Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 36

On the day after the Martial Arts Competition ended, Jianning King Li Yan issued an order in the name of Jianning Wang Bafu and Guazhou Governor's Mansion to announce the start of a large survey in Guazhou to count the fields and Dingkou.

As soon as this order came out, the entire Guazhou was in an uproar, and the people in Guazhou had different reactions.

Older people are still afraid of Da Suo Maangyue during the Kaiyuan period, last time Da Suo Maangyue broke the common people.

The officials in charge of counting the land of Maungyue's population colluded with the big households in the village and passed on the rent to ordinary people. The self-cultivating peasants who can still maintain go bankrupt, sell their land and become tenants or even slaves of big families.

But the young people are full of expectations for King Jianning. The last speech in the Fachang made King Jianning very tall in the hearts of the people. They believe that King Jianning can complete the Dasuo appearance justly!
On the twelfth, Li Yan ordered the players to post notices in the city, announcing the establishment of a "district inspection office" in the Governor's Mansion, and all wealthy households who concealed and underreported their fields and small mouths can voluntarily surrender to the Governor's Mansion.

For the wealthy households who surrendered themselves, King Jianning stated that they would not blame the past, and would not pursue the rent accumulated in the past, but they would re-register the land registers and Ding registers, and register the hidden land and Dingkou.

If you can't surrender within seven days, then the hidden land and property found in the big survey will be pursued for the previously underpaid rent!

As soon as this order came out, the people naturally clapped their hands and applauded. It has long been a well-known secret in Guazhou that these big households invaded the fields and hid themselves in the small mouth.

Even An Changgui, a wealthy and wealthy family with a prosperous family, who occupies thousands of miles of fertile fields, pays surprisingly little Spring and Autumn Second Tax every year.

However, the Governor's Mansion had to complete the taxation tasks of Longyou Dao, and the Zuyong who escaped from the big households was passed on to the ordinary people.

The common people naturally hated these big families, but the big families in Guazhou are all powerful and powerful, and the people have nothing to do with them.

However, the notice posted by King Jianning did not cause any waves.

The seven-day deadline was about to pass, and none of the households came to surrender.

At this time, in Guazhou City, in An's mansion, more than a dozen patriarchs in silk and satin were gathering in secret.

The player Zhou Hao is sitting in an inconspicuous corner. In the past few days, he has participated in the banquet organized by An Changgui every day, and has been successfully introduced into the inner circle by An Changgui.

Now that Zhou Hao is hiding in a corner, as long as he records the meeting process, he can exchange contribution points from Li Yan.

This task is too simple, Zhou Hao hides in the corner, and only needs to record the names and appearances of the participants, and then write down their speeches.

This task is simply to send contribution points, but after Cui Tao learned about Zhou Hao's task, he was extremely jealous every day, why couldn't he trigger such a good task?

Zhou Hao hid in a corner, An Changgui and other local tyrants were not worried about Jianning Wang Dasuo Maangyue at all, but actively wanted to reap benefits from it.

For this reason, these tyrants even brought in a large amount of grain and silk from Shazhou, and planned to use these to buy ordinary people's fields at a low price.

The tax system implemented by the Tang Dynasty is the modulation of rent and mediocrity.

In the Tang Dynasty, the collection of grain and cloth or the service of the court was the main method, which was a tax and service system based on the implementation of the land equalization system.

This system stipulates that all households with equal land should pay a fixed amount of taxes and take a certain amount of corvee.

If you make military exploits or become an official of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court will grant Yongyetian. Yongyetian does not need to pay land tax and can be passed on to your descendants.

The land of ordinary people will be taken back to the government after the death of the head of the household, and then distributed equally to adult males. This is the grant of land.

In the two seasons of spring and autumn every year, the imperial court will collect grain and cloth according to the area of ​​the granted land. This is the spring and autumn field tax.

Ding Yong plus land tax, this is the rent levied by the Tang court, and it is also the main income of the Tang court.

However, the Tang Dynasty gave very preferential treatment to officials. After becoming an official, the court would grant a considerable amount of Yongye land, and the wars in the Tang Dynasty also created a large number of military nobles. These people did not want to pay land taxes for their Yongye land.

There are more and more Yongye fields, resulting in less and less land that can be granted.

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the "Field Order" promulgated by Emperor Gaozu stipulated that in places like Guazhou, where there are few people and a lot of land, each household is granted [-] mu of land.

But in fact, during the Kaiyuan period, when the males in each household came of age, Guazhou could only grant ten acres of land, which was less than one-tenth of the "Field Order".

There are more and more Yongye fields, and the fields available to ordinary people are getting less and less, and the prosperity of Kaiyuan caused population expansion, which led to fewer and fewer land grants for newcomers.

However, the expenses of the entire imperial court are still increasing, and the assessment of the Spring and Autumn Second Tax of the local governor and county magistrate is becoming more and more strict.

The land tax exempted by those officials, gentry, and monks, Ding Yong, who was hidden by these local tyrants, was borne by ordinary self-cultivating farmers. The subordinate officials pursued the rent payment, and the family was ruined.

An Changgui said to the patriarchs of the big families: "King Jianning's Da Suo looks like this time, it should be the same as the emperor, in order to pursue the money and food owed by Guazhou."

"The imperial court is in danger, and we also need to help the imperial court. The purchased grain and cloth are going to be handed over to the imperial court!"

Yang Shizhong, the patriarch of the Yang family, went on to say: "This time, Da Suo Maangyue will definitely mobilize people from the governor's mansion. I have already greeted the officials of the various departments. No matter who comes to your fields, they will not embarrass everyone."

Everyone laughed happily, and Yang Shizhong said again:

"However, we can't let King Jianning be busy for nothing. The folk customs in Guazhou are not good, the people are treacherous, and there are many unscrupulous people hiding in Tianmu and Dingkou."

"This time, the focus is still on these treacherous people! Now that the court is short of money, let the people suffer first, and call us the governor's office!"

An Changgui added: "As long as the rent paid can satisfy His Majesty, this time Dasuo Miaoyue will be credited! All of us can pass the test!"

An Changgui said: "The food we transported here is to 'help' those unscrupulous people when they can't make up their rent."

Yang Shizhong said: "At that time, we can use grain to buy people's land at a low price. If there is really no land to sell, we can still sell our resources as slaves!"

The patriarchs present all laughed, but Zhou Hao, who was hiding in the corner, smiled slightly. I am afraid that the wishful thinking of the local tycoons will come to nothing.

(End of this chapter)