Chapter 1519: Conquest of the Empire (15)

At this moment, the retainer level conversion of Zhao Hujun and others has long been over, and they are all ready to establish meritorious deeds and climb up. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

The influx of refugees made the scribes overjoyed, and the samurai reluctantly began to play supporting roles.

The people who had just entered the realm of Zhao Hujun felt as if they had just escaped from the wolf's mouth, but they had fallen into the tiger's mouth again! As soon as they entered the checkpoint, they were immediately divided among the scribes and soldiers who had been waiting for a long time, and the scene even looked a bit like a robber dividing the spoils, which almost broke the fragile nerves of the refugees.

Under the command of the scribes, the fierce Zhao Hu soldiers escorted the refugees to the refugee points that had been demarcated long ago, and immediately began to compile household registration for these refugees.

Refugees don't care about this at all, this is what almost every warlord will do, some big businessmen even have a household registration with each warlord, anyway, there will be no less meat, it doesn't matter, refugees care about how much tax is here, if it is higher than other places, then when the war subsides, they have to find a chance to run back.

After registering the household registration, regardless of men, women and children, all of them put finger * molds on the household registration, and everyone didn't care about this kind of fresh rules, but laughed and laughed.

After receiving a batch of farming tools and seeds, as well as the divided land, the refugees were overjoyed, it turned out that this warlord named Zhao Hu was so benevolent, he must spread the news and pull more villagers to come and enjoy the blessings!

The refugees who received the things were very excited, waiting for the paper-like adults to leave quickly, so that they could laugh uncontrollably.

However, the paperwork with a stiff face did not go as they wanted, but instead asked the soldiers to drive them together, and then shouted loudly: "The manager of this land, our Lord Zhao Hu, is charitable and benevolent!" Therefore, it was ordered that from now on, wherever Zhao Hujun's sphere of influence is within his sphere, he will not be levied miscellaneous taxes and labor! ”

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the refugees immediately lit up, they were not afraid of heavy taxes, but they were afraid of heavy miscellaneous taxes and heavy labor, and there were no taxes and labor here, wouldn't it be the same as heaven?

"And in Zhao Hujun's sphere of influence, whether you stay in the township to farm, go out to do business, or work as coolies, let yourself be free, and never interfere!"

The clerk's words made the refugees grin, this is good, if you can't help it, you can go to the city to work and earn money when the farm is not working. And the people who are alive are planning to sell the materials they have received, and then go to the city to develop.

Seeing that the paperwork was not finished, everyone immediately calmed down, full of joy and looking forward to more benefits.

The clerk glanced at everyone, he knew very well what the refugees were thinking, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but shake a mocking smile, and after a pause, he shouted, "Remember! You are all commoners, only a little higher than slaves and untouchables! Even those of you who are not your people, I give you a word of advice, and act humbly and prudently at all times! ”

Plebs? Only a little higher than slaves and untouchables?! The refugees looked at the materials in their hands stupidly, and then looked at the paperwork stupidly, this adult is not joking, right? Is it possible to receive these things at such a low status?

The clerk didn't bother to pay attention to what these ordinary people thought, and continued to shout: "Listen! The common people have no land! No matter how much farmland you cultivate, it doesn't belong to you, you're just tenant farmers! Although there is no tax and no servitude, your agricultural tax is seven! Business Tax Six! ”

Hearing this, the refugees, who had already begun to surge in emotion, suddenly fell silent, and everyone showed a relaxed smile.

Seeing this, the clerk blinked, what's going on? Didn't these ordinary people take such a high tax in their eyes?

You know, this is only a little better than the untouchables of the eight agricultural taxes and the seven commercial taxes? As for the slaves, there is no need to compare at all, because the slaves do not even belong to themselves, and there is no one to tax the slaves personally.

The refugees secretly laughed at the way the paperwork made a fuss, this stupid adult, is the seven taxes very high?

It's the same as the tax rate set by other warlords.

Can't own a field? Oh my God, doesn't this fool know that ordinary people don't have the right to own land? Only military officers and nobles can own land.

As for the sharecroppers? Hee-hee, it can almost be said that as long as the ordinary people in the entire empire are farmers, they are tenant farmers! They are all tenant farmers attached to the powerful!

The clerk threw the question aside and continued: "Keep in mind your status as a commoner, and if you see someone higher than yourself, you should salute and back down!" But don't be too afraid, just be respectful! If the people and civilians bully you, you can go to the yamen to complain, as long as it is not a false accusation, the yamen will give you justice! ”

Ordinary refugees are obviously surprised by the word "justice", and they can still be treated fairly at such a low status? Hey, this is heaven.

