Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 431 Datong New Deal
"An announcement from the government? What announcement?"

Many people asked in surprise.

"Go and see if you don't know!"

A group of people crowded and ran towards the gate of the yamen.

When this group of people arrived at the gate of the yamen where the notice was posted, they had already seen many people gathered there.

"What's written on it?"

After all, there are quite a few people who are illiterate. Looking at the densely written notice, they asked in confusion.

"It is to count the number of military households and the number of fields. In addition, there are military households who have no land and poor households who have no food at home. They can report the situation by themselves!"

Someone explained it informatively.

"Aren't there two? What's on that one?"

"Of course the other one said that there was a mutiny here. Some officials were dereliction of duty and ineffective in doing things. Let them go to the governor and the general's office to plead guilty! Also, if someone bullies the weak and steals people's things, no matter how high their position is, they can report it, and if If the situation is true, there will be rewards!"

"You said there are rewards for reporting?"

"That's natural, anyway, that's what it says!"

"The emperor is wise! The emperor is wise!"

Everyone was discussing, when suddenly someone wailed and knelt on the ground, bowing to the sky!
How is this going?

Many people were surprised to see the old man kneeling on the ground, his face full of doubts about the staff.

"We military households are blessed! For so many years, our family has no land and can't get enough to eat. Now the emperor asked us to count the situation of our family, and said that we will receive half a bag of wheat in a while! God bless! The emperor is really unprecedented. Your Majesty is wise! Your Majesty is wise! Your Majesty is wise!"

The old man prayed while talking, with tears and snot running down his nose!
Everyone discussed it, only to know that the old man entered the yamen to register his situation just now.

The old man’s surname is Wang, known as Old Man Wang. His family is a military household. There are three sons in the family. Two of them died in the war, and one is disabled. Now he lives with his disabled son and a six or seven-year-old grandson. There is no next meal after the last meal.

Anyway, I was about to starve to death. Although the notice said to declare, many people hesitated.

Old man Wang was going to starve to death at home anyway, so he didn't care about the number, so he went in and declared, not wanting to share things.

"Oh! It's true! I thought it was just going through the motions! It seems that the new emperor really cares about us poor military households! Our good days are probably coming!"

"That's right! This new emperor is really a god and a good man! You said that this statistical field will be distributed to us in the future?"

"Then maybe there really are. Don't forget that when Tai Zu was allotted, our military households all had fields. Now that these fields are gone, our life will become more and more difficult! It will be nice to have fields in the future... ..."

Today's military households in Datong have less than one-tenth of the land, and the rich soil... It is known that the tyrants occupy the land.

Datong General Military Mansion.

"Brother Yun! If we are like this, will those officers unite..."

Lin Tong has also been busy with statistics of military household registers these days. Of course, his main job is to arrange for people to receive those petitioners.

Today's Datong yamen and army, except for the people they brought, are basically in a state of anarchy.

In order to arrange office staff, they all draw helpers from lower-level officials and lower-level officials.

Because there were not enough statisticians, Han Bangqi also posted a notice asking scholars and scholars from Datong to recommend themselves to the yamen to help.

As for Lin Tong's side, they arranged for spot checks and found low-level officers from military households who were relatively decent in character to come to help.

After a few days of tossing like this, the order was finally stabilized.

Especially in the past two days, the military households without land were counted for subsidies and resettlement, and those soldiers consciously went on duty under the leadership of others to maintain order in the city.

"Hehe, how many people are there in their alliance? Only those military households are unwilling to follow them, so there are only a few people, what can they cause? Don't forget that the emperor said when we came, first settle down and then clean them up! In two days, the positions we entrusted will come down, and you think those who occupy official positions will be willing to give them up!"

Wang Yun said with a low smile.

"Then when will the people we bring come in?"

Lin Tong said anxiously.

The emperor sent more than 3000 soldiers to follow up. It is almost here now. According to their arrangement, they will be stationed at a distance first, so as not to disturb the people in the city.

Only when those arrive, can we clean up the original military forces in the city, and then give them a mess!

"Don't worry, it's just a few days to stabilize the lower-level officers and soldiers. Who else will work for them, and they won't be able to create any big waves themselves!"

The following days will be the trial of Zhang Wenjin, the former governor of Datong.

After Han Bangqi's inquiry, I found that this guy is really a talent!
Zhang Wenjin usually dressed simply and was known as a frugal governor. When he searched his mansion, he found a large amount of gold, silver and title deeds.

These land deeds not only have fertile fields in Datong, but also have a lot of land in the south.

What a miser this guy is!

Although Zhang Wenjin was just the trigger for this incident, after all, this guy is not clean. In the current situation, we can only let this guy and his officials take the blame.

But that means confiscating their properties and properties. As for their family members, let them bring some things back to their hometowns.

The confiscated land was taken back to the imperial court and leased to landless military households who actively helped the imperial court maintain order and quell civil strife, as well as landless people who did not participate in the military chaos.

The acting king Zhu Junzhang was also very powerful this time, directly donating 1 mu to support the decision of the imperial court.

Being able to divide the land, even though it is leased, is a great surprise for the military households who have no land.

"I heard that we are going to plant new things here. I heard from our head that he works in the Yamen, and the imperial court got us some seedlings for us to plant. He said that as long as we plant this kind of things, we will not charge us rent for the first year. There is also no tax, and if the output is good in the future, a policy of one tax per thirty can be implemented!"

When a group of people chatted, someone said.

"Then... that kind of thing? Can it be done without growing food?"

"It's not right for you to say that! Anyway, we don't charge us money and food, and grow for free. Isn't it good to give us things? And there will be a tax of [-] per cent in the future, that would be great! We military households can also be like those peasants! The land can grow by itself! Like before, we handed over all the grain we harvested from farming, and we were given a little grain every month, and we often withheld it. Now it has been more than ten years in arrears! It’s still good, the things we plant are at least Part of it fell into our hands, and there is still some hope for this day!"

Some people were more sober and directly stated the benefits, and everyone nodded in agreement.

Because of expectations, Datong these days will soon return to normal production.

Especially those soldiers, now one by one is more obedient, and the management of the newly appointed officials is much easier.

Only the gates of the original officials' homes in the city were closed, and the mansion was full of gloomy clouds and mist.

As everything was on the right track, on this day, the city of Datong was opened, and a group of 3000 troops entered the city in mighty form, greeted by the new general and governor of Datong.

The new bloody storm in Datong City has just begun.

(End of this chapter)