Sheng Shi Merciful Light

But the woman pulled out her shoe, threw it at a big tree next to her with agility, and yelled fiercely: "Shuisheng's family, Wugou's family, take your baby away, and offended the nobleman."

Immediately, two yellow mud monkeys wearing bellybands were dug out from the tree where the yellow leaves had not yet fallen, and they swiftly hid from the crowd and slipped away.The two little devils were very proud, and they didn't forget to twist their bare buttocks and make faces at everyone.

Bao Yuan's complexion turned blue, he didn't dare to scold him in front of his master, his eyes were stabbed sharply.Qian Lizheng also broke out in a cold sweat, and quickly kowtowed to apologize: "My lord, forgive me, the country savage, not sensible!"

Mu Ci didn't mind, she asked Bao Yuan to back away, and asked Li Zheng to get up, but the first sentence was to ask: "It's November, the child has no clothes and shoes, is it cold?"

"It's neither cold nor cold." The villagers said hurriedly.

It was obvious dishonesty, but Mu Ci didn't get angry, and waved to the back: "Go and bring all the children." A team of well-armored royal guards came out, and Mu Ci hurriedly said, "Don't scare the children. Ashu, Zishu, You guys go get some candy and treats in the car."

Those two children's skin is like a loach, I'm afraid it's not easy to catch.

Le Shu and Wei Shengshu were named, so they hurried to get candy and snacks, and went to abduct people with a smile.Because Le Shu is beautiful and noble but gentle and pleasant, with a smile that makes people feel like a spring breeze always hangs on his face; Wei Wei has a baby face that seems childish, and looks harmless to humans and animals, so he coaxed a bunch of children with candy and snacks... Small details can also be seen that Mu Ci always employs people appropriately.

Most of the children still had clothes on, though half worn and not new.They all opened their curious eyes, or dragged their noses, or gnawed their nails, looking at the fairy-like nobleman in front of them.

It started with the two mud monkeys just now.

Mu Ci waved to the children, and under the nervous eyes of the villagers (for fear that the children would stain the nobleman's clothes and make the children suffer), he took the leftover candy from Wei Shu's clever hand, and squatted down to distribute it to the children .

Bao Yuan was also nervous, just about to step forward to dissuade his Highness, but seeing Mou Yu's cold glance over, he dared not move.

Although children are naughty, they are not stupid. Seeing the nervous expression of adults, and seeing the "fairy" who is so beautiful and noble that he has never appeared in his dreams, he dare not take it.

Mu Ci went directly to grab the hands of the two-skinned monkey, but couldn't put down the candy...it was too dirty.He ordered: "Water!" Someone fetched water to wash the children's hands.Mu Ci handed out sweets one by one, and held each child's hand to look through them.

Mu Ruosong also knelt down to look at the child's hands, and asked, "What is Your Highness looking at?"

"See if there are any traces of labor on the children's hands..." Mu Ci nodded in satisfaction, "This Zhuangzi's life is not bad. The children's hands only have some frostbite and naughty scars, and there are no traces of labor."

There is no comparison with the "little ancestors" in the 21st century. Life in this era is difficult, and children work a lot.

When Qian Lizheng and several old people in the village heard Mu Ci's words, they no longer dared to think that the young King Chu, who was slender and more delicate than a doll, was easy to fool.

Mu Ci looked at the child at the same level, and asked, "What are your names?"

"Two silly"

"Dog Egg"

"..."

Mu Ci was not surprised by these very rural nicknames, and asked the two children kindly: "Is it cold without clothes?"

The two brats sniffed and shook their heads: "It's not cold!"

Although Mu Ci had no biological children before, she adopted and raised many children herself. She was very patient and asked again, "Don't you have any clothes to wear?"

"Yes, my mother made clothes for me, and I..." Erhan felt that the fairy looks better and has a better temper, so he was a little ashamed of himself, blushed, and said awkwardly, "The clothes will hang to rot, and my mother stayed up all night to mend the lamp oil." Smoky eyes, I didn't wear it."

