Cheng Jingzhou frowned and recounted the case of Zhang San and Li Si that Xie Xiuqi told him yesterday.
"If that's the case, wouldn't it mean that Li Si's land was taken away for nothing, and with the red deed in the future, it would be impossible to get his land back?"
Xie Rongzhao tilted his head and thought for a while: "That's not true! The county government can issue another order, saying that if the head of the household is suddenly changed, the cause and effect must be explained clearly to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to hoard land. And you just mentioned In that case, Zhang San obviously broke the law. If he was smart, he would not exchange for the red deed. After all, his life and face are more important than those acres of land."
This makes sense!
But Cheng Jingzhou still felt that it was not quite right. He always felt that he had overlooked something and needed to improve it.
However, Xie Rongzhao's words still provided him with an idea. If he had known this, he should have asked last night, so that he could at least have a peaceful sleep.
Cheng Jingzhou called the county magistrate, the chief registrar, and the two county lieutenants together for discussion.
Eventually, they came up with the most comprehensive notice possible.
As early as when Cheng Jingzhou moved the Du family, County Lieutenant Feng knew that this incident would not be easy to avoid, so he asked his family to sell the property that should be sold and change it to the name of the servant if it should be changed to the name of the servant, at least This is not illegal.
The notice was posted not only at the gate of the county government office, but also on both city gates in the county. Cheng Jingzhou even hired two literate government officials to guard the notice there. Whenever an illiterate fellow villager came to ask, he would ask. A clear explanation.
Not only that, but hundreds of copies of this notice were also copied, and then distributed to the following towns and villages, so that all the people in Feng County could see them in a short time.
These are mainly based on the two mentioned by Xie Rongzhao, and the third one is specifically aimed at businessmen.
Once a businessman is found to have excess land under his name, he will be severely punished. In addition to having the land confiscated, he will also be sentenced to 30 sticks and jailed for six months. His deeds and portrait will be posted on a bulletin board outside the county government office for publicity for one year.
This punishment is not too severe.
But since all the county officials agree, it means that adding this clause will be a big trouble for those businessmen.
In this way, if a businessman really encroached on the farmer's land, he would not dare to change the red deed at this time. As for the white deed written previously, the government said it would not count, so what else could they do?
Is it right to go against the government?
If the common people don't know that there is a red deed and don't know about it, that's it.
It happened that the county government sent so many people to spread the word, even to the most remote villages. For such a big matter, naturally it was more convincing for people from the government government to stand up.
Don't underestimate such a notice, but in just a few days, dozens of farmers rushed to the county government office to inquire, wanting to know whether the so-called white deeds did not count were true.
The person responsible for answering these doubts at this time was the county magistrate Xie Xiuqi.
"It is indeed true. After three days, all the white deeds regarding the land in your hands will be invalid. Of course, if someone uses this as a threat and wants to change the IOU, you should be more cautious yourself and don't be fooled again. People were tricked."
Most of the people who came were bitter old farmers. When they learned that everything written on the notice was true, they couldn't help but burst into tears!
When Xie Xiuqi took a look at it, he was filled with emotion. Ganqing was indeed forcibly occupied by someone, and the method they used was exactly what they had guessed before, using a white deed to restrain them, in order to achieve their own purpose of hoarding the land.
At this time, many merchants in Feng County were anxious.
Those who are doing small business are not so anxious. After all, they do not have the ability to do this kind of thing. They are just worried about whether the land under their own names has exceeded the quota and whether to transfer part of the land to the names of relatives.
The big businessmen were panicked.
Some even have hundreds of acres of fields outside. Once the county government does not recognize the white deed, wouldn't it mean that thousands of taels of silver have been wasted?
But they can't admit this kind of thing. Once they admit it, the punishment they will face is too severe, and it will be more uncomfortable for them than losing money.
The notice posted by the county government stated that a new red deed would be given to farmers after the death of their fathers. In other words, farmers who received a new red deed would not be counted regardless of whether they had signed a white deed.
These big businessmen were in a mess, which allowed some powerful people to watch.
The property of the Lord of Jiahua County has been measured. Since ten hectares of land were awarded by the Holy Spirit, the families who cultivated these ten acres of land have become tenant farmers of the Lord of Jiahua County.
The property under the name of the Jiahua County Lord did not exceed the regulations and everything was in compliance with the rules. After getting a new red deed, the Jiahua County Lord finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She was afraid that no matter how ineffective her subordinates were in doing things, it would be really troublesome if she was found out if things were delayed for a long time.
Fortunately, things turned out pretty well.
Among them, the Lord of Jiahua County naturally used some means, such as putting some fertile farmland in the name of his servants.
Regarding this, after Cheng Jingzhou read it one by one, he just said that he was helpless. After all, what he did was not offensive, and if there was a strict investigation, he only needed to say that it was a reward to a servant, and he would be able to expose it with one sentence.
Of course, if you really want to get to the bottom of it, you will naturally be able to find out something fishy.
For example, when the property was transferred to another household, whether it had been exceeded before, etc.
Cheng Jingzhou got some advice from Xie Xiuwen before, telling him to do things in a moderate manner and not to go too far.
And this degree is here.
He can go check the property of Jiahua County Lord, but he cannot go into it, otherwise, it will create a problem for the Holy Lord. Then the Holy Lord will be in a dilemma. Even if Jiahua County Lord is punished, what the Holy Lord hates most will have to be given to him. Cheng Jingzhou is in trouble.
Therefore, Cheng Jingzhou had already seen this level and would not delve into it further. He gave Jiahua County’s main face and made the Lord feel that he was doing things safely.
Cheng Jingzhou watched the cleared fields increase day by day, and he was filled with admiration for his father-in-law.
If it hadn't been for his father-in-law's advice, he might have been more truthful. After all, he was also a hot-blooded man, and he would hate to see such deceitful people the most!
Now he understands that first he must keep his official position, and then he can do practical things for the people, display his talents, and become a good official loved by the people!
Therefore, the premise is that you must be an official first, and then there will be follow-up. Otherwise, haha, what will happen to you? Stay and go!
Li An held a new booklet and an envelope in his hand, with an excited expression: "Sir, please take a look at our progress in the past few days. Apart from other things, it is just what we found and signed a white contract with others. There are nearly ten thousand acres! Look at these notes, they are all white deeds!"
