mtl008 Chapter 308 After the Autumn Harvest, Land Recovered!
Chapter 308 After the Autumn Harvest, Land Recovered!
Chapter 308 After the Autumn Harvest, Land Recovered!
After the autumn harvest, the grain was harvested, and the people were free.
Fortunately, no one came to collect taxes this year. Whether they were squires or government officials, they seemed to have disappeared.
This period is also the most comfortable period for the people. There is no entertainment in this era. During the day and night, everyone gathers together, under the big tree, chatting with small benches.
And at night, the most primitive entertainment of mankind begins.
This is also a way to ensure the population, especially this year, no one came to urge the grain, and there is a lot of grain piled up at home. Every household looks at the piled grain, happy and smiling, and works harder at night.
In the evening, the sun was setting and the sky was dyed red, which was very beautiful.
Since the construction of the shed area, Tangjia Village has added a square. This square is at the gate of the Tang's cottage area, and it is paved with bluestone.
The original thousand-year-old banyan tree is still there, and the unique scenery has become a good place for leisure in the village. People in the whole village gather together to chat with each other.
"You said, we still can't pay taxes this year?"
This is the issue that the villagers are most concerned about. The people are busy all year round, and the food is actually enough, but excluding the tax revenue from the court, it is a bit stretched.
Often at this time, officials and squires will come down to make an announcement, concentrate on a certain period of time, prepare the food and hand it over in a unified manner.
However, when it was time to pay taxes, there was no movement. Everyone was happy, but also worried, and felt confused.
"It seems that there is a tax exemption policy, which is hung on the plaque at the gate of the dormitory, but it is not aimed at us, but for those who hand over the land to the dormitory government."
Said a man in his 50s who could read and write.
His name was Fu Xingye, and he was one of the few literate people in this village. When he was young, his family still had some acres of land, thirty or forty acres of land, and his family was pretty good.
However, if farmers want to stand up, there is a way out of reading.
When he was young, his family was decent, and he was given a private school instead of farming, which opened his way to the imperial examination.
However, such small farmers and small households, even if they have a little surplus food, can't win the scholars of those big families. The big families have a collection of thousands of books and are guided by famous teachers. Here is a piece of the government test, and they can operate in secret.
The most important thing is that children from rich families have no pressure and can study without distraction, while scholars from rural families still have life pressure and social pressure.
Therefore, Fu Xingye was in his 40s and had not even passed the government examination. He was not even a child. Compared with ordinary farmers, he only knew more words.
And because he spent money on studying, up to now, the family's fields have been sold, and now there are only three acres of land left, without even a wife.
One year's work is only enough to eat and drink for himself, and there is too much land for him to plant. He has not done farm work since he was a child, and only studies, so he can't suffer from that.
In fact, there are many such people, and most of them end badly, because they can read and understand some principles, but they are far away from becoming officials in the imperial examination.
It is so easy for tens of millions of people to squeeze into a single-plank bridge.
Knowledgeable, knowledgeable, high-minded, easy to handle, farming is suffering.
Yet there is no middle ground.
There were many such people in the Ming Dynasty.
But now, this middle ground has emerged.
The Yamen in Shequ District is undoubtedly a means of earning a living for this kind of knowledgeable people.
Therefore, Fu Xingye sold the land from the very beginning, and passed the test of the yamen of the dormitory area. Because of his literacy and reasoning, he became a dormitory member.
"Fu Xingye, you are the one who handed over the land. Your father left you fifty acres of land, and you lost only three acres of land. Now even three acres of land will be confiscated."
One farmer joked, and the others laughed.
In the countryside, if anyone can't even marry a wife, there is a high probability that they will be ridiculed and marginalized.
If it had been before, Fu Xingye might not have paid any attention to what he said, and he would just wave his hand and tell him to play wherever it was fun.
Fortunately, now that Fu Xingye has become a dormitory member, he is paid a salary from the imperial court every month, and people have already started to come to his door to talk about matchmaking.
"That's a bad word."
Fu Xingye didn't know how much cynicism he had received since he was a child, how could he care about these things, he said with a smile: "Back then, Li Xiao, the master of the Ming Dynasty, was also a farmer, and he didn't get a reputation. Becoming a clerk in the yamen can be regarded as stepping into the officialdom, who said there is no chance?"
Although these words are arrogant.
But the people didn't dare to say anything. After all, this person had changed and was indeed different, and he could still control them now.
A villager asked: "Okay, Mr. Fu, tell me, do we still have to pay taxes?"
Fu Xingye was very proud of being called Mr. Fu, and began to say: "Everyone, there is no news from the court, but what can be confirmed is that as long as you hand over the land in your hands to the court, then you don't have to pay taxes, no Everyone should be very clear about the feeling of paying taxes, you can see that I have nothing to do now, how happy I am every day, and I don’t have to pay taxes.”
