Chapter 149: A series of strange things

Zhao Zheng suddenly woke up to the fact that Shandong and the Song Kingdom were incompatible, and there was a vague sense of incompatibility, in order to avoid a violent conflict between the two, one is to completely overturn all the current governance plans in Shandong, but this is almost impossible for Zhao Zheng, who was deeply affected by later generations. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info The second is that Zhao Yun is completely on his side and completely sweeps away the voices of domestic opposition as a hero, but will Zhao Yun, who has become a hero, still support his whimsical ideas without hesitation? Zhao Zheng couldn't help but beat the drum in his heart.

And if you make up your mind to take over the world, it will inevitably cause greater turmoil and conflict, which is contrary to your original intention.

This is a dilemma, in the face of Ning Weishi's fist, Zhao Zheng had no choice but to say against his will: "I'll go ahead, you just have to follow behind." ā€

Ning Weishi also knew that this matter could not be rushed, and he was just planting a seed in the heart of his immortal master: "Yes, Master." ā€

In the face of such a well-behaved Ning Weishi, Zhao Zheng suddenly felt a little unaccustomed, and after thinking about it for a while, he probably understood Ning Weishi's hard work.

"It's cold, you have to spare yourself."

Zhao Zheng threw down this sentence and had a headache.

Ning Weishi knew that it was time to say goodbye, so he bowed down and saluted: "Master is tired today, and the disciple will come back another day." ā€

When he went out, in the corridor, Ning Weishi met Chengdao who came to return, strange that Chengdao shouldn't have come back so early, he should be in the government at this moment, is there any accident? frowned and asked, "Someone leaked the news?" ā€

Chengdao shook his head and said disdainfully: "It's cold, and those big people refuse to get up." ā€

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"Master, these measures in Zhucheng are not successful, do you need to take the next step? Yan Zhizhi had not dared to carry out it before because of Shizi Qingliu. ā€

I don't know why the weather in the room is gloomy, which makes the inside unusually depressing and dim.

If you want to abolish the Confucian classics in the state examination and include Taoism in the imperial examination, not only the scholars and Qingliu will strongly oppose this move, but also those squires are afraid that it will be the same.

The imperial examination in the Song Dynasty was divided into state examinations, provincial examinations, and palace examinations. After the Ming and Qing dynasties, the state test and provincial test were changed to the township test and the meeting test. Therefore, Yan Tianwu abolished the Confucian classics during the state examination, in fact, he cut off the future of those scholars, even if those scholars changed their courts, changed their Taoism, and after the state examination was raised, they went to Lin'an for the provincial examination and it was a Confucian classic, so that these scholars in Shandong had a future in addition to being tied to Yan Tianwu's chariot in Shandong.

Zhao Zheng weighed the pros and cons and shook his head lightly: "It doesn't have to be like this, the most important thing in Shandong now is to live with the people." I only need to reopen all the subjects in Shandong and make my Taoism the main subject. ā€

In the Song Dynasty, in addition to the Jinshi department, there were also various subjects, which were examined in subjects such as the Nine Classics, Pedantry, and Ming Law, but these subjects were never allowed to be reused by birth, and those who went to take the examination became increasingly rare, so the subjects were abolished after the Southern Song Dynasty.

"Master, but most of the subjects are born and cannot be reused."

Zhao Zheng smiled: "You can't look at the face if you don't use it." ā€

After hearing this, Chengdao suddenly realized: "Master is worthy of being a master." ā€

"It's just that I'm afraid that this matter can't pass through the Ministry of Rites and the two governments, but at the moment she is a feudal town, and there are some things that the imperial court will only turn a blind eye to. You go down first and sort out a charter, and Dump Wu will return to Mizhou soon, and then report the matter to her in detail. ā€

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The Song Dynasty implemented strong cadres and weak branches, and all the money and grain in the prefectures and counties had to be transported to the capital, cutting off the financial resources, so that the local government had to secretly build its own forces, and it would be difficult to rebel. But this also makes the country waste too much manpower and material resources.

In Shandong, Yan Tianwu originally implemented a light tax payment, and all the money and grain obtained should be handed over, but the money and grain allocated by the imperial court was far less than the amount handed over.

Military salaries, disaster relief, resumption of production, etc., do not require the support of a large amount of money and food, and relying on the central appropriation alone is undoubtedly a fool's dream. Shandong can have such a scene today all thanks to the secret support of Baiyun Palace, and the money and grain were pulled to Yidong Mansion by boat in the name of mutual market and business at sea.

