I don’t know who leaked the news. The news that Liang Chuan received a prince at home spread among interested people in Xinghua. The people knew very little, but some officials and private dignitaries have begun to speculate about Liang Chuan’s identity and background. .
Liang Chuan showed his talents on various important occasions in Xinghua several times. Zheng Zuliang even participated in all the affairs of Liang Chuan's family. This boy has always had a good eye and often knows some secrets that outsiders don't know. No wonder he knows He thinks so highly of Liang Chuan because he admires the big tree behind him.
All kinds of rumors about Zheng Zuliang were all over the city for a while. This guy said he was going to the northwest. He might have already changed his route to Tokyo to find a big shot. With the prince's status, would it be harder to make friends with courtiers than with a prince? , it’s strange that there is no one in the court.
Several big business owners were planning to take advantage of Zheng Zuliang's absence at home to take advantage of his stupid son's stinky stone, and destroy not only their Zheng family's property, but at least a piece of it. Now that they had received the news one by one, they hurriedly Stop it, if Zheng Zuliang really goes to Tokyo to look for someone, the first thing he will do when he comes back is to seek revenge from these country people! The difference between Xinghua and Tokyo is more than one level. Even Song Guangdou can drive them to ecstasy here. It is easy to rectify these small businessmen with no background, let alone those high-ranking court officials. . Businessmen are always pigs waiting to be slaughtered in the eyes of officials.
With the mysterious veil of Zhao Weixian, everyone now wants to lift the lid and see Liang Chuan's true face. Originally, they only thought that Liang Chuan was an ordinary commoner in He Lu. Now many people in Xinghua have become more active. He, Zheng Zuliang, understands Build a good relationship with Liang Chuan, and then fly to Gaozhi by yourself. Why can't you do it yourself?
After Song Guangdou came to Helu to investigate, Liang Chuan immediately went to Xinghua to find Master Lu the next day. Liang Chuan had single-handedly facilitated the matter of the school field. After acquiring such a large land, there would be no need to collect taxes. How much food can be grown? The school is His own, in other words, this school field will also be his own from now on. If his own land is not his concern, what else can Liang Chuan be concerned about?
As soon as Liang Chuan arrived at the yamen, he asked the yamen servants on duty to inform them of their names. The yamen servants were very diligent this time. They recognized Liang Chuan. This man almost became their immediate boss. He was a hero who killed tigers by himself, although he did not become the capital. Head, but this era is an era where fists speak. The first thing the society respects is Kong Fang and the other is strength. A capable person will not suffer no matter where he goes. When Wu Song entered the cell in Mengzhou City, he was served by the warden Shi En, who served him with wine and food every day.
When Master Lu learned that Liang Chuan was coming, he went out of the county government gate to greet Liang Chuan himself. He didn't come because he had also received the news. It was said that this young man had an unusual background. The new Quanzhou magistrate was Zhao Weixian, the cousin of the current emperor. They were all invited to his house as guests.
As soon as Song Guangdou came back from Helu, he told Master Lu about the school field mentioned by Liang Chuan. Master Lu was a little confused. There were so many wastelands on the north bank of the south stream and they were not reclaimed. Why go to all the trouble to get a school field on the mountain? Are there fields on the mountains? They are all rocks and hills. Just cultivating them requires a lot of manpower.
He heard that Liang Chuan is also a capable person, and capable people do things in their own way. It is said that Liang Chuan has planted hundreds of acres of sugar cane below Helu, and also does bamboo weaving and other handicrafts. I am afraid that Liang Chuan may still have some skills in this school. Use it for other purposes.
"Sanlang Shangyuan said goodbye, but we haven't seen each other for some time." Master Lu led the way and took the initiative to talk to Liang Chuan.
Nowadays, anyone who has some status and knows something is polite to Liang Chuan and yells at him, considering the importance of background.
"Master, you noble man forgets things a lot. You killed a tiger last time and came to Xinghua. Didn't we meet before?" Liang Chuan mentioned.
"Oh, look at my memory, that's right. But we only met once that time, and we didn't even have a chance to sit down. This is a rare trip to Xinghua for you. Magistrate Song told me that I must I want to entertain you well, so you have to give me some respect!" Master Lu was pretending to be a public servant, using Song Guangdou's name. Song Guangdou couldn't invite him, so he asked his secretary to take action.
"Master, don't be in a hurry, let's do business first, don't miss the prince's important event!" Liang Chuan said it was the prince, and the master heard it, this kid is really hidden in front of him, he doesn't know the details of this kid at all , now the prince is talking about this style. .
The two of them walked into the room on the left. Inside, Huang Tiesi still looked like a faded bird, with his legs crossed and a tea bowl in his hands, sipping tea. As soon as Master Lu came in, he was so shocked that he couldn't hold the tea bowl firmly and the tea splashed all over him. He patted the tea stains on his body carelessly and stood up to greet Master Lu.
"Master, please sit down, what kind of wind has brought you here?" Huang Tiesi was completely different from the last time, he was like a mouse and a cat when meeting his boss.