And the shrewd refugees, seeing the idiots of the people around them, smiled helplessly, please, didn't you hear just say that when the people and civilians are bullied, can justice be given? Aren't the nobles bullying us the same as before, and we can only consider ourselves unlucky?

But this is not bad, at least the doglegs of the powerful don't dare to be so rampant, as for the powerful to bully themselves, what should they do? That's a noble person living in another world, if it's not particularly unlucky, these small people don't want to be bullied by them at all.

It is no wonder that among the people, the small people are bullied by the aristocracy, and everyone sees it as if they have encountered irresistible natural and man-made disasters.

"My lord, can you elaborate on how this identity is divided? And how should we identify different identities? Can that tell us? We don't want to offend the nobles themselves, but we don't know it yet. ”

There was a voice in the crowd that I didn't know who said it, but it resonated with everyone and they all responded.

I don't care about how to divide him, but how to identify him needs to be remembered, so as not to know how to die.

Hey, this is my job, but I didn't expect to be begged by so many people.

Secretly refreshed, he cleared his throat and continued to shout according to the words that had been made up a long time ago: "Listen, this common man is someone who has not lived in our Zhao Hu's sphere of influence for three years.

"But you don't have to worry that you have been a commoner all your life, and you will be a subordinate after three years, as for what is the benefit of being a subordinate citizen? The agricultural and commercial taxes are each reduced by one, that is, the agricultural six and the commercial five! ”

"I'm sure a lot of people won't be happy with this rate, and if you want to lower it again? Quite simply, as long as you pay food and taxes for four years from the time you are registered in the household register, or you enter the army and the yamen, and are members of the establishment, then you will automatically obtain the status of a civilian. At this time, it is the fifth and fourth businessmen of agriculture! ”

The words of the clerk seduced the refugees to swallow their saliva, oh my God, the tax rate for civilians is so low! And the qualifications for the common people are so simple, as long as the settled down pay the full amount of taxes for a few years! This is paradise!

The shrewd refugee hiding in the crowd, although he hadn't heard the topic of how to identify his identity, couldn't help but shout: "This lord, is it possible for civilians to raise their rank?!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent, and they all knew that this was asking whether commoners were qualified to be nobles.

"Of course, civilians can also mention! As long as the civilians get three meritorious deeds, they will be the people, and once they are the people, they will immediately get twenty acres of Yongye Field, what is Yongye Field? That is, the ancestral field that can be passed on from generation to generation! In addition, the appointment of military and yamen positions will also give priority to the people, and civilians and others must bow and give way when they see the people. ”

The words of the paperwork completely made the refugees' saliva flow.

Under the enthusiastic questions of those shrewd people, the people in Zhao Hujun's sphere of influence quickly understood what the status hierarchy was all about. As for the promotion conditions of the status level, it is even more tempted by the generous treatment of each level, so that almost all of them are familiar with it.

The massive loss of population in the eastern part of the province forced the warlords in the battle to send a group of troops to intercept them, and the intensity of the battle was helplessly weakened rapidly due to a series of battles. And Zhao Hu took this opportunity to start gathering troops and preparing to pick up dead chickens.

After learning that the war was about to break out, the officers and soldiers and civil slaves in the entire Zhao Hu army's sphere of influence not only did not flee immediately like the people in the territory of other warlords, but all had red eyes and were ready to behave.

Especially when Zhao Hu deliberately recruited a wing of recruits to undertake the work of the left-behind troops in order to better integrate his army into the coastal province, and issued a recruitment order, whether it was slaves or commoners, and even the families of the men of the Third Fleet, they all squeezed their heads at the recruitment point.

And the recruitment points set up in the slaves, there was even bloodshed due to the competition for places, no wonder the slaves were so fanatical, although the slaves entered the army, their identity will not change for the time being, but as long as they cut off an enemy, they will immediately become civilians, and then they will rely on merit to improve their status like ordinary people.

This is an opportunity to reach the sky in one step, how can you do it if you don't fight?!

Although Zhao Hujun's movements were noticed by the other warlords who had been watching for a long time, they had no choice but to curse Zhao Hu, a bastard who wanted to be a fisherman, while quickly reaching an armistice agreement with their opponents, and calling friends everywhere to prepare to resist Zhao Hu's upcoming attack.

Just when everyone was about to break out, an order from the imperial capital to the world finally arrived in the seaside province. When everyone saw this order, they were stunned at first, and then they laughed wildly and threw the paperwork aside and ignored it.

In the Governor's Mansion of Haibin Province, the governor's son held a document and said with a smile: "Father, the other party is too delusional, right?" Does he still think that now is the time for the unification of the empire and the emperor's authority that no one dares to rebel against? ”