"But I'm a farmer. Master Jun, I'm actually from outside the city! I'm from the country, really!"
Liu Da was anxious. The land allocated by the imperial court was official land. As long as he paid taxes, the rest was his own.
Only country people can divide the fields, I don’t accept it!
"Where is the military master dividing the fields? Can I go and have a look?"
"Stay at home honestly!"
With a bang, the soldier threw the things into Mr. Liu's house and then closed the door behind him.
Liu Da sighed and looked at his daughter-in-law: "The fields are being divided outside. This...I missed this opportunity. I...want to die."
Liu Da's daughter-in-law also started crying, but it was useless, because the division of land by the court had nothing to do with them unless they went out.
The next day the soldier came to see Liu Da again.
"Come with me!"
"Where to go!"
The soldier didn't say anything and took Liu Da to an oil-pressing workshop: "The chief said you know how to press oil!"
"yes!"
Liu Da looked down on this military master in his heart. He was a farmer, so he knew a little bit about it. His oil-pressing skills were passed down from his ancestors. After all, their ancestors were also craftsmen.
The soldier nodded and said: "The situation is all met. This oil mill belongs to you. You sign and give me your ID card. I will handle the procedures for you. The Governor's Office will place an order with you now. The oil you squeeze out will be
The government has purchased it. This is five hundred taels of silver, which is enough for you to buy oil and press it!"
"Ah... doesn't this oil shop belong to Mr. Zhang?"
"There is nothing left, Mr. Zhang. The whole family is dead. It's yours now. You don't want what the court gives you!"
"want!"
Are all Mr. Zhang and his family dead?
Liu Da couldn't believe it. He was a very wealthy man, and he had very good relations with the gentlemen in the government.
Actually died?
Liu Da looked at the soldier and said excitedly: "Really dead?"
"He's dead. Didn't your father get killed by him? Why are you still reluctant to let him die!"
"Nonsense, I wish I could kill him with my own hands!"
The soldier smiled and said: "Serve the court well and run the oil mill well. This is what your Majesty gives you!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
After the soldiers left, he had to find other people to distribute the shops in the city that originally belonged to the wealthy landlords.
These ordinary people, who were bullied to death by wealthy families, made a lot of money this time. The emperor looked down on these things, and the Mingzhou Governor's Office didn't care. The only rich families in Mingzhou who survived were from good families.
Neither dared to accept it.
So Zhang Ye directly decided to give these shops to those representative people for free.
This Liu Da's father was killed by a landlord, and his family made a living by farming for the landlord. His daughter-in-law was also played by the landlord. Now Mr. Zhang, who bullied him, was beheaded by the whole family. This oil mill compensated
Liu Da is very reasonable.
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Ten days later, Mingzhou City was unblocked and people were free to take to the streets. Suddenly, they discovered that there was a small pavilion on every street with two soldiers standing inside.
Many of the neighbors around me have disappeared, and now everyone sees good families who know their roots well.
"Liu Da, the imperial court gave me the tofu shop that was robbed by Mr. Zhang. What about you?"
"The imperial court asked me to extract oil for the Dudu Mansion!"
"Congratulations, congratulations, but the court won't want to go back!"
Liu Da shook his head. He was familiar with the soldier he had met twice: "I heard from the soldier that this is given to us by His Majesty. From now on, the court will make the decision for us people, and what is given to us will be ours. In a few days, the Governor's Mansion will
The house deeds and land deeds will be sent to us...I, Liu Da, never thought that I would be able to be a boss in this life!"
"Yeah, I never thought that my tofu shop would come back!"
Mingzhou is full of people who have benefited from it, and the local property of the southeastern wealthy families is too huge.
The people cheered long live the court and long live the emperor.
And those good wealthy households who escaped the disaster were relieved, and the common people could take to the streets. They, the conscientious wealthy households, knew that the storm of cleaning up the wealthy families was over.
These rich people gathered together to drink tea with lingering fears.
"Li, Zhang and others are all dead. Fortunately, we are usually good to the people, otherwise we wouldn't be able to escape this time."
"Yes, we should do more good deeds in the future and accumulate virtues for our descendants. If we can escape, it is because our ancestors have blessed us."
A group of people had lingering fears and were greatly shocked.
Soon they saw a group of soldiers who had changed their clothes and walked through the street. They suddenly felt strange. The clothes of these soldiers were different from those of military soldiers. They no longer carried muskets on their backs. Everyone was armed with muskets. Along the
Visiting merchants on the street.
Unfortunately, I ended up here at the teahouse.
A wealthy man stood up and said to his friend: "I'll go take a look!"
He Mingyuan arrived at the door and hurriedly welcomed those people into the store: "Guardians, I am a good person!"
"Boss He, don't be afraid. We are from the Mingzhou Taxation Department. We are here today to tell you that you should go to the Yamen to apply for a teahouse license in the next few days. From now on, you will pay taxes according to the license. We will collect taxes regularly, or you can go to the tax Yamen to apply for it.
Pay taxes.”
"Yes Yes Yes……"
He Mingyuan felt relieved when he heard that this was the case, as long as he was not here to cause trouble for himself.
Go back and talk to your friends!
Those friends also left one after another, going back to take care of their own business and waiting for someone from the tax department to come.
He Mingyuan looked at the street outside. He could no longer see the faces of the wealthy families in the past, and felt that the world had changed.
The air in Mingzhou has become sweet.
Half a month later, Zhao Bing's cavalry swept through the counties around Mingzhou. After Mingzhou Prefecture was captured, the surrounding counties surrendered with little resistance.
Zhang Ye, on behalf of the Mingzhou Governor's Office, directly carried out land reform in Mingzhou and distributed the land of large households to those who had no land.
More than 5,000 people were killed here, and all the evil-doing landlords, scoundrels, and local wealthy families were killed.
When the emperor visited the palace in Hangzhou, Zhou Chaozong and Zhu Youde reported the matter to Mingzhou.
"Your Majesty, the people are very uneasy. Zhang Ye's methods are too harsh. If the landlords do not hand over the land, they will confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans. Thousands of people died. The methods are really too cruel."
Zhu Youde nodded, he didn't really care about how many people died, it was just for Zhou Chaozong to see.
There is nothing wrong with Zhang Ye's ruthless tactics, but Zhou Chaozong was just a scholar with a soft heart.
He Qingfeng said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that if the family is brought in, I will feel the sorrow of a rabbit dying and a fox dying!"
In addition to wealthy families, Daliang also has aristocratic families.
Can the aristocratic family not hear the news about Zhu Youde's attack on a wealthy family this time? Wouldn't it be bad if he thought that Zhu Youde would deal with him the same way he dealt with the wealthy families in the southeast?
The beams will be unstable again. After all, the beams are fighting everywhere now, and stability is the first priority.
Zhu Youde said: "I decided to destroy Dongyue, so the southeast will be the base of my army from now on. I need the southeast to supply the expenses of the southern expedition."
"So Zhang Ye did a good job this time and pulled out all the weeds on my behalf."
"I can talk with the family, but it's just a talk!"
He Qingfeng nodded and immediately understood what the emperor was thinking!