A woman said: "Fu Xingye, you are happy. Your family only has three acres of land, and you will hand it in as soon as you hand it in. Our family has more than ten acres, and we still expect to rely on this land for food."
Now that Fu Xingye has become a dormitory member, his heart is naturally towards the imperial court. He smiled and said: "Folks, let me settle the accounts for you."
After the words fell, everyone pricked up their ears.
Fu Xingye found that he had transformed into an official uniform, and everyone began to listen to him, feeling very comfortable.
It is equivalent to a gorgeous turn in life.
Before, others despised him and laughed at him, but now everyone is restrained.
The reason is the official uniform on his body.
The Chinese people have always been ruled by the dynasty, and there is a slavishness, obedience, submissiveness in their bones, and a natural fear of people wearing official uniforms.
Because people who wear official uniforms, no matter they are big or small, represent the court and authority.
Fu Xingye, who had never been respected like this before, wished to sell his life to the imperial court. In his heart, he felt a wave of gratitude and invisible admiration for Li Xiao, the national teacher who had never been masked before.
Of course, he will cherish this hard-won opportunity even more.
Fu Xingye continued: "I have explained it to you many times before, and I am not afraid to waste my time today. Let me explain it again. After you hand over the land, you will be exempted from tax in the future, and you will no longer have to pay any tax, including previous ones. There is no need to pay the population tax, and you can have as many sons as you want. At the same time, the imperial court will give you compensation, 20 taels of silver per mu of land. After you pay the land, you can still farm. The community yamen rents land, and the rent is not high. It is equivalent to a lot of money out of thin air."
The villagers said: "But our fields are gone."
Fu Xingye explained: "It's not that your field is gone, it's just sold. The money is in your hands. In addition, the field will be redistributed. If you farm in the future, the land will be better planned and planted. Get more."
Aunt Zhang was puzzled and said, "But with so many of us, according to the method you said, the land is not enough."
Fu Xingye smiled and said, "Aunt Zhang, your family now has six sons. Your family's [-] mu of land will be married in seven or eight years. Is that enough land?"
Aunt Zhang shook her head: "Not enough."
Fu Xingye said: "That's right, with the increase of population, even if everyone's land is not sold, it will not be enough. For example, Aunt Zhang's family has six sons, and Lao Zhang's family has nine sons. Will you have enough land in the future? Not only is it not enough, With so many of you, you have to pay more taxes. In case of a disaster year, can you survive? At that time, you still have to sell the land, and you will eventually become the tenants of the old man of the Tang family."
The voice fell.
The faces of the villagers changed drastically, and what they said was not rough, it was indeed the case.
In fact, Fu Xingye didn't realize these principles, but he learned these principles after entering the dormitory yamen for training.
Land annexation is such a simple truth.
Suppose a village initially has only 100 households with [-] people, and each household has [-] mu of land, and each person has [-] mu of land in their hands.
But in times of peace and prosperity, the population grew upwards.
A family has several sons, and when the sons grow up, they marry daughters-in-law, and then they become several families.
With the passage of time, the original [-] households in the village may have grown to [-] households. The area of cultivated land remains the same, but the amount of land allocated to each household has decreased.
Less land means less food, which means a decline in the ability to resist risks.In the event of natural disasters and man-made disasters, when you can't survive, you can only sell the land.
At this time, whoever has more money and food can buy land, so gradually the land is in the hands of a small number of people, who become landlords.
Landlords have a lot of land and strong ability to resist risks. Therefore, more and more land is getting bigger and bigger, and the gap between rich and poor is getting bigger and bigger. The poor starve to death, and the rich can eat big fish every day.
The villagers discussed with each other and felt that this was the truth.
But the reason is clear, but there is no solution.
At this time, another smart villager asked: "Fu Xingye, according to you, there is still so much land. Even if we sell the land to the court, it will not be enough."
Fu Xingye said with a smile: "This is the strength of our Master National Teacher. Of course, the land is not enough. Those with a large family can contract the land to earn money, and those with a small family can go to work."
"Part-time job? What is part-time job?"
The villagers were stunned and heard a new word.
Fu Xingye explained: "Working means... being a helper."
The villagers were puzzled: "That is still the tenant of a big family."
"No." Fu Xingye said: "It is to be a tenant for the imperial court, bah bah bah, what kind of tenant is a worker, and it is not the same as a tenant, with a lot of salary, and life is no worse than farming."
The villagers shouted: "Hush, who knows whether what you say is true or false."
However, at this time, Yu Qian, the head of the Tang Family Cottage, came over.
Although it is not working hours now, the work of the masses, regardless of whether they are on or off work, is on standby 24 hours a day to serve the people.
"Master Yu."
"Master Yu is here."
"Master Yu, please explain to everyone."
