Luoyang strongly promoted the field system, and in general, it was quite smooth. Visit and download the txt novel

In the government offices and counties, various documents and books were piled up, redeem land, prepare household registration, and grant land books. The civil servants and clerks were very busy. The books collected by the State of Song not only included land figures, but also divided the land levels. Now Luoyang Prefecture also redeems the land at a certain price according to the book. The total land in prefectures and counties near Luoyang is more than 3.8 million mu. Depending on the fertility and barrenness, one mu of land is worth between 200 and 2 stagnant coins. This method seems fair, but it has made many wealthy landlords anxious, because in the past, in order to escape land tax, not only did they hide a large number of hidden fields, but also colluded with the officials and deliberately registered the fertile land as deserted fields and thin fields. If the court redeems the land tax books, the wealthy landlords would suffer a great loss.

In the past few months, landlords and wealthy families have been running around the government offices, as many as crucian carp crossing the river. Most of them have followed the old routine and privately asked the old officials of the prefectures and county offices to secretly change the land tax books and change the number and level of registered land. Since Xia State took over Luoyang, in order to stabilize the situation, the officials in the State of Song have been mainly pacified and retained, and they have not been eliminated. The officials were initially trembling, but later they found that they were safe and brave. The wealthy families asked to change the books, and the clerks took the opportunity to make a fortune.

However, after watching the Luoyang Prefecture coldly for three months, the prefecture commander Yuan Xingzong suddenly transferred more than 300 tax collectors from Guanxi.

The capable tax collectors in Guanxi began to investigate one by one, while the officials in Luoyang were in panic all day long. The land taxes in prefectures and counties had books for years, and this investigation made the land tax books very loopholes. Corruption in Guanxi is a serious crime, which harmed their descendants. Under the strict investigation of Luoyang Prefecture, five officials in prefectures committed suicide, 467 were imprisoned and questioned, 272 were convicted, 158 were dismissed, and only 36 were restored to their posts.

Yuan Xingzong completely "cleaned" the prefectures and county governments, and the gentry in Luoyang was also in a panic, fearing that the fire would burn him, and some people even prepared to flee to Bianliang. Yuan Xingzong also wrote to the Prime Minister's Mansion, vigorously advocating the remeasures of land and a ransom according to the actual area and grade of land. Because the reincarnation of land involves a huge amount of silver, the Prime Minister's Mansion issued a redemption coupon, and approved the annual interest rate of four cents. The landlords could not only ask for a low price for the current silver or directly receive the redemption coupon, and they could earn the annual interest rate for drought and flood in the future. After the news came out, Luoyang's wavering situation immediately settled. The Prime Minister's Mansion quickly agreed to the plan to remeasure the land.

The resentment and fear that filled Kanto all disappeared overnight.

After remeasurement of the land acres, the total number of land redeemed in Luoyang increased from more than three million to more than five million acres, and the wealthy families were happy.

Many positions in the officialdom were vacant. In addition to a small number of them being replaced by tax collectors in Kansai, most of them were still served by Kansai people. Yuan Xingzong also gathered a group of aides and civil servants from Kansai. The previous lessons established the majesty of the law, and the newly-earned officials should be much more cautious. After this major blood change, the old habits in the Kansai officialdom were wiped out. The hundreds of officials who were imprisoned and punished were immediately forgotten by most gentry, and replaced by praises to the Guanxi court and the Luoyang prefecture Order Yuan Xingzong. Some people speculated that for the merits of appeasement of Guandong, they also had a great friendship with the prince of Luoyang, who was stationed in Luoyang. Yuan Xingzong was likely to become the next Prime Minister of the Xia Kingdom.

In the back yamen of Luoyang Prefecture, several green-shirt clerks sat in the hall and looked at the head with concern. A civil servant sitting in the hall was Yuan Xingzong, the recently popular Luoyang Prefecture Order Yuan Xingzong. However, he did not look proud at all. Instead, he looked solemn, and a memorial was placed flat on the table. Several staff members were nervous on their faces. Luoyang Prefecture put forward other ideas for the scholar-in-law. He wrote to the Prime Minister's Mansion a month ago. I wonder what the result was? Just looking at the expression of the Lord of the Mansion, it was obviously a bit bad.

"Mr. Master, what does the Prime Minister mean?"

"The field system is not shaken," Yuan Xingzong was silent for a long time and sighed: "The field system is changed and cannot be mentioned again in the future."

He closed the official letter on the desk. This official letter was actually a secret letter, which was rarely stern in the tone of Prime Minister Liu Yi, who was a capable assistant. After receiving the suggestion of Luoyang Prefecture to change the field system, the Prime Minister's Office was very clever and secretly unannounced. However, under the promotion of those who were interested, the Guguo Mansion and the General's Office still heard the news. The Guguo Mansion not only strongly opposed it on the grounds of shaking the foundation of the country. Many lieutenants asked the Prime Minister to dismiss the Luoyang Prefecture Order, but fortunately Liu Yi took the pressure. However, this kind of thing cannot be repeated. The Tianguo Mansion is the reverse scale of the Guguo Mansion. If Luoyang Prefecture is touched again, the military morale will be disrupted. Even if Emperor Chen Xuan comes forward, Yuan Xingzong may not be able to be protected.

