In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 229 Your Majesty's Law is the King's Law
Over the next two months, reports and measurements were reported and measured everywhere in Fuzhou and even throughout Fujian.

Strange to say, 90.00% of the reported and measured areas are exactly the same, especially for large households.

Only a small number of self-reported areas are different from the measured areas.

Where the data are different, according to the past practice, the measurement shall prevail.

However, the measurement of fields in ancient times is different from that of later generations. There is often a large gap between the actual number of acres and the measured number of acres.

In general, high-quality grain fields may be measured with a ruler, and those with poor terrain may be measured with footsteps.

The most difficult to measure is the Yamada in Fujian.

"There are many mountainous fields in Fujian County, and there is no mu corner to count. The township rate counts seeds, either in buckets or in liters; each bucket of seeds is mostly worth more than ten coins."

There are many mountain fields in Fujian, and it is impossible to use a ruler or walk to measure them, so even how many seeds are used to estimate the number of acres.

In addition to determining hectares of acres by planting grain, local folk customs also have methods of determining hectares of acres by seedling handles and labor, and by special units of measurement such as jun, scales, bars, etc. It has been widely used in practice.

These estimates of the number of acres by using seedling handles and labor are simply gross estimates, so there must be a gap between the actual number of fields and the reported number of acres, and it will not be small.

In a blink of an eye, it was November of the first year of Baoqing.

The end of the year is getting closer and closer. After nearly three months of reporting and measurement, the number of fields in all prefectures and prefectures in Fujian has basically come out.

In Fuzhou, where Qian Hongzu lives, there were still more than 17 million mu in Jiading in 300, but this time it directly became 260 million mu.

From the reign of Chunxi Xiaozong to the second year of Baoqing, it has only been 50 years, and the grain fields in Fuzhou have dropped from more than 400 million to more than 200 million. You are not angry.

The key point is that the population of Fuzhou is still increasing.

On the fourth day of November, the Commissioner of Making and Making suddenly issued another official document, and the whole province had already received it, and the "Anvil Foundation Book" was to be made again, and the land property and real estate property were separated.

The anvil foundation book is the property right certificate of the two Song Dynasties, which comprehensively records the householder’s land property, residential area, four lands, sources and other land conditions. There are also topographic maps in it. Keep a copy at the county, government, or transshipment department.

Anvil base books in the Song Dynasty were not only evidence of property rights, but also the basis for the imperial court to levy taxes.

When there is a transaction of land property and housing, both parties must bring the "anvil foundation book" to the county government for "approval and chiseling".

So at this time, when you think about the Northern Song Dynasty, the Northern Fifth Road was able to conceal more than 1 million mu. It can be said that all local officials must have participated.

If you do not participate, the relevant data will not be written into the "Anvil Base Book", and many fields can be regarded as unowned fields.

The reason why Wang Anshi was able to find out the original data is only to find out the "anvil base book".

Zhao Yurui's move to remake the "Anvil Base Book" is very vicious, and the future "Anvil Base Book" will only list real estate and shops, without grain fields in it.

Grain fields are separately produced as "Dasong Private Field Certificate".

Holding the grass, when the news spread, the big landlords in Fujian were stunned.

They have finished reporting all the data. Like Lin Yuanshan, which has more than 2 mu and only reports [-] mu. If it is included in the "Da Song Private Land Certificate", then the other [-] mu will be equivalent to no owner's land in the future?

This official document was posted in the morning, and in the evening of the same day, all the warehouses and tents of the province's counties and prefectures were mysteriously caught fire, and the original province's "Anvil Foundation Book" deposits were burned to the ground.

The next morning, everyone was still concerned about the fire that broke out in the Fuzhou magistrate's yamen.

A group of more than 100 armored soldiers came to Lin Yuanshan's field mightily.

Accompanying him were four officials Li Chen, Wu Guangming, Zhou Delu and Yuan Kui who helped him measure at that time.

There is also Li Jiwen, the head of the tax department.

Li Jiwen's face would turn blue and white now, and he didn't understand why he brought the armored soldiers out.

