In the second half of the winter, most of the months have passed, and nearly half of the gentry fields in Wuxi near Guo have been cleared, and the villages and towns far away from the county have not yet had time to start, but according to the current progress, even if the "statutory holidays" in the first month are thrown away, there is not much problem in completing the work of clearing the fields and acres before spring ploughing - if there is no big accident during this time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The Gu family's old house, Duanjutang, is located in Jingli, which is in the northeast of Wuxi County, which is the later Zhangjing Town. In the past, the task force was attacking the west, but in fact, it was nothing more than a trick. At least in the first few days of the task force's efforts to clear the area near the left of the county, the work of clearing the acres of land there had not yet been officially launched. However, after the first few days, the team completed the work of clearing the fields near the county seat of the Gu family, which was also officially launched under the limited resistance of the Gu family's children, domestic slaves, and tenants.

"Sixty-one acres and four quarters and six cents, write it down."

The trainee officers of the task force, with the assistance of the officer, are responsible for measuring the area with tools, reporting to the officer who leads the team, and the garrison is responsible for escorting, and everything is in order. If you put the gentry children who want to make noise from time to time, then the work efficiency should be further improved.

"Boss, students are famous, and this land is exempt from taxes according to Emperor Xian's new preferential exemption rules."

The acquaintance who led the team had just heard the report and made a visual inspection, but the intern officer who had not had time to instruct the record heard this cliché again.

Everyone wants to complete the work of Qingzhang early before the Chinese New Year, hearing this, Tongzhi was unhappy in his heart, glanced at him coldly, and continued to instruct the intern official, knowing that it was completely correct, so he said coldly to him: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi recognizes the preferential exemption system, and Your Excellency does not need to remind this official again." The official is only responsible for calculating and recording the acres of land, and is not responsible for collecting taxes. When the measurement is completed, someone will inform you of the amount of taxes, the amount of payment and the amount of arrears, and then talk to them about it. ”

Tongzhi's face was full of impatience, and the child of the Gu family didn't dare to touch his moldy head, but this gentleman stopped talking, and the villagers on the left couldn't bear it anymore when they saw this piece of land being recorded.

"Lord Qingtian, there are two acres of land in these dozens of acres of land, which are all inherited from the villain's ancestors."

"There are also small people's acres and half acres of thin fields."

"There are villains, and villains."

“……”

The villagers chattered and poured over, and before the acquaintance could speak, the garrison came forward with troops. If it is a servant, they are all locals, and they are somewhat affectionate, but these garrisons are all transferred from the recruit training camp, and everyone has them, and they are under the military law on weekdays, but they can also do it without disturbing the people, but this time they have a task in their bodies, and they are also unceremonious.

Most of the villagers here knew that the garrison was not easy to mess with, and when they saw the garrison coming forward to protect them, they hurriedly retreated. However, they didn't dare to leave because of the family property, but kept a safe distance and watched the team pack up their things there.

The so-called contribution means that the gentry and the common people take advantage of the loopholes in the system and entrust the land to the gentry in order to avoid taxes, and the gentry only pay a certain amount of rent. In this way, the gentry gained an extra income for no reason, and the common people reduced the amount of "taxes" they paid, and only the state suffered.

These villagers all dedicated their land to the Gu family, and the earliest was even counted when Gu Xiancheng was admitted to Xiucai, and it has been eighty or ninety years now, which is a full period of several generations.

The children of the Gu family looked at these villagers, and their hearts were anxious, just in these dozens of acres of land, most of them were donated land, although some of them have been "transformed" into their own industries by the Gu family, but the ants bite the elephant to death, if many of the fields are gone, the annual income will be much less.

Sure enough, seeing that the villagers were like this, the Tongzhi came out of the crowd and preached to them: "The matter of surrender is an illegal act, and it has long been clearly stated in the "Punishment Regulations". Giving is illegal and should be put an end to. However, the people accumulate such evils, and His Royal Highness the King of Qi has mercy on the people, and if they can be returned to their owners, the arrears of taxes will be written off. If you still disobey the law, you will be punished severely! ”

As soon as this statement came out, not only the gentry were dissatisfied, but even the villagers who surrendered were full of resentment. The matter of surrender was originally a profit for both the gentry and the villagers, and some of the gentry took advantage of it to take advantage of it, but under normal circumstances, most of them were mutually beneficial, and the losses were nothing more than the country's taxes and finances.

