A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 677 The Third Prince of Tota King

Morning light.

The sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the courtyard has begun to bloom, exuding a refreshing fragrance in the early morning.

"When people are born, their nature is good. Their natures are similar, but their habits are far apart. If you don't teach, your nature will change. The most important thing to teach is to be specialized..."

It was still early in the day, Wu Huaiyu finished the eight Vajra Kung Fu, and began to teach a group of children from the Wu family to read. The older ones were more than three years old, the younger ones were one or two years old, Wu Huaiyu's, Wu Huaiyi's, and Samurai Ke's. A large group of children were in the hospital. Here, I read along with my head shaking.

They regarded it as a game and enjoyed reading it. Although they did not understand its meaning, they regarded it as a ballad.

The children's mother was sitting on the back of the beauty in the corridor on the second floor, half-leaning and looking at the children in the atrium downstairs with a smile on her face.

Mrs. Wu Liu came out with Wu Shiyilang in her arms, looked down, and asked her second daughter-in-law, "Bride, what song is Erlang teaching you?"

"Girl, Er Niang teaches the Three Character Classic,"

Sister-in-law Cheng came over and said, "The Three Character Classic? I haven't read it before."

"This is a set of three-character songs compiled by Erlang these days. It is said to be for children's enlightenment. It is a set of three-character songs compiled by integrating the classics and history. It uses rhyme, three characters per line, and four sentences in groups. It can be recited like singing children's songs and is used to educate children. It’s catchy and intellectually stimulating.”

Although my sister-in-law Cheng is the daughter of Demon King Cheng, she has also read a lot of books. She is also Yun Wen and Yun Wu. After listening to it for a while, she feels more and more that the Three Character Classic is not simple.

"Erlang is really talented. This Three-Character Classic is easier to memorize than the Thousand-Character Classic."

The Thousand-Character Classic compiled by Liang Shi of the Southern Dynasties is now a must-read textbook for children in the Tang Dynasty to learn literacy. Even many folk traders and foot soldiers may recite a few sentences, the sky and the earth are black and yellow, the universe is ancient, the cold comes and the summer comes, the autumn harvests and the winter stores.

"These little guys play like crazy every day. It's good to be like this now. It's rare that Erlang has time."

"Yeah, it's strange to say that Erlang used to go out a lot, but now he rarely has free time at home, but these little guys are all very clingy to Erlang, and Erlang has become the king of children."

"Erlang can tell stories, almost one story a day, and they really like to hear it." Sister-in-law Cheng said with a smile. The children in their eldest brother's house also cling to their uncle Huaiyu every day. Her own two children now also follow him every day. Run with my second uncle,
"Recently, Erlang told them the story about the list of gods. These little guys were even more fascinated. In their dreams last night, they called him Nezha with eight arms."

Fan Xuanfu asked his sister-in-law, "Which story is this eight-armed Nezha?"

"It seems to be called the Conferred Gods List. You have to ask Sanniang about this. She should know best." Mrs. Cheng said with a smile.

Li Qing was confused, "I haven't heard of the story of the Conferred Gods List?"

Cheng said, "This list of gods only tells the story of your family."

"what?"

Now Fan Xuanfu became curious, and other women also looked curious. Lu 35, Yang Muyun, Chen Runniang, etc. all gathered around.

"King Bishamon, do you know that?" Mrs. Cheng said with a smile.
"I know, the great protector of Buddhism, one of the four heavenly kings, also known as the king of hearing, the god of the north."

In the Heavenly King Hall of a large Buddhist temple, there are generally four heavenly kings. Bishamon, the king of heaven, is usually green and wears armor. He holds the wisdom umbrella in his right hand and the sacred rat - Tubao rat in his left hand.

Tawen is actually the Sanskrit transliteration of Bishamon. It is said that Bishamon, the heavenly king, is based in the northern world of Mount Sumeru, subduing demons and protecting all living beings.

The birth of a son was the birth of a son, and all the gods were very happy.His Dharmakaya is a thousand-armed giant dressed in tiger skin, holding the sun, moon and many magical weapons, with a dragon as his belt. Under normal circumstances, he is a handsome young man with three heads, nine eyes and eight arms, and is clothed in lotus leaves.

