The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 396 I Believe In You
There were more than 50 North Koreans at the scene, some were former officials, some were village chiefs, etc. When they saw Ding Yi coming over, everyone's expressions became flattering.

Because everyone knows that this piece of land has now changed its owner.

Those who refused to agree with Ming people all left here. If they choose to stay, they must have a good relationship with Ming people.

Since North Korea suppressed the rebellion for the last time more than 200 years ago, there have been no large-scale wars here for more than 200 years (there have been small armed fights, which are all internal problems), everyone, I don’t want this kind of thing to happen again.

"You are here mainly farming for a living?" Ding Yi said to the crowd.

"Yes, yes, General Ding."

"kindness"

"Oh"

Everyone reacted differently.

Ding Yi pays attention to observe the crowd, but there are too many people, and he can't see it. Generally speaking, he can see that most of the people should be farming, and a small number of people should have land, but they may not be farming themselves.

There was a person who didn't make a sound, he knew this person, the former magistrate of Dajing County, Pu Zhixuan.

This person is the one with the highest official position among all the people left in North Korea. He said that he is old and homesick, and he doesn't want to leave.

Pu Zhixuan was in his early fifties, and he was indeed considered to be an older group at the scene.

Ding Yi was the first to look at Park Zhixuan.

Park Zhixuan saw Ding Yi looking at him, and hurried forward a few steps: "General Ding."

"Magistrate Park, just said how many fields are there?" Ding Yi asked.

Pu Zhixuan immediately said: "Household 18908, population 73420, 154000 mu of grain fields, 3600 mu of fruit, and 123 mu of grassland for grazing cattle, sheep and horses."

As expected of a person who has been a county magistrate for decades, when Pu Zhixuan opened his mouth, everyone around him looked at him, even the Mongols admired him.

Shen Shikui murmured: "I heard that there are at least 50 mu of land here? Why is it only 10,000+ mu?"

Pu Zhixuan smiled and said: "The most in the Yuan Dynasty, nearly 40 mu in the peak period, because there were a lot of people at that time, and then there were fewer and fewer people. The production here is also good, and the farms are less and less."

There are only a few people in Jeju Island, surrounded by the sea, and there is no survival crisis. In ancient times, many people might not leave the village for a lifetime. Because there is enough to eat, and there is nowhere to sell the various types of food, or they can’t be sold at a good price. Many people simply don’t Plant or less, so now there are only 10,000+ mu of land in Jeju, and most of the good land is left there.

Pu Zhixuan said again at this time: "Nowadays, many people have left the island, and now there are more than 5 mu of fertile land without owners."

It turns out that more than 2 people have just left Jeju Island, including most of the wealthy households and officials, so 15 of the [-] acres of land are now unowned.

Ding Yi asked who owns the rest of the fields?
Pu Zhixuan looked back at the North Koreans, and said slowly to Ding Yi.

Most of the land in Jeju Island is the same as in North Korea. The land is divided, and because there was a rebellion here, after the rebellion was suppressed, the officials at that time re-divided the land, and all the land was distributed to the Koreans and the Han people. This is also one of the reasons why Mongolians basically raise horses and breed them.

The way they divide the fields is different from that of the Ming Dynasty, and they are all distributed to officials.

That is to say, the land is only granted to serving officials, and after the death of the officials, the land will be taken back by the state and redistributed.

In other words, in North Korea, the original nobles did not have land, only serving officials had land.

How much fertile land officials get according to their size.

Therefore, more than half of the fields on Jeju Island are in the hands of officials.

The ordinary people on the island are their tenants, helping them farm. If they are in North Korea, they can basically only guarantee food and clothing, but Jeju Island is better. The production here is high, the ingredients are complex, and the oppression is not so obvious. We may have some food left over.

According to Park Zhixuan, the landlords here basically ensure that the tenants are fed, and at the same time they will give each household a stone of grain every year.

To ensure their normal living expenses.

Why is this place so good? It’s because there are more Han people and Mongolians here. In case of trouble, if you don’t treat the people below better, who will help you?

In the past, when the Mongols rebelled, there were too many examples of North Korean commoners helping to kill their masters, so the situation of tenants on Jeju Island was better than that in North Korea.

As mentioned above, more than half of them are in the hands of North Korean officials, so the other half is an exception, that is, the fields planted by the Mongols and Han people belong to themselves, and this is also ignored by North Korean officials.

According to Pu Zhixuan, 15 mu of the island’s current 6 mu of land has been deducted (the original owner has left, and now it belongs to Ding Yi.) In the other 1 mu, more than 3 are Koreans, and more than [-] are Mongolians. , Han Chinese accounted for more than [-].

Both the Han people and the Mongols cultivated it by themselves, and as long as they paid taxes, they were recognized by the Joseon Dynasty.

Ding Yi asked again, how much is the tax here?How to pay?

Pu Zhixuan said that the fields of North Korean officials pay five dou per stone (equal to [-]%), and the fields plowed by North Koreans, Mongols and Han people themselves pay seven dou per stone.

Ding Yi and the generals looked at each other, the Koreans are so cruel.

Suddenly, I felt that it was a little little to ask for 20 stones a year for Li Ji.

During this period in history, there were no large-scale uprisings in North Korea. Unlike the Ming Dynasty, peasant armies were everywhere, and there was food to support Pidao, which was sold to Houjin to please both sides. Sure enough, there was too much food.

Pu Zhixuan also said that the tax in the early days of Joseon was only grain and rice, but later it could be matched with a small amount of special products, but now it can be replaced by special products.

And because Jeju Island is surrounded by the sea, they organize people to fish, catch and even raise sea cucumbers, abalones, prawns, kelp, grow fruits, and cattle and sheep to replace rice.

So there is basically no food handed over here, and it is all kinds of seafood specialties.

Ding Yi was thoughtful and probably understood the meaning of his words. Pu Zhixuan didn't want to pay the food either, and wanted to use special products instead of taxes.

But if you think too much, your fields belong to Mr. Ding, and Ding Yi is not in a hurry. After asking the Koreans, he finally came to the Han people.

"I pay my respects to General Ding. After so many years, I finally see my relatives." Zhang Meng, a local official in Jingyi County, a Han man, bowed his head, tears streaming down his face, as if seeing relatives whom he hadn't seen for many years.

This Nima is comparable to Lao Tzu, Ding Yi smiled and helped him up: "Quickly please get up, we are all fellow villagers."

It was introduced by a Korean person earlier that this guy claimed to be the descendant of Zhang Shicheng. After Lao Zhu destroyed Zhang, he exiled their family here.

Ding Yi thought to himself, I believe you a ghost, Lao Zhu kills people every day on Netease, how can you let your Lao Zhang's family go?
But now, most of the Han people in Jeju don't like the Ming Dynasty.

Many people were convicted and exiled, and some escaped from Phi Island and other places.

Zhang Meng's position in the county is a small official. This kind of non-staff contract worker was not qualified to divide the land, but the North Koreans saw him as a Han, so they still allocated a hundred acres. He is also prosperous here. It is extremely nourishing, and there are several Han tenants under his command, which are obviously higher than the Ming Dynasty officials in the same period.

This time, many officials returned to North Korea. He is a Han Chinese. After returning to North Korea, he will still have his present day, so he naturally chooses to stay.

(End of this chapter)