The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 179
Yu Zhining, one of the Eighteen Schools of the Prince Qin's Mansion, Zhongshu Shilang, was granted the title of Prince Zuo Shuzi in the third year of Zhenguan, added Sanqi as a regular attendant, and followed the third grade.

Because of this, after returning to Chang'an, the former samurai Xun said that Li Muyun was exempted from agricultural taxes in the county. In addition, the [-] state governments impeached Li Muyun, so the imperialist leader thought of a way and sent this minister to Shanyin County watched him in the name of teaching him to read, so as to save him from causing unnecessary troubles, which was why Yu Zhining appeared in Shanyin County.

But Yu Zhining is not a repeater, he is also a living and thoughtful person, so he naturally has conflicts with Li Shimin's inexplicable order. In addition, during this period of time in Chang'an City, it is rumored that Li Muyun is corrupt and perverts the law. Things like the real number of people in the county also made Yu Zhining feel a big lump in his heart.

So after entering Shanyin County, he left the escorting team behind, changed into casual clothes, and brought only an old servant to visit the countryside, intending to find some 'criminal evidence' of Li Muyun to present to His Majesty the Emperor , lest His Majesty the Emperor be deceived by such a treacherous villain.

So when the old farmer said he was grateful to Li Muyun, Yu Zhining fell into confusion. On the one hand, it was the "facts" circulated among officials in Chang'an, and on the other hand, it was the "gratitude" of the local people in Shanyin County. Who should he trust?

Thinking of this, Yu Zhining asked the old farmer: "You said that you originally hid in the mountains to escape the war, so you should be regarded as..." At this point, Old Yu paused, as if How do you want to say the word 'fugitive'.

After all, there are only him and the old servant at the moment, and they are not on one-third of an acre of land. If they make trouble because of talking, if they are beaten, there is no reason to be found.

However, the old farmer didn't seem to mind his identity. Seeing Yu Zhining's hesitation, he took the initiative to say: "To tell you the truth, the old man was indeed a fugitive back then, but he is not now. Master Xiaoyao gave the old man a supplementary household registration The land was allocated to the old man's family, and the old man is a decent citizen."

"Then can you show me your household registration documents?" Seeing that the old farmer seemed easy to talk to, Yu Zhining asked tentatively.

"The old man is from Fucheng, right?" The old farmer didn't say yes or no, he looked at Yu Zhining for a while, and asked his identity instead.

Yu Zhining wanted to know something about Shanyin County, without a reasonable identity, he couldn't do it, so he said through the words of the old farmer: "Yes, this old man is a military officer who is in charge of the government affairs of the government officials. pros and cons."

No, just after Yu Zhining finished, the old man's expression changed, he didn't even say anything, and he didn't even want the canister by the way, he threw it aside, opened the gate of his own yard, apologized and invited Old Yu into the house.

Yu Zhining was dumbfounded by the old man, waved his hand to signal him not to panic, finally waited for the old man to calm down, and then said: "Bring me your household registration documents, please?"

"Hey, no problem, no problem!" The old man agreed while running into the house, and took out a piece of paper before it was too late.

Yu Zhining took the household registration document handed over by the old man, and knew without looking at it that it was genuine, because the folks did not have such paper at all. After all, the Tang government needed to rely on this thing to prove the identity of the people. Wouldn't it be a mess if you could write a piece casually?

So he took the paper and glanced at it, then returned it to the old man, and asked casually: "Old Ning, I wonder if there are people in your village who don't have a household registration but have land?"

Don't be surprised why Yu Zhining knew the old man's surname was Ning, after all, he had just read his 'hukou book', it would be strange if he didn't know the old man's surname.

Unexpectedly, after listening to Yu Zhining's words, the old man Ning was a little stunned: "How is that possible? If you don't have a household registration, it is naturally impossible to get the land, and it is easy to do a household registration document. As long as you are sure, you can escape." Min' status can be added immediately, and the land can be obtained by the way, so how can it be possible to directly claim the land without obtaining the household registration."

Yes, what you said is very reasonable. Anyway, as long as you sign up, you can get the household registration documents. People are not fools. How could they not need the documents and only need the land? Wouldn’t the land be confiscated at any time? Bai Ji's question was embarrassing.

But after thinking about it, he still asked: "I heard that the county has reduced or exempted the agricultural tax. I don't know if it is true?"

"Of course it is true. This year, because it is a newly opened land, there is no need to pay taxes. From next year, half tax will be paid within five years, and tax will be exempted after five years. Because of this, many people with household registrations from neighboring prefectures also come to our county." When the old man mentioned the agricultural tax, he immediately smiled, as if he had won some great bargain.

But having said that, for farmers in the era of the Tang Dynasty, if each strong laborer can pay two shi less grain per year, it is indeed a happy thing.

But although the old man was happy, Yu Zhining was dumbfounded, rubbed his ears and glanced at his old servant, only to find that the old servant was also rubbing his ears.

So he could only ask the question again, but the answer he got was still the same as before.

……

On the way back, Yu Zhining's eyebrows almost twitched together. This half-grown old man couldn't figure out why the taxes in Shanyin County were like this.

Others are tax-free for the first one to two years, and then increase year by year until they reach normal levels after five years.

But Shanyin County turned out to be the opposite, paying taxes at the beginning, but exempting them after five years. Why did this happen? What does that guy Li Muyun want to do?
With a stomach full of questions, Yu Zhining visited other villages on the road, and the answers he got were similar to what the old man Naning said.

In the end, Yu Zhining simply stopped asking, because he found that if he continued to ask, his three views would really be ruined.

Because what seems very unreasonable to him is perfectly normal to the people of Shanyin County. This kind of feeling makes Yu Zhining feel like an alien who is not on the same channel as everyone else.

So he decided to go directly to meet the legendary Xiaoyaohou, his new student, hoping that the answers he could get from him could reset his little heart who had been hit several times.

(End of this chapter)