After the autumn harvest, the grain was harvested, and the people were idle.

Happily, no one came to collect taxes this year, and it seemed that both the squires and the officials of the government had disappeared.

This period is also the most comfortable period for the people, there is no entertainment in this era, everyone gathers together during the day and night, under the big tree, holding a small bench and chatting.

And at night, the most primitive entertainment of mankind begins.

This is also a way to ensure the population, especially this year, no one has come to urge food, there are many piles of grain at home, and the people are happy and smiling when they look at the piled up grain, and they will work harder at night.

In the evening, the sun sets, dyeing the sky red, which is particularly beautiful.

Since the completion of the dormitory area, Tangjia Village has an additional square, which is at the entrance of the Tangjia Village District, which is paved with bluestone.

The original thousand-year-old banyan tree still remains, the scenery is unique, and it has become a good place for leisure time in the village, and the whole village people gather together for a short chat.

"You say, we won't be able to pay taxes this year?"

This is the most concerned issue of the villagers, the people are busy all year round, and the food is actually enough, but excluding the taxes of the imperial court, it is somewhat stretched.

Often at this time, officials and squires will come down to make a report, concentrate on a time period, prepare the grain, and hand it over in a unified manner.

However, when it was time to pay the taxes, there was no movement, and everyone was happy and apprehensive, and there was no spectrum in their hearts.

"It seems that there is a tax-free policy, which is hung on the plaque at the entrance of the dormitory, but it is not for us, but for those who hand over the acres of land to the yamen of the dormitory."

A man in his fifties who can read and hyphenate words.

This person's name is Fu Xingye, he is one of the few literate people in this village, when he was young, his family still had some acres, thirty or forty acres of land, and his family was not bad.

However, if farmers want to turn over, there is a way out of study.

When he was young, his family was quite passable, and he went to a private school, without him having to farm, and started his imperial examination.

However, such small farmers and small households, even if they have a little surplus grain, they can't roll up the readers of those large households, who have a collection of thousands of books, and have the guidance of famous teachers.

The most important thing is that the children of large families are stress-free and can study without distractions, while the children of rural households also have life pressure and social pressure.

Therefore, Fu Xingye was in his forties, and he didn't even take the government exam, not even a child, compared with ordinary farmers, that is, he knew more words.

And because he spent money to study, until now, the family's fields have been sold, and now there are only three acres of land left, and there is not even a mother-in-law.

A year's work is only enough for himself to eat and drink, and there is too much land, he can't plant, he doesn't do farm work since he was a child, he specializes in studying, and he can't bear that hardship.

In fact, there are a lot of such people, and most of them don't end well, because they are literate and hyphenated, and they also understand some truths, but the imperial examination is far away from them.

Tens of millions of people crowd the single-plank bridge, how can it be so easy.

If you have knowledge and knowledge, if your eyes are high, it will be easy to get your hands on the land, and farming is suffering.

However, there is no middle ground.

There are many such people in the Ming Dynasty,

But now, this middle ground has emerged.

The yamen of the dormitory is undoubtedly a means of livelihood for this kind of knowledgeable people.

Therefore, Fu Xingye sold the land at the beginning, and also passed the test of the yamen of the dormitory area, because he was literate and hyphenated, and knew the truth, and became a dormitory member.

"Fu Xingye, you are the one who handed over the land, your father left you fifty acres of land, and only three acres were left by you, and now even three acres of land will be confiscated."

One farmer quipped, followed by everyone else laughing.

In the countryside, if anyone can't even marry a mother-in-law, there is a high probability that they will be the object of ridicule and a marginalized character.

If it was before, Fu Xingye might not have been able to pay attention to what he said, and he waved his hand directly to let him play where he was fun.

Fortunately, now Fu Xingye has become a housekeeper, and every month there is a court servant, and someone has begun to come to the door to talk to the matchmaker.

"That's not true."

Fu Xingye didn't know how much cynicism he had received since he was a child, how could he care about this, he smiled and said: "Back then, Li Xiao, the national teacher of the Ming Dynasty, was not also a farmer, and he did not gain fame, but now you are a national teacher, a national prince, and my Fu Xingye has now become a dormitory member of the yamen, and I can be regarded as stepping into the officialdom, who says that there is no chance?" ”

Although this statement is arrogant.

But the people didn't dare to say anything, after all, this person had changed, and it was indeed different, and he could still manage them now.

A villager asked, "Okay, Master Fu, tell me, do we still have to pay taxes today?" ”

Named Master Fu, Fu Xingye was very proud, and began to say: "Everyone, there is no news from the court, but what can be confirmed is that as long as everyone hands over the land in their hands to the court, then there is no need to pay taxes, and the feeling of not having to pay taxes should be very clear. ”

A woman said: "Fu Xingye, you are happy, your family has three acres of land, and you will hand it over, our family has more than ten acres, and you still expect to rely on this land to eat." ”

Fu Xingye has now become a dormitory member, and his heart is naturally towards the court, and he smiled and said: "Folks, I'll settle accounts for you."