Hearing this answer, the gentry of the Gu family had not yet spoken, but the villagers were quite dissatisfied. However, the same acquaintance had obviously seen a lot of such situations, and even asked sharply: "The state collects taxes, aside from a series of expenses such as administration, lawsuits, and river repairs, and the biggest thing is to raise soldiers. If there is no money to raise soldiers, how can the border land be guarded, and the border land cannot be guarded, and the mainland will also inevitably be ravaged by the Tartars, and these years are the best example. ”

"However, when the first emperor was alive, he paid a regular tax and had to pay three salaries, so he still couldn't beat the Tartars?"

"That's because the people who uphold the government are incompetent, don't you see those who break into it and surrender it, and those who come captives will surrender it? Today's Jiangsu and Zhejiang, under the leadership of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, are all loyal and righteous people who have fought bravely against the Tartars over the years, and the soldiers have fought hard for many years to restore the clothes of the Han family here. If everyone learns to wait, then what does His Royal Highness King Qi take to raise soldiers, should those soldiers who fought bloodily not even be able to eat? Do you think that's fair? ”

The Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang has controlled Jiangnan for three years, and Shinong Industry and Commerce still highly appreciates the rule of officials who have already had a new atmosphere from that corner of Jinhua. However, after all, you can pay less taxes, and most of them can still understand this truth, even if they are not very satisfied, they are mostly speechless. However, once interests are involved, there will eventually be people who will be blinded by this.

"What Lord Qingtian said is that the current government is good, and none of the military masters and officials dare not give money for nothing when we go to the city to sell vegetables, and I heard my brother-in-law say that when collecting taxes, there are no officials and officials who dare to do such a trick and kick the tricks, and they dare not force the people to pay for fire."

These words resonated with the people present, but when he said this, the villager's face was full of worry, and even his tone was inevitably affected by what he thought in his heart.

"However, now His Royal Highness King Qi is staring at this, if His Royal Highness King Qi does not pay attention to these in the future, or His Royal Highness King Qi no longer handles government affairs, then can the current government still be ensured? When the time comes, if there is no contribution, it is not us who will suffer. ”

As soon as this remark came out, many people agreed, even the gentry of the Gu family. However, Tongzhi shook his head, and then said to them: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi said that the rule of officials directly touches the people, and if the officials are corrupt, Li Zicheng will be produced, which is nothing new, there are too many such paragraphs in the history books." ”

"Therefore, the Qi Wangfu has been doing its best to clean up the officials over the years. No matter what the official says, you may not be able to believe it, but the dignity of the imperial court law is to start from little by little, His Royal Highness King Qi was on Dalan Mountain, as the lord of an army, he was still able to personally be punished, can he still tolerate those corrupt officials to harm the people, and the world will be in chaos again? ”

Tongzhi said, then he left with the team, they completed the clearing of this land, this village is completed, even if the clearing of this village is completed, they must rush to the next village before lunch, so that the work can start as soon as possible in the afternoon.

When the team left, the gentry of the Gu family jumped out and agitated to the villagers present, saying that the sacrifice was beneficial and harmless, and as for what Tongzhi said about raising soldiers, he also prevaricated that he could collect taxes from other sources. However, the Gu family's "suspicion of being a captive" is far from being washed away yet, and the villagers present also used the excuse that they still made water at home and had to go home to cook, saying that they didn't want to have too much collusion with the Gu family.

Seeing this, the gentry of the Gu family was also helpless. The Manchu Qing Dynasty also committed a lot of blood debts in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Qing army killed a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood in Changzhou Prefecture, and only 53 people were killed in the most tragic Jiangyin County. Coupled with the hype of Jiangnan Di Bao in the past few years, in the eyes of the people, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has long been the most evil existence in the world, since the Gu family is hooked up with the Tongyu, then no matter how reasonable it is, few people will believe it.

The gentry were angry at the ostracism of many of the villagers, but the contents of the meeting they had held in the old mansion the other day were still in their hearts. At this moment, since the team had left the village, he also hurried back to the old house to report, and soon got the news that the second tandem in the clan had made great progress.

This time, the Gu family is no longer the protagonist here, Wuxi is still just a county town in the final analysis, the influence is too small, and there are many nearby Suzhou gentry and huge rich among the powerful people in series, Chen Wen's Qingzhang acres not only touched the interests of the gentry, many wealthy businessmen also have a large amount of land in the countryside, and it is inevitable to try to avoid taxes.

Of course, no more than the gentry, the merchants would not board these wrecked ships of the remnants of Donglin because of the reduced income from the side business, and they also had their demands, but the two sides had a common purpose.

