Chapter 63: The Rich Household Asks for Guilt

As mentioned before, the taxes of the Great Chu Empire are divided into two types: field rent and poll tax, the poll tax is 12 taels per year for adults, 2 taels per year for children, and 3 taels for adults who participate in forced labor that year.

As for the field rent, seventy percent of the grain is generally collected as rent, and this seventy percent is delivered to the landlord free of charge.

Of course, the taxation during the Taihe Kingdom was more stringent than this.

Ordinary people at the bottom of the food chain have no right to complain, they are forced to accept the system.

At this time, Li Yewu said that the system was completely different from that of these superiors.

She said that they were given the big houses that had been planned, the fields that had been planned were planted for them, and that they were exempt from forced labor and taxes for the first three years, and that the harvest would be purchased at world prices.

This "two-sided all-in-one" policy is simply pie in the sky, and anyone who hears it will say "impossible, fool whom".

Seeing that everyone's faces were full of disbelief, Li Yewu smiled: "I don't need to lie to you, the houses have been built and the fields have been divided, is there still a fake?" Mr. Feng Shui can deceive you for ten or eight years, and I, the one you can know, will know the truth as soon as you submit your application.

Take 10,000 steps back, even if there is a pit in front of you, you can live in a bright house for free, and you can also be exempted from forced labor and taxes, even if it is a fire pit, it is worth jumping, right?

By the way, it is also important to emphasize that we have only driven out two villages, that is, 400 households, during this time, and if we miss it, we will have to wait for the next time.

Apply early and enjoy early, think for yourself."

This time, it was no longer silence that responded to Li Yewu, and everyone asked in a gossipy manner.

"Is it true that there is no land rent and no taxes?"

"No! If you are not at ease, I can ask Cui Fu Yin to be a witness, and if I collect any taxes and rents from you in the past three years, you can go to the Yamen and tell the king."

Xiao Jiuxi: ???

The refugees thought for a long time that this was indeed the case.

Of course, they would never admit that it was this beautiful big house that attracted them.

A small part of the crowd had already silently run towards the city, and it was obvious that they were going to the yamen to write an application.

However, most people are still more suspicious and hesitant, they didn't move, and continued to get to the bottom of it:

"Three years from now?"

"With so many bandits around, isn't it dangerous for us to come to the western suburbs?"

"The system in three years will be discussed in three years, but I can assure you that even if you collect tenant rent, it will only mean something, and it will definitely be lower than what you have to pay now.

As for security, we have set up a team of 5,000 bodyguards who will patrol the guard regularly to ensure everyone's safety to the greatest extent."

As soon as Li Yewu's words came out, some people silently rushed to the yamen.

The 400 houses were quickly applied for, and many of the late ones were no longer available.

Li Yewu is not in a hurry, let those who want to join register first, and wait for the completion of the second and third phases to be arranged one after another.

In this way, all 400 households in the first phase of the demonstration village are full, and the first phase of the project will solve the employment and livelihood of 3,200 people based on the calculation of 8 people per household.

Although for 800,000 people, these more than 3,000 people are only a very small part, but it doesn't matter, someone has set a precedent, and the follow-up will be easy to advance, Li Yewu is full of confidence in the future.

However, the refugees accepted Li Yewu's recruitment, but the four major families couldn't sit still.

"Princess, is this going to smash our jobs?"

"She has such a policy, what will we do in the future!"

Finally, when the palace canceled the welfare, everyone was ready to absorb a large number of laborers, and as a result, Princess Qi introduced this "double-sided full income" welfare, not only to send houses and fields, but also to recycle grain at market prices.

She's so rolled, what are they going to do?

Originally, their labor force was losing a lot of money, and since the princess introduced a new policy, many people have returned to the land.

The peasant households are not stupid, they have to pay 70 percent of the grain as land rent every year for the work of the landlords, and they have to pay taxes and forced labor without falling behind.

It's completely different to go to Li Yewu's side, not only rent-free and tax-free, but also a house, a fool

Keep staying.

As a result, the four major families have more tenants than before.

Xiao Jiuxi's welfare only affected the number of tenants of the four major families, and now Li Yewu's "double exemption and full income" has directly shaken the foundation of the fields of the four major families.

The rich man couldn't sit still anymore, and took advantage of his anger to immediately talk to Li Yewu.

Li Yewu, who was busy with the second phase of the project, was temporarily invited to the Sifang Wine Shop, and the four major families began to bombard her before she could sit down in front of her.

"Princess, you are not only harming your own interests by doing this, but also greatly affecting us! I also hope that you will take back your life and abolish the double exemption and full collection!"

"That's right, if you're like this, everyone's life won't be able to live, so why bother."

Li Yewu looked at them calmly for a while before asking slowly, "If I'm not mistaken, it seems that your family heads don't live by farming, right?"

The head of the Quartet family is a wine shop tycoon, the timid Liu family owner monopolizes the cloth industry, the Mu family deals in jewelry, and the silent Xu family owner organizes groceries.

They took advantage of the Taihe Guopo years to buy a lot of land, although it is true that they are landlords, but the grange is not the main source of their livelihood.

Despite the fact that this is the case, who wants to earn less? Anyway, the grain can be sold to the palace at a high price.

But now that the palace has farmed its own land, and has also pulled away their tenants, how can this be done?

Especially in the showdown with Li Yewu, she still refused to admit it with an innocent face, which can simply make people angry.

The four masters came to collect debts, and the feeling of being choked to death by this girl's words hit again.

Speaking of which, the eight million owed by King Yu before was rectified into six million by her, and now this girl won't have a bad idea, right?

It is absolutely impossible to get them to give up the Grange, and they will defend it to the end.

Therefore, the four of them were righteous and strict.

"Princess, although we have other livelihoods, we can't do without this field. For example, although my wine shop is a normal business, it is indispensable for the supply of rice and grain, and my family's land is very important!"

"Although I don't have a liquor business, the workers in my workshop still have to eat, and if the Grange is not in supply, it will also have a big impact on us."

"Although we don't have a liquor store or a workshop, we have people at home, and our relatives and followers always have to eat all year round, and even if we don't eat, the yamen will eat, right? Normally, most of our food supplies the Yamen."

"Princess, you can't just take care of yourself, you originally joined the wasteland, and this year Taiqizhou should not worry about food. But you've run us all out, aren't you back to the original point? There's still not enough food."

Li Yewu couldn't help but shake his head when he heard everyone's words: "I squeeze you one by one, I let you not survive, the more I listen, the more I feel wronged, when have I squeezed you?" You are not allowed to farm?"