Daye first year, March 18th.
Yang Ming received the decree and temporarily exempted slaves, land grants and taxes in the Yuzhou area for a period of two years. He took back the acres of land and leased them out, and the taxes paid were provided to Luoyang.
It was my father's thoughtful thought. The reclaimed fields will not be granted to the people again, but will be leased. If you grant the fields to the people, it will be difficult to come back. This way, the aristocratic family can feel at ease and let them believe that this The policy is indeed only temporary.
When it comes to leasing, each family can rent it by themselves, spend their own money, and rent their own land. Absolutely, when renting an acre of land, you don't pay the money in one hand and hand over the land in the other. Instead, you give the land for planting first, and then pay taxes at the end of the year.
There is not a word about Yang Ming in the imperial edict. After reading the whole article, it seems that it was Yang Guang's own intention.
Yang Ming breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he was his biological father, and he still protected him in important matters.
After reading the imperial edict, Yang Su and others looked somewhat ugly.
Hongnong County, the hometown of the Yang family in Hongnong, is also in Yuzhou. In other words, Yang Su's slave tribe and acres of land will be temporarily confiscated.
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Although most of his slaves and maidservants are with him in the capital, the fields under his name are all in his hometown of Hongnong County.
Hongnong County is a special place. Although it is also Yang Jian's hometown, the royal family only accounts for 20% of the acres here, 40% is in the hands of Yang Su, and the remaining 40% belongs to the common people.
The place with the most royal acres was in Feng Yi County, because that was where Yang Jian was born.
After Yang Jian founded the country, he recognized Hongnong Yang as his ancestor. However, in fact, the real Hongnong Yang family did not accept Yang Jian very much. Instead, he was forced by Yang Jian's power to recognize him on the surface but not in his heart.
Yang Ming himself didn't know whether his old Yang family was Hongnong Yang or not. Anyway, the genealogy records of Zongzheng Temple were connected with Hongnong Yang.
The Yang family of Hongnong is the number one family member of the Guanlong Group. The family is very large, with direct and collateral lines plus various distant branches. The amount of acres they privately own is an extremely terrifying figure.
But this is still not much. In fact, the Cui family of Qinghe owned the most acres of land in the Sui Dynasty.
Yang Guang's imperial edict will undoubtedly cut into the income of Yang Su's hometown for the next two years, but Yang Su really can't say anything. After all, the content of the imperial edict is great and upright, and it is for the country and the people. If he If you object, wouldn’t you become a thief?
Fortunately, it's only two years, and it's only Yuzhou.
Yang Da, the deputy construction supervisor, was watching the joke. Hehe, I'm fine. All my slaves and slaves are in Guanzhong.
"Your Majesty, the Holy Ming Wu Guo," Yang Ming said to the crowd:
"In this case, according to His Majesty's decree, the chief officials of various states, counties, and counties in the Yuzhou area will temporarily take over the land granted by the servants of the family under their control. As for how to rent the collected acres, we will wait until the King of Qi comes to make arrangements. .”
Yang Jian could arrive in Luoyang in three days at most. At that time, he would arrange to rent acres of land, and the time would be tight because it was already the planting season.
But Yang Ming couldn't overstep his authority to take care of this matter. Even though Yang Jian was his brother, he had to wait until he came.
"But now, we can start the matter of borrowing food. This matter will be handled by the palace chief Shi Yuanwen and Li Baiyao. Do you have any objections?"
Those who understand Yang Ming, such as Yang Su, can certainly see that Yang Ming is not trusting others, so he asks his palace officials to do it himself.
Those who don’t understand Yang Ming might think that he wants to take this opportunity to make some money.
Everyone, look at me, I look at you,
Who would have an opinion? Of course not, unanimous vote passed.
Yang Ming nodded and assigned some people to Yuan Wendu and Li Baiyao respectively. The two of them went to various places to discuss borrowing grain with the big grain merchants. But in the end, they had to wait for Yang Jian to come before they could issue an IOU. .
Trouble......
Nowadays, the grain supplied to Luoyang is stored in the Heyang warehouse north of Luoyang. There are already 200,000 shi. As for meat, it is very short. Yang Su originally said that meat should be eaten every ten days. It is very difficult to supply it. .
The three major meats of the Sui Dynasty were sheep, cattle, and pigs. The first two were mainly eaten by wealthy people, while the latter, pork, was for common people.
However, pork was not in supply, because there were no large-scale pig breeding in the Sui Dynasty. There is a folk saying that eating pork will close the blood vessels, weaken the muscles and bones, and strengthen the morale, so even the common people do not like to eat it.
Beef is not something you can eat casually. There was a clear law in the Sui Dynasty that stipulated that you could not eat beef. However, in Daxing, the capital, there were many butcher shops selling beef.
When you buy, you can’t say buy beef, but buy good meat.
As for mutton, it is even more outrageous. It is called treasure meat and is forbidden to eat. However, mutton was actually the staple food in the Sui Dynasty. The reason why it was banned was because the emperor's surname was Yang.
Regardless of whether it is prohibited or not, everyone still wants to eat meat, so if you change the name, you can sell it. As long as no one reports it, the higher authorities will not investigate. Even if you are investigated, you can continue until the limelight passes.
In addition, there is also chicken, but chicken is not easy to supply because in ancient times, chickens were raised for a year before being sold.
So, how to solve the problem of eating meat once every ten days as mentioned by Yang Su?
The answer is meatloaf.
Chopped various meats are mixed into pasta to make cakes. This is considered a meat meal. It is impossible to eat pure meat. The nobles are not enough to eat.
