When the old man heard Su Jin's answer, he put down the work in his hand, turned his head to Su Jin and said, "This old man, it's not from this Mizhou." The eldest lord is true, when the prefect took office, he did say so, but that was a month ago. Since the arrival of the new governor of Michigan, what he does and what he says are completely different things. ”

"Although this village is not close to the city of Zhengzhou, most of the land here is owned by Jingwangfu. Most of the people here have become tenants of King Jing's Mansion one after another. Originally, since King Jing committed a rebellion and was exterminated, the new prefect of Zhengzhou did order a new measure of land, and all the land previously occupied by King Jing's Mansion was returned. ”

"If the original main body dies, the government will take care of it for three years. If the villagers want to farm, they can apply to the government, and the four officials will be divided into six during the autumn harvest. Most of the land in this village was originally owned by the villagers. Part of the land belongs to the people of Li Dashan in this Mizhou city. Because the land here is relatively fertile, when the emperor gave King Jing the field, he gave all the fields here to King Jing. ”

"The people here have naturally become the tenants of King Jing. And that Li Dashan didn't know why he offended King Jing's Mansion. Not only did the three daughters and two daughters-in-law be taken away by the three stewards of King Jing's Mansion, but the men in his family all died, and even his own property became King Jing's Mansion. ”

"Even his own house has become the outer house of the third housekeeper in charge of Mizhou affairs in King Jing's Mansion, which is used to store the other ** girls who have been taken over for his lewd pleasure. Originally, this time, the new prefect returned the canon of the three stewards who had done a lot of evil to everyone's fields. He also gave the land of Li Dashan, who no one at home, to rent to everyone. ”

The people of this village are all grateful to Dade and look forward to this day for a long time. It's just that before the people in the village have waited, the land that has been regained has not yet been warmed. The first thing the new governor sent to Mizhou from Beijing was to announce that all the people who had rented the official land before him must return all the land and harvest before the end of the month. ”

"Those who fail to pay within the time limit shall be severely punished as theft. In the future, all ownerless land will be sold by the government. If the people wanted to continue cultivating these lands, they had to pay 100 guan to the Zhizhou Yamen, and they could get the right to cultivate for three years. The people here have been burdened with the high land rent of King Jing's Mansion all these years, and they don't even have enough rations to eat in a year, where can they go to find a hundred yuan? ”

"Everyone is an ordinary person, and most of them are illiterate, so they can't find the door to complain. Although I don't understand what I said well, let everyone rent Li Dashan's land, and divide it into four or six after the autumn harvest. How did it become all the ownerless land, and it was handed over to the government for sale. But the old man of Zhizhou asked him to hand it back, and he could only hand it back helplessly.

"Fortunately, this is someone else's land, and it won't affect you if you hand it back, so it's a big deal that everyone won't rent it. The official has two mouths, and what they say is what it is. Just half a month ago, the government suddenly posted a notice again, requiring the tenants of the original Jingwang Mansion to make up the money and grain from the tenth year of Mingde, that is, the beginning of King Jing's vassal to this year. If it is not delivered, the land will be confiscated. ”

"This old man of Zhizhou has always been a non-bargain in this regard, and he is not allowed to bargain. No matter how much land your family has, even if it is a depression and slate land that has not been harvested for ten years or nine, it must be paid according to the three times a year or two stones of grain. This standard can be described as child-free. No matter who comes, it is this standard, and no bargaining is allowed. ”

And this lord of Zhizhou not only asked everyone to make up for the tax arrears of Mingde in the past 11 years, but also didn't know that a group of people were brought from there to collect them all day long. If you can't pay it, you will either tear down the house and pick up the beams, or take away the top account of the livestock. Even the wives and daughters of the people who were finally released with great difficulty, and there were not a few chickens, ducks and geese at home that were snatched away. ”

"I heard that the woman who was snatched away will not be redeemed by the original owner within three days, and will be handed over to the government for sale. Pity these people, since the tenth year of Mingde, they have become tenants of King Jing's Mansion. The land rent of King Jing's Mansion has always received sixty-five. The people here fall to the ground with beads of sweat and fall eight petals a year, and in the end the rations are not enough to feed them, not to mention that they have to rely on loans for the next year's seed grain. ”

"Where is there any extra money to pay for these eight years? What's more, the money and food collected by this Lord Zhizhou can't be paid even if it is left in previous years. One acre of land can only make three or four stones of grain, and he needs two stones to pay for money and grain, where can he afford it? If it catches up with the disaster year, the output of one acre of land is not enough to pay taxes. ”

"Eight years of money and grain are paid in a year, and one acre of land costs sixteen stones, and even if you sell your sons and daughters, you can't afford to pay it. What's more, according to the ten taxes of the imperial court, the grain levied on one acre of land is only thirty catties, and he doesn't know how many times these two stones have been doubled. But this Lord Zhizhou is the Tao, and the extra ones are interest. But even the benefits of donkey rolling are not so high. ”

But this Lord Zhizhou didn't care about that, and if he refused to pay it, he had nothing to pay the tax, so he locked it and got the shackle of the Zhizhou Yamen. Other villages don't know, but this village has been shackled by five or six people. If this continues, this is to force the common people to rebel. Speaking of this, the old man sighed deeply.

