(Kneel and beg for Sanjiang tickets, thank you, thank you~~)

Land is the lifeblood of the Chinese, and if the income from farming does not fall to support the whole family, no one will sell land.

After the initial excitement, the people looked at Wang Feng one after another, and Wang Feng said: "I know everyone's scruples, I will make it clear today!"

Since ancient times, peasant uprisings have often flaunted that they do not pay grain and rent to attract people to join, but think about it, what will the rebel army maintain after eating and drinking? Is it by burning and looting? How is this different from rogue bandits? Take a step back and say, even if you rob it, there will always be a day when you will rob it all, and then you will run out of ammunition and food, and you will either be killed by the government or scattered in a hurry!

This is the style of the rogue army, and our Taiping Army is an organized army, with a long-term plan, the goal is to expel the Manchus and their lackeys, and establish a government belonging to the Han people, but the government and the army need money to maintain, which has to rely on taxes, therefore, today I am cheeky to set the field tax as ten taxes and one, in addition, do not collect any harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the field tax may not be levied silver taels, and the payment of grain is also OK, I hope the villagers understand! ”

In the fifty-first year of Kangxi, Kangxi had set the land according to the Dingkou at that time, and promised that the new Dingkou would never be added, and the total tax rate was about five percent, without racial prejudice, the tax rate was very low, but the government has always not relied on the regular tax, but the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes that were as much as a cow's hair to squeeze the peasants, and the actual tax in the late Qing Dynasty was about sixty percent, which was simply shocking, many peasants could not survive, so they could only sell their land and give the landlord as a tenant, because the tenants only paid rent to the landlord, about thirty percent, and could barely make ends meet.

Wang Feng's field is taxed ten and one, and grain can be levied, which seems to be a retrogression of a whip method from Zhang Juzheng and Kangxi Yongzheng's apportionment into the mu, but in fact, it greatly reduces the burden on the peasants, and the essence of a whip law and apportionment into the mu is to transfer the risk of grain price changes to the peasants, and the government sits on the ground to collect money, and since Daoguang, the price of silver has risen day by day, from 1,000 copper and iron to 2,23 in the early years of Xianfeng, the consequence of this is that the peasants must sell unplanned grain in order to pay the rent, the higher the price of silver, The heavier the burden on the peasants!

So this is not only understanding, it is simply cheering, and many people shed tears of excitement on the spot!

All of a sudden, there was a thunderous cheer, some were crying and screaming, and some were about to kneel and kowtow, which was immediately pulled up by the warriors.

After a while, the noise gradually subsided, Wang Feng pressed his hands before he said: "Folks, our Taiping Army comes from the people, and we know the hardships of the people, so naturally we will not oppress and exploit the people, but the land that is about to be distributed to you is taken from the hands of the corrupt officials of the Qing court who sucked the people's fat and people's ointment, and they were seized of the land, which also means that they have lost the source of their erosive life, will they be willing?" If the group of returnees came to kill you and take the land back, would you be willing? ”

"I don't want to!" There was a bang in the crowd.

"Good!" Wang Feng shouted loudly: "We now have 10,000 troops, they dare not come, but we can't stay for a long time, we still have to attack Taicang, Suzhou, Changzhou and many other cities, although I will leave some troops to garrison Jiading, but it can't be too much, if the return to the hometown is too strong, and our main force can't rush back to help, what do you say?" ”

"Then you need to ask? Pick up the guy and fight with the Qing demon! A rough man shouted after him!

"That's right! Fight hard with the Qing Demon! ”

The people were indignant, as if the homecoming group was outside the city!

Wang Feng praised with satisfaction: "If you can think so, I can rest assured, the garrison will organize everyone to conduct military training during the agricultural slack, and will select the people to form the Jiading People's Self-Defense Army, not forced, adopt the principle of voluntariness, I hope everyone will sign up!" ”

"What is involuntary, is it still forced to protect the homeland? I was the first to join the army! ”

"And I'm a big cow!"

"Whoever shrinks back is a seed!"

Many young and middle-aged people rushed forward and raised their arms high, this enthusiasm simply moved Zhou Xiuying, Chen Alin and others again and again, no one could have expected that there would be such a majestic power among the people, which was completely different from the so-called righteous army they used to organize, mainly by means of coercion and deception, the people were really mobilized their enthusiasm, and the eyes of Wang Feng were also different!

Wang Feng was surrounded by dense middle-aged men, and shouted hard: "Folks, I see your enthusiasm, but no matter how enthusiastic you are, you will eat your stomach first, and it will be dark soon, today I invite everyone to eat, everyone will let go of their stomachs to eat, after the meal, I will personally select athletes to join the Jiading People's Self-Defense Army, now please everyone go home and bring the pots and firewood, we will be on the spot, open a banquet of 10,000 people, and cut braids and unwrap the footcloth conference!" ”

"Boom!" With a bang, the people were completely boiling, cheering and running home, and even some with knives cut off their braids directly, and in a short time, the crowd had dispersed!

Chen Alin was stunned for a while before he came over and praised with his fingers: "Your Taiping Army is really good, you have simply won the hearts of the people of Jiading, but when our knife will be in Shanghai, the people will guard us like thieves, it is really incomparable." ”

Wang Feng said lightly: "Chen Alin, you stand in the position of the people, think about what the people think, and be anxious about what the people are anxious about, the people will naturally be interested in you, and there is one more point, you don't want your Taiping Army anymore, we will be swordsman, we are all fighting for the same goal, and we should not distinguish each other." ”

"Oh~~" Chen Alin awkwardly touched his smooth and smooth braincase.

Hong Xuanjiao then asked: "Wang Feng, is ten taxes and one too little?" How many acres of land is there in Jiading County? How much grain can we harvest? ”

Wang Feng waved his hand: "Sister Xuanjiao, it's not a lot at all, the burden on farmers is extremely heavy, we don't build financial resources on farmers, we still have to take the road of developing industry and commerce, for now, just eating big households can support us to death, ten taxes are just a symbolic collection of money, and in the end it is to cancel the agricultural tax, and even pay the farmers for farming." ”

"Huh?" The abolition of agricultural taxes is understandable, but what does it mean to pay backwards? Zhou Xiuying couldn't help but ask: "How can there be such a reason for farmers to give him money for farming?" ”

Wang Feng nodded and said: "You have to post money, the Qing Court Customs is manipulated by foreigners, and we have not yet recovered the strength of the concession, which will cause a large number of foreign rice and foreign noodles to pour into China!"

The agricultural technology of the great powers is more advanced than ours, the yield per mu is high, and the price is low, but China's grain is due to primitive farming methods, low yields, and high costs. Not to mention the peasants, even ordinary rich and small landlords will go bankrupt one after another, and I don't think this day will come long.

We can only do our best to help farmers withstand this shock, on the one hand, to protect them from bankruptcy and to protect China's fragile and primitive agricultural production, and on the other hand, to fully introduce advanced agricultural production technology, increase production, reduce costs, and have the competitiveness with foreign rice and oceans. ”