A few days later, it has entered the lunar month, because it is close to the first month, many people have begun to purchase New Year's goods in batches. However, in this month of the twelfth year of Yongli, the large and small merchants in Suzhou have played out the sold-out signs, if it is okay for one or two, the market in Suzhou is like this, then the two typing of the strike will clearly appear in everyone's hearts.

"The government is clear, you are not satisfied with the government, what kind of ability is it to strike the market!"

Suzhou Tiger Hill, although it is a famous spot, is also a place for the people of Suzhou to exchange and gather. Peony City in Spring, Chengliang City in Summer, Muxi City in Autumn, "Three Cities and Three Festivals" in Qingming, July and Half, and October, as well as the Mid-Autumn Festival and Lantern Festival, the people of Suzhou are invited to gather here, how is it a grand scene.

It has entered the wax moon here, the cold food has passed, the Lantern Festival is not near, and there is no scene of empty city, but the people near the left have come to the shops here to purchase New Year's goods, and make some preparations in advance for the New Year's month not far away, which is better than rushing when it is approaching, not to mention that it is late to meet the real sell-out, and the whole year will not be happy.

Suzhou is wealthy, and it has also fought with tax supervisors, governors and Dongchang fans, for the boycott of the market, for the well-informed people, this kind of scene is seen a lot, nothing unusual. However, the strike in the month of Layue and the hook with the New Year really made people have to shout two sentences to relieve the resentment in their hearts.

"What Qingzhang Tianmu, do you think these traitors will be in charge of those rural fields and Qi Wangfu?"

"Brother Ren, do you mean the fight against smuggling?"

"What else can there be? Huge profits in sea trade, something that a certain Shengdou small people know, the Qi Wangfu is now forcing them to pay taxes, and these profiteers can be willing, then it will be fresh. ”

"It makes sense, it makes sense, Brother Tai is knowledgeable at a glance, tell us about it again."

"That's it, that's it, Brother Ren will give us generals."

“……”

The door of the store was closed, and a group of people gathered at the door, all of whom came to buy New Year's goods, carrying large baskets and small baskets. Now I can't buy New Year's goods, listen to more and hear more, and go home to have an excuse.

The people praised for a while, and the man who spoke just now was also full of triumph, and after some deliberation, he pinched off the things he had heard from the owner.

Tiger Hill is like this, across the river facing the wild Fangbang, here is the place where the cruise ships gather, the people who play Tiger Hill, often have to "park the boat and feast" here, and then the "Wu Niang Boat Person" will also gather here and sing. In the spring, summer and autumn seasons of each year, the painting boat gathers, and the boat is full of wine and meat, singing and singing every night, and it is extremely extravagant in the world.

Now that the wax moon has arrived, the river lives up to such a grand occasion, and the painting boat is in twos and threes, and most of the people who come are some individual visitors. However, in the Deyue Building near the left, the rouge fragrance of the female music has not completely dispersed, and the gentry and the rich look out the window at the Tiger Hill across the river, but there is a burst of laughter, which is in stark contrast to the angry crowd there.

"This is Suzhou, not a rural place like Jinhua, it is true that King Qi is powerful in the world, but the thing of governing the country, a martial artist, what does he know?"

"What Xun Weng said is very true, according to King Qi like this, Jiangnan will be a big chaos sooner or later. Let's strike the market now, so that King Qi can understand this truth, and get rid of those chaotic governments as soon as possible, so as to benefit the common people. ”

The name of the wealthy merchant is Wang Shimin, who is the grandson of Wang Xijue, the first assistant minister of the Wanli Dynasty cabinet, and the son of Wang Heng, the editor of Hanlin. The Wang family was already a huge wealth in the south of the Yangtze River during the Hongzhi Dynasty, and later produced a Wang Xijue, who has been an official for many generations since then, and it is also the same in the Qing Dynasty, which can be called a hairpin family.

It is precisely because of the dual identity of the wealthy businessmen and the Confucian gentry that after Wang Shimin received the letter from the Gu family, he quickly gathered the power of the Suzhou merchants, and it was precisely to teach Chen Wen a lesson in this country's premier economic center and show the power of the Jiangnan gentry and merchants.

"It's a good thing to kill the Tartars. But there is no food, and the Tartars are in a hurry, and the people of the north are not suffering? It's no wonder that the king of Qi refused to start the northern expedition early, otherwise he would have transported goods along the canal, so why bother to go to the sea. In the final analysis, martial artists have the ability to harm the people, but we want to do good deeds and accumulate virtues, and this time we have to do it as a last resort. ”