From time to time, he turned his head to look at Dutou Fang Tieshan beside him.

Fang Tieshan had a serious expression and didn't speak much along the way.

Before the two came out, Li Jiwen had already received the order from the envoy, and everything was under the arrangement of the Fujian capital, and the envoy only needed to cooperate.

At this time, they have come to a large grain field, which is one of the best fields in Fuzhou. There are all high-quality grain fields in front of them. At a glance, at least several thousand acres.

"Fang Dutou, what are we doing here?" Li Jiwen finally couldn't help it, and asked cautiously.

Fang Tieshan glanced at him, and said: "Go and call the chief security officer, the chief security officer, and Du Baozheng."

Li Jiwen quickly glanced at Li Chen, and after a while, the local security chief, the chief security chief, Bao Zhengquan, all came.

Fang Tieshan took out the account book and said loudly: "We recently observed the four sites of private farms reported in Fuzhou, and found that this grain farm of more than 3000 mu is actually unowned."

"It's strange to say that this field is so good, who planted it?" Fang Tieshan turned his head and asked Li Jiwen with a smile.

Li Jiwen's expression was extremely ugly, and he said with a smile: "I--I don't know--"

In fact, his official rank is higher than this, but under panic, he was a little incoherent.

Yuan Kui laughed softly at this time: "Could it be that the local people spontaneously planted and discovered new fields--"

"Then why didn't you report it?" Fang Tieshan turned his head sharply, staring at the local Du Baozheng and the others: "You are the local security chief. Since Xintian appeared, why didn't you report it?"

"Ah—" Several security chiefs and others looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what to say.

A deputy head of the capital next to Fang Tieshan said at this time: "It doesn't matter whether he has new or old fields. Since he hasn't reported it, he has no owner of the land. Mr. Li."

"I'm here." Li Jiwen quickly responded.

"Release this piece of land to the official land and accept it as official property."

"Ah." Li Jiwen almost fell to the ground in shock.

Li Chen and the other four were even more sour-faced.

Fang Tieshan didn't care about him, and immediately led people to enclose several thousand acres, saying that this was unowned land and it was taken as official property.

He also told his subordinates that the military officers of our Fujian capital are all waiting for their jobs.

It turns out that the imperial court promised to give them a job field, and it is preparing to cash it out at the end of the year.

Li Jiwen and others turned pale with fright, not knowing what to say.

Then Fang Tieshan led people to enclose fields everywhere, and a large number of so-called unowned fields in Fuzhou were enclosed as government-owned.

About two hours later, at noon, a large group of people hurried over from the edge of a certain field.

Li Jiwen and others turned their heads to look, but it was the big landlord Lin Yuanshan who came with a large number of family members and tenants. There were nearly two to three hundred people, and it was quite dark and scary.

"What are you doing? Why are you in my field?" Lin Yuanshan had already received the news, and the court used the excuse that all the fields that had not been reported were regarded as unclaimed fields and taken as official possessions.

Fang Tieshan sneered, who are you?
Lin Yuanshan said, I am Lin Yuanshan, and this field is mine.

Fang Tieshan waved his hand, and someone took out the number of fields reported by Lin Yuanshan recently, and Fang Tieshan read on the spot: "Lin Yuanshan, he reported [-] acres of land, including [-] acres of top-grade fields on the ten-mile slope to the north of Fujian County—"

When Fang Tieshan read it, Lin Yuanshan's face turned red, he was ashamed and angry.

After reading, Fang Tieshan finally asked: "Mr. Lin, if I read correctly, the field here is not yours, and you have never reported it."

Lin Yuanshan blushed and said angrily, "I accidentally made a mistake, this field belongs to me."

Fang Tieshan's face darkened, and he turned to look at Li Chen and the others coldly: "Officer Lin said that the report was wrong, and when you took measurements, did you also make mistakes?"

The four of them were stunned, their minds in chaos.

"You guys are so courageous." Fang Tieshan broke out and said sharply: "The imperial court has repeatedly ordered that you must be serious in doing things and not make mistakes. Anyone who makes a mistake in measuring more than one hundred acres will be executed."

