Chapter 182 What Chu Xiong saw and heard
Beijun's reform is unstoppable. Although spring has not yet arrived, Beijun's reform announcements have been plastered all over the cities under Beijun's jurisdiction, and Beijun's army is also opening the way.
When the common people heard that Beijun was declared a country, they were very happy. This meant that the King of Bei officially took over Beijun.
But soon the people were no longer happy, because it was rumored that the North King was going to take all the land in Beijun back to the Beiwang Mansion. The people of Beijun only had the right to use it, not ownership.
Land is the lifeblood of most people. If you take the land back all at once, how can the people feel relieved?
The common people went to the place where the notice was posted and listened carefully to the explanation of the reform measures by the Jin Yiwei soldiers who read out the reform measures.
In order to make the people of Beijun understand the benefits of taking back land use rights, Lu Chen mobilized most of the army in Beijun.
Except for the black cavalry and the artillery battalion, which were not mobilized, the Jinyiwei and Beijun soldiers were all mobilized.
This reform is very important to Beijun and Lu Chen. Lu Chen is not trying to build a world where everyone is equal. He is preparing for the industrial development of Beijun.
As a modern time traveler, Lu Chen is very aware of the importance of land. If the problem of land annexation is not resolved, a dynasty will not last long, and land annexation will seriously affect future industrial development.
For example, if you want to build a road, if it is private land, you need to spend a lot of money to compensate others, but it is different now.
The law stipulates that all land in the North belongs to the North King. From now on, if the North King's Mansion wants to build roads, no one can stop it. No one dares to argue with the land wherever the North King's Mansion develops any industry.
Yancheng.
Today, the gate of Yancheng City was crowded with people just like the previous few days. Under the control of Beijun soldiers, only one main road leading into the city was left.
Without the control of Beijun soldiers, the main road into the city would have been blocked by ordinary people.
At this time, a white-haired old man came to the city gate. He originally came to Yancheng in a carriage, but seeing so many people surrounding the gate of Yancheng, the old man also became very interested, so he asked him to take his own carriage and go into the city. , he came to the notice board at the city gate alone to watch the excitement.
At this time, a guard in black and red clothes stood on the table next to the notice board with a notice and read loudly: "Under the sky, is it the king's land? On the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers? From now on, The land ownership in Bei County legally belongs to the prince, and no one may sell the land ownership..."
After hearing Jin Yiwei's words, Chu Xiong's heart trembled.
What a big spirit!
It was the first time he heard this sentence: "Under the sky, it's the king's land, and on the shore of the land, it's the king's ministers."
He originally thought that Emperor Xia was radical enough. After all, Emperor Xia had always been thinking about getting rid of the aristocratic family. However, he did not expect that his grandson would be even more radical than Emperor Xia. He would take back all the land and completely cut off the influence of the aristocratic family. Roots.
Although there is no big aristocratic family in Beijun yet, with the rules set by Beiwang, the possibility of an ancient aristocratic family like Daxia being born in the future is almost zero.
At this time, Chu Xiong's face looked a little ugly, and his inner emotions were extremely complicated. He had actually always supported his grandson to become the emperor, but he didn't expect that his grandson would be even more cruel to the family.
If Emperor Xia stepped down and his grandson came to power, I am afraid that his grandson would want to get rid of the ancient family even more than Emperor Xia.
Chu Xiong couldn't help but think, could it be that he was really wrong?
Is it the right choice for the Chu family to seek refuge with the Eighth Prince?
After all, the Eighth Prince is on the side of the Jiangnan Family. After the Eighth Prince comes to power, there will most likely not be too much conflict with the Gu Family. The Gu Family and the Eighth Prince will still rule the world together.
But his grandson is different. Judging from his grandson's policies, he obviously wants to prevent land annexation and prevent the formation of aristocratic families in Beijun.
Without land, aristocratic families are like fish without water, unable to survive for a few days.
