Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 599 Today's headlines
Zichuan hit the headlines.

Zhu Yihai Yumen came back early, and was used to flipping through the newspaper while eating breakfast, but he saw the headline on the front page of Fuxing Daily reporting the good gentry and righteous people in Zichuan.

The four chief editors of Fuxing and the four sons of Fushe even wrote their own comments.

It turned out that Sun Zhixie was born in Zichuan, which ruined his reputation.

As a result, there are countless good gentry and righteous people who are loyal to the country and support the army. Even though the emperor has expressly exempted the previous arrears and this year's land, they still take the initiative to donate part of the harvest just autumn to the court, not only to make up for the arrears over the years When I went up, I also took the initiative to assist the new local officials to re-clear and register the household registration of the fields, and to help the county government to clear up the occupied fields after the Tatars came, and to assist the government in collecting autumn grain and helping resettle the refugees... ···
There are even interview reports of some gentry farmers, such as Zhang Erniu who shouted that handing over the imperial grain was justified.

There is a first initiative to establish charity warehouses in the local area, take the lead in donating grain for charity warehouses, two liters per mu, donate grain to help orphans and widows, and set an example for the virtuous gentry,

Farmers such as Zhang Erniu were also unwilling to be outdone, and insisted on donating grain.

The subordinate officials and servants in Zichuan not only helped organize the previous account books and warehouses, but even took the initiative to fill in the past deficits, claiming that they would never allow Daming to bear the bad debts of the past after regaining Zichuan.

Gentlemen, righteous men, and good officials.

Even under the leadership of Xie Qian, Ding Keze and other heroes, the original bandits and thieves in Zichuan responded to the call of the court, and took the initiative to come down the mountain to ask for security, disband the troops, hand in their knives and guns, or join the village brave group for training, or return home resume the industry.

This is simply Datong society.

There are many related reports later, such as how the new county magistrate Gu Xianshou started work quickly after they took office, how they relieved refugees, and even distributed land.

And how did the imperial battalion stationed in Zichuan and the newly established township regiment have nothing to do with Min Qiuhao, and the army and civilians are like a family.

Even Zichuan quickly recovered and stabilized, the mines in the mountains were opened again, and the fields were still busy growing rapeseed, wheat, radishes, etc. The people even organized themselves to repair roads and bridges, maintain canals, and the markets in the counties and towns were lively again. up

Zhu Yihai finished reading, closed the newspaper, and shook his head involuntarily.

This report is really amazing.

Although he could tell at a glance that the four young masters who were currently working in the admonishment courtyard obviously wanted to help Gu Xianshou, who had just been demoted from Beijing to be the county magistrate due to a party dispute case.

The case of Gu Xianshou's party struggle is solid, and there is no way to overturn the case, but there is still a chance for relegation, so they are now seizing this opportunity to create momentum for Gu Xianshou. , but in private, it was indeed taking advantage of the trend to bring some private goods to Gu Xianshou and others.

But although Zhu Yihai was aware of this, he just laughed it off.

The incident in Zichuan this time can develop into a hot spot because of the aggregation of several special factors.First of all, Sun Zhixie is a well-known traitor in the world, and everyone hates him.

And Xie Qian is also a well-known hero in Qidi in recent years. He captured the Sun's manor and made Sun Zhixie inferior to pigs and dogs. Those gentry and powerful people in the land, after all, during the two years of the Tartar occupation, and even when the Shun army occupied it before, many of them surrendered to the captives.

No one's buttocks are so clean, and Sun Zhixie ended up like this, everyone has to be secretly shocked.

This invisibly kills chickens and monkeys.

On the other hand, Xie Qian and others accepted the recruitment and reorganized into a regiment training camp, which also pointed out a way for these people from all walks of life in Qilu.

Of course, the important thing is that after the imperial court regained these places, there was no looting or disturbance of the people, and the local officials were quickly dispatched to quickly restore local order. The policy at the time of control is really not a star.

Especially for the new officials and the generals who are stationed, the current administration of officials is not so good. Although this may be just a very special situation, it may gradually change in the future, but at least for now, the comparison is not so good. It's really shocking.

As far as the gentry and powerful landlords are concerned, whether they take the initiative to make up the payment, or take the initiative to refund the encroachment, they are actually just frightened, and these are all for self-protection.

But for Zhang Erniu and many other common people, why do they still have to hand over the imperial grain and hand over the warehouse grain?There are also many reasons. One of the reasons is that the gentry landlords and Tartars invaded and occupied the fields of many common people. Now that the Ming Dynasty has restored Zichuan, these lands have been returned.

Second, in the past, because of the heavy burden of taxes and servitude, the common people had no choice but to donate to the gentry, send their own land to their names, and pay them rent in order to avoid taxes and servitude.

Now that the tax is light, the gentry are forced to return these lands to the common people.

The people will also settle accounts. In the past, tax evasion and donating to the gentry reduced the burden a lot, but now the land is returned and directly paid to the land, which is at most one tenth of the tax, which is much less than the sending of the name.

If you don't pay it to the court, you are afraid that the gentry will come to collect rent again.

Again.

Some people feel that they will be exempted from their past arrears, and this year will be exempted. They feel that it is unreal and unrealistic. They are always worried that they will be levied again later. They think that they should pay it now. The current levy is still low. Even if the capital is profited, it has been done like this before, and everyone is afraid of it.

