In order to stabilize the situation in Dazhou, not only did the two battalions of Fan Mingshan and Liu Weiming be left to suppress the ammunition and horses, but also received official documents asking for grain every once in a while. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Food, and most importantly, food? Now that the army is in chaos, even if the salary is not paid on time, there will be no mutiny, but the army has no food to eat, and the problem is serious.

Sitting at the head of the case, Yang Xuan carefully deliberated, and sighed for a long time: "Zhang Taiyue I is famous, but he is so confused, I don't wipe it." ”

Everyone was shocked, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng's reputation was as high as the sky, and he was admired by scholars all over the world.

Ouyang Zhi put down the brush, stood up and looked at Yang Xuan and said, "My lord, you, why do you feel so much?" ”

Pointing to the grain urging document on the table, Yang Xuan smiled and said, "Look at it, isn't it for food?" Now Guo Chonglie and they are urging food every day, which makes everyone anxious.

I don't understand Zhang Juzheng, is it too selfish, in the past, the imperial court levied in kind, he was good, and he changed to silver taels.

No, there was nothing in the Tainian period, but now there is a shortage of war, and the grain cannot be collected at all, and sometimes it is even more coerced by local traders at high prices, so it doesn't make everyone anxious. ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and Fan Mingshan, who was next to him for a long time, shook his head and said, "My lord, why don't we change the levy to grain."

Now that there is a shortage of soldiers, the price of grain per load has risen by 3 percent. In previous years, you could only buy 4 yuan of silver for the harvest, but after the new year, you can buy 6 yuan of silver.

It's good now, just in December, I bought 7 taels of silver, so after the New Year, I will probably buy 1 tael of silver. ”

Yang Xuan fiddled with the abacus on the desk, fiddled with it a few times, and suddenly stopped and said: "This grain is directly related to people's livelihood, and the price should be very stable." Why do prices change so much throughout the year? ”

Chen Huaixi said with a smile: "My lord, this way of businessman has always been like this. Let's think about it, the villagers have just received the grain, and the yamen is urging them urgently, and the poor people have no money and food at home, so they buy it at a low price.

In March and April, when the harvest is scarce, the wealthy families have grain, and some families always have to buy a little grain, so the price will rise.

Just by virtue of this mystery, many businessmen can earn a few hundred taels of silver a year. ”

Yang Xuan thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Yes, looking at it this way, the people's lives are not easy." ”

Fan Mingshan stood up and said with a smile: "My lord, the year before was the deadline for the collection of land endowments, and many people had to sell grain at a low price in order to hand over the land endowment. ”

Yang Xuan shook his head and said with a smile: "It must not be like this, the politician focuses on integrity, and the disadvantage of the government lies in the change of the order, especially now that the price of grain is very high, if it is just to increase the income of the yamen, and the money and grain are collected privately into kind, so if it continues, the people will be at a loss." ”

Fan Mingshan spread his hands and said, "You, why are you like this mother-in-law now?" In my opinion, if it is really changed to physical goods, there is no one who will oppose it? ”

After thinking about it, he looked at the scribe Zhou Zheng and asked, "You check, how much grain is still in the treasury of the three counties of Pengzhou?" ”

Zhou Zheng went out for half a ring, half a pillar of incense kung fu and a few account gentlemen ran over, preliminary accounting, now there are only 2,000 quintals of grain in Xiangru County, about 2,000 quintals in Yingshan County, about 3,000 quintals in Yilong County, plus Daxian County, Dongxiang County, full of more than 8,000 quintals of grain.

This is really too little, even if you don't care about the common people, now occupy the land of the five counties, there are more than 3,000 troops, and there are only 4,000 official officials and logistics personnel, so there are 4,000 mouths, according to 3 loads of grain per person, so it is enough to need 12,000 loads of grain.

In addition, there are tens of thousands of displaced people in the jurisdiction, and these also need food relief.

With such a rough calculation, at least 10,000 loads of grain need to be gathered? The Tianfu, Dingfu, and Shang Fu have not yet been collected, so where can they buy grain with silver?

Yang Xuan stood up suddenly, walked back and forth, suddenly stopped, and looked at the crowd with a smile: "Yes, play the white strip, don't the people have to pay the field tax?"

We can give them the white slip first, and then they can just hand it over. ”

When everyone heard this, they felt that it was feasible, and everyone immediately gathered around, and after some explanation, everyone shouted loudly and claimed that it was.

Hou Mazi, a farmer in Houjiaji, was restless for the past two days, and the township chief and village chief had people beat gongs and drums a month ago, so that everyone could hand over the field and Ding Fu before the year.

Since ancient times, when soldiers eat food, farmers like Hou Mazi pay public grain, which is nothing.

However, this year, some places have been disturbed, and listening to the other townships, the eldest lord is quite merciful, and the places where the banditry is serious have exempted Tian Fu Ding Fu and reduced Tian Fu Ding Fu.

The villagers of Hou Jiaji muttered, everyone looked forward to the fact that the hometown could also reduce a little Tian Fu Ding Fu all day long, and some even went to the Yamen Township Office all day long to investigate.

It is said that it is a township office, but it is just a tile house, located in the market, usually the township chief He and a servant work there, and when the market is rushed, a few officials come to the county house to collect land or something.