As the saying goes, you rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water to drink the water. Luoyang's drinking water problem does not exist because there are Luoshui and Yinshui. The Guxian Reservoir and Luhun Reservoir, the main sources of drinking water for the people of Luoyang in later generations, are located between Luoshui and Yinshui. On the water.
Liu Su, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, went to Yuzhang County at the beginning of the year to serve as the governor of Miyagi Timber. It is almost April now.
The first batch of aniseed materials has been shipped, totaling 70 pieces. Yang Ming made a special trip to the Luoyang construction site to have a look.
A pillar, as thick as four people hugging each other, required a thousand people to take turns dragging it, and it took two months to transport it to Luoyang.
During this period, there must be no major damage, otherwise it will not be able to serve as the bottom pillar of the palace.
The palace and city walls were the first to be built, and the best carpenters, bricklayers, metalworkers, and stoneworkers were all working on the palace.
The city walls of the outer city are pure rammed earth walls, while only the walls of the palace city are made of inner rammed earth with bricks on the inside.
Because the outer city wall has a steep slope, it is easy to accumulate water if covered with bricks, which will accelerate the decay of the city wall. However, the palace city wall is straight.
The bricks fired in the Sui Dynasty are not very good, the appearance is not good, and the texture is not hard, but they are already the highest craftsmanship at the moment. Because the bricks fired in the Sui Dynasty are made of wood, not carbon, the temperature in the kiln will rise. Not coming.
The construction site in Luoyang was in full swing, and soldiers from the military government took turns inspecting. Anyone found to be lazy would be whipped.
On this day, Qi Wang Yang Jian arrived in Luoyang.
That battle was not small, with more than 3,000 people and hundreds of carriages in front and behind.
Naturally, Yang Ming had to lead hundreds of officials to greet him. According to the order of succession, Yang Jian was in front of him.
The government office of Yuzhou Mu was located in the former Yuzhou governor's office. During the Kaihuang period, there were three Yuzhou governors here, all of whom were outstanding.
One is named Li Mu, who was once one of the three princes.
One is named Yu Yi, the son of Yu Jin, one of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
One was named Huangfu Ji, the grandson of Wei Xiaokuan.
Three people, all dead.
After the first year of Renshou, no one served as governor of Yuzhou again.
Yang Jian was in the mansion, discussing matters with Yang Ming and other officials. After he heard about the leasing of acres, he frowned and thought for a long time before nodding:
"Since it's your father's wish, I will definitely do it. Brother Ming will just borrow it, and I will issue the receipt. As for the leasing matter, you don't have to worry about it, I will do it."
It's over... Yang Ming knows what kind of urine his dick is. He is responsible for renting it and will definitely make money. There is a lot of room for manipulation here.
But this matter does fall within Yang Xian's scope of authority, and it is difficult for Yang Ming to interfere because he does not want to quarrel with Yang Xian.
The two brothers have been separated for several years. Yang Ming actually has no idea what his current situation is.
Just like in Yang Xian's eyes, his younger brother is not as close as before.
After discussing business matters for only an hour, Yang Jian clapped his hands and called up a team of Wu Sheng musicians. Then he raised a glass and chatted with Yang Ming about some romantic affairs.
There are many musicians in Yang Su's house, and he is good at it, but he would never do it in a serious situation.
Everyone is talking about business. What are you bringing a group of female actors here for?
But the other officials enjoyed it, and their eyes lingered on the female actors. Of course, there were some decent men, but not many.
In front of so many people, Yang Ming couldn't say anything. He didn't stay alone until the third session in the evening.
"Second brother, don't publicize it in front of so many people in the future. It's not good for word to spread." Yang Ming kindly advised.
While Yang Jian was drinking, he called a beauty over and said with a smile:
"Brother Ming is overly worried. I just called in some musicians to add to the fun. It's not serious. Look at those people. They are also happy to see this."
After saying that, Yang Jian winked at Yang Ming and said with a smile: "How do you feel about the beauties I gave to brother Ming?"
Yang Ming said truthfully: "I gave away one, but the remaining four have not been tasted yet."
"Sent it out? Which one?" Yang Xian frowned immediately.
Yang Ming said: "It seems to be called Yin Fuzi."
"Alas..." Yang Jian slapped his thigh and complained in a tone of voice: "I have chosen all of them. If I had known you would give them away, why not keep them for myself and enjoy them."
Can you think of something serious? Yang Ming said: "There are often rumors in the capital about the second brother's stay in Jiangnan, so be careful if it reaches the ears of the emperor."
Yang Jian was stunned, turned around and touched the beauty beside him, and said with a smile:
"Who doesn't have the guts to dare to accuse me behind my back? As long as my eldest brother and you don't tell me, no one will dare to tell me."
Are you warning me? With my father's psychic ears and eyes, I'm afraid he already knew about your trivial matter.
Yang Ming saw that he was still acting so wildly in front of him, so he said directly to the extremely charming beauty:
"Go down."
Upon hearing this, the woman quickly put away her appearance, straightened her messy dress, and was about to leave, but was held back by Yang Jian.
Yang Jing looked directly at Yang Ming and said, "This is my person. She can only leave if I let her go."
Yang Ming looked at the other party in disbelief, with a look of surprise on his face. He didn't expect that in just a few years, the relationship between his second son and himself would have reached this point?
"I want to talk to you about business. If you leave a female actress here, how can we discuss the matter?" Yang Ming said with a gloomy face.
"good!"
Yang Xian slapped her fiercely and flicked her arm fiercely. The female actress was in pain and hurriedly retreated with a look of panic on her face.
"Then we brothers, let's talk about business today."