It is impossible to hide such a big action from the sky and cover everyone's ears and eyes, Zhao Zheng has a clear conscience in doing this, but it is worth playing with others if they can't squeak.

Shandong unconsciously became a direct unwanted junction between him and the Song Kingdom.

Zhao Zheng sat in Chengdao's study, looking at the name of the Mizhou field sent by Chengdao, the vacancy on the pages behind the name of the owner of the field, and then ticked the red letters of the official office to look shocking.

Judging from this name alone, I am afraid that there is no shortage of blood in this Mizhou, and Yan Tianwu will take such a small step before, and he will have to make a big move, which is basically a dead end in this era.

No wonder she has occupied Mizhou for almost a year, and even the county towns and towns below lack manpower to control them.

Zhao Zheng finished reading the name book and sorted out his thoughts.

"How much is the current rent of Mintian and Guantian in Mizhou?"

"Hui Xianchang, the people's land is generally about 30%, and the official field Yan system stipulates that in addition to the 100 catties of grain per mu, there is no additional land tax and Ding tax." The butler who replied was the butler of the Chengdao Mansion, and in the face of the unusually respectful big man of the Chengdao, the housekeeper couldn't help but tremble a little.

In the Song Dynasty, there were divisions between official fields and private fields. Guantian is land owned by the state or the emperor. Guantian includes tuntian (the field of military food), Yingtian (the field of civilian military food), Zhitian (the field of supplementing the officials), Xuetian (the field of running a school), Cangtian (the field of storage and relief), and the public field (the field managed by the central or local officials, such as Guanzhuang). In the Song Dynasty, about one-tenth of the total cultivated land was official land.

The annual tax of the Song Dynasty, divided by the population, was only about three buckets of rice per year, but many bureaucrats and landlords concealed a large amount of land, and many officials' fields did not need to pay taxes, so in fact, only about three-tenths of the fields were taxed. And these burdens are naturally transferred to the people.

In addition to the tax on official land, small rents, and miscellaneous taxes, it probably accounts for about 67 or 7 percent of the income of one mu of land, and the private land is even more so.

Most of the landlords, as landowners, will not do the point of killing chickens and eggs and forcing the peasants to sell their sons and daughters, but they will definitely not have the idea of getting the peasants out of poverty and leading everyone to become well-off. As long as those peasants are kept alive, the ancient society that pursued stillness, in their eyes, as long as the peasants did not rebel and starved to death, wouldn't it be a peaceful and prosperous era?

So at this moment, Zhao Zheng was very surprised that Mintian only charged 30% of the rent. In the Song Dynasty, the official tax on the land was only one tax, which was only levied on the owners of the fields, so most of the rents of those hired peasants actually went to the country, and the imperial court had no reason to interfere with the rents of the landlords.

The rent in Mizhou is so low, I think it was a little chilling to be killed by a knife.

"Do all the fields need to be fed?"

"Well, on the occasion of the autumn harvest last year, Yan Zhizhi directly sent the army to collect taxes and pay grain for one acre of mu in the past, and those who did not agree to pay the grain directly collected the land as official land." The butler spoke very slowly, as if he was still afraid of the bloody wind of those days.

Zhao Zheng also gasped, and it was also a loss that in Shandong, a war-torn land, those squires and landlords had seen all kinds of strange requirements, and it was not surprising that there was no too strong opposition, after all, it was just a rent collection, unlike some loud horse bandits, who directly raided their homes and exterminated their families.

"What is the prestige of the Yan Envoy among the people?"

"Naturally, it's a compliment." Speaking of this, a layer of fine sweat appeared on the forehead of the official, and after thinking about it, he replied honestly: "The reputation is mixed." ā€

This answer is also expected by Zhao Zheng, those landlords and squires not only control a large amount of land, but also basically grasp the right to speak, this society is different, and the source of some peasant news can only be learned from their own well-informed owners.

Yan Tianwu's evaluation in the mouths of those squires and landlords knows that it is extremely slanderous.

And the peasants who cultivate the official fields are really praised.

According to the latest land measurement in Mizhou, Guantian accounts for about 40 percent, and it is reasonable to say that the reputation is mixed.

"Alright, you go down."

Zhao Zheng looked at the relieved housekeeper and suddenly stopped him again.

"What kind of person do you think Yan Zhienvoy is?" (To be continued.) )