"Where are the elders of your village?"

The official's boss swept the onlookers around and asked.

"It's coming, it's coming......"

An old man with a leaning body and a white beard, with a trembling voice, walked up to the official boss and gave a respectful salute.

Unlike those villagers in the village who don't know anything, this village elder studied for a few years in his early years and was also a jinshi. Therefore, he still has heard of the status of this first assistant.

What's more, now in the court, this Shoufu Lord, in terms of ability and wrist, which is not the top.

But the guest of such a person was arrested today by these officials in strange uniforms. It can be seen that the identities of these people must be unusual.

So, in line with the idea of reaching out and not hitting the smiling person, the attitude of the village elder was extraordinarily cooperative.

"Dare to ask my father-in-law, how many villagers are there in our Xiaoyu Village, and what is the land at home?"

As soon as these words came out, a bitter smile immediately appeared on the village elder's cheeks.

"This official, I can't hide it, we don't have self-cultivated land in this Xiaoyu Village. Don't look at the land around our village, but it's all Liu Yuanwai's land, so we just help cultivate it. ”

When the official's boss heard this, he bowed his head slightly, and then gently touched an official not far away.

"Remember this man, he is the Sitian official of your village. From now on, you can look for him for anything in your village. In the same way, he will be responsible for the fields of your village in the future. ”

As soon as these words came out, whether it was the village elder or the other villagers present, all of them had doubts on their faces.

The official boss didn't seem to want to explain too much.

He looked up at the moon, and then said lightly:

"You're in luck, it's a good time. Now Your Majesty intends to divide the land among the people, and you can be regarded as having made it through. ”

With that, he turned on his horse and galloped away.

After he left, the rest of the villagers looked at the Sitian official who stayed behind, their eyes were burning and extremely hot, as if they had seen a little lady in cool clothes.

"Official, can you tell me how we can get out of it?"

"Yes, yes, and those land division policies that His Majesty has recently issued, but is it true? Doesn't that mean that in the future, every family will have a field? ”

Hearing these questions, the young Si Tian official couldn't help but take a deep breath.

His name is Tian Yu, and he is actually a student of Lanxiang Academy, and after knowing that Si Tian Guan can brush his resume, he took the initiative to apply for this position.

I didn't expect that on this big night, I would go straight to office like this.

The world ...... It's really inexplicable.

After a few deep breaths, Tian Yu's face gradually returned to calm. After his gaze swept over the villagers present, his eyes began to glow with essence.

"I think there should be a lot of doubts in your hearts. Since today is the first day of my office, I will tell you about the specific meaning of this policy. ”

As soon as these words came out, the onlookers one by one subconsciously pricked up their ears.

"Let's put it this way, the fields you have cultivated these days will belong to you from now on!"

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the villagers present couldn't help but widen, and even their breathing began to become short.

They all looked at Tian Yu and asked with a bit of disbelief in their tones:

"Official, according to your meaning, from now on, these lands will really belong to us?"

Tian Yu bowed slightly,

"Yes, the land is yours. But ......"

Hearing his words, the villagers' mood immediately rose.

Could it be ...... Your Majesty divides the land, what are the requirements?

Do you want silver!? I knew that the little emperor didn't have any good intentions at all! We flat-headed people, where is the silver!?

Hush...... Be careful! Didn't you see the official staring at you?

Listening to the villagers' discussions, Tian Yu was not in a hurry. Because he didn't know how the villagers would react to his next words.

"Ahem......"

He coughed lightly, then raised his hand to interrupt the villagers' discussion.

Seeing that the surroundings were quiet, he slowly spoke:

"Actually...... You're all wrong. Your Majesty does not need you to pay money for the distribution of land to you. ”

When the villagers heard this, they suddenly became excited.

For these ordinary people, as long as they don't want silver, other things are easy to talk about.

So they looked at Tian Yu again and listened to each other's story.

"From now on, all fields will be distributed by the government, and individual buying and selling will be strictly prohibited for a period of ten years."

When the village elder heard this, he couldn't help but raise his withered arm, stroked his beard and asked:

"Official, according to what you mean, Your Majesty will only give us ten years of farming?"

Tian Yu shook his head when he heard this.

"No, the so-called ten-year period is just a criterion. After 10 years, the government will rate the yield and harvest of the fields during the 10 years. It is basically divided into three grades: A, B, and C. ”

"In short, the land is well planted and the yields are high. You can be graded as Grade A, and you can harvest more land the next time you allocate land. ”

"Your average level, that is, grade B, this level will basically not change much in the amount of arable land allocated when redistributing land."

"As for Class C...... It is aimed at those who are not good at farming and are lazy. The fields of these people will be appropriately reduced until there is nothing left. ”

When the village elder heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up.

Although he is a scholar, he has also been farming all these years. So he knew exactly what that meant.

In short, if Your Majesty's decree can be promoted. In the villages around the entire capital, the grain output can increase by two percent, to say the least!

But...... As the saying goes, there are no free benefits in the world.

Your Majesty treats the people with such a generous treatment, I am afraid that this tax will be very high!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask with a little nervousness:

"Official, what you said, the little old man has already understood. I just don't know how this tax is calculated? ”

When Tian Yu heard this, he looked at the position of the village elder with some surprise. He didn't expect these villagers to find the core of the problem all at once.

According to the rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the past, the agricultural tax was not equal between different localities.

His Majesty will issue a tax rate, which will basically remain between 30% and 60%.

The tax rate is determined according to the income and expenditure of the national treasury at that time.

Of course, the ideal is very satisfying, and the reality is very skinny.

In many cases, the planned agricultural tax will always make a difference.