Zhaoqing City, at the gate of the city, a Confucian official in a military robe looked at a group of illiterate people behind him, while cursing in his heart the boss who sent him to the city gate to read the morning newspaper, on the other hand, he took out a teacup and drank a big sip of strong tea, and after drinking, he wiped the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief.

Nima's, on this hot day, was sent to read the morning newspaper at the gate of the city, and the first reading was for a continuous day, and it would last for three days, and his whole person felt bad.

But there is no way, who makes himself just a lowest-level official from the ninth grade, this kind of drudgery does not come by himself, is it difficult to let those superiors not come?

And he also knew that there were not only one of those who read the morning newspapers with him today, but there were actually hundreds.

At this time, some people outside were shouting: "Master, please talk about the tax exemption of wasteland, the little one came late just now, and I didn't listen to it all!" ”

"Is it true that the reclamation of wasteland is tax-free?"

"What? And this kind of good thing? ”

Tax-free, this is a rare word many times!

Paying taxes in the Tang Dynasty is not only a matter of course, but also a must-do, otherwise, the family will be ruined!

And since the Tang Dynasty took Zhaoqing City, ordinary people have heard about how hateful those tax officials are, thinking about collecting taxes and exempting them from taxes every day? Except for last month, when the western part of Guangdong was hit by a typhoon, I really haven't done it at any other time.

But this time, in order to increase the influence of the court newspaper, the Tang Dynasty put the long-planned tax exemption of wasteland on the court newspaper, of course, it had already been approved by Li Xuan before the disclosure, and it had been written in various places to be specifically implemented, and many well-informed people already knew about it.

However, in fact, it is difficult for ordinary people to know these policies of the imperial court, not to mention these illiterate ordinary people, even the scholars and gentry who do not care about the facts, do not know about it.

Therefore, although there is a lot of content in the newspaper this time, there is actually only one thing that has attracted the attention of the general public, especially the peasants, and that is the tax exemption for the reclamation of wasteland!

Immediately, after moistening his mouth, he felt that his throat had recovered a little, and the official from Jiupin smiled slightly, and then said, "No problem!" ”

Although he was scolding his boss for sending him such a drudgery with his middle finger in his heart, he knew that although this matter was bitter, it must not be taken lightly, and now all officials know that the court attaches great importance to the court newspaper, and before the boss asked him to read the court newspaper, he repeatedly instructed him to pay attention to the image, because at that time, he and the court newspaper together represented the face of the court.

Treat the people kindly, but you can't be quiet!

If you lose the face of the court, the court will let you lose your official hat!

After he said no problem, the crowd immediately quieted down, people in these years are very respectful and even in awe of scholars, not to mention that the person in front of him is still a serious court official, and there are also a few patrolmen who maintain order and wear black uniforms.

After everyone quieted down, this official from Jiupin just picked up the morning newspaper in his hand, and then coughed lightly, and it was only then that he read it out loud!

Because everyone wants to hear about the tax exemption of wasteland, he also skimmed the others and did not read it, focusing on reading the relevant report on the tax exemption of wasteland first!

First of all, it is the official official decree, which is summoned by the emperor in heaven...... Naturally, it is impossible to say that Li Xuan felt that the grain self-production rate in Liangguang was too low and the agricultural tax was too low, but that Li Xuan deeply felt that the people's livelihood was difficult, and in order to increase the people's income, he immediately decided that from now on, all newly opened farmland will be exempted from agricultural tax for the first three years, and half tax from three years later to the eighth year.

Unfortunately, these people did not understand the ornate text of the decree, so they did not even speak after listening to it, but continued to listen quietly and continuously.

At this time, the officials from Jiupin also began to interpret it, and when they interpreted, the words used were naturally colloquial, not those written words in the newspaper.

And said in an affirmative tone: "The Son of Heaven has decreed that as long as it is newly cultivated farmland, it can enjoy tax exemption for three years and tax for the fourth to eighth half years.

"Then can we also enjoy the discount for the fields we cleared last month?"

"Yes, as long as it is newly cultivated farmland this year, as long as it is declared, you can enjoy this discount!"

"Then who are we going to declare, do we want to go to the yamen in the county?"

"All you have to do is report to the tax collector in your village!"

"Will you have to pay taxes in eight years?"

There was no need for the official to answer this, and the others just interjected: "This still needs to be asked, the adults just said that the first three years are exempt from taxes, and the fourth to eighth years are tax-free, and after eight years, you will naturally have to pay taxes!" ”

"And it's been reduced or exempted from taxes for eight years, what else do you want, except for me, the Tang Holy Son, who else is so generous!"

