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Chapter 1469 Conquering the Empire (15)

At this moment, the rank transfer of the retainers of Zhao Hujun has long been over, and they are all gearing up to build meritorious service and climb up.

The influx of refugees made the scribes extremely happy, while the samurai began to play supporting roles with a sad face and helplessness.

The people who had just entered Zhao Hujun's territory felt as if they had just escaped from the wolf's mouth, but then fell into the tiger's mouth again!As soon as they entered the checkpoint, the scribes who had been waiting for a long time led the soldiers to divide them up according to the households. The scene even looked a bit like robbers dividing up the spoils, which almost scared the fragile nerves of the refugees to collapse.

Under the command of the scribes, the ferocious Zhao Hu soldiers escorted the refugees to the designated refugee sites, and immediately began to compile household registrations for these refugees.

Refugees don't care about this at all. This is something that almost every warlord will do. Some big businessmen even have a household registration with each warlord. Anyway, they won't lose a piece of meat. It doesn't matter. What the refugees care about is How much is the tax here? If it is higher than other places, then when the war subsides, I will find a chance to run back.

After registering the household registration, no matter men, women, old or young, all have their fingerprints on the household registration. Everyone doesn't care about this new rule, but joins in the fun.

After receiving a batch of farming tools and seeds, as well as the divided land, the refugees were overjoyed. It turned out that this warlord named Zhao Hu was so benevolent. He must spread the news and bring more villagers to enjoy the blessings!

The refugees who received the things were very excited and waited for the adult who looked like a clerk to leave quickly, so that they could laugh unrestrainedly for a while.

But the stern-faced clerk didn't do what they wanted. Instead, the soldiers drove them together and shouted loudly: "The manager of this land, our Master Zhao Hu, is kind and generous! Therefore, from now on, But within the sphere of influence of Zhao Hujun, miscellaneous taxes and labor will not be levied!"

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the refugees immediately lit up. They were not afraid of heavy taxes, but miscellaneous taxes and hard labor. There are no taxes and labor here. Wouldn’t it be like heaven?
"And within Zhao Hujun's sphere of influence, no matter whether you stay in the countryside to farm or go out to do business, or work as coolies, you are free and will never interfere!"

What the clerk said made the refugees grin. This is great. If you can’t help but be satisfied, you can go to the city to work and earn money during the slack.Those who are active in their hearts are planning to sell the materials they received, and then go to the city to develop.

Seeing that the clerk hadn't finished speaking, everyone immediately calmed down, expecting more benefits to appear with joy.

The clerk glanced at everyone. He knew exactly what the refugees were thinking. A mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. After a pause, he shouted: "Remember! You are all common people, no more than slaves, The untouchables should be higher! You are not even lowly, let me give you a piece of advice, be humble and prudent at all times!"

common people?Only a little higher than slaves and untouchables? !The refugees looked at the supplies in their hands in a daze, and then at the document in a daze. Isn't this lord joking?Is it possible to receive these things with such a low status?
The clerk didn't bother to pay attention to what these common people thought, and continued to shout: "Listen! The common people have no land! No matter how much farmland you reclaim, it doesn't belong to you. You are just tenant farmers! Although there is no tax and labor, your agricultural tax It's seven! The business tax is six!"

Hearing this, the refugees, whose emotions had already begun to surge, suddenly became quiet, and all of them showed relaxed smiles.

Seeing this, the secretary blinked, what's going on?Didn't these common people take such a high tax seriously?
You know, this is only a little better than the untouchables of the Eight Farmers Tax and the Seven Merchant Tax?As for slaves, there is no comparison at all, because slaves do not even belong to their own consciousness, and no one taxes slaves personally.

The refugees secretly laughed at the fuss of the clerk, this idiot, is the tax too high?

It's the same tax rate set by other warlords.

Can't own fields?My God, doesn't this idiot know that ordinary people have no right to own land?Only military officers and nobles can own land.

As for sharecroppers?Hee hee, it can almost be said that as long as the common people in the entire empire are farmers, they are tenant farmers!They are all tenant farmers attached to the powerful!
The clerk put the question aside and continued: "Keep in mind your status as a commoner. When you see someone with a higher rank than yourself, you must first salute and give in! But don't be too afraid, just keep respectful! If the subordinates and commoners bully you You, you can go to the Yamen to file a complaint, as long as it is not a false accusation, the Yamen will give you justice!"

Ordinary refugees are obviously surprised by the word "justice". Can they get fair treatment even if they have such a low status?Hey, this is heaven.

