white, like dead fish eyes.
