The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

The ancestral hall of the Qin family does not rely on official roads, and is built at the foot of the mountain alone, surrounded by a lush pine and cypress.

In the hot summer, the pines and cypresses are vigorous and green, which can not only prevent the heat, but also add a bit of solemnity to the ancestral hall.

With great reverence, everyone washed their hands and faces in the stream outside the ancestral hall before entering one by one.

Since the Han and Tang dynasties, ancestral halls have been the political, cultural and spiritual centers of major families, as well as the bonds that unite entire families, even the royal family that reigns over the world.

Even the poorest families will carve out a vacant space in the corner of the thatched hut and put an offering table to worship their ancestors, although it is only a square inch of land, a stick of incense, and a spiritual card, but it is also an extremely sacred spiritual world.

"Patriarch Qin, we are narrow-minded in this matter, and the clan study will be free and open from now on."

Everyone sat down in the hall on the left side of the ancestral hall, and the fifth uncle reviewed with a heavy face.

"Yes, yes, we have discussed, since they have come to the village, they should enjoy the benefits of Qinjia Village."

Pillar head Qin Xiangdong continued.

"I'm relieved that you can think like that."

Qin Haoming nodded, his fingers tapping on the back of the chair, considering what he was going to say next.

"Today, according to the development of the Qin family, there should be few people who dare to deal with the Qin family for no reason.

The uncles present were all bitter in the past, knowing that life is not easy, I believe that they should not bully the poor people.

But I'm afraid that the juniors are young and ignorant, but in the future, I want you to supervise more and don't bully the people.

The water of the bad cliff and the broken rock comes from a trickling spring; The big trees that cover the sun with dry clouds start from the green seedlings.

It is easy to forbid the small, but it is difficult to save the end. Let's not neglect the small things and become a catastrophe. I can't bear to teach, and I can't bear to cut, I really wait for a big thing to happen, and it's too late to regret it!

If the Qin family has a bad reputation, then don't blame me for being ruthless.

Of course, the above words refer to ordinary people, if there are other big families who want to hit our attention, they will pay back a hundred times! ”

Qin Haoming's words were both reasonable and domineering, and everyone finally understood what Patriarch Qin meant, it turned out that they were afraid that they would bully the poor.

"Patriarch Qin, please rest assured, in the future, the old man will form a sect hall to maintain the authority of the Qin family, and will not let the juniors tarnish your reputation."

The imperial power of the Ming Dynasty does not go to the countryside, and the family patriarchy is the king.

It is not surprising that the fifth uncle has such an idea.

"That's it, I'll trouble the fifth uncle more in the future."

Everything that needs to be said is said, and they understand what they mean. I believe that after such a trouble, and there are clan rules and balances, it will be much quieter in the future.

"Patriarch Qin, when we opened up the wasteland last year, we also followed Brother Yun to cultivate 800 acres of fertile land, I wonder if it can be counted as a family property?"

Pillar leader Qin Xiangdong cautiously glanced at Qin Haoming's face and asked in a low voice.

Zhang Yun originally agreed to this matter, but he still wanted to confirm it. After all, it is Qin Haoming who is in charge.

"Yes, I still want to say one thing today, I want to contract all the fertile land under my name, and the Qin family can contract 5,000 acres.

The remaining 10,000 acres are contracted by the villagers of the Qin family, what do you think? ”

After reclamation last winter and this spring, Qin Haoming already has 15,000 acres of paddy and dry fields under his name.

Now with the departure of Lu Xinrong and Zhang Yun, Fu Bo is old, and this management has become a troublesome matter.

Therefore, Qin Haoming wanted to contract out and be a hands-off shopkeeper.

"That's a good feeling, it's a blessing for us."

Qin Xiangdong slapped his thigh and shouted excitedly.

5,000 mu of land means that the Qin family of more than 200 households can get 20 mu per household, plus their own land, basically each household has dozens of mu of land.

They could have invited a few tenants to taste what it was like to be landlords. What is especially important is that most of Qin Haoming's land is not subject to taxes.

"It's up to you and Fauber to take care of this matter."

Qin Xiangdong hurriedly said: "Thank you Patriarch Qin for your attention, I won't say pretty things, but I promise to do this errand well." ”

"You pick a few people from the village, take Tian Qi to run around all the places first, and explain the rules by the way."

Qin Hao straightened out his thoughts and said word by word: "One, no matter what the rent set by others is, one stone per mu per year will be paid, only grain will be paid, and there is no need to exchange it for cash."

Second, if there is any surplus grain, which cannot be sold to the people, I will buy it back at the market price.

Third, anyone who cheats or cheats or refuses to pay will be handed over to the clan to show the public for three days, and then take back the rented land, and the whole family will roll up and get out. ”

These three rules can be said to have subverted the previous tradition, and everyone looked at Qin Haoming in surprise, not knowing what to say for a while.

Because according to this rule, Qin Haoming suffered a lot. You must know that the other families in Linpu are four or six or right, where is it so low.

"Patriarch Qin, there are also three problems here.

First, is it set too low?

Second, in 10,000 acres of fertile land, the topography, water and soil are different, and the yield per mu must be uneven, so why not set the rent according to the actual harvest?

If the unification is set as one stone, it is inevitable that those who have fertile land will take advantage, and those who have poor land will be dissatisfied.

Third, it is understandable to punish those who do not pay rent, and it can also be used to set an example for the people to be put in the clan, but why do you have to take back the rented land? ”

For Qin Haoming's sake, the fifth uncle slowly asked these three questions, intending to raise some points.

"As far as I know, the routine taxes paid by the imperial court every year are apportioned by the landlords to the tenants, and the state and county officials have to increase them layer by layer.

Since the beginning of the year, the Liao salary has been levied, and it is still being collected, and it has been increased to nine cents. The payment of the government's discounted silver also adds the loss of the difference in the price of the grain sold, and the rent must be paid after paying these.

In this way, the tenants worked for a year, and even the rations of the whole family could not be guaranteed.

The reason why these tenants can still endure it is because in recent years, the wind and rain in Linpu have been smooth, there have been no major natural disasters, the harvest is quite stable, and even if they don't have enough to eat after paying rent and taxes, they will not starve to death.

If it is in Shaanxi, Gansu and other places, the land is barren and the output is very low, if you can't pay it, you will be forced to die, and if you pay it all, you will starve to death, and you can only kill officials and rebel.

So, we can't do the thing of killing chickens and taking eggs. ”

Qin Haoming's eyes were worried, and he explained to the fifth uncle.

When Qin Laosan heard this, he nodded again and again: "What the patriarch said is very true, the land of Shaanxi and Gansu has suffered from drought for many years, the fields are deserted, and the land is thousands of miles.

I heard that there were people who ate Guanyin soil, but later they didn't even have to eat the soil, and they began to eat people. ”

"The second question, if the rent is set at 40% or 50%, it is inevitable that the output will be verified and no concealment will be eliminated, and I don't have so much manpower and time to spend on this.

The difference in harvest between acres is at most three or five buckets, and one stone is collected uniformly, and the rest belongs to them no matter how much, which can also improve their enthusiasm, and we don't need to verify it one acre and one acre. ”

Qin Haoming secretly felt to himself when he said this, and the method of contracting responsibility for household production has been verified by history.