On the fourteenth day of the first month of the second year of Jian'an, although the Central Plains was in turmoil, Guanzhong was in full swing of natural and man-made disasters, and the war in Hebei was in full swing, the situation in Jiangdong was quite stable, and Baitu's "deep well disease" had been greatly alleviated after the number of deep wells in various places reached the standard.

It's just about the rumors of "deep well disease", but it has not been dispersed, and even in the middle of Wu County, there are several deep wells that have been dug by people who have been deliberately destroyed, although the final criminal department did not find out the results, it was attributed to an accident, but there are rumors everywhere that it is the Xu family who does not want to be named, and he is not used to seeing Baitu harm the people, so he made a protest!

Anyway, the rumors said so, and Xu didn't refute it......

Recently, there is a great rumor in Jinling City, that is, Gan Ning, who came back to report on his work, wanted to leave Jinling City overnight last night and return to his station, but the city guard stopped him, and was pressed and escorted back by the state guard's guard on the spot!

If this thing is true, the general of the party actually kept transferring orders to leave the state pastoral office and return to the station without permission, and was stopped back...... The implications of this are unsettling.

However, although this rumor has a nose and eyes, the strange thing is that there is no chaos in the state governor's mansion......

At this time, the city of Jinling was comfortable, and you could see the big dogs in Jiangdong everywhere, sending some wine and meat from door to door.

Bai Tu even saw Yu flipping over his daughter-in-law, personally carrying a bamboo basket, and the maids and servants to send warmth to the neighborhood's elderly, lonely widows, or cold food, or wine and meat, and even a bunch of money for those with special difficulties.

"You can really pretend to be a good person...... In the future, when we have money, we will also send wine and meat to the people every New Year! Lu Lingqi said to Bai Tu with some unhappiness.

That is to say...... Do you want to pretend to be a good person too? Bai Tu said in surprise.

"Phew! My business, how can it be said that it is pretending! Lu Lingqi retorted.

At this time, Bai Tu and Lu Lingqi were walking in Jinling City in civilian clothes, and Bai Tu took advantage of the New Year to take a look around and gain an in-depth understanding of the people's livelihood.

Of course, Bai Tu is not like Sun Ce, although he walks in civilian clothes, he can be seen dozens of meters away, and Zhou Tai, who is like an iron tower, is secretly protecting himself......

From the aspect of "secret protection", Zhou Tai is really not as good as Tai Shici!

Zhou Tai's body is really difficult to "secretly".

There are also some strong men who are obviously well-trained, all of them are in the crowd around Baitu, and this is still in the city, so there is no need to worry about someone assassinating them.

Bai Tu was noncommittal about Lu Lingqi saying that they were "pretending to be good people", but it was true that the wealthy families at this time, especially the family, were still very rearranged, and they all bled during the New Year, instead of going door-to-door to pull Xi'er to pay off the debt.

This is not to make a blank picture, but to see the people, the most important thing for the family is popularity, maybe some new wealthy families, occasionally show the "trench" side, but no family, will make themselves infamous in the countryside.

As a later generation, we all know the "dynastic cyclical law", and when it comes to the end of the dynasty, "land annexation" will definitely come to mind.

However, after reading the white map of the Jiangdong dossier, it is clear that there is still a big difference between the land annexation at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the land annexation at the end of the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties.

First of all, the most important point is that with the population of the Han Dynasty at this time, the cultivated land area can fully reach the labor limit of "one household and one hundred acres", which is an incomparable advantage after the population explosion in the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties!

Since the time of Emperor Huan, the problem of cultivated land in the Eastern Han Dynasty has been "cultivated land is wasted", not "no land to cultivate......

Behind the "land annexation" is the "population annexation", for later dynasties with a swelling population, the average cultivated land of a household is only twenty or thirty acres, or even lower.

For the landlord at that time, there were enough tenant farmers attached to him, he could cultivate intensively and increase production, and he could also cultivate extensively without anyone attached to him - the demand for manpower was very elastic!

In this way, peasant households who have lost their arable land must become dependent on the landlords.

Nowadays, there is no such thing as "intensive farming", anyway, the land is enough, and everyone is mainly extensive farming, that is to say...... The use of land cannot restrict peasant households.

Although it is against the Han law to cultivate land privately, with the current situation, even if the imperial court is rigid, it is impossible for the princes in various places to rigidly prohibit land reclamation, but they all vigorously encourage it.

From the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period, it was not land annexation that brought about population annexation, but population annexation that brought land annexation!

The population is concentrated in the names of the major wealthy families, not because of the land, but because of the harsh taxes - during the Three Kingdoms period, the tax rate of the three families was about ten taxes and five taxes, which is already a number that challenges the limit of survival, after all, the cultivation technology at this time determines the limit of each family's production capacity.

Instead, they joined forces with the wealthy families and avoided a part of the tax, so that the people could be more comfortable......

However, Lu Lingqi usually knows what to do, and she also understands some of the truths, and understands that after the further loss of population, if the imperial court can't move the wealthy families in various places, it can only continue to raise taxes, forming a negative circle.

So in Lu Lingqi's eyes, these people are "pretending to be good people".

To break this cycle, it is impossible to explain to the common people, it is because they pretend to be good people, I collect so many taxes, you should break away from the group of wealthy families and tide over the difficulties with the court......

Believe you, a ghost!

Even if it is hoped for by the white map, it is impossible for the common people to reverse this logic.

Either the imperial court will attack strongly and forcibly implement the population back to its own households, or the imperial court will establish a popularity in the hearts of the people that surpasses that of the local noble clans......

Both, it's hard.

Sending some wine and meat to the people during the New Year, isn't the wool out of the sheep?

As for the state pastor's office......

Bai Tu really can't afford to send it, after all, the state pastoral family has a big business, so many troops to raise, and to store food for disaster preparedness, you can't add another 10% tax, as a reward during the New Year, right?

Looking at Lu Lingqi's puffing appearance, Bai Tu was relieved: "We don't need to send wine to loose meat, we want to make it affordable for the people themselves." ”

"It's hard for both" for others, but Bai Tu can easily do things that others can't.

For example, the third method - to quickly increase productivity, directly release the population from the cultivated land, and violently dismantle the dead circle!

It's just that it still takes time, and in recent years, Baitu still has to be used as a "shame for traversers", "leviing and expropriating" farmers who are digging in the field, and there is no hope for commercial taxes or anything.

And Lu Lingqi on the side, after hearing the word "meat", couldn't help but shrink her neck: "We ...... today." Really want to eat pork? ”

"Don't worry, it's definitely different from the pork you've eaten before!" Bai Tu said confidently.

"Shall we be kinder, and don't pull Lu Lao with them? Old Lu is also older...... "Lu Lingqi is very kind.

Tonight, Bai Tu invited officials above the middle level of the six departments to come to the state governor's mansion...... Eat, pig, meat!

The friends of the major families were already stunned, as if Bai Tu was going to invite them to eat.

During the Chinese New Year, the state priest's office held a banquet with his staff, which was as it should be, but it was just ...... Isn't pork excessive?

If it weren't for Bai Tu's reputation as "Shennong's reincarnation", he could turn this matter to "observe the people's livelihood and suffering", and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he "humiliated" his subordinates!

After Gan Ning heard the news before, he wanted to "escape" back to Chaisang overnight, but he was forcibly pressed by Bai Tu, and now he is forcibly supervised in the mansion......