After counting, the total amount of money was 11,400 yuan, which greatly exceeded Yang Ming's expectations.
It seems that Wen Yi is a smart man, and Yang Ming likes to deal with smart people.
I originally planned to move out of the farmland under Wen Yi's name and settle the settlement with him. Now it seems that I might as well wait until Wen Yi gets fatter and it's not too late to go under the knife.
The twenty Qinggong land has also been returned, and someone from the county government office has taken over it.
As for the additional eleven thousand guan, Yang Ming pretended to be confused and asked Murong Sanzang to take it back to the treasury.
How could Murong Sanzang dare to collect the account that someone wanted back based on his ability? How could it be returned to the treasury?
So he quickly refused, claiming that the county government office did not have such accounts, and he could not account for the sudden extra money.
Wen Yi's twenty-dollar account is a black account and is not included in the open account. The black account is black money, and black money can only be used as black money.
The money in the treasury is equal to the money in the treasury. No matter it is less or more, you must explain the reason clearly and the account details must be clear. If you are unclear, you are guilty of negligence.
In this case, Yang Ming no longer insisted, and instead asked for the small change to be sent to Murong Sanzang's residence.
This time, Murong Sanzang did not refuse. Although it was not a big sum of money and he did not care about it, he knew in his heart that the money must be accepted.
If you don't accept it, people won't treat you as one of their own.
What's more, the county government office has already returned 20 acres of land. With these fields, the government office will be able to make more revenue this year, and the officials in the government office can have a prosperous year.
After paying the money, Yang Ming didn't embarrass Wen Yi anymore. After scolding him for a few times, he let him go.
As soon as Wen Yi returned home, he was surrounded by other members of the Wen family, asking about the situation.
What could he say?
"It's a blessing to be able to save the body after such an unexpected incident. I advise you to make preparations in advance."
In any case, Wen Yi had seen strong winds and waves. When he followed Yang Liang north to conquer Goguryeo, he met a big shot. From then on, his words and deeds have been imitating this big shot.
Although it is a bit like a tiger and cannot be compared to a dog, it is certain that it has seen the world.
That big shot was the then marching marshal Chang Shi, Gao Qiao.
Therefore, Wen Yi saw it clearly than other clan members, and knew that it would be better to fight against the little prince of the general house and have him beat him up than to lose his life.
But Wen Hui didn't think so. He believed that he still had someone to rely on, and that was the Han Palace.
As long as the reinforcements who can drag them to the Han Palace arrive, this matter can be solved.
As for other people, they have the same idea as him.
At present, the Wen family is divided into four branches, Wenhui counts as one, Wen Zheng counts as one, Wen Yi counts as one, and Wen Jing counts as one.
Wen Yi had escaped the disaster for the time being. Seeing that he could not dissuade these tribesmen, he had no choice but to do anything.
Your life is yours, and if you don’t cherish it, there’s nothing I can do about it.
Wen Hui and others planned to send out all the servants in the mansion to pretend to be farmers and stop the group of people from checking the fields in the general manager's office, dragging them out day by day.
Construction of the general manager's warehouse has begun.
Xu Jing originally only asked the county governor for a hundred servants, but the Yamen sent 300 people.
The warehouse is in the inner garden, so there will be twenty guards responsible for guarding these workers so as not to disturb the women in the mansion.
Xu Jing also talked with these workers under Yang Ming's instruction and found out how many acres of land they had in their names.
As a result, this inquiry shocked Yang Ming.
According to the equal land system, men are allocated 60 acres of open land and women are allocated 40 acres. In other words, a couple can receive 100 acres of open land.
If there is a boy over fifteen years old in the family, add 60 acres; if there are two boys, add 120 acres.
But the actual situation is that these workers, that is, ordinary people, have very few acres of land under their names, with more than a dozen acres and less than three to five acres.
One of them, a husband and wife plus three adult sons, had a total of only 18 acres of land, which according to the standard should be 280 acres.
There is also an old man who is not married and is the only one in his family. He has ten acres of open air in his name. The reason why he has ten acres is because Xiang is his cousin. Without this relationship, he would not even have ten acres.
Simply appalling.
When Yang Ming was still living in the palace, he heard Yang Jian and his wife discussing this matter.
When the couple talked about the equalization of land, they looked proud, because at this time, the granaries of the Sui Dynasty were full, and the national treasury was getting richer, far exceeding that of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty. And the couple naively thought that the 80 acres of open air above Ding Nan's head, layer by layer. After the exploitation, at least half should be implemented.
Sending patrol officers to conduct inspections every year can make some improvements.
Looking back now, it is too optimistic.
Yang Ming also thought at the beginning that if you continued to exploit me, you would have to leave some food rations for your subordinates to survive. A family with ten acres of land would not be able to survive.
Jingzhou area is mostly filled with rice fields, and the average yield per mu is 160 kilograms. Calculated based on ten acres, it is 1,600 kilograms per year.
Ding men pay a rent of 3 kilograms per year. One stone is equivalent to about 100 kilograms, which is 300 kilograms. When converted into "tuned" cloth, another 200 kilograms will be deducted, which means that a Ding man has to pay a tax of 500 kilograms a year.
If there are two men and a woman in your family, you will have to pay a tax of 1,300 pounds. This is just a family of three...
