Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 21 The Royal Farm
Zhang Shengye talked with Sun Xiangfu for a long time, and only then did he know the general outline of the animal husbandry supervision department. To put it bluntly, the ultimate boss of the animal husbandry supervision department is actually the queen. The chief executive of Yousi has the right to appoint and remove directly without going through the Ministry of Officials. Therefore, this series of officials does not belong to courtiers.

Moreover, the queen will divide the output of each yamen according to the entire harem's expenses, every year, or even every month, every day, the grain, rice, meat, livestock, and livestock feed, as well as flowers, plants and wood, etc. The chief officials who can complete the queen's requisition orders according to the requirements are considered qualified. As for the excess output, they can be freely distributed by the chief officials in name and used for subordinate officials and servants. , farmers, etc. to distribute benefits, but in fact, each government needs to keep some reserves for temporary dispatch in the palace.

After Wuyou, the eldest grandson of the current empress ascended to the throne, she soon took control of the rights of the various government offices. Therefore, the Guanglu Temple Secretary specially set up by the imperial court to help her manage these affairs is just a display, and even directly let the Guanglu Temple Secretary There was a vacancy in the position, which led to the royal industry and the situation where the eldest grandson empress spoke.

For example, this time the emperor held a big banquet and needed too much fish. The purchase order in the palace was directly issued by the queen. If the queen could not solve it, of course she would go to her husband to complain. This is where Li Shimin complained to Qin Qiong. Otherwise, these matters will be resolved by the minister of Guanglu Temple in the sequence of courtiers.

The ability of the officials in each government office is strong or weak. The queen’s temporary order has come down. If you can provide it, it is a credit. If you can’t provide it, although it is not a fault, it is a loss of points. If you don’t want to make merit, you just need to deliver according to the established practice. If you want to make meritorious service, you should pay more attention to production, reserve more, and exceed the task. Output is one of the important conditions for the royal internal evaluation of official capabilities.

Moreover, in this era, especially in the agriculture and animal husbandry industry, officials have a lot of autonomy. For example, Sun Xiangfu, he can recruit or even dismiss his subordinates at will, as long as the number of officials is within the specified range. They are not officials and have no rank. They are only literate and have the status of scholars.

Needless to say, servants, a county magistrate can issue corvee within his jurisdiction without paying money, and the people have to go.

Now that Sun Xiangfu is an official, he also has this right. He can recruit 120 strong men within his jurisdiction to serve the headquarters. The villagers of Xingfu Village are still in the tax-free period, so the villagers of Xingfu Village need to be paid wages.

Of course, in addition to the existing public servants on the Yamen, Sun Xiangfu can only recruit servants in Xingfu Village at present, because Datang now only has farmers and no fishermen, except that the newly included Xingfu Village belongs to Sun Xiangfu's job scope. In other places under the jurisdiction of the Fisheries Department, the population and household registration are actually supervised by other herdsmen.

Knowing that Empress Changsun did not cancel the tax-free period of Xingfu Village, Sun Xiangfu finally felt better. At least until the end of next year, all the output of Xingfu Village belongs to the villagers. Sending things to the palace is filial piety. It doesn't matter.

All the officials of the Animal Husbandry Supervision Office have no salary, but they are given a lot of jobs. Officials under the seventh rank like Sun Xiangfu have [-] acres of forest, animal husbandry, and fishing. He can justifiably take half of the output, and the villagers of Xingfu Village will automatically be upgraded to royal households from today onwards. After completing the payment tasks of the Animal Husbandry Supervision Office, they will be able to eat with peace of mind. Anyway, the royal family does not Will starve to death their farmers.

After signing the household registration booklet counted by the four people, Sun Xiangfu immediately called the villagers to the public house for a meeting. Everyone knew that Xingfu Village was included in Huangzhuang, and the fact that Sun Xiangfu became an official made all the villagers Excited, the village has become a Huangzhuang, and there is an official who is in charge, so he will not be afraid of being bullied in the future, but everyone still doesn't know whether there will be changes in production and life in the future, so they ask Sun Xiangfu one after another.

"First of all, I would like to congratulate everyone on becoming the householders of Huangzhuang. From now on, you will be regarded as people who eat the emperor's food, and you will no longer worry about starving to death. In addition, regarding the current output of the village and how to distribute the output in the future, I will tell you the bottom line.

The empress did not revoke the tax-free period of our village, that is to say, before the end of next year, the village does not need to respond to the imperial edict. , everyone just needs to be the same as before, produce with peace of mind, be sure to have enough food and drink, and pay according to the head. "Sun Xiangfu explained to everyone with a smiling expression.

