The four words "returning the land to the people" have a strong smell of gunpowder, literally, it is to return the land that originally belonged to the people to them. But Zhang Feng didn't say who would return the land, and there were too many people who swallowed the people's fields and property: the powerful families, the right family, officials at all levels, everyone was doing this.

Strictly speaking, Xu Chu himself is also doing it. His father-in-law, Zhang Feng, did not take less land from the people.

After Xun Chen heard these four words, he was first shocked, then stunned, and finally only scorned. Not to mention Xu Chu, even if the general He came in, he couldn't do it.

Since Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty sold the official mantle and marked the price clearly, which one is not for wealth when he seeks officials for thousands of miles? That's right, there are still some honest scholars who don't want to go along with it, but no matter what you do after you take office, you must pay enough money to buy officials before you take office.

When Xu Chu was an official, it happened that the Son of Heaven was seriously ill, and the eunuch was busy fighting with his relatives, otherwise he couldn't afford to be too guarded.

It costs money for the children of the county sergeant clan to study, and it costs money to become officials, so can you expect them to have a clean breeze on their sleeves? The so-called incorruptibility is just greed and moderation.

Xu Chu took Xun Chen's expression in his eyes and said with a smile: "If you seem to have objections? ”

Xun Chen laughed lightly a few times, and replied: "Jin Cao Peng said that he returned the land to the people, and he is not talented, dare to ask who will return it, how to return the law?" ”

Zhang Feng heard the provocative meaning in Xun Chen's tone, and he was not angry, he was originally an outpost for his son-in-law.

Without waiting for Zhang Feng to speak, Du You stood up again. "The displacement of people is caused by natural and man-made disasters, and it should not be inflicted on others."

Du You said euphemistically, don't toss it, the poor situation of the people has lasted for so many years, and you want to make everyone have enough food and clothing as soon as you come, it's too naïve. Doing some benevolent government like Yin Xiu, everyone is doing it, and the meaning is fine.

"Inflicting on others?" Xu Chu frowned, and suddenly stood up from his position and walked to the hall. Xun Chen and Du You didn't know why, but they saw Xu Chu come to Xun Yue and said: "Zhongyu is known as a scientific name, Xu Chu has something to ask, but please say it clearly." ”

Xun Yue avoided the banquet and returned the salute and said, "The prince of the mansion may ask, I know everything below." ”

Xu Chu asked: "How about the people's taxes?" ”

How do you ask about this? Xun Yue did not doubt him, and replied: "Those who are over fifteen to fifty-six years old in the Han system will be counted as one hundred and twenty dollars per person per year. Twenty-three dollars per person per year......"

Xu Chu nodded and motioned for Xun Yue to return to his seat. Then he asked the crowd, "How many acres of land does that family of five need to survive?" ”

The crowd was thoughtful, but no one answered. Xu Chu looked at Xu Shu, and Xu Shu got up.

He has been following Xu Chu to be the 'big housekeeper', and he is smart and quickly calculated.

"The yield of the field per mu is three stones a year, and the official price of one stone of grain is 100 yuan, and the family of five needs to pay the poll tax, only two acres of land. But ......"

Xu Chu asked Xu Shu to stop, and returned to the post officer: "Zhong Du Post has inspected several neighboring counties, can you tell me, from the first month of this year to this time, how many times have the counties received oral calculations?" ”

Zhong Yan swallowed his saliva and looked at Xun Chen with an inquiring look. Xun Chen's eyes closed slightly, suggesting that Zhong Yan should not talk nonsense.

Zhong Yan said: "The poll tax was collected in August, and no violations were found in the counties. ”

"Really?" Xu Chuhu's eyes were threatening, and he glanced at everyone, "As far as this government knows, Yanling County collected more or less 30 oral calculations last year, and one person collected more than 600 yuan. A family of five needs twelve or thirteen acres of land to pay the poll tax! ”

As he spoke, Xu Chu's voice gradually increased, "This doesn't include the field tax and manuscript tax. After paying the taxes, you have to leave some food for dinner, and some extra money to buy salt, vegetables, clothing, etc. Such an algorithm, Youruo, you said how many acres of land it takes for a family of five to spend a year safely. ”

Xun Chen thought about it for a while, the annual ration for five people was about seventy or eighty stones, and twenty-three or four acres of land were needed here; The annual cost is also around 20 acres, plus more than 10 acres of capitation tax, and a family of five needs a total of more than 60 acres of land.

"Sixty acres."

Xu Chu sat in his place and said coldly: "Do you think that the people in the county can have as many fields as per household now?" ”

Everyone was silent, and they all counted it in their hearts, not to mention sixty acres, it was already good to have a family with twenty acres of land. Like Cheng Yangli's five families, there is only one Cheng Wu left in the male, less than ten acres of land, the old mother is sick, and the forced labor falls on Cheng Wu alone.

It's a pity to be able to live until now.

Speaking of which, it's still a Tian character. Where Xu Chu's edge is pointing is very obvious. Zhang Li has always dared to speak, and said sarcastically: "In this case, the prince of the mansion should order the whole county to give out the grain, the money to pay, and the land to the land, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and let the world sing praises to the king." ”

The officials of the sergeant clan all drooped their eyelids and snickered in their stomachs: Yes, since the people are trapped to this point, the prince of the palace will give an order. It's also good to see how many people support you.

