Every August autumn harvest season, the county and city are extremely lively, men and women, people come and go, noisy and shouting, shops are lined up, and the whole market is full of shouting and selling.

In particular, the "five junguan" subordinate to Jin Caopeng is located, and there is a long queue - this is the people from all the townships in the county who have come to the valley.

For Changling County, this year's annual situation is better than in previous years, the rain is evenly adjusted, there are no locusts to make stalks, and there are one or two buckets of millet per mu in the field.

But the joy that had arisen since the beginning of autumn disappeared as soon as he heard the price of grain quoted by the city officials.

"How is this grain price so much cheaper than last year?" The farmers couldn't believe their ears.

"If the year is good and the harvest is abundant, the grain will naturally be cheap." The city clerk sat on his knees in front of the desk, picking at the stains between his fingernails with a wooden thorn, and did not look at the peasants in front of him, dressed in rags and linen, with their faces sunburned.

"There are one or two more buckets in the field, but the price of grain has fallen by half!" The farmers began to complain, don't bully them, they don't count.

The city official smiled and said: "It's good to fall, it means that the world is peaceful." ”

Immediately, his face turned pale: "Besides, this is the price decided by the Nayan (Dasi Nong) and the Wujunsi City Masters, we are just doing things according to the rules, if we don't sell at this price, it will be against the law!" ”

The economy of the new dynasty was based on the system of five equals, and the officials of the five equals were responsible for leveling prices, which was justified and well-founded. But the farmers don't think so, the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants, not to mention, they heard that there is a disaster in the neighboring county, and they don't believe that the grain production can be doubled, I'm afraid that the city officials don't want to make a fortune.

The city official was unmoved: "You are short-sighted, limited to a corner, and don't want to think about it, this must be a bumper harvest of grain in Kanto, and it can be sent to Guanzhong at any time?" Grain and rice are pouring in everywhere like Wei Shui, and the price of grain may fall again in a few days, wait and see! ”

He also threatened: "From Chang'an to the sixth lieutenant, the price of grain is the same for each Wujun official, if you don't want to sell it, you can try it in another place, and you have to pay an additional tariff." ”

The people have almost no choice, this is a lively county and city, or sell it to private businessmen? But which private trader is willing to make such a loss-making deal, maybe the bid is lower than the official one.

Someone muttered: "It's better not to sell it cheaply, we might as well pull it back and continue to hold it." ”

When the city officials heard this, they laughed out loud: "Let's stay tun, and when you pay the payment at the end of the month, see if you can come up with hundreds of thousands of money!" ”

Fu, that's right, damn the calculation of fu and oral fu, since the former Han Dynasty, it is necessary to pay money and cannot replace it in kind. In the Han Dynasty, an adult man and woman paid 120 yuan, but now the money is cheap, so they have to pay two or three hundred yuan, which is almost the price of one stone valley - but this year it costs two stones.

If it is really an ideal situation, it is not too easy for a family to allocate 100 acres of cultivated land, harvest 200 stone millet, and pay one-tenth of the field rent plus the calculation of the endowment, and there will be a lot left.

However, the former Han Dynasty was annexed in the past two hundred years, especially Guanzhong, which had many people and little land. The land was concentrated in the hands of the powerful nobles, and some poor people had four or five people, but the land was only about ten acres. The grain grown is barely satisfying, and the calculation has become the last straw that overwhelms them, after this sale, will the surplus food at home survive the winter?

But if it is not sold, it can only be said as an angry sentence. Even if he is self-sufficient in food and clothing, in addition to paying taxes, he has to buy iron tools of poor quality but have to be used from the iron officials who are also subordinate to the government, and exchange the salt from the salt officials for salt that is so high that people want to cry, and it is distressing to drop a grain.

The new room was not endowed and the state used it enough, but the farmer was severely cut a few leeks, and the money from farming every year was turned around, and all went into the pockets of the five officials.

The peasants were discouraged, and sold the grain resignedly, and after a rough fight between the grain and the grain, they received the money from the city officials.

"Can I exchange it for a cargo spring?" Looking at the strange cloth in their hands, which could be exchanged for twenty-five goods springs, the farmers were a little incredulous.

In the past ten years, they have been frightened by all kinds of large-denomination currencies, but they still hold a pocket of small money in their arms with peace of mind.