Thinking of this, Chu Xiong sighed inwardly.
Although he felt a little uncomfortable, Chu Xiong decided to go see his grandson.
After all, he is related to me by blood, and he even called himself grandpa when he was young.
At this time, the crowd began to get restless, and a common man shouted loudly: "How could the prince do this? If all the land is taken back, how can we common people live!"
As soon as these words came out, the crowd instantly became loud and noisy. "That's right! Those lands were created by ourselves, why should they be returned to the Northern Palace!"
"Your Majesty is too domineering! I will never hand over my land."
"I will fight whoever wants my land!"
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Facing the angry people, the expressions on the faces of the Jinyiwei soldiers were very calm. They had been promoting it for several days, and the people had the same reaction at the beginning. They were all used to it.
At this time, the Jin Yiwei soldiers said: "From the day when Daxia was founded, the land of Daxia belongs to His Majesty the Emperor. Now the Emperor has enfeoffed Beijun to King Bei. The land of Beijun should belong to the prince. The prince only strictly enforces the law to avoid Someone is selling land at will.”
"The land you originally owned is still yours to use, and the prince has no intention of taking back your right to use it."
"And the prince has said that from now on, all agricultural taxes will be exempted. From now on, you will harvest as much food as you plant!"
"Not only that, the Beiwang Mansion will also distribute seeds of high-yielding grain crops in the coming year. I believe you have already heard that the Beiwang Mansion has a grain yield of several thousand kilograms per mu. In just this year, everyone present will no longer need to Worried about starvation and cold. ”
When they heard that Jin Yiwei said that all agricultural taxes would be exempted, the people suddenly became extremely excited.
"Really? Your Majesty really wants to exempt all agricultural taxes?"
"Is this policy permanent?"
"Your Highness is not lying to us, is he?"
"Where are we going to get the food seeds from Beiwang Mansion?"
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For a moment, there was a commotion at the gate of Yancheng.
Chu Xiong squeezed out of the crowd alone and looked at the excited people from a distance.
He found it very unbelievable. The policy of exempting all agricultural taxes was too radical, and it was no less than legally stipulating that land ownership should belong to the Northern King.
Is this his grandson's own thoughts, or is it Emperor Xia's intention?
As a traditional emperor, Emperor Xia hated the ancient families very much, but he would not have thought of such a policy as exempting all agricultural taxes.
Agricultural taxes are an important source of revenue for the national treasury. If the Daxia Dynasty had no agricultural taxes, the Daxia Dynasty might not even be able to pay officials' salaries.
Chu Xiong had originally been thinking about whether his grandson might really be Emperor Xia's pawn, but as soon as this policy came out, he instantly felt that his grandson had nothing to do with Emperor Xia.
The policy of exempting agricultural taxes will have a very bad impact on other places in Daxia. In the future, when people see that Beijun has been exempted from agricultural taxes, they will definitely think that they are all Daxia people, and Beijun has been exempted from agricultural taxes. Why don't they exempt agricultural taxes.
This will cause turmoil in the situation in Daxia. If things go on like this, the people will inevitably be dissatisfied, so Emperor Xia will not allow this policy to appear in Daxia.
At this time, Chu Xiong's mind was full of questions, and he felt that only after meeting his grandson could the doubts in his heart be solved.
Then he stopped staying and walked directly towards the city gate.
At this moment, a gorgeously decorated carriage passed by Chu Xiong. A gust of wind blew open the curtain of the carriage. Chu Xiong happened to look at the carriage and saw the woman inside the carriage.
He didn't know who the woman in the carriage was, but he instantly judged from her aura that the woman was a master.
After the carriage passed by him, Chu Xiong frowned as he looked at the picture on the back of the carriage.
"Xuanyue Palace? Is it possible that the woman in the car is the palace owner of Xuanyue Palace?"
"It seems that the situation in North County is more chaotic than I thought."
(End of chapter)