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The yield of rice per mu in the Ming Dynasty was not low, according to the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty Tongxiang business place proposition Xiang Xiang recorded in the "Book of Supplemental Agriculture": "The field is extremely ripe, the rice is three stones, the spring flowers are one and a half stones, and then there are." Dayun has a total of three stones for Chang Er. That is to say, ordinary paddy fields are cropped twice a year, and the yield of rice in the first season is three stones, and the yield of rice in the second season is one and a half stones, so generally speaking, the yield per mu of Nanzhili is about three stones.

In the Ming Dynasty, the unit of measurement of three stones converted into later generations should be more than 280 catties, that is to say, the annual income of one mu of ordinary paddy field should be about 300 catties. At the same time, the taxes in the Ming Dynasty were not high, that is, the Susong Erfu, which had the heaviest tax in the Taihu Lake Basin, and the positive tax collected by the state per mu of land was only a little more than seven liters, that is, the tax ratio was between two and three percent.

But let's not forget that there is also a fee, in addition to the positive endowment, there are all kinds of additional funds, such as the cost of hiring a grain chief to collect taxes, the cost of grain transportation, the loss on the road, in addition to these there are all kinds of showdowns, what county to repair the river embankment, the town to repair the bridge and other local expenditures, these have accounted for one-third of the mu output. There is also the corruption of officials at all levels, all of which are taxed on two-thirds of the annual grain production.

This is still a normal year, if there is a flood and drought, the harvest is lost, the court fights, the official does not care about the life or death of the people, there is no money to pay taxes, take your pigs, sell your house, if there is no house in the end, then sell your wife and daughter. Therefore, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, a large number of displaced people moved between the provinces, and they were completely forced to live by the imperial court.

Yang Zongjian is also an old bureaucrat, and he has been a county governor and a governor, so he naturally knows what the situation is at the grassroots level. Now seeing Master You's demeanor, he couldn't help but feel sad, sighed and comforted: "Brother You, this official can't help it, this is the emperor's will, you still urge Ling Lang to study, and the middle jinshi is the right way!" ”

Zhu Hongsan stipulates that 240 mu of positive endowment can be exempted from the levy, but there is no such restriction for Jinshi, which means that as long as he becomes a Jinshi, it is the real tax exemption for the whole family.

Master You said with a sad face: "Thank you for the reminder!" ”

Yang Zongjian nodded and continued: "The rest is to measure on the spot, Master You, please arrange someone to take us there!" ”

Master You sent his family to rush to his land with the servants of the work team. It is not enough to go to the field to measure this kind of rough work, so Yang Zongjian divided his subordinates into three groups and officially began to clear the land.

Yang Zongjian, accompanied by Chen Xuan, returned to the town office and sat in the lobby waiting for news. After a while, the team that went to check on Old Man You's house came back.

The secretary headed by the secretary came to Yang Zongjian and bowed down and said: "Back to Lord Yang, You Junang's imperial book records 265 acres of paddy fields and 54 acres of mulberry fields, but the villain measured 418 acres of paddy fields and 160 acres of mulberry fields, which is much more!" ”

These were all expected by Yang Zongjian, and the landlord You doubled the report, which is not bad. Yang Zongjian has encountered ten times the most concealed reports in Suzhou counties this year, but that unlucky guy has been handed over to Jinyiwei for justice.

Yang Zongjian nodded after listening to the report, he didn't want to deal with the landlord, because the task given to him by the Yamen of the Political Secretary was to clear the acres of land, not to collect taxes, so as long as the acres were clear.

"Very good, you only need to record the accurate numbers, and as for what to do, the political secretary will handle it in the future, and bring the You family file."

The scrivener hurriedly took the You family's land file and put it in front of Yang Zongjian, Yang Zongjian saw that it was written very clearly, how much was on the original land imperial book, how much was measured, how many acres of paddy fields and how many acres of mulberry fields, and how the grade of the land was written clearly, and at the same time, the name of the handling official was signed below, and Yang Zongjian looked at it and signed his name without a problem. After the completion of such a legally binding land document, the court would have to collect taxes from these gentry on the basis of this document.

Yang Zongjian and these people are all old officials, and after more than half a year of visits to various places, they have become familiar hands, and after initially getting acquainted with the situation in Tongli Town, the work will soon be in full swing.

This land inventory is to take stock of all the land in the world, so in addition to large and small landlords, some yeoman farmers are also within the scope of the clearance. However, after hundreds of years of development in Nanzhili, there are really not many yeoman farmers, and there are less than ten yeoman farmers here in Tongli Town, and the rest are either landlords or tenants.

Tongli Town is a large town, with more than 800 residents and more than 50,000 acres of land, and Yang Zongjian estimated that it would take 10 days to complete the inventory. Thinking that he has been out for almost a year, and now that his work has finally seen the light of day, Yang Zongjian is very happy in his heart.

