On the way, after hearing that the volunteers had once again pacified the potential hidden dangers of Yongning Tusi and Anxi Tusi, Fan Mingliang was appointed as the head of Yongning Houfu and acted for the affairs of Houfu.

Riding on a war horse and looking at the scenery along the way, or sitting in a carriage to discuss with the generals, basically every post station must stop to meet the local state and county officials and gentry (generally 40 kilometers away from a post station), meet the local people, and be very busy.

Hearing that the governor of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu had defeated the Tartars, the local people were excited, and every county town was basically surrounded by a sea of people.

Everyone complained first, and everyone hated the three salaries.

In the past, the nominal fifteen taxes and one salary, plus three salaries, were basically seven taxes and eight taxes, which was only nominal.

Add to that the fact that the government requires everyone to pay taxes immediately every year when the farm is busy, so it is often necessary to sell more grain to pay it.

In the end, it basically reached the point of five taxes, one four, and one tax.

Now the yamen has re-measured the land, registered the population, and only needs to pay twice the positive tax for the abandoned land, and repay the seeds to the people for the lack of seeds, which is simply too surprising.

A man in a tattered sweatshirt said with relief: "My lord, I won't tell you that my family can't open the pot now, but this summer I plan to cultivate 10 acres of paddy fields, of which 8 acres are written from the house of Master Liu in the next village, and the county has allocated me 2 acres of borderless land."

When the time comes, when the autumn harvest can be made, 24 quintals of grain can be paid, 8 quintals of grain need to be paid to Master Wang, and 1 money and 2 cents of silver need to be paid for cultivating the 2 acres of public land, so my family will have 15 quintals of grain to eat.

Save a little grain today, and cultivate another 5 acres of landless wasteland tomorrow, so that you can live a well-off life. ”

Some of them were even greedy: "My lord, does the yamen stipulate that as long as we have the strength to reclaim the wasteland, twenty acres per strong man, as long as everyone has the strength to reclaim it, we can exempt the land tax in the first year, and start collecting taxes in the second and third years?" ”

Someone asked: "My lord, the yamen said that those who cultivate the land of the government, or those who carry out the official tuning, as long as they pay 1 load of grain per mu for 10 years, the land belongs to the tenant farmers?" ”

Yang Lin smiled and said: "Let's think about it, reclamation of wasteland requires labor, it takes too much effort, and in the past, the cost of cultivating an acre of wasteland was about seven or eight taels of silver, and the selling price of such good land was 10 taels of silver."

Now there is a lot of wasteland in various places, and the cost of reclaiming wasteland is much less. Everyone pays 1 load of grain every year, and about 10 loads of grain in ten years, which is about six or seven taels of silver, and the people take a lot of advantage.

You may say why the government sells these lands to the people cheaply, mainly because these lands are too scattered and very difficult to manage, so it is better to sell them to everyone. ”

When everyone heard this, they applauded again and again.

An old man in his fifties with a wrinkled face asked: "My lord, in the past, those officials and officials really didn't call for words, they levied and extorted violently, and when the grain was still in the field, he had to harvest the spring endowment, which is really forceful."

Now I know that it is mainly those who are powerful and powerful who do not pay taxes, and these taxes are distributed among us poor people.

I heard that this time our county found out that more than 100 gentry secretly reported and omitted 50,000 or 60,000 acres of land, and this society is dark, and there is no problem with these powerful and powerful people who secretly report and omit to report so much land.

In the past, we ordinary people only had to pay a little late for ten days and half a month, and the yamen actually wanted to lock people up.

Yang Lin gritted his teeth and said: "Uncle, this is really hateful, so how many fields are there in that village this time, the landlord is the one who will be disclosed now, and will be made public every year in the future.

Brothers, we are implementing a 15-year tax, and one acre of paddy field is only 6 liters of rice.

After the government collects it, it will not put all of it into the pockets of our volunteers, but will return a considerable part of it to everyone. ”

A scholar smiled and said: "My lord, the county said that 2 percent of the land and grain taxes paid will remain in the county in the future, 1 percent will stay in the government, and the other 7 percent will be used for provincial government expenses, for the cost of levying tartars, and for pensions, is this true?" ”

Yang Lin smiled: "Of course it's true." Now that the war is fighting, the remaining 70% of the tax in the province is mainly used for war.

Everyone also saw that the soldiers all had a mouth, not only did they have to eat, but their wives and children also had to eat.

The 2 percent tax left in the county, and the 1 percent tax left in the government in addition to paying the officials, the prefect's servants, and the county school and government teachers, what is left is to build water conservancy, build roads, and pay for the loyal and good.