"Besides Lin Yuan, the more than 1000 acres here are all yours?"

Lin Yuanshan said loudly: "Of course they are all mine."

"What? Make a decision?" Li Jiwen and the others almost lost their minds. When did it happen?
"I'm afraid you didn't pay attention to the official document just posted by the envoy this morning, did you?" Fang Tieshan smiled grimly and waved his hand: "Come here."

All the sergeants behind rushed forward one after another and held all four of them on the spot.

Zheng, if someone draws a knife directly, he will kill him.

"Ah." Li Jiwen was almost scared to pee, with a look of disbelief on his face.

"We didn't make a mistake in the measurement." Just as a sergeant swung his knife, Yuan Kui yelled frantically.

The sergeant swung his long knife high and looked at Fang Tieshan.

Yuan Kui cried: "There is no mistake in the measurement, we are not wrong in the measurement, Mr. Lin really only has five thousand mu of land."

The other three also nodded, Mr. Lin only has [-] mu of land.

Yuan Kui said again, if you ask the Baochang Baochang and the others, it is five thousand mu.

A few Baochang Baochang and others beside him also nodded wildly, that is five thousand mu.

No one dared to admit that they were wrong.

Lin Yuanshan was furious, I have an "anvil base book", don't think it will be useful if you burn the ones in the yamen, you want to join forces to deceive me?

Fang Tieshan said: "You show me the original "Anvil Book" and I want to see, who is at fault?"

"If you are right, Lin Yuanwai, these four people measured the wrong fields and their heads will be beheaded. The four of them did not make a mistake. Lin Yuanwai, you are just making something out of nothing, picking quarrels and provoking trouble - you will be punished severely."

When Lin Yuanshan heard that he was going to be punished heavily, he didn't want to, so he quickly asked someone to take out the anvil book.

Fang Tieshan waited for him to get the anvil in front of him, and looked at Yuan Kui calmly: "Go and see, is he right or you are right?"

A cold light flashed in Yuan Kui's eyes, he suddenly grabbed the anvil base book, and immediately shouted: "It's a fake, it's a fake."

Chi la chi la, directly tore into pieces, then picked up the pieces and stuffed them into their mouths, Li Chen and the others rushed up and stuffed them into their mouths.

"Nun Niang." Lin Yuanshan almost fainted, couldn't bear it any longer, rushed forward and scolded, saying that these four people took his money and deliberately covered him up.

Yuan Kui called him nonsense and framed Zhongliang.

The two sides were still arguing, Fang Tieshan roared angrily: "Stop arguing, you don't have any evidence to prove that this is your field other than the forest officer, so it can only be counted according to what you reported."

"Member Lin, you understand in your heart that you underreported so much, whether it was intentional or unintentional."

"Damn it, do you want to grab it? Is there any law in the Song Dynasty—call me—" Lin Yuanshan was also crazy, and suddenly pointed at Yuan Kui and others and shouted. He wanted someone to beat Yuan Kui and the others. .

Unexpectedly, Fang Tieshan's eyes lit up, and he said fiercely: "I rebelled, let me—kill—"

He waited until now, just waiting for Lin Yuanshan's words, the Song Dynasty has the king's law, and His Majesty's law is the king's law.

"Kill." There was a shout of killing at the scene, and hundreds of soldiers rushed forward with crossbows, spears, and waist knives.

Blood flowed profusely at the scene.

On the fifth day of November, the largest landlord in Fuzhou was dissatisfied with the new policy of the imperial court and encouraged his tenants to rebel, and his whole family was punished.

Afterwards, it was also found out that Li Jiwen, Yuan Kui and other officials colluded to help cover up, all of them were executed and their property was confiscated. Change.

In order to prove that Lin Yuanshan concealed a large amount of land, the imperial court specially summoned all the tenants and servants of his family. Whoever reported the real number first would be rewarded with [-] mu of land and [-] guan.

At the scene, he frantically expressed his opinion. His family's housekeeper took the lead and reported all the land in Lin Yuanshan's family.

Since then, a campaign to report how many fields there are in the home of the master has started in Fujian.

(End of this chapter)