Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 295 Grain Chief System
As the largest landlord in Chenjiaying, Chen Ang agreed with He Jinzhao's move to form a farmers' association, and he actively ran forward.

Anyway, as long as He Jinzhao is here, he won't be able to keep the land, why not take advantage of the situation and join in, in case he can fight for the family tomorrow?
The news of the Liaodong Tartars raging in the capital naturally caused many people to have thoughts that they shouldn't have.

Even the capital city of Daming is a place where Tartars can come whenever they want, and they can't stop them if they want to leave.

The rest of the generals are even worse.

Besides, Northwest Shanxi is not a good place.

Fortunately, in the past, Mongolians often crossed the Yellow River on ice to plunder in winter.

A large number of households fled. Although he, Chen Ang, was a well-known landlord in ten miles and eight villages, his ancestors were also rich, with thousands of acres of land.

But surrounded by the land of officials and generals, he can only be bullied.

The family property can't be kept, and there are only about [-] mu of fertile land left here.

He Jinzhao confiscated the fields that had been occupied by the Tian family or other aristocratic families in the past, which really made Chen Ang very happy.

The sky has eyes, and the wicked will eventually be tortured by the wicked!

Chenjiaying is the experimental field of the peasant association, and He Jinzhao has been going here a lot recently.

Chat with these farmers, farm laborers, and craftsmen who joined the peasant association.

To put it bluntly, it is to promote the land to the tiller and privatize the land.

As long as you make meritorious service or spend money to buy it, the people who have no or little land can get a certain amount of land.

In the future, the person who owns his own land will decide what to rent.

The output in the field, except for the payment of taxes, belongs to the peasants, and no miscellaneous taxes are added.

Buying and selling under certain conditions (such as being old and widowed, having no labor at home), etc.

A large number of Chen Jiaying joined the household registration of Tuntian soldiers, and a small number of people who insisted on maintaining private household registration did not really care much about joining the peasant association.

What they cared about was whether He Jinzhao could let them get their share during the summer harvest this year as agreed.

After all, no matter how good the foreground is, it is better to get the one in front of you first, they have been painted too many times.

But this does not conflict with the people's support for He Jinzhao's rule.

It's not that He Jinzhao is so awesome, it's that Da Ming is rotten from top to bottom, and it's because his peers and hostile forces (Da Ming) set it off well.

As long as there is a little way to survive, the common people are not willing to raise the flag to rebel!
And He Jinzhao was also oppressed in Shaanxi, his calves trembled from hunger, and he was asked if he wanted to eat human flesh.

Shanxi people are not much better!
In the past, they could still earn a little money by relying on the exchange point, but since the exchange point was closed, their life has become more and more difficult.

Now that he is with He Jinzhao, there is hope for his life.

What they cared most about was what He Jinzhao had announced earlier.

The grain they harvested in the summer is divided into [-]-[-], even if it is [-]%, they don't have to pay taxes, and they accept it.

"Public envoy, please cut the head wheat first." Chen Ang gestured to bring up the sickle.

The new sickle is tied with a red silk scarf and placed on a tray.

The people around who were waiting to harvest the wheat all looked at He Jinzhao eagerly.

As long as the nobleman cuts the head wheat first, with a good omen, everyone can enjoy the joy of a good harvest.

He Jinzhao picked up the sickle, walked to the field, grabbed a handful of straw, and swung the sickle to cut it off.

He Jinzhao raised it above his head, and immediately announced loudly to everyone that the ears of wheat were full, and there would be a bumper harvest.

Immediately afterwards, bursts of cheers erupted from around.

The sound of the gong was struck in an instant, and the sound of crackling firecrackers was released.

Someone yelled loudly:

"Harvest."

The people then scattered and rushed to their own fields.

Facing He Jinzhao's generous conditions this year, everyone has made money.

But last year's harvest looked good.

No loan sharks.

There is no need to pay various taxes to the court.

After paying half, the rest is all yours.

It's really pie in the sky, it's for nothing!
Everyone can eat enough food for several months.

Looking at the new sickle in his hand, He Jinzhao suddenly realized that he had never cut wheat before.

When I was young, my parents cut the wheat, and they didn't have to make trouble by themselves.

Instead, when the wheat was drying in the yard, it was fried in the sun with something like a nine-toothed rake.

When I grow up a little bit, I can help with my allergies, and then I hire a harvester. After a few years, I will return the farmland to forests and stop farming.

He Jinzhao was sitting on the field with a sickle in his hand, watching a group of bunter farmers harvesting wheat, and he didn't dislike scratching his body at all.

As far as the eye can see, it is a scene of bending over and holding a sickle to harvest wheat.

"The governor, is it because the villagers are not interested in the peasant association?"

Chen Ang was also sitting on the ground, and he found that He Jinzhao usually had no airs.

But when he was about to kill someone, he stood there without saying a word, which made people afraid.

"The common people are ignorant." Chen Ang further explained: "The eunuchs are for their own good, but don't be too lenient, otherwise problems will inevitably arise."

He Jinzhao put down the sickle in his hand and thought for a while: "What do you think should be done?"

Hearing this, Chen Ang suppressed his excitement: "Let's follow the old law of Ming Dynasty for now, Chief Liang."

The reason why the grain length system was established in the early Ming Dynasty.

First, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang severely punished corrupt officials. He cut off the veterans and generals who relied on their meritorious deeds.

Therefore, most self-interested people in the township party should not be recruited by the court.

So Zhu Yuanzhang began to promote the big landlords who were loyal to him into the court.

Second, since the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, the distinction between officials in charge of government orders and officials in charge of affairs is not very strict.

Most of the officials were promoted by officials, so some people said that Jin and Yuan ruled the country by officials, and the early Ming Dynasty inherited this idea, but did not change it.

The grain chiefs in the early Ming Dynasty often had promotion channels for being promoted to officials.

With the establishment of the Ming Dynasty Official Appointment Law, the head of grain rarely had the opportunity to be an official. After a whip, the tax was changed to silver.

The method of closing officials and solving them became popular again, and the position of grain chief retreated to that of officials.

That is to say, the door for the grain chief to enter the officialdom has been completely blocked, and the temptation no longer exists.

Then, from the perspective of making a fortune, the head of grain can only make money by "hands-on" in the process of collecting taxes and grain.

This matter did not become serious until the Xuande period.

The head of grain used the huge amount of tax and grain in his hands as capital to do business for profit, or to buy land.

But the risk is not small. Most of them quit after making a few pennies.

The grain chief system has been established for decades, and many grain chief families have been promoted to official families, and they are often bureaucrats, landlords, and businessmen.

These people don't want to continue to be food chiefs anymore, because they lose their status.

Another small group of grain chiefs failed as officials, were disadvantaged in business, went bankrupt due to shortfalls in public funds, and became poor and small households.

Then the post of grain chief was transferred from a large household to a middle household, and then to a low household.

As a result, it was even more difficult to collect taxes and taxes in the Ming Dynasty, and the grain chief system had nothing but corrosion and damage.

He Jinzhao raised his eyelids and looked at the scene of the people working hard: "After the rations are paid, make another plan."

(End of this chapter)