When the words fell, everyone pricked up their ears.

Fu Xingye found that he was wearing an official uniform and changed, and the big guys began to listen to him, and his heart was very comfortable.

It's equivalent to a gorgeous turn in life.

Before, others despised him and ridiculed him, but now everyone is very restrained.

The reason for this is the official uniform on his body.

The Chinese people have always been ruled by the dynasty, and there is a servility, obedience, and obedience in their bones, and they have a natural fear of those who wear official uniforms.

Because the people who wear official uniforms, whether they are big or small, represent the court and authority.

Fu Xingye, who has never been so respected, can't wait to sell his life to the imperial court, and he has a sense of gratitude and invisible worship for Li Xiao, a national teacher who has never been masked.

Of course, he will also cherish this hard-won opportunity even more.

Fu Xingye continued: "I have explained to you many times before, and I am not afraid to bother to talk today, let's explain it again, after everyone hands over the field, it will be tax-free in the future, and there will be no need to pay any taxes, including the previous people's taxes, if you want to have a few sons, you can give birth to a few." At the same time, the court will also compensate you, twenty taels of silver per acre, and when your field is handed over, you can still farm, and you can rent land in the community yamen, and the rent is not high. It is equivalent to a lot of silver taels out of thin air. ”

The villagers said, "But our fields are gone." ”

Fu Xingye explained: "Your field is not gone, but it is sold, the money is in your hands, and the field will be redistributed. ”

Aunt Zhang was puzzled: "But there are so many of us, according to the method you said, the land is not enough." ”

Fu Xingye smiled and said: "Aunt Zhang, your family now has six sons, your family's thirty acres of land, in another seven or eight years, the sons will become a family, is that bit of land enough?" ”

Aunt Zhang shook her head: "Not enough." ”

Fu Xingye said: "Yes, with the increase in population, even if everyone's land is not sold, it is not enough to share, for example, the six sons of Aunt Zhang's family and the nine sons of the old Zhang family, will you have enough land in the future?" Not only is it not enough, but so many of you have to pay more taxes, in case of a disaster year, will you be able to survive? At that time, he didn't want to sell the land, and finally became the tenant of the old man of the Tang family. ”

The voice fell.

The faces of the villagers changed drastically, and their words were not rough, which was indeed the case.

In fact, these truths were not realized by Fu Xingye, but these truths he learned after entering the yamen of the dormitory area and carrying out training.

Land annexation is such a simple truth.

Suppose a village starts with 30 households, 100 people, and each household has 30 acres of land, and each person has 10 acres of land.

But in times of peace and prosperity, the population grew upward.

A family gave birth to several sons, and when the sons grew up, they married daughters-in-law, and later became several families.

Over time, the original 30 households in the village may have grown to 90 households, and the area of cultivated land remained the same, but the amount of land distributed equally to each household became smaller.

Less land means less food, which means less resilience.

When you encounter natural and man-made disasters and can't survive, you can only sell your land.

At this time, whoever has more money and food can buy land, so gradually the land will be in the hands of a small number of people, and these people will become landlords.

Landlords have a lot of land and a strong ability to resist risks, so there are more and more land, and the gap between the rich and the poor is getting bigger and bigger, the poor are starving to death, and the rich can eat and fish every day.

The villagers discussed with each other and felt that this was the truth.

But the truth is clear, but the solution is not.

At this time, another smart villager asked: "Fu Xingye, according to what you said, there is still so much land, even if we sell the land to the imperial court, it will not be enough." ”

Fu Xingye said with a smile: "This is the power of our national teacher, of course the land is not enough, if there are many people in the family, you can contract the land to make money, and if you have a small family, you can go to work." ”

"Part-time job? What is a part-time job? ”

The villagers were stunned and heard a new word.

Fu Xingye explained: "Part-time work is. What it means to be a helper. ”

The villagers were puzzled: "Isn't that still a tenant of a large family?" ”

"Nope." Fu Xingye said: "It's for the imperial court to be a tenant, what a tenant, it's a worker, it's different from a tenant, there are many tenants, and life is no worse than farming."

The villagers shouted, "Shhh ”

However, at this time, Yu Qian, the head of the Tangjia Village, walked over.

Although it is not the time to go to work, the work of the masses is on call 24 hours a day to serve the people, regardless of whether they go to work or work.

"Lord Yu."

"Lord Yu is here."

"Master Yu, you explain to everyone."

The villagers shouted.

