At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 36
When Zhou Qi and Xiang Hong brought the horse over, the tiger on the ground had already been tied up.

Standing next to Xu Chu was a man. Although this man was not as majestic as Xu Chu, he was still mighty and had a bit of a bookish air about him.

The man's eyes flickered slightly when he saw the war horse led by Zhou Qi and Xiang Hong.

"Ziyi, Bode, this is my brother Xu Ding, whose cousin is Bokang!"

Although Xu Chu was also amazed by the steed they were riding, he didn't think too much about it, and introduced the man beside him to the two of them.

"Bokang and Zhongkang are interesting!"

If there were several men in a family in the ancient times, they would sometimes use their first names to order them according to Bo, Zhong, Uncle and Ji. For example, Jiang Wei and Jiang Boyue. Looking at his first name, you will know that Jiang Wei is the eldest in the family.

Another example is Sima Lang, whose given name is Boda; Sima Yi, whose given name is Zhongda; Sima Fu, whose given name is Shuda; and Sima Kui, whose given name is Jida. The same is true.

Another example is that Xiang Hong's pseudonym is Bode, which shows that he had a younger brother in his family, but unfortunately he died young.

Xu Ding this person, even if Zhou Qi claims to be familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms, he has no impression of this person, but there is indeed such a person in history.

According to the records of "Three Kingdoms": Brother Chu Ding also used military achievements as a powerful general, and the governor praised Dao Hu Ben.

Huben refers not only to the special guards who guard the monarch, but also to the warriors in the army who are brave and good at fighting. He may be able to command the Huben army, and it can be seen that Cao Cao values ​​him highly.

Just like how Cao Cao treated Shi Huan in history, he let these fellow villagers command the imperial army to protect their own safety.

Therefore, most of these generals failed to achieve outstanding military exploits and seemed a bit nameless.

Naturally, Zhou Qi and Xiang Hong didn't dare to be negligent, they rushed forward to greet Xu Ding, and then rushed towards Xu's village under the warm invitation of the Xu family brothers.

At night, many bonfires were lit in Xujiazhai, and many young people in the village drank in front of the fires, enjoying themselves.

After drinking for three rounds, Zhou Qi couldn't help sighing: "Xujiazhai is really a big village, and the people in the village are relatively well-off, unlike my hometown, where most people live very hard!"

Having said that, Zhou Qi couldn't help taking a sip of the wine.

This is not Zhou Qi's deliberate flattery.

Since arriving at Xujiazhai, Zhou Qi has clearly felt the differences in the village.

Most of the people here have ruddy complexions, and although the clothes are not gorgeous, they are also very clean and tidy, and there is no one who is not clothed.

This also shows that Xujiazhai has plenty of food and clothing, and people from Zhoujiaji are completely different worlds.

This kind of situation was actually quite common in the late Han Dynasty, and Zhou Qi naturally knew how to do it.

Xujiazhai is indeed very large, covering an area of ​​dozens of miles and composed of many villages.The village is basically dominated by people from the Xu clan, so they are very united, and even officials dare not come to bully them.

They only pay the official tax of the imperial court every year. As long as the government dares to collect exorbitant taxes from Xu Jiazhai, Xu Jiazhai will gather thousands of clan men to collectively resist the tax.

Even those who were responsible for paying taxes did not dare to come to Xujiazhai again after being beaten to death several times.

In fact, Xujiazhai pays very little regular tax every year.

Through coercion and inducement, they asked the servants responsible for measuring the land to help hide the fields. One acre of land was only measured as eight cents, so that they could pay two cents less of the land tax.

As for the land newly reclaimed by the people of Xujiazhai, they simply did not report it to the government, and they did not have to pay a cent of taxes. With the support of a powerful clan, no one dared to report and invade.

As for the various household tax, oral tax, calculation tax, replacement tax, donation fee and other personal taxes that are required to be paid on a per capita basis, Xu Jiazhai also pays very little.

Because Xujiazhai is managed in a clan manner, almost anything that happens in the village does not need to go through the government, but is handled impartially by the clan elders.

Because the clan elders are relatively impartial, many people in Xujiazhai have faked their deaths and removed their household registrations in recent years, and then became illegal households and were hidden in the village.

What's more, even many newborns will not be registered with the government.

In this way, these people don't have to pay those complicated person taxes to the government.

Of course, these anonymous households also had to pay the personal tax to the clan, and then the clan used the personal tax paid by these anonymous households to dilute the amount of personal tax paid by the rest of the registered villagers.

It is precisely because of this operation that after the taxes in Xujiazhai are evenly distributed, the per capita taxes paid are very small, ensuring that all villagers can afford it.

Moreover, according to the clan law, private individuals are not allowed to buy land from the people in the village. If someone needs to sell the land, they must sell it to the clan. The price given by the clan is not only quite fair, but also guarantees that after the seller has money, he can redeem it at the original price unconditionally. back to the field.

The land owned by the clan will also be leased to poor households without land at a lower land rent. The land rent they need to pay is only [-]% more than that of owner-cultivators.

This kind of regulation not only eliminates the possibility of wealthy people annexing land, but also allows all villagers in Xujiazhai to live in a relatively peaceful and stable environment.

All the above strategies have almost made Xujiazhai a paradise.

In fact, in the late Han Dynasty, it was not uncommon to have a manor-style economic model with clan leaders, powerful families, and powerful people as the main body, who gathered together for warmth. Such forces ranged from hundreds to thousands or even tens of thousands.

If they work together, even the government can only turn a blind eye.

Of course, it is not easy to achieve this model. Success does not require money and power. The most important thing is justice and unity.

Needless to say, Yintian, many local rich families do this, but hiding a household is more troublesome.

If you want to be anonymous, you must first become a black household.

The social status of black households is even worse than that of refugees. They have been completely canceled by the government, or they have not registered with the government at all.

It is impossible for such a person to be an official in the dynasty.

Not only that, criminals do not have human rights. The government will arrest and punish them. Even if their fields and property are seized, or even if they are beaten to death or injured, no one will take care of them at all.

Therefore, even if ordinary people become refugees, they are not willing to become anonymous.

However, there are no absolutes in the world, just like Xujiazhai, a village where clans are the mainstay. Everyone is from the same clan and has a relatively complete clan system.

Although the government will not protect the hidden households, the clan will establish a system to protect them and treat them as normal village residents.

In this case, apart from being unable to become officials, the lives of those who live in hiding in the village will not be greatly affected.

Of course, the prerequisite for this is that everyone is united and the elders responsible for managing the clan cannot be too selfish.

Otherwise, once the fairness of clan management is lost and the rights and interests of the hidden households are not protected, causing the people to become alienated, this seemingly Peach Blossom Land-like manor economic model will soon collapse.

　I accidentally published a chapter yesterday afternoon. I accidentally clicked the wrong button when the later chapters were published, and it was deleted soon. So the brothers who saw it have no doubts, it is the later chapters
　　
　
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