On the third day of the investigation, Yang Zongjian was sitting in the lobby of the town office, and a bookstore walked in quickly, bowed down and said, "My lord, there is an accident in the east of the town!" ”

Afraid of something, Yang Zongjian frowned and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"My lord, today our group checked Zhang Qingfang's house, the Zhang family didn't say anything at first, and they were very cooperative, but the tenants of the Zhang family were not allowed to do it during the field measurement, and now they are in a stalemate on the ground, and Lord Liu of our group can't be the master, please go to the adult!"

Well, Yang Zongjian nodded and said to Chen Xuan, who was sitting next to him, "Bangyan, let's go for a trip!" ”

When Chen Xuan heard it, Zhang Qingfang's family was tight, the Zhang family's power was too great, and he couldn't afford to offend.

"Lord Yang, adults should be careful this time, this Zhang Qingfang is a side branch of the Zhang family in Shaoxing, adults should be careful!"

Yang Zongjian had heard the county order Wang Zhang say before he came, so he naturally knew that this Zhang family was not easy to deal with, but no matter how powerful the Zhang family was, could it be greater than Wang Fa?

"Let's go and see first!"

Under the leadership of the book office, Yang Chen and the others came to the land of the Zhang family in the east of the town, where hundreds of people had gathered, all dressed in short clothes, holding hoes and sickles, and it seemed that they were all tenants of the Zhang family. On the other hand, there are less than 20 people on the task force, and half of them are county and town officials, and these people can't count on anything to happen.

Yang Zongjian looked at the situation, pulled a clerk and whispered in his ear, asking him to ride back to the county to ask for help, and it was best to transfer a few hundred inspection divisions.

At this time, the two groups of people who were holding each other saw that the big official was coming, and they all got out of the way, Yang Zongjian and Chen Xuan walked into the crowd, and saw a middle-aged man grabbing the collar of a seven-rank civil official and scolding.

"You are a seven-grade sesame official, and you don't ask who I am, master, let you measure that piece of land, why do you talk so much nonsense?"

The person who spoke was Qingfang, the land advocate of Tongli Town, and when the team arrived at his house in the morning, Zhang Qingfang had a good attitude, and took out the title deed of his home and handed it over to the leading grain inspector to check. The warden looked at the title deed and saw that it was nothing, but it was too different from the record in the imperial book. The imperial register records that Zhang Qingfang's family has 1,560 acres of land, but the title deed is only more than 300 acres. The warden had seen a lot of land, but he had never seen a lot of land.

However, the reason given by Zhang Qingfang is also reasonable, Zhang Qingfang's father did not manage well, and he sold the land in the past few years, and now there are only so many left. The reason is reasonable, the warden didn't say anything, you said how much is as much, but there was a problem in the next field measurement.

In the Ming Dynasty, the title deed had a general description of the land to which it belonged, such as how far away it was from the town, what the general shape of the land was, whether there was a river around, and the land bordering it. However, according to the title deed provided by Zhang Qingfang, it is completely impossible to see it on the spot.

When the warden asked Zhang Qingfang, at first Zhang Qingfang took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels and wanted to bribe the warden. In fact, the warden was not a good person, according to the past, the money was collected, anyway, how to get this tax is the state, and it can't go into the pawn's pocket. But this time, there was also a small flag of Jinyiwei, and the warden didn't dare to accept bribes in front of Jinyiwei.

After Zhang Qingfang saw that the money was not good, he began to want to use his power to oppress people, and told him about his relationship with the Zhang family in Shaoxing. But this annoyed the warden even more, your Zhang family is true, but the uncle has now checked your house, the county official is not as good as the county management, you will definitely not be able to give me a perfect explanation.

At this time, the tenants found by the Zhang family gathered more and more, Zhang Qingfang saw that there were more people, and he became more and more bold, and stepped forward to grab the collar of the warden and was ready to play horizontally, at this time Yang Zongjian came.

Chen Xuan walked into the crowd and saw that things were not good, so he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him: "Master Zhang, be merciful, Lord Yang from the province is here, please call the shots if there is anything!" ”

Chen Xuan and Zhang Qingfang have lived in Tongli Town for decades, and the two families are more or less related, so Zhang Qingfang still gave face when he saw Chen Xuan coming.

Zhang Qingfang put down the warden, came to Yang Zongjian and said, "This is Lord Yang?" You officials are too shameless, you want to frame my family if you can't ask for silver, Lord Yang is in charge! ”

The warden saw that Zhang Qingfang was the villain who sued first, and said angrily: "Lord Yang, it was he who gave the lower official the silver first, and the lower official didn't ask for it, so he maliciously wanted to beat the lower official!" If you don't believe me, please ask Mr. Xie who is with the team! ”

The little banner of the brocade guard saw Yang Zongjian looking at him, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Lord Yang, what happened just now is just as the warden said, Zhang Qingfang will beat someone if he can't bribe it!" ”

The warden listened to Jinyiwei speak for himself, and he couldn't wait to step forward and hug the little flag and kiss the two of them, he never felt that Jinyiwei was so cute!

Of course, Yang Zongjian believes in his own people, but now that there are so many onlookers, he will make a big deal if he is not careful. Yang Zongjian pointed to the brocade guard and said. "Alright, stop arguing! Tell me what happened! ”

The little flag bowed forward and explained in detail what had just happened. ()

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