"But, Lord of the Mansion?" Aide Feng Guocai was still unwilling to accept it, and seemed to want to fight for it.

"Do you really think our dynasty is a military man, and the soldiers are rude and unkind?" Tongzong Pan Shaowei said in his heart, "You Guandong people are absolutely unthinkable." He learned a little bit from the Guanxi Office. From the beginning, he was not optimistic about this time writing a letter. The warriors were resurrected, and most of the lieutenants led troops in various places. The number of people discussing affairs in the Dunhuang Guguo Mansion has decreased from 200 to less than 100. However, the reduction in the number of people is easier to unify opinions. The Guguo Mansion's handling and reaction to various events has become much faster than usual, especially changing the "endangering the foundation of the country". However, these "Kanto people" suggested changing the field teaching system.

They believe that a household with 60 acres of land is too rigid. Some farmers are diligent in farming, while others are lazy and dull. Instead of treating them equally, it is better to increase the number of land granted by each household year by year according to the conditions of operating land. If the grain harvest is large, the land granted can be increased from 60 acres to 90 acres, 120 acres, or even 200 acres, and 300 acres. If the grain harvest is small, the court will take back the land granted year by year. Farmers who are not good at farming will be gradually squeezed out. Luoyang's industry and commerce are booming, and a large number of workers and disciples are needed to recruit a large number of workers and disciples. In addition, in the old customs of the people of Kanto, the strong men can form a team of sowing, arable land, fertilizing, and harvesting, and help the heads of households who lack labor during busy farming.

The output of grain will definitely increase greatly, and the biggest beneficiary is the treasury of the court. However, the number of farmers will decrease, and the land is not uneven. Those complex and difficult affairs still depend on prefectures, counties, local officials, and township servants. Each place will receive 30% of the land tax and hand it over to local military prefectures, and then allocate it to sergeants. In this way, most of the local authority will be transferred to civil servants. Although the military prefectures are easy to deal with, its control over local and households has also been greatly reduced. The lieutenants are all elected by sergeants, and they are like spirits and ghosts. How can they not be seen?

Pan Shaowei curled his lips unconsciously and moved his eyes out the window.

"Mr. Yuan," the clerk Huang Jingzhi whispered: "We can write to the Prime Minister's Mansion again..."

"Stop." Yuan Xingzong interrupted him. He looked bleak and sighed: "We are good at doing well, sitting upright, and having a clear conscience. The change of the field system is a big deal. I used to be too careless and should not mention it again in the future." He looked at the several officials in the study, all of whom could trust, waved his hand and asked them to retreat. Although Prime Minister Liu protected Yuan Xingzong, the captain of the Guardian Mansion refused to give up. They suspected that someone in Luoyang was bought and even colluded with the gentry of Guandong. Therefore, when Yuan Xingzong saw this letter, more than a dozen officials who investigated the traitors of Cao were already on the way to Luoyang.

After the staff retreated, Yuan Xingzong leaned weakly on the back of the chair. He was honest and self-righteous, not afraid of others coming to investigate. Looking at the shadows of trees outside the window, he thought tiredly: "There are many people in Guandong, and they are 60 acres of land, which only benefit this generation. To govern Guandong, it is impossible to stick to the land system. People have to multiply and live and grow, and they have to increase their grain output to feed them. In order to promote industry and commerce, they have to do something. A household with 60 acres remains unchanged, and the situation cannot be maintained. Unless,..., expand the sea like the Song Dynasty, but the waves are dangerous. Is this road really that way?"

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Yesterday, the experienced sailor saw the dark clouds and shouted that the celestial phenomena were wrong, saying that a great storm was coming.

Navigating in the storm, even near the sea is extremely dangerous. Zhao Xingde had to order the fleet to dock and find a harbor by the sea to shelter from the wind. It was clearly noon, but the sky was pitch black, the sky seemed to leak, and heavy rain poured down, and even in the harbor, the waves were surging. Lightning broke through the sky like a fire snake, accompanied by thunderous thunder. At this moment, all the navy soldiers, together with Zhao Xingde himself, were extremely grateful for yesterday's wise decision.

In the harbor, more than 80 sea ships kept bumping and undulating, as if paper ships could be overturned at any time.

The sea breeze blows strongly, slapping the turbid waves one after another, slamming the hull and shaking. The hull keeps shaking violently, and the anchor chains are stretched straight again and again. The sailors in the bottom cabin heard a squeaking sound that makes people sore. If the waves were not turned back, there would definitely be ships being swept away by the wind and waves. In each cabin, the entire cabinet was not fixed, and various bottles and jars rolled all over the ground. The sound of wind and waves outside was loud and sometimes light, either as sharp as ghosts and howls, or as if siege hammers were "bang" to hit the hull.

Except for the very few people watching the wind on the deck, most sailors tied to wooden beds with ropes.

Some people looked pale, some kept vomiting, everyone widened their eyes and kept praying for the blessing of God and Buddha. Since the South China Sea Navy went to sea, they had never encountered such a big storm. This awesome and natural power made everyone feel powerless. Zhao Xingde also vomited like most people, and he regretted not letting the army camp ashore. If the ship sinks, the sailors don’t know how many of them can escape from the wind and waves. Although mudslides are also very dangerous, staying on the shore will be a little better, and mudslides may not necessarily happen, right?
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