After thinking about it, Yang He said: "Brother Longchuan, no matter what, you are also a parent, this matter has been done too much, you tell him, put the other person's daughter back, and then cancel the IOU." ”

"This ...... In this way, I'll talk to the king, but I don't dare to guarantee whether it can be successful, after all, this family has written an IOU. Zhang Fengqi pondered for a while.

"It's really not good, Brother Longchuan will pay back the money owed by this family and ransom the daughter of this family, Wang Yuanwai will not even agree to this." Yang He said with a smile.

Zhang Fengqi hurriedly said: "This should be no problem." ”

"Then there is Brother Lao Longchuan." Yang He said with a smile.

"Ashamed, ashamed." Zhang Fengqi said busily.

After Zhang Fengqi left, Zhang Fengwu looked at Yang He and said with a smile: "Brother Yingshi, I thought you were angry at Brother Chong?" ”

Yang He shook his head and smiled: "Brother Qizhi, although I haven't known Brother Longchuan for a long time, I still know a lot about Brother Longchuan's personality, if there is no special reason. How could Brother Long Chuan tolerate such a thing happening? ”

Zhang Fengwu sighed and said: "There is such a thing under the rule, as the parents of a county, they are not in charge of the people, and they cannot be called a good official after all. ”

Yang He smiled and said, "Brother Qi, I think you should consult Brother Longchuan for advice on officialdom." ”

"You're going to let me learn these things from my brother?" Zhang Fengwu's expression couldn't help but froze.

Yang He said with a smile: "Brother Qizhi, you should understand that people like Wang Yuanwai are not something that Brother Long Chuan can deal with, and if Brother Long Chuan competes with Wang Yuanwai, he will only put himself in it in the end." ”

"If you go in, you will get in, it's a big deal not to be this official." Zhang Fengwu said.

Yang He smiled: "If you can't solve the problem, but instead put yourself in, then what's the point of you caring about this matter?" Is it just a fame? ”

"You can't just let this happen, can you?" Zhang Fengwu said.

"Manage, of course, but you have to wait until you have the ability." Yang He said with a smile.

Zhang Fengwu shook his head: "When is it considered capable?" If you never have that ability, will you never care? ”

Yang He said with a smile: "If you don't have special help, then find a way to be promoted, and when you are promoted to a certain position, you will have the ability to manage it." ”

Zhang Fengwu pondered for a while when he heard this, and said, "Brother Yingshi, now that you know about this matter, do you want to take care of it?" ”

"Don't you see I'm already in charge?" Yang He said with a smile.

"What you call the management is to let the brother go and beg the king to release the child's sister? So the child's father is so useless? Zhang Fengwu asked.

Yang He didn't answer and asked, "Do you know that Liu Yushi will come to Funing County in the past two days?" ”

Zhang Fengwu nodded lightly.

Yang He smiled: "Then do you understand the purpose of asking Brother Longchuan to get back that IOU now?" ”

Zhang Fengwu suddenly said when he heard this: "Do you mean to let my brother tell Liu Yushi about this matter, and let Liu Yushi impeach Wang Yuanwai?" ”

Immediately, Zhang Fengwu sighed lightly and said, "Even if you are impeached, what can you do?" Wang Yuanwai has already given his way, and we can't do anything to him after all. ”

Yang He said with a smile: "It's true that you can't treat the king as a foreigner, but as a magistrate, you have to have an attitude, right?" ”

Zhang Fengwu smiled bitterly: "I don't think it's useful to make such a gesture, on the contrary, it will also fuel the arrogance of Wang Yuanwai." ”

Yang He sneered: "Arrogant? I really hope that Wang Yuanwai can be more arrogant, and it is better to make people angry in the local area, so that I will have no worries about cleaning him up. ”

"What do you mean?" Zhang Fengwu wondered.

Yang He waved his hand slightly, turned back to Ding Gouyu and said, "Good boy, I will accept you today, from today onwards, you will be a soldier under my command."

There is a sentence you remember, when you and your family are bullied, it is right to go to the government, but when the government can't manage it, you have to rely on yourself to solve the problem. It is the duty of a man to protect his family, and when it is time to use force, he will use force. ”

"I can't beat them." Ding Dog left.

Yang He smiled and said, "You can't beat it now, you can always fight it in the future, right?" It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. ”

"Master, I remember your words." Ding Gou said busily.

Yang He gently touched Ding Gou's remaining head: "But since you are a soldier under me, there is something at home, so naturally I will call the shots for you." ”

"Thank you, sir." Ding Gou was left to kneel and kowtow.

Yang He stretched out his hand and pulled Ding Gouyu up and said with a smile: "By the way, how do you know that the county is recruiting?" ”

"I listened to what Brother Ye said, and then I begged Brother Ye to bring me here." Ding Dog left.

"What's your Big Brother Ye's name?" Yang He asked.

Ding Gou hurriedly said: "It's called Ye Liangchen." ”

Yang He nodded, turned back to Li Maochun and said, "Big brother, ask Ye Liangchen which one he is and ask him to come in." ”

Li Maochun shouted outside the door when he heard this: "Who is Ye Liangchen?" ”

A young man hurriedly said, "The villain is." ”

Li Maochun beckoned: "Come in, Lord Yang has something to ask you." ”

When Ye Liangchen heard this, he hurriedly entered the gatehouse.

Yang He raised his eyes and looked at Ye Liangchen and said with a smile: "Your name is Ye Liangchen?" How old is this year? ”

Ye Liangchen hurriedly said: "If you go back to the military master, the villain is seventeen this year. ”

"Why did you come to be a soldier?" Yang He asked.

