Spring is gradually getting stronger in Xiangjing, the first capital of the Dashun regime. Xiangjing was the original Xiangyang Prefecture. In March of the 16th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng called this majestic city on the bank of the Han River "Xinshun".

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It has been almost two years since Xiangjing was founded to the present day!

In the past two years, the Dashun regime has gone through a lot of ups and downs! The "Xin Shun King" Li Zicheng set out from Xiangjing, conquered the east and west, and then ran away again. It was really highs and lows, and then suddenly took a turn for the worse, not to mention how exciting it was.

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But for the poor people in Xiangjing Prefecture, peace and prosperity have arrived for two full years!

In the past two years, Xiangjing Prefecture, as one of the two capitals of Dashun, has always been the core territory. With Yuan Zongdi staying behind, the nearby Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers did not even dare to think about it, let alone call them.

The policy of "three-year tax exemption" has been implemented since the 16th year of Chongzhen, and it has been almost two years now. Although the three-year tax exemption is only land tax and not land rent, under the background of Dashun's new dynasty's feud with the rich

, few tenants are stupid enough to pay rent to the landlord anymore. Rent and taxes actually don’t exist anymore, and they don’t even have to pay back the loan sharks they owe!

For two whole years, the farmers did not pay taxes, rent, or loan sharks, and they were peaceful and happy, far away from the war. This Xiangjing Prefecture was like a paradise. And the poor and lower-middle peasants living here have been living in peace and harmony in the past two years.

In the middle of the year, everyone was grateful for the benevolence and righteousness of Emperor Dashun Yongchang, and everyone hoped that Li Zicheng could rule the world as soon as possible, drag the foolish emperor Chongzhen from the dragon throne, and drive away the hateful Tatars from Beijing.

However, the gratitude of the farmers in Xiangjing Prefecture could not be transformed into the combat effectiveness of the Dashun Army. After the Battle of Shanhaiguan, the Dashun Army fell into a cycle of defeat after defeat and escape again and again.

Xiangjing Mansion, which had been far away from the war, was once again shrouded in the clouds of war after the spring of the second year of Yongchang.

Just after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the second year of Yongchang, tens of thousands of Dashun officers and soldiers marched from Nanyang Prefecture into Xiangjing Prefecture in a majestic and high-spirited manner.

When they saw this group of Dashun soldiers who had been defeated many times but were still energetic, the people of Xiangjing Prefecture felt quite relieved at first. It seemed that the Dashun Dynasty would not collapse for the time being, and they could survive for another year.

It’s a good day to pay food, rent, and loan sharks. Even after a year, there shouldn’t be excessive taxation, right?

During the Ming Dynasty, Xiangjing Prefecture was the Xiangyang Prefecture of Huguang. Huguang had more than 220 million acres of land, and the regular land tax was only more than 2 million shi, which was only one liter of rice per mu, which was insignificant.

As long as the Dashun court can continue to stand on the side of the farmers and prevent the landowners from pressing for rent and debt, a little land tax will really mean nothing.

However, the farmers in Xiangjing Prefecture were not happy for long. The imperial notices of "Qingtian Farm Dividing" posted at the gates of Xiangjing City and the counties under Xiangjing Prefecture were like a basin of ice water, all poured out on this cold spring day.

It's on the heads of these farmers in Xiangjing Prefecture.

Outside the Linhan Gate of Xiangjing Fucheng, a group of farmers who were transporting rice and vegetables to the city for sale were gathering in front of a newly erected notice board outside the city gate, arguing with each other, and their words were full of astonishment.

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"What? You want to allocate all the fields in Xiangjing Prefecture to the meritorious soldiers of Dashun Army? How can this be done?"

"Then, then, can the rent be waived?"

"Free rent? Do you think the general of the Mei Dashun Army won't kill you with a single sword?"

"If you don't pay the rent, you will be beheaded? The previous dynasty wasn't so cruel."

"Oh, it's always the people who suffer!"

“The good times are over”

"But my family also has a few acres of land! Should we also give it to the soldiers of the Dashun Army?"

"What did the official who read the imperial list say? Regardless of whether it was official land, military land, private land, or hidden land in the past, it is now owned by the Yongchang Emperor. Trading is prohibited and it must be used to reward the soldiers!"

