When Jinyiwei raided the house, he confiscated more than a dozen manors of the Xu family, and did not leave them a grain of rice.

Xu Huizu recently relied on treasure money to temporarily buy some rice and grain to support the whole family first.

But the treasure money keeps depreciating, and it is getting more and more expensive to buy rice with the treasure banknote, and it will not last long.

I thought that as long as I survived until next summer's harvest, I could sell the wheat for grain and rice, but I didn't expect it to be all over now.

The father and son also didn't know anything about farming, and now they looked at the chaos in the fields, looking at each other, and didn't know what to do.

I don't know how long it took, Xu Huizu grimaced, turned around and asked Xu Ping behind him: "Is there still salvation?" ”

Xu Ping sighed and shook his head.

Xu Huizu covered his face with his hands in despair, and then wiped his face fiercely, facing the cold wind, his body was cold, and he felt very cold in his heart.

If the harvest loses this winter, won't it make Zhu Gaoxu see a joke, I can't support myself?

I, Xu Huizu, am I not as good as those rough crop men?

Xu Huizu thought so in his heart, but if he thought about it carefully, he was at a loss now, and there was nothing he could do.

What to do?

Just when Xu Huizu was extremely uncomfortable, a group of figures suddenly appeared not far away.

The tens of thousands of acres of land here used to belong to his Xu Huizu, but now only the 100 acres in the east corner remain.

Zhu Gaoxu left him a good field, and he didn't drive him to a dead end.

But Liangtian was messed up by Xu Huizu.

The figure that appeared nearby quickly attracted Xu Huizu's attention.

Someone on the other side seemed to see him, and then someone ran over quickly.

After getting closer, Xu Huizu's face became even more ugly.

This is his former confidant Li Xuan, a thousand households.

When Zhu Gaoxu ran away from Beijing, he sent Li Xuan to chase him.

Before Zhu Gaochu entered Beijing, Xu Huizu's subordinates were all recruited and participated in the decisive battle between Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochu in Huguang.

After Li Xuan was defeated, he followed Shangguan and surrendered to Zhu Gaoxu.

After Zhu Gaoxu entered Beijing, he was actually promoted, and now he is the commander of Yulin's right guard.

He should have recognized Xu Huizu and ran over, followed by a team of people, and hurriedly followed.

Lao Yuan began to bow down: "The last general will meet the governor of Wei ---." Li Xuan ran to him, knelt down, gave a salute, and had a very good attitude.

Xu Huizu smiled bitterly: "Get up, now I'm just a civilian, not a governor, General Li doesn't need to be polite." ”

Li Xuan's face was slightly red, and he stood up.

At this time, a few people behind him also ran over, and none of them knew Xu Huizu.

Xu Huizu looked at it, it seemed that they were all the clothes and armor of Yulin Right Guard, and a few of them were still relatively old, almost forty years old.

"What are you doing here?" Xu Huizu asked.

Li Xuan was a little embarrassed, and after thinking about it, he motioned Xu Huizu to the side, away from the team, and then whispered: "Some brothers are retired, Your Majesty said that Daitian retired and came over to divide the field." ”

“。。” Xu Huizu, special mother, divide Lao Tzu's field?

The next moment, his face became even more annoyed, and he couldn't help but say, "The ancestral system has been corrupted by the rebels." ”

The corners of Li Xuan's mouth twitched, and he was half frightened to death.

He hurriedly turned around, fortunately he had just followed the person who had come over, and he was signaled by him to stay in the distance, so he should not have heard it.

"The military household is hereditary, this is the rule set by Emperor Taizu Gao, and the rebel son will change it? I don't think it will take a few years for the Ming sergeant to become ineffective. Xu Huizu was furious: "I'm afraid that Beiyuan will fight back again." ”

At this time, in the eyes of Xu Huizu and others, they probably still thought that the Northern Yuan was the number one enemy of the Ming Dynasty.

Your Majesty doesn't care about Beiyuan, Li Xuan thought secretly in his heart.

However, Xu Huizu reacted so violently, of course he didn't dare to say it.

I had to say: "Your Majesty has some ideas, which are quite good." ”

At the moment, there are about 300 Xiaoqi and sergeants over the age of 40 of Yulin's right guard this year, all of whom have retired, and then a group of young recruits will be recruited from the civilian population to replace them.

