In ancient times, this kind of thing was called consecration. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Whenever someone in this place is lifted or jinshi, there will be ordinary people who drag their families to come and run, take the land deed under their own name, and sign the deed of sale, which becomes the subordinate of the old man's family, and the farmland and property are no longer taxed to the government, which is also a reasonable way to avoid taxes.

During the Ming Dynasty, China's commercial tax was not much, and the government also practiced a means of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, so the bulk of the state's fiscal revenue still came from this agricultural tax.

The agricultural tax in the feudal era was very heavy, just like Yanzhou Mansion belonged to the more developed places on the southeast coast, and the agricultural tax in Yanggu County could often be collected to four to fifty percent!

After a year of hard work by the common people, half of the harvest in the field must be handed over to the government! It is also difficult to bear the complicated conscription.

It is precisely because of this that the common people rebel every day in the feudal society, and they are already eating chaff and drinking scarcely on weekdays and barely begging for food and clothing. What if you can't live? Pull the flag and rebel.

Generations of ordinary people have come over like this, and all of them have poets and clouds, and the people are suffering; Death, and the people suffer.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, the Li family fled and returned to their hometown.

When such a major event happened in the family, it was natural to tell the ancestors about incense.

"Daddy, mother, your second elder has a spirit in the sky, look at it, your grandson, the dog leftover son has also been lifted and has become a master!"

The ancients paid attention to filial piety, and the way of filial piety seems to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Li Shishi's parents are afraid that they have been dead for more than ten years, but when they get to the grave, Li's father is still crying, and he doesn't need any means to catalyze tears in advance, which is simply called a fast.

Father Li cried, and Wang also cried, the second elder has been dead for a long time, and it is said that this ghost can't hear the tone of the four flats, and can only hear the ghost crying wolf-like cry!

Therefore, when there is something that needs to be told to the ancestors, no matter adults or children, they must first cry when they come to the grave.

Li Gouyu was very uncomfortable.

Li Gouyu, who came from later generations, didn't know who his parents were at all, and he grew up eating the country's relief food in an orphanage since he was a child, and many people have begun to use flowers to remember their relatives in later generations, no longer calling firecrackers and incense, and they may still have a smile on their faces when they offer flowers.

After such a long time, Li Gouyu still seems to be quite unsuitable for this kind of sacrifice method.

"Come, dog, kowtow to grandparents, and tell grandparents that our family has lifted people, and our family will be able to walk with a straight waist in the future!"

Father Li wiped his tears, crying more and more, and pressed Li Gouyu's head and said.

The Li family has been poor all their lives, and they have been poor for generations, and today they are finally able to raise their eyebrows, and Li's father also breathed a long sigh of relief and cried heartbreakingly.

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After pouring out these jobs in the cemetery, wipe away the tears, the family came to the old chief's house again, first, they were lifted by themselves, so they naturally wanted to report the good news to the old chief, and secondly, Li Gouyu had other plans in his heart, the so-called wealth does not forget the neighbors, Li Gouyu has now become a master, where can he treat the Li Jiagou villagers who have been taking good care of themselves?

"Yes, yes!"

The old man who was sitting on the chair stood up suddenly, patting the back of the chair desperately, and the excitement was also full of tears.

I grew up watching Li Gouyu, and now this kid has been admitted to the lifting of people as he wished, and has earned so much face for the village, how can you not be surprised by such an old chief?

"Our Li Jiagou is going to prosper! Flew out of the first man! ”

The old man didn't know what Xie Yuan was, and Li Gouyu explained for a long time before the old man barely understood, it was the first, the most powerful one.

Li Gou not only won the lift, but also won the first place in lifting! Now the leftover dog who has turned into Li Weiguo has become a golden phoenix in the eyes of the old chief! The golden phoenix in the poor ravine!

"Grandpa has won the prize, and the dog is also thanks to your blessing grandpa!"

Wiping the tears of the old chief, Li Gouyu smiled.

The old man was excited for most of the day, and then he slowly calmed down, knowing that Li Gouyu would have a future, but when Li Gouyu came back from picking his head in the township test field, the old man was still unable to suppress his excitement, and he was shocked beyond measure.

"Grandpa Lichang, how much land do our villagers in Lijiagou still have in their hands?"

This is the main thing to come to the old man this time, seeing that the old man's emotions slowly calmed down, Li Gouyu got back to business.

Li Gouyu sent away the people who came to offer yesterday, so he naturally had his own plans in his heart.

The loss of this matter is only the government, and it is beneficial to the people and the people, so yesterday Li Gouyu vaguely sent away a group of farmers who came to donate, and he was also looking forward to doing something practical for the people of Lijiagou.

"Two thousand acres." The old chief pondered for a while: "Not counting the self-reserved land of his own family, there should be more than 2,000 acres to tax the government!" ”

In ancient times, there were many families, and there were not a few children in a family, and the grain output in this era was not high, and the yield per mu in the wind and rain may only be two or three hundred catties, and many people had to rely on sweet potatoes to live, so if you want to survive, every household must have at least ten or twenty acres of land, otherwise why do you feed the people of Lijiagou hundred and ten households?

"Hmm......" Li Gou groaned slightly.

"Grandpa Laoli, you call some people to come and put the land in my name, I only harvest 20% of the harvest and use it for household and imperial examinations."

Li Gou left the right color road.

"Are you asking the folks to contribute?"

The old man is well-informed, and he is naturally no stranger to this dedication.

Who doesn't look forward to finding a kind man to contribute? It's like pie from the sky!

"Yes!" Li Gouyu said: "It's just that Gou Yu is still just a lifter, and I can only have 400 acres of tax-free land under the name of the lifter, and Xie Yuan is more, but it is only 500 acres." ”

Li Gouyu was a little embarrassed and said: "Gou Yuzhi is not making money, and he only wants to do something practical for the villagers, but at the moment, Gou Yu can't put the whole village land under his own name, so he has to wait for Gou Yu to win the Jinshi." ”

Both the lifting and the Jinshi are tax-exempt according to the law, but there is a limit for natural tax exemption, the lifting of people in Yanzhou Prefecture can be tax-exempt for 400 mu, and the 500 mu of Xie Yuan is already the limit of lifting people, and the rest of the land is the same as Pingtian to pay taxes.

Li Gouyu came out of Lijiagou, naturally knowing the difficulties of the people of Lijiagou, and now that he has been promoted, he naturally wants to do more for the people of Lijiagou, 500 acres of tax-free land, this is the limit of Li Gouyu today. (To be continued.) )