Chapter 296: Measures for the Convenience of the People

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Doing farm work requires both endurance and skill, but the martial artist pays attention to explosive power, twenty people, after cutting more than 30 acres of fields, the waist is like a fold, and the hands are cut by rough wheat stalks. Zhou Yingjie was even more miserable, when the kid swung the sickle, he used too much force and cut his calf.

When it was time to sit down and rest, it suddenly caused a burst of laughter from everyone.

"General Zhou, in front of the two armies, I personally braved the arrows and stones, and I heard that I didn't suffer any injuries at all?"

Yue Poyu hurriedly said: "That's right, this girl is so lucky, when she takes a bath, she has fine skin and tender meat, and she doesn't even have a scar, and people say that he is the reincarnation of Zhao Zilong." I didn't expect to be injured by my own sickle, what a big joke, you said let your subordinates know, what will they say? ”

"Shut up!" Zhou Yingjie grabbed the water bladder in his hand and smashed it at Yue Poyu.

While talking and laughing, Zou Tong's daughter-in-law sent the boiled mung bean soup, and there was a smell of aroma from afar.

"The little woman boiled for more than an hour, added rock sugar and red dates, and after boiling it, she put it in the well water and pulled it out.

As soon as they heard this, the big guys came to their senses, and one by one they took the big bowls and drank them in a suck. The cold and sweet mung bean soup is finally a lot more comfortable.

You have a bowl and I have a bowl, and seeing that it is at the bottom, Gu Zhenhua smiled and said: "Leave some for Staff Officer Wu, otherwise he will die!" ”

At this time, everyone looked up and saw that Wu Kaijie was still trekking hard in the field, and this guy didn't even have brute strength. I was so tired that I could only squat on the ground and crawl forward little by little!

Zou Tong's daughter-in-law looked embarrassed, bowed down and said, "Grandpa Guo." Anyway, Staff Officer Wu is helping the little woman to work, you can reward him with a favor and let the little woman help him. ”

Gu Zhenhua thought for a while and nodded slightly. Zou Tong's daughter-in-law hurriedly ran over and replaced Wu Kaijie. Wu Kaijie finally climbed and ran to the ridge.

Don't say a word. He picked up the barrel and poured mung bean soup into his stomach.

Zhou Yingjie was unlucky enough to see a guy who was even more unlucky than himself. Burst out laughing.

"Staff Officer Wu, aren't you ashamed? Looking back, how Zou Tong's daughter-in-law works is simply the soles of her feet. You're a big man. It's a shame to be inferior to a woman! ”

Yue Poyu also smiled and said: "Grandpa Guo, speaking of which Zou Tong is really blessed, his daughter-in-law has good cooking skills, and she is no worse than a man in working in the field, I see, we should find a daughter-in-law like this for Staff Officer Wu, let's go to the cave room!" ”

In the midst of a loud laugh. Wu Kaijie lay on the ridge, like a dead dog.

"Don't get complacent. There are times when you cry! Wu Kaijie gritted his teeth and argued weakly.

Gu Zhenhua didn't care about their laughter, his eyes kept falling on the vast field, thoughtful.

"Wu Kaijie, how many fields have been cultivated in Henan this year?"

"35.68 million acres."

"What's that yield?"

"This year's year is good, one acre of land can produce an average of more than one load of grain, deducting the loss of northern Henan, there are also a few locust plagues, about 34 million tons of grain."

When Yue Poyu heard this, he immediately counted with his fingers.

"According to the original regulations, 70% of the farm's output was handed over, 10 million quintals was 7 million quintals, and 30 million was 21 million quintals...... Oh my God! He sprang up from the ground.

"Grandpa Guo, this, this, doesn't mean that we can get more than 20 million loads of grain and how many troops can we raise!"

As soon as they heard his words, the other generals also stared at each other, and they couldn't believe it one by one, and they counted it several times, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong.

"Grandpa Guo, why do I feel dizzy all of a sudden, just by planting a season of grain, we have the capital to sweep away the tartars?"

"Dream on!"

Just when everyone's feelings were high, Wu Kaijie sneered: "Now you should admit that your IQ is not enough, right, then you can get to the front of the army when the food is beaten?" Don't need to be transported? Don't wear and tear? According to your algorithm, our army will float directly to the sky above the capital, and it will be over to destroy the Tartars, why bother with it? ”

"So, how much can we get?"

"According to the taxes of the Ming Dynasty in previous years, a Henan province would not be able to collect a million quintals, but now that there is a grange, it may be able to reach three million quintals. I'm afraid it will be difficult to do more! ”

From more than 23 million quintals in theory, it has suddenly become 3 million quintals, and the big guy is still in the clouds.

"No!" Gu Zhenhua suddenly waved his hand: "We must come up with a more efficient way, a bumper harvest, this kind of year, the more grain, the more confidence!" ”

Gu Zhenhua called Zhang Xianyun over as he spoke, and said, "You go over and call a few old farmers over there, Benjue wants to ask!" ”

Gu Zhenhua's face was stern, and Zhang Xianyun also ran over obediently, I have to say that beauties are privileged, and after a while, seven or eight old farmers left and rushed over.

