After solving the problem of the explosion in Wang Gongchang, Zhu Youxiao ordered the local government to welcome the summer harvest, and since this year was the beginning of the implementation of the new version of the agricultural tax, he sent Jinyiwei and Dongchang to control the collection of land taxes in various places.

After the implementation of the new version of the agricultural tax, it means that there will no longer be any powerful people in the New Deal area who can evade the agricultural tax, and no ordinary people can no longer be exempted from the agricultural tax by contributing to the scholars.

Since the promulgation of the new version of the agricultural tax, the people who surrendered to the scholars and magnates have repented one by one. There have been a lot of land lease disputes in the government, because the land deeds used for the surrender are basically white deeds.

The government will not recognize these white deeds.

After several months of measuring the cultivated land, the tax amount was determined one after another. After Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, he was unable to reverse the problem of the commodity economy, so he further added fuel to the fire, and in the six years since he ascended the throne, the commodity economy in the New Deal area has become relatively developed, a large number of workers have appeared in the cities and towns, and the degree of commercialization of agricultural products has been greatly improved. At the same time, because of the issuance of people's banknotes and the vigorous production of copper coins, the amount of money in the market has increased, and there is no problem of monetary deflation, so that the normal grain purchase price can be guaranteed during the summer and autumn harvest periods. Therefore, the agricultural tax is now directly collected in currency, which is also more reliable in the New Deal area.

The people with less than 30 acres of land no longer have to pay their talents, so the new version of the agricultural tax has the support of the majority of small peasant producers, although they do not have much voice and public opinion dominance in society. But their support for the emperor came from the heart.

In contrast, the magnates and scholars became somewhat reactionary. It's just that the northern region is different from the south after all, and the scholars here are not strong enough, and those powerful people have little power now. Military power was first of all highly centralized by the emperor, and the administrative aspect was controlled by the Han Emperor. Therefore, although those powerful people are somewhat reactionary, they do not dare to show it.

At the same time, the morale of the military and civilians in the New Deal area has been boosted. Therefore, those powerful and noble families did not have a climate in the New Deal area, and they were completely powerless to resist the implementation of the new agricultural tax.

Small-scale producers with less than 30 acres no longer have to pay land taxes, which means that agricultural taxes will fall, but in the environment of rising commercialization, these small-scale producers will naturally consume something when they have money in their hands. Money will always be spent, and the market is heavily monopolized by state-owned capital conglomerates, which is equivalent to these lost agricultural taxes, which can make wealth flow back into the hands of the imperial court by stimulating economic demand.

And those who owned a lot of land at this time either set up agricultural companies, sold land, or suffered high agricultural taxes.

If an agricultural company is established, then the model of employing tenant farmers is more viable, and it is profitable to manage and organize production on your own. That's also their ability, they have played a positive role, and the court will naturally not engage with them.

And those who do not set up agricultural companies and want to collect tenant rents at home with their feet crossed are gone in the new agricultural water system. If they don't sell their land, they will vomit blood from the annual agricultural tax.

Therefore, after the promulgation of the new version of agricultural water, many powerful families began to vomit blood and sell it, and the land in their hands was constantly thrown out. Others simply merged into some agricultural companies to get shares. A new way of organizing agricultural production has begun.

The new version of the agricultural tax actually makes it easier for the government to collect the agricultural tax, because the white deed is no longer recognized. There are no loopholes for the people to exploit. In addition, most smallholder producers no longer have to pay taxes to large, medium, and small landowners and agricultural companies in each state and county.

The landlords and agricultural companies are relatively powerful, and there is no longer any problem of Cui Ke forcing the people to rebel. If the large, medium, and small landlords and agricultural companies fail to pay their taxes, the government will no longer have to use any violent means to pay the land for more than three years, and simply take the land away and auction it. If the money from the sale exceeds the land endowment, then return the excess money. The arrears will be increased at the rate of 5% per annum.

If it is a natural disaster, you can apply for tax exemption from the local state and county government, and after the application is approved. After the imperial court sends someone down to verify, the field tax in the year of the disaster can be exempted.

As for the conscription, it has been directly abolished, and the small peasant producers not only do not have to pay the land tax, but also do not even have to go to the conscription, so it can be said that there is no burden, and there is only one responsibility left for compulsory military service, which is also the obligation of young people, and the court will be responsible for food and clothing during the service.

Such a system is more fair and has been supported by the vast number of peasants.

In the first year of implementation, such a system naturally had to be strictly grasped, so that many disguised rules would not arise in the process of implementation.

The summer harvest went very smoothly, and the tax collection was successfully carried out with the cooperation of the administration at all levels.

In terms of the summer harvest in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, first of all, the eastern Liaodong region enjoyed a bumper harvest, and more than 5,300 mu of cultivated land were harvested. At the same time, hundreds of millions of acres of cultivated land north of eastern Liaoning were also planted with spring wheat, soybeans, corn and other crops at the beginning of spring, because the black soil in the northeast is very fertile, and these wheat, soybeans, and corn are growing well.

Once these crops are harvested, the supply of commercial grains can be greatly increased. This means that the imperial court can release more money and organize more people to build various infrastructures.

