Turbulent Times Chapter 1483: The key trick

Next, in Xiaohe Town, Wei Zheng gradually implemented various policies and systems.

First of all, it is the reduction or exemption of small taxes, errands and various head apportionments. This policy does little damage to the etiquette of Zheng Chengjie and other gentry, not to mention that even if the damage is great, they dare not oppose it.

In addition, Fanyang copper coins were fully implemented in Xiaohe Town, and Da Sui copper coins and gold and silver were strictly prohibited from being traded.

It is not difficult to implement this point, because the Far East Army controls the supplies in the town, and it is stipulated that only Fanyang copper dollars can be used to pay rent and taxes, and Fanyang copper dollars can only be used to purchase what is needed from the material station that Fanyang Chamber of Commerce has just set up in Xiaohe Town Salt, iron, tea cloth and other materials.

What surprised everyone in Xiaohe Town was that Fanyang Chamber of Commerce's supplies seemed to be a bottomless pit. They had everything they wanted to buy, and it was never out of stock.

It is most taboo to issue coins that can be released but not collected. If the government blindly creates copper coins indiscriminately and there is no way to recover them, the copper coins are likely to depreciate sharply, so the local government will strongly resist it.

However, Wei Zheng stipulated in Xiaohe Town that he could only use Fanyang Copper Dollars to pay taxes, and the main daily necessities could only be purchased from Fanyang Chamber of Commerce. It was happily accepted by all the people in Xiaohe Town.

What's more, as long as the Wang Junlin Group can always ensure the stability of the currency value and a huge supply of living materials, the written regulations of the copper dollar are equivalent to "ten coins" or "hundred coins", and there is not much difference. Even though some people in Xiaohe Town were still a little worried, they had no reason to refuse.

After unifying the coins, Wei Zheng first disbanded all the local township soldiers that had always existed. If he is willing to join the Far East Army, he can become a member of the town army as long as he passes the assessment.

Then the practice of governing townships by Lijia was directly abolished, and a public security office was set up in the town, and the town soldiers belonged to the public security office. Zheng Changsheng focused on ideology, construction, and ideology, and was responsible for ensuring the loyalty of the soldiers to the Wang Junlin Group. The military officer was responsible for the specific military training and security matters, but in principle, Zheng Changsheng led the military officer.

The rich and powerful landlords in the town naturally disagree with this matter, because all the Lijia are from their clan. In fact, the main method used by the local nobles to elevate the government is to Lijia ruled the township.

However, under the deterrence of the powerful Far East Army, even if the local wealthy landlords were unwilling, they did not dare to show any unwillingness.

In fact, for the local wealthy landlords, compared to another policy implemented by Wei Zheng, it is not bad to abolish Lijia and use the public security government to govern the township.

After the problems of money, the rule of law, legal power, and public security power are resolved, the government government established in Xiaohe Town can be regarded as completely established, and the lifeblood of this big town is initially grasped in its hands. The next thing to solve is tax issues.

In this era, the issue of taxation can never avoid farmland and small households, or in other words, the tax is based on the amount of farmland, and the small households are supplemented by taxation.

So, the first thing Wei Zheng has to do is to check Tianmu and Dinghu. As for the people in Xiaohe Town

That one is very famous in the Central Plains, and the iron mine originally belonged to the Sui Dynasty was naturally owned by the government.

These things really touched the cakes of the local wealthy landlords, but no matter how much Zheng Chengjie and others scolded behind closed doors, facing the little officials sent by Wei Zheng, they could only smile and slap their own land deeds. Reluctantly hand it over.

As for the petty officials, they always smiled and showed gentleness towards the wealthy landlords without any intention of intimidation.

Of course, it is impossible for Wei Zheng to trust these landlords, so after letting the wealthy landlords report themselves, he then sent people to check all the fields in the town. Almost died of vomiting blood.

Take Zheng Chengjie as an example. There are 70,000 mu of fertile land around Xiaohe Town, but because Wei Zheng promotes tax payment according to the amount of the land, the more fields reported, the more taxes paid, so he underreported 30,000 mu mu. As a result, Wei Zheng reserved 40,000 mu for Zheng Chengjie, and the other 30,000 mu became public land directly.

What Zheng Chengjie did and encountered was similar to almost all the big and small landlords in Xiaohe Town, but they could only suffer from being dumb because they asked for it themselves.

With this move, one-third of the fertile land in Xiaohe Town was brought under public ownership. Wei Zheng immediately collected rent with one-fifth of the rent paid by ordinary landlords, recruited the townspeople to farm for the public, and immediately let the town The poor people in Xiaohe Town and nearby villages were overjoyed, and they ran to the public office as tenants. As a result, there were no people to farm for the landlords in Xiaohe Town and nearby villages, forcing the wealthy landlords in the town to lower their rents, and The public land maintains a standard.