Listening to the old man's words, Huang Qiong's face became deeper and darker. Seeing that Huang Qiong's face was not good, Su Jin, who didn't dare to let Huang Qiong intervene, hurriedly said: "Dare to ask the old man, this prefect is so behaving, which is very different from the previous prefect's actions. Didn't the people have any doubts and didn't think of going to the court? He is just a five-grade Zhizhou, and he can't cover the sky in this Zhengzhou Mansion with one hand. ”

Su Jin's words made the old man extremely angry: "Sue? This old man didn't know, those who came down to collect taxes said that this is the edict of the king who knows what power Zhengzhou disposes of, and if anyone dares to resist, it will be against the king. The 30,000 elite soldiers of the cavalry battalion under the command of the British king have blocked the road from Mizhou to the capital, and even if they want to complain, they can't get out of this Zhengzhou mansion. ”

"And the family is the prince, and now he is the prince of the holy family, and we, the people, are sued, and no one will take care of it. What's more, the first person to come down with those tax collectors was the general judge of this Michigan. The notice posted on it was also printed with the seal of the king of the right to know Zhengzhou's disposal. ”

"I thought that I had finally left a greedy King Jing, but I didn't expect another more greedy King of England to come. The people of the prefectures and counties to which Zhengzhou Prefecture belongs are really driving wolves at the front door and entering the tiger at the back door. Some families are already packing their bags and preparing to be homeless again. At the beginning, I listened to the words of the government and came back from the capital all the way, but I didn't expect such a result. ”

Hearing that this new Zhizhou lord not only scraped three feet low, but even used his own banner when he was scraping and gathering. Although Huang Qiong was extremely angry in her heart, her face gradually became calmer. After a long time, he said: "What a Baili Hou who has the skills to scrape, what a good Zhizhou master who can pull tiger skin as a banner, and a good group of dirty officials." ”

"If I hadn't gone through this experience today, I wouldn't have known that there was such a big man in this Zhengzhou Mansion. No wonder when the gentry of Liu Hu's hometown were invited to the banquet that day, they asked how the Mizhou government was governed, and those people kept silent, thinking that they were afraid of offending people. A Zhizhou, who is only a five-grade governor, actually took the imperial court's decree so inappropriately, I don't know who gave him such a big courage. ”

Looking at Huang Qiong, her face became more and more calm, but her tone became more and more cold. Now the more angry he is in his heart, the more stable his face is, and the more he can't see it, the smiling tiger prince already has a certain understanding of Su Jin. This prince, whose face was a little abnormal at this time, was probably killing in his heart.

Su Jin wanted to explain something with a guilty face, but he didn't say anything for a long time, and he really couldn't find an excuse to excuse himself. Mizhou is a subordinate state of Zhengzhou Prefecture, and the governor of Mizhou is so openly opposed to the decree of the imperial court, and he is still under the banner of the British king. The fact that he, the prefect of Zhengzhou, knows nothing about it, is first of all a crime of failure to investigate.

Seeing that Su Jin was ashamed and wanted to explain something, Huang Qiong waved his hand and said, "You are responsible for this matter, but the main responsibility is not counted." Zhengzhou is in ruins, and you are busy dealing with political affairs all day long, and you may not be able to take care of the following. And fortunately, the time is short, and the damage caused is not irreparable. ”

Hearing Huang Qiong's words, I knew that this was the king of England making excuses for himself. The shame on Su Jin's face was even stronger: "Thank you Wang, Young Master Wang has saved some face for me." I have lived in the capital for many years, and although I have a certain understanding of the methods of these filthy officials, I have never really seen it after all. On weekdays, at most, I know some from my colleagues. ”

"But this kind of thing happened in Michigan, and it is hard to escape the blame in any case. It's not something that you don't understand and can cover up. This Mizhou Zhizhou is so preoccupied, so up and down, and he doesn't know anything about this and this. If it hadn't come out this time, he would have been in the dark all along. Young Master Wang, why bother to cover up? ”

Su Jin's embarrassing words, Huang Qiong waved his hand to stop his next words and said: "Don't blame yourself too much, you still have to be realistic when you speak." It's true that you're responsible for this kind of thing. How far is Mizhou from Zhengzhou? However, for more than 100 miles, fast horses can run back and forth in a day. ”

"There is such a big thing in Michigan, you don't know at all, and you can't escape from a missed investigation. But if the board hits you, it's also a bit wronged for you. At present, Zhengzhou has initially decided that people's hearts are unstable, and there are many people in the secret, always thinking about mixing this pool of muddy water even more so that they can fish in troubled waters. ”

"The aftermath of Zhengzhou is inherently complicated, and where can you do it all? In that position, most of your energy is still to fight lawsuits with those superiors, and it is impossible to do everything. Isn't the main government affairs to be carried out by the following states and counties? The minds of these people, not to mention that you can't control them, even the emperor and the court can't do anything. ”

"But then again, it's been more than two months since you arrived, and the aftermath of Zhengzhou has been going on for more than two months. In addition to coming to me, how many times have you been out of the yamen on weekdays? On weekdays, Jian Yong still knows that walking back and forth can learn about public opinion by the way. But how far have you got? ”

"You, the head of the government, are in the heavily guarded yamen all day long, and when you go out, you sit in a sedan chair carried by a few people, sound the gong to open the way, call forward and hug, and that people dare to tell you the truth? If you can't see the people, you can't sink down to talk to them, where can you go to really understand the people's opinions? ”

"I know you've been busy with government all day, and you've not been lazy. In the two months you have been in Zhengzhou, you have not had a good night's sleep, and you only eat a small bowl of rice at each meal. In just two months, you have lost more than two laps compared to when you were in the capital. No one can deny that you are diligent in government affairs. However, there are some things that cannot be solved by being diligent in government affairs. ”