Some squires will use this red deed and white deed to exploit loopholes.

For example, there is a piece of land that is registered in the government office with Zhang San's name, but it is Li Si who actually owns the land.

Li Si has a white deed with Zhang San in his hand, and when someone in his family wins the show, or has other ways to exempt taxes, he will immediately go to the government to exchange the white deed for a red deed, that is to say, so far, this land and the title deed are all in his name Li Si.

But if Li Si only has money, no power, and no fame, then he will always occupy Zhang San's land.

If they have some conscience, they will also pay the tax and grain that should be paid, after all, the great law: merchants are not allowed to hoard land.

But if there are those who have no conscience, or who are accustomed to oppressing people, they don't even pay taxes and grains, Zhang San not only has no land, but also has to bear the taxes and grains on this field!

This kind of thing is miserable!

The Great Governance Law has clear provisions for the land properties of large and small merchants.

What kind of merchant owns the maximum amount of land, this is all set, once the limit is exceeded, it is not a matter of paying taxes, it is a violation of the law of the Great Rule, and it is to be imprisoned!

It's just that there is a good saying: the road is one foot high, and the magic is one foot high!

Some merchants only guard their own land on the surface, but in reality, they will put these fields in the name of others.

Some will be hung in the name of distant relatives, some will be hung in the name of the Yue family, and some will be hung in the name of the domestic servant.

In short, it is to exhaust all means, just to keep a family business.

The merchant had money, so he often took advantage of this to force some farmers to come to him with their land.

"Master Cheng, if you want to say that this is the most cunning, you have to be a businessman, and there are endless methods."

Cheng Jingzhou smiled: "Uncle doesn't have to be so polite, there are no outsiders here, you don't have to be commensurate with your official position." The nephew has not reached the crown, so there is no word yet, you can call me Jingzhou. ”

Xie Xiuqi said from the goodness: "Okay, then I'm not welcome." ”

The two continued to talk about the merchant's encroachment on the farmer's land.

"When I was studying abroad, I also saw a case. I don't remember the other party's name and surname, so I guess it's just Zhang San and Li Si. ”

"Uncle, please speak."

"This Zhang San is a businessman, originally from a poor background, and later followed the caravan to go to business, made a fortune, so he made a living by himself and changed his business status. According to the registered population of his family at that time and the scale of their business, their family was allowed to have ten acres of land at that time. Yes, the whole family can have a total of ten acres of land. ”

Cheng Jingzhou had one more sentence: "How many people were there at that time?" ”

At that time, his family had a total of eight people, including the old and the young. As you know, the level of this field is different, so the number of acres allocated will also be a little different. ”

Cheng Jingzhou nodded, he naturally understood this.

"This Zhang San has become bigger and bigger, and when he has money in his hand, he is always a little uneasy. In his later words, it is that there is a profit and a loss in this transaction, and if there is a big loss one day, then what will they eat? That's why I thought about stocking up on more fields.

However, the government has regulations, so after Zhang San thought about it for a long time, he bought land outside in the name of the servants at home. The servant signed a living contract, but it said that it was sixty years, and the servant would not be able to conclude the contract until he died. Rao is like this, Zhang San still feels unreliable, and is worried that the servant will flee with the land deed, so he later learned from those powerful people, hoping that someone would come to surrender. ”

Cheng Jingzhou raised his eyebrows, this Zhang San's ambition is not small!

The donation is divided into his sacrifice and self-sacrifice, among which there are many cats, especially his sacrifice, which is often the local tycoon in order to curry favor with the powerful and forcibly surrender other people's land to the clan to achieve the purpose of currying favor, while the peasants who are surrendered to the land are forced to go bankrupt and become tenant farmers or servants.

As for self-dedication, this Cheng Jingzhou is very familiar.

When he went to Xie Yuan in the annual examination, many squires in Gaoyang County took the initiative to bring land properties to invest, but they were all rejected by Cheng's father at that time.

If it's just that, it's not a crime.

And Zhang San is just a merchant, where does he get the confidence to want farmers to donate to him?

Xie Xiuqi continued: "Zhang San has set his sights on Li Si's family, Li Si's family has 28 acres of fertile land, all of which are of the highest quality, and they have a lot of interest a year.

Zhang San set up a bureau for Li Si, causing Li Si's children to either bear a crime and not be able to obtain fame for the rest of their lives, or Li Si took the initiative to dedicate the 28 acres of land to his name.

The two sides made a white contract, and since then, Li Si has become a tenant farmer, and his own good land has inexplicably become a bystander, and then his life has plummeted, since he has kept his son's reputation, but there is no money left in the family, how can he afford his children and grandchildren to study?

This case was later discovered by Li Si's son, and heard that there was a thorn Shi down to inspect, so he had the courage to sue the official, and then the case was ordered by the thorn Shi to investigate thoroughly, and the local county order acted quickly, and everything was found out in less than three days, not only in addition to the white deed, but also let Zhang San compensate Li Si for all kinds of losses, and Zhang San also because of the law, was punished with a cane, and then punished with hard labor for three months, the case was closed. ”

This kind of forced sacrifice, Cheng Jingzhou has heard of it for the first time.

"Thank you, uncle, you have this experience, and you can be regarded as helping your nephew. Therefore, we can't just be anxious about this matter, but we must also check everything well, and we can't let the farmers suffer losses, and we can't let those squires act recklessly. ”

"Haha! Jing Zhou really has a benevolent heart. My cousin often praises you, saying that he has two sons under his knees, plus several nephews, who are not as good as you in reading and doing. Now, it seems, it was. ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be!"

These words made Cheng Jingzhou a little embarrassed.

He couldn't afford that kind of compliment.

Such despicable acts must not be uncommon. It's just that I don't know if Feng County will have such evil deeds. ”

"It's hard to say."

Cheng Jingzhou pondered for a night, and before breakfast the next morning, he told Xie Rongzhao about the matter, wanting to see if she was in the position of county magistrate, how to use this to warn the people?

"Good baby, if it were you, how could you ensure the interests of farmers to the greatest extent?"

Xie Rongzhao didn't understand the government, he just spoke by his own feelings.

"If it's me, then I'll announce it first, because of Qingzhang, so if there is a white deed in my hand, the government will not recognize it, only the red deed. Set a time limit, once a day has passed, all the white deeds will be invalidated, and the government will not recognize it. In this way, if those powerful people want to keep their land, they must think of changing the white deed to the red deed, after all, even if they pay more taxes, they still have a surplus. ”