Chenliu County Government.

Before dawn, the yamen runners placed tables and chairs in the open space in front of the door, and arranged the tables and chairs prepared overnight.

The policy of yamen runners hanging a mu of land on the wall is that they are afraid that some people will not see the key points, so they use big words to extract the key points, mainly the hierarchy system and the method of disposing of hidden fields after finding out the hidden fields.

Even so, I was still afraid that I would not do well enough, so I would draw a comic and hang it on it.

Lu Huiqing was afraid that there were too many people today and there was too much dust, so he asked the yamen runners to sprinkle water on the mud to prevent the dust from floating up.

Zhang Dun came to inspect early in the morning and felt that it was still not perfect, so he asked someone to take some colored cloth and cut it into pieces, hanging it with a rope, laying the entire open space in a very festive atmosphere.

Such a very high-standard layout made the farmers who arrived one after another look at each other.

Zhang Qizhong quietly arrived at the scene and couldn't help but feel a little stunned when he saw this situation.

The sun rises quietly, and the first ray of sunlight shines on the county government gate, and the ribbons flutter.

Lu Huiqing, Xu Ying and others came to the county government last night to wait. At this time, they were already dressed neatly and sat at the entrance of the county government government, waiting for the arrival of the farmers.

When the first group of farmers arrived, Lu Huiqing quickly asked the people from the Sansi to receive them.

Zhang Qizhong was among the first group of farmers. He was tall and fair-faced, and he was obviously not a farmer at first glance, but the officials of the Third Division turned a blind eye to this, allowing Zhang Qizhong to get involved.

The farmers were organized into teams. Of course, these untrained farmers stood in a mess and, under the guidance of the officials of the Third Division, came to the front of the wall where the policies were posted.

Zhang Qizhong looked at the policy on the wall with his back and squinted his eyes, which was exactly the same as what he had seen before, but he smiled secretly.

I want farmers to understand this kind of thing, but they are fantastic. If they can understand it, they will not be easily incited.

Officials from the Third Division read out the policy, but the farmers were all confused.

When the officials of the Third Division saw it, they quickly arrived in front of the next wall and pointed to the extracted key points.

"...It doesn't matter if you don't understand the previous one. Let's look at this. For you, you only need to pay attention to two points, one is your household registration.

As we all know, the households in our Song Dynasty are divided into five levels according to the amount of land.

A first-class household refers to a family that covers an area of ​​three to hundreds of hectares;

The second and third-class households refer to families that cover an area of ​​less than three hectares or even less than one hectares.

The fourth-class households occupy about fifty acres of land;

The fifth-class household has less than 20 acres of land.

All the fifth-class households present should be. If this is the case, you don’t need to worry at all, because this inspection of the land will not involve you.

You can legally own twenty acres of land. If you find out that the land you have not yet built, as long as it is less than twenty acres, you can continue to farm.

Moreover, there is no need to pay taxes for these twenty acres of land, which means that you can own a total of forty acres of land, twenty acres of taxes, and the other twenty acres do not require taxes. Do you understand?"

"What, there is such a good thing?"

"Oh my God, if that's the case..."

"Ah, that's great!"

...

The farmers whispered to each other.

"It's fake, how could the court be so good?"

"Yes, are you lying to us?"

"Let me listen, what else is there to say."

...

Officials from the Third Division quickly suppressed the control scene.

"The first thing is the first thing, and everyone listens to the second thing. The first four-class households don't have to worry. Clearing the land is not to invade everyone's interests, but to regulate taxes.

If the first four-class households have hidden land, they don’t have to worry about it. The court will not punish the crime, nor will it recover the taxes that were previously owed, and will not blame the taxes before.

Moreover, if you hear it, you can find out the hidden land. The first four households have two options: one is to return the land to the state, and the other is to continue to cultivate the hidden land. However, you have to pay taxes according to the registered land..."

The farmers will be skeptical.

The sun rises.

As farmer groups came over, the people from Sansi explained tirelessly.

There were some people standing nearby who looked like landlords, and they were also paying attention to this matter.

After hearing the explanation of the officials of the Third Division, Xu Ying couldn't help but feel a little confused. He turned his head and asked Lu Huiqing in a low voice: "There are loopholes in this policy. If the fifth-class households are allowed to own twenty acres of land that do not require tax payments, the landlords will send the land they hide in the hands of farmers. In this way, wouldn't there be a large number of land exempted from taxes?"

Lu Huiqing smiled and said, "Well, this doesn't matter. The landlords have a lot of land, and even if they send the land to farmers, it is only a part of it.

Moreover, they will also give some of their rights to farmers, which is a good thing."

Lu Huiqing's explanation seems to make some sense, but Xu Ying always feels that there is something in Lu Huiqing's words, but it is not suitable to say more here.

Zhang Qizhong observed carefully. After rounds of explanations, the temper of the farmers who were originally aggressive gradually faded away.

Not only that, he stood next to the landlords in Chenliu County, and the whispered conversations made him extremely anxious.

"If this is the case, it doesn't matter. We will send the fields to the tenants first, and we don't have many fields.

If not, just recruit a few more tenants, so that the hidden land will not have to be taxed. Haha, good things will be done once and for all."

"Haha, that's right. I used to worry that the court would settle accounts after the fall. Now it seems that the government is still very kind, and it is not inferior to Emperor Renzong. Our Song Dynasty has another good official family!"

...

Zhang Qizhong went over with a gloomy face and whispered: "Why are you so naive? You believe this!"

A white-bearded landlord laughed and said, "Xiao Zhang, look, what's there?"

Zhang Qizhong looked at the old man's finger. It was a joint announcement stamped with the emperor's jade seal, the Seal of the Secretariat, the Seal of the Three Divisions, and even the Seal of the Privy Council.

Generally speaking, the edict only requires the seal of the Zhengshi Hall. This is the first time I have seen the edict that the two prefectures and three ministries have the emperor's jade seal.

What does this mean? It means that this is the recognition of all departments of the court.

Zhang Qizhong's face became even more ugly.

The old man with white beard smiled and said, "If the hidden land of my Wu family is found or even confiscated, it is not a problem. In fact, everyone present is similar. After all, most of the fields in Chenliu County belong to your Zhang family... Haha."

Zhang Qizhong looked at the sarcastic expressions on the faces of others and couldn't help but feel secretly shocked.

He knew that the Zhang family was jealous of Chenliu County, but he did not expect that it would reach this point.

But it's normal to think about it carefully.

The Zhang family took advantage of the situation and occupied more than half of Chenliu County, forcing other landlords to engage in business. It was strange that they would not be jealous of others.

Now that the court has given them a choice, they will naturally not resist stubbornly, after all, their losses are actually not big.

Zhang Qizhong looked around and found that the Zhang family was so lonely.

He roared in a low voice: "Where do you place your land in the tenants, aren't you afraid that they will lose your land?"

Someone sneered: "Do you think they dare?"

Zhang Qizhong couldn't help but speechless.
Chapter completed!