Chapter XXIII Exploitation of the Landlords

On the court of Daijun, Ying Fusu sat on the throne, Qin Wen, the imperial envoy, stood on the lower left, and below were all civil and military officials, the first three, Taiwei Meng Tian, Prime Minister Meng Yi, Imperial Historian Qin Zhan, and the generals and ministers below knelt on the ground according to their ranks, from large to small.

Yingfu Su Weiwu said, "Prime Minister Meng Yi, Minister of Agriculture Xiying, how have the people been doing in the past six months?" Tell the truth".

Meng Yi and Xiying took a step forward.

Prime Minister Meng Yi said respectfully, "Your Majesty, since Your Majesty, the personal tax has been changed to a family tax, and the people's lives have been much better, but there are still many people who do not have land, and the people of Yuyang County, Liaoxi County, and Liaodong County are living well, and they can fish close to the sea."

Minister of Agriculture Xi Ying arched his hand, "Your Majesty, the land harvest in the fourteen counties is not bad, just like the Prime Minister said, there are many people who can't plant the land, not because they don't have land, but because there are many landlords and nobles who occupy the land."

Ying Fusu said angrily, "Landlord noble? Wasn't the land taken back by the imperial court? How can there still be landlords and old wealth"?

Meng Yi arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the land recovered is all land that has not been resold, and there are many that have been resold by the former county guards, so a lot has been occupied."

Ying Fusu nodded, "What about searching the property of the county guard inspector in front of you?"

Finance Minister Meng Fei took a step forward, "Your Majesty, in the past six months, the various taxes collected by the imperial court, as well as the search of the family property of the county guard and supervision envoy in front, a total of 10 million Qin and a half taels, one million quintals of grain and grass, and 200,000 new troops to build weapons and armor, spent one million Qin and a half taels, 200,000 quintals of grain and grass, and the officials and generals of the imperial court, etc., distributed 500,000 quintals of grain and grass."

Meng Fei changed his tone, "At present, there is still a treasury left, 23 million Qin and a half taels, and 1.5 million quintals of grain and grass."

Ying Fusu thought for a while, "Minister of Finance, how much does the court spend every month, 500,000 troops, how much grain and grass do you eat in a month"?

Meng Fei said respectfully, "The imperial court spends 100,000 quintals of grain and grass every month, and the army eats 50,000 quintals of grain every month."

Win Fusu is helpless, Qin's money is all grain, and Qin's half a tael is useless? Money is useless?

Ying Fusu smiled helplessly, "In this way, take back all the land of the landlord's old wealth to the imperial court, distribute most of the land to the people, hand it over to the imperial court for four points of the harvest, and the people will leave six points of the harvest, and count all the property of the landlord's old wealth clearly, and hand it over to the imperial treasury, and those who do not pay it will be convicted and put in prison, and if there are those who resist, they will be killed directly"!

Win Fu Su said domineeringly, "My country, how can I make the landlord Lao Cai so domineering, the imperial envoy Qin Wen, issued a will in advance, let the people know that as long as there is the support of the people, I have nothing to be afraid of"!

Scattered backwards.

Seven days later, all the fourteen northern counties received the will, and all the county governors carried out the order and posted notices everywhere.

The people of the counties are boiling, the court not only stopped the poll tax, changed it to a household tax, greatly reducing the burden of the people, and now the court is better for the people, and directly ordered to recover the land of the landlord's old wealth, and the land was planted for the people, and only four points of the harvest were collected, and the people supported the court of winning and supporting the Soviet Union even more!

In the past, many people did not have land, and worked for the land of the landlords and nobles, one acre of land, five points of harvest for the imperial court, and then four and five percent of the harvest for the landlords and nobles, and the people themselves only took half of the harvest, but now the people directly take six points of the harvest, and the people can not be excited!

With the support of the imperial court, the county lieutenants led the local army of 2,000 soldiers to maintain law and order, and the landlords and old wealth of the counties were forced to pressure, and most of the landlords and old wealth were given to the land in accordance with the will of the imperial court, and half of the family property was given, and only a small part of the landlords' old wealth were unwilling to give, and the family members and people of the rivers and lakes went to the local government to make trouble.

For the troublesome landlords and old money, win Fusu's decree and suppress it with iron and blood! The guan that should be closed, the killing that should be killed, the landlord who is bent on making trouble, and the old wealth of the landlord who is bent on making trouble, is all over the house!

After receiving the order, the county lieutenants began an iron-blooded suppression, suppressing a total of 30,000 landlords' old wealth, beheading 10,000 households, and imprisoning 20,000 households.

A total of 1,000 boxes of gold, 10,000 boxes of silver, 50 million pieces of Qin half taels, 5 million quintals of grain and grass, won Fusu and distributed them to the people, 150,000 taels of gold, 600,000 taels of silver, 15 million Qin half taels of silver, and 1.5 million quintals of grain.

In the 14 northern counties, there are a total of 6 million households, and there are 18 million people in one household with three people, each household has 10 Qin and a half taels, grain is divided into small half bags, and each household has 1 mu of land.

The people all got money and food, mainly got the land, with the land, they will not go hungry, although the money is not much, but, ten Qin and a half taels, enough for ordinary families, a month of food and drink, the people are actually like this, very content, as long as the court is kind to the people, which people have nothing to do to revolt.

The people flocked to the county guard's mansion, the county governor's mansion, and the superintendent's mansion, thanks to all the officials, the county chiefs were all moved, and saw the people, holding their own good things and eggs, and putting them in their hands, the county chiefs remembered what His Majesty said when they took office, for the officials, not for the people, it is better to go home and plant sweet potatoes! Although everyone doesn't know what a sweet potato is~

The landlords and old wealth of the 14 counties have all been exploited again, they can't make trouble if they want to, without the support of the people, the landlords and old wealth are also powerless, and many landlords and old wealth run their family properties, the capital chain is broken and slumped, and they slowly go bankrupt and become ordinary families.

Of the 100,000 landlords and nobles in each county, 20,000 were imprisoned and 10,000 were killed, 70,000 landlords and nobles remained, 30,000 landlords and nobles went bankrupt, and only 40,000 landlords and nobles remained in 14 counties.

A small number of landlords and nobles sold their property, and all of them fled from the fourteen northern counties and went to the interior.

A month passed, and all the landlords and nobles of the fourteen northern counties were wiped out, and there was no wave.

After Ying Fusu got the news, he said to himself, "The reason why I am so smooth, in the final analysis, is that I still have the support of the people, and in the future, I don't want to say how good it is to the people, as long as I have a clear conscience."

Ying Fusu stood in the imperial study, facing Prime Minister Meng Yi, Captain Meng Tian, and Qin Zhan Yushi Dafu, "The three generals and ministers, regarding the reform of monetary policy, can now be implemented, let's start with the fourteen counties, before starting, I will abolish the merit system and use the money system instead, Qin Zhan Yushi Dafu, we must supervise the foundry department that mints money."

Three: "No".