Quxu City, the original county government.

"Come on! Everyone drink this cup!"

Duan Yu held up the wine lord and repeatedly persuaded him to drink.

The people sitting below looked pale and did not dare to neglect. Even if it was poison, they had to drink it all in one gulp.

It was night at this time, less than half a day before the killing of Xu, but a steady stream of news had already been heard.

After learning that the Xujiawu Fort was broken in half a day and that all the men in the family were killed, even Qu Jiang put away all his thoughts and went to the county government to lick him.

These heads and officials of the aristocratic families already knew one thing very clearly... Qu Xu's heaven has changed!

Under the threat of the army, any resistance is futile.

The private soldiers of various families and the county soldiers of Quxu were not even qualified to be stuck in the gaps before the other party’s Yunzhongwei.

Even passive confrontations such as official strikes cannot be achieved.

He led a large number of clerks, especially Guo Bairen, who was in charge, and handled government affairs in an orderly manner.

In this case, who dares to move?

Are you not afraid of being beheaded directly, and your home is still searched?

When Xu's family fell, it was not only one of its families, but also the close-knit officials all suffered great trouble. Not only were they beheaded, but their families were also investigated.

Duan Yu smiled and said, "You are very grateful for the righteousness!"

This was naturally the relief that when the county ward accepted it, it was found that the situation was still acceptable and there was no loss. It was relieved and said: "Qu Xu returned to me and should have been forgiven and started from scratch. However, the Xu family is really angry with heaven and people, and they are guilty of their own sins and cannot survive. You should learn from it!"

"We will obey the order!"

Qu Jiang and others had a little cold sweat on their foreheads and they said quickly.

Seeing that the threat was enough, Duan Yu comforted him a few words before he let them go out. He immediately went back one by one as if he was amnesty. I don’t know if he would have nightmares at night.

“It’s really boring!”

Duan Yu stretched and yawned, asking Guo Bairen who came to report his life: "Have the county custody counted?"

"If you go back to the Lord, you have already counted it!"

Guo Bairen smiled and said, "In the past, there were no need to worry about bad debts. At this time, there were still 32,000 stones of grain in the grain warehouse. In the arsenal, there were 427 pieces of swords, guns, swords and halberds, 37 leather armor, three pairs of iron armor, fifteen bows, and three hundred arrows... In the silver warehouse, there were more than 7,000 taels of gold and silver."

"The county has 83,000 mu of land and 30,000 mu of public land. This is the number on the book. How many have been occupied? It is probably difficult to know without going through the actual land..."

The public land in this county is the official land, which is rented to tenants to cultivate and the government collects taxes.

The private lands of the Xu family and other aristocratic families were miserable and had to accept the double tax exploitation of the Xu family and the government.

Of course, aristocratic families still have hidden fields, which are not included in the official list, or the land that is exempted from taxes according to law, so there is no need to collect taxes, but the renters will still be exploited by the aristocratic families.

"It doesn't matter..." Duan Yu waved his hand: "If you release the news, no matter what the others are, if each family returns the land in the public land, it will not blame everything in the past, otherwise don't say that it is not prepared."

"The word "The Lord" is better than thousands of words from the minister!" Guo Bairen smiled.

"Master!"

At this time, Amano Fist Guard also came in: "Yun Zhongwei has taken over the city defense, and the original county soldiers were disarmed and taken care of in the barracks."

"County soldiers are not worthy of use, so they must re-select strong men and disperse the elderly and weak..."

Duan Yu ordered without hesitation.

"Brother!"

At this time, Qin Feiyu also came in: "The Xu family has been pacified, and 157 people have been killed. The warehouse and the land captives are still in stock, but the land should be less than 10,000 mu, the grain is tens of thousands of stones, 30,000 taels of silver, and soldiers..."

"Ha ha……"

Duan Yu laughed: "It turns out to be a fat pig. I'm sorry we're tired all the way."

He paused and said, "Guo Bairen, I ordered you to build the team of the sixth lieutenant for this county magistrate... Qin Feiyu, go and be the county magistrate!"

Originally, the county magistrate didn't care about anything, but was the deputy of the county magistrate. When something happened to the county magistrate, he could take over it.

But Duan Yu is used to being a hand-off manager, but Guo Bairen takes responsibility.

As for the county magistrate, he is in charge of the military affairs of a county.

The military and political capital is under control, and Quxu County is under control.

Seeing that several people readily obeyed, Duan Yu couldn't help but smile.

...

Summer is a good harvest in the fragrance of rice flowers, but it is far from the harvest season in September.

Duan Yu brought his personal soldiers to visit the county. It was the time to harvest rice. All the laborers in the villages ended, and even women and children came to help.

Seeing Feng Jun and his party from afar, he hurriedly knelt on the side of the road to salute.

"After counting the land of Xu family, there are a total of 16,300 acres... This is the counting of the original hidden fields. The situation is really shocking. This family has only 6,000 acres of land in the official account. It has to be taxed! No wonder it is so rich that the grain warehouse and silver warehouse are almost comparable to the county warehouse..."

Guo Bairen was standing by, holding the book, and talking in detail.

"How many tenants are there?"

Duan Yu picked a bunch of rice, looked at the plump ears carefully, and asked again.

"After investigation, there were 927 tenants under the command of the Yuan Xu family who had no evil deeds."

