Guo Anlaohuai was pleased. As expected, these local bullies in various Jiali are all very simple and kind-hearted old farmers. As long as you are really good to them, they will treat you with all their heart!
As for whether these grain chiefs could go to the capital to meet Lao Zhu, Guo An had no doubts.
In Lao Zhu's eyes, these grain chiefs were much kinder than officials like them. Even if these grain chiefs unite and escort him, the magistrate of Wanping County, to the capital to file a complaint, even if he is guilty or not, he will be convicted by that old Zhu!
However, Guo An couldn't even think of letting these grain chiefs fight against Zhu Laosi!
Therefore, Guo An shook his head repeatedly.
"Elders, please don't be so impatient. Please listen to Guo An!"
The effect of Guo An's hard work for so many days was immediately reflected. As soon as he finished speaking, all the grain chiefs and li chiefs fell silent.
"Your Majesty, please speak!"
"The elders are already over fifty years old, have rich life experience, and are far ahead of Guo An in terms of human sophistication. Guo An does not dare to advise the elders on this matter.
However, regarding the pros and cons of cultivating farmland, Guo An believes that the elders only see the temporary hard work of cultivating farmland, but they do not see the long-term benefits! "
"oh?"
All the grain chiefs and li chiefs couldn't help but have doubts on their faces. Some grain chiefs and li chiefs, although they were very dissatisfied, did not immediately refute. They randomly picked at the rough beards under their chins and spoke quietly. Waiting to see what kind of flowers this little county official can pull out?
Will it benefit them to force farmers like them to cultivate an unreachable amount of farmland? I'm afraid fewer people will die, which will be a huge benefit to untouchables like them!
However, although the Guo County Lord in front of me has little knowledge and knows nothing, in the past half month, he has been very humble towards these common people, caring about them in every way, and can squat with these old men rolling in the dirt. Jitou Nacai is a rare and good official.
That is, sometimes the words are surprising!
"All elders also know that Beiping Mansion is a fiefdom of His Highness Prince Yan. Under normal circumstances, all officials in Beiping Mansion need to obey the orders issued by Prince Yan.
The Beiping Prefecture not only wanted to fight against the Mongolian and Yuan Tatars in the north, but also needed to supply military supplies to the Beiping Prefecture's army of more than 100,000 people.
Therefore, Beiping Mansion naturally needs a lot of food. The most fundamental and best solution is to open up farmland and allow ordinary people like you in Beiping Mansion to grow food. "
All the grain chiefs and li chiefs looked indifferent and were indifferent to Guo An's words.
What does this have to do with these people?
Guo An was not in a hurry and continued to speak slowly: "Of course, if we have been transporting food from the south to Beiping Mansion, we can also supply hundreds of thousands of troops.
Although the people and officials in the south will always curse the people of Beiping Prefecture as poor people and look down on the people and officials of Beiping Prefecture because of this matter, even the students in the south look down on the students in Beiping Prefecture.
However, the two places are thousands of miles apart and have nothing to do with you! "
The eyes of these old men suddenly widened and they were a little angry.
"However, the fields reclaimed by Beiping Prefecture are always related to you. His Majesty once decreed that as long as the fields reclaimed are private fields. Those who own private fields will be exempted from corvee and taxes for three years.
Moreover, the private land can be passed down to your descendants, which is an important matter for the reproduction of your family.
This time, His Highness King Yan can make up his mind to let Beiping Prefecture govern seven counties and four states. Each state and county must cultivate 10,000 hectares of fields. In Guo An's eyes, it is a great thing! "
"Of course, if we and the tens of thousands of people in Wanping County can cultivate 10,000 hectares of land in two years, we will definitely not be able to cultivate it. Elders know this matter. His Royal Highness King Yan also cultivated in Fengyang for two years. He will definitely know it very well as a person in the field.
However, His Highness King Yan still issued this decree, which means that His Highness King Yan will definitely support us! "
"In this case, can you, the able-bodied men in your army, be exempted from the two years of uniform service and serving as gang members?
Or, when you are cultivating farmland, if you are short of farm tools, cattle, or farm tools, can you please ask His Highness King Yan to lend you some? "
"Furthermore, the work of cultivating farmland will be very tiring all day long, and you must have enough to eat every day. So, can your family be exempted from some land taxes in the past two years?"
"Also, Guo An also knows a rough idea of the conditions around your fields. Many people's fields are surrounded by wasteland, which can be reclaimed and connected with their own fields."
"In addition, Jinshui River, Lugou River, Yuhe, Xiaoqing River...many rivers flow through our Wanping County. Guo An has checked that there are at least thousands of hectares of farmland on both sides of these river banks that can be cultivated into fertile farmland. Today, there are still It’s desolate!”
"Although your elders' families are well-off, many of them share the acres of land equally. In fact, there is not much extra land. If your elders' families have descendants in groups and the population is prosperous, will the acres of land be divided among them?"
"Furthermore, in the future, the elders can wait until their families are more prosperous and have more people, and then let their descendants slowly cultivate the fields on both sides of the river!
But can you elders be sure? By that time, had these fields not been reclaimed and occupied by others as private fields? "
"Yes, the people in your homes are not as good as you, and they certainly don't have the ability to speak sincerely. However, your Majesty has been able to move people to Beiping Prefecture several times. Will he move people to Beiping Prefecture again in the future?
So, how do these relocated people get their land? "
"Also, the Mongolian Tatars have now been driven into the prairie by our Ming army. They are a serious concern of our Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty and the princes in the court will definitely not give up the opportunity to beat the drowned dog.
If all the hundreds of thousands of Mongolian and Yuan Tatars surrender to the Ming Dynasty, how will your Majesty settle these Mongolian and Yuan Tatars?
Guo An guessed that according to the important status of Beiping Mansion, these surrendered Mongolian and Yuan Tatars will definitely settle in our Beiping Mansion!
So, how do these Mongolian and Yuan Tatars arrange it? They cannot be allowed to herd cattle and sheep in Beiping Mansion, right?
The court will definitely give them land for resettlement. When that happens, where will their land come from? …”
"You elders are all well-informed people. If you don't take advantage of this good opportunity, you will be the first to reclaim the high-quality fertile land and wasteland on both sides of the river into high-quality fertile land and turn it into your own fields.
In the future, I’m afraid these fields will no longer belong to you…”
As Guo An spoke, the expressions of the grain chiefs and li chiefs changed rapidly.
According to their old-fashioned ideas, they never thought about these things.
But now, following the words of Mr. Guo County in front of them, they are gradually becoming anxious!
Those high-quality fertile fields on both sides of the river have been reserved for their children and grandchildren long ago, and they must not be allowed to be occupied by outsiders!
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