The relationship between Zhang Han and Li Shenming is still mostly friends, but Li Shenming also has his own shares in the Chamber of Commerce, and there are many ...... This is his unique vision, the benefits of early investment, in addition to Li Shenming in Zhang Han's system also in charge of the attendant division, with the top salary, he has a lot of money in hand, and can not buy land and property, the old road after the merchant has money is not easy to walk, so in Xinpingbao and the Acropolis and Datong opened a number of restaurants, each named after the name of "weeping willow", "drunken immortal", "Xianxian", etc., making money is quite elegant, because of Zhang Han's relationship, businessmen also like to come to these restaurants to party, Li Shenming's business is not bad.

Waiting for the carriage and horses to stop, because of the relationship between the proprietor and Zhang Han, the shopkeeper of the restaurant and the big and small guys are all at the door to greet him, Zhang Han's subordinates have people from the Attendant Division, and there are also guards from the Secret Service, they either follow Zhang Han's side, or they are on guard around to prevent an assassin from coming out of the idle people, there is Han Qi's matter first, Zhang Han's enemies are also many, there are Fan family and Han family, as well as Mongolian Taiji, these people have no way in the front, but trying to send a few assassins, it is also very likely, it is Zhang Han's special service guard, It's getting stricter and stricter.

Several military attachés of the guard station were also waiting at the door of the restaurant, because it was a wine bureau that had been agreed in advance, it was not a business, and everyone was not wearing official uniforms, they were all wearing cotton clothes and casual jackets, and it was a cold day, and the sky was still falling with snowflakes, but they had to wait at the door.

Zhang Han smiled at these people, stretched out his hand, and said, "It's a cold day, why are you waiting outside, making such a mess, please come in quickly." ”

Commander Lu Xianchun hurriedly said: "Yes, Lord Xie." ”

The few people in front of him, one of the two acquaintances is named Lu Xianchun, and the other is Shang Zhiyong, both of whom are from Tianchengwei, and the two servants Li Ai and He Mengde, one of these two is Tianchengwei and the other is Zhenyuwei...... The official affairs of the Zhenwei are also in Tianchengwei, in fact, it is a pattern of two guards in one, Tianchengwei commands and guards the Acropolis as usual, and the Zhenyuwei sometimes sends palm prints to command, sometimes it is also concurrently served by the garrison, and now there is only one Wei Tongzhi, surnamed Wei, he is old, his body is not very good, and his career is Datong Zhongwei 100 households, and his heirs are all staying in his hometown to prepare for the future post, it doesn't matter if this person comes or not. There is only one person named Zhang Qichang, who was born in the Zhang family, young and vigorous, originally wanted to guard the position, but was preempted by the surname Zheng, his own qualifications are poor, but he is arrogant, the surname Zheng has deep qualifications, Zhang Han is a businessman who grabbed the position of the guard, Zhang Qichang doesn't want to think about Zhang Han's strength, but he can't swallow a breath in his heart, and he is usually very uncooperative, of course, it is even more impossible to participate in a banquet like today.

Everyone agreed, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they all smiled with their faces.

Everyone went all the way up to the private room on the third floor, Zhang Han sat on the top, Li Shenming accompanied him on the side, and the rest of the fellow intellectuals also sat down one after another according to their official positions and qualifications.

Zhang Han didn't mention anything else, and first said to Lu Xianchun: "The top has a card ticket, and the two guards should pay the grain in recent years, a total of 430,000 stones, Brother Lu, so much stone grain, the amount is really a lot, what do you think should be done?" ”

The matter of paying the grain grains, not to mention which colleague or servant is responsible, is mainly the matter of the commander, but in the past few years, several commanders and envoys have been handed over, and Zhang Han has just taken office, and he took out the identity of his boss to ask these fellow knowers and servants, which is also a killing stick.

Lu Xianchun couldn't help but answer, and said with a red face: "Lord Hui, the grain has not been handed over for decades, and we have nothing to say about the constitution's reminder, but we can't count the accumulated shortcomings of decades on the incumbent people." ”

Zhang Han said: "This is true, the above also said, the old debt can be taken slowly, from this year onwards, the grain should be paid in full, for the guards to set an example, the two guards should accept the grain is 70,000 stone a year, my lords, I will ask you in the future." ”

This time, not only Lu Xianchun was sitting on pins and needles, but the rest couldn't sit still.

Xuanda's guards, only a few wealthy places can still hand over the grains, most of the guards not only can not be handed over, but even have to reach out from the capital to ask for food, and later when Lu Xiangsheng was the governor of Xuanda, clean up the accumulated shortcomings, and earnestly Tuntian, a year income of more than 200,000 stone grain, was the court up and down amazing.

In fact, it is nothing more than whether you are serious about doing things seriously and whether you are willing to offend people.

Of course, all the fields and acres were privately divided by the officers, and the military households became tenant farmers, and the grain was handed over to these officers to divide up, so how could there be any remaining grain to be handed over to the state treasury? The Ming Dynasty Taizu set up a guard, originally it was a more thorough proposition of the government military system, the Tang Dynasty government soldiers were idle for farmers, wartime for soldiers, self-prepared war horses and weapons, the state gave them exemption and exemption from service, won the battle will be rewarded, relying on this system in the early Tang Dynasty military prosperity. In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Tianmu was annexed, and the foundation of the government military system was gone, so of course it could only be recruited, and the military system was changed.