This brat has already surpassed his level, but he still uses his childish actions to be considerate of his parents, so as not to add to the burden.

"Just be careful, it's cold, you still need to wear clothes." Mu Ci smiled very kindly, and patted their little buttocks, "Okay, let's play."

Erhan consciously talked to the "immortal", he was superior to others, and his father would send him to study next year, so he thought he had to be polite, so he bowed and left like an adult, and walked away with his head held high.Goudan was a follower, and he also bowed before leaving.

A group of children followed suit, bowed one after another, and then ran away with the two little bosses with candies.

The villagers looked at Mu Ci very differently.

The nobles they have seen, no matter how clean the villagers are, they are afraid of getting dirty, they will come to ask questions from a distance of three feet, and they will sprinkle a handful of sugar and copper coins on the ground and ask the children to pick them up... It is already very close to the masses.

But the King of Chu squatted down and looked at the children at the same level, looked at each child's hand in person, and solemnly put the candy in each child's palm.

The attitude can be known from the details - the king of Chu knows what true respect is.

The people in the village are straightforward and honest. They were flattered for a while, but they were also deeply moved.

Bao Yuan was also touched in his heart. He felt that such a master who could afford a lot of money, be able to take on a big role, be able to deal with tough hands, keep his true temperament, and let go of his figure, must be a dragon and a phoenix among people. If he is honored for a while, he will not Go and interfere with Mu Ci's actions.

Mu Ci got up, and Mu Ruosong wiped Mu Ci's hands with a wet handkerchief, only to hear Mu Ci ask Li Zheng, "Is this all for children aged three to seven?"

Qian Lizheng thought about it for a while, and said, "It's not far off."

Mu Ci couldn't hear vague answers the most, but she still didn't attack—it wasn't Lizheng's fault, the whole society was full of vagueness.He only said: "Sixteen boys and thirteen girls, the ratio is still within the normal range." He looked at the other underage children who followed their parents in the crowd, and the ratio was also normal, which shows that the living standard in the village is indeed good. There is no such thing as drowning a baby girl.

It is not an idiot who can be Lizheng in Wangzhuang, Qian Lizheng felt a cold sweat on his back for a moment—the King of Chu is really not easy to fool.After such an episode, Mu Ci asked some more questions about the customs, and Qian Lizheng answered them truthfully, not daring to hide anything.

Of course, it's still as vague as ever.

Mu Ci asked: "What is your yield per mu?"

Qian Lizheng replied: "When the weather is good, you can harvest more than three hundred catties per mu of land. If there is a disaster year, it is good to receive more than one hundred catties."

The numbers are too general, and Mu Ci hates "promising" and "Yu" even more. Everyone in Chu Palace who knows him is sweating because of Qian Lizheng, but Mu Ci has never had an attack, as if he didn't feel it, so he asked a simpler question Question: "How many people are in the village, and how much land per capita?"

"There are more than 110 males in the village, and more than [-] females, not counting children..."

Even the population statistics are not accurate, what a rough era.

Mu Ci's "precise obsessive-compulsive disorder" was decisively forced to erupt, and he couldn't bear it anymore, but he didn't lose his temper with Qian Lizheng, he just said: "I can't ignore it, I want the exact number" and said to Le Shu who was following, "Tune people Come here and count the number of acres, output, all tax situations, population including babies, the elderly, the disabled, and sick. Including family conditions, owning cattle, farm tools, and ironware... Then ask about daily life, it is best to include it in every day What people eat every day, how much they eat, the cloth they wear and the frequency of making new clothes. There are also the ways and quantities of seeds obtained, and everything is detailed. Make a form, fill in real and accurate data, and register send it to me."

