Looking out of the propped up windows, the late autumn sun shone on the streets, and apart from the soapy white banners that can still be seen everywhere, Gushi Castle is gradually returning to normal. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The sadness on the faces of people who come and go is slowly disappearing, replaced by the weight of real life, the dead are gone, but the living have to continue to live, and it is impossible to indulge in the past for a long time.

It's all about life, and as the eldest son of a big family, life doesn't just mean your own life, but also the survival and rise and fall of a family.

Chen Gu subconsciously wanted to sigh, but listened to the voice of the long entourage outside: "Second Master Tan is here, my master has been waiting inside for a long time." ”

"Tan Gong is here, please take a seat. ”

"Gong Chen is too polite, how can he not come when he hears that Gong Chen is beckoning?" Tan Zheng also had a black beard, his face was fair, and he looked like a rich gentleman, so he bowed.

Chen Gu estimated that the other party should have heard some rumors, so as soon as he sent a letter to invite, he immediately agreed.

After a while of greetings, when the wine and food came up, there were only two people left in the room, and their attendants and servants were all waiting outside behind closed doors.

"I'm afraid Tan Gong also heard some rumors, right?" Chen Gu took a sip of his wine glass, "Before, I also thought that this was just a rumor deliberately spread by Caizhou or the ant thief, dividing the relationship between us and the military commander, but then I asked my Erlang, and he refused to say it clearly, until he was forced to say the truth, and the military commander did not mean this." ”

As soon as Chen Gu's words came out, Tan's hand, who had just picked up the wine glass, couldn't help shaking, and he poured half a glass on his back, as if he didn't realize it, and said in a trembling voice: "Is this the case?"

"Well, it's true, it's not groundless. Chen Gu snorted heavily, "Gu Shi has suffered a dilemma, the ant thieves have crossed the border, the Caizhou army has come to attack, my Chen clan has contributed money and food, and also sent people to help in the war, and the losses have exceeded 100, and now the army commander wants to do this method, which is undoubtedly breaking the foundation of our gentry." ”

Tan Zheng was frightened by Chen Gu's words, and even his hands and feet were a little cold.

Yin Cheng is not as good as Gu Shi, and the Tan family cannot be compared with the Chen family.

Yincheng is located in the south of Gwangju, close to the Dabie Mountains, and is the most non-existent in the entire Gwangju.

And Gushi is also an important place in the east of Gwangju, and the population of Gushi is much larger than that of Yincheng, and the Chen family is also well-deserved Gwangju gentry.

When Jiang Feng led the Gushi Army to resist the ant thieves, the Chen family was also fully supportive, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as being favored by the king.

If Jiang Feng even wants to do it now, then how can the Yin Cheng Tan family avoid it?

Seeing that Tan Zheng was pale with fright by his words, Chen Gu's heart was also slightly relieved.

If it can provoke strong opposition from the gentry in Yincheng, there is still room for discussion.

Chen Gu didn't believe that Jiang Feng really dared to risk the world's disapproval, and really wanted to be ruthless to the gentry and gentry in the two counties of Gushi Yincheng, even though the Yuan clan in Caizhou is gone now, but after all, Guangzhou is still under the rule of the Yuan clan, if the Jiang family really wants to act so recklessly, the Chen clan is really better than welcoming the Yuan clan into the city.

Tan Zheng is not an uninformed person, but the news came too suddenly, which made him a little at a loss.

Before, he only knew that the Gushi Army had repelled the Caizhou army, which greatly surprised everyone in Yincheng, who was originally sheltered in the Ehuang Du family, but he didn't expect the Ehuang Du family to retreat in a hurry because Anzhou was attacked by Nanyang.

In the panic, Yincheng was still waiting for someone from Caizhou to take over, but he didn't expect that the domineering Caizhou army was actually defeated by the Gushi army, which was originally not worth mentioning, and now the Gushi army has entered strongly and taken over the ruling power of Yincheng.

The Tan family was originally panicked because of their previous indifference to the Gu Shi Army, but now they suddenly heard that the Jiang family was going to carry out a land inspection policy, which was simply to dig up the roots of the gentry.

The so-called land inspection is to verify the existing land in various places.

Since Taizong, the implementation of the uniform land system, in addition to the gentry's private land, most of the land is owned by the state, but with the merger of the Tang Dynasty, a large number of land from the public land was changed to private land, a large number of farmers can not get the land, had to become tenants, the villager, at the same time the original Yongye field was also purchased by the gentry and wealthy families but did not move the household, so that the rent tax still fell on the original farmers, and finally forced a large number of farmers to go into exile, which also became the largest source of displaced people, so this land grant system was basically abolished in various places.

However, with the Huangchao Rebellion and the current Ant Thieves Rebellion, the gentry and wealthy families in various places were also affected, and some feudal lords implemented the law of land inspection in order to alleviate the pressure brought by floods and droughts and landless displaced people, that is, to carry out land inspection in various places, and to check the land that had not been relocated in the previous illegal conversion and sale, and the land that was newly reclaimed but not reported to the government to avoid rent and tax, was nationalized and then distributed.