Each person who retired will be divided into 20 acres of land, and the tax will be 10%.

Recruits were recruited from Jiangxi, Hebei (Beiping), and Shanxi, and only soldiers were coming, and their families were not coming.

He also said that starting next year, the whole country will be mobilized on a large scale, that is, military dependents (family members) will be separated, and people from Jiangnan (Zhili) will be stationed in other provinces, and those from other provinces will come to Zhili.

In the future, when you become a soldier, you will not need to be tuntian, you will concentrate on training, and your combat effectiveness will not be reduced.

Xu Huizu sneered when he heard this: "The rebel son is afraid that others will follow his example and rebel, so he deliberately did so, and in the future, the military families will be separated, and the sergeants and their families will be separated, of course no one will dare to rebel." ”

Li Xuan was noncommittal.

Xu Huizu said again: "When Taizu was in the time, military land accounted for more than forty percent of the country's taxes, and if he did this, how much tax could he collect if he didn't have military land in the future?" ”

Li Xuan said: "The ministers of the DPRK and China have calculated that according to Your Majesty's new tax law, the tax will only far exceed the hereditary system of military households in the future. ”

"Hmph" Of course Xu Huizu didn't believe it.

He snorted coldly again: "The sergeants are away all the year round, separated from their families, and still have combat power? ”

Li Xuan said again: "Your Majesty has left family leave for the brothers. ”

"In case the distance is too far, usually the guards and sergeants are stationed in no more than two provinces (or within a thousand miles), and more than 1,000 households can cross all provinces in the country."

To put it simply, the people of Jingshi will not go far beyond Jiangxi, so if they go back and forth like this, if they take the waterway, it will not take ten days, and the farthest half a month will be about the same.

"There are more than 5,000 people in Yulin's right guard, and more than 200 people can take turns every month, and the two years are just over the end of the rotation."

That is, every two years, all sergeants can go home once.

If you are ready for war, you will cancel your vacation.

In reality, many people are reluctant to go home.

Because the imperial court has a rule, if you don't take a vacation, you can subsidize the military salary, which can be issued to the sergeant himself or to relatives in his hometown.

After the implementation of family leave, less than 10 people asked to go home on leave every month, and many people were reluctant to go home.

Because the Ming army was accustomed to being stationed abroad, every time they went out to fight, like in the past, they had to go out for a few years.

Not to mention that there are people who go to sea like Zheng He and go to sea for a few years.

So it's common not to go home for a year or two.

The imperial court has subsidies to take, and many people simply do not go home.

Xu Huizu was very unhappy.

Li Xuan, a former confidant, kept saying good things for the emperor.

All the policies of the emperor were good.

The rebel son changed the ancestral system on a foolish way, and I didn't believe that there were no mistakes or omissions.

Xu Huizu gritted his teeth and said: "He also gives the whole country double salary, you watch, I see how long he can last." ”

The Ming Empire has only one or two million troops, so is it difficult for Zhu Gaoxu to conjure up money out of thin air?

Li Xuan thought to himself, the emperor seems to be really good at making money, at least now the imperial court has not said that there is a shortage of money and food.

But he saw that Xu Huizu was not happy, so naturally he didn't dare to say more.

Suddenly, the two masters and servants seemed to have no common language.

Li Xuan found that Xu Huizu's son was looking at the field in a daze, estimating that there was something wrong with their field, and he wanted to help him, but he was afraid that the emperor would blame him, so he was in a dilemma.

There was silence for a moment, and Xu Huizu suddenly asked, "Where can Qu Neng go?" ”

"The chief military officer of Zhennan, stationed in Saigon." Li Xuandao: "I heard that it is in the south of Jiaozhi, which is relatively far away. ”

Xu Huizu's face was a little red, he had a very strong relationship with Qu Neng back then, but he didn't expect Qu Neng to come to see him after the rebellion.

Li Xuan saw that his expression was not good, and hurriedly said: "I heard that the Duke of Shu proposed to His Majesty very early on to speak for the governor--"

The implication is that the emperor didn't kill you, and it is estimated that Qu Neng still played a role.