"This Quxu mainly grows rice, and can harvest two to three stones per mu. A family of five needs three stones a year for adults, and women and children need to reduce their food, two stones are also necessary. This is twelve stones. In other words, a family needs at least five acres of land to survive." Duan Yu said calculatingly.

Here we count two men, two women, and one child, while the "stone" is the "load", and one load is one hundred pounds.

Moreover, people cannot just eat rice. They must have some complementary food and pay taxes. Normally, if they want to survive, it will take approximately ten acres.

Duan Yu decided to make a decision and said, "After paying the tax, the land will be released for ten acres of a family. This is nearly ten thousand acres, and the remaining more than 6,000 acres will be incorporated into the government's public land!"

It is said that it is public land, but it is actually a private property of the king, which is also the capital to buy people's hearts and accumulate strength in the future.

"Yes, if the Xu family tenants get benefits, they will become loyal to the lord. We have a large amount of land, grain, gold and silver into the warehouse, which is really a great kindness."

Guo Bai couldn't help licking his lips: "There is another Qujia."

"Ha ha……"

Duan Yu laughed: "Although this method works very quickly, it is easy to get addicted. If we intend to develop in this county, we will naturally subdue or defeat all the original landlords. But at this time, our eyes should not be limited to one county. The war in the south is about to begin. We must pacify the place as soon as possible and accumulate strength."

This means that we cannot continue to expand, and it will make everyone in danger.

He paused and asked again: "With this new fief, how about the original tax?"

Guo Bairen wiped his sweat and said, "Before, the government took two out of ten land taxes, but there were also harsh taxes and even tuitions below, which were generally to the point of taking three or four in ten. If the landlord exploited too ruthlessly, it might reach 50%... In addition, there is also corvee service."

The so-called corvee service means working for the government every year without any remuneration, and the government does not care about anything except food.

"Tsk tsk..."

Duan Yu was shocked: "No wonder he saw that most people were flirting with each other... This exploitation was too cruel."

If he had just crossed over, he might have wondered why the people were forced to rebel?

But now, I understand that it is not that I don’t want to rebel, but that I have no strength at all!

The extraordinary world is even more desperate than the ancient times.

In ancient times, most of the peasant uprisings were not opponents of regular troops, let alone Yunlan Continent?

Not to mention anything else, Duan Yu's command can just transfer a five-poison Mo sword weapon, and he can chase and chop hundreds of peasant soldiers without any harm.

Even if the whole county rebelled, it could be easily suppressed with hundreds of people.

It is better to live than to die, and the people still understand this truth.

Besides, who would be willing to risk the uprising of a beheading until he couldn't survive?

‘If you don’t become extraordinary, you will eventually become an ant! So if I want to win the world, I must sit on the side of the extraordinary, not for anything else, just because they have the power!’

Duan Yu sighed secretly and ordered: "These more than 36,000 acres of public land, one farm will be built on two thousand acres, and twelve villages will be obtained. I want to issue a quotation to seek warriors and wise men. If I have to surrender, I will immediately divide the ban. All standards will be based on the Yunzhong Island!"

After a pause, he looked at Guo Bairen and others: "You come with me all the way, work hard and make great contributions, and you will also increase your seal in the future!"

If he wants to establish a Taoist country on earth and win over the extraordinary, he must implement a thorough feudalization, which is determined by his own Tao.

"I dare not take credit!"

Guo Bairen hurriedly bowed, but the eyes of the few soldiers behind him lit up.

As elite soldiers, they were naturally treated very well. They had divided the fields on Yunzhong Island early, but no one was afraid of the land. Even if it was an enclave, they would not have only one son in the future, so they could enfeoff their second son and third sons here.

This lord is so kind, Guo Bairen is secretly grateful in his heart, and then thinks of something: "By the way, lord, although you are a lord of Quxu, you still have an obligation to King Wu Yue, which is different from Yunzhongdao."

“What about it specifically?”

"Specifically, all the land acres need to pay 10% of the tax. When they are called, they lead troops to fight for the King of Wu Yue and defend the State of Chu. Needless to say, in the end, the annual high sacrifice is when you need to donate money to assist the King of Wu Yue..."

Guo Bairen counted in a row.

This obligation is much stricter than Yunzhongdao's requirements.

"Donate a sacrifice?"

Duan Yu touched his chin playfully, but thought of Emperor Wu of Han.

In the early Han Dynasty, the centralization of power and feudalization were also carried out in parallel. The princes also offered gold when the emperor sacrificed their ancestral temples.

Emperor Wu of Han likes to use the excuse that the gold offered by the princes is not good enough to reduce the title.

There are records in historical books: "The princes and kings used their household registration to scatter gold in Han temples every year. The emperor gave them gold. The little gold was not as good as pounds. The king was evil. The king cut the county and the marquis were dismissed from the country.",'...... When he went to scattered wine, he saved gold, and the marquis lost gold. More than a hundred people were killed by the marquis. It was said that Zhao Zhou was the prime minister and knew that scattered marquis and marquis were imprisoned and committed suicide. However, he knew that it was light but did not correct it.'

Of course, here, the situation must be reversed. The monarchy is powerful and cannot be controlled by Moyi. Giving 70% to 80% of gold is all for face, and there are 50% to 60% of the gold. The King of Wu and Yue is helpless, and this is the lack of authority.
Chapter completed!