When attacked and worn as a farmer's daughter-in-law

In a remote place like Linshan County, there are few people and a lot of land, and a lot of fertile land is in the hands of local tyrants. It's not that the people can't open up wasteland, but they are far away from the villages.Such a place, far away from human habitation, can probably be regarded as a wilderness. Not to mention the inconvenience of travel, there is still a certain degree of danger. Unless it is a last resort, no one wants to live alone.

The area around the Xiaoqing Mountain Pass is the only way to enter the barren valley, it's not impossible to enter from other places, but in this way, you have to take a long detour.

Fang Tianlin didn't think about sealing all the entrances. It's unrealistic, at least in the short term, but it's better for Xiaoqingshan Pass to be in the hands of the Shen family. The Qingshan Pass was sealed off, and the Shen family had to make several turns even to get out of the mountain, passing through other villages. This was too controlled by others, and Fang Tianlin was not willing to see it.

Xiaoqing Mountain Pass is not close to the village, it is a barren place, only occasionally when people are working nearby, they go up the mountain to try their luck to see if they can collect some mountain goods, but they only stay on the periphery, and ordinary farmers will not go deep.

Fang Tianlin asked an experienced farmer to look at it. The land around here is not considered barren, but it is not a good field. After reclamation, it will reach the level of a medium field. No one bought it anywhere.With so many choices, it's really not cost-effective to run such a farm.

This is not what Fang Tianlin is looking for. Buying fields and forests is just incidental. First put this land under his name. After the constraints are gone, he can do whatever he wants in the future.Anyway, the forest tax is almost negligible. As for the barren land at the foot of the mountain, even if the county government does not give any preferential treatment and follows normal procedures, it can be exempted from tax for two or three years. After that, the tax will gradually increase until it is equal to the tax on cultivated land. until.

As far as the entire Jing Dynasty is concerned, there are still many lands and few lands. Fortunately, in the affluent southern area, most of the fields have been reclaimed, and there is very little wasteland. Other places are not necessarily so. Next, the imperial court naturally encouraged everyone to actively cultivate wasteland.Helplessly, productivity is low, and this situation has not improved much. Even if the people are given land, they can't take care of it. Don't forget that there is still land tax waiting there, even if it is a few years later.

It was not the first time Fang Tianlin had seen Mo Zhixian, so he was not too surprised by his appearance.However, Mo Zhixian exchanged casual greetings with him, and then he didn't speak again, and kept watching them seriously from the sidelines. Fang Tianlin couldn't ignore such an abnormal behavior even if he wanted to.

Wasteland is not worth much, but the registration of naturalization in the county government is a large amount, which is quite considerable.This is only for Fang Tianlin, and for the county government, it is just an extra sum of money that they can all benefit from.

Linshan County is located in a remote place, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so the taxes paid to the state treasury are extremely limited, and the county government officials come from the rest.It's a pity that tax evasion is very serious here. Not to mention the landlords and gentry, even the common people have concealed and lied.

Mozhi County has done its best, but it is still just to change the situation a little bit. It is not easy to maintain such a large yamen. He is very welcome to the Shen family who spent money to buy a stable family. This is not limited to the Shen family.Unfortunately, the locals never gave him such a chance.If you occupy the unowned land, you will occupy it. If you really talk about it with them, the yamen will not have to do other things.

Of course, the two sides are in a balanced state, and the local gentry will not do everything. The county magistrate must have a foothold, otherwise the force will be too much. It's better for the two sides not to violate the water of the river, and maintain the current situation of hello, me, everyone.

Fang Tianlin received the land deed, and was about to say goodbye to Mozhi County and leave, but Mozhi County snatched him ahead of him.

"Master Fang, follow me to the lobby."

Fang Tianlin pondered for a moment, then agreed.

After taking his seat, Fang Tianlin asked, "Lord Mo, did you ask me to come?"

"Master Fang, we are smart people who don't speak dark words, so you must know what I mean. But this time I called you over, I really have something else to discuss." Mo Zhixian put down the teacup in his hand and said with a straight face, " Since you bought the mountains, forests and fields around Xiaoqingshan, you want to build a village there, right?"

Fang Tianlin nodded.

"You bought or hired a lot of people, and some of them didn't register on the household registration. If you can't stand it, there are basically people behind each village who are supporting you, and each has their own thoughts. A year has passed, and the news has already leaked to me. Well, I have the right to turn a blind eye to this, but those registered tenants do not have to pay land tax, but the small tax and corvee have to be paid on them, I wonder what Master Fang is going to do?"

It's not that Fang Tianlin didn't think about it, but no one came to remind him, so he didn't ask.Anyone with a discerning eye knows the twists and turns in it. I am afraid that more than half of the taxes paid by Linshan County have gone into the pockets of county officials and local gentry, but only a small number of them have gone into the court.

Fang Tianlin doesn't have the habit of supporting others with his own money. Buying land and buying land is just a matter of habit. He doesn't want himself to be infected with other people's bad habits, but it doesn't mean he is willing to be taken advantage of.