Daily necessities, medical treatment, house repairs, etc.
Are you still alive?
During the Great Sui Dynasty, men aged between 20 and 60 were required to do corvee work for 20 days each year. According to the workers in the General Administration Office, they did corvee work for two months every year, and during the rest of the time, they had to find ways to work to make a living.
Many of them have never had a full meal in their lives, so these days the General Manager's Mansion has enough food, and their bellies are all round after eating. Several of them could only leave the General Manager's Mansion crying because they were too full to digest. .
So sad...
If the people in the Jingzhou area are like this, Yang Ming will have to deal with some people better.
I dare not say that we can allocate them the entire acre of land according to the system, but they should have at least half.
So where have all these fields gone? Being exploited layer by layer by whom?
Yang Ming sent someone to call Yuan Wendu to inquire about the progress of the inventory of Wen's fields.
Although less than half of them have been investigated so far, Yuan Wendu has roughly estimated from the clues that the four branches of the Wen family have at least 4,600 acres of land, which is 406,000 acres.
This is just a small family, a small family that doesn't stand out on the stage.
How many aristocratic families are there in Gangneung County? How many people in the government are exploiting people's land?
But Yang Ming knew in his heart that even though he was the king of the county, it would not be easy to liquidate the clans in the Jiangling area.
It's not like the patrol officer, who comes over to check and pats the butt and then leaves.
If he really pushes these aristocratic families into a hurry, he might cause big trouble.
So this kind of thing can only be done slowly, one by one.
Inventorying acres of land is not an easy task. Wen's acres of land are distributed in ten counties around Jiangling, with the largest number in his hometown of Songzi County.
The group of people sent by Yuan Wendu traveled back and forth among ten counties, which was very laborious.
After another ten days, the new treasury was completed. After the workers kowtowed in the direction of Yang Ming's dormitory to thank them, they received some extra reward money and left reluctantly.
As soon as they left, word spread about Yang Ming's kindness to workers.
It was May, and Jiangling County was extremely hot and stuffy. It had not rained for many days.
Yang Ming was enjoying the shade under a willow tree in the back garden, and beside him was Yang Yinjiang.
At this time, Yuan Wen came,
"He Chou and the others have already gone to Zhijiang County, but things are not going well. Some local farmers are obstructing the inspection, and they have had several conflicts with He Chou's people."
Yang Ming lay on the rocking chair and frowned: "Farmer?"
Yuan Wendu said: "It's probably not a real farmer. I guess it's probably people sent by the Wen family pretending to be farmers to obstruct the investigation."
Yang Ming asked again:
"Are there any casualties?"
"Not yet, but if this continues, casualties are inevitable," Yuan Wendu said.
Ordinary farmers will not go against the officers and soldiers. Even if they are oppressed again, they will only endure it. Moreover, it is a good thing for the farmers to check the acres, and they will definitely not stop them.
At this time, Yang Yinjiang spoke:
"Inform your people, please don't use force again. The civilians don't know whether these farmers are real or fake. If they see you getting into a fight with each other, they may be frightened and be taken advantage of by those with ulterior motives. The situation will inevitably escalate."
This is why Yang Ming likes Yang Yinjiang. This girl is not only smart, but also has general knowledge.
In particular, she will always stand in Yang Ming's perspective and think about Yang Ming.
The people are very simple and easily deceived. If the publicity is not in place, He Chou's investigation in Zhijiang County will inevitably encounter greater resistance.
So Yang Ming said: "Send a message to Hechang, suspend the inventory, and ask them to go to Zhijiang County Government to say hello, and order the county magistrate to issue a notice and spread it to the villages, saying that the general manager's office is inventorying the acres, and the problematic acres in each township are inspected. Leave it to each township to redistribute land to the people."
Yuan Wendu was stunned and exclaimed: "This is a brilliant plan."
In this way, anyone who obstructs the investigation will be in trouble with the local people. They will not need to take action at all, and the people will drive away those troublemakers.
Yuan Wendu received the order and left happily.
Yang Yinjiang came closer, looked at Yang Ming's face repeatedly, and said playfully:
"How did you do it, come up with this idea in such a short time? Your reaction was too fast."
Yang Ming pointed to his head and said with a smile, "My brain works well."
"I agree," Yang Yinjiang said with a smile, "That's why I like you."
Don't confess... Yang Ming changed the subject and said, "You've been away from the capital for so long, don't you miss home?"
"Which family?" Yang Yinjiang asked with a sly look.
Yang Ming was stunned: "How many families do you have?"
Yang Yinjiang smiled and calmly said:
"A woman actually has only one home in her life, and that is her husband's home, because her husband and children live there. As for her natal home, it is just a place where she lived temporarily when she was young. I will not be included in the genealogy, and my name will only be related to mine a hundred years later. The husband’s name is also engraved on the inscription.”
"The one engraved on the inscription is the first wife," Yang Ming said with a smile.
Yang Yinjiang didn't take it seriously: "The world is constantly changing and life's opportunities are unpredictable. How do you know that I will not be your wife in the future?"
Yang Ming smiled and said, "Your surname is Yang, and my surname is Yang."
"Then I'll change my last name," Yang Yinjiang said directly without thinking.
Yang Ming's expression was stunned and he shouted: "You are cruel enough!"
