Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 771
The cleaning work is basically completed, and the heads of the early birds who dared to rebel have also been smashed. It is time for the next step.

Industrial and commercial matters, because they are already familiar with the way, have already been done at the same time as the cleaning is in progress, and the cooperation in all aspects is not bad.

But agriculture is different. This is basically a new topic for high-level practitioners in this life, but it happens to be a very important topic—not less important than industry and commerce!

Therefore, he had to intervene in person, and sometimes even consulted with others.

It's a pity that there are not many people who can discuss it, because what he wants to do is a bit weird, and even Ruan Bingqian, who is definitely well-informed in Annan, not only hesitated after hearing this, but also thought carefully for a long time before he was right. He said: "Forgive me for being so old and blunt... Is Gao Longwen's move to 'build Huangzhuang' for Jinghua Group in Annan?"

Gao Wushi was taken aback for a moment: Why is it Jianhuangzhuang?My agricultural system was born out of the joint production contract responsibility system I am most familiar with!
Seeing that Gao Wushi frowned and remained silent, Ruan Binglian thought he didn't understand enough, so he continued: "Gao Longwen, look, as far as I know, the Huangzhuang of Daming, as far as I know, is one land and two taxes. It is necessary to pay royal tribute, so in the first year of Jiajing, Yushi Wang Lin and Anlu Prefecture Zhizhou Wang Huai once said: "Check the farmland tax and silver eight cents per mu, three times the people's farmland", and the eunuchs in charge of the village and others, It's even worse to do bad things..."

"Old Ruan, wait a moment." Gao Wushi interrupted: "Old Ruan, you are worried that these fields confiscated by Jinghua, after implementing my joint production contract system, will make the farmers bear excessive taxes, so as to As for being desolate and helpless?"

"Isn't it possible?" Ruan Bingqian said worriedly: "Gao Longwen, your system is first and foremost based on contracting labor and production. Pay, the tax collected by the Jinghua Group—oh, you call it a commission here, and you must pay the amount on time, isn’t this just paying double tax?”

Gao Wushi smiled and said: "But, no one here imposes taxes on them that should not be borne by them, such as 'empty fields', 'false fields', and lands that are clearly occupied by certain dignitaries."

He pointed at the manuscript on the table with his finger, and said with a smile: "Jinghua Group has a financial department, an audit department, and a supervision department. There are accounts for where each mu of land is used and how much profit it makes. At the same time, where more fields are opened up and where fields are abandoned each year, these changes must also be recorded in the register.

In addition, I can also answer your question about "management": Jinghua Group only collects taxes, but it does not send people to manage the village here. Mr. Zhuang is responsible for the usual affairs of the village.

The tenure of Mr. Zhuang is tentatively scheduled for three years. After the three-year term expires, Zhuang people will vote by secret ballot under the supervision of the "election supervision team" sent by Jinghua to elect a new Mr. Zhuang; Vote for the "retirement assessment vote" to determine whether the previous Mr. Zhuang was dedicated and fair during his three-year term of office.If there are those who do not do their best and are unfair, Jinghua will investigate and then deal with it as appropriate and in accordance with the law. "

Although he mentioned the law, the law has not yet been issued. For this kind of specific matter, he knows that he can't make a decision on his own head. After the system has been implemented for a period of time, various problems will be exposed, and then follow the feedback below. Call more people to discuss, and he intends to only make a final decision.

Ruan Bingqian was taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "It sounds like this is not very different from the actual situation of the people of Ming Dynasty, but there are three differences: one is that Mr. Zhuang has a term of office; To win the trust of Zhuang Min, and to report to Zhuang Min when he resigns; the third is that Jinghua participates in the assessment of Mr. Zhuang...does this mean?"

It seemed that Ruan Bingqian regarded Mr. Zhuang as a squire of Ming Dynasty, but fortunately, he still discovered the difference between Mr. Zhuang and a squire.

The reason why a squire is a squire depends on his family background, status, and wealth, but Zhuang Lao is not. If you want to become a Zhuang Lao, family background, status, and wealth do not seem to work. Only by convincing the villagers can you succeed.

In fact, this is the grassroots electoral system, but high pragmatism will only allow this kind of election system to exist at the grassroots level, because people in this era have no sources of information, and the people who can usually deal with it are actually such a small range of people. They may also be able to tell who is good and who is bad, after all, they meet every day.

But if they were asked to choose a county magistrate, they might not even know all the candidates, so what's the point of choosing?Or just follow the Chinese habit, no matter good or bad, just choose a fellow countryman - after all, everyone knows that even an official is always much better to his hometown than to outsiders.

In this case, the election will become the population of the hometown, which is meaningless.Therefore, the grassroots elections that Gao Pragmatism created will only stay at the grassroots level—that is, the level of villages and villages.

"These three things are enough." Gao Wushi said, "Actually, as long as there is no elite class to keep you in the middle, paying two taxes is not much at all... Now the Annan Metropolitan Commander also collects according to the land tax of Ming Dynasty. And Daming’s land tax is extremely low, when Taizu paid two to four dou per mu, now it’s even lowered to a little more than one dou, it’s almost zero.”

A bucket is a unit of volume. Different types of rice may vary in weight, but they should generally be around 12-15 catties in later generations. A tax of 15 catties per mu of land is the lowest agricultural tax in Chinese history. No one should say high.

Ruan Bingqian thought for a while, and then asked, "So, how much does Jinghua charge?"

Gao Wushi said indifferently: "Jinghua collects ten buckets per mu of land."

Ruan Bingqian was taken aback immediately: "How can it be so tall?"

Gao Pragmatic smiled faintly with disdain: "In the paddy fields around Suzhou, the yield of rice per mu is about 650 catties, while Annan has abundant water power, fertile land, and more sunshine than Suzhou, so the yield per mu will not be lower than this figure—if it is lower , that shows that the fields are not well taken care of. Jinghua collects ten dou, Dutongsi collects one dou, which is only eleven dou, at most 160 five catties, and the tenants can leave nearly five hundred catties...isn’t that enough?”

Gao Pragmatic’s data is derived from the paper “Discussion on Rice Yield per Mu in the Taihu Lake Area during the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties” published by Mr. Min Zongdian from the Chinese Agricultural Heritage Research Office when he was studying a class on Mr. Yuan’s achievements at the Party School. The average yield per mu of the Taihu Lake Basin in the Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties: 138 kg per mu in the Tang Dynasty; 225 kg per mu in the Song Dynasty; 333 kg per mu in the Ming Dynasty; and 278 kg per mu in the Qing Dynasty.

Compared with the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Red River Plain in Annan has no disadvantage in rice planting, and the rice is also Champa rice (the Champa rice was imported from China at that time), so there is no reason for the yield per mu to be lower than that in Daming. This rate is actually not that high.

Ruan Bingqian gave a dry cough and forced a smile, "This... collects taxes by itself, and there are very few such high ones..."

Gao Wushi waved his hand slightly, and said indifferently: "That's because, since I came here, I can't get rid of the rich and powerful who profit from it. I, Jinghua, are different. Jinghua doesn't send people to manage the farms, and the people who send them to expropriate have their own income. It has nothing to do with the commission, so that the tenants of the farm will not have any burden other than handing over the eleven buckets of rice for this mu of land—or, does Mr. Ruan think that someone dares to set my mind on Jinghua Farm?"

Ruan Bingqian's face immediately changed, and he waved his hands again and again: "No such reason, no such reason!"
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