But the city official gave them a roll of the eyes: "If you dare not accept it, do you want to be punished and go to the imperial government to serve in labor?" ”

The peasants were frightened and had to complete the deal quickly: they came with a heavy load of grain, and when they returned, they only carried a light piece of cloth. Before they knew it, they were minted and cut leeks again.

There is no way, I would rather sell the grain cheaply to make up the calculation, and I am not willing to borrow Haoyou's loan, the interest rate is too high. Thirty-seven years old, a farmer, it is too sad to have to borrow money to his daughter to make up the dowry.

What's more, the loan is what you want to borrow? In the past, the wealthy businessmen borrowed money, didn't they just want to make profits and force small farmers into bankruptcy so that they could buy land? Nowadays, the land is not allowed to be bought and sold, and slaves and maids can't do it, so what else can they borrow, the poor ghosts love to die!

Many people originally calculated that they would collect more grain this year, exchange more money, and buy a bronze mirror for their wives in the market, get some caramel for their children to satisfy their cravings, and then buy some thick winter clothes that are not easy to make at home.

As a result, he didn't dare to buy anything, so he could only hang his head and pull the empty chariot and go home.

But when he turned his head, he saw a group of farmers who had just arrived still full of grain, and under the ridicule and white eyes of the city officials, they turned around and walked away very stiffly.

"If you don't sell it, you won't sell it!"

They resolutely do not sell it cheaply, anyway, the grain that has not been licked can be saved, and they will keep it until the winter, and then the price of grain will be expensive, and it will be returned.

The farmer is the fifth Pingdan in the fifth mile.

Someone knew him, so they went over and asked with concern: "Pingdan, don't you sell the grain, don't pay the calculation?" Do you want to be arrested and go to the border to serve hard labor to compensate? ”

"Don't be afraid."

The fifth Pingdan proudly said: "There is Yicang Yiqian in the fifth!" ”

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Ordinary small farmers were anxious to sell their grain in preparation for the August and autumn months, but the landlords were very calm.

They have a large family, and they have a lot of food to eat, and they must keep food, and as for the money for taxes, they have already saved it in previous years.

What's more, although the money is collected by Jin Cao Peng, isn't it the fifth Lun of the sect master who is responsible for calculating the mouth and determining the endowment!

In mid-August, on the eve of the New Year's Day, the Zhudi of Linqu Township gathered in the Fifth Liwu Courtyard.

Before the fifth tyrant arrived, he greeted the patriarchs: "Although he is a household Cao Peng, Bo Yu has already said that he must not be expected to hide his household registration for you and others, and hide the acres of land." ”

"The county is even Chang'an, I don't know how many eyes are staring at Boyu, and it's difficult for him to do it. At most, it can only ensure that no county officials deliberately exploit and assign more taxes and labor to my family. ”

"What the second prince said is extremely true." No one will complain about the "impartiality of the law" of the Fifth Lun, because they have benefited greatly from the merger of the families.

The increase in the yield of the autumn harvest is far better than that of ordinary people, because in the spring, the fifth Lun is very generous to share the intercropping of the quyuan plough and the bean grain to each family.

Especially the latter, which helped them obtain a good yield increase effect, and even beans and wheat per mu were harvested by three or five buckets.

Fifth Lun did exactly what he promised last year, "IKEA Family, Le Er Wife (nú)"!

Since the harvest was abundant, everyone went to the fourth salt to inquire about the market price of grain, and when they heard that the grain harvest of Wujunguan was half cheaper than last year, they all scolded and scolded, and the first pass was surprised: "Could it be that it is really a bumper harvest in Kanto, which has depressed the price of grain?" ”

"On the contrary, there is a great drought in the Kanto region, and many places are out of production!"

Fourth, Xian lowered his voice to everyone to understand the truth, he had a caravan to the east side of the river, and the news was more well-informed than ordinary people. If it weren't for the bad year, there wouldn't have been so many thieves in various parts of the Kanto.

"Then why is grain still cheap, shouldn't it be expensive?" The sixth calf is buried in the fields, and he doesn't know much about this aspect, so is the responsibility of the five junguan to level the price? How can it be reversed to reduce the price.

"It's just forcible seizure, they all say that there is no business and no treachery, I think those five officials are the most traitorous in the world."