Roads in the northeast are also being built everywhere, and the imperial court is fully guaranteed in terms of funds, in addition to central grants, there are also bank loans.

At the same time, the mining industry is also developing rapidly, especially coal mining, which is an important part of ensuring people's heating in winter. In addition, large areas of private houses have also been built with bank loans, and after these houses are built, it means that the people can better withstand the cold in winter.

People can still survive in very low temperatures, even among nomads, as long as there are houses and fuel supplies in winter.

The summer harvest in the Kannai area was changeable, with some areas receiving bumper harvests and others being affected, but the overall situation was still good, especially in the North Naoli area, which had a bumper harvest again due to the improvement of water conservancy facilities.

Just when Zhu Youxiao began to celebrate the successful completion of the summer harvest, a seven-magnitude earthquake occurred that affected the four provinces of Beizhili, Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan.

Among them, Lingqiu County, Shanxi Province, there were more than a month of continuous earthquakes, dozens of earthquakes, the whole city collapsed, there was no survivor of the official and civilian houses, more than 5,200 residents were crushed to death, countless merchants came and went, and the water gushing out of the dry wells was black.

Datong Mansion belongs to the earthquake, from the northwest to the southeast, its sound is like thunder, shaking the city wall for 28 years. Hunyuan Prefecture and other places, from the west, the city shook the mountain, the sound was like a huge thunder, the city wall and the four official walls shook down a lot. The earthquakes in Ulzhou, Guangchang, and Longping were like thunder, the city walls were ruined, the government and people's houses were shaken and destroyed, many people were crushed to death, and the ground cracked and water surged.

On that day, Jingshi, Tianjin Sanwei, and Xuanda were shocked dozens of times, and the casualties were even worse.

The earthquake affected Xiangyuan, Shouyang, Wuxiang, Pingdingzhou, Shanyin, Guangling and Yushe in Shanxi Province.

Jingshi Shuntianfu Dacheng, Jizhou, Wen'an, Hejian Fu Renqiu, Xian County, Jiaohe, Nanpi, Jingzhou, Guxian, Ningjin, Cangzhou, Baoding Qizhou, Suning, Shulu, Wuyi, Rongcheng, Xiongxian, Zhending Pingshan, Xinle, Gaoyi, Longping, Jinzhou, Xin'an, Guangping Fuquzhou, Handan, Yongnian, Shexian, Jize.

In Shandong Province, Licheng, Wuding Prefecture (now Huimin), Yangxin, Shanghe (now Jiyang), Dezhou, Pingyuan, Caozhou, Dongchang Prefecture, Qufu Prefecture, Yanzhou Prefecture, and six counties in Henan Province, a total of more than 60 prefectures and counties in four provinces.

When the earthquake struck, the disaster recitals from all over the country were sent to Beijing like snowflakes, and then Zhu Youxiao felt the obvious tremor in the middle of the night.

Zhu Youxiao summoned the minister overnight, and then hurriedly mobilized the central army to the earthquake area to rescue and provide disaster relief, and transferred food and other materials to the disaster area, and ordered the officials in the affected areas to do a good job in epidemic prevention work.

A few days later, the disaster became bigger and bigger, which only made Zhu Youxiao feel a little waxy, and the scale of this disaster was really a bit large.

"What about the deaths and injuries of people everywhere?" Zhu Youxiao asked the ministers when he went to court.

Shen Yu replied: "Your Majesty, the people have suffered great casualties, especially the Tianjin Industrial Zone has been affected by the earthquake, hundreds of factories have collapsed, and there have been heavy losses. ”

"Mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized, and let the administrative units at all levels go all out to provide disaster relief." In the face of such a natural disaster, Zhu Youxiao naturally had no other way but to make efforts in disaster relief.

The area affected by this earthquake is a bit large, and the power of a magnitude 7 earthquake is obviously not so simple, and aftershocks occur almost every day.

The economy of Beizhili was also affected by the earthquake, and a large number of factories in the Tianjin Industrial Zone collapsed, but fortunately, the Tianjin Industrial Zone is dominated by light industry, and it is relatively easy to recover.

Under the all-out disaster relief of the imperial court, a large number of officers and soldiers were dispatched urgently, and at the same time, materials were constantly transported to the affected areas, and the people in the affected areas were still well rescued.

The media also carried out all-round coverage of the earthquake relief, and the court's proactive disaster relief action was affirmed by the people.

For the disaster-stricken areas, the imperial court allocated funds to help the people rebuild after the disaster, or relocated some of the people to other areas.

Not long after, there were reports from Fujian that there was a drought in Fujian, and the people in many places had no place to live. Zhu Youxiao had to put out the fire everywhere and ordered disaster relief again.

Fujian's disaster relief is relatively simple, mainly based on migrants. Taiwan, Luzon, Java, and Borneo are all great places to immigrate.

Historically, Zheng Zhilong relied on this drought to invade everywhere and defeat the officers and soldiers of Fujian. At this time, Zheng Zhilong's group of pirates were already hiding on the islands of the South China Sea like lost dogs, and the navy was carrying out a comprehensive encirclement and suppression of these pirates. (To be continued.) )