"It's about Prince Nezha of King Duowen, but what does it have to do with Sanniang's family?"

People in the Tang Dynasty translated the son of King Duowen as Nāluojiupo, some as Nānatian, some as Nāzhajuvara, and of course some as Nezha Prince.

"Because in the story Erlang told, the father of the eight-armed Nezha was named Li Jing. He was originally the commander-in-chief of Chentangguan of the Yin Shang Dynasty, and later the marshal of the Central Army of the Zhou Dynasty. Later, he was listed on the list of gods and became the King of Pagoda in charge of one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals! "

Li Qing was stunned, "It just happens to be the same name."

"Not only that, my boy asked Erlang, and Erlang said that Sanniang's uncle Li Pushe was the reincarnation of the Tota King. He was sent by God to assist the saints of the Tang Dynasty to end the troubled times and establish a prosperous era."

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at breakfast,
Yellow noodle steamed buns, corn steamed buns, rolled dough, siu mai, steamed corn, and steamed buns are all very rich.

Wu Huaiyu ordered steamed dumplings, a bowl of noodles, and a bowl of mutton in a basin.

Although the weather was getting colder, the fresh water basin mutton named June was still good. He got up early to go horse racing and archery, practiced the Eight Parts of Vajra, and taught the children the Three-Character Sutra. He was really hungry now.

One bite of Xiao Long Bao, with thin skin and tender filling.

The rolled noodles are also very good. This is a specialty of Weinan. They are rolled first and then steamed. After they are cooked, they are cut into strips and then mixed. It is actually cold pottery, but without the tender locust leaf juice, it lacks a little flavor.

I ate the steamed dumplings like the wind swept fallen leaves, and then finished the somersault, cold, spicy, and sour noodles. I picked up the mutton in the basin, ate the meat and then drank the soup. The stewed meat was so soft in the mouth, chew it carefully. You can also chew the texture of the mutton, and the salty aroma changes on the tip of your tongue, creating the unique freshness of the mutton.

Li Qing broke the lotus leaf bun into fine pieces and put it into his soup bowl, and it became a soaked bun. The bun was soaked in mutton soup and was very sweet.

"Eat it yourself," Huaiyu said with a smile.

Li Qing asked curiously, "Which of my great-uncle is really the reincarnation of King Bishamont? What about the Third Prince Nezha?" "Ah, you also know the story I told the children?"

"Tell me about it too,"

Wu Huaiyu recently stayed in the countryside of Sanyuan every day. A group of children pestered him to tell stories every day. It was almost like One Thousand and One Nights. After telling for a while, Wu Huaiyu didn't have that many short stories to tell, so one day he started talking about the list of gods. , mythological stories are very popular among people of this era, mainly because the story is long and you don’t have to think about what to tell every day.

Unexpectedly, children really liked this story, especially Nezha, who became their favorite character.

"Li Pushe has only two sons. Could this third prince be referring to Erlang himself?" Concubine Duan Wanxiao asked.According to the story told by Huaiyu, Li Jing was originally the commander-in-chief of Chentangguan in the Yin Shang Dynasty. He was later made a god and became the King of Tota. He originally had three sons, Jin Zha, Mu Zha and Nezha. Nezha was later made a god and became the King of Tota. The mighty military god who protects the Dharma, also known as the marshal of the Fifth Battalion Zhongtan.

Now that Li Jing is the reincarnation of King Tota, is Wu Huaiyu the reincarnation of Nezha? After all, Wu Huaiyu is so good at fighting and so brave and handsome.

"That's a fairy tale to coax children. It borrowed the name of my teacher. After all, my teacher has unparalleled military skills and is like a god in using soldiers..."

Wu Huaiyu also didn't expect that these women from the Wu family could be so relatable. He swore that when he told this story, he really didn't expect that they would associate him with the reincarnation of the Third Prince Nezha.

He is Li Jing's student, not Li Jing's son.

But while the women were eating breakfast, they already believed that Wu Huaiyu was the reincarnation of Nezha, and they felt very excited. It seemed that Wu Huaiyu was really the reincarnation of Nezha. He was originally the marshal of the fifth battalion and the god of the military.

The military god is Li Jing.