So it's safe to pay.

Of course, it is also because the situation has indeed improved now, and everyone is sincerely willing to pay the land. After all, it is more reasonable and not too much.

Combining all the circumstances, there is such a special situation in Zichuan now, and then Gu Xianshou and the others are happy to push the boat along for their own political achievements. He, who was born in Donglin Fushe, immediately wrote a letter to Fengtian to report this matter. tell them.

So the fourth son also seized the opportunity and came up with such a special headline.

Things are complicated.

But for the countless officials, gentry and civilians who read the newspapers, few of them really know the details. What they see are only these in the newspapers, although none of them are false.

But even if it claims to be fair and objective news, it actually has its own standpoint and angle. The same thing, viewed from different angles, is actually completely different.

Judging from the publicity alone, this issue of The Renaissance is very successful and can achieve excellent results.

Of course, it is also beneficial to the court.

It can even serve as an example for other places.

Zhu Yihai picked up a pen, wrote a few comments in the newspaper, and expressed his appreciation.

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After the emperor appreciated it, the court also immediately commended what happened in Zichuan.

Gu Xianshou even got credit for it.

The emperor also rewarded Gu Xian with two new official robes, the light scarlet robe.

Gu Xianshou was originally a fifth-rank official and a deep scarlet silver fish, but after being demoted to seventh rank, he could only wear bastard green.But now the emperor rewarded him with two light scarlet robes and a silver fish charm.

This is equivalent to the fifth-grade treatment of grace, which means extraordinary grace.

Although he was not restored to his fifth-rank official position, this statement made Gu Xianshou very motivated. He was a little depressed at first, but now he is full of energy.

He immediately summoned the gentry and officials in the county, conveyed to them the emperor's appreciation for Zichuan's recent performance, and then instructed everyone to continue to live up to the grace.

The whole county was mobilized and worked hard.

The counties and townships where Gu Xian was transferred organized many commendation teams to send flowers and signboards with drums and gongs to the landlords and common people who had donated grain to the emperor.

A small sign and a big red flower are not worth the cost, but after playing like this, it will be different immediately.

In particular, Gu Xianshou also publicly stated that now the county has taken back a lot of fields. According to the instructions of the imperial court, these fields will also be sold at a reduced price.

People without fame or lordship can own up to ten acres of land per Ding, while Ming soldiers and imperial battalion soldiers can own [-] acres, provincial battalion soldiers can own [-] acres, and township regiments practicing bravery can own [-] acres.

Yamen servants and county officials can own fifteen acres.

If you become a Tongsheng, you can own [-] mu per family member; if you become a scholar, you can own [-] mu; if you become a scholar, you can own [-] mu;

Those who have official titles, honorary officers, and titles will also increase the amount of land they own according to their ranks.

This specifically refers to the land quota, which means the upper limit of land that can be legally owned.

If it is just ordinary people, then one town can own up to ten mu. If a family has two or three towns, then it can own up to twenty or thirty mu.

If there is a regiment practicing rural bravery in the family, or a soldier in the imperial camp or provincial camp, the quota can be increased.If they still make meritorious deeds, the honors can be increased, and if they have official positions, they can be increased.

In short, land is a scarce commodity. Even if it is allowed to be bought and sold, there are additional restrictions.

Soldiers, gentry, officials, etc., can all get higher land quotas, which is a privilege.

Zichuan has many mountains and little land, and the land has always been scarce. Now a lot of official land has been cleared out, and the imperial court ordered it to be sold to the people, but this opportunity is rare, so it must be done according to the qualifications.

In addition to these conditions, Gu Xianshou also said that the most active ones that have been cleared, refunded, and handed over before have priority.

The fields that are cleared by themselves have the right of first refusal.

In addition, for those minerals in the mountains, to re-examine and issue licenses, these virtuous gentry and good people must be eligible to obtain operating licenses.

In addition to fields and mines, Gu Xianshou has also reorganized county schools, township schools, and insurance schools. These officially run schools have limited places, and they also give priority to the children of virtuous gentry and good people.

In this way, many landlords and people in Zichuan originally thought that we are not big landlords, so they stopped joining in the fun. Anyway, they should not be liquidated on their heads. If they really want to be liquidated, it is also those big landlords and gentry first come.

But looking at it now, no way.

If you want to take the emperor's decree and exempt from paying this year's imperial grain, or you can't tell the righteous warehouse grain, then you will have to treat it differently in the future. There are many good things like buying fields, running mines, opening workshops, and entering government schools. in, but you have to fall behind.

Well, don't feel bad about the little money.

Some people said that they already knew the nature of the government's urine, and said that they would not collect it, but in the end they still had to find a way to collect it, so let's pay it.

No one dares to be careless, from small landlords to self-cultivated farmers, plus those mine owners, workshop owners, shop owners, etc.

Zichuan County is becoming more and more prosperous, Fuxing News is also striking while the iron is hot, and there is another follow-up report. For a while, Zichuan is famous all over the world, and it is known as a good place.

Gu Xianshou was known to all courts for a while. Taking advantage of the heat, he held a public auction of these fields cleared from Zichuan, together with those mines. praise.

(End of this chapter)