Chapter 56: Butcher Sun's Second Blow
This matter is something that everyone is concerned about, so most people put their hands down when they heard it, and then Sun Chuanting saw that Yang Siqi actually raised his hand, so he ordered him to speak.
Yang Siqi said: "Xiaguan just heard that the adults said that the seeds are free, and I feel that if I collect the seed money, it may be better." ”
Sun Chuanting said curiously: "Why is it better to collect money, the official said to listen." ”
Yang Siqi said: "As the adults just said, the seeds are only enough for twenty percent of the fields in each county to be planted. If we give out seeds for free, people will have doubts in their minds that what they don't need money for is bad, and they will refuse to receive the seeds, or even if they do, they will throw them away. The lower officials have heard a saying that things that don't cost money won't be cherished, and if you have a little foolish opinion, please correct them. ”
Sun Chuanting thought about it for a while, it really seemed to be this truth, so he asked other officials, and everyone felt that the words of the officials were reasonable, if the crop seeds were sent down by then, but no one planted them, it would not only be a waste.
Therefore, the seeds were sold at a high price, and the counties signed contracts with the farmers who purchased them, and the counties provided the planting technology, and after harvesting, they were purchased at a fixed price, and Sun Chuanting was responsible for the purchase money.
Then there is the problem of planting technology, Sun Chuanting brought more than 30 skilled hands of the Siyuan Bureau, originally prepared to send one or two from each county, but also Yang Siqi vetoed, and finally everyone discussed together, decided to divide these old farmers into four parts, in the house according to the distance to open four schools, each county selected some people to come to the school to concentrate on learning, and then go down to the villages to guide planting.
Finally, the most important issue of military tuns, Sun Chuanting proposed that all the original military households in each institute (only in Yan'an Prefecture) should be converted into private households. The tuntian of the health office was cleaned and measured, and the register was rebuilt. The original planting military households continue to plant, and the tax is collected according to the private land.
Immediately, an official raised his hand to speak, Sun Chuanting ordered one, and the man stood up and said: "My lord, I don't know how to deal with the existing military occupation of the people's land and the occupation of the military land?" ”
"If you don't delve into the past, don't chase after the place, and stop starting classes according to the land, that is, you will be responsible for those who see the present and inherit the seeds, this is the general strategy. What the official wants is that someone pays for food, and there can be no hidden fields, and some of the confused accounts in front of him cannot be cleared, so it is better not to be clear. However, we must be careful and not careless. ”
Originally, in history, Sun Chuanting adopted this strategy when he cleaned up Tuntian, Shaanxi, and I don't care who the field is, as long as you pay taxes. Now he has gone one step further, and only needs to pay taxes according to the people's land, and even military service is exempted.
Another person asked: "My lord, what should be done with the large amount of abandoned land due to the flight of military households, and can other military officers be allowed to continue cultivating if they occupy a large amount of land?" ”
"Abandoned land is recovered as official land, and tuntian land is cleared and divided into 50 acres according to the original, if it exceeds 50 acres, it will be collected as official land, and it can continue to be cultivated." There is a big difference between the taxes on official land and self-owned land, which will encroach on the interests of some officers, but Sun Chuanting can't take care of it a lot, and they will send the court to fatten, so where will the money for recruiting soldiers come from.
The officials were all embarrassed, and most of the officers of the guard house owned acres of land far beyond the quota, and although the tun fields of the guard post had now been handed over to the local officials to manage, they did not dare to compare with the officers in normal times.
Sun Chuanting understood their concerns, and said with a smile: "This official brought Shang Fangjian here for this matter, if you encounter someone who does not listen to the greeting, even if you report it, the official will behead him." ”
Although he was full of smiles when he said it, the evil spirit in his words was undoubtedly revealed. The officials are naturally relieved to have his words, and the things that offend people are not done by themselves, which is a good thing.
The people took the command and departed. Sun Chuanting also arranged for the old peasants of the Siyuan Bureau to live everywhere to be teachers, and also arranged for the little eunuchs and local farmers to go everywhere to do experimental statistics, and after he was busy with these things, he began to inspect the tuntian with Lu Xuan in plainclothes to clean up.
All localities have already started to clean up the fields in the countryside, and their first stop is Ansai County. Ansai is located in the northwest of Fushi City, where the land is more fertile and the harvest is higher, which is a rare good place in Shaanxi.
The two only brought a dozen or so guards and rode directly into the county seat. Ansai Prefecture was not notified in advance, so no one greeted him. The group dismounted in front of the county office, only to hear the noise coming from the county office, and there was no one in front of the door, so they let the guards guard in front of the door, and the two walked in directly.
In the lobby, two groups of people are facing each other, on one side is Wang Zhengyue, the commander of Ansai County, with a few officials and small officials who stand in two units, and on the other hand, there is a thousand households in armor, with more than a dozen murderous soldiers, and the thousand households are shouting: "Tuntian is the ancestral system, what qualifications do you have to limit Lao Tzu's field to 100 acres, Lao Tzu is a thousand acres of land, what's wrong, you dare to move Lao Tzu to try one acre." ”
Wang Zhengyue was overjoyed when he saw Sun Chuanting, but the thousand households didn't recognize it, and took a few steps forward and said: "The yamen is closed today, come tomorrow if you have something." ”
Sun Chuanting was surprised: "When the time comes, how can the yamen be closed?" This is not in accordance with the ancestral system, is it? ”
Qianhu looked at them carefully, they were both black and thin, and they scolded: "Lao Tzu said that closing the door is closing the door, if you don't leave, Lao Tzu will discount your legs!" ”
Sun Chuanting's face sank, and at this time, Wang Zhengyue had already stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and shouted: "Please ask the prefect to be the master of the lower officials." ”
Thousands of households were shocked, he was the fifth product, the county was the seventh product, the Ming Dynasty used literature to control the military, his five products were actually not as good as the seven products of the county, but he had been stationed in Ansai, and he had some background, and the military tun was transferred to the local government for a short time, so he never put the county in his eyes, but the prefect was the fourth product, and no matter how arrogant he was, he didn't dare to be arrogant in front of the prefect.
He immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "The adults spare their lives, the little ones have eyes and don't know Mount Tai, they offended the adults, and I beg the adults not to remember the villain, and spare the little ones this time." Seeing this, the other soldiers also knelt behind and kept kowtowing.
Sun Chuanting didn't let him get up, and asked Wang Zhengyue directly: "What's the matter?" ”
Wang Zhengyue replied: "My lord, according to the instructions of the lord, the lower officials cleaned up the tuntian, Chen Qianhu should have 150 mu of land, but actually occupied 1,300 mu of land, but there are many people in the subordinate military households who have no land, and they are all tenants in Chen Qianhu's house. The lower officials wanted to assign Chen Qianhu's land to other landless military households, but Chen Qianhu was unwilling, so there was today's matter. ”
Sun Chuanting turned his head and asked Chen Qianhu: "What the county order said, is there a mistake?" ”
Chen Qianhu kowtowed and said: "What the county order says, there is nothing wrong, but it is ......"
Sun Chuanting interrupted him and shouted directly: "Come on, drag it out and behead it." ”
The guards had already been called in by Lu Xuan, and immediately two guards stepped forward and dragged Chen Qianhu outside. Chen Qianhu shouted in fright: "Adult, spare the little one this time, the adult spares his life, the big one is the fifth grade, the adult, you can't kill the villain, the adult ......"