But there is no reason to talk to women, and they can't get rid of the things they believe in.

After drinking the water basin mutton, my whole body felt warm and I even broke out into a thin sweat.
"You guys eat slowly, I'm going to work."

After leaving the Zhongbao, Huaiyu went to find Liu Rengui and the others.

Sanyuan County is still busy with the registration process. Although Li Yuanwai died, no one is bold enough to dare to do it now. However, it is still very cumbersome for tens of thousands of households in one county and more than 50 acres of land to be registered. a job,
Especially the fish scale book of Tian Mu,

"We should be able to complete the compilation of the fish scale book before the year," Liu Rengui said. This strong man who looks like a general has been going to the countryside every day recently. He often wears short clothes and even rolls up his trousers and goes barefoot. He is just like an old farmer. I lost some weight due to busy work.

"After this period of investigation, a lot of hidden farmland has been cleared. Preliminary calculations show that the number of hidden farmland in Sanyuan County reaches more than 53 acres. It was originally more than 66 acres, and now it is calculated to be about [-] acres."

This number is quite astonishing, not counting the situation where many upper middle fields were originally converted into middle lower fields.

"You have done a good job. I will give you another reward during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

In one fell swoop, more than [-] acres of hidden farmland were cleared. The results were truly fruitful.

The fish scale atlas is very detailed and is divided into general maps and sub-maps. The sub-maps are organized at the rural grassroots level and the lijia is the unit. One map is drawn for each mile, connecting various locations within the same area within a mile but with different owners. After the measurement and reporting of each piece of Gui land, it is numbered according to the typesetting sequence of the thousand-character script and drawn into a map. Each map details the name, category, area, etc. of the land parcel, as well as the place of origin, name, and shape of the land of the person who manages it, using lines. Outlined, these pictures resemble fish scales.

Then divide the map into several miles to form the overall map of the township.

The maps of each township are combined to form a map of a county.

The land, mountain villages, water towns, land villages, and fields along rivers with constant water conservancy in a county, as well as the geometry of the roads in them, can all be seen in the diagram.

After the fish scale atlas is completed, not only the fields in the county, but also the roads in the mountains, forests and ponds will be clear.

"Well, after the inventory is completed, we will check the public notice, and then we will talk about the exact exchange of deeds. All fields, whether public or private, must be replaced with new red deeds. In the future, white deeds without official red deeds will not be counted and will have no property rights. For those 'ownerless' fields, the imperial court took them as public property and could grant them to the landless people. Each household would be granted twenty acres first."

"Also remember to declare to the people in the county that after the title is confirmed and the deed is exchanged, if the people sell Yongye land, they must also apply for a red deed, and the buyer must pay [-]% of the land purchase price as deed tax.
Those who sell their Yongye fields will lose the qualification to grant land again in the future.Those who purchase land may not exceed the land occupation quota for their status. "

Although Wei Zheng's land restriction order had just been submitted, under the land equalization system, there was indeed a clear land limit.

"When collecting land deed tax, the buyer will bear 5.00%?" Liu Rengui asked.

"That's the old tax assessment,"

In the Jin Dynasty, official deeds were required for the sale of cattle, horses, fields, houses, etc., and four hundred were drawn for every ten thousand yuan. The buyer paid three hundred, the seller paid one hundred, and the value was four hundred.

The deed tax is slightly higher than the original value, and is borne by the buyer. This not only frees up some land transfer, but at the same time, it is intended to increase some fiscal revenue by collecting the deed tax on the transfer. Of course, it can also be used sideways. Limit land annexation and increase the cost of annexation.

"Does the deed tax also apply to transactions of cattle, horses, slaves, and houses and shops?"

"The trade of cattle and horses also requires an official deed, but the deed tax is temporarily exempted. As for houses and shops, the transaction must be deeded and the deed tax paid."

The reason for the different treatment is that cattle and horse slaves are relatively important production tools, and they can be exempted from expropriation at this stage.

After chatting for a while, Liu Rengui mentioned a rumor.

"Ms. Xianggong, I heard a story recently that Li Pushe is the reincarnation of King Bishamon Dawen and descended to earth, and Mr. Wu is the reincarnation of the third prince Nezha?"

(End of this chapter)