Although Gu Zhenhua is a wolf, his bearing is still here, especially those generals, who are even more tiger-backed and proud, and they are not ordinary people at first glance.

The old peasants were dumbfounded and didn't know what to say. Gu Zhenhua smiled slightly: "Sit down, the big guy is just chatting about family life, don't be restrained." ”

When everyone was ready, Gu Zhenhua said: "Everyone, I don't know how you paid taxes in the past, can you talk about it?" ”

Several old peasants looked at each other, and then the eldest frowned and said: "In the past, there were thousands of taxes in the past, including land endowments, ding silver, service money, and three salaries, and there were usually many showdowns. ”

Speaking of this, the old farmer peeked at Gu Zhenhua before continuing: "Since we entered the grange, these taxes are gone, and we are still a little worried in our hearts, for fear that after the harvest, we will have a spoonful of stew!" ”

Wu Kaijie hurriedly said: "Old man, don't think about it, the law is strict, and from the time you entered the grange, didn't you set the rules." How can it be changed casually? ”

"That being said, we don't feel easy. Take the original agreement as an example, seventy percent of the grain will be levied. But how do you calculate these seventy percent? ”

"How can it be counted as seventy percent, but can it become eighty percent?" Yue Poyu said impatiently: "You have 30 acres per person, let alone 30 quintals of grain, 30% or 9 quintals, even if you eat with your belly open and eat all your belly, you can't eat so much?" ”

"You don't know!" The sorrow of the old peasant. The facial features are all screwed together.

"There must always be a place for collecting taxes, and in the past, after the harvest of each household, it had to be sent to the grain chief. Then the grain chief was in charge of transporting the grain to the capital. This journey is thousands of miles, people eat horses and chew, and the loss is much. Pay 10,000 quintals of grain. We have to prepare 350,000 quintals. The old man followed the grain chief to deliver grain a few times. As a result, it caught up with the heavy rain again, and all the grain was destroyed, and the court clicked the grain chief! ”

When the old man said this, he lowered his head.

Daming's tax book looks ridiculously low, but when Zhu Yuanzhang designed the system, he was also outrageous! This emperor, who was born to herd calves, has always been inseparable from the thinking of peasants when governing the country. Gave the power to expropriate grain and deliver it to the big households, think with your toes. How many problems will there be.

In the early days, there were strict punishments and strict laws, but it was a little better, but in the middle and late stages, the whole system collapsed, and the big households were unwilling to bear the responsibility of the grain chief, so they pushed it to the middle family, and the result was a heavy burden, so that these families were about to go bankrupt, just to transport grain, how many grain chiefs died on the road, not to mention the small people!

These old men are worried, and it is also reasonable, if An ** also asks them to send the grain to Kaifeng and other places, and then collect it according to seventy percent, I am afraid that every household will take out all the surplus grain, and it will not be enough to consume.

Wu Kaijie frowned and said: "Old man, didn't you use a whip method later, merge and levy silver, and transport silver is much lighter than food!" ”

The old man hurriedly shook his head like a rattle.

"Don't mention a whip method, this is a completely harmful law, everything is exchanged for silver, how can we have so much silver, every household is in a hurry to sell grain, and the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants! There is also fire and silver, in a word, the official master wants to calculate us, just get a method, you can cramp and peel the skin......"

The old peasant sighed, and suddenly remembered the identities of these people, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground.

"Little old man shouldn't chew the root of his tongue, please atone for your sins, atonement for your sins!"

The old man was so anxious that he only smacked his mouth, and Gu Zhenhua hurriedly stopped him.

"The speaker is not guilty, and what you say is right, and you are also a person who wakes up from a dream with a word." Gu Zhenhua sighed, in the later generations of the logistics height, he really didn't expect that a problem of grain delivery could cause such a big trouble, and even cause the common people's families to be ruined!

Gu Zhenhua pondered for a long time, and then said: "Don't worry, An ** will put the tax point at your doorstep, and will definitely not let you travel thousands of miles." Take a limit of twenty farms, choose the most middle farm, the most convenient farm, you all hand over there, and leave the rest alone. In the future, if you continue to transport, you will need labor, and you will be hired according to the salary, what do you think? ”

"Oops! Kowtow to the eldest master! You're the big man! ”

A few old farmers also ignored the soil and weeds on the ground, and kowtowed.

"That's the case, even if you pay seventy percent, it's much lighter than the original burden, and the head of the family can now let go of their belly and eat steamed noodles!"

Gu Zhenhua asked a few old farmers to pick up and make a good guarantee, they left with a thousand thanks, turned around and ran faster, the biggest trouble was finally solved, and now they were even more energetic.

Gu Zhenhua watched the old farmer leave, then turned his head to Wu Kaijie and said, "Give you five days to immediately design a plan for harvesting grain." Set up grain collection points in various places. Each county should have more than 10 at least, so as to truly facilitate and benefit the people. ”

"Grandpa Guo, it's true that you are sympathetic to the people, but with so much grain transportation, I'm afraid it will cost too much!"

"Things that don't grow, now that food is more expensive, you won't think about contracting to businessmen, let them send Mr. Bookkeeper, arrange carriages, and let us send Tuntian officials here, staring at each other, all in all, we must do everything possible to reduce losses and reduce the burden on the people." (To be continued......)