Yang Chong went to Jiangnan this time, and there were a few more people around him, in addition to Zhi Huaidao and Gao Chong, there were also Yuan Hongzhao, Cui Renshi, Yang Qu, Tianji, Tianji and others, Cui Renshi was the Jinshi of the first list of Zhenguan Year, Cui Yao's nephew, Tianzhi and Tianji were Feng Qiquan's disciples, and they were sent to guard the temple for Zhang Guo. Now Zhu Hongdao, Li Chunfeng, and Cui Chujiu are in the three banks of Wuwei, Chang'an, and Luoyang respectively, and the president of the bank in Wu County is Yang Qu.

Yang Chong was not in the team, but took Zhang Guolao, Gong Yizhuo, Tianqi, Xu Jingzong, Zhi Huaidao, and Cen Wenwen, pretending to be traveling scholars, and walked slowly in two ordinary carriages. The spring rain is like silk, the willow leaves spit out new shoots, the ponds near Luoyang are full of water, and the farmers are busy working in the fields in their robes; Pretending to ask for directions, Cen Wenwen asked an old farmer: "How was last year's harvest?" ”

The old farmer, with dark skin and wrinkled faces, said with a hoe: "Generally speaking, I heard that you in the south now harvest rice twice a year, and that is a good day." ”

Cen Wenwen heard something in the old peasant's words, and asked softly, "Not enough food to eat?" ”

Cen Wenwen looked loyal and spoke in a down-to-earth manner, and the old farmer sighed and said: "The government has subsidized cattle and quyuan plows, and the output has increased a lot, but the owner has increased the rent by 10%, and it is still barely strong." However, it is much better than in previous years, King Yue pacified the world, and finally stopped fighting. ”

Zhi Huaidao whispered: "Is it that if you don't want to increase the rent, the owner won't give you the land?" ”

The old peasant sighed, and said as he walked away: "It's all like this, it's all like this, it's good that the poor can have a way to live these days." ”

Yang Chong's face became very bad, Luoyang and Chang'an, they bothered and worked hard, and in the end they still didn't get the results they wanted, Xu Jingzong said slowly: "The problem lies in the system of granting fields, and it is Kuanxiang that can satisfy all the local people with more fields, and what cannot be satisfied is the narrow township, and the narrow township grants land, which is half of the wide township." It seems reasonable, but in fact, the old and male invalid diseases, diseases, widows and concubines, tribals, guest girls, slaves and maids, and officials above the ninth grade do not need to pay taxes, they will collude with the government people, and slowly hide the number of acres of fields. ”

Zhang Guo secretly praised it, no wonder Yang Chong knew that Xu Jingzong's character was not good enough, but he was still reluctant to give up, this kid's vision is really poisonous, and buying and selling land is the key to all this; If the common people have their own one-third of an acre of land in their hands and can guard the hot kang head, they will not be blackmailed by the landlord in a low voice. Yang Chong glanced at Xu Jingzong and the others, and asked solemnly, "Do you have any good solutions?" ”

Xu Jingzong said without hesitation: "It is strictly forbidden to buy and sell the world property and divide the land, since the great cause, the rich merge the poor and lose the land, the edict orders the buyer to return the land, and the buyer and seller are punished." Then the land was re-measured and re-registered. ”

Zhi Huaidao agreed: "It is feasible, when the Son of Heaven was alive, he made Pei Yun take charge of this matter, and the last time he measured the land was four years of great cause. In order to prevent the occurrence of barren land and deliberate difficulties in the locality, it can be placed in Luoyang, Liyang, Zhuojun, Pengcheng, Linzi, Taiyuan, Tianshui, Hedong and other places to close the position, Su Tibetan for nine years, rice Tibetan for five years, wet land, Su Tibetan for five years, rice Tibetan for three years. ”

Xu Jingzong's strong eyes are strong, while Zhi Huaidao has obvious political experience, what barren land, where deliberately make things difficult, that is to say, it may be because of the measurement of land that causes dissatisfaction among some people, causes artificial turmoil, and affects the harvest. Because Jiangnan, Lianghu, Bashu, Jianghuai, Hexi, and other places have all solved the grain problem, no matter how hard they try, it is impossible to lack grain.

Cen Wenwen pondered and said: "Neither the merchant nor the lowly have land, they generally go to Kuanxiang to buy, if they can be allowed to buy land directly in Kuanxiang, it should help Chang close the position." ”

Cen Wenwen touched on a topic that could not be mentioned casually in the north, and Yang Chong immediately interrupted and said: "In this way, you first draw up a plan, starting from the fifth year of the great cause, all the rich and the poor will lose their land, and the edict will order the buyer to return the land, and if it is found that the forced purchase and forced sale, or the deliberate collusion to evade taxes, the buyer and seller will be punished as appropriate." Chang'an is requested to suspend the merger of sparsely populated counties, select ten counties in Shandong and Hebei, and declare below that all the fields that have not returned to the owner within one year will be nationalized, and after a year, they will begin to sell to the common people with merchant and lowly status, so that they can change their nationality to civilians. ”

This is definitely a big deal, Xu Jingzong and the three of them immediately went to a carriage behind to discuss the draft, Gong Yizhuo said approvingly: "Yang Chong, I admire you, and I also feel sad for your opponent, the military generals you choose are all people who can fight in battle, and the civil officials you choose are all sharp-eyed people, these people will not shine in a few years." ”

has the heart to do things, is not afraid of difficulties, and Yang Chong's attention, Xu Jingzong's future can be imagined; Yang Chong said modestly: "This is the luck of the Great Sui, it has nothing to do with me, when the world is turbulent, there are many famous generals, and as soon as the days are peaceful, a large number of officials who can do things appear." ”

"you, what in front of me." Gong Yizhuo said angrily: "I admit that your kid is open-minded, Xing Ruyan is in your hands, because if I say a word, you really don't ask anything anymore." Don't worry, I said at the time that even if the monk Buxu didn't show up in three years, I would tell you everything, and now there is still a year to go, I will follow you, and I will remind you when the day comes. ”

Zhang Guo took a leisurely horsewhip and said, "I also want to know the answer, remember." ”

The rain gradually lightened, Yang Chong sat cross-legged in the car, looked at the scenery outside the curtain and said: "Monk Buxu, Zhen Xueqing, Yuan Tiangang, Li Shenfu, Li Daoyan, Li Xiaojing, Li Daoxing, Yang Gongren, etc., too many people are missing." To be honest, I don't know if I hope that Li Yuan will really be burned to death, or if he will take advantage of the chaos to escape and be alive now. ”

Of course, Gong Yizhuo knew Yang Chong's thoughts, for Li Yuan, he wanted to see people alive and dead to see corpses, and he burned to death, Yang Chong would not be relieved at all, and now he secretly didn't know how many people were busy with this matter. Gong Yizhuo promised with a solemn face: "Yang Chong, I understand your worries, and I assure you that Xing Ruyan's secret is only the secret of Quentian Pavilion, and it will not affect your regime." I'm not a benevolent person, and I don't object to you killing at some point, but I think that even if Li Yuan or not, he won't show up, after all, if he loses the army, a few officials can catch him. ”

Xu Jingzong came over with the text of the plan, Yang Chong quickly browsed it, then stamped his official seal and sealed it and handed it to Tianqi, who released an arrow, and after a while, two horses galloped over; Tianqi gave a few words, and the two horsemen went away with letters.

(End of chapter)