This kind of fertile land obtained without coercion and forcibly confiscated land have a completely different image to the Far Eastern Army. You must know that the Far Eastern Army established a base area in the Central Plains, according to Wang Junlin and Nie Xiaoyu's plan, With the momentum of starting a prairie fire, the base of Xiaohe Town will grow bigger and bigger, and eventually swallow the entire Central Plains and continue to expand.

This method is very concerned about the image of the Far Eastern Army, and any action must be as gentle as possible, especially when the base area is established.

In short, it is to let the ordinary working people see the benefits, see the hope, and voluntarily support them. It is possible not to force them to the opposite side of the Wagang Army.

And Wei Zheng gave five acres of good land to each family of the people who participated in the town soldiers, and issued the land deeds on the spot, and filed them in the new public office. Joining the army is hot.

As for the noble gentry and landlords in the town, Wei Zheng did not give benefits. He asked Zheng Chengjie and other families to recommend their sons and daughters to take the exam. As long as they pass the exam, they can serve as officials in the town. He can also be transferred to the ten counties controlled by the Far East Army to serve as officials.

Wang Junlin's prefectures and counties have long been famous in the world for their wealth, and with Wang Junlin's prestige and fierce reputation, no matter how you look at these places, they give people a sense of long-term peace and stability. The hope of officials who are the most valued by wealthy landlords.

Of course, the series of policies implemented by Wei Zheng benefit the poor people who have no property and no land the most.

With the advent of troubled times, the annexation of land in the world has become more serious. Li Mi and others in Wagangzhai did not pay any attention to this point, let alone go to treat them, and even some new "nobles" in Wagangzhai in the past two years Wanton annexation of land.

Among them, Zhai Rang's two younger brothers are especially famous. Each of them has embezzled more than 100,000 mu of fertile land by various means. There are more than 300,000 households, and 90% of them are landless and propertyless tenants, which is even more serious than land annexation during the reign of the Sui Dynasty.

The Wagang Army has more than 400,000 troops, and does not have the means to generate money, food, and various means of production and living materials like the Wang Junlin Group. The existing control area collects a large amount of taxes, which is not much lighter than the original tax collected by the Sui Dynasty.

In addition, after Li Mi took control of the Wagang Army, every time he occupied a place, he would rely heavily on the local gentry forces. Even if the local forces were suppressed, it would only be convenient for the Wagang Army to infiltrate and control the place.

This is naturally related to the fact that Li Mi was born in a noble family, which limited his vision.

Of course, the origin does not completely lead to the limitation of vision. For example, Li Yuan and his son in Taiyuan, who also came from a noble family, saw the root cause of the demise of the Sui Dynasty and attached great importance to the people's livelihood. Under the premise of the interests of the powerful and nobles, treat the people as kindly as possible.

Even Li Yuan and his son found various excuses to clean up a large number of small landlords. Under the pressure of various aristocrats, they imitated Fanyang County's law of governing the land and distributed a lot of land to the poor people, which greatly won the hearts of the people. .

In Xiaohe Town, what Wei Zheng did was more thorough than what Li Yuan and his son did.

For a long time, within Wagang's sphere of influence, heavy taxes have been apportioned on a head-to-head basis, and tenants have been extremely exploited, but they suffer from powerlessness to resist.

Nowadays, Xiaohe Town has reduced or exempted the small-scale tax, the apportionment of head counts, and the tax is distributed to the fields. Most of the tenants do not even have to bear direct taxes except for a very small amount of land rent.

So, one can predict what the people under the Wagang Army will think when a series of policies to benefit the people of Xiaohe Town are announced.

Li Mi thought that Li Jing's most powerful method was to drive apart the relationship between their outer camps and Wagang's main village, but Wang Junlin had already investigated and studied the situation under the Wagang Army's rule very clearly through the terrifying intelligence network. A really powerful method has been formulated long ago, and this method is the strategy that completely broke their Wagang foundation.

"It can be expected that after news of what Wei Zheng did in Xiaohe Town spread, the people under the Wagang Army wished that we would attack them and drive the Wagang Army out or kill them all." Going to the mountain pass in the hinterland of Wagang Village, after Li Jing learned what Wei Zheng had done in Xiaohe Town, his expression was extremely complicated.

He thought that this time to defeat the Wagang Army would be the time for him to shine. In fact, it was indeed the case at the beginning. He realized that he had changed from a leading role to a supporting role, because he saw the power of these policies implemented by Wei Zheng in Xiaohe Town. This was a move to destroy the basis of Wagang Village from the root.