Chapter 11: The Displaced (3)

When the Wild Boar Gang attacked the Huang family's manor that day, Huang Shimei asked her personal maid Xiaoxiang to take her younger brother Huang Qi to Cangzhou City for refuge. But people are unlucky, they stuff their teeth when they drink cold water, but they didn't expect to encounter a strongman robbing on the side of the road. Xiaoxiang and Huang Qi were robbed, and even their clothes were robbed. Fortunately, Xiaoxiang is not very fully developed, and the strongman can't bear it, so he left a line to avoid being like that.

Walking to Cangzhou City in single clothes, he ran into Renyazi again, and three or two sentences fooled the two of them into a fog and were taken to a mountain village outside the city. I was almost sold, only to suddenly find out, secretly escaped, luck was good, escaped for a day and bumped into the road of the homeless people to join in, relying on the help of the homeless people to the vicinity of Guantian, staying and not leaving.

A maidservant, a son, Xiaoxiang and Huang Qi walked outside the city, their eyes were black, where to distinguish the south, south, north, and west, and they didn't dare to walk around, helping the people in the village to carry them on their shoulders, and they could eat some soup every day to live.

It wasn't until she met Xu Qing and saw the fish charm that Xiao Xiang was relieved and fainted with excitement. Wake up Xiaoxiang, listening to Xiaoxiang tell the story of wandering in the past few days, Xu Qing breathed a sigh of relief, if it is not the Shao family, it is easy to do if it is not the Shao family. However, Xu Qing was still aware of two serious problems: the homeless and the homeless.

The homeless and the homeless are actually the same thing, and the homeless didn't want to wander anymore, so they settled down and became a rogue. If you can't get mixed up, you will wash your hands and become a homeless. So what about the outcasts or the outcasts?

First came the hungry......

Natural disasters, or man-made disasters, can always take away the fruits of the peasants' land, causing a large number of hungry people. When there is no food to eat, they dig up wild vegetables, and when they have finished digging the roadside, they go to a distant place. The wild vegetables are dug farther and farther, so far that you can't go home. Then go on, except for the county, you will become a homeless. The original family became empty.

If I was lucky, I walked to a wild forest and found that the place was good, there were mountains and rivers, and the land was not bad. The most important thing is that there is no government to manage it, so you don't have to pay taxes. So, dig a hole in the ground, cover it with thatch, settle down, and hunt by gathering, and first open up a wasteland. In the second year, the grain was harvested, and life was better.

In a few years, the land was ripe, and every house had a low house, and the tax collector appeared on time. Looting a sum of strokes, drawing a few strokes on the household register, so it became a white household, such as Xuzhuang is an example. Until the next natural and man-made disaster, until the next time when there is no food and clothing, or a few years later, or a few generations later.

The homeless people who were a little less lucky, saw which landlord was short of manpower, went to help for two days, and worked hard to make the landlord appreciate, so he stayed as a short-term worker. He also dug a hole in the ground and put thatch on the hole, and settled down and became a black household. Over time, this kind of black household became a vassal of the landlord.

This part of the black households, because the grain handed over to the landlords is less than that of the government, and there are not many soap officials who exploit and oppress them, so this part of the people is the most.

No matter how bad the luck is, it is the worst, becoming a rogue, blocking the road and robbing, and licking blood from the knife.

No matter what kind of displaced people, there will be a lot of empty households, empty households have no people, no taxes, but their fields are strangely growing food. Why? Because the vassals raised by the landlords are helping to farm the land.

Vassals, black households, do not pay taxes for farming. Empty households, occupying land but not paying taxes. In this way, the government has less and less taxes, and there are more and more landlords. The imperial court could not stand it, reforms, failed reforms, rebellions, successful reforms, and Zhongxing. After the Qin Dynasty, the rise and fall of the dynasties of Greater China were all controlled by the land.

Xu Qing came back to his senses from his thoughts.

Recruiting displaced people and clearing empty households seems to be on the agenda. But how do you go about it? This is moving the lifeblood of the family, cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents, what if it causes a riot among the family?

There is a way that you can't become fat by eating in one bite, let's think about it in the long run, Mo Ruo started with the Shao family first, and knocked down the pillars of the clan.

Xu Qing sent Huang Qi and the others back to Huang's house, and Huang Shimei thanked her for a while, but she never mentioned what kind of words Xu Qing liked to hear, such as making a personal promise. Shao Benwu's person seems to have disappeared, and Xu Qing also lives in this small mansion, and lives in the countryside with Xun Xue'er for a few days, which can be regarded as a vacation.

After the vacation, when he returned to Cangzhou City, Xu Qing first called Shao Deng for questioning.

After taking a seat and looking at the tea, Xu Qing asked with a calm face:

"Shao County Order, do you know about my official field?"

As soon as the words fell, Shao Deng straightened up and said:

"The ...... of the capital offense of the lower officials"

directly said that the reason did not admit mistakes, that is a novice, and does not understand human feelings. Only admit mistakes, not justify, that is a veteran, but servile. Admit your mistake first, and then talk about the reason, that's the magic hand, Shao Deng looked trembling and said:

"The lower official is selfish and wants to find a position for his own children, but I didn't expect him to be bold and dare to do this!"

