Chapter 256:

When Zheng Yunjie and Ye Ju also came off the stage, they really laid the foundation for the defeat of the opposition.
The two of them are the guns in the hands of Jiacheng Emperor, one is his confidant, which can be regarded as the profile of Jiacheng Emperor's attitude.
It is not ten years ago now. Maybe the Jiacheng Emperor could not make a real statement in the court, but his majesty has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
When Emperor Jiacheng began to express his position, it was inevitable that some people would hesitate.
If there is any hesitation, there is an opportunity to take advantage of this gap, and the reformists will fight for it, and then attack it together, and finally set a charter for selective trial.
This is a compromise method, just like Dinghai Kaifu that year, first choose a place to try, so even if there is an omission, you are not afraid of harming Ji Ji.
On this day, how many people can't sleep at night and how many people sing and drink.
Some officials below even organized a celebration party and gathered together.
Xue Tingyan was about to be there, but he was happy to see everyone. He couldn't say what the battle was really just beginning.
In fact, at the beginning, if it is said that the coastal Kaifu has lost the interests of very few individuals, raising the commercial tax is the loss of the interests of some of the richest people in Dachang. Clearing the land and integrating taxation infringed upon the interests of local squires, tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of landlords.
Dachang is a country of farming, and its foundation stone is the peasants below tens of thousands of people. Since ancient times, it has been said that the imperial power cannot be under the county. The squires represent countless peasants, infringing their interests, and may provoke a civil change at any time.
So the most difficult thing is not the court awarding the system, but the implementation and improvement of the system.
Unfortunately, this time Xue Tingyan couldn't take the lead and go deep into the place, so he could only assign this matter, and he had other things to do.
Xue Tingyan set the pilot in Kaifeng, Henan, under Zhang Sheng.
There are many considerations and worries about the reason why I chose it here.
The area around Henan suffered a drought in the first place, and there is still a lot of waste to be done, and Xue Tingming's disaster relief is very famous in the local area. If he implements the New Deal, whether or not it will succeed, at least the local people will not hold a heart of conflict.
And Zhang Sheng is a jealous person, a person with a good sense in his heart, and a capable man. By him, Xue Tingyan can rest assured.
But before the implementation, there is still a lot of work.
Before issuing the decree, Zhang Sheng called in advance to administer the county and county decree, explained the new policy of the court and the specific details of it, and specifically selected a county he valued to focus on implementation.
Yangwu County is the place where this is implemented. The county magistrate Sun Haiying is an official and clean, and is loved by the people. After receiving the order from Shangfeng, he sent his cronies to the villages and villages to inform the people.
Although these things can be done in the local area, local areas are one of the squires. If they deliberately misrepresent the court decree and cause panic among the people, it is time for a great disturbance, and the New Deal will undoubtedly be dead.
Even so, there were still many resistances. The people of the county government left at the forefoot, and the local squire demon confuses the public at the hind foot, saying that this time the land was cleared by the court to increase taxes.
Farmers' taxes are heavy. In addition to the head tax and field tax for each household, there are various kinds of clever tax and miscellaneous taxes.
Especially in the early years, the imperial court issued a decree to show compassion to the people and collect all the grain and silver. For the sake of profit, some local officials only allowed the people to pay silver as taxes, but not the grain.
In order to pay taxes, ordinary people can only sell grain for silver when they receive it. However, when the annual harvest is always the lowest in the whole year, some grain merchants have contacted local officials to deliberately lower the grain price, and the people will be exploited several times.
Throughout the year, exhausted, the food received is not enough to pay taxes. Many people abandon their farmland and become abandoned people, or take their own fields to give away, stay under the squire, and become a tenant.
Although the county has changed in the past two years, the situation has improved a lot, but the experience of the car is vivid, and the disasters in various places have been affected. The imperial court has to be tax-free for a few years to provide the people with a rest. Today, not only are tax exemptions, but taxes have to be increased, and even the wasteland reclaimed by each family must be counted.
It should be known that few people in the countryside do not reclaim a few acres of wasteland in order to subsidize their daily needs. Most of these fields are not good fields and have very little output, but even so, they can give farmers a place to breathe.
This kind of wasteland without paying taxes per acre is an old practice in the countryside, and now it is suddenly said that this kind of land also has to pay taxes, and the following people cannot be tolerated.
In Daxi Village, Yangwu County, many villagers gathered on the wheat field at the head of the village.
A man dressed as a farmer stood at the front, filled with righteous indignation and said: "This day can't be over! There was a drought last year, how many people died in various places, and then I heard from others that it was not the imperial disaster relief, but the imperial relief The grains have been peeled off by the corrupt officials and waited for our people, and three meals a day is not enough. Now, just after the disaster year, every family has just harvested, and the court made such a thing. We all need to die! "
"Who knows whether it is the court's decree, maybe it was those corrupt officials who made it out, just to exploit our food."
"This is almost the autumn harvest. At this time, the land is cleared, and it is clearly directed at the autumn grain. We can't let these corrupt officials rob us of our grain, and we can't let a wife and children starve to death!"
