Knowing that his own lord had entered the identity of Zhang Haoran, Zong Haoshan was not hypocritical, so he naturally entered the identity of the entourage very easily, leading a somewhat thin yellow horse and following closely behind Zhang Zhongjun. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After passing through the tall wall, I finally saw the street scene of Fulong County Town.

This made Zhang Zhongjun shake his fan with excitement, because this street is so prosperous, the frighteningly spacious street, the winding alley like a labyrinth, the dense crowds, the lively street shops, and the mighty and popular street patrol officer, giving people a super prosperous feeling.

The liveliness here can be compared with the liveliness of the outer city of the imperial capital, you must know that the imperial capital is a central city that condenses the essence of the world, but Fulong County is only a coastal county town. It is strange not to be surprised that two places that should be very different have similar bustling crowds and business environments?

"How can the officials here be so respected?" Zhang Zhongjun asked with some astonishment, because when he saw the pedestrians on the road, eighty percent of them actually nodded with a smile at the officials passing by. On the contrary, the people in those shops treated the officials coldly.

This is very novel to Zhang Zhongjun, who has seen many city street shops, because the situation in other places is just the opposite, it is the street shop people who treat the officials with a smile, and the people on the street look at each other coldly. It's like this even on the imperial capital! Why is it the other way around?

"Lord, there are not a thousand gangs in the county but five hundred, and most of these shops are opened by gangs, and most of the interests of the official lower-level personnel have been swallowed up by the gangs, so about the matter of collecting shop fees, the lower-level personnel of the government will never back down, it is said that in order to increase the income of the lower-level personnel of the government, they also gave these shops what kind of sanitation fees in front of the door three packs, etc., which was very sensational at the time, but now it seems that the gangs should have retreated. Zong Haoshan introduced it familiarly.

Zhang Zhongjun suddenly realized when he heard this, because most of the money was taken up by gangs and the top level of the government, and the middle level of the government could still unite to form gangs to make some money, and the lower level of the government had no choice but to unite to collect business taxes and fees in the city.

Listening to Zong Haoshan's introduction, in Fulong County, where gangs are full of gangs, the officials have not dared to go to the countryside to collect taxes for many years, and after the government bargains with the gangs that control the place below, they give a rough amount every year, and then the gangs escort the taxes to the county seat.

It can be said that after so many years of development, the authority of the Fulong County government can still be displayed in the county town, and in the counties below, the government has no sense of existence at all. It is reported that the seven counties below Fulong County have already formed a certain county military and political federation composed of ten gangs in the county, and it is an enlarged meeting of the three giants of a certain county to the outside world, so that the local sages can participate in it and make better decisions for the development of their hometown.

As for the countryside, not to mention, although the local units of the former Xiangting Office still exist, they are just a name, and the ones who really control the townships are completely township-level gangs, one by one, like the separatist forces, occupying village manors one by one, fighting each other for land resources.

"Well, it's all the same as the troubled times in ancient times, but why are they huddled in the countryside fighting for land? They are gangs! Isn't it the first priority to make money? What's the point of running to grab land? Do you really want to be a warlord?" Zhang Zhongjun asked very puzzled.

Zong Haoshan said with some amazement: "Lord, you also know that the gangs in the countryside are the lowest gangs, although earning money is the first priority of the gang, but this money must also be earned!"

"They are actually grabbing land resources to make money, because they have to provide the county and the county with all kinds of basic resources, such as rice, fruits, vegetables, minerals, timber, fabrics, etc., and they can only earn some hardship through the harvest of the land!"

"So for gangs in the countryside, the competition for land resources is the biggest thing, just like the gangs in the city compete for commercial streets. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhongjun was stunned, a little stunned, and a little abrupt, but he quickly frowned again: "Since the gangs in the countryside can only earn money through the land, will the villagers below be exploited very harshly?"

Zong Haoshan said disapprenously: "That's for sure, otherwise how would the gangs in the countryside accumulate funds to advance to the next level? It is said that in the countryside, the gangs and the people in their influence share the accounts of ****, which should be just enough for the villagers to live." ”

"Hmph, the **** points seem to be okay, but when you want to pay taxes, it's all the burden of the villagers. At that time, how much will be left of the forty percent of the township peasants? Zhang Zhongjun snorted coldly with an unsightly face.

Zong Haoshan smacked his mouth and didn't speak, but his expression was disapproving.

Zhang Zhongjun didn't know what to say, in fact, he was also a lord's temperament and was angry for a while. It was a strange feeling that the people were exploited, but their lords did not reap any benefits, and they were all encroached upon by the people below.

If you really want to talk about it, Zhang Zhongjun is from a brocade cloth and jade food, except for worrying that he can't improve his cultivation, how can he know anything like suffering in the world!

is to follow the housekeeper to the countryside, that is just to go down to change the mood, there are people waiting everywhere, where do you know what the situation is in the countryside?

Besides, the Zhang family's earl's mansion didn't care about the harvest in the countryside at all, and went down to collect taxes and rents just to show the power of the lord's family, so the treatment given to their servants and tenant farmers was very favorable. Even if Zhang Zhongjun wants to see this product, he can't see the situation of the powerful and the powerful oppressing the people.

For a rising aristocrat like the Zhang family, face and reputation are the most important thing, who can bear to oppress those mud legs! So Zhang Zhongjun only relied on understanding and instinctively felt angry at the gang that oppressed the villagers.

The anger here is more about the feeling that the gangs will ruin the reputation of the empire by doing this, and ruining the reputation of the empire will naturally drag down the nobles, and their own nobles will also suffer.

As for triggering riots and rebellions? Zhang Zhongjun didn't even think about it this way, just kidding, this is a world where great power is attributed to individuals, the strength of the Emperor of Heaven is the best, the strength of the empire is the best, the strength of the government is the best, and the villagers and peasants who don't even know a word have only a handful of coolies, and they can't even reach the refining period, so how can they talk about rebellion and riots?

Peasant uprisings or riots were not easy to do on the side of the empire, because a single landlord and gentry could suppress a peasant uprising of tens of thousands of people.

(End of chapter)