After Ming Dynasty

Chapter 48
"Mr. Wanliu, is the Qing court staking the land?" Zhu Yiyuan asked in surprise.

Song Jicheng sighed repeatedly, and couldn't help laughing: "Indeed, I planned to talk about it in detail after I entered the city. I didn't expect Zhu Zhixian to say it in advance."

Zhu Yiyuan rolled his eyes, and immediately understood the reason why Xintai was rushing to join him.

It seems a bit late to talk about this in the city.

"Zhuzhi County, and all the sages, folks and elders, our troops have already eliminated the family members of the Confucian family from Yanzhou, and solved the serious problem for the big guy. It's just under the city, so we can talk about it. What to do, I better hurry up and come up with a charter."

County magistrate Zhu Guang was stunned. He was an old Jiang Hu. He nominally took refuge in Dashun and secretly contacted the Hongguang court to get support. As a result, the Qing court came to appease him, but Hongguang's reinforcements did not come, so he had no choice but to surrender.

To be able to save one's life in such a turbulent situation must be a bit of a virtue.

"Young Master Zhu, this is a battlefield, not a place to talk. It's better to enter the city and go to the county government office!"

Zhu Guang sincerely invited, but Zhu Yiyuan shook his head vigorously, looked around, found a clean place, and sat down.

"Right here, in front of the soldiers and the common people, be fair and aboveboard, and explain the matter clearly." Zhu Yiyuan was resolute and unwavering.

Song Lian thought about it secretly, suddenly felt that Zhu Yiyuan's skill was brilliant, at least it could show two points... Being invited into the city, he also has the status of host and guest, and the strong dragon does not overwhelm the snake.And the second point, once you enter the county government office, you will talk with officials and gentry behind closed doors, shutting out the common people.

Obviously, this is not in the interests of Zhu Yiyuan
A small negotiating place is full of mysteries. After all, my father is still too scholarly.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Guang, the county magistrate, and the others had no choice but to agree, and they gathered around one after another.

Zhu Yiyuan looked around, and suddenly smiled at a militia man outside the crowd: "Please come here."

The man didn't react, he just stood outside the crowd.

Zhu Yiyuan got up, separated from the crowd, walked up to him, and said with a smile: "I remember that your name is Yu Dayou, and you are the one who came to help this time. Standing inside, you can hear clearly. If you have any questions, just ask me directly. "

Yu Dayou was even more surprised, there were all the country gentry and the county magistrate, how could he get in with a muddy leg?Listening outside, it's already too much, didn't you watch the other folks hide away!

Zhu Yiyuan didn't care, he dragged Yu Dayou in and let him sit next to him, and then said: "Zhu Zhixian, you can talk now."

The rich gentry, officials and wealthy businessmen present all looked a little embarrassed, but they had no choice but to make the decision made by Zhu Yiyuan.

Zhu Guang felt the difficulties of the young people in front of him, so he could only truthfully say: "The Qing government started to enclose land within [-] miles of Gyeonggi last year, and later expanded it to [-] miles. This year, even Shandong Can’t be spared, the farthest is Xuzhou.”

The so-called staking of land means that the nobles of the Eight Banners have their eyes on which piece of land is good, and if they ride a horse around, it will belong to him.

If it is extremely insulting to say that shaving hair and making clothes easier, then staking land is extremely harmful.

This thing is much more powerful than the annexation of the Ming Dynasty. The nobles of the Eight Banners only picked fertile and fertile land, directly declared it to be his, and then sent their own servants to act as the head of the village. As for the original landlord... I have already taken your land, Still want me to take your head?

Get out of here!

Only those who are completely shameless, who take refuge in the nobles of the Qing court and become grandchildren for others, may be qualified to manage the manor.Even so, the big boss must be given to the master.

The identity suddenly changed from a landlord to a slave...

You asked me to shave my hair and make clothes easier, I can bear it, but you robbed me of my property and made my status plummet, how can I bear it?

There are so many gentry and officials in the yamen, they all have property more or less.

Once the Qing court ransacked in Xintai, they would either become refugees or servants... No wonder they were willing to help Zhu Yiyuan destroy this group of Confucian servants and the twenty Eight Banners soldiers.

