Zhushan County, Yunyang Prefecture

Mountains rise up from the ground, and the steaming water vapor covers the distant peaks. Streams flow quietly along the valleys between the mountains, nourishing everything along the way.

"This year, Shanxi, Henan and Shaanxi Province have severe droughts, hungry people eat each other, and the countryside is empty." Pei Xiaoer's tone was plain. But Liu Xianchun and some other civil servants of the Pei family army could hear it from Pei Xiaoer's faint tone.

cruel.

"Countless victims of disasters have taken care of the elderly and young, traveling thousands of miles, only asking for a meal to fill their stomachs. However, when they arrived at the place, the local prefectures and counties not only did not want to provide relief to the victims, but instead closed the city gates and prohibited the victims from entering the city. They thought that hungry people were on the way.

If the city doesn't happen, everything will be fine. You will still be in the city. The world will be peaceful. The disaster victims outside the city cry out and cry out. The hungry people accumulate corpses in the fields for several miles.

Evil dogs outside the city eat people all over the body. Some county officials even ordered dogs outside the city to eat dogs. Therefore, there were rumors that people in the city eat dogs, and dogs outside the city eat people."

Pei Xiaoer's tone became murderous, "If I meet such an official one day, I will kill him and kill his clan."

The officials behind him were silent and dared not answer.

Liu Xianchun responded: "You don't have to worry, General. If my Pei family army has such an official, let alone a general, I wouldn't let him go."

"Yeah." Pei Xiaoer nodded, not overly entangled in such matters. Facts have proved that relying solely on his own momentary threats, killing a few birds or relying on the moral constraints of officials themselves is of no use.

A system is needed to avoid it. Pei Xiaoer has already started to formulate such a system. He can implement it accordingly after he takes over Sichuan and stabilizes.

Bent down, Pei Xiaoer reached out and pinched a handful of soil under his nose and sniffed it carefully. He threw away the soil, clapped his hands, and stood up. The farming conditions in Yunyang Prefecture are reasonable, compared to drought, locust plagues alternated.

Shaanxi, Henan, and Shanxi are much better. Yunyang Prefecture has a mountainous canyon and crisscrossing mountains and canyons, and there are many more rivers than on the plains. Although this year's drought has had an impact on Yunyang Prefecture, it does not have much impact and is still in the market.

Within the scope of tolerance.

The only pity is that there are too many mountains and too few flat land in the country, which leads to too little arable land area and cannot carry much population. The scenery can still be maintained in normal years. However, in recent years, the situation in several nearby provinces has been unstable, with natural disasters and refugees beginning to

As Yunyang slowly filled with the local garrison, the local food produced in Yunyang gradually began to become insufficient.

There is another very growing problem, that is, the gap between the rich and the poor in Yunyang Prefecture is huge. It is rich and wealthy, and controls most of the land in the countryside. However, the poor have no place to stand, either become tenants of others or sell themselves.

Be a slave and be driven by others.

"It is now October. This year's winter wheat is organized to replant the people in the country as soon as possible. Food is the heart of the people. With food, the hearts of the people can be placed on us and the hearts of the people can be stable."

Zhao Jingshi, the governor of Yunyang, stepped forward quickly, bowed to Pei Xiaoer, and said, "Yes, I will be able to write to all counties tomorrow, and urge all counties to handle the matter as soon as possible."

"Don't just sit in the high hall in the government office, you should go to the countryside to check the winter wheat planting situation. This is extremely important and there must be no mistakes." The officials of the Ming Dynasty paid attention to county officials not going to the countryside, which is also the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang's rule that Lao Zhu's background was too low. He had seen too many county officials go to the countryside to force taxes and even force people to death. Most of his older brothers and parents died like this.

Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, he issued an order, and officials in the world were not allowed to go to the countryside at will without any trouble. Lao Zhu's original intention was to leave the countryside to the gentry, and the magistrate would manage these gentry well, and the court's taxes were also

It was urged by gentry. Gentlemen had no official positions and could not force the people to death with their own official positions.