"Let's go to the county government office and ask them for an explanation. If there is no explanation, we will go to the government office."
"Go, everyone!"
These men could not help but go back to their respective homes. After setting up good wives, children and children, they took out agricultural tools such as and shovel and walked out of the house.
"Those bureaucrats will beat people, we have to bring guys, it's a big deal to fight them!"
"Big deal with them!"
These people gathered into a long dragon and went outside the village.
At this moment, a mule car drove along the village head.
The compartment of this car is quite weird, it is lengthened, and there is a groove on the roof to store things on it. Several large characters were painted on the carriage, and the farmers were illiterate, so they didn't know what to write.
But they all know this car, this is Wang Jicai's car. I often go to the countryside to collect some vegetables, chicken, eggs, meat, etc. from the farms. Sometimes I also receive food. The prices are childish, and everyone is old friends.
Sure enough, the car stopped at the front, and the driver greeted everyone.
"Wang Dashan, where are you going? Is the village next door intercepting your water and fighting with others?"
This is an old thing and a joke.
"What a big deal, so to speak and discuss, everyone is a folk, so if you look up, you don't see your head down, why is it so."
"Brother Liu, you don't know. The court is about to force us to die. The county said that we need to clear our fields. You are also from a nearby village. You know that every family has to open some barren land to make up for the famine. The land is subject to tax, you said that you can still live this day. "
The man named Liu is indeed from a nearby village. Wang Jicaihang has always followed the route of going deep into the countryside. The folks in all townships and counties are employed local people.
Especially the folks who go to the countryside to collect vegetables are villagers in nearby villages. Because many places stick to xenophobia, only locals can fight together, so Liu folks are very aware of the local people's feelings.
Guy Liu was surprised, and hesitantly asked, "Are you talking about the New Deal implemented by the court?"
"How did Brother Liu know this?"
Mr. Liu scratched his head and smiled and said, "If this is the case, I really know. Our big owner of Wang Ji Cai Xing is the wife of Master Xue who promoted this new deal. The couple of Da Dong were born in a farmhouse, deep Knowing that the people are suffering, Dadongjia has created a vegetable shop to expand the livelihoods of farmers in the countryside. Whichever household has an uneatable dish can be exchanged for money by selling it through the vegetable shop.
"And Master Xue was the missionary who came to our disaster relief in Henan before. He felt the suffering of the people and spent the efforts of the nine cattle and two tigers before persuading the imperial court to integrate taxation, waive the head tax, clear the land, and pay the tax according to the land. You do n’t have to worry about paying the head tax. The child wants to have a few children, a few grandchildren, and a few grandchildren. This is a great thing, why are you—

Saying that, Man Liu was surprised, and some of the two monks were puzzled.
These villagers looked at each other for a while, and someone asked: "Aren't we going to clear our wasteland to collect taxes?"
"I don't know about this. I am a flat-headed people. But I heard the stewards above and said that this is a move for the benefit of the country and the people. The people will be blessed in the future. Anyway, if you look at it, even You are afraid of what you really do in the wasteland of the Qing Dynasty. In the past, there was no tax on the reserved land, but each family had to pay the field tax and some harsh taxes in addition to the head tax. Pay less than before, not overcharge. "
In the crowd, some villagers asked people around them: "The people from the county government have announced the New Deal. Who is listening there, what do you say?"
"It is said that the head tax will be exempted, but Li Gouzan said that the imperial court was a coincidence to collect the tax on our own wasteland, and said that the exemption of the head tax is a lie to us."
"I also listened to Li Gouzan."
"me too."
Liu man interjected: "Who is this Li Gou Dan? Is it the government service in the county government office?"
"Li Gouzan is a tenant of the big family of Zhao."
Since then, some people finally realized that they had been used as a gun.
"You guys, you just listen to what Li Goudan said?" An old farmer scolded in a crowd.
Mr. Liu said: "I do n’t know what is happening in your village, but this New Deal is good for the people and hurts the interests of those big households. Think about it, your family is only a few acres, but the population is large, how much tax do you have to pay? How many people are there for a few people? I am an outsider and it ’s not appropriate to interject too much. I think you ’d better find a few credible people and ask the county government office for the best. Not With a dull head, he went to the county government office with a guy in his hand. He went like you and despised the imperial court and was in prison. "
After talking, Liu buddy left, obviously intending to not even accept the dishes this time, in fact, in this case, he would not be able to accept the dishes.
The group of villagers looked at each other, and some people suggested that they should go to Li Gouzan and ask them clearly. The villagers then went to Li Gouzan's house and just blocked him.
After a beating, this Li Goutang told the truth. He was indeed instigated by Zhao Dahu and instigated the villagers to go to the county government to make trouble, in order to obstruct the county from clearing the land.
Not only in the village, but also in the county government, Zhao Dahu took over.
When the villagers go, someone will deliberately cause trouble, and provoke the villagers to attack the county government.
At that time, these villagers died dead and wounded, and went to jail without dying. When this matter caused widespread panic, the New Deal of the imperial court could not be carried forward.