Ming Taizu's idea is that military households are always military households, the state allocates acres of land, they have been in the army for generations, and cannot be converted into private households, so the restriction is dead, how many military households are now, and how many will be in the future, the country always has soldiers who fight wars, and the soldiers can not only feed themselves, but also hand over the grain to the national treasury, which is really a million profits.

Of course, this kind of wishful thinking was shattered, and the acres of land in the guards were not afraid of being annexed by the gentry, but the officers were more ruthless than the gentry in the annexation, and now ninety percent of the acres of the two guards were in the hands of officers at all levels, and the military households generally became tenant farmers, unable to eat enough and clothed, had a low social status, could not fight, and could not farm well, which could be described as a double failure.

Lu Xianchun, monk Zhiyong and others all stood up, and everyone said: "The grain is really not collectible, and I also ask the adults to show mercy and give the lower officials a way to live." ”

Zhang Han snorted coldly and said: "At the beginning of the country, the grain was harvested, but now the same acres of land cannot be harvested?" ”

Everyone was silent with bitter faces, and Li Shenming came out to play a round at this time and said: "The world is as black as a crow, Lao Lu and they are just like the guards everywhere, everyone is just asking for a bowl of rice to eat." ”

Lu Xianchun said: "This bowl of rice is not delicious, we came today to ask the adults to be the masters." ”

He glanced at the rest of the group...... Obviously, Li Shenming is soft, Zhang Hanlai is hard, everyone doesn't take this opportunity to step down, and the next step must be to urge the top to pay the grain, how can they have the grain? You can be dismissed without pay, although everyone knows that this is just an excuse, but if there is an excuse!

It's better to eat soft than hard, although I am very reluctant to do so.

Zhang Han said: "I don't want to force you, everyone has to think about it." ”

Shang Zhiyong smiled bitterly: "My lord, I really don't have to worry, I thought about it before I came here." ”

Shang Zhiyong took out a few land deeds from his arms and said: "There are only 1,000 acres of land deeds in the serious, most of them are bought by the people, and there are hundreds of acres of incorruptible land given by the serious imperial court, and then there are more than 4,000 acres of land, to tell the truth, they were all encroached upon from the hands of military households, and they also set up land deeds in the name of the people's land...... A total of 5,361 acres, all the land deeds are here, and only a few dozen acres of land are left for use as graveyards. ”

Zhang Han was a little surprised, looked at Shang Zhiyong, and said, "Brother Shang really thought about it?" ”

"I've thought about it." Shang Zhiyong said: "My lord has been leaving us room for the past few months, and my subordinates also have a sense of luck, so it's better to keep Tian in hand." Now it seems that if the adults say that if they don't build water conservancy and don't change the planting method, the harvest in ten or eight years will not be better. ”

Zhang Han smiled lightly and said, "What is the expected autumn grain this year?" ”

Shang Zhiyong sighed: "There is only one stone per mu on average, and some fields are less than one stone. The lower officials calculated, no matter how ruthless the lower officials are, they must always leave some rations for the military households, and the grain collected is less than 3,000 stones, and it is miscellaneous grain, even if the price of grain rises, it is not worth much, and it can be sold for less than 1,000 taels of silver......"

Li Ai said: "I am even worse there, I can't sell all the grain for 500 taels, 2 seasons in summer and autumn a year, 3,000 acres of land, and the income is only 1,500 taels." ”

Shang Zhiyong said: "I'm just fortunate to be exempted from the white list of servitude, and I can also ask the military households to help with some work at home, otherwise I am afraid that not only will I have no income, but I will also have to pay for it." In the past few years, the gentry of the households have complained bitterly. ”

Lu Xianchun said: "I really can't stand it, I'm afraid that there have been five or six years in a row, no year is good, the snow is heavy in winter, the cold is evil, there is no rain from spring to summer, the river is dry, there is no rain, there is no water, where is the good harvest?" ”

"Especially the levy of Liao, the related envoy fee is a lot more, and the miscellaneous items are also leved, we are okay, at most the days are tight, and some landowners are almost unable to hold on."

"Does the imperial court know the suffering of our Xuanda place?"

"It's not just Xuanda, but also Shaanxi and Gansu. To the east, it's no better. ”

Li Shenming saw that this group of Qiu Ba was going to move away from the topic, so he coughed slightly and said with a smile: "In short, it is better for you to hand over the real estate and take care of it for us than to have a headache like this." ”

Lu Xianchun said: "Since the lower officials are here, they have this plan, and I just hope that the adults will give us slightly more generous conditions." ”

The rest of them didn't speak, but they all had the same expressions.

Zhang Han didn't say anything, but Li Shenming said: "There are two plans for your field property, one is the price of paddy fields is 8 taels to 10 taels of mu, and the price of dry fields is 6 taels to 4 taels of 1 mu. ”

Several military attachés glanced at each other, and Li Ai said: "This price is very fair, and adults take care of us." However, Xiaguan and others still have a situation to pay tribute to. ”

Zhang Han nodded and said, "Please speak." ”

Li Ai said: "In this day's situation, we will also lose money if we keep the acres of land in our hands, and the adults will be much more useful than ours." It's just that they lost their ancestral business, and the lower officials and others are worried that their children and grandchildren will sit on empty food and be poor sooner or later. Therefore, whether the adults give silver taels or convert the price, we want to join the Chamber of Commerce. ”