"My family is poor, and I can't eat." Ye Liangchen said busily.

"Don't you have any land at home?" Yang He asked.

Ye Liangchen shook his head: "Originally, there were still a few acres of land, but it was forcibly occupied by Wang Yuanwai last year. ”

Yang He couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "Oh? Your land has also been forcibly seized by the king? How to forcibly occupy it, let me hear it. ”

Ye Liangchen sighed and said: "The villain is from Wangjiazhuang, there is a scoundrel named Wang Er in the village, in order to tie up with Wang Yuanwai, he lied that the land cultivated by the villain's family is ownerless wasteland, and he wants to dedicate it to Wang Yuanwai, and Wang Yuanwai does not ask the reason, so he occupies the villain's field." ”

"Wait, that Wang Er said that your family's field is wasteland, and your family doesn't have a title deed?" Yang He asked.

Ye Liangchen shook his head: "There is no land deed." ”

"How can there be no title deeds?" Yang He asked suspiciously.

Zhang Fengwu sighed and said: "If you don't have a land deed, you won't be in the official account books, so you don't need to pay taxes." ”

"The taxes of the imperial court are so low, why do they want to be greedy for this cheap and go to the government to apply for the land deed?" Yang He wondered.

"It's true that the taxes are not much, but the burden of conscription is much higher than that of taxes, building bridges and paving roads, escorting grain and grass, transporting materials, and the cost of food and accommodation are all borne by the servants, and if the land of the Ye family is in the account books of the government, it is necessary to serve the conscription." Zhang Fengwu said.

"What do you mean by that? What is the matter of the military service of Arita Seki? Yang Heqi said.

Zhang Fengwu said with a wry smile: "Brother Yingshi, there are two kinds of service in the Ming Dynasty, one is to serve the people, and the other is to use the field system. The battle of the people is called no service, that is, it is not from the field grain but from the human service. The battle of the field is called the service of the field, that is, the battle of the field because of the grain. If the Ye family reports the land to the government, they need to serve the land production. ”

Shaking his head, Zhang Fengwu sighed and continued: "In this case, the Ye family is hiding the land and avoiding taxes and servitude, and some people take the initiative to dedicate their fields to the families of noble officials and gentry in order to avoid servitude and taxes, and even voluntarily devote themselves to the families of officials and gentry as slaves and servants. ”

Yang He frowned when he heard this: "Take the initiative to give away the land, won't you become a tenant?" ”

"Yes. However, after these people became tenants, they still planted the original land, but they paid a certain amount of rent to the owner every year, but the rent was much less than the cost of servitude. Zhang Fengwu said.

Yang He nodded silently when he heard this.

Now Yang He somewhat understands why Daming's financial income is so small.

The common people all surrendered their land to the families of the gentry who were exempt from tax and forced labor, so where could the imperial court collect taxes?

Shaking his head, Yang He sighed.

For the peasants, the land is their life, and it is not a last resort, and they will never give it away. In the final analysis, this is all forced by forced labor.

However, giving away land is tantamount to taking the initiative to let people annex land.

And throughout history, the decline and decline of every dynasty is basically caused by land annexation.

The common people of the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to give the land to those officials and gentry for annexation, and there is no doubt that the land annexation problem of the Ming Dynasty must be more serious than that of the previous dynasties.

With such a serious land annexation, once a natural disaster occurs, the common people will immediately be cornered, and it is impossible not to rebel.

Therefore, if we want to solve the financial problem of the Ming Dynasty, we must first solve the land problem, and if we want to solve the land problem, we must first solve the problem of the common people's forced labor.

Yang He was thinking about it, Zhang Fengwu touched him lightly, and then snorted at Ye Liangchen.

Yang He smiled bitterly, looked at Ye Liangchen and said, "In addition to your family's land being forcibly occupied by the king, is there any other family's land that has been forcibly occupied by the king?" ”

Ye Liangchen hurriedly said: "The wasteland reclaimed around Wangjiazhuang is basically occupied by Wang Yuan's foreign family. ”

"Where is Wangjiazhuang?" Yang He asked.

"At the junction of Lulong County and Funing County." Ye Liangchen said.

Yang He nodded slightly.

After thinking about it, Yang He smiled and said, "Ye Liangchen, you also want to be a soldier, right?" ”

"Yes, I hope the military master can accept the villain." Ye Liangchen said busily.

"Okay, I'll have someone register you." Yang He said with a smile.

"Thank you, Master Jun." Ye Liangchen said busily.

Yang He waved his hand and asked Zhao Liangsong to register Ye Liangchen.

After Ye Liangchen finished registering, Yang He summoned Wei Shanjin and Wang Weiguo in, and whispered a few words to the two.

The two nodded their heads again and again.

Gently patting the shoulders of the two, Yang He smiled and said, "Take Ye Liangchen and Gou Yu'er to the silk village to get cloth and cotton." ”

Then he said to Ye Liangchen and Ding Gou: "You go with them." ”

"Thank you, Master Jun." Ye Liangchen and Ding Gou were busy.

Seeing Ding Gouyu take off his coat and get up and follow behind Ye Liangchen, Yang He smiled and said, "Gou Yu'er, you can wear this dress." ”

"Master!" Ding Gouyu suddenly kowtowed a few times to Yang He, and sobbed: "I've grown so big, and no one has ever treated me so well." Master, I will definitely honor you well in the future. ”