During this time, Yu Qian had to bow down personally, in addition to building the yamen and gathering the dormitory staff, the main job was to deal with the villagers.

Because he pays attention to fairness in doing things, and thinks about the people in everything, everyone respects him more.

For example, the families who were occupied by the yamen have received corresponding compensation, and they have also promised to resettle the land to build new houses.

Yu Qian waved his hand and said with a smile: "Villagers, good news, our first village enterprise in Tangjia Village will officially recruit workers tomorrow." ”

During this time, Yu Qian was busy with the affairs of the village enterprises, and if there were no village enterprises to share the employment problems of the people, it would be impossible for them to willingly hand over the land.

"Village enterprises, what kind of treatment?"

One of the people asked.

They are no strangers to the word enterprise, after all, there has been a wave before.

The power plant in Beiping recruited a large number of workers, and many people went.

And I heard that the treatment is very good, 3 taels of silver per month, and with the growth of time, skilled and skilled, the treatment will rise steadily.

But most of those who went were tenants, because tenants had no house, no land, no worries, and they went, which was much better than being a slave in the landlord's house.

Even the domestic slaves of many large families also went, and the imperial court stipulated that all household registrations, including slaves of large families, should be abolished directly.

When those people got the news, they immediately ran away secretly and went to work as workers in the power plant.

Again, if there is freedom, who wants to be a cow and a horse?

However, most of the people who own land and real estate did not leave.

In fact, it is not just that they are reluctant to land, but mainly because the Chinese people have the homesickness of returning to their roots, even if the salary is high, everyone is not willing to leave their hometown, leave relatives and friends, the familiar environment, and abandon all relationships.

But now that this village enterprise has appeared, it is different.

Village enterprises, to put it bluntly, still work in the village, and do not need to leave their hometowns.

At this time, Yu Qian said loudly: "Tangjiacun Brick Kiln Factory, the salary of one or two silver per month, as the efficiency of the brick kiln factory improves, I Yu Qian promises that everyone's salary will increase, if you are willing to do it, you will come to the county government tomorrow to sign up."

But the premise is that you can't own the land in your hands, and the person who owns the land needs to sell the land to the imperial court, and we won't delay the compensation, and deliver it to you on the spot at the market price, and you won't lose money.

After the land was collected, the yamen of the district began to plan and distribute, a total of 500 fields, 200 acres per household, the suggestion of a large family population is to farm, and the suggestion of a small family population is to work.

You don't have to worry that money can't buy grain, Nanjing has built a large grain depot, the imperial court will spend money every year to collect grain reserves, in case of disaster and famine, the imperial court will also stabilize the price of grain, suppress profiteers to raise prices. In short, no matter which option you choose, your future life will be very good."

Yu Qian patiently explained for a long time.

In fact, we should do ideological work for the villagers and instill a new kind of thinking in them.

"It seems good, but we don't have 100,000 acres of land in our village."

"No, yes, plus the tens of thousands of acres of land of the Tang family, it seems to be 100,000 acres."

"A total of 100,000 acres of land, this is counting the land of the old man of the Tang family? Could it be that Yu Qian even dared to accept the old man of the Tang family? If the Tang family's fields are harvested, then I will also hand them over. ”

"If you don't farm, it's good to work in a brick kiln factory, and the income is about the same as farming."

"There are only three people in my family, working is a good choice and I don't have to pay taxes in the future, I can also get a lot of money for selling land, maybe I can do some small business or something, I heard that Nanjing City is now very supportive of doing small business."

The people, in their respective homes, began to discuss with each other, obviously slightly moved.

After all, the land is not taken for nothing, but lost money according to the market price.

That's a lot of money coming in.

After that, if you want to farm, you have to pay rent to farm.

The rent is not high, and it is about the same as the previous tax, which is equivalent to the same as before, but there is a lot more money for selling land.

Then, if the family is not prosperous, you can also choose to work in the village enterprise, and the income of one or two silver per month is almost the same as farming.

However, everyone still hesitated and couldn't make up their minds.

Yu Qian is also a little helpless, relying on his mouth, it is difficult to move them, he can only do this step, and he still needs to be guided slowly.

"It's coming! The film team is coming. ”

At this time, Yu Qian saw the arrival of the mobile film team, as if he had seen it, he already knew the content of the movie.

As the saying goes, it's better to see than to hear.

This movie shows the real picture of the world, allowing them to see how the people of Peking live.

Yu Qian believes that as long as these people see the movie, they will yearn for the life of the people in the movie.

"Don't go, everyone, there are good things to watch tonight, this is a movie that is better than singing, if there is still no one at home, call quickly!"

Yu Qian said hello, and then began to let the people come out of the house.

Watch this year-long documentary film together.

(End of chapter)