"Knock knock knock ......" accompanied by the crisp sound of the gong, Liu Shengfeng, the village leader, pulled his throat and shouted loudly, "Fathers and fellow villagers, have a meeting, have a meeting......

Liu Shengfeng was originally the deputy captain of the first battalion of the first battalion of the first army of the imperial forbidden army, but because of an arm injury, he was transferred to his hometown, Shiliting Wuhe Village, Shangcai County, Caizhou, western Beijing, and became a village leader.

Yesterday, the official document issued by the imperial court arrived in Liu Shengfeng's hands, and he felt that it was a great thing, so he immediately took people and called a meeting of the villagers while beating the gong.

The word "meeting" is actually a word in the official document of the imperial court, and Liu Shengfeng felt that it was a little interesting, so he directly copied it in the spoken language.

In the past, when there was no village in the village, the affairs of Wuhe Village were all under the control of Squire Li.

After Liu Shengfeng took office, the villagers didn't take him seriously at first, but they were perfunctory on the surface and tried not to offend him.

Who knows, within a month, Liu Shengfeng led the army of the imperial court and raided Squire Li and his lackeys.

As a result, Liu Shengfeng's prestige in the village soared, far surpassing that of the bully landlord Squire Li.

After Liu Cunzheng took office, he quietly investigated the situation in the village, and did not touch Squire Li's territory.

After collecting all the charges of Squire Li's crime of bullying men and women to occupy the land, Liu Shengfeng personally went to the county seat, led the officials and soldiers stationed in the county, and wiped out Squire Li and others.

Since Liu Shengfeng sat firmly in the position of the village and had the final say in the village, the entire Wuhe Village gradually embarked on the road to prosperity.

Don't talk about anything else, Liu Shengfeng implemented the basic national policy of rent reduction and interest reduction in the imperial court, and the land rent handed over by the villagers to the imperial court changed from ten taxes and four during the period of Squire Li to twenty taxes and one.

This alone made the villagers of Wuhe Village breathe a big sigh of relief. When it comes to the Chinese New Year, every household has surplus grain in their rice bowls.

In addition, when Liu Shengfeng was at the meeting, he announced in public that any usury with an annual interest rate of more than one and a half cents is a serious violation of the law.

In other words, the usury loan borrowed by the villagers with an interest rate of more than one and a half cents per annum will never need to be repaid from now on.

For this reason, Liu Shengfeng greatly offended the rich households and landlords in the township. However, when Liu Shengfeng announced this policy, it was already the time when the township army was formed and the initial results were achieved.

The power of the countryside is in the hands of the people! At this time, the rich families and landlords in the township, even if they were unhappy, had to knock out their teeth and swallow the blood together.

However, when the rich families and landlords in the township never dreamed of it, Liu Shengfeng had another demon moth.

Liu Shengfeng said: According to the edict of the imperial court, all landlords who own more than 500 mu of land must pay a high land tax of 10 taxes and 7 acres for the excesses.

AT THIS MOMENT, THE WEALTHY HOUSEHOLDS AND LANDLORDS COULD NOT AGREE AT ALL, AND THEY WENT AROUND IN A SERIES OF WAYS, PLANNING TO RAISE TROOPS AGAINST HIM.

As a result, Liu Shengfeng, who was well-informed, once again attracted the imperial court officials and troops of the prefectures and counties, and captured the wealthy households and landlords who had not yet really started the incident, and none of them ran away.

In this way, Wuhe Village finally stopped, and Liu Shengfeng's personal prestige also reached its peak.

Objectively speaking, village leaders like Liu Shengfeng, who have seized power step by step in the village, have sprung up thousands of people all over the country

These grassroots pavilion chiefs and village leaders are one of the most powerful grips for Li Zhongyi to control the entire empire.

The imperial power implemented by successive dynasties was not lower than that of the county, and after Li Zhongyi ascended the throne, it became a situation where every village was transferred to the village right.

Originally, it was not Liu Shengfeng's turn to come forward in person for the trivial matter of notifying the villagers of the meeting. However, after he received the above documents today, he was extremely happy in his heart, and he went out in person.

Since it was already after the autumn harvest, the men, women and children in the village were idle and had nothing to do. The venue at the east end of the village was soon crowded with people.

"Fathers and fellow villagers, the emperor sympathizes with everyone's hard work, and specially issued an edict that all children over six years old in the family, regardless of men and women, as long as they have passed the county's assessment, can study in the juvenile martial arts hall for free. All the young students who teach martial arts not only do not need money for food and clothing, but the imperial court also gives their parents 200 yuan every month......" Liu Shengfeng shed tears of excitement while preaching loudly in public.

I think that at the beginning, Liu Shengfeng's family was so poor that he couldn't even eat enough and couldn't wear warm clothes, if he hadn't survived, I am afraid that he would have died a long time ago.

Going through the past dynasties, how have you ever seen such a good policy of the imperial court?

After all, Liu Shengfeng is a deputy team leader who has seen the world, and he knows very well in his heart, Li Zhongyi once promised that as long as the conditions of the imperial court allow, all young people in the world can enjoy the treatment of free reading.

