Lord: Start with a copy of Water Margin

After Wu Yong returned from Hujiazhuang, he, together with Zhao Zhen and Pei Xuan, counted the seizures and adjusted the troops. In the blink of an eye, three or five days had passed.

During these days, [Puttiandiao] Li Ying secretly inquired and found out that Zhujiazhuang was breached on the first day, Zhu Chaofeng and Zhu Hu were killed, and only Zhu Yongqing escaped and survived.

Today, we found out that Hujiazhuang has agreed to the marriage and wants to marry Hu Sanniang [Yizhangqing] to Zhao Zhen. Among the three villages in Dulonggang, only Lijiazhuang remained undamaged.

When I inquired about it, Liangshan County was building a military camp in Zhujiazhuang and planned to run it for a long time. Li Ying was even more restless these two days. He discussed it with [Ghostface] Du Xing, but he didn't come up with a good idea.

On this day, Li Ying was in the village, and saw a guest from the village coming in to report that there was a guest in the village. Li Ying hurriedly asked Du Xing to open the village gate, put down the suspension bridge, and welcome him into the village.

Li Ying took a quick look, wasn't this the Taoist priest who came back last time to tell fortunes and that ugly Taoist boy?

The Taoist priest said, "Master Li, I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you doing?"

Li Ying didn't answer, just looked at the two of them.

Wu Yong said with a smile: "So that Master Li will know that I am Wu Yong, the military advisor and instructor of the three armies in Liangshan County. I have a nickname in the world called [Zhi Duo Xing]. Many senior officials in my family have heard of Master Li's hero. , That’s why I came here to tell fortunes as a Taoist. In fact, I didn’t want to enmity with Master Li, but I came here today to fulfill the predictions of that day.”

Li Yingdao: "Shang Xia, what do you mean?"

Wu Yongdao: "My senior official intends to invite Master Li to serve in Liangshan County. I wonder if he wants to be in the army or in the county? If he goes to the county, there will be a vacancy for a county lieutenant in the county. If he goes to the army, there will also be a vacancy. The position of Ma Jun envoy."

"The senior official has said that if Mr. [Ghostface] Du Xing is interested, he can also come to Liangshan County to serve. There is only Zhu Gui in the Dulonggang Hotel, and he is in need of help. His position is deputy chief."

After hearing this, Li Ying didn't want to say much. "I have never thought about getting an official position. I only thought about living in Zhujiazhuang. When I first heard this, I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. I have been thinking about it for a day and will go to Zhujiazhuang to visit Mr. Zhao tomorrow."

Wu Yong heard this, bid farewell to Li Ying, and returned to Zhujiazhuang with Yanliu.

After Wu Yong left, Li Ying discussed it with Du Xing. The two first lamented the demise of Zhujiazhuang, and then explored Liangshan County, which occupied Zhujiazhuang.

Du Xing said: "My boss, I have done some research in the past few days. Although there are not many troops and horses in Liangshan County, they are not comparable to mine. They are all not engaged in production, and their daily training is killing skills. The soldiers are naturally elite."

"What's even more rare is that County Magistrate Zhao has recruited many green forest heroes and officers in exile to serve as generals. For example, Lin Chong, the instructor of the 800,000 Forbidden Army, and Lu Zhishen, the flower monk of the Western Army, are highly skilled in martial arts. , Although these people in Zhujiazhuang are excellent in martial arts, they are by no means their rivals."

"And I heard that in addition to training soldiers, these heroes teach each other skills and compete with each other on weekdays. Except when they are on duty, they drink wine and eat meat every day. They are so happy."

Li Ying is a man who loves to wield swords and sticks, and he is unwilling to be a rich country man now. After hearing this, I made up my mind.

Besides, after Wu Yong came back, he told Zhao Zhen what he had seen in Lijiazhuang, and said with concern: "Master, this Li Ying is also a rich man, and half of the land in Lijiazhuang is in his hands. I am not worried about whether he will surrender. I thought about it for a long time on the way back. These lands are the most troublesome. If they are not solved well, they will lead to disaster. "

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said to Wu Yong: "Yes, all the land in Liangshan County is mine. The farmers rent it and pay the land rent every year. If the three villages in Dulonggang cannot treat everyone equally, I am afraid people will be divided. But if the land is confiscated and people resist again, what should we do?”

Wu Yong pondered for a moment and said: "Daguan people, as the saying goes, one moment and another. Xixi Village was originally only one village, and the fields were all in the hands of the Daguan people. The subsequent villages were either newly built or expanded out of the fog. Naturally, it is different from Dulonggang. For the future, it is better to open up land trading. After all, the Song Dynasty did not prohibit land trading. There is no problem in taxation. If Lijiazhuang and Hujiazhuang are merged into Liangshan, there will be resistance. Much less."

Zhao Zhen said: "Although opening up land sales can increase the enthusiasm of farmers, it will slowly concentrate the land in the hands of a few people. One county can still supervise taxation, but I am afraid that when the area expands in the future, some people will always take advantage of it." Fascinating, raise and lower your hands."

"I took the land back to the county, and farmers rented and cultivated land from officials. In this way, there will be less exploitation, and life will naturally be better. Only in this way can the rule last for a long time."

Wu Yongdao: "The officials have thought deeply, but if they want to expand now, they will inevitably touch the interests of people like the owners of Lijiazhuang and Hujiazhuang, which will create variables. Furthermore, the sergeants in the county have no permanent property. As time goes by, I'm afraid that Take it easy."

"Since ancient times, dynasties have changed because the poor have no place to stand, so they have to rebel and survive. Senior officials, I don't have any good ideas. But for now, if the senior officials insist on taking back all the land to the county, it will only I’m afraid that neither Lijiazhuang nor Hujiazhuang will sincerely join us.”

Zhao Zhen said: "Pedant, what if the land sales were brought into the county?"

Wu Yong asked: "What do you mean by the official?"

Zhao Zhen said: "The county has liberalized land sales, but it needs to be more restricted. The first point is to measure the land clearly and register it as a certificate."

"Let's talk about the land in the county first. After the sale is liberalized, all the land must be purchased from the county. The county only collects taxes on the land that has been sold, and the land that has not been sold is still rented to farmers, collecting both land rent and two taxes. After that, when these sold lands are traded again, the county will collect a tax from the buyer. The more land you buy, the higher the tax will be, as a restriction. What do you think, scholar?"

Wu Yong listened, pondered carefully, clapped his hands and shouted, "The great official has thought carefully, this method is the best way to limit land annexation. In addition, the county should also purchase land. If someone sells land and no one buys it, the county can buy it at the land price and rent it out."

"The land sold to the county does not need to be taxed. The county sells it out and divides it into different levels according to the number of acres of land under the name of the buyer. The more acres of land a person has, the higher the price of the land he buys."

The two discussed for a long time and set land trading regulations, involving land inheritance, land taxation, land rent and everything else they could think of.

After copying, Zhao Zhen summoned the [Advance Officer] Li San and asked him to send it back to Xiao Rang in Liangshan County, and asked him to work with the [Military Advisor] Zhu Wu to supplement and improve the details of land transactions, which would be considered a code.