You know, the county government is not monolithic, and the local tyrants have no power in their hands, so how can they be called tyrants?Except for Mozhi County, the local officials have a lot of power to speak. Mozhi County probably wanted to further win over the Shen family when they told him about this matter.

Fang Tianlin thought as soon as he thought about it, he understood that Mo Zhi County would not embarrass the Shen family in this matter, so it would be easy to handle: "What's your opinion, Mr. Mo?"

Mozhi County didn't hold back either. Seeing Fang Tianlin being so upbeat, he directly gave a suggestion that he had discussed with his staff before: "Master Fang, Huanggu is too remote, and it's not easy for yamen servants to come to the door. Why don't we build it here at Xiaoqingshan Pass?" It’s a village, so you can contact me at any time if you need anything.”

The villages mentioned in Mozhi County are not simple natural villages, but administrative villages, and there will be village chiefs or even village chiefs, which are obviously different from manors.

Fang Tianlin has been listening quietly, without interrupting.

"You can let those tenants and hired workers live here, and the position of the head of the village is directly determined by your Shen family, and you will be given the position of a subordinate official selected by the six houses (official, soldier, household, ritual, punishment, and workshop) , what do you think?"

Fang Tianlin lowered his eyes slightly, thinking about the pros and cons of doing so to the Shen family.Zhuangzi was going to be built in the first place. According to the proposal of Mozhi County, it was just a name change. There was not much change in essence, but after the establishment of the village, it was equivalent to adding a subordinate village to Linshan County, although these people basically came from other villages. The village was transferred here, which means that there is actually an extra village, which is different in meaning. It is equivalent to the fact that there is an additional support force in Mozhi County. ?

As for the village head and village head, this has nothing to do with the establishment of the county government. These are all elected by the local villagers themselves. Of course, there are supporters from above, and other villagers naturally lose this opportunity.

The problem is that the villagers in this village are either the servants of the Shen family or the hired workers of the Shen family. Whether it is the village head or the district chief, they will all fall on the Shen family's head in the end. Mozhi County is tantamount to being generous to others, and this other person is still the Shen family themselves.But if you want to say that Mozhi County is taking advantage of nothing, that's not necessarily true. The Shen family has the ability to stand on their own now, but if they don't deal with Mozhi County, it will be a troublesome matter.

Fang Tianlin is not a bloodthirsty person, he will directly do such a thing if he disagrees with him, and avoid it if he can.The faction in Mozhi County offered to show their favor, and he was willing to accept it.Anyway, Mozhi County has been able to secure several consecutive terms in Linshan County, and he has his own skills. Whoever he cooperates with is not cooperation?Not only in Mozhi County, but if there are other local gentry who are willing to do business with him, the Shen family will also open their doors to welcome them.

All of the above are nothing, but the position of the subordinate official, who was chosen by the Shen family, is quite practical. It seems that Mozhi County has indeed paid for it.

Why has Mozhi County been unable to open up the situation?It's not that he is an outsider, but the subordinate staff with establishments and fixed quotas are all locals, and the county magistrate is a guest official. Even the county magistrates in border areas, like Mozhi County, who serve for more than ten years, are rare. However, as long as the subordinate officials are not replaced by others, they can sit in this position until they grow old. Those county magistrates who leave in three years have no ability. It is not uncommon for power to be taken away by these subordinate officials.

In other words, the number of subordinates who support him is directly related to the power and status of Mozhi County in Linshan County. After finally winning a spot, Mozhi County did not strengthen its own power, but gave it to the Shen family , The sacrifice made is not small.

Fang Tianlin naturally knew why Mozhi County showed such favor to the Shen family. He himself had no idea about the position of subordinate official, which did not mean that other members of the Shen family did not.There is someone in the yamen, and he will know immediately if there is any movement in Linshan County in the future, but it is not easy to choose this person, and he knows how tempting the Shen family is to be an official, even though the subordinates do not Counting as high-ranking officials, it is not something ordinary people can relate to.

Regardless of the low status of the subordinate staff, the position is inconspicuous at all, but they have real power in their hands. I don't know how many servants who don't even have a staff want to fill the vacancy.

Mozhi County's cooperation with the Shen family was not random. From Fang Tianlin's two visits to the county government to buy forests and wasteland, it can be seen that the Shen family is not short of money, and what he lacks the most is precisely this.If his subordinates were powerful, cleared the magistrate for three years, and received a hundred thousand snowflakes, even if he didn't think so exaggeratedly, he wouldn't be in the current situation. Of course, the premise is that he is greedy enough.

The problem lies in this, Mozhi County doesn't have many places for him to be greedy if he wants to.If the wealth is hidden in the people, Mozhi County can still use its brains, but a large amount of wealth has already been taken into the pockets of the local tyrants.

As the saying goes, a penny is hard for a hero. Mozhi County is not at this level, but it is not bad. The subordinates and servants need money to live. He has no money, how can he win them over?The Shen family, a rich foreign family who had just settled in Linshan County, was naturally targeted by him.Anyway, no matter how bad the situation is, it won't go bad, at most it will return to the original state.