Wei and Jin Cooks

  Chapter 701 Measures

"But this also puts pressure on the Governor's Mansion and the common people. She has to raise so many soldiers and horses, and the government also needs to spend, and she has to recruit refugees. Where does so much money and food come from?" Yu Shiming said: "She She has offended a lot of high-ranking officials and noble families before, and teenage girls, can she be ashamed to ask for peace with them?"

   Zhao Ming looked up at him and said, "Why should she ask?"

   Besides, who said that Zhao Hanzhang doesn't have such a face, she has a thick skin, as long as the benefits are big enough, what can she not do?

   But Zhao Hanzhang is soft, and if she wants to get the support of those high-ranking officials and noble families, she will pay a high price for taking money from them.

   The marriage of Zhao and Fu's two families may cause disturbances.

  Yu Shiming also thought of this, but Zhao Ming could say some things, but he was not easy to say, so the words swirled around his lips, and he didn't say anything.

   Zhao Ming rushed to Luoyang to meet Zhao Hanzhang.

  But the first thing he saw was not Zhao Hanzhang, but Ji Yuan and Ming Yu.

  As Zhao Hanzhang’s two major aides, the two of them have a lot to do, and take one step at a time to see ten steps. Zhao Hanzhang’s new tax decree is flawed. They are not unaware of it, but it is not easy to change it immediately.

  As Zhao Ming said, amending the law at this time will do more harm than good.

Ji Yuan asked Zhao Ming to sit down and talk, and Zhao Song and Zhao Hu's lively conversation came from outside the door, "I went into the city today and saw that there are many more people on the street than when I came last time. It can be seen that Luoyang is getting better. Why do you want to change taxes?"

But Zhao Hu said: "It's great to change it, it's best to change it back to the beginning, Hanzhang is so stingy, I used to have Tianmu under the name of the eldest brother who was tax-exempt, but now she is the governor, and she is also a county prince, the tax-exempt Tianmu More, and got my tax-free allowance back."

  Zhao Hu wished that Zhao Hanzhang would change a little more, and finally exempt all his land from tax.

  The two old brothers were chatting lively and went to the backyard. Zhao Ming waited until he could no longer hear them before looking at Ji Yuan and asking, "Mr. Ji, why does Hanzhang want to revise taxes again?"

  Ji Yuan said: "Not long ago, two gentry families fled from Luoyang because the taxes were too heavy to bear. The girl felt uncomfortable seeing this, so she wanted to modify some regulations."

Ji Yuan looked at Ming Yu, and Ming Yu said: "It is still necessary to pay taxes regardless of seniority, but considering that many noble families are also suffering from disasters, so the regulation of paying taxes according to the acres under the name has been changed to paying taxes according to the actual cultivated acres. , the land under his name will not be changed within five years, but it will be taken back to the state if no one cultivates it for five consecutive years."

   For example, before the Chen family owned a hundred acres of land, but actually cultivated 20 acres, Zhao Hanzhang reduced the tax and only collected one-third of the tax payable.

  This year, the refugees in Luoyang were allocated six acres of land and cultivated six acres, but only had to pay taxes on two acres of land;

  As for the Chen family, they charge one-third of a hundred acres of land, which is equivalent to paying 33 acres of grain tax, which is a big burden for a noble family like the Chen family.

   With Zhao Hanzhang’s change, the Chen family only needs to pay one-third of the 20 mu, which greatly reduces the pressure.

  In Yuzhou and Luoyang, there are still many gentry families like the Chen family.

  Zhao Ming pursed his lips and asked, "Where is Hanzhang now?"

   "She went to see the soldiers farming."

   Zhao Ming snorted and said, "Soldiers still need to train and fight. Now that Zhao Han and Xianbei are staring at the northern land, how much food and grass can they gather just by farming?"

"Once we go on an expedition, there will be no one to farm and take care of the military fields, and then we will have to raise food and grass with the common people." Zhao Ming rubbed his forehead and said, "Since she took over Yuzhou, she has been very tough on the aristocratic families, but in a short time They are also the ones who can raise a large amount of money and food, and after three years, everyone is used to her toughness, and with me, Mrs. Zhao, mediating, no matter how dissatisfied they are, they can only endure it."

   "If the decree is revised at this time, her prestige will be greatly affected. How many people will tolerate her dominance?" Zhao Ming asked, "What kind of tax policy does she want, what kind of... the world."

  Ji Yuan and Ming Yu looked up at him at the same time, surprised in their eyes, Ji Yuan even raised his eyebrows, he straightened his back slightly, and said with a smile: "Perhaps Zi Nian can ask the girl face to face."

  Zhao Ming raised his eyes and looked at him, "Do you agree with her revising the decree?"

  Ji Yuan said: "As long as it is operated properly, the disadvantages caused by the revision of the government order can be avoided, but Zi Nian will have to suffer and Zhao will also suffer some grievances."

   There was no need for Ji Yuan to say anything, Zhao Ming understood his method almost immediately.

  Zhao Ming: …

   After a long time of trouble, it turned out that he was the one who suffered the most.

   Is he giving away his head for a hundred miles?

  Zhao Ming pursed his lips and said: "Call her back, I want to talk to her face to face, if she can persuade me, don't say kneel her for a day, kneel for three days."

  Ji Yuan responded immediately, and then sent someone to invite Zhao Hanzhang back, and at the same time quietly called Humanity: "Go to the workshop to invite Mr. Fu, and make sure he comes back before sunset."

"yes."

   Zhao Hanzhang heard that Zhao Song and Zhao Ming came to Luoyang together, and immediately ran back, and met Fu Tinghan who came back at the same time at the gate.

  Two people, one is wearing a short jacket and pants, with dirt on his body, dusty all over, looks like a little peasant girl;

  One is also dressed in the same way, except that the upper body is covered with mud spots, and the trousers are wet up to the knees. It looks like a long-term laborer in the country.

  Both of them were busy with work. Fu Tinghan hadn't seen her for five or six days. Seeing her now, he couldn't help but smile and asked, "Miss Zhao just came back from the field?"

   "Yes, Mr. Fu just came up from the river?"

  Fu Tinghan nodded, "I also caught a fish today, but unfortunately I came back in a hurry and didn't bring it with me, otherwise I can treat you to a fish."

   Fu An, who was a few steps behind Fu Tinghan, jumped off the horse. Hearing this, he immediately untied the thing tied with thatch from the other side of the horse, and said loudly: "Mr. Lang, I brought it back."

   After finishing speaking, he held up the fish in his hand and showed them.

Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan looked back together and laughed when they saw the palm-sized fish, and said happily, "Is this fish enough to fit between the teeth? Well, let me tell you..."

  While talking, Zhao Hanzhang entered the door with Fu Tinghan, and walked to the front yard. Fu Tinghan had already suggested: "Next year, people can raise fish in the ditch, enrich the diet, and better supplement protein. There is not enough meat in Luoyang now."

  Zhao Hanzhang: "Isn't it advocating raising pigs? The skill of barrows has also spread."

  Fu Tinghan: "Only places like the army and workshops raise pigs according to their tasks. There are still fewer folks raising pigs, and more sheep and chickens."

   When they reached the hall, the two of them were already thinking about promoting the method of raising pigs. Zhao Ming, who was sitting in the room, twitched his forehead and couldn't help but say, "Mr. Zhao!"

  Zhao Hanzhang stopped talking immediately, looked down at his clothes first, and entered the room with a smile on his face, clasped his fists and bowed again and again, "Uncle has worked hard all the way, hard work, hard work."

  (end of this chapter)