"Yes, the Son of Heaven is a good person!"

"That's not it, I heard my eldest nephew say that our Holy Son of Heaven is the Holy Monarch of the Ages, okay!"

Listening to these fools talking about the Holy Son of Heaven, the Holy Monarch of the Ages, in the crowd, Geng Youhua, who was wearing a brocade robe, couldn't help but laugh a little!

The Holy Son of Heaven, the Holy Monarch of the Ages, these fools don't know at all that the puppet Tang Emperor was just a bandit leader before, and they didn't know what shit luck they had to take to get the world of the three provinces.

However, although this pseudo-Tang Emperor came from a humble background, this policy is a good policy, the first three years are tax-free, and the last five and a half years are taxed.

Now the agricultural tax is not light, and with this tax preference, it will be possible to organize people to open up wasteland.

I have to discuss it with my father and come up with a charter for reclaiming wasteland!

After Geng Youhua pondered for a moment, he saw a sign hanging in front of him: "Tang Dynasty newspaper, one copy of ten texts!" ”

This price is naturally relatively expensive for ordinary people, but it is nothing for Geng Youhua, who has hundreds of acres of land and a number of shops, and after bowing his head to a subordinate next to him and saying a few words, the subordinate next to him is squeezed into the crowd, and it didn't take long for him to come out with a stack of paper in his hand.

Immediately, Geng Youhua picked it up and looked at it, but as soon as he picked it up, his hands were stained with faint black ink, and the paper knew at a glance that it was quite cheap paper, and he disdained to use these papers when he practiced calligraphy on weekdays.

However, he could also guess why he used such cheap paper and ink, so he bought ten cents a copy, and the quality of the paper and ink was good.

Although it is said that the Tang Dynasty newspaper uses wooden movable type printing technology to print on a large scale, because the number of printing is very huge, so flat to each newspaper, its cost is reduced, but plus transportation, manuscripts and other expenses, the overall unit cost is still high, and this price is not even enough for the cost.

Holding the imperial court, he was not in a hurry to see it, but after entering the city, he found a teahouse and ordered a pot of tea and a few snacks, which was slowly watched.

When he reads, he reads books on weekdays, from beginning to end, page by page, and sees the front page on the cover, which reports the deeds of Li Xuan's inspection of the arsenal, and he shows a hint of ridicule: hypocrisy!

He didn't believe that an emperor would really go to the factory to greet those dirty workers, even if Li Xuan wanted to do this, the ministers below would try their best to stop it, which would be undignified for the emperor, but it was a huge faux pas.

He guessed that it would be good for those workers in the factory to be able to take a look at the puppet emperor Li Xuan from a distance, at most the puppet emperor Li Xuan nodded to the crowd and waved his hand or something.

The emperors of these years, whether they are from the Ming Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, the emperors are called the Son of Heaven, and they are all granted by heaven!

The Son of Heaven is high in people's concepts and even in legal principles, and he cannot even be regarded as a person, but a living god!

So what did the puppet emperor Li Xuan cordially visit the ordinary workers, he didn't believe it, no, he soon found out between the lines that the puppet emperor Li Xuan met with only the chief engineers of several branches of their Zhaoqing Arsenal.

The chief engineer is a worker, just kidding, it's all officials, not ordinary workers!

So after a brief look at the cover report, it was quickly skimmed, and then it looked like the follow-up article, the second one, which was written about the army, reported a battle case of the army on the Huguang front!

Although in his opinion, what was said in this article was very exaggerated, praising the Tang Army to the sky and reducing the puppet Ming thief army to scum, but he looked at it very carefully, and he did not show any sneering expression, because he knew that although what was said in the court newspaper was exaggerated, the reality was more exaggerated than that in the court newspaper!

He had seen the Battle of Guangzhou at that time, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were under the general attack and charge launched by the puppet Tang Dynasty thief army, and it was a crushing army, and anyone who dared to underestimate the Tang Army was already defeated and died!

You can ridicule the puppet emperor Li Xuan's low background and ridicule the messy policies of the Tang Dynasty, but you can't belittle or even slander the Tang Army, because even the most demanding people have to admit: The Tang Army is really an elite division!

And this article is not talking about a large-scale battle, just a small battle, the participating troops are a musket team, and this team did not stick to the help, did not even ask for reinforcements after being ambushed by thousands of people in Huguang, but directly launched an active charge against the enemy ten times their size!

When he saw this, Geng Youhua couldn't help but look cautious, and then looked down, he was now eager to know if this team of musketeers could fight a bloody way out of the ambush of the thousand-man Ming army!