Chapter 154: Rent Turmoil

"Ladies and gentlemen of Dangzhou, hello everyone, I am the new governor of Dangnanfu arranged by the saint, I think you have seen it in the notice two days ago, my name is Situ Yi, the word Haoshuo, the two next to me, this is Dangnan Doctor Su Ce, a single word Mian, this one broke his hands and feet, but also Dangnan Doctor, named Fu Enhao, a single word ago, the three of us have just arrived, I hope that in the future, the old folks will take more care and advice."

After speaking, Master and Apprentice Yi and Su Ce leaned over and made a gesture to the people present, Fu Enhao had no choice but to bow his head.

Situ Yi's speech was very particular, firstly, he only said his name, and did not mention their background, secondly, in terms of self-title, he used "I" instead of "this official", and finally put on a relatively low posture to the people present, and there was no official frame at all.

Now it's the turn of the common people to be at a loss, after living for so long, it is the first time they have seen officials saluting the common people, isn't this a joke with them!

Even the few people who didn't kneel down just now were stunned in place, they didn't expect these children who looked like they were stinking and undried to use such methods.

"Adults can't help it!"

"Adults can't help it! How can there be any reason for an official to salute like a commoner? ”

After some people reacted, they immediately knelt on the ground, and the officials saluted them, and they could not stand.

"Huh? Why do you kneel? ”

Situ Yi asked knowingly.

"My lord, since ancient times, there has been no reason for officials to salute the common people, if you salute us, then we can't stand."

"Yes, my lord, it has always been only the people who salute the officials."

"Yes, yes, my lord!"

There was an old man who explained to Situ Yi, which caused a lot of people to echo.

"Eh~ There is no difference between the government and the people today, just treat us as ordinary people in the state."

"How can adults say that, officials are officials, and the people are people......"

As soon as Situ Yi finished saying that there was no difference between the government and the people, he provoked the rebuttal of the people below.

"You see, I eat the same food as you eat, not from the vegetable market in the city, I bought rice from the rice shop, and I drink water from the well, and after taking off my official uniform, I am also an ordinary person, no different from you."

Before the voice of rebuttal was finished, Situ Yi explained to them.

"This ......"

The common people had nothing to refute, because what Situ Yi said was the truth, after taking off his official uniform, the officials were the same as ordinary people, so generally when they met the governor or the governor on the street of Dangzhou, they only needed to say hello like a friend, and they did not need to salute.

"In addition to these, the three of us who came to Dangzhou for the first time are not particularly familiar with the customs, customs and habits of Dangzhou, and if we do something wrong in the future, I hope you will correct and bear with us."

Situ Yi said to the people of Dangzhou in the same tone as a foreigner who had just arrived in Dangzhou.

The people didn't speak, they felt that Situ Yi was just talking, and once he pointed out their mistakes in the future, he might have to go to jail.

"If you don't believe me, I can swear to heaven,"

As he spoke, Situ Yi pointed his finger to the sky, and there were words in his mouth,

"Today, I swear to the heavens that if there is a lie in what we say today, the heavens will ......"

"My lord, we believe in you!"

"My lord, we believe in you!"

Seeing that Situ Yi really swore to the sky, the people were moved, and what the new governor of Dangnanfu said was not a lie.

A hint of joy flashed in Fu Enhao's eyes, he also expected this situation, but fortunately he was prepared.

In this world, there are Confucian ideas that influence people, "Heaven and Earth are the princes and teachers", heaven is the most respected by people, generally no one dares to swear to the sky, Situ Yi's operation made the people look at him with admiration.

"I brought you here today, I want to talk to you about the governance of Dangnanfu in the future, we didn't come to the government yesterday, we went to understand the current situation of the fathers and villagers in Dangzhou, at present, except for what Chen Suyuan and Ge Chixiang held before, they are all owned by the imperial court, we plan to rent these lands to the villagers in Dangzhou according to the population, and the rent is thirty percent of the annual harvest, I don't know what the fathers and villagers here think?"

The problem of arable land for the people of Dangzhou is a problem that Situ Yi urgently needs to solve.

Chen Suyuan and Ge Chixiang have occupied more than half of the cultivated land in Dangzhou City in just a few years.

