prosperous age

Chapter 20

After listening to Father Wei's narration, Wei Guangde knew that the land was hidden land, and the land was not registered in the government, which meant that there was no need to pay taxes. Except for a small amount of output to the farmers, the rest was all his own. of.

But now the trouble is also here, this thing cannot be exposed, because the consequences are very serious.

Originally, Wei Guangde should be happy knowing that he still has Yintian, but now he has become the capital of others.

According to my father, this piece of land has been reclaimed for many years. If you really want to recover the land tax, it can only be confiscated, and it may not be enough. If you don’t do it, you will not be able to keep your official position. It’s no wonder that Wei Daddy Hesitated.

"Father, if the land is being traded normally now, how much money will it cost per mu?"

"It's not less than ten taels. After so many years of cultivation, it has already been cultivated land, and the yield is not bad."

"More than that, the Jiang family in the town sold a piece of land before, and it is said that it was 12 taels of silver."

Wei Wencai spoke now.

Although their Wei family had a bad relationship with those squires in the town, it was precisely because of this that he cared more about what happened there.

He naturally understood such a big deal as buying and selling land.

Wei Guangde thought about it in his mind, if the other party directly asked someone to come to discuss the sale, it must be sure that this piece of land is a hidden field, and the family must have a strong background, so they have the confidence to lower the price to make a deal.

Wei Guangde quickly figured it out, he couldn't resist, he could only accept it.

Since the family has a big background, they are not afraid of things breaking out. At most, they will be confiscated by the government and then they will find a way to redeem it. With some tricks, Ueda will settle the deal at the price of the field.

Since the other party directly came to negotiate a deal, they naturally had this consideration.

I guess I didn't want to make a big fuss, so I did this. If I can't make a fuss with the government, then this land will still be a hidden field, and I don't need to pay taxes.

After all, using the power of the government is not for nothing, and it will definitely increase a lot of costs.

"How many acres is that land? I think it's quite large."

Wei Guangde has never been to the piece of land mentioned by Wei's father, but he has the impression in his memory that he has been there before, and he rode there with his elder brother.

Just a little impression, that piece of land is huge, the entire slope of the mountain is covered with dry land on the slope and paddy fields below.

"More than 100 acres."

Wei Wencai said.

One mu of land would lose at least seven taels of silver, and more than a hundred mu would be worth a thousand taels of silver.

After calculating this number in his mind, Wei Guangde didn't want to continue asking.

At this moment, Wei Wu, who had been sitting on the side without speaking, said, "Why don't I go back to my mother's house and hear what my brother thinks."

"You'd better go back tomorrow and tell him about the matter, but don't force it. Even if you let him know about it, he should be careful."

Father Wei has nothing he can do right now, he knows what's going on from the expressions of his two sons, and he has nothing to do, so what else can he say.

Fortunately, I was still in the official position in front of this hundred households, and I still had more than a hundred soldiers in my hand, so the other party didn't come directly to grab the land.

You know, Hidden Field, that is not protected.

To put it bluntly, whoever has the biggest fist belongs to him.

The other party is willing to pay money to buy it, as if he should be content, and it is not a waste of money.

"Father, why don't I take someone to kill that Taoist priest?"

At this moment, Wei Wen gritted his teeth and said something.

But Father Wei waved his hand, "He's just a lobbyist, what's the use of you killing him, instead you're making a grudge."

Wei Guangde naturally wouldn't say anything at this time, although he knew about that Taoist priest, would it be useful?
In the territory of Jiangxi, those who dare to make up their minds on them local snakes must not be trifled with.

Although Wei Guangde was not good at studying at that time, he has read many reports and knows how the Ming Dynasty finally perished, and the emperor hanged himself.

The reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty were naturally mentioned in those reports, and they were all relatively concentrated, that is, the financial collapse and the court ran out of money.

The so-called Little Ice River is easy to handle, as long as there is money to provide disaster relief.

The rebellion in the north and the Jurchen rebellion in Jianzhou outside the customs were easy to handle, and they paid for soldiers to fight.

As long as you have money, those things can be solved in the Ming Dynasty.

In this world, there is nothing that cannot be done with money.

Money can make Mo Tui ghosts.

One of the reasons for the collapse of the Ming Dynasty's finances was the large number of hidden fields.

Of course, the main reason is that scholars are unreasonable, because scholars do not pay taxes.

In fact, these scholars, including the official family itself, also helped those talented poor students take the imperial examination materially through funding, and even helped them get the positions they needed after the imperial examination, allowing them to gain power in disguise.

They seize power through imperial examinations, and then gradually control and even monopolize many industries to obtain huge profits, but they do not have to pay taxes after making money.

Their control is not only in business, but also in land, through various means to acquire and merge land.

It seems that the last years of the dynasty are always the same, that is, the big clans wantonly annexed the land, making the people miserable, and the only way to rebel.

The cards were reshuffled by means of rebellion, and then the land was redistributed and annexed again in the development of the new dynasty.

It's good to have fame, and you don't have to pay taxes if you have fame. That's why old man Wei threatened Wei Guangde not to buy land for him unless he got fame.

Because you have no fame, the tax on the land can destroy you, and in the end you can only sell the land cheaply.

If you can't keep your family business, what kind of property will you give to you?

However, now, Dad, who seems to be an official, has also been threatened by someone with more power.

Wei Guangde let out a long breath and tried his best to relieve his depressed mood.

Looking back and thinking about it, Wei Guangde also felt that it was not a bad thing to take these several hundred taels of silver.

The loss must be a loss, and the loss is big.

The land in Jiangxi is no other than that.

In the current Daming, Wei Guangde reckoned that the land in the north, near the Great Wall, should not be worth much, since the Tartars can even reach the capital, isn't that land just the pastures of the Tartars?
In addition, the coastal lands in Fujian are not worth much, and they are still troubled by Japanese pirates. Who knows when a few Japanese pirates will come out.

Neither can Guangdong and Guangxi, or Yunnan and Guizhou, where ethnic minorities make troubles from time to time. Although there are many reasons, it is true that the place is not peaceful.

Looking at the whole country, Jiangxi and Huguang are really the best boundaries, as long as there is no flood.

Wei Guangde guessed that the land prices in Beijing and the Yangtze River Valley should be the highest.

One night, the whole family was not in a good mood, and no one could feel good about being forced to sell the land at a low price.

Wei Guangde hadn't thought about hunting birds for a long time, and even the homework assigned by Mr. Sun was just a hasty one. He really wasn't in the mood.

(End of this chapter)