Ji Gang suddenly felt very novel.

"Compared with the mahogany carved window railings used by the gang in the capital, and the precious spices that burn day and night in the house, the decoration here is very fresh and cost-effective."

Zhu Di looked around and said.

Xu Zilin said while beckoning the people from the other courtyard to serve the food: "The bamboo forest is contracted by men, women and children in Zhuxian Village on the outskirts of the county. When I first took office, Zhuxian Village was poor and only living people remained, but later I changed the local bamboo varieties to greatly increase the yield, and the back mountain of Zhuxian Village was opened up as a bamboo forest. ”

"Contracting? What is the contracting law? ”

Zhu Di knew that his virtuous prince Zhu Gaochi had little understanding of the actual people's livelihood, and he was even more of a horse for half his life, and he had never bowed his head to the people's livelihood system, and it was very novel to hear Xu Zilin's statement.

Xu Zilin smiled, got up and said: "According to my Ming law, all land is owned by the state, and the people get a share of the land to cultivate, pay land tax, and pay part of the crops, and the rest can be exchanged for silver taels, right?" ”

Zhu Di nodded, this is a system that has been implemented since Taizu.

"But our newly cultivated bamboo is not on the tax list. Moreover, there is a drawback to today's law. ”

Xu Zilin lowered his voice, he couldn't talk nonsense about a county order, and Ji Gang immediately stood up.

"What do you say? Do you have any doubts and dissatisfaction with my Ming law? ”

Ji Gang's face was a little red, and Zhu Di hurriedly waved his hand and motioned for Ji Gang to sit down.

Ji Gang was a little indignant, but Zhu Di's face did not change.

He was very curious about Xu Zilin's thoughts, and he felt more and more that this person was definitely not a thing in a cage, and he was really a bit condescending.

"There are no outsiders here, and I will never spread the word, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Xu Zilin was also taken aback by Ji Gang's reaction, but he still cleared his throat and said: "According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the official food and official goods paid by Penglai County have a fixed amount, and the county government has also distributed them to the people in the county and the villages under its jurisdiction according to the number of people, right?" ”

Zhu Di nodded, he didn't think there was anything wrong with this, or rather, he thought that his prince's regulations on this matter were very reasonable.

Li Da shook his head, "Zhuxian Village is backed by deep mountains and faces the wasteland, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is not a dime, and it is distributed according to the number of people, and the grain that needs to be paid every year is at least four hundred stones. The whole village does not have 300 stone of food for a year, where can I prepare this 400 stone of grain? ”

"If you can't prepare food, the strong men will be dragged into forced labor. There are not many strong men, most of them have gone to do conscription, who will farm the land? The land is already barren, and there are some old and weak women and children who are pitiful and have to live in the summer and barely make ends meet. ”

Li Da couldn't help but sigh, if it weren't for Xu County's reform when he took office, he just rigidly implemented the law, where would there be the prosperity of Penglai County today?

Zhu Di was like being struck by lightning, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

Ji Gang was also silent. As the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he has never lacked money, and his family has always had no worries about food and clothing, and he does not know the specific content of such details.

Xu Zilin continued: "So I implemented a new method to adapt measures to local conditions. ”

"Adapt to local conditions?" Zhu Di repeated, with some confusion in his eyes.

That's right. Xu Zilin couldn't help but be secretly cool, when he saw these news, he was also confused.

"It's very simple, there are always fertile or barren places in a county, and each village has different actual conditions, and the law is implemented across the board, and the people have many complaints."

Xu Zilin continued, "Zhuxian Village can't harvest rice, and the village next to it can't grow wheat. If the ruling officials are lazy and lazy, it will inevitably lead to resentment among the people. ”

"Therefore, where there is abundant crop, share more for other regions. Although there is no rice in Zhuxian Village, the annual bamboo production of the bamboo forest behind it is enough for the expenses of the entire Penglai County, and some can be exported. ”

"Exit?"

Zhu Di had never heard of this word either.

"Ah, it's sold to other counties." Xu Zilin hurriedly explained, talking to the ancients, you really have to pay attention to the wording.

"Oh." Zhu Di seems to understand whether he understands or not.

"Originally, Zhuxian Village paid taxes every year, and the strong men served as conscripts, which was miserable, and the people withered, and there were less than 30 households left in the original village of nearly 100 households. And the county's bamboo cutters have to travel long distances every day to carry back a small box of bamboo, which is not enough to support their families. ”

"It's good now, all the men, women and children in Zhuxian Village only need to run Zhushan in the back mountain, not only to make a living, but also to get rich, and the original bamboo cutters can get land and be self-sufficient."

"If all counties in all localities can do this, no longer rigidly distribute according to the requirements of the law, but be flexible and changeable, and make arrangements for each county according to the actual situation, they can gradually develop and prosper like Penglai County!"

The more Xu Zilin spoke, the more excited he became, pacing back and forth in the house, his breath was high. When his voice fell, the whole room looked at him stunned.

Only then did he realize his gaffe, coughed twice, and was about to return to his seat when there was applause.

Zhu Di clapped his hands with his hands, "Pap, papa, pap." ”

"That's great, Xu County Order."

Zhu Di not only changed his impression of Xu Zilin, but also brought some appreciation.

"If all counties in all parts of the country can have officials like Xu County Order, the intelligence of Xu County Order, and such an advanced local policy as Penglai County, why shouldn't Daming be strong? Why don't you prosper? ”

Zhu Di was very excited, picked up the wine glass in front of him, and drank it all.

The more they talked, the more speculative they became, and when they were full of wine and food, it was almost time.

Xu Zilin felt more and more that the identities of these two people must have a secret.

can easily take out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, is very familiar with local policies, in addition to not understanding the actual situation of people's livelihood, this person seems to know the operation of the Ming Dynasty very well.

It seems that this person is either rich or noble, at least he is a high-ranking official with a hidden identity, like the minister in the TV series "Detective Di Renjie", who went to the local representative to inspect the emperor.

Zhu Di did not reveal his identity, but he also had some doubts about Xu Zilin's identity.

This person's level of governance far exceeds that of any county magistrate, and he should at least serve in the state capital.

Many of the policies he pioneered, such as "cable cars", "takeaways", and "bicycles", as they called them, could not even be imagined by the heads of cabinet elders and prime ministers.

Who is this Xu Zilin?

"Now that you're all out of fun, I'll send you back at once!"

Xu Zilin took the lead in standing up, and then sent Zhu Di and Ji Gang out of the gate of the courtyard, and then said with a happy face: "Li Da, you personally drive and escort the two distinguished guests back to the inn!" ”

At this time, Zhu Di also refused with a happy face.