There are also forty percent controlled by the Wang family and the Sun family, when many people in the state city rent their fields, they need to pay seventy percent of the rent, and the remaining thirty percent have to pay taxes, and after paying the taxes, there is not much harvest left, and life is already unsustainable.

Chen Suyuan and Ge Chixiang were arrested, and those lands had to be confiscated and returned to the arms of the government, and Situ Yi planned to use it to solve the problem of food for the people of Dangzhou.

"Is it true?"

"My lord, is it really thirty percent?"

Many people don't believe that there is still land that only collects 30% of the rent.

In the past, a lot of land was actually theirs, but in desperation, they had no choice but to sell the land, resulting in no land to cultivate and the need to rent land.

"A gentleman's words, hurry up, of course what I said is true, only 30% of the rent is needed."

This 30% rent is the result of the discussion between the three of them, when the land annexation near the state city is really too powerful, a few people hold nearly 90% of the land, which leads to a large number of people need to rent land to cultivate.

But they now have less than fifty percent of the land in their hands, and if it were distributed to the people who wanted to rent it, the land they would receive would be very small.

It was impossible for the Wang family and the Sun family to take out their land, so the three of them decided to let the common people cultivate it in the form of rent.

Thirty percent of the rent is already very low, looking at the world, it is estimated that only Dangzhou is here for thirty percent of the rent.

Such a low rent will definitely attract a large number of ordinary people, and the Wang family and the Sun family, who have seventy percent of the rent, have to lower the rent.

"Of course that's good, sir!"

"Your Excellency is so wise!"

After confirming that what Situ Yi said was really 30% of the rent, the people were quite excited, with such a low rent, even if they paid the tax, they still had 40% to 50% of the harvest, which was more than quadrupled from before.

"My lord, do you still have to think about the 30% rent?"

While the people were cheering, a voice suddenly sounded, causing the entire government to fall silent, and everyone's eyes were staring straight at the person who spoke.

"Oh? Who is this? ”

It was Fu Enhao who spoke, and he remembered that the person who spoke was among the people who didn't kneel down just now.

"My grandson, the head of the family, my lord, isn't this thirty percent rent a bit low, and the lowest rent in other states is also forty percent."

When nearly 50% of the land rent in the state city is only 30%, the most affected are his Sun family and the Wang family, and it is very likely that they will face a situation where there is empty land but no one comes to rent.

"Master Sun, the land leased out by the government is not the same as your family's land, you still have to pay taxes to the imperial court, and we can understand that you set seventy percent of the rent, maybe you collect sixty percent of the rent, and after paying taxes to the imperial court, there is not much harvest left, but the government is all the land of the imperial court, and there is no need to pay taxes to the imperial court, and the thirty percent rent is actually very high, so we plan that the people who rent our land will be exempted from the taxes of the year."

Fu Enhao explained to Sun Zi that he knew that Sun Zi was worried that the land of the government would attract all the common people, so their Sun family's land could only be left with long grass.

But Fu Enhao couldn't get used to Sun Zi's lofty appearance, and threw a depth charge to exempt him from paying taxes that year!

In other words, Sun Zi's appearance not only did not have the effect of negotiation, but made the Sun family's land look even more unleashed.

"You ......"

Sun Zi is angry, doesn't this hairy boy see that he has a big opinion on the rent of Sancheng! Who wants his understanding! It is also exempt from paying taxes for the current year!

"The head of the Sun family, as a native of Dangzhou, you should think more about the people of Dangzhou, if there were no people in Dangzhou, where would there be the current Sun family, leave a way for the people to live, and the Sun family would not be far behind."

Fu Enhao is not an enemy of the rich, he is not short of money in the original world, and now he is not short of money, he just can't see the Sun family's unkind behavior for the rich.

Seventy percent of the rent, why don't they grab it? The people of the week were going to eat the soil, and they all said that the wool came out of the sheep, even if it was wool, they had to wait for the wool to grow before they were picked, the sheep was about to be killed, and there was a wool for him! Fu Enhao was indignant in his heart.

"Your Excellency is right~"

Sun Zi knew that these three people were determined to go to the ordinary people, so he didn't continue to entangle with Fu Enhao and retreated to the original place.