"Take out the land register in Helu Village, Fengshan Township." Master Lu sat in Liang Chuan's original Huang Tie Division position, "Then get a chair for Sanlang and prepare some tea." Master Lu only looked at Liang Chuan. Although Tie Si is not a direct subordinate, he still uses it appropriately.
Huang Tiesi paused in his heart, what kind of little corner is this He Lu? A busy person like the master would care about such a poor place. It must be easy to find. He didn't dare to delay. He brought the chairs first and then served the tea. Then I went into the back room to look for He Lu's catalogue.
But by the way, who is this person that Master is entertaining? Why does it look familiar? A few people came looking for He Lu's account books years ago. It's been so many years, but there are still people living in this poor country. Because no one touched He Lu's books, other people took out and stacked them up one by one. After a few months, there was no place to look for He Lu's account books.
"Sanlang, don't blame me for talking too much, Master. I ask you, why do you want to do this school field? The land on the mountain is extremely difficult to cultivate, and it is difficult to cultivate the land sparsely. Do you have any special ideas or someone's instructions? Master, please help. Please refer to the details."
Liang Chuan didn't hide it either. Sooner or later, everyone in the world would know about this matter: "Isn't this just to save some land tax? I heard that learning land does not require paying taxes to the court."
"Wait, wait, wait...!" Master Lu felt like he was being shocked by electricity, "Sanlang, who did you hear that this school does not require land tax? Is it Prince Zhao or...?" Master Lu's body was trembling a little. Are you kidding me? Failure to pay the land tax is a serious crime of beheading. This Liang Chuan is not a farmer at first glance. He does not even understand such basics. If he is reported by others in the future, he will not know how he died.
"No, aren't the properties of temples and schools like this?"
Liang Chuan also had little knowledge. He knew that in ancient times, monks' temple fields did not need to pay taxes. Since the Tang Dynasty, people have always believed in Buddhism. Buddhist temples are spread all over the country. At its peak, there were thousands of temples and tens of thousands of monks and nuns. The food and clothing of monks and nuns mainly depend on the income from the temple fields. The number of temple fields varies depending on the size of the temple and the prosperity and decline of incense. Most of the temple land was donated to the society, and some were gifts from the court. The privilege was that they were exempted from paying land taxes. There is no need to pay taxes on the land in this temple, let alone the fields in the college.
"It's ridiculous! You should be very careful about this matter, Sanlang. The monks in the temple are already monks, and the land is only a source of worship for Buddha. Naturally, there is no need to pay taxes. However, this school is still a secular product, and everyone in the world is eating the emperor's salary. Paying taxes to the emperor has been an iron rule for thousands of years. Household tax, poll tax, Ding tax, corvée, and military service can be exempted. The land tax is only two-thirds of the civilian land, which is a little less, but not one cent. I don’t accept it!”
The master was heartbroken. This boy said that he was a farmer, which was simply flattering him. Do farmers know that they have to pay taxes? What is the difference between that and forgetting to eat? How can he farm? He is clearly a second-generation ancestor, living a carefree life so heartlessly. It seems that what they said about having an old relationship with Prince Zhao is indeed true. Grandma, this test will prove it for yourself.
Liang Chuan considered these ancient systems based entirely on the ideas of a later generation, and it was his preconceptions that led to this joke. He was lucky enough to live in an era when agricultural taxes on farmers had been abolished.
The master is completely overthinking it, and Liang Chuan himself doesn’t want to think about it. In the ancient agriculture-oriented era, agriculture is the foundation of a country. If agriculture does not collect taxes, where will the country’s tax revenue come from? Our country It was not until 2006 that agricultural taxes were completely abolished, and the mountain that had weighed on farmers for thousands of years was removed. At the pinnacle of feudal society, the Great Song Dynasty, it was not possible to pay land taxes. .
"Sanlang, I see that you look like a scholar. Where is the destiny of farming? One more word, the land for studying must not only pay the land tax, but also cannot be bought and sold. There will only be a few people who plant it, not too many. If it is deserted in the future, the court will There is a shortage of statistics every year, and the county magistrate’s class exams will be affected.”
Liang Chuan understood instantly after thinking about it. No wonder, after he moved out of the big mountain like Zhao Weixian, Song Guangdou, an old fox, was willing to submit obediently and agree to cultivate the school field by himself. It turned out to be this reason.
The school fields are public property. Naturally, everyone only takes care of them symbolically or rents them to tenant farmers. The harvest will not be high no matter what. Moreover, the land is on the mountain, so it is more difficult to cultivate. There is no one to plant on the flat land. In addition to building graves on the mountain, only ghosts will do it. If Song Guangdou hadn't been afraid of his immediate boss, even if he killed him, he wouldn't have been able to encourage the reclamation of school fields and do something as stupid as shooting himself in the foot.
If the land is cultivated well, Liang Chuan's reputation will be left behind. If the land is not cultivated well, he will be ranked inferior in the class test. In the coming year, he can only be transferred to some remote rural area to become an idle county magistrate.
Song Guangdou has never liked this matter, and there is indeed a reason.