After Zhu Yiyuan listened, he suddenly smiled and said: "Zhu Zhi County, I understand the matter of staking land. But I want to ask you, the Eight Banners nobles encircled the land, so they can't cultivate it themselves? They also need tenants, right? "

Zhu Guang was taken aback for a moment, "Young Master Zhu, please forgive me for being stupid, I don't understand what you mean?"

"What I mean is very simple. In fact, the staking of land will really harm the interests of the gentry and landlords. As for ordinary tenant farmers, the burden is already heavy, and it is nothing more than adding a little more burden, isn't it?"

At this time, a gentry couldn't help standing up, "Young Master Zhu, you must not say that. The Qing court was brutal and committed all kinds of evil. When these dozens of Tartars arrived in Xintai, they were forced to give them women. If they stay , every household will suffer disasters, and no one will be spared."

With a smile on Zhu Yiyuan's face, he suddenly turned his head to look at Yu Dayou, and said with a smile, "Can you tell me?"

Yu Dayou opened his mouth wide, what did you say?

He doesn't know anything about staking.

Zhu Yiyuan encouraged: "It doesn't matter, just tell me why you are willing to support me, and why you are willing to lead the villagers to help me fight the war."

"Didn't you distribute the land?" Yu Dayou blurted out, "We have all heard that you distributed the land to the villagers in Laiwu, and you were exempted from the land tax. The villagers all praised Mr. Zhu for his benevolence."

Zhu Yiyuan smiled and said: "Thanks to the praise from the villagers, I will definitely speak for the villagers." Then Zhu Yiyuan faced Zhu Guang and the rest of the gentry and merchants, and said loudly: "Do you hear clearly? The villagers and your thoughts It’s different, they need land for those who cultivate it. You don’t want to become slaves of the Qing government at this time, and you don’t want to lose your family fortune... I understand what I mean, the fields must be divided, five acres per person, and each family The upper limit is [-] mu, Xintai folks, regardless of tenants, workers, and garrison soldiers, everyone has a share."

Hearing this, almost all the gentry changed their faces. It is okay to divide the land, but at least give them some preferential treatment. Don't let them lose so much?

Some people look at Zhu Guang, others look at Song Jicheng, hoping they will come forward and persuade them.

But Zhu Yiyuan didn't wait for others to speak, and said directly: "There is no room for negotiation on the land. You come to help me, and you can keep your floating wealth. Besides, if you run a business, workshop, or shop, I will give you support according to the situation. In terms of tax, it still needs to be collected, but it can be exempted for three years."

Zhu Yiyuan couldn't help standing up when he mentioned this, and said loudly: "This is my arrangement. If you agree, I will go to the city. If you don't want to..."

Zhu Yiyuan paused, and said with a smile: "You guys look back."

Zhu Guang, officials, and many gentry and merchants turned their heads, and their expressions changed suddenly.It turned out that it was already dark outside, surrounded by a large circle of people.

It is worth mentioning that the soldiers guarding Xintai, the handymen in the yamen, and many refugees were all standing outside.

Their gazes looked at Zhu Yiyuan together, with excitement, admiration, and gratitude...

Zhu Yiyuan smiled and said: "If the big guys don't agree, I have to invite all the villagers to help me win Xintai. At that time, even the real estate floating wealth will be equally divided!"

Zhu Yiyuan took two steps forward, and said to the people: "Do you guys agree with my words?"

The next second, Yu Dayou suddenly stood up, raised his arms and shouted, "I agree! I agree!"

"We all listen to Mr. Zhu!"

"If you don't agree, just go in!"

……

The roar of the mountains and the tsunami made all the gentry and officials present change color, and some even trembled in their legs and broke out in cold sweat.This situation is a hundred times more terrifying than facing those Eight Banners soldiers.

Zhu Yiyuan turned around, looked at Zhu Guang, and said with a smile: "Zhu Zhixian, what do you think? Do you want to follow the big guy's mind?"

What else could Zhu Guang say, he could only look around, then bowed his head and said, "We all listen to Mr. Zhu."

(End of this chapter)