Land inspection, in fact, is to inspect three types of land.

The first category is the newly reclaimed land that has not been reported and not reported, according to the regulations, the newly reclaimed land has not been taxed for three years, and how many fields have not been reported and not paid taxes in the past 100 years? Gushi is located in the hinterland of the plain, but in a county like Yincheng, which is biased towards the south, there are a lot of newly reclaimed fields in recent decades, and if all of them are nationalized, the gentry will suffer extremely heavy losses.

The second category, the change of public land to private land, which should be divided into two categories, one is to obtain the approval of the government to change the land, which is naturally no problem, but more or more or the gentry and local officials skillfully set up names or transfer flowers and trees to change their nationality privately, this situation has become more and more intense since the late Tang Dynasty, and it is also the root cause of the country to have no land to grant, which is quite prominent in various places.

The third category is the Yongye land originally allocated to the peasant households, due to floods and droughts, natural disasters or birth, old age, sickness and death, or being forced by the gentry landlords, the peasant households have to sell their land, but the gentry do not move after buying the land, so that the rent and tax still fall on the peasant households, either hide the tenants from the government, or can only force the peasant households to flee, which is also a major reason for the rise of the displaced people.

The land seizure method that Jiang Feng wants to rise naturally cannot solve the fundamental problem of land annexation, but it can obtain the land he needs in this way, and it is justified.

If the newly reclaimed land is changed to private land, not only will the change of nationality be invalid, but the officials and gentry will also be punished; if the land is bought and sold without moving the households, so as to evade the state tax, the tax should be paid and the tax should be punished and confiscated.

Everything must be said to be based on the law, but such things in front of the gentry depend on whether your strength is enough.

If it is an ordinary official, who is from a local gentry, he will naturally not bother his family, but a foreign official, if you don't have the support of the gentry, you can't even handle daily affairs, how can you manage it?

Only a warrior like Jiang Feng, who was born as a military leader, relied on a strong army, and could blatantly force the palace to the gentry.

Every family is built on the basis of the big landlord, without land, even if your family has ten thousand, you can't become a family, the land has been passed down for hundreds of generations, this is reasonable, everything has to rely on the land.

It can be said that every gentry and clan will inevitably increase their land through these three ways, and the history of growing from an ordinary wealthy family to a wealthy family is actually a process of constantly grabbing land through these means, but each has its own emphasis.

For example, the Chen family obtains land by means of changing nationality and purchasing without moving households, while the Tan family mainly obtains land by reclamation without reporting, and by reclaiming more land and underreporting.

In the past 100 years, the government has not failed to carry out the policy of land inspection, but either the officials and gentry have their hands on each other and pass by, or they have ended up in vain under the gentry's yang and yin disobedience and soft grinding and hard resistance.

In particular, in recent decades, Xu's rule has been mainly concentrated in the three counties of Dingcheng, Guangshan and Le'an, and its influence in Gushi and Yincheng is relatively weak, so the situation in these two counties is even more prominent.

Now that Jiang Feng suddenly wants to carry out the law of land seizure, it will naturally make the Chen family and the Tan family, the local clans very frightened, this guy has a strong military force as the backing, a little disobedience, just planting a false accusation, it is not impossible to destroy the family.

After a long time, Tan Zhengfang came back to his senses, suppressed the panic and nervousness in his heart and asked, "Chen Gongding has a way to deal with it to teach me." ”

Chen Gu shook his head, "Gong Tan, you also know the character of the army commander, he has now defeated the Caizhou army, and his momentum is flourishing, I am afraid it is rare to listen to the advice of others, if you want to disobey his will, I am afraid it will be difficult to explain." ”

"With Chen Gong's intentions, we can only obey the will of the military commander and let him slaughter him?" Tan Zheng didn't believe that Chen Gu would be so generous, land was important to the Tan family, could it be said that it was not important to the Chen family, so what did this guy do when he invited himself from Yin City?

Isn't it here to taste the steamed mutton of Zhengyang Building?

"That's not it, a certain Guanjiang Lord probably was a little arrogant after this battle, but he seems to have forgotten that if there was no support from the gentry such as us, how could this battle be won so cleanly?" Chen Gu lowered his voice, "He is a martial artist, so naturally he doesn't know the weight of our gentry in the countryside, if he leaves our support, he is afraid that there will be no one to implement his land inspection policy for him, right?"

Chen Gu's words made Tan Zheng's eyes light up, this is reasonable, no matter how good the article Chen is, someone has to carry it out, and you can't let the military commander make the adults measure the land and verify the classics by themselves, right?

"Besides, we gentry should also make our suggestions and show our attitude, now that the situation is settled, a certain person who does not believe in the command of the army will make the adults want to make the chickens and dogs restless? Tan Gong, do you say?" Seeing that Tan Zheng gradually accepted his opinion, Chen Gu also smiled proudly, as long as the gentry of Gushi Yincheng formed a group, they were not afraid that Jiang Feng would dare to risk the world's disapproval. (To be continued.) )