Si Xian shook his head, he heard that there were two big businessmen in Luoyang who were in charge of Wujun: Uncle Zhang Chang and Xue Ziqiu, and the family was also tens of thousands of dollars.

The emperor regarded them as the current Sanghong sheep, and they were all hired as Nayanshi, and the two of them were still very businessmen. The good Wujun officials have become profiteers, not only do they not level the prices, but they collect and sell them cheaply, hoard them, and turn their left hand to their right hand, it seems that the treasury is indeed rich, but the people's hearts are also lost.

When everyone was talking, Wu Lun hurriedly went to the court, he was also very busy in August, and he was still wearing official clothes, so that everyone should not get up and salute, and directly explained the theme of today's meeting.

The first is to prepare for the autumn club in a few days, all ethnic groups have arranged tasks, and everyone has pooled money and food together, which is lively and fair.

The second is to announce a major event: "The county chief Yin praised the fifth mile of Yicang and Yiqian as a US policy, and decided to promote it in Linqu Township next year." ”

I have to say that the Yicang and Yiqian prepared by the Fifth Mile have indeed brought benefits to the people and clansmen.

Last winter, when the grain was scarce, Yicang at least saved the lives of three families in Lizhong.

And the more significant effect is that the people can borrow the money to settle the emergency first, and do not have to rush to sell the grain in August. If it is not until the beginning of winter, or even when it is not green, the old grain will be sold at a high price, and it will be several times more money, and it will not be too late to make up for the loan.

As for salt and iron, it doesn't have to be slaughtered at great expense. Not to mention that farm tools can be borrowed from large quantities, the fifth Lun is not an official in vain, and he has already had a channel. In addition, the fourth salt has a relationship on the east side of the river, and even cheap salt can be obtained wholesale, and then distributed to the tribesmen at a low price.

In short, Yicang and Yiqian have brought great benefits to the fifth mile as a whole, and helping relatives have also been praised by the county. Zhang Zhan took a fancy to this and claimed that if the world could follow suit, the fifth Lun's merit would be no less than that of Geng Shouchang, the great Si Nong who implemented the regular liquidation when Emperor Xuan was announced, and his promotion was just around the corner.

Wu Lun was not happy and worried, and strongly persuaded Zhang Zhan that he should slow down and not be impatient.

Zhang Zhan felt that he was deliberately procrastinating, thinking that Fifth Lun was unwilling to share successful experience, but in fact, Fifth Lun was really not a broomstick.

"Zhang Jun, I heard that the Son of Heaven restored Jingtian, which was originally tried in the fiefdom Xinduguo, and it is said that there was Jiahe Zhixiang from time to time, and the effect was good, but he was stopped by Zhai Yi's rebellion."

"So in the first year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wang Tian's private subordinate order was pushed to the whole country, and I dare to ask Zhang Jun, how is this national policy being implemented now?"

Zhang Zhan was silent at that time, what else could he do? In name only.

The absurd order that more than eight hectares of land must be divided among neighbors was stopped because it could not be implemented. Although the land slaves and maids were not allowed to buy and sell, they still insisted on stopping the desire for annexation of the powerful in the Guannai, but also made the peasants unable to borrow loans, and they could not even sell their bodies, and many people were forced to a dead end - this is Zhang Zhan's view.

Yicang and Yiqian are the same as the beautiful Wangtian private ownership system, which can be implemented on a small scale, but once it is forcibly spread, it will not bring benefits to the farmers in the county, but will be a disaster.

Because it is too demanding to make this move harmful.

First of all, there must be a suzerain like the Fifth Lun, who does not seek utilitarian profit but only earns people's hearts, and fills the gap for Yicang and righteous money for free - those who can do loss-making business willingly, if they are not careerists, they are true saints.

Secondly, the suzerain must also have considerable prestige and credibility, and be able to implement a strict system of supervision to prevent self-theft.

Without these two points, the so-called righteous money is just a harsh tax on everyone. Wu Lun closed his eyes and knew that in the end, he would definitely come up with the lack of virtue of "the gentry's money was returned in full, and the people's money was divided into three or seven accounts".

Under the persuasion of the fifth lun, Zhang Zhan reluctantly agreed to postpone it, but he still had to implement it.

