Although the landlords in the crowd knew that there would definitely be nothing good for Li Guanqi to call them out at this moment, who would dare not listen to the emperor's call? Second, they also think that in front of so many people, it is impossible for Li Guanqi to make too many moves. So as soon as Li Guanqi's words fell, one after another the landlords walked out of the crowd.

Most of these landlords are similar to what Li Guanqi imagined, with big bellies, round faces and fat cheeks, and most of them are wearing tuanhua clothes. But one of the thin old men looked very different, I saw that he was born with an honest and honest appearance, wearing a gray cotton cloth straight up, his lips were tightly pursed, and he had a bitter and hateful expression, as if everyone owed him money.

Although Li Guanqi knew that people should not be good-looking, but this dry old man really couldn't connect with the image of the landlord, so his attention was immediately attracted, beckoned to him, and said, "Old man, what's your name?" ”

The old man bowed and said, "Liu Wangfu, a grass citizen, has seen the emperor. ”

"You are also the landlord here?" Li Guanqi's tone had doubts that could not be concealed.

Liu Wangfu bowed down again and said, "There are indeed a few acres of thin fields in the grass people's homes!" ”

When Li Guanqi heard that there were only a few acres, he thought that the old man was just an ordinary landed farmer, and he misunderstood his meaning before he came out to see the driver, so he casually asked: "How many acres of land do you have at home?" ”

Liu Wangfu said with a little embarrassment: "The specific number of acres, the grass people are not very clear, there are always more than 100,000 acres!" ”

"Much, how much?" Li Guanqi's eyes widened.

The old man who was holding the bull was surprised when he saw Li Guanqi, and he also said on the side: "Your Majesty, Master Liu is the owner of the old man, and he is the number one rich man here." How many acres of land his family has, not to mention that he can't count them, even if he can't see the end. ”

Li Guanqi rubbed his chin vigorously, so that no one could see how surprised he was, okay, this old guy called Liu Wangfu. It's so powerful. After calming down for a while, Li Guanqi continued to ask: "Liu Wangfu, how much rent do your tenants pay?" ”

Liu Wangfu replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, the rent of our Ying Tianfu is the same, and no one will increase the rent at will." The rent is too high, and the tenants will not agree. ”

Li Guanqi frowned slightly and said, "Then how much is this not high rent?" ”

"Pay the rent on five or five!" Liu Wangfu said with a smile.

Listening to Liu Wangfu's words, the anger in Li Guanqi's stomach increased a little more. Well, the tenant farmers have to pay half of the harvest to the landlord, which is too much of a burden, right? Not to mention a bad harvest year. I'm afraid that even in a good harvest year, these tenant farmers may not be able to fill their stomachs suddenly, right?

There is no doubt that this land reform must be carried out, but Li Guanqi knows that he is now going to carry out reform, not to break down and stand up, and if the policy is too radical, it is very easy to arouse fierce resistance from the landlord class, and it can only be done in a "peaceful and gradual" way.

Come to think of it. Li Guanqi smiled at Liu Wangfu and said, "Liu Yuanwai, you are the biggest landlord in Yingtianfu, right?" The old man said it just now. This year's harvest is not good, can you see if you can reduce the rent appropriately? ”

In fact, not only Liu Wangfu, all the landlords had already thought of this when they heard Li Guanqi call them, although they were not very happy, but the emperor personally interceded with the tenant farmers, do you dare to sell this favor? You don't give face to the emperor. It is impossible for the emperor to give you face.

As soon as Li Guanqi's words fell, Liu Wangfu immediately smiled and said: "The emperor just doesn't say it, and the grass people and others are also planning to reduce the rent." It's just that I haven't thought about how to subtract this rent! ”

Li Guanqi saw the stitches and said: "I have an idea, can you listen to it?" ”

"The emperor's method is naturally good." Although Liu Wangfu knew that Li Guanqi's method would definitely be unfavorable to him, he still went against his will to praise the Holy Dao.

Li Guanqi smiled lightly and said, "I'm just thinking about it. Not necessarily, let's discuss and discuss together. ”

"Your Majesty, please speak!" Liu Wangfu said with a smile.

Li Guanqi pondered for a moment and said: "In my opinion, since this five-five rent collection is a rule, it is better not to change it." ”

Those tenants were waiting for Li Guanqi to fight for their own interests, but they didn't expect that the first sentence they heard was that the proportion of rent collection remained unchanged, and the high enthusiasm was suddenly ruthlessly extinguished. And the faces of the landlords showed smiles.

Li Guanqi didn't care about the change in everyone's expressions at all, and continued to say quietly: "Although I don't understand very well, I also know that in order to make the crops grow better, we must water, fertilize and weed. Is this water, fertilizer and other things provided by the landlord or by the tenants? ”

Liu Wangfu was stunned, and said in his heart that if I have more than 100,000 or 200,000 acres of land at home, and the fertilizer is provided by me, where can I get it? I had to answer honestly: "These have always been solved by the tenants themselves. ”

Li Guanqi naturally knew that the answer was definitely this, but he still pretended to have just understood, nodded and said: "Since the fertilizer and other things are provided by the tenants, I think this fee should be deducted from the rent." ”

Although Liu Wangfu and other landlords were not very happy, what Li Guanqi said was high-sounding and reasonable, even if his emperor status was put aside, his words were difficult to refute, so after a while, everyone nodded and said, "It should be deducted." ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Guanqi's mouth, and he turned to Yang Bozheng and said, "Haoduan, come here, draft a purpose." ”

Yang Bozheng hurriedly agreed, stepped forward, and a eunuch had already placed the four treasures of the study on the table next to him, and Yang Bozheng was holding a pen in his hand, waiting for Li Guanqi to show him.

Li Guanqi paused for a moment, and then said loudly: "After on-site discussions with more than 100 landlords and thousands of tenants of Yingtianfu, the following agreement was reached. Since then, tenants can deduct 30% of the harvest of the year to offset the actual costs such as fertilizer before paying the land rent, and the rest will still be paid according to the original 55 model.

In addition, the landlord leases the land, the lease term shall not be less than five years, and the lease must be renewed at the expiration of the term, and the rent shall not be withdrawn or increased at will.

In addition, when the agricultural harvest fails, the landlord should temporarily reduce the rent, for example, this year, it will be reduced by 20%.

By the way, tenants should pay the rent on time and should not default on it, and the landlord has the right to terminate the lease if the arrears of rent reach the total amount of two years.

That's it! Do you have any comments to add? (To be continued......)