"How can this be done? The Zhang clerk said yesterday that half of the land in our village will be your job field. If you become an official, it will definitely cost you a lot. You should take the big money. As for us, when we become royal It is enough for farmers to have food and drink." As soon as Wang Fu said this, many villagers who were grateful for Sun Xiangfu's life began to agree, even Sun Dali, who had made great efforts in the entire development of the village, thought so.

Seeing everyone expressing their opinions like this, Sun Xiangfu was a little moved. The folk customs in this period are so simple, you treat him well, he treats you well, so Sun Xiangfu raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

"Everyone is right, but don't forget how our Xingfu Village developed from a state where everyone couldn't get enough to eat two months ago to the current state. Labor force, we are a collective. If two classes of oppressor and oppressed are formed, then this collective will cease to exist after a long time. This will stagnate or even reverse the development momentum of the village. I don’t want to see this things happen.

But what you said is also reasonable. Now half of the land in Xingfu Village is my job field, and its output is my official salary. Without salary, I have no income and cannot live. Therefore, I decided to use the job field The output is bundled with the output of Xingfu Village. After the tax holiday is over, I will complete the collection task in the palace with everyone. I will take half of the balance, and everyone will share the rest. What do you think? "

Hearing what Sun Xiangfu said, although everyone still felt that he had suffered a disadvantage, they all accepted it. After all, it is still a question of whether Xingfu Village can cope with the confiscation in the palace after being crossed out in half.

After that, Sun Xiangfu talked a lot to the villagers about the future development, and told everyone to pay attention to safety during production, strictly follow the plan he made, and make autumn and winter clothes as soon as possible. He will have more changes in the village later. The big plan, etc., will be finished after the villagers' emotions are calmed down.

"Master Jiancheng, I suggest that you immediately recruit servants from the villagers to supplement the Fisheries Department."

Just as Sun Xiangfu was about to end the meeting, one of the four scribes, Xiong Tingzhong, cupped his hands at Sun Xiangfu's side.

"Why?"

"The original establishment of Xingfu Village was 120 households, and just [-] mu of permanent farmland was allocated. Now half of the farmland has been allocated to you as professional farmland, and the farm households will have insufficient farmland, so the Department of Agriculture will showdown on new farmland. Let them grow. As far as I know, each household belonging to the Agriculture Department has to cultivate [-] mu of land. If they allocate [-] mu of land to these villagers, the villagers will have no spare capacity to manage the existing industries in Xingfu Village. gone."

When Xiong Tingzhong said this, Sun Xiangfu suddenly realized. Moreover, Sun Xiangfu estimated that there would be robbing of manpower and resources within the Animal Husbandry Supervision Office. Sun Xiangfu felt that it was not enough for his own use, not to mention additional assignments. It seems that although the farmers in the Royal Farm are full, they should have a lot of labor, which is far from as good as imagined. 120 acres of land, with the current It is basically impossible to complete the task without crawling in the fields all day.

"In this way, if I recruit them as servants of my Fisheries Department, other departments will not be able to send more, nor will they be able to recruit them!" Sun Xiangfu said after thinking through his joints.

"Exactly. One person per household is enough." Xiong Tingzhong replied.

"So, you can draft the papers! Count all the men in the village, anyway, I don't miss their wages." Sun Xiangfu looked at Xiong Tingzhong with some appreciation.

"Master Jiancheng is kind."

Xiong Tingzhong took the lead, and the four clerks flattered Sun Xiangfu at the same time.They will have to rely on Sun Xiangfu's salary to eat in the future. The higher Sun Xiangfu's income is, the higher their income will be.

After arranging the affairs of Xingfu Village, Sun Xiangfu took his younger siblings, the four major scribes, and several accompanying servants back to Chang'an by boat. Before leaving, he handed over the temporary management of Xingfu Village to Sun Dali. And asked him to report to the Qin Mansion every three days about the crops he messed up. In fact, Sun Xiangfu taught most of the crops how to manipulate those crops these days.

Duke Yi's mansion is very large, and Qin Qiong specially asked Uncle Fu to allocate an independent yard for Sun Xiangfu's family to live temporarily. It is said that Sun Xiangfu's spare money is enough to buy a house in the city by himself, but he still decided to send it to him first. Living in the Qin Mansion is only because it is safer here, and by the way, I can also learn some ways of being an official from Qin Qiong in this period.

(End of this chapter)