Of course, officials and servants will not sit idly by and watch their own financial resources become the benefits in the hands of famous people, there is often a negotiation tug-of-war, those hidden fields and harvests can not be swallowed alone, to take out everyone to share the profits, so many years, in Shandong, or everywhere in the world, has long formed a set of stable and balanced system.

"Dedication" looks at win-win and mutual benefit, in fact, there is also a risk, those who are famous and protect the powerful people will often directly take the donated fields as their own, so that the people and farmers who donate from the owners of the fields to the tenants of the fields, the fields that have been donated have really become the own industry of the gentry, these positions who can be invited to the Qing Dynasty, they have not done the things they have not done, and their ancestors have also done them, otherwise where can they accumulate such a big family business.

Possess the fields and properties donated by others as their own, but these fields are still hidden fields, not on the official land register, do not pay taxes to the government, these gentry still have hidden populations in their homes, and they are also not in the official inventory, these populations are just the slaves of the gentry's own family, and they do not have to bear any forced labor, nor do they have to bear the poll tax, etc., so that the court and the government can only levy taxes and apportionment to the farmers and landlords who have not contributed and worked hard by themselves.

There are fewer people who pay taxes and bear forced labor, but the amount of taxes to be paid and the errands to be done have not changed, and they are even increasing year by year, that is to say, more and more heavy burdens are pressed on fewer and fewer people, so that they either go to donate, or go bankrupt, and the fields are directly bought or annexed at a low price, and when these fields are in the hands of powerful and powerful, they become hidden fields, and the vicious circle continues.

Since the Ming Dynasty, since Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang to the current Emperor of the Apocalypse, when the founding of the country was cleared, the world's acres of land were checked, and then year by year it became less, and the acres were placed there, and there would be land reclamation, but in the field books of the officials and local officials, it was so that year after year, Zhang Juzheng made a whip method, the world inspected the land, and the result was that the acres of land became more, but this became more than a few years, and began to decrease year by year, the original local fields became less, and the military fields in the guard house could not be reduced, from the beginning of the Jiajing year to the present, Even the military fields in the guard station are getting less and less

These acres of land that disappeared from the government's fish scale book naturally fell into the private pockets of these powerful people, and they did not have to pay taxes, did not have to bear forced labor, and constantly made rich for the powerful and powerful, and the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes of the imperial court continued to increase, and natural disasters and man-made disasters again and again, a large number of ordinary people and peasant households went bankrupt and broke their homes, and the gentry took advantage of this merger, and their strength and financial resources expanded more and more.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were peasant households in the local area, small and medium-sized landlords and gentry, and Haoqiang, but for more than 200 years, there were fewer and fewer peasant households, and there were fewer and fewer small landlords, leaving only more and more swelling of the powerful gentry, and most of the interests of the local land industry and commerce were monopolized and encroached upon by them. Rely on them for stability.

Zhao Jin naturally won't do this, Zhao Jin and his partners also know that unless they are as confused as Da Ming, as long as they want to do something, they will definitely infringe on the interests of these gentry, no one wants to see their property being infringed, no one wants to see their wealth cut off, anyway, they don't want to, so there is no need to ignore their ideas, just follow the interests of Zhao Jin and Xuzhou.

The banquet has been quiet for a while, Zhao Jin and his partners are still eating slowly, the gentry whose main business is in industry and commerce are still calm, and the others are all putting down the wine cup and chopsticks, exchanging eyes with heavy faces, at first there are still some scruples, and slowly began to have a whispered conversation, everyone can't care about each other's alliances, and even intrigues, the current situation, we must come up with a charter, but what makes everyone feel depressed is that in the face of Zhao Jin's strength, everyone has no room for resistance.

Think about the neat array of iron armor, think about the thousands of iron horses, and then think about the cannons that need more than a dozen cattle and horses to drag, and those victories during this time, in the face of such a force, whether you are yang and yin, or draw a sword to resist, or delay and do not do, you will be crushed and crushed, but no one wants to accept it like this, this is to cut flesh and suck blood on your body.

Everyone has been accustomed to taking advantage of the tricks, accustomed to not paying the imperial grain and national taxes, accustomed to the days of this kind of emperor, and want to abide by the rules of a young man in Xuzhou, to send out the land and property people who have been gathered with great difficulty, no one is willing, no one is willing, but everyone can't think of any way, can be in charge of everyone's big family, and the academic talent is not too bad, and naturally knows all kinds of allusions and strategies in history, but racking their brains, they can't think of what can be used in front of them.

Even if there is no way, even if there is nothing to say, you must express your stance at this time, otherwise, it will be regarded as a default, then even the righteous name will be gone, and it will be even more troublesome at that time.