Because there are already many honorable officials above the third rank who have sent their sons to act as ceremonies in the palace, most of them have some courage and talent-the King of Chu is not easy to fool.When Mu Ci accepted people, she made it clear that she should be down-to-earth and pragmatic, and they had to do things like inspecting Wangzhuang and dealing with the people.

For other vacancies, Mu Ci also selected some Taixue graduates from poor families. Those people know the sufferings of the people best, and they don't know how to boast.

With Mou Yu sifting through, everyone's background is relatively clean.None of the related households wanted it, and Mou Yu took all the nails away, and Mu Ci didn't ask where they took them.Although Mu Ci has never done bad things with a clever mind, but he is not a good person.

In this way, Mu Ci always feels that there are too few talents who meet his "precision obsessive-compulsive disorder", but this is a problem with the overall social atmosphere, which can only be changed slowly.

Mu Ci urged again: "I don't want general words such as about, about, more than, almost, etc., if there is a deduction of salary according to the rules. If it is accurate and detailed, the travel allowance will be doubled."

The staff of Chu Palace, from Jinyiwei to Dianyi, also formulated new rules, new salary distribution and reward and punishment measures.In short, it is "those who can work more get more".The basic salary of the incompetent can't be mixed, because the reward is heavy and the punishment is also heavy.

Mu Ciyou said to Bao Yuan: "Find out all the information you can find out over the years, and I also want to look at the figures for the previous three years."

Bao Yuan was happy to do it, and he took over and sealed up all the books and materials over the years, just waiting for this day.

Le Shu also quickly recruited people over.This was the first task Dianyi received, and they cheered up and prepared to show their faces in front of the King of Chu.

The group of people had their own division of labor and cooperation, and they got busy very efficiently.

King Huainan watched and listened to him for a long time, and he didn't know how to evaluate this little brother. He always felt that he was different from others, and there were too many specific differences. Not necessarily enough.

Anyway, the whole person is different.

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Mu Ci looked at the irrigation facilities, the vegetable garden or the orchard, and every kind of agricultural tools, and played with the curved plow pulled by the ox for a while.

Mu Ci thought that at least the tools of labor had been improved, and hoped that such progress would not be destroyed in the regime change after another, not to mention that there was no progress, and even regressed due to internal friction.

Huaguo once had a long and sad history of retrogression.

The group walked along the edge of the field for a long time, and finally Mu Ci arrived at the ancestral hall in the village and promulgated the welfare policy.

This time, even the elderly and their children gathered, and all had seats, ready to listen to the lectures of the new owner of this large field, King Chu.

The king of Chu saw that everyone seemed to be celebrating the New Year, put on good clothes, the children's faces and hands were washed clean, and the old man looked energetic, so he said to everyone: "I don't like to tell lies. Working on my farm, I have the responsibility to let everyone live a good life. First, the future land rent will be exempted."

Everyone didn't react.Qian Lizheng was also stunned, he had never seen such a prodigal prince, he didn't charge the land rent, what's the use of having such a big farm in hand?

Bao Yuan, who would love to die even if he took a piece of money from his hand, didn't respond at the moment, calm and relaxed.Qian Lizheng couldn't see any clues from his face, so he quickly weighed it up, and hurriedly declined...

Everyone suppressed their excitement and said: "It can't be waived, how can the land rent be waived?"

"I'm a real person. You say it's inevitable, I really can't." Mu Ci saw that the faces of the villagers were distorted, and the hearts, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys were in pain.

"Whether you want to avoid it or not, tell the truth." Mu Ci asked.

The slightly fat middle-aged woman who pulled her shoe and beat the child from the tree just now was very mighty, and she squeezed into the front row. She looked capable and neat, and she asked, "Is what the lord said true?"

Mu Ci asked back: "Are you questioning my credibility, or my character?"

Qian Lizheng broke out in cold sweat, and scolded: "Dashan's family, go back, what's the matter?" He motioned for two people to hold her down, but who knew that the person who came did not work hard, and Dashan's immediately broke free.