Seeing this, Xu Qing didn't say that the Shao family had encroached on Guantian, but only that this person was not good and that he was misemployed. Xu Qing let out a long sigh:

"Well, who are you looking for!"

"Please surrender your sins......" Shao Deng made a bow and pleaded guilty. They all took the initiative to ask for guilt, and according to the rules of confession, leniency, and strictness, Xu Qing couldn't do anything to Shao Deng. What's more, even if the Shao family resisted Xu Qing with their heads, Xu Qing could only endure it first. Since Shao Deng gave face, Xu Qing changed the topic: "Forget it, I don't want to pursue that matter, let's talk about the homeless people, right?" ”

"Outcasts?" Shao Deng asked knowingly.

"The homeless people in Cangzhou have begun to flood, and the homeless people have become bandits, it's not a trivial matter......" When Xu Qing came back, he deliberately walked around Cangzhou City and found a group of beggars, which he had not seen before he went to the countryside.

Shao Deng thought for a moment and said:

"Why don't you send troops to expel you?"

Xu Qingchang laughed: "Expulsion? That's a lot of trouble...... However, I am on the herdsmen's side of the Son of Heaven, and since I am the first to secure the people, I can't be expelled......"

"Lord Xu has compassion, but Cangzhou doesn't have any fields for them......" Shao Deng asked suspiciously.

Xu Qing's eyes flashed, and he said a sentence in his mouth: "Isn't there many empty households in Cangxian County?" ”

Shao Deng listened, his body trembled, his vigilance passed, and he immediately returned to normal, Shao Deng looked at Xu Qing and asked:

"How do you know?"

"Oh? Didn't you just exterminate the bandits? I think that the people who go up the mountain and fall into the grass must have become empty households, as for where do you know, I am also hearsay, is it false? Xu Qing said. When Shao Deng heard this, his heart calmed down a little, shook his head and said:

"It's not fake, birth, old age, sickness and death, there will always be empty households, what do you mean to distribute the fields of empty households to the displaced people to cultivate?"

Xu Qing knocked on the table and said:

"In this way, it can also allow the displaced people to reclaim the land on their own, and many black households can also register and ......."

Displaced people, empty households, black households, what is this Lord Assassin going to do? Do you really want to stir up Cangzhou? Shao Deng muttered in his heart, and said unwillingly:

"It's too complicated, it's too difficult...... Some of the black households are in the big forest, and some of the empty households have been empty for a long time, and I don't know whether they are dead or alive, in short, uh, it's too complicated......"

"No, no, no, I don't want to finish it now, as long as I wait until the autumn harvest and be able to deliver the grain normally."

It turned out that the assassin was worried that the autumn grain collection would be unfavorable, Shao Deng thought in his heart, no, he still needs to explore the wind again, Shao Deng asked:

"Then I don't know who is in charge at this time?"

"You have a county parent here, who else can you hand it over?" Xu Qing smiled and said: "In the four counties of Cangzhou, each county should arrange 1,000 displaced households, and each county is responsible for the registration of black households and the cleaning up of empty households. ”

When Shao Deng heard that the county was in charge, he was relieved. If the liquidation of empty accounts is handed over to Xu Qing's cronies to be responsible, then we must be wary that Xu Qing is really stirring up Cangzhou. But if it is handed over to the county to be responsible, the situation will be very good. At least it can be determined that Xu Qing doesn't want to worry too much about this matter, maybe it is a whim, and it is okay to make a show below.

A little bit of clearing out the empty white households and dozens of black households on the register, it's fine. Moreover, many families have vassals, so it is not a bad thing to legalize their household registration. As for the extra grain tax, a little bit~~~

It's just that Xu Qing is very concerned about the affairs of the homeless people, and he also stipulates the number of completions. Shao Deng didn't care, and the empty households cleared out were occupied by his own vassals. As for the homeless, just carve out a piece of wild land and let them transform it themselves. In order to show his responsibility, Shao Deng once again asked:

"Lord Xu, there is still one thing ...... the lower officials"

"Please."

"I don't know ...... need farm tools to arrange for displaced people"

"The previous crackdown on bandits, there are many farm tools in the seized weapons, and there are enough farm tools for thousands of households that someone gave me before I took office, several truckloads, don't worry......" Xu Qing replied, those farm tools can only rust in their hands, it is better to send them down.

"Then, the subordinate will receive the order......"

There are 1,000 displaced households in each county, that is 4,000 households, what a large group of people, now hurry up to open up the farmland, and they can harvest a little grain before the snowfall. If you don't collect taxes, you can keep it up until the next harvest season.

Regarding the black household and the empty household, Xu Qing just wanted to touch the tiger's ass and explore the bottom line of the clan. Touch it little by little, and I don't lose anything anyway. When the bottom line of the clans was offended by Xu Qing, and when they wanted to start a war with Xu Qing again, they had already been released by Xu Qing with a large basin of blood.

A decree to clean up the household registration and accept the displaced people was issued from the Assassin's Mansion, and when I looked at the title of the decree, it made people panic, but when I saw the content, I was relieved one by one.

It turns out that there are always two smart people. An enemy, a friend. When all the clans ignored Xu Qing's decree, a person from the clan saw the fire and saw the strangeness.

And this person is, Huang Shimei, the eldest lady of the Huang family. Huang Shi took the copied decree in his hand, quietly called a sedan chair, and went to the Assassin's Mansion.

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