Chapter 289 Assembly of Believers
Maybe it was because he hadn’t eaten meat for a long time. After eating the potato root and pea stew, Grosien’s stomach immediately started growling.
Being taken to the toilet by the waiter, Grosien spent the entire afternoon. When he came out, the afternoon gathering of believers had already begun.
After he returned to Victory Square and took his seat again, he found that there was a hint of worry in the original warm atmosphere.
So there were a lot of expressions of doubt and fear on the faces of the active representatives.
"What's going on? Have you finished reading "The Holy Land Edict"? I didn't hear it." Through the crowded crowd, Grosien sat down on the edge of the table and shook off a lot of dust from his body.
“I talked about some things related to the division of land, saying that loan sharking is not allowed... I felt sleepy after eating and didn’t hear clearly. Let’s wait for the Pope to come and explain to us.”
Not long after, Grosien once again saw Horn walking onto the wooden platform with a cane after finishing his meal.
“Ahem.” Horn cleared his throat and held onto the copying table that served as a temporary podium. “Just now, the monks from the Holy Fathers who we worshiped have read out the specific content of the edict to you.
< br>I know that although we read the relevant edict, it is a bit complicated and you may not understand it, so I will simplify it and read it to you again.”
"Be quiet."
"Listen carefully and stop tinkering with your needlework."
This time there is no need for the participation of the night watchman, and the representatives present spontaneously maintain order.
Horn smiled slightly and turned over a piece of paper on the podium:
“The Holy Land Edict was issued by Horn, the sinner who was the pope. A golden seal edict, the main contents are as follows:
First, all land ownership was restored to the Holy Father, and as compensation, the actual cultivators were given the right to use it and the status of fellow monks.
Second, abolish the status system, implement land to the tiller, and use the taxes and tributes paid in the previous three years to reverse the land owned.
Third, all usurious loans before 1445 are exempted. The annual interest rate of private loans after 1445 shall not exceed 20%, and the interest income shall not exceed the principal.
Fourth, implement the reform of the 100-household district, where every ten households are jointly guaranteed by ten households, and every ten households are jointly guaranteed by one hundred households, as a minimum administrative unit.
Fifth, abolish the Labor Law, exempt everyone from taxes for one year, and allow land to be bought and sold legally and freely.
Sixth, release the lord's mountains, forests, and rivers for farmers to use, reorganize household registration books, and determine the population for conscription.
Seventh, allow the Holy Father Society to preach.
As for the scope of implementation, it is divided into two.
One is a pious special zone directly under the jurisdiction of the Pope, including 5 towns, 89 manors and Daze Township in the area from the Castle of Joan of Arc to the Wild Spider Forest, and implements all laws.
The other is the Jihad Special Zone under the direct jurisdiction of the Holy Virgin, which includes 3 towns from Sugua Town to Ibe Plain, 112 manors, and only implements the fourth to seventh items. ”
After speaking, Horn paused for a few seconds and gave the representatives some time to think.
"If you have any questions, you can ask them now." After several wizards from the White Mountain Hermitage stood still, Horn looked at them with a smile and said.
The representatives looked at each other, they were afraid to ask questions to such a big man, the biggest man they had ever seen was the bishop.
There is a Pope standing here!
After a while, an armed farmer representative wearing a tight-fitting long coat stood up first and raised his hand in greeting to Horn.
The monk, who read as a natural priest and wrote as a wizard, walked up to the armed peasant representative and let his voice ring clearly in everyone's ears.
"Your Majesty, I would like to ask, what does it mean that ownership belongs to the Holy Father? In other words, do these fields no longer belong to us?"
"Could it be that those lands originally belonged to you? "Horn opened his arms and seemed to embrace him, "You know, this world was created by the Holy Father, and everything belongs to the Holy Father, including the land, even yourselves!
You! Why do you think you can own land?
Only the Holy Father can own land and people. All ownership of land and other people’s bodies are theft of the Holy Father’s authority. Only the devil can. Will do this.
We at The Salvation Army demand equality and freedom in order to restore the authority that originally belongs to the Holy Father!