Early this morning, the township office seemed to be busy, and all the security chiefs and the first and first chiefs were called over, and it seems that this year's field endowment has to be paid.

Just returned home, looking at Hou Mazi who bowed his head and sighed, his wife was a few down, although the eldest lord was merciful, but now that the army is in chaos, it is impossible to get rid of the field endowment, if it is exempted, what will the government people eat?

Hurry up and sell food now? The grain merchants in the bazaar were very shrewd. In the first two days, the price of grain was 6 yuan a load, and if you heard about the levy of land and ding, it might immediately fall to 5 yuan a load or 4 yuan a load.

But what's the solution? Hou Mazi felt that his heart was dripping blood, his hands trembled, and he finally filled a load of grain, carried the burden, and rushed to the market.

On the main road, there are a lot of grain sellers, everyone sighs, and some secretly pray that the grain merchants should not be too dark, desperately to lower the price of grain, so that the croppers will suffer.

When I came to the market, the door of the grain merchants was closed, and I saw this group of croppers desperately carrying the grain to the store, and the men shouted loudly, so that everyone could line up first, and the grain merchants were discussing the price of the grain?

Are you negotiating the price of grain again? Some people muttered loudly, wasn't it 6 cents of silver yesterday? Is it going to drop to more than 5 points?

The guy glared at the man who dared to provoke viciously, and scolded angrily: "Trading is a fair transaction, one is willing to buy and the other is willing to sell, you don't want to sell, pick it back?" ”

When the farmer heard this, he hurriedly smiled. In order to hand over Tian Fu Ding Fu, he picked more than ten miles of mountain roads, if he picked it back like this, he couldn't sell it and couldn't hand over Tian Fu Ding Fu, would it be a big loss from time to time?

The farmer endured it, nodded his head, and apologized vigorously, but the guy was not moved at all, as if he had eaten it, and scolded loudly.

At this moment, there was a burst of gongs and drums from the township office, and everyone stopped shouting and scolding, and listened carefully one by one.

I saw the officials shouting while walking, asking everyone to carry the millet to the front ferry, the government is collecting grain at the ferry, 1 quintal of high-grade grain 6 yuan, inferior 5 yuan 5 cents, inferior 5 cents, direct tax bills, can be used as a field to pay Ding Fu.

Although this is the same as the merchant's price, it reduces the intermediate relief and has no fire consumption.

Now the adult fire consumption is much less, only 20%, but after all, it is also 20%, your 1 tael of 2 dollars of silver can only be worth 1 tael of silver, so 6 yuan a load of grain, which is equivalent to 7 yuan and 2 cents purchased by the merchant.

After a little pondering, everyone knew what was going on, and many people gathered around, and some people immediately called to the ferry to watch.

In the distance, I saw that four or five small boats had been moored by the ferry, and a tent office of the government was standing there with four or five people, claiming that they could pay grain and taxes.

The method of handing over the grain is very simple, first a person inspects the goods to judge the grade of the grain, weighs it, writes a receipt in the account, and then loads the grain onto the ship.

The official next to him announced loudly that everyone had finished selling the grain and got the receipt, and if they encountered the official levying the land and the dingfu, they would directly hand over the receipt.

Seeing that he had exchanged a load of grain for such a receipt, Hou Mazi was nervous, pointed his finger, and asked, "Brother Errand, do you say it's okay?"

Such a piece of rice paper is equivalent to a tax of 6 yuan of silver?"

The eldest brother pointed and said with a smile: "Of course, it has your name on it, the time when you paid the grain, and the place where you paid the grain."

In addition, the master not only issued you a receipt, but also specially registered and made a book, which is fine. ”

When Hou Mazi heard this, he bowed again and again, walked back with an empty list, and was still not at ease when he walked halfway, and saw the village chief from a distance, handed him the receipt, and was worried about whether he could deduct the tax.

The village chief took it and expressed his approval.

Standing by the ferry, everyone smiled when they saw the soldiers carrying bags of grain into the warehouse.

Although some places have been plagued by local tyrants this year, the collection of Tianfu Ding Fu in the three counties of Pengzhou has been quite smooth, and a total of 20,000 quintals of grain and 10,000 taels of tax silver have been collected.

There is an old man who said that he has food in his hands, and he is not panicked, and after having food, many things seem to be at ease.

The government lends 1-2 quintals of grain to each homeless household, and the interest is only 20% a year, which is equivalent to borrowing compared to those usury.

With this 1-2 quintals of grain, everyone does not need to flee the famine or anything, many people clean up on the allocated arable land, and in the past, it was because the government levied taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the people were not able to make a living.

The eldest lord is honest and honest, Tian Fu is only 6 cents of silver per mu, and Ding Fu is only 1 cent and 2 cents of silver, as long as it is not a famine year, that can't make do with it?

Many homeless people boil gruel every day, plus pick a little wild fruit or something to satisfy their hunger.

Although life was hard, it was much better than the time when I was a homeless person, when I often had a meal but not a meal, and I ate much worse than now.

Of course, not all the harvests are good, those black-hearted grain merchants originally wanted to make a lot of money, but who expected that the government suddenly took action and dispelled the trick of everyone buying at a low price.