To be honest, Zhu Yuanzhang's starting point was good, but his method was really bad. He thought that the gentry and the people lived in the same place, and came from the same clan, so he could take care of each other. Poor families could not pay taxes, and the rich families

Then he could take it out and make up for it himself, but he still underestimated the changes in this world.

Those gentry don't care about the same clan, you can't pay taxes. OK, then borrow money and I'll lend it to you. Just wait for you to pay it back next year, but the interest rate is higher. The usury in later generations can be said to be in front of this interest.

So kind, when it comes to paying back the money, if it is not enough, then use your own land to pay off the debt. In a few years, the fields in the world will slowly begin to gather in the hands of the squire.

Not to mention that in order to covet the privilege of tax exemption from gentry, the people took the initiative to devote their own land to gentry. For a short period of time, the land they invested became the land of others after several generations.

It can be said that Lao Zhu wanted to build a rigid agricultural society that will last forever so that his dream of enjoying the country forever is destined to fail.

"Have you ever investigated how much land under Yunyang belongs to the rich and how much is owned by the poor?" Pei Xiaoer looked at the scattered distance and asked, "I'm asking if someone is working on the farmland."

It is said that the people of the Ming Dynasty really implemented the virtues of hard work to their core. Although Yunyang suffered a great disaster, as long as the situation is stable, the people will live hard and tenaciously like weeds blowing on the spring breeze.

"I have checked the yellow book in Yunyang Prefecture," Zhao Jingshi said respectfully, "but the last time the yellow book was compiled was woven during the early years of Wanli, and it has never been compiled again. Times have changed, and the yellow book is listed in the Yellow Book.

The records contained are no longer accurate, but according to the data contained in the Yellow Book, in the early years of Wanli, 80% of all the fields in Yunyang Prefecture belonged to wealthy gentry, 15% of them belonged to temples and Taoist temples, and half of them belonged to

It belongs to ordinary people.

But decades have passed, and even if it has been half done, I am afraid it will not belong to ordinary people."

Zhao Jingshi's words made Pei Xiaoer feel heavy. You should know that with the influx of refugees in recent years, the population in Yunyang Prefecture may even exceed one million. However, how many wealthy households in the entire Yunyang Prefecture can be? At most, less than

Just a few thousand people, just a few thousand people, but they control the property of the entire Yunyang Prefecture. This unbalanced distribution of wealth is already outrageous.

Although Pei Xiaoer was mentally prepared and knew that the distribution of wealth in Yunyang was unbalanced, who knew that it had reached this point. At this moment, a trace of murderous intent flashed through Pei Xiaoer's heart.

Kill all these wealthy families and allocate all the land they occupy to the poor people. In this way, the nearly one million people in Yunyang Prefecture instantly became Pei Xiaoer's most loyal supporter, Pei Xiaoer

After gaining the loyalty of a large number of people, he completely gained a foothold in Yunyang and also gained a steady stream of soldiers in Yunyang.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt reasonable. Pei Xiaoer couldn't help but feel a little moved. He was about to call Liu Xianchun, Qiao Chun and other civil and military officials to discuss it. Then he heard Liu Xianchun's voice, "General, no."

"What's wrong?" Pei Xiaoer asked. He didn't say anything yet, why did Liu Xianchun win the lead?

"General, please borrow a step to speak." Liu Xianchun took a few steps and came to Pei Xiaoer and whispered.

Pei Xiaoer looked at Liu Xianchun with a firm expression and firm will, and then he moved his heart, and then said to everyone behind him: "You guys later, Zhong Fang, you can follow me."

Let's talk about it, ignoring the shocked and suspicious people, raised their legs and walked towards the ridge of the field on one side. Liu Xianchun glanced at the other people, said nothing, and walked quickly towards Pei Xiaoer.

"Zhongfang, what's wrong?" Only he and Liu Xianchun were left beside him, and Pei Xiaoer's words became much easier.

"General, are you thinking of expelling these wealthy families just now, or killing them all directly, and sharing the land they possess to the poor people?" Liu Xianchun said anxiously.
Chapter completed!