"Huh." Xu Huizu smiled dryly, knowing that Li Xuan was helping Qu Neng speak, but his face softened a lot.

"The Governor's wheat is frozen to death?" Li Xuan asked suddenly.

Xu Huizu's face was a little red, and then nodded.

"At the end, I will pay for the summer grain of the governor next year." Li Xuan gritted his teeth and decided to help the former boss one last time.

"No, you don't." Xu Huizu said angrily: "I can't let Gao Xu see death, I will definitely be able to live in Daming." ”

Xu Huizu is also a stubborn temper, otherwise history would not have refused to admit Zhu Di, and was finally given death.

Zhu Gaochu said that he couldn't live on his own, and Xu Huizu wanted to prove it to Zhu Gaoxu.

I talked a lot with Li Xuan that day, and he also asked a lot of questions, and learned a lot about Zhu Gaoxu's new policies.

obviously felt that some policies were still relatively reliable, but he still refused to admit them and denied them all.

On the way back, he was sullen and always wondered where the food would come from.

He only brought out more than 300 treasure money from his home, and if he had no other income, he would always run out one day.

Perhaps, it is still possible to support autumn sowing?

The only son, Xu Qin, saw that his face was not good, and he didn't dare to ask more, and the two fathers and sons and the old servant Xu Ping returned to the city speechlessly.

They entered the city from Tongji Gate, and after entering the city, Xu Huizu felt that something was wrong.

The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is near Tongji Gate, and he used to be on duty up and down, and he saw many beggars on the side of Tongji Gate every day.

This is one of the areas with the highest concentration of beggars in Jingshi, because there are a large number of restaurants and spring buildings here, and it is easy for beggars to get discarded food.

"I remember, there used to be a lot of beggars here?"

"I heard that the beggars in Beijing were all sent to the newly established Dayuan Cheng Xuan Political Envoy Department of the Imperial Court." His son Xu Qin finally spoke at this time.

"So many new tricks for the rebel? It's another loss of labor and money. Xu Huizu scolded.

The corners of Xu Qin's mouth twitched slightly, and he subconsciously looked left and right, fortunately there were no outsiders.

Behind him, Xu Ping also spoke at this time: "Longjiang Wharf recruits people to go to Dayuan Tuntian every day, saying that there is good land there, and the imperial court provides farm tools and cattle, and the first three years are tax-free. ”

"Koharu, they all seem to have gone."

The Xiaochun that Xu Ping said were the servants and maids in the former Wei Mansion, and Xu Chun was his son.

Wei Guogong couldn't afford to support so many people, Xu Ping could only let his son fend for himself, he didn't get paid himself, and he had to take care of Xu Huizu's family.

After these people were dismissed by Xu Huizu, they had nowhere to go, and they had to make a living, and they heard that the big man had good land and was exempt from taxes for the first three years, so they all went to Longjiang Wharf to participate.

Xu Qin's face suddenly changed: "Father, what will we do with our summer tax next year?" ”

Their family has 100 acres of land, and according to the new Ming policy, they also have to pay taxes.

Xu Ping immediately said: "Your Majesty collects taxes according to the percentage, not according to the amount before, we don't have a harvest, so naturally we don't have to pay." ”

"yes." Xu Qin suddenly realized and said with a smile: "This is good, this is good." ”

In the past, the imperial court stipulated that taxes should be collected according to the amount, how many liters per mu of official land, how many liters of private land, even if you encounter natural disasters and man-made disasters, you still have to pay taxes according to the amount.

Now the emperor collects taxes according to the harvest, and if there is no harvest, of course he does not have to pay it.

When Xu Huizu heard that he didn't have to pay taxes to Zhu Gaoxu, he immediately became happy again: "That's just right, you don't have to pay taxes to the rebels." ”

“。。” Xu Qin.

"The big man summons people, the tuntian is cleared, the tax is exempt for three years, and the imperial court produces seeds, cattle and farm tools--" At this moment, there was a local official of the Tianfu on the side of the road, who beat the gong and shouted as he walked.

Xu Qin's heart moved, and he looked at his father: "Father, or we ---."

"Shut up, I won't go to this kind of wild place if I die." Xu Huizu said angrily.

(End of chapter)