At present, except for the fact that Jinyang and Western Shu have not yet been unified, the imperial court has recovered to more than half of the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Although it is said that the land is vast and the resources are rich, the population is also large, and it is difficult for the emperor to cook without rice.

Therefore, under the current conditions, selecting outstanding teenagers to study in the juvenile martial arts halls in the county town has become an alternative to improving the quality of the population during the transitional period.

In peacetime, studying hard and then passing exams at all levels has become one of the two ways for villagers to change their fate.

The other way is to assiduously participate in the military training of the township army, and strive to win the favor of the superiors in the rotation training twice a year.

From the unorganized township army to the box army of the imperial court, life can be described as a qualitative leap.

For the time being, the soldiers of the township army in each village can receive a living allowance of 50 wen per month during the period of military training.

However, once you become a full-fledged soldier, you can receive at least two taels of money per month. Moreover, there is no money for accommodation, food, and clothing.

In other words, as long as the soldiers of the Xiang Army save a little money every month, they can accumulate enough money to support their families.

To put it bluntly, Li Zhongyi has seen through it, and he must give the people at the bottom the hope and hope to change their fate.

Those who are not in good physical condition and cannot join the army can study hard and participate in the scientific examination of the imperial court.

People who have worked hard since childhood can start by joining the township army, practice hard to kill the enemy, and strive to make the superior officers take a fancy to them.

No matter which dynasty or generation, as long as the class is not solidified and the people at the bottom are hoped, the world will not be in chaos.

"Liu Cunzheng, send a hundred wen a month, is it for the baby, or for me?" A parent endured it, and finally couldn't stand the itch, and took the initiative to ask Liu Shengfeng loudly.

Liu Shengfeng smiled slightly and said loudly: "These two hundred yuan are the settlement fee sent to you. ”

In this era, the cost of raising a baby is not as high as imagined, at most it is just an extra pair of chopsticks on the table. As for the clothes worn, the tattered clothes of the adults should be mended and changed by sewing, that is.

After all, the vast majority of the country's total population of nearly 60 million villagers are illiterate who have never read a book.

Illiterate people obviously could not participate in the imperial examinations, so they had to follow the example of their parents and engage in farming, and their ancestors had been farming for a living.

Traditionally, farming doesn't require culture. After accumulating farming experience, even if you are illiterate, you can actually be a good farmer.

Li Zhongyi expected the peasants' minds, that is, they love to be greedy and cheap. After all, in a small-scale peasant society, the farmer's vision is short-sighted, and only looking at the small profits in front of him is the real norm. The vast majority of peasants have never been to the county seat, and many of them have been circling the ravine for generations.

Therefore, when Li Zhongyi implemented the policy of juvenile martial arts, he deliberately added a benefit fee of 200 yuan for each household.

Limited by the national strength, Li Zhongyi was temporarily unable to promote the policy of universal nine-year compulsory education.

However, the imperial court still has the strength to select a certain number of outstanding teenagers from the countryside and enter the juvenile martial arts hall in the county town to study and study.

There is no way, the national strength is like this, you can only have how big your head is, how big a hat you wear, and you must not pull out the seedlings to help them grow.

As Li Zhongyi expected, when Liu Shengfeng announced that each household could get 200 yuan for nothing, as long as there were families with school-age children, they rushed to sign up one by one.

The peasants will settle their accounts. If you take 200 wen in a month, it is more than 2,000 wen a year, at least you can tear a few feet of linen cloth and make a new dress, right?

The little children in the village, everyone enters the juvenile martial arts hall, it is impossible.

However, if you choose the baby of the Zhang San family, why not choose the baby of the Li Si family?

Li Zhongyi actually expected this, so nearly 100 little children in the village had to take two exams.

One is a literacy test, and the other is a physical fitness test. Literacy tests aside, the so-called physical fitness tests are mainly competitions in standing postures.

Whoever has the most standard military posture, who can endure loneliness the most, and who can endure the hardships of standing in a military posture, will stand out.

The county's inspection envoy has already sent a message that each of the five villages with the largest number of qualified young students is being rewarded with 20 yuan.

In fact, this is a policy set by Li Zhongyi. Its purpose is to stop the unhealthy trend of deception and giving gifts and so that the selection of young talents can return to the right path.

Moreover, the selection of cadets for the juvenile martial arts hall was jointly presided over by the magistrates and military judges in various localities, and the military generals in various localities were almost speechless.

As a senior old bureaucrat, Li Zhongyi knows very well that if a good government is made from above, it is easy for the crooked-mouthed monks below to read it into a benefit scripture for big benefits.

Therefore, among the rules of selection, many supporting policies are very targeted.

It was not yet dark, and the villagers who were looking for Liu Shengfeng to sign up for the village were already crowded.

Liu Shengfeng's time in the village is not short, which family's little baby is very naughty, which family's little baby is very honest, he has a clear account in his heart.

However, since it is an open selection, as long as it is to sign up, Liu Shengfeng will not refuse to come, and will accept all the orders. When it comes time to take the exam, see the real chapter again, and let the loser lose convincingly.