Chapter 126 Clearing up the land
When I returned to the inn, the sun was still hanging high in the sky. It was a bit hot in late spring.
Shi Daqing and several farmers were tied up for more than ten miles, and their mouths were dry and their feet were blistered, making them miserable. Shi Daqing was tough and stood up without saying a word. Other farmers usually acted at his face and did not dare to say more.
When he returned to the inn, he had just gotten off his horse and heard the noise, he hurriedly came out from inside, followed by a fifty-year-old man behind him.
He stepped forward and bowed, and Magistrate Lou said, "Fortune judgment, one day is hard! The officials have been waiting here for a long time!"
Du Zhongxiao looked at the person behind Magistrate Lou and said, "It's all official business, what's the hard work? What's the matter with me?"
County Magistrate Lou said: "I heard that on the way to patrol, Dalang of Shijiazhuang collided with Yun Judgment. The officials received the news and hurriedly asked the Lizheng from their place to come and apologize to Yun. It was a coincidence that the Lizheng from there was Shi Dalang's father Shi Yuanwai."
After saying that, he winked. The Shi Man behind him understood and hurried forward to salute.
Du Zhongxiao looked at Shi Yuanwai up and down, and saw that he was in his fifties and had a black beard, and he was very neatly packed. He said, "I didn't expect such a coincidence. Since I came, I would go to the inn to speak."
County Magistrate Lou and Shi Yuanwai followed Du Zhongxiao into the inn and moved a few seats in the yard. Du Zhongxiao and County Magistrate Lou sat down.
Shi Yuanwai stepped forward and bowed, "Xiaomin Shi Zhan is now sitting in front of the north of the city. Today, he was sitting at home. He heard from the strong man that Xiaomin's son Dalang had bumped into the official for some reason and was taken away. He ordered Xiaomin to rush to the county town to lead the people. Xiaomin rushed over and waited for the official's orders."
Du Zhongxiao said: "Bring Shi Dalang up!"
The follower next to him responded to Nou and pushed Shi Dalang to Du Zhongxiao, held it down and knelt on the ground.
When he saw his father, Shi Daqing felt that he had support and relaxed his energy. He felt that everything was in pain and shouted for justice.
Shi Yuanwai looked at his son, feeling heartbroken and angry. A high-ranking official came to the county, and no one of the rich was competing for him. Why did his son be so bastard that he dared to collide with him? As a master, Shi Yuanwai knew about Yingtian and Du Zhongxiao's identity.
Seeing his father standing aside and not talking, Shi Daqing knew something was wrong, but he couldn't help feeling a little nervous.
Du Zhongxiao said: "I'll take you to the county town today, do you know why?"
Shi Daqing thought for a while and said, "It's me that I deserve to die. It's not appropriate to say that the official ate my fruit. The official ate a few fruits, and the official ate it. I went home and ordered someone to send two cars over there. Xiaomin didn't know the identity of the official at that time, so he hoped that the official ate would forgive him."
Du Zhongxiao looked at Shi Daqing and said after a while: "Your fruit? Where is your land?"
Shi Daqing said: "Only our village is within twenty miles of radius, and it has always been my family's care for it, so it is naturally my home."
Shi Yuanwai on the side was startled and said sternly: "Rebellious, what are you talking about! There are all idle places and belong to the court. Why is it my family? Not to mention an official, anyone who walks thirsty can pick fruits and eat them!"
Seeing Du Zhongxiao just sneering, Shi Yuanwai became more and more uneasy. He looked at his son and kept winking. When he was chatting with County Magistrate Lou, Shi Yuanwai heard that when Du Zhongxiao opened an Iron Supervisor in Ye County, a local official took up his spare land and was charged for 50 years of taxes at one time. If Du Zhongxiao repeatedly used the same trick and applied this method to himself, it would be a big deal. The Shi family was just a rural member, and he had to lose all his money at a time. Even if he sold houses and land, the countryside was not worth the money and could not sell it for a price.
Shi Daqing didn't know what his father meant and was confused. However, seeing that he looked stern, he didn't dare to speak anymore.
Du Zhongxiao said: "Don't you know how much land you have in your family? You often say this, which shows that you are domineering in your daily life and regard these idle fields, mountains and forests all in the imperial court as their own property. You can imagine that people usually pick fruits, chop wood and fish, and you will be bullied by you!"
Shi Yuanwai waved his hands repeatedly: "Officials, there is no such thing! The dog boy doesn't know how powerful he is, he just talks nonsense and cannot be taken seriously, and he cannot be taken seriously!"
Du Zhongxiao looked at Shi Yuanwai and then looked at Shi Daqing: "If there is such a thing, you have to ask the local people to know."
"No, no! The official, the young man is in front of him, how could he do such a thing?" Shi Yuanwai became more and more anxious when he saw Du Zhongxiao's bad expression. This was a verdict all the way and he was aiming at his own home. That's all. Local officials, who usually run rampant, can there be no trouble?
County Magistrate Lou said: "Yunjudgment, there is only one Shijiazhuang in that area, and there are no other households--"
"Well——" Du Zhongxiao looked at County Magistrate Lou, "In this way, are the people and households in that area all the village customers of Shi Yuanwai?"
Shi Yuanwai had a bad intuition and said hurriedly: "Officials, the magistrate, are busy with affairs on weekdays, and only remember about it. In fact, there are still other families. There are three fishing families, and eighteen families formed their own villages and cultivated fields."
Since he is a master of the inner world, Shi Yuanwai is too familiar with these. Every year, he is desperately pressing on these twenty-one families, and he tries to pay as little as possible, and has many conflicts with them. Especially a fisherman, who has a lawless temper, has not paid a penny of tax for several years. He obviously planted some vegetable fields and ate them home, but said there is no land. How can Shi Yuanwai tolerate him? I don’t know how many times he has beaten these people in the past few years. If Du Zhongxiao asked these people, then the Shi family’s domineering fishing meat in the countryside would probably not be able to escape. Does the government still need a reason to punish the rich people who oppress the people? Just ask casually, a bunch of crimes can be filed.
Du Zhongxiao looked at Shi Daqing and pondered silently. Shi Yuanwai looked at him and became more and more anxious.
After a long time, Du Zhongxiao said, "Forget it, let's expose this matter. As soon as I arrived here, if I was hit and the people who were conquered, I would inevitably be called mean and a cruel official. I have been an official for many years and have always been kind to the people, so I don't have to blame you so much."
After hearing this, Foreign Minister Shi breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly bowed his hand to thank Du Zhongxiao for his gratitude.
Du Zhongxiao said again: "When the land business comes to cultivate idle fields, it will inevitably harass the countryside, and conflicts will not be missing. In this way, County Magistrate Lou, you recruit the heads of the villages and villages, and within one month, measure the land in the county clearly and set up a sign. When the land business arrives, you will only open the land in idle places without signs to avoid causing disputes. If there is insufficient staff, I can send some people from the land business to help you."
Magistrate Lou was stunned for a while before saying, "Yun - Yun Judgment, is it necessary to be in Fangtian of this county?"
Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Not bad. If you don't have a square field, how can you know which land has the main land and which land is idle? I checked outside the city today and found that many of the villagers here have been planted for a year and then abandoned the land for several years to nourish the land. Seeing that they don't plant crops, many places are not idle."
When the Song Dynasty established a country, it did not suppress annexation or a land system. It did not suppress annexation means that the land could be traded freely, and the land system did not establish a land system, which means that the land that had not been measured. The tax collection of the government was based on the land book passed down from the previous dynasty, and the tax rate was also mostly from the previous dynasty.
Chapter completed!