We killed all the lords so that you can face the real lord, which is the Holy Father. "
"So, we still cultivate and harvest the land, but the lord becomes the Holy Father in heaven? "The armed farmer blinked and asked.
Horn snapped his fingers: "You can understand it this way. Unless the Holy Father and Holy Lord make a unanimous decision and say that they want to take it back, you will still be responsible for cultivating and harvesting. "
Horn immediately heard a sigh of relief. They thought the Salvation Army was going to take away all their fields. As a noble father, they would definitely be able to judge fairly and be taken back. The only reason is probably that he is really guilty.
Seeing that the armed peasant's speech was answered, the citizen representative wearing a dark yellow woolen puff-sleeved jacket bravely stood up:
"Your Majesty, what does this fellow monk's identity mean?"
“To put it simply, although fellow monks are not monks, they enjoy some of the benefits of monks, such as not having to kneel, tax exemptions for agricultural and sideline products and other industries.”
This is also for the sake of national recognition in the future. Be prepared.
The people of Qianhe Valley are not a suitable imaginary community, and "monk" might be a good choice.
Isn’t a Papal State with all monks more pious than the Holy See of Lao Shizi?
Wearing a raglan, the shepherd and village representative stood up with a sheep crutch and asked the question that everyone was most concerned about:
"How to divide the fields, land to the tiller" What? Besides, if the lord dies, then who will have the right to use the land?"
Horn stretched out his right hand and waved: "Hey, that's a good question. The purpose of lifting is to return the fields to the hands of those who cultivate them, rather than being occupied by those who do not cultivate them
Let's give an example to illustrate.
For example, if you pay tithe to the church and pay 90 pounds of grain, according to the tithe ratio, you should have 10 acres of land.
If you paid 180 pounds in tribute, then you should have 20 acres of land, so you have a total of 30 acres of land use rights. ”
According to this calculation, farmers are quite profitable, because Horn included other exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes into the tithe.
Most farmers pay more taxes, so the reverse is true , we can get more by dividing the fields this time
For example, if groups of armed farmers and small landowners evade taxes, then if you pay less tax, you will definitely have less land.
So not only will you not get any land, but you may also get a lot of points.
If you don’t want to divide it, then pay the taxes and grains you owed previously. These grains will be used as the start-up capital for Horn’s work-for-relief program.
The biggest purpose of this is to maximize the development and utilization of the fields and support as many homesteaders as possible instead of landlords who just sit back and enjoy the benefits.
“As for the ownership of the lord’s land, it is different in the two regions.
In pious districts, the lord's land would be used as part of the field, and if there was any leftover, it would be administered by the Papal State.
In the Jihad Zone, the land is either directly operated by the legion or sold for military expenses. "
The public opinion representatives dressed as priests raised their hands: "Aren't there land divisions in the Jihad Special Zone? "
"The Holy War Special Zone faces the knights and devils to the west and south, so only military personnel can divide the fields. Propping his elbows on the podium, Horn said seriously, "The Jihad Special Zone needs order and stability, not chaos." ”
In fact, even if Horn wants to field fields in the special jihadist zone, he can’t do it.
Because ordinary villagers were unable to complete the execution of land allocation, Horn did not have the manpower to guide him.
The group that can carry out the division of land is precisely these armed farmers who have time, energy and knowledge.
Ultimately, this will lead to the fact that if the jihad is divided into special zones, the executors will become the losers.
Based on their consciousness, Horn did not believe that they could execute it well.
In order to restore order and unite forces to fight against the Ibe knights in the south, we can only win over and reform this group of people.
To be honest, it is not easy to field fields even in the Qingzhi Special Zone.
100,000 people, 89 manors, an estimated one million acres of real estate division, grassroots reconstruction, and a shortage of manpower will definitely be accompanied by fierce small-scale armed struggles.
It is even possible to be in charge of the work of dividing the fields while fighting the Ibe knights in the south.
Horn expected to complete the work of dividing the fields for 100,000 people within half a year, and then pushed southward to capture the remaining half of Langsand County.
When it borders Black Snake Bay and completely gets rid of the dilemma of being surrounded by enemies on all sides, it is time for the Jihad Special Zone to be transformed into a pious parish.
(End of this chapter)