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Jeju House, Xiaoyao Building.

A fifty-year-old man and two young men in their thirties and twenties sat by the window.

The old man tasted the tea absentmindedly, as if he was thinking about something.

The older youth kept looking at the government office opposite.

The younger young man endured it again and again, and couldn't help but say, "Dad, why don't you go to work, but take me and my brother to sit here?" ”

The old man, that is, Yoon Jang Shuye, the new governor of Jeju Prefecture, retracted his thoughts, and instead of answering the younger son's words, he asked the eldest son: "Bofen, do you know what it means to be a father?" ”

Bofen, that is, Zhang Bofen, the eldest son of Uncle Zhang, said: "Since we entered the territory of Jeju Prefecture, we have come all the way, and most of the people we have met have said good things about Li Yan's thief, and some are eager to go to the thief, Dad, you must be trying to figure out why this situation happened, right?" ”

Uncle Zhang nodded, then shook his head and said, "Yes, it's not right." ”

Zhang Bofen asked: "What's wrong?" ”

Uncle Zhang said: "What you said, my father has already made some judgments, it is nothing more than the annexation of land that has left the poor people without a way to live, and the anti-thieves have made them see a little bubble-like hope, so they are close to the anti-thieves." ”

Zhang Shuye's youngest son, Zhang Zhongxiong, looked at Zhang Shuye expectantly and asked, "Dad, do you have a way to solve this problem completely?" ”

The agrarian policy of "not suppressing annexation" implemented by the Song Dynasty promoted social development to a certain extent, but it also led to sharp contradictions between the landlord class and the peasants.

The so-called land annexation actually means that the powerful strata that account for a small minority of the population take advantage of their dominant position to acquire a large amount of land in the hands of the peasants through means such as purchase, coaxing, and coercion, resulting in a high degree of land concentration.

The consequence of this phenomenon is that the peasants, who have lost their land, have to become dependent on the owners of the land, and are exploited and oppressed by them.

The long-term accumulation of contradictions often leads to popular uprisings and even uprisings, and in serious cases, to the collapse of the existing regime.

The land contradictions of the Song Dynasty were the most acute among the dynasties.

This has its own unique historical context:

First of all, after Zhao Kuangyin came to power, he summed up the lessons of the fall of the Tang Dynasty and believed that the strength of local military governors should be weakened, so he deprived Shi Shouxin and other founding generals of military command rights through the famous "cup of wine to release military power" and other means. As compensation, Zhao Kuangyin has always been laissez-faire with the wanton occupation of land by these high-ranking officials.

Second, the Song Dynasty followed the two-tax system that had been adopted since the mid-Tang Dynasty, with taxes based on land rather than population. In this way, instead of affecting the government's revenue, land consolidation makes it easier to collect taxes. Therefore, curbing mergers will not bring much benefit to the government in the short term. Moreover, Zhao Kuangyin, who formulated this policy, believed that no matter how rich the annexor was, as long as it was within the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, through taxation, it would eventually be owned by the state.

Thirdly, in the Song Dynasty, the agricultural productivity developed rapidly, and the commodity economy was unprecedentedly prosperous, and in this economically developed situation, land naturally had to be involved in the market as a commodity.

The powerful class of the Song Dynasty realized the possession of land mainly through the following ways:

1. Legal land transactions;

2. Deception, such as the promise of exemption from taxation to the landowner;

3. Illegal lending and coercion - Usury leads to the bankruptcy of rural households, and they take the opportunity to coerce rural households to surrender their land ownership.

The rich can occupy the land if they have wealth, the noble can occupy the land if they are powerful, and the cultivators and the poor can only take their families to work for the rich and noble.

The Song government divided peasant households into "main households" and "customers", with the main households owning a small amount of land and being required to pay taxes and maintain public order; The customer does not own land and does not need to pay taxes. But the large landlord class was in fact exempt from this hierarchy and was exempt from servitude and taxes, all of which were borne by the small peasantry.

In short, the Song dynasty implemented a land policy of "no inhibition of annexation", allowing land to circulate freely in the market, resulting in a high concentration of land in the hands of the privileged class.

During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi tried to change this situation by changing the law, but was opposed by conservatives, and the reform ended in failure.

This is an extremely acute contradiction, and it is also a contradiction that has not been able to be resolved for thousands of years.

I greatly admire my father's new Zhang Zhongxiong, and I really hope that his father Zhang Shuye is this person!

Uncle Zhang smiled bitterly and said, "Divine Sect ......"

Zhang Shuye wanted to say: Song Shenzong is so wise, so supportive of Wang Anshi, but in the end he failed, with today's stupid goods, how can I do such a big thing?

But when the words came to his mouth, he was swallowed back by Uncle Zhang, and then changed the topic: "Have you noticed that when we entered the city, the people we met were very different from the people we met all the way from Haizhou?" ”

Zhang Zhongxiong looked left and right and said, "Is there one?" I don't think they're any different. ”

Zhang Bofen hesitated for a moment and said, "Dad, you mean that they have a lot of smiles on their faces?" ”

Uncle Zhang didn't answer Zhang Bofen at night, but said to the running hall that happened to come over: "Little second brother, sit down and talk a few words." ”

Zhang Bofen took out two coins of silver and pushed it to the running hall.

The runner said very cleverly: "If there is anything you want to ask, just ask, the villain must know everything and say everything." ”

As he said this, the runner put away the two pieces of silver, and then pinned them to his waist.

Uncle Zhang asked, "I heard that you were ransacked by the Liangshan thieves some time ago, but we have come all the way as if we have never done this......

The shopkeeper took out the two coins of silver he had just put away and put it on the table, and then said: "If the guest officer calls the heroes of Liangshan a thief, the villain can't accept your reward, and he can't tell you a word." ”

When Zhang Zhongxiong heard this, he was furious, and he immediately jumped up and scolded this unclear running hall!

However, as soon as Zhang Zhongxiong's butt left the bench, Zhang Shuye gave Zhang Zhongxiong a kick from below without a trace.

After glancing at Uncle Zhang, Zhang Zhongxiong sat back obediently.

At the same time, Zhang Bofen picked up the two coins of silver, and then took out the two coins of silver and stuffed them into the running hall, and then said: "We just want to ask the little second brother about the Liang thief...... The Liangshan heroes came to this mansion to borrow grain, our father and son came from Haizhou, and they intended to settle down in this mansion, and they just wanted to ask the second brother about the security situation in this mansion, so they could decide whether to settle down in this mansion. ”

The people who ran the hall looked at Uncle Zhang and his son with some suspicion, and did not accept the money.

At this moment, someone suddenly said, "What's going on?" ”

The runner hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper, I'...... They say that the heroes of Liangshan are thieves......"

The person who came scolded the rantang and said: "If you argue with the guests about whether the Liangshanbo gang is a hero or a thief, go home, I don't need people like you here." ”

The runner opened his mouth, and finally could only reluctantly say: "Yes, the shopkeeper!" ”

Come and say, "Go down, I'll greet the guests at this table." ", and then bowed his hand to Uncle Zhang and his son, and said: "Hello to the three guest officers, the villain is Han Bolong, the shopkeeper of this store......"

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