In order to gain a firm foothold in Runing as soon as possible and win the support of the people, just after the third day of the first lunar month, the officials under the curtain of the sophomore brother began to devote themselves to the work of liquidating and distributing the acres of land, so as to complete the distribution of some acres of land before the spring ploughing.

Now that many fields have missed the time for winter wheat planting, they can no longer miss the spring wheat planting.

Food is the hearts of the people, the field is the home, the second brother can't think of any way to win the hearts of the people.

In front of the notice wall near the city gate of Runing, there were nearly 100 people reading the notice, and the literate people shook their heads and said: "The mighty general and the military preparation road of southern Henan, and the guard of Runing Town told the squire fathers and elders, the war in Zhongzhou affected Runan, which displaced the people and made the fields barren. In order to restore the livelihood of the people in Runing, Gao specially recruited the people to tuntian, and ordinary people paid two percent of the tax for every five acres of each ding, which was reduced to one percent after three years, and each military household was given an extra ten acres for one year, and the students were given twenty acres of land for one year. In addition, it is stipulated that private land, the land endowment is one percent, the rent of the official land is two percent, the squire's land is liquidated, concealed and not reported, it is regarded as wasteland, and the tenants rent private land, and the squire's rent shall not be higher than the harvest of three percent of the acre~"

The news of the division of land and the reduction of taxes came out last year, and there has been a warm-up, but the people are still very happy and happy when they hear it.

After hearing this, a burly man slapped his head with regret, "The stinky woman has a short vision, and she knew that Lao Tzu would join the army, not only ten acres more, but also exempt from taxation for one year~"

Many men next to him also regretted that they did not come to recruit when they recruited soldiers last year.

This time, Gao Yihuan's tax exemption and tax reduction are not very large, after all, there will be a war in the future, and there are too many places to spend money, and although he has some reductions and reductions this time, but in fact, after the liquidation and distribution of acres of land, Runing's taxes will not only not decrease, but will increase.

This was due to the fact that the feudal fields that had not been taxed would have to be taxed, and the land that the gentry had concealed and did not report was cleared, re-registered, and began to pay taxes.

In fact, the three salaries of the Ming Dynasty only accounted for 10% of the total output of the fields in the Ming Dynasty, so that the field tax increased to 20% of the total output of the fields, such a level of taxation was not high, and the Manchu Qing levied at this tax rate level did not cause widespread revolt.

The Ming court naturally calculated the three salaries, and only after feeling that the people could bear it, did it order the levy, not a pat on the head arbitrarily decided, how much to add each time, it was calculated.

If it doesn't make sense on the books, wouldn't the ruling ministers be idiots, and if they dare to levy a levy, they naturally feel that there is no problem, at least not a big problem.

It's just that what they didn't expect was that the 10% levy was not evenly distributed to every Ming people, but by the vast majority of the low-level people and rich peasants who owned very little land, they undertook the 10% increase, while hundreds of thousands of clans, vassal kings, magnates, eunuchs, and lords occupied a large amount of land but avoided the increase through the tax exemption policy.

In this way, the three salaries, which the upper officials of the court felt were not very heavy, became burdensome in the actual collection process. At this time, coupled with natural disasters, the three salaries became the last straw that bent the camel's backbone.

At this time, for the second brother, the tax cut is not very urgent, after all, it costs money to fight a war. At present, his tax policy is mainly to let the feudal fields pay taxes, and also let the gentry who control a large part of the land take responsibility, have the appearance and spirit of aristocrats, and do not evade taxes.

In a small remote village ten miles away from Runing City, there are more than ten families living in it. It's still the first month of the year, and every family is busy greeting the New Year and entertaining guests.

In a dilapidated courtyard, an old woman is washing vegetables, a young woman is busy drying clothes, and several old men are sitting in the courtyard to discuss.

At this time, a sturdy man, carrying a bag of things and a few farm tools in his arms, walked out of the yard, and the young woman wiped her hands on her body, and hurriedly greeted her, "Father, what is this?" ”

The man said with a smile: "There is a notice in Fucheng, General Gao is about to divide the field, our family can divide ten acres according to Ding, and I can divide ten acres more when I join the army, that is, twenty acres, and I don't have to pay taxes this year." ”

Several people who were busy in the courtyard gathered around, and the man continued: "I have to go to the camp tomorrow to report, so I will buy some seeds and farm tools with the money." In this way, when the field is settled, the family can immediately sow the seeds. ”

The man looked at the woman, as well as the old mother, "Mother, Ajuan, there is a harvest this year, and our family's life should be better~"

The young woman and the old woman, but their eyes were red, knowing that this was a man joining the army, and he fought for his life.

The relatives and friends in the courtyard looked at the family with some envy.

In the past half a year, the second brother has pulled up 9,000 people, and his strength has grown amazingly, and at the same time, the expansion of people is too fast, which has also brought many problems.

Although the second brother Gao also studied Qi Jiguang's military book, how to use the things in the book is indeed a big problem.

At the moment, the second brother Gao is just a mighty general, according to the establishment of the army, he should only have more than 1,000 people on the register, but his actual number of people is more than 9,000.

The establishment that Li Zicheng gave him couldn't fit so many people at all, so the second brother's personnel were actually very chaotic.

In order to solve this problem, the second brother brought wine and meat and came to the house where Hu Dawei and Wang Shicong were imprisoned, wanting to ask for advice and get into the relationship by the way.

In the courtyard, Hu Dawei and Wang Shicong were sitting on the stone table talking, Gao Yihuan had a few catties of cooked meat in his left hand, and a jar of wine in his hand, and walked in with a big smile, "Tiger General Soldier, Wang Yanshi, Happy New Year!" ”

The two who were talking, turned their heads and saw Gao Yihuan, but they immediately straightened their faces, Wang Shicong glanced at Gao Yihuan, stared at the things in his hand, and said coldly: "Leave the things behind, you can go back." ”

This time, Gao Yihuan prevented Li Zicheng from coming to Runing and protected the people of a house, Wang Shicong heard about it, so his opinion of Gao Yihuan changed a little. In addition, this guy doesn't seem to have anything to scold except for his background, so Wang Shicong stopped scolding him, but he still didn't cooperate.

How could Gao Yihuan just go back like this, he was very thick-skinned, and said with a smile: "Wang Yanshi and General Tiger are drinking, they have to have someone to pour wine!" I'm here to pour wine for you two today! ”

Hu Dawei stood up on the stone bench and walked over to take the things in Gao Yihuan's hand, the second brother was overjoyed, but Hu Dawei glared and said, "No need, come by yourself!" ”

After speaking, he pulled hard, and the second brother struggled for a while, but Nari was Hu Dawei's opponent, and the wine and meat were taken away immediately.

Hu Dawei snorted coldly, glanced at the second brother with contempt, then walked back to the stone table with the wine and meat, beckoned Wang Shicong to eat and drink, and left the second brother with a resentful face standing behind him~.

(End of chapter)