The villagers shouted one after another.
During this period, Yu Qian had to do everything himself. In addition to building the yamen and recruiting members, his main job was to deal with the villagers.
Because he pays attention to fairness in doing things and thinks for the people in everything, everyone respects him more.
For example, the few families whose house land was occupied by the yamen received corresponding compensation, and promised to resettle the land to build new houses later.
Yu Qian waved his hand and said with a smile: "Villagers, good news, the first village enterprise in our Tangjia Village will officially recruit workers tomorrow."
During this period of time, Yu Qian was busy both inside and outside, and he was busy with the affairs of the village enterprises. If there were no village enterprises to share the employment problems of the people, it would be impossible for them to hand over the land willingly.
"Village enterprise, what kind of treatment is it?"
Some people asked.
They are no strangers to the word enterprise, after all, there has been a wave before.
The power plants in Beiping recruited a large number of workers, and many of them went.
And I heard that the remuneration is very good, 3 taels of silver per month. As time goes by and the skills are skilled, the remuneration will increase steadily.
But most of the people who went there were tenants, because tenants had no house, no land, and no worries, so they went as soon as they went, which was much better than being a slave in the landlord's house.
Even the domestic slaves of many big families went, and the imperial court stipulated that all household registrations, including slaves of big families, should be abolished directly.
When those people got the news, they immediately ran away secretly and went to work as workers in the power plant.
Still the same sentence, if there is freedom, who would like to be a cow or a horse?
However, most of the people who own land and real estate have not left.
In fact, it’s not just that they don’t want to part with the land, it’s mainly because the Chinese people have the homesickness of falling leaves and returning to their roots. No matter how high the salary is, everyone is unwilling to leave their hometown, leave their relatives, friends, familiar environment, and abandon all relationships.
But now that this village enterprise appears, it is different.
Village enterprises, to put it bluntly, still work in the village and do not need to leave their hometown.
At this time, Yu Qian said loudly: "The brick kiln factory in Tangjia Village has a monthly salary of one tael of silver. As the efficiency of the brick kiln factory improves, I, Yu Qian, promise that everyone's salary will increase. If you are willing to do it, come to the county government office tomorrow." Sign up.
But the premise is that you cannot own the land in your hands. Those who own the land need to sell the land to the imperial court. We will not delay the compensation, and deliver it to you on the spot at the market price, and you will not lose money.
After all the land was collected, the yamen of the dormitory began to plan and allocate it. A total of 500 yuan of land was allocated to each household of [-] mu. The suggestion for a family with a large number of people was to farm, and the suggestion for a family with a small number of people was to work.
You don’t have to worry about not being able to buy food with money. Nanjing has built a large grain depot. The imperial court will spend money to collect grain reserves every year.In short, no matter which option you choose, your future life will be very good.”
Yu Qian patiently explained for a long time.
In fact, we need to do ideological work for the villagers and instill a new idea into them.
"It seems good, but our village doesn't have [-] mu of land."
"No, yes, plus the Tang family's tens of thousands of acres of land, it seems to be [-] acres."
"A total of [-] mu of land. This includes the land of the old man of the Tang family? Could it be that Yu Qian even dared to take over the land of the old man of the Tang family? If all the land of the Tang family is taken, then I will hand it in too."
"If you don't farm, it's pretty good to work in a brick kiln factory, and the income is similar to farming."
"There are only three people in my family. Working part-time is a good choice and I don't have to pay taxes in the future. I can also get a lot of money for selling land. Maybe I can do some small business. I heard that Nanjing City now supports small businesses. buy and sell."
People, each family started to discuss with each other, obviously a little moved.
After all, the land is not taken away for free, but paid at market price.
That's a lot of money coming in.
After that, if you want to farm, you have to pay rent to farm.
The rent is not high, and it is almost the same as the previous tax, which means it is still the same as before, but there is a lot more money for selling the land.
Then, if the family is not prosperous, they can also choose to work in village enterprises. The monthly income of one tael is similar to that of farming.
However, everyone is still hesitant and undecided.
Yu Qian was also a little helpless, relying on words, it was difficult to persuade them, and he could only do this, and the ones under him still needed to be guided slowly.
"Here it comes! The film team is here."
At this time, Yu Qian saw the arrival of the mobile film team, as if he saw it, he already knew the content of the film.
As the saying goes, seeing a thing is worth hearing a hundred times.
What this movie shows is the real picture of the world, so that they can see how the people of Peiping live.
Yu Qian believes that as long as these people see the movie, they will yearn for the life of the people in the movie.
"Everyone, don't leave. I have something good to watch tonight. This is a movie that is better than singing. If there are still people in the family who are not here, hurry up and call!"
Yu Qian said hello, and then began to let the people out of their homes.
Watch this year-long documentary film together.
(End of this chapter)