Next year, that is, the first year of the emperor, Linqu Township will be promoted as a pilot; In two years, it was expanded to Changling County; three years to Lieutenant County; reported to the Son of Heaven for four years, so that the entire Guanzhong could follow suit; Five years to expand to the whole world......

Wu Lun secretly thought in his heart: "Can this big new one last for five years?" ”

He didn't persuade either, so he responded in one bite, just using Zhang Zhan's tiger skin, to force the Zhudi of Linqu Township to get the righteous warehouse and righteous money.

Each family pays money to the suzerain's fifth lun according to its population and wealth, and he authorizes his cronies to manage it.

This is a disguised collection of taxes from all ethnic groups, and after everyone looked at each other, they still agreed. After all, Wu Lun also said that if this can be done, from next month, each family can recommend one to three children to study for free.

Because the Yicang is a grain storage place, it is set up separately in each mile.

The seventh biao said hesitantly that Yicang is acceptable, but can it be borrowed with a certain amount of interest, not much, only one-tenth......

"Less than one-tenth, each family decides for themselves."

Fifth Lun said: "And if you don't pay it back every other year, you will be allowed to receive it." ”

Just let these short-sighted guys take care of that little profit, and in the end, the hearts of the people will be returned to him.

This is the first step in his economic integration of Linqu Township, thinking of this fifth Lun on the fire, to share the Quyuan plough and bean grain intercropping with all ethnic groups, the result is that the former is more suitable for small farmers of small plots of land, so Zhudi is not very interested, basically not promoted.

Starting from this year's wheat planting, the fifth lun will send more people to supervise each li.

After the topic came down, it didn't sound like a big problem, and everyone raised their hands to agree.

Don't you know that after more than half a year of development, they are no longer relatives who only get together during sacrifices.

On top of the administrative body of Linqu Township, a monster called "clan" was born and became its own system. There is a leader who has the same words, there is a patriarchal law that is comparable to the law, and there is a righteous money equivalent to taxes, and there is only one violent law enforcement agency: the army.

"Zhao's field, with one hundred and twenty steps as the wan, with two hundred and forty steps as the mu, there is no tax. The public is a scholar, and the lord and the minister receive it, so as to enrich the people, so it is said to consolidate the country, and the Jin country returns. ”

"Loan with a big bucket and collect with a small bucket. Qi Ren's song said: 'Sweet picking, it belongs to Tian Chengzi!' ’”

Fifth Lun remembered these two stories from Yang Xiong, and wanted to turn his family into a country, the Zhao family of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the ancestor of the fifth clan, Qi Guotian, had a lot of experience.

He now likes to follow his master in history class more and more.

"Who wouldn't copy the answer?"

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After agreeing with his relatives, the Fifth Fortune, who had been sent to Maoling by the Fifth Lun, also returned.

"All those local products have been sent to Ma's?"

For most of the past six months, Wu Lun has been taking care of his children in the name of "Ma Yuan's friend of life and death". Although Ma is wealthy, the fifth Lun makes people bring some gifts and specialties to the past, such as garden vegetables, chestnuts in the forest, and pickled pears that are a little sweet and sour.

"It's delivered, I went to the kitchen in the house to put it down, and Mrs. Ma asked me to bring a letter back."

The Fifth Blessing handed over the letter to the Fifth Lun, and wanted to see the excitement, but he was glared at before slipping out.

Fifth Lun opened the bamboo tube, and the plain white silk book was hidden in it, on which was a trickle of Lady Ma's fine characters, which was very good-looking - this was not the first letter to him, and every time she sent it, she would seriously reply and thank you.

And today there are two copies, which seems to have taken a lot of thought.

"Good, I've been able to spend a long time today."

The fifth Lun Yile leaned on the couch and watched.

Lady Ma's official writing style is elegant and colorful, the knot is even, and the content is as polite and leaky as ever.

She told about the recent situation at home, saying that she had made a new rice wine, and she would not be rude to her, so she asked Fifth Lun to try it too. Finally, the fifth Lun is well, and the end of the letter is a humble "concubine and then again".

The only regret is that her name is not known yet.

After reading it quickly and reading it carefully, the fifth Lun opened the second envelope, but suddenly stood up from the couch!

"Cattle and horses go to help, and then say goodbye!"

Since eloping with Wan Xuan, Ma Wenyuan, who has been missing for almost a year, finally sent a letter!

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