And the shrewd refugees, seeing the idiots of the people around them, smiled helplessly, please, didn't you hear that you can give justice when you just say that the common people are bullying?Aristocrats bullying us, so we can only admit that we are unlucky like before?

But this is not bad, at least the dog legs of the rich and powerful do not dare to be so rampant, what should I do if the rich and powerful bully themselves?That is a nobleman living in another world. If it is not particularly unlucky, the little people like myself would never be able to be bullied by them.

It's no wonder that among the people, the common people are bullied by the nobles, and everyone regards it as an irresistible natural and man-made disaster.

"My lord, can you explain in detail how the identities are divided? And how should we identify the different identities? Can you tell us about these? We don't want to offend the nobleman himself but don't know."

There was a voice from the crowd who didn't know who said it, but the words resonated with everyone, and they all responded.

I don't bother with him how to divide, but he needs to remember firmly how to distinguish his identity, so that he doesn't know how to die.

Hey, this is my job, I didn't expect to be asked by so many people.

The document, which was filled with excitement, cleared its throat and continued to shout according to the words that had been compiled long ago: "Listen well, this commoner is someone who has not lived in our lord Zhao Hu's sphere of influence for three years.

"But you don't have to worry about being a commoner all your life. After three years, you will be a commoner. As for the benefits of being a commoner? The tax on agriculture and commerce will be reduced by one, that is, agriculture, six merchants, and five!"

"I believe that many people will not be satisfied with this tax rate. Want to lower it again? It's very simple, as long as you have paid grain and tax for four years from the time you were registered as a household register, or entered the army and government offices, as personnel in the establishment, Then you will be automatically qualified as a commoner. At this time, you will be a farmer, five merchants, and four!"

The clerk's words seduced the refugees into swallowing their saliva. My God, the tax rate for civilians is so low!And the qualification to be a commoner is so simple, as long as you settle down and pay taxes in full for a few years!This is heaven!

The shrewd refugee hiding in the crowd, although he hadn't heard the topic of how to identify his identity, couldn't help shouting: "My lord, is it possible for civilians to raise their ranks?!"

As soon as the words came out, everyone was silent, they all knew that this was asking whether common people were qualified to be nobles.

"Of course the common people can also mention it! As long as the common people get three points of meritorious service, they will become Shangmin, and once they become Shangmin, they will immediately get [-] acres of Yongye farmland. What is Yongye farmland? That is, it can be passed on to future generations. , the ancestral field passed down from generation to generation! Moreover, the appointment of the army and government offices will give priority to the Shangmin, and people below the common people must give way to the Shangmin when they see the Shangmin."

The clerk's words completely made the refugees' saliva flow out.

Under the active questioning of those smart people, people within Zhao Hujun's sphere of influence quickly understood what the status hierarchy system was all about.As for the promotion conditions of the status level, under the temptation of the generous treatment of each level, almost everyone can memorize it fluently.

The massive loss of population in the eastern part of the province forced the warlords in the battle to mobilize a group of troops to intercept them, and the combat strength was helplessly weakened rapidly due to a series of battles.And Zhao Hu took advantage of this opportunity and began to gather troops, ready to pick up dead chickens.

The officers, soldiers and slaves in Zhao Hu's sphere of influence, after learning that the war was about to break out, not only did not flee as quickly as the people in other warlords' territory, but all eyes were red, ready to show off.

Especially when Zhao Hu, in order to better integrate his army into the seaside province, specially recruited recruits from a regiment to take over the work of the left-behind troops. The Ding family members were all overwhelmed at the recruitment point.

And the recruitment points set up among the slaves even caused bloodshed due to the competition for places. No wonder the slaves are so fanatical. Although the slaves enter the army, their status will not change for the time being, but as long as they kill an enemy, they will immediately become civilians. Then just like ordinary people, rely on merit to improve their status.

This is an opportunity to reach the sky in one step, so what if you don't fight? !

Although Zhao Hujun's movement was noticed by other warlords who had been watching for a long time, they had no choice but to curse Zhao Hu, a bastard who wanted to be a fisherman, while quickly reaching an armistice agreement with their opponents, and calling friends everywhere to prepare to resist Zhao Hu's impending attack.

Just when everyone was on the verge of firing, an order from the imperial capital to the world finally arrived at the coastal province.When everyone saw this order, they were stunned at first, and then laughed wildly and threw the document aside and ignored it.

In the Governor's Mansion of the Coastal Province, the Governor's son held a document and said with a smile: "Father, the other party is too delusional, right? Did he think that now is the time when the empire is unified and no one dares to rebel against the emperor's authority?"

(End of this chapter)