Let's talk about this, okay? ”

When many people heard this, they applauded loudly, and one person asked: "My lord, I heard that Shunqing Prefecture was the first to implement the new policy, and I heard that every township in some counties has built reservoirs, and some people say that after having a reservoir, they can ensure harvest in drought and flood, is this true?" ”

Yang Lin nodded and said with a smile: "This old man, Shunqing belongs to the hilly area, where is the environment as good as yours, many places have nine droughts in ten years, and when they encounter a drought, they run all over the ground, so politicians have to help the people find a way to solve the problem." ”

Some people are afraid of official corruption, and they are refuted by others as soon as they bring it up, and some people ask why Yang Lin chose the squire?

Yang Lin said with a smile: "Oh, old man, the public opinion is not violated, and those who are officials need to grasp the public opinion."

In the future, all village chiefs will be elected, and although the township chiefs will be appointed, each township will also elect a squire to communicate with the government on your behalf.

The county and the government have money in their hands, these are the people's fat and people's ointment, if they use it indiscriminately, how can this be done?

How much grain is earned each year, how much tax is paid, how much is set aside in the county, and how do we spend the money left?

These squires have to be supervised, and those who stay can set up a free school, build water conservancy, build roads, and compensate the poor, which can be useful to everyone anyway. ”

When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter.

Some people are even more worried that all the taxes collected by the Zhu Ming Dynasty since the founding of the country will be released to the treasury, and Yang Lin will leave everyone to build water conservancy, and the emperor may investigate it at that time.

Some people shook their heads and said: "Hey, Lord Governor, our Zhu Ming Dynasty is insatiable, you see, Hong Wuye has more than 20 princes, after that, dragons and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and there are more than 10,000 people in the King of Shu alone. ”

When the guard next to him heard this, he scolded, "You, what are you talking about, don't you know that our lady is the county lord of Shu Wangfu?" ”

Everyone was shocked, and the frightened person who complained just now hurriedly knelt down, knocked on the ground with his head, and begged for mercy repeatedly.

Yang Lin helped him up and sighed: "The old man is telling the truth, don't blame him. ”

Along the way, stop and go, stop and go, Yang Lin learned from the people's mouths what the people were thinking, knew that everyone was eager to govern, and also knew that now Shuzhong Da'an.

After passing through Jiading Prefecture, I saw that the hungry people were everywhere and many farmlands were deserted, in addition to lamenting the harm caused by the war, I felt the desolation of the people's lives at that time.

Last year, Yang Zhan, the commander of Sichuan Xingdu, was killed, Yuan Taowu Dading rebels attacked Jiading Prefecture, and his troops burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil, but after a few months, the place has not been restored.

Along the way, Yang Lin summoned county magistrates, squires, and homeless people from all over the country to encourage everyone to farm, and claimed that although they were still collecting Ding Fu, those who could not pay Ding Fu would participate in the county's organization of Tun Farming at the cost of 5 cents per day per strong laborer.

The government stipulates that the Ding Fu is no more than 1 money and 2 cents of silver, so that the people can pay off the Ding Fu in less than three days.

After entering the CD Mansion, the situation has improved slightly, seeing that many irrigation canals have been dredged, and there are many fewer abandoned fields than last year.

Some old men shouted while planting seedlings: "My lord, you are too good to us. Now that there is no other place to levy labor, the place is considered peaceful, and everyone can work at home and farm with peace of mind.

Besides, the adults restrained the officials, and in the past, there was such a showdown and that showdown, but now they only need to pay the regular tax, and the reclaimed wasteland is exempted from taxes for three years.

Although the government levies three salaries, and one acre of good fertile land is only 6 liters of rice, the use of silver coins and banknotes issued by the government does not need to pay fire consumption as in the past, and the payment is almost the same as in previous years, not to mention that there is no other showdown.

Even those poor people who cultivate official fields only need to pay 3% of the harvest every year, which is much less than that of the landlord's family. (There are two ways to cultivate public land, only 3 percent tax is paid for patches of public land, and 5 percent tax is paid for scattered public land, and after ten years, these scattered public fields will be owned by tenants)"

Yang Lin said with a smile: "Uncle, people live in the world to seek peace and security, just to live a life of food and clothing." As long as everyone can eat and wear, my heart is enough. ”

Some old men looked at the deserted land and said with a lot of heartache: "My lord, you are so good to us, and we farmers are grateful to Dade one by one."

But you know that many of these fields belong to the Shu King's Mansion, and the King of Shu will definitely regain these fields when the time comes.

My lord, with the greed of the Zhu Ming Dynasty, we will have a hard life again. ”

Yang Lin was slightly stunned, unable to say a word for a long time.