Splendid City, Yuelong Village.

When Mei Xiaohan returned to Yuelong Village, the outside of Mei's Mansion was already crowded with people.

These people are all uninvited, they have been waiting outside the Mei Mansion for a long time, Mei Xiaohan has been gone for a year, but for these people who are waiting outside, the time has only passed for a few days.

Mei Xiaohan, who has brought a lot of magic to Yuelong Village, can always bring them many surprises in this ancient village!

After separating from Yun Xiaoyao, Zhao Hu followed Mei Xiaohan to Yuelong Village, and his current identity is an assistant by Mei Xiaohan's side.

"Plum Boss's... Where have you been these days? "The middle-aged Tao who claims to be a housekeeper.

With the arrival of Mei Xiaohan, Yuelong Village is getting better and better day by day! This made Mei Xiaohan feel relieved.

At least, there are no more hungry villagers here in Yuelong Village. The patriarch was very angry at Mei Xiaohan's behavior of abandoning her studies all day long and not wanting to make progress, but it was obvious that she couldn't show it.

Seeing that the gate of Meifu was full of people, Zhao Hu was a little nervous, and he was a little at a loss when he saw so many ancients for the first time.

The housekeeper said: "These people are here to find the Mei family to administer justice!" ”

Mei Xiaohan dragged a huge box into the yard, which was very laborious.

"I really don't have any eyesight, why don't you go and help, how can you let Mei Gongzi do such rough work!"

Mei Xiaohan looked at the housekeeper in front of her, with a puzzled expression, and said, "Why haven't I seen you before?" ”

"My name is Zhou Yuan, my brother was originally the housekeeper here, and now I will replace him!"

Mei Xiaohan didn't know how many housekeepers and servants there were in the Mei Mansion, and these villagers came uninvited.

Mei Xiaohan came to the door of Mei's mansion and patted the dust on her body. Looking at the men and women around, old and young, he said, "Fellow villagers, do you have anything to say to me when you stand at the door?" ”

"We are here to ask Mei Gongzi to administer justice for us!"

"Shouldn't you go to the patriarch about this? You shouldn't have come to me! ”

The patriarch is old, and many things are confused, and now he is not able to deal with anything. Except for walking around the village with a cane every day, he doesn't know anything, so it also makes many people feel dissatisfied!

Because the patriarch is highly respected, many people respect him, but once he really has to deal with something, the patriarch will turn big things into small things, and always settle things.

Maybe it's because he's getting older, the patriarch sees everything very openly, which makes some people very dissatisfied.

Mei Xiaohan knew that the villagers had crossed the patriarch to find him, which was a trust in him and an affirmation of him.

But after all, the patriarch is the most prestigious old man in the village, and his opinion cannot but be listened to!

With so many people surrounding outside the Mei Mansion, it was not a good thing after all, so Mei Xiaohan welcomed everyone into the courtyard and said, "Folks, if there is anything to talk about, let's talk about it tonight!" ”

After Mei Xiaohan said this, everyone didn't react at all, and Mei Xiaohan's face was a little embarrassed.

Zhou Yuan saw that Mei Xiaohan's face was not very good-looking, and said: "Mei is in charge, they are all rough people, they have not seen any big world, they dare not come in the mansion of Mei Gongzi!" ”

"It's better for us to stand here and talk more freely!"

Mei Xiaohan said: "Let's talk about it first, what kind of grievances do you have?" ”

There is a person named Zhang Gong in Yuelong Village, who has a lot of money not long after moving to Yuelong Village. Open a restaurant in the county seat of Jinxiucheng, and there are 100 acres of land.

Many of the local villagers in Yuelong Village are landless farmers, many of whom are newly relocated homeless people, who were recruited by Zhang Gong as hired farmers to help Zhang Gong farm the land!

"You are all hired farmers of Zhang Palace?" Mei Xiaohan asked.

"Not bad! We are all hired farmers invited by Zhang Gong! ”

"Since it is a farmer invited by Zhang Gong, it is something that you and I are willing to do, what kind of dissatisfaction can there be?"

Zhang Gong relied on his wealth and power to deduct our food, and we helped him work as promised, giving us twenty liters of food every month, but the actual amount of food was less than thirteen liters, and thirteen liters of food was far from enough for a family of six to make ends meet!

"I am busy from morning to night, but even survival is a problem."

Mei Xiaohan said: "What is the origin of this person named Zhang Gong?" ”

The housekeeper Zhou Yuan said: "This person's uncle is the housekeeper of the Splendid City Lord Bo!" ”

Mei Xiaohan said: "Zhang Gong is still like this, you can think about what kind of person his uncle is!" ”

Mei Xiaohan said: "Since this person is narrow-minded and so picky, from today onwards, you don't follow Zhang Gong to farm!" ”

"If we don't follow Zhang Gong to farm, we won't have a way to live! Mei Gongzi, we have no high-yield crops, no land, no food, we can't live! ”

During the Song Dynasty, the peasants were also divided into three or six or nine classes, including the landlord class, yeoman farmers, and hired farmers.

"We don't have our own land, and the rich landlord hired us, so we can live!"

"Where did the landlord's land come from?"

Zhou Yuandao: "Mei Dangjia, you don't know, as long as you have silver, you can buy land, so many rich people come to Yuelong Village to buy land!" ”

There are more than 3,000 acres of arable land available in Yuelong Village, but most of the arable land is controlled by the government.

There are very few farmers who really have self-cultivated land, there are more than 300 people in Yuelong Village, and less than half of them are self-cultivated farmers, and the vast majority of them are hired farmers!

In the early days of the Song Dynasty, Song Taizu changed the previous policy of suppressing land annexation and implemented a relatively free land trading and private lending policy, which led to the continuous annexation of land by landlords and powerhouses.

The subsequent implementation of Wang Anshi's reform only temporarily restrained the annexation power of the powerful landlords. On the other hand, the implementation of the "Two Tax Laws" is "asset-only".

Practices such as "recognizing land but not people" led the state to relax its control over the peasants' personalities, which was conducive to the legalization of the identity of tenant farmers, and it was at this time that the universalization of the tenant system in Chinese history began.

The universalization of the tenant system has created better conditions for the free development of landlords' land ownership.

However, during the Song Dynasty, the reclamation of barren and uncultivated land was acceptable to all levels of society.

However, there are two necessary conditions: one is to have a labor force, and the other is to have a certain amount of financial resources.

The Song Dynasty's policy of free reclamation was extremely beneficial to the landlord class, especially the large landlord class. For the average farmer, there is no benefit.

After Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, stabilized his power, he once said to Shi Shouxin and others: "Life is like a white horse, so the rich and noble, but not accumulate more gold and silver, and be generous to entertain themselves, they are descendants without poverty!" Why don't you let go of your military power, choose a good farm, and establish a permanent business for your descendants...... Isn't it good? ”

This is the historical "glass of wine releases military power". This also confirms the government's "tacit approval" of private ownership of land.

However, for the vast majority of farmers, the price to pay for developing a piece of wasteland is significant. Not everyone can afford it.