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Chapter 69 A stinky beggar?

As the saying goes, taxes cost money, and service costs lives.

This rule, which is used unscrupulously by officials, is actually very simple, just one sentence
If the quality of the project in service does not meet the standard, it must be reworked unconditionally until it reaches the standard. This is called "do not count it as a corvee".

The original intention was just to prevent the cheating and lazy people from working indiscriminately and fooling around, but it instantly turned into a heavy shackles weighing on countless good people.

As the saying goes, whether the quality meets the standard or not depends entirely on the whim of the official. Especially those in high positions who buy official positions are eager to make up for their losses, and they are even more unscrupulous.

But now His Majesty is desperately searching for the people's wealth and anointing for his own personal use. He has been carrying out large-scale construction projects and building palaces. He has sent eunuchs to all the counties to collect good wood and stone.

So it was settled, if the superiors acted, the subordinates would follow suit, and a blood-sucking feast to enrich one's own pockets began to be staged vigorously across the country.

The people who suffered from labor were unable to return home, abandoned their land, and lost their source of income.

However, not only could the imperial court pay no less tax, local officials also kept increasing miscellaneous fees. In addition, the plague was rampant, and careerists colluded everywhere.
Finally, bang

The yellow flag is sweeping across the world, and countless people are passively or actively involved in it, making their voices heard.

The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, and the age of Jiazi will bring good luck to the world!
Such a disrespectful and treacherous person immediately made the court furious and responded tit for tat.

For a moment, the flags were flying, and the army came out in unison, sharpening their swords. After a series of fratricidal battles, it was really...
White bones are exposed in the wild, there are no roosters crowing for thousands of miles, and hundreds of people are left behind, and the thought of them is heartbreaking.

It is against this background that aristocratic families who have strong influence on the local area and are even at the grassroots level of governing the local area have started their own carnival.

Through their connections and strength, they could protect the people from being taxed and corvee, and even worse, they could evade the court tax.

Therefore, even if these common people do not own the land and have to pay more than half of the rent, they are still willing to take shelter under the wealthy families.

Because this kind of life is more stable and safer than that of homesteaders, it must be said that it is really a huge irony.

And this was the basis for the aristocratic families in the Later Han Dynasty to take advantage of the chaos and make a fortune.

Now that thousands of serfs have arrived, it is certain that the Wang family in Qixian County will become the first aristocratic family in Qixian County. They may even surpass the Wang family in Jinyang and become the largest aristocratic family in Taiyuan soon.

Such a future has to be intoxicating, the head of the Wang family thought.

At this moment

——"What? You said that Mr. Su has other plans?!"

The old man, who was immersed in the dream of getting rich, suddenly woke up and looked at the panting Wang Ling next to him, hesitant.

Does Su Yao have other plans for these people?
But he pitied the people for their suffering, so he wanted to fight against the local tyrants to divide their land?

Wake up, how is that possible? Not to mention the factors of time and status, in Su Yao's eyes, these people are just a bunch of numbers in human reserves, tools to produce money and food, and soldiers to be recruited in the future.

Yes, at this moment, Su Yao has not yet begun to care about the fate of these people. What he values ​​​​is the value of these people.

"What?!

He wants me to only charge 50% of the land rent?
And he still wants to split the 50% land rent with me 37%? "

The old man blew his beard angrily and stared.
"Is there any mistake? Does he understand the rules?
He doesn't understand the rules. Doesn't Wang Ling also understand the rules?

Do you know how many relationships our family has to clear up and how much money it will cost to accommodate these people? "

The old man in charge saw that Wang Ling lowered his head and remained silent. He paused for a moment, calmed down and then said
"Well, it's good for young people to have ideals and ideas. He knows how to send people here this time. I think he is also a person who knows how to reciprocate kindness. Of course our family must support him."

The old man patted Wang Ling on the shoulder.
"The old rule is that the rent cannot be touched at 7%. We will give him % of the income. Even though he is less than %, it is much more cost-effective than what he got before."

The old man nodded, thinking that he was really generous and considerate:
"After all, we have provided the land, as well as the farm tools and seeds. He, Mr. Su, can get these 20% for nothing. Whether it is to make military supplies or come back to buy land and real estate, we will not let him." His boy worked in vain to send these people here."

"grandfather…"

At this time Wang Ling finally came to his senses and murmured:
"My benefactor means that this matter is not negotiable... and there is Sanqi, he is seven, you are three..." "Wha, what?!"

The old man's head was buzzing and he murmured

"If you take 50% of the rent, then 30% is mine, then...this...

Isn’t this less than 20%? "

Lao Li's face turned red and he scolded angrily
"Who does Su Yao think he is? Doesn't he treat our Wang family as a beggar?"

No, Su Yao didn't think so at all.

He simply adjusted the tax rate from high to medium to ensure that people’s loyalty can grow slowly.

This is the case for Su Yao. In the early stage of high economic pressure, he would choose to directly let go of the red-faced (low loyalty) people who could not suppress them, detonate them, and control the turmoil by cutting through the mess quickly.

As for the relatively stable yellow face (mid-loyalty), he will appropriately reduce tax rates and wait for people's loyalty to slowly grow, ensuring both financial resources and stability in a steady way.

This is just a choice made by the strength party in pursuit of efficiency.

But the funny thing is that just such a slight relaxation of oppression can actually lead to a burst of cheers:
"General Su is really the great master of Qingtian!"

"Blue heaven!"

People who originally looked numb and indifferent were overjoyed after confirming Wang Ling's words.

Not only were there some who couldn't help but shout loudly to the sky, there were also those who were deeply in love and even leaned on the ground and howled loudly.

This is much better than their expected future.

To Su Yao, who made the decision, this 20% reduction in rent was more of just a number on the system, but to these people, it allowed them to see the future.

The 20% gap means that they can save something. Not only will they be more confident in facing future disasters, but their children will also have hope of starting a family and starting a business.

"I haven't agreed yet..."

Lao Lichang's voice became lower and lower, and finally he shut up.

This was not something his conscience discovered, but something he saw in the eyes of those Yellow Turbans looking at him.

Darling, although these people have had their weapons confiscated, there are still thousands of them, and many of them have killed people before. Which one is easy to deal with?

It was only then that Wang Ling understood why his benefactor made him wait until here before disclosing the matter in person. It turned out that public opinion was needed to push his grandfather to make concessions.

The old lieutenant stamped his feet, grabbed Wang Ling's ears and pulled him aside.
"What the hell are you doing here?

I originally thought he only wanted fame and fortune, but now look, this guy Su not only wants money, he also wants to win the hearts and minds of the people. What are you guys trying to do?

Could it be that he wants to rebel? ! "

rebellion? !
Wang Ling was shocked. He had never thought of such a thing.

Su Yao never expected that his little idea of ​​constantly accumulating strength and testing the boundaries would be discovered by this popular old village chief who didn't even have a name.

So does he want to rebel?

"You said that my benefactor wanted to rebel?" Wang Ling was dumbfounded.

"you ask me???"

(End of this chapter)