The Dashan family rushed over again, unable to hide their excitement and asked: "Your Highness is really exempt, and you won't collect rent from now on?"

"That's right, let's make a written statement?" Mu Ci asked.

The Dashan family rubbed their hands, looking at the battle between heaven and man. After a few deep breaths, she gritted her teeth and shook her head: "My lord, you are kind, but we cannot deceive your kindness and make you suffer. The land rent cannot be avoided. How about... ... charge less?"

It's completely a philistine bargaining in the vegetable market.But it made Mu Ci laugh out loud. Everyone's eyes widened when they saw this stunning smile in the warmth of spring.

Mu Ci said warmly: "You are very good. But I said it is free of charge because I am afraid that everyone is really uneasy. How about this, the land rent will be charged [-]%, and the amount will be reduced to [-]%. Every year, I will send people to measure the yield per mu of the whole village, calculate a [-]% quota, and you will pay according to the quota. If the yield per mu is high, you should pay this amount, and if the yield is small, it is feasible?"

Dashan's family was dizzy, and hurriedly pulled his son who had read the book over: "Hurry up, Shitou, do the math for your mother, what kind of method is this, my lord?"

Shitou is estimated to be 14 years old. He is not stage fright, and he is good at arithmetic. He gave an example to explain to everyone: For example, Zhang San’s family yields three hundred catties per mu, Li Si’s two hundred catties, and Wang’s five hundred catties. The average yield is two hundred catties per mu. One hundred, taking 260% ​​is [-] catties.That is to say, each family collected [-] catties, and the more went to the individual. Zhang San's family could keep [-] catties per mu.

The people in the village were drooling immediately! ! !The better the planting, the higher the yield per mu, the more the family can keep...

Mu Ci also has benefits: "I'll set up another high-yield award, the ten mu with the highest yield will be exempted from paying land rent, how about it?"

"Wow..." A wonderful life is beckoning...

Mu Ci smiled and said, "I won't suffer. If your production increases, the total amount of land rent I receive will increase, and everyone will benefit."

Qian Lizheng has prestige and determination, knowing that this is the king of Chu's desire to stimulate the enthusiasm for work, he immediately made a decision: "OK, the king is benevolent and righteous, and the grassroots will also do their best."

The people in the village burst into laughter, eager to go to the ground today... oh, it's winter, I can't plant it now, uh... yes!Get rid of the fat first.

Mu Ci added: "Remember, everyone, I don't like cheating. If I'm caught cheating, even once... I won't beat you or punish you. I'll just invite your whole family out of Zhuangzi and find another way to make a living."

Everyone said no.

In fact, Mu Ci is not worried. He introduced the high-yield award for the top ten acres in production, which will make the villagers spontaneously form a monitoring mechanism-everyone wants to get the top ten awards, and they dare not cheat.

Mu Ci finally said: "I came here for the first time, and I didn't have any gifts. I just got a piece of cloth and meat according to the number of people. Elderly people over 60 years old got two pieces, and children under seven years old got two pieces, regardless of gender. , but those who have drowned their daughters are all reduced by half. They all go to the chief official to count first before receiving, and they must not deceive or collect on their behalf."

By doing this, Mu Ci could know the real number of the village's population without checking.Immediately, officials from the palace came over with a carriage dragging cloth and meat, and Qian Lizheng presided over the queue, asking his family to report the situation and fill out the form, and then receive gifts.

Everyone is beaming.

Le Shu told the officials to take a careful count and clear out the hidden population who wanted to evade taxes.

There is a head tax in Daxing Dynasty, and every adult has to pay the tax, so there are a lot of hidden people.Wangzhuang is privately owned by the king of Chu. People here also have to pay poll tax, but it is not handed over to the court, only to the king of Chu.

Mu Ci also ordered Wei Shengshu to buy some more candies to distribute to the children. Everyone was very grateful to the King of Chu.