The division of land in the Dashun Dynasty was different from that in the Ming Dynasty next door. Prince Zhu of the Ming Dynasty looked far ahead. He knew that the Ming Dynasty, at least the southeastern part of the Ming Dynasty, had already stood on the threshold of capitalism. And restricting the Ming Dynasty

What Southeast has crossed this threshold is that the marketization of agriculture is blocked by the contribution system attached to the imperial examination. Don’t even think about planned economy in these days. If you want to improve agricultural productivity, the only way is marketization! And the agricultural

Marketization, of course, requires a relatively fair competitive environment and the means of production, that is, land circulation must be market-oriented!

The Ming Dynasty's system of land transfer based on imperial examinations was simply impossible to effectively promote the development of agricultural productivity. The land was not concentrated in the hands of farmers who were good at managing the land, but was taken away by masters of eight-part essays.

Therefore, the ultimate goal of Zhu Cixi's "land reform" is actually to turn land into negotiable private property (by destroying the transfer system and gradually distributing it to soldiers who overcome difficulties). Li Zicheng's version of "land reform" is feudal land military service

route. The land was state-owned and then distributed to the military nobles of Dashun in exchange for military service.

For the farmers under Dashun, the land reform really put them in a situation that would be difficult to get out of for generations!

"Ah! What should I do?"

"Why has Emperor Yongchang turned evil?"

"The agreed three-year tax exemption"

"No, we have to go to Emperor Yongchang for comment!"

"Your Majesty is not in Xiangjing. Now the Marquis of Bo has the final say here in Xiangjing."

"Then go find Bohou!"

"Yes, let's go to the Imperial City (Prince Xiang's Mansion) to beat drums and complain!"

"Go beat the drum and complain"

Many farmers who had sold rice and vegetables did not bother to go home. They all rushed to the imperial city of Xiangjing to beat drums and complain to Bohou Li Guo and Xiangjing Prefecture Yin Gu Junen.

However, when they came to the main entrance of the original Prince Daming Xiang's Mansion, they found that there was no drum for them to beat, only a large group of old Dashun soldiers in white hats and blue clothes, armed with swords, spears, bows and arrows, guarding there menacingly!

A Dashun general with a Shaanxi accent saw another farmer coming to play the drum, so he waved his hands and shouted to drive them away.

"Let's go, let's go. We don't have any drums to beat here, so don't cry out for injustice. It's all about your damn life! If you don't leave, the swords and spears in your hands will not be angry!"

What? There’s no place for reason?

The peasants looked at the murderous old soldiers, looked at the sharply sharpened large blades and spear points in their hands, and felt a chill coming from them.

Isn't this too cruel?

Ah, by the way, they are rogue bandits who kill without blinking an eye!

What's your argument with the bandits?

The peasants were afraid, and had no way to resist. Although the Ming Dynasty's officers and soldiers were bad, most of them had little fighting power, and they could still start a peasant uprising or something like that.

But this group of Da Shuntian soldiers look so ruthless, their murderous intent can hardly be suppressed! If anyone tries to get closer, it will be a dead end.

At this moment, on the gate tower of the "Imperial City", Bohou Li Guo looked at another group of people leaving crying, and sighed: "These guys, when fighting the Tatars, they have to be half as vigorous as they are now.

How did it end up today?"

"Master Marquis, if Wu Sangui was the enemy who prevented the soldiers from dividing their fields, he would have been defeated in the Shanhaiguan battle before the Tatars entered the battlefield!

The person who took over the topic was Gu Junen. He had repeatedly summarized the lessons of the failure of the Dashun Dynasty in the past few days. The final conclusion he came to was that there was no way to divide the land and the population. Otherwise, with the momentum of the Dashun soldiers sweeping the world, Wu Sangui's tens of thousands of people would be miserable.

Guan Ning's lone army cannot stop him for a while!

Li Guo snorted: "Are they satisfied now? By the way, military advisor, how much land can Xiangjing Mansion and Yunyang Mansion gather? Are there enough 30,000 soldiers to distribute?"

"Enough, enough!" Gu Jun'en said, "Both Xiangjing Prefecture and Yunyang Prefecture are inspecting and clearing land. It is estimated that there are 7 million acres, most of which are cultivated fields. If we divide it equally among the soldiers, there will be a total of 200 acres.

There are many acres of paddy fields in Xiangjing, and they can be planted for two seasons, which is more laborious, so there are more household registrations. There are 500,000 households on the 7 million acres of farmland. If you divide it evenly, you can get 15 households no matter what!"
Chapter completed!