"Jin Ye, the big thing is imminent, everything is a safe, this inspection of the place, the most likely to provoke the people, this can be harmful to the great cause of the Jin Ye, if the Jin Ye side needs military resources, everyone should do their best to serve, I am not a huge rich, but I can still repay one or two, I will definitely help." An old man got up and said, this person is a native of Shanghe County, Jinan Prefecture, the previous generation was to achieve the position of the governor of a certain province, the squire Lang Zhishi, this generation is a person from a person's background, no office, in charge of the family business at home, this person can be called highly respected, vaguely regarded as a representative of the Shandong gentry.

Zhao Jin didn't get up, but smiled and said to his partners first: "This is a bid code for us, let's ask for a sum of money, and then everything will go according to the original regulations." ”

Chen Sheng snorted coldly, Shi Manqiang's face was full of coldness, and Ji Xiang sneered and said: "Then is it the eldest brother who is in charge of the people, or are they in charge of the people, now that this situation is in place, you still want to bargain with us." ”

"They want to be beautiful." Zhao Jin said a word, then stood up with a smile, nodded to the old man, and said: "Shandong is mine, the population is mine, the territory is mine, everything is mine, since it is my own thing, it makes no sense that I don't know the details, how can I take a detailed inventory clearly, otherwise there is no way to plan and use, do you say that this is the truth." ”

Zhao Jin had a smile on his face, and asked easily, the Shandong gentry present looked at each other, and didn't know what to say for a while, not because Zhao Jin was arguing with reason, but Zhao Jin was right, there is really no way to refute such obvious facts, but if you don't refute your own family, you will lose, it is a matter of life and death, there is no way to be ambiguous, and you must fight for it.

It's just that he hasn't spoken yet, Zhao Jin continued with a smile: "Zhao understands the meaning of this to provoke the people's uprising, it is nothing more than that you are behind your back, teasing some green forest rivers and lakes people who are not long-eyed, or what kind of incense burning incense and believing in Maitreya's sect, and it is also possible for the poor people who are not clear in their brains, and it is not possible to bring in the officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and there will be chaos everywhere, and then our army will put out fires everywhere, and they will be anxious, and in the end they can only give in to you and agree to your conditions, isn't that so?" ”

He smiled and said these words lightly, as if he was talking about something, because of this tone and attitude, so that everyone in the banquet did not react, and after a while, there was a chaotic sound of tables and chairs in the room, and the gentry stood up one after another, all of them turned pale, and some people couldn't help trembling, and they stood up as if they were going to sit back, and they were frightened by Zhao Jin's words.

Although the "popular change" is indeed like this, it is completely different to imply and say it explicitly, it makes no sense that when you talk about the edge, you show the real knife, this Zhao Jin really doesn't talk about any implicit rules, is it possible to wipe everyone out here?

Zhao Jin didn't pay attention to their reactions at all, but just said to himself: "What I said to you is not to discuss, what I said you must follow, if you want to disobey and resist, you will inevitably be crushed, and there will be no other end." ”

There was silence in the banquet hall, and there was no trace of blood on the face of the old man who stood up to speak, but at this time, a figure in his thirties stood up and said indignantly: "Master Jin is going to do great things now, shouldn't he win people's hearts and recruit talents from all walks of life?" Why is it so fierce, it chills the kindness of the villagers. ”

"Xuzhou has been recruiting talents, and Zhao has been collecting talents, but he doesn't know the general trend, how can he be a fool who is greedy for small profits, he only knows how to be a talent who is a moth who envelops the government, fish and meat places, competes with the country for profit, and competes for profit with the people, how can I be called a sage, do I need to care?" Zhao Jin replied with a smile.

Zhao Jin spoke straightforwardly, without any tactfulness to hide, everyone present was almost a stupid thing and a moth in his mouth, as if he had been slapped in the face, everyone's expressions were extremely ugly, but they didn't know how to deal with it, Zhao Jin's partners had happy expressions on their faces, and the father and son of the Li family in Linqing were calm.

Since the deep conversation in Tianjin, Ma Chonghao began to hide himself, not to say disguise, but to try not to be the protagonist of various occasions, he was also at this banquet scene, but he was sitting on a corner table, others did not know his identity, and no one felt that there was anything wrong, Ma Chonghao was observing the reactions of everyone in the room, some were afraid, some were embarrassed, and some were afraid.

Ma Chonghao can guess the thoughts of these gentry in the house, there must be all kinds of fantasies before coming, thinking that Zhao Jin will open a bid code to collect and solicit, because Xuzhou has just taken Shandong, and the Yamen of the Ming Dynasty is still there, in the face of such an unclear situation, it is necessary to compete for the power in these places, who gets the support of these gentry, who can control the place, and the two sides make a price, then it can naturally be left and right, and the price can also be high, who would have thought that Zhao Jin did not raise the price at all, and he didn't even think about soliciting, and directly set the rules.

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