Unexpectedly, Xu Chu's attitude turned one hundred and eighty degrees, and he said: "Why did Cao Peng say this?" Big fallacy, big fallacy! Although the people in the county are suffering, after the rebellion of He Yi and Huang Shao, the powerful families in various places have also suffered heavy losses. ”

Everyone was messy again, and their feelings were talking about the people's feelings for a long time, and the prince was just making a show?

Xu Chu suddenly filmed the case, "Supervising the post bell!" ”

"The subordinates are here."

"You will go all over the counties within three months to investigate and prosecute the lawless, especially pay attention to the county and township officials, if there is more money to be collected, you should be severely punished!"

“…… Subordinates receive orders. ”

As soon as the news came out, the people in Yanling County exploded.

There are such words everywhere as "thunder is loud and rain is small", "change the soup but not the medicine", and "Xu Chu is just a powerless man...... The scholars were not optimistic, and the powerful families were scolded, and even the common people who had a glimmer of hope also took their hoes and sighed and went back to work in the fields.

The handicap opened in the wine shop, and the defeat of Xu Chu increased several times at once......

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Xu Chu's long-brewing offensive ended so quickly, which was beyond Xun Chen's expectations. originally thought that even if Xu Chu had no political skills, but with the momentum of 'newborn calves are not afraid of tigers', they had to force them to take a few steps back.

In the end, you still don't dare to argue with us...... Xun Chen smiled to himself, with the status of Xun, Chen, and Zhong in Yingchuan, and the fame of Yin Xiu in the government and the opposition, he also wanted to win over Xu Chu, who became a monk halfway.

"Do you have something else to do?" Hearing Fu Jun's voice sound again, Xun Chen simply closed his eyes and sat for a while.

"My subordinates have something to say." The voice of the jujube.

Zaoyi, this guy, is obviously a member of the scholar clan, so he wants to stand on Xu Chu's side...... Well? He said that there were too many displaced people and too much wasteland, and asked for a new measurement of the ownerless wasteland and a division of the displaced people's seeds?

Xun Chen opened his eyes and saw that the jujube was spitting and talking very fast.

After he finished speaking, Xu Chu nodded lightly, "Very good, it's just that most of these barren fields are far away from the county seat, and they are directly owned by the county. ”

Everyone didn't have much to say, and they all agreed. Isn't it just a barren field, just take it if you can see it, and we're not rare.

"But the seed ......," Xu Chu groaned, looking at Xun Chen.

Xun Chen was still immersed in the victory just now, and said disapprovingly: "Since it can be transferred from the county, if it is not enough, you can let everyone in the county come out." ”

Xu Chu smiled and said: "If you have no opinions, just do what your friends say." ”

Guo Jia stood up at this time and said, "Fu Jun, do you want to gather all the cultivated cattle and distribute them?" Most of the displaced people have no long crops, and the farming tools are okay, and there are no ploughing cattle, which may affect the autumn harvest. ”

Xun Chen, Zhong Yan, Zhang Li and Du You exchanged glances, and Du You proposed: "Ploughing cattle are precious, and it is not good to borrow them by force, at least there must be a Taishou Mansion to come forward and set the rules." Borrowing with a written note, how long to borrow, and how much compensation should be stated. ”

"What Du Jun said is that Yuan Zhi has to write it down." Xu Chu said again, "By the way, Yuan Zhi, you have checked the books before, how many ownerless wastelands are there?" I might as well tell you about it. ”

Xu Shu took the order and said: "Last year's figure was 12,520 tilts, and in the event of a war at the beginning of the year, this number should be around 15,000 tilts." ”

Yes?

Xun Chen almost didn't sit firmly, and 15,000 dumps had to be reclaimed?

"The prince wants to reuse all the wasteland?"

"That's right."

"Where does the manpower come from? I'm afraid it won't work on the homeless alone. "More than 10,000 dumps of land have been reclaimed by displaced people, and it is bound to cause chaos because it is difficult to control. Hundreds of cases of homeless attacks and harassment are now reported every month in the county.

Xu Chu said lightly: "The army is also tuntian." ”

When Xun Chen heard the word army, he unconsciously glanced at Zao. At this moment, I can't help but think of an idea that Chen Qun had talked about to him about jujube - the tuntian system.

It's a good move, and the son is the first.

Xun Chen knew that his side had fallen into Xu Chu's trap. What to return to the people is just a pretense. The real purpose is to implement the tuntian system of jujube.

Well, I just said that the seed ploughing cattle let the right surname family and the powerful family in the county come out, he Xu Chutian is an ownerless wasteland, people are displaced people from all over the world, and they don't need to give out anything, and they have a harvest of more than 10,000 hectares of land!

"Dare to ask the prince, are these lands rented according to the Han system?" Xun Chen asked.

"No, those who use official cattle, the official six people are four, and those who have their own cattle are divided into five or five. Exempt from other taxes and forced labor, so that these displaced people can work in peace. Xu Chu replied, touching the bun with his right hand.

The faces of the officials of the scholar clan are sinking like water, and they are still counting the money after being sold, not to mention how uncomfortable it feels.